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October twenty-ninth, the twenty-fifth week,
"I can't believe people are still coming in and looking at furniture." Sakura sighed as she collapsed into a chair next the Uchiha. The pregnant male looked up from the sheaf of papers in his hands and raised his eyebrows at the pink haired woman.
"Hn." He dropped the papers onto the desk in front of him and surveyed the street. Most of the full dining sets and bed sets had been sold within the first day and by the end of the third day they had gotten rid of the very last. By the seventh day, the rows of furniture had dwindled to just barely two houses long and the amount of visitors down to a slow trickle.
"How many people have already signed leases?" She nodded to the papers curiously.
"Nearly a dozen, another twenty people that were interested and more than I could count that weren't." Sasuke set his hand on his stomach, playing with the ring on his finger almost absentmindedly, almost.
"Still getting a lot of people curious about your, unique situation?" The pink haired woman asked derisively.
"Most just tended to stare." He answered. Sasuke turned his attention to one of Naruto's clones that was talking animatedly with Ayame. She had nervously asked the dark haired male about apartments but had politely refused when he said he could show her a few. Now though, she seemed to be quickly talked into it by the smiling clone.
"Well, I just wanted to stop and see how you were doing, I've got a shift at the hospital." Sasuke turned his attention back to his old teammate and shrugged his shoulders.
"Naruto's got everything under control." The Uchiha sighed. He motioned to the clones before picking up the papers again.
"Good, I'll see you tonight at Iruka and Kakashi's for dinner." She set her hand on Sasuke's shoulder, squeezed once and then stood up. The Uchiha hummed wordlessly as she left and returned his attention to the papers in his hand. At the bottom of each page was the address of the house the lease and the signature of the person who was going to move in on the first of January. It was almost unbelievable that people were going to be really moving in. The sound of hushed voices broke his concentration and he glanced up. A group of three women were huddled almost across the street from him and all three of them looked away as his gaze landed on them. Sasuke shifted his gaze and watched the woman out of the corner of his eye as he discretely motioned to one of the clones. The whispers started up again almost immediately, making it obvious that they were talking about him. Sasuke bit the inside of his cheek to keep from showing them a physical reaction. He discretely caught the attention of one of the clones and motioned for him to come closer. Sasuke had dealt with this sort of thing after the massacre but that didn't mean he had to deal with it alone this time.
"Excuse me." A female voice called out loudly. Dark eyes darted to the approaching blonde and he leaned back, most likely out of shock. "If you aren't going to buy anything, I suggest you leave, now." Ino Yamanaka stepped up to the group of women and jerked her head in the direction of the compound gate. All three women stared at the formidable longhaired blonde with gaping mouths.
"You heard her." Naruto stepped up next to Ino and crossed his arms over his chest in a mostly successful attempt to be menacing. "It's time for you to go." The women glanced to each other before quickly taking their leave without another word. Ino grinned as they watched the women leave and then punched the clone in the shoulder. "Hey! What was that for?"
"I could have handled it myself." She frowned at the clone. Sasuke watched the clone glance over to him and he raised his eyebrow in response. He didn't know why Ino was here and could only guess why she had defended him.
"Sasuke told me to come over here!" Naruto whined quietly. He stepped away from Ino and looked to Sasuke again, his bright gaze curious and concerned. The Uchiha narrowed his eyes at the clone and then glanced to Ino, motioning for her to walk over. He regarded the blonde woman carefully as she walked up to the desk and stopped in front of it, looking uncomfortable.
"Can I sit down?" Ino asked. She flicked her gaze to the chair that Sakura had vacated pointedly. For a second, the Uchiha just stared at her, internally debating bringing Naruto's clone back over. Finally, he jerked his head to the chair and watched the tension simply fade from Ino's posture. She sat down, crossed her legs and looked straight at Sasuke.
"Thank you." He murmured grudgingly. Shifting in his own seat, he awkwardly watched her for a reaction. Ino looked back to the front gate of the compound and then to the Uchiha with a shrug of her shoulders. She tried to hide a growing blush and flipped her ponytail back, forcing herself to meet Sasuke's gaze.
"Still in the honeymoon stage?" Ino asked. Raising an eyebrow at her, he pressed his thumb against the ring and started to play with it, knowing that the strong willed woman could see him doing it from the corner of her eye.
"We're not even married yet." Sasuke responded. Ino rolled her eyes.
"He bought you a ring. You've had that shit eating grin on your face all week." Sasuke stared at her blankly. "Your version of a shit eating grin." Ino amended with another, more exaggerated, roll of her eyes.
"Is that what you wanted to talk about?" The Uchiha bit out. He knew it came off harsh but Ino didn't seem affected by his tone as she waved her hand back and forth as she shook her head.
"No, no." Ino set her hands on her lap and made sure the pregnant male was looking at her. "I wanted to apologize for my behavior the last few weeks." She paused and drummed her fingers against her knee nervously. "I was upset because Sakura and Shikamaru didn't tell me you were pregnant and it wasn't any of my business to begin with." She seemed to realize she had started to ramble and looked away apologetically. "But I'm your friend, at least I thought I was, and I felt that I had the right to know. What I want to say, what I'm trying to say is that I'm sorry. You deserve to be happy." Hearing the confession that she had been wrong and a complete apology, shocked didn't quite seem to cover what Sasuke was experiencing. Not knowing what to do, the Uchiha paused in playing with his ring and stared at Ino. She couldn't seem to stare at one point for more than a few seconds and quickly started to fidget. Shifting in the chair, she uncrossed her legs, tucked her feet under the seat and then quickly crossed them again. She turned her head as she tried to hide the way she bit on her lips and that was when Sasuke realized that she was really uncomfortable.
"So," Ino turned her gaze back onto him cautiously. "Am I forgiven?" It still took another moment for the dark haired male to fully wrap his mind around what had just happened. When the Uchiha finally got over the initial shock, he glanced away, looking for one of the clones. It would have been so easy to say no, to tell her to fuck off and leave but that wouldn't have been good. It wouldn't have been the right thing to do. Multiple clones were watching them and one of them seemed close enough to hear what was going on, Sasuke watched the clone give him a reassuring smile before he looked away.
"There's nothing to forgive." The Uchiha heard himself say before he had even turned back to face her. When he did, he could see Ino's relief and returned her smile with a twitch of her lips. Her body posture changed, she uncrossed her legs and dropped her shoulders as she leaned back in her chair.
"Thanks." Ino breathed. "I was afraid you wouldn't want me to be around anymore. That would have been so awkward considering we have the same friends." She started to ramble again but shut herself up as soon as she realized that the pregnant male had begun glaring at her.
"If I did that," Sasuke dropped his glare and set his hand on his stomach as he repositioned himself. "Who would be there to keep Sakura sane?" The blonde woman chuckled and the Uchiha looked down to his ring before he started to play with it, nervous about what he was going to say next. "And who else would open up a flower shop in here?" That got the woman's attention and her head moved so fast Sasuke was almost sure she had given herself whiplash.
"You're serious?" Ino asked incredulously. He raised his eyebrows and glanced out at the street, past the people, Naruto's clones, and the furniture. The street was lined with empty buildings, all of them shops with small apartments and one-person studios above them. Of course he was serious.
"There are plenty of commercial spaces available all over the compound." He raised his hand and pointed to a side of the street in example and watched as Ino glanced to the buildings. "You can have your pick of them." She turned back to him with wide blue eyes, not deep blue like Naruto's but a shocked pale blue. Sasuke knew she was in shock and had to keep himself from grinning.
"You want me to open up shop in here?" Ino nearly whispered. The Uchiha rolled his eyes with a sigh, was it really so hard for her to grasp? He could hear one of the clones approaching them, having seen that the storm had already blown over and briefly wondered if his fiancé could get her to snap out of it.
"And move in too, if you want." Naruto set his hands on the table and leaned forward, grinning widely. Sasuke watched the woman look to the clone and then back to him, a wide, overly exuberant smile growing from her daze. Suddenly, she was out of her chair, arms already around Sasuke's shoulders in a hug with her long blonde hair hitting him in the face.
"You guys are the best!" Ino squealed. She pulled away from the shocked Uchiha and grabbed the clone by his orange jacket to pull him into a hug with the table still between them. Sasuke let out a sigh of relief and sat back to watch the two blondes struggle, one in happiness and the other attempting to escape.
"Hey, watch it! You're going to make me disappear." Naruto laughed cautiously. The blonde gently pat Ino's shoulder, waiting for her to finally let go of him before he really smiled. "You want me to show you a couple places?"
"Yeah, you gonna be okay here by yourself, Sasuke?" Ino asked. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her and pointed to the street that was littered with clones.
"I've got Naruto here to keep me company. Go on." The Uchiha waved her away and repositioned himself in his seat. She smiled and waved goodbye to him as she ran around the desk and grabbed the clone by the scruff of his jacket.
"Woah! Take it easy, Ino!" Naruto cried out. The Uchiha watched the clone being dragged away and puckered his lips just enough to be considered a kissing motion and smirked.
"Where does Sakura live? Are there any shops with a second floor studio nearby her place?" Ino asked as she and the clone disappeared down the street, in the general direction of where her best friend lived. Sasuke had a few moments to himself before he heard someone approaching his desk again. He looked up to find someone who seemed to have been avoiding him the past few weeks and someone he had been meaning to talk to. Shikamaru Nara. The stern looking man was in his flak jacket, hands stuffed in his pockets and looking a little more than disinterested.
"Shikamaru." Sasuke stated calmly.
"Sasuke." The lazy genius monotonously replied. They stared at each other for a couple long seconds but Sasuke was the first to look away. He glanced down to his hands and the sheaf of papers on his desk.
"Come to collect?" The Uchiha asked. Looking back up, Sasuke watched the lazy genius raise an eyebrow at him.
"On what?" Shikamaru questioned. "I just wanted to see that Ino apologized to you properly." Sasuke narrowed his eyes and wondered if the lazy genius had been watching them or if he just watched his teammate walk into the compound.
"She did." The Uchiha answered softly.
"Good." He replied with a nod. They were at a silent stalemate and Sasuke watched the genius shift his weight in a purposefully awkward manner.
"Did Naruto tell you what he was planning?" The pregnant male raised his hand with the ring on it because it didn't take a genius to figure out what he was talking about. Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders as he glanced to the metal band on the Uchiha's finger.
"He claimed it was to save some money for the baby before you two went on maternity leave." Sasuke watched him roll his eyes and knew the lazy genius had known it was a lie. "I had a few guesses as to what he was really up to."
"You suspected he was going to propose on his birthday." He set his hand back down on the desk as he pointedly accused the man in front of him. Shikamaru snorted in response, moving closer so he could lean against the side of the desk.
"He hadn't worked enough to buy a decent pair of wedding rings at that point but it explained why he wouldn't leave your side." The lazy genius murmured. That piqued the Uchiha's interest and he leaned back in his chair.
"So you knew." Sasuke pointed out. Shikamaru turned his upper body to look at the pregnant male and tilted his head.
"I had a hunch." He answered. The Uchiha exhaled softly and glanced to the pile of leases on his desk.
"So what did my idiot promise you in return for being scheduled extra perimeter shifts?" He asked. The man with the ponytail frowned and regarded Sasuke carefully.
"He did me a favor. Putting that schedule together every week is troublesome." Shikamaru raised his voice at the right syllable and at the right decibel to imitate incredulity but Sasuke didn't buy it for a minute.
"What was it?" He repeated. The brunette sighed and for the first time in the conversation, conceded.
"All I want is an apartment with rooftop access and a good view." Shikamaru set his hand on the desk and hardened his stare. Taken aback at the adamant refusal to answer, Sasuke blinked wildly as he mentally made a list of locations the man would like.
"I can think of a few places." Sasuke hummed. "Grab one of Naruto's clones and tell him you want to see apartment rooftops." He motioned to the dozen in the street but Shikamaru didn't glance over to them.
"As tempting as what he promised was, I won't accept it. I gave him those shifts because he's my friend." The jonin stated seriously. Surprised at the declaration, Sasuke took a second to decide on a response.
"He didn't do two shifts back-to-back the entire time he was taking extra perimeter duty which is what he would have done if he'd been able to. You took care of him." He declared quietly. Shikamaru's lip twitched but he didn't deny it. "If an apartment with a view is good enough for you, I don't see the point in arguing." They continued to stare at each other for another moment before Shikamaru blinked and turned his head, looking away to hide any micro-expressions he might slip.
"Your much easier to convince than Naruto." The lazy genius declared.
"Naruto can be, troublesome, at times." Sasuke replied. He used Shikamaru's favorite word purposely and smirked when sharp brown eyes looked his way again.
"Nothing you can't handle." The genius responded. Smirking smugly, Sasuke let his gaze wander over the street to watch Naruto's clones.
"What did he promise you?" He asked again. Shikamaru again seemed hesitant to answer, his eyebrows furrowing together for a moment.
"A year's worth of free rent of an apartment." Was the man's answer and Sasuke watched Shikamaru curiously for a reaction.
"That is tempting." Tilting his head with a lopsided smile he usually reserved for Naruto, Sasuke watched Shikamaru glance to him before scoffing. The lazy genius pushed off of the desk and waved over one of the blonde clones. The dark haired male watched him talk to a clone for a few minutes and he nodded to the blonde when he glanced in his direction.
"Sasuke!" Naruto called out. The pregnant male turned his head and dropped his smirk as soon as he saw who had walked into the compound and down the street. It seemed like the Hokage and Shizune had stopped to inspect an overly large desk and one of the clones was not so discretely trying to catch Sasuke's attention. Getting up with more than a fair bit of concern, the pregnant male made his way over to the two women and the clone. Naruto tried to mouth something to the Uchiha but he had never been good at mouthing, even with Sasuke's skills at lip reading. Tsunade didn't bother looking up as the pregnant male came closer but Shizune immediately looked up and smiled warmly. Stepping up next to the clone, the Uchiha cleared his throat softly and nodded to Shizune as Tsunade slowly turned away from the desk.
"I'd ask how much but I really do like the desk that's already in my office." The Hokage sighed and took a long look at the pregnant male. "You're looking plump today." Sasuke rolled his eyes and crossed his arms over his baby bump.
"You should come back tomorrow, I'll be even bigger then." Tsunade scoffed with a nod and looked around the street, almost contemplatively. "What are you looking for?"
"A decent space for the reception." The Hokage tried to make it sound as an offhand statement but Sasuke knew what she was talking about. He jerked his head over to Naruto and glared at the clone but Naruto took a step back, his expression innocent confusion.
"You're planning it?" Sasuke growled. He turned his glare back to older blonde but she held his glare with a lofty gaze of her own. Naruto tried to set his hand on the Uchiha's shoulder but it was shaken off quickly. If he didn't understand what they were talking about, he'd figure it out sooner or later.
"Someone has to do it since you two seem occupied with, other things." Tsunade grinned and Sasuke couldn't stop one of his eyes from twitching.
"You didn't even think about asking us? What about what we want?" Sasuke hissed angrily. Naruto tried to step in between them but the Uchiha held out his arm and stopped him. Shizune sucked in her lower lip and shifted behind the Hokage, it seemed he was still able to unnerve her and he softened his glare, taking a step back. He actually liked the younger woman a lot more than the leader of their village and felt, maybe a little bad about scaring her.
"Well, that's why we're here." Shizune added in softly. "It's your wedding, it should be how you want it." Naruto chuckled awkwardly and scratched the back of his head, looking more than a little uncomfortable.
"I don't really know what needs to be done for a wedding." Naruto looked between Sasuke and Tsunade, watching them have a stare off.
"It's all very simple." Tsunade waved her hand at him. "I'll be the one officiating your wedding, we've got all the paperwork already figured out save for your signatures, and it looks like you two already have rings." The Hokage nodded to the ring prominently showing on the Uchiha's finger before looking to Naruto, searching for the other ring they all knew was there.
"The ceremony would be held in the Hokage's office, with a small group of friends that you want to attend. Food wouldn't be too hard, though I still haven't gotten the cake order confirmed since I don't know that flavors that you two like." Shizune added as she tapped her chin with a pointer finger. Sasuke looked between the two women and clenched his fists tightly to keep himself from snapping at them.
"Your eye is twitching, relax." Naruto murmured softly. He slipped his fingers into Sasuke's hair and kissed his forehead, the Uchiha inhaled deeply before exhaling slowly, forcing the tension to leave his body.
"You can wear whatever you want, say your own vows or pound his face in," The blonde woman pointed to Naruto and grinned at her own humor. "Everything else will be taken care of so all you two have to do is say 'I do', eat some cake, and spend the beginning of Sasuke's maternity leave enjoying your honeymoon." Tsunade sighed and Sasuke looked back to her with a narrowed gaze.
"When is this taking place, exactly?" The pregnant male asked. He watched the blonde woman's smirk grow and she glanced over to her assistant.
"We decided November fifth would be just as good as any day, right Shizune?" Sasuke felt his stomach drop as he calculated how many days stood between then and now. Naruto settled his arm around the Uchiha's shoulders but he wasn't going to have it. Elbowing the clone in the gut, he felt the cloud of smoke dispel beside him and glowered at the two women.
"That's in a week!" He hissed. Tsunade nodded smugly but as she opened her mouth to say something, Naruto interrupted them.
"Sasuke, calm down!" One of the clones called out from down the street. Sasuke glanced to him, watching him jog their way and scowled.
"You can't seriously expect us to accept this." He snarled angrily. Tsunade's eyebrows rose and she looked to Shizune, which only made the pregnant male angrier.
"Seven days is more than enough time to prepare." The Hokage scoffed. "I don't see what you're complaining about." Sasuke grit his teeth together to keep from cursing at the older woman. Naruto's clone finally reached them and bent over next to the Uchiha, breathing heavily while trying to smile apologetically to Shizune and Tsunade.
"Teme, you know freaking out isn't good for you right now, you're stressing yourself out." The blonde sighed. He straightened up and looked Sasuke over, tentatively reaching out to touch his protruding stomach.
"Right, well I did what I came to do. Now Shizune owes me a drink." Tsunade stated calmly. She waved her hand and immediately walked off, her assistant trailing after with a frown.
"Hokage-sama, I never said that. You shouldn't even be drinking while you're working!" The dark haired woman called out but Sasuke and the clone watched Tsunade continue to walk away.
"Fuck!" Sasuke whispered under his breath. Pushing his bangs out of his eyes, the Uchiha turned and faced the blonde. "I just, it's so soon." Sasuke bit the inside of his cheek hard as he started to feel anxious, the feeling welling up in his gut. He turned his gaze on the Hokage and his assistant as they walked through the open gates of the compound.
"Yeah, I know." Naruto sighed. "But like you said, it's just a piece of paper." The Uchiha glanced to him and watched the clone grin. "It's not going to really change anything between us." Sasuke paused in the gnawing of his inner cheek as he looked at the clone almost incredulously. His anxiety at the situation seemed to melt away at Naruto's attempt to tease him. He leaned forward and planted a solid kiss on Naruto's cheek. Grinning, the blonde clone stuffed his hands in his pockets and shrugged his shoulders.
"Idiot, you couldn't have agreed with me earlier?" The Uchiha grumbled.
October thirtieth, still the twenty-fifth week,
"What if we just pick purple?" Naruto asked. He held the multiple paint chips to his face, focus switching from one white strip of laminated paper with shades of color to another with a bored expression. Sasuke looked from across the room to him and sighed, setting the book of paint chips down in front of him.
"We're not using purple." He stated plainly. The blonde glanced up to the Uchiha and frowned. Sasuke raised an eyebrow, daring Naruto to say otherwise in a nonaggressive manner.
"Why not?" Naruto asked. Taking a glance around the empty guest room, Sasuke eyed the several rectangular paint chips they had taped to several walls, debating colors.
"It's too dark a color." He looked back down to the book in front of him and listened to Naruto sigh. Sasuke watching him out of the corner of his eye, the blonde let himself fall onto his side.
"What if it's a light purple?" Naruto questioned innocently. The Uchiha stopped himself from snapping at the blonde and regarded him carefully. Thinking about how he wanted to respond to Naruto's persistent desire to use this one color.
"We're not painting the baby's room purple." Sasuke repeated obstinately. Naruto gave him a pleading look but if they were going to play the stubborn game, he was going to win.
"It's a gender neutral color." The blonde defended his choice. He moved to sit back up with a sigh and leaned against the wall. Sasuke rolled his eyes and shook his head.
"Dark purple is a gender neutral color, light purple is a girl's color." The Uchiha explained. He set his hand on his swollen stomach and leaned over, reaching for a three-ringed booklet of paint chips, immediately picking out one with four different shades of purple.
"No it's not." Naruto's eyes darted to the paint chip the Uchiha was holding up as his brows furrowed. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him, looked at the paint chip and then pointed to the lightest color.
"Did you ever wear lilac purple when you were a kid?" The pregnant male questioned. Naruto opened his mouth, paused, and then shut his mouth again, crossing his arms over his chest. Waving the paint chip in his hand, Sasuke smirked at the blonde, knowing that if he said yes he would get teased mercilessly and if he said no he would be losing this fight.
"Okay, fine. Light purple is normally a girl's color." Naruto conceded. He lifted his hands and dropped them against his thighs in exasperation, letting his head fall back and hit the wall with a dull thud. "Green isn't though." The blonde added with a grin. Sasuke shook his head and flipped through the paint chips, looking at the greens.
"You know green can go wrong. Neon green, puke green, dark green so dark it looks black." The Uchiha stated. Naruto frowned and let his hands fall into his lap loudly, exasperated.
"What color did you have in mind then?" The blonde asked. Sasuke was silent for a moment, set the paint chip book down and shook his head.
"Not purple, red, or green." He murmured. "Obviously black, white, and gray are out as well." Sighing, Sasuke flipped through the book of paint chips, randomly looking at each page of slightly varying colors.
"I'd rather talk about baby names." Naruto complained. The Uchiha glanced up from the book with an aggravated stare and the blonde grinned in response. "Have you thought about any new ones since we last talked about it?" Sasuke let out a sigh, looking back down at the book of colors.
"Some, none of them sound right though." He answered. Naruto shifted, splaying his legs out so that the Uchiha could see his feet out of his peripheral vision.
"Yeah? I was thinking about some too but I don't know if you'd like to hear them." Sasuke looked up to watch the blonde shrug his shoulders, fingers tapping restlessly against the paint chips.
"Tell me, they can't be that bad." The Uchiha responded with a curious frown. Naruto bit his lower lip as he eyed the pregnant male, deciding if he should tell him or not.
"Well, if it's a girl I think a good name might be Kushina, or maybe Mikoto." The blonde didn't look away as Sasuke nearly went slack jawed in shock and gave his fiancé a reassuring smile. "We don't have to add them to the list if you don't want-"
"No," Sasuke interrupted him in an unsteady voice. Naruto watched him take a steadying breath before continuing. "I'd like that, naming her after one of our mothers." Their baby started to kick and Sasuke lifted his hand to his side, making sure to keep his breathing even.
"Okay," The blonde sighed in relief, a bright smile forming quickly. "And if it's a boy, would you want to name him after our fathers?" He tilted his head curiously but more confident than he had just been. Sasuke's mind was whirling at the idea, memories of his childhood that he didn't want to think about as he met his fiancé's hopeful gaze.
"No, not Fugaku. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy." He stated adamantly. Naruto blinked and nodded quickly, knowing that it would ease the Uchiha's case of nerves. Sasuke sighed, setting his hands on top of the page of paint chips and tilted his head back, resting it against the plain wall.
"It's not fair if I have two names from my family and you only have one," The blonde started tentatively. Sasuke lowered his head again, watching the blonde attentively. "What about," Naruto hesitated. "What about Itachi?" That made the dark haired male look away, a bubble of something rising in his chest and making it hard for him to breathe. It didn't feel like guilt but the Uchiha didn't know what else he was feeling.
"We don't even know if it'll be a boy." The Uchiha nearly whispered. He looked back to his fiancé and found the blonde watching him closely. Giving the blonde a small nod, he took several deep breaths until the feeling subsided. His husband waited patiently for him to calm down and slouched, relaxing on the other side of the room.
"Maybe we should have asked to know the gender, then we'd know to paint it blue or pink rather than trying to make everything gender neutral." Naruto sighed. He'd seamlessly changed the topic back to the color of the baby's room and the pregnant male was grateful for the rare show of tact.
"Then our lives would just be too easy." He muttered sarcastically. There was no bite to his words and when Sasuke looked to Naruto to see his reaction, the blonde was trying not to smile. The corners of his lips twitched and his fiancé lost his composure. Breaking out into a chuckle, the blonde quickly broke down into laughter as the Uchiha watched him. Smiling as he watched his fiancé fall onto his side again and curl up on the floor.
"Shit, you're right." Naruto gasped after a few long seconds of laughter. "Knowing our luck though, we'd be told we're getting a girl, paint the whole room pink, get all girly stuff and walk out of the hospital with a baby boy." Sasuke snorted and nodded. He watched his fiancé sit back up and look down at all the paint chips in front of him. Naruto picked up a pain chip and tossed it at the Uchiha. It fell short, landing a couple inches from his feet and on top of other paint chips.
"Dobe." He muttered. Sasuke watched the blonde pick up another one and aim at him again, hitting the pregnant male in the shoulder. He brushed it away but Naruto shook his head and pointed to it.
"What color is it?" The blonde asked excitedly. Unsure what he was getting at, the Uchiha picked it up and looked at the array of tones of a single color.
"Yellow." He answered. Looking up to the blonde, he leaned forward and repositioned himself, his back starting to hurt from leaning against the unforgiving surface.
"Like a sunflower yellow, or a bumblebee yellow?" Naruto grinned. Sasuke sighed and looked for the black letters underneath one of the blocks of color for its name.
"Egg custard yellow." He answered. His fiancé gave him a bewildered look before getting onto his hands and knees and crawling to the other side of the room. Sasuke flipped the paint chip around for the blonde to see and tried not to grin as Naruto crawled up, stopping next to him and leaned in close.
"That's a color?" Hot breath brushed against Sasuke's cheek, Naruto's warmth enveloping his side as he took a look at the thing in the Uchiha's hand. Not sure if the blonde was doing it consciously, he decided not to react even though his body immediately took interest.
"Or pollen, or whatever 'cautious yellow' is. Take your pick." The Uchiha held the piece of the laminated paper up for the blonde to take but the blonde just leaned in closer, resting his hand on the dark haired male's thigh. Sasuke forced himself to continue breathing evenly, though he was mostly sure the blonde was arousing him on purpose. "Why don't we just wait until the baby's born?" Naruto glanced to him and set the paint chip down, his hand still firmly set on Sasuke's thigh.
"Yeah? You good with just pink and blue then?" The blonde murmured. The dark haired male swore that his fiancé's voice dropped a few octaves and as he turned his head to him, Naruto kissed him.
"What are you doing?" The Uchiha asked into the blonde's mouth. The minutes slipped by as the blonde coaxed him into a long, slow kiss and Sasuke found himself wondering why he was being kissed. "Dobe." Sasuke tilted his head backwards and away from his fiancé's lips. Eyeing the blonde, he watched Naruto look to his lips suspiciously.
"Trying to change the subject." Naruto murmured. He leaned in again for another kiss but the Uchiha raised his hand and pressed his finger against the blonde's lips.
"What for?" Sasuke asked. He wanted to smirk as Naruto nearly went cross-eyed looking at the offending finger. Grabbing Sasuke's hand, the blonde pulled it away from his mouth and held it open, kissing the pale palm softly. When Sasuke continued to watch him, Naruto finally relented.
"We have to make a list of people to invite." The blonde murmured. His eyes flickered up to Sasuke's and the Uchiha bit down on his inner cheek again. It was getting to be a bad habit.
"I don't want to talk about the wedding." Pulling his hand away, Sasuke shoved the paint chips away from him and moved to stand up. Being careful of his stomach, he leaned against the wall and felt Naruto move beside him, gripping his upper arm and setting his hand on the Uchiha's lower back.
"Teme, its in six days." Once they were both standing up, Sasuke inhaled deeply and pulled away from his fiancé. He walked out of the guest room turned baby room and went straight for their bedroom. "We have to talk about it sometime." Easing himself onto the bed, the Uchiha gave Naruto the stink eye before turning on his side and stretching, his snug fitting sweater riding up over his stomach.
"This sweater is too tight." Sasuke muttered angrily. Naruto sighed and sat down next to the Uchiha, setting his hand on his hip. When the dark haired male didn't say anything else, the blonde settled down beside him. He flung his arm over Sasuke's hip and pressed his nose into the back of the Uchiha's neck.
"You've got at least a dozen more just like it." Naruto whispered. He kissed Sasuke's nape and held the Uchiha with a firm grip.
"I like this one." He muttered back. Grabbing the edge of his sweater, the dark haired male pulled it down.
"You want to wear it at our wedding, just one last time?" The blonde asked. He didn't sound flustered even though Sasuke could feel the half-hard erection against him.
"Do we have to talk about this now?" He complained. The male behind him buried his nose in Sasuke's shoulder, his fingers brushing across his pregnant stomach.
"I want our friends to be there." Naruto mumbled. Sasuke frowned and tilted his head into the mattress as he started to gnaw on his cheek again. He didn't want to deal with this but Naruto was right, they had only so many days before the inevitable happened. Exhaling through his nose, the Uchiha covered Naruto's hand with his own and opened his mouth.
"Not Sai." He stated. There was a rustling behind him and Sasuke turned his head to see the blonde raised up on his elbows, grinning happily. "Who do you want to invite?" Naruto practically scrambled up and moved to face his fiancé.
"Sakura, Iruka, Kakashi, Kiba, Hinata, Neji, Shino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Rock Lee, Tenten, Ino, Kurenai-sensei, Asuma-sensei, Teuchi, Ayame, and Yamato, am I forgetting anyone?" Naruto answered gleefully. Sasuke glared as the blonde pressed closer but silently accepted the jostling.
"Too many." He stated. Naruto's expression dropped and Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"What? No it's not!" The blonde countered. Sasuke raised an eyebrow and brought his hand to the blonde's cheek, his thumb brushing across Naruto's lower lip.
"That's seventeen people, not including Shizune and Tsunade," He murmured. "Too many." Sasuke slid his gaze upwards and brushed his fingers over Naruto's scarred cheek. The blonde tilted his head into the touch and held Sasuke's gaze for a long moment.
"Well who do you want to disinvite?" Naruto questioned as he closed his eyes. He looked defeated, his voice sounding tired but he was still smiling softly. Sasuke ran his fingers through blonde hair, scratching at the blonde's scalp.
"Can't disinvite someone if they haven't been invited in the first place." The dark haired male reasoned. Naruto opened his eyes, his gaze soft as he bit his lower lip in an attempt to not smile.
"You know what I mean, Teme." The blonde let his hand brush against the Uchiha's stomach, slipping under the black sweater to caress the warm skin. He sighed at the touch and shifted his feet, knocking their ankles together.
"Iruka, Kakashi, and Sakura, everyone else can wait for the reception." Sasuke answered. He leaned forward, twitching his lips in such a way that he knew his fiancé would find irresistible. To his surprise though, Naruto's gaze didn't stray from his eyes and the blonde held strong.
"Why can't everyone come?" He asked. Sasuke furrowed his brow and regarded his fiancé carefully.
"Are you an idiot?" The Uchiha asked almost jokingly. Naruto smiled and shook his head as he continued to rub Sasuke's stomach. Fingertips danced across his skin pleasantly and the Uchiha brushed his own fingers against a tan ear, knowing Naruto liked that.
"Come on, we're getting married in the Hokage's office, there's more than enough room in there for everyone. It also means that not everyone will wait around for the reception, which means less people to get ride of at the end of the day." The blonde reasoned with a grin. Sasuke focused his attention on the perfectly rounded tip of his fiancé's ear and tried to ignore the slightly pleading look Naruto was giving him.
"Fine." The Uchiha relented. Naruto had a valid point and he knew he was just being difficult. He still hadn't wrapped his mind around the idea that they would be together, proven by a legally binding contract, in six days. "What else do we need to discuss?" He felt the hand under his shirt stop moving, gently pressing flat against his baby bump, as if trying to feel for the baby moving. Letting his own hand slip down Naruto's head to his neck and shoulder, Sasuke met a soft, blue-eyed gaze.
"What should we wear?" Naruto nearly whispered. He shifted next to the Uchiha, moving even closer so that their noses were almost touching. Sasuke let his hand rest on Naruto's waist and let the blonde press their calves and knees together.
"Suits? Or our flak jackets?" The Uchiha questioned. Feeling the hand under his shirt start to move again, Sasuke did the same on the blonde's hip.
"Suits are expensive, even if we rent them." Naruto murmured. "And you can't really wear your flak jacket properly. What about civilian clothes, formal ones?" Sasuke slipped the tips of his fingers under the blonde's black t-shirt, tracing the skin that met the waistband of his pants.
"Would I be wearing white?" He let his voice drop to a husky whisper and felt Naruto's knees knock against his.
"Nah, not a completely white outfit. It doesn't suit you." Naruto replied softly. "Me though, I have to wear orange." The Uchiha raised an eyebrow but the blonde's statement was not completely unexpected. Bringing his hand down to Naruto's abdomen, he felt his partner's defined abs and briefly felt a pang of jealousy. He missed being in shape like his lover was, missed the rush of endorphins he got when he worked out.
"Anything but your jumpsuit." Sasuke said as he brought his thoughts back to the present. Naruto blinked and the hand on the Uchiha's stomach paused for a second. It was obvious his fiancé hadn't expected that as an answer.
"I thought I'd have to fight tooth and nail with you on that one." Letting the corners of his lips quirk upwards, Sasuke felt the blonde's hand drift lower over the curvature of his abdomen.
"Hn." He responded absentmindedly. The Uchiha kissed his fiancé again, hoping that that was the end of this conversation. For a moment, Sasuke claimed victory in distracting Naruto away from the marriage conversation and then felt a little irritated when he pulled away.
"Flavor of cake?" The blonde asked breathlessly. Stopping himself from huffing loudly and ruining the moment, Sasuke quickly thought of an answer that would make him happy and wouldn't cause a debate.
"Nothing too sweet." He replied.
"I'll let Shizune know." The blonde whispered breathlessly. Sasuke was getting annoyed with the stalling and eyed the blonde through half-lidded eyes.
"Anything else?" He was daring his fiancé to say anything else.
"Not that I can think of." The blonde answered.
"Good." The Uchiha whispered. He felt the blonde's hand reach for his own waistband and smirked when Naruto closed his eyes and smashed their lips together.