Sakura's POV

'Come over tomorrow at seven. I have a special dinner planned for you.'

I reread the message again, and again, and again. Was Itachi really trying to make things up to me? He had given my flowers last week but I didn't know what to do. I ended up taking them and just leaving them on the counter to die.

I decided that I would go over to my old apartment and have dinner with Itachi. I know things were bad between us for awhile, but after two months he has to have changed, right?

The next day I dressed up in a nice white dress, the large bump of my pregnant belly making the dress seem shorter than it truly was. I drove over to my old home and knocked on the door.

"There you are cunt! I've been looking everywhere for you!" Itachi grabbed my hair and dragged me into the living room and slammed the door shut.

"Itachi! Stop! Stop it now!"

"And you come back to me knocked up like the whore you are! Jumping from my dick to Deidara's! Was I not enough for you!?" Itachi smacked me to the ground and I began to cry. Why was he doing this? What had I done to deserve this? I should have never left him.

I jumped up and ran to the door but just as I reached the handle, the door vanished. I began to pound on the white wall.

"HELP ME! SOMEBODY PLEASE! HELP ME!"

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING BITCH?!"

Itachi yanked me down by my hair and kicked me in the face. A burning sensation starting at my nose spread throughout my face. I brought my hand up and touched my broken nose, I saw the blood dripping down my hand.

"What are you going to do now!?"

Before I was able to move away from my attacker, a large boot came down on my stomach. I felt time freeze for a moment then I began to scream. I tried to turn myself away from Itachi but he pulled me back and continued to kick and stomp my stomach. Hidan and Kisame shouted words of encouragement at Itachi and trashed me out like the stupid, worthless, whore I was.

"NO! NO PLEASE! MY BABY! ITACHI STOP! PLEASE! DON'T KILL MY BABY! ITACHI PLEASE! STOP!"

Deidara's POV

"Please!"

I was jolted out of my sleep by Sakura's yell. I reached under the couch and pulled out the pistol I always kept there. I jumped up to face the intruder with the gun ready to shoot in my hands but no one was there.

"Stop! Please!" Sakura continued to sob. I looked over at my bed and the situation registered in my adrenaline rushed mind. I shoved the gun back under my couch and walked over to Sakura, trying to steady my breathing. My heart was beating hard against my chest, as if trying to break my ribs and burst from its cage.

"Sakura," I mumbled down at the crying, sleeping woman. She must be having a nightmare.

"No! Stop!"

I shook her shoulder and spoke louder, "Sakura."

"MY BABY!" Sakura screamed and shot up into a sitting position. I stood next to the bed, my body still trying to calm down from the adrenaline and my mind realizing I was not fully awake yet. Sakura sat paralyzed for a moment, breathing heavy and loudly. Then her head bowed and I heard her deep heart-wrenching sobs.

I placed my hand gently on her shoulder, "Sakura."

Sakura jumped up and attached herself to me, her arms over my shoulders clinging onto my back and her body against my. She buried her head into my chest and continued to sob. I wrapped my arm around her back and began stroking her hair with the other one.

"Hey, hm…. What's wrong…"

"It was…. Was…. A dream…. Deidara…." Sakura choked out between sobs. I slowly sat down on the edge of the bed, bringing Sakura back down with me. She kept herself wrapped around me like a koala. I continued to rub her head and slid my fingers through her hair.

"It's okay Sakura, hm… Ssshh…. What happened…."

"I was…. With Itachi… And he… he…. Was beating me again…. Except…."

I rested my chin on the top of her head and began to rub her back soothingly. "You're safe, un… You're not with him anymore…. It's okay…."

"He was…. Kicking my stomach and…. Stomping on me….. and….. Deidara…" The sobbing of my name almost brought me to tears. "He killed my baby! There was blood everywhere….. all over….. I tried to save my baby….. but I couldn't…. I couldn't Deidara… He killed her… He killed her….."

I held the crying women close to me, hugging her shaking form. "It was a dream, hm….. A dream…. It didn't happen…." My words did nothing to calm Sakura. I just held her as she sobbed instead of trying to talk. I adjusted myself more onto the bed so I was leaning against the bed frame, my legs up. Sakura let go of me only for me to adjust, her face was red and her eyes swollen and puffy from crying. I opened my arms for her and she crawled into my lap, clinging to me once more.

"Sshhh…. It's okay, hm… You're safe with me… It's okay…"

I continued to stroke Sakura's hair while holding her close to me, as if I could protect her from all the nightmares. Sakura slowly began to shake less and less, her crying becoming quieter and quieter. I kissed the top of her head when I felt her chest rise and fall against my own in a soft rhythmic movement accompanied by slow shallow breathing.

Deidara's POV

The person in my arms began to shift. I slowly opened my eyes to see if there was a problem. None. A soft moan escaped Sakura's lips as she burrowed her head deeper into my chest. I chuckled.

"Not awake yet, yeah?"

Sakura's eyebrows knit together and she grumbled something, clearly not a morning person. Her body curled up into a fetal position. I tighten my arms around the sleeping women and begin to stroke her hair. Last night when I had crawled into bed with her to comfort her from her nightmare, I had barely been awake and didn't clearly register what I was doing. Now, thinking clearly, I am amazed that I am actually holding her. To be able to hold her, touch her hair, share body heat, feel her chest rise and fall against me… It's amazing. I never want this moment to end.

Sakura groans again and begins to move more, waking up slowly. "Morning sweetheart," I whisper into her ear. Sakura's face becomes confused, but she keeps her eyes closed. Then her eyes snap open and I'm on the other side of the bed.

"JUST WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING DEIDARA!"

I stare at the yelling girl; she stands off the bed opposite me. Sakura's fists are clenched, her eyes like flames and she glares daggers at me. I never thought I would be afraid of a woman but the way Sakura stood in front of me; I was scared for my life.

"Uh… you… I'm sorry?"

Shivers went through me as Sakura brought her hands up, cracking her knuckles. Although I was the victim of her rage, I was secretly glad that her feisty side was coming out again.

"Last night you had a nightmare I comforted you and you wanted to cuddle so I help you and you feel asleep on me yeah," I told her all in one breath. Sakura continued to prepare herself to pummel me then her face relaxed. She grinned.

"Oh… that's right… ah ha…"

I relaxed myself and got off the bed, smiling at her flustered laugh. A deep shade of red dusted her cheeks as I straightened the blankets.

"I'm going to uh… go shower now," Sakura explained, a nervous chuckle complimenting her embarrassed face.

I nodded, grinning to myself as I walked over to the stove, "You do that, yeah."

Hey guys. I'm sorry it's been so long since I've updated and then I update with a silly short fluff chapter that's really nothing but relationship development. I've been so busy with school and it's hard to balance reading FF, writing FF, reading books, watching anime, FB, school, family, and friends and then still get a full night sleep. Sorry that this was a bit disappointing.
You could help me though! I have a few different scenes that I plan on writing about while Sakura is pregnant. But it's not enough. What are some things I should include or something that you want to see happen or ideas. ANYTHING REALLY! I just need a bit of idea help XD
Thank you for staying with my story for so long

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