Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto.
Ten Months Later
Hatake Kakashi did not enjoy Hokage work.
As a matter of fact, he despised all the paperwork, the tedious long meetings, and all the frivolous ceremonies. He would much rather laze around, perched on a thick branch of his favorite sugi tree located at the Third Training Grounds and read Icha Icha, as he used to during the good-old days. But ultimately, he was a man of duty, and understood he had to do what he had to do. However, if there was one thing that really ground his gears, was half-assed and incomplete mission reports. It made his work a nightmare, so it was totally unacceptable.
Kakashi looked at the dark-haired young man, who stood with a bored expression, right across his desk with a flat, unwavering gaze, fingers crossed beneath his shin.
"So...", he started slowly, assessing him soberly.
"So...", but Sasuke could play his game.
"What about the perpetrators?" Kakashi stopped gallivanting and finally inquired about what he really wanted to know.
"That has been taken care of, as clearly stated on my report on page number three", he asserted with clear indifference.
"Ahhh, yes yes. I certainly read that: 'All 6 individuals chiefly involved and responsible for the production of Chakra Viva, and the death of countless ninjas and civilians with chakra reserves, across the lands of Earth, Grass, Waterfall, Iron, and Northwest areas of Fire Country, were appropriately taken care of.' ", Kakashi read the report with noted sarcasm and light twitch of an eye.
"So, what does the 'appropriately taken care of' mean?"
Sasuke repressed an immature eye-roll, "what do you think it means?"
"Sasuke, are you trying to screw me over and get me into deep water?" Kakashi was beyond vexed, but maintained his composure.
"I'm not trying to screw you. I did what I did and I'm not going to write about it", which was likely to get Kakashi into real trouble. "I had each individual listed, their history, and believe me nobody is going to be missing any of those assholes.
"As I stated in my report, the ones not directly involved including dealers and some distributors were taken into custody by the appropriate local law enforcement."
"Sasuke, I can't have you killing every person that does you wrong–" Kakashi persuaded now, certain Sasuke's obstinacy would be the death of him. Either that, or impeachment from Hokage's office.
"Those men murdered hundreds if not thousands of people, just to steal their chakra and make some money off some stupid drug for the wealthy. Justice has been served."
Kakashi let out a weary sigh, and rubbed the center of his forehead with two fingers.
"What about the lab where the drugs were being made and processed?"
"It was destroyed", he Amaterasu the shit out of it, but Kakashi did not need to know that. "Iwagakure's government seized control the quarry supplying the metals used to manufacture the zombie control chips and the chakra sucking devices.
"And all the underground cells that I was able to identify during my investigation were also eliminated", he personally made sure of that. That earth-nature chakra user will also not be making underground dungeons ever again.
Kakashi leaned back on his chair, and stared at him unnervingly, a contemplative look reflected on his dark gray eyes.
"Ok, so what do you plan to do next?"
Sasuke was a bit taken aback. He didn't think Kakashi was going to let this go so easily.
Sasuke looked at him directly in the eyes, trying to determine the older man's intentions, and then shrugged his shoulders nonchalant.
"This and that", he answered vaguely, looking sideways as an unusual pink stained the top of his pale cheeks.
"This and that, ahh...? You should visit Hinata." He planned to. Damn it! But that was none of Kakashi's business.
Sasuke looked at Kakashi squarely in the eyes.
"What are you trying to tell me?"
"Nothing. Just that it would be in your best interest to go visit her...
"Here", and he passed him a small piece of paper with some scribbles, "this is her new address."
Sasuke frowned. He was familiar with that area, and it was definitely not inside the Hyuga Compound.
Truth be told, it made things easier for him. Trying to get inside that household would probably turn out to be a hassle, and from Kakashi's words it seemed like she hadn't left Konoha on a mission.
Something about the interaction, however, gave him pause. Kakashi was never this insistent on things.
"Is she alright?" he asked knitting his brows.
"Ahh, yes. Healthwise she's doing well. So I have been reported."
Why would Kakashi need reports on Hinata's health?
"Ok", he answered somewhat hesitant.
Kakashi took out a pair of keys.
"I don't need them. I know where you hide that extra pair within the dead juniper in your balcony. I'm only staying a night or two anyways."
"Suit yourself", the Hokage replied creasing his eyes. "But do come back if you need anything", and after that cryptic last message from the Hokage, Sasuke left.
Shikamaru came in silent inside the Hokage's office, right after the Uchiha was gone.
"You think he will actually go see her and get to meet his children?"
"I'm not sure, but something tells me he might. In any case, I'm holding onto this small pile of of short-term missions for the time being that are perfect for him. This might just be what he needs to keep him closer to home", Kakashi remarked with a small nod.
"Do you trust he won't go berserk, or should I call for more Anbu operatives to stand by?"
Kakashi hesitated as he thought the matter over for a split second.
He shrugged his shoulders and nodded his head. "Yes, that's not a bad idea."
•••
"Sasuke!" he hears the familiar raspy yell, and his lips lifts in a ghost of a smile.
"You have been gone for too long you bastard", Naruto greets good-natured as Sasuke comes in past the noren curtains of Ichiraku, where Naruto sat waiting for his ridiculous usual miso pork ramen.
"I see you are still addicted to this salty shit...", Sasuke replies likewise with good humor.
"Shut up! You like ramen too, don't deny it. You used to eat it with Sakura-chan and me all the time."
Sasuke's attention is drawn to the adorable little figure dressed entirely in pink, bouncing excitedly on his lap and wearing a shirt with the words "Daddy's Little Angel" emblazoned across the front. The little head was covered with a tuft of that striking Uzumaki red hair, and her bright aquamarine-green eyes peered up at him with inquisitive interest.
"What the hell is this?" Sasuke blinks several times.
"That's not a hell", Naruto took personal offense. "She's my daughter you dumb-idiot. She's six months old now. You just have been gone for far too long. Everyone is having babies nowadays", Naruto adds and Sasuke nods just to go with the flow and shrugs his shoulders unconcerned.
"Sakura wanted a little time off to get her hair and nails done," Naruto explains and Sasuke throws him a look of distaste.
"Why are you looking at me like that? That's just some shit women like to do. In the meantime, it's daddy's time with this little cutie pie." Naruto's voice became increasingly affected with baby talk as he spoke, eliciting a smile and a delightful giggle from the baby perched on his left thigh.
Sasuke cringes.
"You've turned soft", he adds with feigned distaste.
"Soft will be your balls when I punch them", Naruto reposts without missing a beat.
"Should you be cursing right in front of your baby daughter?" he asks and Naruto shrugs his shoulders.
"She can't talk", and his face scrunches up as if that was obvious.
"Do you think Sakura would approve?"
"You better not say word, or I'll break your balls for sure."
"Probably not before Sakura breaks yours", a smirk tugs at the corner of Sasuke's lips, and both men chuckle amiable.
"And anyways, you should try getting one of these. It will brighten your day!" Naruto asserts happily as the little girl giggles on her father's bouncing leg.
"Yeah so they say...", Sasuke trails off with disbelief.
Sasuke turns then to the lady behind the counter and gets her attention with a hand gesture. The woman's cheeks reddens after taking a good look at his face, but promptly takes his order of the "driest junmai-shu sake" cup they had in store.
"Try picking her up", Naruto suggests at his side, but it wasn't a real suggestion.
"Errr... maybe not–"
"Here, don't be such a pussy", and he plants the baby right on his right thigh.
The baby coos and smiles, and makes cute gargling noises.
Ayame then arrives with Sasuke's alcoholic beverage, placing the small cup right across him on the wooden countertop.
Sasuke didn't know what to do at first, so he held her, as if holding an alien organism. A cute alien that likes touching and pulling on everything, his shirt, his belt and the hilt of his chokutō.
"What the heck man?" Naruto grumbles after seeing his cute baby daughter so taken with the dark haired man. "What is it with you and females...you bastard?"
Sasuke lets out a hint of a smile before downing his sake in one gulp and promptly smacks the cup down on the countertop.
"I'm leaving. I need to go somewhere", he returns the baby back to the father's lap, patting softly the top of her head making her giggle, and leaves some coins on the counter.
"Wait! Where are you going? You are not eating something at least?" Naruto calls out after seeing him leave his seat.
"No later, I'm...", he falters and blushes lightly. "I have somewhere I need to be." Naruto caught on, and sends him a foxy leer.
"Are you seeing anyone special?" Naruto asks slyly with a teasing tone.
"Maybe..."
"You snake! You just got here and you already have a date. The heck man!"
"It's not like that Naruto."
"Ok ok, well have fun and behave. And you better come visit us afterwards!"
Sasuke waves in acknowledgment as he walks out.
•••
He wanted to see her.
If he was honest with himself, he would likely admit that he had been thinking about her regularly over the past year. Notwithstanding, duty called, and retribution and punishment needed to be dispensed.
He went to Kakashi's old apartment and took a very long shower, got clean-shaved, and for once, he brushed his wild and usually unkempt mane of charcoal-black hair.
May he say, there was some bit of wishful thinking he might get to sleep with her again. This time, maybe in a proper bed, and just a tad more gentle. He wanted to get another taste of her skin, her amazing tits... and get a feel of her insides again, even if it was just one last time.
Sasuke you dumbfuck! A woman of her class will never let you in between her legs again. Hinata was nothing like the tramps he was typically used to. No doubt, she wouldn't want anything with a man that robbed her of her virginity in such rough manner.
Sasuke wasn't a complete degenerate either. He wondered how she fared. If she was healthy and well, and back on duty. He felt he would be satisfied with knowing just that.
He wished to reassure her that the people responsible for coordinating their attack were no longer a concern, and that she needn't ever worry about them. He had taken care of things, and they were no longer a threat to anyone.
He absentmindedly pondered why she might be living outside the Hyuga compound. He was aware that the area was close to her family and had once been part of the Uchiha grounds.
He stood in front of a modest traditional wooden home. If he remembered correctly, a cousin of his mother used to live nearby that parcel. But who really knew. After Konoha's total destruction several years ago, the whole city's layout had changed considerably.
He had grown past inane sentimentalities. As the last Uchiha survivor, Konoha paid him generously for the large acreage. He did not care about what they did or ever planned to do with such piece of land.
The house was surrounded by shrubbery and several trees coming into maturity. It looked clean, and well taken care of, but the front garden was rather unkempt. Brambles and weed having overtaken some corners, as if the owner had no time for landscape upkeep.
Lost in thought, he looked down at his feet and lingered at the front door for several minutes, until he summoned the courage to knock.
Eventually, and after knocking twice, a woman that is not Hinata opens the door. Must be someone from her family, he concludes immediately. Her pale eyes were a great give away.
She looked young, barely reaching the top of his chest, and thought she could possibly be the little sister Hinata once spoke of. They had the same shaped eyes, although slightly sharper, more shrewd, and the hair was long in that typical Hyuga manner, but colored a dark chocolate instead.
"What do you want?" Rude. Definitely nothing like Hinata.
"I'm here to see Hinata", he announces curtly.
"She's very busy right now", she remarks and Sasuke purses his lips. The chick was being impertinent.
"Tell her Uchiha Sasuke wants to see her."
She widens her eyes, just enough for him to notice that she was taken aback, but then immediately narrows them again, to then look at him with suspicion.
"I said, she's very busy at this moment. Maybe you can come back later", she bits out.
The nerve of this woman.
"Mmm", Sasuke answers noncommittal. He smells bullshit. The kind he doesn't take from anyone.
He promptly ignores her, and swiftly bypasses the snarky short Hyuga and enters the house, uninvited. He takes off his sandals and throws them somewhere around the genkan, out of habit.
"Hey!" she yells behind, but he continues ignoring her and enters the main living area.
But Hinata is not there.
A fluffy nest, and wholesome environment. It's what comes to his mind stepping inside the small traditional home.
"Excuse me!?"
His eyes look quickly around. The house is messy, but clean. Recent laundry half-way folded lays atop a dark blue corner floor sofa, and wooden children toys are strewn across clean tatami floors. There are pillows and blankets, and greenery in sunlit corners. The surroundings should have sounded off some warnings signals inside his brain, but perhaps he felt too tired, too caught up in the cozy environment, surrounded by warm earthy tones and natural textures, to think too much about anything else. And maybe he was just a bit more anxious than he would have liked to admit, wanting to see the woman in whose insides he got to experience heaven in hell, and to whom he basically owed his life.
He walked further, noticing small and colorful children's books in a pile atop a piece of furniture. A series of large white frames portrayed an arrangement of dried flowers, adorned one of the walls. In the meantime, the young Hyuga was throwing a fit behind him, that he decidedly chose to disregard.
The scent of aromatic oils, and the smell of recent baking, that strangely reminded him of Uchiha Sembei's shop, came from a littered kitchen, whose main countertop was filled with washed bowls and clear bottles, large fruit bowls and several drying pots and pans in a corner.
But Hinata was also not there.
He hears a noise from the outside and moves towards it.
"Oi! I said EXCUSE ME!"
Sasuke walked outside, past the exterior glass sliding doors to walk into an open porch, and was welcomed with an appealing backyard full of lively trees, and an image that never in a thousand years he could have ever envisioned.
Sasuke stood abruptly, gobsmacked, and the Hyuga slammed into his back caught unawares at his sudden stop. He didn't flinch or stumble, but just stood there frozen firm, as if caught up in a genjutsu.
She looked like a vision, dressed in a linen-white cotton dress with her chest partially exposed, seemingly more rounded and beautiful than he had ever seen her before, her head tilted down while she held close to her naked chest a bizarre tiny creature. A healthy pink flushed her cheeks from the heat of the summer, and her dark bluish hair was picked up messily atop her head, but that wasn't what mainly caught his attention. She angled her head up slightly from her comfortable sitting position, atop floor blankets and more pillows.
He could see the surprise in her eyes. She clearly was not expecting him. For a moment, her eyes widened before they quickly dimmed and became more cautious.
"Hello Sasuke-kun...", she speaks softly, "how have you been?", she asks politely, and turns her focus once again down to her previous task, and adjusts gently the strange little creature sucking greedily on her nipple with cute gargling noises.
"What-what's the meaning of this?", he asks, his voice almost trembling with shock.
"Nee-san, this jerk just came in uninvited–" the little sister speaks irritated from his side, sending him menacing looks.
"It's alright Hanabi-chan", Hinata says gently.
"But nee-san–", Hanabi complains and Hinata gives her little sister a look.
"Fine...", she goes back inside sulking and leaves them there alone. Just the two of them and that creature that did not fit right with the picture.
The little thing opens its eyes slowly after the whole commotion. The eyes are dark, almost obsidian but not quite, more like melted metal, and the abundant hair atop its head is black like midnight. The little forehead creases, and it turns his way while the nipple moistened in milk slips messily out of its little mouth, and he receives what it occurred to him had to be the most impertinent look no infant should have ever directed his way. 'This boob is mine' it said.
It turns its head back to its mama, and grabbing back the nipple easily it continues sucking with its little hands holding lovingly onto her sweet mound, squeezing like a marshmallow.
"His name is Kuragari, he is your son", Sasuke lets out a small quivery breath.
A gentle summer breeze ruffles some strands of hair, but all he could focus on are the soft suckling sounds coming from the small creature that is indisputably his.
Her nipple was larger, thicker than he remembered and almost a little swollen, colored with the most charming pink. Sasuke swallows with difficulty, feeling his throat a little parched. Maybe he's also a little hungry. It was perhaps, not just for food.
His brain untethered from his body. A sweet irritation that consumes him. Inside, he is close to panicking, sure of nothing, feeling lost his mind races with thoughts and fears he feels he's unable to control. Meanwhile, his cock decides it is a good time to stiffen beyond appropriate.
The infant eventually les go of the feeding gland, looking satisfied and sleepy. Bashful, she covers her exposed chest with a rosy blush on her face, then pats his little back, very gently for a few minutes, after which he is completely sound asleep.
Sasuke feels oddly dissatisfied.
It was in this moment that Sasuke, who was still recuperating from shock and such turn of life events, suddenly notices the large floor bassinet sitting besides the young mother.
She places the sleeping boy next to another sleeping creature right on the side. The bassinet sat almost behind her so he didn't notice it at first, too busy panicking over the startling revelation.
"That's Akiko, your daughter. I can't feed them both at the same time." She continues as if explaining that the sun was high in the sky.
She tucks him inside carefully, and the sleeping baby boy moves instinctively towards his sister and cuddles next to her. His tiny hand holds his sister's hand and they both make cute cooing noises in their sleep.
"Next time, I will probably be feeding him first", she asserts as if reminding herself.
Sasuke starts making pointing gestures with a hand towards her direction. He is about to say something, but no words come out, and takes his hand back and drops it. He makes a strange noise in his throat, to clear it.
"I... I will be back." He states now more firm, and with those parting words he storms out.
Hanabi stood inside the house, looking outside through the glass at the whole scene with wide open eyes.
Sasuke heard in passing the muttered words directed his way from the little sister, "douchebag" right before leaving.
Hinata stares with hidden sorrowful at the spot where he just stood moments earlier.
She shakes her head and picks up the large bassinet, carrying her treasure inside the babies' bedroom, more precious than diamonds or gold.
•••
Sasuke stormed out of the house.
He stood outside for a few seconds, angry, confused, and that's when he felt for the first time the hidden presence keeping watch by some nearby trees.
In a blink of an eye, he appeared next to the shadow, his sword at the ready.
"I want you to be very careful with the words you are about to say, if you don't want your head to detach from the rest of your body. Who the fuck are you and why are you here?", he threatens pointing the sharp side of his sword directly at the neck of the masked figure.
"I'm under Hokage orders, my charge is just to protect Lady Hinata and her infants. That is all." The man explains cautiously.
The man –whose face he could not see because he wore an Anbu mask, but could notice the beedy little eyes of an Aburame– didn't flinch when Sasuke pressed the sword further into his neck, purposely nicking it in the process.
Sasuke could not see deception in his eyes, and putting his sword away, his presence disappeared from the premises.
•••
He bursted inside the Hokage's office through a window, who was in a middle of a meeting, and immediately two Anbu jumped out of the shadows in defense. Sasuke easily sidestepped them, grabbing each from behind their heads and smashing with great force at each other's faces. Their porcelain masks broke, and crumbled, and the men bled heavily from their foreheads as they hanged limp from Sasuke's hold.
Sasuke craved blood, and hell hath no fury like a riled up Uchiha.
"Oh for the love of–! Sasuke!" Kakashi bellowed in warning, as meeting members scrammed from the office.
"How could you not fucking tell me she was pregnant!", he roared indignant. He was now surrounded by Anbu.
"Calm down Sasuke!"
A stealth shadow climbed his body, circling around all of his extremities to finally wrap tight around his neck.
"Sasuke, let go of my soldiers so we can talk", Kakashi tried his best to placate the angry young man.
"Tell your shadow user to let me go if he doesn't want to be tortured for days within my Tsukuyomi", Sasuke threatened, his mangekyō sharingan activated while staring directly at the Nara.
"Shikamaru, let him go", he ordered, "Sasuke, you let go of those Anbu too", and Shikamaru released reluctant his Kagemane jutsu.
"Shikamaru could you please tell the secretary to bring us some tea", Shikamaru pursed his lips in annoyance, and Sasuke glowered.
"I don't want your fucking tea", he bit out.
"Let's sit down and talk this calmly like sensible adults", the Hokage advised sounding worn out and fatigued.
"And would you please let go of my Anbu", he repeated, "they are just doing their duty", Sasuke finally did as requested and let go of the bodies, which fell with a loud thud on the hardwood floors.
"Inoshishi, Hyō", Kakashi called their animal code-names, "go check in with the medic on duty", he commanded right after Sasuke had finally released their battered bodies.
"Sasuke, now sit down and let's discuss this peacefully", the dark haired man scowled, and reluctant sat down across his old sensei.
•••
Hinata gazed down at the peaceful faces of the sleeping babes, two blessings embracing each other as if sharing a bond between their souls. Their tiny forms nestled close together in perfect bliss, and her heart overflowed with unconditional love.
When they were born and cradled within her bosom for the very first time, she felt a rush of sweet and exuberant emotion. She thought they were the most precious little beings she had ever held in her arms. So small and vulnerable, yet they seemed to belong there with her, in her arms all along. She made a solemn vow then, to do everything in her power to love and protect them.
Despite the gossiping whispers out in the streets, Hinata refused to let their harsh words diminish her love for her precious infants. They aren't illegitimate children, they are her most beloved treasures, even when their conception was not one stemmed out of love. Regardless of their father's absence, she would always be there to love and nurture them.
She blushed sheepish at that time in the delivery room when the old midwife reminisced about her past.
She couldn't recall such beautiful babies being born in Konoha ever since the birth of Uchiha Mikoto's youngest.
And so her children seemed to have inherited their father's renowned good looks.
Medics and nurses always fawn over them whenever she's at the clinic for baby check-ups, but all Hinata wanted were healthy babies. She didn't mind if they don't get to inherit any of their parents renowned eye-traits. Better yet if their don't.
It might have seem selfish, but she was very hesitant to inform him of their birth. She figured he would find on his own, if he wanted to. They both survived their ordeal, and that was good and all that mattered. She didn't owe him, and he didn't owe her anything either.
Hinata had trusted Sasuke, because Naruto trusted him and called him his best friend. And so she never held any resentment against him for his past misdeeds against Konoha. Besides, she wasn't naive despite appearances. Hinata understood Konoha had a hidden past, and suspected not everything that had been said about the Uchihas was the whole truth.
She often pondered what encountering him would be like, but she never imagined he would just simply run away. It was a strange emotion what she felt inside her chest.
With Naruto married —the only man she had loved and probably the only one her father would have approved of outside of her clan— chichihue would have eventually arranged for her to marry a distant cousin. She was convinced this was the best possible outcome.
She had no expectations of him, it was probably better this way. Hinata preferred the simple and predictable things in life. Sasuke was too dark, too attractive, too intense and frightening, too complicated a man. But then, why did seeing him vanish feel like such a disappointment?
"It's ok my sweets. Mommy is here", and water gathered unbidden around the delicate crease of her eyes, as she caressed the top of her sleeping son and daughter's heads with the soft pad of her fingers.
A/N: I also want to laze around and read dirty novels all day :(
- Akiko: Clear
- Kuragari: Dark
I might proofread this chapter a little bit more later on, but I was getting a little antsy about posting. I have been on a good writing streak lately, I'm hoping it continues.
So the story is becoming a little longer than I thought initially. I basically have an outline, but I keep adding stuff. I'm just going to continue to write between 4-5k words each chapter until finished. I still don't think it will go past 10 chapters, but we will see.
I'm sure some of you might be disappointed, many asked for Sasuke to find out about Hinata's pregnancy beforehand. But I always had this idea of Sasuke seeing Hinata for the first time in awhile, looking like a virtuous Madonna feeding his child, and then having his whole thought process short-circuit and his life just kind of turn upside-down, so we all get this instead, lol.
bloodberrylicious: Yes I tried being sneaky about the twin births but my writing skills can only go so far, lol! And no more time skips after this. I promise!
Red flag MLs are best, because it makes the stories more interesting, what otherwise would be a boring love story. There is a reason the love to hate trope is so popular. I was looking for something to read the other day and found out there is a whole genre of smutty high-school bully romance out there. Can you believe it!? But anyways thanks so much for the support!
Dear Guest from Mar 23: I have never heard of the sandwich generation, is that because we are between Gen-Xs and Gen-Zs? Ha ha ha! It is a bit complicated with me because I'm an immigrant, so you have Americans living with their parents and living off their parents, but when your own parents don't even speak the language it's basically on you to support them. I don't feel burdened either, my mom is a pain in the ass but I love both my parents lol. My husband is also very supporting (he's first gen American himself), so it's all good!
Gintoki is the best! and Ginko is really something else, my goodness that show is funny. And that OVA gender-bender episodes when the men turn into women and the women into men, just every time I watch a clip I get tears in my eyes.
Iri: I loooove Mada/Hina too, and yes they are very hard to find specially nowadays. I have in the works a new Mada/Hina called "Red Dragon Rising", a modern AU with Madara as a yakuza boss and Hina as a high schooler orphan (of age!). I have basically the first and last chapter written (don't ask how that happened lol) but hopefully it's something I can get on after this in the next several months.
MiaReichs: I might add in a sprinkle of jealousy, lol, but it might not be what you are thinking. I don't like bashing Sakura, cause man, if you have read some of my other stuff you might notice I don't usually do that. I think the biggest problem with Sakura is that Kishimoto messed up her characterization, she had so much potential and what we get at the end is a Sakura that never grew up but instead her obsession paid off with her getting her way. Same thing with Hinata but to a less intense degree. I even think that deep down the hardcore Sasu/Saku shippers felt short-changed (even though most of them won't admit it). This shit never happens in real life. If you have noticed, most high-school sweethearts don't even tend to last. When was the last time you saw someone you had a crush on when you were young, and now you are just like yikes! what was I thinking.
So anyways, I know the cheating fics (naru/hina/sasu/saku) are super popular nowadays but I personally despise them, because despite my degenerate writings, lol, I actually have very high regard for the marriage institution. So we will see, this fic is definitely starting to become longer than I expected. Thanks for the support!
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And I guess all your other questions are answered in this chapter ;)
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