Reasons

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto-san. I own nothing and I make nothing from writing this.

Summary: Naruto confesses something to Sasuke.

Pairing: Sasuke x Naruto, SasuNaru

Rating: PG

Warnings: None.

 

 

Reasons

Part One

 

 

In the middle of Sakura’s kitchen, at ten in the morning while she made breakfast and rubbed her expanding belly, Naruto finally told Sasuke how he felt.

“I love you, bastard.”

It was short, sweet, and to the point, but it still made Sasuke sputter and spit out his orange juice.

“You what now?” Sasuke sighed, putting his glass down so he wouldn’t drop it when the blonde spoke again.

“I said I loved you.” Naruto said slowly, calmly slurping up his ramen. He wasn’t even paying attention anymore. Sasuke locked his lips, looking at Sakura for some help, but she just shrugged her shoulders. “Hey, if you don’t feel the same way, it’s all good. I’ll be fine if you turn me down.”

Sakura set a plate of bacon, pancakes, and eggs down in front of him, still rubbing her belly and humming to herself. Naruto grinned at her, touching her belly and cooing to the baby growing inside. The situation was so normal that Sasuke was on the verge of flipping over the table and storming out.

“Sakura’s having your baby, or did you forget that?” Sasuke hissed over the table, refusing to acknowledge the baby bump his best friend was currently talking to. Ever since Naruto had told him that Sakura was pregnant with his child, something inside of Sasuke had been trying to forget. He’d already accepted his feelings for the blonde a long time ago. This was just adding insult to injury.

“Naruto can’t have children on his own, Sasuke-kun. He needs a man or a woman for that.” Sakura giggled, running her fingers through Naruto’s hair as he whispered against her belly, grinning like an idiot. Sasuke shook his head; all of this was just pissing him off. “He chose me because he trusts me. I’m sure if you had offered to father his children, then he would be the one carrying this little boy or girl.”

“That doesn’t sound comfortable.” Naruto mumbled, kissing her belly once before pulling away to eat the rest of his ramen. Sasuke was at a loss for words. “She has a point. It could’ve been me pregnant and you the father.”

“But you’re a man.” Sasuke pointed out, crossing his arms over his chest and daring Naruto to call him on it. The blonde just shrugged as he formed a familiar hand sign, which was followed by a soft pop and a very female Naruto sitting in front of him. “Don’t tell me that’s your way of getting pregnant.” Sasuke sighed, rubbing his temples.

“Yup. Tsunade accidentally stumbled upon my reproductive organs and said I could be a mother and a father. I just had to choose which way to go, you know, being ‘equal opportunity’ and all.” Naruto smiled, going back to his male form and lifting an eyebrow. “Baa-chan was stunned. She named my female form Naruko. Got all excited about it and stuff. Like Sakura-chan said, I still need a little help with the producing part.”

“So you picked Sakura.” Sasuke nodded, finally understanding the situation and feeling a small amount of relief that they weren’t actually together. The raven put his head in his hands, kicking himself for not coming out to the blonde sooner. That could’ve been their baby growing in Naruto’s belly, instead of his and Sakura’s baby growing in hers. “Tch. And all this time I thought you were straight.” Sasuke sighed, picking up his fork and shoving some eggs into his mouth. Naruto was watching him closely, his eyes bright and a smile curving his lips.

Sakura came to stand next to him, her shirt tucked up underneath her breasts so that her belly was the only patch of skin Sasuke could see. Naruto looked between the two of them, grinning like the idiot he’d been for the seven months since this all started. Sasuke sighed and put his fork down, turning in his chair to put her hands on Sakura’s protruding stomach.

“Your father is a dobe and your mother is an amazing medic. I am going to spoil you so much that you will love me more than them.” Sasuke smirked, letting go and turning back in his seat to finish his breakfast. Naruto was still smiling, one hand under his chin as Sakura sat down between them at the table.

“You could always be papa, bastard. Then we could work on having one of our own.” Naruto shrugged, meeting and holding his eyes. The raven looked over at Sakura, reaching out a hand to touch her belly again. She put her hand over his and nodded, like she was trying to get him to say yes. “Come on, Sasuke, you know you want to. Just imagine it. You’re chasing two kids through a house, both the spitting images of their fathers. You’ll teach them jutsu and one of them will act like me when I was younger. It’ll be great. I can teach them to be nice to people.”

“And then they’ll meet a person that completes them, and the cycle will start all over again.” Sasuke nodded, stroking Sakura’s belly as he ate a piece of bacon. “This one’s going to be a boy.” He said matter-of-factly, smiling when the baby kicked almost in agreement. “Definitely a boy.”

“So is that a yes, bastard?” Naruto asked, getting up from his chair to circle around to Sasuke’s side, wrapping his arms around him from behind.

“Yes.” Sasuke tilted his head up, kissing the blonde when he leaned down, that idiotic grin on his face. The baby kicked again, making Sasuke laugh into the kiss.

Hey, it could be a girl.

 

 

A/N: There’s a part two coming up next.