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Day 5 Prompt: Pregnancy

Summary: Sometimes, Sasuke wishes he could ask someone for advice.

Those next few months of traveling together were perhaps the most wonderful moments of his life. They were doing missions together and finally spending time together and one thing led to another...

Sakura had been so nervous when she told him. They weren't planning on having a baby until at least a year after their marriage. They had been careful, doing the necessary jutsus—apparently that wasn't enough.

Sasuke had reassured her, of course. It was okay. They would just have to take less stressful assignments—they could still travel together and just go home about a month before the baby was due.

"But Sasuke-kun, are you okay with it?" Sakura had asked him, her green eyes searching his for any doubt. "If you aren't ready, I could—"

He had silenced her with a kiss then, which was all the reassurance she needed.

...

But now three months have passed and he didn't know what to feel. Of course, he would never admit it.

Little did he know, Sakura already knew.

"You're scared, aren't you?" She asked during one of their walks.

Silence took over, and Sasuke looked anywhere but his wife.

"Sasuke-kun..." She called out softly.

There was a pause before he started speaking.

"I don't know how..." He said, his voice barely audible among the leaves crunching beneath their feet.

"What?"

"You're so good at this, Sakura. You were always taking care of everybody ever since you were genin. Me, on the other hand... I wish I could ask someone for advice."

"Sasuke-kun, look at me."

"Do you remember when I was feeling down about myself when we were about to take the chuunin exams?"

He was silent. What did that have to do with anything?

"Remember when nobody noticed anything, not Naruto, not Kakashi-sensei who bless his soul was supposed to be a father-figure of some sorts." She giggled.

"You noticed something was off, and you remember what you did?"

Ah.

"That's different."

"I don't know if it was. You were attentive, you did something about it. You even winked at me, that must have been so difficult for you!"

His ears felt hot.

"That's different. I—" he paused.

"Yes?"

"You were... we were..."

He was surprised when she kissed his cheek.

"I get it, you liked me," she laughed. "And you'll love our child, Sasuke-kun. You'll be fine."

"Hn."

"And don't worry about advice. That's what I'm here for," she said smugly.

At this, Uchiha Sasuke couldn't help but chuckle.

Of course. As usual, his wife was right.

I think this will be my last canon-compliant entry (that is not a snippet) I'll have for the TwitFest! I think... but I just want to thank all those who commented and reviewed the past few days! To be honest I haven't really been okay creatively, among other things, because of a lot that's been happening right now. But your comments have really helped me so much! Please take care of yourselves, and remember! #JunkTerrorBillNOW #OustDuterteNOW #BlackLivesMatter