Chapter 11.

After Sasuke put Mikoto to bed and showed his parents to their guest room, he returned to Hinata, who was still looking at the things inside of the little box. She held the two pictures. A sad smile was glued on her face. "Do you remember this?" She handed him the picture of herself and him when they were younger. Sasuke looked at the necklace that shined so bright around his wife's neck. It wasn't a huge pendent, but it fit her good. He remembered that day well.

-Flashback-

It was well past noon when Sasuke received a phone call that woke him up from his lazy nap. He fumbled to reach for the phone but dropped it, which woke him up. He grabbed the phone and mumbled into the speaker. "Hello?"

"I-I'm sorry, d-did I wake y-you?"

Sasuke sat up and stared at the wall. "No, what's wrong, Hinata?"

"Sasuke I-I need to t-talk to y-you."

Sasuke's heart started to pound. "Alright, in person, or right now?"

"C-can I j-just come o-over there?"

Sasuke scratched his head and rolled out of bed. "Yeah. Come on over. I'll make us some breakfast."

"O-okay. Sasuke?"

"Yeah?"

"I-I love y-you"

"You too, Hinata" Sasuke heard the line go dead and hung up his phone. What was going on? Why was Hinata acting so weird? He sighed and hurried to clean up his room. After that, he went to the kitchen and realized he had no breakfast food. He made green tea and ramen. "It is lunch time, anyway." He cleaned his house to look at least slightly presentable to his girlfriend when she would come over. As soon as he sat down, he heard a light tapping on his door. "I'm coming, Hinata."

Sasuke opened the door to see his girlfriend standing there. He hugged her and kissed her cheek in welcome. She smiled and returned the hug. "Come on, babe, let's go eat some lunch."

"I thought you said we'd be having breakfast."

"I just woke up." Sasuke scratched his head and Hinata smiled some.

They sat down to eat, but no one spoke through the meal. Sasuke wondered what Hinata wanted to tell him, Hinata wondered if she should actually tell him.

Hinata finished the ramen and lifted her tea mug to her lips. "It's good."

Sauske couldn't deal with the silence for so long. "Hinata, are you going to tell me what's wrong?"

She took another sip of her tea then set the mug down. "S-Sasuke. I-I'm p-pregnant."

Sasuke had lifted his mug to his lips as well, he gasped, forgetting that he had the liquid in his mouth. He coughed and sputtered in surprise and set his mug down. "You're p-pregnant?" His voice squeaked as it neared the question going a pitch higher than normal. "Are you sure?"

"I-I'm sure. Ino had me take a pregnancy test."

"Ino knows? Who else knows?"

"N-No one."

"How could this have happened? We were so careful." Sasuke put his hand on his head and took a deep breath. He was about to speak but before he could-

"I want to keep the baby." Hinata's eyes furrowed and she looked at Sasuke so seriously. She was so sure of herself.

"I can't even take care of you let alone a baby!" Sasuke pounded his fist on the table and looked at Hinata. He didn't show any remorse for what he just said. Hinata stared at him silently for a few moments, watching his reaction. She looked down at her hands and sighed quietly then pressed her hands to the table and stood up. She turned her back on Sasuke and walked to the front door. She turned back to look at Sasuke one last time, the silence seemed to burn in Sasuke's ears and he met Hinata's gaze. Her eyes were so full of pain, that Sasuke had to take a step back. Hinata turned away from him and left, never looking back once.

Sasuke watched the door in shock. She just left without a word. Sasuke put his face in his hands. What was he going to do now? He couldn't just leave Hinata. He didn't know if he could support the child, but Hinata wanted the baby. The baby. Sasuke was going to be a father. A father! He forgot his earlier anger, it was replaced with excitement and wonder. He wondered if he could ever possibly be a good father. Hinata was so upset with him, he needed to make it up to her as soon as possible. He remembered once he told her that he would do everything in his power to keep Hinata happy. A few hours had passed, it was well near evening. Sauske called Hinata but she didn't answer her phone. He left his house and went to the local jewelry store. He saw a simple necklace that caught his eye. It sparkled brightly, but it was small. It reminded him so much of Hinata. Next to it was a sapphire engagement ring. The ring itself was a small silver band with two tiny diamonds on each side of a small sapphire rock. Sasuke looked at the jeweler. "I did you a few favors, right?"

The jeweler grinned and said "You can make payments later."

Sasuke paid for the necklace and took the engagement ring to go.

"I'M COMING, I'M COMING!" The loud-mouthed teen opened the door.

"Naruto. I need your help" Sasuke pushed Naruto back from the door frame and went inside.

"What do ya' need buddy?" Naruto asked scratching the back of his head.

"I really screwed up with Hinata...like really bad."

"You idiot! What did you do this time?"

"She's pregnant...I freaked out."

"You're so stupid, Sasuke!" Naruto bopped him on the head with the side of his fist.

"ACH! I know! I don't need you to tell me I messed up." He counter punched Naruto in the shoulder.

"How can I help?"

"Can you get Ino to make some good food for me and Hinata? I'm going to ask her to marry me tonight."

"Sure thing. Come back in an hour and she'll have it done, especially if she knows it's for Hinata."

Sasuke gave Naruto an awkward hug. "Thank you so much. I owe you one."

"YOU OWE ME MORE THAN ONE, SASUKE!" Naruto yelled as Sasuke left the house, running back home. He would need to get his picnic blanket, put on good clothes, actually smell nice so a shower may be needed...he also needed to talk to Hinata.

"What did you do to my cousin Uchiha?"

"I need to talk to Hinata."

"Tell me what you did to her first!" Neji's eyes narrowed and he made his hands into fists.

"I...I freaked out on her."

"What do you mean you FREAKED out on her?" Neji took a few step towards Sasuke threatingly

"I yelled at her." Sasuke took a step back.

"Why...did you yell at my Cousin, Uchiha?"

"She told me she was pregnant. "Sasuke looked behind Neji to see if he could see Hinata but he blocked his view. Sasuke glanced back at him and he could physically see the rage building in Neji's system. "You...yelled at her...and she's pregnant! YOU GOT MY COUSIN PREGNANT?" Neji threw his fist toward Sasuke, who wasn't paying attention, trying to look past him to find Hinata. The fist flew into his jaw which made Sasuke stagger back a few feet he grabbed his jaw and narrowed his eyes at Neji.

"I need to make it up to her, Neji! Let me see her!"

"Over my dead body." He ran at Sasuke in a fury of kicks and punches, Sasuke countered them all, blocking and neutralizing the attacks while he tried to figure a way not to injure Neji. Hinata would be more upset at him then she already was.

"S-STOP IT!"

Neji stopped in mid punch, and Sasuke did a back flip to avoid any further damage.

"Hinata...we need to talk."

"Hinata don't talk to him!" Neji spoke defensively in her direction.

"Neji, go inside. Let me handle this."

"But, Hinata."

"J-just go, p-please." Hinata was getting upset again, which caused her to stutter.

Neji glared at Sasuke one last time before heading inside.

"Hinata, I need to talk to you. I need to tell you I'm sorry."

"What does that matter? You already told me how you felt."

"Please Hinata, let me make it up to you. I wasn't thinking earlier. I just freaked out."

Sasuke took a step toward Hinata and reached out for her.

She took a step back. "You hurt me earlier Sasuke." She looked down at her feet and Sasuke grabbed her shoulders and pulled her to him.

"I'm very sorry. Let me make it up to you."

"How?"

"You'll see. Go put on something nice to wear, I'm going to take you somewhere special." He kissed her and told her to head toward their hiding place when she was finished.

Sasuke ran off to Naruto's place, Ino answered the door.

"It's a good thing you know what you did was stupid, Sasuke, or I'd have to beat you for hurting Hinata." She handed him the container of sushi and rice balls, and delicate sweets. She sent him on his way with a light punch to his cheek. Sasuke thanked both Naruto, and Ino and rushed to their hiding place. He got there first so he hurried up and set up the cloth and set up the picnic. Their secret place was on a hillside, so they could easily see the sun which was already starting to head below the horizon. It was a pretty evening, and the fireflies started to come out, lighting the dark blue sky with their yellow lights. Hinata showed up in a white summer dress that hugged to her figure. It looked well on her. "I like the name Karasu." He said grinning. "I-I don't much like that name." Hinata said as she sat down on the blanket next to him. He handed her the box of chocolates and opened the container that housed their dinner. "Hinata I'm sorry, will you forgive me?"

"Yes, Sasuke." He gave her a quick peck on the lips and pulled out a sapphire necklace.

"It's so beautiful!"

"Here, let me put it on you." Sasuke put the necklace on her and smiled. She was so photograph worthy he had to take a picture. He pulled out his camera.

"I-I don't like pictures."

"Hush and smile." The camera flashed as it took the picture.

"I have something else for you, Hinata."

"W-what else?"

"Hinata will you stand up?"

Hinata nodded and stood up quickly. Sasuke pulled out a blue velvet box and grabbed her slender hand. "Hinata, I promise with my whole being, that I will do my best to provide for you, and our future child. Will you be my wife?"

He opened the small box, a ring, matching the same color as her necklace glimmared in the disappearing light.

"Yes! Oh, yes, Sasuke." She tackled him into a hug and kissed him. He slipped the ring on her finger, it fit perfectly.

They sat there on the hill, watching the sunset and eating their dinner, and talking about their future together.

-Flashback end-

"I never forgot that day." He kissed her forehead and grabbed her hand, which held the sapphire engagement ring, under their wedding ring. Sasuke kissed her hand and then embraced her. Hinata cried into his chest, not loud sobs, but silent shakes. He rocked her gently back and forth to try to calm her down a bit. "It's going to be okay." He soothed her until she fell asleep, and he tucked her in like he did to Mikoto. He rubbed her forehead and placed a soft kiss in between her eyes. Sasuke placed the box back upon the shelf and then climbed into bed. Hinata curled against him and soundly slept, but he didn't. He stayed awake for a while longer. He couldn't help but still wonder what happened on that day.

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