1. Overprotective

Sasuke knows that pregnancy makes women's hormones escalate out of whack and that mood swings are a definite given, but all the stuff Naruto and Shikamaru warn him about flies out of his head the moment that he realizes that his wife was dangerous, crafty, loud and extremely stubborn in her normal state. Add that to the pregnancy and, voila! A migraine for Uchiha Sasuke. A migraine who he loved very much, but a migraine nonetheless.

"I am pregnant, not an invalid, you stupid stubborn Uchiha-"

With the way Ino was cursing his name and muttering profanities, Sasuke was kind of scared that maybe the baby would be born prematurely.

"-and I'm a medic nin so I know what I'm doing thank you very much!"

His lovely wife glares across from him as she rants, wearing down the red carpeting as she paces in her (wholly unreasonable) anger.

Sasuke just blinks.

"But Sweetheart..." He starts, deciding that the sweet approach would calm her down. Unfortunately he is proven wrong. The former Yamanaka turns a vicious glare towards her husband and Sasuke automatically fears for his life.

"Don't you 'Sweetheart' me!" Ino bites out, affronted.

Suddenly, Ino sighs and runs a hand through her long hair. She deflates like all the fight's been left out of her.

Sasuke blinks again, trying very hard not to raise an eyebrow. Ino plops down on the couch behind her, rubbing her temples. Sasuke wants to check if her sudden movement hurt the baby, but decides at the last minute that Ino would probably kick him.

Smart man.

"Look, hon. I know you're worried for me and our baby," Ino says, and Sasuke's eyes soften at the last two words (which doesn't escape Ino's gaze since she graces him with a small smile), "but you're taking this over protective thing a little too far."

This time Sasuke does raise an eyebrow. What in the world was she talking about?

Ino interprets his look correctly and she exhales loudly.

"Sasuke. I understand that you don't want me to strain myself. I don't want to harm our baby either. BUT," She strains, casting a pointed look at her husband, "having me shadowed by two ANBU wherever I go is too much! The other day I tripped on a crack on the sidewalk and before I could regain my balance, a masked ANBU-who just came out from NOWHERE- holds me upright while another one seals the crack in the sidewalk with an earth jutsu. Then yesterday I tried to buy chocolate with Tenten and before I could line up towards the counter, one ANBU tells me that I can't have chocolate because sweets aren't good for the baby and I should be eating healthy, while his/her partner warns the salesclerk not to sell any chocolate to me or else I would be facing the wrath of one Uchiha Sasuke."

Ino glares heatedly again while Sasuke rolls his eyes. He doesn't see the harm, after all, the ANBU were doing their job, keeping her safe even from herself.

"The week before that you had Naruto follow me around the village and made sure I was restricted from leaving! Sasuke, you had the Hokage follow me around like a maid!"

Ino buries her head in her hands in the embarassment of it all.

"What? Naruto owed me a favor." Sasuke says slowly, still not understanding. After all, it was the Uzumaki himself who said he wanted to be the godfather.

Ino just mutters "idiot" under her breath. Of all the people who should understand the concept of pride...

She doesn't look up as she continues, "Sasuke. What you're doing is an insult to me as a ninja. You're making it look like I'm some weak little girl who can't handle being pregnant. The civilians don't need bodyguards while they're pregnant! And anyway, I'm not even that far into the pregnancy yet."

Sasuke closes his eyes and sighs. "Fine. I'll tell my ANBU to lay off."

Ino looks up and casts a slightly amused smile at her husband. "Yeah, let them go back to their real duties, which does not include shadowing an ex-Avenger's wife around her home village."

"...Truce? You'll stop being mad about this?" Sasuke asks, sitting down beside his wife and taking her in his arms. Ino snuggles closer to him.

"Sure, as long as you make good on your promise."

Three days later, when Sasuke is on a mission to Kusagakure, Ino steps out of the Uchiha compound and blinks owlishly at a genin team who say that they'll be her bodyguards for the week that Sasuke is away.

Ino slaps a hand to her face.

Baka Uchiha..

Still, it was sweet how overprotective he could be.

But she would never tell him that.

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