“What did you just say?” Sakura asked, voice barely a peepas she looked up to her mentor with wide eyes full of shock.

Tsunade merely rolled her eyes at Sakura and sighed. “I onlyconfirmed what you already knew. You are in fact pregnant. Approximately fiveweeks.”

There was no reason for Sakura to even feel such disbelief.She had known in her heart for the past couple of weeks that there wassomething different about her. The way she felt, even the way she looked whenshe saw herself in the mirror. It hadn’t taken her long to come to theconclusion that she was pregnant, but she still went to Tsunade to be sure, andshe still just couldn’t believe it.

Sarada was already a chunin, and had just become a teenager.Sasuke was back home but barely a year had passed. They never planned to havemore than one child, they had been so excited about Sarada and she was morethan enough for them. Sasuke’s travels prevented them from ever trying againand they never even took the time to discuss it, so Sakura had long sinceassumed Sarada would always be an only child.

Everything had changed now though. Tears filled her eyes asshe laid a hand over her lower abdomen, able to feel the little chakrasignature in there that wasn’t her own. This was another reason she had known allalong, but she just still couldn’t believe it. It was so unexpected. Shewondered if Sasuke would react the same way this time as he had with Sarada.

The thought alone had her laughing.

“Wow, your hormones are already haywire.” Tsunade mutteredas she skimmed through Sakura’s chart absentmindedly. “Well, you should gohome. There’s no sense in you finishing your shift today when you have suchgood news to tell your husband. And good luck with that.”

Sakura laughed again as she wiped the tears from her eyes.“We might be seeing you soon.”

“I don’t think so. If he passes out, you deal with him.You’re the only one who can.”

“You’re right. I’ll keep him home, don’t worry.” Sakurasaid, unable to keep the grin from her face. Sasuke was probably going to be reallyshocked. She couldn’t wait to see how he’d react to the news.

Luckily Sarada was away on a mission, so Sakura would havetime to tell Sasuke alone before they’d both tell her together. She took hertime walking home, thinking over the right way to tell him and imagining onescenario after the next. He could be shocked into silence, or maybe so thrilledhe’d jump for joy, (doubtful, but she still liked the mental image of it) orthere was always the possibility of him having little to no reaction at all,until he lost consciousness.

Honestly, Sakura had no idea how he would react to thisnews. She was shocked herself, so she expected him to be as well. Either way,she knew they would be happy and so would Sarada. Sasuke was home now, andnothing was more important to him than his family. This baby would only be onemore precious person that he would dedicate his life to in order to protectthem.

.x.

Finally home, she walked in and took her heels off beforewalking through the house. She heard the shower cut off just before she enteredtheir bedroom. She was already blushing before he even walked out of thebathroom. He came out, towel held around his waist. His eyes met hers instantlyand he gave her a soft smile.

“You’re home early.” He noted, seemingly pleased. Sakuraexcitedly went over for a hug, arms outstretched until his hand released histowel suddenly and reached out quickly for a soft touch to her forehead.

She blushed, hand covering her forehead the instant his fingersmoved away, then her eyes darted down to admire his naked body. A nosebleed wassure to hit her if she didn’t look away immediately… and yet she couldn’t.

“Just going to stand there, gawking?”

She looked up to his face, cheeks beet red and before shecould say or do anything he had her pushed back on the bed. His lips claimedhers with the same fiery passion he always had. For a moment, she was lost tohim, kissing him back urgently. She knew where this was headed. Sarada wasn’t home,they would seize this opportunity for midday sex, something they rarely got tohave.

Bad as she wanted it though, today she couldn’t. She hadvery important news, news she couldn’t wait to tell him because it was eatingher alive. Enough for her to groan his name and pull his hair until his lipsleft hers with a smack.

“Sakura,” He growled, voice deep and husky. She shiveredbeneath him, half wanting to tell him after. But she just couldn’t.

“Wait…” She panted, breathless from his kiss. “There’ssomething I need to tell you.”

His brows pulled together then, but he made no move to getoff of her. “What?” He then leaned down to kiss her neck, his tongue slidingacross her pulse.

She whimpered, her body failing her. She wanted him. Shedidn’t want to wait. This is how it always was. It was no wonder she’d wound uppregnant.

“Tell me, Sakura.” He whispered the words against her neckand continued to kiss his way to the other side.

“Mm…” She was losing all train of thought, and quickly.

“If it’s not important, it can wait.” Sasuke said plainly,not giving a damn about anything except having her right then and there.

“N-no.” She shook her head, pushing his shoulders gentlyuntil he wasn’t kissing her anymore. “It’s really… really important.”

He seemed surprised at that. “Oh…” His fingers tucked herhair behind her ear as he looked into her eyes thoughtfully. “Then tell me.”

“Umm…” She blushed, unable to believe he was still on top ofher and she was about to lay this news on him. “Well…”

As much thinking as she’d done, it was still hard for her tofind the right words. But then, the only way it seemed right was to just comeout and say it.

“We’re going to have another baby.” She told him, biting herlip the instant she got the words out.

Sasuke stared at her, his face unmoved, stoic as ever. Heprocessed her words for what seemed like an eternity before responding. “…You’repregnant?”

Slowly, she nodded, anxiously awaiting his thoughts on thematter.

“You’re pregnant…” He repeated, eyes widening as theycontinued to stare into hers. “We’re having another child.”

Feeling his heartrate accelerate, Sakura grinned up at herbaffled husband. “Yes, Sasuke-kun.”

After a moment he let out a chuckle unlike any she’d everheard from him before. He looked down at her with the most breathtaking grin onhis face and then he was kissing her again, his fingers digging into her hair, hisbody pressing into hers.