Naruto x Reader x Sasuke Affair

Chapter 168

 There was a knock on the door, Naruto looking up as Sakura entered the room. "Is it ready?" Naruto asked her. Sakura shook her head no. "What's up?" Sakura looked over to Y/N who was tensely playing with the baby.

"Can you take Artemis to the nursery? I want to have a little talk with Y/N." Sakura said softly. Y/N looked up abruptly, surprised. "It's nothing bad, I just want to talk." Sakura said with a soft smile. Naruto nodded, walking over to Y/N.

"He's about ready for a nap, if you rock him." Y/N said quietly. "He'll be good for you." She noted as she passed the baby to Naruto. She placed his pacifier in his mouth, the baby tiredly batting his eyes. "He's a little milk drunk." Y/N giggled as Naruto smiled brightly.

"Aww, cute baby." Naruto cooed to Artemis, nodding to the two women as he walked to the door. "Come find me when you're done, Sakura." Naruto said, Sakura nodding to him as they left the room quietly. Y/N looked at Sakura in confusion, the woman walking over to her. Sakura sat down next to her, her head bowed to the floor.

"Are you okay?" Sakura looked at her with a small smile. "I didn't expect Naruto to demand I give you a pregnancy test of all things." Sakura said. Y/N nodded, her arms wrapping around her waist.

"I'm fine. I'm not pregnant." Y/N gave a shrug. "So I don't know why he insists. I get that he cares." Y/N said, not looking at the woman. Sakura nodded.

"Is it him? Kawaki, right?" Y/N looked at her, confused. Sometimes she didn't know who knew and who didn't. Sakura had yet to mention she knew of their involvement. "Only a few people know, and I'm one of them." Sakura smiled at her. "Everyone knows he stole you away, but very few people know of the current relationship you two hold." Sakura said softly.

"Oh." Y/N mumbled. "Well, yeah." She said quietly. Sakura smiled, nudging her with the shoulder.

"You've got something on your mind. Just tell me." Sakura said. "You look like you need to vent." Sakura crossed legs up on the bed. "Come on, I won't tell." She promised. Y/N sighed.

"Uh, well. Artemis is my cousin, and he's not the father." Y/N chuckled lightly. "I just didn't know what to say." Y/N mumbled, still squeezing her sides. "I'll take care of him like he's my own of course." Y/N smiled. "And I don't know, I have some problems on my mind." Sakura nodded, wrapping an arm around Y/N's shoulders. "You don't have to listen if you don't want to."

"You need it." Sakura said. "So just talk." She said nicely. Y/N sighed, a quiet look on her face as she looked around. Her sides were still being squeezed, her arms pressed tightly against her as she wracked her mind for something to talk about. There were just so many she didn't know where to start.

"Well.." Y/N mumbled. "I'm a piece of shit." Sakura looked at her abruptly, Y/N nodding with a laugh. "I don't know how to love. I can love the kids, I mean that's easy. All they give me is love, so it's easy to show it back." Y/N said, looking at her. "But I don't know what it's like to love another person." Sakura looked at her in confusion. "I really don't."

"What do you mean, Y/N? I've seen you in a relationship before." Sakura said, Y/N shaking her head sadly. "What's wrong?" She asked.

"I..." Y/N thought long and hard. "My best friends have always heard me say that I love them. You've heard me say it. I've told so many of our friends and family that I love them, because they're so important to me." Y/N said with a small smile. "But I'm thinking really hard, Sakura." Y/N breathed hard. "And I don't remember telling another man that I loved him, and really meant it." Y/N looked away. "I don't think I've ever experienced love in the purest form, and it's hard for me to recognize when someone really cares and accept that." Sakura watched Y/N ramble on, stressing herself out.