Mission: Baby

Mission: Game On

Chapter 14:

Mission: Game On

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

It was the middle of the night yet both Naruto and Sakura were wide awake in their shared room. Sakura wanted to keep Shinachiku close to her, so he was laying beside her asleep with a pacifier in his mouth and a blanket covering him. Sakura laid on her side, eyeing every single detail on Shinachiku's face.

She didn't want to say it, but she felt like a bad person. Despite Shinachiku being abandoned she still thought that his parents were going to come back for him at any moment. She wouldn't be able to just let him go after creating a strong bond in such a short time. She loved the blonde like a mother loved her child. Watching Shinachiku take his first steps really opened her eyes and got her thinking and hoping. As horrible as it may sound she hoped that they never found Shina's actual parents. She also wanted to teach Shina how to talk and maybe call her mama.

God listen to me I'm a teenager thinking about this kind of stuff.

She poked the baby on the stomach and watched as he smiled in his sleep even with the pacifier in his mouth. She giggled at the blonde's reaction his cuteness was just too much for her to handle.

She should be sleeping yet she couldn't not with her thoughts all over the place. The mission, Shina, Shina's birth parents, Naruto, even the village she didn't even have enough thinking space for Sasuke.

Sakura looked over at the other bed where her teammate was with his back to her. She wasn't sure what to think of the blonde and tried not to consider anything other than friendship. It would be so much easier if he just stopped looking at her like he did. She shifted her eyes away from the blonde when she noticed him moving around. Was he not asleep?

"Sakura-chan you're still up?" It seemed that her silent question was answered and he didn't sound sleepy at all, so that meant he had been awake for quite some time.

"Y-yeah...you're still up also?" She looked up and could see his cerulean eyes light up in the dark looking at her carefully. She would be lying if she said that his look wasn't making her feel uncomfortable.

"Heh, I was just thinking." To her relief, his glowing orbs were no longer on her but on Shina.

"Care to explain I don't plan on going to sleep anytime soon." She smiled at him from where she lay with her head on her hand. It was late, but they really needed to talk about everything.

"It's nothing really just a bad feeling." She was skeptical about his answer since she knew that he wouldn't stay up so late just thinking about a bad gut feeling. So she decided to take the initiative.

"Naruto...am I a bad person?" That seemed to grab his attention since he sat up quickly with widened deep blue eyes. "I-I don't want to give Shina up, and part of me would be happy if we get to keep him forever."

He was silent for a moment thinking about the fact that he also didn't want to give Shina back. "No, you're a kind, gentle, caring beautiful person who would use every inch of chakra to heal someone who's at death's door. So what if we're a bit selfish that's just part of being a human being. Shina's parents left him so you shouldn't feel bad because they couldn't give him the love that we're giving him." Naruto seemed to have got closer throughout his speech so now he was sitting on the floor beside her bed. He stroked Shinachiku's hair but never took his eyes off of Sakura. "You're the most amazing and strongest girl—no woman I know." He flashed her his widest grin causing her cheeks to be set aflame.

"Flattering..." Naruto chuckled now shifting his eyes to their charge who was currently resting with a small smile on his face. The pacifier must have fallen out while they were looking at each other. "Still thank you Naruto. You always know what to say to cheer me up." This time she giggled when his cheeks turned as pink as her hair.