Completely On Purpose

Chapter 11

No more nightmares. No more waking up in a cold sweat. Naruto stayed with Sasuke every night, every day, did everything with him, tried his best to do everything for him, though Sasuke protested this. Not as much as he usually would have, because he was huge now, there was no denying it. They still stayed at Naruto's house, because it was closer to the hospital, but sometimes Naruto went into the woods to do things at their house. Sasuke didn't bother asking what Naruto was up to, because as soon as he got back in he'd be talking about it. Sasuke would sit, and listen patiently, and then call Naruto back to him, to bed.

Sasuke wasn't allowed to do much of anything else. Anzu had suggested, and Sakura had agreed, that Sasuke needed to stay in bed as much as possible. His body surely wasn't used to this sort of stress, strain, and tension, so he just needed to take it easy. He hadn't really liked to hear that he couldn't walk around, even in the house, but his feet did hurt, and if he stayed in bed he wouldn't have to wear any pants. So, he let Naruto wait on him as much as he wanted.

That was for a month. Then, all of a sudden one night, when Sasuke was peacefully in bed as he had been all day, Naruto busted in the door in fancy clothes and started shaking Sasuke's shoulder.

"C'mon, c'mon, you have to take a shower, we have to go somewhere!"

"Go away." Sasuke rolled over so that he couldn't see Naruto's face. Naruto just shook him harder.

"This is important, Sasuke. You've been in bed all day. You don't want to just, you know, walk? Be outside?" Sasuke shook his head. "Outside isn't the bed. Anzu said I can't get up for more than 30 minutes." Naruto sighed and said through what sounded like gritted teeth, " I asked her, she said this is ok."

Sasuke turned back over them. "You asked her? What's happening?" Naruto had a gleam in his eye, and Sasuke didn't like it. He sat up and let the covers pool in his lap.

"I can't tell you yet. You have to trust me." Sasuke narrowed his eyes. Naruto, dressed all nice, wearing that stupid smile, fidgeting slightly from left to right? Sasuke didn't trust this at all; he the opposite of trusted it. But, he was also interested, so he dragged himself out of the bed and made Naruto wait on him while he took a shower. He had gotten used to the baths Naruto made for him, so the sting of the shower water felt strange against his skin.

"And how am I supposed to dress? You're wearing a fucking tie. " Sasuke was standing before the closet, just as he had all those months ago. His clothes were still all black and billowy, but he was lucky that he already wore clothes that were big, because now they were handy. He hadn't had to buy very many new clothes due to this and the fact that Naruto had been shopping for him.

"Dress nice. I know you only wear black but... maybe put on some boots, or something?" Naruto shrugged. "Agh, fine." Sasuke hated wearing anything except pajamas and Naruto's clothes. But, he obliged Naruto and dressed as nice as eight months pregnant would let him.

"Where are we even going? It's still so hot," Sasuke complained as Naruto dragged him along.

"Will you quiet, for two seconds!"

"Fine."

Sasuke could smell the ramen before he even saw the banner. "Why didn't you just say we were coming here? I wouldn't have complained!" That was a lie, he would have for sure, but less. "I said quiet," Naruto said, holding his finger to his lips. He let Sasuke enter first. The smell was overwhelming, making him emotional. He thought back to the last time he'd been in here, all those months ago, feeling like loving Naruto was hopeless, and that no matter what they were it would never be enough. Now, Sasuke smiled to think how far they'd come. He pressed a hand to his belly underneath all the folds of his clothes.