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Of Silver Linings and Blue Yonder	By : Sasunarufan13 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 18517 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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Chapter List
- 18
- 19
- 20
Author's note: A bit late, but I had some trouble with some scenes - this chapter turned out to be more difficult to write than the previous one. Something which I thought wasn't possible, but yeah *clears throat*
Thanks to the following reviewers: ANON; PhoenixInnocence
Warnings: heaps of angst; talk about miscarriage and other complications with pregnancy; Sasuke's pov
I hope you'll like it!
Chapter 19: Part 2
Before Sasuke could ask what was happening, the distressed crying of his oldest son reached the phone and his heart appeared to skip a beat. Clenching his hands tightly around the steering wheel, he asked through clenched teeth, "Father, what's going on?"
"There's something wr- " Suddenly his father's voice was cut off, interrupted by a static crackling.
"The hell?" Sasuke exclaimed, dialling his father's phone again. Nothing.
"Your phone isn't picking up any signal," Mother murmured, frowning as she picked up his phone.
"Try yours," he said, trying to keep the snappish tone out of his voice. Mother didn't deserve his attitude, but it was agonising to know something was wrong, but not what. What the fuck was happening there? Naruto had – as far as the Alpha could tell – successfully given birth to their second child, so what the fuck had gone wrong afterwards? Even though it was a few weeks too early – his pregnancy had gone well, so what had gone wrong?
"Can't; I left my phone at home," Mother replied with a pinched look on her face. Her fingers tightened around his phone and she looked quite pale.
"God damn it!" Sasuke cursed and smacked his steering wheel. His foot pressed down harder on the accelerator and if there was police nearby now, he would get one serious ticket, but he didn't give a flying fuck about that now. There was something wrong with his mate and he needed to be with him as soon as possible.
He never should have left, god fucking damn it! He should have stayed or taken Naruto with him. At least then he would have been able to help his mate when he went into labour. Now there was too much distance between them and who knew what was happening to the blond. Father had done a good job with the delivery, but he wasn't qualified at all and he wouldn't know what to do in case something went wrong.
His heart constricted painfully and his grip tightened around the steering wheel, his nails digging into his flesh. He couldn't lose Naruto, he just couldn't.
They couldn't … He couldn't …
The rest of the drive was a blur to him. Time seemed to go both slow and fast as he sped towards Uchiha Manor, praying to whatever being would listen for Naruto to be okay.
When they finally reached the manor, his heart stopped when he saw two men loading up a gurney with Naruto on it into an ambulance. Barely conscious of the fact that he left the motor running, he scrambled out of his car and dashed over to the ambulance right at the moment when the two men – one Omega, the other one Beta – closed the doors with a deafening 'clap'.
"What's wrong with him? Is Naruto okay?" he demanded, reaching out to open the doors again while his heart beat madly in his chest.
"Sorry, can't say anything," the Beta man replied clipped, motioning for the other man to step into the ambulance.
"He's my goddamn mate!" Sasuke snapped, slamming a hand right next to the man against the ambulance door. "So you better fucking tell me what the fuck is ha -"
"Sasuke," Kakashi's voice said behind him and he whirled around, feeling his heart stop when he saw the blood sticking to the older Alpha's hands. Too much blood to have simply come from assisting during a normal delivery.
No, no, nononononono!
"Kakashi? Wh – what the hell happened to Naruto?" he asked, voice trembling as his ears started ringing. His stomach cramped and he tried to ignore the little voice in the back of his mind that was listing up every goddamn thing that could have gone wrong during the delivery to make Kakashi's hands that bloody.
"Start the ambulance," Kakashi told the other men. "I'll be following right behind."
They nodded and only a few seconds later they left with wailing sirens and screeching tires, speeding right past Sasuke. It didn't escape Sasuke's notice that Kakashi seemed to ignore his question and that only caused the fear to go rampant, flaring up like a wild fire in him.
Why wasn't Kakashi answering him?
"Hatake-sama?" Mother stepped forwards; her brown eyes unnaturally large in her pale face. The keys of Sasuke's car were clenched tightly into her fist, cutting visibly into her skin.
"Sasuke, it's best if you follow me to the hospital in my car," Kakashi murmured, once more not giving a straight answer, and for the first time since Sasuke knew him, he sounded gentle, as if he was trying to approach a panicked animal.
He supposed there wasn't much difference considering how he felt now.
"You two can drive behind us," Kakashi continued and blank, dark eyes slipped over to the entrance where father was leaning heavily against the doorframe, holding a trembling Kei against his shoulder.
A hand settled down on his own shoulder and his old mentor escorted him to his own car, a sleek, silver BMW. Numbly, Sasuke couldn't do anything but follow; the sounds muted as he tried not to give in to the blinding panic.
"Sasuke, there's something you should know."
Arrived there half an hour ago.
Every noise seemed to be amplified. The heels of the women's shoes sounded like a sledgehammer hitting metal. There was the rustle of paper; the discreet murmuring of nurses and doctors speaking to patients and families of the people they were treating.
There – were some complications. Naruto-kun was in severe pain and he … lost a lot of blood. He stayed conscious for a while, but …
There was a reason why he had chosen to never work in a hospital, though he had received offers from various famous ones. It was the scent. The scent of the chemicals in the drugs being administered to the patients; the sharp scent of cleaning supplies, making everything smell sterile.
More importantly, the underlying scent of despair and death that lingered in some of the corners. No matter how much they cleaned, no matter how many happy moments took place in the hospital – it was a scent they could never get rid of.
Sasuke, I don't know how to say this but … We both missed something very important during the check-ups.
He had operated only a few times before and he could remember the stress it had brought as he realised that he held the life of his patient in his hands. One wrong move and everything would be over. Gone. No trying again.
Being forced to stand here in the hallway, waiting, just waiting for the light above the door to turn green – it was horrible. It was maddening. The light continued to blink red and he continued standing there motionlessly as everyone around him kept moving. Feeling numb to whatever was happening around him.
His parents were right behind him, seated on those dingy, uncomfortable, plastic chairs. Father was sitting rigidly, staring at the opposite wall with his hands folded tightly on his lap. Mother had Kei on her lap and Sasuke was vaguely aware of her humming a lullaby, rubbing over Kei's back as the three year old slept on his grandmother's lap. Sasuke knew he should be the one comforting his son, holding him closely, but he couldn't. He just couldn't. Not now. Not when he felt like he was standing on the edge of the cliff – one wrong word and he would fall off.
Sasuke, Naruto-kun – he was expecting twins.
Twins.
Expecting twins should be a cause of celebration, even if it was completely unexpected. Not one, but two babies! Even more children to love, to cherish and take care of. It was something to celebrate.
But not for Sasuke. As a doctor he knew all too well the dangers that lied in a male Omega carrying twins. Nobody knew why, but carrying twins was a dangerous ordeal for a male Omega. Seven times out of ten, the male Omega miscarried during the second semester. Some died during childbirth, some had to deal with the loss of their children when the twins turned out not to be viable. Only a few were lucky to get through childbirth without any trouble – and those were the ones who knew from the start that they were expecting more than one child. Pregnancy with twins had to be monitored carefully, especially when it concerned a male Omega.
But they hadn't known. During all the check-ups nothing had ever indicated that Naruto had been carrying more than one child. Kakashi suspected that the second child had stayed hidden behind the first one – those cases had happened before. They hadn't known.
Now they were here: in a hospital while his mate was in surgery as the doctors tried to stop the bleeding.
Here he was: hoping and praying to whatever wanted to listen that his soulmate wouldn't end up belonging to the group of male Omega who didn't survive childbirth.
Here he was: his heart constricting tighter, ugly fear wrapping its tendrils around him, with every second that passed by without receiving any news.
Here he stood: desperately hoping that he wouldn't receive the horrible news.
His fingers twitched when he felt an Alpha approaching him and only the familiar scent held him back from lashing out.
"I never expected to see you here, Uchiha," Tsunade – the blonde, busty doctor leading the hospital – remarked casually, coming to a stop right next to him.
"Wasn't my choice," he bit out, balling his left hand to a fist. He felt her gaze on him, but refused to look at her. He really wasn't in the mood for the games she occasionally liked to play.
"No, I can imagine," she murmured with a sigh, crossing her arms right underneath her large bosom. "How long have you been waiting?"
"Two hours," he muttered, licking his dry lips. Two hours with nobody coming out of the operating room to at least give some sort of update.
Two hours of slowly going insane.
"Have you held your children yet?"
Sasuke stiffened and his breath left him slowly as he stared blankly at the blinking red light. "No, I haven't," he answered stiffly. "I'm waiting here for news."
"It'll still be a while before there will be any news," Tsunade retorted gently and her hand descended upon his shoulder. "You need to bond with your new born twins, Uchiha. They didn't get the chance to bond with Naruto-kun yet, so don't take this away from them too. You both need the contact now."
Not even bothering to wonder why Tsunade was acting so familiar with Naruto, he protested, "I know, but Naruto needs me! I – I can't be away when they finally have some news!"
She sighed and took her pager out of her pocket, waving it back and forth. "The moment there is news about Naruto-kun, I'll be notified. Kakashi is working on him now – you know as well as I do that Naruto-kun is in good hands."
"But …"
This time it was his mother who interrupted him. "Sasuke, darling, Tsunade-sama is right. You need to bond with your children now," she said softly. "Especially after what happened."
He felt torn. On the one hand he wanted to remain here, close to where Naruto was. Even though he knew he wouldn't accomplish anything here, at least the ball of tension settled heavily in his stomach didn't grow bigger. On the other hand, however, he longed to see his children, check with his own eyes whether they were all right or not. He wanted to hold them in his arms, even if the concept of having twins now was still foreign; he was still trying to wrap his mind around this fact.
"I haven't been your sensei for some years, but this is an order, Uchiha: go see your children. Now," Tsunade ordered and a hint of her Alpha leaked into her voice; her brown eyes sparking with the warning that he better not go against her now.
"You'll – you'll be notified immediately?" Sasuke asked, licking his lips.
"Yes, Kakashi assured me he would," she answered and then the hand on his shoulder exerted more power, turning him forcibly around. "Let's go see your twins, okay?"
"It'll be okay, honey," Mother whispered and gave his hand a quick squeeze when he walked past her.
He swallowed and nodded jerkily, allowing the blonde woman to guide him to the room where his children were brought to immediately after arriving at the hospital. Kakashi had assured him that nothing had seemed wrong with the children, but better safe than sorry as they said.
Sasuke had to stifle a nearly hysterical chuckle when he realised that he didn't even know the sex of his second child. The first child was a boy, like they had expected – but the second child? Was it a boy or a girl?
"Here we are," Tsunade murmured, opening a dark brown door.
Inside there were two small beds, each occupied by a white bundle that squirmed a bit. A nurse – one with dark red hair – looked up from a file when they entered the room.
"Tsunade-sama," the nurse greeted, giving her superior a bow.
"How are they doing, Tayuya-san?" Tsunade inquired.
"They're doing well," Tayuya smiled and closed the file. "A bit small, but that is to be expected given how old they are. But aside from that, they're healthy."
Healthy. They were healthy. His children were fine; there wasn't anything wrong with them despite what had happened.
"Oh, are you the father?" Tayuya questioned curiously when her eyes landed on Sasuke.
Silently he nodded, not sure whether his vocal chords would work now. Some tension had left him and the band around his lungs expanded a bit, allowing him to breathe a tad easier. The twins were fine.
"Well, come say hello to them," Tayuya grinned, beckoning him closer. "They missed their father, I'm sure."
Slowly, haltingly, he made his way to the two beds; his gaze fixated on the two squirming bundles. Each hand resting on one basket, he leant forwards.
There they were.
On his left was his son, a tuft of dark blue hair peeking out from the blanket. Dark blue eyes blinked up at him and soft mewl sounds escaped the baby as he weakly clenched and unclenched his tiny fists. His plump cheeks were a dark rose.
On his right –
"You have a son and a daughter," Tsunade murmured, lingering behind him. "Your daughter was born eleven minutes later."
Sasuke's sight started to waver and he wondered for a moment why until he realised with a start that tears were obstructing his sight. Hot teardrops rolled down his cheeks, splashing apart on the rim of the bed, and he tried to swallow down the giant lump in his throat that had suddenly formed.
A daughter.
He had a daughter. A little girl. His own sweet, little girl.
His little girl was gifted with dark blonde hair and blue eyes stared back at him solemnly, before a gurgle escaped her and she blinked.
"A daughter and a son," he murmured thickly and he stretched out his hands; his fingers hovering above them.
"Here, why don't you sit down and you can hold them," Tsunade suggested, leading him to the only chair currently in the room.
Dazed he sat down and watched how the blonde Alpha first picked up his son and brought him to him, placing him in his arms. His daughter followed swiftly, joining her brother in their father's embrace.
"Here they are," Tsunade said softly. "I'll give you a moment, okay? As soon as I have news, I'll come get you."
Sasuke nodded, his eyes remaining fixated on his new born twins. Heels tick tacked softly on the tiled floor before the door opened once more and was closed, shutting him off from the rest of the hospital.
The rest of the world it seemed like as well. It was quiet in the room. The only noise was his slightly erratic breathing and the occasional gurgle or mewl from the two babies resting in his arms.
"Look at you," he murmured, watching mesmerised how his son smacked his lips together and his daughter clenched her fist. "So beautiful … I can't believe … We don't even have names for you yet!" His smile trembled and was watery. Something tightened in his chest and a choked sound escaped him as he brought his twins closer to him. "So beautiful … I can't believe we made you two."
They were so small, but so precious. Their weight was reassuring in his arms and he marvelled at the feeling of them; they felt so real, so warm …
He didn't know how long he sat there, holding the twins in his arms. He couldn't tear his eyes of them – didn't want to – and watched how they slowly fell asleep, entering the dream world.
The door opened and the light on the hallway cast his father's shadow inside.
"They're beautiful," Father murmured, entering the room. The door fell shut with a quiet 'click'.
"Yes, they are," Sasuke muttered; his thumbs slowly rubbing over his children's backs.
Father came closer; his shirt rustling before he stopped a few feet away from Sasuke. Silence hung between them; Sasuke was too exhausted to figure out whether this silence was a good one or not. Even if it was a bad one – well, screw it. He couldn't find it in him to care about that at the moment.
"I never understood why you chose this profession," Father started abruptly.
"So you've mentioned before," Sasuke said flatly, keeping his eyes trained on the twins. Father had been more than once vocal about Sasuke's decision to become a doctor. It had been the source of many arguments throughout the year. It had been the reason why there was this giant rift between his father and him.
"I wanted a better future for you," Father continued as if he hadn't heard Sasuke. "I kept wondering where I had gone wrong that my own son didn't want to follow in my footsteps. Itachi had and you had always looked up to him … I didn't expect you to choose another profession."
Tradition was everything in the Uchiha family. The leadership over the company had been handed from father to son for centuries long – it had been unthinkable that a child from the central family would ever consider paving his own path.
Sasuke had been the anomaly. He had been the first one to reject a position in the company.
"Is there a point, father?" Sasuke inquired, not caring that he sounded rude. He had heard it all before – if father was just here to remind him of his issues with Sasuke's profession, then he could fuck right off. He really wasn't in the mood to deal with this shit.
"But today ..." Father paused and when Sasuke looked up, the older Alpha was staring at a metal closet. "Before today I thought I knew how to deal with stress. I thought I could deal with any problem, no matter how bad it was. I was wrong. Being the only one who could help Naruto-kun, knowing that if I did one thing wrong I could lose my son-in-law or my grandson or both … I don't know how you do it, Sasuke. I don't know how you can deal with that kind of pressure every time."
"You – I learnt to deal with it," Sasuke replied, taken aback by the admission of his father. What was going on here?
Father took a deep breath and met his eyes. "I'm ashamed of myself. The day you were born I swore I would always be there for you – but instead I couldn't even accept the fact that you wanted to pursue another profession. I should have supported you; I should have done my job as a father and accepted that you wanted something else in life."
"Father …" Sasuke sat shocked in his chair, not knowing what to say. He had never heard his father be this open, show vulnerability. That was just how father didn't act.
"Witnessing the birth of my fourth grandson – I think I have an inkling as to why you can keep doing this job," Father continued; the harsh lines of his face softening as his eyes fell on his sleeping grandson. "I admit that I was panicking and if it weren't for your instruction …" A self-deprecating chuckle escaped the older man and he crossed his arms in front of his chest. "Out of the two of us you should have been the one to panic and instead you remained calm."
"I may have sounded calm, but I wasn't. Not at all," Sasuke mumbled, recalling all too well how ice had seemed to fill his veins when he had received the news that Naruto had gone into labour. It was a miracle he hadn't crashed the car.
That ice in his veins had been nothing compared to how he felt now.
"I should have said this years ago," Father murmured and closed the gap between them, placing a hand on Sasuke's shoulder. He gave him a soft squeeze and told him, "I'm proud of you, son. You're a wonderful doctor and a great man. I'm proud to be your father."
Against his will, tears welled up in his eyes and they spilt over, running hotly over his cheeks.
I'm proud of you.
How long hadn't he waited to hear those words? Ever since hearing those words directed at his older brother, Sasuke had worked hard to receive that same praise; had longed to hear those words leaving his father's lips. He had felt like he would never hear father say those words – especially not after defying him and choosing a completely different career.
"Th-thank you," Sasuke choked out, overwhelmed.
Father opened his mouth to say something, but at that moment the door opened, spilling light inside, revealing the silhouette of Kakashi.
"Sasuke? The surgery – we're finished with it."
Cerulean blue eyes opened slowly and the Omega moved his head sluggishly before raising his hand to tug weakly at the tubes connecting him to the machines.
"Hey, hey, no, don't do that," Sasuke murmured, enveloping Naruto's hand in his own and bringing it back down. "We need those to keep an eye on you."
"Wh-what 'ppened?" Naruto brought out in a scratchy voice, regarding his mate confused.
Sasuke took a deep breath, shifting to stand closer to the bed. "They had to operate on you. After – after you gave birth to our daughter, you lost a lot of blood. You've been in surgery for nearly four hours."
Blue eyes widened and if there had been any colour left in his face, it would have drained away. "A – a dau-daughter?" he whispered and mixed through his exhaustion there was awe.
Sasuke smiled, entwining their fingers. "Yeah, a daughter. She's beautiful, Naruto," he said wetly. "They both are."
"They – fine? He-healthy?" the blond rasped, a hint of panic flaring up in his eyes.
"They're both fine," Sasuke hurried to reassure his husband. "A bit small, but that's not a problem. They're healthy, don't worry."
Naruto closed his eyes in relief. "Th-ank god," he muttered.
"Here, drink some water," Sasuke suggested and helped Naruto sit up a bit, enough so that he could sip a bit of water without spilling it all over him.
When he turned back after placing the glass on the nightstand he saw blue eyes studying him.
"Y-you look like shit," Naruto said bluntly; his forehead wrinkling in concern.
The Alpha smiled wryly. "Being forced to wait for news does tend to make people look less stellar." His breath hitched and he rubbed his forehead, grabbing Naruto's hand again to ground him, assure himself that his mate was still there. "I thought – I thought I was going to lose you, Naruto. Twins – male Omega – they can't deal well with carrying twins. If we had known you were carrying twins, we would have been more careful. I shouldn't have left you alone, I should have – "
"Hey, y-you didn't know," Naruto interrupted him, squeezing his hand. "Th-ings like this happen. You can't – don't fe-feel guilty. You shouldn't. I'm – I'm fine now, promise."
"I can't lose you," Sasuke whispered.
"You won't," Naruto said determined, his voice coming out stronger. He tugged at Sasuke's hand until the dark haired man sank down on the bed next to him. "Won't get rid of me for a long time. Now where are my babies? Where's Kei?"
Sasuke smiled and stood up so that he could retrieve their children from his parents.
Five minutes later the little family was finally together: Kei sitting on Sasuke's lap while his small hand was wrapped around Naruto's wrist and their twins – they really needed to start thinking about names – resting against the Omega's chest as he cooed and marvelled at them.
Watching this scene – a scene he had feared he would never see again – set the Alpha at ease and the last bout of tension left his body.
Sasuke knew that he would have to talk with Naruto soon, tell him what Kakashi had told him right before allowing him to enter Naruto's room. News that made something in him contract with regret and pain. Kakashi had managed to save Naruto's life, but his ex-mentor had informed him solemnly that there was a chance that Naruto wouldn't be able to become pregnant again.
They had never discussed how many children they wanted; now they had three instead of the expected two, but Sasuke thought …
It didn't matter. For now he would enjoy this moment with his family, bask in the relief that his soulmate was still alive. He would deal with the rest later.
Cerulean blue eyes glowed when they looked at him over Kei's head. "I love you," Naruto murmured; the corners of his mouth pulling up in a soft smile.
Sasuke returned the smile and leant forwards to kiss those soft, rose coloured lips. "I love you too."
More than I ever could express with words.
AN2: I'll be honest - this chapter gave me a lot of trouble and I can only hope that I didn't screw up too much *winces*
Please leave your thoughts behind in a review; should you spot any mistakes, please point them out to me.
See you all in the next chapter!
Cuddles
Melissa
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