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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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Author's note: Again later than I had planned to, but this chapter gave me a bit of trouble. So I apologise in advance if it is not up to standards *winces*
Thanks to the following reviewer: smint45 (Unfortunately I can't draw either)
Warnings: Naruto's pov; set a few months after the discovery of the first pregnancy; a bit of angst; mention of past relationships; referenced bigotry; some fluff
Dedicated to: Stolyint (I hope it meets your expectations!)
I hope you'll like it!
Chapter 24
"I want to meet him."
Naruto paused his writing, blinked and raised his head slowly. Jiraiya was leaning into the classroom, his long, white, spiky hair tied back into a ponytail falling over his shoulder. Dark eyes regarded the blond solemnly, but Naruto's attention was caught by the blue and yellow and green smudges around Jiraiya's right eye, signifying a fading bruise.
The Omega's lips twitched faintly with amusement. "Who was the unfortunate woman you peeked on this time?"
The older man immediately looked affronted. "I was not peeking!" he protested, stepping further into the room. "I never peek! I just broke up a fight in a bar a few nights ago."
"Grandma rejected you again, didn't she?" Naruto asked; a hint of glee slipping into his tone. If Jiraiya used a lame excuse like that instead of sprouting poetry about whichever woman he had seen naked in the baths this time, it could only mean one thing. "Her aim is still as good as ever I see. You'd think you'd be better at avoiding her punches after so many attempts."
The Alpha pouted, crossing his arms in front of his broad chest. "I wouldn't say rejected," he denied and a wistful look crossed his face. "She's just strong willed, that's all."
Naruto shook his head, leaning back into his chair with a sigh. His godfather had been attempting to ask out Tsunade, the blonde, big breasted director of the local hospital, for years and so far the other Alpha hadn't given him even an inch. Naruto was certain Tsunade cared about Jiraiya – even if she would never admit it verbally – but he had never been able to figure out why exactly she kept rejecting the man's advances.
Maybe because he's an incorrigible pervert, Naruto mused, tapping his pen idly on the paper.
"Enough about me," Jiraiya grumbled and dragged one of the students' chair to the desk, plopping down on it. "You didn't answer my question."
The blond pursed his lips and dropped the pen on the desk; choosing instead to rub the side of his belly. "You're going to see him at the wedding, which is in just a couple of months," he reminded the Alpha petulantly.
Dark eyes rolled in exasperation. "Kid, I'm not going to wait until your wedding to meet the guy who knocked up my godson and who was apparently charming enough to have you leave Gaara," he said bluntly; as always not mincing his words at all.
"Not beating around the bush, huh, Ero-sennin?" Naruto winced and his hand froze as his mind unwillingly brought up a memory of Gaara when they had seen each other for the last time. It would take a long time before the guilt would disappear – if it ever would disappear completely.
"And give you a chance to talk yourself out of this? No chance in hell, brat," Jiraiya snorted and supported his chin with his balled fist. A white eyebrow cocked up. "Is there a reason why I haven't met the guy yet?" Faint suspicion coloured his low voice.
Naruto shrugged, raking a hand through his hair. "No particular reason," he muttered, pursing his lips. "He's just been busy with his work."
"Too busy to have dinner together?" Jiraiya asked sceptically and the chair creaked when he shifted on it.
"Not really," the blond hedged and darted a glance at the clock. In three hours Sasuke should normally be home and he still had to start preparing dinner. Not that the dark haired Alpha expected dinner to be ready by the time he arrived; he had more than once assured the Omega that he would be fine with either himself doing the cooking or ordering out. Naruto suspected that this offer was mostly Sasuke's overprotectiveness speaking – something that had begun rearing its head more than once now that Naruto was pregnant.
"Then we can have dinner together," Jiraiya said determined and rose up from the chair; a Cheshire-like grin plastered on his face. "This Friday evening. Seven o'clock; text me the address. Oh, and you can leave your list of supplies with my secretary." Then he was gone, whistling loudly.
"Damn it," Naruto groaned and his head dropped down on the desk with a 'thunk'. His baby kicked him softly as if to soothe him.
"I'm home!"
The front door fell shut and there was the distinct sound of the key turning into the lock. Muffled 'thumps' of shoes being put away followed and there was some brief rustling before footsteps approached the kitchen where Naruto was just finished with filling two plates with Hiyashi Chuka. He had been in the mood for ramen – choosing to eat it cold now instead of warm to deal with the warm, humid weather -, but Sasuke had been rather peculiar with how much ramen Naruto ate, so the blond hoped that his mate wouldn't notice the presence of ramen noodles underneath the strips of egg crepes, ham, shrimp, carrot, slices of cucumber and tomato, topped with sesame soy sauce.
A man could hope.
"Welcome back," Naruto greeted the older man and smiled when arms slipped around his waist, hands cupping his five month pregnant belly. "How was work?"
"Same as always," Sasuke grunted and nosed Naruto's neck, breathing softly over the Mark. "You managed to finish the inventory today?"
Naruto hummed. "Yep, completely finished. Normally the students will start with enough supplies next week." He picked up the two plates. "Dinner's ready."
"Let me take those," Sasuke said and before Naruto could say something the plates were taken out of his hands and the Alpha crossed the kitchen to the table. "I'll have whatever you're drinking."
"Apple juice it is then," Naruto muttered, taking the bottle out of the refrigerator. Two glasses were plucked out of one of the kitchen cupboards and then the blond joined Sasuke at the table.
"Mother called me today," Sasuke started and then did a double take when he encountered the ramen noodles. He threw Naruto an unimpressed look and the blond smiled sheepishly in return, shrugging; fully prepared to claim it was a craving. The Alpha didn't rebuke him, however, and instead continued, "She wants us to choose a cake for the wedding."
"Chocolate," Naruto immediately retorted, not even looking up from his food. "I already told her that when she called last week."
A snort of amusement escaped the dark haired man. "Yes, she got that; that's why she has a list of the various chocolate cakes you can choose from."
"Can we taste them first?" Naruto asked, perking up at the thought of it.
Dark eyes rolled in amusement. "She'll most likely insist on us tasting the various cakes first."
"Then I'm in!" the Omega announced cheerfully, taking a sip from his cold apple juice.
"It's only one bite that you can take from each cake," Sasuke warned him, narrowing his eyes slightly. "Not eat as much as you want."
"Spoilsport," Naruto groused and stuck out his tongue.
"Too much sugar is unhealthy," Sasuke chided. He cocked his head and furrowed his eyebrows. "What's wrong?"
Naruto's hand halted mid-air. "Nothing. Why would there be?"
Shukaku padded into the room, looked at the bowl with dry kibbles before ruffling his fur and silently leaving the kitchen again; apparently having decided that the kibbles weren't good enough for him.
"You seem … distracted," Sasuke replied slowly; dark eyes studying the blond intently. "Did something happen?"
"Not really," Naruto answered hesitatingly and frowned at his food, wondering how he would breach the subject of Jiraiya's request – well, more like order. He started when fingers touched his hand and he looked up straight into worried, dark eyes.
"Naruto, tell me."
The Omega sighed, looked up to contemplate the ceiling for a short moment and then nodded; blue eyes falling back on the Alpha in front of him. "I told you about Jiraiya, right?"
A light frown creased Sasuke's forehead and he leant back in his chair. "He's your godfather, right? And the headmaster of your school."
"Yep, that's him," Naruto confirmed and pressed his tongue against his teeth, sucking noisily through them. He wetted his lips – dark eyes briefly flashed red at the sight – and said haltingly, "He, eh, he came into my class today. To talk to me. Well, more like ask me something."
"What did he want to know?" Sasuke asked curiously, taking a sip from his own apple juice.
Fuck it, he would just say it. There was no way to dance around this. "He – wants to meet you. Like before the actual wedding. Because he noticed that you two haven't met yet." Naruto grimaced, poking at a slice of tomato.
Sasuke blinked, a bit off guard. "Well, I suppose that's normal," he replied after a short pause and cocked his head. "He is your godfather, after all. When does he want to meet?"
"He said dinner this Friday at seven o'clock," Naruto muttered and bit his lip. "He wouldn't take no for an answer."
Sasuke shrugged, clearly not bothered. "I'm okay with that. Does he want to have dinner at our place?"
"Yes, he told me to text him the address," Naruto answered and his next exhale of air was slow. "You won't mind?"
The dark haired man regarded him curiously. "Why would I? He's your family. I should have introduced myself to him weeks ago." He grimaced, popping a piece of shrimp in his mouth.
Naruto uttered a non-committal sound and concentrated on the rest of his food, tapping his foot quickly on the floor as nerves started to creep up on him. So his mate would meet his godfather – fantastic.
"Naruto?" Sasuke sounded apprehensively. "You don't look very happy with this."
For a moment the Omega played with the idea of reassuring the other man that nothing was wrong, but even though they hadn't even been together for six months yet, Sasuke had learnt to read him all too well and the blond knew he wouldn't give up until Naruto confessed what was really troubling him.
Sometimes Naruto wondered who the most stubborn was of the two of them.
"It's just …" Naruto glanced out of the window, squinting a bit when a dark orange ray of the setting sun hit him full in his face. "Jiraiya – he can be very blunt. Like if he doesn't like you, you're shit out of luck." He paused and raked a hand through his hair, a bit agitated. "He's difficult to impress, you know? He only started liking Gaara after two years and then only because he realised we were serious about each other." He ignored Sasuke's annoyed growl at the mention of the red haired Alpha. "So I'm just …" he trailed off, a hint of annoyance tainting his voice. He shook his head and finally turned his head to look at Sasuke again. "I'm not sure how he's going to react to you, given that we're going to get married soon and I'm already pregnant," he finished, a bit helpless.
"You think he's going to disapprove of me?" Sasuke questioned and he seemed not to be able to decide whether to be wary or amused.
"I don't know," Naruto muttered, scowling down at the remaining shrimp in the middle of his plate. "It's just that – he can be intimidating, okay?"
His chin was raised by two slender fingers and Sasuke gave him a wry smile from the other side of the table. "Naruto, growing up with a father like mine and the perfect, golden child, better known as my brother has taught me to handle intimidation. I'm sure it won't be as bad as you think it'll be. It's just dinner."
Just dinner, right, Naruto thought darkly and watched with hooded eyes how the older man started gathering the empty plates.
We'll see about that.
Even though he hadn't met Jiraiya until he was nearly fourteen years old, the moment his godfather had found him, the moment he started spending time with the only remaining family he had left, he found himself wanting to impress the older man, to get his approval.
Despite his perverted side, his weakness for beautiful women, Jiraiya was a good man and he had taken good care of Naruto when they had finally found each other again.
Impressing the older Alpha had never been easy, though. Not that the man was unusually stern or had too high expectations, but he didn't give out praise easily. His opinion about Naruto's partners had never been high either and he had never seen the need to keep his thoughts about them a secret.
Naruto's first relationship was with a light blonde haired girl named Shion. Her pale lavender coloured eyes had attracted Naruto's attention immediately, together with her sweet smile, and he had been together with her for five months when he was fifteen. Jiraiya – who had met her after two months – had told Naruto after the meeting that he might as well break up with her that day because they were too different. Naruto had protested of course – only to end up agreeing with his godfather three months later when he and Shion had done nothing but fighting about their future for weeks. She had dismissed his dream of becoming an artist as a fleeing fancy and had tried to convince him to go for a degree in accounting – something Naruto definitely had not ever been interested in.
Between his sixteen and eighteen he had been together with a soft spoking, androgyn looking boy named Haku. Jiraiya had acted friendlier towards him than towards Shion, but he had just been as quick to tell Naruto that he didn't think they would last as he had been with the Beta girl. He never explained why he thought they wouldn't last, but again, he turned out to be right: Naruto and Haku broke up a few months after Naruto's eighteenth birthday when the long haired boy admitted shamefully that he had fallen in love with someone else.
After Haku there had been a guy called Yagura for a couple of months. Jiraiya had instantly called out that Yagura was too serious for Naruto and well, he hadn't been wrong. They had had an amicable break-up and when Naruto turned twenty he had dated an Alpha woman called Guren for a while, but in the end they had been too different as well. Naruto had wanted a family somewhere in his future while Guren hadn't been interested at all in that. Naruto hadn't even needed Jiraiya's opinion to realise they wouldn't last.
After Guren there hadn't been anyone who had caught his attention until the day he met Gaara.
Jiraiya had met Gaara after four months, but Naruto had never managed to figure out what exactly the older Alpha had thought about the red haired man. When Naruto had teasingly asked him whether he didn't have an opinion about Gaara, Jiraiya had carefully answered that Gaara seemed good for him and that he was happy that Naruto was happy.
While Jiraiya had certainly been friendly whenever he and Gaara talked to each other, Naruto always had had a suspicion that Jiraiya had kept a certain distance between him and the other Alpha. He had never been rude, but he hadn't acted as warmly towards Gaara as he did towards Deidara. Whether that was because Jiraiya's people skills were even more superior than Naruto had given him credit for and the older man had known that Gaara was keeping a secret from him or whether it was because Gaara had a strong Alpha aura … Naruto would never know.
He didn't dare ask either.
So with every partner he had had so far criticised by his godfather, saying that Naruto was nervous for the first official meeting between Sasuke and Jiraiya was an understatement. He really wanted Jiraiya to like Sasuke, because this time he knew for certain he didn't want anyone else. Sure, they had some differences – Sasuke's overprotectiveness clashed with Naruto's easy going attitude sometimes – but Naruto knew they were it for each other.
In spite of only being together for a few months, they fit. Very well in fact. Naruto hadn't felt this strongly about anyone else – not even Gaara and he had believed that they would stay together for the rest of their lives.
But Sasuke … Sasuke was a forever kind of thing, Naruto was certain about that.
And even if Jiraiya would deliver the same kind of doom prediction that he had given for the Omega's previous partners, it wouldn't convince Naruto to break up with Sasuke. What he had felt for his previous partners paled in comparison to what he felt for the dark haired man.
Naruto desperately hoped that Jiraiya would like Sasuke, because he wanted two of the most important men in his life to get along with each other. That wasn't too much to ask for, right?
"So Naruto told me you're a doctor," Jiraiya started casually, placing his glass of beer down on the table. "Seems like a peculiar choice given what your family business is."
"Oh my god, really?" Naruto groaned and scowled at the white haired man. "You ran a fucking background check on him?"
Jiraiya cocked an eyebrow. "Of course I did. What did you expect?" he asked incredulously.
"For you not to do a god damn - "
"It's fine, Naruto," Sasuke cut in, giving his hand a soft squeeze before he turned to face Jiraiya. "I'm the odd one out in my family, yes," he readily admitted and shrugged half-heartedly. "I've never been interested in the family business – my older brother, however, took to it like a duck to water."
"So why the choice of doctor?" Jiraiya pressed on, serenely ignoring Naruto's huff. "Even if the family business isn't for you, medicine seems like an odd choice to make."
Sasuke took a deep breath and Naruto felt his leg tensing up against his own. The blond hid his grimace behind his glass; he could remember all too well the story of how Sasuke had decided to become a doctor and it still made his stomach churn with disgust whenever he thought about how scared that poor woman must have been when her doctor was screwing up.
"I once had to stay with the wife of a business partner of my brother for a few hours," Sasuke began slowly; his face blank. "She went into labour and her doctor was convinced that she didn't need any help because she was an Omega and therefore should be able to go through labour alone. She was terrified. I had to use my family's name to get the doctor to actually help her." He released a slow, controlled breath, but Naruto could still feel the anger simmering around him. "I decided there and then that I would become a doctor so I could help people, but especially Omegas so that they never would be treated like that again."
Something akin to respect sparked up in Jiraiya's eyes. "What happened to that guy?" he asked gruffly; a frown lingering around his mouth.
Despite his tendencies that tended to lean towards perverseness, Jiraiya hated anyone who disrespected someone just because of their status. The one time an Alpha had dared to jeer at Naruto for being an Omega when he had been at a diner with Jiraiya, his godfather had dragged the guy outside and when he had come back after a short while, he had wiped off his hands on his trousers. He hadn't said anything, save from some heavy huffs of anger, but that had been the moment when the Omega had realised that his godfather really had his back.
"My brother and his business partner took care of it," Sasuke answered quietly and something flashed up in his eyes, gone too quick for Naruto to analyse it.
Jiraiya hummed and then seemed to decide they were in need of a new topic, because he asked – a bit too casually -, "Say, is it true that doctor-patient relationships are not allowed?"
"Jiraiya!" Naruto snapped, sitting up straighter. "Do you really have to go there?"
Dark eyes flashed. "Just looking out for you, kid," Jiraiya retorted, tapping his fingers on the table top.
"Yeah well, I don't need you to look out for me anymore. I can handle myself perfectly fine!" Naruto bitched and a flinch of surprise went through him when his baby kicked him. Instantly he rubbed soothingly over his belly, taking a deep breath to curb his annoyance.
"A relationship between a doctor and a patient is not allowed, true," Sasuke agreed and for the first time this evening since Jiraiya had set foot inside their house, a shadow of a smirk lingered around his mouth. "But Naruto wasn't my patient anymore when we started our relationship."
A look of astonishment crossed Jiraiya's face before he chuckled and shook his head, tipping his glass of beer in acknowledgment to Sasuke. "Touché," he chuckled. Then he sighed and grimaced lightly, leaning back into his chair as he stared broodingly at Sasuke. "Did you really have to knock him up so soon, though? What's wrong with dating for a while before you tie yourselves together?"
Sasuke opened his mouth, but this time Naruto was the one to interrupt him. "Ero-sennin, it's not like it's only Sasuke's fault that I'm pregnant now," he said sharply and two pairs of dark eyes swivelled to him. "I forgot to take suppressions, so it's my fault too. The heat got to us both, but I don't regret this at all. I don't regret being pregnant now and I am not going to regret marrying Sasuke in a few months. I love him, okay? More than I thought was possible. I know you were right about my ex-partners, but not now. Sasuke – he's it, okay? He's it for me." Unconsciously his fingers drifted towards his neck where he fleetingly touched the Mark, shivering when a spark of pleasure raced through him. He swallowed and retracted his hand. "And you're my godfather and I want you to get along with Sasuke. Because he's not going anywhere."
"Jiraiya-sama," Sasuke said softly and the older man switched his gaze from his godson to the other Alpha. "I love Naruto. I have done so for months and I will do so for the rest of my life. There is nobody else for me than him. I love him and I love our baby and I can't wait to be married to Naruto. I don't consider him to be a fling and I don't regret having a baby with him so soon. It's …" He paused, looking lost for words until he continued, eyes softening, "I can honestly say I wasn't really living before I met your godson. My brother-in-law would say that a robot had more feelings than I did and it's true. I was just … living in a routine. And then I met Naruto and my entire world got turned upside down. It's a cliché, but it's true. He showed me how to live again. I love him more than I thought I ever could love someone. I'd really appreciate your blessing for our relationship, but frankly, even if you disapprove, it's not going to make me stop loving Naruto." Black eyes flashed red. "Your disapproval, however, would make Naruto quite unhappy and I think we both agree that we want him to be happy, right?"
"Why do you make me sound like a child?" Naruto whined, but inside warmth glowed and he knew his cheeks were red. He knew Sasuke was a very private person, so for him to say all that to Jiraiya …
Jiraiya clucked his tongue. "Well, it's not like I can still ground the brat. Never really could when he was younger either." A short bark of laughter escaped him. "I thought you were some stuck-up arsehole who just saw Naruto as a way to pass the time. That you would leave him with the baby once you got bored. That's why I wanted to meet you now. If I turned out to be right, I could at least warn Naruto not to marry you." He sighed and shook his head; a wistful smile on his lips. "But you know, you're good. You're good for him, I can see that now." His gaze fell on Naruto and the wistful smile turned into a smirk. "Seems like you finally managed to snatch yourself a good one, kid."
"Oh, fuck off," Naruto groused, but he couldn't supress a grin and he felt himself glowing at hearing the approval in Jiraiya's voice. "Thanks, Ero-sennin."
"Yeah, yeah," Jiraiya grunted and looked away, but a grin remained plastered on his face.
Fingers slipped around his and Naruto squeezed them, sharing a look with Sasuke, who offered him a small smile.
It looked like he had been worrying for nothing after all. For once he was very glad to have been proven wrong.
AN2: This was harder to write than it should have been *blinks* I hope I didn't screw it up too badly *winces* Please leave your thoughts behind in a review; should you spot any mistakes, please point them out to me!
Next chapter will be a Christmas themed one! We go back in time with Itachi and Deidara :)
See you all in the next chapter!
Cuddles
Melissa
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