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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
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or make any profit of it. Kishimoto owns it

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Author's note: Many apologies for the long wait! I had wanted to finish this chapter sooner, but it gave me quite some trouble (despite knowing where I wanted to go with it) and two other fics I'm working on are taking longer to finish than I expected. But anyway *coughs* Here I am with the next chapter finally.
Thanks to the following reviewers: smint45 and ANON (I've added your request to the list)
Warnings: Naruto's pov; set when Kei is two years old; Sasuke's pov at the end; foul language; a bit of drama
I hope you'll like it!
Chapter 26
"Deidara-kun called," Naruto mentioned; blue eyes raking over the shelves as he searched for the right bottle of soy sauce. In the children's seat of the shopping cart, Kei was shaking his stuffed fox back and forth while his own gaze travelled across the aisle.
On the other side of the line, Sasuke grunted in confirmation.
"Said he's not going to plan a birthday party if you agree to have dinner with him and Itachi." Naruto's lips twitched and he did his best not to let his amusement show. Sasuke wouldn't like that.
A groan met his announcement and he grinned before grabbing a bottle of soy sauce and placing it in the cart next to the loaf of bread.
"I thought he had given up on that idea," Sasuke grumbled, sounding vaguely annoyed.
"Well, he hasn't," Naruto said and left the aisle, passing two others, before turning the cart into the aisle with the fresh vegetables and fruit. "Say, do you still have enough tomatoes? Anyway, I think it's easier just to agree to the dinner. You know how he gets. It's either dinner with your brother or a party with the entire family."
"We still have enough tomatoes, yeah, and why are there only two options?" Sasuke sighed loudly. "Can't we just ignore him?"
The Omega raised an eyebrow incredulously, even though his mate couldn't see the expression on his face. "Sure, if you want to find out what happens when you ignore Deidara-kun," he said cheerfully and studied the red cabbages carefully before selecting the least blemished one.
Kei's eyes were drawn to the roundish object and he reached out to it before his attention was grabbed by a woman passing by who had several bracelets clicking together.
"Daddy!" Kei pointed a small finger insistently at the woman who was looking at bananas.
"Yes, I know, Kei, pretty bracelets, right?" Naruto smiled and grabbed the fox, shaking it in front of his two year old son.
"Ah!" The toddler instantly opened his arms and snatched the toy out of Naruto's hands, cuddling it protectively.
"Fine, we'll go, but I'm not happy about it," Sasuke grumbled petulantly.
Cerulean blue eyes rolled. "Only you can become annoyed when someone wants to celebrate your birthday," Naruto snorted and shook his head, pushing the cart to the aisle displaying various bottled drinks: his last stop before he would pay.
"I just don't see the need for all that fanfare," Sasuke said dismissively. "I'd be happy just celebrating it with you and Kei."
"Well, we can still celebrate it on our own during the evening. There might even be a special present for you," Naruto retorted teasingly and loaded the cart with pack of water and some bottles of apple juice and orange juice. A small pack of soda completed his shopping.
"Special present, huh?" Sasuke repeated with a hum. "What kind of present are we talking about?"
"That's for me to know and for you to find out," the Omega replied flippantly and grinned when his mate groaned in annoyance.
"Can't you just – " the Alpha cut himself off and his next words were muffled as if he was covering the phone.
"Sasuke?"
"Yeah sorry, my next patient is here," Sasuke sighed and clucked his tongue. "I'll see you tonight, okay? I should be done here around six."
"Okay, love you," Naruto smiled and directed the cart to the cash registers, selecting the one with the smallest queue.
"Love you too."
"Papa?" Kei cocked his head to the right, looking at Naruto's phone confused.
"That was papa, yeah," Naruto hummed and started placing his groceries on the conveyor belt, making sure to keep the squishable items away from the heavy ones. "He'll be back tonight."
"Kay." Kei nodded seriously and then pointed at a bar of chocolate. "I want chocolate, daddy!"
Naruto stared at the bar doubtfully. "Your hands are going to get sticky, Kei," he sighed, throwing a glance outside where the sun was beating down on the cars. He had had the luck to park his car underneath the shade of a tree, but he doubted it was actually cool inside the car.
"Please, daddy." Kei looked at him pleadingly; his blue eyes – Naruto's copy – widening. "I be careful!"
The Omega huffed amused. "Yeah, where have I heard that before?" he muttered, recalling the last incident with a gooey chocolate cake that Deidara had given to Kei. Nearly his entire face and both his hands had been sticky with the dark chocolate and Naruto's own shirt had suffered when his son had grasped at it, wanting his daddy to taste the cake.
"Please, daddy?"
"Fine," Naruto gave in with an indulgent smile and grabbed one of the bars, adding it to the items on the conveyor belt which were slowly moving forwards. "But you're going to be careful, okay? Daddy doesn't want to clean chocolate out of his car."
"I pwomise," Kei grinned; his blue eyes locked onto the chocolate.
Naruto doubted he would be able to sneak it into the bags without his son knowing about it and snorted amused. Kei definitely didn't take after Sasuke when it came to his sweet tooth.
"Okay, now be careful not to spill anything, Kei," Naruto instructed and handed over the partly unwrapped chocolate bar to the little boy who reached out for it eagerly, bouncing up and down in his seat.
It wasn't as warm in the car as Naruto had feared it would be, but he couldn't wait to be home again where he would have air conditioning to remain cool.
As soon as his small hands closed around the bar, Kei stuffed it into his mouth, biting a piece of it. Feeling his daddy's gaze on him he looked up with a cheeky grin and Naruto laughed in response.
"Okay, let's go home," Naruto smiled and closed the door to the backseat of the car, having put all his groceries in the trunk already.
Right when he was about to open the door of the driver's side, however, a voice called out, "Is that you, Uzumaki-san?"
He tensed up, recognising the voice despite only having heard it once before, and slowly turned around, coming face to face with Haruno Sakura – Sasuke's ex-girlfriend.
"Haruno-san," he greeted politely, one hand still resting on the door, ready to open it.
She laughed gently, stroking back a piece of her cotton candy pink hair behind her ear. Her light green eyes regarded him with some embarrassment. "Sorry, I just hadn't expected to run into you here. I thought you went to that store in the next town."
"They finished remodelling here. This one is closer, so it's easier to shop here," he replied and out of his peripheral vision he saw Kei staring out of the window with a confused look on his face, clearly wondering who the strange woman was.
"Sasuke-kun isn't with you?" Haruno questioned surprised; her gaze quickly going to the passenger's side as if she could look through the seats to see him there.
"No, he's still at work," Naruto answered curtly, wondering how to brush her off without sounding like an arsehole.
He had met the pink haired woman for the first time in a grocery store a few towns away from where he lived. She had remarked on how cute Kei had looked and they had started chattering about children; her revealing that she worked as a nurse for a hospital in a big city. She had lamented the fact that she still hadn't found anyone to share her life with before commenting on the fact that Kei looked a lot like her ex-boyfriend. At that time Naruto hadn't made the connection – how could he have when he hadn't known about Sasuke's past with her?
When Sasuke had told him what had transpired between the two of them … Naruto had been surprised with how furious he had felt on Sasuke's behalf. How could she have thought it was right to trick someone in becoming a parent before they were ready? Why had she thought it was her right to try to convince Sasuke to give her the Mark when the Alpha had obviously been dead set against it?
Sure, Naruto knew how disappointed one could feel if their partner didn't want to Mark them. He himself had been disappointed by Gaara's refusal, but he had accepted it, not wanting to force the red haired man to do something he didn't want to do.
Haruno hadn't had any right to force Sasuke to Mark her or impregnate her before he had been ready. That went beyond being disrespectful and Naruto couldn't blame Sasuke for breaking up with the woman. He couldn't even blame him for not wanting to talk about her and he had felt guilty that he had got angry about that fact.
But maybe it had been for the best that Sasuke had told him about his past. If he hadn't, he wouldn't have known what kind of person Haruno really was. People changed of course but what Haruno had done had caused Sasuke to mistrust people for years and close himself off to the rest of the world.
Naruto would be damned before he gave the Beta a chance to do something like that again.
"Ah." Haruno looked taken aback by the answer and she smiled nervously. "Eh, well, I hate to ask this of you, but could you ask Sasuke-kun to contact me?"
"Why?" he asked blankly, already having decided that he wouldn't do it. Sasuke had been more than clear about the fact that he didn't have any interest in talking to Haruno and Naruto was going to respect that. If she really wanted to talk to the Alpha, she would have to seek him out on her own; Naruto wasn't going to help her.
She frowned; her fingers fiddling with the zipper of her purse. "I just – I did something bad in the past and I want to apologise for it," she replied; a light rose flush dusting her cheekbones.
He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck while he tried to think of a way to tell her that Sasuke wasn't interested at all in her apology. He was angry at Haruno for trying to do something like that to Sasuke, but he didn't want to get dragged into the dispute either. Especially not with his son waiting for him in the car.
"Look, Haruno-san," he started hesitatingly, "I don't think that's a good idea."
She stiffened and something akin to hurt flashed across her face. "Why not? I just want to talk to him, that's all."
"Sasuke – he, eh, he doesn't want to talk to you," the Omega clarified while inwardly he was wondering how she couldn't have picked up on that particular fact when she had met Sasuke during the shopping trip. Sasuke hadn't exactly been discreet with his reaction towards her.
An awkward silence reigned between them and Naruto pursed his lips when he saw the moment realisation dawned upon Haruno.
"How much did he tell you?" she asked, noticeably cooler now.
"Pretty much everything," Naruto answered curtly. "So I'm sorry, but he doesn't want to talk to you. I think it's best if you just let this – "
"Everything?" Haruno repeated and she laughed incredulously. "I very much doubt that. I think he only told you his side of the story!"
"What are you implying? That he's lying?" Naruto asked disbelievingly and his hand clenched around the door handle. "Are you going to tell me that you didn't try to trick him into getting you pregnant? That you didn't try to convince him to Mark you even when you knew he didn't want to?" he spat, anger slowly simmering inside him.
Her cheeks reddened even deeper and her eyes flashed up with anger. "I just wanted a family with him!" she snapped; her form trembling slightly. "What's so wrong about that?! Don't act all high and mighty with me when you're the one who did the exact same thing!"
"I didn't trick Sasuke in getting me pregnant!" he growled. "And I didn't trick him into Marking me! He was the one who decided to Mark me! I gave him the choice, which is something you didn't do!"
"Oh please!" she sneered and took a step closer. "I asked around about you, you know. I wanted to know how the hell someone like you managed to get a guy like Sasuke-kun and you know what I got to hear? That you jumped from one guy to the next and Sasuke-kun had to marry you because you ended up pregnant! So don't you dare to act like you're better than me! Why did you do it, huh? Because of the money? Because of his name? You're pathetic!"
He saw red. He wanted nothing more than to punch that smug, satisfied smirk off her face and it took everything he had in him to stop himself from doing so. How dare she stand there and accuse him? How did she dare to belittle his relationship with Sasuke, just because she couldn't get over him?
He didn't care that someone had been spreading lies about him; he was just completely done with her. Why couldn't she just get the fucking hint and disappear? She was only embarrassing herself by continuing to pine after someone who had already moved on years ago.
"If either one of us is pathetic, then it's you," he said in a low voice, once he was relatively certain he wouldn't spring forwards and punch her. "It's been years and you're still not over him – how pathetic is that? It's your own damn fault you lost him, Haruno. How my relationship with Sasuke started is none of your god damn business. And just because you were after him for his money and his last name doesn't mean I am. Because I love him for who he is, not for his bank account or his family tree. He could have been poor and I still would have fallen in love with him."
He took a few steps closer to her and something in his face must have alarmed her because her eyes widened and there was a touch of fear in them. He smiled viciously and had the satisfaction of seeing her flinch. "That's the difference between you and me, Haruno: I care for Sasuke himself. You never cared about him at all, only for what he could give you. And look where that got you."
"How dare you," she whispered; her skin pale as a ghost and her fingers clenched tightly around her purse. "How dare you say - "
"No, how the fuck dare you to come here and try to talk to Sasuke again after all the shit you pulled?" Naruto snarled and this time she actually stumbled backwards. "If you really cared, you would have left him alone. You wouldn't have done all those things you did in the first place. You're nothing to him, Haruno. Nothing. Stop embarrassing yourself and leave. He has his own life now and you're not a part of it."
He whirled around and went back to his car, breathing heavily as fury was still coursing through his body, making his hands tremble slightly. Right before he stepped into his car he turned around to look at her.
Haruno glared back at him with so much hate he would have flinched back from it if he hadn't been filled with rage himself. As it was, it was easy for him to lever her with his own glare.
"Stay the fuck away from my family, Haruno, I mean it," he warned her. "You won't like what I do otherwise."
"You're going to regret this!" she hissed and stalked away; her high heels clacking on the ground.
He slammed the door of the driver's side shut and gripped the steering wheel tightly. "I doubt it's going to be me who's going to regret this," he muttered darkly.
"Daddy?" Kei asked in a small voice, obviously having picked up the tense atmosphere.
Naruto glanced back with a strained smile, forcing himself to calm down. There was no need to alarm his son. "Nothing's wrong, sweetie. We're going home now, okay?"
Kei nodded with wide eyes.
Naruto started the car, hoping that this was the last time he would ever have to deal with Haruno. He feared he wouldn't be able to hold himself back if he encountered her a third time.
Not that she wouldn't deserve it, he thought darkly and followed a green car out of the parking lot.
"There's a letter for you," Karin announced and dropped an envelope on his desk; giving him a quick smile before she went back to her own desk.
Karin finally seemed to have got the clue that he wasn't interested in her after marrying Naruto. Although she still occasionally flirted with him, Sasuke could tell it was all in good fun now and the red haired woman had become more professional. Sasuke was glad about that; waving off her advances had become rather tiresome after all.
He stopped putting in information about his new patient in the file on the computer and picked up the envelope, stiffening when he recognised the handwriting on the front. He didn't even need to check the name to know who it came from.
Why was she contacting him? Hadn't Suigetsu been clear enough that she should back the fuck off? Hadn't he been clear enough during that time at the grocery store?
"Damn it," Sasuke muttered with a hiss and he glared at the envelope before ripping it open, deciding to get it over with now. After he was done reading this shit he would have to contact Suigetsu again and tell him to get her to back off for real this time.
Something fell out of the envelope and landed on his desk but he decided to focus on the letter first. It was a rather short message.
'Sasuke,
I know you will never forgive me and that's fine. But are you really sure you can trust the man you're married to now?
Because I don't think you can.
Sakura'
"The fuck?" he muttered, irritated at the cryptic message. What the fuck was she talking about? Why wouldn't he trust Naruto? If anyone couldn't be trusted it was her as she had proven all those years ago.
Quite aggravated now – would she never leave him alone? – he threw the letter down and snatched off his desk what looked like to be a photo and which had been in the envelope as well.
He turned it around – the photo having landed on the picture itself instead of the back – and froze; his heartbeat suddenly very loud in his ears.
The picture contained only two people: his older brother Itachi and Naruto, his mate. The latter's arms were wrapped around Itachi and they were –
Kissing.
AN2: Did I really end it here? Yes, yes, I did :D I'm evil like that ~
Jokes aside, please let me know what you think of this chapter. This took me way too long to finish and I'm still not completely happy about it :/ If you spot any mistakes, please point them out as well.
And yes, I still suck at children's speech.
I hope to see you all in the next chapter, which will focus on Itachi and Deidara :)
Cuddles
Melissa
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