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Crossing Boundaries for You	By : Sasunarufan13 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 12499 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor make profit of it. Kishimoto owns it.

Chapter List
- 30
- 31
- 32
Author's note: This chapter turned out longer than I initially expected, but well, I suppose that's good news for you LOL
Warnings: some time skips and me taking some liberties with biology LOL
I hope you'll like it!
Chapter 31
"So, how are you feeling now?" Naruto inquired, quirking a quick smile when Itachi handed him a glass of cold apple juice.
Deidara shrugged, rocking Aihime gently back and forth. She had just fed and burped on a towel he had placed across his shoulder and was now slowly dozing off. "Can't complain. I can't go run a marathon any time soon, but the stitches aren't bothering me either, un," he replied and grimaced. "I'm just glad I'm out of the hospital. The scent was getting on my nerves."
"The scent or the nurses?" Naruto questioned dryly. He and Sasuke had gone to visit Deidara every day until he was released from the hospital and every day without fail Deidara had argued with a nurse. He had only been there for four days, but he had had many arguments about keeping Aihime with him in the room. The nurses had wanted to bring her to another room so that Deidara could sleep without her waking him, but the blond man had been adamant that Aihime stayed with him. The nurses' insistence hadn't been a match for Deidara's stubbornness and finally they had realised there was no point in arguing.
"The scent, like I said, un," Deidara sniffed, narrowing his eyes.
Naruto raised his hands with a grin and crossed his ankles; absently stroking his stomach when his baby started moving around again.
"Were you able to get an appointment with Tsunade-sensei?" Itachi asked, settling down next to Deidara; his arm slipping around to lay across the blond's shoulders.
Naruto perked up and smiled. "Yeah, actually! My appointment's today; apparently someone cancelled and she gave me their hour instead."
If everything went well – and god, he hoped it would, because he couldn't bear to think otherwise – then this would be his last check-up with Tsunade. After today he would only see her again when it was time for his C-section and the date for that surgery would be decided on today.
"When's the appointment then?" Deidara ceased his rocking slowly, casting a wary glance at his daughter. She remained quiet, however, and fast asleep against his chest.
"In an hour," Naruto replied, casting a quick glance at the clock. "Sasuke said he'd be picking me up here. He had some files to check or something, but he'd be here on time."
"How is he settling in at the company?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow, looking at Itachi curiously. "Shouldn't you already know that? Considering he's working with you?" he pointed out.
"Whenever I ask, he just says he's okay," Itachi answered, clucking his tongue. "I want to know whether he's really okay or not."
"Well, he seems to have settled in well," Naruto said slowly, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "I know he got into an argument with some guy a couple of days ago – what was his name again? Haden?"
"Hidan?"
"Yeah, that one! Anyway, he said he got into an argument with him about some kind of client, but aside from that, he seems to like working at your company."
Itachi nodded contemplatively. "He's got nothing to worry about when it comes to Hidan. That man just likes to argue with everyone. He's all bark and no bite," he murmured. "I'm glad to hear he's settling in well, though. I wasn't sure whether he would, considering some of the people working there can be rather … intense at times."
"That's putting it mildly, un," Deidara snorted.
"Well, it's not like your family was less intense," Naruto murmured and Itachi smiled wryly.
"How's it going with choosing a name for your baby, un?" Deidara asked; his eyes containing a glimmer of excitement. "You decided yet?"
"We've been making a list, but we can't agree," Naruto chuckled sheepishly. "I'll like one name, but he won't like it and vice versa. I think it's going to be a while before we finally find a name. I just hope we decide on it before the baby comes."
"What's one of the names you got in mind?" Deidara questioned curiously.
"Well, I thought about Menma, but - " Naruto started before being cut off by Itachi's snort. Scowling at the older man, he said snippily, "What? You got a problem with that too?"
"Well, I can definitely understand why my little brother would be reluctant to name his son like that," Itachi replied amused; his dark eyes glinting.
Deidara looked like he was supressing an amused smile. "It would be fitting considering your name, though, un," he said, carefully readjusting himself on the couch.
Blue eyes narrowed slightly. "I'm not sure whether you're on my side now or not," he complained and huffed, crossing his arms on top of his belly. There was nothing wrong with the name 'Menma'; why did everyone have to be so difficult about it?
The sound of a car door slamming shut had all three of them turning their heads to the street side. Aihime stirred for a moment, but remained asleep; only curling her fingers into a fist.
"Doesn't that sound like Sasuke-kun's car, un?" Deidara wondered.
"Sounds like it," Itachi agreed and stood up. "I'll go take a look. Can't have him waking up Aihime with the doorbell."
"Already had that happening?" Naruto inquired amused, taking a sip from his drink before placing it back down on the table.
Cobalt blue eyes rolled in exasperation. "A neighbour of us last night, asking us whether we'd like to come to a gathering at his place next week." He wrinkled his nose, looking annoyed. "I had just managed to put her down to sleep when that idiot ignored the sign at the door not to ring the doorbell, but instead knock. And here I thought everyone knew how to read, un," he sneered.
"I take it you're not going to the gathering then?" Naruto asked lightly.
"Not after that stupid move."
"Naruto, you're ready?" Sasuke stepped into the room, making a beeline for him to greet him with a kiss.
"Yeah, I'm ready," the blond man replied, accepting the kiss with a smile.
"You can stay for a while longer if you want, un," Deidara offered.
"I'd like to, but there's more traffic than I expected and I don't want to park too far away from the practice," Sasuke explained, before quirking a small smile at the sleeping baby. Inclining his head towards her, he asked, "How is she doing?"
"At the moment sleeping like an angel," Deidara replied dryly. "And I'd like to keep it like that, so no sudden loud noises, un."
"She's doing well," Itachi reassured his brother.
"Good to hear." Sasuke nodded before giving Naruto an inquiring look. "You ready to go? It's the last check-up."
There was a glimmer of excitement in his eyes which was echoed in Naruto's grin when he stood up and said, "Yeah, let's go."
In his excitement to see his baby once more before he was ready to join the world, Naruto had forgotten one crucial thing: Tsunade didn't know yet that he had decided to keep the baby. Nor did she know that he and Sasuke were now together.
Fuck.
"Well, everything seems to be fine with the baby," Tsunade murmured as she peered at the screen, moving the transducer slowly back and forth across Naruto's rounded belly. "You've experienced any false contractions so far?"
"Nope, none of those so far," Naruto replied, watching – despite his nerves – quite enraptured at the screen where his baby was fussing around as much as he still could with his limited amount of available space.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Should he?"
She shrugged and clucked her tongue. "Not necessarily. Some people experience them, others don't."
"Deidara-kun had them," Naruto murmured absentmindedly, still engrossed in what their baby was doing.
She inclined her head. "Like I said, some have them, others don't. It all depends." She let them watch the screen for a moment longer, before shutting off the monitor and handing some paper towels to Naruto to dry off his stomach.
Once they were all sitting at her desk again, she said, "Unless something happens or you have any concerns, this will be your last check-up before your C-section. Now, the baby is fine, so I don't foresee any problems for the rest of your pregnancy."
"Thank god for that," Naruto muttered and felt Sasuke's hand closing around his own, resting on his thigh.
She offered a quick smile and took her planner, opening it and browsing through the pages quickly. "Seeing as you haven't experienced any issues so far, you should have no problems carrying him to full term. With that in mind, is it okay with you if we plan your C-section for the seventh of October?"
She glanced up with a questioning look. "It's on a Friday. I would schedule you in a week sooner, but my schedule is filled up completely until that day," she explained with a grimace.
Naruto and Sasuke shared a look before they turned back to the doctor and Naruto shrugged. "That's fine with me. Not like you can help it that you're fully booked," he smiled weakly. Truth be told, while he was looking forward to finally having his baby in his arms, the thought of being cut open didn't sit well with him.
Sasuke, however, frowned and leant forwards. "What happens if he goes in labour before the seventh?"
Huh. Naruto blinked and scratched the bridge of his nose. He hadn't considered the idea that he might go into labour sooner than the agreed upon date of the C-section, but he realised he should have. It wasn't as if babies always came on the right schedule after all.
"If that happens, you go to the hospital and you call me. The surgery will happen a bit sooner then," Tsunade answered and shrugged, appearing unbothered.
"Does that mean – does that mean that you know, my water or so can break?" Naruto asked in a strangled voice as the idea suddenly popped up in his mind, fidgeting slightly.
She quirked an eyebrow. "Well, yes, that can happen. Just like with women; the only difference being that you can't push the baby out, though your water can break."
"Hm," Naruto grimaced, not entirely certain what to think of the idea that his water could break if the baby decided to come earlier after all. Hopefully he wouldn't have to find out how that would feel.
"Now, I would ask whether you'd want to pass that information through to Sakura, but I've been informed that she's no longer part of the arrangement," Tsunade said, her eyes growing sharper as she leant back in her chair and crossed her arms underneath her chest.
Naruto froze, his heart skipping a beat. Next to him Sasuke stilled and his fingers tightened around the blond's – the only sign that the doctor's remark had taken him off guard.
"You know about that?" Naruto asked; his voice higher than he would have liked. He shifted on his chair, feeling highly uncomfortable underneath her assessing stare.
"What? That you decided to keep the baby, that she and Uchiha are no longer married, and that you two are a couple now?" Tsunade snorted, gazing at him unimpressed. "Yeah, I know all about that. When the hell were you going to talk to me about this, you damn brat?"
"I just – I didn't know how. I was worried how you'd react," he admitted quietly, rubbing his hand over his thigh. He glanced away; some shame wriggling about in his stomach. "I know you were against this whole thing from the start and I just didn't want to hear you say 'I told you so'."
She was rubbing her temples when he chanced a glance at her. "I was against this whole arrangement, because I've witnessed several times before what it does to people," she murmured and sighed. "It almost never ends well, because people get attached. I know you, Naruto, and I knew you would get attached to the baby. How could you not? It's normal to get attached to a baby when you feel him or her growing inside of you."
When she looked at him, her eyes were soft, sympathetic and that unbalanced him, because he had expected her to be pissed. "But you're also loyal to your friends and I could only imagine how much heartbreak you'd go through to make them happy, including giving up your child. That's why I was against this – because I didn't want to see you get hurt and there are no real winners in this kind of arrangement."
Then she smiled wryly and added, "I have to admit, though, that while I had expected you to become attached to the baby, I didn't expect you to form a couple with him." She nodded at Sasuke and her eyes cooled a notch. "Especially not considering you're friends with the both of them."
Was it Naruto's imagination or was there a hint of disapproval underlying her voice?
Before he could say something, Sasuke spoke, "I was the one who came on to him. Not the other way around." His eyes narrowed slightly and he gave her a challenging look.
She narrowed her eyes in return and leant forwards, supporting her elbows on her desk. "You know, you're not exactly endearing yourself to me with that comment," she said coolly. "I don't tend to be impressed with people who cheat on their spouses."
"Baa-chan," Naruto said warningly, frowning. He understood she wasn't happy with this, but it wasn't as if Sasuke was the only one at fault here. "It's not like I stopped him, so if you're going to blame Sasuke, you have to blame me too."
She huffed and rolled her eyes. "Who's talking about blame here? As long as you're happy, then that's all what matters to me," she said before addressing Sasuke, "But I can assure you that if you hurt this brat in any way, I'm going to make you regret it, understood?"
"Baa-chan," Naruto groaned, rubbing his hands over his face in exasperation.
"Understood," Sasuke said, pursing his lips together.
"Okay, enough about this," Naruto sighed. "Did Sakura tell you about us?"
"No, I haven't heard her since your previous check-up. Jiraiya told me about it," she answered.
Naruto reared back in surprise. "You know Jiraiya?" he asked shocked. "Why did you never tell me about that?" he couldn't help but add accusingly.
"You never asked," she replied dryly and shook her head. "We go way back, him and I, but we only reconnected since last year."
"Since last year?" he murmured as Tsunade ended their visit with giving them the pictures of the ultrasound.
Last year was the time Jiraiya started being mysterious about the person he was meeting up with, claiming it was nothing. Unless he was meeting up with yet another woman …
Well, well, it looked like Naruto had finally found the answer to his question.
Two weeks later Jiraiya invited them for dinner, cashing in on the promise Naruto had made when he had come clean about his relationship with Sasuke.
"So how worried do I have to be?" Sasuke muttered as they made their way to the restaurant.
It wasn't a high class restaurant, thankfully, because Naruto had nothing to wear for that particular type of restaurant, but one he had frequented before with his godfather. The food was really good, the staff friendly, and overall the atmosphere was great, but he couldn't completely relax as they took the couple of steps leading to the entrance of the establishment.
This whole evening reeked too much of a 'meeting the parents for the first time' type of deal and he had to supress a hysterical chuckle at that thought.
"I have no clue," he answered honestly, smiling absently at the pretty waitress who guided them to the table Jiraiya had reserved for them. "I guess it'll depend on his mood."
"That doesn't inspire much confidence," Sasuke muttered underneath his breath.
"You'll be fine," the blond man reassured him and quickly pecked his cheek. "You know him, he knows you; this is just a dinner. Nothing more."
"You say that now," Sasuke mumbled darkly.
Blue eyes rolled and Naruto wanted to retort, but they arrived at their table and Jiraiya rose up from his chair; his large form rather intimidating against the cosiness of the restaurant.
"Kid, how are you doing?" Jiraiya asked jovially, clasping his shoulder before nodding a bit more reserved at Sasuke. "Sasuke, how are you?"
"I'm doing fine," Naruto reassured the older man amidst Sasuke's grunt of "I'm okay". "Got my last check-up two weeks ago and everything's okay with the baby."
"Yeah?" They all sat down; Jiraiya on one side of the table and Sasuke and Naruto next to each other across from him. "Got a date pinned for your C-section?"
"The seventh of October," the blond answered, stroking his belly a couple of times. "The doctor's fully booked until then."
"What would you like to drink?" A waiter popped up next to them, posing his pen above his notepad with a look of expectation in his dark brown eyes. His gaze momentarily flickered towards Naruto's belly before focusing on their faces again.
While Jiraiya ordered a red wine – of which the name was something Naruto couldn't hope to ever pronounce decently – Sasuke chose water and Naruto stuck to apple juice.
"I bet you're looking forward to actually hold your baby in your arms," Jiraiya chuckled; his dark eyes twinkling. He opened the menu the waiter had left behind and waved his hand. "Order whatever you want; it's on me tonight."
Out of reflex Naruto wanted to protest, but he knew better than to try to convince the older man. If Jiraiya said he was paying, he would pay, no matter how much of a protest the blond would put up. It was easier and less time and energy consuming to just go along with it.
"You bet I am," he smiled instead, grabbing his own menu. "I'll be glad once I can pull my shoes on again without having to contort myself into weird positions to do it."
Especially in this heat, pulling on shoes, even something as simple as sandals, was a tiring task with his big belly in the way.
"You could ask me for help," Sasuke said; a frown marring his forehead. His menu was open at the dishes with fish as the main ingredient.
A snort escaped the blond before he could stop himself. "I'm not going to ask you to help me get my shoes on, that's ridiculous," he huffed. "It's not like it's become completely impossible for me either. Just don't expect me to have my shoes on within ten seconds now."
The dark haired man opened his mouth – presumably to protest, Naruto couldn't imagine what else he would say with regards to this topic – but their waiter appeared at their table again, carrying a tray with their drinks.
"Have you decided what you want to eat?" the man asked friendly, placing their drinks in front of them before sticking the tray between his arm and side and picking up his notebook.
After the three of them had passed through their order, the conversation shifted to their jobs – in Jiraiya's and Sasuke's case – and the plans for the nursery and Naruto's painting.
Conversation flowed smoothly for a while as they enjoyed their dinner – Sasuke side-eyeing Naruto for having chosen ramen, but he made no attempt to protest the blond's choice. Which was for the best, because Naruto wasn't planning on letting him take away his ramen.
They were enjoying dessert – with Jiraiya keeping to a coffee only – when the older man leant forwards with an oddly solemn look on his face.
"I have to be honest, Sasuke, I never expected you to become my godson's boyfriend," he remarked casually; his tone in contrast to the intense scrutiny he was giving the dark haired man.
Naruto paused, leaving his spoon in the chocolate sundae he had ordered, and looked at Jiraiya with narrowed eyes, not entirely liking the direction the conversation was taking.
"To be completely honest, I hadn't expected it either," Sasuke replied blankly, taking another bite of his matcha ice cream.
Jiraiya appeared a bit taken aback, clearly not having expected that particular answer. "That's fair I guess," he said after a pause and cocked his head to the right. "What I don't consider fair is keeping Naruto as your lover on the side instead of divorcing your wife first." His smile was thin and sharp, devoid of any humour.
"Jiraiya, don't!" Naruto hissed aggravated and glowered at him. "I already explained what happened. Did you really invite us to dinner just to pull this kind of shit?"
"Just making conversation, nothing more," Jiraiya replied in a clipped tone, never once removing his gaze from the dark haired man.
"That's not just conversation, that's - "
"It's fine, Naruto," Sasuke cut him off calmly and placed his hand on Naruto's knee. "It wasn't fair, no," he agreed. "My ex-wife's partly to blame for the process being drawn out, but I won't deny I screwed up. I should have waited until the divorce was finalised when I realised I had fallen for Naruto, but frankly, I didn't want to. I was too impatient to wait."
He took a deep breath and his fingers tightened around Naruto's knee. "I'm not proud that I kept Naruto waiting for that long, but I also couldn't not act on my feelings as soon as I came to terms with them."
Naruto sat there stumped. Sasuke was usually rather reserved around people he didn't know well and while he and Jiraiya had spoken several times before, it wasn't as if they were anywhere near close. Not close enough to warrant this open honesty at least.
The white haired man squinted at him suspiciously. "I want to believe you, Sasuke, but people who cheated once, tend to cheat again, so you can understand why I'm not completely comfortable with you and Naruto being together, given the circumstances."
"I'm not a kid anymore, Ero-sennin," Naruto groaned annoyed, rubbing his hands over his face aggravatedly. "And whatever happens between Sasuke and me is between us," he added irritated.
"I know you're not a kid anymore, Naruto, but that doesn't mean I can't still look out for you," Jiraiya countered, frowning at him.
"I understand your concerns, but I can assure you that I'm not planning on hurting Naruto in any way," Sasuke said quietly; his dark eyes intense. "Sakura and I … That was completely different from what I feel for Naruto. It doesn't come anywhere near close to what Naruto and I share."
The corners of his mouth turned up in a wry smile. "You distrust my intentions, that's fine; I can understand that. I'm not going away, though. No matter what you say or think about it, I'm serious about Naruto and that's not going to change."
Silence reigned for a while at their table, while the rest of the restaurant was filled with quiet chatter, the occasional laugh, and people going back and forth between the tables. Chairs scraped as they were shoved back and the door hinges creaked softly as people entered and left the building.
Blue eyes switched back and forth warily between Sasuke and Jiraiya, aware of the subtle tension hanging between them. It made Naruto huff softly in annoyance, swirling his spoon in the melted remains of his sundae ice cream. He should have known his godfather would take this dinner as an opportunity to grill Sasuke, but he had foolishly thought the older man wouldn't go that far.
"Well," Jiraiya broke the silence, leaning back in his chair with crossed arms. "I suppose I'll just have to wait and see," he grunted, not entirely convinced, but he didn't continue the interrogation at least.
Naruto would take that small blessing. Anything to get rid of this weird tension between them. A thought shot through his mind and he straightened up, a smirk settling on his face.
Jiraiya instantly grew wary, furrowing his eyebrows. "What?"
Payback time. "Well, you got your interrogation moment, now it's time for mine, don't you think?"
"What are you talking about now, brat?"
"I found out who your mysterious woman is," Naruto grinned gleefully and next to him Sasuke shook his head with a snort. "So when were you going to tell me you're meeting up with Tsunade, hm? You know, my baa-chan and my doctor?"
Jiraiya's tomato red face and subsequent spluttering more than made up for his stupid interrogation. Served him right.
The weeks passed rather uneventfully after that particular dinner. He and Sasuke kept arguing about names, neither of them prepared to give in. At this rate their baby would still be nameless by the time he was here.
September had just rolled into the country when Naruto declared the nursery finished. The walls were painted, his drawings decorating two of them; the closet filled with baby clothes both bought by them and given to them by Mikoto; a shelf with picture books and another shelf containing some stuffed toys. A wooden chest already contained some toys even though it would be a while yet before their son would be able to play with them.
After some deliberation the crib had been moved into their bedroom, so that they would still have their baby close with them at night. Bottles were waiting in the cupboard, together with some pacifiers still in their package. Two large boxes of diapers had been put next to the changing table; some other baby necessities including powder stood on the table.
As his due date drew slowly nearer, he spent time with Gaara – who visited him often - Deidara and Aihime and had Jiraiya popping by occasionally. The older man still refused to admit he wanted to ask out Tsunade – "We're just reconnecting, brat. We haven't seen each other for several years." – but Naruto wasn't an idiot. For Jiraiya to spend so much time with one woman – there was more behind that than just reconnecting with a friend from the past. Especially given the fond look which always appeared in his eyes whenever he said her name. Naruto just needed to be patient, he guessed. They would get there in their own time.
The days went by and with them, Naruto started relaxing a bit more each time. For weeks after Sakura had signed the divorce papers, he had waited for the other shoe to drop, for her to show her true colours.
Nothing happened, however. She didn't call, didn't show up at their door; she didn't show herself at all. Perhaps she had decided to move on with her life or thought they weren't worth her time.
Either was fine with Naruto. Not having to look over his shoulders every time he went outside, wondering whether he was becoming too paranoid, made enjoying the remaining weeks of his pregnancy easier. If she had wanted to do something, she would have done it by now, he concluded.
Sakura had always been the type to lash out immediately after all.
The beginning of October announced itself with cold wind and heavy rain – a sharp contrast to the rather mild weather of September, as if Mother Nature had suddenly remembered that autumn had arrived.
As rain pelted harshly against the windows, Naruto finished dressing himself, tugging down his warm sweater over his belly. With only two days left until he would be admitted into the hospital for his C-section, he decided that he would check his bag, the one containing all the stuff necessary for his stay at the hospital, one last time after Sasuke had left for work. He was pretty sure he had put everything in the bag already, but it would never hurt to check again just to be on the safe side. He was already starting to feel nervous for his surgery, he could do without having a freak out because he had forgotten this or that in his bag.
Straightening out, he grimaced at the ache simmering in his lower back. His back had been aching something fiercely since four o'clock, which had made sleeping rather difficult. He would try to take a nap later in the day; hopefully by then he would be feeling better.
Snatching his phone from the nightstand, he turned around to leave –
Only to freeze when something wet and warm trickled down his legs, sticking the material of his trousers to his legs.
Slowly he looked down, staring at the small puddle forming underneath him.
As his baby fussed inside him and the ache in his back grew a tad worse, all that left him was, "Ah, shit."
It looked like he didn't have two more days left in the end.
AN2: Now we're definitely edging towards the ending, so I suggest you buckle up and prepare yourselves - it's going to be a bumpy ride ;)
Please leave your thoughts behind in a review; should you spot any mistakes, please point them out to me.
The next chapter should normally appear on the first of June! I see you all back in the next chapter!
Cuddles
Melissa
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