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Once in a Blue Moon	By : Sasunarufan13 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 4105 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter List
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Author's note: We're slowing reaching the ending of this story, guys. I hope you'll stick with me until the end :) Here you'll find out what is wrong with Gaara.
Thanks to the following reviewer: smint45
Warnings: made up medical treatments; foul language. That's it mainly.
I hope you'll enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 6
The month following his kiss with Naruto was a strain on his nerves. Since that afternoon he hadn't seen Naruto again and as his workload grew once more he also didn't have the chance to try out to bump against him in Itachi's home. It was incredibly aggravating to know that he was this close to having Naruto as his mate, but he couldn't do anything at all to speed up the progress.
In the middle of March Sasuke received notice that Naruto would be switching doctors. When Karin had informed him of the news, he had released such a vicious snarl that she had gone pale and basically had fled back to her desk, keeping her head down for the rest of the week. Even she knew when she had to back off or risk severe injury.
The whole day following Karin's announcement of Naruto having switched doctors was spent fuming, darkly muttering to himself, until he arrived home that night and got utterly smashed. It was either drinking himself into a stupor or going out on the streets, trying to find someone stupid enough to take up his challenge to fight. Even through the haze of his anger, he realised that Itachi would not be happy at all if he had to bail his younger brother out of jail.
The next day Sasuke woke up with a pounding headache – making him remember why exactly he detested becoming drunk – and encountered the smashed remains of the bottle containing the last quarter of his scotch.
"Fuck," he whispered harshly, squinting to lessen the pressure of the harsh T-lights on his growing headache.
He slumped down on one of the kitchen chairs and stared blankly at the glistening shards of glass. Why had Naruto switched doctors? He had never once came across as if he disliked having Sasuke as his doctor. So why? Why didn't the blond man want him as his doctor anymore? Was it because of their kiss? Did he think that Sasuke wouldn't be able to remain professional? He had proven that before, right? Even with his growing feelings, he had continued to help Naruto seek treatments for his fertility issue. Never once had he let his feelings influence his decision on the treatments.
Heavily frowning, he looked out of the window where he could see the sun slowly rising up; the last remnants of the night absorbed by the gentle light.
Why had Naruto never told him anything? Sure, it was his right to switch doctors – but didn't Sasuke have the right to know why he made the sudden switch? Was it really just because of the kiss?
Or … Dark eyes narrowed in suspicion and his hands formed tight fists; the knuckles of his hands turning white. Or was this change not Naruto's decision? Was Gaara the one who had decided that Naruto had to see another doctor?
If that was the case, why would the red haired Alpha make such a sudden decision? He had never met Sasuke in the professional setting, so he couldn't have any complains about his work ethics. Was it taking too long for Naruto to become pregnant and had he decided that another doctor would provide a better solution? If that was the case, he wished him luck; if he couldn't find the cause, he very much doubted that another doctor would be able to discover the issue.
Another possible reason rose up in his mind and he stilled. Maybe Gaara hadn't insisted on Naruto changing doctors because it took them too long to have a child – maybe he had decided that because Naruto had confessed about kissing Sasuke back.
He didn't know for certain whether Naruto had mad such a confession of course – and there would be no way of figuring it out without contacting the blond Omega about it – but Naruto appeared to be someone who wouldn't be able to live with such a secret nagging at him. Naruto seemed honest to a fault and it wouldn't surprise Sasuke if the Omega had told his mate about him kissing someone else.
If that was the case, it shocked Sasuke that Gaara hadn't shown up yet at his practice to beat the shit out of him. Especially after their first disastrous meeting.
Or was having Naruto change doctors Gaara's equivalent of kicking his arse? It made sense of course: if he wanted to still be with Naruto, he would make certain that the cause of the temptation would be removed out of their lives.
It was a brilliant idea – and it only served to piss off Sasuke even more. He was this close to having Naruto as his mate and the obstacles only seemed to grow.
He had half a mind to look up Naruto's address from his file and drive over to ask in person why he had made the switch, but he knew he couldn't do that. He had promised Itachi he would wait until Naruto made the next move and he didn't want to break a promise to his older brother. Not after ignoring his advice so many times before during the past few months.
Grim, dark eyes flicked one last look at the rose coloured sky, with faint white clouds drifting past, before he stood up to prepare his breakfast.
He would wait. He would resist the urge to visit Naruto and he wouldn't question his switch to another doctor. He would concentrate on his other patients now and leave Naruto's case in the hands of another doctor.
No matter how much his Alpha side growled at him to take charge and rip Naruto from Gaara's hold.

His resolve to let Naruto take the first step lasted until the beginning of April and it was partly Deidara's fault for making his resolve crumble like that.
Taking the parking spot right in front of his office, Sasuke shut off the engine and marched towards the building; a soft breeze caressing his skin. The lights were off, naturally, as Karin had gone home, considering there were no patients scheduled for the rest of the afternoon. The faint sunlight making its way through the curtains was enough to not make him stumble into furniture and he crossed the hallway, past Karin's desk to his office.
"Where is it?" he murmured distractedly and hastily unlocked the door, making a beeline for the cabinets. The file should still be in the cabinets; he hadn't been contacted yet by any of his colleagues, so there had been no need to get rid of the file.
"This prescription will give you a dose for six months," Sasuke muttered and ripped the paper out of the notebook. He wrinkled his nose when the sticky sweet scent reached his nose again. "I'm surprised Itachi left you here."
Deidara clucked his tongue and accepted the paper, folding it before sliding it into his pocket. "The heat isn't that bad now, considering Shion isn't even three months old yet, un," he sniffed and adjusted the bottle slightly so that his son could keep suckling. "Normally I shouldn't be able to get pregnant so soon again, but we figured that it was better to be safe."
"It'll take your body at least another six months before you'll really need the suppressants," Sasuke informed him and put his notebook and pen back in his bag. "That said, I can smell the heat on you. If I can, that means that Itachi would surely know you're in heat now."
Baby blue eyes rolled in exasperation. "Fine, yes, he did want to stay at home, but I told him he had to go to work for at least today, un. He needs to put in his vacation days and I'm really not in the mood to deal with Kakuzu's whiney rants, because Itachi didn't formally put in his days." He was quiet for a few seconds and then added cheekily, "I did promise to make it worth his while when he comes home again, though."
"I really didn't need to know that," Sasuke grimaced and stood up.
"Can you hand me my phone, Sasuke-kun?" Deidara nodded at the cell phone lying next to a magazine on the counter. "I want to call Naruto-kun, but I don't want to disturb Shion."
Sasuke stilled for a few seconds, but forced himself to cross the kitchen and grab the device. "Any particular reason why it can't wait until Shion is asleep?" he asked neutrally, but his heart had started to race at the mention of Naruto's name and he couldn't help but want more information about the beautiful blond he hadn't seen a couple of weeks.
"Because I need to start preparing dinner then and I don't want to wait until tonight to contact him," Deidara muttered and studied the nearly empty bottle with a critical eye. "I don't know whether he has plans with Gaara-san or not, so I don't want to disturb him tonight."
"Ah," Sasuke murmured and placed the cell phone on the table. "Have they found a new doctor yet?" he inquired casually and pulled on his jacket.
Blue eyes regarded him with scrutiny, but he kept his face blank. The inner debate was clearly playing out on Deidara's face, before he uttered a small sigh and shook his head.
"No, last I heard Gaara-san was still searching for one. Maybe he finally found one, though. That's why I want to call."
"Why doesn't Gaara-san just go to his doctor?" the raven haired Alpha prodded and placed his bag on the table, while he frowned.
"I have no idea, Sasuke-kun. Since I know him, he hasn't needed a doctor's visit," Deidara told him frankly and placed the empty bottle in front of him on the table. "Why are you asking …"
The door that led to the backyard opened and Akihito practically flew inside, covered from head to toe in dirt.
"Akihito! What on earth did you do outside?" Deidara asked horrified as the smudges of dirt and grass stains covered his son's face, hands and clothing.
Akihito blinked bemused and looked down at his clothes with a slight frown. "Playing," he stated frankly and regarded his father as if he couldn't understand why the blond hadn't realised that sooner.
"You need a bath, mister," Deidara fussed and stood up to direct his son to the bathroom, ignoring his whining. He threw an apologising look at his brother-in-law. "I'm sorry, Sasuke-kun, but I need to put him in bath."
Sasuke waved his hand haphazardly, while the gears in his mind were already turning and churning as he digested the small piece of information the blond Omega had given him just now.
"Don't worry; I need to leave anyway," he muttered and ignoring Deidara's bemused look, he snatched his bag off the table and walked briskly out of the house to his car.
Throwing his bag hastily in the back of his car, he slid behind the wheel and started the vehicle. Thoughts were racing through his mind and they were all focused around one thing: Gaara and his mysterious, previous doctor.
Even though he had sworn to not think about Naruto's case again, he couldn't help but wonder whether Gaara's former doctor had known whether something was wrong with the red haired man. Would his previous doctor know if Gaara had fertility issues? Was that perhaps the reason why the Alpha refused to visit another doctor?
If he knew the name of that doctor, he could call him up and ask him about Gaara's case. But he had never had Gaara as a patient and thus had no information about him whatsoever. Sasuke thought it unlikely that the other Alpha would willingly give up that particular information.
Smiling grimly, he waited until the light turned green and turned into the street on his left. Before he went home, he needed to make a stop at his office.
Riffling through the drawers of the cabinet, he finally found the file he was looking for and pried it out from between the other files. Opening the file, he leaved through the papers until he landed on the one with the personal information written down on it.
His eyes landed on the cell phone number and then he paused, biting his lower lip thoughtfully. He probably shouldn't do this; the number was only to be used in case of a sudden appointment that needed to be made or information that needed to be given through immediately. With him removed from his patient's list, he didn't have the right anymore to call him.
But he really wanted to help the Omega; the blond man deserved to be happy, even if it wasn't with him.
Taking a deep breath – ignoring how the butterflies in his stomach reappeared once more after being dormant for nearly two months – he took his cell phone out of his pocket and dialled the number he had found in the papers.
The thundering of his heart in his ears seemed even louder than the slow 'beep, beep' sound signalling that the call was trying to connect.
"Hello?" The sound of Naruto's soft, hesitant voice caused his knees to tremble a bit and he straightened up, reminding himself he had another reason for calling that didn't include wanting to hear Naruto's voice again.
"Naruto-san, it's me, Sasuke," he introduced himself, knowing that Naruto had no way of knowing who was calling him. All the appointments had been made through the regular phone by Karin after all.
"Sasuke-san?" Naruto repeated shocked and there was the faint sound of something rustling in the background. "How did you get my number?"
"I'm sorry, but I used the one you gave up on your information sheet," Sasuke apologised sheepishly and rubbed the back of his neck, hoping that the blond wouldn't become angry now. "I didn't know how to contact you otherwise without risking the chance of pissing off your mate." The address had been written down right underneath the cell phone number, but while he dared to risk calling, he knew it would give too much trouble if he actually visited Naruto at his place. He didn't want to cause trouble between the couple intentionally.
"Eh, so why are you calling?" Naruto asked wearily.
The Alpha couldn't fault him for that particular tone. "Has Gaara-san visited a doctor yet?" he inquired briskly.
It was quiet for a couple of seconds before the blond answered bemused, "What? No, he hasn't. He's been searching for a new doctor."
"You told me he did go to a doctor before you met him – has he ever told you the doctor's name?" Sasuke questioned further and closed the file again.
"Eh, no, he never mentioned the name. Why?"
How convenient, Sasuke thought scowling and slipped the file in the first drawer. "Do you think you can find the name of his doctor in his diary or so?"
"I can search for it, but I doubt he still has the name written down somewhere," Naruto replied, a bit reluctant. "Why? Why do you need the name?"
"I figured that his last doctor might know whether he has issues with fertility," Sasuke explained frankly. He saw no need to beat around the bush. "If I have the name, I can look him up and ask him about it."
"Isn't that illegal? Patient confidentiality and all that?" Naruto asked warily.
Sasuke made a non-committal sound. "It'll be fine," he answered vaguely. "It's not like Gaara-san is still seeing that doctor, right?" Plus he really doubted that whoever this other doctor was, would give him trouble. The Uchiha name was feared and respected for a reason; if Sasuke wanted, he could get away with a lot of things that had the tag of illegality attached to them, simply because of his family's influence.
"Right," Naruto said slowly and sounded a bit hesitant.
"Just let me know if you have found the name, okay? I really want to help you, Naruto-san. I wasn't lying when I said that I want to see you happy," Sasuke said sincerely.
Naruto's happiness was the most important thing for him now – even if that meant he would never have a real chance with Naruto.
"Yeah, okay, thanks. I – I have to go now," Naruto fumbled and Sasuke barely had the chance to say goodbye before he ended the call.
With a sigh, Sasuke put his phone back into his pocket and locked his office. All he could do now was wait for Naruto's reply.
At least he had heard Naruto's voice again; he hadn't realised how much he had missed hearing him and talking to him until this call.

Almost a week went by before Sasuke's cell phone announced he had received a text message in the late afternoon. Recognising the number as that of Naruto's, he immediately opened the message and was greeted by one very familiar name.
"Well, I'll be damned," he muttered disbelieving and stared at the screen, which displayed the name of Gaara's former doctor.
Out of all the doctors he had had in mind, he had never expected him to be Gaara's previous doctor.
Extracting information out of that man might prove to be quite difficult after all. Thankfully he did have some dirt on that man, so if all else failed and the idiot remained stubborn, he would just have to blackmail him a bit.
Steeling himself for the upcoming conversation, he went through his contact list and selected the name after throwing a look at his watch. Five thirty, huh? He might still be working.
Or he might be procrastinating like he regularly did. How that man kept his license was a mystery Sasuke would like to solve one day. The amount of turning up late and procrastinating that idiot did, was astonishing. It was a miracle he even had clients left after his disastrous record of showing up on time. It wouldn't surprise Sasuke if the other Alpha had even turned up late for his own graduation.
The other man accepted the call after barely one minute, which had to be some kind of record. Usually it took around six to seven tries before the man picked up.
His book is probably just finished, Sasuke thought dryly and leant back in his chair.
"Well, this is a surprise. To what do I owe the pleasure of your call, Sasuke-kun?" Hatake Kakashi asked lazily.
Kakashi had been some sort of mentor to Sasuke when he had just started his studies. The younger Alpha didn't know the specifics, but Kakashi was related to the Uchiha through a distant family member. Instead of the traditional black hair, though, he had shocking white as colour and he constantly kept half of his face covered with a shawl. Sasuke had never figured out why exactly the older man kept his face covered, though the rumours went around that the lower half of his face was so scarred due to an accident when he was still a child that he kept it covered the entire time now.
He was also god damn lazy, never arrived on time, had an excuse for everything and was quite fond of erotic novels. Whenever you saw him, you could be certain that somewhere in his pocket or bag he had a porn book hidden.
Yet despite all his faults, he was still respected as a doctor and though Sasuke was loathe to admit it, he had been a great mentor as well.
He still annoyed the hell out of him, though.
"I need to ask some information about a former patient of yours," Sasuke explained and closed the file he had been browsing through before he received Naruto's message.
"What kind of information?" Kakashi asked warily after a short pause.
"Whether or not he has fertility issues."
"Sasuke-kun, you know I can't give out that information. It's private for a reason," Kakashi chided him gently.
Sasuke ignored the chiding – like he had done so many times before – and continued, "An Omega came to me, because it was taking him long to conceive."
"What's long? Most Omega tend to panic rather quickly, you know," the older Alpha retorted calmly.
"When he came to me, they had already been trying for four months," Sasuke replied smoothly.
"That … is quite a long time," Kakashi admitted after a short pause.
The dark haired man smirked. He knew he had caught Kakashi's attention with this particular mention. "I ran several tests and I concluded that the Omega is fertile and should have no problem conceiving. So that left us with only one possibility: that his mate is the one having trouble." He took a deep breath and pinched the bridge of his nose as irritation grew in him when he thought of Gaara's refusal. "However, his mate refuses to visit a doctor for reasons unknown. The Omega found out that you were his mate's previous doctor. If I tell you the name, do you think you can look up whether he had fertility issues?"
Kakashi sighed heavily. "Maah, Sasuke-kun, like I said before: I can't give you that information. It's confidential for a reason."
"But he's not your patient anymore," Sasuke argued irritated and tapped his pen against his desk.
"That doesn't matter. I can't give you that information without his explicit consent and somehow I doubt he will give his consent."
Sasuke was silent for a short while and then rolled his shoulders. Well, time for the last resort then. He didn't have the patience to try and cajole Kakashi into giving him the information.
"Look, I really need that information. If you refuse to give it to me, I will set fire to your stash of porn. I know where you hide them, Kakashi, and you know I would do it," he murmured silkily.
"You wouldn't dare," the other man whispered horrified.
"Try me, Kakashi," Sasuke deadpanned. "So what is it going to be? You're ready to say goodbye to your precious porn?"
"It's not porn," Kakashi grumbled and cursed impressively. "Fine, I'll look it up. You play dirty, Sasuke-kun."
"You're the one who made me resort to using that threat, Kakashi," the dark haired man retorted dryly. "It's not my fault porn is your weakness."
"How many times do I have to tell you Icha-Icha Paradise is not porn?" Kakashi whined and footsteps sounded in the background. "What's the name of this Alpha?"
"Sabaku no Gaara," Sasuke answered instantly.
"Ah yes," Kakashi suddenly murmured thoughtfully. "Yeah, I remember him."
Black eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Oh? Did he come by recently?" Sasuke asked carefully.
"Oh no, no, not at all. I haven't seen him in at least five years, if it isn't already six," Kakashi commented and he muttered something underneath his breath. "Aha, I knew it was somewhere in this drawer."
"You still got the file?" Sasuke inquired and was a tad impressed. He had thought Kakashi would have either disposed of it by now or just simply lost it.
"Don't sound so surprised, Sasuke-kun," the white haired man scolded him. "I do keep everything in order."
Sasuke couldn't help but snort silently. Order. Yeah, right. Their definition of order vastly differed.
"Ah yes," Kakashi muttered and then paused. "You said your patient was trying to conceive with Gaara-san?"
"Yes," Sasuke said slowly and a hint of dread was forming in his stomach. The peculiar tone of Kakashi didn't sound very promising and he couldn't help but think that some bad news was coming up.
"I have some very unfortunate news for your patient then," Kakashi sighed. "No matter how long they try, there won't ever be a pregnancy. At least not with Gaara-san as the biological father."
Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows in contemplation. "Gaara-san is infertile?" he questioned and blinked. In the back of his mind he had hold that particular possibility as an option, but he had hoped for Naruto's sake that that wasn't the problem. "Is he infertile since birth or was it a result from an accident?"
"Neither," Kakashi said and clucked his tongue. "He came to me and asked to undergo the AIP61 procedure."
Sasuke froze and the hand holding the phone to his ear clenched around the device tighter. AIP61 stood for Alpha Infertilitas Perfectam with the number 61 referring to the specific concoction of pills that were used for this particular procedure. This treatment made an Alpha completely infertile. The mixture of pills was designed in such a way that all seed would be rendered useless. Unlike some of the other treatments, though, the Alpha still received the full effect of the heats – he just wasn't capable of impregnating anyone.
The treatment was one of the very few that was irreversible and therefore was barely used. In fact, most Alpha who underwent that treatment either already had children or were considered unfit to ever care about children and were forced to undergo the procedure.
Rarely did childless Alpha – considered fit to be around children – choose to undergo that treatment.
Why on earth had Gaara undergone that particular treatment? And most importantly: why had Naruto never been informed of this?
"Are you sure it's Gaara-san who underwent that treatment? Why did he choose that procedure?" Sasuke asked after a tense moment of silence.
"I don't know the details, Sasuke-kun, but yes, it's Gaara-san. I have his file right here and he was one of the very few who chose the treatment willingly," Kakashi replied and there was some shuffling going on in the background. "I only remember that he was adamant that he underwent that treatment and nothing I said, changed his mind. I tried to convince him not to do it, considering it's permanent and he was without a partner at that time, but he would have none of it. He even went as far as threatening to drag me to court if I didn't grant his request."
"That son of a bitch," Sasuke muttered faintly and stared incredulously at his black computer screen. All this time, all this time, that bastard had known he was infertile – had willingly undergone that treatment - , had known that he would never be able to impregnate Naruto and yet he had never said a word. He had let Naruto believe they would have a child together, had let him believe they would create a family together.
"That god damn son of a bitch!" he hissed and slammed his fist down on his desk, not even registering the pain shooting through his arm through the haze of fury falling over him.
How could that arsehole do that to his own mate?! How could he have let Naruto believe for months that they would have a child? How could he have sat there and not admit anything when he saw how devastated Naruto had become? What the fuck was going through that jackass' mind that he thought he could get away with this?
"I assumed he would have informed his partner of the fact that he chose that procedure," Kakashi said apprehensively.
"No, he has not," Sasuke brought out through gritted teeth and a growl escaped his throat. "His mate was becoming quite desperate to conceive and that's why he came to me. I had considered the thought that Gaara-san was infertile or had fertility issues in general, but never had I suspected that he actually made himself infertile."
"I'm sorry, Sasuke-kun," Kakashi murmured. "I told him he needed to inform his future partners about the procedure and at that time he promised me he would do that. It's not going to be easy to break this news to your patient. Maybe you can talk to Gaara-san first and convince him to come clean?"
"That bastard coming clean?" Sasuke laughed coldly. "He has been lying to his mate for nearly five years now – why the fuck do you think he will come clean now?"
"Sasuke-kun, you sound a bit too invested in this," Kakashi remarked cautiously. "Exactly how close are you with this particular patient?"
"Thanks for the information, Kakashi, I really appreciate it," Sasuke said clipped and ended the call before the older man could say something.
Shit, how the hell was he going to explain this to Naruto? The blond Omega had been led to believe for nearly a year that he would have a child with the red haired man – exactly how was Sasuke supposed to explain that he would never be able to have a biological child with Gaara? How would he break the news that the man Naruto had loved for years, the man he wanted to build a family with, had been lying straight to his face since the beginning of their relationship?
He had never expected to hear news of this magnitude when he had decided to contact Kakashi. It was one thing to find out that Gaara was infertile – it was a whole other thing to find out that the infertility was his own doing. The dark haired man might have been sympathetic if Gaara had fertility issues and hadn't informed Naruto of them, because he was ashamed, but the fact that he had willingly turned himself infertile …
It made him want to punch the red haired man again and again, until he was nothing but a bloody pulp, for hurting Naruto like that. How could he just lie to Naruto like that, when he knew it was breaking Naruto to constantly see the negative sign on the pregnancy sticks?
It boggled Sasuke's mind that Gaara could be so callous when it came to his own mate. He didn't understand how the other Alpha could live with that secret, despite knowing that Naruto dearly wanted to have his child.
God, he was so pissed off right now that he couldn't remain in his office. He needed to leave.
Karin looked up startled when he breezed past her, still pulling on his jacket. "Lock off the practice when you leave, Karin-san. I'm not returning tonight," he informed her briskly.
"Wait, Uchiha-sensei!" she cried out shocked, but he ignored her and marched out of the building; anger boiling inside him while he slipped into his car after hastily throwing his bag in the back.
Making a split decision, he turned right at the end of the street. He needed a drink, but he didn't want to deal with the solitude of his house – for once.
The bar it was then.

A familiar man sat down next to him at the bar and stared at him with one eyebrow raised.
"What?" Sasuke grunted and raised his glass of whiskey; the ice cubes hit the glass when he took a sip. He wrinkled his nose at the slight hint of heat that wafted off the other man.
Neji shook his head; his long, brown hair – tied in a low ponytail similar to Itachi's – swishing back and forth across his back. "Nothing. Just didn't expect to see you here at this hour. Shouldn't you still be holed up in your office, making your brother-in-law worry about your health?" he asked dryly and raised his hand to attract the attention of the black and white haired bartender. "One whiskey on the rocks, please."
The bartender nodded and not even twenty seconds later, the whiskey was served and the bartender flitted over to the other side of the bar to tend to other patrons.
"Didn't want to remain at the office and wasn't in the mood to go home," Sasuke muttered and glared at his glass, as if it had done him a personal misdeed.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Neji offered after a brief bout of silence.
The dark haired man sighed and rolled his eyes. "Just something I discovered today. I have to inform a patient of mine that his partner kept his infertility for him a secret while they were trying to have a child." Just thinking of it made him tighten his grip on his glass.
The other man whistled lowly. "Damn, I do not envy you for being the bearer of that bad news."
"What makes it even worse is the fact that his partner willingly underwent a treatment to become infertile," Sasuke spat and slammed his glass down at the counter top. "I mean, who the fuck keeps a secret like that from their mate? Especially when they see how much their mate is suffering underneath the strain of not being able to get pregnant! I just don't understand!"
He became aware of a heavy stare and he turned around to scowl at Neji. "What?" he barked when those lavender coloured eyes studied him intently. He had never felt comfortable underneath that particular stare.
Neji shrugged and glanced away; one pale finger following the rim of his glass. "Nothing. I just think it's interesting that you seem so angry at your patient's behalf. I have never seen you like this before," he remarked calmly.
Sasuke clenched his teeth and looked away. He knew he shouldn't let this affect him so much, but it just pissed him off to know that Gaara was willing to hurt Naruto like that. He just couldn't comprehend how the man was able to lie for years to the one he loved.
"Hey, I didn't mean to offend you with that. It's just remarkable," Neji murmured and bumped his shoulder. "So, how are you going to tell your patient the news?" he inquired apprehensively.
Sasuke bit his lip and released a sigh. "I have no idea. We had discussed the possibility of his mate having fertility issues, but this is not exactly information that he will expect to hear."
He didn't even dare to imagine how Naruto would react when he got to hear the news. He winced and dragged a hand through his hair.
"Good luck with that," Neji mumbled and grimaced sympathetically.
They sat in amicable silence until Sasuke's glass was empty and he stood up. "I think it's time I go home," he sighed. "I have an early day tomorrow."
Neji nodded. "I'll foot your bill tonight."
Dark eyes squinted at him in suspicion. "Why?" Sasuke questioned warily. Neji was not a person who would pay someone else's bill without some ulterior motive.
Lavender coloured eyes rolled in exasperation. "Because it looks like you've got enough on your plate for now, so scram before I change my mind," he grunted.
"Thanks, Neji," Sasuke said and mustered a grateful smile.
"No need to thank me." Neji waved his hand dismissively and then suddenly smirked. "Congratulations, by the way, for finally mating."
The dark haired Alpha froze and stared at him nonplussed. "Huh?"
"I can barely smell your heat," Neji clarified and his smirk grew more pronounced. "Whoever you mated with, must be a tiger in bed."
"I'm not … Ah, forget it," Sasuke mumbled and left the bar with a frown marring his face. Neji's remark bothered him. How could the other man not smell the heat on him? It had been years since he last mated.
Then again, he paused when he was about to unlock his car, unlike previous years his heat did seem rather weak. So far he hadn't been forced to take a day off to deal with the pressure of his heat.
Why was that?
After pondering about it for a while without finding any explanation, he rolled his shoulders and grimaced. Why his heat this year was rather weak was not a pressing matter at this moment.
What he needed to figure out now was how to break the news to Naruto.

On Saturday afternoon, Sasuke gave up on trying to figure out a good way to inform Naruto about Gaara's infertility and decided to just call him. He could keep agonizing over this for however long it was needed, but at the end of the day, there was just no good way to inform someone their partner had been deceiving them for years.
Leaving his paperwork behind on the table, he removed his cell phone from his charger and dialled Naruto's number for the second time.
While waiting for Naruto to accept the call, he found himself fidgeting nervously: shuffling with his foot over the floor and rubbing the back of his neck. It wasn't an everyday occurrence that he had to inform someone their mate was lying to them, so he figured he could be excused for being so fidgety right now – though he did try his best to remain still. He wasn't a child for god's sake.
"Why are you calling me?" Naruto greeted him rather rudely and he was taken aback by the tone.
Well, he certainly hadn't expected to be greeted like that.
Shaking his head, he composed himself and replied smoothly, "I figured you would want to know what your mate's doctor had to say about his former patient. I didn't think showing up at your doorstep would be a good idea."
Plus there is that small fact of my wanting to beat the shit out of your mate if I did show up at your door.
"Wha-what did he say?" Naruto asked after a short pause and the rude tone had given away to a nervous one.
"It's not easy to say this over the phone," Sasuke started warily. "I don't know how I can soften the blow for you." He would have invited Naruto to visit him at his office, but the Alpha very much doubted the blond would agree to that.
"Surely it can't be that bad?" Naruto laughed nervously and the dark haired man winced, wishing that he wasn't the bearer of such bad news.
"Naruto-san … Apparently Gaara-san underwent a certain treatment," Sasuke said slowly and raked a hand through his hair. "A year before he met you."
"What kind of treatment?" Naruto asked apprehensively.
"There is a particular treatment that Alpha can undergo and it's not reversible. I'll spare you the long explanation and the medical terminology, but it comes down to the fact that Gaara-san took a cocktail of pills which will render all his seed useless," Sasuke replied softly, lowering himself on his couch. "He won't ever be able to get someone pregnant."
"He, he … So I won't ever be able to have his baby?" Naruto whispered. He sounded shocked and Sasuke couldn't blame him at all. He couldn't imagine how it felt like, trying to get pregnant for months, constantly receiving negative tests, only to hear then that your mate – the one you wanted to form a family with – had been lying to you throughout your entire relationship and that there never would be a pregnancy thanks to one decision in the past.
"I'm sorry, Naruto," Sasuke murmured, dropping the polite suffix once more. In the back of his mind he figured it was useless to keep up the pretence of polite strangers between them. They had long since passed that particular stage. "I asked his doctor whether he was sure and he was. He remembered it quite clearly, because Gaara-san was one of the very few Alpha who willingly chose that treatment."
"So I won't … He can't …" Naruto stammered, but he sounded incapable of finishing his sentence. He sounded so distraught that Sasuke's heart hurt for him. Like he had feared, the Omega sounded devastated – and who could blame him? News like this had to be earth shattering to the young man.
"I'm really sorry, Naruto, but Gaara-san won't be able to impregnate you, no matter how long you try," Sasuke answered softly and his sympathy for the beautiful blond shone through his voice. He wished he was there with Naruto now, to comfort him and to let him know that he was there for him.
But he was stuck here and Naruto was still with Gaara. The one who had deceived him and had taken his children's wish from him.
Anger boiled up once more in him, but he held himself back; knowing it wouldn't do any good to let Naruto know how angry he was. The blond might mistake his anger for being directed at him and that would make things even more complicated.
"I – I have to go," Naruto suddenly babbled, sounding incredibly upset.
"Wait, Naruto!" Sasuke said alarmed, but it was too late.
The 'beep' tone let him know that Naruto had hung up on him.
"God damn it!" Sasuke cursed and slammed his fist against the couch, breathing harshly. He had no idea what the blond was going to do now and that made him worry.
A lot.
What would Naruto do now, now that he knew the truth? Would he confront Gaara about it or keep quiet? And if it was the latter – for how long would he keep quiet?
Sasuke doubted whether Naruto would be able to put this behind him. He had seen with his own eyes how much the Omega longed to have a child – how was he going to react now that he had heard that he would never be able to have a child with Gaara?
"Shit, I'm such an idiot!" he berated himself and fell back against the couch, staring broodingly at the ceiling. He should have insisted on meeting Naruto somewhere to inform him about the news – at least that way he could have calmed him down somewhat before he went to confront Gaara. He didn't care at all what would happen to the green eyed man – for all he cared, he went to hell – but he didn't want anything to happen to Naruto.
Naruto was too upset to think clearly now and it was partly Sasuke's fault for announcing the news like that without any kind of buffer.
Then again, there had been no way to breach that particular topic gently.
"Shit," he cursed once more and straightened his back, gazing contemplatively at his papers. With a sigh, he dropped his head in his hands and stared blankly at the carpeted floor.
Whatever happened now, it was out of his hands.
An hollow laugh escaped him when he realised that even though he wasn't Naruto's doctor anymore, he still had helped him solve his problem with conceiving.
It had just happened in a completely other way than Sasuke had envisioned when he first heard about Naruto's problem.
Black eyes glanced at the clock and Sasuke bit the inside of his cheek, clenching his hands into tight fists. Worry was slithering around him, tightening its grip around his body, and he promised himself that he would call up Deidara in twenty minutes and ask him to check up on Naruto.
God knew he wanted to check up on Naruto, see for himself that he was fine, but he knew he couldn't do that.
That realisation only made him more frustrated.

Twenty minutes later he had just picked up his phone again when a sound cut abruptly through the silence in the house. His head shot up and he narrowed his eyes.
Someone was ringing his doorbell.
As he was expecting no one, he found himself approaching the front door warily, wondering who on earth could be disturbing him on a late Saturday afternoon.
He swung the door open …
Only to see someone he had never expected to see again, rocking back and forth in front of him.

AN2: Whoever could that be, huh? :P Please let me know what you thought of this chapter in a review! If you spot any mistakes, please point them out to me.
See you all in the next chapter!
Cuddles
Melissa
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