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teamwork -- more sakura.
Sakura noticed with horror that her mother's wide-eyed stare was fixed on the hand that was protectively splayed over her belly. "Uh. I didn't mean it like that..." she attempted, but Hana was clearly not listening.
"Oh god. He did. He did rape you."
"It's wasn't rape, mom," she said softly.
Haruno Hana sat down on the closest chair heavily, her grey-blue eyes painfully wide.
"... my little girl..."
Her breath hitched. Sakura's control vanished. "Oh, mom -- don't, don't cry, it's not that horrible, really! You -- you're going to be a grandma, and okay it's a bit early, and you're still young -- but -- don't cry, please!"
She reached out, hesitated, then decided to hell with it and hugged her mother tightly. Hana was still for a few seconds, but then she was clinging back and sobbing, babbling words that Sakura had a hard time understanding. Hearing her mother cry, even without knowing that it was all her fault, was horrible, just plain horrible.
"Shh, mom, mommy, calm down, everything's going to be okay, I promise -- everything's going to be fine -- just breathe, okay? Just breathe."
"Fine? Fine? I don't -- I can't -- my baby, pregnant -- Kyuubi no Youko..."
She pursed her lips slightly -- it was that or letting them quiver -- and slowly let go.
"I've already seen Hokage-sama about it -- that's partly why it took so long for me to come back. She's going to keep an eye on the baby, make sure it grow up right. But barring an accident, he should be normal. Just a normal baby, mom."
"H-hokage-sama?"
"... yes... she was understandably worried too, but she made sure that Naruto's ... ah, tenant shouldn't interfere." /...too much, you mean. Because he's already interfering./ She couldn't tell her mother that if she wanted her to calm down, though.
Hana seemed mollified for a few seconds, then took a deep breath and straightened her shoulders. "He's still what he is, and don't you tell me there's no danger at all. People hate him -- they might hate you, too. Even if you don't tell anyone who's the father -- my daughter, having a child alone! It's going to be so hard for you, and ... Maybe you should..."
"Get rid of the child? I thought about it. I couldn't. I just couldn't."
"But it's been -- how long?"
"A week," she whispered. Just a week. So short a time for her world to change so drastically.
It hurt to see the naked hope in her eyes. "Then you may yet change your mind! Think about it, more than that, Sakura!"
She decided not to reply that it was too late, way too late -- that the child was anchored to her and it would kill her to abort... literally. "I will. But don't hope for too much."
"Even if he was a normal boy, he's seventeen -- no boy I know wants to be a father so early. He'll abandon you, or he just won't be able to deal -- you'll be alone!"
Sakura shook her head, slowly. If there was one thing she believed in, it was that being alone was not going to happen. "... he loves me. He really does. He'd -- he'd die for me." That didn't have as much to do with being her significant other than it had to do with being her teammate, but her mother would never understand what it meant to fight and kill and save people and each other together, day after day after day -- sometimes she thought even romantic, soulmates-love straight from a novel could never compare to the solidity, the depth of that bond. "He'd do anything -- and he'll be a great dad -- maybe not very conventional, but caring and attentive and mom, please, don't cry..."
Her mother was wiping her tears, biting her lip. She was shaking her head, unconsciously, denying what Sakura was saying. It hurt. "I thought -- I thought you were in love with that other boy -- that Sasuke!"
Sakura was silent for a few seconds. "I was. I am."
"Then why are you locking yourself in a relationship with someone who, as far as I know, is just a friend? If you love someone else? You're not going to be happy, Sakura -- and you have to think of what people will say, how they will treat you -- it will only make it worse..."
Sakura bit her lip. "... I love Naruto... I really do. But -- Sasuke..." How could she tell her? How could she explain? /Mom, your cute little daughter is a greedy slut./ No, she had a feeling that wouldn't work. "It's... complicated..."
Her mother's voice broke. "Then explain! Explain so I can understand, because I don't, I don't understand and I want to!"
"If you don't even understand that Naruto loves me, you're not going to understand the rest!" she snapped back, swallowing tears. "He's one of the best things that ever happened to me -- you don't have a clue how it feels to have someone accept you, cherish you that unconditionally--" Her mother couldn't have a clue, because Sakura herself barely understood it, barely realized the depth of the gift. But she knew enough to treasure it.
She choked on a sob, closed her eyes not to see her mother doing the same. Some part of her had hoped that her mother would be happy for her. Objectively she'd known that it was stupid -- she hadn't even been happy for herself at first; even now she wasn't sure she entirely was -- and that even in the best of conditions it would probably take months for her parents to fully understand and accept her new situation -- and this situation was so far from good, it could only get worse if her mother learned about the threesome.
"Can you accept? I don't ask you to understand, but can you accept?"
"Do you know what you're asking? Accept that my daughter is -- is -- with THAT mons-- that boy -- and pregnant, and you're barely seventeen --"
Her mother was not ready to listen. And she still thought that Naruto was a monster. Naruto was not a monster. He was a brat, and a bother sometimes, but not a monster. Sakura closed her eyes. Then calmly, she stepped back and bowed to Hana. Then she turned away and went to her bedroom.
"... Sakura? What are you doing?" Her mother was hovering behind her, wringing her hands, eyes wide.
She grabbed her emergency pack from under the bed and shouldered it, eyes shuttered. "I'm giving us space. Space to breathe and think. I don't -- I can't -- if I say anything more, or you do, then -- I love you, mom. I love dad too. We'll talk later."
Before Hana could add anything, before she could reply, Sakura had disappeared.
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huh. I don't like the end; it feels rushed. I should flesh it out a little, but i was in a hurry to write what comes next -- and i'm not posting THAT yet because i'm evil and want to complete that scene first. Muehehehehe.
And NOW, off to work -- ACK I'M LATE!!!!
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*lurves on you* Is it so greedy of me to hope that there will be some tooth-rotting fluff to balance this out soon? Though I think Mom was taking it rather well. In the sense that she hasn't fainted nor totally exploded yet. >___>
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*cries for Sakura*`
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"Oh, you'd probably mope and make a mess of things. Just like now, except way worse. Good thing I'm so dedicated." She winked teasingly, and Sakura relaxed enough to crack a small smile. "Besides, this isn't going to be free."
"Uh, wha-- oh, I'll help out at the shop..."
"I was thinking of another sort of currency, forehead-girl."
"Eh?"
"Details! I want details. Juicy details."
Sakura started to blush.
"So, how are they in bed? Any good? Who's got the biggest--"
"INO!!"
XD
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I like that. And I'm curious how Hana will handle the engagement. Poor, poor woman. It's a confusing situation.
Good job. Will bug you later. ^_^
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SO INO. <33333
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*<3 Iruka*
(I also think that you did a great job with Sakura's mom. Can't get angry with her because one understands what's she going through and how she's feeling. Poor Sakura. Poor Hana. Hope she accepts Naruto)
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I really like the bit about how Naruto cherishes her unconditionally.
~Sam
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so....pretty...
*waves pocky and nummy chocolate* Asuka-samaaaaaa~! i lurve j00!
*loves on a LOT!* <333333
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I love Teamwork! And I love how you're writing out Sakura's relationship with her mother. =D
Much love! Write more soon!
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That's just, oh. Because you know, if I was Sakura's mother I would act like that too. Her baby girl growing up, and not seeming to in the good way. Can't help but feel sorry for the woman. But damn, poor Sakura, you have got to feel sorry for her, and what she said about Naruto dying for her. I cry. This is so real.
I don't think the end was rushed, mainly because I kept expecting Sakura to leave at any minute in the last bit. So, I was expecting it, and I do think the final shot on Hana's part (not being able to finish saying 'monster' was the last straw for Sakura.)
Lovely, can't wait for more.
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PS: I friended you. Hi. XD
<3<3<3<3<3
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Yay, more Teamwork! I love your Sakura. Damn you for making me like her. I feel kinda bad for her mom, though. She's just a civilian, she doesn't understand at ALL. At least Sasuke and Naruto don't have family to deal with. >.
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Really, Sakura couldn't do anything but leave and wait it out. She'd never get anywhere talking to her brick wall of a mother. She's definitely right giving her time to weaken the wall. XD Ahh, metaphors.
Anyway, am calm at the horrible leaving off place because I saw the snippet with Ino in the comments, and that is SO FUNNY OMG. Hee. I can't WAIT! I thought she'd go to Sasuke's, but is she going to Ino's? Hm... would definitely be better for her mother, but Naruto will be like "wtf?!"
So now I have to wait anxiously for more again. ;_; And I'm really calm during this comment! It's a miracle!
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*flails incoherently*
I like her mom too. She's acting like a real person, not a stereotype on either the ridiculously-supportive side or the evil-bitch-from-hell side.
And Ino! *collapses in a fit of giggles* So, so Ino. (I love that she's the person Sakura runs to. Because really, neither of the boys would deal very well with family stuff, and it's good that Sakura has a life beyond just her teammates.)
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