𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐈𝐑𝐄 | sasuke uchiha

Name?

My baby girl was born shortly after 9am on the 26th of November.

In contrast to what Itachi had said about the child being "whisked away as soon as she's born," I found that no such thing happened.

After the hard part was done, and I was wheezing, sweating like a pig and groaning in pain, Karin had placed her on my chest as she and Sakura rushed around, doing god knows what.

As soon as I heard her little cries, I burst out into tears as well.

Drenched in sweat with my nose running and tears running down my face, I was crying as I felt her skin against mine, moist and warm.

"You did it, Tera! You did it!" exclaimed Karin encouragingly. "Now we just have to wait for the- aaaaaaand there it is..."

I gagged as I felt something wet slide out from between my legs, and knew that it was just what Karin was waiting for.

"Brilliant," she said. I ignored her and Sakura as I gingerly lifted my arms to the child on my chest, tear stricken and in absolute disbelief. Did I just have a baby?

I just had a baby.

And by god, she was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.

She was small and weightless, and I could barely feel her weighing down on me. Her hair was maroon like mine, but much, much darker. Her little cries completely erased any pain or grievances I had had in the last nine months altogether; her little hands, tucked against my shoulder, reassured me. Her piercing cries, proved to me that she had a strong pair of lungs on her.

After a night of utter restlessness, followed by the most intense pain I had ever encountered in my life, I felt free at last.

After nine months of uncertainty and training to become a stronger fighter, I felt relieved.

After nine months of getting used to the fact that I would have to give up my child and never be able to see her again...

I wasn't going to let it happen.

At least, not for a while.

"Tera, there's someone here who wants to see you."

As I lay in my bed, weak and sniffling over my baby girl, I glanced up to see Sasuke emerge from behind the curtain, his face as pale as a sheet.

"What the fuck do you want?" I asked, wanting to sound edgy but failing drastically. He knew just as well as I did that I was too weak and tired to do anything at the moment, and wasn't going to be fooled by anything I said or did.

"I was meant to see you before you... but I was there... the whole time..."

That explained the look of horror on his face, at least.

"Say what you want to say and leave," I breathed, closing my eyes as I kept one hand on the back of my baby. I didn't even have a name in mind for her yet, and it annoyed me thoroughly that I hadn't come up with one yet.

"I was going to tell you to not mess it up, but I guess it's pointless to tell you all this now..."

I snorted at the Uchiha's words, opening my eyes a bit and  examining him.

"Great. If that's all you have to say, you can leave now."

The dark haired man's eyes widened, and he shook his head as he re-calibrated himself.

"Ah, yeah, her name. Her name is-"

"Whatever you're going to say, it's a no from me," I snapped, cutting off the Uchiha. "I'll name her myself, thank you very much."