When You have a Child - SasuSaku - Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Month 14

When Sanosuke woke up on June 16th, he found it a bit strange that he could smell pancakes all the way upstairs in his bedroom. He sat up, rubbed his eyes, and yawned, looking around. Neither of his parents were in the room at the moment, and he figured they were probably downstairs eating breakfast before Sasuke had to take off a mission.

Sanosuke waited a few minutes, before realizing no one was coming upstairs to get him. So, he decided to climb out of his crib on his own. He took his bottle and dog plush, then threw them over the crib's headboard, before attempting to climb out, going the same way. He grabbed a hold of it at the top, pulling himself up like he had done numerous times on the couch. Sanosuke swung his leg over it, before pulling the other one as well, holding onto the wooden bars to keep from falling. He slowly made his way down, before making it far enough that he could set his feet on the floor.

Once he finally got down, Sanosuke grabbed his bottle and dog, and started for the kitchen. He had completely forgotten about the stairs, and stared down them for a good five minutes, before Sakura came into view and looked at him.

"….how did you get out of your crib!?"

Sanosuke blinked, staring at Sakura as she climbed up the stairs and picked him up.

"Well? Did you climb out?"

"Yes."

"Sanosuke, you shouldn't have done that!"

"Why?"

"You could've gotten hurt!"

"Oh… sowwy." Sanosuke put on his cutest pout, sticking out his bottom lip completely, making Sakura sigh.

"Oh, fine. Don't do it again, silly."

'Sanosuke can climb out of his crib, therefore, he needs a new bed!' was the only thing Sakura said to Sasuke before she ran out the door after he got home, dumping the 14-month-old child in his arms.

Sasuke didn't know whether to believe Sakura or not. He had never caught Sanosuke after he climbed out of his crib, and he thought there was no way this little boy could do that so easily.

So, Sasuke wanted to test this theory. He set Sanosuke in his crib, and watched him from outside the little boy's bedroom. Sanosuke mainly sat there, babbling to himself, wondering why he was set in his crib. After a few minutes, Sanosuke decided he would climb out of the crib again, making Sasuke stare as he did so.

…Sakura wasn't lying, he taught himself to climb out of the crib…

Sanosuke started out of his room after he got out of his crib, but stopped when he saw Sasuke. "Dada!"

"Dang, Sanosuke… I can't believe you're climbing out of your crib on your own…"

"…dada?"
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Sakura got home late in the day, leaving Sasuke to believe anything they could have done for their anniversary was pretty much shot, but then he realized Sakura had gone and bought Sanosuke a new bed after all. It was simple, with a wooden frame and a mattress. Sakura gave Sasuke a smile before sweetly asking him to put it together, which he did while she made dinner.

Sanosuke stayed with Sasuke, watching his father put together the new item in his bedroom. It didn't occur to Sanosuke that his crib was gone, he was too busy watching Sasuke put together whatever it was he was building.

It took nearly two hours, because some of the instructions were unclear. Sakura, in the end, was starting to get a little worried that Sanosuke wouldn't like his new bed or that he would fall out sometime in the night by accident.

"He'll be fine. Just put him to bed so we can go to bed." Sasuke yawned as he watched Sakura, who shot him a quick glare before looking back to Sanosuke, who was already tucked into his bed and looking sleepier by the second.

"All right, Sanosuke. If you don't want to sleep in your bed, you can crawl into bed with mommy and daddy, ok?"

"No."

"Sasuke, hush."

Sanosuke blinked, before yawning and rubbing his eyes and snuggling deeper into his bed.
"Night-night, mama, dada."

"Goodnight, Sanosuke."

"Night."

The next morning, Sakura was a bit shocked to find Sanosuke still in his bed, fast asleep.

I guess I didn't have to worry after all…

END CHAPTER 13