Update 12/13/14: If you are interested in reading this drabble story chronologically rather than in the posted order, please skip to the bottom of this page to see a chronologically organized list of all the chapters/arcs. For your convenience, I will paste it onto the bottom of each chapter so you can reference it whenever needed. I won't lie, as the biased author I don't think I can recommend reading it any other way than it was posted (at least for the first time), but a few people have expressed interest in reading it in that order or at least seeing how the chapters follow one another, so please enjoy it however you'd like!

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First Posted 10/1/2014

So this fic is part of a tumblr-based NaruSaku Month celebration I'm partaking in for October 2014. I realized that I have about 20,000 headcanons for Naruto, Sakura, and their future family, so I wanted to begin writing them out. This set of drabbles will not be in chronological order, will have a lot of different genres (although mostly humor/family), and will focus on concepts ranging from silly baby situations to psychological commentaries. I don't plan on adding in many ships other than NaruSaku and (briefly, in this first chapter) some ShinoHana (I ship it for the Kiba lols). I'll update this if I end up adding more ships.

I hope you enjoy the read—and PLEASE suggest some family/kid/marriage/etc. prompts if you want to. I still need plenty of ideas to keep this train rolling for 31 days. Thanks, and let me know what you think!

Shino bowed, his head dipped so that his wife could brush her fingers through his hair and plant a gentle kiss on his forehead. He raised his gaze back to hers, though her fingers continued to knit through his hair. In quiet tones, he spoke.

"I would rather wait for you. Why? It is your announcement as well." Hana smiled at his concern.

"But they're your friends, Lovebug. And you never get to enjoy some time in the spotlight, do you? Go on and be the heart of the party." She smiled at him again as she spoke, the clan markings on her cheeks rising up cheerfully. One of her triplet dogs nudged his nose under her wrist, demanding to be pet.

It seemed to all around them that this particular Aburame-Inuzuka match up was odd, but Shino felt the depth of his connection to Hana constantly, and now was no exception. She had always understood and nurtured his modest desire for recognition.

"I will schedule a different occasion then for when you are more well. Why? We are married. This is our announcement. It is not mine to make alone." He was adamant, and Hana was reminded of every little thing she loved about this chivalrous, virtuous man. First of all, he was so terribly unlike the rough and tumble Inuzuka she'd grown up with—although she loved them dearly, she had never quite been one of them. She was gentle, and she wanted a man with strength that came from gentility as well. And that was Shino. She heaved a pleasant but exhausted sigh.

"Fine, I'll go. Just for the announcement though. I don't know if I can smell all that food for long without, you know."

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Shino's peers and friends from Konoha had gathered around the dining table in the Inuzuka compound. It was a comfortable, wide space that accommodated them all easily. He stepped into the room with one hand in his pocket, the other clasped around Hana's, and quietly assessed how the meal was going. Being late to his own party was perhaps uncouth, but it suited him just fine. The Haimaru Brothers ambled in then, tails wagging at Akamaru and the others. It was in this silence that Hana stole her last argument in.

"You get to say it, though," she said it quietly and then took her seat at the head of the table so that he could not debate with her.

"Hey Hana. Hey Hana's husband." Kiba said, head turned away and voice filled with petulant disdain. He still hadn't gotten over Shino's relationship with his sister. He probably never would, Shino and Hana thought simultaneously, though there was no need for a psychic link to make that happen.

Even his long-time team mate's attitude wouldn't get Shino down on a wonderful night like tonight. Tonight, the night upon which he would claim a special place among all his peers. He was to be the first of all the genin of their class to reach this next great milestone. He was pleased to see that the attention of all present had turned toward him, and he prepared to make the great announcement.

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Sakura was picking at her food a bit unhappily. She hadn't been enjoying eating lately, and usually when that happened, it was all due to stress. But try as she might, she couldn't quite peg what was creating her anxiety this time. There were the usual perpetrators, sure, but nothing more than the norm. She frowned, pushing some rice over on her plate and wondering why everything was making her feel slightly nauseated tonight.

She glanced up at Naruto, who was sitting next to her and had suddenly looked up at the door. It didn't surprise her that Shino and Hana's chakra became known to her soon afterward, approaching. They stepped in moments later. Naruto's sensory capabilities had become infuriatingly meticulous ever since he'd made peace with Kurama. And then he did something that infuriated her even more. He tilted his head curiously at the two, eyes slitted in confusion.

He'd been doing that a lot to Sakura the past few weeks.

The most bothersome part about it was that he wasn't hiding something. He was genuinely confused. And no matter how many times she asked him why he was looking at her like she had something stuck to her face, all he could ever say was that something "was weird" and could not explain further despite trying. She had no idea what it meant. Even just thinking about it was setting her off now, and this was supposed to be a nice dinner amongst friends who could rarely make the time to all get together.

That thought brought her to unintentionally snap her chopsticks in half, and Naruto turned in shock, his face scrawled with inherent knowledge that she was mad at him. For some reason, that brought her a morbid sense of satisfaction, and her anger was curbed. For now.

"What's wrong, Sakura-chan?" He asked her in his version of a whisper. Which meant that, if it weren't for the table being rife with voices, everyone would have heard him.

"Nothing. Just... nothing." She said with a firm shake of her head, finishing just in time for Shino to stand from his conversations with those close to him and raise his hands to garner attention.

"Hana and I would like to make an announcement. Why? Because we have achieved something great." Naruto gripped the table in suspense, and while Sakura and some others could see where this was going, he remained the picture of excitement. Kiba, on the other hand, had become very pale and appeared frozen in apprehension. Sakura would have very much doubted that he would expect what might be coming, but perhaps she was wrong. He was even beginning to sweat.

Next to Shino, Hana was smiling serenely, one hand gingerly holding her husband's as she stood beside him. Gently, she placed the other hand onto her stomach. That said everything. Sakura's expression bloomed into a warm smile, and the two women shared it briefly across the table before Shino continued.

"Hana and I will be having our first child in approximately thirty-five weeks." He stated. There was a short moment of absolute silent shock, then everyone cheered in excitement.

"Congratulations!" Sakura called above the din, her earlier mood swings all but forgotten. Naruto had jumped up with a whoop, bounded across the room, and was clapping Shino on the shoulder proudly. Kiba didn't seem fully conscious anymore, though he was still sitting upright, his long nails digging deep into the wood of the table. The moment of celebration lasted all but two minutes—because the moment Naruto crouched to place his head against Hana's stomach, much to both she and Shino's discomfort, he shot up again, eyes wide.

"EEEEEHHHHHHH!?" His voice crashed over the room suddenly, silencing everyone and leaving Hana, right next to him, with her hands clapped over her ears. "IS THAT WHAT THAT MEANS!?"

"Naruto! What are you doing!?" Sakura rolled a sleeve up, her rage swiftly rising beyond what any words could express. The killing intent was coming off her in waves. He didn't seem to notice, staring at her in shock. The others could only remain in a curious silence, watching as Naruto raised his hands to clench fists into his hair, his gaping expression somehow becoming more pronounced by the second.

Then, before Sakura could get up and punch his face into his throat, he planted a foot on the table, directly next to Hana's dinner plate, and pointed straight at her.

"Sakura-chan, Sakura-chan! The weird—the chakra thing! It's a baby! You—we—WE'RE HAVING A BABY!"

Sakura was slowly rising as he continued to scream like a maniac, but that was all she remembered. Because, although his words felt just like nonsense to her—she even got a chance to quietly repeat them, as though to prove they were gibberish and didn't even constitute an actual sentence—she could feel her blood pressure dropping rapidly.

And that was how Sakura fainted upon finding out that she was going to be a mother.

Not so coincidentally, it was also how Naruto fainted shortly thereafter, upon actually realizing he was going to be a father.

It just so happened to also be how Shino and Hana's party, spotlight, attention, and exciting news all became a not-so-evenly shared occassion.

And finally, it was how Shino discovered that a certain pair of Uzumakis had managed to one-up their peers yet again by conceiving a child roughly one week before a certain pair of Aburames did. Which then made them the first of any of the Konoha 12 to become parents.

Chronological Arc/Chapter List:
Confession: Chapters 33-37 (NaruSaku ages 18-19)
Let's Wait: Chapters 5-6 (NaruSaku ages 20-21)
Stealing First: Chapter 1 (NaruSaku ages 21-22) * You Are Here
The Uzusagis: Chapters 3-4 (Narusaku ages 21-40)
It'll Be Okay: Chapters 18-24 (NaruSaku ages 21-22)
The Godfathers: Chapters 13-14 (NaruSaku ages 22-23)
Momma's Boy: Chapter 27 (NaruSaku ages 24-25)
The Day Kakashi Tried: Chapter 2 (NaruSaku ages 25-26)
Kakashi Tries Again: Chapter 16 (NaruSaku ages 29-42)
A Tiny Crush: Chapter 25 (NaruSaku ages 33-35)
That Jutsu, Part 1: Chapter 8 (NaruSaku ages 37-38)
Bedtime Routine: Chapter 7 (NaruSaku ages 37-38)
That Jutsu, Part 2: Chapter 9 (NaruSaku ages 37-38)
Every Family Has One: Chapters 10-12 & 17 (NaruSaku ages 38-39)
A Terrible Dream: Chapter 32 (NaruSaku ages 38-39)
A Not-So-Tiny Crush: Chapters 26, 28, 30-31 (NaruSaku ages 42-44)
Teenage Girls: Chapter 15 (NaruSaku ages 44-45)