A/N: Hey guys! I'm back with a new FF and in a different anime! ^_^ This is my first try to make a SasuSaku FF, so forgive me if I don't describe/portray them well. I have no idea of what they're really like. Well, I'll give you some light-hearted romance and a bit of humor here. ^_^
Another thing, sorry if it'll be a bit OOC for the characters. I don't even know their OOC counterparts since I don't usually read about them that much. Bear with me my dear readers. ^_^ I'll try really hard to satisfy you guys. ^_^ And I rated this T, since there are some words..and some scenes [probably]..so yeah. ^_^
Lastly, this is, of course, dedicated to my best friend, Mika-chan. I promised her a SasuSaku FF [though I'd gladly make a SasuNaru for her too, of course *wink*] and here it is. ^_^
Disclaimer: The storyline is mine, not the characters. :D
Choice # 1: The Not-So-Normal Day
'Light. What is this blinding light?' She thought as she looked around. There were flowers everywhere and a girl with long, flowing raven hair was playing in the flowery field, laughing and running. She could hear her laugh and that made her smile. The little girl looked at her and waved, she waved back.
"Mama, look! I've made you a flower necklace!" The little girl said, hoisting up the necklace that she had just made. The girl ran towards her and gave it to her, smiling sweetly.
"Thank you Ayaka. It's lovely." She pleasantly said, giving Ayaka a kiss on her forehead to which the girl replied with a soft giggle.
"You know mama, I made one for papa too." Ayaka quietly said, she held up another flower necklace and then her faced turned dark and blank. "But he'll never wear it right? Never in his life." She said, in a very low voice, "because he's never even coming back." She ended.
Sakura woke up with a start, sitting up on the bed with beads of sweat evident on her forehead. She reluctantly wiped it away. She sighed. 'Another dream huh.' She thought. She heard a slight whisper of her name on her side and felt the bed moving. She looked over and was completely woken up by a ridiculous stash of blonde hair.
"Sorry, did I wake you?" Sakura asked silently. The man shook his head and reached out to grab Sakura's waist and pull her over to him. Sakura just moved closer quietly.
"No. Not really." He replied, answering her question earlier. Sakura's lips formed a smile.
"That's good, but your hair really woke me up when I looked at you." She retorted, which is true, Naruto's hair was really like the blinding light she dreamt about. Naruto just laughed and inhaled Sakura's scent.
"Bad dream?" He sat up, playing with Sakura's hair and kissing her cheek good morning. Sakura sighed.
"Yeah, I guess." She simply replied. Naruto had been able to do that to her recently, calm her down to the extent that she'll just close her eyes and forget about her troubles in an instant. She was brought back to her senses when Naruto pulled her down to bed again.
"Don't think about it. Let's go back to sleep." He said, cuddling with her. She obliged, but her eyes shot wide open when she heard footsteps from outside their room.
"Naruto, what time is it?" She asked, still quietly, not wanting to ruin the moment. Naruto shrugged, replying 'I don't know'. She wriggled away from Naruto's hug and braced herself. "We won't get any sleep now." She smiled. Naruto just sighed and nodded.
At that moment, their door burst open and a girl came in, clutching a little red pillow on her hand with a big smile plastered on her face. She ran to them and jumped on the bed.
"Goooood Morrrrrninnnggg!" She squealed gleefully. She turned to Sakura and planted a kiss on her cheek. "Mama! Mama! I want sushi…sushiiii.." She pleaded, grabbing Sakura's arm and shaking it.
"Ayaka, you want sushi in the morning? We'll just get that later." Sakura told her daughter.
Yes, Sakura had a daughter. The one she dreamt about. Ayaka is 6 years old, quite clever for a young girl and Sakura is proud of it. She had long, flowing raven hair with a hint of pink at the tips and her eyes were always full of emotions, her onyx colored eyes. Sakura sighed. Ayaka looked at Naruto who still had his eyes closed.
"Mama? This MAN beside you, he's still not getting up?" Ayaka asked, crawling over to Naruto and poking him, as if checking if he's still alive. Sakura laughed quietly.
"Why don't you try and wake him up honey?" Sakura suggested, watching Ayaka still poking on Naruto's nose and eyes and everywhere she could poke to.
"Naaaa-chaaaan." Ayaka addressed him, pinching Naruto's nose hard. "Wake up, Na-chan." She tried again, then Naruto opened his eyes, peeking at Ayaka. Ayaka backed off and went over to her mom.
"Who woke me up?" Naruto sat up, his voice sounding firm. Ayaka pointed at her mother in which Sakura just laughed. "I doubt it was your mama, little girl." Naruto said. Ayaka's eyes widened and she made a run for it, but before she could, Naruto got hold of her and started tickling her. Ayaka squealed.
"I won't do it again, Na-chan!" Ayaka surrendered. Naruto let her go and laughed. "Good morning." Ayaka smiled, also planting a kiss on Naruto's cheek.
"Good morning angel. What are we doing today?" Naruto asked sweetly, Sakura just watched them, they really got along well.
"It's Saturday!" Ayaka squealed, much louder this time.
"Aya-chan, it's still early, don't squeal too much." Sakura told her with her motherly voice. Ayaka and Naruto just stared at her and after so much staring, they got back to talking. 'What? Ignoring me, are you?' She thought. These two REALLY got along well.
They got up and Sakura prepared breakfast. Their house was a normal bungalow house that had 2 bedrooms, a living room, a dining room and the kitchen. They don't need much and they don't want to spoil Ayaka. Ayaka was happy enough to live in a real house. They ate breakfast energetically, loudly even. It has always been loud inside the house, with the common bickering between Naruto and Sakura and of course, the loud talks that Naruto and Ayaka made. The morning passed by and soon it was time for lunch, the three of them were watching television when a commercial of a restaurant popped up.
"Mama! Let's eat lunch outside!" Ayaka said enthusiastically in which Naruto quickly agreed.
"Yeah, Sakura, it IS Saturday after all." Naruto said, clearly wanting to get out of the house. Sakura sighed in defeat, these two really made a good team.
"Okay. What do you want to eat?" She asked both of them, their eyes sparkled.
"Steak!" Ayaka said. "Ramen!" Naruto said. Sakura stared at them for a long time and decided.
"Steak it is!" She replied, favoring her daughter over Naruto. Ayaka stuck her tongue out at him at his defeat and hugged her mother in the process. "We'll try to get you some ramen later." She added with a smile.
"No, it's okay." Naruto laughed. Sakura got Ayaka and they both went to take a bath and get dressed.
Naruto was left to alone, thinking. He can't blame Ayaka for wanting steak, it was that guy's favorite too. After all, Naruto had seen a lot of that guy in her. He shrugged it off and got dressed.
They were walking to the famous steak house in their town and noticed that people were staring at them with confused eyes. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"They should have been used to us already, we've been here for almost a year." Sakura said, not hiding her annoyance.
"Well, it is still a bit weird. I have blonde hair and you have pink hair, but this little girl here," Naruto said, looking at Ayaka with a smile, "has raven hair. It doesn't add up." Naruto said, his voice sounding unbothered.
"I know that, but still, these people just won't grow up." Sakura still continued.
They reached the place and sat down on one of the empty tables. They ordered Ayaka's favorite steak for her and the rest were decided by Naruto. Ayaka sat next to Naruto and continued playing with him.
"Your mama is staring at us." Naruto told Ayaka and indeed, Sakura was staring at them, she just smiled.
"You're closer to her than I am. I'm jealous." Sakura laughed while Naruto and Ayaka just stuck their tongue out at her. "Really, you two, being so cruel is bad." Sakura continued.
They ate happily and talked a lot while eating, Ayaka did most of the talking, from butterflies, to ponies, to airplanes. She really was a clever girl.
"Mama, I want to pee." Ayaka suddenly said, she had been drinking a lot of water since they arrived.
"Okay, I'll come with you." Sakura said, standing up, but Ayaka stopped her.
"No Mama! I want to go alone, I'm a big girl now." Ayaka had this big smile on her face. Sakura frowned.
"Are you sure? You might need my help." Sakura repeated. Naruto sighed.
"Let her try Sakura, she can do it. Besides, I can watch and see if she goes in and emerges out alive." Naruto joked. Sakura just stared at him blankly.
"Not funny Naruto." Sakura retorted that made Naruto shush up at once. "Okay honey, but be quick." Sakura said, Ayaka nodded and dashed off.
Sakura changed so much since she had Ayaka. Everything that is important now is Ayaka and nothing else and she was definitely grateful to have Naruto by her side all the time, with all the care he has for Ayaka, she'll never ask for more. 'I just hope I can love you just as much as you love me.' She thought, staring at him.
Ayaka finished peeing all by herself, 'Ayaka is a big girl!' She thought proudly. She got out of the comfort room when a man that passed by her caught her eye. She glanced at him and she didn't know why, but she felt her feet were taking her to him. She tugged at the man's pants and he looked down at her and she smiled.
"Hello." Ayaka said with the biggest smile she ever offered to a person.
He looked at her. He found her really cute and he couldn't help but crouch down and pinch her puffy cheeks.
"Well, hello there, little girl. Can I help you?" He asked. 'Funny. She seems familiar' He thought. He looked like her; he knew he looked like the little girl in front of him, that's maybe why he grew fond of her in one look.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I just think you look nice and I say hi to nice people." Ayaka replied, feeling happy to be talking to the man.
"I see. You're a very nice girl too." He said and then he picked her up and swished her in the air, making her squeal.
Naruto and Sakura were talking and suddenly, Naruto froze and the look on his face was like he saw a ghost. Sakura frowned.
"What? Is there something wrong?" Sakura asked, worried about him. Naruto still stared and cleared his throat.
"You'll hate me if I tell you, but I know you'll hate me more if I don't." Naruto said, not taking his eyes off of what he's staring at.
"Tell me then." Sakura impatiently said; she doesn't like surprises. And then she remembered Ayaka was still not here, worried, she turned around just as Naruto said "Look around" with a sigh.
Her jaw dropped at what she saw, it can't be. She stood up and walked over to her daughter, forgetting all about Naruto at the table. She saw Ayaka being gently put down by him and they were both laughing. Finally, she reached them.
"Aya-chan, come with Mama back to the table." Sakura said pleasantly. She didn't look at the man and just bowed, "I'm sorry if she disturbed you." She said.
He just stared at her, utterly in shock, but he quickly recovered, regaining his cool self. "You can't hide. Your hair is a dead giveaway." He blurted out and this caught Sakura's attention.
'Shoot. How can I forget that my hair is pink? Stupid.' She thought, mentally hitting herself and blasting herself off to Mars. Still, she didn't look up and just continued to look at her daughter.
"You've got a really sweet daughter." He said, still in his cool manner.
"Thanks." was all she had managed to say. Ayaka smiled.
"Mama! He looks just like me! And he's very nice." Ayaka said. Sakura felt like she had been punched right into her stomach.
'How can you mention that now Aya-chan?' She thought, panicking. "Really now? Well, we'll go back to the table now, won't we?" Sakura said in her very authoritative motherly voice that Ayaka never fails to follow.
"That's right, she looks exactly.." He paused and his eyes widened. "..like me." He ended and then he realized that Sakura was running away. "Stop right there, Sakura." He commanded. Sakura immediately halted.
'How can he still have that control?' Sakura thought angrily. Then she heard Ayaka ask, "You know him, Mama?" Sakura nodded.
"You have got some serious explaining to do." He continued. Sakura turned back and looked at him.
"I know that Sasuke, but I'll accompany her back first before I start to rant." Sakura said, finally acknowledging him.
Sasuke nodded and just stood there, watching where she was heading to. He was surprised that she stopped and placed the girl next to the yellow-haired monkey that he'd recognize anywhere. 'She's with Naruto?' He thought, quite aloud that his face was kind of distorted for a second, but was back to normal after another.
Sakura, on the other hand, explained to Ayaka that Sasuke was her friend from the past that she didn't see for a long time.
"Mama is just going to talk to him for a while, ok?" Sakura said, addressing Ayaka and Ayaka nodded. Sakura was about to leave when Naruto's hand caught hers. She looked at him, forgetting that he's there and remembering that he's worried.
"I don't think that's a good idea, Sakura." He said, clearly worrying about Sasuke and her spending time alone, even if it's in public. Sakura sighed, she didn't want to either.
"It'll be fine." She reassured him, but still, his hands gripped tightly on hers.
"Are you sure?" Naruto asked with doubt in his voice and this pissed her off. Thank goodness that her daughter is too busy doing something else that she wasn't listening at all. Still, she went closer to Naruto to lower her angry voice down.
"Naruto, it's not like I'll talk to him and reconcile afterwards. Stop being such an idiot." Sakura said, pulling her hand away from his. Harsh, she knew that, but Naruto adding up to her problems is definitely pissing her off more. She walked towards Sasuke who was still waiting for her.
He stared at her, not showing any kind of emotion on his face. He looked at her built, nothing much had changed but her waist definitely grew bigger. 'Most probably because she gave birth.' He thought. He stared at everything else, 'Her breast is fuller too. I guess having a baby isn't that bad at all for her.' He continued to think, now accompanied with his trademark smirk. He didn't realize that she was already in front of him and he was still staring.
"What are you staring at?" She snapped. Sasuke cleared his throat.
"Nothing. I was just wondering..something." He said, not clearly sure on what excuse to give. "Let' go outside to talk, there's too many people here." He said, grabbing her elbow and dragging her out.
Once outside, Sakura pulled away from his grip and stood there, arms crossed over her chest.
"What do you want to know?" Sakura asked; her brave and confident personality triggering. She hasn't used this at all since she gave birth; she had been really gentle at everything and everyone.
"Of course I want to know everything. How old is she?" Sasuke asked in his cool voice.
"She's 6." Sakura replied coolly. Sasuke gave her a questioning look. "What?" She asked.
"How old are you?" Sasuke asked, really trying hard to remember how old she was. Sakura's eyes widened, 'The nerve of this guy.' She thought but decided to let it go.
"I'm 25. Do you really need to know that?" She asked. 'You didn't even remember that? I'm only a year younger than you!' was what she really wanted to say, but she kept it to her inner self to shout.
"You had her at 19? That's young." He said, nonchalantly. This time, it made her blow up into pieces.
"Well, I wouldn't have had her so young if you had been able to control yourself at all possible costs!" Sakura said aloud, but not quite shouting.
"So, she IS mine, isn't she?" Sasuke said conversationally. 'How can he even talk like that at a time like this?' Sakura thought.
"Of course she's yours! You.." –still hot and still sexy- "..idiot!" She ended. She stopped at what she thought in between. Did she really just think that? 'I hope not.' She thought, now mentally kicking herself on the ass.
Sasuke was now silent. He had been deprived of his own daughter for 6 years. It may not have been easy knowing that he was a father, but still, he had the right to know. "You raised her for 6 years and you didn't even bother to tell me about it?" He said, now his uncaring tone gone.
"Well yeah, what did you expect? That after having her I will just go look for you and say.." she paused and talked in a very conversational and casual voice, "Hey, long time no see, did you know that I got pregnant and had a child after you seducedme and got me to do it with you?" She ended her act, "Are you insane? If I did that you're going to die because of a sudden heart attack!" She said aloud. 'This is taking longer than I thought.' She thought.
"What?" He said, a little surprise heard in his tone. "You could have mailed me and told me that I was a father." He argued, "And let me set things straight, I clearly did not seduce you." He said, "You sought me out on your own." He ended, a hint of pride in his voice. Sakura snorted.
"God, I can't believe that after all these years, you haven't changed a bit." She said in a defeated voice. Sasuke smirked.
"Why? Are you still unable to resist my charm, devastating good looks and overall perfectness?" Sasuke boasted. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Fuck you to hell." She replied. She turned her back at him, but stopped. "You have all you need to know, don't bother me anymore." She said, walking back to the restaurant.
"Wait." He quietly said, too quietly that it made her stop in an instant. 'Shit! I stopped again at his command. What's wrong with me?' She thought. "What are you doing with Naruto?" He asked.
Sakura was caught by surprise. She had forgotten about Naruto inside, all she was thinking about was Sasuke and Ayaka. She kept herself composed and looked back. "I'm his wife." She simply said and walked away.
Sasuke stared at the spot where Sakura disappeared.
I'm his wife.
It kept coming back to his head as if punching his brain until it stopped working. He closed his eyes and calmed himself down. He shouldn't be thinking like this at all. He opened his eyes again and instantly saw a girl's long blonde hair swish right at him.
"Everything all right, Sasuke?" She asked, clinging onto his arm. Sasuke just smiled.
"Yes Ino, I'm sorry I was gone for so long." He said, walking with her towards the car. "I also forgot to buy the steak you asked." He said in his bored tone.
"No worries, I told them to buy ramen instead. Let's go?" Ino said. Sasuke nodded.
Right, he was in no position to be thinking about another person's married life when he has his own right in front of him. He stared at Ino and tried to focus on her only.
I'm his wife.
He shuddered. Ah, this will definitely drive him crazy.
A/N: So, uhm. How was it? Was it bad? Tell me if it is. And sorry if there are a lot of mistakes, I didn't proofread this one, too lazy to do so since it's already 12:30-ish a.m. here. I hope it's not bad that it'll make you nauseous. Really hope not.
I'll appreciate reviews too, of course. And suggestions. Help me make my characters better? To those people who's been with Naruto characters all their lives, help meeee. :D Thank you oh so very much! ^_^
I'll be sleeping now.
December 16, 2010 [Thursday - 12:40 a.m.]
Philippines
