Honestly Policies?

Chapter One- Hiding

"I don't see much point in this." Sasuke sighed, exasperated.

"Oh, if you fully understood my position, you probably would." Sakura responded matter-of-factly.

"Hn, I understand it."

"Then why are you questioning it?"

"Because people are going to start thinking I'm cheating on you if you don't take off that damned disguise."

Sakura sighed and removed the hat and scarf she wore. "Well, we should be at a safe distance now, anyway."

"You are so paranoid." Sasuke huffed.

"No I'm not!" Sakura retorted. "I'm simply trying to keep things normal."

"You won't walk out of your house with me without a disguise, every time we try to kiss you have to look around, and you'll only let me take you out on dates if it's with more than the two of us or we lie, and it's all because you are trying to hide your relationship with me from your own father."

"Well…I don't want him to go into the whole 'not daddy's little girl anymore' phase." Sakura responded. "If you even knew how my dad is you'd know why I'm doing this."

"It's hard to get to know him when you'll barely bring me by your house unless I'm using some kind of excuse that's not 'I'm seeing my girlfriend'."

"And yet you stay with me. That's another reason why I love you so much!" Sakura giggled, whipped her head around a couple of times, and then pulled Sasuke into a hug and kissed his cheek.

"I still think you should tell your father. What'll your explanation be when we're at our wedding and you're fathers wondering when we ever got engaged?"

"Well, we're not engaged yet, and I'll think of something."

"I have something…tell your father about us."

"No!"

"You're just being stubborn. I bet you he'll take it just fine, and then I can actually hold your hand within a 200-yard radius of your house."

"But what if he doesn't take it fine? I don't want to hurt him."

"He's a man, our policy is 'suck it up and don't start crying you gay bastard'."

Sakura laughed at Sasuke's statement.

"What's so funny?"

Sakura had to contain the "oh shit" look that crossed her face as they both turned to face a red-haired man.

"Oh…hey Dad," Sakura greeted slightly nervously, "Sasuke was just telling me a good joke."

Sakura's father eyed Sasuke skeptically. "…He doesn't look like the kind of guy who'd be telling a joke. I think your blond friend is much more capable, but I'll hear it."

"What?" Sakura jolted.

"The joke, I haven't laughed in a bit." Sakura's father clarified.

Sakura's mouth opened and closed a couple times as it searched for the right words. Sasuke placed a hand on Sakura's shoulder and spoke up.

"Oh yeah, speaking of Naruto, we were just heading over to the training grounds to meet up with him. You'll have to excuse us Mr. Haruno."

"Ah, call me Kisuke." Sakura's father, Kisuke, stated. "Alright then…but I thought the training grounds were in the other direction."

Sakura looked over at Sasuke worriedly. Sasuke already had a response in mind.

"It's a special place our team found. It's better than getting interrupted by some other team."

If the reason behind the secrecy didn't stand right in front of them Sakura would have jumped Sasuke and kissed him for his quick thinking. Not that Sasuke would really mind if she did.

"Oh, alright, I'll see you at home Sweet Pea." Kisuke nodded and waved at his daughter as he left.

Sakura stood frozen until Kisuke was out of sight. Once he was, Sasuke wrapped an arm around her. "Sweet Pea…?"

"Daddy's damn little girl…." Sakura groaned.

Sasuke chuckled as the two walked off down the road.

'"'"'"'"

"Welcome home, Sakura." Sakura's mother, Yuki, greeted as Sakura walked through the door.

"Hey Mom, is Dad home yet?" Sakura asked.

"Nope, you're free to talk about girl stuff and your boyfriend." Yuki answered.

Sakura breathed a sigh of relief. She was alright with her mom knowing about her and Sasuke, but her dad was a different story.

"Why was I born to such an insane father?" Sakura groaned as she sat down.

"Oh, he's not that bad." Yuki responded.

"Mom, the first day I brought Naruto and Sasuke here Dad almost had a heart attack because he thought I was a female player."

"Alright, so he can be dense, but now that you are dating one of them, don't you think your father will be alright with it? After all, he's met Sasuke before. It's not like you're bringing home a total stranger."

"That's exactly what Sasuke said before, but Dad doesn't really know either of them. They just came by, Naruto asked for ramen, and Sasuke stayed silent. I don't think he got much."

"That's why I think you should bring Sasuke by for some dinner." Yuki explained. "Then we can get the two of them talking, and once Kisuke seems to approve of him, we can drop the bomb."

"But what if he doesn't like him? And besides, Sasuke doesn't talk much unless it's to me or Naruto."

"Then why don't you help out a little?"

"How long were you thinking of this plan and answers to any retort I may have?"

"Hmmm…ever since you started to date Sasuke and told me to keep it a secret from Kisuke."

Sakura sighed. "Of course…but I really don't want to risk it."

"Sakura, you know you can't keep it a secret forever. What're you going to do when you're at your wedding day, and Kisuke's wondering—?"

"When I ever got engaged; yeah, I got the exact same lecture from Sasuke today."

"It just means he and I are on the same page. So there's another reason you should go along with the plan. He's probably thought of it, too, so I bet he'll open up."

"I'm thinking you're probably a couple lines ahead."

"Oh, just invite him already!" Yuki exclaimed suddenly.

Sakura jolted from her seat a little at her mother's outburst. "Yes, Mom!"

"Invite who?"

Why luck seemed to hate Sakura that day, she had no idea. Sakura's father entered the room Sakura and her mother sat in.

"Oh, I was thinking Sakura should try to invite her two teammates for dinner. It's been so long since we've seen them." Yuki clarified. She then gave Sakura a subtle look that told her only invite Sasuke. Say Naruto couldn't make it.

Sakura's mother sure was persuasive.

"Oh…you mean the ramen lover and the emo kid?" Kisuke inquired.

"Eh…yeah…exactly," Sakura answered.

"Sasuke isn't that emo anymore…." Sakura thought.

"Alright, go ahead and invite them." Kisuke nodded at Sakura.

"Okay…." Sakura sighed, and got out of her seat.

"Why me…?"

'"'"'"'"

"Wow, now I see where you get your brains." Sasuke stated. "I was just thinking the same thing earlier."

"Mom figured as much." Sakura huffed.

"So, if the plan is to drop the bomb in the end anyway, can we actually act like a couple at dinner?" Sasuke asked.

"Oh, um…maybe some subtle things; I mean, don't just flat out kiss me or something in front of my father. He'd probably have a stroke."

"If the shoe fits."

"Sasuke!"

"I'm kidding…he still needs to walk you down the aisle."

Sakura punched Sasuke in the arm. "Be serious, Sasuke! I'm nervous enough!"

"So does this mean you'll actually tell your father about us?"

Sakura sighed. "Yes…yes, we'll tell him."

Sasuke smirked triumphantly. "Great, I'll see you at dinner."

At that moment, something in Sakura's stomach told her hell was on its way.

Chapter one complete! As you can possibly tell, this'll be very short. At minimum it'll be two chapters, but a maximum of three chapters for either a resolution, or a little afterwards. Whatever works. But I feel this should be quite amusing…and obviously, this is from the poll choice honesty is the best policy…most of the time, because obviously that's the deal for this whole situation! Well…that's all I have to say. Zucchini is tasteless! And zucchini bread is good! (Sorry, random recent epiphany.)