My New Boss

Prologue

"Dr. Uchiha, there's a young woman here saying she has an appointment? Apparently it's another applicant for the surgeon position." She tried her best not to appear to unprofessional as she unabashedly checked out her boss.

Sasuke didn't even bother to acknowledge the woman's flirtatious glances, as he blew her off with a wave of his hand. "Send her in." Was all he said as he continued to trifle through his paperwork.

The nurse nodded and walked away after closing the door. She rolled her eyes when she walked back over to the applicant. She was a rather dull looking girl, with abnormally pink hair that looked like it hadn't had a decent pair of scissors taken to her head in a while. Her blouse and khakis were mediocre at best. To say the least, she looked rather drab. Obviously this woman had no fashion sense whatsoever. "Haruno Sakura," She said bluntly, eyeing the girl up and down in obvious distaste. "Sasuke-san would like to see you now.

Sakura looked up at the call of her name. She also noticed the dirty look she was getting. However, she didn't bother to grace the girl with anything but a kind smile. She didn't care for the nurse at all. She wasn't there for her, obviously.

The girl walked ahead, her heels clicking behind her with a repetitive tap, tap, tap. Sakura didn't hesitate to follow as the girl led her through the hall and up to the elevator to the sixth floor where the trauma cases and urgent care patients lied. They continued walking down a few more halls (left, right another left, through giant double doors and another right), until they reached a plain door with the name plate of `Dr. Uchiha Sasuke' glued to the middle.

Sakura's eyes furrowed determinedly. She mentally gave herself a pep talk before the young nurse rapped against the large mahogany door and then turned to scowl at Sakura.

"Uchiha-san is in there." And with that she walked off, the annoying click of her heels following behind her as she drifted away.

Sakura refrained from rolling her eyes and instead focused her attention on the door. Her stomach fluttered uneasily. She wasn't nervous about the fact she was interviewing for another apprenticeship. This interview was nothing compared to all the grueling hours she had to work under Tsunade. No, it was who the person who was interviewing her that was the problem. She gripped the knob with shaking hands and opened it slowly.

"Hurry up and take a seat!" The voice barked on the other side, not even sparing her a glance.

Sakura flinched, shutting the door behind her. She quickly sat herself in the seat across from a big desk and tried her best not to stare to obvious at the man sitting before her. She hadn't yet got a good look at his face. He didn't lift his gaze from all the medical reports he had strewn around him. She fiddled nervously with the end of her skirt and then pushed a loose strand of hair behind her ear before she got up the courage to clear her throat.

She about lost all sense of herself when he finally looked her in the eye. Uchiha Sasuke would probably forever still be beautiful, no matter how old he was. Even after all these years he still looked the same as he had back in their high school days. His hair was as dark as night and his bangs framed his face nicely. His eyes were such a rich ebony. Thin, dainty glasses were perched proudly on his nose. His jaw line was well-defined, and the rest of his body looked well built.

"So, Tsunade-sama sent over your transcripts the other day. They look pretty decent. She is a well-respected person and isn't known for taking on students. You must have really impressed her." He sounded impressed, but he didn't let it show through his expression. However, Sasuke never really had to say or do much for Sakura to be able to tell what he was thinking.

She blushed either way, his gaze was as intense as ever. It felt as if he was looking right through her very being, seeing directly into her soul. That, of course, wasn't the first time he's ever looked at her like that. She heard a cough and blushed as she noticed she had spaced out for lord knows how long.

He raised an eyebrow and shook his head as he looked through her file some more.

She berated herself when she squeaked out a pathetic 'huh?' and then fought down the potential blush when he looked her over. He did not look impressed by her attitude at all. The last thing she wanted him to think was that she was a fan girl or something. She'd be no better than that slimy nurse.

Sasuke breathed out through his nose deeply. "I see you were fired from one of your previous jobs, but it gives no indication why. It's very rare to be fired from a job when you're not even being paid as a student. Care to fill me in?"

Oh, yes, Sakura had known this was going to pop up in the conversation eventually. And she wasn't ashamed to admit that she had gotten fired. "Oh, not at all. As you can tell, I've been studying to be a doctor for a long time, and I've been an apprentice for a lot of people. I was transferred to a private practice during one of courses, and worked there for a little over a month before my boss started to get a little too comfortable with me..."

At this Sasuke arched a brow.

Sakura sighed and rolled her eyes. "He copped a feel!"

"Hn." Was all he said as he wrote something down in a small notepad? "It says here you punched him in the face and after that kneed him in the groin. Twice," He looked up at her then from the brim of his glasses. He had an amused expression.

This seemed to relax her a bit. "Um," She really didn't know how to explain her anger management problem. She'll admit that she had quite the temper. And being around Tsunade for seven years didn't help all that much either. That woman could toss a man if she wanted to, and Sakura wasn't too far from doing the same. "I don't take well to getting hit on by my bosses. And this guy was a real slime ball, so not only was it really gross, but also quite disturbing."

Sasuke seemed to understand this perfectly, though, instead of it being bosses. It was his own employees. But his partner in the business, and unfortunately, best friend thinks it `brightens up the office if you have bright, young nurses scouring the halls with their shiny eyes, and white smiles, as said in those words. Oh, if there ever was an eye roll as dramatic as Sasuke's had been that day.

Naruto was really an idiot. Sasuke had half the mind to think his blond, overenthusiastic friend had encouraged such a hiring, just so he could laugh his face off behind Sasuke's back. The dark-haired doctor found it very annoying, to say the least, knowing that you were being eyed like a piece of meat behind your back. They had been doing it blatantly so.

Sakura watched as Sasuke stared blankly at his desk as if he was deep in thought. She wondered what was going on in that head of his. It was really difficult in trying to get an inkling of what he was thinking. Quite unnerving if she thought about it hard enough. Surely, the story of abusing her boss wasn't depleting her chances of this apprenticeship. Tsunade would be so disappointed. And a disappointed Shishou was not a good thing.

She shuffled nervously in her seat, and to stop herself from tapping the arm of the chair she was sitting in; she placed both of her hands under her thighs. Her knees were jumping in a haste. Gee, she really needed to work on her anxiety levels. She was going to go crazy! She also needed to learn patience. Patience was the key.

"You're hired."

It took a long moment for Sakura to process what she had heard. More like what she thought she heard. However, it was regardless. She was hired. He didn't tell her to get lost, he didn't comment on her bad fashion sense, nor the oddity that was her hair. He was, simply put, professional. Oh, she could just kiss him, but she wouldn't. Because that would be really bad, plus she'd be no better than her ex-boss or that trollop of a woman at the nursing desk.

She was happy that Sasuke overlooked their past. He definitely had grown mature in his age. She probably would have called him out on it if she hadn't have gotten the job. Not that she felt like she deserved it, but it would have been something the old Sasuke would have done.

Well, at least she got the job.

"Thank you so much, Uchiha-san! You won't regret your decision." She said excitedly, reaching out her hand to shake his. Still wanting to keep up the professionalism. Obviously Sasuke wasn't mentioning anything about their past familiarity. And she definitely didn't want to come off rude by calling him by his given name. She didn't know where she stood now after so long of not seeing or hearing from each other. Plus, they hadn't exactly parted on good terms.

He took it, and firmly gave it a shake.

Another commendation of maturity. Maybe there was no hard feelings after all these years.

He spoke. "I expect to see you bright and early tomorrow. I will fill you in more of what you are going to be doing then. Tomorrow there will just be an examination of what you can do. See you then Sakura-san."

Sakura nodded and waited until she was down the hall, far away from the narrowing eyes of the nurses at the desk, down the elevator, out of the door and three blocks away before she shouted out as loud as she could in excitement and did some sort of happy dance. People stopped to stare at her weirdly; some men thought she was cute.

Finally stopping herself from anymore causes of embarrassment, such as dancing in the middle of a sidewalk, Sakura made her way swiftly to the subway station, wanting to get back to her apartment as soon as possible. Though, in the back of her mind she couldn't help but think that something was definitely off about Sasuke. She just didn't know what.

"Ino-pig, I got the job!" Sakura shouted as she slammed her way into the apartment she shared with her best friend.

Upon receiving no reply Sakura walked further into her home. See, you had to go down a hallway and pass the extra bathroom to get to the living room. To her right was the bathroom, to her left was the kitchen and then if you go a bit more down there's an archway to your left, and that's where the living room was. Upstairs were the bedrooms and two extra baths. "Hey, Pig, are you home?" She turned into the archway and nearly threw up all of her breakfast. "Oh my god, my eyes!" She shouted immediately turning around and covering her eyes, nearly face-planting into the wall.

"Ah! Sakura, you have the worst timing ever!" Came the shout of her best friend as she pushed her boyfriend away. She was rather enjoying the make-out session with her beloved, before Sakura decided to interrupt them. "A little warning would have been nice."

Shikamaru, Ino's college sweetheart and forever lazy bum, nodded while wiping his mouth and situating himself better on the couch. He really wished his girlfriend would just move in with him. Things like this wouldn't have to happen if that was the case. What a drag.

Sakura gaped, even though they couldn't see it. "Hey, I did warn you. You were just too distracted by Shikamaru's tongue to notice. I called your name twice, porker!" She screeched, her cheeks turning red from embarrassment. She saw Shikamaru in a whole new light, and she did not appreciate it.

Ino sighed and fixed her top and then brushed the hair out of her face. "All right, forehead, you can turn around now. Shika's calmed down." She teased.

Shikamaru just ignored her and went on to quickly falling asleep with his head resting back against the couch. He figured their conversation would take a while, so he might as well get comfortable. He definitely wasn't planning on leaving.

Sakura turned around, all things previously forgotten. "Oh my god, Pig. I got the job! We don't have to live off of tap water and instant ramen anymore!" She shouted in happiness, waking Shikamaru instantly. It didn't take the male long to fall asleep on the spot, but that also meant he was a light sleeper.

Ino ignored his disgruntled look and was soon jumping up and down in Sakura's arms as they exclaimed in glee. "Sakura that's awesome, what did Sasuke look like? Was he as hot as he was in high school?" She asked, pulling Sakura on to the couch, nearly sitting in Shikamaru's lap, being as the couch was meant for two people.

Sakura nodded enthusiastically. "So much hotter. The femininity has lessened due to age. However, not in that old gross way either, like, I mean you would be shocked with how handsome he is." She rambled. God, she felt like she was actually back in high school with the way she was talking.

Ino's eyes widened. "So, he didn't recognize you? At all?"

Sakura shook her head. "Nope."

Ino blinked her pretty blue eyes in shock. "How can he not remember you? You have pink hair! Not only, that, you were his high school sweetheart! You dated him for like six years."

"God, you two are so loud!" Shikamaru groaned. "That's it." He said, getting up and stretching, his shirt riding up, showing off pale skin and a nice trail of hair going down his navel.

Ino paused and watched her boyfriend, blatantly admiring. "Shika, where are you going?"

"I'm going to your bedroom. So I can go to sleep in the dark and quiet." He yawned, making his way upstairs. He was mumbling something about 'loud girls' and 'poor choices'

Ino pouted and turned back to Sakura. "He's very annoyed, you know?" Talking about the interruption on both the make out session and his attempt at a nap.

The rosette shrugged innocently. "He'll sleep it off."

Ino giggled behind her hand. "That's true."

"But yeah, he didn't recognize me... Surprisingly though, I'm not that upset about it." Sakura said with a smile.

"Say that to the years you grieved over the breakup." Ino muttered.

Sakura glared and smacked her friend lightly over the shoulder. "I did not grieve. And it's not like I didn't have a justifiable reason either. He broke up with me after our second year in college for no reason. Then he got married!" She exclaimed irritably.

Ino rolled her eyes. She's heard this story for years. "Yeah, yeah – Wait, did you notice if there was a ring on his finger? Does he still do that chin on laced hand's thing?"

Sakura blinked in wonder. "I wasn't really paying attention. You know, despite what you may think Ino, I did actually go there for the job, remember? I didn't find out he was the doctor I'd be working for until days after."

Ino waved her off. "Yeah, whatever. You know; I'm glad you're back Sakura. I've really missed you over the years."

Sakura smiled. "It's only been seven years. I'm just glad you kept the apartment all this time."

Ino rolled her eyes. "You're ridiculous. That's all you care about?!" She threw a couch cushion at Sakura's face and belted a laugh when Sakura fell back with an 'oomf!'

Authors Note:

So, it has been awhile. I actually have a good reason for that. PC broke, moved and then didn't have the money to fix the computer I broke, and had to save up to get a new one which didn't work all that well either. Then lost the USB I had all my work in including My New Boss, turns out it was at my old house. Anyway, I'm sorry I disappeared for so many years. I only meant to get this story straightened out, I didn't think it'd 3 years. Sorry again everyone.

Yay for Sasuke and Sakura becoming Canon! Too bad Satsuki never became a real thing, but at least there's Sarada.

Disclaimer: Do not own!