A/N: Yes, readers, I do have a new fic...again! (groan) I can't help it! When you have an insomniac mind and you want to think of something else other than school days slowly nearing and haunting you down, plot bunnies decide to enter! Don't worry, though, although this is a series - yup it's a series again - I'll still be balancing my updating on my other fics hopefully...(coughschoolcough)
For those that have read my other fics,(don't worry, those who haven't, if curiosity takes you, you could read this as well...hopefully, you'll be able to take a look at them) Change chapter 5 will, again, hopefully be out soon; Suspicions, I have to wait until I receive enough reviews on that; Uchihasitter and Last Message?, will be working on it soon as well...if school allows me that is...; those anticipating Worlds Apart, sorry, still not really receiving enough; Rival by day, bla bla bla, I may take a long hiatus on it...do I have more? ...nah...don't think so...
Okay, I think I've said too much...does anybody read this in the first place? Alright, get going...story will begin now...have you guys seen the latest release for Naruto? (squeal) He's in the last page, baby! Thanking Itachi! Could it have gotten any better? Well, SasuNaru, maybe...Gah! Just read...I might be ranting nonsense already! Read!
BitterSweet Chances
Chapter 1: Coffee Dilemma
Sasuke, the most desirable, most wanted, the beautiful and elegant, silky black haired with cool coal eyes, Uchiha was never the one to falter and reveal any emotion, aside from those that were important and worthy to be conversed with. He was calm and collected, never the one to engage a too joyful of a converstaion. The youngest Uchiha was an ever perfect prodigy to Fugaku Uchiha, who sadly had passed away just a few years ago with Mikoto Uchiha, which now earned him the role of co-Presdent of Sharingan Enterprises right after his brother - his very annoying of a brother that had caused him his current and ever growing headache.
His brother, as always, called due to something Sasuke found as nonsical - his reasons for calls were ALWAYS nonsical to him. Apparently, his brother wasn't what you'd call single; for a whole month, he had been in a relationship with someone named Deidara. The younger raven had never seen his brother's newfound cause for a love life but, although no one could see it due to Uchihas' way of never relaying an emotion, Itachi seemed brighter.
Disgusting.
The youngest Uchiha was never fond of falling in love, nor even encounter even a single bit of it. Women only swoon at his feet due to either his looks or his money, but mostly on the looks. Sasuke hated anybody like that. They were annoying and would never be worthy of his time. Love...it was just and will never be his thing; such a topic about it would bring the person who brought it up would have to immediately find another topic unless the person was asking for an early death wish from the raven.
His brother, on the other hand, was asking immediate death all for the next 5...no maybe 10 lives he would soon live. His brother was talking about whether he would soon want getting a life by finding someone that will give it to him. Of course, it ended with a harsh hang up; he was sure his brother was more amused than hurt at the act.
After hanging up, the raven's hand immediately went and massaged his temples. His brother and his voice was annoying enough, and now with the topic of love...his head is slowly counting down to an explosion. Sasuke actually had been in love, you see, only his brother knew nothing about it. It was with in that relationship, that he...you could say...found out why he was irritated by women. It was high school...he felt happy, free, alive...with his lover...but soon things just ended bitterly. It was then he decided that love will cease to exist anymore, and the only things that his mind was suppose to be in was with his family's company.
Sasuke groaned. Coffee. He needed coffee.
"Nara!", the raven bellowed.
His door slowly opened and a ponytailed brunette immediately came in with his cup of coffee, making his way to the raven-hair. Shikamaru Nara was somehow a good enough person to be worthy to be an aquaintance of his. With the man's personality to find things immediately troublesome yet was still calm and hardworking, he found the guy to be the only person he could trust and made him his own secretary.
"What's with the that?", Sasuke asked at the new beverage that seemed to have been bought in a different cafe.
"They're out...", Shikamaru imformed, handing Sasuke his coffee then said, "So...you seem steaming...your brother again, Sasuke?".
The raven hair lightly shook his coffee before answering. "Bastard's always talking nonsense...". There was a long silence before the Uchiha continued upon boticing something. "Who made you smile, Nara?".
With the question, Shikamaru's - well, Sasuke was exaggerating - smirk grew wider. "Met some guy in the coffee shop...he seemed troublesome...but was quite rather intriguing after all...actually got me talking in the end...".
"Did he now?", Sasuke said. For a person to make Shikamaru intrigued...and talk...that was different. Everything to his secretary was troublesome. He then decided to get back to his work, beginning to get to typing, as he took a light sip of his coffee...
...only to spit it out quite immediately. On his laptop! On his damn, fucking, probably forever dead laptop!
Shikamaru blinked a few times at the raven. "What's wrong now? If it's something 'bout work, you didn't have to destroy the laptop...it has all your files, doesn't it?", he said slowly.
The raven brought the cup down his desk and looked rather heated up. "It's the fuckin' coffee, Nara!".
"What's the matter with it? Cappucino, no other extra dab of anything sweet...the usual...or does it taste different to you?".
"It tastes of fuckin' caramel and too much of milk and sugars! Was this intentional, Nara?".
Shikamaru groaned at the accusation. "Of course not...haven't ever failed a coffee, have I? ".
Sasuke then grumbled incoherently as tried opening his laptop without success, obviously annoyed, until he snapped and threw the contraption across the room, as he shouted, "Damn, fuckin' coffee!". Then after a minute that he was left with his thoughts, he gave a sly smirk, his voice now quite lowered, "I can't afford any mistakes especially when it caused my files...a business shut down seems in order...where's that shop you bought this coffee in?".
"About 4 blocks away...shop's name's Horonigai Kohi to Okashi Cafe (1)", Shikamaru bit out, slowly fearing for the cafe's life, when he felt the dark aura that surrounded the raven. Sasuke always calmed himself through his drink, if gotten wrong, well...this was the result. No mercy. And if it's bad enough, destroying his laptop would even probably cause death. The owner should be thankful Sasuke was just shutting down the business.
As soon as the information was sent, Sasuke stormed out.
The only person left sighed at the open door. "That idiot...no womder he asked what kind of coffee Uchiha hated...che! It's his problem now", then he smirked, "Though, I believe things will start to become less troublesome soon...".
Sasuke immediately called Kakashi, his driver, to start the car the moment the elevator was taking too long to reach his floor. The moment he was getting there, he needed to go. Fast. He's already been pissed off by his brother, and the only perfect time to get just one simple, normal coffee was destroyed...a quick run down to let everybody know that he had power was exquisitely perfect! If there's one more thing he hated, it was something totally full of sweet! He will not settle for messed up orders!
The raven immediately got in his car, his silver-haired driver, looking through the rear mirror, probably smirking; he didn't really know due to his mask that nobody knew the reason why he wore one. He made too ridiculous reasons for anybody to last long to get the real truth.
"Ready to crush dreams, are we?", the older man said, while he made the vehicle roar to life as it drove off.
"Shut up, Kakashi! I'm shutting down a business! 4 blocks away...uhhh...Horonigai Cafe! Hurry!", Sasuke muttered angrily under his breath in a way that the silver-haired man was still able to hear.
Kakashi chuckled. "Nigai...hmmm...Horonigai Cafe? Sounds familiar...on it, Mr. Grumpy head...".
After a blood boiling 5 minutes, due to Kakashi's insistence on telling him about what happened, Sasuke watched as the vehicle skidded into a halt as they stopped into a lot that was occupied by a shop with cream-colored walls with brown tinted signs and the chairs for the outer venue, and some details of blue for the umbrellas that hung up outside, with a last red for the door. From the glass that separated the outside from the in, the raven could immediately see that the cafe wasn't really booming, but nor was it a ghost town either; it seemed like it was deemed best for families and friends to get relaxed and comfortable, the aura of it visible enough, as coffee and pastries accompanied by the shop as well. Sadly, making the co-owner of the world's most well-known company upset, all will be soon no more. They needed to hurry and find someplace else.
"Now I remember...", Kakashi finally said with a probable frown, "Sasuke, you're not really going to shut this down are you?".
"Hn. A mistake is a mistake, isn't it?", the Uchiha said coldly.
The silver haired man sighed. "Can't say I tried...now get out of here before your limo's going to be swarmed again...".
The raven gave a short nod and got out, immediately earning him looks from those surrounding him, that he didn't care to bother about anymore.
He slowly entered the shop, the aroma of coffee and sweets entering his nostrils. BitterSweet? Kinda makes sense... Then he gave an evil smirk as he headed for the fortunately just emptied counter, where a girl with long dark hair and had lavender eyes that soon directed at him. She wasn't the least bit interested who he was, but the raven still knew that she knew who he was. Innocence reeked from her.
"Ah! S - sir, may I take your order?", the woman said, shyly, almost a whisper.
Sasuke paused as he turned to the girl's nametag. "Hinata, is it?", he said in a cool and firm voice, "I'd like to speak to your manager...".
"Ah...s - sir, the m - manager isn't around...", she said, sounding slightly frightened at the cool demeanor of the figure in front of him, especially when her name graced the man's lips.
"Oh? Then whoever is in charge then...".
"S - sir, is something the matter?".
"Actually, yes, now would you just call for the person in charge here?".
"Ah...b - but, sir...".
Sasuke was slowly losing his patience at the girl and suddenly slammed his hand on the counter, gaining the attention of the people in the cafe. "You know who I am, don't you? Just give me the damn, fuckin' guy!", he said under his breath while gritting his teeth.
Sasuke watched as Hinata suddenly looked scared, trying to find for her lost words. Soon, a male with wild brunette hair and red tattoo on his face came in, suddenly blinking at the Uchiha, checking if he really was there. When he already came to the facts, he walked over to the frightened girl and placed a hand around her, whispering something the raven didn't hear. The girl immediately nodded and left, not sparing a glance at Sasuke. After the brunette checked to see his fellow employee had left, he turned to the customers of the shop.
"Everything's fine people, hurry on to...uhhh...whatever it is you guys were doing...", then he turned to the raven-hair with a small smirk, "Sasuke Uchiha, co-President of Sharingan Enterprises, are you not? What can we do for you?".
Sasuke scanned the nametag of the guy as well. "I deserve an audience with the one in charge here...".
"Deserve? Look, man...uhhh...I mean, Uchiha-san, we don't want any trouble, why do you need him?".
"It's important business matters...".
"Does he know you?".
"Not quite...just go get him will you?", Sasuke said coldly.
"Yeah but - ".
"Alright, Kiba Inuzuka", the raven bit out after checking the nametag, "if you must know...I'm shutting this shop down...anymore 'but' s?", Sasuke said coldly, but in a way like it meant nothing.
The brunette's eyes widened. "Dude, you - ".
"Wha - ? Who's getting shut down?", a loud voice suddenly interruped with a loud yawn that followed.
Sasuke turned to see Hinata in front of a man he wasn't able to get a full glimpse of since he was still somwhere inside, yet it was still visible that his eyelids were closed, one being rubbed by his hand. The raven snorted. "Sleeping on a job? Please don't tell me you're the one in charge...doesn't seem to fit you...seeing that you're someone...uncapable...".
The rubbing ceased and soon, a fist connected to the raven's face, earning gasps from the shop, only the blonde couldn't care less.
"What the fu - ", the Uchiha cursed, his hand immediately holding on to his punched cheek.
Bronze lids snapped open to blazing azure eyes. "Is taking a break ever in your vocabulary? Probably not with that cranky attittude of yours, huh? Oh and one more thing...don't...", he trailed off, "Wait! You?".
Sasuke was soon finally able to take full sight of the person who punched him. Blond hair, blue eyes, tan skinned. It was just suppose to be any other person to the raven, someone who he was suppose to be really pissed at for shouting and him and everything when the guy wasn't even suppose to be talking to him; he's suppose to question the guy fiercely and demand him to be sent to jail, ruin his whole life or anything far more greater...but...
...those familiar shining azure eyes only managed to mute him.
"D - dobe?".
A/N: Yeah...end it there, end it there! Was suddenly getting angry and shutting down a business too much? Oh well...my plot! Please leave a review so I'd know what you think of it!
(1) BitterSweet Coffee and Confections Cafe