Chapter 1
A/N: Okay, so Im REALLY bad at trying to get these stories on here, so PLEASE don't eat me! 0.o Well, please read this, and enjoy!
Summary: Sakura Haruno is a woman who's been in relationships that end, well... badly. She now doesn't believe in love, and thinks relationships are only supposed to be lived in the moment, then soon breaking it off. Can a certain raven-headed musician change her opinion? Main: SasuSaku Minor: NaruHina, ShikaIno, NejiTen
DICLAIMER: I DON'TOWN NARUTO, BECAUSE IF I DID, SASUKE WOULDN'T BE AN EMO PUNK!! NOR DO I OWN ANY MUSIC/LYRICS I USE IN THIS FANFIC!!
"Yo," - talking
'Yo', - thinking
'Yo,' - someone's Inner or (A/N)
Yo - stressed words OR flashback
Now on w/ the story...
Of all days for one of her angry ex-boyfriends to drain the gas out of her car's tank, it just HAD to rain. It had to rain, and it just HAD to be her mother's fourth wedding rehearsal... that she missed... again.
Twenty-seven year old, Sakura Haruno wiped her bubble-gum pink hair that was matted on her face away from her emerald eyes, so she could see how far away the bus stop was. It was less than a block, but for Sakura, it seemed like eternity.
As she was approaching the bench where the bus would be arriving, she sighed when she realized a figure was there to see her in all her glory.
'Terrific,' she thought as she looked at her situation, 'I'm one of the best doctors at the hospital, damnit! I should be telling people how bad it is to walk in the rain, not encouraging it!' She walked up to the figure, and now realized it was an ebony-headedn man, who was plucking aimlessly at an acoustic guitar.
"Hey," she heard his voice, and turned to him getting a better look at what he was wearing. His legs were clothed in a pair of khaki colored, corduroy, (A/N: I REALLY don't know how to spell that! lol x33) slightly baggy pants. He wore a black button-up shirt with the first two buttons undone. His shoes were basic black dress shoes, like he had come from a party.
"O-oh, hi," she stuttered out, realizing she was ogling his deep onyx eyes as he turned his bored face to her.
"So, Princess, where's the car Daddy bought you?" he asked with a lazy, but taunting smirk.
'How dare that hot jerk talk to us like that?!'Sakura's Inner (A/N: InnerSakura! ) commented.
"Excuse me?" Sakura said, getting agitated buy his arrogant attitude. For some reason, she wanted to smack that smirk off his pretty boy face.
"Well, Pinky? Did your rich daddy ground you from using the car, because you used his credit card too much?" He just loved to see her mad, didn't he?
"Why you little, Ba--"
Suddenly, a bus came to a screeching halt in front of where they were sitting. The man packed his guitar into his case, and walked to the bus's steps, leaving Sakura with her jaw hanging there in mid-air. The man took one more glance at her, smirked, then the door closed, making him disappear.
It took Sakura several seconds to realize that that was the only bus that went even close to her destination. She scowled, as she came back to reality.
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She closed the cab's car door, and leaned into the passenger's window, and smiled gratefully to the elderly driver.
"Thanks," she said while handing him the respective amount, including a tip. The cab driver slightly smiled and shrugged.
"It's my job," he stated while driving off in the rain. Sakura turned around to her mother's fairly large house and sighed. She knew this wasn't going to be fun.
She dragged herself up the cobblestoned walkway, while taking notice the new shrubs that were artistically 'carved' into exotic animals. 'Where did Mom get her weird taste...?'
Sakura slowly opened the wooden door, and walked into the living where she saw her mother's fiance reading the current newspaper. He looked up when he heard the door creak and smiled.
"Why, hello Sakura," Tozou said in his best fatherly way," It's very nice to see you."
"Likewise, Tozou-san," she said, while slightly bowing.
"No need for formalities, Sakura," he said while blinking, "I am very close to being your step-father." Sakura nodded, and looked around at the cozy, mostly cheetah-printed room, and became nervous.
"So, um... W-where is my mother?" she asked casually, but inside she was staring to panic. She could see Tozou was worried too, because his eyes widened visibly.
"Oh, she's in the kitchen..." he looked from side to side, as if afraid to say it, then whispered out, "making DINNER."
Sakura became tense, and began fidgeting. The ONLY time Masumi Haruno ever prepared dinner, was when she had great anger toward someone that she needed to chop things to have the feeling of a knife in her hand.
"D-dinner?" Sakura choked out. She was beyond terrified, and looked at Tozou for help, but she only saw him look at her like she was a dead man walking.
Sakura tip-toed towards the kitchen door, and creaked open the swinging door. She cautiously looked around, and finally found the back of a middle-aged, pink-headed woman wearing a floral apron and red bandanna. Sakura was about to smile at the sight, until she heard a knife hit a wooden cutting board... HARD.
Sakura took a deep breath in, and inched closer to the island in the middle of the kitchen, trying to be stealth-like. She finally approached the figure and lightly touched it's shoulder. As soon as she did, Masumi turned around with an angry expression on her face.
"Where have you been?!" she screeched, fire evident in her eyes. Sakura seemed to shrink, as her mother seemed taller than ever. They were actually the same height, and looked pretty much the same, but Masumi had an older, more tired face, with a few wrinkles. He faded pink hair now had a couple of grey strands, but to be her age, she looked very nice.
"W-well, another one of my--" Sakura tried to explain, but was soon interrupted by her mother.
"How COULD you miss my wedding rehearsal, where YOU'RE the maid of honor?! I had to get your friend INO to make the speech, that I DOUBT you've even written!!" She wasn't as mad as she was disappointed.
"Mom, I really tried to come, but--"
"But what?! Do you not WANT me to marry Tozou, Sakura?! Is THAT what this is about?!"
"NO! I-I mean I DO want you to marry him--"
"So WHY do you keep missing these rehearsals, that are not ONLY important, but mean very much to me?!" Sakura's mother was on the verge of tears, "Sakura, I can't keep arranging new rehearsals when you don't show up!"
"Mom, you KNOW how complicated my life is, and--"
"Is it so complicated, that you can't even make it to my rehearsal?" The question was barely audible, but Sakura heard it, and she felt a pang of guilt in her heart.
"What's going to happen when my REAL wedding comes? Are you gonna show then, or do I need to get Ino to do everything?" Tears were now streaking the older woman's face. "I need to know these things, Sakura."
Sakura's face now had a lone tear come down as she embraced her mother.
"Mom, I PROMISE, I won't miss anything that has to deal with your wedding. I'm SO sorry about what I've done, and I won't let it happen again." she whispered into her mother's ear, trying to comfort herself more so than Masumi.
"Please... PLEASE, don't break this promise," her mother begged, "I'm going to pick out the arrangement of guests' tables tomorrow, and I would like you to arrive. I've already got my flowers, and catering, and even the band, Sakura. Please don't miss this. PLEASE." Sakura couldn't tell her that she had a patient to deal with, but she WAS going to cancel it, just for her mother.
"Of course, Mom, but tell me," Sakura said with anxiety in her voice, "have you chosen your dress yet?"
"NO! Of course not!" Masumi smiled softly at Sakura when she saw her daughter exhale visibly.
"S-so..." Sakura said with worry in her voice, "Are we REALLY eating what you've made for dinner?" Masumi laughed at her daughter's childish antics.
"Heavens, no! You know I can't cook to save ANYONE'S life!" Sakura smiled with relief, and just hugged her mother.
"Honey... why are you soaking wet?" Masumi asked, pulling away from her daughter's warm embrace long enough to look down at her now damp clothes. Her mother laughed, and it was so contagious, Sakura started to laugh with her. Masumi told her to go change into something warm.
She left the kitchen, and walked up the stairs into her old room. Sakura inhaled the familiar scent, and flopped on the bed.
'I hope tomorrow will be better...' She was so tired from today's events, she fell asleep without changing her clothes.
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Sakura woke up to the wonderful smell of bacon, eggs, and warm maple syrup.
'Mmmm... Tozou's cooking breakfast.' But she then realized she fell asleep so early, she didn't get to eat. Her stomach started growling from lack of food. She got up quickly, and stepped into the bathroom. She readied the water, stripped off her clothes, and got inside the shower.
She graoned in pleasure as the hot, relaxing water hit her body. It felt so good to do this after the day she had yesterday. While doing so, her mind wandered off to that arrogant man she had met. She decided to stop thinking about him, because her blood was starting to boil.
'He doesn't even know me OR my father!' she thought angrily.
After she lathered her pink locks with cherry scented shampoo, and cleansed her body with Cherry Blossom shower gel (A/N: You know, that stuff from Bath & Body Works? Love it! lol xD), she exited the steamy room with a towel wrapped around her curvy body. She looked at the clock, and read 9:36 A.M. She sighed.
'I have to get to the hospital at ten thirty today...'
'Awww! Why can't we have a day off? It's mom's wedding dress.. picking... out...day!! We can't miss it!' InnerSakura countered.
'And that's exactly why we have to go in EARLY so we can leave EARLY!' she told her annoying Inner.
She looked in her closet, and picked out a nice office outfit. She knew she was bound to wear scrubs, so she got a pale pink blouse with thin blue stripes going down it, sleek, black dress pants that flared a bit and the ends, and some black wedges. She thought about what was planned for today, and decided that it was best to pack these clothes in a bag, and would wear her yellow scrubs. She would put them on before she left work. She brushed her hair mid-back hair, and put it up in a messy bun. She didn't want to wear any jewelry, because it was sure to get in the way. She took a quick glance at the clock that now read 9:49.
She walked faster than normal down the stairs, bag in hand, and sprinted into the kitchen, only to find her mother and Tozou already eating in their pajamas and robes.
"Oh, Sakura," Masumi said, a little surprised by her daughter's outfit, "Are you really going to the doctor's office today?"
Sakura noticed the disappointment in the woman's voice, and quickly stated, "Oh, but only for a couple hours! I have bills to pay for, of course!" she added with light amusement to ease the tension. Once it seemed to relax, she reached out and grabbed a piece of bacon, against her stomach's wishes.
"Is that all your going to eat?" asked Tozou, worried, "There's no need to be shy--"
"Oh, I'm just in a hurry! Bye Mom!" she said in a rush, while kissing her mothers cheek, "Bye Tozou-san!" she said while waving.
"Please, no formalities--" he started, but was interrupted by the slamming of the front door.
"--Sakura," he sighed, "I don't know you've done it all these years." he said facing his wife-to-be.
"Oh, trust me," she said grinning playfully, "neither do I."
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