Day 23-Detours
SasuSaku Month 2013
Happy Birthday Sasuke-kun!
-S-
Uchiha Sasuke was not fond of shortcuts. But sometimes, time constraints necessitate them. He had a route panned out to reach his destination. There would be no detours.
He skipped a few years in grade school. (Not too many. His mother did not want him to miss out on having peers close to his age.) At the age of nineteen, he had already graduated college. He'd been accepted into a prestigious medical school and scheduled to attend in the coming fall. Everything was going according to plan so far.
Next on the list is his future family. He'd already decided that he'd get married at age twenty. Perhaps a little too early, but he's planned this since he was in preschool. He would marry a beautiful and intelligent woman. She would come from a family of status, like his. A daughter raised from birth to become the perfect bride. Then, his mother would ensure that the woman marrying into their clan would be suitable as his future wife and mother to his heirs.
But of course, not everything goes according to plans. For almost twenty years, he's managed to follow a set course, a path laid down for him by the Uchiha elders, grooming him to inherit their Uchiha Enterprises. In college, he majored in business administration, but had taken many science courses on the side. It was decided that he would go to medical school with a combined Ph.D. program so that he can be a more effective heir. Uchiha Enterprises, although having varying ventures, was primarily a medical technology company.
Career-wise, things were going as planned. He attended marriage interviews and was sure he would find his bride soon.
But fate had other plans.
Plans that would drive him off the path towards his destiny.
-S-
The marriage interviews were not going well. The many women presented to him were attractive, intelligent, graceful, born from high society. They were eager to marry him. None of them interested him.
Time was ticking. He was turning twenty soon. He had to find a bride soon, so that they can have the acceptable minimum of six months engagement.
But no one was suitable. And he had to have the perfect wife.
-S-
July 23rd.
Today was his twentieth birthday and still no fiancée.
Today was also the start of orientation week. His father, mother, and brother dropped him off in front of the administration building after an early birthday breakfast. He arrived early to avoid the rush of students sure to arrive around the scheduled time. A little too early it seemed, for the building was yet to open and he could not collect his orientation pack. He decided to take a stroll; half an hour was far too long a wait to just stand in front of the door. Familiarizing himself with his surroundings was on his to do list anyway.
At 8am, it was not too hot yet, but the sun was already up and so he wore his sunglasses. There were already a few people on campus wearing light blue shirts with the school's insignia. But there was also another girl, pacing back and forth. She wore a hat that hid her hair and sunglasses that hid her face. In her hands, she held a map of the university. She stopped her pacing and turned towards him. There was a soft greeting and a smile. He nodded in acknowledgement, but she seemed to take it as invitation and approached him.
"Sasuke-kun! I knew we would meet again."
She took off her hat and sunglasses. Sakura
A/N: I'm going by US school system: so school year starts in the fall for most schools.
This is going to be a relatively short story. I'm trying to keep it short so I can finish it and get back to my other stories.
