Malignant
Chapter 2
By: RobinSparkelz
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
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Ironically she arrives on the first day of spring, September the first. The girl with the name of a flower. "Her semester only starts next week." Karin informed him last night as they got ready for bed, "...but I'm glad she's coming earlier so we can spend some time together, she's enrolled in Med school you know-"
"Sasuke are you listening to me?"
His hands had froze, fingers gripping the white sheets -as he had made to move them- at the mention of Med school, at the mention of his long lost dream, buried in the dustiest and deepest alcoves of his mind, a dream he had forgotten until now.
He had looked up, his swirling ash orbs noting Karins worried expression, "Aa" he had managed to sigh, before climbing into bed. He had tried then, once again to convince himself that somewhere the flame in him that had once burned for Karin could be re-ignited, but his arm didn't fit around her waist like it used to and he felt as if he was suffocating when he buried his nose in her hair, but still he didn't let go not once, because Sasuke was nothing if not of persistent.
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Karins cousin was obviously not very time conscious, something that in the future he would grudgingly come to find endearing. "She was supposed to be here two hours ago." Karin huffed in annoyance, as she tapped her foot impatiently on the porch, at her words he was reminded of another thing that had attracted him to Karin all those years ago in high school, her punctuality, she was timeous to an extreme, and Sasuke himself was a very rigid man when it came to keeping with schedules, her cousin was very obviously not, she was supposed be here for dinner, two hours ago.
He was about to suggest they go back inside and eat because he was starving when a pair of headlights swept over them, temporarily blinding him, the rumble of an engine and tires crunching against gravel filled his ears, before the engine cut. As his vision cleared he heard the click of a car door opening, just as Karin ran down the porch steps, she was still dressed in her pencil skirt and blouse from work, her shoes however were replaced by fluffy pink slippers, which slapped against the wooden steps of the porch as she excitedly ran to meet her cousin, he followed at a much more moderate pace.
As he walked towards the car he noted, that Karins cousin was a much smaller person than she was, she was a whole head shorter and seemed from the little of her he could see, much slighter. Karin released her from their hug, only to clutch her arms tightly as both of them started squealing and jumping around in excitement. They talked over each other."-orry I'm late-" "Its okay, so excited to see y-" "Me to, thanks so mu-!" "Don't mention it, we have to go out tomorrow!"
In all there crazy harpy antics they failed to acknowledge Sasuke, who by now was very annoyed, and very hungry. "Karin" he said shortly, his voice laced with slight irritation, at the sound of his voice, she swirled abruptly, letting go of her cousin, "Oh, Sasuke-kun, I'm sorry." Her eyes glittered with mirth and happiness, and he felt his chest tighten slightly at her expression, guilt wrapping around him like a shroud.
"This" she said gesturing to the women beside her is "Sakura" later he'd describe what happened to him when he first looked at her, as his mind going absolutely blank, everything around him seemed to have disappeared, he felt as if he was drowning and looking at her, was the only way he could breathe, she was like a sharp inhalation of crisp, clean air, like a gust of life, she had the largest green eyes, not the washed out, it looks greenish at a angle, but dark emeralds that were framed by long lashes, in the glow of the porch light her skin looked like a pale gold canvas, a background for full, red stained lips but it was her hair a halo of pale pink hair that cascaded down her shoulder that made him want to reach out and touch it, he wondered if it would be as soft as he imagined, later he would find out that her hair felt like silk against his hand, later he would fist his hands into her pale pink locks and cover her mouth with his...but now he hears his wife telling him,"She's staying with us for the year Sasuke." and he nods and stares and wonders why his heart beats faster.
... only later would he realize, that he'd just met the love of his life and she'd come at the worst time possible.
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Note: I put the summary into this chapter, slightly out of context but whatevs. The next chapter will be the last chapter of Sasuke's Point Of View. I plan on writing 12 chapters chronicling Sakura's year with them. I will throw in a little bit of Karin, and some Naruto as well. I don't particularly like Karin, but I've read her in a positive light is some fics and I liked that. I suck at Sasuke POV, so I'm practicing in this story, tell me how you think I'm doing with that. Review and check out my other stories.