In the Palm of My Hands Chapter 2: Broken, a naruto fanfic

A/N: Ah, yes, a new chapter. And me, Drama Queen, was waiting for the day to finally release this one. I just want to make people feel the way I felt when I was reading fan fictions but that's just boring talk.

Ok, as many of you already guessed, this is the chapter where Sakura and Sasuke finally are going to talk together. Ghehe, in here Sasuke falls madly in love with Sakura and immediately he breaks up with Karin-bitch and marries Sakura to live happily ever after!

Yeah right… did you guys believe that part?

Me neither. There's still a long way to come.

I want to say thank you to; -Drum rolls, please- Kazuchan06 For you have informed me about Sasuke's mother.

Everybody, I'm sorry for writing her name wrong, I didn't mean to and frankly I'm a little lazy to go back and correct them all, but… I have correct them in the following chapters. Please forgive me, and may I have a applause to Kazuchan06

I really thought her name was Mikito… whahaha… turns out that I wasn't paying attention when I was reading/viewing the manga/Anime. Lol.

Once again, please forgive me.

Anyway, I've got nothing else to say so…

Disclaimer: Naruto doesn't belong to me in any way, only when you see a complete sex-scene between Sasuke and Sakura then you'll know that I menaced/bribed Kishimoto-san to draw one. Oh, and neither does all the other brands I've put in here belongs to me. -Sad-

P.S Rewrote this chapter… I hope it's better.

'Remember, life isn't about how many breaths you take, but about the moments that takes your breath away.' - Will smith, Alex Hitchens; Hitch

Acorralada

In the Palm of My Hands

Sasuke was alone alright. He walked straight to the overlarge fridge to grab a pack of orange juice.

Sakura took in his appearance. He wore simply a black sweatpants and a black shirt above, meaning that he was in his room doing nothing important.

Karin wasn't in the house so he didn't look the best of the best. Even though that isn't exactly needed since she's his girlfriend and she had seen him in lesser than those sweats.

When he took a sip of his drink, his face twisted in an unpleasant way. It was either that he had a problem he was thinking off or the drink is spoiled.

Sakura chose the above. Now was the perfect time to say at least something, to get his attention. He wasn't looking at her. Heck, she wondered if he even knew that she was sitting there. But he was too deep in thoughts to notice.

'C'mon Sakura! Say something! Anything!

Damn it, but what?

Doesn't matter, just… speak!'

"Uuhm, is there anything wrong, sir?" She asked in the tiniest voice.

She cursed herself for speaking so soft like a 5 year old who's too shy to say something to an elder.

Now Uchiha Sasuke looked up to her, noting that he wasn't the only one in the kitchen.

"No." He shook his head. Immediately, his face went back to that thinking position.

She couldn't give up now, she already started it, and before she chickened out she blabbered; "Are you sure there's nothing I could help you with?"

He looked up once again; ready to say no when he stopped. He eyed her for a moment and Sakura felt a cold shiver running over her back. It wasn't like she was eyed by Uchiha Sasuke often but, when he did, she couldn't help but shudder. There was something in his gaze, in those onyx, unreadable eyes of him that was creepy yet delightful. Like you wanted to stare in them all day, yet when he looks at you, you can't handle the intensity of those orbs so you want to look away.

"What does a woman want for present?"

His voice was so deep and masculine that Sakura got goose bumps. Keeping herself in check she tried to find an answer to his question.

"That depends on her taste." It took all her power not to stutter or drool while talking.

"It's for Karin. Her birthday is over two days."

She was surprised actually that Sasuke told her that piece of information. She would've expect that he would keep that for himself since he doesn't share even sentences, let alone something like that.

"Oh. Well… she's already rich, so she probably has everything. You can always steal somebody's heart with something meaningful. In this case something small that was precious to you. Something, like a necklace. Or a ring. Earrings. In that direction."

Damn. Where the hell did she get the confident to speak that much without losing her confident?

Sasuke's face lightened up, like he suddenly knew the solution of world hunger. Well, at least that unpleasant façade of him was gone. Now it was replaced by an indifferent one.

"Hn. I've never given a woman a gift before." He shot her a ghost of a smirk before drinking half content of his glass.

Sakura asked herself why Sasuke had never given a girl a present before. She means, there were always women hanging around him, either they were drooling all over him or he was sleeping with them. -One night stands.- But that he didn't know what they exactly liked was strange.

Sure, the women he slept with were gorgeous, -but shallow- yet that shouldn't mean that he doesn't know not even one quality of what a woman likes when getting presents. Serious presents, not just flowers and a box of chocolate.

Shrugging it off, she replied with a smile. "It was nothing. Anything to help you sir."

He stayed quiet for a moment, looking at her with his impassive face.

Sakura couldn't stand his stare so she cast her eyes down, finding her still empty plate suddenly very interesting.

"What's your name?"

Whaaaat?!

Sakura whipped her head up, looked at her boss. Did he actually asked her name?

Whoa. Wait, is the sky still blue? Are there any pigs flying because she believes she saw one fly in the corner of her eye.

"S-Sakura." She stuttered. "Why?"

Sasuke shrugged with a jerk of both his shoulders. "For nothing, I know mostly servants around here by name, now you're one of them." He stated monotone like it was the most natural thing in the world.

Maybe for him, but certainly not for Sakura. Who would've guessed that Sasuke would think that way?

Well, now she recalls that he does call Mr. Hanika -The Head Butler- at his first name, Joshua.

"Only Sakura?"

"Uuhm… Haruno Sakura." He had a sudden interest for her whole name.

He nodded once, finished his drink, turned and walked away.

He lingered at the door for a moment, "Thank you, Sakura." And left.

Sakura felt a jolt of happiness going through her as well as electricity bolts of desire going over her spine when she heard THE Uchiha Sasuke say her name.

He made her name sound so erotic and dreary, and wrong yet oh-so good at the same time.

This is like a dream coming true, well… at least the first part of her dreams. Because her real dreams were marrying Sasuke, but what the heck, he said her name. In reality! And it felt amazing.

Of pure happiness, she began to breathe uneven, and stopping herself before she began to hyperventilate, she thought about going to find Ino. The pig.

"Ah, C'mon Sakura, he only said your name. He didn't ask you to marry him, calm down!" Ino tried to get the pink haired woman off of her arm.

Sakura clung to her because she was so happy. "Only said my name? Gosh Ino, he said my name! I can't believe it! I love you, Ino. With all my heart. I think I even love Marina right now!" She grinned.

"Ok, forehead, I think you're going a little too far into this. Loving Marina? Not in a million years, even if Sasuke confessed his love for you over and over again!"

Hmm, Ino had a point.

"Ah, whatever. We should be rejoicing because he noticed me. He noticed me! Little old me!" Sakura's braid swung from left to right when she danced around of happiness.

"Yeah, now we just have to kill Karin and wait until he falls in love with you. Jeez Sakura, he probably knows the names of many people. Including me! Do you see me thinking he's going to fall for me?"

"I didn't say that he was going to fall for me now, but I'm just glad he does know me." Sakura sighed.

"You are so naïve, little Sakura. Let me tell you something about creatures who never grows up and goes by the name; Boys. If a boy, in this case, a man, doesn't notice you from the beginning, liking you, I mean, then you have little chance that he'll-"

"I know, Ino. I know. Look, Uchiha Sasuke will never like me. Hell, I should be happy if he even considers me as one of his friends. The kind of women Sasuke falls for has money, a good background and besides that, are beautiful. I'm far from all that. I don't have money, I don't even know what my background is, and I'm certainly everything besides beautiful. I'm not his type of girl." Sakura said the last part sad as she looked down to clean her red, thick glasses with the hem of her apron.

Ino's face fell when she heard Sakura tell her that. She knew that Sakura was as poor as a street rat. She lived in a something that was too small for a child to play in, and still she dares to call it a house. Because of that, Sakura was mostly staying at the Uchiha residence. Taking every nightshift she could get.

She also knew that Sakura was an orphan and has lived here and there. Never knowing who her parents were and where she originally comes from.

And although she would never admit it out loud, Sakura really wasn't the most attractive girl around.

So Ino felt pity for her best friend, for as long as Sakura could remember things had gone wrong in her life. Destiny could give her a break and at least let her befriend someone like Uchiha Sasuke.

"I'm going to bed." Sakura whispered and left Ino by herself.

- 3 months later. Miami Beach -

"So teme, what's the deal between you and that Karin chick? You've been dating her for, like, four months now."

Sasuke ignored Naruto while he floated on his back in the Atlantic ocean. This was exactly what he needed. Relaxing in the water.

The sun burned quite hard this time of year, -even though the sun burned the entire year in Miami- the cold water was a nice refreshment.

The giant pool he had in his backyard just wasn't good enough.

Deciding this morning that he would take a dip in the sea, when suddenly Naruto called him. The last time he saw that blond dobe was last week, when they went to a party in West-Miami. The other guys were there as well and of course Sasuke came with Karin.

There was a lot of alcohol, meaning a lot of drinking, turned out; great, steamy sex that night. Karin just hadn't any boundaries when she's drunk. Sasuke smirked at the thought and he couldn't help but to think almost every moment about her.

Karin was… something. Something different he just can't describe, but all he knew, all that was important, was that he liked it. He liked her.

Maybe that's why he kept her around. She was interesting to see, and maybe she does talk a lot, just like some obnoxious knuckle head he knows, but he was used to it.

If he could put up with Naruto's blabbering his entire life then he could as hell handle someone as 'innocent' as Karin. As no one is worse than Uzumaki Naruto.

Sasuke's best friend and rival since diapers. Naruto's father, Namikaze Minato was Fugaku's business partner. Also they were best friends, until Minato was killed while trying to save somebody.

He died as a hero.

Both Sasuke and Naruto were 2 when Minato died. So none of them knew him. The blond who looks two drops like his father, lives with his mother, Uzumaki Kushina, in their own mansion. Naruto wasn't poor, don't be mistaken in that, he was a rich kid, born with a silver spoon in the mouth just like Sasuke, only he wasn't as rich as the Uchihas.

"Sasuke-teme! Hello! Acknowledge me when I'm talking to you, Stupid ass! I hate it when you do that." He splashed some salt water into the handsome face of Sasuke.

The Uchiha came up with the speed of lightning. "Fuck, Naruto. Cut it." Just like his father, Sasuke's voice was calm but his tone was angry.

"Your own damn fault, asshole. Did you even heard what I said to you?" Naruto raised to stand on his feet. The water reaching his hips.

He angrily crossed his arms and glared at Sasuke who shot him a death glare back. Naruto didn't blink at all for the deep frown that Sasuke was equally sending his way. He was already used to it for years now.

"Don't do that again." Sasuke growled, menacing Naruto.

"Or what?" Naruto dared, having a smug smirk on his face.

Sasuke narrowed his onyx eyes, Naruto did the same.

"You'll see." Sasuke said low.

Naruto snorted. "Yeah, right. Bring it on, bozo."

"Stop it right there." Kiba came between them before the one jumped on the other.

"Why?!" Both Sasuke and Naruto shot at Kiba.

"Because we're here to chill, dudes. So stop gettin' y'all freak on."

"Che. Whatever." Sasuke turned. Naruto followed him. "Yo, bastard, you didn't answer the question. Why are you still with Karin? That's so not like you, teme."

"Yeah, what's happenin' boy? Since when do ya chill with a thong that long?" Kiba wondered just like the blond.

"Dude, thong? The hell?" Naruto arched a eyebrow at the dark brown haired fellow besides him in the water.

"Ya kno', a chick, one great piece of ass, someone to get ya tune on." Kiba wiggled his eyebrows up and down.

"Uh, yeah… whatever. So Sasuke, what's going on?"

"Nothing." Sasuke shrugged it off, lying back in the water to float more.

"This is not the end, teme. You're not someone who stays with a chick longer than a night. And now you're here with this Karin figure for over four months!"

Sasuke looked at his two friends, running a hand through his wet hair while he tried to figure out an answer for them. Because knowing Naruto he won't stop until he gets his reply. Definitely not if Kiba's with him.

"I kept on with her because I wanted to." It was honest and straight to the point.

"Wait. You… you're not in love with Karin, are you?" Naruto stared with his eyes so blue that could put the ocean and sky to shame, wide-eyed to his best friend.

Sasuke kept silent.

"Whoa, ya know, this is B.I.G! Not only is the S- to the A-man datin' one thong in a long time, our daddy ovah here is gettin' old too, dude!" Kiba frowned up to the Uchiha.

Naruto's face twisted into confusion. "Huh? Man, you're as old as him! As us!"

"Yeah, that's true. But mentally, Sasuke's like my grandpa. His instincts are just like tellin' 'em that he needs to settle with a woman. Snizzle my fizzle?"

"Oh no, not that." Naruto turned to the ebony haired man. "Sasuke-teme, you can't be serious. Are you in love with Sarina Karin?"

Sasuke's mind registered Naruto's words. He never has thought about that subject before.

He knew that he didn't want to lose Karin. Not right now anyway. Something in him told him that he had to keep Karin at his side. It was very rare for him to find a woman interesting and he should treasure that little value thing.

Maybe he is in love.

This was the first time that a woman had made him feel this way. He wasn't already tired of Karin after one night just like the other women.

So yeah, he could be in love.

"Dude, you're awfully quiet. So, are you?"

Onyx eyes moved upwards to see the serious faces of Kiba and Naruto who doesn't even like making serious facades.

"Yeah. I am."

- One month later, Uchiha mansion. -

It was dark outside, maybe 10 or 11 o'clock in the evening. The weather was hot like always but there was a nice cool breeze going through the air. The nocturnal insects were making serene music in the plants and bushes. An owl was howling making the night seem peaceful, yet eerie at the same time. A half full moon with thousands of little stars at his side lightened the sky. Every pair of eyes who looked up to them couldn't help but to look in awe.

Especially the pair of onyx and pair of crimson eyes that looked up to them right now.

"Ne, Sasuke, come and take a swim with me in your pool." Karin winked at her boyfriend who walked beside her and pointed to the huge open-pool that was in his Grand Garden.

Sasuke looked around, nobody, then nodded.

They both began stripping off of their clothes like two teenagers who're breaking in the neighbors pool to take an illegal dip.

Karin was the first who was finished and jumped with a black bra and matching thong of Victoria's Secret, into the cool water.

She giggled like a child when the liquid hit her skin. Her red hair instantly glued to her back and shoulders as she jerked her head towards Sasuke.

"Sasuke come on! The water is great!"

Said man smirked standing only his black boxers that's costume made by Armani.

Karin wasn't effected by his gorgeous, Greek-god like body for she has seen it many, many times before. Even without the boxers.

Sasuke dove head first into the water, swimming under the surface until he reached the half naked Karin and came up right in front of her. His wet hair glued like rat tails at his face and Karin run her hand through his silky but wet hair, getting the irritating bangs out of his eyes.

"There you go." She smiled, cupping his face with her lingering hand.

He couldn't help but smirk and kiss her for that little unimportant act.

"You know Sasuke," Karin said as she pulled back from his entrancing kiss. "It's precisely today that your friend has thrown that party on your yacht. And I've met you."

One side of Sasuke's lips curled up. "And today was the first time you went in my bed."

Karin laughed shortly. "That was… uuhm, five months ago? Since then the sex just became better and better."

Sasuke couldn't have agreed more.

Sakura walked through the Grand Garden, enjoying of the nature, the flowers and animals, and thinking of Sasuke.

She saw some fireflies fly gently around each other in the dark trees. She sighed, how she wished she was walking with Uchiha Sasuke right now. Enjoying the nature together, enjoying of each other.

She would cling to his strong muscled arm while he would smirk that sexy smirk of his in that flawless beautiful face. They would stare at the fireflies and the stars together while he embraced her from behind. Then they would go back upstairs to make sweet, sweet love.

Sakura sighed again when she suddenly heard the sound of splashing water and laughter.

What could that be? She thought while she sneaked on her tiptoes to the swimming pool.

She vaguely saw two figures in the water, one much taller than the other, but because she wasn't wearing her glasses she couldn't make out who it was. In the side pocket of her white apron, she grabbed her thick red glasses. Coming a little closer to hear what they were saying.

When she had the glasses on she gasped.

It was her boss; Uchiha Sasuke and his girlfriend Sarina Karin. And she was all over him.

"Five months is a very long time for me to stay with a woman, you know."

That was the voice of Sasuke. Sakura could recognize his voice out of thousands.

"Is it now? I can understand that, but… what are you exactly trying to say? I don't think you want to inform me at how long you actually stay with a woman, do you?"

Hmph, that Karin was a smartass was she?

"No." Sasuke answered. "I want you to marry me."

'Ooooh my God! H-he said it so casually!'

"Marry me?" Karin asked just as calm. "That's so sudden. I'm not exactly a girl who wants to bound with one person for eternity."

'Ooooh my God! I-is she rejecting him?'

"You're with me for five whole months now. I can give you anything you want. Our parents wouldn't have any rejections for this."

"I know. Does that mean I need to marry you?" She smirked. Toying with him.

Sasuke's eyes harden. "Do you love me?"

Karin's smirk grew. "Yes."

"And I love you."

'Ooooh my God! He said that he loved her!'

"So marry me."

Karin snaked her arms around Sasuke's neck and played with the back of his wet hair.

"Only if you promise me that I'll get a new car."

"Hn."

With that, Karin smiled and kissed her new fiancé.

"Inooo! Ino! Ino! Ino! OH MY GOD, INOOOO!" Sakura yelled, tears threaten to fall in the corner of her eyes.

"What?! What is it?!" Ino asked worried as she saw Sakura's sadden face, who was still wearing her glasses, or else she couldn't see at all with her blurry vision.

"He-he… oh God… He…"

"He, what?"

"Sasuke asked Karin to marry him!"

"He did what?!" Ino was beyond shock.

"They're engaged!"

Ino gaped at Sakura like fish out of water.

This… this was unbelievable. Uchiha Sasuke is engaged with a woman?

'Duh, it couldn't be a man…'

The point was that Sasuke, the notorious playboy Sasuke, who just can't stay with one woman longer than one night, is engaged? The same notorious playboy Sasuke who loves women? Different types of women?

Unbelievable.

Since Sasuke was a pro-businessman for his company he'd only been with women. Catching up for his youth because most of the time he was studying and trying to impress his father and step out of his brother's light.

But… he is actually settling with one woman and not entire Miami?

Un-freaking-believable.

Sakura sat down on the bed and tried to hold down her sobs.

What should Ino say?

Sakura had a crush on Sasuke from the first day she worked here, and now, she just heard him propose to a woman Ino thought he would never stay with. But who was she trying to lie? Sasuke would never even see a girl like Sakura stand, let alone, fall in love with. So she can't lie to Sakura say that it will be ok, because it won't.

Even if Sasuke doesn't marries Karin, he would just skip on to the next woman. And that will not be Sakura. Ino was sure of that.

There she was, saying a month or two ago that she hoped and thought that Karin and Sasuke will never stay together, she guessed they had proven her wrong.

It was all hopeless.

"Sakura… I… I…"

"You don't have to say anything." The pink haired woman whispered, putting her red glasses on the night stand. "I know. It'll be fine."

Ino blinked several times but chose to stay quiet. She hadn't anything to say to her best friend to make her feel good and she's definitely not going to lie.

"I'm sorry, Sakura." Ino said softly.

Sakura didn't even react to her words, but laid there completely still like she was asleep.

- Next day, Uchiha mansion -

"Sasuke, what's the meaning of this? Why do you call me and your mother to be here so urgent?" Fugaku slightly glared.

Sasuke said nothing but stared at his plate before him. He sat at the table eating his breakfast while his mother and father was before him, joining him in this early meal.

"Because today," Sasuke began calmly, still not looking his father or mother in the eye. "There is an important meeting."

"A meeting?" Fugaku's tone in his voice switched from half angry to almost content. "Is there now? Well, I can cooperate with that."

Sasuke knew that if he made it sound like it was a company meeting his father would be ok with it. Little did he know was that it was a private meeting, and he will see somebody today that he maybe doesn't like.

"I don't get why you've called us for a meeting. Really Sasuke, honey, those company business things are so stiff and boring. I can't stand them." Mikoto crunched her nose in disgust.

"Don't worry mom." Sasuke assured her.

"May I pronounce the arrival of Uchiha Itachi." Hanika Joshua said as Itachi came into the dining room with an impassive face.

"Mother, Father, you're here as well." It wasn't a question. Just a note out loud. "I see Sasuke has called for you too."

"Yes." Fugaku had small, lightly visible smirk on his robotic façade. "An important meeting later this day."

Important meeting?

Itachi fought the urge to arch his eyebrow.

He wasn't stupid, he knew. Whatever Sasuke has called for wasn't about the company, or else his mother wouldn't have tagged along with his father. She hated everything that was about business. That and the fact that Sasuke long since stopped discussing company matters with any of his relatives.

Shrugging it off with one jerk of his shoulders, he took a seat next to Sasuke.

"Little brother," He stated. "I assume that it's very important that you've even called me to join you today. That's so unlike you." He smirked. Knowing very well that his little brother doesn't like to be taunted in any way.

But Sasuke was as relaxed as him and smirked right back, making him look two drops of water like Itachi. "If you don't mind, big brother, I've decided that even you must participate in the meeting of today. I didn't call it important if it wasn't."

Content with Sasuke's smartass comment, he grabbed a piece of bread and some orange juice to join his parents with this meal.

"Oh, I'm always so glad if all my boys are with me. It makes me feel like a true family again. Such a long time ago that we all had joined together to eat breakfast." Mikoto smiled. Truly glowing because her whole family was there with here.

This is exactly how she always wanted it.

A servant came to grab the empty plates on the table.

"Haruno." Sasuke called.

The servant with the pink hair and the red thick glasses looked up to Mikoto and Fugaku's son.

"Yes?" She asked shyly, a light blush covering her cheeks.

"Can you bring me some more water?" Sasuke didn't bother to look up to her.

"S-sure, sir." The woman bowed and walked away.

"Hmm, Sasuke, honey, I think someone's in love with you." Mikoto grinned.

Sasuke's head shot up. "Who?"

Mikoto stared at her youngest son for a moment. Does he truly not see that the pink haired woman liked him must means that he was really blind.

Not wanting to betray the poor servants feelings by saying it out loud and embarrassing her, she just shook her head and shrugged it off.

"Nobody, my son. Nobody special."

It was not like Sasuke was going to fall for her ever anyway.

- Tatiana estate -

"Kiki I can't. He asked me to marry him. I can't do this to him."

"Karin, I know you don't love him."

"But I do. I do love him, and I accepted his proposal. I'm his fiancée, Kiki."

"Oh, if you love him so much, then why did you came to me all those months?"

"Kiki, that was pure-"

"No. It wasn't physical. Don't lie. And why are you here now?"

"To cut it off. I can't go on longer, especially if I'm going to marry him."

"Heh, your sure?"

"I… I think I am."

"You're not."

- That afternoon, Uchiha mansion -

"So you brought us to the backyard, for what? To look at little flowers?" Fugaku asked as he eyed the strange surrounding.

"No." Sasuke replied monotone.

"Why are there three other seats over?" Itachi inquired. He wasn't one to get fooled that easily.

Sasuke said nothing, cursing Itachi for all the things he pays attention to. Can't he just shut his mouth up for once?

"You two complain too much, I find it very nice that Sasuke has brought us outside for a late lunch." Mikoto eyed her husband, who was like always looking super impassive at everyone.

"Whatever." Itachi muttered.

Suddenly, Joshua walked up to the three. "Good afternoon." He greeted.

"Good afternoon, to you too." Mikoto was the only one who greeted back.

"Young, Mr. Uchiha." Joshua beckoned Sasuke to follow him.

Sasuke walked over to the head butler. "Are they here?" He asked when they were out of ear shot from his parents and brother.

"Yes, sir. Should I lead them to the Grand Garden and pronounce their arrival?"

Sasuke nodded. "Do that. Just bring them, don't pronounce them. I'll inform my parents myself."

Mr. Hanika bowed and left.

Sasuke turned back.

"The meeting is about to start, so prepare for some people's arrival." Sasuke announced.

"People that I already know?" Fugaku asked.

"Why should I be in this?" Mikoto asked right behind him.

"You all should be here because it's important for me."

"For you?" Fugaku asked like Sasuke's well being wasn't important at all. "I thought this was about the company."

"I never told you it was about the company. I said that it was a meeting. I didn't say it was a meeting about any business at all."

"Then you've called me for something insignificant?"

"It isn't insignificant, Fugaku. It's about our son. Show some affection." Mikoto frowned at her husband.

Sasuke and Itachi both held a snort for this. Affections? Fugaku? Ha! Not even if his life was depending on it! The word like 'affection' and 'Fugaku' couldn't ever be placed in the same sentence unless the words 'does not have' are between them. He didn't knew the meaning of that word. Never had and never will.

"Mom, father, Itachi," Sasuke called, getting all the attention of the said people. "You guys remember Karin right?"

"Yes." Sasuke's parents answered equally. Itachi nodded.

"Your girlfriend, right?" Mikoto shot him a teasing smirk.

"That gold digger right?" Fugaku followed.

"Uchiha Fugaku! I'm warning you. You will not speak that way, do you hear me!" Mikoto glared at him with an intensity of thousand burning suns.

And Fugaku kept himself in check then.

"What's with her?" Itachi asked bored.

"She's joining us for this lunch."

"Yeah, so? Why do we want to know that?" Itachi continued.

"With her parents."

Everyone went silent.

If a girl came with her parents and her boyfriend's parents were there too, then there must be something going on.

Itachi's mind went through some possibilities.

Either she's pregnant.

Or they want the family to meet the other for holidays and so they can move 'forward'.

Not a minute later, Karin showed up. Hugging Sasuke and giving him a chaste kiss on the lips.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Uchiha, Mrs. Uchiha and of course, Uchiha Itachi." Karin smiled friendly to each and every one of them.

Mikoto smiled as angelic as always and Sasuke smirked at that.

Fugaku's face was completely blank and unreadable as Sasuke assumed and Itachi flashed the red haired woman a smirk.

"Good to see you again sweetie, sit. Sit." Mikoto pointed to the nearest chair besides her.

"Oh, I'm here with my parents too." Karin turned.

They all followed her gaze to see a man and a woman, both dressed in very expensive clothes, with Joshua a little behind the couple.

The man, who wore a kaki colored Versace suit, had a brown Cuban cigar in the corner of his mouth, fine short black hair, and amused but hard amber looking eyes, stared back at them.

The woman, who wore a white exclusive mid-afternoon suit; existed of a skirt that reached her knees and a blazer, with long red hair that was pulled into a tight bun, was looking quite impassively to the other family.

Fugaku raised slowly to his feet when the older man and woman came into his vision. His dark eyes narrowed, taking a step towards them, crossing his arms and he groaned in his throat.

The man with the Cuban cigar in the corner of his mouth, took the same menacing step into their direction.

"Sarina…" Fugaku growled. "Kaori."

The said man, Sarina Kaori, smiled half-hearted when he heard his name drop in a venom like way. "Ah, Uchiha Fugaku. Long time no see. How's the life?" His voice, amused till no end, just like his eyes, still had something threaten in it. Like he can snap any moment.

"Perfectly fine. Thank you." Fugaku answered in total sarcasm.

"Haven't seen you or your lovely wife since Namikaze Minato's death, God rest his soul. I see that everything went indeed well for you. Just as your sons." He smirked.

Fugaku decided not to answer that, only because he saw the glare his wife shot him.

"We haven't seen you either, only heard a thing or two. But I assume you and your wife are peach ok." Mikoto answered for Fugaku, as she know that he was probably going to say something rude and stupid.

"Lana, how are you?" She followed.

Lana, the woman with the red hair and eyes so crimson as blood looked up. Not paying attention to her manicured nails anymore.

"Oh, I'm fine Mikoto. Nice for you to ask." And she looked down to her hand again.

"Gosh," Kaori interrupted. "Is that little Itachi?"

Itachi who was looking at the scene before him quietly snapped his head up to Karin's father. "I suppose I am." He said calmly.

"Not so little anymore I see. You were four or five years old the last time I saw you. Such a calm little boy you were. Not wanting to play with any of the other children at all. I always thought that there was something strange about you, but you turned out fine, just like your… father." His amber eyes moved to the furious Uchiha Fugaku.

He could see it in Fugaku's death glare that he just wanted to punch him in his face. He was pushing it, but this was so much fun. Besides, how many times can he get some amusement out of the perfect Uchiha family?

None. So he grabbed the first chance he got. And this was it.

"Sasuke was then a little baby. Crying in his mother's arms." He continued. But nothing came from Sasuke. Only a blank and rather cold stare.

Well, he was no fun.

"Yeah, our father became strong enough to even be a good competition for someone like you." Itachi shot back with the utter calmness his father should have too.

Kaori frowned. Not quite liking with Itachi meant with that comment. Neither he was so fun. He guessed they were true brothers after all.

"Well, I'm glad to hear that." Kaori told them, the mirth out of his tone.

"Fugaku, sit down." Mikoto hissed quietly so that nobody around them would hear her.

And with another growl in his throat, he obliged and sat down.

"Daddy, why don't you take a seat." Karin said to her father. She stood still against Sasuke looking at what was going down between the Uchihas and the Sarinas.

Kaori looked at the three empty seats that were left and chose the seat farthest away from Uchiha Fugaku. Karin's mother, Lana, walked without even looking anyone in the eye towards a chair next to her husband's.

Karin inwardly sighed. "This is going to be a whole lot more difficult then we speculated." Whispering to Sasuke.

The ebony haired male nodded. "Hn."

Sakura stood at a window, inside the Uchiha mansion, looking at the two families in the Grand Garden. She was sure that they couldn't see her but she could see them.

'They're going to announce the engagement here.' Sakura thought sad.

Her glasses slipped off the bridge of her nose and with one finger, she shoved it back up.

She had to wear them now or else she couldn't see a thing of what was going on down there.

Although she wished she didn't had her glasses on right now, so she wouldn't have to see all the hugs and chaste kisses Karin and Sasuke were sharing.

"Hey forehead, what are you looking at?" Ino walked up to her with a groom in her hands.

She was probably cleaning some room, like it should, instead of spying on people.

"Ssh, Ino-pig, I'm trying to look."

"Look at what?" Ino came to stand next to her pink haired friend to see what exactly she was looking at.

"You're not supposed to be sneaking around to eavesdrop."

"How can I eavesdrop if I can't hear one single word what they're saying?" Sakura arched her brows.

"Jeez, it's just a matter of speech. The point is you're not supposed to be here." The platinum blond haired woman frowned.

"Well, neither do you."

"Oh, I'm just here to-"

"You two!" They heard a yell in an awful voice from a very awful person. "What are you two doing here? You need to clean, come on, you know your chores." Marina walked up to the two housemaids who were half paying attention to her and glancing out of the window.

Her black long hair strode behind her proudly, swinging softly from left to right with the soft wind she created of the long strides towards the two women.

"What are you two looking- Oh my god! Is that the Uchihas and the Sarinas together?" She screeched. Not believing her chocolate brown eyes.

"Yes." Both Ino and Sakura confirmed.

"What are they doing? And why is that Karin-bitch still hanging onto my Sasuke?" Marina hissed. Glaring hard to the back of the red haired female.

"Your Sasuke?" Ino chuckled.

Marina turned her glaring brown eyes to the other female at her side. "Yeah, you heard me correctly, my Uchiha Sasuke. I know that it won't take long for him to break up with that ugly wrench over there, and then it's my turn."

"Well, you can forget about Sasuke being yours because, and I hope you hear me correctly, for your information, your Sasuke is going to announce his engagement with Miss Sarina Karin, right here."

"WHAAAAAAAAT?!" Marina screamed her throat out, making her voice hoarse like hell when she continued. "He is going to marry that witch! Impossible! No way! No freaking way!" Marina's breath became uneven, like she'd just run miles and miles non-stop. "I can't believe it…" She took a breath. "He-he's actually… keeping... that whore… around."

"I wouldn't call her a whore, because after they are married, you are the one who needs to serve them, clean their bedroom, on the bed they had sex in, and not much later, you have to clean the bedrooms of the little Uchihas running around." Ino grinned evilly, rubbing it in, in Marina's face.

Although, she had no idea that she was hurting the quiet Sakura too.

"No, no, no, no, no!" Marina shook her head, as in shaking her herself, trying to get out of this nightmare.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. It's all true,"

Here's where Ino's face came closer to Marina's, and whispered; "And there's nothing that you can do about it."

Marina looked up to Ino's face with terrifying eyes. It was like she saw the most horrible thing happen, an apocalypse, the blue moon, walking zombies, all together. This was worse than anything bad that had ever happened in history.

The thought of Sasuke and Karin together, married, made Marina sick. She felt her whole lunch coming up again, her vision became slightly blurry, and her head began to turn.

"Marina, you suddenly look so pale, are you alright?" Ino faked a concerned voice. Like she could actually give a shit about how Marina felt. The worse the better.

"I-I need a bathroom…" The black haired woman turned on her heel, run away with her hand on her mouth.

Ino grinned proudly of herself. Feeling totally victorious of what she did to Marina.

"That was a little cruel." Sakura said softly behind Ino.

"Ah man, she deserved it. That's what you get if you act like a total biatch."

Sakura knew that the platinum blond was right, but the words she had spoken that was meant to hurt Marina, has hurt her as well. She felt guilty, because she knew what Marina was going through right now. Seeing the man that she had a crush on, or even fell madly in love with, just like her, is going to marry someone else right in front of you.

And the pain isn't pleasant. Not pleasant at all.

"Yeah, but still…"

"Come on Sakura, don't tell me you're choosing her side, remember all those times she has treated us like shit."

"I know… but you have to understand that-"

Just when Sakura was about to explain to Ino how she and Marina exactly felt, they heard a loud yell coming from the Grand Garden on the other side of the glass.

"YOU ARE WHAT?!"

Both Fugaku and Kaori raised to their feet. Their chairs falling in the grass behind them.

"You're what?!" They repeated.

"Engaged, daddy." Karin smiled softly while holding Sasuke's hand.

The younger Uchiha stared blankly up into his father's glaring eyes, not even blinking in the least.

"This is absurd." Fugaku lowered his voice, only not his tone. He was beyond furious.

"I can assure you father, it isn't." Sasuke replied as calm as a light breeze.

Fugaku's eyebrows twitched. "Sasuke…" He growled low.

"Karin, princess, tell me you're kidding." Kaori settled his amber eyes on his daughter who looks a lot like her mother.

"We're not, daddy. We're actually going to marry."

"Not going to happen." Fugaku shot at her.

"Sit down and shut your pie-hole." Mikoto who just recover from her shock took her husband back on a leash.

"Absolutely not." He protested. "Mikoto, your son is getting married with… -he's getting married! Can you accept that?" Although Fugaku was somebody who was born to be steady and controlled at all times, this was a little too much of what his bucket could carry. His voice rose again as he snapped at his wife.

"Yes, I accept that. And you will too if you know what's good for you." Mikoto hissed through clenched teeth. "Our son is a grown up, smart man who knows exactly what he's doing."

Sasuke smirked at his mother. Now he remembers why he loved his mother more than his father. She always supported him.

Mrs. Uchiha faced her youngest son. "You do know what you're doing, right?" She asked, as if insecure of what she stated before.

Sasuke nodded in confirmation. His mother grew that angelic smile of hers that Sasuke loved. "Then I'm glad for both of you." Her dark eyes moved to Sasuke's fiancée. "You have my blessings."

"Thank you." Karin smiled back.

"Well princess, what can I exactly say?" Kaori gave up, he wasn't about to protest or make a whole scene like Fugaku did. His daughter made the decision, it was her life, so what could he do about it?

"I just hope you're happy." Lana, who was still checking her nails, said to her.

It was like she didn't care what her daughter has just informed her. Like her nails -or rather herself, was more important than her own child.

"I am. Really."

"Then you have my blessings too, princess." On Kaori's face came a ghost of a smile.

"The same of what your father said." Lana stated indifferent.

"Oh, thank you, mom and dad." Karin jumped up and hugged her father, knowing that her mother would do no such thing.

"I should congratulate you, little brother." Itachi smirked, finding this more amusement than ever. "You and my future sister-in-law."

Sasuke found the way Itachi commented a little suspicious, like he was mocking him, but he knew his brother was sincere.

Itachi won't say anything if he didn't meant it.

Karin glowed when Itachi dropped the word 'sister-in-law'. She couldn't believe that she was going to be related to the Uchiha family.

"Hn. Congratulations." Fugaku mumbled.

Mikoto glared at him with a look in her eyes that was clearly saying; 'Give-them-your-blessings-damn-it-or-else…'

"Phff, you two have my blessings." Fugaku added, brooding almost immediately.

Karin shot him a smile. "Thank you, Mr. Uchiha."

"Oh, you can call him Fugaku if you like."

Fugaku whipped his head towards his wife, mentally cursing her for saying that. He could at least enjoy of the respect that she showed him. Even that his wife must crack.

"So…" Itachi began. "Have you two set a date?"

- Miami, Tatiana estate -

"Kiki, why have you called me?" Karin brushed a lock of red hair behind her ear.

"Letting you know that us," He pointed to the space between them. "Isn't over."

"Kiki listen to me, I-"

"No." The tall man walked over to Karin and grabbed her waist. She gasped at the action.

He brought his lips to the side of her face, his hot breath fanning against the shell of her ear.

The warmth was sending pleasurable shivers down her spine, goose bumps reached her skin.

He was having this effect on her.

"Kiki… stop." She whimpered.

He placed a kiss on her jaw. "Why? It always felt good, it always felt perfect."

She felt his wet tongue lick the hallow of her neck. She tried with all her might not to moan out loud.

"Kiki, I… I didn't come here… to… to do this." She closed her red eyes. He was bringing her to heaven with that wicked tongue of his.

"Why should I stop?" He said between the kisses that he trailed from her neck to her collarbone. "You're clearly enjoying it."

"I... I can't. I won't." She breathed out.

The man smirked against her skin. "You may be able to reject me, love, but your body is still reacting to my touch. It wants me."

She didn't even notice that he backed her against the wall.

"Kiki, I'm engaged." She moaned out.

His hand slipped under her shirt. "So? That has never stopped you before."

"Don't-"

"Shh. Just enjoy," He whispered. "Like always."

- That same day, Uzumaki's Mansion -

"Whoa. What?!" The obnoxious blond was shocked. "You're totally lying to me!" Naruto stood with a accusing finger towards his best friend. His jaw dropped on the floor.

"I'm not." Sasuke's facial expression was bored as hell.

"Yo my homeboy, Sasuke-G-man is gettin' hitched. Nevah though this day would cum." Kiba grinned.

"Man, getting married is so troublesome." Shikamaru sighed as he stared up to the ceiling.

"What do ya not find troublesome?" Kiba asked to his lazy friend.

"Everything."

"Wow teme, I can't believe it. You're actually getting married. And to think that you of all people is getting married first. I mean I can see Shikamaru step into the love-boat before you." Naruto noted.

Sasuke half glared towards the blue-eyed fellow.

But sure enough, Naruto had a point. Nobody would've expected that the cold, emotionless, far-distance, yet womanizer was strangely enough the first one to get married. It wasn't like him, but all the nerves in his body told him that what he did was the right thing.

"For once, I am agreeing with the idiot. It is indeed unlike you, Uchiha." Neji pointed out. Earning a 'Hey!' from Naruto.

Sasuke made a growling sound. "Accept it, because it is so."

There was pause between all the five men until, of course, Naruto broke it.

"How did your father react?"

Sasuke chuckled as he remembered his father's face as they -mostly Karin- broke the news.

"How do you think?"

Naruto began to snicker like a child. He could already see how Fugaku is ready to hang both Sasuke and Karin any time. "He'd freaked out, huh?"

"Hn." The ebony haired man confirmed with a smirk of his own.

"I am happy for you, bastard. As you can have sex now any time you want without breaking a sweat." He smiled, sincerely smiled because he was truly happy for his best friend. Although his smile had a hint of perverseness in it.

"I always got sex without having to break a sweat."

Neji turned to hit him on the back of his head. "Idiot."

"Ouch!"

"Naruto…" Sasuke called him a moment later.

The said blond looked up as he rubbed his sore spot.

"What?"

"You're going to be my best man."

Slowly, a huge grin crept on Naruto's face.

"Of course I do, and you better believe it!"

Sakura was cleaning the wine caller in the Uchiha's mansion. And let her tell you that the wine caller wasn't exactly the smallest of callers.

Cleaning this on her own with her two hands, a bucket with soap water, a sponge and a piece of cloth to dust off all the spider webs of the wine bottles.

It was her chore for today and because Marina just loved to tease them, her specifically, she was sent alone to clean the entire caller.

"It's good for you." Marina had said. "Someone like you, someone as ugly as you, should be hidden away like every rat. So this chore is perfect, don't you agree? At least there no one will come and we don't have to suffer in your… beauty. Like my dear Sasuke will ever go in there. So stay in the dark, where you belong." Marina had thrown her the piece of cloth and laughed. Walking away to sent Ino into something awful. It was payback time.

The rising dust tickled the inside of Sakura nose, she sneezed hard, and the red glasses almost slipped off of the bridge of her nose.

Stupid Marina… She cursed in her mind. This was plainly cruel, and although she didn't hate her, as she couldn't hate anyone, she did dislike her very, very much.

Hate was such a strong word to say to somebody. Hate was wrong and in her sense, evil. You can't hate somebody that is a human just like you. Who has and does mistakes, regrets and even if they did some very wrong actions which can lead to make someone hate another, that person did it for a reason. It may not be the best reasons, selfish reasons even, but to hate somebody, really hate somebody like Ino refers that she does with Marina, Sakura couldn't.

It was simply not her nature. She couldn't. No matter how bad someone's character is, just like Marina. Sakura saw the goodness in everybody. Even in Marina, and that pissed Ino off.

"How can you say that Marina has some good deep down?" Ino had asked her once, when Sakura told her. "She's an evil bitch who feeds off from people's misery. That's why she picks on everyone and everything, except Sasuke."

Still, Sakura couldn't find it in her heart to hate Marina. She was sure, that deep down, inside that façade of a hardcore woman, lay somebody who plainly needs a hug and attention. Maybe she had a rough youth, that's why she became the way she is now. And it's just wrong to hate that. It's wrong to give her more of a bad time than she already had for the most of her life.

Ino didn't care for all that, when Sakura explained that to her, she said that if that's really the case she would have sit and thought about all her words and actions because she's ruining other people's life too. "She didn't like what they did to her in the past, then she don't has to do it to other people either." Ino had a point, Sakura thought, but anyhow, hating Marina was off her list.

She would not ever.

And because she never would, Ino will. Hating double, for Sakura and herself.

Sakura soaked the yellow half-broken sponge into the lukewarm soapy water. There were a lot of bottles that needs to be taken care of, and she knew that this would take more than a day to finish.

She already did the 'normal' wine section and she was now cleaning the 'super-expensive' wine bottles. She did extra careful, not wanting to break one of bottles that cost more than she earned in a month.

She grabbed the first bottle that came into view.

Chteau Haut Brion Pessac - Lognan, Sakura read.

A wine that she had never heard before but sounds like chic. 1982, kind of old, she thought, must taste better. She turned the bottle around, reading the inscription behind, but stopped at the first sentence. It was completely in French. Looking more down she saw that there were numbers below the etiquette.

528. 'As in dollars?!' Sakura whistled low.

Damn, why do they even buy such expensive wine? Like they would ever drink it? It will only stand here, catch dust year in and year out.

She quickly swept with the sponge over the bottle, getting rid of the dust and spider webs then neatly returned the bottle back.

She looked up, and at the top shelve were 3 bottles. She grabbed the one at the left. The wine bottle itself had a weird shape, it was smaller than the rest of the bottles but it was also heavier. Holding it with both hands, she read the title of this rather remarkable wine.

Chtau Le Pin Pomerol, a bottle from 1999, which isn't that old like the first. Below stood the words; Moka, which means; Mocha and the word; Black Cherry. A weird combination to make a wine.

Just as weird as the shape.

Curious to look if there was a price on the bottle just like the first, she turned the bottle 180 degrees to the right.

908. Wow.

This was just downright absurd. She cleaned it faster than anything before something wrong happened.

Then she grabbed the completely white-glass made bottle on the right, that stood on some mini-version of a cushion. Apparently, they didn't want anything to happen with this one.

It's shape was long and round, another strange shape to give a wine bottle but this one was beautiful. It was made of the same glass that's used for a window, hence the white-glass. You could see the dark but rich color of the red wine that was filled till the neck of the bottle. Taken it out off the mini-cushion, she stared at the title.

Dom. Romane Conti. Short name. From the year 1997, a little older than the last she had in her hand and that's why it was of see-through glass.

There was a signature below of somebody who wrote it down with a black pen, probably the person who made this wine. 'For you.' Written in English.

Carefully she turned the bottle the other way around, seriously curious how much this bottle had cost.

1,540 dollars. She gaped at the bottle with mouth wide open, not believing that a bottle that had a liquid in it that probably tasted like every other red wine out there -She could never taste the difference- could cost this much.

And the Uchihas had actually bought it. They really had too much money to spend. With half shaken hands she had put the bottle back on its place when the door of the caller opened.

She quietly squeaked, happy that she put the most expensive bottle the Uchihas owned back before somebody catches it in her hands. Quickly she grabbed some random bottle and began dusting it off, just like she did with the first ones. A person with heavy steps came from behind her, walking directly into her direction.

Who it was, she didn't know, as she stood with her back towards the entrance and exit of the caller.

Suddenly, a cold breeze touched her back, it was invisible and nobody particular did it, but it was creepy and she wished she was out of there.

This person, for whoever it was, stopped a little behind her.

It was so quiet in that big, but damp and dark caller, that she could hear the breathing of this person. It was calm and steady, breathing through its nose. The hairs of Sakura's back stood up, but she continued cleaning the bottles like this person wasn't having a effect on her in any way.

She was good in acting, she concluded. Only she herself didn't notice that her own breathing became heavy, purely because she was nervous and didn't had the guts to turn around and see who came in. What she did knew though, was that whoever stepped foot in here just now, wasn't any maid or butler, or else they would've have called her by now. Touched her, anything. And because she knew that this wasn't anyone of the servants of Uchihas household, she became more nervous.

If it wasn't a servant, then it must be somebody of the Uchiha family.

Sakura quietly gulped, feeling her heartbeat rating go a little faster, adrenaline mixing with her blood as she now tried to keep her breathing in check. The person behind her moved, the clothes betraying it's movements, an arm, a long strong arm, reached above her, and grabbed just that ultra-expensive window-glass made bottle with the handwritten inscription 'For you' on it.

The arm and the bottle retrieved and Sakura followed, going to look for herself who entered.

Her emerald eyes met deep onyx ones, that were set into the beautiful yet dangerous-looking face of Uchiha Sasuke.

"M-Mr. Uchiha." She spurred, completely taken by surprise that Sasuke was in here.

"Hn. Haruno." He replied, his onyx eyes that didn't gave her any attention anymore went back to the bottle in his big hands.

What the hell was he doing here? Nobody has been in the wine caller for… like… years and now he's here exactly at the same time that she's been assigned to clean it.

Great. Just, great.

Not that she was glad that he had remember her name, even if it was her surname, she just didn't want to be in here while she was dirty, and had her huge glasses on.

Although he didn't seem to mind, but then again, he wasn't noticing her anyhow. He was reading the title, she saw, his onyx eyes wandering over the white with gold etiquette of the beautiful wine bottle.

A smirk reached his oh-so kissable lips as he kept staring at the wine.

With a satisfied, "Hn." He walked back to the door, the same one he came in with.

Sakura followed his retrieving back with her eyes, seeing at how straight and proud he walks. And she couldn't help when her gaze fell on his ass that was, by the way, perfect in those jeans.

She shook her head. How the heck was she able to think that? Oh my god!

Sasuke's hand reached the doorknob and turned. Only…

The door didn't open.

"The fuck?" Sasuke muttered when he tried again, with no use, the brown -almost black door stayed closed.

Sakura fully turned to him. "Is there something wrong, Mr. Uchiha?" Sakura asked softly, afraid now because he cursed.

"That damned door won't open." He growled. Calm yet angry.

'Oh-ooooh…' Sakura thought. They were stuck in here? Together?

Sasuke tried to turn the doorknob again, but no success at all. It stayed closed.

"Fucking hell." Sasuke started to bonze on the door, hoping that anyone would hear him. "Is anyone there!" He yelled. Unbelievable that nobody heard him.

But he knew, they were in the basement, where nobody ever comes. Karin was out, shopping he suppose, and he didn't tell anybody else that he came in here.

Damn it, they were really stuck in here. And he didn't know for how long. The door was old, and apparently you can easily open it up from outside, but from the inside is another story.

He cursed again, under his breath this time. Not only is he stuck in here, he is also stuck with that maid. Haruno Sakura.

He turned again, with a look that said enough; 'We're really freaking stuck in here.'

Sakura felt like this was her fault, his eyes were like accusing her, for not telling him that this door was stuck. But she didn't knew. So, she lowered her head.

Feeling once again that the dust entered her nose, she sneezed, twice, one right after the other.

She quickly glanced up to Sasuke's face to see his expression and it was rather… disgusted.

"I-I'm sorry sir."

"For what?" He asked monotone, yet he still sounded pissed.

"For not knowing that the door couldn't open from the inside." She said regrettably, heaving her glasses up with one finger.

"Did you knew?"

"No, that's why-"

"Then leave it."

And she left it with that.

An awful, cold and uncomfortable silence came. What is she supposed to say now? She knew for sure that Sasuke would never start a conversation, and definitely not with her. She saw that he still had the wine bottle in his right hand.

"It's better if you put the wine back on it's place sir, at least for now, until we get… saved." Sakura breathed in and out.

Talking to Sasuke was going to be a piece of cake, she told herself.

Well, actually lying to herself. She knew as green as grass was, that if she talked to a brick stone it would be more easier to get a response from it than from Sasuke.

Sasuke turned to the pink haired woman and almost glared to her.

Was she telling him what to do? Like hell he would obey for whatever she had to say, even though it was a friendly warning. But he was already pissed so he will take everything in the wrong way in this state.

"What?" He snarled, fully glaring at the poor pink haired maid. "What did you say?"

"Uuhm, n-nothing s-sir. I-I only me-meant that as pre-precaution." She stuttered, completely frightened by that glare he was sending her way.

"Hn." He calmed back down. Rather forcing himself to, this wasn't the time to put all his anger on her. It was a sweet gesture and he didn't had to act like a total ass.

Sasuke turned with his back against the door and slide down. Sitting on the hard floor. "We'll be in here for a while."

The woman only nodded, and did the same.

- One hour later -

This hour has been gone in silence. It was awful how Sakura had to sit there in this driving-crazy situation with a much more silencer Sasuke right across of her. He looked at everywhere except her, mostly on the wine he still had in his hand.

This was madness, only an hour and it looked like eternity. How long is it going to take?

"Uuhm, sir? Can I ask you something?"

Sasuke didn't reply but did set his eyes on her, giving her the sign that she could go ahead.

"What was the time exactly when you came in here?" She asked slowly, trying not to get him angry like before.

"Two-fifteen. Means, must be something around Three-thirty."

She nodded. It wasn't so hard, to talk to him, let's see if she could go a little further.

"H-how did Miss Sarina's birthday go?"

Sasuke looked at her as if he wasn't sure if he should answer. He wasn't one that talked to maids much, especially not after that whole fan girl scene of Marina and several before her. But she seemed ok. She hadn't done anything weird, like stealing one of his boxers or his tooth brush or lick the glass he drank of.

"Good." He only said. Sure, she was not him-obsessed, but that didn't mean he had to go socializing with her.

"I expect you gave her… something value to her."

"Hn."

Ok, this was going nowhere.

"I gave her a necklace."

Sakura mentally smiled, he responded in more than one word. By himself! Good boy.

"One that was already yours… or a new onw?" Slowly she grew confident to talk more.

"Mine."

He saw how her face fell when he stayed quiet after that one word. He decided that this would be an once in a lifetime doing by actually having a regular conversation with a maid. After all, who knows how long they will stay stuck in here together.

"Me and Naruto had won one necklace when we were younger at private school. I've forgot of what, probably something stupid if I did it with that dobe, but I had it ever since." He said monotone and rather bored.

Sakura nodded again. She knew, of course, Naruto. Well, only by face. He was that hyperactive, loud, chaotic, talk-a-lot blond that comes so many a times here at Sasuke's mansion. A.k.a, Uchiha Sasuke's best friend.

When Ino told her that this blond, who was very attractive in his own way, was Sasuke's best friend, Sakura wouldn't believe her. They were like total opposite. Night and day, warm and cold. Sasuke was the quiet one while Naruto was the noisy one.

How the hell were they best friends?

It was a whole mystery and Ino calls it one of the seven world wonders. Sakura couldn't agree more.

They had fights all the time, about the most stupid things, yet an hour later, they were inseparable. Naruto was the only one who could get Sasuke to talk more than one sentence and it was, frankly, rather funny to see.

And even though their fights were almost on 24/7, together they were the best of the best. Nobody could say a word against the two. Nobody could do something against the two, and Sakura admired them.

They were friends since diapers and nothing changed from then.

Friends till the end.

And Naruto had his own fair share of looks. He was almost as tall as Sasuke. Keyword; Almost. As Sasuke was a little over 6'3 foot, Naruto almost was as tall. Probably 6'2 or something.

His body was to die for, just like Sasuke's. Yes, Sakura has seen them when Naruto took a dip into Sasuke's pool on a very hot day and almost fainted when she saw both Sasuke, Naruto and the other amazing-looking friends of his, shirtless.

Ino had drooled all over that day. She even claimed that she had an orgasm standing when she saw them all.

"Miss Sarina had loved it right?"

"More than I could say." And he really couldn't, because Karin thanked him a minute later on the bed.

"I hope I can congratulate you with your engagement, sir."

Sasuke nodded.

"That bo-bot…" She couldn't finish as she sneezed hard again. Her glasses falling of her nose on the ground. "Oh bugger." She cursed looking for her glasses again. As she stood up, to turn that little light on that was dangling somewhere on the ceiling to look better, she felt as if she has kicked something.

Sakura sighed. Knowing very good that she had just kicked her glasses into some direction and it would be very hard to find now. Especially because it was already dark in the caller and her vision wasn't 100 percent clear.

Not knowing which direction to turn, she heard Sasuke fake a cough. "Ahem."

Sakura turned towards him, seeing him standing quite close to her. "Oh, sir?"

He waved her glasses before her face. She blushed like an idiot and took it softly from his hands.

Their fingers connected for a second.

A very long second, Sakura thought. Feeling electricity bolts warming her up, growing very hot right now.

She become a shade redder, like an imbecile and put the glasses back on. Realizing that Sasuke was in fact standing in her personal bubble, she automatically took a step back. "T-thank y-you, sir." She mumbled.

"Hn."

They stood there for a while, Sakura staring at the ground, finding it suddenly very interesting, and Sasuke's gaze rested on the only small window that brought little sunlight, not enough to light the entire caller.

Sakura looked a little up, seeing how the wine bottle was still in his hands. Trying to return the favor she asked; "S-shall I put that safely back on its place, sir. Only to make sure nothing happens to it."

Sasuke raised the bottle as did Sakura's head.

"Hn. You're probably right, I need to save this for our wedding day."

'Oooh, that's why he came down here and took just that bottle. It's for their wedding day.'

Sakura thought a little sad, but happy most of all.

"Let me." She expanded her hands, ready to take the bottle to put it neatly back on its place on the mini-cushion.

Slowly, Sasuke gave her the bottle.

Just as Sakura got the bottle in her hands, still feeling the warmth of Sasuke on the wine, she felt a sneeze coming again.

"Mr. Uchiha take the bott-" But it was too late. She sneezed and she sneezed hard. Salvia of her flew everywhere onto Sasuke's face, shirt and hands.

The ultra expensive bottle…

Fell out of her hands.

From then on, everything went in slow-motion. The bottle turned 3 times in the air when it connected to the ground with a loud 'Crack'.

This wasn't the same case as the Spa water and the glass. Luckily for her in that time, the glass actually didn't break. It only fell… this time the 1,540 dollars bottle fell…

And broke.

A/N; Whahahahahhaha Evil laugh Whahahahahaha! This is sooo….

You have to fill the blank. I found it a great idea to break the 1,540 dollar wine bottle and I snickered like an idiot when the idea popped up into my head. (P.S The wine bottles are real though but not the shape I've given them) I have to stop it here or else nobody want to read the next part, besides I have given you a lot of pages if you ask me.

Yes, me too found the 'They-got-stuck-together' so cliché, but I had to put in something that had a little to do with Sakura and Sasuke. This little part of Sasuke beginning to 'talk' to Sakura is called; bonding. Ra, ra who wouldn't have guessed?

Ok, explaining time.

First off is Marina. I hope you hate her now more then with the first chapter and when Ino rubbed that engagement part in her face, I hope you felt as good as I did. Yup, me too hate my own OC but that kind of was the point.

Secondly is Karin. For in fact, if you didn't notice, she is cheating on Sasuke with this Kiki person. Who he exactly is, will come in later chapters, I hope this upcoming, but you will know who he is. In the story I based this plot on, Acorralada, the dude is also called Kiki. I liked that name, it's funny and rolls of your tongue quite easily so I let him as he is.

Karin is screwing around with this Kiki for months now, let's say as long as she was with Sasuke or maybe more. And by the looks of it she still can't resist Kiki, now can she? The slut!

Anyway, by all means, I've put Minato in this chapter, you guys must know that he's a hero everywhere and he's like the hottest Hokage who ever was! I love him and by the words of Sarina Kaori, Karin's OC father, I've sent him a R.I.P. Once again I say; I love you, Minato-sama.

Oh yeah, before I forgot, did you guys like how I made Kiba? He's my little gangster, the guy of the street. But I will explain that in another chapter. I just love the talk and I should give the honor to Xzibit with his 'X- to the Z-' phrase. Other then that thank you Snoop Dogg, and Fatman Scoop, and all the gangster-movies I've seen. I couldn't have done it without you.

And do not forget… Sex is one of the most wonderful things in the world, so why not write about it? Wink, wink

'There's a thin line between coincidence and faith.' - That hot Arab guy. The Mummy 2

In the Palms of My Hands

Acorralada

To Be Continued..

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