A.N : OMG guys, thank for all the support. Means alot to me.
There's few mistakes here and there .The whole publishing thing is all very confusing sometimes :\\ .
Just to make clear of somethings. A lot might wonder how Sakura couldn't recognize Sasuke.
Sasuke change a lot in a way.
Younger Sasuke has (zoro-like) midnight blue hair. I repeat,not black,it's midnight blue.
Future Sasuke is how he looks now in manga,jet black with a chicken butt hairstyle.:)
p.s: Has been listening to Rolling in the Deep,Jar of hearts and Someone like you while writing.I feel that it fits perfectly on how Sakura feels actually :
Disclaimer:I do not own naruto or any of it's characters.
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Insult
"Okasan..." Takumi sat on their dinning table,looking nervous as he opens his mouth to ask.
"Hm...?What is it,Taku-chan?" Sakura was busy chopping the vegetables for today's dinner.
"...n..nothing.."
Feeling her son's discomfort,she stopped at her chopping to turn around and look at him.
'He does look like his father sometimes...'
'Takumi,remember what okasan taught you,if something's bothering you, you speak out,no matter if it is me or Kaka-sensei, keeping all those thoughts inside your tiny heart will only make it worse."Sakura couldn't stand the sad look on Takumi's face,so she brought her slim fingers and tickled him.
"Ahahhahahhahahha...O..Ka..Sann..Yame..te..yo...HAhahahahha" Takumi joyous laughter rang through out the whole room.
Sakura pinched his chubby cheeks and kissed on them lightly.
"Don't make sad face anymore , or else I'll tickle you more " Sakura ended it with a some sort of evil laugh.
"Hai"
Smiling, she got up and continued with her chopping.
"So,Takumi,what is it you wanted to talk to me about?"
There was a slight pause when he spoke.
"..Our school's going to have a Parent's Day soon...and... " Takumi looked away before continuing "Ueki made fun of me..."
Her breath hitched at her throat.
Her chopping stopped for a second when she heard him mentioned Parent's knew where the topic was heading , even though they had many talks about it,it was still unerving to bring it up again.
"What did Ueki said,Takumi"
"...He said...I don't have Otousan...He said Otousan didn't want me...He said I...was left at a orphanage..." Takumi started to get teary but he didn't want to let it out.
That's how Takumi was,always tried to stay strong when he was suppose to be what 5 year olds ,seek comfort from their parents,wonder about life ahead.
Squatting infront of him,Sakura stared at his glistering black orbs and pouty lips as he continue keeping his tears at bay.
She was so proud of him.
Never once did Ueki stop pestering him, yet there were no words of fights between them.
Her eyes softened ,she couldn't stand seeing him like this.
She blame herself. For not giving Takumi a normal complete family.
A complete family with a dad.
Reaching out , she lifted him off the chair and onto her lap,placing his tiny head on her chest as she move her fingers through his silky hair.
"Takumi, look at me" Sniffing a little, he raise his head to look at his mother.
" You are my little hero, my world ,my life,my little sea. Do you know how proud okasan is with you?" Her vision was getting blurry but she continued "Takumi, do you remember what's the meaning of your name? " she waited for his response.
He nodded ,smiling "A sea with water crystal clear" ('Ta' is clear, 'Umi' is Sea )
"En, you are always my little sea ,so clear so bright." pausing she continued
"Ne..Taku-chan"
"Nani..okasan?"
"Do..do you hate kaasan?...For not giving you a Otosan.." She chocked out as she hugged him,not wanting him to notice her tears.
Eyes widening,Takumi shook his head violently.
"Takumi will never hate okaasan! Never! I don't need a Otosan! Okaasan wa saiko!" He squeal and hugged his mother in a bear hug.
Eyes brimming with tears. Sakura was content. Both of them were content with their lives.
Never did they thought.
That someone would tear them apart one day.
It was time for work. It was time to go back that damned place.
Sakura waited at her doorstep as she watched Takumi got into the kindergarten mini bus.
Before heading off to work.
Normally she was always happy to go to work. It was like her own personal time with co-workers and friends after giving birth to Takumi.
WAS.
Now...she's not looking forwards working there.
'But..' she told herself 'She wouldn't give him the joy of seeing her suffer, seeing her crumble because it seems like he had change into a sadistic than the guy she once love...WAIT.. scracth that... They are two completely different guys." she thought angrily
She glared at the building in front of her .
For the sake of Takumi.
She,Haruno Sakura, isn't going to be played with by the likes of him.
Fingers drumming on his table.
A frown on his pretty face.
His thin brows were furrowed .
Uchiha Sasuke wasn't amuse.
A annoyed sigh broke through his lips.
It has been 3 days, and that fuking genius of his hadn't shown up.
'Damn that Shikamaru...Where the bloody hell is he and my information.'
His patience was running on very thin ice. He was in a very sour mood.
Just his luck,his annoying crazy assistant came crashing in...and making a lot of loud noise.
"BASTARDDDDD,look what I got you " Naruto said while lifting his hands , it was files.
Naruto laughed at Sasuke's face. He looked like he's been going through shit lately.
"Stop your joking and bring it here,what took Shikamaru so long...that bloody genius should have it done by yesterday" His sharp eyes notice the nervous look of Naruto.
His eyes narrowed.
"Naruto" it was threatening.
"W..wwhat...It's.. not..my fault... It was weird of you to check on someone...None other than her too..soo... I just...er...reading some of it.."Naruto laughed nervously with one of his hand on his head.
With a deadly glare , he snatched the files away from Naruto's hands.
*flip*
Name : Haruno Sakura
Age : 23
Has been in the company for 6 months now, promoted by Hyuga Neji.
Reason:Very responsible and gets her work done at time.
Currently lives in a apartment under the to be living alone.(Shikamaru left out the kid, he thinks its one of the neighbor's , he only watched them for 2 days.)
Seldom goes out ,except for grocery shopping.
His eyes wasn't a lot of information,he was somewhat expecting more.
One more thing.
Hyuga. He was the one promoted her?
Hyuga Neji was the one in charge of his company after his one year disappearance.
His dad found fitting for him to be in charge even though the Hyuga was also one of Uchiha's rival ,his dad had found faith in him, knowing that he wouldn't betray the company.
It irked him to no end to always find a Hyuga in his company.
He confronted his father about the possibility of spying or gathering information.
His father shrugged it out saying for years he knew Neji, and knew how Neji hated his own family,knew how he was treated in the Hyuga family for being the third son of a mistress.
Still Sasuke couldn't registered in his wanted to badly the man out of his company.
He did confront Neji once.
Neji had made it clear that his loyalty was bound to his father, he would serve the man that saved him from his own misery.
It bothered Sasuke to no end.
Now? Knowing that Sakura was promoted by him only makes things much complicated.
Did Hyuga knew the relationship he had with Sakura ? Was he trying to get him dethrone by using a girl to play with him? Was Neji trying to make a fool out of him? Was he promoting her to see his reaction on her? Had Neji told her that he was the boss of her company, so that she could demand some payment of some sort?
He wouldn't let it. His reputation was on the line.
'Uchiha Sasuke was a single hot playboy has brains and the age of 25,he's the youngest to be such a success in the industry.' was once a magazine wrote.
He smirked as he thought of it.
He had to agree with it. ( LOL SELF LOVE MUCH)
He couldn't let one little girl break his reputation. He needed it.
For his company , and also for his pride.
Uchiha Sasuke ain't backing down.
*beee-p*
A hand with red shiny nail polish grabbed her desk phone as it beeped.
A tag on her desk showing off in bright gold alphabets.
Vice Chief of Secretary Department
Her pretty face was covered with a frown as she placed the phone to her ear.
"WHAT is it?" She was annoyed,she was middle of painting her nails.
"Karin,what did I say about politeness."
Fiery red orbs widened as she recognize that oh so sexy voice of her boss.
She couldn't help but jumped on to her feet with excitement.
'Why all the sudden? Did he miss her ? Is he in a mood? I mean, we have stop seeing each other for quite some time already,gosh I miss his abs.'
She was practically in her la-la land right now.
"Karin,I need you to bring this worker from your department to my office now. Her name is Haruno Sakura."
Her red orbs narrowed dangerously.
'Who the fuck is she?,why does Sasuke wants her in his office...WAIT a minute...She's the one! The stupid klutz who messed up durring the VIP meeting session 'She smirked.
"Ne,Sasuke-kun,don't be too mean to her,she's just new,I don't have the time to recruit another one if you scared her' she purred.
"Never mind that Karin, I want her here now."
"Ne..ne, Sasuke-kun,why don't we meet tonight at my house..I miss you,don't you miss me too"
She whined a little.
There was a pause when he replied.
"Sure,after work at ready"
With that he hung up.
Karin's eye twinkle as she was excited for tonight. 'Going to be one hell of a night'
'Now,lets find that stupid klutz.'
Sakura was at her coffee break when a woman with fiery red hair that goes along with the cold piercing red orbs talked to her.
She was beautiful.
Her outfit was a combination of street wear and office wear.
It was Tight,Short and Revealing.
Her light purple overwear barely covered her assets.
The short office skirt was obviously doing nothing to cover those ass.
She wore stripe printed leggings with a pair of red heels.
'What's with all these clothing?'She might basically be the fashionista in this company.
"Haruno Sakura is it?" The girl had a problem with her,it was obvious from her glare.
"What is it?"
"I'm Karin Miotaka,you by the way are a lower class worker here.I'm one of your chiefs ,vice chief to be exact,so you need to call me Miotaka-sama, Miss Miotaka or just I clear?"
Sakura suppressed her upcoming glare with a twitch of her eyebrows.'calm down'
"What is it , Miss Miotaka."
Smirking with satisfaction "Now we're done with that,my dear Sasuke-kun wants to see your skinny ass in his office now,it seems you screw up bad this time,pinky"
'My dear Sasuke-kun?" She wasn't surprise actually, just taken sigh softly inside 'He seems to move on too'
"Why the surprise look,pinky? Jealous? Aw...Don't flatter me.I know what an honor it is to be with the one and only Sasuke."Karin was having fun with the girl.
Her reaction was honey to her.
It made her day not that bored anymore.
"I'm sorry Miss Miotaka,I didn't know you were in such relationship with the boss"
"Well , you better get use it,Oh and one of more thing.." Karin glared at the short woman " Try flirting with him,you can say goodbye to your skinny ass" She hissed.
Sakura stop the urge to put her hands on her temple and roll her emerald eyes.
This girl is giving her a lot of headache with all the glares and threats.
She was used of it when they were young , girls or woman would glare at their way... or more importantly at her when she walked back home from school...with him.
FLASHBACK
Sakura stiffened as the walk towards home seems so long.
She could feel every single stare,glare,envy looks throwing at her.
Why?
The presence beside her was shimmering with charm.
It was bright.
He was like a walking statue.
Carved to perfection.
The way he walked,and talk seems magical.
Sakura blushed a beet red every time she thought about him
He had been staying at the apartment lot for a week and it had become a daily basis to walk home with him,or so he insist on walking back together.
She happily agreed
A sound broke her thought,it was a grumble,and it came from the boy next to her.
With a puzzled look,she look up at him with a questioned look.
"I've been... eating cup ramen up till now.." He narrowed his eyes and look aside.
Emerald eyes widened.'He hadn't been eating food till this week?'
Yes, to her,cup ramens weren't food at all...It was unhealthy junk.
Just after he said that,she quickly made a sharp turn to the right,nearly hitting him.
He halted just in time and glared at her as if saying 'what was that all about?'
She headed towards the other direction at a fast pace.
She needed to buy some groceries for this man,because it seems he doesn't know how to.
She turned around to face a confused Hiro staring at her.
She beamed a smile and said " Come on,we need to get you some groceries."
He made a sigh and gradually walked with her to the supermarket.
Sasuke's point of view.
Groceries shopping.
The words seems so alien to never went groceries shopping, it was mostly his mom or the maids that went.
He wanted to refuse that pink haired girl, she tends to be quite annoying.
With a glare ,he was stopped from his action when once again,his stomach growled louder.
He was THAT starving.
He didn't mind at first, eating cup noodles,but now it was getting creepier...He even eats them when he's dreaming.
It has to stop.
With a sigh of defeat, he walked with the girl to the supermarket.
She walked through the crowd and shelf like a pro.
She was a veteran in this place.
As she walked pass some old lady workers,they would smile and waved at her,some made weird clicking noises as they notice the pretty boy beside her.
Not moving her head,she looked up at him and asked what he liked.
"Tomatoes."
Her eyebrows shot up. " That's my favorite too!"she exclaimed.
She giggled at the thought of Hiro eating a bunch of tomatoes,it was very amusing.. the scene was like a manly man eating something that seems adorable.
He heard her giggle and face her with a questioning glare.
She shook her head and headed towards the vegetable counter.
As she picked through the vegetables,a thought pop up in her mind.
'I wouldn't mind...cooking for him' She blushed as she thought.
They went back to the apartment after their groceries shopping.
Sasuke placed the last of his groceries into his once empty fridge.
He starred at the content.
He felt happy for some reason.
He grabbed a tomato as he walk back to his couch.
'I'm not eating that junk anymore'
He smirked.
Naruto would have love eating ramen all his him.
It was his a lift of his eyebrow, he gradually headed towards the door.
He opened it with a scowl.
"Who is it?"
A faint squeak was looked down to see Sakura holding a steaming pot .
It smells wonderful.
His eyes narrowed and crossed his arms across his chest.
"Sakura,what is this?"
She didn't know what she was doing...The next thing she knew,she was in-front of his lot holding a steaming pot full of food.
She stared at her pot...tomatoes,tomatoes,meat,carrots,chicken stock and more.
She hoped she cooked enough.(It seems she cook too much OTL)
With calm breaths ,she rang his bell.
When the door opened,Hiro stood at the door with a pretty scowl and tousled midnight blue hair.
"Who is it?"
She couldn't help but squeak at the sound of him,and tries to cover her blushing face.
She inwardly groan 'Can I stop being an idiot in front of him?'
"Sakura,what is this?"
"Its... a..."She stuttered
"Hn?"
"Its...a...I..cook some dinner for ..you..no..er.. two of us " Her hands were shaking.
"..."
There was a pause.
She felt her heart dropped.'He's going to refuse...'
Suddenly the weight on her hands were gone,she look down at her now empty hands,her fingers moving slightly as if it was trying to find the pot.
She looked up to find his long slim fingers grasping the handler of the pot,keeping it steady.
She stood there staring at him.
Emotions bubbling inside her.
Heart beating loud and hard.
She slowly place her hand on her beating heart.
Her mind was frantically trying to register the feeling.
It has been so long she felt this way.
So it began from here.
Once a week,they would have dinner together at his or her place.
Of course it was Sakura who cook all the time.
Slowly,it became a daily basis.
The time they spent together was getting more and more.
He would wait for her to cook while sitting at her couch watching Tv, she would be busy making dinner for them both.
It had became normal for them, to eat together under the same roof.
The flashback brought back emotions that should have stayed hidden.
It was poison to her.
All these memories.
They weren't there for good, they were there to break her.
..
The walk towards his office was a long grulling one.
She didn't want to see him yet fate has a way of toying her.
She looked up at the door plate , Uchiha Sasuke,president of Uchiha Corp.
She glared at the plate.'I will not be played by you.I'm stronger now.' she assured herself.
He was getting impatient at the has already been 5 minutes.
It was a simple order.
Bring Haruno Sakura in here.
Yet it's already past 5 minutes.'Karin should do a much better job than this'
*KNOCK-KNOCK*
His obsidian eyes lit up at the sound.A smirk crept up onto his pretty face.
"Come in"
Sakura stood in front of his desk,arms at her back,fingers was nervous but she stood there with her face to meet his.
He was staring at her,with those dark obsidian eyes of his and a smirk on his lips.
'He finds this amusing?'Sakura couldn't help but clench her hands behind her ,he was pissing her off.
The silence was uncomfortable.
"What is it that you call me,sir." She thanked god for not stuttering.
She didn't notice the twinkle in his eyes.
"Hn...it has been quite a while since we met,hasn't it? It was quite a shock to see you working here,yet I didn't heard any news about you...It is all so shocking you see."
" I don't know what you're talking bout Uchiha-san,this is the first time I've met you."
Obsidian eyes widened a second before narrowing it, his smirk widened.
"Oh...Is it? It's not everyday you could meet a woman with pink hair and green eyes."
"..."
He slowly stood up and leaned against his desk,his dark eyes still alluring.
"You sure you've not met me before,S-a-k-u?" His voice was low and teasing.
Emerald eyes widened at the sound of the nickname.
Hiro looked down at her and gave her a small smile."Hn,you cook the best meals...always...Saku"
She forgot how to breath all the sudden,her once confident state was now slowly crumbling.
She couldn't believe how he could act so...casually...like...there was nothing between them!
She wanted to get away from this despicable man.
She wanted to just wanted to see her baby.
"Hm...Then I wonder who was the one getting soaked under the rain,who was the one cooking,who was the one on...my bed at that night"He smirk as he continue.
'Shutup,Shutup' She screamed silently.' How could he...!'
"Shutup." She hissed silently.
"Oh..?So you finally admit that you knew me , S-a-k-u."
"So what if we knew each other,I don't get the point of this conversation."She couldn't help but glare at him.
"Hn...what's with the rush.I just wanted to meet up with an old friend of mine.."He slowly walked towards her.
She stood her ground.
Seeing there was no response he lifted his fingers to touch her cheek,reaching forward to caressed her face.
Sakura cringed at the contact and slapped his hand away.
Even though it was just a second, he had felt her soft and smooth skin.
Just like before...the thought made him crave for more.
"Now that you've admit it,i want to know why are you here ?" His voice was now calm and serious.
'Eh?Why would he ask me that kind of question?' She was surprise,Of course she was here to else?
"I don't really understand your question,Uchiha-san...but to answer you, I'm here because I work is all."
"Really ? Because I don't really think that's the real reason you're here ,you aren't helping the Hyuga to spy on the company,are you?"
"...W..hat..?" She couldn't believe it what he had just said.
With a glare he continued," I believe that he promoted you because you knew me,it made it more clear." he paused. "He would used you because of your past relationship with me"
With a smirk he added "What did he told you to do compensation from me? Blackmail me?...or...Force me to bear responsible of a child?"
Her clench fist shook as she eyes widened at the last sentence.
/SLAP/
The sound of flesh against flesh rang across the room.
Her hands were still hovering near his face which now has a faint red mark on his left cheeck.
'How DARE he talk like that!'Her whole body shook with anger.
She was pissed but somehow she was also hurt by his words.
Her breath came in short huffs as her vision was getting blurry.
"Why would I do such a thing! If I knew you were the boss of this company,I wouldn't have agreed with the whole PROMOTION!You think I'm here because of you? I don't care about you or your little company!I have already forgotten everything about US.I am not here for all those revenge shit or payback shit,because you're not worth it!" She hissed.
With that,the little pink haired woman stomped out of the office.
Leaving behind a shocked and utterly confuse man.
Ok guys I shall stop right here.I wanted to continue with Sasuke's perspective,but the flashback of them both had me writing a lot..:D Yes,Sasuke's being a dick right now chap I wrote so far : sorry if I updated so late! Life's hectic D:
GUYS: Kinda wonder about you guys opinion .
There's a new char I want to put in, but i'm torn with Gaara,Itachi and Sai.
OTL.
Voting?
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