Love Contract
Chapter 4
I know, I know, I promised that I would be updating sooner but so many things are happening lately. It's shocking. And my grandpa hasn't been well lately and was admitted in the ICU. *Sigh. He's okay now tho. Anyways, I thought of the ending already but I need my reader's opinion on something. Catch my questions at the end!
Hope you enjoy this one. x)
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Sakura's POV
'Ow, my stomach, it hurts… what's going on? Where am I?'
I tried opening my eyes slowly and try to recognize my surroundings.
Based on the bed I'm lying on, and the room and this 'beeping machine' next to me, it's not that hard to guess. I'm in a hospital.
Normal
She remembers what happened at the office. Hell yeah, no one could ever forget something like that.
She sighed, 'Why did I have to faint in HIS office? I mean I could have gotten out fast and just faint on the streets or something. I bet that guy would brag about it later on.' Sakura thought to herself and if she hadn't collapsed in front of Sasuke and not get the loan to make it worse.
Sakura heard someone opening the door. She sighed as she sees Sasuke.
She grunted.
"So you're awake now, huh" There was some concern in his voice, but Sakura didn't care. He could have just pretended to do so.
"Nah I'm not…I'm dead, see? And now I'm talking to you. Isn't that scary?" She glared at him.
'What kind of stupid question is that?!' she said to herself.
"You know what I mean." It was his turn to grunt now. "You know, you could have AT LEAST thanked me for pitying you and taking you to the hospital. God woman, don't you have manners at all?" he said after a short pause.
"Okay, listen here, first, I never, I repeat NEVER asked for your pity towards me. You could have just leave me there. And second, you didn't bring me to the hospital, the ambulance did." Sakura smirked.
"Hey, I'm not that heartless to just leave you in my office. And besides, what would people think to have some ugly girl like you just lying in the office. As if I would ever let that happen" Sasuke said haughtily.
Sakura groaned.
Before she could say anything back, there was a knock on the door and someone else came in.
Someone who could actually make all the pain away with just a smile.
Sakura smiled when she saw Neji walking towards her.
"Hope I'm not interrupting anything?" he asked with sincerity.
"Of course not…And I would never think of you as a disturbance. Unlike your best friend over there. Could you tell him to get out?" Sakura said, with a sharp edge on her few last sentences.
Neji laughed.
"Stop getting on my nerves, would you please?" Both Sakura and Neji could see the rage in Sasuke's eyes as he said the words.
Sakura wouldn't care about his being there, with Neji next to her bed now.
"Oh! You brought flowers. Thanks so much!" Sakura's eyes gleamed with happiness.
Neji laughed again and held the flowers out so that Sakura could reach for it.
"They're very lovely." Sakura smiled.
Sasuke coughed. The happy moment was suddenly interrupted.
"You know that this is not the time that you two could flirt and if you are that desperate, go get a room." He said.
Sakura was mad for the fact that he had to ruin it all.
"If you didn't realize, this IS a room. It's just that you don't have to be in it."
"You two could have the whole day to fight. And I'm pretty sure about that. But Sakura, you have to thank him for this. You fainted just like that. All of us panicked, we thought that you were too shocked over the whole thing. Sasuke called the ambulance as soon as possible and he—"
Sasuke interrupted "That's enough of info you're giving her Neji."
Neji just smiles with calmness after that.
"Okay, I'm not stupid. I know something's up. Tell me what you're hiding." Sakura said, wanting to know the truth.
"Listen Sakura, Sasuke… he thought of some sort of a deal for you" Neji explained.
"Deal? I don't wanna hear about it" Sakura answered.
"You will if you want the loan." Sasuke sneered.
Sakura sighed and thought about the loan.
'Well, this is my last chance to save the restaurant. I mean, how bad can the deal be? Maybe I could just do what he wants for now, I can walk out anytime I want.'
"Fine. Let's hear it." She finally said.
"Okay." Sasuke starts. "The deal is, you will get your loan. Maybe even more than you asked for. But you would have to pretend to be my fiancé first."
Neji continues to what Sasuke said, "He needs to have someone like you to impress his parents. He's reaching the age of 30, and his parents said that he needs to be married before then. He's 27 now, but his parents have been bugging him lately. With all the pictures they took as "candidates" and asking their friends for their single daughters, it freaks him out. But you're different Sakura. You have all of the features that he needs to amaze them. He just need a little more time to search for someone else, well since neither of you likes each other. But at the end, as he promised, you will get your loan."
"Wait, wait. Did I hear right? Fiancé? What?! Why?? It doesn't make sense at all!" Sakura could hear herself about to scream now.
And then he stomach felt the pain again. "Owww" she grumbled.
"Calm down, would you? It's only pretence. That's all you have to do. Nothing else. It's not like I'm asking you to marry me or something. Heck no, that would be the last thing I wanna do." Sasuke said.
"Never thought you were this stupid, oh-so-Mr. CEO" Sakura said after the pain slowly subsides. "Fiancé in other words means that you're engaged. Which means, asking someone to marry you. And that turns out to be me. Eww. I don't wanna marry a guy like you. Or even pretend."
"Yeah, yeah whatever it is you wanna say. I'm not really in the mood to hear your crappy talk. But it is the only way for you to get your loan."
"Do you think I'm stupid? I mean, to agree to something like that?" Sakura glared.
"According to where you are now, yes. Yes, I think you are." He smirked as a reply.
"Huh, what do you mean?" she was confused now.
"Why do you think you're in a hospital right now? It's all because of your stupidity,idiot. Do you even know why you're here?"
It was time Neji speaks again.
"The doctor explained to us that you had an acute gastritis. It's a gastric pain. It may be because of something you ate. And also, the stress that you always put on yourself can make it worse. You have to rest for a little while." Neji calmly explained.
Sakura took her time to absorb all that Neji had said. And she knew that she has been abiding with whatever food she could take, not realizing that it would have such an effect. And for the first time, she actually agreed to what Sasuke said, she was stupid.
Sakura just nodded and kept her silence.
"We'd better get going now… You need your rest Miss Haruno" Neji beamed.
Sakura nods. But she didn't expect that Neji would kiss her cheeks.
She blushed.
Neji just chuckled.
"Take care of yourself, just take a lot of rest for now." He said with concern.
Sasuke who was watching all this made a puking noise, hinting that he was disgusted by all the lovey-dovey thing.
Sakura just shot a glance at him and said, "I'll think about what you said."
He ignored her, and made his way out the door.
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Sorry, it wasn't a long chapter. But I'll update soon and write more. And I really need your opinion on this:
Thanks to ChibiNinjaGirl, she said that maybe Neji and Sakura would date for a while first. What do you guys think?
Do you want this story to have:
10 - 20 chapters
20 - 25 chapters
But anyways, I'll think about whatever you guys said and thanks for reading!
Please please review! x)