Chapter 4: Blending In
"At least the Sakura from your world got her happy ending" She said and intertwined her hand with Sai's
Sakura stared at the younger Ino then she looked at the man who the Sakura from this world was supposed to be marrying. He had red hair that matched his dark eyes and he looked warm and kind but despite that he still pales in comparison to Sasuke, her husband. The Sakura in this world must've gotten so frustrated or hurt that she tried to settle for comfort instead of the passion that Sasuke stirred deep inside her but surprisingly she understood why.
Sakura looked at her husband and judging by the look on his face she knew that her husband understood the reason why her counterpart in this world chose this path. A path devoid of him or rather the Uchiha Sasuke of this world. If she really wanted this then she would never experience having to wait for a husband who's always away, she wouldn't have to raise her child alone, she wouldn't have to answer her daughter's questions about her absentee father but at the same time she won't feel the happiness she feels whenever Sasuke says he's home, She feel the contentment of waking up in his arms or when he does something for her that's totally unexpected for someone of his character and most all she have the happiness of watching Sarada grow. If she marries that man then Sarada won't exist and the thought of just that broke her heart.
"Can you open a portal back then Sasuke?" Kakashi asked breaking the silence
"No. My husband needs to rest his eyes and any portal he opens now may not be stable" Sakura was the one who answered seeing as Sasuke will probably open a portal and would end up overtaxing his rinnegan again
"My wife's right. I need to rest my eyes" He agreed which slightly surprised Sakura since he usually overexerts himself.
Sakura glanced at Ino who looked absolutely ecstatic and slightly teasing hearing them say words like My husband or My wife. She felt her cheeks burn with Ino's teasing looks but her heart kinda felt pity towards the guy that her counterpart in this world was supposed to marry since he looked so defeated by their actions.
"Then you can stay here until your visual prowess returns but I don't want you to let others know about this situation except for the people in this room" Kakashi said with a sigh
Kakashi dismissed them and they all went out of the hospital and agreed to Hisoka offering them his place to stay for the day to discuss their supposed living arrangements and to plan how to just blend right in the crowd. Hisoka's house was far from the Hospital but from the looks of the house they understood why it was so far. The house looked more like a mansion than a simple apartment most shinobis have and upon entering the place most servants bowed at Sakura and called her Lady Takahashi already. She felt uncomfortable but a glance at her husband confirmed that he looks more uncomfortable and irritated than her. She moved closer to him as if reassuring him by her presence and he seemed to relax.
They went inside a private parlor that looked as astonishing as it is on the outside. The furniture looked antique coupled with old paintings on the walls and curtains that matched everything but what Sakura liked was the burst of colors on the antique coffee table brought by an arrangement of Yellow and White Camellias and a bunch of forget-me-not. It was like light in a room full of darkness. Like life in the middle of death.
"You put that there. I mean the Sakura from this world did. The first time she came here she said that this room looked dead so when she returned here she brought those certain flowers" Hisoka narrated when he saw that Sakura was looking at the flowers.
She smiled then took a seat beside her husband and when all of them are seated they are greeted by silence. No one knows what to say so no one said a thing until their refreshments arrived.
"What I know for sure is that Sakura and Sasuke-san can't live together in this world since she's supposedly engaged to me" Hisoka said and broke the silence
"As much as I hate agreeing with you I must. People saw us bring Sakura and Sasuke together so probably rumors of you guys eloping last night are already circulating. I don't want to tarnish my friend's reputation" Ino said and Sakura realized that Ino is somewhat antagonistic towards Hisoka.
"That's already been taken care of. As off now a clone of mine is inside Ichiraku's spouting about how Sakura-chan was sent to heal Sasuke-teme just outside Konoha last night but was instead attacked so they were brought inside together this morning and how the wedding commenced as planned" Naruto said and everybody looked astonished at his planning even Sasuke looked mildly surprised at the thought of his friend using his brain.
"That was all Hinata-chan's idea though. I just did what I was asked to do" He added sheepishly when he realized how everyone was looking at him.
They all chuckled at Naruto's confession but the certain tension in the air was still there. The silence began to envelope then again but this time Shikamaru spoke.
"You two must look like 20 year-old's again to avoid suspicions and seeing as Naruto conveniently said that the wedding went as planned it means that Sakura must stay here. She's Takahashi Sakura now not Haruno Sakura" He said
Hisoka looked quite happy with the thought that Sakura will stay with him but Shikamaru's plan didn't quite sit well with Sasuke. He was never a man who displays public affections but seeing as he does not like the situation he draped his lone arm on his wife and spoke.
"She's Uchiha Sakura and I'll go with whatever she decides on" He said which made Sakura blush
"Alright. I'll stay here but I demand a different room and some privacy" Sakura replied with certain demands
Though she does not want to stay in a separate place from her husband she can't help but agree with the hokage's demand that their current predicament remain unknown and if by staying at this man's house assure that, then as a shinobi she must follow orders. She felt her husband's arm tighten around her shoulders and she felt reassured about her decisions. The other's decided to leave them to discuss and to give them some sort of privacy but before Ino could leave Hisoka asked her a question.
"Ino-san you arranged this flowers for Sakura right? What do they mean?" He asked while his finger gently brushed against the flowers on the table and looked as if he remembered something beautiful yet painful as the same time.
Ino turned around looked at the flowers then at Sakura. She sighed and spoke.
"You wouldn't want to know" She said managing to sound a little thoughtful yet antagonistic at the same time then she left as Sai opened the door for her.
"I guess I'll have to ask Ino why she dislikes Hisoka so much" Sakura told herself