" Hidden Love"
Chapter 7 " Meet The Love Of My Life"
It was a Friday afternoon and everyone from the high school were ether doing after school activites or were already at home which included the lonely Sasuke Uchiha. Naruto offered him to go to the mall with him and the others but he declined, saying he had too much homework to work on. In reality, he just wanted to be alone and think about the pink haired girl that broke his heart. All he did when he got home was go straight into his bedroom without saying a word to any family members and was now laying on his bed thinking to himself.
Ever since Monday, when Sakura confessed to him that there was someone else in her life and she ended things between the two, she had been missing from school. To say he was worried was an understatement. Even though he felt like he had been used by her, he wondered why she hadn't shown up at school. He had found out that he was falling hard for the cherry blossom and couldn't get out the depression he was in caused by her. He putted on an act during school and even started flirting with the girls from his fan club but it wasn't the same, they weren't Sakura. His friends, even Naruto couldn't even tell that there was something wrong with him.
Sasuke sat up him his bed and went over to his closet and change his clothes. He decided to put on white cargo pants and a black under shirt with a navy blue over shirt Then he walked over to his night stand beside his bed and grabbed his car keys. He walked downstairs and was greeted by his mother and older brother.
" Hi honey, well don't you look nicer than usual. Do you have a date or something?" Mikoto greeted her son while being amazed by his outfit.
" Yeah or does this have anything to do with Sakura?" Itachi rose his eyebrow at his younger brother.
" I'm going to go over to her apartment and talk to her. She hasn't been to school since our talk."
Sasuke said softly as the others knew what he meant by the talk. Itachi and him were actually pretty close even though Itachi annoyed him most of the time and Itachi would always update their mother on how Sasuke was doing.
" Yeah you go man. Go talk to her and try to convince her she needs to be with you and not her roommate. Try to use your sex appeal on her." Itachi said with a smirk on his face.
" Itachi... anyways my boy even if she is with someone else, you could always still be friends with her." Mikoto suggested to her son but he shook his head.
" No, she is the kind of person who doesn't want to be friends with anyone. It's like she tries to push eveyone away from her."
" Well all you can do is go tell her how you feel and she might change her mind and stay friends with you." Mikoto said.
" Or you could always decide to beat the hell out of her boyfriend when you arrive at her apartment." Itachi said with the smirk still on his face but he face fell when he received a smack from his mother.
" Don't listen to him son and whatever you do, please do not get into a fight." Mikoto pleaded with her son.
" Fine, well I will see you guys later." Sasuke said and walked out the door.
' I will find out what is going on with you Sakura, even if I have to meet your boyfriend.'
Sasuke thought to himself as he walked over to his car and got inside to turn it on then drove off.
When Sasuke got to her apartment, he got out of his car and went up and knocked on her door.
' This is it.'
Sasuke thought to himself as he prepared to see Sakura again and he might have a chance to see her love of her life or whatever he is but he would just consider him as a boyfriend.
After a minute, he heard the door unlocked and was stunned when a young boy answered the door. For a moment, he stared at the boy. He wasn't expecting a young boy to answer the door. He first thought that he had gotten the wrong door but he could of sworn he saw Sakura go to this door when he dropped her off a few days ago. He was then thinking about maybe it could be a younger brother but he had to make sure this was the right place.
" Is Sakura here?" Sasuke asked the young boy and couldn't help but stare into his emerald color eyes.
' His eyes... they look just like Sakuras.' Sasuke thought to himself, waiting a response from the boy.
" Yeah mommy is here come in."
Maynard said with a smile on his face and opened up the door big enough to let him in.
Maynard knew better than to let strangers into the house but there was something about the male that was standing outside the door. He had a feeling that he was a good person and no one ever comes to visit their apartment except for Tsunade so he was excited to meet a new face, especially a male. He was starting to get tired of always being around women.
Sasuke casually walked into the apartment and was amazed at how tiny the apartment was. He couldn't believe his eyes that Sakura could actually live in a place like that. Then he stood still when the words that the little boy told him replayed in his mind.
" Yeah mommy is here come in."
' Mommy? Did he just call Sakura... mommy?' Sasuke thought to himself over and over again as the boy walked in front of him.
" Mommy is getting ready for work so you can stay with me until she comes out."
Maynard said. Sasuke couldn't believe his ears. The little boy called Sakura mommy again. He started to put the pieces together and finally realized that this child could be Sakuras child.
" Who are you?"
Maynard questioned the older male that was standing in front of him. Sasuke looked down at the boy then decided to kneel down to his level.
" My name is Sasuke Uchiha, I am one of Sakura's classmates at her school. And you might you be?" Sasuke asked the child.
" I'm Maynard Haruno."
Maynard said with another smile on his face. Then they both turned their heads when they heard a door open and closed and Sasuke stood up from the floor and looked at the figure that was walking towards them. Sasuke was speechless when he saw Sakura walking up to the two, looking at the floor. She didn't noticed Sasuke standing there. He couldn't help but noticed how horrible she looked and the way she kept supporting herself with the hallway wall. Her nose was all red and had bags under her eyes, he could tell she had been sick.
" Maynard are you... ready... to..."
Sakura began to speak but suddenly she felt like she was falling. She was prepared to hit the floor with her eyes closed but when she felt that she was no longer falling but she never felt the ground so she opened up her eyes to see what had caught her fall. She was shocked to see Sasuke was hovering over her with his arms wrapped around her body. Sakura thought she was definitely hallucinating seeing Sasuke in her living room. Why would Sasuke be over at her apartment? Sakura would of figured he hated her by now.
" Sasuke?"
Sakura spoke softly as she slowly reached up her hand to touch his face, thinking his appearance was going to disappear. She was shocked when she felt his hand gently grabbing hers and put her hand up to his cheek, like he knew what Sakura was planning on doing but was to weak to do so.
" Sakura... your sick."
Sasuke gently told her as he helped her up from the floor. He looked down at her and noticed that she was in her work uniform, she was getting ready for work. He helped her walk over to the couch and they both took a seat while Maynard crawled on the other side of his mother.
" Mommy are you okay?"
Maynard asked his mother with concern filled in his eyes. Sakura turned her head so she could look at her child and patted him on the head, assuring him that everything was going to be okay. She then realized she was in someones embrace and turned around to see Sasuke looking over at her with his arms around her body. Then she realized that here she is on her couch with her son on one side and Sasuke on the other side.
" Sasuke? What are you doing here?"
Sakura asked as they were staring into each others eyes. She had to admit to herself that she missed having Sasuke's arms around her and looking into his beautiful colored eyes. Even though his eye color was black, Sakura thought they were gorgeous in her eyes. Even though it hadn't even been a week yet since they shared their first kiss, she missed everything about him and hated herself for ending things with him before they got too far but she figured it was for the best, for the both of them.
" Well you hadn't shown up for school since Monday and I guess you can say I was worried about you so I drove over here to find out why you haven't been to school for the past few days." Sasuke admitted. He wouldn't tell her now that the real reason was because she kept plauging his mind and he had to come over just to see her smile.
" Well I guess you have met my roommate and the love of my life that I told you about."
Sakura said with a small giggle escape her lips as she glanced at her son then back at Sasuke. Sasuke also took a look at her son and then back at her.
" He is your son Sakura, isn't he?"
Sasuke asked her, wanting to see if his suspensions were right. He saw her open her eyes a little bit wider, probably surprised about his blunt question.
' This is it... after I tell him the truth, Sasuke will probably will never want to speak to me ever again.' Sakura sadly thought to herself but it was time for her to come clean to him.
" Yes Sasuke, this is Maynard, my son. I will understand if you want to leave now and you probably think that I'm a horrible person but please don't tell anyone about him. Even Naruto please Sasuke."
Sakura pleaded with the man and he noticed tears were staring to form out of her eyes. Sasuke was shocked at how she figured he would just want to abandon her like that after such a huge confession. He honestly was more concerned with her health then to make a big deal about her having a child. Her having a child was actually not a huge deal to him because someone very important to him had also been in that situation before.
" You cry too much Sakura, it's annoying."
Sasuke said but in a soft, caring voice as he helped her wipe the tears off her face while her sons head was laying on her arm for support.
" Sasuke is right mommy, please don't cry."
Maynard pleaded with his mother. Sakura turned her head to look down at her son and leaned down and gave him a kiss on the head.
" Mommy is okay now. So don't worry. I see you were drawing here while I was getting changed, why don't you continue okay?"
Sakura told her son while giving him a smile then turned to face Sasuke once again.
" Besides Sakura, I don't think you are a horrible person. I figured he was your son when I first came into the apartment and he kept calling you mommy and he looks just like you. Trust me, if I was freaked out that you had a child, I would had escaped this place before you even exited your bedroom and as you can tell, I am still here sitting with you and your son on your couch." Sasuke reminded her.
" Do you really mean it Sasuke?" Sakura asked him.
" Hn."
Sasuke responded but Sakura knew that his answer meant a yes which caused her to smile, a smile that Sasuke missed all too much.
" That's a cool sound!" Maynard yelled out acknowledging Sasukes comment.
" I would argue with you Sasuke for teaching my son that phrase but I am too drained so I will let this go for now."
Sakura said as she closed her eyes and leaned back into Sasuke's chest, causing him to smirk at her gesture and started to brush her pink hair with his fingers as Maynard continued to draw on a sheet of paper that was on the coffee table. They stayed like that for a few minutes until Sakura realized something very important that caused her eyes to open up once again.
" Fuck I have to go to work." Sakura tried to get up from the couch but was held back by the Uchiha.
" You are not going anywhere! You are way too sick to go to work. Where is your cell phone." Demanded Sasuke as he tightened his grip on the girl.
" I know where it is!"
Maynard yelled out as he ran into the bedroom, grabbed her cell phone that was located on the bed then ran back out and handed Sasuke the phone.
" Thanks man." Sasuke told the boy then flipped open her phone and looked at her friends list and clicked on work then waited for someone to pick up on the other line.
" Thank you for calling The Kit Kat Klub, this is Val speaking, how may I help you?"
" Hello I am calling on the behalf of Sakura Haruno, I am just informing you that she will not be coming into work tonight."
" Well... is she around? She will need to talk to Tsunade if she wants to call in."
" She is too sick to call her so why don't you call her instead of Sakura?"
" Well I..."
" Okay that sounds great."
Sasuke closed the phone with out letting Val finish talking or saying goodbye and put in on the table then looked back at Sakura.
" Sasuke you shouldn't had done that... I'm going to get in trouble now." Sakura whined at him.
" Tough luck. You can't even walk from your bedroom to the living room without falling over. Have you been going to work while being sick?"
Sasuke questioned Sakura and noticed it when she nodded her head to his question.
" Sakura... that is why you haven't gotten any better! Why are you skipping school but yet you insist on going to work?"
" Because I need to work so I can get money to pay bills and Maynard's day care and with school it won't matter if I graduate or anything since I am not going to college." Sakura admitted.
" Why aren't you planning on going to college?"
" Because you need money to get in and *yawns* I have to take care of Maynard when I get out of school or go to work so I don't do anything extra..." Sakura trailed off. Sasuke could tell she was getting tired.
" Here Sakura, lay down on the couch, I'll go make you something to eat okay?"
Sasuke said with full of concern as he got up from the couch and Maynard followed his lead and they both helped Sakura stretch out on the couch.
" Thank... you... Sasuke..."
Sakura spoke softly as she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. Maynard kneeled down and gave his mother a kiss on her forehead then moved back up and took a look at Sasuke.
" Sasuke, you should kiss mommy to make her feel better too."
Maynard pointed at his mother and Sasuke nodded to the boy and he also bent over and gave her a kiss on her forehead then moved back up. He would had rather had given her a kiss on her lips but he wasn't sure how Sakura felt towards him now and he didn't want to confuse her boy.
" Now Maynard, would you like to help me cook something for your mother?" Sasuke asked the little boy.
" Sure!"
Maynard said with excitement but they were interrupted when there was a sudden knock coming from the front door.
