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I'm back with the seventh chapter :)
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Disclaimer : Sadly, I don't own Naruto. Just own this plot T_T
Sasuke was signing some documents when he heard two knocks on his door.
"Come in." Sasuke said, without bothering to see who was his guest. But upon realizing that Sakura didn't tell him about anyone that wanted to see him, Sasuke assumed that Sakura was the one who knocked on his door.
When the door opened, Sasuke found his guess was true.
"Excuse me, Sasuke-sama. Sorry for interrupting. I have brought you the documents for today's meeting." Sakura said as she walked towards Sasuke.
"Hn." Sasuke raised a hand to receive the papers while his eyes and his other hand were still busy signing.
"Your meeting will be at four o'clock, which is two hours away." Sakura informed.
"Hn."
"You will be discussing a new project with the Shibata Group. I have confirmed with them, and Shibata Takeshi as the leader will personally handle this project." Sakura continued.
"Hn."
"I have prepared the project's proposal, don't forget to read it, Sasuke-sama." Sakura said.
"Hn."
"And that will be your schedule today." Sakura informed.
"Hn."
Sakura bowed politely. "Then I'll excuse myself, Sasuke-sama."
"Hn."
Sakura bowed one more time and made her way out. Though before she managed to leave the room, Sasuke suddenly remembered something.
"Sakura." he called.
"Yes, sir?" Sakura turned her body to face her boss.
Sasuke put down his pen and faced his secretary. "I want to ask you something."
Sakura blinked several times. Okay, maybe she was imagining or something, because did her boss just said that he wanted to ask her something? "...Sure, sir..?" Sakura replied uncertainly.
"What is your mother's name?" Sasuke asked.
Sakura widened her eyes and blinked again several times. What? Were her ears okay? Did her boss just asked her about her mother's name?
"Sir?" Sakura called in worry. "Are you okay?"
Sasuke tched. "Just answer my question, Sakura."
"But, sir, your question is.." Sakura trailed off.
"I don't think my question is wrong." Sasuke leaned back into his chair and stared at Sakura. "And as your boss, I think I have the rights to know. I've told you I don't have enough information about you, haven't I?"
"Well, yes, you did tell me that." Sakura smiled sheepishly. "But why would you want to know about my mother's name, sir?"
"Let's just say I want to know more about your background, that's why I asked." Sasuke said. "Hurry up and answer my question, Sakura."
"But your question is a bit weird, sir." Sakura said.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "How hard it is to answer that one simple question anyway? Are you hiding something from me?"
"Of course not!" Sakura instantly said. "I'm not hiding anything, I'm swear!"
"Good. So answer my question. Hurry up. I'm not a patient one." Sasuke demanded.
Sakura tore her eyes away from Sasuke's stare and sighed. "It's Senju Mebuki, sir." she answered softly.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Senju Mebuki, eh? Okay. You may go."
After he said that, the young director resumed his activity in signing his documents. Sakura opened her mouth to ask her boss why on earth he would ask her something like that, but she closed it again as she decided she shouldn't know. Some said that 'innocence is a bliss', and let's just say Sakura wanted to think that way.
She bowed for the third time and went out from Sasuke's office. After Sasuke made sure that Sakura was completely out, he took out his phone and typed a message to Kiba.
To : Kiba
From : Sasuke
Re : Senju Mebuki
Find everything you can about Senju Mebuki. She's Sakura's mother.
Sent.
Sakura sat on her bed with her pink towel wrapped around her wet hair. Her hands were holding a photo frame and she stared at the photo blankly.
It was a photo of two females—one adult, and one teenager—with cherry blossom's trees behind them. From the background, it was clearly spring when the photo was taken. The two females were smiling, and they looked alike with each other.
It was the photo of Sakura and her mother, Senju Mebuki, which was taken when Sakura was a second year in junior high. The two of them were having a picnic under a cherry blossom's tree. They looked so happy.
Without Sakura wanting it, droplets of tears fell from her eyes onto the photo's frame. The hanami they did back then was the first and the last hanami they had ever done. Mebuki was so busy in earning money for their living, she barely had any holidays. Sakura knew her mother's body was weak. Though she had asked her mother to lessen her work, Mebuki wouldn't listen to her. She fell ill over and over, because of exhaustion.
Until finally, her heart couldn't take the condition any longer. The organ kept getting weaker and weaker each day. Even so, Mebuki refused to give up and she refused to lessen her work. Sakura had lost count on how many her mother had passed out during her work.
Her heart worsened on the night they did the hanami. Sakura was so scared back then, and she wished as hard as she could for the ambulance to arrive on time, to save her mother. Unfortunately, her wish didn't come true.
Mebuki closed her eyes for eternity ten minutes before the ambulance arrived.
"Sasuke, are you sure your secretary is a human?"
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at Kiba who was sitting on his bed. The Inuzuka heir decided to stay over at Sasuke's house for the night, and right now the two of them was discussing about Senju Mebuki, Sakura's mother. Apparently, after Sasuke gave the name to Kiba, he immediately did an investigation about it.
"I'm sure Reiya nee-chan didn't hire a ghost." Sasuke scoffed.
"Then tell me how on earth I can't find anything about her?" Kiba asked in a great frustration. "Let alone her mother! There's nothing about her background!"
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Hn."
"Even the top FBI agent isn't this secluded!" Kiba groaned.
"Hn. You're exaggerating." Sasuke retorted.
"No I'm not!" Kiba protested. "I mean, your secretary doesn't have any accounts on any social medias! Do you even have her phone number, Sasuke?"
Sasuke widened his eyes a bit as he realized something. He didn't have Sakura's phone number. "..Hn."
"See!" Kiba pointed accusingly. "You don't even have your own secretary's phone number! Now do you see how secretive she is?!"
Sasuke made no comment. Instead, he took his phone out and texted someone.
To : Ino
From : Sasuke
Re : -
Give me Sakura's phone number. ASAP.
Sent.
Meanwhile, Kiba was still rambling about how secretive Sakura was. To be honest, Sasuke had to agree with him. Sakura was indeed secretive, he barely knew her. Apart from her name and her age, and her mother's name. Heck, he didn't even have her phone number! And that woman had been working with him for a few days already!
Come to think of it, even if Sasuke knew Sakura's age, he didn't know when her birthday was.
Really. He knew so little about his new secretary.
Sasuke's phone vibrated and that snapped Sasuke back to the reality. He quickly opened the new message.
To : Sasuke
From : Ino
Re : -
WHAT?! ASK HER YOURSELF, UCHIHA! WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM? A PHONE BOOK?
Sasuke tched. He had asked Sakura a weird question today, and he should ask her another weird question? Besides, how on earth Ino could say that? How on earth it would be possible for the one and only Uchiha Sasuke to ask Sakura's phone number?
Ino must be out of her good mind.
And Kiba was still rambling at the background.
Sakura raised an eyebrow towards her boss, while Sasuke chose to look elsewhere. The two were in Sasuke's office. Sakura was handing him the documents when Sasuke suddenly took out his phone and gave it to Sakura.
Of course, Sakura didn't take the phone from her boss's hand as she was still confused.
"Sir?" Sakura asked confusedly. Her boss was acting weird again, and Sakura couldn't understand why.
Sasuke tched though he still looked elsewhere. "Your phone number." he mumbled though Sakura could still hear it.
Sakura blinked her eyes out of surprise and confusion. "I'm sorry sir?"
Sasuke tched one more time and glared at his secretary. "I don't have your phone number." he growled.
It took a while for Sakura to understand Sasuke's meaning. When she did, she blinked again. "Oh. OH." Now Sakura flashed a small smile as she took Sasuke's phone. She entered her phone number and saved it into Sasuke's phone.
"Here you go, sir." Sakura chuckled as she put the phone on Sasuke's desk. While Sasuke chose to look elsewhere once again.
"I have a rule for you." Sasuke said and glared at Sakura who was still chuckling. Sasuke was sure that his secretary chuckled because of his method on getting her phone number. Sasuke's glare hardened and Sakura quickly shut her mouth to prevent herself from chuckling.
"A.. rule, sir?" Sakura asked, clearly she was refraining herself from chuckling again.
Sasuke nodded. "Whenever I call you, pick it up immediately. If in ten seconds you don't pick up my call, you're fired. Understand?"
Sakura blinked as she heard her boss's rule. What.. kind of rule was that?
"F—fired, sir?" Sakura repeated.
Sasuke nodded. "You're my secretary so you are obliged to stand by 24/7 whenever I need you. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes sir." Sakura pouted slightly. Oh jeez, how bossy her boss was! But since Sasuke was her boss, Sakura didn't have any other options. She had to obey him or she would have to say goodbye to this promising job.
"You may go." Sasuke said which Sakura replied by bowing politely.
Sakura was chopping down some vegetables as she was making her dinner when her phone suddenly rang. At first, Sakura wanted to ignore it. However, upon remembering what Sasuke had said to her that day, Sakura quickly dropped her knife and dashed out from the kitchen. She picked her phone up immediately.
"Hello?"
"8 seconds. I need you to be faster." Sasuke's voice replied.
Sakura pouted. "Hello to you too, Sasuke-sama." she greeted half heartedly. "Why are you calling me? Is something the matter?"
"I'm just testing you. Don't worry." Sasuke replied.
Sakura inwardly grumbled. "I see." Sakura said.
"..Hn." Sasuke ambiguously replied and then cut the line off.
Sakura tore her phone away from her ear and stared at it in disbelieve. Okay, she would describe her boss in three words now.
Firstly. Bossy. She realized that Sasuke was a boss, but he was such a bossy boss! Sure he was very responsible with his job (read: paperwork and documents), but he was also very talented in commanding his employees! Okay, maybe that was his rights as a boss, but he shouldn't be that bossy. Argh! Sakura couldn't explain it properly, but at least that was her point!
Secondly. Cool. Okay, Sakura had to admit that her boss was a very super cool boss. He was a type of person that didn't like to talk, and he would only talk if it was necessary. And Sakura had to admit that one of the main attractive points from her boss—apart from his super good looks, wealth, and other good stuffs—was his coolness.
Thirdly. Unique. Well, actually, Sakura wanted to say weird, but she was afraid her boss would somehow figure it out and fired her. So to make her position save, Sakura chose the word unique. This was actually the first time Sakura met someone who asked her something abnormal, like her mother's name. And the way her boss asked her phone number was the first time for Sakura too. But maybe the way Sasuke asked her phone number was related to his first word description. Either way, Sasuke was an unique person.
"Seriously, someone like him asked me about my mother's name." Sakura mumbled. "What a weird world."
Done !
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