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"Sasuke?" Sakura called me from the bedroom door. I had been home only a week and I still couldn't see as good.

"Hm?" she walked closer to me and smiled weakly, "My father's here…I uh want you to meet him."

"Well tell him I'm not home."

"Sasuke—"

"Sakura," I mocked.

"Sasuke please, just meet him…" she pleaded and I sighed sitting up and walking right in front of her.

"Sakura, if he asked why I married you, I'm not going to lie." Her eyes widened slightly and then dropped, "That's fine."

I followed her to the living room where her father was seated. He was talking to our son and he didn't exactly look like he wanted to be here either.

"Father, this is my husband, Sasuke Uchiha," she said proudly. Her shoulders straightened and that's when I knew something was up, why was Sakura so confident all of a sudden. Even her father had noticed because he narrowed his eyes in disbelief.

His hair was a dark shade of red and his eyes were the same as Sakura's but darker and crueler. I clenched my teeth as the man stood and walked over to us.

"Well, looks like the Uchiha did want you…who knew Sa-ku-ra," he mocked. I raised a brow and looked over at Sakura who just shrugged slightly before smiling.

"Yes, I wanted you to meet him finally." She stated. Her father turned to me and sighed, "Well what'd she do?" that wasn't the question I was waiting to here.

"Excuse me?" I said a little confused, he laughed.

"I didn't expect you to marry Sakura without a reason, it's obviously not love, and you could care less about her right? Who would." He stated. I felt my jaw loosen, did he actually say that. Did Sakura tell him what are marriage was actually about?

"Don't look so surprised; trust me I always knew Sakura wasn't special, so why'd you marry her?"

"I don't understand,"

"Well Sakura's pretty average, except for her pink hair, she's weak, pathetic, annoying, and cries whenever she gets hurt. You can't honestly fake this in front of me, you're an Uchiha, highly respected in your once clan, strong, and could get any woman in this village, yet…you pick Sakura, highly unlikely, so what'd she do?" Sakura shoulders dropped and her confidence was washed away by his words. His words that even I deemed as true once, but why was I getting pissed that he treated his own daughter this way.

"I don't know what you're talking about," I stated angrily. Her father laughed.

"Sakura, I'm surprised, Uchiha seems to be offended of me talking about you this way!" her father smirked and shook his head.

"You know, when she was younger she would write about you all the time, she even created a rivalry between her friend, I always told her she'd never get anyone let alone you, so I'm impressed, you must be pretty strong to actually marry her." he spat.

"Well Mr. Haruno I'm surprised you treat your daughter this way." I spat back. He narrowed his eyes.

"Hmph, she's weak, but apparently not that weak, since she achieved you…well congratulations Sakura, you finally proved me wrong…" her father stated before walking out of our house and telling Itachi goodbye.

I turned to Sakura but she just merely shrugged with a smile on her face.

"What are you smiling about this time?" I asked, god she was annoying.

"He approved," I felt my eyes widen and Sakura almost skipped to the kitchen. I was officially freaked out.

I followed her closely, "I hardly call that approval," I hissed, they way he told her those words, the way he insulted me, how was that approval?

"He never expected me to marry anyone let alone you. He always told me I'm worthless, so I proved him wrong finally, and that's his way of saying I won, I managed to break him." Sakura said confidently as she started dinner, I crinkled my nose, what was she going to make now….?

"Well Sakura, that's a weird way of approval," she laughed, "You don't know my father, like I know him." I shook my head and could feel the happiness radiate off her, it was irritating.

"Sakura," I said glaring at her. She turned holding a tomato.

"What?" she smiled.

"What are you trying to prove…you're marriage is about my clan…how is that making you smile?"

"Sasuke, because it's approved,"

"Sakura," I said a little too harsh, "Why would you approve this? I don't love you, so why approve it?" she paused slightly before frowning.

"Sasuke, to get this marriage approved makes it real to me. Makes everything okay…especially from him," I sighed.

"Well that's foolish." I stated before leaving her in the kitchen. Why would she want this marriage approved? Why'd she go the man who she called father, but he wanted nothing to do with…damnit!

"Sakura!"

She turned quickly and I grabbed her shoulders, "What were you trying to prove!" her eyes widened, "What?"

"To me what were you trying to prove!" I hissed, she wasn't just doing this to get approval for her father, why would she do that after three years!

"Sasuke—"

"Answer me," I felt my nails dig into her shoulders.

"Because Sasuke, I wanted to show you that I love you. Because I care about what you're stilling hurting about inside, about why your mad, about why you do it all…" she smiled weakly and I loosened my grip.

"What do you mean?"

"Well you obviously don't love me, but I love you. My father never loved my mother, but my mother never loved my father, I proved to my father I was stronger than my mother, I proved to you that I was capable of being what you need. Sasuke you're not the only one using someone in this household, I'm using you just as much." She hissed before pulling away from me to turn her back to me.

I was actually shocked for once. I wasn't expecting Sakura to …so suddenly to act out this way, but for once I felt sick, she got the upper hand on me for once, she was using me, just as much as I was using her, "Why wait three years?"

"Well my father was in jail. I had to request for his bail, so I paid it, Tsunade made sure he was given release by the end of the week, my luck was you got out of the hospital too." She had changed, but why? Why was she so suddenly…darker?

"Sakura what's wrong with you?"

"I don't know—"

"Sakura, what the hell happened to you!" I nearly shouted.

"Sasuke, I've realized after you left for your mission that day; that you officially hated me, sure I shouldn't have tried to make love to you, when you're just as cold as ice. I've realized that when I felt scared; felt as though you'd kill me, that it was exactly like my father. I knew that I had ended up like my mother…except I wouldn't run away, I'd fight back finally."

I couldn't believe her, she wasn't Sakura…this couldn't be the girl who tried to follow me everywhere, tried to leave the village with me, no.

"Besides why can't I use you for approval from my father…what do you care?" she asked a little hurt. Her wall faltered, she was becoming herself again, and she wasn't too happy with who she became. Her eyes were widening, brimmed with tears, and I knew she felt guilty, her body hunched over and her face paled.

"Sakura what's wrong?" I asked smirking; she held her stomach and her lips paled.

"Well your father's not the only one impressed today Sakura, I'm impressed you'd stoop so low as to prove something to the both of us. I mean honestly, bringing your father here to prove you could marry me, but then prove you could use me at the same time?" I shook my head; her knees gave out and thumped to the floor.

"Hn, Sakura, I don't care if you're using me or if I'm using you, but unfortunately you do." I smirked, no matter how hard she tried to hurt me, I honestly couldn't care less…but why the hell did my stomach clench when she burst into tears?

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