(Sakura's point of view)
We arrived at Sasuke's Mom and Dads house to and saw Itachi's busted up motorcycle in the drive way. I flinched looking at the mangling of metal and cords. There is no was he got out unscathed..
Clearly Sasuke saw it too, but instead of looking concern or worried about his brother, he smirked in a way that I had never seen before. It looked dark and honestly it scared me… It really made wonder what on earth happened between the two to make Sasuke act like he did.
"Sasuke.. let's go." I mumbled and motioned towards the house. As He chuckled slightly only adding to my confusion.
"Lets." He said as he grabbed my hand and pulled me towards his parents home as I shook my head, unable to get the laugh out of my head.
We walked in and Makoto instantly ran up to me and hugged me, then Sasuke. "Thank god you're here." She sighed with a tissue clutched in her fist, as if it was holding her to the ground.
"We just got our baby back and now he's hurt."
"Mom, How bad is he hurt?" He asked more like a death wish.
"He broke his arm and he's all bruised up! He's got a big gash on his face too. Dear god, Sasuke have some sympathy in you, please." She teared up as She hugged me again placing her face against my chest, as I soothingly rubbed her hair.
I glared at the man, beside me that I thought was suppose to be kind and loving, but he just looked right back and shrugged as I glared harder, before he finally rolled his eyes and kissed his mothers head.
"Sorry, mother. Where is he?" He finally sighed, and looked at her softly.
Mik pulled her face from my chest and sniffled slightly. "He's in the living room with your father."
Sasuke nodded as Mik and I followed him to the living room.
When we walked in Itachi was sitting on the couch with his arm on the arm rest, talking casually to his Father with a beer in the other hand. I wasn't too surprised to see him rather okay. Mikoto could be rather dramatic when it came to her boy's health. Which, Is hardly a flaw.
"Hey little brother, Sakura." He smiled warmly as us which made my skip a small beat, though I wish it didn't, he was just so attractive, and kind. "Why are you guys here?"
Sasuke growled and crossed his arms. "Not for you, for mother." He snapped and grabbed started to walk to the kitchen to grab a beer too, I assume.
"Forgive my husband." I sighed and glared as Sasuke's back, as Sasuke flipped me the bird as he walked down the hall. "He's just pissy."
Itachi chuckled before wincing, as I frowned. I still don't know what was so bad about Itachi, He really seem's like such a sweetheart. If anything, he acted more like his mother. I walked over and sat on the chair close to the couch, next to Itachi, on one side and his father on the other.
Itachi smiled at me, as I smiled softly back, He looked so calm, for someone that Sasuke was so scared of.
"So what happened?" I asked softly as Itachi shrugged, and sipped his beer.
"I was driving down the road and some guy just ran into me." He sighed. "You'd think that with all the freaking signs about watching for motorcycles that people would be more aware. But you'd be wrong." He shook his head like he was disappointed in the world that was around him, making his inky black hair sway around him.
I almost wanted to reach out and touch it. It looked so silky smooth. I mentally slapped myself for thinking that, when moments ago Sasuke was all that I could think about. Yet, Here I am wanting to touch Itachi's hair.
"That's horrible, people can be so dumb.." I said with slight anger at the actions of others. "Thank goodness you're okay."
"He'd be even more okay, If he never rode that damn death trap in the first place." Fugaku grunted behind his beer, as Sasuke walked back in and pulled me to the couch and sat me in his lap, which made me both blush and fell awkward in my own skin. Itachi looked me in the eyes as I sat on his brothers lap, with a look of what I could only guess as jealousy.
Which, to be honest confused me. I knew in a way he was attracted to me for obvious reasons, but one would assume that he would have given up after realizing I was Sasuke's wife.
"You know dad. You make a very good point." Sasuke smirked as I glared hard down as him, but he just gave my thigh a slight squeeze and smirked wider.
"If he wants to ride, it's not his fault that others are absent minded." I scoffed as Mik nodded in agreement.
Itachi smiled softly and gave me a quick wink that I'm pretty sure Sasuke noticed, judge by the grunt that he gave, and the icy feeling I was getting on the back of my neck as I sat with my legs across his lap.
"Thanks, pinky." Itachi smiled and finished off his beer.
After a little more chit-chat going back and forth with the Uchiha family, Fugaku stood up and straightened his suit.
"Sasuke, mind coming back to work for now with me, Since your brother is clearly in no condition to come to work." He asked his son, as Sasuke careful moved me to the side and stretched.
"Sakura, I'll be back to pick you up after work. You know what I've told you, before So be a good girl and don't do anything stupid." Sasuke said sternly in a way that I both hatted and felt turned on by. But, I knew he was referring to Itachi and how he was dangerous. Which, I'm finding more and more unreasonable and illogical.
I rolled my eye's, as Fugaku slapped Sasuke over the top of his head. "She is not a dog, son. Show some respect to your wife." He all but growled like a fatherly bear growling to his troublesome cub. Sasuke just pouted, and rubbed the back of his head, mumbling a 'whatever.'
I giggled slightly as Itachi looked as me and smiled softly. "Still like that giggle of yours." He stated almost emotionlessly, as His father flicked his arm.
"And you." He glared at Itachi. "Flirt with her and I'll snap your neck." He said slightly more chilling than how he acted with Sasuke. I found that rather odd as well, and guessing by Mikata's expression she felt the same way as me.
Itachi hissed and rubbed his arm, and frowned slightly, looking like a kicked puppy. I felt for him. I guess, Sasuke was the more favored brother. That would explain his superior attitude to others. I gritted my teeth. Sasuke must treat Itachi the way he does because of his father.
How sad..
Once, the boys left Mik got up and clapped her hands. "How about a movie and jack and coke. Itachi, that'e your favorite, right?"
Good to see his mother is at least kind to him.
"I'd love that." He smiled sugar sweetly to his mother. "Thank you, mother."
I smiled at him and thought back to that night at the bar and really considered if I made the right choice when I told Sasuke that I'd give him a chance. Though, I'll still honor our agreement. I'll give him a month to redeem himself, but I'm just saying that in a month if he doesn't convince me he's worthy of this continuing. I think I'd love to be with someone like Itachi. Someone, kind and considerate. A bad boy with a heart of gold.
"So, Why come back home after all these years if you don't mind me asking." I mumbled moving over to the couch beside him. I didn't fail to notices the light sent of pine and clean musk that seemed to fill the air that I failed to notice at the bar that night.
He looked far away for a moment. Consumed by his own thoughts I assume, Which made him looked a rather lot like his younger brother, if you ask me. "Good question." He said somberly. "I started to miss what it felt like to be unconditionally loved by a family. Time after time, I was lied to. Told that someone cared or loved me. Only to realize that it was all smoke and mirrors." He looked out the huge house's wall length window that showed the midday sun, with children running around in the near by yard. "I needed a constant in my life. I missed that comfort of a family. I missed Sasuke." He finished, before slowly turning to me and gave me a slow smile that took a while to meet his eyes.
His words moved me. I didn't quite know what it felt like to not have a family, but after I lost my mother I felt a little of that loneliness. It was horrific. One could say, I understand, yet also not at all.
"I'm sorry that you've seemed to have so much pain in your life." I whispered kindly placing a hand on his strong shoulder. "But why would you leave in the first place, if you felt that way?" I'm sure I sounded like an interrogator, but I was just all too curious.
"You're pretty curious, huh?" He chuckled slightly awkwardly.
"Sorry!" I said nervously and held up my hands. "It's just Sasuke never really talks about you, then again, he doesn't really talk to me that much anyways." I placed my hands back into my lap, and looked at my fingers, not knowing where else to look.
He took his index finger and lifted my chin to look at him. "Don't look too sad, you're too pretty to frown like that." He smiled. "And I left, because I never felt excepted by my family. I was stupid. Oh, and selfish, very selfish. I don't think Sasuke ever forgave me for leaving." He sighed, as he lowered his hand, but kept intense eye contact with me.
"Ready for a movie, you two?" Mik's voice pulled me out of the deep wine pools that were Itachi's eyes, as I snapped my eyes over to her. She was holding a tray of three drinks, that were filled with a brown liquid.
"of course!" I chirped up as She sat beside me and turned on the TV that looked like a mirror when it wasn't turned on, and flipped it over to Netflix.
"What what do you kids wanna watch?" She smiled as I only shrugged. I wasn't into movies all that much so I waited to see what Itachi might like.
"How about a horror?" He shrugged clearly not all that interested himself.
"Well, you haven't changed at all." Mikoto rolled her eyes. "You know, I can't handle those movies." She chuckled.
Itachi smiled sheepishly, which made my heart flutter once more, and once more I cursed at it not to do it again.
"How about a romance?" She asked looking at me, I guess silently asking for female support. I really couldn't stand romance either, but Mik looked so hopeful.
Itachi chuckled and smiled. "What ever you'd like mother." He smiled at her lovingly, as she passed us the jack and cokes. I sipped on mine and savored the warmness it gave me.
I was surprised, Sasuke would have fraught me tooth and nail, but then again he did watch pride and prejudice with me without a fight. So, who knows.. I guess, I still really don't know all that much about Sasuke. That was a rather sad thought…
"So, it is!" Mik clapped her hands together, before flipping through the movies and asking me my thoughts here and there, before we ended up choosing an older film that I actually rather enjoyed called gone with the wind. Yet, though Itachi agreed to watch it with us, he looked physically in pain the whole time, then again, it may have been because of his wounds, but I highly doubt it.
Not to mention the fact that through out the whole thing he was making small jokes at the expense of the main characters, which to be honest made me chuckle a few times, which didn't go unnoticed by the older man. I'm pretty sure It only spurred him on, much to Mik's dismay.
During the intermission that happens half way through the movie, Mikoto dried her eyes and and smiled at us. "Such a good movie, even if Itachi doesn't understand it. Right, Sakura?" She nudged my arm as I nodded, and looked at Itachi.
"Totally, men can be so simple minded." I joked back at him as he smirked.
"Women can be so needlessly complicated." He jabbed back as I mocked pain, by holding my chest.
"How rude." I chuckled. "Yet, so true."
"Don't said with him!" Mikoto laughed, as she stood. "Anyone want a refill?" She asked as we both nodded handing her our now empty glasses.
"Thanks, Mik." I smiled at her as she walked into the kitchen.
"Do you really like this bullshit." Itachi leaned over and whispered.
"Heard that!" Mikoto yelled from the kitchen as we both chuckled to ourselves.
"Yeah, I do. You'll understand by the end why it's one of my favorites." I said softly as he looked at me interestingly.
"I'll pay more attention, now that you've said it was your favorite." He mumbled as showed his teeth. "Maybe, I can learn how to win you over." He said seriously, as my breath caught in throat.
I never really prepared myself for him to be so blunt about his intentions, even though I had since it before at the bar, and when he had placed his hand on my thigh, just yesterday. These last few days so much had happened, it's felt like months. It's really crazy. So, I guess any thoughts of Itachi honestly slipped my mind since this morning. God, Sasuke has me so fucking confused.
"Maybe." I said almost stunned.
"I hope so." He said just as smiled.
(Sasuke'd point of view.)
I honestly hoped Itachi bashed his head in on that damned bike. He doesn't deserve to be back home and act like nothing happened after what he did. After what I did. We both deserve to be in hell. Him more than me, but still..
I could barely focus on work as I thought about Sakura being there with my brother with only my mother to separate their aloneness. I didn't like that thought one bit. Even right now, I'm think about Sakura having to hand feed Itachi, because of his stupid broken arm. It made my skin crawl and blood boil.
"Sasuke, you cool man?" Jugo asked as he leaned joined me in my office. "You look pissed."
I looked up at the man that stood in the door way, as I sighed and stood, grabbing my cigs off of the desk. "Take a smoke break with me?"
The tall man nodded and followed me outside onto the balcony as I passed him a cig. "Brother dearest, got hurt on his bike and broke his arm." I breath out with the smoke in my lungs from my first drag.
"I see, that doesn't seem like something that would piss you off." He mumbled lighting up his paper roll.
"Oh, you know me all too well. The thing that has my blood pressure up, is the mental image of Sakura spoon feeding him as he complains about his injured jerk off hand." I growled as He nodded slowly.
"Guessing She with him right now?" He asked less like a question and more like a statement.
"Yep."
"And you're worried they're getting all lovey dovey because Itachi is a huge flirt."
"Right you are."
"I'd be pissed too." Jugo finished as he smoked a few more puffs out of his cig, as I did the same. "You know, My girl wants to see other people for a while. Funny, how after she met that asshole that she all of a sudden wants to see others. Not like I'm to close to her, because we've only been dating a month, yet he still took something that was mine. So, what I'm saying is that If you need me to break his other arm, boss. I will. Happily."
I looked at my favorite coworker pleased, that was the most he's said at once in months. "Thanks man." I smirked. "You're a champ."
"Just doing my job, boss." He chuckled as we finished are smokes in silence.
Once done with work my father pulled me to side, as everyone was leaving.
"Son, I need to talk to you about something." My Father said in a type of way that made me nervous like I was a child again.
"Sure." I nodded and looked at my dad as he looked around to make sure no one was in ear shot. Then grabbed my arm and pulled me close.
"Look, Itachi is your brother and my son, But all sentiment aside… He's up to something. So, keep an eye on him will you. I'm an old man. I'm not like I was. I still don't know detail's about that night," I cringed at the mention of the day my life changed. "But we both know we don't want a repeat of that with our Sakura. She too kind and innocent. Of course, I also know that you don't treat her the best, which makes me wanna punch you sometimes, but she can handle you. Not Itachi." He finished and let me go, as I nodded respectfully.
"Yes Father."
He nodded back and patted my back as we walked to our cars, and headed back to the house.
When, we got home, Father and I where walking in the door when we saw Sakura on the couch with Itachi over her, whispering something in her ear, with mom nowhere to be seen. My heart dropped and all I could hear was the rushing of my blood as rage filled me.
I charged at Itachi and threw him off Sakura, as she looked shellshocked, perhaps from my actions or Itachi's. I'm not sure which.
I stood in front of Sakura protectively as Itachi hissed as he hit the ground, holding his side.
"Sasuke! What are you doing, He's hurt!" Sakura snapped as she got up to I assume to help Itachi, but I grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her back beside me, and turned her to face me.
"Sakura, I told you not to get close to him." I all but growled, as she looked slightly frightened, which I hated seeing, but I couldn't hide my anger. "Where is mother?" I scowled.
"S-she went out to get more brandy…" She whispered as my father sighed and said something about his wife being an air-head.
"We're leaving." I snapped, as she bristled and looked down.
"NO." she said sternly, as I grabbed her arms and shook her slightly.
"Why can't you just listen to me for once!" I yelled fear lacing my words, but I knew all she heard was my rage. Hell, I did too.
Itachi stood and stuck his stupid arm between me and my wife, as he glared at me. "Stop ordering her around like you fucking own her." Itachi said in that unemotional voice of his that made me wanna gut him.
"Stay out of this Itachi." I spat at him, as I looked Sakura dead in the eye. "She's mine. Not yours."
"I'm not your's. I'm no bodies. I'm me." Sakura whispered. "Itachi it's okay." She smiled at him as he backed up.
"You can't let him treat you that way." He sighed and touched her hair, before I slapped it away, as he hissed once more.
I looked between them, before grabbing Sakura's purse and her hand and storming out as she struggled, behind me. "LET GO!" She screamed as we walked out and I heard dad holding Itachi back.
She bit my arm as we reached the car as I cursed loudly, before dropping her bag and grabbing the back of her hair, and forcing her face to mine. "WHY ARE YOU FIGHTING ME!" I screamed as she struggled more, less out out of anger but fear.
"Let go, Sasuke you're hurting me." She said gritting her teeth.
But I could hear her over my own pain..
"If you keep fighting me like this, what's the point of trying to win you over. Meet me half way, damn it! Like fuck. You're not giving me a chance, you're punishing me." He growled, but I felt the angry tears start to stream down my face, as I pushed her away. "Leave. I give up."
She fell on the ground and just looked up at me as I covered my face, ashamed of who I was, feeling terrible to hurting her, for not having her. Everything.
I looked down at her as her eyes filled with tears, and grabbed her bag, before slowly starting to walk to the house again as I watched her, feeling for the first time that it was actually over. That I had truly lost her. But right before, she walked into the house, she turned around and looked at me, with what I thought was longing, but then she said something that truly broke my heart.
"Sign those papers. I never want to see you again." She said so softly that if I wasn't so emotional I wouldn't have heard them.
Hey guys!
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