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Recap
Itachi swiftly planted a kiss on Sakura and nipped on her lip, just waiting… he really didn't have to wait for long.
He set her down and backed her against a tree where they continued their make-out session for quite a few minutes before they decided to stop.
"There goes 1." Sakura muttered, rolling her eyes playfully.
"Hm." Itachi said licking his lips before they walked back into the village, acting as if nothing had ever happened.
They went back to the Uchiha Compound holding hands as the sun started to set. But boy were they in for some surprises.
The stars shone brightly in the dark sky, as Sakura and Itachi made their way to the compound, hand in hand, enjoying the gentle breeze, and the relaxing silence. It had been a hectic day today, yes, but everything seemed to have worked out just right at the end of the day.
Too bad the day wasn't quite over just yet…
Chapter 10: Good Night Itachi
As Sakura and Itachi entered the house, they saw some luggage by the door. They looked at each other questionably. Was there a visitor or something…?
"Mikoto?" Sakura asked, noticing how the luggage seemed a lot like… hers…
"Oh hello dear… I knew it was only a matter of time before you got here." Mikoto replied, appearing from the kitchen.
"What's going on over here?" Sakura asked, pointing at the stuff by the door.
"Oh umm… I think you'll be sleeping over." Mikoto giggled.
A small silence erupted, Sakura thinking she was hearing wrong.
"What?" Sakura asked after a while, noticing they were all waiting on her to react.
"You'll be staying with is for a few days." Mikoto repeated, a big smile on her face.
"What?" Sakura blurted out all too quickly, totally confused and shocked to say the least.
"I'm not quite sure. But we got a message that they're fumigating your apartment. They sent your stuff here for the time being." Mikoto explained as she pointed to Sakura's bags currently on the floor.
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"I see..." Sakura said after yet another long silence, narrowing her eyes at the stupid owner of the apartment.
"If you would like, you may stay here for the time being Sakura." Mikoto explained.
"Oh no, I couldn't…" Sakura trailed off. "I'll just stay at Ino's or something…" Sakura said.
"You'll be living here in a few weeks Sakura… might as well get used to it now. I insist you stay here for the time being." Mikoto said, which in her language actually meant 'you have no choice, just shut up or face the consequences'.
Sakura sighed. "If you insist then." Sakura said, defeated.
"That's great news Sakura! Itachi-kun, please escort Sakura to your room." Mikoto said.
Itachi nodded as he took Sakura's bags and walked towards the hallway. He paused shortly and turned around. "Sakura" he said, as if telling her to follow. He turned back around, hiding the smirk that was forming on his face. He knew Sakura all too well already. It'll probably take her around a minute or something in order for her to get her head straight.
Sakura couldn't process anything at the time. Her brain had totally shut down after 'your'? As in… Itachi's room?! Did she really say… his room? Really?!! Oh this could not be good.
"Sakura" Itachi repeated walking away, a bigger smirk forming on his face.
"H-Hai…" Sakura said following robotically as Itachi slowly walked down the hall.
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This was going to be a long night.
"Itachi… am I really going to sleep with you?" Sakura asked, as she walked down the dark hallway, still walking robotically.
"I don't see why not." Itachi smirked. It had been about a minute already. It was about time for her to show some type of emotion
"W-Well I've never s-slept with a-anyone before." Sakura admitted, glad that it was dark or else Itachi would have been able to see the fire-red color that was her face. Most likely though, he could. Why? Because Uchihas' –'especially Itachi Uchiha'- see and know all.
Itachi never responded, and Sakura had stopped hoping for one a while back. They reached the door, and Itachi entered, turning on the light switch. He walked, and put Sakura's bags at the corner of his bed. "I'll be back momentarily. You may settle in and place your belongings where you please." Itachi stated, nodding her way, before exiting the room, and leaving elsewhere.
As Sakura saw his figure disappear, she let out a long sigh she didn't know she was holding, and laid down on the black bed, taking in her surroundings. Examining closely, she saw a large black couch –about as long as Itachi is tall- in front of the bed, with a black Flat Screen TV hooked to the wall in front of that. The door which they had just entered through was to the left of the TV, in Sakura's perspective.
All the way to the left corner, was a small black fridge –about as tall as Sakura's waist-, a small black trashcan next to that, and a black desk next to that, all pressed against the wall.
To the right of Sakura, next to the bed, was a small black night table, with a small lamp, and a small book on top of it. On the other wall, next to night table, was a small window giving a nice view of their garden, and some of the woods surrounding the estate.
To Sakura's left, were black drawers –which were rather big in width-, two columns of drawers with 3 drawers in each. A few feet away from the drawers was a door, which Sakura guessed to be the closet.
On the other door, there was yet another room, but this one was opened, clearly revealing a small, yet comfy, bathroom.
'Why does Itachi insist to have everything black?' Sakura thought sourly, an anger vain making its way to Sakura's face. The only things not black so far were the walls, which were a light cream-ish color, lamp, which was the same color, the floor, which was actually a dark color of wood, and the bathroom, being the same color as the wall. It was made out of nice creamy marble too.
Sakura sighed once more before getting up, and sorting through her bags. She went to the drawers, and thought for a moment. How would she put her clothes?
'I can just put all of it in the empty drawers.' Sakura thought.
'OR, you can put your clothes with Itachi's. You'll be marrying him either way in a few weeks.' Something inside of her argued, which made Sakura scowl. Sakura opened the first drawer to the left, revealing… boxers?
Sakura blushed a deep red as she examined them, for no apparent reason. Most of them were black and plain, though she could clearly make out a few dark blue, and dark gray ones, along with some that had the Uchiha Clan Symbol on them. Funny… that wasn't something someone expected to see. But then again, seeing Itachi's boxers weren't something anyone would see anyway in daily-life anyway, now was it?
'Just put it in!' something inside of her urged, and Sakura agreed, just wanting the headache to go away. She grabbed all her panties, and quickly tucked them in, making sure they were as neat as Itachi's… it would just be too weird if his stuff was neater than hers. Sakura put her panties next to his boxers, leaving enough room to put her bras and any bathing suits in at the right corner of the drawer. Then, Sakura moved to the drawer under it.
Inside, Sakura found it was filled with all sorts of shirts, neatly folded. 'Of course.' Sakura rolled her eyes. Everything looked wrinkle-free and perfectly folded - of course, she would expect as much from Itachi.
Sakura went to the drawer below it, to find that it was filled with Itachi's pants, most –if not all- being black. Again, all the room was taken.
Sakura checked all the drawers to the right, and found them all empty… almost as if he had been expecting for her to move in soon… or maybe he just didn't need that much room for his clothes… whatever.
The first drawer, Sakura filled with all her night gowns and pajamas, along with socks as well. Under that, she placed her shirts –color coordinated- like she had for the past 5 years. In the last drawer, Sakura put her pants, skirts, and shorts.
After everything was put away in the drawers, Sakura got the remaining items, such as dresses, ANBU uniforms, jackets, etc., and put them in the closet, next to Itachi's belongings. There wasn't much in there, really. Only a few sweaters, and his ANBU uniforms. Good, because Sakura had a lot to fit in there. Shopping with Ino, Hinata, TenTen, and Temari had caused the increase of clothes the last couple of years.
After Sakura was done with all the clothes, she grabbed the last bag and went in the bathroom, putting belongings such as deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, razor, pads, perfume, make-up, and such where they should go.
Just as Sakura finished putting everything away and sat down on the bed, Itachi came back in.
"What'd you have to do?" Sakura asked curiously.
"I had to speak with Otou-san." Itachi replied.
"I see." Sakura said, wondering if maybe it was about the whole 'clan ritual' and 'marriage' thing. Everything had just been too much these few weeks. But then again, fighting with Karin and the bitch-squad had really helped to lighten up her mood dramatically.
"Have you settled all your clothes?" Itachi asked.
"Yup. I put them in the drawers." Sakura said, trying to hide a small blush, thinking of the boxer thing. Itachi raised an eyebrow, obviously referring to the blush, questioning it. Before he could ask anything, Sakura cut him off. "What time is it?" She asked curiously, staring at the dark sky outside, through a window.
"Around 9." Itachi responded.
Sakura nodded, standing up. "I'll be taking a quick shower before we sleep then." Sakura said, quickly grabbing a night gown and some panties from the drawer.
Itachi nodded. "The towels are inside the bathroom." Itachi said.
Sakura nodded, smiling, and then entered the bathroom, closing the door behind her.
Sakura sighed, going towards the shower and turning on the warm water. Sakura waited only for a few seconds before it heated, and then she stripped her clothing off and entered the shower, immediately feeling relaxed by the heat of the water. Sakura took a long, relaxing shower, that probably lasted about 45 minutes.
After getting out and wrapping a towel around her body, Sakura got out her blow dryer, and dried her hair while combing it, and then got dressed into her night gown, which was pink with a shiny pink lace under the breasts, that went all the way around her, with a bow in the front. It was shorter than knee length, and it had a pretty good view of her cleavage. Sakura rolled her eyes. She had picked one of the most revealing night gowns she had without wanting to. Just great.
Sakura cleaned up the bathroom, put away her blow dryer, put her clothes in the basket for dirty clothes, and brushed her teeth before emerging from the bathroom. While putting away her stuff, she realized she would now be sleeping with Itachi, and she couldn't help but feel very, very nervous.
Sakura found Itachi laying there on the bed, glasses on, and reading the same book that was on the night table before.
Itachi glanced at her, and Sakura could obviously tell he was staring for a little too long. She looked around nervously, not wanting to complain. By the time she looked back at Itachi, which was only a few seconds, he was staring back at his book.
Sakura let out a tiny sigh of relief, and then slowly walked to the bed, sitting on the corner of it.
"Tired yet?" Itachi asked, looking up from his book.
Sakura shook her head, though a small yawn afterwards confirmed his thoughts. Itachi smirked, closing his book after remembering the page. All Sakura did was pout, not understanding how Itachi did what he did. He had some weird, strange power on her. And everyone and everything too…
Itachi stood up, going towards the light switch to turn off the light. He did so, and all that was left was the night light, and the moon light to keep everything lit.
Sakura felt her heart pound a thousand times a minute as she got under the covers, seeing Itachi go to the bathroom to brush his teeth real fast. Sakura stared at the space next to her, dreading the time as it grew shorter, for Itachi to return. Much to her relief, she heard Itachi exit the room rather fast, for reasons unknown to her, giving her more time to think things through.
Sakura brought the layers of warmth up to her chin, and turned to the side, bringing her legs up as she stared at the moon, through the window. She didn't know why she was so nervous, really. She should have known this would have been coming, the moment she agreed to marry Itachi. But then again, it wasn't like she could think of the entire long list she had to do right at the spot.
But what was she afraid of? It wasn't sleeping with a man, that was for sure. She had slept beside Kakashi, Sai, Naruto, and Sasuke too many times to actually count, so it wasn't like she wasn't used to it. But then again, it wasn't like any of them were her betrothed either. They were all like brothers –and brother/father in Kakashi's case- so it never felt as if she were sleeping with actual men… just, overly enlarged –and occasionally annoying- stuffed animals with weapons that could kill on them… Yup, that was it.
Maybe Sakura was afraid of what could happen in bed. Because surely, nothing like that could ever happen between she and Kakashi, or Sai, or Naruto, or even Sasuke. But with Itachi, it could. Because technically, they were engaged, and for Mikoto, the sooner, the better right? She would probably even go to the limits of kicking Sasuke out of the house, and making the house off limits for anyone for as long as she needed it to make sure Sakura got pregnant one way, or another.
That might be the reason, because from the very beginning, Sakura was against having children so early in her life. Sakura was afraid of having anything happen in bed, and that was where her doubts came from.
But surely, she should trust Itachi more, shouldn't she?
Even though she knew she should, she didn't. Because she and Itachi had never been in this sort of position before, and of course, most would say nothing would happen, but most didn't know Itachi as well as she did. He was the one who punished crimes by making out with people to the verge of exhaustion. He was the one seducing her while they were trying to get her out of being in trouble. And he was the one who even told his mother 5 children –or more- was fine with him.
Itachi was a pervert.
She knew it, and unfortunately, she didn't know how far that perverseness went. And, apparently, she didn't trust it one bit.
The time seemed to go by like minutes, having Sakura stare at Itachi's rightful spot on the bed most of the time. When the door finally opened once again, Sakura turned around to peek. Itachi had on some black sweat pants on… only. Not to mention his hair was undone, falling right on his chest, giving that messy and sexy yet tough look saying –don't mess with me cuz I'm sexy and oh, so dangerous'.
Yeah, Itachi was looking prrrtty damn sexy right around this point in time.
Sakura could feel her heart rate intensify and double, and she knew it was obvious her face was burning up. The smirk on Itachi's face confirmed her thoughts either way.
"Like what you see, Sakura?" Itachi asked her, standing at the doorway.
Sakura rolled her eyes at the sheer stupidity of that question. Really, it was a very dumb question because, honestly, who wouldn't like seeing that? "What do you think?" Sakura almost snapped, frowning at the thought that she couldn't even lie to him. His body was too distracting.
"Hmm..." was the only thing Itachi said as he made his way to the bed.
Sakura became really nervous, and even more nervous when Itachi turned the night light off, leaving nothing but darkness in his wake.
Sakura felt the weight on the bed shift as Itachi kneeled on the bed. "Good night, Sakura." Sakura heard, feeling Itachi press his lips on her forehead.
"Night, Itachi." Sakura responded, closing her eyes and zoning everyone and everything out. She didn't want to think about Itachi next to her because frankly, if she did, she would probably have an urge to push him off, or force him to sleep in the hallway.
After about 30 minutes of worrying, Sakura's eyes grew heavy and she drifted into a light sleep, comfortable and relaxed.
It wasn't until a few hours later that night, she woke up with a chill in her spine.
It was cold.
Sakura wrapped some more of the covers over her, but it didn't seem to do much. Sakura thought maybe being a little close to Itachi would help her warm up, so she scooted over a little, trying to feel for Itachi. When she finally reached the other edge of the bed, she finally realized Itachi wasn't there.
So…
'Where's Itachi?' Sakura thought, looking up. She surveyed the room, looking around and seeing if Itachi was there. Squinting, Sakura thought she saw a hand poking out of the sofa.
Sakura scurried to her feet, shivering, and tip-toed to the sofa, finally seeing Itachi on the sofa. He had his arms behind his head, with a small blanket over him.
Sakura felt herself smile. He had noticed, of course. Itachi had been respectful and had given her room, and time to overcome that feeling of uncertainty.
Itachi really was a good man, she noted, and she felt somewhat guilty for not trusting him to begin with. Itachi had always been so kind and respectful to her, so why shouldn't he be exactly the same now? Sure he was a pervert, she acknowledged, but he had his ways of showing he cared too. Like this…
Thinking back now, Sakura knew she had been acting stupid. But then again, suddenly sleeping with a man did seem a bit nerve-wracking…
"Sakura…"
Itachi's voice startled her for a second, and Sakura almost slapped herself in the forehead, having not expected this. Itachi was a highly skilled ninja -obviously, he would wake if another skilled ninja was lingering over him like his shadow.
"Itachi." she said, though there was no point.
"What are you doing?" he asked, leaning on the arm of the sofa.
"Umm… it got cold." Sakura said as if it would explain everything. Itachi was smart enough to get a clue, she supposed.
Itachi stood up, suddenly picking Sakura up bridal style. He placed her back on the bed (while having Sakura blush crazily all the way there), and placed the sheets over her. Then Itachi went to the closet, rummaging for a while before pulling out a big, fluffy blanket. Itachi went back to the bed, spreading the blanket over Sakura.
Sakura smiled at Itachi as he kissed her forehead once more, and went back to the sofa…
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…But now she felt guilty…
Sakura lifted herself up, staring at the sofa. She really didn't have anything to worry about…
Sakura tip-toed to her feet once again, and walked to the sofa, grabbing a bit of Itachi's blanket and pulling on it childishly.
"Hmm?" Itachi asked, peeking through one eye.
"Go to bed with me?" Sakura suggested, blushing the whole time, with a small smile on her face. Itachi smirked, pulling the blanket off of him and standing up almost immediately.
Sakura grabbed his hand, pulling him towards the bed with her. She really looked much more confident than she really felt, and she was pretty sure Itachi knew that. He could read her like an open book.
Sakura sat back in the bed, expecting Itachi to do the same. He stood there though, for a few seconds, staring at Sakura. "Are you sure?" he asked her, an eyebrow raised.
Though a big part of Sakura wanted to shake her head because no, she really wasn't, she knew it was okay. Because even if she was nervous of sleeping with a man, she would get over the initial shock.
Sakura patted the spot next to her, giving Itachi a yes. Itachi walked to the bed, on the other side of Sakura, and got under the blankets.
He didn't get too close, Sakura noted, and realized it was because he was waiting for her. He was waiting for her to make her move because, he wasn't in the position to make one. It was all her.
Sucking up her confidence, Sakura scooted over to Itachi, though she faced the other way. Shyness still got the best of her either way. By doing this, though, she was giving him permission. Itachi didn't want to upset Sakura by doing something she didn't want to. That was why he slept on the sofa to begin with. But by moving over towards Itachi, she was saying it was okay. Because really, it was. Sakura knew Itachi, and she loved him, as hard as it was for her to admit it. She trusted him enough to know her fears were dumb, and nothing would happen. Not now anyway…
Almost immediately, Itachi wrapped an arm around Sakura's waist pulling her closer to him. Even though this startled Sakura, she was okay with it. There was nothing wrong with… snuggling. Itachi then put his chin on top of her head, taking in her scent of sweet strawberries.
Sakura let out a tiny sigh, in bliss. Really, this wasn't bad.
"Good night Itachi." she whispered, having him hum in agreement seconds after.
They were like that for a few minutes, until Sakura quickly took of the layer of blankets. Now that Itachi was here –and they were sharing body heat- it was actually very, very hot. They ended up sleeping with only the thin sheets, taking up only half the bed.
Besides that, the rest of the night was peaceful, if you exclude a few… disturbances where Itachi's hands sometimes lingered a little too low, after Sakura switched positions, having faced him.
"Pervert" Sakura hissed under her breath, grabbing Itachi's hand and bringing it to her waist for the seventh time that night.
"…Hn." Itachi would reply, though that really wouldn't stop him.
"Is that all you have to say?" Sakura grumbled, looking up to see Itachi's smirking face.
"What do you wish for me to say?" Itachi responded, looking down at her.
"I don't know, a 'Sorry Sakura, I won't do it again' would be nice." She retorted, rolling her eyes.
"Hmm… but I can't promise that." he whispered, kissing her forehead for what could have been the hundredth time that day.
Sakura merely rolled her eyes. "Good night, Itachi." She jerked, moving his hand once again.
"Hmm." Itachi said, closing his eyes.
Sakura sighed, not understanding how she fell for a pervert who was usually only capable of saying 'Hm', 'Hn', and 'Perhaps', if you exclude grunts of agreement, or disagreement.
It was a beautiful, sunny morning in Konoha. The birds were chirping, the townspeople were singing, the streets were bustling with lively people…
"Itachi!!" Sakura complained, somewhere in Konoha, or more specifically, his room, which was now hers, as well.
Here she had been, planning to wake up to a beautiful day and having a gorgeous, sexy man lying next to her to have kiss her good morning, but apparently fate had different plans for her.
The first few seconds of her morning had been calm and peaceful, that is, until Itachi had to ruin everything by walking out of the bathroom, in nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist.
But wait, this wasn't why Sakura had broken the peace.
Staring at Itachi's irresistible body had her immobilized, making her only able to stare at the moment. Itachi only spent a little time smirking at her ogling, but then he moved on to the drawers, having forgotten to bring his clothes to the bathroom. Opening the top, left drawer, he was about to pull out some of his boxers, but paused, obviously noticing there were extra… items in the drawer.
From the background, Sakura could only keep staying frozen while staring at his gorgeous toned chest and muscles, and wondering what was taking him so long. Was he doing that on purpose or something…?
He turned around, one hand holding the towel in place, the other holding what Sakura recognized to be… her pink laced bra, with matching black panties with a pink bow, and laced linen…
Thus, the screaming fest began…
"I was merely…" Itachi trailed off, trying to find the right words to quench his curiosity.
"Merely my ass." Sakura shouted, standing up hurriedly and snatching her undergarments from Itachi, and placing them back in the drawer, pouting the whole time. Sakura then turned around.
She stared at Itachi, arms crossed, cheeks huffed, and foot tapping. "We obviously have some getting-used-to to do." Sakura said, glowering at Itachi, who merely smirked in response.
"I'm sure we can discuss everything needed once I am proper." Itachi stated smirking, looking down to the towel he was wearing.
Sakura blushed a deep red. "O-Of course." Sakura said, waiting for Itachi to get whatever needed.
"Would you hand me my clothes? You are, undoubtedly, in the way, after all." Itachi said, motioning to herself, which was blocking the drawer.
Sakura blushed a deeper red, quickly opening the drawer (with a little more force than needed to), quickly grabbed some all black boxers, and threw them at Itachi. He grabbed them expertly, nodded as a thank you (smirk still intact), and then left to the bathroom, coming back minutes later, wearing the boxers only.
'… Just as bad as wearing the towel!' Sakura thought, shaking her head in a disapproving manner.
"Should I not trust you with my undergarments there?" Sakura scowled.
"I was merely shocked, that is all. There won't be an issue again, I assure you." Itachi replied.
"I didn't need a demonstration." Sakura rolled her eyes, smirking in amusement slightly.
"My dear apologies Sakura, it won't happen again." He said, hugging her from behind (suddenly appearing there) and resting his chin on her head, wrapping his arms under her breasts.
Sakura giggled, noticing he took her line from last night, and twisted it to suit his personality more.
Sakura turned around, wrapping her arms around his neck, and pecking him on the lips. "I believe we forgot 'good morning', didn't we?" she teased.
"Good morning, Sakura." He replied, kissing her passionately.
Sakura laughed, moments later finding herself sitting on the bed, Itachi hovering over her, still kissing her… somehow… And it even managed to become a make-out session.
Their make-out session was interrupt shortly after when Sasuke barged in.
He crinkled his nose in disgust, turning away as Sakura and Itachi tried to fix themselves up the best they could.
"Okaa-san told me to inform you both breakfast was ready. No wonder she insisted I come up instead of her." He stated, having Sakura laugh afterwards.
"Just make sure you're both decent." Sasuke shook his head, walking away.
"This'll be you with Nijiko in a few months." Sakura called after him, having heard a thud afterwards. Apparently, the comment had shocked Sasuke, and he hit his face with the wall.
Sakura laughed harder, and even Itachi broke a chuckle, surprisingly enough…
"Let's get dressed." Sakura said, rummaging through the drawers and pulling out a short white skirt, a green tank top, and a yellow, soft jacket with long sleeves, which didn't go past her breasts.
Sakura quickly locked herself in the bathroom, did her daily routine to get ready, and emerged from the bathroom ten minutes later, fully clothed and ready. Itachi was there sitting on the couch, the bed already made, waiting for her. Surprisingly enough –'not'- he was wearing all black. Damn, even his boxers were black.
The sudden thought made Sakura blush, but she dismissed it shortly after, knowing Itachi would get on her case later on if he ever found out about her blush. "Shall we go?" Sakura said, making Itachi look up, and nod at her shortly after.
"Here they come!" Sakura could clearly hear Mikoto squeal from the hallway as she hurried and put the finishing touches on the breakfast table, filled with all sorts of stuff: Bacon, pancakes, toast, waffles, eggs, orange juice, milk, butter, and syrup.
"Does Mikoto always prepare this much food?" Sakura whispered, approaching the table.
"Okaa-san seems to have… over done it. She must be overjoyed." Itachi explained, and Sakura nodded as they entered the dining room.
"Take your seats kids. I'm almost done with everything." Mikoto said, ushering the 3 of them (Sasuke included) to the table, where Fugaku was already sitting, the morning newspaper in his hands as he skimmed the pages.
Sakura sat down, Itachi on her left, and an empty seat to her right. "Mikoto, don't you think this is a bit… too much?" Sakura asked, not understanding how so much food could fit in such a small table.
"That's what I had said." Sasuke said taking a seat on the other side of Sakura.
"And you were right… that's why I invited Shisui over as well." Mikoto said gleefully.
There was a moments pause…
"-and Nijiko"
Sasuke almost chocked on the orange juice he had been sipping, and Sakura had to pat his back roughly for him to not choke, or chuck it all up. "Sasuke calm down." Sakura glared, but Sasuke was still coughing, trying to regain his breathing.
"It won't be that bad Sasuke." Mikoto assured, putting down an extra plate for Nijiko.
"Yeah Sasuke, just relax." Sakura agreed, though inside she was laughing. 'If only you could have seen your face!' she thought, laughing loudly inwardly of course.
Sasuke turned to Sakura, glaring. He heard the all-too-sweet tone in her voice; he knew exactly what she was thinking.
Sakura smirked in return, sticking her tongue out childishly for a few seconds. Before doing so though, she had glanced at Fugaku, who was too busy with the paper, and then at Mikoto, who was still cleaning up the kitchen. Good, no one would see her.
"You know," Sasuke stated switching from Sakura to Itachi, and then back, "You're starting to act a lot like Itachi. Too much in my opinion. I don't need another devil living under the same roof as me." Sasuke said.
Sakura and Itachi turned to look at each other, an emotionless face on Itachi –though slight amusement was obviously seen-,and a blank expression on Sakura's face.
Sakura ended up laughing and Itachi just smirked, knowing his foolish little brother was completely right this time.
Just as Sakura had finished laughing, the doorbell rang and Sakura stood up to go get it, assuming it was either Nijiko, or Shisui.
It actually happened to be both.
Shisui was wearing all black, hands behind his head in a lazy manner, a goofy smile plastered on his face. Nijiko was wearing a light blue dress that went a bit past her knees, her hands in front of her, her face staring directly at her feet, her face flushed.
Either Nijiko was very, very nervous, or Shisui had totally just made an inappropriate comment that had caused Nijiko to go on the verge of consciousness…
"Hi Nijiko, Shisui." Sakura said.
Nijiko looked up, smiling slightly at Sakura. She looked to her left at Shisui, and he gave her a funny look, which just caused her to look back down, face even redder.
"Shisui, stop harassing the poor girl."
"Whatever you say Sakura-chan. Good morning to you too!" he said, laughing slightly as he gave Sakura a quick hug and entered.
"Don't mind him Nijiko. All Uchihas are perverts." Sakura assured, greeting her and letting her come through.
Nijiko nodded, trying to tame her blush before they reached the table.
Once everyone was situated, Sakura realized their positions had changed slightly. Sakura was still next to Itachi, but now Nijiko was to her right, and Sasuke after that. Shisui was next to Itachi, with Fugaku next to him, leaving Mikoto to occupy the seat in between Fugaku, and Sasuke.
They ate with some small talk around the table, most of it having to do with how Nijiko would soon be initiated into ANBU, which Fugaku had been pleased to hear about.
"So Sakura, how was your sleep?" Mikoto cut off, obviously excited. It looked like she had been wanting to ask that question for quite some time now, but had no real time to ask.
All eyes turned to her, and Sakura felt herself blush under all the pressure.
"Sleep was… err… good… I guess. The bed was very soft." Sakura added, glancing at Itachi for several seconds. Their eyes met and Itachi smirked, making Sakura blush even more, and Itachi turned back to his scrambled eggs, taking a bite of them.
Now here Itachi was, seeming perfectly fine, and Sakura was now staring at her lap, her face as red as Nijiko's had been. Everyone stared back and forth between the two, wondering what their unsaid words were, and what their silent conversation had been about.
For the most part, it went like this…
"I would have to say sleep was more than satisfactory, really."
"Itachi you damn pervert!!"
"Wouldn't you agree though, Sakura?"
"………" (By this point, Sakura's face was already a bright red.)
"I hear no complains"
"Shut up!!" (A tomato shade by now)
Sakura couldn't help but agree with Itachi inwardly, though she had to say she only enjoyed it because… well, Itachi had been half-naked and his bare chest wasn't something she wouldn't mind having in bed…
Everyone stared at Sakura, then Itachi, then back at Sakura, and once again at Itachi, for what seemed to be several minutes, until Itachi took a sip of his orange juice, and laid his eyes expectantly on Sasuke.
"I don't suppose you plan to have a serious relationship with Nijiko"
And thus, a squealing mother emerged, a pained son happened, a relieved soon-to-be daughter-in-law surfaced, an evil, yet genius fiancé occurred, and an almost unconscious best friend arose.
For the most part, Fugaku stayed quiet, listening in whenever it was important for him to do so, and only interfering when he had his own questions.
Shisui was mainly laughing his ass off, until word reached him not having a girl friend yet. Sakura also suggested that Shizune was available, which started another fit of conversation to erupt, only making Nijiko relieved that she wasn't the center of conversation anymore.
"Breakfast was hectic, no?" Sakura said, sitting down on the couch, along with Nijiko. After breakfast, Mikoto told Sakura to bring Nijiko up to the room for a while, while Itachi and Sasuke discussed some clan preparations, and Mikoto cleaned off the table. Sakura and Nijiko had offered to help Mikoto, but she refused, saying their time would come soon enough, only causing them to blush while hurrying away.
Nijiko nodded, admiring the room. "I'm just glad it's over with." Nijiko said. There was silence for a few seconds, until Nijiko giggled slightly.
"So you slept over with Itachi… in that bed… right there." Nijiko said, pointing behind them to the bed.
Sakura glared. "You're point being?" she asked, though her glare faltered, being replaced with a light blush.
"Nothing" she replied, smiling in victory.
There was a few seconds silence…
"How was it?"
"What?" Sakura blurted out, not expecting that to say the least.
"Did you sleep well?" Nijiko asked.
"Umm… I guess."
Nijiko merely giggled softly, causing Sakura to just sigh and shake her head.
"Don't laugh at something you'll become, my dear, naïve Nijiko." She laughed as Nijiko suddenly stopped laughing, blushing ferociously.
"T-The girls d-didn't know about t-this?" she stuttered out, trying to change the subject.
Sakura shook her head. "It was late last night when I found out. I never got to tell anyone." Sakura explained.
"Shouldn't you tell them?" Nijiko said, raising an eyebrow.
"I guess I should… I just don't want to deal with Ino's loud-self when she finds out…" Sakura trailed off, her nose crinkled in distaste. Nijiko merely laughed, and Sakura joined in afterwards. "I'll send them a message, I suppose." Sakura said, summoning a small white slug.
Sakura made her way to the desk, taking a small piece of parchment and a pencil, and beginning to write.
Don't really want to give all the details, but I spent the night over at Itachi's… pass it on to the rest of the girls. Not Nijiko though, she already knows. Make sure Ino's last.
-Sakura Haruno
Sakura gave it to the slug, and sent it to Hinata first. With that, they waited in silence for a few minutes.
"Why'd you write for Ino to find out last?" Nijiko asked.
Sakura chuckled. "You'll find out soon enough."
Nijiko have her a questioning look, but dropped it, and just waited patiently.
Soon enough, Sakura spoke up. "It should be about time now." Sakura said.
"…What do you m-mean?"
Her question was answered as Sakura have her a smirk.
"FOREHEAD GIRL YOU DID WHAT?!" a loud rumble shook all of Konoha and Nijiko could feel shivers go down her spine. If this was what her voice could do, imagine what she alone could do…
"SLEEPOVER AT MY HOUSE TONIGHT!!" Ino continued.
Sakura sighed. "Same old Ino. She did the same thing last year when I told her I had a small crush on Gaara." Sakura chuckled.
"Suna's kage?" Nijiko asked, and Sakura nodded afterwards.
"The crush didn't last that long really. About 2 weeks." And just as Sakura finished her sentence, Sasuke and Itachi came in.
"Nijiko, training?" Sasuke asked.
Nijiko looked at Sakura, as if asking if it were okay to leave her alone. Sakura merely gestured her out. "Go have fun Nijiko." She assured her.
Nijiko nodded, hugging Sakura good bye. "See you at the sleepover." She whispered and Sakura nodded as she watched Nijiko leave holding hands with Sasuke.
Once their door was shut closed, Itachi spoke. "I don't suppose that means you'll be unavailable tonight." Itachi's lips quirked up into a smile.
"Ino's very serious about her sleepovers." Sakura said.
Itachi nodded. "I must go finish the clan arrangements with Otou-san."
"I have to finish the wedding preparations with Mikoto and Okaa-san."
Sakura sighed in exhaustion as she and Itachi made their way out of the room, and to the kitchen where Mikoto was almost all done with cleaning. "Mikoto, shall we go to Okaa-san's to finish the clan preparations?" Sakura asked.
"Oh yes dear. Let me just finish drying these dishes. Itachi, you should be on your way. I'm sure the clan elders would be upset if they had to wait." Mikoto said.
Itachi nodded, giving Sakura a quick kiss on the forehead, and then exiting the room.
Sakura quickly helped Mikoto finish drying the dishes, and then they headed off to Yuri's house, another day of wedding arrangements ahead of them.
"Now all we need is the guest lists, VIPs', and the last of the decorations." Mikoto summed up, checking off a few things off her list as she went along.
"Let's not worry about the guest list too much." Yuri said, serving each of them some more tea. "I'm sure most of Konoha will be invited anyway. We really just need VIPs'." She continued.
"Well, my girls are obviously maids of honors, which reminds me, Nijiko should be added to that list as well. VIPs' could be Naruto, Kakashi, Sai, Kiba, Shikamaru, Neji, and Sasuke, for me." Sakura said.
"Itachi's grooms are already Shisui-kun, Sasuke-chan, and Kakashi-san so they're all good." Mikoto said.
"So, Naruto, Sai, Kiba, Shikamaru, and Neji" Sakura said, and Mikoto nodded. "Oh, and we gotta add Shizune and Tsunade-sama to that." Sakura giggled.
"Why of course! But we have other plans for Tsunade-sama." Yuri said. Sakura gave her a questioning look. "We have asked her to be the priest as she accepted!! She'll be the one wedding you both!" Mikoto said in glee.
"Serious?" Sakura asked in disbelief.
"Yup! She was ecstatic when we asked her. She agreed almost immediately." Yuri giggled.
Sakura giggled. What an image it would make, having the Hokage wed the soon-to-be Uchiha Clan Leader, and Konoha's very own Cherry Blossom. Especially if Tsunade had conveniently drunk some sake right before the wedding ceremony…
'We'll have to make sure Tsunade stays sober.' Sakura crinkled her nose.
"What's wrong Sakura? Don't like the idea?" Mikoto asked.
"Oh no, I love it! I was just thinking of how troublesome it would be to make sure Tsunade-sama was sober in the wedding."
This caused all 3 of them to erupt in laughter.
"I'm sure we can work things out. After all, everything's possible with 2 crazed mothers on their daughter's wedding day." Mikoto said, and Yuri nodded in agreement.
Sakura felt a pang of comfort wash over her. Mikoto had called her a daughter… her daughter… Could this be any better? Sakura was really glad she had been accepted into the clan –for the most part anyway. Most of the fan girls, especially Karin Uchiha, had refused profoundly, but no one really cared about her opinion. It wouldn't really matter. It wasn't like Karin was invited to the wedding ceremony anyway.
"What will the invitation looks like?" Sakura asked.
"Oh, I got a sample right here!" Mikoto shouted, grabbing her purse and rummaging through it. She pulled out an invitation letter. The top half border was blue, and the bottom half border was red. The Uchiha Clan insignia was a little above the middle, with 'YOU'RE INVITED!' right below it in big blue letters.
Opening it up, it revealed a picture of Sakura and Itachi kissing and- wait… what?
"Mikoto…" Sakura said trailing off, her anger rising ever so slightly.
"Yes?" Mikoto replied sweetly.
"When exactly was this taken?" Sakura asked, glaring.
"Umm… you know." Mikoto replied, wiggling around in embarrassment.
Sakura laughed. "No… I don't…" she said in between laughs.
"Well you see…" Yuri said.
"I might have… followed you guys around for a while… waiting for a kiss…" Mikoto trailed off, looking slyly to her left, avoiding eye contact with Sakura.
"And look how wonderful the picture came out!" Yuri cut in, shoving the picture in Sakura's face.
Sakura examined it. "Yes it's a pretty picture but that's not the point!" Sakura dismissed it. "You were spying on us?!" Sakura asked in disbelief.
"Because pictures come out so much better when it's in the spur of the moment! Not when its being acted out, or you know you're on camera!" Mikoto proclaimed.
Yuri nodded. "It was my idea!"
"Well that's true… but-"
"No buts, you agreed, case closed!" Yuri said all too quickly to shut Sakura up.
Sakura opened her mouth ready to protest, but she simply closed it back up seconds later, knowing she wouldn't get anywhere with her to crazy mothers…
"Whatever, are we done for the night?" Sakura asked.
"I believe so, why, have any plans?" Mikoto asked, a wicked grin on her face.
"Like maybe… going to bed…? With Itachi…?" Yuri added, looking suspiciously at Sakura.
Sakura blushed a deep red. "I-If you all m-must know, I-I have a sleepover a-at Ino's tonight w-with the girls. Not Itachi, Okaa-san. By the way, how is it you found out?" Sakura asked, switching her glance from Yuri's, to Mikoto's.
"I sort of told her the moment the man who delivered your luggage left. You should have heard her squealing!" Mikoto giggled as she and Yuri held hands, falling into fits of giggles.
Sakura sighed and shook her head disapprovingly. "I'll be on my way now. I'll see you all tomorrow, Okaa-sans' okay?" Sakura said, and she heard even more squeal erupt when Sakura said Okaa-san's… yes, plural.
"Oh Sakura-chan! You don't know how long I've been waiting to hear that!" Mikoto started crying anime tears, holding Yuri –who was crying just as much- closely to her.
Sakura sweat dropped. "I'll be seeing you then."
Sakura hugged them each and said her good byes', quickly exiting the house and making her way to Ino's. She already had everything she needed in Ino's apartment, just because they had done this 'sleepover' thing so much, they all left their clothes there just so that they didn't need to bring it each and every single time.
Sakura couldn't help but wonder what would happen now. Every time Ino threw a surprise sleepover –such as this one- she would do something special, without telling the person the sleepover was for (in this cause, Sakura) about it.
Sakura could only hope Ino didn't go overboard with this one…
End of chapter
There we go! And I have to say, I'm so sorry bit neglecting this story and not updating in over 2 months!!! Really am sorry but the ideas didn't come to me as soon as I hoped it would have, and plus, my computer wasn't working so I couldn't really write anything for a while. D:
Review please! And I'll see if maybe I can update this sooner for an apology but I've been very busy lately so I'll see how everything goes :)
-Marzy-chan :)