As Sakura got out of an empty bed and headed for the bathroom to brush her teeth and hair, she could hear the drops of rain that were falling from outside.
She looked out the and smiled when she saw the tears of the clouds falling from the sky, Sakura loved rainy days. Whether it was because she could get comfortable and wear warm clothes or because she could drink hot chocolate without being judged, either way she loved rainy days.
Sakura walked out of her room and was surprised when she didn't hear any kind of noise or movement. She instantly was on her guard as she walked down the stairs to the dark room in front of her.
She heard a squeak in the floor behind her and her feet automatically swung for the face of this stranger, but right when her feet made contact with the persons face she heard a loud, "Surprise!" coming from behind her.
"Huh? What?" Sakura said in a panic as the lights turned on and revealed all of her friends in front of her with party hats on and a giant chocolate cake with pink cherry blossom petals as designs.
She turned around and saw that she had kicked Naruto in the face and he was now smiling up at her with his thumb up.
"I'm so sorry Naruto I thought that you were an intruder!" Sakura began to explain herself as she saw the reddening of his cheek.
"It's fine Sakura, it's your birthday today anyways."
Sakura had almost forgot about her birthday, once the realization kicked in she took a quick look around and made a run for it to the back door.
"I told you she would try to run, plan B!" Itachi said as the house ran after Sakura, who was trying to find an exit.
Sakura went to the bathroom in the back and closed it as quiet as possible, she then opened the bathroom window and stuck her legs out first so she could land on her feet.
As she pushed herself off of the window and expected to land on ground, she was surprise to find her feet floating above the ground while Itachi easily carried her with one arm as he dragged her back in the house.
"I win." Itachi said once they were all back in the living room, he had his palm extended and upright as he awaited the money that soon fell on his hand.
"Thank you, now back to business." Itachi said as if he did not just win a bet on whether or not his girlfriend would try to run for her 18th birthday surprise.
"Now Sakura I know that you don't like your birthday very much but too bad for you, we're making you one anyways." Itachi said with a smirk as he saw Sakura's face turn from anger, to anxiousness, to embarrassment. "We have all taken the day off to spend with you, none of you will go to school today, we already called, and we will just have a nice rainy day of watching movies and playing games. What do you say? I promise it won't be that bad."
Sakura nodded her head and Itachi smiled knowing that she was now willing to participate.
"Ok first things first," Ino said as she brought the birthday cake that now had lit candles on it. "Make a wish."
"But I already have everything I want." Sakura said thinking about what to wish for, when suddenly something came to her mind. "I got it." She said and closed her eyes as she thought, "I wish that Itachi and I could get married."
She then blew out the candles and received an applause from her friends.
"What did you wish for?" They asked.
"I won't tell you, and it's something that won't happen so it was just for fun." Sakura said and they moved on with the day. After cutting the cake and eating it, they made hot chocolate and began to watch different movies including; comedy, horror, action, and romance.
It was now 6:15pm and everyone was playing charades. It was Itachi's turn to act and everyone was in on this but Sakura.
"Ok Itachi, how many words?" Konan asked.
Itachi held up four fingers.
"Ok four words." Sakura said.
Itachi held up one finger.
"First word." Temari said.
Itachi began to act as if he was pushing something, and as if he was tired but continued.
"Work?" Sakura asked confused.
Tenten then stepped in, "Power?" Itachi made a gesture that said she was close.
"Power?" Sakura whispered to herself as she tried to figure it out.
"Slaves?" Sakura guessed again, wrong of course.
Sasuke stepped in then, "condition?" Itachi gestured the same movement as he did with Tenten.
"Power?...Condition?" Sakura pondered as everyone else tried to hold in their laughter.
"OH!" Sakura said as she thought of something. "Is it like the will of someone?" She asked and Itachi gestured that she had gotten it right.
"Ok 'will' is the first word." Konan said.
Itachi put two fingers showing he was going to act out the second word.
He then pointed to Sakura.
"M-Me?" Sakura stumbled a bit surprised, Itachi shook his head.
"You?" She guessed again and Itachi motioned that she got it right.
He held up three fingers this time.
He began to act jolly, almost like a child but not quite there since it is Itachi we're talking about.
"Happy? Joy? Laugher? Smile?" Sakura said guessing and guessing.
"Oh! Marry?" She asked and Itachi motioned that she was correct.
"Sakura!" Ino yelled behind her to get her attention, which worked because she turned around to face the blond.
"What is it Ino?" She asked confused.
"Did you figure out what the sentence was?" She asked and Sakura shook her head.
"He still needs to do the last word." She said.
"Ok well here is your clue for the last word." Ino said as she began to walk in front of Sakura as Sakura followed her with her eyes.
"The first three words were, "Will you marry-" Konan said as Sakura turned around. Once Ino was out of her site she saw Itachi kneeling in front of her on one knee with a black box in his hand.
"Will…you…marry….me?" Sakura spoke the sentence slowly in case this was all in her head and she said something embarrassing.
"You guessed it correct." Itachi said finally being able to speak again. Suddenly the lights dimmed and Sakura realized he was still on one knee.
"Sakura…will you marry me?" Itachi asked looking directly into her eyes to show her he was serious.
"Y-Yes!" Sakura shouted as she threw herself on him and tackled him to the floor.
Itachi grabbed her right hand and placed the wing on her marriage finger. "Sakura Uchiha," Itachi said out loud, "It has a nice ring to it."
As their friends began to cheer and celebrate Sakura began to feel dizzy, the room was spinning and the next thing she knew she was throwing up.
Itachi drove her to the hospital, and because no one had anything better to do they all followed them there.
"How long is this going to be?" Deidara complained as he blew his hair out of his face.
"She should be out soon." Konan said, and then the doors swung open to reveal a pale looking Sakura, it worried everyone a little bit.
Itachi was the first one at her side, "What wrong? Is it a stomach virus?" He asked as he observed her pale skin. All of her friends crowded around her and she could feel the eyes of the rest of the people in the hospital were on her.
"I'll tell you guys when we get back home, it's not a big deal." Sakura said with a fake smile.
Regardless they agreed and drove back home.
Once they were inside the door they questioned her again.
"So what was it that you had?" Konan asked, they were all worried she might have been sick.
"Well this is something I'm going to need to discuss with everyone." Sakura tried to hold back the tears but they just began to come out, suddenly everyone was worried on what she was going to say.
"I….I'm pregnant." She said trying to smile but the tears were falling anyways. Everything was quiet for a moment.
"Are you going to keep it?" Ino asked, the only one to say anything.
Sakura didn't say anything.
"Of course she's going to keep it." Itachi suddenly said, "I will take care of our child, I will not let you have an abortion. I can take care of us." Itachi said as he went over to her, but things were still tense.
"There is more…" Sakura said gaining all her courage. "I have a heart condition that I apparently never knew I had before. They said I have a tumor in my heart…and if I don't have a heart donor in the next few weeks…." She couldn't finish what she was saying, but she didn't need to. Everyone understood clearly what was going on, Itachi more than anyone else.
Sakura needs a new heart in the next couple of weeks or she dies, along with the baby inside of her.
Ino and the rest of the girls were wiping tears, not sure of what to say as Konan went into the kitchen and began to hit things while Pain tried to calm her down. Sasuke could only watch in shock as he saw his brother and close friend fall apart before him.
Sakura fell to her knees and Itachi could only hold her as he gazed off into nothingness.
Itachi realized that his happiness was leaving before he could even have it, and Sakura realized that her wish came true…but so did her nightmare.
I'm sorry it was such a late update, but I hope you enjoyed it none-the-less. I will see you all next time for the next update, and as most of you could tell this story is coming to its end soon.
Reviews will be very kind of you :)
