Love Letters

Rated: T

Sarada is four when she spots an old yellowing envelope with her mother's name written on it in slight cursive writing. It's within the pages of a very old notebook she found in a box in her mother's study. She had been looking for the coloring book she had left in the office a couple days ago but couldn't find it when she decided to look in the box next to one of the many bookshelves. Everything else was too high up and she didn't want to move her mother's chair because it was too heavy. The envelope had slipped out of the notebook when she picked it up.

Holding the envelope in her hand she exits the room all thoughts of finding her coloring book forgotten and heads backs to the party her parents were currently hosting. There were a lot of people she had never seen before, all wearing fancy clothes and suits and sparkly jewelry.

She walks down the winding staircase taking careful steps holding onto the individual posts since she can't reach the banister very well. When she finally makes it to the bottom she hops off the last step, the blue dress her mother had her wear flowing with her. Since there are over a hundred people currently in attendance she has trouble finding her parents.

Maybe she should have stayed with the other children?

She walks up to the closest man and reaches up to pull on his suit jacket, her mother would have a fit if she knew she had just done that. "Have you seen my papa?" the man shakes his head no and Sarada pouts moving to find someone who has. It's when she's pulling on a woman's silky silver dress that she hears someone call out her name and turns around to find her papa pacing towards her. A smile forms on her face and grows wide as she runs the rest of the way still clutching the envelope.

"Papa!" she has her little arms wrapped around one of his legs looking up at him her smile still radiant and Sasuke reaches down to pick her up. He apologizes to the woman for Saradas behavior but she dismisses it with a wave of her hand.

"What were you doing Sarada?" he asks brushing back some of the wisps of hair that got in her face. He's walking now most likely going back to where he left her mama.

"Looking for you!"

"Oh yeah? Is that why you left the other kids?"

She shakes her head "No, they were boring so I went to look for my coloring book."

It's then that he takes notice of the envelope clutched in her hands "And what's this?" he takes it out of her hand and turns it over and he sees Sakuras name in his own handwriting. "Where'd you get this?"

"Mamas office" she leans her head on his shoulder and wraps her arm around his neck getting comfortable.

Sasuke doesn't particularly remember writing this letter, but it's one of many he used to write for her over the years. How Sarada got her hands on it he doesn't know, he was sure Sakura kept them all in a small wooden carved box in her walk-in.

Shaking the thought away, he folds the letter in half and places it in his pocket and spots Sakura still talking to his brother and heads towards her. She looks stunning in the maroon V-neck sequined gown she chose to wear for the occasion. It was off the shoulder and the bodice hugged her curves nicely and it flared out sweeping the floor, the guests were careful to not step on the train when they walked in close proximity to her. Her long hair was left down in soft waves and was currently swept over one shoulder showing everyone that the dress was backless. It was the one part of the dress that he did not like because of the various wandering eyes of the men in attendance.

Her back is currently facing towards him since she is currently speaking to his brother so it's easy to sneak up on her. He places his unoccupied hand on her hip mindful to not step on her dress and places a kiss on her temple, she jumps a little at the action having not expected it.

"Ah! Darling there you are, I was wondering where you'd run off to."

And it was true, he had run off when he was given a message from Kakashi that Sarada was not with the other children. Instead of telling Sakura about it he snuck off already thinking the worst, a million things running through his mind that could have happened to her. He hadn't wanted to worry Sakura so as calmly as he could he went to search for her. His heart had only stopped racing when he found her pulling on the dress of the wife of one of his staff members.

"This one had wandered off," he motions to Sarada who eyes are starting to droop, obviously tired now since it was getting pretty late.

Sakura gasps clearly shocked "What do you mean she wandered off?" she places a hand on Saradas back rubbing gently, her eyebrows furrow "Was Kakashi not watching her like he was supposed to?"

"Seems he got distracted." Itachi muses, not at all surprised. Kakashi's eyes tend to wander when a beautiful woman walks by.

Sakura shakes her head, not at all pleased but still glad that Sarada going missing wasn't because of some other reason. "Here let me take her," she reaches out but Sasuke shakes his head "It's fine, I got her."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'll probably go ahead and put her to bed in a little bit. It's getting late, I don't want her staying up longer than she needs to."

"Alright, the party is going to start dying down anyway. Guests will be leaving soon if they haven't already."

They go back to having a conversation, occasionally bidding goodbye to those that come to them with the intention of heading home and after the fourth person Sasuke goes ahead and excuses himself to take Sarada up to her room.

He places her in her green strawberry printed pajamas and helps her brush her teeth and tucks her into bed. She's out the moment her head touches the pillow. He sits next to her for a couple minutes, watching her, hearing her soft breaths.

He still remembers the day he finally got to hold his little girl for the first time, swathed in a pink blanket, skin pink and wrinkly. Without a doubt, he's not ashamed to say that that was probably one of the best days of his life. It's insane how such a tiny person can change your perspective on so many things, she makes him want to be a better person.

With that thought he leans down and presses a kiss to her temple, bringing up her blanket a little higher so she won't be cold and gets up to head back downstairs. When he closes the door he finds Kakashi in the hall waiting for him.

"Some bodyguard you are, losing a four-year-old," Sasuke says in a low voice, there's not much anger behind the words but the situation had still upset him.

Kakashi rubs the back of his neck, his eyes crinkling "Ah haha, yes. She's quite stealthy, probably saw my back turn and decided that that was her chance."

"Hn. Just watch the door. Properly this time, I should be back up in half an hour with Sakura and then you can head back to your post."

Kakashi just nods and stands in front of the door, not moving. With one last shake of his head, Sasuke goes to find his wife.

"It feels so good to take off these heels," he hears Sakura say as he's unbuttoning his suit jacket. He hums in acknowledgment, loosening his tie and pulling it off. He feels Sakuras hands wrap around him from behind as she presses herself into him. He grabs her hands and brings them up to his lips, placing a kiss on her knuckles before turning around to face her.

His eyes roam her figure. Taking in every detail from the curve of her hips to her breasts up until he reaches those beautiful expressive green eyes of hers.

"You're so beautiful," he murmurs as he runs his fingers through her hair to cup the back of her neck and he watches as a soft blush spreads across her cheeks.

"You don't look so bad yourself," she's got a cheeky smile when she says this and she brings her arms up to wrap around his neck, standing on her tippy toes. He closes his eyes as she brings her lips up to join his in a chaste kiss before pulling away whispering, "help me get this dress off, yeah?"

He turns her around and helps her with the zipper, carefully running the tips of his fingers along her spine causing her to shiver. He leans forward pressing a kiss to her bare shoulder and she lets out a soft sigh. He pulls away and the moment is ruined when he smacks her ass and tells her to get changed because he has something to give her. He chuckles at the squeak she lets out and goes back to removing his attire.

He hears are mumbling to herself how he's such a tease and he shakes his head.

When she comes back out of her walk-in she's wearing the new lace-trim babydoll he bought her earlier that day. It's white, lacy and short just like he likes them. He swallows hard, it hardly leaves anything to the imagination but right now he's got a letter to give back to her so anything else will have to wait.

"So what is it that you wanted to give me?" She says as she pulls back the duvet to get into bed. He's already comfortably sitting back on his side, with a book open. He set it down and reaches towards the nightstand for something before turning back to face her.

She's clearly surprised by what he's given her, turning it over and seeing her name. "Did you write me another letter?" she asks opening it up "It's been so long since you've written me anything." She continues "but then again I'm not halfway across the world."

"Hn. Not quite." He watches as she reads the first couple of lines and then as her eyebrows knit in confusion "Sarada had this with her when I found her wandering by herself. "

She looks up to him trying to understand, "But how could she have gotten this? I'm sure it was with the others locked away."

She sees him shake his head "She said she found it in your office, I'm not exactly sure where but to her, it was important enough to thwart her little mission of getting her coloring book." He's amused if the smirk on his face is anything to show for it.

"Huh well that's interesting," she looks back down at the letter skimming over it "and here I thought you were going to start being romantic again." She says with a teasing smile. She puts the letter away, making a mental note to put it with the others before turning back to him and seeing the frown etched on his face. "Oh darling, I was only kidding."

"No, you're right. I've been lacking in the romance department." He sighs "I've been busy with everything else, I feel as if I've put you second to my other responsibilities," he leans his forehead on hers "I'm sorry."

"Sweetheart, I'm not complaining. Trust me, I know you're a busy man with a lot of responsibilities. There are hundreds upon hundreds of people who count on you every day." His eyes are closed as she says this so she gently pushes his head back to get a better look at him "Look at me." When he does she sees the doubt that he holds for himself "You are a good man. A truly honest good man. And I see that in the decisions you make every day. So what you don't write me letters anymore, you gave me something so much better than that and she's currently asleep down the hall."

He tries to be subtle about it but she sees it anyway, he wipes away the tears that were able to escape. He's grateful that she gives him a moment to recompose himself, he never did like crying. He clears his throat "You know when everyone else was telling me to not pursue a relationship with you because you would be a distraction, I never once listened to the words they had to say. You Sakura, were the best decision I ever made."

"Oh stop, now you're gonna make me cry." She sniffles but stops the tears before the fall. "You're wrong though," at his confused expression she continues "You're still romantic, it's just different this time." A smirk replaces the soft smile she held before, as she moves to straddle his waist and he leans back moving his hands across her bare thighs, situating them on her hips. "I absolutely love it when you buy me new lingerie to wear for you." She whispers next to his ear.

She's learned not to open the neatly wrapped packages he has delivered to her work with a note that only says "for later", having been caught opening one before and not being able to explain with a blush spreading across her cheeks.

"You wanted me to wear this for you tonight didn't you," she places soft kisses along his jawline "did it live up to your imagination?"

He lets out a groan as he feels her hands roam down his chest "So much better than I imagined." He says strained because her hands keep moving lower and lower.

"Yeah?" she says with a lilt in her tone.

He flips them over "I told you, you're beautiful," he says as his eyes take in the sight of her under him. This woman was gonna be the death of him, of that he was sure of. Maybe he will start writing letters to her again he thinks as he captures her lips with his.

A/N: Sasuke's occupation will remain a mystery, but he is a very important world figure. You can decide what he is lol.

I'm also working on a sequel to Boys and Toys, although I don't know when I'm going to finish that but it is halfway finished. Don't expect it to be published soon though. I'll try my best. xx