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Chapter 2- The Meeting

Next morning

"WHAT? UCHIHA?! YOU MEAN UCHIHA FROM THE UCHIHA CORPS?!"

"Tenten! You're too loud!" Sakura hissed. The whole group was astounded. They were in Temari's restaurant as per Sakura's request. She had to disclose it to her friends before the meeting with the Uchihas.

Tenten was screaming, Ino wasn't much concerned about the guy being Sasuke, but was more shocked about the fact that Sakura and Sasuke were marrying. 'A ship that I never knew I needed...' she was mumbling to herself as Sakura slapped her on the arm. Hinata's eyes went wide, she was literally speechless. "Oh my god youthful cherry blossom, I never wanted you to be someone else's but I'm glad that you're getting married in a family as prestigious as the Uchiha's!" Lee squealed and seemed genuinely happy about Sakura.

Sai gave his signature smile, with a "So ugly is marrying an Uchiha, I wonder how the marriage will turn out, I hope your ugly genes don't pass into the children, I want to call your kids gorgeous at least." Sakura blushed slightly at the mention of 'children' but snapped out of it at an instant, she didn't even know who this guy is! Temari couldn't stop her gasps.

"So forehead, which Uchiha are you exactly getting married to, I bet it's Sasuke! But how is it that Sasuke is marrying before Itachi..? Don't tell me it's Itachi you're marrying!" Ino squealed.

"Calm down pig! You'll scare everyone around! And can you all please lower your voices?! I really don't know, and now that I think of it, I didn't even ask his name back then, I was too shocked. I don't even know how to react to this nor I know what will happen, I'm so confused.." Sakura put her head down on the table as she finished.

"S-Sakura-chan, please don't worry.. I'm sure everything will be fine. I met the Uchihas before.. t-they're amazing people.. I'm s-sure the meeting will go j-just fine.." Hinata assured.

"Yes forehead! Itachi is a very nice guy, and Sasuke is quite emotionless compared to Itachi but I guess that's one signature trait of those Uchihas, but they're both very decent! I can't believe one of my friends is getting married to my best friend!! This is so amazing!" Ino encouraged.

While her friends agreed on how amazing it was that Sasuke and Sakura's friend groups could hang out together now and she was getting married to someone most of them already knew, Sakura was still confused about what to do. This was no surprise that Ino and Hinata already knew Sasuke, Konohagakure International had either the wealthiest or only the very intelligent students and fortunately Sakura came across some very amazing people who were not spoiled. This was a relief that at least she and her potential husband had common friends. The group continued discussing about marriage, none forgetting to tease Sakura to death, although they had to hold back a little considering the awkward and uncertain position Sakura was in, which everyone understood.

Meanwhile...

"TEME IS GETTING MARRIED? TEME? TEMEEEE?????!"

"Dobe, you're too loud." Sasuke said to his best friend, well, only best friend Naruto. It was hard to figure out how someone as loud as Naruto got along with the stoic Sasuke, but they just seemed to click. Sasuke wasn't the person to socialize for nothing, he didn't like to, but he had a few friends he knew through the company, Ino and Hinata were two of them, although he wasn't as close and he mostly knew Hinata after Naruto started dating her.

"Eh Sasuke, you can't complain. I mean this is something to be loud about, out of everyone you're not the person I expected to get married at first among all of us." Neji, the Hyuga CEO stated. Neji was quite similar to Sasuke. He is the cousin of Hinata. Originally Hinata was the one supposed to take over the Hyuga Corps but she stepped out of her position, leading to Neji taking over. Hinata still helped but she wasn't up for taking all of the responsibilities, according to her it wasn't just her type.

"This is not something I want Neji, unlike you, I have no choice. Father wants me to settle before I take over the company, and I can't say no to him." Sasuke said as a matter-of-fact.

"Fugaku-sama isn't wrong you know, people expect a lot from Uchihas and you taking over the company is quite planned for a long time unlike Neji's, so it's natural for people to expect you to settle before your father steps down." Shikamaru, the extraordinary genius in the group, owner to be of the Nara Corps stated. "Hn." Sasuke responded to Shikamaru's fact that he stated.

"So, teme, if it's not Karin then who is the girl? I mean I knew the only way to get you into marriage is an arranged one, and we all actually speculated Karin to be the only one, not like we liked it." naruto quickly added the last line noticing Sasuke's glare at him.

"Hn. You can thank Itachi for that. I don't know, tou-san said something about the daughter of a hotel manager-"

"YOU ARE GETTING MARRIED TO A STRANGER?" Naruto shot an incredulous look at his best friend.

"Damn Sasuke, that was not something I expected." Kiba, another friend of theirs said.

Sasuke could've asked for the information of the girl, now that he thought of it, he should've, seeing the shocked look on his friends' faces. But he just chose not to, that's how uninterested he was about the whole thing.

"Tch. Not like I have a choice anyway, I have to marry her at the end of the day so why waste time going through her biodata. I'm leaving, the meeting is in a couple of hours." With that Sasuke left the place, leaving four of his still astounded friends.

Haruno's

"Okaa-san, isn't it too much?.." Sakura looked at herself in the mirror, her pink hair was set down and her mother did her make up. It was simple, light eye shadow of peach colour and clear gloss. She wore a long flowy navy kimono complimenting her pink hair with minimal accessories. She still thought it's too much, she was simpler than this.

"Neh Sakura, you look so beautiful. You can't dress the way you always do now, can you? The Uchihas will be visiting you after all, and your suitor will be there too! Now prepare yourself, they'll be here in a while. I'll go and prepare everything else." With that Mebuki walked out. 'Few more minutes until...' Sakura drifted off into her thoughts, not knowing what to expect.

The Uchihas didn't talk much on their way to Haruno's. Fugaku was continuously discussing about business on calls and Sasuke was quiet the whole time. Mikoto tried to cheer the environment up by raising random topics every now and then, she certainly was excited, her face and will to make Sasuke look 'the best' made her excitement quite evident too. Itachi teased Sasuke every once in a while about how married life can possibly be, which Sasuke ignored everytime.

"We're here." Fugaku said as the car stopped. 26B, Haruno's, written at the gate beside. It was a small house, Sasuke took a look as he got out of the car. The house looked decent from the outside, and he hoped the family to be like how Itachi described it, that's all he could do now.

The Uchihas stepped in front of the house and rang the bell, only to be greeted by two people seconds later as they opened the door.

"Mr. And Mrs. Uchiha, it's an honour to meet you, please come in!" A man of similar age as Sasuke's father said, which Sasuke assumed to be his suitor's father.

The Uchihas got in and sat in the living area as the Haruno's pleaded, the house was filled with warmth and was well organized, though Sasuke was more used to the big mansion he lived in.

"Uchiha-sama, I'm Kizashi Haruno, and this is my wife Mebuki Haruno, I hope you didn't have to face any trouble finding the way to the house."

"Not at all Haruno-san, you have a lovely house! By the way, I'm Mikoto Uchiha, and these are my sons, this is Itachi my older son, and he's Sasuke, my younger son. And please, call us Fugaku and Mikoto."

"Nice yo meet you Fugaku-san, Mikoto-san, hello Sasuke-san, Itachi-san." Mebuki spoke this time.

"Please call us Sasuke and Itachi, Mebuki-sama, it's a pleasure to meet you too." Itachi said seeing Sasuke's clueless expression. Sasuke only managed to force a slight smile to not appear rude, after Itachi's look towards him.

"I see you have decent and well-raised sons Fugaku-sama. Mebuki, where's Sakura? Let's get her introduced too now that we all are here!" Kizashi said. Mikoto squealed at this and Mebuki ran to get her. So her name is Sakura.. Sasuke thought.

Seconds later someone popped out walking down the stairs, it was Mebuki, and beside her was a girl, with pink hair? Sasuke couldn't see her face from where he was sitting, but her pink hair was very much visible.

"Ah, this is my daughter Uchiha-sama, Haruno Sakura. Sakura, they're Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha, their elder son Itachi Uchiha, and this is your spouse to be, Sasuke Uchiha." Sakura shifted her gaze from the ground towards them slowly, the Uchihas are beautiful, that's all she could think at that moment. All of them sat down on the sofa soon after.

Sakura shifted her gaze to Sasuke this time, the person she just got to know she was getting married to. Uchiha Sasuke is unbelievably good looking. Sakura didn't know how this guy was as a person, but his features were definitely out of the ordinary. He had pale skin, dark black hair that reached till below his ears and complemented his onyx eyes. Not to mention his exquisite dressing sense, he wore a navy suit and white shirt underneath, with matching and clearly evident, a branded watch. Sakura instantly looked away when she noticed Sasuke shifting her gaze towards her way. She was really scared and her heart was beating at a very fast pace the moment she stepped out of the room and now it was no better.

Sasuke had to admit, Sakura looked far better than how he imagined her to be. She had bright bubble gum pink hair that seemed very natural, reaching somewhere between her waist and shoulders. Her porcelain skin suited the navy dress that she wore, and he came to the realization that somehow they were wearing matching outfits. All her features seemed exceptional, besides her unique pink hair, she had bright emerald green eyes that Sasuke could only take a glance of, since she seemed too fearful and shy to look straight and kept her gaze down most of the time. She isn't that bad looking, actually, her features are beautiful. 'Tch, I don't even know what type of person she is, why do I care.' Sasuke brushed the thoughts off.

"Konbanwa, Uchiha-sama." Sakura bowed slightly as she sat down.

"Hello Sakura, you're way more beautiful in real life than in the picture that we saw, I like you so much already, I can already tell that you're perfect for my Sasu-chan!" Mikoto said excitedly. Itachi suppressed a slight laughter and Sasuke felt his cheeks getting hotter. Really? Okaa-san had to call him Sasu-chan in this situation? However, Sakura's blush was nothing compared to Sasuke's. She was already turning a deep shade of crimson. I'm totally giving off Hinata vibes here.

"Of course Mikoto-sama! And Sasuke-chan is no less! He is definitely the perfect husband for Sakura!" Sasuke and Sakura blushed again at what Mebuki said.

"As you know, I've been in charge of Uchiha Corps for many years now and it's about time for me to step down, and it wouldn't be possible for me to do so without my son having a wife first. He graduated from Konohagakure University last year from the business department. He's currently working with me in the office along with Itachi and is already 23, I don't see any more perfect age for him to get married. I hope the biodata was sufficient, I see your daughter is an eligible girl, if you don't have any objections, I'm hoping we can begin planning the wedding." Fugaku said. It is actually happening. Sakura thought.

"You're right Fugaku-sama, and no, I promise my daughter won't disappoint you. She is a very capable and intelligent girl in the final year of her university, thanks to her intelligence she managed to get into Konohagakure International as well with a full scholarship." Sasuke's eyes widened a little at the fact he just learned from Sakura's father. Konohagakure International? How did he never see her there? "She has always been the top student back in her school, and will be receiving her doctorate degree this year." This explained why Sasuke never noticed her, she was in the medical department. "And who would object a marriage proposal from a family as prestigious as yours Fugaku-sama? After all you have such decent and capable boys! Of course we have no objections!" Sasuke felt like everything around him started spinning for a while until he got grip on himself and forced himself back to reality from his thoughts.

Everything was moving too fast for Sakura to process. But she knew she had to say what was bugging her since yesterday. And she decided to say it after the parents were done talking.

"That's settled then, as the wedding is supposed to be arranged within 10 days I suggest that we hold a private engagement party in a week, till then you can prepare Sakura's belongings for shifting them in the Uchiha Residence that she'll require after the wedding." Fugaku suggested.

"An excellent idea Fugaku-sama, we have no objections, right Mebuki, Sakura dear?"

Mebuki happily nodded. Sakura could only give a shy nod, 'this is the perfect time' "U-Uchiha-sama.." everyone looked at Sakura at once as she spoke, Sakura continued, in a very fearful tone, "Please pardon my sudden interruption.. I wanted to say.. as you know, I am in the last year of my University.. so I was.. wondering if you, I mean a-any of you would have a problem i-if I wished to continue studying.. I-I really want to complete my education a-and get a j-job..." She faced Sasuke at the end, still lowering her gaze, indicating who she meant by 'any of you'. Even though her parents said yesterday that they are okay with it, she wanted to hear it from them herself for her own assurance.

"Sakura.. what are you saying, Uchiha-sa-"

"It's okay Kizashi-san, Sakura, it's great that you want to build your own career and complete your education, I don't see a reason for me or Sasuke stopping you from doing so." Fugaku interrupted Kizashi and assured Sakura while looking at Sasuke, clearly showing that he expected his son to give the same response.

Sasuke was quite impressed with what Sakura just did. As much comfortable Sasuke knew his father was about these matters, not everyone could actually pluck up the courage and talk or ask for something to him like that. But Sakura did. Not like Sasuke minded it. He liked the fact that she had the will to be independent, moreover, it showed that she was not one of those fangirls drooling over Sasuke's looks and money, after all she didn't even ask Fugaku to pay for university or anything, she was smart enough to get a fully funded scholarship from a competitive university like that. So Itachi wasn't wrong when he said this girl is different from the ones he encountered on a daily basis, she is capable. "I don't see a problem either." Sasuke replied in an emotionless tone. No matter how impressed he was, he'd never show it.

Itachi couldn't help but smirk hearing Sakura's request. She definitely is different, Itachi liked Sakura already. Any other girl would give up on everything else to live on Uchihas money and marry for Sasuke's looks, but she chose to keep her focus on her career instead and cared least about how wealthy Sasuke was. The exact kind of sister in law I wanted for otouto.

"Kami, don't worry about it Sakura, and honestly, I'd definitely love a doctor as my daughter in law, how amazing does that sound!" Mikoto almost squealed with happiness. A wave of relief washed over Sakura, her to be parents in law weren't so bad after all...

Hours later..

"Haruno-sama, tou-san, apologies for interrupting. But I was wondering since, I assume otouto and Sakura-san has no objections to this, why don't we give them some time to speak to one another? It will be better for their own bond after all." Itachi suggested realizing the awkward tension between Sasuke and Sakura. They were done with the dinner by now. Throughout the evening Fugaku and Kizashi discussed about the marriage and the family got to know one another more. Sasuke and Sakura didn't even look at one another, let alone talk. Sakura stole a few glances but everything was way too awkward for them to go any further. They completed dinner and were back in the living room enjoying some desserts. Just then, Sasuke and Sakura both stiffened at Itachi's suggestion.

"Definitely Itachi, but unfortunately we have to head back now, remember tomorrow's the meeting with the Kazekages? Moreover, they have quite a few days before the marriage to talk, not to mention the time after the wedding. Sakura, Sasuke, I request you to find some other time for the talk. Haruno-san, it's been a pleasant meeting and we'd love to stay more, but we must head out now."

"It was a pleasure meeting you Uchiha-sama, I expect further and more frequent meetings too now that our children are being wed!" Kizashi said.

The family spent the next couple of minutes chit chatting until the Uchihas finally left. Sakura didn't know how to feel, she was kind of disappointed that they left early and she couldn't speak to her husband to be. What are you thinking Sakura, snap out of it! After all he didn't even bother speaking.. not like she expected it, he was a billionaire and he probably has many girls giving him company anytime he asks. She never wanted to marry a guy like that but probably it's her fate which wanted this to happen..

Sometimes later..

"Sasu-chan, isn't she perfect?! I love her already!" Mikoto was very happy with the daughter in law she will be having.

"Hn, I don't see anything changing anyways, so why'd you want to know?" Sasuke replied.

"Sasuke, Sakura is a very eligible girl to bear the Uchiha name. I know the time is too short for you to get to know your fiancé more but I hope you understand the situation as well. And now that I think of it, I see Itachi's suggestion to not set your marriage with Karin was a very good idea." Fugaku said.

At least his father wasn't wrong about the last part, even though he doesn't know Sakura, she's certainly better than the fangirl-ish Karin. 'She didn't look too excited, rather she was scared.. I wonder if she likes someone else..' tch. Why'd he care? He wasn't interested anyway, she could be with whoever she likes. But except for only a few of his friends, most girls he encountered with were literally drooling over him, and he expected Sakura to be one of those girls too. Seeing her different amused him, even though he wished she wasn't that uninterested as she looked. No, why'd she? He wasn't interested so she shouldn't be either. It's a wedding for the sole purpose of fulfilling duties as a future owner of the company only.

The engagement was fixed to take place next week, both the families had a lot to arrange and they were at it right after fixing the marriage. Sakura had to take a leave from the university. It wasn't a big problem for Sakura though, she was already way ahead of the syllabus. After all she was the best medical student in the department. Sasuke was made busy to prepare himself for the wedding too. Itachi offered to take Sasuke's position and responsibility in the office for the time being and Fugaku asked him to reduce the workload for a while too, Sasuke wasn't too happy with their suggestion considering how workaholic he was but at the end he had to give in to his family's requests.

Sasuke and Sakura had to mentally prepare themselves besides preparing everything else for the wedding as well after all...


Author's note- Hope you liked this chapter! Like I said, I want to include everything about their marriage so I'm taking my time writing on the family scenes too, I don't wanna move too fast but I hope it's not too slow either!

Also, the wedding preparations already began! How do you think it will go?! We'll see that in the next chapter! Stay safe!

(Thank you so much for the reviews and support! I really didn't expect that much positivity after just posting the first chapter but for me even that much is a lot! So much appreciation for you all!)

Next chapter release date- 17th April, 2021.