A/N: Been long but this story has been going around my head for a long time. Enjoy if you will.
Disclaimer: Fandom and characters belong to Kishimoto. Storyline from The BigBang Theory.
Papa's got a Plan
Saturday meant trash day, so as Sakura was took out the trash and was climbing back up the stairs she saw Fugaku-san standing outside Sasuke's door. She let out a little-tiny gasp of surprise at the sight of him, but it was normal she hadn't seen any of his parents lately especially now that they were broken up, he might not want to see her except his wide smile said otherwise.
"Well if it isn't my Musume, how have you been kid? You should come over with Sasuke sometimes, my wife really misses having her little pair around." He chuckled a little at his clever little joke he seemed to had made up. Certainly giving him a mental pat.
Sakura on the other hand was bewildered she hid her hands in her hoodie to let the awkwardness of the situation seep out slowly still not knowing how to answer to this kind, proud smile that resided on the man's face.
"Um, Hello, sir . It's really nice seeing you too, how is Mikoto-san?" She even managed to throw in a not so uncomfortable smile she had practiced all her life. She isn't sure where to look at and weighs out her options her apartment door, Sasuke's apartment door, the lift that's been out of order since the beginning of time itself? Or the man who seems to have no idea that she is no longer the person his son is seeing? The floor wins out.
"Now none of that you know we want to be your other pair of Mama and Papa. Might as well start greeting as such, Mikoto is fine but she misses you two terribly though. Can you believe this kid? He is taking about forever To get ready. You should join us, going to be like a family outing." He offers with warmth she has yet to recieve from anyone else and that kind of swells up her heart and her eyes start to brim with tears she doesn't want to shed. Why does fate have to be so horrible to me?
She then hears the creek of the door and the sexiest man ever walks out looking like he was just blessed by Kami-sama. Sasuke's eyes widen some as if she wasn't expecting to see her now and wishing she'd disappear. Fugaku-san looks smilingly at her and him and says something she doesn't here while trying to hide behind her bangs. when she's about to excuse herself ,Fugaku-san stops her and turns to Sasuke. "You know son, we should take her with us, would be fun to have another one of the family."
All while she's grateful for his affection, Sakura is sure her ex won't appreciate it much.
"Sure, Dad. Why don't you wait in my apartment while Sakura gets ready? Isn't that right, darling? Sasuke gives her a forced smile while he tenses visibly. He reaches for her and kisses her head delicately while his dad was staring adoringly at them
What on earth is exactly going on?
Sakura tried not to eye the man sitting on the back seat from the rear view mirror. Fugaku-san insisted he sit next to her. Sasuke didn't protest because he wanted to go through his phone rather than vexatiously sitting beside her, she could get that. It's not like she dressed up a little for him , leaving her shoulders bare and all. And the fact that she still had her hoodie would be better unknown to him. It was her lucky one.
She let out a huff of annoyance at his nonchalance but being subtle enough as to not concern his father in fact was immensely enjoying himself. Bless his soul for not sensing the tension in the air. She stepped on the gas and prayed he wouldn't notice her nervous energy. The whole afternoon was a whirlwind of confusion.
Sasuke pulled her towards her apartment door and lowered his voice even after making sure his father was no where around.
"My dad doesn't know we broke up." His voice indicated no remorse at putting her in this position.
"What! Why?" She didn't know how to deal with this, dammit , lying got her all sweaty.
"Well, he was really, as in exceptionally proud of how I manged to get a hold of someone smart and responsible like you and that was like the first time he was really really proud of me, I didn't want to disappoint him." He said averting his eyes from her face,which molded into a look of understanding which he can't afford to look at.
" So you told him we were still dating, Come on. There's a lot of things he should be proud of." She said with sincerity.
" Yeah? and what might that be?" He said bitterly, looking pointedly as if he had been offended.
"Nothing that comes to mind. Oh! You're really beautiful." She even tried to force a smile to ease the tense atmosphere.
"Shut up. Now go get dressed, anything will do." He instructed in a tired voice.
The next moment she didn't what happened except that she was being pulled into a little kiss which she wanted to savor all until she realized he did it because Fugaku-san had opened the apartment door opposite theirs, she squeezed in as much time as she could in that kiss. Until he let go of her and confirm the door was closed. He walked away without sparing a glance.
She was chatting with her pretend supposed father in law while Sasuke silently glared at her, apparently she charmed him. It was fun catching up with him, her treated her with unwavering fatherly attention and kindness she never received from hers. If she had to act for his sake, might as well enjoy it, and she really didn't mind the few kisses she seemed to receive and give time to time for their act to be more convincing. Sasuke on the other hand wasn't too happy of her attentions.
He seemed torn but she was happy, Fugaku-san wanted to know what was going on with her and not just her achievements, he patted her head softly for comfort when she talked about her blunders, it felt good of having someone to care, she doesn't know how Sasuke manages stay away from this for so long.
But she's happy now, now in this pretend moment she is involved with her dream man romantically and has a supportive supposed father in law. In this moment she isn't sad about all the patients she's lost in a week, in this moment she doesn't have deal with Naruto's constant complaining or Ino's love life details she'd be fine without feels blessed. But still uncomfortable about how she will be after the whole charade is over.
She's not sure if this will ever happen again, if Sasuke will ever be hers again, but now she is she does what she's always been doing live in the moment. So that is exactly what she does, smiling at Fugaku-san and laughing with him while he lists out all the dumb girlfriends Sasuke's ever had in the past.
"They were just really good at annoying the hell out of me and Mikoto, but you,I'm happy sweetheart, that he found someone so incredible." He offers her a smile she'd never seen before. And looks towards Sasuke with absolute pride.
"Way to go son." She understands what Sasuke meant then.
Then he proceeds to tell her all the embarrassing childhood stories that can't even be bribed out of Sasuke. She even dared to elbow him when he groaned at his father's antics, still laughing with abandon. She doesn't care if she crossed a line set by him, this was her moment to shine.
"Arigato, sir. That means more to me than any of my Medical degrees." She knows this is the kind of talk that has him cracking up, but the look the man sitting beside her gives her is too much for her to handle. So she avoids his gaze and slurps on the premium Soba of the day.
But it was nice seeing his dad smile so slightly at them.
When they got back , Sakura took off her heels before climbing the stairs, looking good wasn't worth the pinch they gave every time she climbed higher, Fugaku-san was thoroughly amused at this simple act praising how smart of a person she was. He'll live tomorrow and she'll be back to being trauma surgeon Dr. Sakura Haruno who has no time for a personal life, the girl hiding behind her over-sized specs and pink swaying bangs.
But today was good and she will cherish it. And until then she had all opportunities to shower the love of her life in all the affection she could muster.
She gave him a big kiss on her doorstep in front of his father because that was the only way and promised Fugaku she would come over to watch the game with them.
But when she entered his apartment and reached out kiss Sasuke, Fugaku stopped them
"Sasuke told me everything, Son, please leave us alone, I want to have a talk with her." Fugaku turned on the stern mode.
"But.." He tried to protest.
"Do as you are told. I will not repeat myself." He wasn't kidding and made it known.
When Sasuke got out of sight he lowered his voice looking pleadingly at her.
"Please, please promise me you'll win him back or make him win you back, you're the best thing that has ever happened to him, and I can't handle another one of those dumb, horrible girls he used to claim as a great girlfriend. Please please promise me," That took her aback, she still loved Sasuke but this wasn't something she expected from his family. Lot a weird in this family.
"Uh.. I promise."
"Thank you sweetheart, you're the kind anyone can only dream of and Sasuke is an enormous idiot for breaking up with you. Just give him some directions to find his way back to you. He might be dumb but somehow he's good with directions." He laid a hand on her head stroking affectionately. This time tears did come out.
"Okay." she managed to croak out.
"Great." He smiled before screwing his face,"Now, GET OUT OF HERE YOU HEAR ME I DON"T WANT YOU ANYWHERE NEAR MY SON UNLESS HE WANTS TO BE, NOW SCRAM!"
"What are you doing?"
"If I know anything about my son, it's that he's more attracted to forbidden things. I"m sorry I won't be able to keep contact much." His voice apologetic.
"Oh, reverse psychology, I like how you think." They shared a quite laugh.
"WHY ARE YOU STILL STANDING THERE LIKE A DUMBASS,GET!"
Sakura went out the door like a bat out of hell. She diddn't miss the tilt of his lips he gave her over his shoulder.
If this whole thing worked out right he would have one hell of a Papa after the got married and maybe it won't be just a fantasy tucked in the corners of her mind.
End : Although this is short it was an idea I had fun playing with, especially writing Fugaku in an unimaginable character. If you're wondering Naruto Is Sheldon here and Ino is Howard. I had a lot of fun and it came out a little angsty and dramatic but I love it.