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Chapter 2: Week one
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Priorities
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''Is this what you normally do when you get home?'' Sakura said, leaning on the doorframe of Sasuke's room.
''What's wrong with it?''
''You literally got home from work, greeted me and came to your room to use your laptop and continue working''
''I have some matters to finish before I go back to the office tomorrow, I need to finish them now''
Sakura shook her head. No, she hadn't given up her night shift that day to be ignored for the rest of the night because he had some matters to finish.
''You said Karin doesn't have a job, she comes from a wealthy family and doesn't know how to cook anything'' she started ''what do you two have for dinner?''
''She normally orders something'' he said, not taking his eyes from the screen
''And given how much attention you're paying to me right now, I suppose you seldom eat together''
Sasuke sighed and closed his eyes
''As I said, I have matters to finish before work tomorrow, and that happens most days''
Sakura filled her cheeks with air then let it go, coming closer to his desk and closing the notebook
''Excuse you?'' he raised an eyebrow, looking annoyed
''Not today. We're going to make dinner and share the meal together''
''No, we're not. As I said, I have work to do''
She cleared her throat and imitated his voice:
''I need my relationship to work so I was hoping you would help me see what I must do to save it''
Sasuke sighed and massaged his temples
''Fine, as you wish''
And although Sakura was almost as terrible at the kitchen as he was, he had to admit it was rather fun trying to prepare something amazing for dinner with someone, even though they ended up eating ramen simply because they found out neither could cook anything else well.
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Kindness
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''Rule number 2: always tell her she looks beautiful'' Sakura taught him, twirling in front of him and raising her arms
''This carpet would look better on you than those clothes''
Sakura snorted, lowering her arms
''Hey! That's exactly the opposite of what you should do!''
''You mean to say I have to lie?''
''This isn't lying! It's called politeness, and it's a very rare thing these days'' she corrected him
''Still looks horrible''
''Well it's a costume so it should look a little different indeed if that's what you mean'' she looked again at the mirror on the other side of the room and winked at her image. She looked goooorgeous!
Sasuke watched as she danced in front of the mirror, completely elated in that costume.
''You look beautiful, Sakura'' he finally said
Sakura turned to him and winked
''Now you're getting the gist of it!''
He smirked.
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Letting go
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''This is ridiculous, it should be a shared decision''
''Sasuke, no. You should let the girl choose the movie on a date, it's called chivalry''
''Who said that?''
''It's like, general knowledge''
''I don't agree with that!''
''We don't care'' she faked a sorry face and turned to the attendant ''two tickets for that adventure movie, please!''
Sasuke grunted, but there was something about that stubbornness that made him want to smile.
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This chapter was super short, I KNOW, but it had to be like this! To make it up to you, I'm posting chapter 3 now S2
Big hugs!
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Blackfan Diamond