Capitulum XVI – It tore him up inside.
Her arms immediately wrapped around him once Sakura realised what was going on.
Sasuke was kissing her.
Her lips moved against his in a passionate rhythm as if they had been doing nothing else for the past three years but kissing each other. Sasuke's hand grasped her short pink tresses while his arm twined around her small waist as he pressed her against his body. Sakura couldn't help but moan into the kiss, which prompted Sasuke to pick her up and set her down on the desk behind them without breaking the kiss. Sakura wrapped her legs around Sasuke's and pulled him closer.
She could feel his hardened manhood pressing against her thighs as another moan escaped her lips. Sasuke's hands went to her shirt and just as he was about to undress her, Sakura broke away.
She let out a shaky breath, trying to get a hold of herself. Sasuke's hands were still resting on her waist while he was trying to catch his breath. Neither of them looked at each other. Letting out a sigh, Sakura leaned forward to rest her forehead against his. "Sasuke-kun." His lewd eyes shot up to meet hers at the whisper of his name. God damn your alluring look, Uchiha. Sakura practically had to scream at herself not to start kissing him again.
"I don't want this to happen for the wrong reasons. It would kill me if we slept with each other and you would treat me like it didn't mean a thing afterwards. Don't get me wrong, I want this – I want you. But before we make that step, I need to know that I have your full trust again." Her wondering eyes searched for a reaction in his face, but Sasuke just closed his eyes and turned away from her.
Running his fingers through his jet black hair, he let out a sigh before whispering, "Why do you have to be so fucking conscientious all the time? You make me seem like a bad guy for wanting to fuck you right now when you are the back stabbing bitch."
Excuse me? Sakura had to force herself not to gasp out loud. Narrowing her eyes, she looked at Sasuke's back that was turned to her. "Well see, Sasuke, girls aren't particularly keen on sleeping with guys that call them back stabbing bitches. So before we get to the fucking part, you better figure out a way how this can work out. Because I'm getting sick and tired of crawling around on my knees begging for you to take me back. Don't think I'm willing to suck up to you forever. I think I've done enough to prove my loyalty, so it's about damn time for you to make up your fucking mind."
After jumping off the desk, Sakura angrily stomped towards the doors and slammed them shut.
"Alluring, my ass."
It didn't come as a big surprise to Sakura that she would fly back to Tokyo alone again. Although she had a feeling that Sasuke would have done this even if they hadn't kissed. Sakura wasn't sure whether she should be happy that they had gotten closer, or if she should be fearing Sasuke's wrath for yelling at him. Either way, their relationship was back to scratch.
He had admitted that he felt something. Whether Sasuke was referring to his general physical attraction to her, or maybe even talking about actual emotions was still a mystery to Sakura. In any case, she had got to kiss him again after three years. And that was a victory for her, despite what came after it.
Throwing the towel into the hamper, Sakura made her way out of the bathroom when a delicious smell caught her attention. It had already been late when her security detail had brought her back to Sasuke's compound two hours ago. She was too lazy to cook for herself, so Sakura had asked one of Sasuke's chefs to whip up some dinner before she went to take a shower. As she entered the foyer of her guest house she spotted a cloche on the table. Lifting it up and snatching the plate underneath it, she headed to her living room and turned on the TV.
Might as well let Sailor Moon wash over me, Sakura mused while taking a bite, after such a weekend I deserve a quiet evening with hot noodles and cartoons.
Only it wasn't going to be a quiet evening. Moments later she started coughing up blood and barely made it out of the house before collapsing into the arms of her security guard.
She was a mess. Sakura was trembling and writhing so wildly they had to strap her to the bed. A crowd of doctors and nurses were rushing around the patient's room trying to stabilise her as Sasuke watched her angelic face contort with pain. He had just been in the middle of a conference call when he heard one of her security guards yelling that Sakura had collapsed. Seconds later, he found himself here.
It was worse than he thought, having to watch her convulse in pain. It tore him up inside. A part of Sasuke was still mad at her for what she did to him; a part, he came to realise, that was becoming ever so smaller with each day. But even that part of him hated to see her suffer.
As Sasuke observed the scene in front of him, he realised that Sakura wasn't writhing anymore. He could see her chest rise and fall with every breath she took, but now it was slow and steady unlike the frantic rhythm it had a few seconds ago. Sasuke's eyes fell on the monitor displaying her heartbeat. Relief filled him when he saw it was beating at a normal rate again.
As he watched the nurses wipe away the sweat from Sakura's forehead and cover her with a blanket, Sasuke suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder. "We found him."
The worry he felt the last few minutes was instantly replaced by rage. Someone from his own ranks did this to Sakura. Someone he thought could be trusted poisoned his ex-wife. "Bring him down to the cellar and wait for me there.", Sasuke ordered.
As he left the patient's room and headed towards his bedroom, he went over all of his employees in his mind. Sasuke had all of them checked thoroughly before allowing them to work for him, yet one treacherous bastard seemed to have slipped through his net.
Sasuke came to a halt in front of his king size bed and let his gaze rest on the glass case directly behind it. In it there was the baseball bat Sakura had given him for their first wedding anniversary. He could still vividly remember the day they had spent in the stadium.
Sasuke had whisked her away on a surprised trip to New York to watch a match of his favourite baseball team. After they won, he lost Sakura somewhere in the cheering crowd. He was worried sick for a good 15 minutes, until she finally came back with a triumphant smile on her face and a bat in her hands, signed by every player of the New York Yankees. It was so precious to him that he had it encased in bullet proof glass as soon as they came back to Japan and swore to never touch it. Only twice did he break that promise.
The first time Sasuke took the bat was when he was about to confront Sakura at the airport. He thought threatening her with her anniversary gift would add nicely to the drama.
This evening was going to be the second time Sasuke took the bat. Because he was just about to smash the fucker's brains out who poisoned his ex-wife's dinner.
Heads will roll.
Post Scriptum: Hola mishamigos (I wonder how many of you will get that reference). Sorry for not updating the last few days. I had a ton of ideas about where to take this story and had to figure out which one I like best and take my time with writing it down, because I wanted to be 100% satisfied before uploading it. And I have to say I am satisfied. Hope you guys like it as well. I promise the updates will be coming in more frequently from now on, as I will be spending a week at my mum's place and it's suuuper boring there, so I'll probably spend most of my days glued to this baby here.
Post Post Scriptum: I'm not American, I have no idea about baseball. I just googled best American baseball teams and the Yankees were the first result so I just went with it. I hope I haven't insulted any die-hard *insert name of other baseball team here* fans, by making Sasu-chan a Yankee fan. If I did, remember: don't blame my un-American-ness, blame Google. :)
PPPS: Special shout-out to sasusakusara7 for not leaving me hanging with that Supernatural reference, and generally for all of your motivating reviews. It seems I'm looking forward to reading your comments as much as you look forward to reading my chapters :D
