Ino spilled her drink.
Ino spilled her whole drink onto the floor.
Ino spilled her whole, alcoholic, drink onto the floor while her mother and father stood next to her, staring at their well raised daughter.
What. the .hell . - was the only thing the blonde could utter. Ino was just, moments ago, happily sipping her champagne while listening to the classical piece of the Orchestra hired by Sarutobi Hiruzen and then she turned around and got the biggest shock of her life.
"I.. I'm terribly sorry Mother and Father. But I found out that my drink was one of alcoholic nature and both of you surely are aware of the fact that I decided to not even touch alcohol until I am twenty-five years old. Out of the shock I received I unfortunately spilled it."
Ino was hoping her parents would buy her lame excuse because she's so going to kill a certain pink haired forehead in just a few seconds and does not want to deal with her parents nagging.
"Yamanaka Ino! Pay more attention to your surroundings, we are in a public place surrounded by serious people, I expect you to behave in a civilized manner" was her mother's harsh scolding, her father moved his head to the side and looked at Ino with a "what - the - hell" expression she herself made just seconds before.
"I am very sorry! Now, if you excuse me I have to go to the lady's restroom." was Ino's short answer to her mom's scolding , then the blonde turned and was out of sight, leaving back her puzzled parents.
Sakura was fully enjoying the moment with Itachi. They were now at the point where kisses were just not enough. Itachi's hand wandered south and Sakura was just about to allow and enjoy his touch under her dress when she suddenly heard a loud and very similar voice.
"Forehead!"
Itachi looked lazily through his long and thick eye lashes at the newcomer. He was about to spice things up and the seemingly angry blonde was a hindrance for him doing so.
Sakura looked up and saw a very blonde and very furious Yamanaka Ino standing next to the openly open balcony door. Sakura turned red. Had she just made out with the Uchiha Itachi?! And more importantly, was the balcony door open? The whole freaking time?
Yeah, well shit.
In a matter of seconds, the rosette freed herself from the slightly possessive grip Itachi had on her and protectively moved further away from him , to a more appropriate distance. As if it would help..
"Haruno Sakura do you know what would have happened if I were not to notice this slightly traumatic scene?!" The mentioned pinkette just stared at the pretty floor, embarrassed by her carelessness. Ino was completely right. If the blonde would not have found them in time, someone else might have done so, and that would have resulted in having to deal with a catastrophe, a volcano eruption like catastrophe. "No? You don't know? Well then, let me enlighten you. You would have been bombarded by the whole Uchiha Clan. And let me tell you one thing: it is a life threatening experience."
After hearing the slightly insulting statement of his future sister – in – law, Itachi decided to give a perfect explanation for his behaviour but right after he opened his mouth Ino pointed accusingly her perfect manicured index finger at him, successfully silencing him. "No! Your explanations nor opinions are completely unwelcome and not needed at the moment."
Sakura wanted to sooth Ino's wrath and finally spoke up - "Ino, you are perfectly right. My actions were unacceptable and childish, furthermore I've put my family's name in a dangerous situation. I regret this whole thing, so please let's just go." Itachi quirked an eyebrow at Sakura's last comment, had the pinkette just said she regrets kissing him? These three words were never meant to be used in the same sentence, not when Uchiha Itachi was meant to be the subject.
It was an unspoken fact that the pinkette did not care about her famous Haruno name, it meant nothing for her. She always told her University buddy's it's just a name. For her parents however, their surname has a huge emotionally meaning, plus it is their most valuable income.
So yes, she did not want to ruin her mom and dad, therefore Sakura decided to forget this whole …thingy , and be just this once grateful for her blonde friend's hobby of prying her nose into someone else's business.
Finally, Ino seemed to have calmed down after Sakura's speech and looked at her friend. She immediately felt sorry for Sakura. She was thankful to her lucky stars for witnessing their act, as perversely as it sounds, because if it would have seen any other individual, which was highly possible given the fact there were in total 350 guests present, he or she would probably tell everyone, no scratch that, the whole world about this event or, god forbid, take a picture and sell it to the media. The damage would be immense and both the HarunoORG as well as the UchihaCORP would lose potential clients due to their image change. The key words here being clients where just one of them meant at least hundreds thousands of dollars.
"Let's go" - were Ino's final words. Then she proceeded to drag Sakura away from her potentially downfall, also known as Uchiha Itachi.
Sakura refused to respond to the puzzled look Itachi gave her, instead she decided to ignore his presence completely. She was sure he too regretted their encounter and hopefully understood why she denied to look at him. She made a mental note to avoid the dark haired, gorgeous male. Though, it will be kind of difficult to forget their mind blowing kiss. Still, Sakura was just like her mother a realistic person and knew the rumours about Itachi AKA The Uchiha Playboy. She was aware that developing any kind of romantic feelings for him would be a suicide act, then again the pink haired beauty was light years away from developing any kind of real feelings towards Itachi.
Sakura was sure everything would turn out just fine. She didn't knew why, but right then she remembered her mother's favorite proverb - The turkey thoughts were directed at Sunday, on Saturday however, they chopped his head off..
Itachi stood on the balcony a few moments longer, contemplating everything that has just occurred.
His pride got damaged.
Never has any woman regretted kissing him. Moreover never, in his whole life, has any woman regretted a kiss given by him. Right now, he was sure of two things. He decided to, one - accept this Yamanaka Ino as Saskue's future wife and, two - he swore to himself he'll make Sakura his new toy.
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To say Haruno Mebuki was surprised seeing her own daughter socialize with other guests, without herself nor her dear husband, totally on her own and without any fake-smiles, would be an understatement.
The woman was so delighted at witnessing said scene, she actually forgot about the Hyuuga Heir, who was standing right in front of her and, apparently still, trying to talk with her.
"Yes, Hiyashi-san. The HarunoORG would be pleased to cooperate with HyuugaINC and help it with this certain project. It is rather convenient since our departments in Europe, America and Australia were just recently expanded and we added five more branches into the product's, design's and planning's department. Please contact HarunoORG when you are ready to work with us. Now, if you would excuse me, I have to go back to my husband since I'm afraid he'd get too lonely."
Hiyashi stood, slightly shocked and had to blink a few times in order to contemplate his talk with Haruno Mebuki. After said woman's steps were getting further and further away, his body finally decided to relax his tightly strained muscles.
Yes, Hyuuga Hiyashi was scared.
The Hyuuga Heir was utterly shocked after talking with one of the three famous 'she-devils' , well-known in the business world. He got warned by his lovely wife about the three women, but decided to prove his luck and propose a union to HarunoORG, since he wanted to work with them in order to achieve a project.
However, Haruno Mebuki turned his plans into ashes.
Just like that, in a matter of seconds she managed to provide HarunoORG the higher position in their incoming 'cooperation', how she had so kindly called it. She also signalized to help HyuugaINC and made his beloved company look like a injured dog. Furthermore, when telling him about the expansion of their department's she had just proved HarunoORG's success and let him realize they are, in the current moment, equals. The Hyuuga heir always successfully avoided being in such uncomfortable positions but now…
He felt like he was in deep shit.
Hiyashi made a mental note to never, ever again ignore his wife's remarks. He should have known she was right the moment she actually , for the first time since never, said something bad about other human beings.
"Hiyashi, please believe me. The Uzumaki, Uchiha and Haruno Heir's wife's are all evil. Every high society woman knows and fears them. Not only are they very close friends but they are also the so called " three she – devils" . They are not usual housewife's nor matriarchs like me. They have their own pride, fight for their families benefit and certainly are equals with their husbands. Furthermore, they help each other."
The Hyuuga heir now knew, every word his wife had said was true. He hasn't met yet the other two women and would be happy, if they would decide to not make his acquaintance for a few more years. Suddenly, a voice brought him back from his thoughts.
"Uncle, I've heard you've met Mebuki-san?" his nephew's voice was stern and had a hint of sympathy in it.
"Yes, Neji."
".. My deepest condolences then."
Right now Hiyashi felt how a huge headache made its way to his temples. He needed a drink.
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One moment Kizashi was about to taste another piece of the delicious, good looking spareribs - the tempting dish was just one inch away from his mouth and he wanted to consume it - when suddenly, a very fairy skinned hand found its way to his mouth and squeezed his cheeks with his lips in the middle. Painfully.
"I've told you to not, under any circumstances, eat this kind of unhealthy food, haven't I anata..? " his wife's words were filled with anger.
"…Anfh ghsworry, eguki". He always wonders why his wife gains inhuman strength whenever she's angry, upset or sad. Her brute force is not a fine experience and definitely not comfortable.
"You complete idiot! Why do you even apologize when you're clearly not sorry!"
Her husband was sometimes a royal pain in her well shaped ass. Just recently, he was put under a strict diet and she was watching him like a hawk does its young, and the moment she lets her eyes slip off of him ,he does the exact opposite of what she'd told him to do! Men are such children! They cannot even appreciate their wife's effort to let them live a long and healthy life. Idiots!
Mebuki released the visage of her , now a little reddish looking, husband . Seemingly calmer, she spoke to him
"Kizashi, I think our daughter is drunk." Mebuki's tone turned slightly worried "We probably should return to our hotel."
Kizashi turned completely serious. A drunk daughter equals to problems. There were many young men here and he was not a fool, Kizashi knew Sakura was known, just like the young Yamanaka Heiress, for her exotic beauty and lady-like behavior. Slowly, a growl appeared on the Haruno Heirs face and his brows slowly furrowed "What makes you think Sakura is drunk?" began Kizashi, repeatedly nursing his very swollen cheeks.
"I was talking with Hiyashi-san and then saw her socializing with some male, out of her own free will."
Kizashi's actions stilled. For a few seconds he did nothing more but just plainly stared at his beloved wife. "..I've told you Hiyashi would ask us for a union."
Mebuki's gaze was filled with rage "You're lucky we're not alone."
Tam , taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam , how was it? Please leave a review so I'll know what to improve *^*
A/U The proverb you've read is a polish one. I tried to translate it .., I'm sorry if it sounds weird '.'
Anata means in Japanese two things when used properly. 'You' (it's not so common to use it as 'you' though.. ) and something like 'my beloved husband' and is mostly used by women.