(A/N) HEY PARTY PEOPLE! I'm happy because I just got a new ferret! (His name is Ozzy!) Sorry for the long update, I just really want to go ahead and finish Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover.
Which is going smoothly, by the way!
Okay, short chapter. I will have a lot of short chapters for this story. I just really don't have much practice with the third person view…it's harder than first.
ENOUGH WITH MY (TOASTLY AWESOME) RANTING!!! ON WITH THE STORY!!!!!
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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, nor shall I ever. At least I don't think so…
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Chapter 2:
Every time Sakura walked into her house, she got thinking about what life would be like after she moved out. When she got home she always got a hug from her adorable, yet mischievous younger brother, Sho. He always came running through the house, a huge smile on his chubby face, and jumped into her open arms yelling 'Sak!' He would look up to her with sparkling eyes as she asked him about his day and he would then always reply with the same 'fine, ba me miss ou…'.
Sho was only three years old and he was a very cute little brat. (As Sakura liked to call him.) When he was sad he would look up at her with teary emerald eyes and Sakura couldn't help but pick him up and try to make him feel better. Sakura would a lot of times spend her evenings on the couch with Sho, watching TV while she ran her hands through his surprisingly thick black hair. She loved him, a lot. He was the only person at home that really kept her company. Her parents…they were never around and she had got used to it.
Tch. She didn't need them.
Sakura could take care of Sho herself and dress him and give him baths. She was like his mother, more than her own mom was, and it showed. The first word that came out of his mouth was 'Sak'. It was when she had given him a present, a small blue teddy bear, for his birthday. His teary eyes sparkled and he gave her a huge hug and suddenly yelled 'Sak!'. Sakura made sure that her mom and dad never forgot it either.
So it was just her and Sho. And Sakura liked it that way.
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"Sho! Put that down, we're only here to buy groceries. Not toys."
"Bu…"
Sakura looked down into Sho's teary eyes and he looked down at the blue ball before he sniffled and put it back on the shelf. Sakura could only sigh, he looked so sad and defeated. Maybe this one time…
"I guess I can spare a little money, go ahead and put it in the cart Sho."
Sho smiled and quickly grabbed the ball on the shelf and through it into the cart before Sakura changed her mind. He ran over to her and hugged her knees.
"Than Sak!" He grinned toothily and Sakura sighed before smiling and picking him up, pushing the cart with her right hand. Holding Sho up with her left. It was grocery day and Sakura had no other choice but to take Sho with her to the market. She knew that he would probably pick up everything he saw and 'ooh' and 'ahh' at everything he thought was cool. She was right.
When Sakura went to school, she had to hire a baby-sitter to take of Sho while she was gone. She didn't have anywhere else to take him and her parents certainly didn't care, or they would have come up with something. Speaking of her parents, they were gone at the moment. (Like most of the time.) They were off in America somewhere, making a deal with some other company or another. Didn't matter, because again.
Sakura didn't need them.
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SOMEWHERE OFF IN AMERICA
Mr. Haruno twitched suddenly and then sneezed all the sudden. All the other men and women sitting in the meeting glared at him. Mr. Haruno laughed weakly and wiped his nose with a tissue.
"…he he…sorry." 'I have a feeling this is Sakura's fault…'
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"Sou! Sou!" Sho suddenly yelled and he pointed to a shelf containing cans of soups. Sakura walked him over to the shelves and grabbed a couple of cans of tomatoes' soup. She placed them in the cart and then placed Sho in the seat of the cart. He looked small, but holding him for a while got tiring.
'Hmm now what should we get next…?' Sakura thought to herself.
Sakura was reaching for a box of instant pancake mix when a hand met hers and she immediately pulled back and looked at the person.
"Oh, I'm sorry…" Sakura was shocked at who she saw. It was Deidara, and he had…a little boy in the seat of his cart. Is that his son? Sakura thought. No way, he looks too young.
"Sakura! Wow, small world huh?" Deidara laughed and grabbed a box of pancake mix, handing it Sakura before grabbing one for himself.
"You said it. You here are shopping with your nephew…?" They both looked back at his cart with the cute little blonde haired boy watching them with curious brown eyes. Deidara patted the boys head and turned back to Sakura.
"Actually…he's my son. His name is Kei." Deidara laughed a bit nervously and then looked over to Sho, still entranced with his blue ball. "So who's this little guy?"
"Oh, he's my little brother, Sho. Say hi Sho." Sho looked up to Deidara before narrowing his eyes and grabbing around Sakura's arm. He kept glaring at Deidara as if to say 'back off!'.
Let's just say that Sho didn't really like strangers. And this…Deidara guy was definitely a stranger.
"Fierce little dude huh?" Deidara asked as a response to Sho's glaring.
"Sho, don't glare at him! He's really nice, I don't know what's wrong him, he's normally so sweet to people…" Sakura tried to explain while Sho just stuck his tongue out at Deidara.
"Nou…ike." Sho finally concluded and Sakura nearly died on the spot! She shook off Sho's grip and walked over to Kei. Kei stared at Sakura for a bit, while she just smiled at the small boy. Finally Kei broke out into a toothy smile and laughed a little.
"Hi! I'm Kei!" Oh, so this little munchkin can talk already…? I wonder how old he is…? And where's his mom? I mean surely if Deidara has a kid he has a wife…he really doesn't strike me as…that type.
"Aww! He's so cute! Where's his mom?" Sakura asked a bit too boldly. Deidara stopped for a second before looking down at Kei and rubbing his head.
"Ah, she…she died. Childbirth, you know?"
"Oh, I'm so sorry…I had no right to ask like that."
"No it's all right. I mean, I'm over it anyway. He doesn't remember her, so it's all good." Deidara smiled lightly at Sakura and she just stared back understandingly. She got the message, even if it wasn't vocal.
But…I DO remember.
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Sakura lay down on her bed and grabbed a book on her oak table. A few minutes of blindly staring at the pages and she was done. Frustrated, she threw the book back on the table and slammed a pillow to her face. Who could have known that someone as happy as him, could have had so much sorrow in his life…? He just seemed so happy…even when she first met him.
FLASHBACK
"Hi, I'm Sakura Haruno. I'll be your aid for this class period." Sakura said brightly with a smile as she held out her hand. The young man smiled back and grabbed her hand. "Deidara, just Deidara and it's a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Haruno."
"If I can call you Deidara, then you can call me Sakura. No need for formalities!" She said perkily. Deidara gave her a salute and a wink before putting his suitcase on the desk in front of him.
END OF FLASHBACK
'I've got to find out more about him!'
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ALRIGHT! Deidara has a son?! Woah! Well he's cute and adorable. Sho is really in this story just to show how caring and determined Sakura can be. It also shows she is mature enough to handle a child, work and school without going ballistic.
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