Querencia
Chapter Fourteen
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Turning into the library's culsac, Sasuke looked around for a splash of pink amongst the crowd of students filing out from their exam rooms. As he shifted the car into park near the end of the path, he found her coming down the stairs, holding her phone to her ear.
"I'm park down by the end of the staircase." He told her as he caught her looking around aimlessly, phone still pressed against her ear. And at that moment, she turned her head and smiled as their eyes made contact with each other. Sakura gave a little wave of her hand before ending their call.
Sasuke watched as she came bouncing down the steps before swinging the passenger side door open, bringing all of the early winter breeze in with her. As she got situated, he asked, "How was your biochemistry exam?"
Shrugging her shoulders, she reached over to pet Potato on the head. "Not too bad I guess."
"You did good then."
"Oh, okay, I wouldn't say that." She laughed. "But we'll see." Allowing Potato to climb into her lab, she picked him up and nuzzled him with her nose. "That's for something to worry about for another week. Because it's time for China! Are you ready Potato? First overseas trip with the family."
"You're so overdramatic, Sakura."
"And?"
"And you're annoying."
Laughing brightly, Sakura gave him and wink. "Nothing that I haven't heard before, Sasuke. You tell me that every moment you get."
"That's because you are." He chastised, but more so in a teasing manner. As they pulled up to a red light, Sasuke reached over and grasped her hands in his. Caressing her knuckles with the pad of his thumb, he brought it up to his lips and placed a tender kiss on it. "It's what makes you special."
Rolling her eyes, Sakura commented, "Of course… of all the things about me that you could be attracted to, you find my annoying nature the most attractive."
"Who said that you were attractive?"
Gasping, she withdrew her hand from his hold and held it against her chest. "You're calling me unattractive, now? What kind of boyfriend calls his girl unattractive."
Shaking his head, Sasuke couldn't help but let a smile slip onto his lips. Taking her hand again, "You know that that's far from the truth. If you were anything less of attractive, then neither me or Naruto would have struggled so hard to protect you from hormone raging boys through our middle school days."
"It's not my fault, I ended up with some decent genes from my parents," Sakura giggled, her anger slowly fading away as she knew that he was only teasing her.
Sasuke only nodded in agreement. But Sakura didn't just look decent. Regardless of what anyone had to say, she was beautiful.
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Sasuke watched as Sakura rubbed her face tiredly and yawned like a little baby, eyes a complete daze. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw one of his attendants come to his side, but he paid no heed to what they had to say. Instead, he reached out and pulled Sakura closer to him. Slipping a hand behind her ear, he began to slowly caress her cheek with his thumb. Eyes casting downwards to met with hers, Sasuke asked, "Sleepy?"
Sakura simply nodded her head slowly in return, not before resting it against his shoulder.
Brushing a couple of baby hairs out of her eyes, he hummed knowingly. He figured that she was tired. It was 4am, and they were making a connecting flight, one that was supposed to only last thirty minutes, ended up turning into a four hour layover.
He allowed her into his embrace as he slipped an arm around her torso to support her sleeping body. Then giving her a quick peck on the head, he turned around and listened to what the attendant had to say.
"We're sorry for the delay sir. They're just doing a few more precautionary checks before boarding. We'll be ready for take off soon."
Sasuke didn't say anything in return, except acknowledged the attendant with a curt nod. Nothing that he said was any new from the last time they had came over to give him an update on the delayed takeoff.
When Sakura tried to remove her head from his shoulder, Sasuke pulled her back, grumbling, "Just sleep, Sakura. You need it."
"I'm fine," she mumbled back, words barely coherent.
"Hn." Sasuke simply pulled her back into his embrace and cradled her head onto his shoulder, fingers running through her pink locks. "Sleep. I'll wake you up with we're there."
Voice laced with sleep, Sakura smiled, "How are you going to get me on the plane then? Carry me?"
"Hn."
Peeping one eye open, she whispered, "You're not actually going to do that, are you?" When he didn't say anything in return, she closed her eyes again, not before mumbling, "You're insane. I'm like a whale. Have you seen how much I ate?"
Sasuke still didn't say anything in return as he continued to hold her close to him, fingers absently running through her pink locks and down her back. He did this for a while until he felt her breath even out, warm air fanning against the base of his neck. Sneaking a quick kiss to her forehead, he held her body a little tighter. Hiding a small smirk on his lips behind her pink locks, he shook his head.
On the contrary to what Sakura had to say about her weight, she was light as a feather. So yes, he was going to carry her onto the plane. What kind of man would he be if he didn't. Uchiha men aren't weak.
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The moment that they had landed, the sun was already risen and taken it's place high up in the sky. They barely had a chance to settle down into their apartment together before Sasuke had to leave for the day. And that was more than eight hours ago.
Suppressing the yawn that was trying to escape, Sasuke listened as his assistant rambled on about the rest of the schedule for the day.
"... and after the conference call with the design department, there's a meeting with the Umio Corporations in regards to the revised contract."
The work was never ending, and he had expected that. But that didn't lessen how dreadful it was. As the assistant continued on, the more he felt a headache beginning to rage on inside his head. Too much was going on and he needed it to stop.
Uponing turning the corner into his office's hallway, the secretary outside his door had a phone pressed against her ear and she was mentioning something about it and his office. But with all that was going on, the phone ringing and his assistant still going about his schedule, he didn't register anything she said. With the last few steps remaining before he reached his safe haven, he called his office, he stop listening to what the assistant even had to say.
"Then at 5pm, your father has scheduled a dinner with our chinese partner at the hot pot restaurant down the block. Also, there's a few paperworks that needs your stamp of -." The assistant stopped abruptly mid-sentence as he noticed the younger Uchiha's hand on his spreadsheet. Looking up, he found Sasuke sighing heavily and pinching the bridge of his nose. Slightly concerned, he asked, "Sir?"
Recomposing himself, Sasuke nodded. As he pulled on the door handle to his office, he grumbled, "Just email it to me. The schedule." And that's how he escaped into his safe place.
Finally peace and quiet, minus the muffled sounds of printers and phones ringing from outside his office. Ruffling his hair tiredly, he pulled on the base of his tie, loosening it a bit.
"Rough first day?"
Eyes shooting open, Sasuke narrowed in on the source of the voice. He was definitely not expecting anyone to be in his office. But when he saw that it came from voice of his dear rosette, Sasuke tense shoulders relaxed instantly. Groaning, he mumbled, "You wouldn't even believe it."
He couldn't help but smile lightly at the sound of her bright, delicate laugh ringing throughout the room. As he took a seat at his desk, he watched as she came around the desk, stood behind his chair, and slipped her arms around his neck, with her chin resting gently on his shoulder.
After opening a few of his emails, Sasuke tipped his head back slightly, catching her gentle gaze, "I thought you would still be asleep."
With a shrug of her shoulders, she said, "I could be. But I figured a certain someone might need a mood booster after their first day on the job. And I was correct."
"Hn."
"Have you eaten anything yet?" Sakura asked. She began to run her fingers through his ebony locks as she continued to peer over his shoulders at his work.
Sasuke simply shook his head, which earned him an appalled gasp from Sakura. Smacking him on the shoulders, she exclaimed, "Are you crazy? I know you're busy, but at least slip in a quick meal or even snack or something!"
"Didn't think about it."
Rolling her eyes, she glared at him, a frown marring her soft features. "You're unbelievable, Uchiha." She reached over his body and grabbed the wireless mouse from his hand. Pulling on his hand, she grumbled, "You mister, need to eat. Therefore, until I've stuffed you to to brim with food, you won't be getting this mouse back."
Shoulders shaking lightly in laughter at her childish antics, Sasuke said as he followed her out, "You know I can just ask Daisuke to bring me another one."
"No you won't." Sakura huffed, still pulling him along. As they left the office, Sakura turned and told his secretary, "I know he has a conference call soon, but he needs to be fed. We're just going down to the company's cafe. I promise he'll be back in time."
And without another word, Sakura had successfully dragged him away from the workload that was commanding his attention and into the elevator. Pressing the button to go down, Sakura gave him a side glare, much to his amusement.
Sakura could be cute whenever she wanted to be. And this certainly one of those moments, whether she wanted to be or not. There was no denying that his fired up, blossom haired girlfriend was anything less than adorable.
"Unbelievable."
Sasuke said nothing in return but smirked as he stuffed his hands into his pockets. It was only then that he realized that they weren't the only two people in the elevator. Eyes widening a mere centimeter, he made a quick bow at their Chinese partner, who in return did the same. As he returned to his regular height, he felt his heart stop for a second as he landed on the person standing beside the man.
She extended a hand out to him, smiling brightly, "The name's Ayame and you must be Sasuke, the man that my father has spoken so fondly of."
Hesitantly, he returned the handshake. Out of the corner of his eyes, he watched Sakura for her reaction. Surprisingly, she still held her onto her bright and polite demeanor. But he saw how she had her hands clenching and unclenching nervously behind her back. Attempting to give her some reassurance, he subtly stepped back and stood a little closer to her.
Seeing that everyone was heading to the same floor, Teuchi laughed heartily. "You're heading to the cafe as well, Mr. Uchiha? Well that's perfect then!" He urged his daughter to come forward and motioned between the two. "Why don't you accompany my daughter for a quick lunch? Stir some conservation or even potential interests with one another."
{A/N}: The end of the semester is nearing to a close, so I've been busy with studying and what not. Quite a long awaited update I'm sure. It might not be the longest of chapters, but I hope you guys like it. I will be posting two new stories soon, one is a multi-fic titled Deceptive and the other is a kingofthesharingan's 31 days of SasuSaku-Mas, just a drabble series. So if you're looking for something to read until the next update, you should check those two out sometime over the weekend when I will post them!
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