Querencia

Chapter Sixteen

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After she presented her part to the board, it didn't take her long before her interest in the meeting began to slip away. Economics and finance had always bored her to death. Sakura had tried to understand it, since it was what Sasuke majored in and his career. But, it was so boring. The only reason that she tagged along to these meetings was simply for moral support, aside from the occasional times where she had to present information on the hospitals. It could also have something to do with the promise that Sasuke kept each time on treating her out to a good lunch. And she was not about to turn down good food.

As someone stepped up to discuss the financial standing of the companies and their partners, Sakura began to mindlessly scroll away on her phone.

In the middle of replying back to a couple of emails, a message from Akame popped up. Not bothering to read what it was really about, Sakura clicked on the link that she had sent over. Based on the all caps writing and trailing exclamation points, it probably had to do something with shoes. And she wasn't wrong.

The pair of shoes were gorgeous.

In the short time that she had gotten to know the girl, Akame had an amazing fashion sense, especially when it came to shoes. She was probably the reason why Sakura had more than enough shoes to fill an entire suitcase once they leave China. But hey, a girl can never have too many shoes.

Which was why she immediately sent a screenshot of the shoes to Sasuke, followed by the words, 'NEED!'

Similar to the pretty rosette sitting by his side, Sasuke had lost interest in the meeting way before they even began. Although he made sure to be as attentive as possible when she was presenting. But for the rest of it, he was just there for show really. All of the things that they were going over in the meeting was already briefed to him earlier that week by his father and Itachi. It was nothing but old news.

So when he saw that his girlfriend had sent him a distraction amidst the meeting, he was more than glad to take it.

Upon opening the message that Sakura had just sent him, Sasuke couldn't help but snort in amusement. Quietly that is. He knew better than to show that he wasn't paying attention to the meeting.

Quickly typing a reply back, he said, 'That's a want. It's not a need.'

And her response was just as fast, 'No, I need this pair in my life Sasuke.'

'You've said that with the last three pairs you've bought. Plus, don't you already have a pair in that color?'

'And?'

Sasuke simply shook his head, the corners of his lips turning upwards. Women are way too crazy and obsessed with high heels. Reaching into his suit jacket, he pulled out his wallet. And taking out one of his cards, he gently tossed it into her lap, startling her out of her shopaholic stupor.

He watched as her brows knit together in confusion. Giving him a weird look, she mouthed, 'What the hell?'

'Go ahead, you shopaholic. Buy the shoes.'

After reading his text, she whipped around in her chair, eyes bulging. Eyes going back and forth from him, the card, and then to shoes. 'I was just joking Sasuke. I obviously do not need it.'

'Hn. Just buy it. I've already accepted the fact that our home is going to be storage for your growing collection of heels.'

'You right.'

'Aren't I always?' Sasuke smirked as he watched as she began to place her order.

Uchiha men were always correct. Well, most of the time anyways.

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The meeting ended a few minutes ago, and by this point, the room was cleared aside from the two of them. Despite looking over the online shopping site for what seemed like hours, Sakura was still mindlessly scrolling away and all the while adding a new pair of shoes to her chart every now and then. Coming up behind her, Sasuke placed his hands on either side of her chair, peeking over her shoulder on the status of her current shopping spree.

"Still not finished?" When he got a simple shake of the head in response, Sasuke couldn't help but chuckle. "What's taking so long, hm?"

"Can't decide which shoe color to pick for this one."

"Let me see," Sasuke began to scroll through each color of the shoes as she held the phone in her hands. After a couple minutes, he told her, "You don't have this one yet." Without waiting for her to agree with him, Sasuke added the pair to the chart and placed the order in one swift click.

"You spoil me way too much, Sasuke." Sakura told him with a pout.

"And there's nothing wrong with it." Just as he pulled away, Sasuke bent down and gave her a gentle kiss on the forehead. And as he did that, the both of them failed to notice that there was someone else in the room.

When Sasuke stood up to his normal height, he found a short, brunette girl in a white coat clutching some paperwork in her hands, standing by the door. Giving her a raised eyebrow, he asked, "Can we help you?"

"O-oh, I'm sorry for intruding." She bowed her head in apology after snapping out of her daze. Pointing her thumb over her shoulder, she said, "The secretary out front told me that I would be able to find Sakura here."

At the mentioning of her name, Sakura poked out from behind him and waved at her fellow intern. "Hey, Natsuki. Did the ward need me for something?"

Natsuki shook her head, "Oh, no. I just had some questions about the recent patients' charts."

"Oh, sure!" Gathering her stuff, Sakura gave Sasuke a light squeeze on the shoulder before walking over to Natsuki. "I have some time before lunch. We can go now if you want."

"Yeah, sure."

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"Aside from that, I wouldn't be too worry. He should be able to continue on with his current medication and its strength." Sakura told her with a smile as she gave Natsuki the patient's chart back. "Any other questions?"

"No, that's all. I figured that was the case."

"Hmm. Just follow your gut, well… not really. But you know what I mean." Sakura laughed. "But you're top of your class too, so don't doubt your knowledge."

"Thanks." Natsuki watched as Sakura get up and put on her winter coat. Insteading of letting her walk out alone, Natsuki decided to tag along.

Turning the corner into the hallways, Natsuki fidgeted with the papers in her hands and made eye contact with the rosette. "So… you're going out for lunch now?"

Sakura nodded, smiling. "Yeah, I'm starving. I've been waiting for lunch to come all morning."

"Are you grabbing lunch with someone?"

"Actually I am." Sakura told her, but quickly added, "But if you want to grab lunch or even dinner sometime, I'm totally down for it!"

Natsuki simply nodded her head. As they continued their way down the hallways, Sakura kept the conversation flowing while Natsuki would reply back with a nod or single worded answers. And when Sakura's small talk began to die down, she asked cautiously, "You seem pretty close with the Uchiha's Corp's new CEO?"

"Oh, Sasuke?"

Stunned by Sakura's casual tone when speaking about their boss, Natuski nodded. "Yeah…"

Just as Sakura opened her mouth to reply back, someone had suddenly spun her around and kissed her chastely on the lips. The action had taken her off guard completely, leaving both her and Natsuki shocked to the core, courtesy of non-other than Sasuke himself. It happened all in the span of a minute.

The said man continued walking away with a rather stoic face, aside from the tiny smirk he held. Behind him, his assistant began to chastised him about his actions but he merely shrugged them off as if it was no big deal. But in reality, his action shook the whole roome. The moment that Sasuke was out of ear shot, the hospital staff began to gossip rather loudly around them, saying things that had Sakura blushing red.

"I told you they were together!"

"No wonder she's allowed in on the their meetings."

"I heard that they're getting engaged soon."

"That's what I heard too."

"I mean that would explain why she's practically glowing every day. I mean, if I had a guy to bed like that, I would be too."

And after that, the comments just got worse and worse. If Sakura had to stay any longer, she didn't think she would be able to talk to any of them in the future without fainting from embarrassment. Bidding everyone a timid goodbye, she pretty much ran out of there, leaving a red faced Natsuki in her wake.

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"Sasuke, that was totally uncalled for!"

"Hn." Sasuke smirked as he took a sip of his tea. "And?"

"Well," Sakura began. Stabbing her fork into a piece of steak on her plate, annoyed, "It was such an inappropriate to do in that setting."

"I'm the boss, aren't I?" He questioned, amusement lacing his tone. "And as the boss, I said that what I did was very appropriate."

"Then you're being biased." She retorted, pointing her fork accusingly at him with narrowed eyes. "Plus you're not suppose to abuse your powers like that."

"What I did didn't hurt anyone did it?"

"Well…. No…"

"Then I didn't abuse my authority." He smirked, all before adding, "Plus you liked it anyways."

"Says who?" Sakura's face was turning the same shade as her hair. Averting her gaze away from him, she began to stuff more food into her mouth, which earned her an 'I thought so' from Sasuke.

{A/N}: A bit of a short chapter and delayed update but I hope you guys liked it. Happy Lunar New Year everyone! And to all of my Viet readers out there, Chúc Mừng Năm Mới! I was busy with family celebrations yesterday, so I wasn't able to post this until now.

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