"Just a minute." she yelled before she stood up to take a good look of herself in her mirror.
For the night she chose to wear a very simple red dress with thin straps and reached just below her knees that she paired with her black strappy heels. The birthday dinner was just for the Uchiha family and some close friends. Sasuke's mother doesn't want big celebration and so every year it was just simple dinner where they could enjoy good food and good conversation. But even though it was just a simple dinner it doesn't mean that it wasn't formal. The Uchihas are not only known for their power or their exceptionally talented shinobis but also for their wealth that's why whenever they held gatherings no matter how small or big it is, it is always formal.
When she went out of her room she found Sasuke sitting on her couch while talking to someone on his phone. He was wearing a dark blue dress shirt with black dinner jacket paired with black pants. He was not wearing his forehead protector for the night just like herself and she thought that he looked really elegant.
When he noticed her looking at him he ended the call and stood up. "Let's go."
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After exactly thirty minutes, they reached the Uchiha district. It was his dad that met them at the entrance. And after some formal exchanges of hellos from the father and son, Fugaku turned to Sakura.
"How are you tonight Sakura?"
"Fine, thank you Uncle. How about you?"
"Good. Is Sasuke taking care of you well?"
Sakura just laughed at this as she heard Sasuke grunted in his father's question.
When they went further inside the house it was now his mom they met. When she saw Sasuke she approach him and give a hug as Sasuke said his greetings. When she lets go of his son she turned in to her and give her also a hug.
"Happy birthday Auntie." Sakura said while giving her present to her.
"Thank you Sakura. Its been a long time since I saw you and i have a lot to ask you. You know, about the latest issues about my son." She said while giving Sasuke a teasing look.
Then Itachi came out from the kitchen.
"How's my favorite brother and his future wife?"
"Itachi I told you to stop that Sasuke will get cranky."
"I will not." Sasuke said with a scowl in his face.
"See, its starting."
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As expected the dinner went out nicely. Everybody enjoyed their meal and was having a good time chatting. Sasuke went upstairs to his old bedroom to lie down. He was feeling a bit tired, besides he's not really fond of these types of gatherings. Sakura saw him and decided to follow him. When she opened the door to his room she saw him on his bed lying down with his arms spread out. She joined him on the bed and rest her head on his right arm.
"Don't you want to stay downstairs?"
"I saw you come here so I followed you to check. Are you alright? You look tired."
"I'm fine there's just too many people downstairs."
Sakura did not give any answer to this and just close her tired eyes. Sasuke peeked at her to see why she was not answering and he found out that she was asleep or about to fall asleep. And he just let her.
When Mikoto noticed that her youngest son was nowhere in sight she asked Itachi.
"I saw Sakura went upstairs, there's a good chance he's also there." Itachi answered giving her mother a wink.
Mikoto went upstairs to check. When she opened the door to his room she saw Sakura sleeping in Sasuke's arm but when Sasuke felt his mother's presence he lifted his gaze to meet his mother's.
"What is it mom?"
"I was just wondering where you went. Are you alrignt?"
"Yes, came up to lie down for a minute then she followed me. And now she's asleep."
"Spend the night. We'll talk tomorrow."
MikotoMikoto turned to leave the room.
"Mom." Sasuke called.
She turned back to her son. "What is it?"
"Can you remove Sakura's shoes? I don't wanna wake her."
This made her smile and she proceeded to remove Sakura's shoes. She also put the covers up gently when Sakura began to stir and turned around. Her head that was resting on his arm earlier was now on his chest. She also placed her arm around his waist.
"Is she that possessive?"
"She's just like that."
"But I think you're worse." Sasuke scowl again at this and when his mother began to leave again he called her again.
"Mom, happy birthday."
Mikoto smiled to his son. "Good night Sasuke."
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It's been a busy week for Sakura. The hospital was more hectic than usual. Besides that, she was assigned for a mission that took almost two days to complete. In that duration of time, she actually forgot about her 'love spells'. When she finally had a free night to herself to remember her experiment or pathetic attempt to have a love life, she realized that the spell she was trying was not working. Okay, she already knew that when she complained about it to Sasuke. The procedure has to be done every night and she missed for a week now.
She also recalled Sasuke suggesting to trying another spell from the book and so she took it out from the bag where she put it last. Reading through the procedure and materials for the next spell, she realized after all that she can't perform it tonight. It requires a lot of things she doesn't have in the moment.
First, she needs any flowering seedlings and a pot where she can plant the seeds. She figured she could get those from Ino's flower shop. She also needs a picture of her love interest and she have a lot of those she collected through the years. The only item in the list that would be harder to find is the sex organ of a dog. Specifically the balls. Her face scrunched up thinking of the possibilities of where she could get those. She could probably ask Kiba's help but that would be so awkward and he would have weird questions.
She proceeded to reading the rest of the procedure. She needs to place the picture on the bottom of the pot, above it would be the dog's organ and then some soil and of course the seedlings. According to the book, she had to place it where sunshine can reach it and she have to water it twice a day while chanting the words 'as these seedlings grow, so does your love for me' over and over until the waterings done.
And then after that, all she needs is to wait for him to love her finally. It sounded so weird in her head. She knew he loved her maybe not in the way she wanted it to be, but still ...
She pushed the thought out of her mind reminding herself that she already decided on it and if the rest of the spells in this book won't work, maybe that's the time she would forget all about this.
She took out one photo album and flipped through its pages. She picked one picture of him. He was not looking in the camera but in some other direction, a small smile in his lips. It was taken a year ago as they celebrated Sai's birthday.
She placed the picture on top of her coffee table. Still looking at it while tracing the smile on his lips she said, "Sasuke Uchiha, you will fall for me." And the she laughed out loud as if she was some crazy witch before she proceeded to get ready for bed.
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