Unpredicted Romance

Summary: AU. Love is unforeseen. She was asked by Sasuke to pretend as if she is his girlfriend so Sakura, his arranged fiancée, would leave him alone. However, everything unexpected has happened.

Chapter 4: Meeting The Family

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The next class had yet to begin, their teacher was not there as of the moment, so obviously, they couldn't start the class. As a result, almost everyone was fooling around. Sasuke noticed that his 'girlfriend' was not feeling easy. It was not ordinary to Ino to just sit in her seat quietly. Sasuke, as a good boyfriend, confronted her.

"Ino?" he called for her attention. "Is there something bothering you?"

"Sasuke," she said, Sasuke could tell she was worried. "We've a problem, a big problem."

"What is it?" Sasuke was concerned; it had been a month since they started 'dating'.

"My dad," Ino sighed. "Sasuke, he wants to meet you and your parents."

"Is there something wrong?" asked Sasuke. "He wants something?"

"No, he doesn't want anything," she paused as she looked at his eyes. "Someone told him that I am dating you so he wants to meet you and your parents… my dad's like that, he always wants to meet the guy I am with. You know, he's somehow overprotective."

"It is not a problem to me," Sasuke said, emotionless. "My parents also want to meet you. I've managed to tell them about us."

"Good," Ino breathed out. "But my dad wants to meet you and your parents as soon as possible."

"I will tell my parents then," he nodded. "Don't worry about it."

"Thanks," Ino smiled. "That's a huge relief…"

And with that, the teacher stepped in the room and everyone who was not in their seats rushed to return at their respective desk.

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The bell rang, the class was over. Sasuke escorted her to the parking lot where she parked her car.

"Thanks," Ino said as she opened the door of her car. "I appreciate it."

"Appreciate what?"

"You see," Ino sighed. "I feel like… you know, you're always there for me."

"…I have to take care of you, Ino. You're doing me a favor."

Her phone rang in the middle of their conversation. She looked at the screen to see the incoming call was from her father.

"Yes, daddy?"

"Oh, just checking on you."

"I'm doing great, I'm about to go home actually."

"Where are you right now?"

"At the school's parking lot."

"With who?"

"My boyfriend."

"I told you I wa-"

"-I talked to him 'bout that, daddy. Don't worry, he said yes and he'll just need to ask his parents."

"That's great."

"Bye, dad."

With that, she pushed the red button and ended the call. She hated how her father had to call her after class just to ask her where she was. When Ino said he was somewhat overprotective, she actually lied. He was truly and very overprotective. Nevertheless, Ino could understand him since he lost his wife when Ino was three years old and Ino was his dear little princess.

"So," Ino looked at Sasuke. "I think I gotta go."

"I will tell my parents," he said, emotionlessly. "You will know the answer tonight."

"That's good," she smiled at him. "Bye."

He just nodded. Ino entered into her car, pushed the engine, and then headed off. After he lost the sight of her car, he went to his car and drove off as well.

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She felt her phone vibrating under her pillow. After seven rings, she finally picked up the phone. She was too lazy to check who was calling.

"Yes, hello?"

"…Ino?"

"Who's this?"

"Sasuke."

"Oh, you call?"

"My parents agreed."

"So when they wanna meet?"

"Tomorrow night."

"Tomorrow night?"

"Yes."

"Okay, then it's settled."

"So, what're you doing?"

"Not much, I am just lying down… that's it, you?"

"Nothing."

"Topic?"

"…Give one."

"Not again, Sasuke. I gave you a topic last night."

"…I can't think of anything."

"Okay, Im'ma give you a topic but promise me to answer it."

"…?"

"Sasuke," she smiled. "Who was your first kiss?"

He hung up and the line went busy. Ino was pissed, though, she knew this was coming. She wondered why he never wanted to talk about love or girls he had dated in the past… well even Ino didn't know if he actually dated someone before. However, even though she was loud and vulgar she had no guts to ask him if he was only… attracted to people with Y-chromosomes, in short, men.

The promising night had come. It was held on one of Yamanaka's properties, in their hotel-restaurant. Yes, the Yamanaka's were rich. They purposely reserved the whole restaurant just for this meeting. They ought to meet there at exactly 7.

Ino, Inoichi and Deidara were patiently waiting for them.

"Hey, Deidara," Ino called her dear brother. "Do I look alright?"

She was wearing a simple purple dress; it was just a typical tube bubble dress with a matching purse. She put a mild make up and a pink lipstick on. Even though Ino and Sasuke were not really together, she still wanted to give them a great impression.

"Um," Deidara put his hand on his chin, and studied her carefully. "You look fine to me, yeah!"

"Thanks," Ino sighed and then she smiled. "I think you and dad look good in suits too."

Inoichi looked at his wristwatch, it was two minutes to 7. Then the oldest Yamanaka called out the manager of his restaurant.

"Is everything set?" asked Inoichi to the manager. "I want everything to be perfect."

"Yes, sir," the manager replied. "Everything is perfect."

"Good," Inoichi nodded. "You can go now."

The manager bowed to them and then went ahead. The Yamanakas' attention was caught when they saw the security guard opening the door for a certain family.

They're here, Ino thought. I am pretty nervous.

The Yamanaka's stood up to show their gratitude and bowed at them. And then, both families shook each other's hand while introducing themselves. Aside his parents, his older brother was there too.

"Uchiha Fugaku," the oldest Uchiha said, emotionlessly. The Uchiha men all looked alike, Ino noted. "Thank you for inviting us here, this is my wife Mikoto, my oldest son, Itachi and my youngest, Sasuke."

"The pleasure is ours meeting all of you, I am Yamanaka Inoichi," Inoichi introduced himself as well. "This is my son Deidara, and my princess, Ino. Please have a seat and order any food that you wish to eat."

Ino just gave them a warm smile. Sasuke went beside her and kissed her in the cheek. Then they all sat down. Ino and Sasuke sat next to each other. Everyone started ordering what food and drinks they wanted.

"Hey, Itachi," Deidara called him. "Long time no see, un."

Itachi just gave him a small nod.

"So," Ino asked her brother. "You guys have met before?"

"You bet, un!" Deidara replied. "We were batch-mates in highschool!"

"That's terrific," Ino said. "At least you guys know each other."

"You look really beautiful," Sasuke's mom complimented Ino. "I guess Sasuke has a really great taste picking a girl."

"Thank you," Ino grinned but she did not blush. It was not as if this was the first time someone told her she was beautiful. "So are you, ma'am, I think you look gorgeous!"

"Oh why thank you," Mikoto smiled at Ino. "But I'll appreciate it more if you're going to call me mom instead of ma'am."

"Sure, mom," Ino was glad that she wanted her to call her 'mom'. After all, she never really knew her real mom. She was barely talking when she died.

"Ehem," Inoichi faked a cough and looked at Sasuke. "I heard that you are dating my daughter for almost eight months now."

"Yes, sir," Sasuke said with blank expression. "We're dating for eight months now."

"But why did both of you keep it as a secret?" Fugaku asked. "I can't see why that is."

"Cause sir, we weren't ready to tell the whole world that we are dating," Ino smiled as she looked at Sasuke then to Fugaku. "We both decided to keep it as a secret to protect our privacy."

Did she practice this? Sasuke thought. She's good at lying.

The food and drinks arrived after waiting for fifteen minutes. However, that did not keep them from asking questions about their relationship.

"Please, order more," Inoichi encouraged the Uchiha's. "Help yourselves."

"Thanks."

"Are you nervous?" Ino whispered to Sasuke. She did not receive an answer from him but he smirked.

Ino couldn't tell whether he was nervous or not; he didn't really have any emotion ever since the meeting started. She couldn't read him as if he was an open book.

"I noticed something," Itachi spoke, finally. "There are no people around here except us and the restaurant's staff."

"Oh, dad reserved the whole restaurant for this meeting," Ino informed as she gleamed. "And he thinks this is better because there are no disruptions."

"How nice of you, Inoichi-san," Fugaku said. "We appreciate your kindness."

"There's no problem," Inoichi smiled. "You're welcome here anytime, and besides I was so eager to meet my princess' boyfriend."

"We too were eager to meet Ino-chan," Mikoto smiled back. "Because this is the first time our son wantsus to meet his girl. Sasuke said she is really special and bubbly… well as I see right now, she's just not special and bubbly… she's really attractive too."

Sasuke blushed a little because he didn't expect his mom to tell everyone what he told to her. Ino could not help but felt the butterflies in her stomach. Sasuke thought she was special and bubbly, even though it may not be true – she still thought it was sweet of him to say to his mom.

Ino thanked his mother for the compliment she gave.

"I think Sasuke-kun is a really trustworthy and a responsible man," Inoichi looked at Sasuke. "You have my trust and take care of my princess."

"Thank you," Sasuke bowed a little. This was a lot easier than he expected. "I will take care of her."

"That's great," Inoichi said. "I prefer church wedding and I want to have an enormous amount of grandchil-"

"-Daddy!" Ino cut her dad off, she found herself red as a tomato because of what her dad just said. "Dad, we are still young. We are just 18, we haven't talked about those things yet, we still have to go to college and-"

Sasuke cut her off. He was amused of her reaction, this was the first time he actually saw her so embarrassed.

"-I too, sir," Sasuke started. "I also prefer church wedding and I also want to have a lot of kids."

"Sasuke," Ino knitted her eyebrows and became redder. "What do you think you're saying?"

"We too, Fugaku and I, prefer church wedding," Mikoto inserted a smile. "And a lot of grandchildren as soon as possible."

Ino felt the whole world was against her, and she was being ganged up. She knew that Sasuke said that just to piss her off. She was not pissed off, she was embarrassed.

"Sasuke," Inoichi smirked to Ino. "I think we are going to get along real well."

"I pretty much think that when they get married," Fugaku said to Inoichi, "they can help each other running and leading my companies and yours."

"That's a great idea," Inoichi retorted. "Really great idea, I have no objections."

"Yes," Deidara very happily said, his responsibility as the next president would be passed to somebody. And that meant, he could live freely and easily. "They can run the company, yeah!"

"I also like that idea idea," Itachi agreed. "Good luck to both of you."

Ino and Sasuke looked at each other with puzzled face.

The heck? Ino thought. Are they kidding?

How in the world this is happening? Sasuke said to himself.

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