Title: Dessert of the Day
Author: paws-bells
Beta-ed by: MelissaRose85
Characters/Pairing: Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Itachi
Type: One Shot/Drabble Collection (InComplete)
Genre: Romance/General/Humor
Word Count: 705
Rating: T (Contains content not suitable for children)
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto-san.
Summary: Random ItaSaku drabbles/onesies featuring various universes and various storylines for your reading pleasure. Chapters may or may not be interconnected.
Created on: 09/04/14
Completed on: 09/04/14
Chapter Last Revised on: 02/05/14
Prompt: Modern AU. Technologically-inept!Itachi
"Seriously, Itachi, we really need to stop meeting each other like this," Sakura remarked by way of greeting when her next door neighbor opened his door and ushered her into his apartment.
"Hello Sakura, thank you for coming," the raven-haired male greeted in return, impeccably polite and proper as always. The young woman pretended not to notice how scrummy the man looked in a casual sweater and a pair of worn, comfortable black jeans, his feet bare against the carpet.
She busied herself by rolling up her sleeves and replied instead. "Don't mention it. Now; what's wrong with your computer this time?"
The Uchiha led her down the hall and into his study, where a desktop computer was sitting on his table. "It's been running rather slowly recently, so I'd appreciate if you could take a look at it for me."
"Alright, I'll see what I can do." Sakura went over to boot up the computer while Itachi went off to the kitchen to make tea for his guest. By the time the man returned, Sakura had already more or less figured out what the issue was this time.
"Goodness, Itachi. Your desktop is ridiculously cluttered – you need to clean it up more," Sakura tsked irritably, though the man frowned slightly and set the tray of beverages on the pristine surface of his table.
"I always keep my desk clean," he replied rather quizzically, and it slowly occurred to Sakura that he had taken her words too literally. The young woman could not help herself; she snorted softly in amusement.
"I didn't mean this physical desk – I was referring to your virtual one," she pointed out, gesturing to the computer desktop, which was filled with icons and shortcuts for various files. "I can't believe you; I just got you to clear most of these a month ago, and now they are all back again. No wonder your computer is lagging so horribly."
Sakura privately found it pretty amusing that her quiet neighbor was such an immaculate and fastidious individual in real life but had trouble keeping his computer in the same tidy state.
The man appeared faintly chagrinned by her mild rebuke. "I apologize; to be honest, I have no idea why all these icons keep appearing on my desktop." He sounded genuinely perplexed too, and still smiling in amusement, Sakura just shook her head slightly.
"Just remember to get rid of them every so often then, and are you making proper use of the computer cleaning tools and defragging software that I installed for you last time?"
"I am," he nodded somberly, passing her a mug of steaming ocha as he did so. Sakura accepted the drink gratefully and took a sip. She proceeded to nearly spit out the mouthful when the internet browser finally opened and revealed to her a screen filled with mental anguish and regret.
"Itachi!" she squawked in disbelief. "Why on earth do you need; wait, let me count – three, four five, six, seven – seven toolbars?!"
The Uchiha set down his own mug and leaned over from behind Sakura to see what she was talking about. The pink haired woman felt her cheeks redden ever so slightly at their sheer proximity. His crisp, refreshing scent teased her nose, and her face flushed even more.
Onyx eyes slipped over to glance at the embarrassed female. "…I've no idea how they got there," he replied baldly at last, his face still hovering rather close to her burning one, his calm, placid expression studying her flustered features.
"Uhm," Sakura floundered briefly for words, slightly rattled by the quiet intensity of his rapt attention. "I-I'll just uninstall them for you, then. You don't need those at all. I think the diagnostic tool also detected some malware; I'll try to clear that for you as well, but you should take care not to visit any suspicious sites-" the pink haired woman would have rambled on even more if he had not interrupted her then.
"Ah, I think I know how those got there now," Itachi murmured then.
Despite her frazzled demeanor, Sakura was curious to know. "How?"
"…I was informed that I won an iPad from an online drawing," he deadpanned, serious as ever.
"…"
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Questions That I Would Like To Answer Before You Ask:
Ugh, I just like writing adorkable!Itachi too much.
I derived inspiration for this drabble from my equally adorkable Dad, who once got very excited when he thought that he had really won an iPad from one of those silly ads online. Evidently, Itachi's level of technological awareness is even lower than that, ahaha.
As always, hope you lot enjoyed this!
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Next, a small handful of you had some enquiries about the previous chapter (the one with mermaid!Sakura), curious to know why she had been shown to be upset with Itachi at the beginning of the fic. I neglected to write the reasoning in (forgot all about it, actually), but she had been unhappy at first because Itachi had gone on a business trip and had left her alone for days prior to the story.
So that answers the mystery!
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Once again, I'm currently not accepting any prompts at the moment, so please do not send me any until I request for them, thanks.
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Thanks for your kind understanding, and as always, thanks for reading! Until next time!
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-paws