Summary: Sakura gaped as she looked at the sign before doing a double take. Yup, she wasn't dreaming. There on the sign in front of the mansion, was stating that Uchiha Sasuke needed a wife. And it was her lucky day that she became the hired wife.

Disclaimer: … … DON'T MAKE ME PAIN MYSELF!

CHAPTER 2

Sakura looked at his retreating back as she followed him with a silent thought, 'Do I want to?' she stood there until he called her name, turning his head. She looked at him as she caught up to him, no emotion shown on her face, he smirked before wrapping an arm around her shoulder. He spoke once more.

"Did I forget to mention that you are to star in a movie with me? It's called Forbidden Fruit. It's about a girl that is arranged to marry a guy while having an affair with another." he says as he walked while talking quietly. He suddenly stopped, gripping her shoulders tightly as he looked at the ground. "Tell me now if you don't want to… and I promise you that if you end up regretting that you ever said yes, I will let you go. I won't have anyone bother you on the subject,"

Sakura looked at him in surprise, his voice was soft and wasn't unkind. She smiled. She knew that he knew what he was doing was sort of against her will. At least, it was against her will 10 seconds ago before she talked.

"Yes, I'll be your 'wife.'"

Sakura gazed at the sky as she sat in the car with Sasuke. He stopped at a red light and looked at her, he smirked when he saw her droopy gaze that stared off into space. "Why don't you catch some sleep? There's still 40 minutes until we're there, I'll wake you up," he suggested as the car started again.

Sakura looked at him in surprise as he just smirked at her again with his sunglasses again. She felt herself blush for the umpteenth time that day. What's wrong with her?! Ugh! Her cell phone rang just when she was about to reply and she answered it quietly, "Moshi-moshi, Ino-chan? Iie… gomenasai… no, not today… sorry… alright, talk to you later, ja ne!" she hung up and looked at Sasuke shyly.

He raised an eyebrow at her, taking a quick glance at her before looking at the road again, he spoke once more, "Like I said, catch some shut eye. We'll be out the whole day. You'll be with Shina tomorrow for the Hyuuga family," he nodded at her to reassure her that he'll wake her up. Sakura nodded and muttered a quiet thank you before closing her eyes hesitantly.

She was asleep in no time and Sasuke looked at her when he stopped at another red light. He smiled the tiniest smile on Earth as he looked at her. She was actually really pretty up close and resembled a cute and beautiful girl. Her skin was pretty much flawless, she had a button nose that wasn't too small but not humongous either, her eyes were a really pretty color when you could see it.

Her skin tone was light but not too pale. Her lips were the color of light roses. And her eyelashes were medium in length, not too long and not too short. She was perfect. Her mouth was slightly parted to show her two front teeth. He smirked at her, her two front teeth that were bigger than the rest oddly gave her such a cute essence when she smiled a bit. Her pink hair was odd, but everything about her was unique.

He looked back right when the light flashed green and started once more… just 30 more minutes now…

Sasuke gently shook Sakura awake, Sakura opened her eyes groggily as she whispered a quiet reply to the shake, "O-Okaa-san?" she yawned cutely, covering her mouth with a hand before rubbing her eyes, her hands were near her eyes when another hand pulled them away. She opened her eyes fully now to see Sasuke frowning at her. She raised an eyebrow, "Nani, Uchiha-san?"

He replied to her attempt to rub her eyes, "Don't do that. You'll scratch your eyes," she was at least 20 or 21 now yet she still acted so childish. It was then he remembered what she just said a few seconds ago. Her okaa-san. He hasn't mentioned anything about her okaa-san or her family. He suddenly felt guilty, "I… do you want to tell your family?" he asked quietly.

Sakura smiled at him and shook her head softly before speaking, "Iie, it's fine, domo. There's no family actually, my mother's in the states and my father is long gone with some other woman. My only family is my pet dog though, Misae-chan, she's the fattest Chihuahua in the world!" Sakura giggled.

Sasuke looked at her, not finding her fake attempt at trying to be cheerful at all amusing. "I'll take you there afterwards tonight, to pack and get… Misae. You're going to live with me and my family, there's going to be a family dinner tomorrow for you to meet my parents. You'll need to sign some papers too…" he murmured.

Sakura nodded as the memory of her mother struck her hard. She suddenly remembered why she found it so hard to reminisce anything about her mother. Of course… her mother had been- "Dead…" she suddenly whispered aloud. Sasuke looked at her, surprise shown the tiniest bit in his eyes. "My okaa-san is dead. I forgot about that. She got shot the other day in the states by someone that claimed she took away everything."

Sakura's eyes were blank when she spoke about this. She smiled at him suddenly before getting out of the car, he followed her example before walking around to her side. He was about to talk when she said something, "A hug… could you… give me a, hug?" Sakura asked as she looked up at him with those eyes of hers.

Usually Uchiha Sasuke didn't give in so easily to people or obsessed fan girls that asked for anything from him. But somehow, this woman happened to make everything possible. A joke entered his mind, he wondered if she would be the cause of an apocalypse. And he knew that, when he wrapped his arms around her…

That he had made the right decision in choosing her.

Flashback (Because they're oh so awesome and you know it!)

Mikoto looked at Sasuke as she hugged Sachi close to her. "Sasuke-chan, I have a suggestion for you. I'll need some help from Shina-chan though if you do agree to this plan. When you were 4 or 5, I was out at the market since our usual grocer was sick, and I met this incredibly adorable girl with pink hair and these beautiful jade eyes." she smiled as her thoughts remembered the girl's looks.

"She was your age as well, maybe a year younger or so. She was very cute though and she was walking aimlessly around the large market, lost. She was looking for her mom and she had asked everyone in that baby language you kids speak where her mama was going, 'where mama?' It was adorable yet sad as well, I offered to help her and she looked up at me with those eyes of hers and smiled widely at me," Mikoto breathed.

"I looked for her mom near and far with her until we came to the service desk and I asked the woman there if she had seen a woman that looked slightly similar to the little girl. The woman had said that she saw a woman that looked a bit like the girl leave the market 15 minutes ago. The little girl was till too young to understand and I was flabbergasted at how anybody could leave their child forgetfully like that." Mikoto frowned.

"I was going to take her back home with me until a man entered the store and spotted the little girl. He ran up and rudely took her away without even saying a nice thank you! What a rude lad! I heard the girl cry and looked back at me, her eyes were begging me to take her away from the man but I had not right. It pained me so much to see her like that. Her mom was careless and her dad abused her." Mikoto turned to look at Sasuke and Shina.

"I want you to marry that girl. I want you to find the same girl with the same pink hair and the same jade green eyes that I saw 17 years ago."

End Flashback

He looked at Sakura. She was the same girl with the same pink hair and the same jade green eyes. He hugged her tightly before his ears picked up what she said to him, "Domo… Uchiha-san… even if you don't know me that well," she pulled away and smiled brightly at Sasuke. Sasuke didn't smirk or smile back at her.

Instead, he wrapped his arms around her yet again and placed his head on her shoulders. Sakura widened her eyes in shock as she looked up at him. He just muttered something, "You're the same girl." he pulled away and walked a few paces away from her before apologizing, "Gomen, come on."

He walked away again and Sakura followed him silently after a short moment of silence to recover from her shock. The two didn't walk side by side and Sakura lagged behind purposely as she looked at his back. He walked with pride and you could practically breathe in an air of authority around him.

While with her… all you could smell were strawberries and vanilla. That's why they were different. She was like a servant while he… he was the King. It would be considered rude if she spoke to him openly and it would be an even ruder action to inherit the job of the King's wife so easily. She thought about the million girls out there that would have killed and died to marry him.

She didn't speak though, because, she liked the silence, at least with him she did. Sakura looked up at the sky as she closed her eyes relaxingly for a bit. She opened them a few seconds later to continue walking. Sasuke had stopped in front of a café and waited for Sakura to catch up with him. The two entered and a host smiled at them. "Welcome to Winter Wish! Would you like a table for two?" Sasuke nodded.

The host smiled before leading them to a small round table in the back and sat the two down, pulling a chair out for Sakura who smiled at him. "My name is Takeshi and I will be back to take your orders when you're ready!" he walked away after setting down two menus. Sasuke noticed Sakura's depressing mood and spoke calmly when he flipped open his menu.

"After this… I'll take you somewhere to release the stress." he said without looking at her. Sakura looked at him in surprise as she stared at him silently. She shook her head as she opened her own menu and looked at it for a few minutes before closing it, her mind set on her order. Takeshi came back a few moments after and asked for their orders.

"Dark chocolate parfait and some black coffee," he ordered emotionlessly, his eyes looking elsewhere as he spoke. The host nodded before looking at Sakura. Sakura smiled at him kindly in which he smiled back at her, glad to be relieved from the dark tense air Sasuke just evacuated. Sakura looked to make sure one more time before nodding.

"Just a strawberry iced mocha will be fine," Sakura smiled before handing him the menus. He took it and thanked her before walking away. Sakura didn't look at him when she spoke, "Where… where are you taking me?" she asked quietly. Sasuke didn't answer for a time, instead he leaned his face close to hers so he could feel her every breath before smirking.

"You'll see."

Sakura widened her eyes when she saw where they were headed. She and Sasuke were off the car and at- "A training ground!" Sakura widened her eyes when she saw what was in front of her. There were people practicing with bow and arrows and people sparring with each other and a whole bunch of other things.

Sasuke smirked before nodding and pulling her to the hallway and stopping front of a bullet-proof glass encased counter with the service person inside. The woman smiled at them, "Welcome to Konoha Training Grounds! I see you're here to make sure your girlfriend knows her stuff!" the woman teased.

Sasuke didn't reply to that, he didn't counter it with anything except for a simple, "Room U5 floor 6." he handed her a passing key and she typed in something in the computer after examining and smiled before giving it back to him, "Practice well!" Sasuke led Sakura through the endless hallway and up a couple steps of stairs before stopping at the last step on the new floor.

He opened the door leading to a room and allowed her to enter first. Sakura gasped, inside the room were a whole bunch of different weapons and jackets for military people. Sasuke threw her a bullet-proof jacket and she hesitantly put it on as he put on one as well. "This is where I go to relieve my stress,"

He walked to a target practice corner and loaded a gun with fake bullets that looked real and went to the first row. Sakura hesitantly followed him, "You know… violence isn't the answer to every problem," Sakura said, "I- what are you?" she couldn't finish her question when he handed her the gun in his hand and turned her around to face the dummy a few feet away. "No! I don't want to shoot stuff!" Sakura complained.

Sasuke smirked as he instructed her, "Just shut up and do what I tell you," he took her hand in his and stood with his body right behind hers. Sakura blushed as he pressed up close against her, he leaned his head on her shoulder as he whispered instructions, "Position the gun correctly and now aim for the dummy's heart… take time to practice our aiming…" he whispered… -bang!-

Sakura gasped a bit when he pushed her finger that was on the trigger and the bullet flew out and hit the dummy straight in the heart. She widened her eyes before turning around in surprise at him, "S-Sasuke!" he smirked at the sound of it. She said his name for the first time, she also seemed surprised at her guts for she slapped a hand over her mouth immediately.

He looked into her eyes and they stared at each for what seemed like an eternity before Sasuke removed her hand and replaced it with his own mouth. Sakura widened her eyes and gaped… "Sasuke…?" she was cut off though when he kissed her deeper. She didn't do anything and just stood there.

He pulled away and licked his lips seductively. Sakura looked away and avoided his gaze as tears suddenly gathered in her eyes before suddenly running for the door. Sasuke smirked as he stood there, watching her run out of the room. He chuckled before turning to the dummy and pulled the trigger again. –Bang!- "Bull's eye…" he whispered.

Sakura was shocked as she ran down the stairs. She didn't watch where she was going and yelped when she tripped on the last step. She waited for herself to hit the ground but instead, she felt herself fall on something soft. She opened one of her eyes and gasped when she noticed she had landed on someone else.

The person had blue cerulean eyes and deep blonde hair. He stared up at her in surprise and she suddenly realized she was crushing him, she got up hastily and blushed, she bowed her head and apologized, "S-Sumimasen! I wasn't looking where I was going and I… just… sorry!" Sakura breathed finally.

The man got up and looked at her with a steady gaze before grinning widely, "That's alright! It was my fault too! I think it's supposed to be that I catch you, right?" he joked as he smiled at her through kind eyes. Sakura looked at him in surprise before a smile spread wide across her face and she giggled. He grinned to know she took his joke.

She smiled at him softly, "Thank you though, for softening my land, I hope I didn't hurt you!" she suddenly looked around him for injuries. He blinked before grinning at her and moved to stop her. Sakura looked at him in surprise when her hand was suddenly stopped. She blushed when she noticed how warm his hand was.

He smiled kindly, "It's alright! I'm ok! You don't weigh a lot, I least I don't think so!" Sakura playfully punched him in the arm as he laughed, "I'm Uzumaki Naruto, could I ask for your name?!" he was a hyperactive fellow and Sakura smiled. He was the complete opposite of a certain Uchiha. She spoke her name calmly.

"Haruno Sakura, but Sakura is fine, well I have to go but here's my number, I hope you don't mind me giving it to you, you could rip it up later if you want, but I've been wanting someone like you to talk to for a few days now, well, ja!" Sakura handed the piece of paper she got out of nowhere and gave it to him before running back up the stairs.

Naruto stared at the piece of paper for a while before grinning. 'Sakura-chan!'

Sakura and Sasuke got into the car once more and Sasuke looked at Sakura who was more cheerful than before, "Sorry, about earlier," Sasuke said finally as he started the engine. Sakura looked at him and smiled widely, "It's alright! Well anyways, you say we're headed for my house now?" Sakura asked.

Sasuke nodded, "Where do you live?" Sakura instructed him which road to take before the two finally arrived at a peachy colored house that had a warm feeling coming from it. Sakura invited him inside the house as she unlocked the door to the house. He heard barking and looked around only to be jumped by a caramel colored Chihuahua.

It licked him as Sakura giggled, "I'm over here Misae-chan!" the dog looked at her and got off Sasuke who stood up as it started clawing on Sakura's legs. Sakura giggled once more before picking Misae up, "We're going to a new home, alright Misae-chan?" she was about to walk to her room to pack up when the doorbell rang.

Sakura opened the door only to meet eyes that matched hers. She widened her eyes when she recognized who it was. Sasuke narrowed his eyes as Misae growled at the person. Sakura's eyes turned solid blank as she looked at him.

"O-…"

Ooohhh, can anybody guess who it is that Sakura saw?!? Guess who it is!! GUESS! And do you smell a love triangle somewhere… because I uh… kinda do! Hehe, well review please!

Lots of love,

XOXO Kaze-Chan