CHAPTER 20 COVER
Sasuke is hugging Makoto while Sakura is looking at them from behind.
WANTED: A PINK HAIRED WIFE
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 she became the hired wife.
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CHAPTER 20
Her breath hitched in her throat. She felt like Tenten. Her throat was dry and she struggled to find something to say.
Her jade orbs caught sight of… him. And the person next to him who smiled at her. She smiled back weakly before she finally said something.
"Sa…Sasuke."
His onyx eyes met her jade ones.
"Sakura."
Sakura inwardly breathed in and out calmly. "It's…it's nice…to see you…all of you, again." Sakura sent him a polite smile. She didn't say anything more when he nodded at her.
Sakura looked over to his side and smiled at the girl beside him, "H-Hi," she noticed her voice was cracking and quickly cleared her throat before looking back at the girl. "I'm…Sakura. Haruno Sakura, it's nice to meet you! You must be Sasuke's girlfriend!" Sakura gave her a painful smile. She bit the inside of her lip until she felt blood.
The girl sent her a sweet smile as well. Sakura felt herself smiling a true smile at her. "I'm Ishida Makoto! It's nice to meet the Sakura-chan that everyone always talks about! And um yea… has he told you?" Makoto giggled and blushed at the mention of being Sasuke's girlfriend. Sakura looked at Sasuke who was staring at her.
Sakura quickly looked back at Makoto and smiled, "Oh um no, I haven't talked to him in a while. We lost contact you see, but Ino-pig has called me ever so often," Sakura looked over at Ino quickly who was still in a wrestling match with Naruto and Temari. "Oh boy, hold on, I better go break it up shouldn't I? Well um…I'll leave you two then," Sakura awkwardly walked over to the blondes.
She their gazes trailing after her. She sighed before pulling Ino away from Naruto and then separated Naruto from Temari's hair. She glared at the three, "Ok you blondies! Break it up! You're causing a scene at the airport! Surely you don't want to be broken apart especially by the security guards…do you?" Sakura sent them a knowing look.
Ino mumbled something and childishly stomped over to where Sakura was. Temari sighed and walked over to Sakura as well. Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly before shrugging. Sakura rolled her eyes.
Her gaze turned to Sasuke and she looked away when she saw he was hugging Makoto.
"Sasuke-kun…" Makoto called out to him softly. Sasuke looked at her, his eyes not showing any emotion at all. Makoto looked up at him with fear in her eyes. "You aren't…going…to leave me for Sakura-san again…are you?" she asked as tears welled up in her eyes. She took his hands in hers and looked at him.
Sasuke looked down at Makoto before staying quiet. Makoto bit her bottom lip before she hugged him tightly. Sasuke sighed before wrapping his arms around her waist. His gaze fixed on Sakura. He felt himself soften up at the sight of her breaking apart the blondes' fight.
He still had to find the reason why.
Why did she leave him?
Sakura smiled at everyone as she and Tenten took a seat beside each other in the café. They had all decided to go to a café nearby that was having a live band perform tonight. Makoto snuggled up to Sasuke leisurely and Sasuke just wrapped an arm around her shoulder. Tenten said something to Sakura and the two started giggling like crazy.
Kiba raised an eyebrow at them, "What's so funny you guys? Tell us!!" Kiba grinned as Akamaru barked at them.
Sakura looked at Tenten who nodded at her. They giggled a couple times more before Sakura started the story. She gave a short giggle that caught the attention of everyone. She blushed cutely before speaking, "Y-You see, hehe, when we were in New York, Tenten and I wanted to do a little dress up game. So we both dressed up as men, and we walked into this restaurant and-... haha…" Sakura couldn't continue because she erupted in laughter.
Tenten grinned and continued the story for her. "We thought people would notice we weren't exactly men, but when we went inside, there were these ladies that walked up to us and asked us if we were in a movie or something because we looked so handsome. So me and Sakura just continued our little act, and pretty soon, there was this rather…um…" Tenten looked at Sakura for the word.
Sakura smiled, "Rather large," she inserted for Tenten. Tenten nodded and grinned and continued speaking, "A rather large lady approached us and she started to flirt with us so badly. She pretended she dropped something and bent down so we can see her boobs, so me and Sakura were like trying so hard to look away because it was so disturbing! And in the end, the woman asked if we'd like to spend the night at her place and she even brushed up against Sakura! We just placed the money on the table, took off our wigs, and ran out the door."
Sakura and Tenten burst out laughing as they remembered the moment in their heads. The group started laughing as well, Makoto smiled good naturedly while Neji, Shino, and Sasuke just smirked. Sasuke looked at Sakura and she caught his gaze. Sakura smiled at him and he smirked back weakly at her.
Makoto looked up and was about to say something to him when she noticed his and Sakura's silent interaction. She pinched his arm gently and he broke the eye contact to look at his girlfriend. Makoto smiled at him, "Sakura-san sounds like she had fun in America with Tenten-san, ne?" Sasuke smirked and nodded.
Makoto looked over at Sakura who was talking about something with Hinata. Makoto looked at the ground.
I can't lose Sasuke-kun!
Sakura hummed happily in the hotel room as she dried her wet wavy pink hair and bangs with a towel. The stereo was turned on playing the song 'Way Back into Love' by Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant. She had a fluffy white bathrobe wrapped around her body and tied securely around her waist. She had just taken a shower and Tenten was currently using the bathroom.
She hummed the lyrics to herself, "I'm been searching but I just don't see the signs… I know that it's out there… there's got to be someone for my soul somewhere… hmmmm…" a knock on the hotel door was heard and Sakura raised an eyebrow as she got up from her bed. She opened the door and widened her eyes when she saw Temari, Ino, and Hinata right in front of her.
She looked around before raising both eyebrows at them, "Shouldn't you guys be… I don't know… at home?!" Sakura asked in shock. Hinata giggled and shook her head at Sakura's reaction. Nevertheless, Sakura let them enter the hotel room and locked the door after them. Ino sighed and went to lie down on the bed.
Temari went over to the stereo and popped in a new CD. 'Crushcrushcrush' by Paramore started playing; she went over and sat next to Ino. Hinata sat on the bed as well. "Well Sakura-chan, we decided it's been awhile so we wanted to catch up with you and Tenten-chan." Hinata smiled innocently.
Sakura narrowed her eyes; they're here for a reason… Ino's gaze was perfectly normal, no sign of any plans forming in her head. But of course that makes me wonder if she has a brain in that head… "Well, did you see any hot guys in New York, do tell!" Ino giggled as she laid on her stomach, her chin resting on the palms of her hands.
Sakura smiled before walking over to sit on the opposite bed facing them. "Well there were many blondes…" Ino squealed loudly. Sakura rolled her eyes before continuing, "But of course, I must say, Tenten and my boss was a pretty hot catch as well. Keith, and he doesn't have a girlfriend. But I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to date him. He's really a workaholic but exceptionally nice to all employees that work hard."
Ino's eyes shone brightly before a hand slapped the back of her head. Tenten had gotten out of the shower, her hair wavy when wet as well. She sat down beside Sakura as the two dried their hair.
Temari, Ino, and Hinata looked at each other secretly. Sakura looked at Tenten and the two immediately knew what was coming next.
Hinata smiled at Sakura, "So…Sakura-chan…we were wondering earlier…but…do you still have…feelings for Sasuke-kun?" she asked gently. Sakura's eyes softened at Hinata.
She didn't reply because instead she hit Temari and Ino both with the towel.
"OUCH!"
"OW!"
"DO YOU GUYS THINK USING SOMEONE AS INNOCENT AND SWEET AS HINATA TO ASK ME WILL MAKE ME ANSWER YOU?!" Sakura shouted. Tenten and Hinata watched the three with humor in their eyes. Tenten smirked as Hinata giggled slightly, a blush on her cheek being called 'innocent' and 'sweet.'
"Yep!" Ino grinned.
"That was the plan!" Temari grinned as well.
Sakura twitched and was about to give them another with the towel until her cell phone rang. "Put up your hands and say I don't wanna be in love! I don't wanna be in-!" Sakura cut the song midway as she flipped open her cell and answered. "Moshi-moshi?" she said quietly. All eyes were focused on her in wonder.
"Sakura. Can I talk with you?"
Her own jade ones widened when she heard who it was. Tenten whispered a quiet 'who is it.' Sakura answered the person quietly again, "I…fine." Sakura looked at the girls and they knew just exactly who it was. The girls' eyes softened as they looked at Sakura intently.
"Meet me at the entrance of your hotel in 15 minutes."
Sakura wondered what to say before settling on, "Alright." she closed her phone without another word. She took a deep breath in as she looked at the girls, "I'm going to talk with him." Ino gasped.
"Sakura…are you…ok?" Ino asked worriedly. Sakura smiled at her childhood best friend and nodded. Ino nodded back at her. Sakura's eyes suddenly glinted and she looked at Tenten with an evil smirk.
"While I'm gone…Tenten…you take care of them! Muhahahaha! Oh, and Hinata can help as well!" Sakura cackled evilly as she went to change. Ino and Temari's eyes widened in horror. Who worse than Sakura to torture them?! A (secretly) evil Hyuuga and a weapon obsessed Tenten!
Sakura came out dressed in a denim mini skirt with a white t-shirt with a red heart on it with a gold key and a silver lock. She grabbed her matching denim jacket and let it unbuttoned. She slipped on her white high heels from earlier before grabbing her hotel room card. She smirked at Ino and Temari who were getting whipped gently by Tenten and tickled endlessly by Hinata.
She giggled, "See ya losers!"
"I'll get you back Haruno!!"
Sakura waited at the entrance of the hotel as she leaned against the wall. She looked up at the night sky and her gaze softened as it drifted off into the stars. There were so many beautiful ones…
"Sakura."
She was broken from thought when she heard her name. She looked away from the sky and in front of her to see Sasuke. He had on a grey and black striped beanie and wore a black sweater with jeans and black Converse.
She sent him a weak smile as she walked over to him. "Sasuke…" she greeted back quietly. He started walking somewhere and she looked around hesitantly before following him. "Sasuke what did you want to talk about." Sakura asked as he led her to the garden. They stood under the circular roof thing.
She looked up at him hesitantly to see he was looking out at the gardens. The scent of flowers filled their noses. "I wanted…to ask you something." he looked at her this time to see that she was now looking at the gardens.
"How have you been?" the two asked each other simultaneously. They looked at each other with widened eyes. Sakura giggled softly as a smirk formed on Sasuke's face.
"I've been good," Sakura replied with a small smile.
Sasuke nodded, "I've been good as well." Sakura nodded at him and the two stayed quiet afterwards as they looked at the gardens. "Sakura…" he called, not looking at her.
"Ah…" Sakura replied, not looking at him either.
Sasuke hesitated before asking, "Why did you…leave me…a year ago?" she stiffened. She stayed quiet and didn't reply. "Sakura… why?" he persisted helplessly. She shook her head as she looked away.
"It's… because… because…just!" she stuttered on her words.
"Because what?" he asked her as he looked at the back of her head since she was turning away from him.
"You don't need to know! You just need to know that you're safe now! You're ok!" Sakura shouted as her eyes started to turn slightly red. I never should have come if this was what he wanted to know! She thought as she looked at the escape.
Sasuke turned her to face him, he wasn't taken aback when he saw tears forming in her eyes. He gripped on her arm tightly, "What do you mean I don't need to know!? You left me for a year while I was in a coma and now you come back telling me I don't need to know why you left?! What do you mean I'm safe?!" he shouted right back at her.
Sakura tried to take his grip off of her but she failed. She looked at him, "Stop! You're hurting me!" his eyes softened as he let go of her arm. "I…I don't know why I left you. I just… I felt it was right. I felt that if I left, you would stop getting hurt, physically and emotionally, because of me. I'm always hurting you one way or the other Sasuke! I didn't leave because your father told me to!" Sakura shouted as tears started running down her face.
Sasuke looked at her with disbelief, "You think if you left me in my time of need, I'd stop getting hurt? How do you think I felt when I woke up and found out you just left me to go to a whole different country?!" he shouted at her as well, louder even. More tears ran down her cheeks, at an even faster pace.
"I left because I wanted to help your family! Rumors were being posted about the Uchiha just because of me and my own family! Things like 'oh what are they doing, engaging their son with a girl like this?' I couldn't take it anymore! If they were so surprised you were to marry someone poor and middle classed like me, then why couldn't I just leave you and your family at peace!?" Sakura cried out as she backed away from him.
Sasuke didn't say anything as he looked at her. She continued on as tears fell and just kept falling, "I want to protect you. I wanted to give you a better life, your family, my family a better life. And if leaving was what was good, then I'd do it! Don't you see? Ever since I left, there were nothing nasty to put about you. And better yet, you met someone that made you far happier than I ever did."
Just as she mentioned it, his cell phone rang. Sasuke looked at the pocket of his jeans and reached for it. "I'll go now," Sakura said lastly as her voice started to crack. She couldn't go thought because his hand held onto her arm.
"Sakura…"
The ringing of his cell phone continued and she firmly broke off his grip, "O-Oyasumi S-Sasuke," she said before running away.
He stood there watching her run away…from him. He sighed when her figure disappeared into the distance. He looked at his cell phone, 1 missed call, Makoto. "Fuck…" he murmured as he placed the phone back into his pocket.
He leaned his forehead against one of the poles that held the roof up.
Sakura…
Loud sniffs was heard outside the hallway as Temari, Tenten, Ino, and Hinata looked up from their card game and at the door. The door opened and Sakura walked in, her eyes as red as anything and her nose puffy. They gasped and were about to run over to her when she went inside the bathroom and slammed the door closed.
"Sakura…" Ino murmured as she looked at the door. Loud cries sounded from the bathroom and the girls felt helpless, they couldn't do anything about it.
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She sniffed as more tears rolled her cheeks. She stomped her feet onto the floor a couple times, her heels laid forgotten outside the bathroom. She collapsed onto the floor as she brought up her knees and laid her head on it. Tears dropped onto the marble floor and she placed a finger on one of the teardrops on the floor.
More and more kept falling before she had enough, "Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!" she screamed loudly as she grasped her head with her hands and shook repeatedly.
Sasuke…Sasuke…Sasuke…!
She slammed a fist onto the ground as her brain failed to work properly. All she thought of was him. Him. Him. Him. Him. Him. "STOP IT!" she shouted to herself as she slowly shook her head. "Stop… stop thinking about him…"
She sat down with her back to the door as she continued crying.
Wow.
Just came back and she's crying her head off.
Stupid Sasuke! Why'd you ask her!!
Poor Sakura-chan…she's dealing with pain now. TT-TT"
OOOOOOHHHHH and if you don't get the hint yet, Makoto is up to something! ;)
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