CHAPTER 25 COVER

Sakura is seen against a wall kissing Sasuke with her hands tangled in his hair and his arms around her waist protectively. Standing behind them hidden by the dark is Makoto and Naruto. Makoto's eyes are widened while Naruto was looking away.

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.

Disclaimer: MAMMA MIA! THE MOVIE! XD

CHAPTER 25

Warning: Careful. Chapter is exceptionally corny and fluffy. Read at your own risk. Don't feel bad afterwards if you don't have a boyfriend to cuddle with. Just kidding! :D But it is fluffy and corny. So. Yup. Have fun kids!!

The clicking of heels was heard down the street as a figure stopped in front of a sleek black car. Another more masculine looking figure opened the door for the person and the person stepped inside the car and soon the door was shut. The other person walked around and into the driver's seat.

Inside the car, was Sakura sitting with her hands folded on her lap, not once looking at the person beside her. She had on a white tank top, a thin red scarf, skinny jeans, and a pair of white high heels on. Her hair was straightened and left down and her bangs were clipped onto her head as a poof. She smiled a small smile at Sasuke before returning her eyes back onto her lap. "You called me here today…did you need anything?"

No reply was heard from Sasuke. Sakura turned to take in the sight before her. His hair was as messy as always and he had just one peculiar dangling silver cross earring on one ear. He was wearing a black v-neck shirt, black skinny jeans, and black and white Converse. He turned to look at Sakura once and looked ahead before starting the car.

Sakura pursed her lips after no response came from him. She surprised him as she unlocked the door, she turned to him. "Sasuke. If you're not telling me where we're going, then I'm getting off. You're engaged. It'll be wrong if people saw you together with me. If we're going as friends, then I need to know where we're going. Because remember…please…that I'm…" and as if the words were blown by the wind, she whispered quietly, "…not your wife anymore."

His eyes widened by a centimeter as he snapped his head to turn to her. She looked straight into her eyes; she smiled weakly and opened the door hesitantly. She was about to step out, one leg ready to step onto the cement ground, when his hand shot out and grabbed her arm, holding her back from leaving. She turned around to face him.

One request was all it took for her to weaken her defense and trust him all over again.

"Spend the rest of the day with me one more time."

The whole trip was quiet as he parked the car. He stepped out of the car and walked around to open the door for her. Sakura's lips parted slightly as a small smile lit itself upon her face. It was a secretive smile of course; she quietly grabbed her white Chanel purse and stepped out of the car before offering a bright smile towards him.

"Domo…Sasuke." she didn't wait for him to reply as she walked to the door of the café. Sasuke stared at her retreating back and smirked tiredly to himself as he locked the car and walked after her, making sure he got the door open before she did. She rolled her eyes towards him before stepping inside.

He inwardly smirked to himself. She was obviously getting annoyed by his endless chivalry. They walked inside and the host smiled at them and mouthed two people. Sakura nodded and the host smiled wider before leading them to a table in the corner of the restaurant right next to the window.

The host was about to pull out a chair for Sakura, but Sasuke beat him to it. Sakura giggled slightly and shook her head at Sasuke before offering an apologetic smile towards the host. The host chuckled before shaking his head, "Your waiter will be here in a second. In the meantime, is there anything you'd like to drink?"

"Hmm… a black coffee and a cup of iced tea will be fine, thank you." Sakura answered for the dark looking male sitting opposite her. The waiter smiled and nodded before leaving. Sakura cleared her throat as she looked at Sasuke, she smiled contently. "If I'm really going to have to stand you for one whole day, then you better loosen up. Or else I might just leave in the middle of lunch."

Sasuke stared at her, "Lunch? This is breakfast."

Sakura giggled as she winked, "Exactly. I'm not going to skip breakfast, especially if you're buying. So if I do get annoyed, I'll skip half of lunch. So you'd have to pay for my meal that was half finished. It's called common sense, Sasuke." Sakura smiled widely as she leaned back into her chair.

Sasuke chuckled slightly as he sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He leaned his chin on one hand and proceeded to observe her with his piercing onyx eyes.

This woman is amazing. She manages to be heartbroken and get back on her feet all in one week. She orders a drink for me as if she knew right from the start what I was going to say. She flashes fake smiles that look almost as real as anything. Her eyes could fool anyone now. Her speech is peculiar and her tongue is sharper than it was before. Her features are mature now and her actions and movements are more graceful now than it was before. She's no longer my wife, girlfriend, or lover. And now she is barely in between the line of stranger and friend with me. Yet she still talks to me so casually.

His thoughts were interrupted as a waiter came back to them with the drinks they ordered. Sakura smiled and thanked the waiter, "Would you like to eat anything this morning?"

Sakura looked through the menu quickly, "Um French toast would be fine. What do you want, Sasuke?" she looked at the male opposite her.

Sasuke looked at her before looking at the waiter, "I won't be eating, thank you."

Sakura frowned from her spot. "What do you mean you're not eating? You're as pale as a ghost and your face looks so thin. You're eating whether you like it or not." she scolded him before looking at the waiter sharply, "He'll have pancakes, thank you." The waiter sweat dropped and nodded before walking off with their orders.

Sasuke looked at her and frowned, "I don't want to eat."

Sakura rolled her eyes, "Says your mouth. But your stomach is saying otherwise. You're really pale and thin, I bet if you don't eat for about another 2 days or so, Makoto will break the engagement with you since you're getting so ugly. So eat up!" Sakura stuck her tongue out at him and crossed her arms.

Sasuke sighed, "I don't like pancakes."

Sakura grinned, "Yet."

His eyes pierced into her own as he met her grin with a scowl of his own.

She really is amazing.

A loud laugh escaped from her lips as she looked at the now drenched Sasuke. They were at the beach and he had not wanted the water to touch his feet while she had immediately took off her heels, rolled up her skinny jeans so they won't get wet, and ran to the shore right where the water met the sand.

She had just splashed him and loud unstoppable giggles had been filling the beach air for a while now. She laughed freely as she watched little droplets of water fall from his hair. A twitch erupted from the male and she suddenly quieted down, gulping once in fear as she backed away. "Sasuke…what are you going to do…? I was just joking…"

"YAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

A cry came from her lips, replacing the loud laughter as she was lifted into the air by Sasuke. Sasuke ran around her with her on his back and smirked as she cried out in fright. He pretended he was about to drop her into the water and right when she was about to fall off, he shrugged her into his arms bridal style and ran to the blanket he had set up on the sand.

"UCHIHA SASUKE! IF YOU DON'T LET ME DOWN THIS INSTANCE, I AM GOING TO CHOKE YOU!"

He smirked and let go of his grip on her.

"AAAHHH!"

On instincts, her hands grabbed back onto him, he lost his balance as her weight pulled him backwards and the two fell onto the blanket. "EEP!" she cried out as she hit the blanket. It was quiet as she tried hard to push Sasuke off her. "Ow! Oh Kami-sama…Sasuke you're heavy!! Get off!!" she cried out and successfully pushed the dark haired man off her.

She sprawled her legs and stuck her tongue out playfully as she breathed hard. She stared up at his face as he loomed over her. She giggled and flicked his forehead. He flinched, and she erupted into laughter again. "Hahaha Uchiha Sasuke is afraid of a simple flick, who would've thought?" she giggled before looking up again at his blank face.

A thoughtful smile fell upon her lips as she sat up to face him. She stared into his eyes before her hand lifted itself up and caressed his cheek gently. She parted her lips slightly and didn't take note of his eyes following her every movement. "…No matter what people think…Sasuke is innocent…" she whispered.

His eyes widened as he looked directly into her eyes once more, but her eyes weren't on his anymore. They were travelling off into space as she spoke quietly. "Sasuke isn't mean… he's just trying to make me happy. Sasuke wanted to spend the day with me, because he was scared I was sad. Sasuke isn't trying to hurt me. Sasuke is innocent…"

He froze.

It was as if time stopped.

She slowly prodded her head forward and leaned her face on his shoulder as she dropped her hand from his cheek and instead, wrapped her arms around his waist. "You shouldn't stress yourself out too much. Please remember to always eat no matter how sad you are. There's no use in hurting yourself if you're already hurt. Don't neglect your health… this is just life. We can't always get what we want…ne…Sasuke?"

…

"Aa…"

She smiled; satisfied before she moved away from him temporarily. She looked at him, "Ne, Sasuke, promise me to be happy with where you are no matter where it is… ok?" she asked him as she held up a small pinky. So small compared to his.

He looked into her jade eyes, looking to see if there was some kind of meaning behind her words. When he could find none but the truth, he sighed and held out his pinky, wrapping around her small one gently.

"Aa."

She smiled again before hugging him once again, digging her face into the crook of his neck. "Arigato… Sasuke…kun…"

His eyes closed before he wrapped his arms around her as well.

"…Arigato…"

Sakura...

She sniffed as she wrapped the blanket tighter around her self. The two were now sitting on the same blanket but he had gotten another blanket for her to cover herself with so she won't be cold. She sat with her knees brought up to her chest and the blanket around her as she stared up at the night sky, filled with a gazillion stars.

He in the meantime, was staring at the now dark beach water. He had his legs stretched out in front of him and his hands were prodding himself up.

"5…4…3…2…1…" Sakura whispered, counting down to the nightly fireworks the beach always displayed. And soon, just as she counted, the fireworks went off. Bright colors exploded in the sky in many shapes as she smiled quietly. She leaned her head onto Sasuke's shoulder as she closed her eyes.

"Looks like our day is over…Sasuke…" she murmured as she breathed in the ocean breeze.

He stayed quiet as he didn't reply to her statement.

"After today, I think it's best if we don't see each other again. I'd interfere with yours and Makoto's relationship, and I really don't like being a third wheel. So… after today… I'm back to being Haruno Sakura, and you're just Uchiha Sasuke. As if we never met each other… ne…" she said quietly.

No response came from him once again. She sighed and kept her eyes closed as she just listened to the mixture of waves and fireworks.

His arms wrapped around her.

She reveled in his warmth.

She didn't get to see the smile on his face as he leaned his head onto hers.

He opened the door for her and she smiled and thanked him as she got inside. He followed afterwards, around the car and inside once more. He didn't start the car right away. The two just sat there quietly as they tried to embrace each other's presence as much as possible before the day ended.

"…Sasuke. Drive me to the hotel ok? You don't need to park, just drop me off at the entrance and I'll walk in by myself. You don't have to walk me in. But…thank you for the day. I really loved it, and…don't forget your promise…ok?" she smiled at him as she turned to look at him. A loud breath came from him and she looked at him in question.

He turned around to face her, and before she knew what was going on, he had grabbed her hand and leaned over to her seat, pinning her to the back of the seat unintentionally.

"Sakura."

… "N…Nani?" she hesitantly replied.

"What if I told you… I'm not going to let you go home tonight…?"

Her jade eyes widened.

So before you ask what was going on, how come she's sad and then happy, it's because the past chapters were rather depressing, and I noticed that Sakura felt a lot better in the previous chapter when she stayed with Naruto, so I've decided not to make her a depressing character this chapter.

I wrote her as back on her feet and ready to accept the fact that she and Sasuke aren't together anymore, since I feel that I've been making her too… meh… generic? Well I don't know, but yup.

This chapter was meant to be the post-concluding statement that slightly reveals what's going to happen to Sasuke and Sakura.

And the format that I wrote the events in this chapter is that, the very first scene (scenes are separated by the line) is right in the morning. The breakfast is in the morning as well, and then the beach scene is about afternoon-ish right before evening, when the sunset is up (on the other side of the world lol), the fireworks scene is about late evening, about to turn into night, and then finally the dramatic cliffy for this chapter is finally: night.

"I'm not going to let you go home tonight."

Haha, sounds rather suggestive huh?

What do you guys think Sasuke means by that? Lol… doesn't it make you wonder? XD You PERVS!

Well, I'd like to write a whole chapter long of apologies as to the late update and a crappy one at that after like 2 months, but the full explanation is on my profile. And I have to go to bed right now, got to get ready to go to Barnes and Nobles and spend the whole day there tomorrow studying. :D

And maybe there, while on my laptop, 'studying,' I'll type up the next chapter… ;)

Hehe, well sorry for the crappy late update. But review none the less!! ;)

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XOXO Kaze-chan