Serendipity

"Serendipity, finding something good without looking for it." Sakura Haruno had been forced into a marriage neither her nor the her groom wanted. Living in a loveless marriage where she'd tried her hardest to make the best of the situation but ended up getting her heart torn out of her chest. Forced in a marriage that was destined to fail will she ever find serendipity? AU.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, I just own this story and a few other things I own.

Chapter Eight

"Sasuke" She called as he saw his bloody form on the bed, he was breathing evenly which signified that he was asleep. He was sleeping on a white bed covered in his own blood, this idiot didn't even bother getting healed before he dozed off. She scowled at the figure and Tobi started to wail again.

"What are you doing here?" Sasuke rubbed his eyes as he opened them to see the rosette woman scowling and his son who was wailing in her arms. He stared at his son, silently asking her what was wrong with him.

"He thought you were dead" Sakura rolled her emerald eyes and placed one hand on her hip. She placed the young Uchiha down and proceeded to heal Sasuke's injuries. Tobi watched curiously, he was amazed at how he saw his father's torn skin seem to tie itself back together. Tobi poked the places which was earlier injured, it might not be broken or scarred but it was still tender, with every poke Sasuke fought the urge to flinch.

Sakura looked amused at the situation. She sat at the end of the bed watching the father-son duo who seemed to be challenging each other. Little Tobi had a smug smirk on his face as he jabbed his thumb at his father's ribs while Sasuke kept an uninterested and nonchalant face. After about an hour of poking his father, Tobi had given up since he wasn't getting the reaction that he wanted.

"You're boring, Chichi-ue" Tobi moved towards Sakura and stuck his tongue out at Sasuke. He sat on her lap and wrapped his tiny arms around her and nuzzled her. Sasuke chuckled at his child's antics and rolled his eyes at Sakura who mouthed 'He likes me better than you'.

Sakura had felt as if they were a real family even if it was just because of this small child in her arms. She had seen a different side of Sasuke, a sweet, caring, loving, arrogant, sarcastic and kind side opposed to his normal nonchalant, stupid, arrogant, prideful, cold, unfeeling and violent side. She liked him better this way and she doesn't dare say it but, she might even start to like him not just as a friend but someone who she could eventually love.

Her eyes softened as she looked at him. He was undeniably handsome, she had never admitted it to herself. He had the body of a God, it was lean and not too muscular and lastly he was kind. Even if it was just toward his child, he was considerably kind. He knew how to love, he loved Tobi very much and she could see that. Sakura fell asleep in the bed with Tobi in her arms and Sasuke by her side. The three had succumbed to sleep after a long day.

If you hadn't looked through the cracks, you'd think they were the perfect family.

Sakura had woken up early in the morning when she heard swishes and 'thwack'ing sounds. She looked at her 'new family' and shrugged Tobi's arm off. She had crept out quietly as she looked for the source of the noise. She pressed her ear towards a door where the sound got louder, she was sure this was the right door. The sound reminded her of Kunais embedding themselves on a dummy rather harshly. She knocked quietly and when the door was not opened, she let herself in.

Her eyes met a topless form of Uchiha Itachi, sweat cascading down his delicious abs. The cuts and ripples on his body was making her mouth water, she had to remind herself that she was a married woman and that this was her 'brother-in-law'. Brother-in-law or not, she couldn't help staring from his protruding collarbones to his lean pectorals to his abs that were carved by Gods and towards his hipbones and the v that lead to his groin area.

'Oh Kami-sama' Inner Sakura was having an intense nosebleed and was urging Sakura to 'jump his bones already'. Itachi watched the girl who was shamelessly ogling his body, he was quite used to it but seeing her do it gave him a boost to his ego. Her face was beet red and she looked like she was gonna explode, she had been ogling the body of her husband's brother.

"Like what you see?" Itachi offered the girl a warm smile and chuckled as she snapped her head instantly away to the opposite direction. Sakura felt the man stride towards her, she could feel her heartbeat get faster and louder with every step. She was quite surprised he could not hear her heart pounding in her chest.

"Good morning Itachi-kun" Sakura whispered as she looked down at her feet. She had no idea to save herself from the earlier events, she had stripped him naked with her eyes and probably had raped his body with the same eyes. Itachi tapped her shoulder and she turned to only be face to face with him. The gap between them was so small their nose were on the verge of touching.

Sakura looked at his lips, at his delicious-looking lips, that had once claimed hers. Itachi noticed her staring at his lips and decided to kiss her. He pressed his thin lips on to her pouty ones tenderly, the kiss felt different to both of them, like it had some kind of spark they've never felt with anyone else.

Sakura wrapped her arms around his neck as Itachi wrapped his around her slender waist. Their lips moved fluidly against one another, Itachi lowered his hands to her ass and he gave it a squeeze causing her to gasp into his mouth. He darted his tongue out to taste her every bit of her warm cavern, her tongue shyly rubbed against his and explored his mouth. The two broke for air and stared at each other with jaded eyes both of them panting heavily.

"Where have you been?" Sakura asked as she was still panting for air. That kiss took the wind out of her system, both literally and metaphorically. Their arms were still around each other when she looked up at him with expectant eyes.

"I've been with Otou-san working on a case" Itachi explained as he leaned down to kiss her nose lightly to which she giggled.

"How is it going?" She leaned towards him resting her head on his chest.

"No leads so far, it's quite frustrating" Itachi smiled as he watched the girl in his arms close her eyes. "Tired?" he asked the petite woman to which she muttered an 'mhm'. She felt herself slowly succumbing into unconsciousness and slowly falling limp in his arms. He carried her towards his room and laid in bed with the girl. He had finally done something he regretted in his life, it was giving up this precious cherry blossom to his no-good brother who only treated her badly. He watched her sleeping figure snuggle closer to him and he sighed happily. This girl would be the death of him.

Unbeknownst to both of them a pair of onyx eyes were watching everything they had done. The owner of this onyx eyes snarled as he watched Itachi's sleeping form with his arms around Sakura. He could not believe her, she had been such a great actress. He felt his own chakra spike up dangerously as his anger racked his entire body.

The couple in the bed snapped up at the feeling of the sudden spike of chakra, to their shock they had seen him, the angry man with onyx eyes that bled red. You could feel the murderous aura in the air, Sakura had suddenly felt so dirty. She had been what Sasuke called her before a 'whore', she had been fraternizing with these Uchiha boys shamelessly and to see the man's angry form turn around and march off made Sakura jump off the bed and chased after him.

Itachi was left in the bed, he sighed sadly. This was one thing he had not gotten first at, one thing he could never be first at. He may have turned into an ANBU at 13 but dealing with girls was a whole different thing, it was difficult specially that he knew he could never have her. He had pressed his eyes closed and tried to shake off the ordeal he placed himself into willingly.

Sakura chased after the man who was stomping off like a child. She had not gotten a chance to explain to herself, her logical side leaving and her emotional-driven side taken over. 'What would I tell him anyway? Hey, Yeah I made out with Itachi cause I woke up early and he looked delicious topless?' Inner Sakura argued with Outer.

"Let me explain" Sakura was panting this guy was pretty fast. He was still clearly pissed off since he would not even turn around to look at her but at least he had stopped, maybe he'd listen to what she was going to say.

"You know what Sakura, I like you. I really do like you! I may not be the best guy yet I am actually trying. I can't beat Itachi at most things and you're someone I do not absolutely want to lose to him. Sakura, you come in here making me feel a whole lot of different things that I have never felt with anyone else. You are like the light at the end of the tunnel for me, you give me hope. Hope that there's another side and hope that I could succeed. Sakura, I can't believe you could do this" The man's head dropped down to look at the floor and she could see tear drops that were falling on the cement.

The rain had started to pour and mask his tears. She felt like a bad person, she had been playing with him, with them. She had hurt them without knowing, her loving nature was her downfall, wasn't it? Her eyes filled with tears and she ran towards him and enveloped him in a hug. He still wouldn't face her afraid that if he did, his anger would all disappear. He could feel her hiccuping behind him and he fought the urge to take her inside, hug her, and tell her that everything's going to be alright.

"I'm sorry" She chanted, she buried her face on his back and cried on the Uchiha Clan en-sigma that was sewn there. "I'm Sorry, S-"

Author's Note: 5th Chapter today, I can't believe it. . I need a life. Hmmm, who is the 'S' guy that caught her make out session with Itachi. Who could it be? Any guesses? Read, Review, Follow and Favorite :D

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