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 Seventeen
The door swung open harshly to reveal a panting little boy with soaked hair that clung on his face in chunks and sweat dripping down his body. Sakura looked at him with concern while Sasuke raised one eyebrow at the little boy who flashed a sweet smile at Sakura. Sasuke scowled seeing that his son has not forgiven him yet and it looks like he wasn't planning on forgiving him.
"Kaa-chan! Tobi's here" The little boy hopped over to Sakura's bedside and plopped himself on her hospital bed. He wrapped his small arms around her and smiled.
"Yes, I can see that baby." Sakura giggled and kissed the top of Tobi's head. She glanced at Sasuke who looked kind of sad in Sasuke's own way of being sad. "Aren't you gonna greet your tou-san?"
"What Tou-san, kaa-chan? Tobi does not have a Tou-san" Tobi huffed and removed his arms from her and folded it in front of his chest. Sakura frowned at the small boy and gave him a disapproving look to which Tobi cringed, he had never made his mother upset.
"Tobi" Sakura said the boy's name as some sort of a warning. Tobi sighed and looked at Sasuke and gave him a wave. Sasuke was quite impressed on how this rosette girl controlled his son's stubborn head which he could never control.
"Good, Now Tobi-chan explain to my why you're all sweaty?" Sakura eyed the boy head to toe and he was soaked in his own sweat.
"Tobi had to go up here using the stairs.." Tobi explained and rubbed his head sheepishly. "Uncle said he'd race me to your room and he's still not here, so Tobi's the winner. Winners are Good boy's right?"
"Yes Tobi, Winners are good boys" Sakura giggled and Sasuke smirked at the little boy's explanation.
"Sakura-chan, I'm glad to see you're okay." Sakura looked at the door and went eye to eye with the visitor, her eyes widened at what she saw. Her eyes traced every feature of the man who had just arrived, he looked as handsome as the day she had left Konoha. Her eyes traveled from his own towards his slim nose, thin lips curled into a smirk with his signature senbon between them, angular jaw, his chiseled features never fail to amaze her. He was quite good-looking, she'd never say it but he was more of a full package than her own husband.
"Genma-kun" her voice failed her as his name came out as a whisper. Genma took slow strides towards the rosette female who seem to be at a loss for words, a smirk still adorning his face as he stood by her bedside. Sasuke watched the interaction between the two and fought the urge to remove the unannounced and certainly uninvited creature a midst them.
"Kura-chan?" Genma had ushered Sakura to move a bit and proceeded to sit on the hospital bed beside her, unbeknownst to both of them there were two pairs of dangerous crimson eyes watching them. Tobi decided to end their very 'touchy' interaction since he was the only one allowed to be close to his kaa-chan. The young Uchiha had a permanent scowl plastered on his face and his arms folded in front of his chest.
"Kaa-chan" Tobi huffed as he saw his new 'Uncle' wrap his arms around his Kaa-chan briefly. Sakura looked at the young boy with her head tilted to the side as if she was asking him what was wrong.
"Get off Kaa-chan's bed" The young Uchiha pointed at Genma who chuckled and hopped of the hospital bed with so much grace it rivaled a cat. Tobi's scowl instantly turned into a beam as he replaced the man and snuggled against his mother in her hospital bed.
"Little spitfire, I guess he got his temper from you Kura-chan" Genma's infectious jovial laughter caused Sakura to smile in return. She wrapped her left arm around the small boy who was holding on to her as he glared at the two men in the room.
"Genma-san, What brings you here?" Sasuke who had kept to himself the past minutes couldn't help but ask. 'Get the fuck out' was what he actually meant, the words came out from his mouth as a hiss.
"Aah, I'm here to check on Sakura-chan, of course. I've heard that she had an accident. I wanted to make sure Konoha's Cherry Blossom is okay" Genma smirked at Sakura who flushed a bright red and punched Genma's arm playfully. Their small banter and physical interaction had made Sasuke question what they were to each other, it's not that he was jealous but she is his wife and he dislikes it when his possessions have been damaged by others.
"Aa, well she is fine. You may now leave" Sasuke shot the brunette man a glare yet he was not fazed. Genma leaned over to give Sakura a kiss on her forehead and left without another word. She was awestruck at first but now she was just plain annoyed. How dare he chase out what she had been looking for in the past weeks she's been here? How dare he chase away the only thing that gave her the feeling of home? How dare he control her life like a puppet master? How dare he?
"Why did you want him gone so bad?" Sakura kept her voice low as she did not want to wake the small boy who was sleeping comfortably in her arms. She settled with sighing and scowling for any screaming might wake her son and traumatize him further.
"He was a nuisance and a waste of space" Sasuke answered, nonchalant and aloof about the situation. She frowned and just ignored him, her emerald hues had shifted towards the young boy who had a small smile adorning his features as he slept in her arms.
"At least Tobi's happy" Sakura mumbled more to herself that anyone "I cannot take this anymore" she nuzzled Tobi's hair and placed a chaste kiss on his forehead. The line did not go unheard with Sasuke's keen ears, his scowl deepened as he repeated the line over and over again, it would not stop like a broken tape.
"I cannot take this anymore"
"I cannot take this anymore"
"I cannot take this anymore"
"I cannot take this anymore"he was brought back to reality by his older brother who had came in through the door. Itachi held in his hand a bouquet, it was exquisite, it had pink Aster; which meant contentment, pink tulips; which meant caring, pink orchids; which meant delicate beauty and white larkspur; which meant beautiful spirit, He silently went through the room and placed the beautiful bouquet in the vase by her bedside.
"Thank you, Itachi-kun" Sakura looked up at the man who seemed to be in a funk right now, he had not even spared her a glance. Itachi nodded to acknowledge her and left briefly after he had arranged the flowers in the vase provided by the hospital. Sakura's face twisted into a painful scowl, she had never been at the end of Itachi's cold exterior. He had always been her sunshine in the Sound Village's Cloudy sky.
'Sniff' She had tried not to cry for she did not want to seem weak in front of Sasuke, her husband. She also felt bad she was crying over another man who she's never going to end up with, maybe it was destined to happen this way. She felt hot tears cascade down her face and her breath has become ragged, Sasuke fought the urge to take the woman in his arms and comfort her.
He does not want her to think that he wanted this, the marriage, a wife or anything that came with it. Sasuke wanted it to be clear that he was never going to love her, ever but seeing her pitiful state after he had watched his brother ignore the girl who seems to care about him a lot. He decided maybe to let it slip out just this once.
Sasuke stood from his seat and placed himself on Sakura's right side and wrapped his arms around her slim waist. He heard her gasp and stiffen at the contact but when he coaxed her into his arms more, she relaxed and moved Tobi closer to her. She leaned on his chest and cried on him, Sasuke rubbed her arm and sighed as he watched the girl break down in front of him.
"Just this once" Sasuke whispered at her ear and placed his soft lips against her own, the kiss felt tender, comforting and it felt like an assurance that everything will be okay.
"Thank you"She whispered as she slowly drifted to sleep, his steady heartbeat, the medication in her system, the beeping of the ECG, and the stress had brought the darkness to her. She fell into a deep slumber and soon after Sasuke had followed.
Author's Note: Was it torture my beautiful readers? Forgive my sick sense of humor, but I found it interesting that you guys bothered to message me to ask me if I was okay. To answer those, I am okay, I was just lazy to post chapters. Well, hope this made the wait worth it? Read, Review, Follow and Favorite! :D
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