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 Eighteen
"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.
Mikoto walked in the hospital room to see her younger son on the bed with his arms wound around Sakura who was holding Tobi. They looked like a perfectly happy family and she hoped someday that they would be, She watched the three doze off in each other's arms. She watched as she saw her grandchild stir and open his jade orbs lazily at her, he had not registered her as a threat so he proceeded to go back to sleep after giving her a flash of his white teeth.
"If they could only see, how I imagined they would be like to each other" Mikoto whispered. She had hoped the marriage would change her aloof son, she had hoped that this ray of sunlight would finally bring him out of the darkness and lastly, she hoped for her son to finally find happiness.
She thought that bringing this beautiful, radiant, sweet, caring and thoughtful rosette girl would somehow influence her cold, distant and quiet son. She had been wrong, and she had never in her life wanted to be so right. Her onyx orbs gazed towards the family again and decided to snap a picture, the flash awoke her son who shot up and paced towards her calmly.
"Kaa-san, what was that for?" Sasuke sighed as he watched his mother smile about one stupid sleeping photo. She had placed it into her pack and placed two fingers to his lips to silence him.
"Why can't you always be like this with her, Sasu-chan?" Mikoto watched as her son's face twisted into some kind of 'Uchiha pout'. She giggled at the sight and pat his head like he was an obedient little puppy who had done some kind of trick.
"Kaa-san, I'm a grown man kindly don't do that" Sasuke sighed, his mother's childish antics were really testing his tried patience.
"I'm serious, Sasu-chan. Don't you ever just wanna let go and I don't know, be happy?" Mikoto voiced out her thoughts not even bothering to think twice of what she blurted out so bluntly to him.
"You do not think I am happy?" Sasuke retorted softly, not wanting to anger his mother, he did not want to see that side again.
"Yes, Sasu-chan. I know you are unhappy. You are not the only one who does, Sakura-chan did not want this as well yet she was making the best out of it. She treats you well and does her best to be a good wife yet even if I do not wish to insult my own child, I can say you treat her like dirt and avoid her like she's the plague or something" Mikoto said in one breath and paused before continuing again. "Maybe, if you apologize and try again. Start over, You might like her or even better love her"
"Kaa-san" Sasuke choked out as he stared at his mother ,who was clearly out of her mind, with an incredulous on his face. He could not fathom half the things she said, if she weren't his mother he would have raged at her.
"Just give it a chance, Sasu-chan" Mikoto pleaded as she gazed upon the mother-son duo who was still caught in a deep slumber. Sasuke sighed knowing his mother would never allow him to say 'no'. "For Me and Tobi-chan"
"Aa" Sasuke sighed as he nodded, Mikoto squealed in delight awaking the sleeping duo on the hospital bed, both of them stretched out and rubbed their eyes. Two pairs sparkling green eyes had opened lazily and watched the two with curiosity.
"Aah! Good morning Kaa-san" Sakura greeted her mother-in-law and nudged her son to greet her as well. The small boy slowly hopped off the bed, still a bit groggy and wrapped his small arms around Mikoto's knees.
"Mornin' Baa-chan" Tobi yawned as he whispered. Mikoto picked the small child into her arms and kissed each of his chubby cheeks. Sakura watched their interaction and unconsciously smiled, unaware to the pair of onyx orbs watching her every move.
"Why have you decided to stop by, kaa-san?" Sakura looked at the source of the voice, he said it in such a soft and kind manner sometimes she thinks he's bipolar or something. Sasuke had noticed the emerald hues boring into his face as he asked his mother, a smirk crept into his lips as to say he noticed her staring. Sakura huffed quietly and looked away while blushing profusely, of course this short interaction did not go unnoticed by Mikoto's trained eyes.
"I just wanted to tell you guys that Sakura-chan can leave today! Isn't that great Tobi-chan?" Mikoto couldn't hold in her squeal of delight as she held Tobi tightly and nuzzled him.
"That's great, Kaa-san" Sasuke answered, still sounding quite nonchalant and aloof as usual but something was different and Sakura could not put her finger on it. "I better get the papers ready and signed then, will you accompany me? Kaa-san"
"Oh yes, Let us go Sasu-chan! I'll see you later at home Sakura-chan and Tobi-chan" Mikoto waved at the two as she proceeded to go downstairs with her younger son to handle the hospital papers and bills. Sakura sighed softly as Tobi busied himself with schoolwork which left her to think about what happened the night before. He had kissed her, she could not believe he did yet he reverted back to what he was before the incident, cold, distant and nonchalant. It was as if nothing happened, it was her fault for expecting too much of him anyway.
The rosette closed her emerald hues as she buried her face in her hands. She could still see his face and the way he had kissed her tenderly, the image would not leave and it was frustrating her. She sighed as she gave in to the memory of the kiss.
'Itachi-kun's finally visiting me!' I thought to myself, a smile made its way to my lips as I watched him stroll gracefully through the room to my bedside. He had a beautiful arrangement of pink and white flowers in his hands and seeing him fix them in the vase made my heart beat faster. He looked sullen today yet I could not fathom why, was he so worried? 'Oh he's such a sweetheart'
As I sat up from the bed, I called and thanked him. "Thank you, Itachi-kun" I whispered and he did not even spare me a glance, he had nodded to acknowledged that he heard me and walked off. 'Was I that vile of a creature he could not spare me even a glance?' I looked down at the young boy in my arms who is who I call my son and tried my best to hold back the tears. I would not dare cry with Sasuke, my husband, around, because I know for sure that he'd just call me 'weak' and a 'disappointment' to his kami forsaken clan.
"Sniff" I tried to hold the rest of the sniffles in as I felt the hot tears rolling down my cheeks to the white hospital blanket. I should not cry for Itachi, I could not cry for Itachi. I felt myself short of breath and hold back involuntary whimpers coming from the back of my throat. I was quite shocked I managed to hold down my desperate sobs but what shocked me more was when the right side of my bed dipped a little and a pair of strong arms wrapped around my waist.
"Ah" I gasped a little at the sudden contact, I peered a bit to see who it was and he pulled me closer in his arms. I could not believe it, things just are happening so differently than what I had expected. He held me close and I cried on him, he rubbed my arm as if to comfort me and it did.
I heard him whisper a few words that's gotten my attention. It was the phrase "Just this once" I looked up at his handsome face that I never really had time to appreciated with a confused look on my face. He was slowly leaning down to my face and my eyes widened as his soft lips molded against mine perfectly. The words he wanted to say was poured into that tender and comforting kiss.
"Thank you" was all I could muster up to say as I slowly felt the darkness taking me. I could feel my eyes droop and the stress, medications and his steady heartbeat was not helping me stay awake. I felt safe and I had let myself slowly succumb to sleep. I felt safe in the arms of my abuser, felt safe in the arms of my violent husband and felt safe in the arms of the brother of who I thought to be my one true love. I had just realized before I fell into a deep slumber.
Author's Note: Haha, I kind of enjoyed writing this chapter cause I'm in bed and sick with warm socks and a fluffy blanket right out of the dryer. *SIIIIIGH* I hope you guys like it! Read, Review, Favorite and Follow! :D
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