Hi as promised this chapter has a bit more drama, I feel like it was a bit rushed but I liked the finished product, however the next one will take a bit longer to perfect it (it's already done, I just need to improve it a bit). Enjoy.
The sun was already making its way up by the time she woke up, she barely slept. The night was filled with nightmares and tossing and turning on the bed. Looking through the window she thought about yesterday's events, after Sasuke left her parents came to talk to her, they confirmed it, they were indeed separated, and just like him they wouldn't tell her why. They said only Sasuke knows the exact reason why they parted but she knew it was a lie, there's no way she wouldn't tell her own mother any problems she was having in her marriage.
Taking a deep breath and calming herself she looked outside her window, she could see his car approaching the driveway, she knew he wouldn't come back later to speak to her again like he said.
He reached the door and her mother greeted him, he didn't even bother to enter, handing her a few photo albums and leaving seconds later. She wasn't in the mood to talk anyway, so she pretended to be asleep when her mother knocked on her door and as a few moments passed she wasn't pretending anymore.
Sasuke knew avoiding her wasn't the best decision, he knew they would have to talk eventually, but something inside of him couldn't bare to do that to her, to watch her relive such an awful time of her life, of their lives.
Someone entered his office, he didn't even bother looking up, he knew who it was already.
"Good morning Sasuke"
"..."
"Don't be rude little brother"
"Good morning. What do you want Itachi? I'm busy" he knew it was wrong for him to throw his anger at someone who has done nothing but help him but he was just so angry at world.
Itachi knew better than to take his brother's rude comments to heart, he was aware that he was going through hard times.
"I know, just wanted to check up on you. How's Sakura?" He tried to sound casual but the truth was that inside he was truly worried for them.
"She's fine"
"Come on Sasuke, don't be so vague, do you want to talk about it?"
"No"
"Hn. Itona says he misses her, he wants you to take him to see her" using his own son as a weapon, a bit low but he knew Sasuke wouldn't refuse a request from his nephew.
"I doubt she wants to see me, why don't you go take him instead?" Sasuke was not in the mood for his brother's mind games.
"And why is that?"
"She...she knows we're not together anymore"
He could almost feel the look of pity he knew his brother was giving him, it only served to increase his anger.
"Sasuke..."
"Don't nii-san, don't look at me like that, don't pity me, I've had enough of that"
At that Itachi couldn't do anything but sigh, watching his brother deal with so much pain was his own weakness. They stayed in silent for long minutes, Itachi trying to find the right thing to say and Sasuke just waiting for what was coming.
"Have you talked to her about...him?"
He knew better than to say the name both of them were thinking.
"I have not and I don't plan to do it, she will recover her memories eventually, she doesn't need to live those moments a second time"
"You know very well that could take months. Doesn't she have the right to know abo-"
His phone rang. On the other side his secretary was him about his meeting in 10 minutes.
"I have to go"
"Sasuke, we haven't finished this"
He left his office leaving his brother behind without another word.
The hours passed and Sakura couldn't get over that feeling of emptiness, it was taking over her body and she was sick of it. She had to do something about it and she knew exactly what to do. If Sasuke refused to come to her she would go to him.
Her plan was simple, get to his house and demand explanations. She knew it wouldn't be easy to talk to him but she was as stubborn as him and she would not back out. The only frustration was the fact that she had no idea where his house was, she doubted he was still living in their old home after the alleged separation. Having no memory was truly a curse. So instead of going by herself she would have to drag her mother with her.
"Sakura darling have you seen all the pictures Sasuke brought?"
"Uh hum" she nodded to her mother, everything looked very familiar, the people, the parties, but even with that her mind refused to properly acknowledge those images, it's as if something was blocking it, a missing piece of the puzzle wasn't there.
"Mom, where does Sasuke live now?"
Her mother looked at her with a confused expressions but still answered.
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because I want to go there, to talk to him mayb-"
"Honey, I don't think that's a good idea, if you want to speak to him I'll tell him and he'll come over"
"No mom, I want to go there and talk to him there. We've shared a life together not so long ago, I think being around him might be what I need, can't you take me? Please"
She saw that her mother wasn't sure about this idea, she could tell she was somewhat scared.
"Honey, I just...I don't want you to get hurt"
"What's hurting me is this constant lying mom, the thought that something is being hidden from me, this is hurting me right now"
With a soft sigh Mebuki granted her wish.
"Ok, I'll take you, but only this one time, the doctor said we need to be careful with what we tell you so don't expect much, and I will tell him that we're going today just to give him a heads up"
She smiled and have her mother a hug, she felt relief, something told her that today was going to be a good day.
The clock marked 8pm by the time he finally arrived home, what an exhaustive day, all he wanted was to take a shower and go to bed, his phone was already off because he didn't want to be bothered by anyone, but his plans were put to rest when he saw his brother sitting in his living room.
"Shouldn't you be home with your wife and kid?"
"I'm here to finish our conversation"
"We don't have anything to talk anymore"
"Stop playing dumb with me, you need to tell her Sasuke"
"I don't have to tell her anything, her memory will come back eventually, she doesn't need me bringing her bad news every second of her life"
"But have you thought about how she will feel when she remembers everything by herself? How she will go from having a happy life to realising that everything was an illusion in six months or so? Have you thought about the effects of your cowardice will have on her"
He was silent. His brother was right, she would have a bigger shock if everything was slammed into her head from day to night than if he told her with care. But he was just so angry, all he wanted to do was scream. He just wanted to scream to the heavens for being so unfair to them, to her. He wanted to scream at Itachi for being always right. He wanted to scream at himself for being a coward. And so he did.
"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TELL HER THAT OUR SON BARELY MADE IT TO TWO YEARS OF LIFE AND IT'S ALREADY DEAD"
And then there was silence, followed by...
"SAKURA"
"I'm not sure about this honey, Sasuke hasn't returned by calls yet, maybe we should come back tomorrow"
"Mom we're already here, and look his car his here he has to be home"
With a soft sigh Mebuki lead the way into the building. In no time they were at Sasuke's door ready to knock when they heard a loud scream...
How am I supposed to tell her that our son barely made it to two years of life and it's already dead.
Mebuki turned white in the same second, looking at Sakura and realising that she wasn't standing anymore. She was on the ground.
"SAKURA"
So? Tell me what you think.
See you all later.
PS: I posted another SasuSaku fic, if any of you are interested. he he go check it out
