+Borrowed Time+
by Fallenskii03
Sasuke Uchiha, a successful teenager bound by the past, meets a girl sleeping on his bed. Claiming to be an angel examinee, Sakura persisted to stay with him and finish her last exam on Earth. A troublesome meeting of a human and an unknown being, where one is pure and the other is sinful.
Chapter 2
You will work under me as a servant
Sakura stopped sweeping the floor. Right now, she's busy cleaning the condominium of the human she'll stay with, the man who almost dropped her from the window and the man who insisted her to be a servant.
She would have stayed outside forever if he did not make an offer. And she, who has no other options, agreed to the mysterious job he gave her.
What kind of job as a servant was he referring to?
Sakura looked at his black hair spikes and sighed, 'I wonder if my job is doing the basic house cleaning'
Without him saying anything after making the offer, she immediately grabbed the broom and started tidying his home. Unexpectedly, he hasn't said a word neither reacted to what she's doing.
She resumed back to sweeping and murmured, "I guess it is okay to continue like this" she smiled but stopped after realizing a very important thing, 'Come to think of it!' she looked at the guy's black spikes again.
"I haven't asked his name yet"
The moment he got her name was the time she was down on the floor listening and answering his questions. After that, he walked straight back to his unit and didn't say a word anymore.
He's busy watching the television right now, but a little interruption to ask for his name might not sound so bad at all. She gulped, "Um" but her attempt failed when a news flashed on TV caught her attention.
Sasuke Uchiha! The young model of the year-
She froze as her grip on the broom loosened and a 'clang' was heard as the broom made its contact with floor. Her eyes can't fool her. The man on the television looks like the person in front of her right now.
She turned her head from the TV to Sasuke and Sasuke to TV "Hey!" she called out, pointing her finger to the TV, "That model Sauceke Uchiha looks exactly like you! Is it a doppelganger?"
"I'm Sasuke Uchiha" he replied plainly, either to shut her useless doppelganger hypothesis or correcting that he is Sasuke not Sauceke. But most likely, it is the second one.
She smiled nervously by his monotonous reply as she bent down to get the broom "I see," she giggled softly, "now I know that you're no ordinary person and that surprised me. I never thought that modeling would be your profession" she said audibly as she straightened and was surprised seeing Sasuke staring at her blankly over his shoulder.
She continued, "I mean there are also other jobs that I thought would be your job. Modeling didn't cross my mind immediately" she resumed sweeping, "As long as one enjoys something he does, then that will be the best job that fits him, right?" she looked at him and winked.
He didn't say anything.
However, the news isn't over yet.
Sasuke is rumored to be Ino Yamanaka's new boyfrie-
EH?
Totally surprised, Sakura stared at Sasuke and questions such as "REALLY?" followed by "HOW?" were swarming around her head. Whatever the reason, it's actually a good thing that a man with few words like Sasuke actually has the Juliet of his life.
And with that thought in mind, she thought that her mission would be easier than expected.
She smiled sweetly, "So, you have a girlfriend?"
But what he replied clamped down all the hopes she had.
"I don't"
"Then what is the reporter talking about?"
"Stupid rumors"
Sakura's brow twitched, "A-ah"
The time she arrived, met her master and did some clean-up, she had been careful. She came empty handed with nothing that would explain to her the likes and dislikes or the mannerisms or the things that would make him give someone the glare.
And so far…she's doing bad…but trying. According to her observations, Sasuke Uchiha is his name, a well-known model and a rumored beau of a certain actress named Ino Yamanaka. He snares most of the time, glares when he senses the need to do so and cuts off her attempted conversations all of the time – a cold, anti-socializing fanatic, stoic man
"Hey"
Sakura turned her head around to see the standing Uchiha looking at her, "Yes?"
"Change to a human now, we'll go out" Sasuke said
"That will be okay but," Sakura looked at her clothes, "I don't have…normal clothes"
Her original clothes are what she can only wear when she's on her real form and also human form. But her normal clothes are equal to costume in a human's thought – too striking and eye-catching to be considered normal
Sasuke took his phone out and flipped it open
Sakura watched him as he dial a number and speak with someone, "This is Sasuke Uchiha, buy girl's clothes enough for one month and have it delivered here within 30 minutes"
CLICK
Sakura blinked, "That's a lot of clothes and you only gave the person 30 minutes to buy" Sakura frowned, "Besides, I don't need a month supply of clothes"
"I think you are forgetting the reason I allowed you to stay here" Sasuke retorted metaphorically giving her a smack in the head to make her remember
"To be a servant" Sakura replied getting a little conscious and sensitive of the situation
"You have to be in human form for a long time" Sasuke started walking away, "I'm kind enough to give clothes for a servant"
A root popped at Sakura's head. Her inner personality telling her to kick the Uchiha's ass and make him remember the reason of her appearance and demand to stay with him, 'Look who's forgetting'
She'll let that pass for now, since he can see her, she has to be the one in favor of the Uchiha and she has to do everything to keep herself in close proximity to Sasuke.
Sakura walked in baby steps turning her head to every direction, analyzing the spacious grand place she's in. This is her first night to stay with the Uchiha, a night she never imagined she will experience in the human world. On top of it all, dressing up into a knee length dress and 4-inch heels stilettos is probably the most never-before-experienced moments for Sakura.
"Until when are you planning to crumple my coat, idiot?"
"C-coat?" she looked at her hand currently holding the end back of Sasuke's coat. Upon noticing, she removed her hand, "S-sorry" she grinned nervously, "I unconsciously grabbed the back of your coat"
She looked up and realized Sasuke walking ahead of her, she opened her mouth to ask him to wait but nothing came out, "I guess I have to go through this alone" she carefully stepped forward and grinned in success. She took another step forward with an instant of almost falling but regained her balance. She grinned again, she was about to take another step until
"Hold my coat" Sasuke commanded eyeing her dreadful and slow walking patterns with high heels
"Is that okay?" Sakura smiled brightly as she questioned if there's an iota of truth to what he just said
Sasuke frowned at her, "Hurry it up" he turned his back as he put his hands inside his pockets.
"Thank you, Sasuke-kun" she holds onto the end of his coat and she's able to walk much faster again. There are instances that she'll almost fall but she has Sasuke's coat to pull and the owner of the coat that will put up with her inept ability to walk.
She stared at her hand holding the coat and realized herself smiling. This guy is cold but there are still sides of him that is going along well with humanity.
Suddenly, the idea of the Ino issue came back to her head. It would be nice if he will have a girlfriend then he'll probably be a bit happy about it but—
It would be nice if Ino or any other girl that would make the Uchiha fall head over heels with will be the person to uncover the mysterious background of the Uchiha. Then she can just peacefully stay in one corner sipping a cup of tea and record important details about him. But she'll not force it to happen; it would be good to see the soft side of the Uchiha with her own efforts.
Soon, she found herself in a crowd of people wearing glamorous dresses. The place is lit with some colors of light and there's the music blasting with party music.
She felt oddness as she noticed many glances at their direction the very moment they entered that room. Could he be this popular or is her hair too bright in the dark? She doesn't know.
"Sasuke-kun!"
They turned their head to the source of the voice and saw a long dark haired girl with silver eyes going to their direction.
"I-I'm glad you came Sasuke-kun, and" she shyly peeked behind the Sasuke, "it's surprising to see that you have a date with you"
"Aa" came the nonchalant reply, "is the dobe here?"
"Ahh, y-yes, I was with him a while ago but he left immediately and insisted to stay where the foods are" she blushed as she entwined her fingers.
"Hinata" he removed Sakura's hand from his coat, "I'll leave this person with you for a while"
"Eh?" Sakura reacted.
Before the silver-eyed girl replied, Sasuke stormed off to another direction leaving them behind. But this might be a good chance to start her real task in the human world.
At the very moment she met Sasuke Uchiha, she completely has no idea of what kind of person he is. It's a start-from-scratch situation, for every exam she'll go to, she'll just find her taken to someplace god knows where and let herself do the detective role of investigating every people she'll get the answer from.
This last test might be quite easy at first after finding only a single person in a condominium with no one else. But things might weigh off, since dealing with the personality of Sasuke Uchiha sounds pretty challenging and difficult at the same time.
Soon, she found herself in a dining area with less music and people, together with Hinata who is shyly smiling at her.
"I'm Sakura" she introduced herself with a bright smile visible on her face.
"I-I'm Hinata" Hinata stuttered as she replied with a soft smile, "E-eto" she played with her fingers, "It's my first time seeing you around, and also the first time I heard of you"
Sakura scratched the back of her head, "About that, I met Sasuke-kun just a while ago"
"That's a little surprising. Sasuke almost usually is not treating people nicely at first meeting"
She might think that but Sakura remembered her dreadful first meeting. She cannot say if that's treating a stranger in a nice way. It would be better if she asks more question if there really is a pattern existing on his behavior. "Is he really like that? I mean, he's not accustomed to being nice to people?"
"I-I can think of his cold treatment as his personality," she smiled nervously, "he's not very social with people"
"He barely shows any emotions and he's not saying anything about himself," Hinata continued, "That's why I'm surprised because he went with a party with someone. I thought that you might be someone who can put up with him nicely"
"But doesn't Sasuke have someone he likes?" Okay, she's really pushing it. She tends to finish her course in a relatively fast and stress-free way.
"Given the amount of fan girls he has, he never had interest in any of them"
"Is that so?" That statement stopped Sakura from pushing further "I thought that he might as well have one since there are rumors spreading around"
"That would be nice, but it's hard to imagine" Hinata lowered her head "Sometimes, I also wonder if there's something troubling him, but I usually have no courage to ask him"
"It might be hard for a manager like you"
"A-ah, I-I guess so.
At least she's known something knew today, that it's not only her thinking of the same thought regarding Sasuke but also the people who he have been working with…with Hinata at least.
Knowing the fact that Hinata had gone home, she knows that the party's close to ending. With her feet bleeding in pain caused by the killer stilettos she's wearing, she forced herself to walk and look for Sasuke.
"What do you want?" Sasuke snarled. Sakura found the source of the voice leading to the balcony
"I haven't seen you inside, do you want to drink?" a blonde hair girl was beside him – Ino Yamanaka, the pretty actress flashed on the television and the rumored girlfriend of Sasuke. As soon as Sakura identified Ino, she didn't leave her place and continued listening to their conversation.
"No"
"So, how are you today?"
"I'm fine"
Sakura twitched in annoyance. It simply won't lead somewhere interesting.
"I heard you brought a girl with you today"
"Aa"
"Hmm, where is she then?"
"Inside"
She frowned and decided to completely give up the splendid idea of a girlfriend. Sakura glanced over them and noticed Sasuke's eyes under the bright moon light.
It's unmistakably cold.
My life has nothing you are looking for.
She thought about that statement he said. It's impossible for a human to not have bits of happiness. Yet, this person cannot be defined as a person who's experiencing happiness in life. His eyes show much more than how he talks to people. In whatever way the situation will go, she'll at least be happy to be there for him in case she'll be needed.
"Let's go"
"Um, Sasuke-kun"
"…"
"You can tell me anything if there's something that troubles you"
"…I'll keep that in mind"
Sasuke is already out from Sakura's sight. Her shoe struggle is keeping her from catching up to him and allowing her to walk straight. Now that she's in human body, everything human is evident when she's in this form. She'll get hungry, get hurt, and get tired.
Keeping a hand on the wall to support her walk, she didn't notice a certain red-haired girl approaching her from behind.
"Are you the girl with Sasuke-kun today?" she asked in a reprimanding voice.
All of a sudden, a group of girls surrounded her with looks she cannot explain.
"I-i am" Sakura replied, unsure if answering them is the right thing to do when there's something wrong with the aura at the moment.
The girls began to smile with an evil intention as the red haired girl said "I'm Karin"
At the mention of her name, Sakura's arms were held by girls on both sides.
"We have some business with you"
A/N: I'm restoring this story. I will try to finish it with all I've got and expect that this story (and my other story) will not be updated after one or two years but just weeks *avoids flying daggers*
I cannot grasp the exact detail of this story because this story was done by my 15-year old self and after two years, my views have changed so I'm still trying to get back the idea of everything. The idea is still there but I have to regain back what I thought of this story two years ago.
That's all. There are a lot of grammar problems so I apologize.
Please review so I'll know what you think =D
