Sakura opened her eyes when light started to stream in through her small window. She stretched her limbs while moaning softly before climbing out of bed.
Yawning loudly, she started to prepare for the morning. After she got into her proper attire, she started making breakfast for herself. After placing two slices of bread into the toaster, she started to make sipped her coffee slowly so as to not burn her mouth.
After finishing her breakfast, she put on her tie and shoes before exiting her apartment locking the door behind her.
Since it was still early, she decided to slowly make her way to school. Instead of taking the bus as usual, she decided to walk.
She suddenly remembered that she had duties after school and decided to take a detour to the place she work part time at to inform that she will be late for work.
She opened the door into the small café she work in and spotted her boss, wiping the table.
"Hyuuga-san!" Sakura greeted him cheerfully.
"Ah, Sakura. What are you doing here so early?" The middle age man turn around and arched an eyebrow at her, pale eyes looking at her curiously.
He reminds her of Hinata sometimes. "I have some extra duties after school today so I might be late for work." She replied as she slowly made her way towards him.
Signalling for her to take her seat, he went behind the counter. "Don't worry, my nephew is coming to help out today. So take your time and don't rush yourself too much. How about some coffee before going?"
"Thank you Hyuuga-san, but I need to get to school soon. I'll see you later!" She bowed politely before exiting the shop, ringing the bell at the top of the door in the process.
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Sakura was late, very late. The person she was suppose to do her duty with suddenly had some other issue so she had to do it alone. So she ended up going late for work.
Half running and half walking, she hurriedly made her way to her workplace.
When she open the door, she heard the familiar jingle. She apologised while trying to catch her breath, "Sorry Hyuuga-san! It took longer than I expected…"
However she didn't see the familiar middle aged man, but a young man with similar pale eyes and long brown hair. She remembered about what Hyuuga-san said in the morning.
"I assume you are Hyuuga-san's nephew?"
"Yes… My name's Neji. My uncle is out at the moment, so you just have to do what you are normally used to." After saying what he needed to say, he continued what he was doing.
Guess he's not much of a talker. Sighing internally she went into the staff room to put her bag down and change into her uniform.
It is a simple uniform with a white long sleeve shirt and jeans, and an apron.
Hearing the familiar jingle, she immediately greeted the customer. "Welcome!"
Two attractive tall young men, one with dark long hair tied in a low ponytail and another with short black hair walked in. Ushering them to their seat, she felt the dark long hair young man staring at her.
Even though she is taken aback by his blatant staring, she still maintained her smile. "May I take your order?"
"I'll have a cup of cappuccino." The short-haired man ordered after looking at the menu briefly. Sakura took down his order and look towards the other young man.
This time he was frowning. "Um… Sir may I take your order..?"
"Is this shop not to your liking Itachi?" The other man asked when he noticed his silence.
"It's nothing like that Shisui. I'll have the same…" Nodding, Sakura went back into the kitchen.
"Neji, two cups of cappuccino." She told him their order when she entered the kitchen.
"We have ran out of coffee beans. Can you get some from the store room?" He spoke without stopping what he was doing.
"Okay." She exited the kitchen and went for the store room.
"Coffee beans…" Looking around for coffee beans, she found it at the top of the shelf. "Found it! Now how should I get it…"
She tried to reach out to the top of the shelf but she wasn't tall enough for it. Not giving up, she continued to reach for it and noticed another pair of hands reaching for the bag of coffee beans.
"Thank you Ne-" She turned around expecting to find Neji but it was the tall dark-haired man known as Itachi standing behind her.
She was taken aback by the closeness. Even though he was already attractive from afar, he looks even more handsome up close with the perfect jawline and sharp nose.
Finally getting her sense back and feeling a blush coming, she uttered a thank you and looked away while taking the coffee bean from him.
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Itachi realised that he was staring rudely at her, but he couldn't help it. After all she was someone he was searching for for his whole life.
He wanted to embrace her again, to feel her soft hair against his fingers. The only thing is that she seemed to not remember him anymore which made him frown.
"Um… Sir may I take your order..?" Sir?
"Is this shop not to your liking Itachi?" He turned his gaze towards Shisui.
"It's nothing like that Shisui. I'll have the same…" She nodded and disappeared back into the kitchen. Even though she was already gone, he was still staring at the direction she had gone in.
After 11 years, her hair has gotten longer and she has grown up nicely. Even though she is lacking a little in the chest department but…
"Love at first sight, Itachi?" His thoughts were interrupted with Shisui's sarcastic comment.
Rolling his eyes, he stood up from his seat after deciding he would talk to her again. Leaving a yelling Shisui behind, he found her at the store room reaching for something.
Seeing her struggling, he took down the item she was reaching for. "Thank you Ne-" He noticed how her expression turn from relief to shock to embarrassment before looking away.
He was amused at how she switched her expression so quickly, she was still the same even after eleven years.
"Sakura." She looked up so fast he thought her neck might snap.
"How do you know my name?" He frowned at her question.
"You really don't remember me at all?" He look at her expression closely, careful to not miss out on anything.
She furrowed her brows and shook her head. She then timidly look up at him. "Are you sure you didn't get the wrong person?"
"I'm pretty sure her name is Sakura and she has pink hair and green eyes." She blinked her eyes before looking away again.
Her eyes then widen in realisation. "Did you perhaps met me when I was five?"
"Have you remembered now?" He instinctively took a step forward which made her take a step back knocking onto the shelf.
The boxes fell and he pulled Sakura towards him, wrapping her securely in him arms. Similar to eleven years ago, she still fit perfectly in his arms.
After calming down, she push herself away from him. He immediately missed the warmth of her small form against him.
"So do you know anything about the Uchiha group?" She immediately questioned him again. He focused his gaze ar her and noticed that her eyes looks suspiciously glassy.
He replied carefully, "Has the Uchiha group done anything to you..?" He noticed how she unconsciously place a hand over her left side of abdomen.
"I…" She started biting on her lips. He knew that she always does that when she is nervous. Shifting uncomfortably, she finally spoke. "I think that the Uchiha group is behind the death of my parents…"
Itachi felt his breath hitched. He noticed that she was shaking a little. He place an arm on her shoulder which made her flinched and look up, tears welling in her eyes.
He felt his chest tighten and pulled her into another embrace. She resisted at first but his firm arms made her succumb to it.
She buried her face in his chest and clung onto him. He felt a sharp pang of guilt. She has suffered for eleven years but he didn't even know about it and his family might even be the one that caused this.
Holding her tighter in his arms, he decided that he needed to do something.
Xx
The sun is setting and she found herself sitting in a car instead of the bus. She knew that this is a dumb thing to do, getting into a stranger's car.
However, she needed to find out whether the accident eleven years ago was an accident or if it was all planned. And the man in the driver seat might be the key to solving the mystery.
He parked the car professionally and she followed him up to his apartment. He unlocked his door with a pass-code before inviting her in.
Settling herself down on his sofa, Itachi disappeared back into the kitchen. She looked around the room, even though the room is very big it is not very well furnished.
Itachi came back with two cups in his hands. Placing her cup of hot coffee on the table he leaned on the window with his coffee in hand.
Opening her mouth, she wanted to ask more about the Uchiha group but was cut off by him. "Where do you live now?"
When he didn't get a reply from her, he looked over at her. Closing her mouth quickly, she cleared her throat and replied. "I live down the road at a small apartment beside this small pub…"
She felt embarrassed telling him where she live especially since her home is nothing to be proud of. Looking away, she took a sip from the cup to hide her embarrassment.
"Why don't you move over?" She almost chocked on her coffee. He chuckled softly at her reaction and continued speaking. "You don't have to pay any rent, you just have to cook and maybe clean a little."
There is as a long moment of silence before Itachi broke it. "I will take your silence as yes?"
After getting her voice back, she immediately rejected his offer. "No! I mean, I can't do that. It's only the two of us and your girlfriend might not like this…"
He arched a perfect brow at her before eyeing her from head to toes. "I'm sure she wouldn't mind after all you're still a kid and you don't have that kind of sex appeal, she wouldn't feel threatened."
"Wha-! Sorry that I'm just a kid!" She crossed her arms around her chest protectively and pouted which made Itachi smirk.
"So I guess you can move in tomorrow then. Let me show you your room." After putting down his coffee, he started to head for the rooms.
"Hey I didn't say I would live here!" Sakura tried protesting but he either didn't hear her or pretended to not hear her. Sighing, she followed him to the room.
After walking past two doors, they arrived in front of 'her' room. Peeking in, there is a big bed in the middle of a room, a bedside table, a huge closet, a study table and a small couch.
This room seems to be the same size as her apartment, maybe even slightly bigger. Still feeling a little uneasy, she wanted to reject his offer when the door bell rang.
"Stay here, I'll go answer the door." Saying so, he close the door softly behind him and left her alone in the room.
Looking around the room, she walk towards the huge window at the other side of the door. The view is quite spectacular, they seem to be at least 20 stories high.
Touching the bed, it felt so soft that she couldn't resist the urge to lie on it. If it's only for a little while I guess it wouldn't hurt.
She slowly crawled onto the bed and sigh in content at the soft texture. She felt her eyelids growing heavy, before she knew it she was asleep.
Xx
Itachi close the door behind him before walking to the living room and answering the door.
He opened the door to see Asami standing there fixing her hair. "Itachi!" She squealed and jumped on him, hugging him.
Her perfume scent overwhelm his sense of smell and his pushed her off. As usual, she dressed flashily attracting attention. Her blonde hair curled and her face is full of thick make-up too.
"How did you know where I live?" He frowned at the unwanted guest.
"How could a fiancée not know where her fiancé lives?" She pouted her heavily glossed lips. "And aren't you going to invite me in or something?"
When she knew that Itachi wasn't going to invite her in, she placed her manicured hand on his chest pushing her way in. However, he was too firm for her to push him.
"Alright, I would leave but not after looking at your apartment. After all I've travelled a long way to come visit you." Knowing how stubborn she could be, he could only relent and let her in.
She place her hands on her hips and observed the living room. After looking around briefly, she walked towards the rooms.
Not able to take it anymore, he yanked Asami back. "Where do you think you are going?" He narrowed his eyes dangerously.
"That hurts! Can't you treat a lady properly?" Pulling her hand back she glared at him. "Whatever at least your apartment looks too plain to have another girl staying over."
Settling herself on the sofa, she noticed two cups of coffee on the table. "You had a guest?" She looked over to Itachi for a reply.
He pinched his nose bridge, irritated at the unwanted guest. "You have already seen my apartment. Leave when I'm asking you nicely, Asami."
"Alright." Standing up, she slowly headed for the door. Itachi was suspicious that she agreed so easily. However, she has another motive. She started sprinting towards the rooms. She opened the first door: nothing. Second door: nothing. She reached for the doorknob on the third door but was stopped in time by Itachi.
"What do you think you are doing in someone else's home." He hissed at her while grabbing her hand on the doorknob tightly.
"To see if you have any kept woman, what else?!" She screeched at him and yanked her hand away to opened the door.
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A/N: Cliff hangers¡ Yes I am officially brain dead. I didn't have any idea what to write for the past week and the idea only came out on the last day of the dateline. Well at least it is uploaded on time ;)
Since this is rushed I feel that this chapter might not be as entertaining, so pardon me I will try to make up for it in the next chapter.
As usual sorry for any grammar or spelling error. Also thank you for the support! Lavlav •3•