Three weeks later

SASUKE'S POV

"So Sakura isn't mad at you anymore?" Naruto asks when he enters my office unannounced. I always wonder when he is going to learn to announce his visits. He may be my best friend, but this is still my office.

"Hn" I answer him shortly because I don't have time for his inquisition since I have to solve the problems in one of the companies.

"You guys are still going out?"

"Hn."

"She finds you attractive enough to date?"

"Hn."

"Well it's good to have a friend who is interested in your life and asks sometimes how it goes with them…"

"Hn."

"Yeah… For example: "Hey Naruto how are you and Hinata doing?""

"Hn."

"Well good. Thanks for asking, Sasuke, my dear, dear, oh so dear FRIEND."

"Hn."

"Okay enough, I'm on a ramen diet."

"H-… You are what, dobe? You can't even live without ramen for more than 3 days."

"No true but I finally have your attention!" he yells at me as he sits down.

"You always had my attention, you idiot."

"Oh really? That 'hn.' of yours doesn't really answer my questions!"

"Okay" I sigh and put the document I was reading down on my desk. "What do you want to hear?"

"I just want to hear how you are doing. The last time I saw you, you were freaking out in my hotel room, so I am sorry- no scratch that, I am not sorry for asking some answers from you, especially since I didn't hear a lot from you the past month, you teme!"

I sigh and decide to answer him properly since he won't leave me alone until he knows. "Yes, dobe, yes we are seeing each other, but we are taking it slowly. And by the way, she never really was mad at me. She was confused and upset, but not mad."

"Good. Good. I like her and I see that she makes you happy."

"Hn. I came to realize that too during our time apart."

"And what happened with Karin?"

"I went by her house, told her to stay away from Sakura and to stop dreaming about ever having a relationship with me."

"What a woman… You would be dumb if you ever intent to let her in again after everything she did."

"Trust me, I won't fall for her ever again."

"No you won't fall for HER, but maybe for someone else" he says while winking at me.

I sigh and say "About that, Naruto, -"before someone interrupts me by knocking on my door and opening it.

"Sasuke, honey, do you have time to – Oh hey Naruto" my mother says as she enters the room. Naruto stands up when he sees my mother coming towards him.

"Mrs. Uchiha, how are you doing?"

"Stop saying Mrs. Uchiha, Naruto. We know each other since the day you were born." Naruto smiles at her and I just sit back and watch them communicate, not wanting to interfere their lovely chat.

"So how are you and Hinata? Everything alright?"

"Yeah, we are good" he says that louder than usual so that he can emphasize on the fact that I, as his best friend, didn't ask him that question.

"Ah that is good to hear. How are your parents?"

"They're good as well, but my mom starts to nag every time we visit them. She always tells us that she wants to be a grandmother soon and that Hinata and I should work on it and BLA BLA. You know the normal stuff mothers nag about, I guess."

"Poor boy, but I understand your mom. When your kids leave the house and are married, you want to have some cute, little babies to look after and take care of. At least your mom can be happy that you are already married." She looks at me while saying that last part of her sentence. "I could die before I see the face of my grandchildren, right Sasuke?"

"Mom please." I sigh loudly and put my hands around my head. I so can predict where this is going…

"I am actually glad your father forced you in some way to find a woman. Otherwise you wouldn't have Sakura or have a family of your own ever."

Argh like I thought, there we go again. We have had this conversation way too much. It began with "Sasuke when are you going to settle down?", then I had Karin and she just threw me another question "Sasuke when are you going to marry?" Thank god, she didn't ask me when I would have kids with Karin, because that would have freaked me out. After my relationship with Karin, she just started nagging all over again… I love my mother, but she needs to understand that everyone needs his own time to want to develop a serious relationship. Some people marry young, others a little bit later and a few just do not want to marry at all. I always felt part of the last group, but thanks to my dad, my perspective of the future has changed completely.

"Well, euh, I should get going. I still have some work to do" Naruto says nervously. He clearly can feel the tension in the room and the way the conversation turned into something very awkward.

"It was nice seeing you, Mikoto" he says and gives my mom a little peck on her cheek.

"Bye, Naruto. Say hi to Hinata from me."

"I will" and Naruto closes the door of my office.

"Please tell me you are not mad at me, honey?" my mom says while she sits down in one of the seats at my desk.

"I'm not mad at you, mom. It's just that… We have had that conversation a lot lately."

"I know… I know…" my mom says quietly. "It's just that since your father died, I feel so lonely…"

"Mom—"

"No let me finish, Sasuke. I'm sorry for my reaction… I know it's wrong to ask for children to fill up the void, but the thought of it just makes me happy. And every time I see you with Tenji, my heart just blooms and I start to imagine seeing you play with your own kids" she says while her eyes start to water. It breaks my heart seeing my mom cry and hearing about her loneliness and her unfulfilled desires so I squeeze her hand softly and smile gently at her, letting her know that I completely understand her.

"I'm sorry for not stopping by a lot the past few weeks, but I had to go on a lot of business trips and I wanted to spend my time with—"

"Sakura" she interrupts. "I get that, honey."

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be, son. I understand it. Your father and were the same when we first started dating." She smiles while she says the last part, as if she sees a few memories playing right before her eyes. Maybe asking about the good memories of their past would cheer her up.

"You were, huh? Do you want to talk about how you met dad?" I normally am not interested in the way my parents were before Itachi and me, but if it makes her happy to talk about it, then I am all ears.

"Some other time" she says while she smiles dearly at me. "I see you have a lot of work to do so I will just tell you why I'm here. Your brother will visit us in two weeks, so if you would keep that weekend free, we could spend some time together."

I take out my agenda from my top drawer. "I have a meeting at Sunday, but I can replace that easily."

"Good. And you can bring Sakura with you, if you want to. I mean we could get to know each other better during the weekend." I can see the sparkles in my mother's eyes, meaning that she is looking forward to that weekend and to observe my relationship with Sakura. Oh mother, you never stop to amaze me.

"I shall ask her if she is available, mother."

"Great. Now I shall let you run this business" she says and walks towards the door. "You know Sasuke, your father would be proud at the way you are taking over his business." That sentence just made my heart stop for a moment. At night, I always look up at the sky, trying to find him between the stars and hoping that he is proud of me, that I am running this company like he wanted me to. And hearing those words from my mother… it makes me very emotional, while I am definitely not an emotional person.

IN THE EVENING

"Which movie do you want to see, princess?"

"Just pick one you want to see" Sakura answers when she leaves the kitchen, holding two cups with hot chocolate in her hands.

"Are you sure? I want to see the new vampire movie, but I don't know if you—"

"It's fine as long as I'm with you, Sasuke."

"Okay." I push on the play button and sit down next to my girl. Actually if you think of it, this could just turn out pretty fine. If she gets scared, she will definitely sit closer and closer by me. And she does. She even goes to the bathroom with me when I have to pee, because she doesn't want to sit alone in the living room, scared of the vampires. I can't stop laughing at her reactions and her way to come closer and closer, but the situation we are in at the moment isn't funny at all… When the vampire suddenly appears back on the screen, running after his female victim, catching her and biting in her neck, Sakura is terrified so bad that she jumps in my lap, her back towards the screen and her lower body pressing in my lower body…

"Damn" I whisper silently, hoping that she doesn't hear it. The moment her lower part touches me, mini Sasuke springs awake. He has been awake several times the past three weeks, but I always tried to hide my erection by putting a napkin on my lap during the several dinners or just by wearing loose pants. The only intimate thing we did was kiss and hug each other. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. And it was fucking hard not to touch her, but the cold showers and some masturbation helped me to survive these weeks. But now, I am afraid that she will run away because she definitely can't ignore my erection poking her stomach. I do enjoy our connection, but knowing that we can't do anything, it just tortures me so I try to be hard and I push slowly at her shoulders, lifting her up from my lap.

"Sakura, princess, I don't know if I can hold back if you're straddling me like this." She sighs heavily, closes her eyes and I can feel her shifting slowly. I apologize for mini Sasuke, but it's not as if have an absolute control over it. She opens her eyes again and while I expect her to stand up and walk away, she moves her body back closer to me and gives me a hungry and passionate kiss.

"Then don't hold back" she whispers against my lips.

"Whoa, what?" I ask her as I push her slightly off me so that I can look in her eyes.

"I don't want you to hold back" she murmurs silently. I'm barely able to hear it, but the blush on her face confirms what I think I heard her say.

I cup her cheeks with my hands, turning her eyes towards mine. "Are you sure?" I ask nervously. She nods and kisses the palm of my right hand. I hear her sigh heavily before she speaks again. "I know I wanted us to take things slower and we have, but I can't wait any longer and neither can you" she says while she looks at the bulge in my pants. "I loved getting to know each other the past weeks and just kissing you was enough then, but now… I don't want to torture you or myself because that won't do us any good." God, what did I do to deserve this lovely and sweet girl? I kiss her very gently while my hands roam over her body until they are very close to her breasts. I hear her sharp intake of breath as if she is excited and waiting for me to touch her girls. And who am I to resist and ignore her beautiful boobs? So I move slowly towards them, going very gently and seductively over her hard nipples with my thumbs. She shivers in my lap and moans in my mouth, giving me an opening for my tongue to enter her mouth. As soon as my tongue touches her tongue, the once gentle kiss turns into a passionate and devouring kiss. I put my hand under her butt, she wraps her arms around my shoulder and her legs clasp around my waist when I get up from the couch and carry her towards my bedroom. I drop her gently on my bed and pull her pants down with her panties. She rips her shirt over her head, opens her bra and tosses it on the floor. Damn, did I miss this beautiful sight in front of me. Before I start devouring her with my mouth and mini Sasuke, I want to be sure that she really, really wants this.

"Sakura, princess, if you want to stop, then please tell me now." I look up at her expectantly, waiting for an answer, when she presses her lower body closer to me. "Just make me feel good, Sasuke" she whispers and that is all I need to hear from her. I start kissing the insides of her thighs and near her sensitive parts, making her shudder under me. I just love how my girl responds at my little actions. I blow gently at her clitoris before my tongue starts licking her up and down. A sexy whimper escapes her lips when my tongue enters her and starts fucking her very gently in the beginning, but going wilder when she pulls at my hair, showing that she loves my mouth on her. A few more licks of my tongue and she reaches her peek and comes.

She closes her eyes as she tries to calm down and breathe normally again when I undress myself quickly and open the drawer to find a condom.

"Sakura." No answer.

"Sakura."

"Hmm" she says.

"Do you still want me to continue?"

"Oh Sasuke" she moans. "I need you inside me right now" she says when she opens her eyes and stares into mine. Damn, hearing her say this when she is still coming down from her orgasm makes my cock harder. I open the foil packaging, put the condom on my erection and place myself between her legs. She wraps her arms around me and put her legs around my waist, while she is still looking into my eyes. "I really want it, Sasuke" as my tip teases her entrance. I start kissing her when I enter her in one quick thrust, pushing into her as deep as I can.

I growl when I feel her tightness again. "You feel so good, babe." I brush my lips against hers and start moving until we find a pleasurable rhythm. After a while, she puts her hands on my ass, making my thrusts harder and deeper. I don't know if I could hold it any longer with her hands on my ass and her sweet pussy, so I put my finger on her clitoris and stroke it a few times until she falls apart under me, squeezing my erection and making me come with her. I fall down on my elbows so that I won't crush her body with mine. After catching my breath, I slip out of her, lie down on the bed and pull her on my chest.

"You okay?" I ask her when I kiss her forehead.

"Yeah, I am more than okay now" she says before she falls asleep in my arms.

Hello readers! What did you think of this chapter? Please review.

I first wanted to warn you that there would be a sex scene in this chapter, but that would be such a spoiler and I think that the people who are still reading this fanfiction don't mind such scenes.