Wedding Dress Trauma : Lady Uchiha (sequel)
Chapter Five : Resolve
Shielding her face under the thick covers, Sakura remained in bed with her haunting 'tragedy' in mind. She was definitely exhausted to the restless night when she could not sleep due to the overwhelming anxiety.
Their gossips…
Their scornful stares…
Pink brows furrowed in recall.
That disastrous sound of the rip! Timelessly echoed in the back of her mind and of what she classified as the birth of her utter shame.
Their sniggers…
There was no way she could erase that bitter memory when everyone stood to watch her stoop low and lower if she could. Especially among the ladies, her 'fall' joys them.
Trauma had made its visit again. She sunk her head further under the covers.
Soon, the door came knocking, she had no intention to reply. Knowing that it would be Sasuke, he'd come in even if she would turn him away. He had the right to, it's his room too after all.
She heard his muffled footsteps on the carpet-flooring approaching towards her. She remained irresponsive, laid in bed.
"Sakura," she heard his soft call. His tenderness was what makes him all sweet as a loving husband. "Sakura." He called again. Sakura was silent.
He could not bear to watch her cooped up in their room forever. He understood that embarrassment is a challenging task to overcome, without a strong heart people tend to be defeated by it easily.
He also understood that his wife tend to take the soft side when it comes to this and he vowed to protect her of it. But, as his lady, he want her to be strong.
Gently, he uncovered her covers to find her staring at him with dull emeralds. He ran his hand over her head, very gently he stroked her head like a child. She felt his love.
Sakura realized that he had not set out for work despite of being busy. She overheard him cancelling meetings just for her sake, he want to accompany her. That, she received his deepest love from him.
"Good morning, my love," he uttered from his handsome smirk.
'My love'.
How pleasant it could get. Only for her he uttered it.
"Morning…" Sakura muttered in return which brought Sasuke's smile radiant.
"I'll get breakfast ready for you and later in the afternoon we'll go for a movie. How does that sound?" he whispered huskily.
"I thought you are busy," she said.
Although, she really wished to spend some quality time with him for a day but she could not afford to be selfish and keep him due to minor reasons.
"Nonsense. You are more important than anyone else in my life."
"Not even your mother?" That, he could not answer.
She loved to see him hung between decisional crossroads. Teasing him delivered a small laughter from her, an assurance to that she is fine.
Sasuke could never hold back to claim her mischievous lips, she is being noisy when she tend to speak but it kills him when she is too quiet.
Women are hard to please.
He groaned to his interruptive ringing phone that he had to break his pleasurable moment with her.
"Hello," with an irritating tone. "The meeting is adjourned to tomorrow morning as I said earlier." Sasuke paced towards the window with his frown.
That was the more reason Sakura could not retain him with her even if it is for an hour or even a minute. His business requires his presence.
'All good women will wait'. She said to herself.
Rose from her bed, Sakura approached the frustrated male.
'Go.' He read her lips, she gave him the permission or she did not want to burden him further when he already is of his work load. Sighing, he finally agreed to go back to work.
Sasuke turned to his wife after he had hung up,
"Sakura are—" she forced her lips on his, telling him to speak no more.
Pulling away she regained her smile.
"This is all I need," referring to his kiss. "Now go. I will be making your favourite tonight so be early."
Adjusting his tie and brushed the lasts of his shirt, she sees him off to work.
"I will and maybe we'll go for a movie tonight. Love you."
"Love you," waving goodbye as the black vehicle roared off.
Sakura smiled to herself, the love Sasuke showered her was more than enough for her to pick herself up from the slumps.
Afternoon. Uchiha Residence, Pavilion…
Absent from the day's work at the office, Sakura decided to spend the rest of her day at home.
She expected that her laughing incident to be publicized in the papers today and yet there wasn't a single issue about it.
She assumed that Sasuke had pulled the strings behind the scenes to that the media had no guts to get on the authoritative Uchiha's nerves.
Sometimes it drives her into thinking was this the right way of things? She asked herself.
Making her way to the pavilion of the Uchiha mansion, where Mikoto had her friends over for some afternoon tea, Sakura had kindly brewed more refreshments and topped with more sweets for the ladies.
"I'd say your son is quite a loving man, Mikoto. He had the media forced into silence to last night's incident," Sakura overheard, spoken among the women.
She prevented herself from proceeding. Eavesdropping, human's unethical habit. It couldn't be helped not when a gossip is spurring.
"He even told everyone at the ball to be silent about it or else…" said another in her provocative line.
"Hmph, that boy. He even dared to raise his voice at me and blamed that woman's embarrassment was my cause!" Mikoto was furious at the moment.
"To think that I was doing a kind favour picking her a dress and all she could thank me was to complain to my son and have him against me!"
Sakura gasped, she had never complained, especially not to Sasuke!
How come…
"To be honest I still do not see why my son is so intoxicated with that woman!"
"Love is blind, Mikoto and I thought you hunger for a daughter?" ladies loved to intervene in people's affairs and foster a ruckus to their entertainment.
"Yes I do, however, she is out of my expectations. I vision of a beautiful daughter-in-law, not someone such as her SIZE. She is going to ruin the Uchiha name!"
Behind the curtains, there echoed a silent murder.
Sakura blinked to her disappointment at her mother-in-law's truthful words which brought her heart sinking into the bottomless pit.
Painful as it was being pierced by a blade and burned in the sorrowful fire. Sakura wanted to cry to the extent she couldn't, for she had no time for childish tears. She quickly retreated back into the shadows of the mansion.
This time she had to set things right.
Wage war against the people and her trauma. This time it's a resolve she would take.
She frowned.
Zzzzzz~
Whoala! Chapter 5.
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