Title - Unexpected Turn of Life

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Chapter 23

No one's POV

Sasuke narrowed his eyes in Sakura's direction. She was seated a few meters away… smiling and chatting happily and… surrounded by young men and women. He straightened his short white yukata he was wearing now with black pants under it. He exhaled deeply while tossing his precious box in his hands, thinking why he was getting worked up when the men started talking with her and… he was left alone as he doesn't speak much…

When they saw houses earlier, Sakura seemed too happy. It seems that they had found a small village and people seemed friendly as they had treated them well and looked all traditional. They had been here for almost three hours now and Sakura had made too many friends… and the men seemed too friendly with her which irked him. She was surrounded by children and few women now. He glanced around and saw young women looking his way with blushes on their faces.

'Tsk, typical…' he thought and put the box in his pocket.

He traced the bandage on his forehead. Sakura had treated him when they arrived here and the woman named Akame helped them, who looked in her forties. Akame gave Sakura a first aid box and without questioning, she treated his forehead. Then she proceeded to treat his foot. It was sprained so she had used some kind of ointment the woman passed her. They were seated on the stairs in front of Akame's house, who seemed to live alone. The passersby gave them 'looks' and whispered some things like 'So caring' and 'Lucky' and etc. which Sasuke heard while Sakura seemed oblivious to all.

Sasuke noticed that he was watching her all the while when she was treating him. Her face showed that she was concentrating on his foot as she gently applied the ointment. Her eyes were downcast and focused, her lips were slightly parted. She was wearing the clothes the woman had offered her which consist of a simple white kimono and her hair was down as before. She had rushed to tend him as soon as she changed the clothes. She looked… He shook his head to get rid of the thoughts. 'Tsk… annoying…'. But then he smirked as he recalled that even when she was treating him, they had an argument.

On the other hand, Sakura was enjoying as she sat on a bench under the shade of the tree. It was almost evening and the cool air flowing around made her happy. She was happily chatting with the people, forgetting a certain someone at the moment. The men treated her gentlemanly, unlike that 'certain someone'.

She smiled at the young man who introduced himself. He was quite a good looking man with short black hair and blue eyes with a nice physique. He wore a light blue yukata and dark pants. The two were alone and Sakura glanced around as she heard some squeals.

'Oh, he seems popular around here…' she thought, smiling at the man.

"Hello, Sakura-san. I'm Daichi. It's a pleasure to meet you… I see you have made many friends here. They have a liking towards you… Well, it's not very shocking as you are very beautiful" he said, smiling and sat beside her. Sakura blushed and laughed.

"Nice to meet you too, Daichi-san. And thank you. Well, I'm just good with children, aren't I?" said Sakura and winked at him causing the man to laugh a little. "And… Thank you for the help, Sasuke really needed it. I really appreciate it" she added, smiling gratefully.

"You are welcome anytime. Well, he seems a little angry and looks like he doesn't talk much… You haven't introduced him by the way" he pointed out. His leg brushed against hers which didn't go unnoticed by the 'certain someone'.

Sakura nodded. '…I can't tell he's an Uchiha or Sasuke sure will throw his tantrum again… And what should I introduce him as…? I should have asked him before…' she thought.

'Of course… Now what you gonna do…? Speaking of him… you totally ignored him for almost an hour now…' her inner self pointed out.

'Uhh… right… Well, I think 'friends' is better…? Although it's far from it. And Daichi-san seems a good guy not to forget cute as well' she thought.

'Hey! I prefer Sasuke than him in 'looks' department. Sasuke's more cute! And-…' blabbered her inner self, causing Sakura to blush at her thinking.

'S-Shut up! Don't forget he's always a jerk when it comes to me! And Daichi-san even said I'm beautiful and Sasuke never even complimented me! He even calls me names like 'Pinky' due to my pink hair! Stop interfering, I'm talking with Daichi-san' she exclaimed mentally.

"I'm sorry. He's Sasuke. He's my-…" she started but was cut off.

"…Husband. Just married" completed Sasuke.

Both Sakura and Daichi looked at him, surprised at the sudden intrusion in their conversation. Sakura laughed nervously before shooting a glare in Sasuke's direction as Daichi was busy looking at the Uchiha.

"…yeah… Husband…" she pressed on the word with venom.

Daichi glanced at Sakura then at Sasuke and found him glaring at him. He noticed they both don't have any rings on their fingers, the proof of being married but didn't question. Well, what can he ask when Sasuke's glare was too intense…

"…Oh, right… Well, I have something to do. I hope you have a good time here" he said and left abruptly, leaving Sakura with Sasuke. Sakura groaned while Sasuke sat beside her.

"No…! There goes my chance with him…" she said, glaring at the ground. She looked up at Sasuke while Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"Why did you do that?! He was so nice… and cute… and cool! You just have to ruin it…" she accused the Uchiha. Sasuke raised his eyebrow at her.

"Cute and cool? And what did I ruin? Besides, you never had a chance with him, Sakura" Sasuke stated as a matter of fact. He crossed his arms over his chest.

"Sasuke… How can you tell that? And I was just getting to know him. He seems a nice guy… Well, after Tsunade-sama's party, we will be on our ways. And I was never good with guys but just now I got a chance and YOU have to come and interrupt!" exclaimed Sakura, glaring at him.

"Of course… Well, till then you are my girlfriend, Pinky. And I don't want you seeing other guys, you got me?" stated Sasuke, almost pissed at what she had said. Sakura narrowed her eyes at him.

"I can do whatever I want. You don't own me, Mister" retorted Sakura, poking him on his chest. Sasuke smirked as he grabbed her hand and leaned towards her.

"As a matter of fact, I do own you, in some way, Sa-ku-ra" he said, causing her to back away. "You do what I say. Isn't that our deal? And I say, you cannot see other guys" he stated, staring in her eyes.

Sakura gulped and blushed like a tomato when he closed in on her. "And… I'm way cooler than him" he whispered in her ear, causing her to shiver. He smirked.

'What is he doing?! This pervert is coming in my personal space again! And I'm blushing!' thought Sakura, her heart beating faster now.

On the other hand, Sasuke was smirking at the guys who witnessed the scene he had created and he enjoyed every moment of it when he saw their faces show disappointment.

'That will keep them away from her… Wait… Why am I even doing this? I even get annoyed when she gives attention to other men…' he thought but his thoughts were interrupted.

Sakura pushed him back. "You are too conceited, Uchiha. I'm too sad to meet you! I just so hate you" she stated.

"And I'm happy to meet you, Haruno. And you know you don't hate me" he said, casually and shrugged. Sakura rolled her eyes at him then sighed.

"You know… you are acting weird. Anyway, your head doesn't hurt, right?" she asked, staring at his forehead which was covered with bandage.

"Of course, it hurts. Anyway, they said they'll escort us tomorrow morning to the port. They arranged a room for us to stay for the night. There, I'll call and talk to Aniki" said Sasuke, impassively.

"…Okay… Wait! A room? You mean we have to share a room?" she asked, wide eyed. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her.

"Right. This isn't a hotel, Pinky. That lady is nice enough to let us stay in her house. What do you expect?" replied Sasuke. "Well, she thought we are married when she saw you treating my forehead and arguing with me. She asked me when you were busy 'flirting' with those guys" he added, sarcasm dripping at the end of the sentence.

"You must have said 'Hn' when she asked so she must have misunderstood! And I was not flirting! How can you think about me like that? I was just being nice with them for treating us so well… And why didn't you corrected her?" she questioned the aloof Uchiha.

"I didn't want to" replied Sasuke.

"What kind of response is that?" she asked.

"Sakura, stop talking too much. It's annoying" stated Sasuke.

He was answered as Sakura huffed and left, giving him a death glare. He smirked and leaned back on the bench they were sitting. He glanced up at the sky and saw stars visible on the evening sky, pondering over his thoughts.

Later at night…

"Sakura-chan, have some more" said Akame. They were eating dinner. Sakura and Sasuke were seated beside each other. Sakura smiled as she just finished eating. Akame was serving them desert she had made which was a cheese cake…

"Thank you. Sasuke, this is really good! Have some!" exclaimed Sakura as she put the large piece of cake on a plate for him, smiling sweetly at him while he glared at her.

Sasuke grabbed her hand. "I don't like sweets" he said quietly so that only Sakura could hear.

"I figured that much… but still" replied Sakura, smirking at him slyly. Sasuke saw as she placed the cake in front of him. She controlled her laugh when she saw him eyeing it distastefully.

"Sakura, I want to share it with you" said Sasuke and fed her the spoonful of cake. Before she could recover and speak, he continued feeding her until it's finished. He was smirking all the while and Sakura was blushing when she heard the woman squeal and commented how cute the couple is.

Sakura glared at him intensely as he stood up and thanked the woman. He left throwing a triumphant smirk in Sakura's direction while she ground her teeth, angrily.

'Ugh! He'll pay for this!' she thought and stood up to help in cleaning up.

"I'm going to call back home, Sakura" he added before exiting and not waiting for reply.

"Uhh… Sakura-chan? Why do you look so… surprised?" asked Akame. She had offered the 'couple' to stay in a spare room at her house for the night.

Sakura looked at her and smiled, nervously. "Nothing, Akame-san. And thank you for letting us stay. I really appreciate it…" said Sakura and smiled, politely.

Akame smiled back. "You are welcome. And I must say… Sasuke-san is really lucky to have you as his wife. Ah, young love! You two look so cute together! I know you are newlyweds but I can see you care for him so much as he cares for you… So cute!" she exclaimed, clasping her hands.

Sakura was blushing hard now as the woman continued blabbering. 'He and 'Care' for me? You got to be kidding me! I got sick and passed out because of him just on the second day after meeting him! And I just remember he didn't even apologize for that!' she mentally accused him, when…

"I'm flattered you think about us like that, Akame-san" said Sasuke. He just entered the room and heard the words Akame was saying when he interrupted.

"Oh , you are here, Sasuke-san. Then I'll leave you two now. Have a good night" Akame waved and winked at Sakura, who blinked as the door shut while Sasuke shook his head.

Sasuke made his way towards the bed, limping slightly and sat on it. He glanced around while stretching his hands up when his eyes landed on Sakura who was currently glaring at him. Then she closed her eyes and sighed.

"I called home and Naruto picked up. He said they'll be coming to get us at the port tomorrow and he said 'some things' happened after we went missing. He didn't elaborate though…" said Sasuke.

"I see…I wonder if everyone's alright… I'm missing my friends already…" said Sakura and saw Sasuke putting the box on the small table beside bed. 'That box! I'm here, partially because of that box' she thought and glanced at Sasuke.

'Well, I can't say anything to him as he's injured because of me…' she thought.

'So we can't argue. That means you have to sleep on the floor…' said her inner self. She sighed again as she saw Sasuke lay on the bed and pulled the cover over him.

Sakura made her way to the bed to find something to sleep on. She noticed there's nothing extra except a pillow. She crossed her arms across her chest, thinking for something when…

Sakura gasped. She was pulled on the bed by the elbow by none other than Sasuke who was still lying on his side of the bed. Sakura lay on her back and glanced at him for a few seconds to find him propped on his elbow. His loose yukata showed his chest while he was looking at her.

"Stop thinking too much and sleep. And don't do anything inappropriate to me while I am sleeping" he said and lay back again, smirking when she glared at him. She saw as he closed his eyes and then covered the both of them with the futon they had to share. She stared at him surprised and saw that he was already asleep within few minutes.

'How can he be so comfortable while sleeping like this…? He must be too tired…' she thought.

She traced the bandage on his forehead to check if it's loosened but it was intact. 'He looks so… peaceful… unlike when he's awake… This is the second time I had to sleep beside him' she thought and lay back on her side, making space between them.

"…annoying…" he mumbled while asleep. Sakura sweat dropped and saw him turn to face her before dozing off…

Morning…

Sakura groaned as she woke up. She was feeling rather fresh as she had a good sleep. She blinked a few times and then opened her eyes fully. She was met with a surprised face of Sasuke, leaning over hers. He had his hands on either side of her shoulders and her kimono was slipped a little over her right shoulder.

"AAAHHHHHH!"

To be continued…..

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