Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters in it.
I have tried really hard to get the emotions right. So here goes. I hope I've done justice to the character's personalities.
Sakura
"Sweetheart. I am SO Sorry! There was an emergency at the hospital and I HAD to go. I really wanted to be at the ceremony with you. And you have no idea how -"
"Its fine mom, I understand. You have a job to do." Sarada said with a resigned look on her face.
This broke Sakura's heart all the more. What has she done to deserve this amazing daughter? Sarada was very mature, always thinking way beyond her age. She deserved so much better.
"You are such an extraordinary kid. I am so proud of you." Sakura said reaching out to hug Sarada.
There was a movement behind Sakura which made Sarada jump and look around.
Sasuke was a few feet behind Sakura, now visible in the moonlight.
Sarada
Sarada gasped loudly and took a few steps back. A man was standing a few feet away from her. A man that she has only seen a photograph of. A man that was supposedly her father. Her father.
"Look who came home today." Her mother said putting a hand around her. "Your father."
Sarada looked at the stranger in front of her. He looked more or less like the picture of him, only he had aged a bit now. She looked at her mother who was nodding an encouragement.
Suddenly, a blinding anger took over Sarada. Was her mother joking? Was she supposed to call this stranger 'dad'? A 'dad' who was gone her entire life, a 'dad' who never wrote a letter or made a call, a 'dad' who burdened her mother with so many responsibilities.
No way was she forgiving him for all the things that he did and didn't do.
Sasuke
His heart was pounding in his ears. His daughter was standing in front of him. She looked quite a bit like him. Her hair, her eyes but her face was like her mother, kind and beautiful.
He took a deep calming breath. What was he supposed to say? Should he go hug her? Or should he say he missed her? He took a step forward and opened his mouth but closed immediately because Sarada was now crying and she started to run away.
Run away from him.