Title: Victims of Love
Author: mitsuki0tennyo (Mitsukino Tennyo)
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: SasuSaku (Uchiha Sasuke x Haruno Sakura)
Rating: T
Word Count: 444
Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto.
Summary: Sasuke was unusually gently with his pink haired companion… something Suigetsu hadn’t thought him capable off.
The cold of a spring morning still clinging to the chill of winter. That was how Suigetsu would describe Haruno Sakura and her relationship with Uchiha Sasuke. Not for the first time he wondered if Sakura was Sasuke’s lover, as that was the only reason Suigetsu could imagine the Uchiha giving any attention to a member of the fairer sex. And while he admitted the pinkette was a pretty girl, her ice queen persona just didn’t do it for him as Suigetsu liked girls with a temper. He had heard whispers about the pinkette of course, about that bastard Kabuto’s apprentice. But she wasn’t anything like the rumors described her, unlike Sasuke who was hearsay exactly as word depicted him. Innocence still clung to her… to Sasuke despite the fact they had lived in the company of Orochimaru and his little lackey for three years. It was one of the benefits of growing up in peaceful village such as Konoha, Suigetsu supposed.
They were on their way to pick up Karin at the Southern hideout and would continue in the morning but Sakura was throwing up again… she had been doing that a lot lately according to Sasuke. Suigetsu strained his ears to eavesdrop on their conversation.
Uchiha Sasuke was well aware Suigetsu was spying on them from the corner of his eye while the ex-Kiri shinobi polished his new sword. Watching how he held the pinkette’s hair back as she threw up the remnants of breakfast, how the raven haired boy handed her a bottle of water, so the medic could rinse her mouth as well as clean her face. It crossed his mind that Suigetsu might notice he was unusually patient with Sakura. Slowly, Sasuke reached up, his fingers brushing along Sakura’s jaw.
“Are you alright?”
Sasuke tried very hard to keep his voice sounding soft instead of demanding.
She looked up at him and didn’t flinch when his hand came up to stroke her cheek using his knuckles. He ran his thumb over her lower lip, staring at it as he did so.
“I’m fine Sasuke-kun, I’m probably coming down with something.” A smile appeared on the pinkette’s lips, the one that was solely meant for him. It lit up her entire face making her look prettier in the Uchiha’s eyes. Moments like this reminded Sasuke of the twelve year old Sakura back when she smiled so easily. “I could have easily caught a bug or virus along the way.”
“Are you feeling well enough to travel?” He asked her a final time.
“Yeah I think I am.”
(11. Make Me Wanna Die ←| Love Like Winter |→ 13. Blood On My Hands)
Author’s Note: I seem to favor Suigetsu over the other members of Team Taka don’t I. Either way in this chapter is special to me as Sakura begins to realize… at least in her heart that she is carrying the next Uchiha in her womb. Their will be later chapter where she checks it out… at the same time Sasuke is fighting Itachi. Trust me that will be a tearjerker, as she realizes her baby’s father might not return.
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