lavendersmiles:

SasuSaku Month 2017

Day 28: Hokage’s Desk

***

FFnet link 😀

***

Sarada was busy reading the weekly report when a knock came.

“Come in,” she announced, momentarily pausing from her work. She looked up to see who it was, and then she smiled widely upon seeing her visitors.

“Mama! Papa!”

Onyx eyes sparkled as she rushed to go to her parents. “What made you visit me?” she asked, after she hugged them.

“Is it wrong to see our very busy daughter?” Sasuke teased.

Their princess chuckled. “No, papa. But it’s already late.”

“We should say the same thing to you,” her mother replied. “Isn’t it time for you to come home?”

Sarada eyed the pile of paperwork on her desk. “There’s still a lot to be done, mama.”

Her parents looked at her with understanding. “Your papa and I were just strolling around, enjoying the night’s breeze. When we passed by around here, we decided to pay you a little visit.”

“And the visit is very much appreciated,” Sarada confirmed. After a few minutes more of chitchat, the couple decided to go back to their walk and let their daughter finish her job.

“Are you not lonely here?” Sakura asked with a worried tone as they turned to go to the door.

Sarada shook her head. “I’m fine, mama. Besides, I always have you guys with me.”

She took the picture frame from her desk, smiled a bit, and then showed it to her parents. It was the picture they had on the day Sarada became the hokage.

Sasuke and Sakura continued their stroll around the village, until they arrived at the bench near the gates of Konoha. They sat down, Sakura resting her head on Sasuke’s shoulder. Aside from the sounds of the nature’s night orchestra, they found contentment in their moment of peace.

“It’s been a month, but I still find it surreal that finally, Sarada reached her dream of being the hokage, Sasuke-kun. Sarada, our little girl, now Konoha’s leader…”

Both looked up towards the starry sky, the full moon illuminating the village. This place – the bench where a lot happened to the two of them – will forever hold its significance in their story.

“Uchiha Sarada… daughter of Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha Sakura… the ninth hokage,” Sasuke proclaimed out loud, pride filling his chest. “She’s our living legacy, Sakura.”

She gave a proud smile of her own and intertwined their hands. “She sure is.”

dezmari:

SasuSaku Month 2017
Day 28: Hokage’s Desk

This is an excerpt from the wip of Wash Away the Red part 2. Here’s the first part if you want to check it out.

Sasuke hadn’t seen her in months, not since the day of the
ceremony. When she turned around it didn’t take long for her eyes to find his.
It only lasted a moment, he saw surprise flash in her eyes. He knew she had
expected anyone but him, but he thinks that she shouldn’t have expected anyone except
him. Her eyes asked a thousand questions her lips would not utter, and for a
moment they stared at each other and there was no one in the room except them.

Too soon, she turned away, her gaze leaving his. “You’re all
aware that this is voluntary?” They all nodded in response. “Very well…” Her
voice trails off and her gaze turns to Shikamaru then, Sasuke could read her
eyes perfectly. “What is he doing here?”
She wondered silently, but he could almost hear the words as if she had spoken
them.

Shikamaru only sighed in response and completely ignored her
questioning gaze.

Sakura and him, they haven’t been on speaking terms, not
since the day of the ceremony when honorifics served as the ultimate offense.
For weeks he hated her, he didn’t want to see her and when he saw at
opportunity to become anbu he took it. Surprisingly for him it didn’t take long
for the anger to die out, he couldn’t hate her and afterwards all he wanted was
to take his words back.

“Nara-san, I don’t think it’s safe for a former criminal to
be part of Lady Hokage’s personal guard.” The woman besides him spoke and again Shikamaru
let out a sigh. Sasuke knew it was coming sooner or later, he had nothing to
say in his defense. He had tried to destroy the leaf, he had tried to kill her
once.

“He won’t just be part of it, he’s the one in charge of her
safety.” Shikamaru nodded over at Sasuke who just frowned in response. That, he didn’t expect.

“Are you really considering giving him the job, and risk
Lady Hoage’s safety in the process? Yeah, time’s gone by, but no one has
forgotten he’s a criminal.” The brunette spoke from the other side and Sasuke
couldn’t find it in him to care about his words. He’s faced the backlash of his
past actions, of his mistakes, since the moment he opened his eyes in a
hospital bed and everyone looked at him with disgust and fear.

He’s found that the leaf does not forget.

And in turn, he’s found he doesn’t care.

“He’s better suited in every field and I will hear no more
questions about the matter; are we clear, Hokuto, Hana? As for her safety, just
be at ease knowing that he would first die than allow her to be harmed.” There
was a smile at the corner of his lips that Sasuke did not find amusing. The two
anbu at his side didn’t seem convinced, but knew better than to press the
matter any further.

Sakura stood at Shikamaru’s side, her eyes looking
everywhere but at him. After a moment she spoke, carefully masked disdain
tainting her tone. “I appreciate the concern, but I assure you it’s not
necessary. I’m sure Uchiha-san knows his place.” And there it was, that damned
honorific he loathed, spilling from her tongue in a successful attempt to annoy
him.

She addresses him and he’s obliged to respond, because
that’s just how it goes between them. “Of course, Hokage-sama.” And he could
see it in her eyes, even if it was only there for a second; the honorifics,
they hurt her as much as they hurt him.