Step 22 - Reaching Out
Sometimes it takes a lot of effort, turns out to be difficult or impossible, but we must never stop trying to reach out to someone important in our lives. If a couple, siblings or even friends have quarreled, they have to try to reach out and reconcile things between each other again. Things like quarrels are normal and are part of our lives, but the most important thing is that we can talk it out together afterwards. If one has already given up hope, the other needs to make sure not to give up as well and must reach out in order for things to get better again. After all, nothing is given to us through leaning back. It is difficult to jump over your shadow to approach someone who only rejects you and it’s not easy for either of us. There's always something you'd rather run away from, but still we can't stop trying. Spouses, in particular, should try to talk, ask and listen, instead of ruining their marriage right away.
"Where is she? Where is this bitch? That whore! Where is she??” The scream of an angry woman sounds through the department and storms down the hallway, looking into every office that she walks past. "From the description the woman used, I would say that she’s looking for Karin." Mumbles the Hondo next to the pink haired woman. The two were about to get a cup of coffee and tea, when the screaming sounded in the hallway and they stopped in surprise. The two women let out a girlish giggle at the scene. They could already tell what is going on. "Excuse me, can I help you? Who are you looking for?" The young Haruno raises her voice and the angered woman immediately rushes towards her. "Where is that bitch? That whore! That slut?!“ The woman repeats again and looks at the green eyed woman with fury in her eyes. "Who exactly do you mean?" Sakura continues to ask, while trying to remain friendly. “This Nasebuchi. Hasetuchi. That pussyguchi! Whatever the name of that slut is!” Grumbles the brown haired woman. "Kaseguchi?" It comes from Sakura. "Yes, exactly, that bitch!" The woman in her seemingly 30 years immediately exclaims. The pink haired girl briefly looks over her shoulder and at her friend and colleague, who has to resist from laughing. "I'll bring you to her." The Haruno then suggests in a friendly manner and Natsuki immediately stands happily next to her and smiles at the unknown woman, who just nods, while she’s obviously trying but failing to keep her anger in check.
Sakura goes first, followed by her friend and the woman, right in front of the door of the wide office. “The one with the red hair sitting at her table over there is Ms. Kaseguchi.” The green eyed woman then explains with a smile and the next moment the woman is already rushing in. “You little bitch! You fucking whore! My husband and i are happily married! Just who do you think you are, calling him in the middle of the night, whispering and moaning such filthy and swinish stuff into the damn phone?! You are such a slut! Whore! What are you even doing in such a place? If you want to be fucked so badly, go to a fucking brothel!” The woman yells at the shocked redhead. "Eh, Karin is really a slut!" Natsuki notes softly. Sakura and her office colleague giggle in amusement. “You already know who that is, right?” The pink haired woman explores and looks at her friend. "Well, I would say that this is mrs. Hatake.” It comes from the brunette, smiling with amusement, but also feeling a little sorry for his wife. Behind the two of them the pack of colleagues has romped around again. Nobody wants to miss such a show.
“My husband doesn't need anything like you! You cheap bitch! Keep your perverted fantasies to yourself! I will say it again! We're not on the sex hotline here! Satisfy your disgusting cravings elsewhere and leave me and my husband in peace! You disgusting pig!" The woman continues to preach, obviously reaching the limit of her nerves. "What's going on here?" It suddenly sounds next to the pink haired woman and Kakashi pushes through the crowd. "Anko, what are you doing here?" He then asks with surprise, but she doesn’t get to say anything, as someone completely else now approaches the office. "Who is yelling around here like that?" Another, rather irritated, voice sound from behind and Sakura looks up in surprise. In the last few months she has gotten so used to the sound of his voice that she would have recognized it blindly. The crowd splits and Sasuke enters the office. His cold gaze wanders over everyone present and gets stuck on Anko, Kakashi and Karin. "I'm sorry, mr. Uchiha! I can explain all of this to you.“ Says the grey haired man, obviously troubled. "All right. Solve the problem and then please come to my office." Replies the Uchiha, turns around and leaves again. "Anko, please calm down." Kakashi mumbles to his wife, who is still seething with anger. "Mrs. Haruno? Could you please make my wife some coffee?" The Hatake turns to his boss's wife, making her look at him in surprise. "Of course. Come with me, mrs. Hatake.“ The green eyed woman exclaims with a friendly smile. After a quick look at her husband, who is smiling at her, Anko approaches the pink haired woman and follows her to the kitchen. The crowd in the other hand dissolves like they were told and Natsuki quickly goes after the two and into the kitchen.
Almost shyly, the woman stands in the kitchen and looks around while Sakura takes out a cup for her. “What would you like to have? Mocha, cappuccino, latte macchiato, espresso?” She then asks and counts to her superior's wife. “A cappuccino if you could, please.” The older woman says softly and also seemingly exhausted from all the anger. Sakura presses the button and Natsuki puts out any items she may need, before taking two more cups out of the cupboard to pour in some hot water. "Here you go." The pink haired woman exclaims friendly and hands Anko her cappuccino. "Are you okay?" She then asks carefully, when she notices her staring silently into her cup. "I must have caused a lot of trouble for my husband now." The woman explains her concerns. Sakura smiles friendly to sooth her worries. "No, I don't think so." "Didn't you see Sasuke's cold look?" Natsuki suddenly asks somewhat surprised at the Haruno’s statement. “Yes, I did. He looked at me just as coldly as he did to you and all the others. But that's how Sasuke is. He always looks like that and you know that. I hardly believe that he will warn mr. Hatake because of that. It wasn’t even his fault what happened, but Karin’s alone. If Kakashi tells him that, i don’t believe that it will look nice for that woman." Explains the pink haired woman with an amused smile. The Hondo nods in understanding and then hands Sakura her cup of tea. "Don't worry about your husband, mrs. Hatake. Sasuke may look cold all the time, but he knows who’s really at fault and he won’t let this slide. That woman will definitely get what she deserves." She pats the woman's arm briefly before she sees the head of the department standing in the doorway. "Thank you mrs. Haruno and mrs. Hondo, you can go back to your work." The grey haired man smiles at the two women. "No problem." Sakura waves it off friendly and leaves with her colleague back to their office.
The two return to their office in silence and sit down at their tables, while Sakura silently turns her gaze out of the window. "It’s bothering you, right? The cold looks he’s been giving you lately?" Natsuki notes quietly and sips from her cup. "Yes." Sakura nods with a sigh, while looking at her own mug. "I should just try to speak to him about it." She ponders and looks up at her colleague. She can't tell her that he isn’t only looking at her like that, but is actually completely distancing himself from her. Because even though she is one of her friends, the Hondo still doesn't know the truth about their marriage. She doesn’t know that the wedding was arranged and that they have no clue about how romantic love feels. The pink haired woman bites onto her lower lip and looks up from her table to her colleague.
The brunette smiles encouragingly and nods towards her. "How are things going to keep going with the slut from now on?" Asks the Hondo with an amused smile, to change the subject. “I'm going to give her a break now. Maybe next week again. But I have to come up with something first. But I think she has had enough for now.” Sakura explains while shrugging her shoulders and looks back outside.
It is now Wednesday, yesterday she put the message, written by Takumi, on Karin's table. And the idea has paid off, as you can see. "Actually this woman is so stupid. We kind of told her that it was going to be a prank and she still called him anyway. But I can’t believe that she really went this far. I can’t imagine what would have happened if it was really Sasuke’s number. He’s already working so much and sleeping so restlessly with that cold of his. If I was in his shoes and got that call on top, I would rip her into pieces, though, afterwards I would probably look even more exhausted than mrs. Hatake." The Haruno remarks with a shake of her head and laughs silently. "Anyway, I hope that she'll be silent from now on. I really don’t need her keep asking what I’m doing as soon as i leave the office. She’s such a hindrance.” The Hondo shrugs her shoulders and picks up one of her pencils while saying that. "I hope that too. But she should really be like a good colleague in the near future, or even Sasuke will loose his patience. I think Kakashi is going to make life really difficult for her.” Replies the Haruno and looks through the window again. Clouds cover the sky, but again no rain or sun are predicted. Just boring, dark clouds that cloud the mood.
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Sighing, the black haired man returns to his office. The Kaseguchi is straining his nerves again and she doesn't even need to be present. The scene in Kakashi’s office of the design department explained everything. He was surprised to find Anko in the office, but since she was standing in front of the redhead, everything somehow explained itself and yet he has no idea what it was about. It was just this noise that got through the open door of Ayame. He wouldn't have noticed anything of it if he hadn't walked into her office at that moment. Surprised by the sudden screaming, he of course checked what was going on in the department and then noticed the accumulated crowd through which Kakashi had pushed his way at that moment. But he knows why he made Kakashi of all people to the head of the department. He got everything immediately under control and made sure that the room was quiet. Now he is waiting for him to come and explain the situation to him, since he seems to be personally involved when his wife shows up at the company and yells at Karin. It wouldn't actually interest him a bit, if it wasn't for his company building in which it took place.
Sasuke approaches one of the windows, opens it and looks out into the with clouds covered sky. Cool air hits him from outside. The fine hairs on his arms stand up immediately and he lets his hands sink into his trouser pockets. He takes deep breaths and feels how the cold air fills his lungs, in hope that it will cool his body down a bit. The coming and going fever attacks have meanwhile turned into a constant but tolerable fever. But since it is bearable and he doesn’t have any other flu-like symptoms, he doesn't think it’s necessary to stop working. After all, it doesn't hinder him. Sometimes, especially in the evening, he usually gets a shiver even though he still feels so hot, but since he usually cuddles up in bed and goes to sleep at night, it doesn't bother him too much either. The whole thing is just one more reason for him to stay away from Sakura. The less time he spends with her, the less chance she has of noticing that he has a fever. He doesn't know why, but somehow she seems to have an eye for it. She noticed it on the date and also at the meeting, even if she didn't point it out to him the second time, he still noticed it in her eyes. She would notice and then, he is sure, would force him to stay in bed until he is back to his normal temperature.
Sakura would make him do it, even if she had to knock him down with a golf bat. He laughs slightly in amusement at his thoughts. He likes to pick on this point. At the way they got to know each other. He doesn't know why, her just simply likes to do it. Again he takes a deep breath and breathes the warm air out of his lungs by the window. It must have rained during the night, because the morning is surprisingly fresh and the air he breathes comes out as a white cloud. He smiles slightly. Somehow he likes those fine clouds in winter, watching them as he exhales.
There is a soft knock on his office door. "Come in!" He utters, his voice clear and strong, no sign of flu or cold, it's just this fever. No cause for alarm. He can hear the door being opened and quietly closed again. Dull, heavy steps show that a man is stepping closer to the table. Sasuke takes another deep breath of the fresh air and then turns around, hands still in his pockets. "Kakashi." The black haired man utters and looks briefly at the grey haired man. He is only 4 years older than Sasuke himself and, despite everything, pays him the greatest respect. “Mr. Uchiha. I'm sorry what happened there. My wife-" The man immediately starts with his apology, but gets interrupted. “It's okay, Kakashi. There’s nothing to worry about. I don't mean to reprimand you here or anything like that. I really just want to know why your wife comes all the way here to yell at Kaseguchi." The Uchiha walks around his desk and approaches a couch in which he takes a seat and points to the upholstered armchair opposite him. "Take a seat, please."
He actually only uses this small couch when he has a small meeting with business partners or customers. It consists of a black two-person couch and three upholstered armchairs which are arranged around a small glass table. After a moment's hesitation, the Hatake approaches the couch and sinks into one of the armchairs. "Thank you." He then says briefly and then looks at his boss. “So what did Kaseguchi do this time? Your wife doesn't come into the office for no reason.” Sasuke asks the question to open the conversation. He leans back calmly on the couch, puts his elbow on the right armrest and taps his chin with his finger, waiting. The grey haired man clears his throat briefly and looks down for a moment. "She called me last night." He begins to explain. "I didn't even know that you gave her your number." Sasuke comments with surprise. "I haven’t. I don't know how she got it. Anyway, she called me last night and when I picked up, she started moaning into the phone and told me some things she'd like to do. Lots of perverted stuff. Of course, Anko woke up from the call and picked up my phone and had to listen to it before she yelled at Karin and hung up. That’s why Anko came into the office.” At the end his words are only a mumble and Sasuke can understand how uncomfortable he must be feeling about it.
The Uchiha exhales loudly through his nose, rubbing over his burning eyes. “I understand why your wife was so upset. Kaseguchi has been pushing boundaries lately. It is slowly becoming unacceptable.” Sasuke lets out a tired sighs and then looks at his employee, before he continues to talk. “I got a call from production this morning. There is a problem with one of the design drawings.” The youngest Uchiha reports to the department head. “Which designer?” Asks the Hatake immediately, since he too always has to be informed about such things in his department. “Kaseguchi Karin.” The dark grey eyed man utters coldly as he continues. “This Woman is nothing but trouble. I will now warn her one more time. She has to pull herself together quickly, otherwise I don't see a future for her here. Most of her drawings are a mess. If one of her drawings causes problems in production, it can result in high costs and we both know that.” Says the company owner while standing up from his seat. “Kaseguch is very negligent and burdensome. We don't need that in this company. She has only one chance left." Sasuke says and approaches his desk, which Kakashi all agrees on. "You can go now." The black haired man then explains with a look at the head of department, who also gets up and leaves the room after a short and polite bow.
The Uchiha sighs softly and then looks at the open window. The fresh October air flows in and slowly replaces the stuffy air in the room. Again he approaches the window and extends his face towards the cool breeze, pauses for a long moment and then approaches his desk again, using the tablet's black screen as a kind of mirror, to see if he, in any way, gives the impression that he has a fever or that he might not be feeling well. But since he cannot find any reddish cheeks or anything like that, he averts his gaze from his "mirror" and takes his smartphone. He immediately lets it disappear into the pocket of his suit jacket while he puts the tablet back on the table and connects it to the charging cable.
Sighing softly, the dark grey eyed man straightens up again and approaches the office door in order to leave his room through it. He leaves the window open so that when he comes back, there will be no longer any stifling air in the office and is properly ventilated. He passed his secretary in silence and also leaves her office to walk down the corridor. He sees the Kaseguchi walking towards the elevator with her head bowed. Anko and Kakashi have apparently folded her neatly together and put her back into her place. Sasuke smiles slightly amused and then turns into a side corridor. He'll meet the redhead in the production department anyway. He comes to a stop in front of a door and knocks briefly on the wood. "Come in." The request sounds softly through the door. He sighs once more and then opens the door, briefly looks at the Hondo and then at Sakura. "You haven't been down to production yet, have you?" He just asks his question briefly, watching his wife shake her head in silence. “Come on then. I have to go down because of a problem." He says only briefly and shows her to follow him.
The pink haired woman gives her colleague a quick look before she takes her cell phone and follows her husband to the hallway, where he has been waiting for her. When he sees her coming towards him, he immediately starts moving. One step behind him, the young woman follows her husband to the elevator, which at this moment is just reaching their floor and opening the doors. A few colleagues pour out and empty the elevator, which the two of them enter immediately. Sasuke pushes the button with the number two and the doors close with a low whirring sound. The Haruno leans silently against the rear wall of the cabin and looks at the floor. She would love to talk to her husband and find out why he is so dismissive and aloof, but he doesn't even look at her properly.
The Uchiha sighs silently and looks at the metal door in front of him, his wife is reflected in it and he can see that she is a little burdened. Probably because of him distancing himself from her. For the past few days he has only stayed away from her, from the first glance to the last. He has completely stopped his loving moments.
Sakura looks up from the floor, her gaze neutrally directed at the elevator doors. Even if he distances himself she doesn't want him to notice that this is bothering her. Especially if it’s like right now, because he just seems to be ignoring her again. Apart from him, the whole company doesn't need to notice that something is wrong. She wants to understand what's wrong with him, especially in the last few days. The doors open and the two of them leave the elevator. She looks around in silence as she follows her husband. To the right is a long corridor, as in all the floors above, which connects all three elevators and the staircase hidden behind them. Sasuke opens a door and lets her walk through it before he follows her. Huge machines extend from the ground floor, up to her on the second floor. There are various places with smaller machines and other work tables and cupboards on the floors. “It's only a small part of the production. Most of the production is housed in an external building.” Explains the Uchiha and walks towards the stairs. The green eyed woman nods and follows him on. The production hall extends over three floors, which is built like a gallery and people are able to look down into the lower floors.
Staying close to the wall and not glancing down even once, Sakura walks after her husband and down to the first floor and the ground floor. Immediately she can make out a head of red hair there, which stands next to two muscular men. The redhead turns around at that very moment and immediately looks arrogant and angry at her. “What are you doing here?!” Said woman screeches out with anger. Though, just as Sakura is about to reply and explain at the same time, Sasuke raises his voice in a cold tone. "Stop acting like her superior. I am showing her the production and it's always good to have a capable employee nearby." Sasuke interrupts at once, silencing the Kaseguchi. In disbelief, Sakura looks first at the younger of the two company owners, then at Karin and then at the other two men, who look just as surprised as her and at the same time give her the confirmation of her unspoken question. Yes, he just described Karin as incompetent! Sakura has to grin inwardly at that fact. It seems that he’s really no nerves for her left.
“So what's the problem?” Asks the Uchiha with a sigh, drawing everyone's attention back to himself. "Her sketch is the problem." One of the men answers while pointing to the redhead. “My drawing is not the problem at all. You are simply unable to work according to my design!” The Kaseguchi immediately denies and crosses her arms with a huff. “Can I see that?” It comes once more from the company owner, watching as one of the workers points to a table that looks very much like a drawing table for architects. A lamp is attached above and shines down on the drawing. He then approaches the table and briefly lets his dark grey eyes move over the sketch, only to turn back around with a frown on his forehead. "Kaseguchi! Didn't I ask you to revise this drawing before you send it down here? The lines are just as disastrous as I gave them back to you and in all seriousness you still take the liberty to call both gentlemen incapable! You can't even draw with a sharpened pencil! I understand very well that this is a problem and I can't believe that the production is being delayed because of your messy and careless work!” It comes loud from Sasuke and Sakura could swear she never saw him snap this hard at someone before. The guilty woman gets smaller with every word, facing the floor. "Do you know how long it will take until you have revised and corrected this drawing?" The Uchiha growls out once again. "Uhm..." It escapes the Haruno’s lips, who is standing next to the drawing, almost shyly and attracts her husband's attention. “May I?” She asks, holding up an eraser and pencil, which she picked up from the table.
"No! You will destroy everything!” The redhead hisses aggressively at her, but gets interrupted again. “You just shut up. You don’t have the right to say anything, after all the problems you’ve got me and everyone else into. I don't want to hear a single word from you!” The Uchiha hisses back immediately and approaches his wife, already sounding softer again. "You think you can change something there?" He asks in a normal, almost friendly tone. "The design is pretty simple, I think so." She explains with a smile and pulls a chair back to sit on it. Without hesitation, she puts on the eraser and erases lines, changes the drawing utensil and draws a perfectly beautiful line. Sasuke closely follows his wife's craft, who erases the next part in order to draw it again. A few minutes pass, then she erases all the fingerprints, which shows how much that woman has really messed around. “Kaseguchi, you can go, we don't need you here any more. I hope that you have learned a lesson from this.” He turns to the redhead, who bites her lower lip and starts to withdraw in silence.
The Uchiha's gaze returns to his wife, who renews other lines in a concentrated manner, pauses for a moment and then touches up the next. A few minutes later she gets up from the chair and steps aside. “Done. I hope it fits that way?” She asks with a smile and the two workers approach the design to take a closer look. “Perfect, thank you!” Says one of them again, possibly the department head or perhaps the project manager, or simply the more talkative one of the two. "Thank you, Sakura.” She suddenly hears her husbands voice, as she sees him look up from the drawing and into her eyes. She just nods in response and puts the chair back to its original place. "Then the two of us can go again." Sasuke says suddenly next to her, who only seems to have spoken briefly with the workers.
He presses the button for the elevator and then buries his hands back into his trouser pockets. Sakura stands next to him in silence and plays with her scarf. In one hand he seems to be ignoring her, on the other hand he doesn't allow Karin to say anything bad about her. She just doesn't know what to think or do anymore. The elevator stops in front of them and they get in. Just like when they were going down, they stand in the elevator again. Sakura leans against the rear wall of the elevator and Sasuke stands by the metal door. The doors close and silence overcomes the two.
While Sasuke is already thinking about the exact reasons and wording for the 2nd warning, he pulls his smartphone out of his pocket and pays his attention to it. The Haruno silently watches as he lowers his head a little. If he doesn't want to tell her what's going on, she has to try to get it out of him somehow, whereby it is less of a burden that he behaves so distantly, but rather the reason for being ignorant. If she notices that something is wrong and she doesn't know what the reason is, it always makes her restless. She just can't stand something like that. She swallows once, she must at least try. "Are you coming home early today?" She asks softly into the silence. In the next moment she already inwardly hits her hand against her forehead. The way she asked the question, sounds like she's the betrayed and lonely wife waiting for him at home, while he sleeps with someone else with the excuse of working overtime. But she knows that's not how it is. That’s not it.
"I can't promise, but I'll see what I can do." He says after a small sigh. "O-okay." He only hears her say softly, before she raises her voice again. "Uhm... I have to get out on the 58th floor.” A little confused at her statement, he looks over his shoulder and towards her. After all it had been him who got her out of her work and she didn't seem like she wanted to go somewhere. But she just looks at the floor. With her hands crossed behind her back, she leans against the wall and draws small patterns and lines on the floor with the tip of her shoes. He then looks around again and sighs silently before pressing the button to the floor she wants. Just in time, because two floors later the elevator stops in it. "See you later." She murmurs softly and quickly walks past him, pushes through the still opening doors and disappears to the right.
He raises his eyebrow skeptically while wondering what is suddenly going on. He has answered her question, close to her wish. So why is she almost fleeing from the elevator and then on another floor? The doors close again and he can see Naruto turn the corner and go straight down the hallway on his right. Actually he would have thought that she would go to Naruto when she gets off on the 58th floor, but it doesn't seem to be so. He sighs silently and looks back at his smartphone. After being the one who keeps his distance, he shouldn't wonder too much, right?
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In the meantime it has started raining again. Although no rain or sun was predicted, there is always a certain percentage for both. Autumn is just living out. Sighing softly, the black haired man shifts into reverse and puts his right arm on the backrest of the passenger seat. He easily lets go of the clutch and rolls towards and into the garage. He looks at the side mirrors and pushes straight back until his car is in the dry garage. He then turns off the engine and secures the car before using the remote control to close the garage door. He takes off his seat belt and collects his things from the passenger seat. With his bag and smartphone in hand, he leaves the car, locks it and walks towards the connecting door to the house.
Sasuke complied with his wife's request and went home earlier. Although he's here now, he has brought the remaining work with him. After all he can't just leave it behind. Actually, at first he didn't want to come early, but only when he had finished the work. But that Sakura left the elevator almost insulted even though he gave her an answer and then didn't even go to Naruto as he believes, has worried him a little and now he is here. He silently closes the door behind him and locks it immediately, taking off his shoes and walking quietly down the hall. Light shines from the living room onto the corridor and shows him where to find her. He hears her laughing softly from the room and pauses in front of the door in the dark. “I would really like a strawberry daiquiri right now and we have everything for it at home, but I can't possibly call Kiba to come through the rain just to make me a drink.” He hears her say before she laughs again. “No Ino, I can't do that.” She laughs once more. He smiles slightly and then passes the door, takes a quick look inside and sees his wife's pink hair over the back of the couch.
The Uchiha walks on, puts his keys in the bowl on the dresser and puts his shoes away. He leans his work bag against the wall in front of the stairs and then goes into the kitchen. He quickly looks for all the necessary things and finally prepares everything. After a few minutes he is ready and takes a plate from one of the cupboards, opens the refrigerator and takes out a few croquettes and chicken nuggets to put on the plate and heat up in the microwave. He doesn't need more than three pieces each. With the glass with the red liquid in hand, he finally goes into the living room to his wife, who has meanwhile sat down to the side of the door to the garden.
"Here, see it as a small apology, because I still have to work." He whispers and hands her the glass. For a moment she looks at him in surprise, but then takes the glass and takes a quick sip. "It tastes just like Kiba's." Sakura notes immediately and even forgets for a moment that she is talking to her best friend on the phone. "Yes, he showed it to me at his party back then." The Uchiha shrugs and appears with the plate in the door, only to disappear again immediately.
"Sakura! “ The young woman hears her best friend's voice again and immediately holds the cell phone back to her ear. "Yes, I'm still here." She exclaims with a soft laugh. "What happened?“ The blonde explores on the other end of the line. "Nothing, Sasuke made me a strawberry daiquiri." The pink haired only explains and sips her drink again. " Eh? He can do that?“ The Yamanaka asks further. "Kiba apparently showed him." Sakura shrugs her shoulders, knowing that her friend cannot see it anyway. " Kiba that...! Grrrr!” Ino then growls into the phone. "What has he done again?" The Haruno asks in amusement. "He doesn't have time for me! It's more important to stroll through the city with the tea shop lady." Explains the blonde in a hissing tone. “He hasn’t been available for the last week. It's called best friends, but apparently not for him!? The green eyed woman sighs silently. It's that time again. Ino is jealous. Well, Hinata and she always thought back then that there was something else between Kiba and the blonde other than friendship, they just didn't want to see it. "I'm sorry Ino." Sakura mumbles into the phone. “Yeah, that's fine. I'm with my parents tonight anyway. I have to go now too. See you.“ It comes from the blonde again in a neutral tone. "That’s good. Have a nice evening and greet them from me." The pink haired woman smiles and sips her drink again. "Thank you, you too and if it comes back to hickey marks, then I want to find out from you and not from the magazines!" Ino trills again in a good mood. "Yes Ino." Sakura laughs in amusement before she hears that she has already hung up.
Sighing, she lets her cell phone sink, puts her glass on the table and goes to the patio door. Hickey. Apparently it won't come to that. Not with the way Sasuke is behaving at the moment, but she can't just tell the blonde that when she's stuck in her jealous dilemma again.
*Warning!!! Ino in jealousy mood! Kiba has no time and instead goes out with the tea shop lady!*
Sakura sends the message to her two friends in silence. Ino will definitely get in touch with them too. Her gaze falls on the dark garden. She can see scattered leaves lying on the terrace. It is that time of the year again. The leaves turn into the most beautiful autumn colors and fall to the ground, giving the children joy when they can jump into the high piles of leaves and the colorful leaves always make a beautiful picture. The autumn is here. The pink haired woman crosses her arms behind her back and smiles slightly.
