In The Palm Of My Hands

Together Again

'We see the ones we love as we wished them to be, not as they really are.' - Count Armand (Something), 'The Legend of Zorro'

Thump-thump-thump… His heart went. Thump-thump-thump…

"Karin…" His voice held utterly shock, as well as his features were showing.

The red haired woman stood there, at the entrance of his office, with an enchanting smile he hadn't seen in months. What surprised him of all was that she was as thin as he remembered. Where's the swollen belly that should have popped out by now? She had no baby with her, only a smile on her red lips that matched her eyes and her loose hair, and wearing tight revealing clothes, like always.

She was here, back in front of him.

He blinked. "What are you doing here?" He asked after a silent of at least 5 whole minutes, while staring at each other.

The corners of her lips were tugged upward as she took a step towards him. "To see you, obviously."

Onyx orbs narrowed to slits. "There's nothing 'obvious' about this. Who the hell gave you the nerve of barging in here like this after what you did?"

"Oh Sasuke baby, relax." She talked casually. "And FYI, I didn't come barging in here. I neatly let your secretary know that I-"

"Not the fucking point, Karin. Why are you here? Where's the baby? And why aren't you with the father?" Sasuke rose from his seat, passing Karin in height now.

The Sarina merely crunched her nose, quickly stole a glance of Sasuke's office view on Miami, and then looked back at him with a snort.

"I removed the baby. And… let's just say that I realized that I made the wrong decision. So I'm back, for you."

The perfect eyebrows of Sasuke drew together when he started a frown. "You think it's just that simple? You think you can just walk back in here expecting everything to be the same?"

Karin batted her eyelashes sugary sweet. "Yes."

"You are not the only one who moved on Karin. I'm married."

Karin parted her lips, letting her mouth agape in surprise that hit her. "You are what?"

"Exactly what I said."

"Married?!" Crimson orbs shifted to his left hand and it only confirmed his statement. The golden wedding ring just screamed 'Here-I-am' in her face.

Married? Absolutely not, even if Sasuke is married legally, his heart refused to marry anyone else besides herself. That much Karin knows.

"To whom?"

"That's not of your concern."

She knew he couldn't possibly be serious about this. He loved her. She was 100 percent sure that Sasuke loved her and her alone. Whoever Sasuke was married to, she was then merely the rebound girl. Nothing more.

She, in the other hand, she was the real deal.

One who had screwed up, sure, but still owned his cold heart. Nobody else ruled Sasuke. And if she does this correctly then she can wind him back up around her little finger. It couldn't be so hard; all she had to do was let Sasuke remember what they exactly had.

"Sasuke," She walked to him, swaying her hips more than usual in her Replay mini-skirt.

"Married as you are, however, you cannot have forgotten this merely in a span of couple of months." Her voice was smooth like velvet to his ears. "I know what kind of man you are." She was right before him now, her crimson orbs turned up to him. "I know what you like. How perfectionist you can be." A finger moved up his chest and made slow tiny circles on his suit. "Your sense of aesthetics." She practically whispered now, eyes mischievous as they were, played with him. "I know that once you put your mind on something, doesn't matter how long time has went, nobody can change it."