𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄 | sasuke uchiha

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As [Name] blew bubbles in the water, she frowned as she pondered on Akari's words.

Now that I think about it... whenever he offers me tea, his cup is already full, thought the Kouhage, deep in thought. And even if he does finish it and fill it up with tea from the pot, he doesn't touch it. But what could be in it? Is he secretly poisoning me? Is he trying to kill me?

[Name]'s thoughts went even deeper as she racked her brains, trying to conceive a timeline of anything that could be deemed suspicious as a result of Madara's actions since they married.

The first night we slept together. He went to the kitchen and refilled the teapot himself, instead of getting one of the servants to do it. I thought he was just being useful for once, but maybe he had other things in mind.

[Name] took a deep breath and slid underwater as she began to draw conclusions, still not knowing what was fact, and what was fiction.

The first time we slept together. I was on a whole other level of turned on. Was it the tea?

[Name] thought about all the other nights where she had been randomly aroused out of the blue, with no warning whatsoever, and conveniently had Madara right by her side to help her satisfy her cravings for sexual contact. And when she tried to think of a common factor, it always came back down to the tea.

"Holy shit!"

The Kouhage gasped as she sat up straight, taking a big gulp of air as her head broke the water's surface.

"That bastard!"

Gripping onto both sides of the bath tub to get out so that she could go and give Madara a piece of her mind, [Name] froze midway as she remembered Akari's other words.

"Wait. She said he's been doing it since we got married, but we didn't have sex until way after we got married. What was he giving me in those first few weeks, then?"

[Name] groaned and sat back down, eliciting a large splash as she clutched her face in her hands.

"No, I swear that's what it is!" she said in exasperation, untying her wet hair and letting it cascade down her shoulders. "There's no other explanation! What else could he have been feeding me?!"

Anguished, [Name] sat out the rest of her bath with her arms crossed as she formulated a plan to test her theory. As much as her speculations seemed to align with what she believed to be coincidental evidence, the very fact that she hadn't been sexually aroused around Madara until later on in their marriage threw her off.

There's only one way to find out!

***

"Would you like some tea, [Name]?"

[Name] frowned at Madara as he reached out to pour her a cup of tea, glaring at him intensely. Taken aback by her sudden reaction, Madara leaned away from his wife, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Uh... is that a no?"

"You can't seriously expect me to drink alone," said [Name] with a scoff, indicating her husband's empty tea cup. It had been empty since she had rejoined him in the dining room, once both of them were bathed and dressed for bed. Tajima had long ago retired to his quarters, leaving the couple alone for the rest of the night. "Pour yourself some."

"I had my fill at dinner," chuckled Madara softly, resuming what he was doing and pouring the Kouhage a fresh cup. "I'm fine."

"Eh, then so am I."

Madara's eyes widened as [Name] rose to her feet, his mind working furiously to find a way to get her to drink the tea.

"Where are you going?" he managed to stammer, with [Name] simply turning her back on him as she headed towards the door.