Mᴀᴅɴᴇss | Sᴀsᴜᴋᴇ Uᴄʜɪʜᴀ

Chapter Seven

Three days flew by unnoticed. Mei stalked around the house, cleaning it thoroughly. She tiptoed to the top shelf in the kitchen, reaching out for a wooden pestle and mortar, when someone knocked on the door. she dusted her hands before opening the door. Mei blink in amusement and confusion when she saw who was standing on the other side of the door. Sakura ran her hand through her hair as she nodded a hello.

"Hello?" Mei said in confusion. The pink haired female never came knocking on her door before. "Can I help you?"

Sakura wrinkled her nose. "I heard that Sasuke was seen here," she stated, looking past Mei, trying to see inside her house.

Mei frowned in annoyance, thinking of all the ways she was going to make Naruto pay for this. Maybe a laxative in his drink, or poison in his food, or maybe even a diuretic powder...her thoughts were rudely interrupted by the pink-haired girl waving her hand in front of Mei's face.

"Eh, hello?" Sakura said in annoyance.

Mei sighed and leaned on her door frame. She crossed the arms on her chest and raised her eyebrows. "He is not here," she replied trying to sound calm. Sakura eyed her suspiciously. Mei shrugged. Sakura tried to look inside the house once again. "He is not here," Mei repeated. "But if I ever see his face again, I will make sure to let him know that you were looking for him." before Sakura could reply, Mei slipped inside the house and closed the door in front of her face.

***

Another knock on the door distracted her from her book. Mei looked up wondering if she should open or pretend like she is not home. Her mind battled the options, as the knocking repeated. The girl exhaled quietly and opened the door.

"Good afternoon," a tall grey-haired masked man stood gracefully in front of her.

"Kakashi-sensei?" she exclaimed.

He bowed lightly, smiling behind his mask. He closed his pervy book and put it in his pocket. "Please, Mei, we are not in that kind of relationship,"

Mei raised her eyebrows amused. "We are not in any kind of relationship," she retorted. "So, what brings you here? Did you run out of the hangover mixture again?"

"What? No...but I will need a new bottle next week so..." Kakashi rubbed the back of his head. Mei waited for him to speak again. "Look, the rumours have it that Sasuke was here," he finally said looking into her eyes. Mei pursed her lips trying to remain calm. The rumours in Konoha seemed to spread with the speed of light.

"As I already told Miss Konoha of the year, he is not here,"

Kakashi gave her a long questioning look but nodded. "I'm sure you understand how important he is to our team. If you see him again..."

"Yes, yes," Mei nodded. "I will tell him that you were looking for him."

"Now, about that miraculous hangover cure, can you make me two bottles this time?"

***

"Are you kidding me?" Mei groaned as soon as she opened the door.

"Hello creepy girl,"

"What the hell are you doing here?" Mei cried out. "You don't even know him,"

Sai looked at her blankly. "I just wanted to be a part of the team," he responded nonchalantly. "It seems like the entire team visited you, so I thought this was something I should do as well."

"Goodbye," Mei slammed the door in front of Sai's face and leaned on it, trying to catch her breath. This pilgrimage to her house had to stop before she lost it completely. She rubbed her temples trying to calculate the chances of more individuals visiting her house to find the infamous Uchiha. Cussing under her breath she marched to the kitchen when another knock echoed in the house. The girl marched to the door ready to give a piece of her mind to whoever was standing on the other side. The door swung open, hitting the handle on the wall.

"I swear if I hear one more word about..." she stopped in her tracks. "Oh, it's you. Fantastic." She said bitterly. "Just the person I wanted to see."

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Sasuke questioned as she grabbed his arm and dragged him inside the house.

"Listen," she interrupted. "I have had it right up to here," she pointed at her throat, "with your fanbase knocking on my door."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Sasuke snarled.

Mei shook her head. "Just do me a favour and go speak to your girlfriend, your sensei and the new team member who replaced you, whom you haven't met, but somehow made an impact on."

"Are you insane?"

"I'm serious, go and talk to them, because if they knock on my door one more time, I will..." Sasuke did not let her finish. His hand shot up and covered her mouth. She looked at him furiously. Mei fumed as she tried to pull his hand away from her mouth. Sasuke caught her hands and held them firmly. He brought his face closer to hers. "Calm down, woman." He hissed under his breath. "Relax,"

Mei furrowed her eyebrows but nodded. Sasuke slowly released her. She sent him a heavy gaze.

"What are you doing here Uchiha?" she questioned, not wanting to lose any time.

"Have you already forgotten our deal?"

"I was not the one who forgot our deal. Just so you know, missing three days of treatment bring us back to where we started. Now we need to start from the beginning and that is just a waste of my time."

Sasuke took out a small clear tube and threw it at her. Mei caught it and her eyes sparkled. There it was. The seed she wanted. She brought it closer to her eyes, feeling her heart fill with excitement. Sasuke watched her expressions change one after the other, the most amusing one by far was when her lips trembled as she whispered sweet nothings to the seed. For a moment he had to remind himself why he was in her house yet again.

"Now we can talk about our further cooperation?" he questioned.

"Sure," Mei nodded not bothering to look at him.

"The deal is still on I presume?" he continued.

"Yes, yes, yes," Mei removed the stopped from the test tube and dropped the feed into her palm. It was farm, it almost felt alive.

"And you will finish the treatment?"

"Sure,"

"There is one condition though," Sasuke said watching her expression carefully.

"Hmmm?"

"Coming here is inconvenient, so for the treatment period, I need you to stay with me and my team."

"Yes, sure..." she replied sniffing the seed when it suddenly hit her. She turned around abruptly and looked at the Uchiha, "wait...what?"