False Hope (Modern SasuSaku Fanfiction)

Chapter 1: Fired

Competitive, accredited, reliable—best words to describe an Uchiha Corporation. And certainly, many people ought to work or pay a visit at that company. Lucky for me, I work there. I work at the Uchiha Corporation, here at Japan. Although, not everyone sacrifices to apply here since there is another Uchiha Corp. at America, and another one here at Japan, yet there is a different owner. 

Everything is so perfect around this corporation, since it is owned and supervised by an intelligent man namely Itachi Uchiha. The one at America is owned by his parents, while the other one here at Japan is supervised by his brother. 

I looked around the entire building while I was heading my way to a certain place. I was smiling when I entered my boss’ office, “Good morning, sir Itachi!” I greeted him happily and bowed my head a little. I looked at him, but he was busy fixing his papers. 

“Sir, let me fix those—”

“Stay where you are, Ms. Haruno.”

I froze. He usually calls me by my name but now, he called me by my last name. I sense something bad going to happen. Or.. maybe I’ll get a promotion? Naaah! I’m good in being his assistant, and that’s enough for me. 

I kept silent since it’s probably the best thing that Itachi would like me to. When he was done fixing his things, I talked, “Sir, the staffs told me that you wanted to see me. Is there a problem?”

He folded his hands over his desk, “Yes, there is a problem, Ms. Haruno.” he tells me as he stared at me intently and this is probably the best time to get nosy. I gestured him to continue and tell me what the ‘problem’ is, and I gulped since this may be a bad one judging by his looks.

“Mr. Uchiha—”

I stopped when he said those words that I didn’t expect to go out of his mouth. Those words...

“You are fired.”

My jaw dropped, my shoulders became weak, and my head erupted with questions. He’s firing me! No, wait. Maybe the employee behind me? Ah, no! I’m the only employee in his office at this point of time! Or maybe Itachi is sleep talking? But that can’t be, his eyes are wide open! He even gave emphasis to the word ‘fired’. Cold-hearted moron! Jeez. I sound like an idiot.

I was lost, I couldn’t find the right words to toss, “W-what? B-but sir! Y-you can’t fire me! This job is all I have! Please!”

He was still calm and collected, and that intimidated me moreover. “I just did.” he says, “Get out of my building.” 

But before he could say one more thing, I ranted, “NO, PLEASE, SIR ITACHI! IF I HAVE TO LICK YOUR SHOES JUST TO RETRIEVE MY JOB BACK, I WILL! JUST PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, DON’T FIRE MEEE!”

“Ms. Haruno! I had no choice to fire you, please tend to understand me.” Itachi says and gives me a record book. “People hates your service, and your clingy attitude.”

I read through the book, and I see millions of comments and remarks from the other employees. “But sir, I still don’t understand. Why are you firing me?” He gets up from his chair, and sighs.

“Lack of speed, poor service, general issues.” He remarked. “I understand that you badly need this job but I can’t hand this over to you. If I still hand this to you, Uchiha Corp. may be destroyed. The other board members are watching your actions, and they don’t like it. I’m sorry.”

Tears were forming on my eyes, I’m losing my job. 

I wiped them fast, and asked him, “Lack of speed? What’s that suppose to mean?”

“You’re always late. You’re slow. You can’t handle the things tossed to you.” he explains as he sat on his chair again and folded his hands. Late? God, I should’ve bought five alarm clocks so that I’ll wake up early!

I nodded, “Poor service?”

“Coffee problems.” Itachi sighs, “Last time, you put salt instead of sugar.” he points out.

“But you said you liked black coffee! And I made you a black one! If I’m not mistaken, I only screwed up in making you a coffee for 5 times...” I said as I counted my fingers.

“Correction, it’s fifty.”

“Fifty times?! Wow, you were counting?”

“Nevermind. Please go.”

“General issues?” I cocked an eyebrow.

“You’re too nosy and clingy.”

Heck, I am losing this job. I had no choice, I looked down, thanked him for the previous things he has done for me, and walked out of this corporation—the Uchiha Corp. I got fired by Itachi Uchiha.

Anyway, hi. 

I’m Sakura Haruno.

And hey, do you know a job that I can apply to?

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***AUTHOR’S NOTE***

A new SasuSaku modern fanfiction for you guys! And it's AU! (Alter Universe). I want to explore the modern world, and I know this is somewhat cliche but whatever, I want to enjoy writing this. Please try reading this, I won’tt let you down! :) 

//Although I cannot promise you that updates will be consistent yet I shall NEVER discontinue this and to top it all up, I actually never discontinued a book. I’m gonna finish this and that’s good news right? Hehe

That’s all, thank you! 

(Will be updated next week or so)

***Done proofreading! :D

XOXO

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