At some point, Sakura did fall asleep, and when she and Sasuke woke, the older Uchiha boys were long gone from their sides. When they went downstairs for breakfast, they found them there, sitting with Fugaku-san and talking about what he had instructed them to do the previous night.

Mikoto-san walked in, holding a folder in her hands; a dazzling smile graced her aristocratic face. 'Look what I have here! ' she exclaimed, and passed the contents of the folder around.

Sakura stared with ill-concealed surprise at the dozen or so copies of the same photo. A photo clearly taken some time in the early morning, since some faint sunlight could be seen filtering through the curtains. Sasuke and Sakura in the middle of the Uchiha prodigy sandwich. Her brows furrowed, looking back at the woman.

When

had she snapped the photo without any of them noticing, and

how on earth