Come morning, Sakura showed up for breakfast long before Sasuke awoke. Itachi, Fugaku and Mikoto were already at the table, wearing solemn expressions. Sakura correctly guessed that it had to do with the previous night 's guests they'd had over for dinner. In her original timeline, Sakura had never met the Uchiha Elders, and from their (thus far) small interaction in her second life, she was glad she hadn 't.

If she could describe them in a few words, those would be: miserable, rude, and entitled old coots.

At first, she was at least happy that Shisui had been there as well. After Mikoto found out he was back from his long mission, once Shisui had taken Sakura and Sasuke home, she'd all but dragged him inside the house. So, her friend was there, sitting by her side through the night. Sakura had found out early on that Shisui often took on the role of the jester when dealing with his clan, because

'a fool could always fool others '

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