Chapter 8 - A Dazed Sasuke

                                    

                                          
"Sasuke, why the hell did you cancel all your meetings today?! We need to finalize the... uh why do you look like shit?" Shisui asked who just pushed Sasuke's office door wide open without knocking.
Sasuke's elbows rested on his desk, while he buried his face on his palms, his hair was tousled.
                          
Itachi who was behind Shisui patted his back. 
"We can arrange another meeting on Friday, Shisui. I'll deal with Sasuke for the meantime," Itachi responded to Shisui. 
"What the hell's going on? Is something wrong?" Shisui asked. 
                          
"I can't tell if it's wrong or right, actually. I'll find out. Lemme deal with my baby brother."
                          
"Okay then, if your baby brother needs anything, you tell me alright?"
Shisui said then walked away from Sasuke's office.
                          
Itachi entered and shut the door behind him. 
"I get why you're acting like that, but you do know there's still a possibility that the kid's still not yours, right? I mean we don't have any proof that you really are the father. She just... resembles your face."
                          
Sasuke was now looking up at Itachi. 
"That's exactly what's driving me insane right now. I need to know the truth, but I'm not sure if I can really handle it. What if she really is mine? What if she's... not?"
                          
"Take the day off tomorrow and find out for yourself. The best way to know is have a DNA test."
                          
"How the hell do I do that?"
                          
"Like I said, take the day off tomorrow and find out for yourself, you have the entire day to figure that one out. Now, I hate to break it to you but we can't let things here at work be left unfinished before the weekend. Please pull yourself together for me, Sasuke? We need to get shit done or it's chaos."
                          
"Okay, I understand. Thank you," Sasuke replied. 
                          
But upon saying that, he still can't figure out how he'll regain his composure and what to start working on since his desk was piled with files. He just can't seem to brush off the thought of Sakura and Sarada.
                          
When Itachi left, he got up and walked to the corner of his office, got a disposable cup from the cup holder and drank cold water from his water dispenser.
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath.
                          
Then when he finally cleared his head, he shouted at his secretary who's working station was just outside his office. 
"Karin, get in here!"
                          
"Yes, Sir Sasuke?" She said coming in, again with seductive eyes. 
Sasuke wasn't even looking at her. 
"Look for a DNA testing center around town. And we can proceed with my two o'clock meeting later," Sasuke ordered. 
                          
"DNA testing center? What for?"
                          
"That'll be all, Karin," he disregarded his secretary's question.
                          
When he was walking back towards his desk from the water dispenser, Karin spoke again,
"Sir, I know someone personally who's been working in a lab—"
                          
"That's great. Then set me an appointment tomorrow afternoon."
                          
"But it's out of town, like a two-hour drive."
                          
"Again, set me an appointment tomorrow afternoon. I'll be taking a leave tomorrow, reschedule all my meetings from tomorrow to Thursday or Friday. Did you understand everything?"
                          
"Y-yes, sir."
                          
"That'll be all."
                          
Karin was confused of his boss' orders. But still she did what she was told. Before she went home, she gave Sasuke a piece of paper where the DNA lab's name was written, the address, contact number of a person named Suigetsu, and the time of his appointment.