Declaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Hello people! This is a SasuNaru story with a slight bit of NaruSaku.
Warning: Some cursing. I think two or so words.
Have fun reading!
"I'm finally going to confess to just how much I love him," Sakura said aloud becoming giddy at the thought.
Walking home from the hospital she worked at, Sakura reflected on the reason she thought now would be a great time to tell the person she was madly and whole heartily in love with him about her feelings.
Working at the Konoha Hospital made Sakura realize just how precious and short life could be so that evening she asked her dream man out for a casual dinner and decided that it would be the perfect night to confess her feelings for him.
"I bet he will be very surprised and excited that I'm finally returning his love," Sakura continued talking to herself as she took a shortcut through an alleyway to get home faster.
"Who's feelings are you returning," Sakura jumped with a yelp and turned to see Sasuke standing right behind her.
"Oh, hello Sasuke-kun. How are you?" She asked sweetly though she no longer felt any romantic feelings for him.
Over the years Sakura came to realize just who the most important person in her life was and that person surprisingly wasn't the boy she had been pining over so long for when she was younger.
"Fine. You still haven't answered my question," Sasuke snarled harshly when Sakura seemed to be daydreaming.
"Uh-um. Well, I can't tell you cause I want him to be the first to know of my feelings," Sakura said feeling extremely shy all of a sudden.
Now when she realized that she would actually be telling the man that had loved her for so long that she loved him back, she became very nervous.
The blush and flustered look on her face prompted Sasuke to speak.
"You seem nervous," he said bluntly.
"Wha? What are you talking about. He's been in love with me so long that there is nothing to be nervous about. I know he will be returning my feelings," Sakura spoke feeling just a little less nervous with her logic.
Sasuke didn't seem to buy it. So in an unnaturally caring voice he spoke again.
"Sakura, if you're nervous confessing to this guy than it might come out wrong when you actually speak to him." Sakura looked at him with shock for both his sweet voice and the fact that he was probably right.
"Oh on! What do I do now, I can't confess to him and have it turn out all wrong?!" Sakura shouted while jumping around.
Sasuke just stood there annoyed with her stupid girly reaction. He got bored with watching her make a fool of herself really quickly.
"Sakura." Sasuke said calling her name. Sakura continued jumping and shouting.
This became ever more annoying and made him even more pissed off.
"SAKURA! Shut up!" Sakura froze mid-jump and stared at Sasuke. "I'll help you if you want." He spoke after a short awkward pause.
"Really, how?" Sakura asked excitingly.
"Just pretend I'm him and confess to me. I'll tell you if you are doing anything wrong." Sasuke answered.
Sakura stayed quiet and just stared at him.
"What? You confessed your love for me plenty of times in the past, nothing will change except the name," Sasuke told her when she wasn't responding.
"Yeah, I know I confessed to you many many times, but this is different," she admitted.
"How is this any different?" Sasuke questioned looking only slightly curious.
"What I felt for you was just a crush and I was too young to really understand anything about love. What I feel for him is pure love and I understand what this love I have for him means. This is a big difference," Saukra spoke honestly.
Sasuke was a bit surprised at her declaration, but easily recovered and said, "Then that's more reason to practice. You don't want to mess this up, do you?"
"N-no. Ok, you're right. I'll practice on you." Sakura finally agreed mildly wondering why Sasuke would bother to help her with her love life.
Maybe he finally accepts her and sees her as a fond friend.
After about two minutes of staring at each other Sasuke growled out, "What's wrong, say something."
"Don't rush me, this takes time," Sakura argued.
"Whatever." Sasuke said as he crossed his arms and waited for the girl to speak.
"Ok, here goes." Sakura breathed in and started to speak.
"You know that we have known each other for a long time. I was not the nicest or greatest person to you in the beginning, but over time you somehow implanted yourself into my life. I have so many wonderful memories of us and I was hoping that we could make many more together. What I'm trying to say is that I'm in love with you, Naruto."
"So, what do you think? Is that alright?" Sakura asked nervously.
She finally told someone other than herself that she was in love with Naruto and she actually felt good about it. Still on the high of getting her secret out there, she didn't see the fist coming towards her until it hit her gut and by than she was out like a light.
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Waking up, what felt like hours later, Sakura noticed she was in an unfamiliar room.
Looking around, she found that the room had a king sized bed with navy blue to black bedding on it right in front of her, a door on her left, a large desk with a lit up computer on it on her right which was on the left side of a grand window, a dresser drawer on the right side of the window and other odds and ends that were found in most every bedroom.
She heard a door open behind her that she didn't realize was there and tried to move to see the person who was coming into the room. Noticing that she was going no where, she finally realized that she was in the middle of the room tied down to a chair.
"Don't bother struggling, the rope is chakra enforced," a deep and familiar voice said from behind.
That was when her memory of what happened previously came back to her.
"S-Sasuke? Why are you doing this? What have I done wrong!?" Sakura was at the point of almost crying when she saw that Sasuke made no reaction to her current situation.
Sasuke walked over to her and sat on the edge of the bed. He smiled a wicked smile and finally spoke.
"I'm preventing you from making a big mistake," Sasuke told Sakura.
"What are you talking about? What big mistake?" Sakura questioned with a lost look on her face.
"Telling Naruto that you love him, of course," Sasuke simply said.
Sakura looked at him with shock. She didn't understand why Sasuke would stop her from confessing her love for another man and why Sasuke himself would care. He never showed any sign of caring for her besides seeming to help her with her love life earlier in the alleyway. That was until he heard who she was confessing to.
Realizing that Sasuke must not want her to confess to another man, because he believed that she should be with him instead hit her hard.
"After all this time Sasuke finally loves me, but..." Sakura looked Sasuke in the eyes and spoke her mind.
"Sasuke, I'm sorry but I'm not in love with you anymore. Naruto is the only one I have romantic feelings for. I understand that you finally realized that you loved..." Sasuke grabbed her mouth forcing her to stop talking.
"Here's the thing Sakura. I have never and will never be in love with you. If I was, you would be tied down to the bed instead of a chair which I might have to throw out since you sat in it," Sasuke said smirking when he saw Sakura's eyes go wide.
"The reason I think you are making a mistake, is that you are trying to take something from me." Sakura was shaking her head from side to side indicating that she did no such thing when Sasuke continued, "Yes, yes you are. Naruto is not and will never be yours, so I suggest you take that little thought of confessing to him out of your mind, because it won't happen."
Sasuke finally let go of Sakura who stayed quiet for all of two seconds before she started yelling.
"What the hell are you talking about! I will tell Naruto how I feel and you can't stop me!" Sakura shouted while trying to struggle out of the confines of the chair.
Sasuke chuckled at her bad attempt of escaping and at her words. Sakura stopping trying to get out of the chair, also calming down a little and spoke again.
"I don't get it, how am I trying to take what's yours?" she questioned.
"It's really simple Sakura. Your little brain just needs to think a little harder. I'm sure you can figure out what it is." Sasuke said in a mockery voice. "I'll be back when you wrap your head around this one." With that said, Sasuke left out of the door that he had entered from.
Sakura sat still and thought about what Sasuke said to her. For the life of her she would not admit to knowing what he was talking about. It just couldn't be true. But the more she thought about it, the more she knew that it had to be true.
All those looks towards him and his anger whenever someone besides himself got close were now making perfect sense. For the longest time Sakura knew she could never stop the bond between Sasuke and Naruto even when she was trying to get Sasuke to be her number one, but she only thought or most likely hoped that it only reached friendship.
Sitting there in the chair Sakura came to the conclusion that she will tell Naruto about her feelings. Sasuke can't stop her, even if he has feelings for him. She had a right to be happy too and she knew that Naruto would be the source of her happiness. She also knew that Naruto had and hopefully still has feelings for her. He never gave any inkling that he had feelings for Sasuke.
"Grrr, that bastard is not going to stop me!" Sakura shouted as she once again tried to get out of the chair she was tied to.
"Oh, really?" Sasuke said as he was making his was to Sakura. Sakura stilled wondering how she didn't notice him come in. As if reading her mind Sasuke answered her unspoken question.
"You are weaker than me, Sakura." As if that answer was sufficient enough to explain why she didn't sense his presents before.
Not waiting for her to answer back, he continued, "Now back to where we were. Have you come up with an answer?"
Sakura looked at him like he had grown an extra head and just stared. Sasuke became impatience with her lack of intelligence. He could see that she was at a loss and choice not to answer him.
"Sakura, will you let this stupid crush of yours on Naruto go and leave him alone?" Sasuke asked looking at her with narrowed eyes.
Sakura finally came to and processed what Sasuke had asked. She didn't even know why she was hesitating, because she already told herself that she would tell Naruto about her feelings no matter what Sasuke had to say about it. Looking up into him eyes, she narrowed her own and told him her thoughts.
"I know you love Naruto too, Sasuke." Sasuke glared at her with more intensity and let her continue talking. "But that doesn't mean that he loves you." Sakura paused, because she saw how angry Sasuke was getting at her last words.
"What the fuck do you know? It's not like he's in love with you." Sasuke growled out through clinched teeth.
Sakura stared at him as if he was stupid and gave a little chuckle. "What do you mean, he's not in love with me? If you hadn't noticed, he has been in love with me for many years."
Sasuke just stood there with his arms crossed and tightened his hold on his arms. He knew she was right about Naruto loving Sakura for a long time, but that would not stop him. He also knew that she would eventually bring that up and he was ready for it.
The smirk that formed on Sasuke's face made Sakura stop smiling and made her become very nervous.
"Like I said Sakura, you are weaker than me." Sakura was getting scared by now. Was he going to hurt me?!
Sasuke continued, not realizing the fear in Sakura's eyes. "In turn, Naruto is also weaker than I am." Sasuke's smirk became more sinister with that knowledge.
"What!? Please, please don't hurt me or Naruto. I thought you loved him?" Sakura shouted at Sasuke.
Sasuke looked at her as if she had just come out of the loony bin. His eyes widened slightly when he finally understood what she was shouting about. Annoyance creep into of him and he knew that this women was dumber, no as dumb as she looked.
"Are you stupid? Why the hell would I try to hurt you and especially Naruto?" Sakura calmed down and realized that she was thinking too much. Ever though Sasuke was a bastard and scary, he would never do something like that.
"Oh, sor..." Sakura stopped apologizing when she figured this kind of situation did not call for one, even if she accused him of trying to hurt someone he loved.
"Then what are you going to do? What's the point of pointing out that we are weaker than you?" Sakura asked.
"It's simple. If you try to go to Naruto with your babble about love, I will take Naruto away from you." Sasuke told her flatly.
"And how are you going to do that? You can't be with him all the time. I'll get my chance to confess and he'll return my love." Sakura said with mild confidence in her somewhat shaky voice. She did not like where this conversation was going.
"That won't be a problem, Sakura. I plan to take him away from the village all together." Sakura looked at him as if he was insane.
"What?! Y-You can't do that! He loves this village, he will never leave with you!" Sakura screamed trying to convince herself.
"Of course he will. He'll follow me anywhere nowadays. You know that as well as I do. And if he doesn't want to come peacefully, than I can physically take him away. But that can all be avoided if you don't say a word to him about what you feel." Sasuke finished, satisfied that he got through to her.
"What if Naruto tells me he loves me and wants to be with me?" Sakura asked trying the only loophole that she could think of.
"Do as you always do Sakura. Tell him that you will never love him and for him to move on." Sasuke told her as if it was unreasonable to even ask such a question.
Now Sakura understood her circumstance clearly. If she tells Naruto her feelings, she will never be able to see him again, but if she doesn't say anything, she will feel loneliness for the rest of her life. She knew what she had to do, but letting her love for Naruto go was almost to much to bare.
"Fine," Sakura said weakly. "I won't say anything to Naruto."
Sasuke smirked. "Good girl."
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Walking down the street of Konoha, Sasuke saw Naruto talking to Sakura. Sasuke narrowed his eyes as he started to walk towards them. Sakura was the first to notice him and chose to ignore him and continued to talk to Naruto.
Over the past few weeks Sakura started to avoid Sasuke as much as possible, but also tried to stay by Naruto's side as much as she could. It was getting annoying for Sasuke, since he wished to spend more time with Naruto without the headache being in the way.
He knew that Sakura would never confess to Naruto know, but he still did not like the girl getting close to him. Finally getting close enough to hear the end of the conversation, Sasuke stopped where he was.
"Sakura, I have something to talk to you about. Would it be okay if we were to have dinner tonight at my place?" Naruto asked with a smile on his face.
Sakura was overjoyed with what Naruto had just asked her. She knew that she could not tell Naruto how she felt, but she would never pass up the chance to be alone with him so she quickly and eagerly agreed.
Sasuke finally came up to them and announced his presents, to Naruto at least. Sakura was less than enthusiastic to see him, but she knew that he heard what Naruto had asked her and she was very happy with the glare that he pointed her way.
"Hey, dobe." Sasuke called to Naruto, ignoring Sakura like he usually did.
Naruto turned and looked at Sasuke. He smiled and spoke to his best friend. "Hey, teme! What are you doing here?" Naruto questioned.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm walking." Sasuke answered, smirking when he saw Naruto's pouting face.
"Whatever." Naruto said to Sasuke.
It got quiet when Naruto became lost in his thoughts. He just stared blankly, trying to concentrate really hard.
"Don't think too hard, it might hurt your head." Sasuke spoke when he noticed Naruto's silence.
Naruto ignored his comment and asked the question that was on his ming, "Um, Sakura. Why aren't you saying hello to Sasuke-teme?"
Naruto was at a loss to why Sakura would not even acknowledge Sasuke's presence. He was used to Sasuke doing that, but Sakura was the polite one. It was really weirding him out.
"Oh, well I was just think and I forgot too." Sakura than turned to Sasuke and spoke. "Hello, Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke didn't get to answer her back, though he probably wouldn't have anyway, when she turned back to Naruto and spoke to him.
"I'll see you tonight Naruto. I have to go now, bye." She waved at him as she walked away and left with Naruto waving back at her.
"See you later." Naruto said and then turned to Sasuke.
Sasuke was angry again when he was reminded that Naruto and Sakura were having dinner together.
"Why are you having dinner with her and why didn't you invite me?" Sasuke questioned Naruto with only slight angry bubbling to the surface.
"Cause teme, I need to talk to her alone and you being there would not help." Naruto answered as he turned and started to walk in the direction of his apartment.
"What is so important that you need to be alone with her?" Sasuke persisted, becoming angrier by the minute.
"I'm not going to tell you. You'll just ruin it." Naruto said walking faster away from Sasuke so he would not question him about tonight.
By the time they got to Naruto's apartment though, Sasuke had asked Naruto why he wanted Sakura over more than Naruto thought was necessary and every time, Naruto would tell him to fuck off.
Finally at his door, Naruto stopped and turned to Sasuke.
"Look, I have to get ready for tonight so will you leave me alone. I'll see you tomorrow. Do you want to hang out than?" Naruto asked though he was extremely annoyed with Sasuke's behavior.
Sasuke gave up on his questioning once he realized that Naruto really wouldn't tell him why he was having dinner with Sakura.
"Yeah, sure." Sasuke said as he turned and walked towards his house. He was not going to stay put though. "If that bitch tries anything, she will never see Naruto again."
Next and last chapter will come out within a day to a few days.
Hope you enjoyed the first chapter!
