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Still waiting

"Ring. Ring. Riiing…."

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"Sasuke, answer the damn phone!" Sakura walked back and forth, holding her cellphone to her ear.

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"You'll be directed to the messag-"

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"Ugh!" she flipped closed her phone and threw it on her bed as she also flopped on her bed. "Why isn't he answering?!" she thought out loud.

She looked at her ceiling, it was so silent there.

Then her phone suddenly rang. She sat up and answered it right away.

"Hello?" she said eagerly.

"Sakura-chan?"

"Naruto!" she smiled. "I'm glad you called!"

"Ehehe Well I wanted to call you before you go." Naruto said from the other line. "Take care, okay? By the way, have you already talked to Kakashi-sensei and Sasuke-teme?" He asked.

"Uhm…I met Kakashi-sensei on my way home awhile ago and I told him and he also told me to take care." She smiled. "But Sasuke, I haven't talked to him yet, he's not answering the phone." She frowned slightly.

"Really? Maybe you should try calling him again, kay?"

Sakura smiled. "Alright, I will."

"Okay, that's good! Take care again! Call me, kay? I'll treat you ramen when you come back!"

She laughed. "Yeah, yeah, sure. But you do know I'm not coming back after two years, right?" she grinned.

"Aw. That's way too long, Sakura-chan! But at least you're coming back! We'll wait for you 'til then! I'll keep all the coupons I get from Ichiraku so we could use it when you come back!" he exclaimed.

Sakura's eyes softened and nodded even if Naruto couldn't really see her doing it. "Alright, That's great!! I-I'll miss you guys!" she stuttered as she controlled her tears. "I go to go now! I'm planning on dropping by Ino's shop before I go. I'll call you when I get there, Promise! Bye." She smiled.

"Alright, I go to go to Ichiraku now, anyway! Ehehe Bye."

And they hang up.

Sakura opened her phone again and sighed.

"Ring. Ring. Riiing…." The phone rang.

She sighed. "Still not answering…" she muttered.

"You'll be directed to the messaging system, please leave your message after the beep. Beeep."

Sakura frowned and sighed heavily.


She got up and took her jacket.

The door chimes sounded as someone entered the Yamanaka flower shop. Ino looked up to see who it was. She smiled as she got up. "Sakura!"

"Ino!" she again controlled her tears as she hugged her bestfriend tightly. "I'll miss you!" she muffled as she faced Ino.

"Me too!" Ino is also controlling her tears but decided to just smile for her friend, cause she knew if she cries Sakura will cry too. "Take care, kay? Just call me when a jerk mess up with you, eh?" she said as she grinned.

Sakura giggled. "Don't worry, I would've kicked his ass already if someone messed up with me." She raised her fist. "But I will call you!" she added.

And they both laughed. "Alright! I'll be waiting!!! Fight!" Ino said as she also raised her fist then hugged Sakura again. "You should go now."

"Yeah! Bye bye!" she waved as she turned around and walked out of the store and turned around again to peek at the glass and waved again to Ino. Ino beamed and waved back happily at her.

Sakura went inside the car. "Umm… excuse me.. Mr. Driver?" she asked the driver. "Could we drop by one last place before we go? It'll just take some minutes! Promise." she pleaded her hands clapped in front of her.

The old man turned to her and smiled. "Sure, Miss Sakura. Where is it?"

She smiled at him gratefully.

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She stood in front at the Hiroshi shrine, eagerly looking around. But no one was there.

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Sasuke shot his eyes open and feeling somewhat weird. He got up from the couch, where he seemed to have fallen asleep at. He had a headache in doing so. He checked his temperature and it seems that he's having a slight fever. "Hn." He scowled.

He looked around; it was dark inside his apartment. Then his eyes fell on his phone, which is lighting on and off. He picked it and flipped it open

"One unheard voice message." It read.

He clicked on it and listened.

"Um…Sasuke? It's Sakura, can you go to Hiroshi shrine once you hear this? Ehehe Uhm.. That's all. Bye bye. I'll- beep." And the message ended.

"Tch." He rubbed his aching head and threw the phone back to the couch. 'Is it important? I'll just call her later.' He thought nonchalantly as he stood up exhaustedly.

He stumbled to his bathroom to see if he has some medicine there. But there was none so he decided to go to the drug store.


"I'll-beep! The message has ended." Sakura heard from the other line.

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Ill be waiting.

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Sasuke got out of the drug store when he saw Naruto which just got out of Ichiraku.

"Dobe." He muttered tiredly.

Naruto looked up. "Teme! There you are! Have you already talked to Sakura-chan? She said she tried calling you many times!" he exclaimed as he went to him and looked at him. "Hey, you look sick? Are you okay, Teme?" He touched Sasuke's forehead. "You're sick!"

"I'm not sick, Dobe." He shoved Naruto's hand away. "And what were you saying about Sakura?" he asked, curious as to why she called and what she needed to tell him.

"Oh that! You haven't talked to her? Why didn't you call her? She'll be leaving today. Her father called her last night and she needed to go to where her parents are for some reason…." He ranted. "She told me that she tried calling you but you weren't answering. And she'll be back after- huh? Where is he?" Naruto looked around but there was no sign of Sasuke anymore.


Sasuke sprinted, even if he was feeling a terrible headache and feels that he has no more energy anymore. And it seems that he could faint there anytime.

He stopped and reached for his phone in his pocket, it wasn't there. He reached for it in his other pocket and realized that he left it at the couch. "Damn!" He sighed furiously as he looked around and rushed to the shrine.

Sasuke? It's Sakura, can you go to Hiroshi shrine once you hear this? Ehehe Uhm..That's all. Bye bye. I'll-

He turned around the corner.

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Sakura looked around anxiously, clutching her phone.

"Miss Sakura, I think we should get going now." The driver bowed and went to her.

She bit her lip and looked around once more. "Um… Just one more minute, okay?" she pleaded. "After a minute, we'll go, Mr. Driver!" she assured him and smiled worriedly and looked around again.

"Alright." The driver said because he somewhat feels that it was really is important to Sakura what she was waiting for.

After a minute have passed as she said, he was still not there. 'He's not coming.' She told herself as she smiled sadly and bowed her head.

She lifted her head. "Okay, we could go now Mr. Driver! A promise is a promise!" she forced a smile as she walked and looked at the shrine one last time.

'He's such a jerk.' She thought and laughed lightly, she felt a teardrop fell and bit her lip. She then entered the car hesitantly.

The driver watched her sadly and sighed and also went inside the car and drove. He could've allowed her to stay longer but she might miss the flight and that can't happen.

Sakura looked through her window and saw nothing but the wind, blowing the leaves gently. She smiled and turned her head in front and nodded at the driver.

The driver nodded back and started the car.

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Unknown to Sakura the moment she turned away and the car left, Sasuke arrived at the shrine panting heavily, catching his breath. He closed his eyes for awhile.

And he put his hands on his knees for support as he vigorously looked around, still breathing heavily and soaked in his sweat. "Shit! –breath-" he cursed as he looked around again and saw that there wasn't anyone there anymore.

He leaned his back at the statue in front of the shrine as he slid down on the ground, still panting heavily.

He ran his hand through his hair irately as he shut his eyes close. He sighed heavily.

"Shit. Shit. Shit…." he muttered over and over as he slightly banged his head over and over too at was he was leaning.

And it started raining.

Sakura looked outside the window of the car, slightly tracing the raindrops. "Sasuke…" she watched the rain falling.

'It seems that sky is crying for me.' She thought and smiled sadly.

Sasuke looked up as he felt the raindrops. "Hn." he felt the drops on his palm.

He staggered as he got up, soaked in the rain.


AN: So i revised this story. Hope there are no mistakes anymore..ehehe. please r&r thanks.