The First Move

by bhavna-madan

It's been two years since she'd seen him. Who will make the first move and how? Will they let their ego and fears get in the way? Placed just after the events of 'The Last'. (Warning: Some serious SasuSaku fluff going on inside)

The first move (A SasuSaku one-shot)

Disclaimer: The world of Naruto and all the amazing characters in it belong to Kishimoto. I wish I'd owned Sasuke… Nah… Sakura owns him. :3

Summary: It's been two years since she'd seen him. Who will make the first move and how? Will they let their ego and fears get in the way? Placed just after the events of 'The Last'. (Warning: Some serious SasuSaku fluff going on inside *blushes in embarrassment*)

Sakura couldn't help but smile at a fully red and flustered Hinata all cuddled up with Naruto in the red scarf that she had knit him. The war was over. Finally. Toneri was no longer a nuisance. They were finally going back to Konoha. Everything was perfect then. Well almost everything. It was not too long ago that Sakura got to witness Naruto kissing Hinata. Lucky bastard She thought and inner Sakura giggled. Both Naruto and Sasuke had had their first kisses. That too they shared it amongst each other. Seriously. Naruto was a lucky bastard. She let out a sigh and shook her head. Sasuke… Her mind drifted towards a silhouette against the burning orange sun. The figure was wearing the clothes Sasuke was wearing the last time she saw him. Two years ago…

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto snapped his finger in front of her, other hand around Hinata's waist. Her head jerked and she looked at him with a confused expression. "You were zoning out. We'll be back in Konoha in no time. Ain't I right Shikamaru?" Naruto yelped cheerfully. Being around him just elevated the energy and hyperactivity of the surroundings.

"I wasn't zoning out." Sakura lied and crossed her arms. "I was thinking."

"Oh yeah? What about?" Naruto asked teasing her and Hinata punched his shoulder in the mildest way possible. Naruto chuckled.

"You know Naruto, unlike you. I am this strong today because of my hard work. And my determination to become a medic-nin. And to become a medic-nin, one needs to read a lot of medical books. Why don't you just go ahead and imagine me thinking of the contents of those books?" Sakura asked smirking at Naruto's confused expression.

"Because… The way I know you, you'd probably not be thinking of medical stuff when not needed. Were you thinking of punching someone? It better not be me Dattebayo!" Naruto exclaimed and Sakura laughed as she shook her head.

"Oh, I should've figured this out! You were thinking of Sasuke!" Naruto said and laughed while Sakura glared at him and shook her head though inner Sakura was ranting Lies! Lies! Lies! She just hoped that her lying abilities weren't as bad as she thought they were. Naruto knew that Sasuke was a sensitive topic to pull Sakura's leg with and yet he did it. The last time he teased her with Sasuke, he had to beg Yamato to fix the hole on his wall. That boy never learnt from his mistakes.

"Or the best Sakura-chan! You were thinking of punching Sasuke!" Sakura was losing her patience. What the hell was the blonde ramen brain talking about? Though he continued, because he was Naruto and just didn't know when to stop. "He really does deserve it you know. When I thought he said he was leaving I thought it'd be only for a few months, but that baka jus-"Naruto was cut off by a punch from Sakura in the stomach. He should've thanked god that Sakura hadn't gathered chakra in her palms before punching him. It didn't hurt as much as it should've but he still flinched.

"Ow Sakura-chan! Why did you do that?" Naruto asked making a pouty face.

"I told Sai once before and I'll repeat it. Don't bad mouth Sasuke-kun." Sakura said and then smirked getting a small glance from Sai who turned around to extract the reason for the use of his name.

"You know I love him too Sakura-Chan! I wasn't doing it intentionally!" Naruto said and received glares from both Hinata and Sakura, a slightly interested expression on the usually bored face of Shikamaru's and Sai's thumbs up.

"Way to go dickless. You finally came out of the closet. Just after you made Hinata believe you were straight." Sai said smiling. Naruto finally understood what a stupid thing he had said and shook his head vigorously.

"Baka!" Sakura chirped and hit his head.

"Again Sakura-chan?! Hinata! Not fair!" He looked at Hinata who was trying hard to look at him straight in his eyes.

"Sorry Naruto-kun, but you kind of asked for it." Hinata said softly and Naruto pouted.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean it that way. Sasuke was, is and will be my best friend forever Sakura-chan. Tough he can be a bastard at times. You know that." Naruto apologized and held Hinata's hand and he patted it.

"It's okay Naruto. I'm sorry too." Sakura said and rubbed her temple. "It's just… I… I…" Sakura didn't know what to say. "I'm tired. I can't wait to get back home and just drop dead on my bed. All this Toneri nonsense has over-worked me." She finished and Naruto smiled. He knew she was exhausted. All of them were. Well, all of them except himself of course. Naruto's energy just never drained out.

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"And that finally put an end to Toneri. That's about it. Kakashi sens- Sama." Naruto said and corrected himself before he could call his former sensei as 'sensei'. "Why did I agree to this?" He groaned. Hinata rubbed his arm and smiled sadly at him. A pitiful smile.

"Get used to it Naruto." Kakashi said with a smirk plastered on his face.

"Naruto. Don't be stupid. Kakashi sensei is just messing with you." Sakura said. She still couldn't believe the fact that her teacher and Naruto had a bet to see whether she ended up with Naruto or not. The loser had to call the other one 'Sama' for a whole month and Naruto having sided with the opinion that he would end up with Sakura had to call Kakashi with the honorable suffix of 'Sama'.

"Am not." Kakashi defended himself "I'm just way smarter than anyone here." Sakura raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah sure." Sakura said, her tone dripping with sarcasm. "Any smart person would never place a bet with Naruto over something so stupid."

"They can if they know the end result beforehand." Kakashi said and smirked under that wretched mask of his.

"What rubbish. You can't predict the future." Naruto said and crossed his arms on his chest as if he had made note of the most incredible fact on earth.

"I can when I just know that Sakura and Sasuke were made to end up with each other." Kakashi said and Sakura blushed furiously. Her face three shades darker than her hair. Kakashi then added "Not to mention when there's someone as beautiful as Hinata madly in love with you." Hinata blushed this time and Kakashi added "You're just oblivious Naruto."

"That's all points put together sensei." Sai said with that big smile of his on his face "Except I don't see how 'ugly' here is going to end up with someone who isn't here."

"What did you call me?!" Sakura fumed and turned to Sai. He shook his turned to face her. Sakura was too tired to pick another fight. She sighed and looked at the ground. "Go ahead. Say anything you want to. I'm not in the mood pick an argument today."

Deep down, she knew what he said was the truth. How was she going to end up with someone she's been waiting for so long? Fourteen years. She'd waited for Sasuke for fourteen long years. Ever since she was five. Even when he abandoned the village, she hadn't lost all hope. She knew that there was nobody else she could love except him. But maybe… Maybe it was time to move on. Fourteen years was too long a time to wait. Just too long.

"Sakura-chaaan… you're zoning out again…" Naruto waved his hand in her face and she snapped out of her thoughts.

"Sorry… continue." She said and sighed. This daydreaming had to stop.

"Can we leave? I've got to get some sleep. All this saving Naruto's damsel in distress is really tiring." Shikamaru said and he yawned.

"Sure. All of you can leave now." When they turned to leave, Kakashi added "Except Naruto and Sakura." Even though they were a little confused, they stayed back and the rest of them left. Hinata, after she hugged Naruto and kissed his cheek.

"Oho. All lovey dovey huh?" Kakashi asked still smirking.

"You didn't see them kiss though. In front of the moon." Sakura said waving her hands animatedly and laughed.

"Don't worry Sakura… You will have you first kiss too. Soon enough." Kakashi said and Sakura just stood there with a confused expression trying to decipher his words. "Okay! I'm sorry." Kakashi spoke to the air and Sakura wondered if her former sensei was crazy.

"So Kakashi sens- Ugh! Sama… Why did you ask us to stay back?" Naruto questioned.

"Well, there's someone here whom you might wanna meet." Kakashi said.

"And who's that?" Sakura asked raising an eyebrow.

"Sakura…" She heard a voice from behind her and her heart skipped a beat. Her name pronounced in the same tone as it was about three years ago when she went in search of the boy she loved. And that voice…

"Sa-Sasuke-kun?" She mumbled feebly and slowly turned. Naruto did the same too. Instead, he was faster and turned immediately.

"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled out of happiness and waved furiously. Sakura just stared at him as he awkwardly waved back at Naruto and caught a glimpse of her. The blush crept back to her face as he turned back to Naruto.

There was one thing running in Sakura's mind and she couldn't focus on anything else as the inner Sakura was ranting in her head.

Where the hell did Sasuke's spiky duck-butt shaped hair go?!

She noticed he'd grown his hair longer and he himself had grown a hell lot. She wondered how tiny she'd look standing next to him. As for his face, His Rinnegan was nowhere to be seen. Maybe he had learned how to control it. It was a good thing. His mismatched eyes were a little creepy. She still loved it though. She wondered how someone could look that good in a tattered poncho. She stared at his lips as the moved slowly when he spoke to Naruto. Where they always that good?! How did she ever miss that? All together he looked… So ravishingly handsome.

"Sakura-Chan! Why do keep zoning out?!" Naruto said and shook her shoulders. It was then that she realized that she was gaping at Sasuke and she heard Kakashi snicker behind her and Sasuke passed her a questioning look.

"Uh… I um… Bye!" Sakura squeaked and ran out of the Hokage's room as fast as she could. The last thing she could hear was Naruto's words What was that all about? And she could mentally imagine Sasuke shrugging his shoulders as if to say that he had no clue himself. And she knew that she wouldn't get any sleep that night due to sheer happiness.

xxx

"Ino pig! Help me! What am I going to do?! What should I wear?!" Sakura yelled as she frantically ran around her room in her bindings and white pants while Ino sat on her bed with a bored expression. She had received a letter from the Hokage yesterday that team seven would meet at training ground 3 this morning at nine and it was eight thirty on her clock.

"I was planning on asking Sai out now. You do know that you're depriving me of my freedom while you run around in your underwear right?" Ino said and she lay down on Sakura's bed.

"Did I mention that Sasuke-kun's back?!" Sakura asked with tensed expression.

"Seventy two thousand times since I walked into your house to give you the flowers for the vase and get tips about approaching Sai. Why don't you wear what you wear always?" Ino asked.

"What if I don't look good enough?!" Sakura yelled frustrated. "Actually… It doesn't matter." She said as she put on her green sweater. It was winter, but it wasn't as cold as usual so she decided not to take her red coat along.

"Huh? I don't get you billboard brow." Ino sent her a puzzled look. "One moment you're all O what do I wear to make Sasuke jump me?! And the next you're like I don't care. He'll jump me no matter what!" Ino snickered.

"Shut up. I don't want him to jump me. Not that he ever will." Sakura said and sat on the bed beside Ino.

"Hey Sakura. Why are you so upset over a thing so small? All men are like this. You've got to take the first move." Ino said and patted her shoulder.

"No Ino. Not anymore. I'm not going to make any moves this time. It's all in Sasuke-kun's hand now. Whether he wants to be with me or not is his wish. I will not force anything upon him." Sakura said gloomily.

"Whatever you say Sakura." Ino said with a serious tone "But remember, you're missing the opportunity. Who knows how long he's going to stay this time? Drop the ego. You love him."

"It's not the ego. I've loved him for fourteen years now Ino. I told him that I love him and that I'd do anything for him twice already. During our Genin days and just before Naruto and Sasuke-kun both beat the crap out of each other. Both times I ended up unconscious. If there's anything or any place in his heart for me, then he will take the first move Ino. Or he can consider me out of reach forever. If nothing happens between us by the time he leaves again, I'll start dating other people." Sakura said softly.

"Wow Sakura. You've matured. A lot. You know… I see Kiba making eyes at you every now and then. Who knows, If Sasuke doesn't take the first move this time then I guess you'll be running around the Inuzuka halls with baby Inuzukas instead of baby Uchihas in your arms" Ino said laughing.

"Ino…" Sakura stated slowly. "Don't creep me out like that. Although Kiba is okay looks wise."

"You bet he is. Not as good as Sai or Sasuke though." Ino said raising her eyebrows and smiling slyly at her friend.

"Okay Ino! I've got to leave! Bye! I'll see you later!" Sakura said as she got up to leave. Ino got up and followed Sakura out of the house. They bid goodbyes and walked away in opposite directions.

"Sasuke… You better take the first move. I wanna see Pink haired Uchihas. Not Inuzukas." Ino muttered under her breathe and walked towards the rusty art shop to check whether Sai had been there.

On the other side…

Sakura succeeded in ignoring Sasuke as much as possible and spoke minimum to him. They trained and trained more. She learned of the ways he controlled his Rinnegan. Somewhere in between the training, while sparring with Naruto, she remembered what Kakashi had told her the day before. You'll have your first kiss soon, then He brought Sasuke into the frame. Sakura realized what he meant and yelled random curses while the rest of her teammates gave her weird looks and she ran away. Again.

So the day passed, and another. And another. And the sixth day passed with no further progress between herself and Sasuke with Sakura not being able to meet up with the team as she had work at the hospital and Kakashi doing his Hokage duties. By then, she'd given up on the idea of Sasuke taking the first move (seriously. Every time she saw him, she just wanted to kiss those unbelievably amazing lips of his. It took massive efforts not to do so.) And told Ino that she'd probably ask Kiba out in a week or so. That upset Ino as much as it upset Sakura.

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"Hey Sakura-Chan!" Naruto yelled waving at her as she walked towards the grounds after a busy day at the hospital. Sasuke and Naruto had just finished sparring and were lying on the grass.

"Hey Naruto. Hey Sasuke." Sakura greeted and pretended not to have noticed the sudden glance Sasuke passed at her when she dropped the regular suffix from his name. Naruto as usual, was oblivious.

"You know! Hinata's made this new ramen recipe just for me. She's making it today Dattebayo!" Naruto exclaimed and Sakura laughed. "You know Sakura-Chan, Hinata told me the other day that Kiba was planning on asking you out. Funny how that'd work."

"No, no. What's funny is I was planning on asking him myself." Sakura said with a smile plastered on her face, eyes closed. There was a long pause and she could feel both Naruto and Sasuke staring at her. "What?" She asked cheerfully.

"What do you mean what?! We should be asking you that Sakura-Chan!" Naruto yelled. "Especially with you being in love with-"Naruto's sentence was interrupted as Sakura slapped his hand which was lifting to point at Sasuke down.

"Aa aa aa." Sakura shook her head still holding the smile. "Relax. I've got to leave now. I think I need to restock the groceries. Bye!" With that Sakura got up and skipped away leaving both her teammates confused and one of them extremely jealous and angry.

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Kiba Inuzuka?! Out of all of them she had to pick Kiba Inuzuka?! What did that mutt lover have which Sasuke didn't?! Sasuke was fuming on the inside, but obviously, Sasuke being Sasuke, holding up his manly pride and dumb bigger than the whole Shinobi lands put together ego would never show it out. Him being jealous? Pfft. Never. But was he too late? He was waiting for Sakura to take the first move. He had asked her to wait for him. All he needed was an I love you from her mouth and she would be his. Forever.

"Sasuke you baka! You're too late bastard! She's given up on you!" Naruto yelled at him. Repeating the fact he already knew. "Get your butt up and go to her!" Sasuke glanced at Naruto as he was asking him why he should, but he knew it was the opposite of what that glance suggested that he wanted to do. "Now!" Naruto growled. Sasuke didn't need to be told twice. He dropped the act of being cool and stood up. He was utterly embarrassed that Naruto had to see him chase after a girl, but right now that didn't matter. What mattered was to get Sakura back. To bring her back on track and throw Kiba out of it.

Ever since the war, during Sasuke's journey to redemption he'd been craving for something every day. He didn't understand it was. That was until he came across a picture of team seven that Sakura had given him which was buried deep within his bag. He finally understood that it wasn't a something. Rather a someone who he craved to be next to. Sakura.

Sure, he'd gone for years without her. When killing Itachi was his only priority. Naruto was his best friend and he knew that it'd never change, but since he had a lot of time to himself, he started to miss the love showered over him by a certain pink-haired kunoichi. During Genin days, he'd grown accustomed to it and didn't find it particularly annoying after a while. He had started to see his teammate in a whole new light after what she had done for him during the Chunnin exams.

He hadn't minded her hugging him anytime unlike the other girls. He knew she'd meant it and it wasn't an act to get close to him. He might have even accepted that he liked the hugs. It wasn't a usual thing in his life, to be hugged. Pure love-filled hugs and not the lust-filled ones he had received from Karin. Pure love-filled hugs like what his mom had always given him. But he now knew that the way he felt about his teammate was very different from what he felt for his mother. It was affection alright, but in a different way. He was his mom's to look after, but he knew deep inside that Sakura was his to protect… And if he really was too late, then she'd be someone else's to look after and he'd have to regret not making the first move forever…

Sasuke rushed in full speed and caught up with her in no time. She was strolling casually which didn't require great efforts to catch up with.

xxx

"Are you ignoring me?" A voice came from behind Sakura and she jumped.

"Sasuke-ku-" She stopped herself by placing her hands on her mouth before she could blurt out the suffix. Sasuke raised an eyebrow and she continued "You scared the daylights out of me!"

"Are you ignoring me?" Sasuke repeated calmly.

"Uh… I mean, no! Of course I'm not ignoring you!" Sakura said immediately and the warmth crept up her cheek.

"Hn." Was all he said in return. Of course she was ignoring him! Was he blind? Why did he have to come up to her to confirm it?! She walked a little faster hoping that he would turn away. He didn't.

"Are you following me Sasuke?!" She stopped and asked him.

"Oh yeah, I forgot. Only women can go grocery shopping. Unfortunately, I don't live with a woman so I have do all the shopping until I do start living with one." Sasuke said while looking forward.

"Jerk." Sakura muttered under her breathe All though, what she was focusing on right now was Sasuke with another woman. It hurt just to think of the thought, but she had to let it go. He wasn't interested in her and never would be. She was always just a teammate to him. She wondered if he even took her as a friend. Maybe.

"You said something?" Sasuke asked. Sakura returned a Hn and turned away. She could play his card too. She could feel him smirk.

At the market, she ended up buying too much for her to support and Sasuke had bought two covers of tomatoes. She wondered why he bought two covers but decided not to ask. With great difficulty she gathered all her bags and prepared to leave when Sasuke popped up behind her, scaring her again.

"Sasuke-Kun!" She yelled and then went bright red as her tongue slipped and she added the undesirable suffix to his name. "Don't scare me!" She growled and started to walk away from him.

"You house is this way." He called out behind her and she realized that she was walking in the opposite direction.

"Hmph!" She turned to walk towards her house. She hated how he could make her so ignorant.

"Give me those bags." Sasuke said and put out his hand.

"Wh-What?!" Sakura stuttered. What did he mean by?

"Let me help you carry them Sakura. Clearly they don't fit those tiny hands of yours." Sasuke stated and Sakura wondered if his last comment was passed as an insult or compliment. Nah. It was neither. It was Sasuke being Sasuke. Making no sense at all.

"I can carry them myself." Sakura said and started walking away. This time, she kind of hoped that he'd follow her. The weight of the bags was killing her. She'd never show it though. In his dreams.

Well, perfect timing. One of her covers snapped and the contents were about to spill when something flashed in front of her and she realized that it was Sasuke. He was standing there in front of her with her things in his hand.

"I bet you can." Sasuke said and smirked at her. Ugh! Why the hell does he have to smirk?! Smirk with those… With those perfect lips?! Inner Sakura ranted and she just started walking away. She wouldn't let this have an effect on her. He silently followed her.

"Konoha has changed a lot." Sasuke stated. She was surprised that he was starting the conversation. She tried to show no interest, but was dying to reply on the inside. And that's what she did.

"Well, that's what happens when you keep leaving and don't keep in touch." Sakura said. Oops. Had she been too harsh?

"You knew my reasons for leaving Sakura." His tone seemed a little serious. "It's not like I want to leave you here and walk away all the time. It's inevitable."

"Sure." Sakura replied but she couldn't help but linger over the fact that he'd said you instead of you all. She was over thinking it. It couldn't actually mean anything. They were quite after that and Sakura caught glimpses of him every one minute.

When she reached her house she realized that her parents were out. They hand left over a message stating that they were away to attend some random wedding of a long lost cousin. Sakura sighed and let Sasuke in.

"You can place the things on the table." Sakura said as she did the same. "I'll be back." She walked into her room and changed her clothes to the same green sweater she'd worn on the first team seven meeting day and her usual white pants. She hadn't realized that she was in her medical uniform consisting of the white coat. She peeped out of the door to see if Sasuke had left. She figured he might leave even after she told him that she'd be back.

She was half disappointed to see him leaning on the kitchen counter meddling with the blue piece of cloth he tied around his head. The other half of her was extremely excited to get a proper glimpse of his hair without that piece of cloth on.

"You can leave you know. And thank you for helping me out with the groceries." She said as she walked into the kitchen.

"I'm visiting your house for the first time and you want me to leave without a cup of tea?" Sasuke asked raising an eyebrow. Shit! She hadn't thought of that! She probably seemed too rude.

"I'm sorry Sasuke-ku-" She stopped herself and shook her head. "You want some tea?"

"I don't drink tea." Sasuke replied. Sakura was cursing him mentally. Why had he made her feel guilty about not offering him tea if he didn't drink the beverage?!

"Coffee?" Sakura asked after hesitating. She didn't want to give him another excuse to pick on her. If he could just leave already. Having him around was enough to make her all flustered. Having him at her house?! It was too much to take in. that too without her parents not being around.

"Hn." Sasuke replied and she sighed. Why was she thinking of such rude things? It was just Sasuke. She'd have to get used to him hanging around. He was her teammate after all. Not to mention, the man you love! Inner Sakura yelled. She took two cups and handed him one. He was still leaning on the counter.

She walked to him with the coffee powder in her hands. She wasn't a regular coffee-drinker so she didn't have it prepared but always had some instant coffee powder in case anyone needed it, or if was in the mood to drink coffee. She took the tiny spoonful of the powder and put in his cup and that was when she felt it…

Something warm on her forehead. It sent a tingling sensation down her body. It had lasted for a millisecond. She was hardly able to decipher what it was. But… It felt like one of those kisses her mom placed on her forehead. Had Sasuke just… Had Sasuke just kissed her?! She looked up to see him looking into his cup. He hadn't kissed her! Why was she was hallucinating such weird things?! She slightly slapped herself and swore she saw him smirk. Just a bit.

"I'd like a little more powder. I like my coffee strong." Sasuke stated as a matter-of-factly. She looked back at the coffee in her hand and took a little more powder and added it to his cup. And then again. The warm feeling on her forehead. But this time. It didn't last just a second. Sasuke was actually kissing her forehead. She stood there wide-eyed and her mouth opened of the shock she had received. She looked up into his eyes and he had a small smirk plastered on his face.

"Did- Did you just…?" Sakura questioned, still in shock.

"Just a spoon of sugar will be enough. I don't like anything too sweet." Was the only thing that Sasuke said.

Sakura said something intelligent that sounded like uhh and scooped the jar of sugar from the table. She took a spoonful of sugar and placed the spoon along with the cup as she continued to look into his eyes. He looked so good no matter what. And up close, he looked like an angel. How could someone ever look that good?! And how could someone who looked that good move closer to her until their faces were inches away?!

xxx

Sasuke had tried to play it cool, but his heart was hammering in his chest. Their faces were so close. So close that he could smell the amazing perfume she used. Close enough to see the perfect skin on her face. Close enough to listen to her heartbeat which seemed to be as fast as his. What if she didn't want this? That would be his first kiss. The lame excuse for a kiss that he shared with Naruto would never count.

What if he wasn't good enough? He was a hero of the war. An avenger. He'd killed people, controlled tailed beasts, surpassed his master and what not? But at that moment. He was trembling on the inside. Out of all the people on earth, he'd never imagined that it's be that beautiful woman in front of him who'd make him tremble. No. He'd wouldn't let that be. He moved forward and closed the space between them. Their lips met

He had never imagined that someone's lips on his would feel like that. It was AMAZING. Sasuke felt a rush of emotions surge through his body. Almost as if there were fireworks in his stomach. Sakura slid her hands around his neck and leaned forward. This made the amazing feeling even better. Who knew a pair of hands around his neck would make his knees buckle? At least he knew that he could take that as a sign that Sakura wasn't against what he was doing.

He placed his hand on her shoulder and it slowly moved lower. When his hand reached her hip, he pulled her closer which deepened the kiss and Sakura's grip around his neck tightened. All this just added to the feeling he was experiencing. It felt so good that he started to wonder how he'd gone for so many years without this?

After about two minutes, Sakura pulled away to catch her breath and Sasuke felt empty. Like a large portion of him was taken away from him.

"Sasuke-kun… Should we be…?" Sakura started slowly and Sasuke smirked at her. "What?"

"You love me." He said softly. "You called me Sasuke-kun." She blushed deeply and Sasuke was satisfied with himself that he was the one who was making her feel that way.

"I think you're confused Sasuke-kun… I don't want you to regret anything-" She started and was broken off by another passionate kiss from Sasuke.

"I won't ever regret this." Sasuke whispered against Sakura's lips. "Never." He saw tears forming in her eyes. "I want to be the one to protect you. For the rest of your life…"

"Sa-Sasuke-kun…" Sakura said a tear rolled down her cheek.

"Sakura…" he said softly, still an inch away from her lips. "Be mine… I'm probably too late, but please be mine."

"Sasuke-kun…" she repeated and jumped onto him. "Yes! Yes, yes, yes I will be yours Sasuke-kun! I'm all yours…" She sobbed softly into his chest and he held on to her, worried that she'd fade away if he let her go and she stayed that way too.

"I promise Sasuke-kun! Every moment you spend with me, I'll try my best to make you as happy as possible! I'll try and give you everything you desire! I protect you from anything bad that anyone has to say about you. I love you Sasuke-kun…" She pulled away and kissed him softly.

"Don't try. I will be happy through every moment I spend with you no matter what you do."

"I love you so much Sasuke-kun! So much that there isn't a limit to the love I have for you. I will be yours Sasuke-kun only if you agree to be mine to protect." She said as she sobbed into his chest. He was taken aback by her statement.

"Sakura…" He said and she hugged him tighter. "Thank you... For being mine." She just stood there hugging him. "And keep one of the two covers of tomatoes I bought."

"What? Why?" Sakura asked giving him puzzled look. Her eyes still slightly red from all the crying.

"Because you're going to be seeing more of me every day and I love tomatoes." Sasuke said smirking.

"Only for you Uchiha… Only for you…" Sakura said and kissed his cheek.

xxx

The rest of the day was spent with Sakura and Sasuke snuggling with each other on the couch while discussing hobbies and interests. Both of them having kissing the other as a newly added hobby to their list. And they slowly drifted off into deep sleep and were woken up hours later by Sakura's mother who was shaking her daughter and the man she was cuddling.

Her mother was no stranger to her daughter's feelings towards Sasuke Uchiha. She knew there'd be a day when she'd find them in a situation like this. And she was happy it finally did. Her father wasn't exactly angry, yet the thoughts of having to see his daughter in the arms of another man made him flinch and he shut himself in his room trying to stay away from the scene on the couch.

"Sakura… Sasuke… Wake up… I've prepared dinner for you…" her mom shook her shoulders.

"Mama?" Sakura asked opening an eye and then realized whom she was lying with and jolted up "Mama! It's isn't what it looks like! We're not-" She exclaimed and all the noise made Sasuke sit up too, accidentally clashing his head with Sakura's and they rubbed their foreheads.

"Haruno-Sama! This isn't what you think it is!" Sasuke stated immediately and Sakura's mother giggled.

"Relax… I don't mind this. It's about time this happened." She ruffled both of their hair and Sasuke looked at her puzzled while Sakura was covering her face with her palms out of embarrassment. "I've made dinner. Come join us Sasuke."

And that's how Sasuke finally picked up the guts to take the first move to begin a relationship with Sakura and ended up meeting her parents on the same day. Unbelievably, he got along perfectly well with her father, which made her extremely happy. And she just knew that it wouldn't be long before her parents started demanding grandchildren. She just hoped that day was far away and it was ridiculous to even think of such things right then. But there was one thing that was sure…

She was happy and so was Sasuke. She vowed to keep him happy forever and ever till the day she died.

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BONUS:

"I told you this would happen; now all we need them to do is make a team seven baby. If only we could get them in the same bed an-" Kakashi's sentence was interrupted with a shrill cry of SHANNAROO and his face meeting the ground.

A/N: My first SasuSaku one-shot. OMG I'm so embarrassed. Writing is so much harder than drawing. Sketching fluff is easy but writing it? Wow. And I swear this is the fluffiest thing I've ever written. *blushes and looks away* SasuSaku is worth all this. ;)