Title: Bad Day

Author: jenny-R

Pairing: Uchiha Sasuke x Haruno Sakura

Fandom: Naruto

Theme: # 18: "say ahh..."

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or its characters. If I did, then there would be a lot more SasuSaku scenes in it...

Rating: T


Uchiha Sasuke knew that this was going to be a really bad day.

He had had that feeling from the moment he had woken up and gotten out of bed. He was assigned to an S-rank mission along with Kakashi-sensei and Naruto, since the three of them were now one of the best ANBU teams in Konohagakure. They had left the village early this morning, and their mission was as simple as to track some missing-nins that had been detected around Konoha and retrieve them. But even when they had already departed, this feeling wouldn't just abandon him that easily. Nevertheless, he shoved it away, thinking that it would probably be because it was his first high-ranked mission after such a long time.

It was not that he was afraid or anything. He was an Uchiha after all, and he wouldn't let a stupid feeling control him and affect the outcome of his mission.

But the Uchiha's instincts had never proven him wrong until now.

And as facts suggested, neither would they today.

Shortly after they left the grounds of the Leaf Village, they got caught in an ambush by the missing-nins they were looking for. Of course, both Sasuke and Naruto could fight them equally now, but those nins seemed to be extraordinary skillful. They tried to trick the ANBU team with genjutsu techniques, but Sasuke's Sharingan could easily see through them. But when Naruto was already fighting two of them, he didn't notice the powerful attack that was coming right towards him from behind. Sasuke moved as fast as he could to prevent the blond from being hit, but the missing-nin seemed to be faster than him. Having no other choice, the Uchiha accumulated his chakra to his palm, getting ready to attack the nin with his Chidori. But before he could complete his attack, he felt a stinging pain penetrating his left side, and he hit the ground with a loud thud.

The fox-boy owed him for this one.

Kakashi hurried to Sasuke's side, while Naruto continued fighting. Seeing that the boy was badly injured, the silver-haired shinobi suggested that he should go back to the village to take care of his wounds. But being the stubborn guy that he was, Sasuke declined the 'offer', saying that it wasn't anything that serious and that he could make it.

Too bad that Kakashi didn't share the same thoughts with him. And so, the Uchiha boy was reluctantly transfered back to Konoha. As soon as they reached the gates of the village, they were surprised to see his former teammate, Haruno Sakura, waiting for them there, with a worried expression carved upon her face. She told them that Tsunade had sent her there to take care of Sasuke, after finding out what had happened.

And so, Sasuke suddenly found himself being supported on the pink-haired kunoichi, with his left arm wrapped tightly around her shoulders to provide him better balance, and her own arm holding his waist in a tight grip. He didn't know why, but he didn't feel like letting go of her.

He mentally slapped himself for making a thought like that. But even though he hated to admit it - and he didn't have to any time soon - it was the sheer truth, lying at the very bottom of his heart.

Before he realized it, they had reached the hospital and he was put into a room with one single bed, just for him. How well everyone knew that he didn't like company in the slightest. The next thing he knew, Sakura was taking care of his broken arm and ribs with particular attention not to cause him more pain. She carefully placed his broken arm into a cast, and wrapped his chest and stomach with bandages. No wonder that she was considered one of the best medic-nins in Konoha now. She surely knew how to do her job well.

After she was finished,she said that she had to go to examine a few other patients and that she would return to check up on him soon.

Sasuke sat up in his bed and he winced as a wave of pain was sent through his whole body. Damn those missing-nins. And damn his weakness. He should be able to fight them without much of a difficulty, but he had been too careless. A sigh escaped his lips and he casted his eyes on the ceiling, frustrated. He wanted to get out of there as soon as possible.

At that moment, a knock at the door was heard, distracting Sasuke from his thoughts. He didn't even bother to respond, and the door creaked open slightly, revealing a shock of pink hair and the smiling face of the medic-nin that was in charge of him.

"Hello, Sasuke-kun!" she said cheerfully to the frowning boy. "How are you feeling?"

Instead of answering her simple question, the Uchiha prodigy gave her a small smirk. "You're late."

Sakura seemed a bit surprised by his response, but she gave him one of her warmest smiles as she came closer to his bed. "I'm sorry." she said apologetically. "I came as fast as I could."

In fact, Sasuke knew that she wasn't late at all. If Haruno Sakura had an advantage that even he could acknowledge, it was her punctuality. But he couldn't resist the urge he felt to tease her.

He fixed his black orbs on her, and watched her as she was getting ready to examine his wounds. He wasn't at all surprised that the cherry blossom was in fact the one to take care of him. Despite the fact that she was Tsunade's apprentice and she had mastered most of the medical jutsus, he knew that there was something more to that.

Sakura took notice of the persistent stare the raven-haired boy was giving her, and a smooth pink colour covered her cheeks. She turned her back to him, in a futile attempt to hide her blush, but Sasuke had already noticed. And his smirk grew wider.

When the kunoichi turned again towards him, she was holding a bowl and chopsticks. Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "What's this?" he asked the pink-haired girl, who had already sat on the bed softly.

"I brought you some bento." the medic-nin replied, enjoying Sasuke's expression. "I thought that you'd like something to eat before the check-up" she added, as a grin of amusement crept upon her lips.

Sasuke snorted. "I don't need it."

Now it was Sakura's turn to raise an eyebrow. "What are you talking about Sasuke-kun? Aren't you even a bit hungry?" the cherry blossom asked, looking at the Uchiha avenger straight into his black orbs.

Sasuke remained silent.

"I'll take that as a yes." Sakura said, smiling softly. She took the chopsticks, caught a small rice ball from the bowl, and brought it close to Sasuke's mouth.

The raven-haired genius blinked in surprise and an inquisitive expression made its way to his beautiful face. "Wh-what...?"

Sakura suppresed her urge to burst into laughter and chuckled softly instead.

"Say ahh..." she said with a somehow playful tone in her voice. Right now, she knew that Sasuke would rather die from starvation than get fed by her, but she tried nevertheless.

The Uchiha boy didn't even make an attempt to open his mouth and let her feed him. "I can eat by myself, you know." he said as his features crumpled into a deep scowl of annoyance. "I'm a big boy now." He glared at the cherry blossom who still waited for him to do her the favor and open his mouth, hoping that she would soon give up.

"I highly doubt that you can, Sasuke-kun. Your right arm is broken and you have serious injuries to your whole body." Sakura said with a disapproving look. "And since you're a big boy as you say, stop acting like a little kid." she added grinning playfully. She was used to the Uchiha's stubborness after being in the same team with him all those years, and she had learned not to give up on him that easily.

Sasuke frowned. She was right. He was currently unable to even move without emitting waves of pain to his whole body, let alone feed himself. And the kunoichi hadn't given him many alternatives either. So, with a groan of annoyance - and ignoring that last comment of hers - he put his pride aside and parted his lips slightly.

Sakura's face beamed with happiness as a huge grin made its way to her rosy lips. She brought the chopsticks even closer to Sasuke's mouth, and watched him as he chewed and swallowed the rice slowly.

"So, do you like it?" the cherry blossom asked, getting another ball of rice ready.

"Aa."

As the kunoichi shoved another rice ball into Sasuke's mouth, she accidentally got the edge of his mouth with the chopsticks.

"Oh, Sasuke-kun..." she said, noticing the rice that had remained upon his lips. "You have..." She tipped her index finger to the edge of her own mouth, using herself as a mirror to him.

"What?" Sasuke asked abruptly, preventing the girl from finishing her sentence... And pretending not to understand what Sakura really meant.

Without giving it much thought, Sakura leaned towards Sasuke and pressed her lips against his own, whipping the piece of rice off of Sasuke's lips.

As soon as she fully realized what she had just done, she pulled away from him quickly. "I-I'm sorry!" she stammered, as her cheeks were covered by a shade of pink similar to that of her hair. "I-I don't know what took over me! I should have just used my hands instead!"

She stood up and started to walk up and down in the room, supposedly getting her equipment ready to examine his injuries. There was no need for her to even try and hide her flushed cheeks anymore.

Sasuke smirked as Sakura helped him sat up in his bed.

Maybe it wasn't such a bad day after all...


And that was the end of it. I hope that you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Now, let me explain the title of the whole collection, 'Owaranai Ai'. It means 'Endless Love' and I think it really fits Sasuke and Sakura Please, go easy on me, since this is my first Naruto story ever. I hope I didn't make them too OOC... Especially Sasuke. His character is so hard to depict sometimes. But he still is my favourite! Read and review please, and tell me if you liked it! I do not accept flames, just so you know. Constructive criticism is much appreciated. And I will try to update my other story, Moonlight, as soon as possible. But with exams coming up next week, I don't know if I'll have enough time for this.

Many thanks to my wonderful beta, EmeraldWolfChild, and to my best friend, Kanashimi Angel, for helping me out with the title! I don't know what I'd do without you!