dedicated to: all of you waiting out there.
prompt: reviews on the freshman girl. Thank you!
rating: T
summary: All hot and wild, secretly loves the freshman child.
REVISED 6.30.14
The Senior Man
And the senior man, all hot and wild—
"Sakura."
She did not reply, but instead, turned away from him.
He sighed, unbuckling his seatbelt and touching her shoulder gently. She flinched under his touch, and his eyebrows furrowed together into a V-shape. He grabbed her chin, staring into endless pools of Chinese jade.
"Look at me," he commanded.
She closed her misty eyes and tried hard not to make the tears fall.
"Sakura, please listen to me," he begged.
She opened her eyes and whispered, "Sasuke, this isn't going to work out."
His eyes softened as he stroked her cheeks with his thumbs—how many times had he dreamt of doing that?—the tears falling helplessly on his fingers.
"Sakura, love—please don't cry," he pleaded as his lips kissed away her tears.
She hiccupped and pushed him away, tenderly. Her touch was soft, as if she were afraid to hurt him any more than she already had.
"Did I do something wrong? Something you don't like?" he asked.
She sniffed, wiping the tears away with the back of her hand.
"Sasuke, at first I thought you were dared to ask me out. Isn't that the best joke that senior men put on freshmen girls? And besides, you're going to college next year, and I'll be stuck here for three more years, and you'll have fun, and drink, and go to parties, and meet girls...who are so much prettier, and smarter, and better than me. And besides...I like Sai," she whispered, hugging her knees against her chest.
He took all that information in. He had an urge to kill Sai, for breaking Sakura's heart, and for stealing it away from him.
"You're the only woman I want," Sasuke whispered, a hand on her cheek. "You're the only one I need."
He grabbed her hands and intertwined them with his.
"Please, stop lying, Sasuke," she begged, trying to escape his grasp. He held on tighter to her.
"I'm going to be a doctor, and go to medical school. And you'll be in business, to take over your father's company," she continued.
"I'll study with you," he answered, holding her hands even tighter against his. "I don't care about the business. Itachi can run it. And I don't care if my family disowns me. As long as I have you, I'm happy."
"Stop it, Sasuke. Please. Don't throw away your life for a stupid fling that won't even last. It just won't work, I told you!" she said, her voice hoarse.
He closed his eyes.
"Sakura, I don't care. I don't fucking care!" he shouted, his anger pouring out into the tense atmosphere around them.
Her eyes were cloudy again, and he sighed.
"I'm sorry, Sakura."
He leaned over to open the door for her.
She stared outside and the empty school before looking back at him.
"Sasuke...kun," she whispered, her eyes darting back and forth between him and her escape. "I don't want you to waste your life on me."
His hand reached out to cup her cheek.
"I'll wait for you," he promised, her hand now on his.
"Liar," she whispered. "You couldn't possibly like me that much."
His lips were now at her ear.
"You're right, I don't."
Her eyes widened as his hot breath tickled her earlobe.
"I love you that much," he finished. She looked up at him, her eyes hesitant.
"I don't believe you. We don't even know each other." she whispered.
"I'll show you," he whispered, his eyes locking with hers.
"S-Sasuke!" she squeaked nervously.
And he sealed his promise with a kiss.
—secretly loves the freshman child.
Slight changes!