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She could feel him scowling even though she dared not look in his direction. A barely contained smirk flirted on the edges of her lips, try as she might, she could not hide her amusement from him.

She waited a full minute longer, reveling in his discomfort, before finally raising her arm and asking the teacher for permission to leave the room.

"Is everything alright, Sakura-san?" Asked Anko-sensei, her face more curious than concerned.

"I dont feel well, Anko-sensei. I think I should visit the nurse's office," she replied, belatedly putting a hand over her head and hoping Anko-sensei was busy enough to not examine the situation more closely.

"I'll go with her!" Naruto yelled enthusiastically.

Sakura could feel the tension in the air emanating from that certain person. Temptation proved too great for her. Pretending to flick her hair off her shoulder, Sakura let her eyes settle on that person for less than a second before returning her eyes to Anko-sensei.

Fists pale from the effort of clenching them in his lap, shards of ice in place of his eyes, lips an unforgiving slash. Sakura would have rolled her eyes at his antics if she could.

He was furious.

He was jealous and petty and possessive.

But he was still hers, and he was breathtaking to her even now. Perhaps this was the meaning of true love. Not that either of them had ever been in love before.

"No," Anko-sensei said with a scowl. "The two of you would just chat and do God knows what else-"

-At this the class jeered and made suggestive noises at Naruto. Sakura maintained her impassive facade, but she could sense 'his' tension was almost at the point of spilling over. For a second she seriously wondered if he would let his fury get the best of him and expose the truth-

"Quiet! Now then, Sasuke-kun, why dont you accompany Sakura-chan to the nurse's office. At least I dont have to worry about anything happening between the two of you," said Anko, to which the class reacted in snorts and barely concealed giggles.

It was a well-known fact that Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura hated each other. More accurately: their families hated each other. The animosity between Sasuke and Sakura was just the results of their parents conflicting interests in the business world.

Despite being placed in the same class since kindergarten, the two never spoke to each other unless the situation called for it.

The only time anyone can actually recall them speaking was a few months ago when they were assigned as partners for a school project... But no one spoke about 'The Incident' in public.

Flashback

"I need a new partner!" Yelled Sakura.

The teacher, Kakashi-sensei, slowly lowered his book long enough to give her a level stare.

"Why's that?" He drawled out, making his question sound more like a bored statement.

"He's... I just... I need a new partner!"

"She is impossible to work with! I need a new partner, Kakashi, or I might fail because of her!"

"Nope," replied Kakashi, his eye crinkling pleasantly. "You two will just have to work together or fail and go to summer school together."

Their project was completed though no one could fathom how the two managed to get along long enough to get anything accomplished. There was a fair share of speculation that they had paid a servant to complete the task for them, and certainly their disposition towards each other never changed.

Once their respective parents heard about the incident Kakashi-sensei was fired and The Incident was never spoken about again...

End of Flashback

They made their way out of the classroom in silence. Sasuke walking two steps in front of her, not even looking back to see if she was following him.

They carried on this way, passing numerous closed classroom doors. That was a stroke of luck; none of the other classes witnessed their journey - not to the nurse's office like they told Anko, but instead up the numerous flights of stairs...

Somewhere around the second flight, Sasuke abruptly turned around, pinning Sakura to the wall closest to them.

"You really enjoyed that, didn't you?" He asked, caressing the her cheek and hip bone as he lowered his face.

Sakura tilted her face towards him as well, her hands gently resting on his chest and shoulder.

"Not here. Wait until we reach the roof," she whispered.

"I cant wait," Sasuke gritted out through clenched teeth. His normally distant obsidian eyes now swam with unbriddled lust as he stared at the girl in front of him.

She laughed - a soft tinkling noise that coiled it's way around his stomach - before turning around. "We're almost there, Sasuke. And for the record, yes I did enjoy that."

She didn't wait for his reply, taking the stairs two at a time as she raced for the roof.

Despite her advantage, it was Sasuke who reached the roof first. She had barely closed the door behind her and taken a breath of the fresh air before she found herself caged between his arms again. His body pressing against her, allowing her to feel his coiled, well-toned muscles.

He wasted no time with preliminaries, attaching his lips to hers and dominating her mouth. Sakura moaned into the kiss as his tongue massaged her own, coaxing hers into moving against him.

Her lungs burnt from the lack of oxygen and eventually she broke of the kiss, gasping for air in the process.

Sasuke wasn't done. His mouth moved to her neck, kissing and licking as he began unbuttoning her school shirt.

"We cant," she said, ducking under his arm and redoing the buttons.

Sasuke made a low growling noise as he leaned his head against the door to the roof.

"We dont have time for this. They'll get suspicious if we're not back in class soon," said Sakura walking up to the guard rails and closing her eyes as she basked in the sunlight.

"For a second I thought you were going to sock Naruto back there. You know he's just my friend, right? He's dating Hinata," she said without turning around.

"I dont care if he has a girlfriend. I dont want him near you. Period," said Sasuke, coming up behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist.

Sakura knew that they were taking a risk - although they were on the fourth floor of the building there was still a possibility that someone would be able to see them. But... just this once... she thought, leaning her head against his chest and leaning into him.

After a few moments of total relaxation, Sasuke finally broke the silence.

"It's not just Naruto, you know."

"Hmm?"

His mouth moved but no words seemed to be spoken. After a few moments, in which Sakura patiently waited for his reply, he finally managed to speak, stunted and hesitant as the words were.

"I-I dont like it... when other guys look at you like that... I wish I could just tell them to stay away from you... To tell them that you're already seeing someone."

Sakura felt a distant tug in her chest but chose to ignore it and untangle herself from his arms. "What are you saying?" She asked turning around to see his face.

Compared to the open vulnerabilty of his face - something he had never revealed to anyone before - her eyes seemed too sharp, already closed off to him.

"Nothing, sorry. It must be the sun effecting me," he said, sighed to himself before drawing her back to him and kissing her lips.

'I love you!'

He mentally berated himself for his inability to say the words he wanted to say. Though from her reaction, he doubted Sakura would be too impressed by overly sentimental words - wasn't it she who suggested they think of each other as nothing more than friends with benefits?

At the time, Sasuke had agreed, not expecting that she would be anything more than a way to releave some tension. Plenty of girls at school would kill to be in her position, but Sasuke was always weary of girls getting too attached, or spreading rumours about him at school.

The fact that they had to keep there relationship a secret from everyone - for both their sakes - garanteed that Sakura was the perfect choice. He'd never expected to fall in love with the girl - the one girl he could never have.

She was too cynical to believe in his words anyway. Too proud to admit that she might feel the same way. Too realistic to invest emotionally in a relationship that could never work out in the end.

Still though... Sasuke tried to convey his feelings in the meeting of their lips, softly caressing her as he moved.

"We should get going now," Sakura said at last. Feeling oddly uncomfortable at the look he was giving her, she rubbed her arms before raising her hood and blocking his view of her. For the life of her she couldn't fathom a reason why she should be blushing now of all times! Especially when they had done so much more in the past.

Sasuke softly chuckled, earning himself a punch in the shoulder from Sakura as she huffed and walked past him. At the last moment his eyes sadened and with her back now to him, he uttered the words he'd been trying to say all week.

"Sakura, about the Galla my mother's holding tonight. I know you'll be attending so I thought it best you hear it from me," said Sasuke taking a deep breath. Behind him he could hear Sakura's footsteps pause and knew that she was listening.

"She plans to formally announce my engagement at this party. It was not my choice of course - this was arranged between our families since I was 9. The girl - Karin - I've only met her a handful of times..." he said trailing off, unsure of what to say and feeling like a weakling for letting his parents control his life like this.

"I see. Well congratulations, Sasuke," Sakura said stiffly before leaving.

As soon as the doors closed behind her she closed her eyes and let out a heaving breath. She knew that their relationship had no future. She knew!

It was her nature to distance herself from people who would end up hurting her. That was just her way. She'd been betrayed and let down by her family and friends too many times to let herself completely love another human.

But somehow, without meaning to, she'd come to rely on Sasuke's presence in her life. And now even he was moving on without her.

Was this her first heartbreak? She wondered as she wiped rebellious tears off her cheeks.

She shut down her feelings before heading to the bathroom to wash her face. Above everything else, she had to make sure no one saw her distressed.

END OF CHAPTER

I hope no one hates Sakura :( she has her reasons

Thank you for reading this ^^