And we return!

This chapter is focused around Sasuke.

I think I'm gonna alternate between the two…

Chapter Two: Do You Remember?

The phone rang for the sixth time. Sasuke opened his eyes.

He stood up and, leaving his cosy sofa behind, checked the Caller ID. Unknown number. Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"Goddamn sales people." He muttered as he reached down to answer the phone. He pressed the silver phone to his ear, scowling. "Yo."

"Um…hello. Is this Uchiha Sasuke?" a small female voice asked. Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"Yes…" Sales person. "May I ask who this is?"

"Well, this may sound a little odd, but…do you remember a girl named Haruno Sakura?" she continued, her tone speeding up a little. Sasuke bit his lip and frowned. Haruno Sakura…the name seemed to ring a bell, but Sasuke had no idea where he knew her from.

"If I did know her, where would I know her from?" he asked, quizzing the anonymous caller.

"I – she used to be your neighbour." She said. Sasuke's face softened. Yes. Haruno Sakura.

She was the girl who became his first friend in their old neighbourhood. She was the only one who had the courage to talk to him, the heart to talk to him. In a way, she was, and always would be, his first love.

"Yes. I remember." Sasuke said in a small voice. He paused. "Would you happen to be her?"

On the other end of the line, Sakura bit her lip. A chill ran down her spine. "Yes."

Neither teenager said a word.

"Would you…like to tell me why you've got in touch?" Sasuke asked, switching the phone from one ear to the other. "I mean, it's been so long."

"Well…I was just thinking about it…and it all came flooding back." Sakura replied, giving a nervous chuckle. "You remember when we first met?"

"Kind of." He said, shrugging. "Aren't you the girl who…" Pause. "Made me feel better when I was lonely?"

Sakura smiled softly. "If you want to call it that."

There was another awkward silence, when Sakura said. "You sound a lot different than I thought you would. And I didn't…um…I didn't exactly think you'd believe me when I said who I was. If that makes sense."

"Yeah, I get what you mean."

"Good."

Sakura stared down at the carpet, scuffing her toes against the cream-colored carpet. She reached up with her spare hand and started twirling a few strands of her cotton candy hair around her fingers.

She stood up, starting to pace around the living room. "Listen, um, I know this sounds really weird, but…I just have this urge…I want to meet you again."

"W-what? Why?" Sasuke asked. "I'm just a kid you used to know. I shouldn't mean…I shouldn't mean anything to you."

"I know!" Sakura snapped back, maybe just a little too harshly. "Uh, I mean, I just…I was out in the snow today, and I realised how much I missed you." Pause. "Wow. That sounded really weird."

"It's okay." Sasuke hesitated, leaning against the living room wall. "I didn't realise that I missed you until now."

Sakura blushed.

Eh. I know this sucks.

I think this story's gonna be made up of a tonne of little…one-shot chapters. Or something.

Love it, hate it, I don't care. I hate it, too.

So anyway.

Bye. :)