Tulad ng ilog na hindi tumitigil sa pagagos, pag-ibig di matatapos… (MAGBALIK by Callalily)
Dealing Love
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Chapter 2
Deal or No Deal?
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Disclaimer… I am not capable to own Naruto.
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A/N: I guess that some of you hadn't understood the Evans part. Well, Sakura uses Evans as a substitute surname for Haruno. Remember, she needed to keep a Haruno a secret.
A/N2: I love to fail our Grammar class. Grammatical errors and incorrect spelling…? The computer hadn't noticed. But please remind me, though.
A/N3: Damn, I love author notes! Do you have anything you'd like to copy and paste in your profile? Tell me 'coz I am unto that now.
Sasuke smiled.
Sakura glared. "A deal, huh?"
"Yup, a deal."
"What's the deal? I have no other choice anyway, if I won't agree with that, I am getting killed."
"It's hard to think of a PERFECT deal but, before I'll state the deal… I am wondering why had you kept being a Haruno heiress a secret?"
"As I told you, this is for my safety!"
"Specifically…?"
"Ugh, dumb ass." Sakura shook her head. "Look, Uchiha, everyone knows my family… and relatives re one of the richest in the country. Many people would try kidnapping. FYI, I am the easiest to kidnap because I am the youngest, though I mastered martial arts…"
"I see…"
Sakura yawned. "So, kindly tell the deal already? It's getting late now…"
"It is pretty hard to decide…"
"If you can't tell it to me now, I could still wait till tomorrow."
Sasuke grabbed her hand before she could entirely bike away. "Wait, Haruno."
Sakura spun around. "Uchiha, for everyone's sake, don't call me Haruno. Sakura is good enough."
"Fine." Sasuke smirked. "I already have a deal."
"Good. The earlier, the better."
Sasuke sighed, "I had decided that… you'd PRETEND to be my girlfriend… long enough so Hyuga Hinata would notice me." Sasuke murmured.
Sakura looked stunned. WTF?! She really wanted to punch this arrogant guy. But Sasuke would never look good with a splotch around his eye, right?
"I know you'd be surprised." Sasuke smirked.
Sakura was angry but she can't help to stop her laughter. "Hinata, the shy girl?" Sakura laughed louder, "Sasuke the heartthrob hadn't made the woman he loved fall for him?"
"What's wrong with that? Anyway not all girls fall for me."
"Uh-huh. I thought that I am the only one who has brains."
"Whatever, Evans," Sasuke said. "But you know, I guess she has feelings for me… just not that showy…"
"Are you sure?" Sakura asked giggling.
"That's why I am 'hiring' you. I wanna make her jealous. Jealousy is the only way to analyze ones love!"
"You believe in that?"
"Of course! I learned that I love her when I became jealous. Someone hugged her and I became really, really jealous I wanna kill." Sasuke sighed. "So would you accept?"
"Sure, this deal won't last long because I could make her jealous in no time!" Sakura bit her lower lip. "Did I just say SURE?!"
"Good, see you tomorrow. Take care by the road." Sasuke turned on the motorcycle and drove away.
"This deal, it fakes everyone… but he sounds so sweet…"
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An hour later…
Sakura stared at doorknob. Then she patted the pocket where her key supposed to be. It's not there.
"Damn it! Where had those keys gone to?"
The owner doesn't have a duplicate. And at that moment, she angered herself for the hundredth time because she hadn't duplicated it. She had tried using her clips but nothing doing.
"Lord, send someone to help me!! I promise you, I'd be good to everyone… er… except for Ino and Sasuke!"
"Do you have some hidden hatred to my brother?"
Sakura turned around. She was surprised when she saw Itachi.
"Umm… what are you doing here?"
Itachi smirked. "I will just deliver something to you." He showed keys… of Sakura's apartment.
"Hey, those are mine! Where the hell had you found those?" Sakura asked.
"Inside your house. I asked your mother if this is yours and she said probably yes. Then I asked her where you apartment is."
Probably it fell off from my pocket while I am arguing with my mother…"Oh. Thanks."
"May I open your door?"
"Sure."
Itachi went to the door and clicked it open.
"Don't ever lose this again." Itachi passed the keys.
Sakura took it. "I never will."
"Take care cute gal, and sweet dreams." Itachi waved good-bye.
Sakura blushed. Cute gal?
She heard a motor revving then suddenly fainting…
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The next day… lunchtime…
Naruto and Sakura were eating in a corner of the garden. The tables in the High School Freshman cafeteria were out already. Ino's group decided to take three more tables, geeks took a total of four tables to finish their project and 5 tables were out of order. About 12 groups of freshman students are eating in the garden.
Naruto stopped eating, abruptly. "You are Sasuke's new girlfriend?!" Naruto whispered.
"Shush!! Naruto, I am not even proud of it! And I told you this is a pretend!" Sakura said.
"Still you are!! And… and… I guess that you'd forget me after…"
"There will be no difference. You'd remain to be my best friend…"
"Sakura!!" Someone called.
Sakura and Naruto turned around. It was Sasuke calling. Beside him were the cool guys and their fans. The guys were Kiba, Neji and Shino. The fans were of all sorts.
Sakura didn't take notice of him.
Sasuke went towards her. He patted Sakura's shoulder.
"What now, bastard?!" Sakura said, turning around.
"All my girlfriends will eat in our table." Sasuke informed.
"No."
"Why not?"
"I better stay here. We are talking about something…"
"Oh, really?"
"I said, no!!"
"You can't say no to me if…"
"Hey, you leave Sakura alone!" Naruto protested.
"Kiba, keep him away."
Kiba went near. He pinned Naruto down.
"Come with me if you don't want…"
"Fine, fine. I'd go with you, just leave Naruto alone!"
"Very good."
Sasuke pulled her up and dragged her towards the big group. Then she was dragged towards the cafeteria. The others followed.
"Hey, hey! I am still human, don't drag me!" Sasuke pushed her down to a chair. Sasuke's group is very popular and rich that they have a special place in the cafeteria. They have slaves were they could ask for anything.
"Serve her." Sasuke plainly said.
Kiba, Neji and Shino went to another table beside where Sakura was being served. In front of Sakura was the most elegant food you could ever imagine.
Sasuke sat down opposite of Sakura's. "Whenever the guys knew I have a new girlfriend, they always took the other table." Sasuke said.
"So what now, Uchiha? Had you not known that Naruto is my best friend? He has more rights than yours!!" Sakura protested.
"Hn. C'mon, Sakura. Haven't I told you that all my gfs will be guaranteed to eat with me?"
"I am not hungry." Sakura pushed away a plate.
Sasuke was disappointed than usual. "You are my girlfriend now. Which means you needed to eat with me. That's part of having a relationship with me."
"I told you, I am not hungry. Anyways, I am on a diet now." Sakura replied.
Sasuke stretched out his hand and put up a fork with steak on the other side. "Just one bite. C'mon, honey, I asked my dad to double the servants so they could serve you."
"Am I that special? Hmph. This is just a d—" Sakura was stopped abruptly. Sasuke already stuffed the meat in her mouth.
Sakura chewed it slowly. No matter how many times she would loath it, she just can't. The steak was really tasty.
"So are you still on a diet?" Sasuke arrogantly played his fork. He took a bite of the steak and cravingly comments it.
Sakura sliced another and took a bite. She just politely nodded.
"Good. I knew you would like it. So, tomorrow again?"
"I dunno. Maybe I can't because Naruto…"
"Naruto again? You always have time for him, why can't you have time for me?"
"He is my…!"
"He is your best friend I know. But am I not supposed to be your BOYFRIEND?"
"Ugh!!"
Sakura stopped eating. She lost her appetite, entirely. Sasuke was not a good guy to have conversations with.
Sakura didn't respond for a couple of minutes. Sasuke took her right hand and opened a velvet box; it revealed a beautiful ring.
In the middle of the ring was a stone carved to a perfect rose. It was brilliantly shining, probably it was a real and rare ruby. Around the rose were white small stones (Swarovski if Sakura wasn't mistaken). The ring was made of white gold with few little amethysts around it.
"Whoa, Uchiha, that ring is beautiful!" Sakura really appreciated it. And it was some kind of familiar…
"I know. That ring is very precious to our family. My late grandmother gave it to me and said that when I found the right girl for me, I'd give that to her. And you fit me perfectly."
Sasuke slid the ring to her pointing finger.
"Whatever Sasuke, I remembered Ino wearing this before. Let me guess what you will say when you'd explain this to me."
"I bet that it won't be correct." Sasuke smirked.
"I give this to all my girlfriends and if you won't accept, your secret will be revealed. Anyways, I already have 434 persons who wore that, it will only be an ordinary thing." Sakura mockingly smiled.
Sasuke's smirk faded. "99.9 percent is correct. You have underestimated my charm hadn't you?"
"Do you mean you have over 434 persons who wore this?!" Sakura said, surprisingly.
"Yup, and all in all, about 534 wore that. And, the 'imitator' had imitated it so nicely that no one could notice the difference between the real ones and not besides me…"
"Ew, and they have filthier hands than mine!" Sakura could hardly imagine that Ino, the worst rival God ever gave her, wearing this and she too is wearing it.
Sakura tried to put it away but the ring was stuck. It won't budge. "Er, Sasuke, I can't put it away…"
Sasuke chuckled. "Don't worry. If you can't put it away, it is yours. I have the real one which won't be faded through the years…" Sasuke took out another box. He opened it and it revealed…
A dull colored ring inside it.
"Are you sure that that one is the REAL ones?" Sakura asked.
"Oh, God… Evans, put that away from your hand immediately!!" Sasuke demanded.
"As you can see it won't even budge!!"
"But the ring slid to you like it is 2 millimeters larger than your hands!"
"And the ring as if became smaller that it won't even BUDGE A SINGLE MILLIMETER!!" Sakura answered back.
"CUT YOUR HAND!!" Sasuke grabbed her hand, pulling the ring.
"OW, SASUKE WATCH IT OUT!!" Sakura retrieved her hand.
"THAT RING IS IMPRTANT TO ME!! DO ANYTHING TO!!" Sasuke sighed, "And, sorry."
"FINE!!! JUST DON'T DO THAT AGAIN!!" Sakura stood up and marched away.
Sasuke put his head over the hand on top of the table. (hehe, that one is rather messed up). He recalled on what his grandmother had told him when he was just 11 years old, 6 years ago… before she died…
FLASHBACK…
Granny was sitting at the rocking chair in the porch. She was looking far, far away…
11 year old Sasuke appeared from school, with his hair disheveled. Obviously, he was looking for another fight again.
"Sasuke, had you fought again?" Granny asked.
"Hn." Sasuke simply answered as he went towards the kitchen and took a cookie. "Mother and Father is working again?"
"Yes. They said that they won't come back long." Granny replied with an angelic smile.
"You baked this right?"
Granny nodded. "You and your brother Itachi love that."
"Anyway, where is he?"
"He said he is dating someone."
"Oh." Sasuke continued on chewing.
"Sasuke, come here. I would give you something. I had given your brother another pair and it had intricate designs… I am giving to you this ring…"
Sasuke went nearer. He saw two rings in different velvet boxes. Both were having a rose in the center. The only difference was the gem made of it. One rose was made of sapphire while the other was made of ruby.
"Wow, granny, those are beautiful!!" Sasuke reached out and caressed it.
"Of course it is. Your late gramps shaped those two and those of Itachi's. You know, rings will be the only gift your gramps and I could ever give…"
"But you gave us many toys!"
"Those are toys…"
Sasuke hugged his granny. "But you know, they are special to me."
"I know." Granny sighed. "Here take this. Remember Sasuke, you will give this to the woman that you'd love really and entirely…"
"Okay."
"If you think you'd love many other women, duplicate this."
"Sure… but what if I had given this to the wrong person?"
"The ring will slip off easily. There is a magic surrounding that ring, when the woman you'd love with your whole heart will come, the ring will perfectly fit the finger. It would be surprisingly fit it"
"I see… do you think I might find her…?"
END OF FLASHBACK…
Sasuke smirked wider. If he could laugh, he had laughed a few moments ago…
"Though this is a pretend… I'd bet that Sakura is the woman for me… but I am not the man for her… After this deal, I'd make sure that I won't fall for her… she will fall for me… so at the least… my granny would be very proud of me… that I have her…"
Sasuke mentally laughed. "God, I love playing little hearts…"
A guy had heard this thought of Sasuke… he smiled and was sure that his plan would be shifted according to his plans…
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Okay… that was kinda boring…
Things to ponder…
WHO IS THIS GUY? Will he come to the good side or the bad side?
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