DISCLAIMER: I own none of the characters from this story.
Retart: I don't particularly care for KakaSaku either but I needed 2 guys and 1 girl and I'm not a NaruSaku fan so I decided on KakaSaku. But stayed tuned because even I don't know who Sakura's going to end up with yet :P
Quite The Perseverance
Sakura walked briskly down the street to Peete's to meet up with Sasuke. She had one goal in mind – to make Sasuke understand that he meant absolutely nothing to her. Luckily, Kakashi was so conveniently called back to the office so Sakura had the extra time to deal with Sasuke. The pink-haired beauty took a deep breath and walked in to Peete's, the aroma of coffee filled her nostrils. Sakura scanned the shop for the semi-familiar face and noticed him frantically waving his arms, like he was trying to flag down a plane.
"Sakura, what do you want to drink?" Sasuke offered but Sakura put up a hand. She didn't even take a seat.
"No, thanks, I'm just here to tell you to stop calling me. It was just a one night stand, and apparently just another one night stand for you; it seriously meant nothing to me. I have a boyfriend and a good life. Please, go away." Sakura finished and before Sasuke could protest, she left Peete's. She was rather proud of herself for being so straightforward and quick.
"Wait!" Sakura swiveled around on her heel, with a baffled look on her face, to see Sasuke chasing after her, "No."
"Excuse me?"
"No. If that night meant nothing to you, you wouldn't have come out here to tell me personally that it meant nothing to you." Sakura blinked.
"Are you kidding me? I just feel bad that you think there's something between us when there isn't." Sakura explained. Sasuke was right though. Why did she come out here to tell him personally that he meant nothing to her? Her actions confused even her.
"Well, I'm not giving up. I came with the intention of paying for some coffee for somebody so how about you just come back inside and we can talk like casual acquaintances at a coffee shop?" Sasuke suggested.
"No! I have things to do so you can go back inside, pay for some other chick's coffee, and have a lovely conversation with an actual casual acquaintance." Sakura turned around and left Sasuke standing there.
"So how was it?" Ino asked as the girls sat in Ino's living room. Sakura was all slumped over on Ino's velvet couch with a beer bottle in her hand.
"If I can't get Sasuke to leave me alone, I'm screwed." Sakura stated.
"Seriously, how hard is it to get rid of this guy?" Tenten asked as she downed some more beer.
"Trust me – he's like a telemarketer. He just keeps calling and calling and doesn't care that I'm not interested!" Sakura threw out the perfect analogy.
"Eww…" Tenten made a face.
"Honestly, Sakura, I don't know what you're freaking out about. Sasuke's not that bad. He's cute and he seems like a lot of fun." Sakura threw a pillow at Ino. Luckily, Ino caught the pillow and was able to keep it from flying off to the coffee table, knowing down all the beer bottles, "Well, I like him. Besides, Kakashi's boring."
"How would you know? You haven't been in bed with Kakashi before." Sakura replied quickly. Tenten agreed.
"Not everyone likes being in an open relationship, Ino."
"What's not to like?" Ino shrugged, "Shikamaru's dating that blonde chick but he can't keep his hands off me. He holds a special place in my heart but I'm still able to go out with other people since he's tied down and I'm not. Speaking of which, I don't even know why you're so in love with Neji. Talk about boring!" Ino continued drinking her beer.
"Neji can be a little hard to talk to but he's nice and sweet to me. And he's very patient. And he's someone I can learn from." Tenten answered deeply and Ino rolled her eyes.
"Ino, why do you like Shikamaru?" Ino asked shyly.
"I don't know, Hinata. Why do you like Naruto?" Ino made a face.
"Opposites attract." Sakura answered for Hinata, "I think Hinata is a wonderful influence on Naruto. I'm glad my best friend has such a wonderful girlfriend." Sakura smiled at Hinata and received a bashful smile in return.
"I guess so." Ino nodded. Tenten turned the conversation back to Sasuke.
"So what do you know about this guy?"
"Nothing – I don't want to know anything." Sakura answered. Ino sat up on her couch.
"His name is Sasuke and he's a rich playboy that hits clubs all the time and has fallen in love with our precious Sakura after a one night stand." Ino answered with a smirk.
"How do you know he's a rich playboy?"
"He's a playboy for sure! I see him leave clubs with different girls on his arm each time. And I looked him up on Facebook. He owns at least two cars – a beautiful black GTR and a Lambo. I mean I wouldn't expect him to be a poor playboy – I haven't really seen those before." Ino analyzed. Tenten threw a pillow at her with a shocked expression.
"I can't believe you stalked him on Facebook! You had your eyes on him, didn't you?"
"I noticed him but I wouldn't say I tried anything with him. I actually like how much attention he's giving Sakura."
"Well I don't like it." Suddenly, Sakura's cell phone began to ring again.
"Oh no…" Sakura took a look at the caller ID – by now, she had Sasuke's number etched into her memory unintentionally.
"Speak of the devil." Ino smirked knowingly.
"Sakura, you can't just avoid the poor guy."
"Well, then you talk to him." Tenten took Sakura's phone and answered with the intention of making this guy leave Sakura alone.
"Hello."
"Hello, is Sakura there?"
"No, she's busy right now. Is this Sasuke?"
"Yes, you know me?"
"Yes, I've heard about you from Sakura."
"Good things, I hope."
"Unfortunately, I know you as the guy that won't give up." Tenten commented, putting the phone on speaker and placing it on the glass coffee table in Ino's living room.
"I'm actually going to take that as a compliment."
"You're quite the cocky one."
"I like to call it 'confident'. So what's your name?" Tenten glanced at Sakura but she was completely uninterested and unconcerned with this call.
"Tenten – and as Sakura's friend, I'm going to let you know that Sakura cannot and will not like you anytime in the foreseeable future. Sorry, buddy, but you don't even have a chance with our Sakura – especially considering that she's taken and she's going to be engaged pretty soon. So why don't you do yourself a favor and leave her alone?" Sakura looked up at Tenten with widened eyes. Tenten shrugged.
"Hmm…" Sakura looked at the phone with high hopes, "That definitely puts a damper on things." The girls all smiled, "But that also means she's not tied down for sure yet. Until she has a giant shiny rock on her finger, she's still on the market." Sakura grabbed her phone off the coffee table.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Sakura hung up on Sasuke and threw the phone into the pillows on the couch. Her phone rang again. Answering it, Sakura screamed, "GO AWAY!"
"Uhh…Sakura…?" Sakura looked at the caller ID.
"Oh, Kakashi…! Hi, sweetie. You're finally done with work?"
"Yeah, are you still at Ino's? Do you need a ride?"
"Sure. Thanks, sweetie. I'll see you soon."
Sakura rolled over on her large king-sized bed and snuggled up to Kakashi's warm body. He wrapped his arms around her, squeezing her tightly. Sakura giggled.
"Good morning, sweetie."
"Good morning, babe."
"What do you want for breakfast?" Kakashi took a deep breath.
"Mmm…just you…" Kakashi replied huskily and kissed her on the nose. Sakura giggled and looked up at him.
"Sweetie, you need to go to work soon. I'll throw whatever I have into the microwave for you." Sakura sat up and leaned over her boyfriend, "Get up now!" Sakura started pulling Kakashi's bare arm but he was too heavy for her. Kakashi finally opened his eyes and, in a quick moment, had Sakura pinned down on her own bed. Before they could do anything else, Kakashi's phone began to ring. Kakashi got out of bed to pick it up and Sakura headed to the bathroom to get dressed.
"Yes…yes…alright, I'll be at the office soon." Kakashi hung up and wrapped his arms around Sakura's waist, "Why do you always smell so good?" Kakashi asked and Sakura turned around to face him.
"You could smell this good too." Sakura smirked and grabbed the perfume bottle behind him, uncapping it. Kakashi caught her hands.
"No, Sakura…" Kakashi warned, dragging out the "no".
"Oh, come on, you'll smell as good as me."
"No, thanks – I want to smell like a man, not a fruity one at that." Kakashi commented as he successfully took the perfume from her and placed it back in the bathroom, "Shower time. Care to join me?"
"I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request." Sakura answered, knowing full well how unproductive a shower session would be with two people in the shower. Kakashi wrapped his arms around Sakura's waist from behind, burying his head in the crook of her neck, in an attempt to seduce her into taking a shower with him.
"S'il vous plait…" Sakura closed her eyes. She was about to give in but her cell phone rang. Kakashi sighed and let her go before going to shower. Sakura closed the bathroom door behind her and looked at her phone.
"Good morning, beautiful." It was a text from Sasuke. Sakura sighed, quickly deleting it, and headed to the kitchen to make food for Kakashi. Sakura's cell phone rang again. She looked at the caller ID and smiled.
"Naruto, what do you want?"
"Sakura, what are you doing tonight?"
"Nothing much – why…?"
"I knew it! Ino said you were busy tonight so you couldn't help with her charity thing so she asked Hinata to help. But Hinata and I planned to go out of town for the weekend so…"
"You want me to fill in for Hinata at Ino's charity booth tonight. What kind of booth is it?" Sakura asked as Kakashi walked out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist and another one on his head. The steam rolled out of the bathroom, warming Sakura's feet.
"We don't know – Ino wouldn't tell her. But can you fill in for Hinata tonight?"
"Fine, but you owe me!"
"Thanks, Saks, you're the best!" Sakura hung up and walked back in to her bedroom to see Kakashi changing into his suit.
"Who was that?"
"Naruto – he and Hinata are going out of town for the weekend so I told them I'd tell Ino Hinata can't make it to help out with her charity booth. So I'll probably have to fill in for her. I don't even know what kind of booth it is."
"Well if it's a kissing booth, let me know." Kakashi gave her a passionate kiss, grabbed some food, and left her apartment to get to work. Sakura rolled her eyes and smirked, beginning her day.
"Ino…!" Sakura waved at Ino, who was busy setting up her charity booth.
"Sakura, what are you doing here? I thought you said you were busy tonight."
"Oh, plans got changed so I'm here – and Naruto surprised Hinata with a weekend out of town so she can't make it." Sakura put her bag down and helped Ino hang up some lights and streamers around the booth to make it more appealing.
"Oh, that's alright now that you're here." Ino smirked.
"So what kind of booth is it?" Sakura asked and turned around just in time to see Ino holding up a red sign with a pair of red lips drawn on it, "No way…"
"A kissing booth…!" Ino announced. Sakura facepalmed and shook her head. Ino put up the sign.
"Come, come, young and all! A kiss for $5! Two beautiful girls for you to choose from! Take your pick!" Ino started announcing and shouting to the entire carnival. Sakura shook her head and sent a picture of the booth to Kakashi, to which he replied with a smirking emoticon. Suddenly, Sakura noticed a bright flash. She looked up – Ino had taken a picture of her sitting at the kissing booth as if she was manning it.
"Ino…!"
"Hey, I'll take the first hour, okay?" Ino smirked and Sakura rolled her eyes, slumping into her seat.
"Why didn't you tell Tenten to come help out?"
"Neji would kill me if he knew what I was making Tenten do for the booth." Ino replied bitterly but started serving the gathering customers. Sakura watched Ino flirt and kiss random strangers for a good half an hour before she saw a familiar face – an unexpected and rather unwanted face.
"Sasuke, what the hell are you doing here?" Sakura jumped up from her seat, planting her hands on her hips.
"It's a public carnival." Sasuke smirked, winking at Ino. Sakura turned to Ino.
"Ino…!" Sakura exclaimed shocked at Ino's doings.
"I want a kiss." Sasuke requested, lightly slamming a five dollar bill on the kissing booth counter, glancing at Sakura.
"Go ahead, Ino. You brought him here and you said you'd take the first hour." Sakura shrugged and sank back into her chair behind Ino.
"Ino-baby…!" All of them looked up to see Shikamaru walking up to the kissing booth. He reached over the counter, grabbed a hold of Ino's neck, and pulled her in for a kiss but Ino pulled away.
"5 bucks, baby." Ino smirked. Shikamaru slipped a ten dollar bill into her jeans' back pocket and pulled her in for a deep kiss.
"Saks, get the next half hour for me. I'll owe you a big one. Thanks!" Ino and Shikamaru ran off towards the bathroom area, leaving Sakura with Sasuke in front of a long line of impatient boys.
"You have got to be kidding me." Sakura thought out loud. She looked up. The guys were getting impatient and some were even leaving, "Damn it, Ino." Sakura pointed at Sasuke, "You're last. Next! Money, kiss, leave…" Sakura demanded hostilely. After Sakura collected all the money, her lips had kissed a total of 76 guys. She looked up at Sasuke again.
"Are you ready now?"
"No…"
"Come on, Sakura, it's not like I need a full-on make-out session like some of the guys before. I promise to keep my hands to myself. All I want is a peck." Sasuke leaned in closer to Sakura, "Besides, you already know you like kissing me." Flashbacks of that one night flooded back to Sakura and she glared at him, but knew she'd have to kiss him because Ino was not going to finish what she started for her.
"Fine – just hurry up." Sasuke leaned in with his eyes closed and their noses touched accidentally. Sasuke tilted his head a little and caught her lips.
"Sakura…!" The two broke apart abruptly and Sakura looked up, relieved to see that it was only Ino and Shikamaru. Sasuke smiled and walked away, thanking Ino.
"Damn, Sakura; that was some kiss."
"It was a peck." Shikamaru paused and glanced at Ino with a raised eyebrow.
"Is that what the kids call it these days?" Ino smirked.
"That was definitely longer than a peck, Saks." Sakura sat down in the chair, a little dazed – she realized she had closed her eyes too.
So I feel like I rushed it a tad because I really wanted to write another chapter. My fingers were itching for another story because I've officially graduated and have nothing else better to do with my life. But anyway, I hope you all still enjoyed a little taste of what's more to come, hopefully soon. I promise the next chapter will be better if I can decide what to do with it soon.
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