Promise me

two

For every promise, there is price to pay - Jim Rohn

She never ran that fast in her whole life. She jumped one after one stairs and she was already at the ground floor where the entire students locker there. She breathed deeply before ran towards her locker but suddenly her world turned upside down when someone collided with her.

She sat down while rubbed her forehead when someone surged a hand at her. She looked up and saw a pairs of cyclone black eyes. She's froze. How's he, how's he here?

"Are you okay, Sakura?" Sasuke asked, still waiting Sakura to accept his hands. "You look pale."

Sakura didn't say anything. Cold sweat started running through her temple and she felt cold of sudden. Her whole body felt numb at the same time. What I'm going to do?

"Come to think of it, you looked pale all day." Sasuke sat down with the same level as her eyes, "Afraid to see me?"

"N-No." She managed to choke out a word. She's not scared at him. Not at all. She's just….

"I love you, Sakura."

Her eyes turned wide opened. The flashbacks, the images came rushed into her mind. Her tears started to swelling inside her eyes. Without her knowing, the tears already came down to her pale cheeks until her chins.

"It's painful, isn't it?" Sasuke said while wiped her tears with his thumb. "To see me. Even me, his younger brother."

Sakura started to cry harder. She didn't know when Sasuke started hugged her or kissed her forehead to her button-like nose and she even didn't stop cried when Sasuke putted his lips on Sakura's lips. Her tears didn't stop at all.

"Why you skipped class? I'll make sure you see niisan if you come tomorrow." Sasuke said while stroking her hair. She only nodded. The silent cry was slowly dead when Sasuke placed Sakura's head on his shoulder.

"Let's go home." He said and slowly stood up, pulled her along. "You wanted to meet Itachi-niisan, right?"

Both of them walked out of the school without noticing that Shikamaru saw the entire scene in front of him. Sakura with Sasuke? But at classroom? No, isn't it's something unrealistic? To scare to seat beside you lover but…who's Itachi? He's sound important for both of them. He felt like that he snuck he nose into something he should not. Slowly, his heart began to ache and he still doesn't know why.

-x-

She was at Sasuke's bedroom. She pulled her knee to her chest and cried silently. She doesn't deserve this. It's was Sasuke's fault. She was not the one to blame. If she could rewrite the past, she will make it oppositely from this but she can't. Her head suddenly looked at the door when Sasuke came in. He was still on his uniform.

"I made you some hot milk. You like it with honey, right?" He said while passed the glass at her. She accepted it with both of her hands. She blew the white water slowly before sipped it.

"It's….nice." Sakura said and putted the glass on the table in front of them. Sasuke only smiled and sat closely to Sakura.

"It is. It's like the same as before. If we could have Itachi…." Sasuke said but suddenly Sakura cut in.

"I want to see Itachi. Please, Sasuke." Sakura pleaded him. It was same as always. She would come here over and over to see him. Her lover.

Sasuke's eyes twitched. He didn't like it. It was always Itachi in her mind. Since her Junior high school. Yes, he was jealous. He was jealous because the person he loves was in love with his beloved brother. Out of anger, Sasuke grabbed Sakura's face before force a kiss.

Sakura who was too shocked pushed him on the chest and after multiple times of try, she managed to push him. She was breathing hardly and her tears started to fall again. Her lips were already swollen from the kiss.

"I told you didn't I? I don't love you. I love Itachi." She said. Sasuke pulled her right arms toward him and hugged her. He stroked her hair lightly while Sakura strangled to get free from him.

"I'm sorry, Sakura. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm sorry, Sakura." She heard Sasuke said it. It's not easy to live like this. To be love by someone who has a connection with your lover.

"Let's see, Itachi. Together."Sasuke slowly loosen his hugged and pulled Sakura's hand to the corridor of his home. It was a traditional home. Sakura always admired the house that she never tired to come here again and again. They were already passed the master room and then she saw the Japanese landscape, but Sasuke still continued his walked.

"We're here." Sasuke said. Sakura looked calmly beside him. "We're coming, Itachi-niisan."

There, a picture of his older brother along side with his parents on the wall. The candles light up the dark room. Sakura was the first one stepped into the memorial room. She looked at the Itachi picture.

"I started to hate you, Itachi." She said, not holding back. "You broke our promise. You betrayed me, you leave me alone."

Sasuke watched the back of Sakura with a solemn face. Here she is, scolding, screaming and lastly she will crying. That's why he hated to bring her here. He only made Sakura cry. Itachi was already dead. Yes, he was dead. On car accident. On Sakura's birthday. March 28. Which means it was last week and she still not over with it.

-x-

"You said that you'll be on other school. You told me that you'll never show your face on me. You said that you'll never go to Itachi's high school." Sakura cried as she said that. It's true that Sasuke made promises with her but he can't leave her alone with her memories and his brother. It's too cruel.

"Sakura, look here." Sasuke said. Sakura still looked at the ground. Her eyes already dried from the tears. "You're too stubborn for you own good."

"I'm sorry, Sasuke-kun. I'm an innocent here." Sakura mocked him. Sasuke only sighed. What he going to do if she forced him to see his brother memorial's room again? He hated it. A lot. Especially when she cried and the only way to stop it is drag her out from the room. If he not thinking his parents on there too, he make sure that he burn down the room.

"Are you hear me?" Sakura poked him on the cheek. Sasuke looked irritated at her but he answer to Sakura anyway.

"What?"

"I met an interesting guy today." Sakura said.

"You mean Nara Shikamaru? The Vice?" When Sakura nodded, Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"How did you know many things about me without I'm telling you?" Sakura looked suspiciously at him.

Sasuke let out a dry laughed, "Because I lov-"

"Alright, don't say it. It's hurt." Sakura stopped him.

"Why?" Sasuke asked. Even he knows the answer, he wanted to hear it from her own mouth.

"It's hurt. At here." She putted her right palm on her right chest where her heart was. "So, don't say it."

"I'm right, you're too stubborn for your own good." Sasuke said. "Hey, you don't have a house do you?"

Sakura glanced at him, "Can I sleep in Itachi's room?"

When she didn't hear the answer from the boy across her, she added, "Tonight. The last one."

"Come, I don't want you to lost like the last time, you troublemaker girl." Sakura only laughed at him and followed his paced.

-x-

"Good morning." Shikamaru said as he walked in the class. One by one passed him replied his greeted.

"Oh, good morning, Shikamaru. Come here." The blonde girl who was helped him yesterday waved at him. He walked across the class before stopped at her. She has a pair of blue ocean eyes with small dimples on her right cheek when she smiled. She's beautiful.

"I'm Ino. Yamanaka Ino. Nice to meet you." The girl introduced herself. "This is Ami. And that one is Nana."

The others two girl waved at him and as he waved back, they continued the chatting. Ino just laughed and apologized of their rude behavior.

"Usually they were nice." That's her commented.

"Oh, Yamanaka-san. I'm wanted to thank you for yesterday." Shikamaru said.

"Yesterday?" She looked puzzled. "Oh, that one. Don't worry. If any of the them make trouble, I will kick their ass for you." She said while punched in the air.

"Oh, it's okay. Anyway, thank you." He said and walked back to his seat. Girl now days are too danger. Especially the beautiful one. Then, he looked back only to see Ino talking with another classmates. She must be quite popular.

Suddenly the class turned into silent. He looked back at the front. It was Haruno Sakura, followed after her was Uchiha Sasuke. The incident yesterday came into his mind. Are they going out together?

It's like someone can read his mind when someone on his left, far apart from him whispered.

"No, I've heard that Haruno going out with Sasuke's older brother."

"Really? Then why both of them looked so close. Well, it's supposed not…"

"You not heard the story?"

"What's story?"

"That Sasuke's older brother which is Haruno's lover died in car accident."

Shikamaru's eyes wide opened. Died in car accident. So, the guy name must be Itachi. This was so confusing. Oh, he really not going to hear more. He's already heard enough.

"T-That Haruno Sakura. S-She was m-my classmate." Shikamaru looked at the girl beside him.

"Your classmate?" He asked back. Hinata nodded while looking at everywhere as she scared if someone heard them.

"S-She was not t-the type to p-push people around." Hinata added. Shikamaru glanced at Sakura. She was pulling out one of her book from her bag. Not push people, huh.

"B-But after, Itachi-san d-died last w-week…..its w-went wrong. She k-kind of d-different, now." Shikamaru looked Hinata once more.

"Last week? Just before the high school started?" Hinata nodded at his question. "That's horrible."

"What you do if someone you care…..die?"

He knew it! Why he not realize it? It's not a question at all. It was an opinion. She was looking for an opinion. Of course, everyone will answer the question same as his answer but…he was wrong. She actually was looking for someone to say something different. Something …makes her strong enough. Something that makes her to…stop from crying.

"Shikamaru-kun, Shikamaru-kun." Hinata shook his shoulder lightly. Shikamaru looked at her before Hinata pointed to the front.

"Hey, you idiot Vice. Come over here." It was Sakura. She was calling him. He immediately made his way to the irritated girl.

"You're wasting my time. Come stand by my side." Sakura said, whispered harshly so only him could hear it. He nodded before stood to her left side.

"Well, people. Do you hear me?!" She shouted. The entire classroom said yes in unison. She smirked proudly.

"Good, I thought you're deaf already." Its Shikamaru turned to smirk as he remembered yesterday event when no one listens to him.

"Here, I will pass you our table study for the whole first year at this damn school." Sakura said while waving her right hands, showed them the paper she talked about.

"And this one," she waved another paper on her left hand, "the club activities you wanted to join."

Some girls started talking whiles the boys murmuring about others. It's quite annoying when the class started too noisy but Sakura didn't say anything except looking at the paper on her left, lost on deep thought. Then she looked at Shikamaru, "Hey, what's this?"

"That's baseball…and this softball." Shikamaru said. Are this girl moron or what.

"I know how to read, you moron." Shikamaru dumfounded. She can read my mind after all.

"Then, why you ask-"

"Ahh, Sasuke-kun. What's softball and baseball?" She shouted in front of the class. The entire looked at Sasuke who was read a book. The girls were blushing when he looked up at Sakura. He was good looking after all evens he was quite cold and has not-a-very-nice attitudes.

"Don't ask me, I don't know." Here we go the most offense answer. "And don't shout, you're annoying."

"Whatever,"Sakura said. "You, Vice. Pass all this to every soul in this room. If they don't have soul, don't give them any."

"How I'm supposed to know if they've a soul or not?" He whispered to himself, scared if Sakura heard him.

"I think she's cute. I like her." Naruto whispered at Shikamaru when he passed the paper at the blonde boy.

"Please don't judge by her look, Naruto." Shikamaru said and moved to the person next him.

"Hey, Kiba. I thought you said don't judge a book, right." Shikamaru heard Kiba laughed at him after that.

-x-

She was different from yesterday. She totally like different person. Yes, of course she was quite…temper but she was..not here. The Haruno Sakura from yesterday is disappeared. Where was her? The loneliness girl that makes his heart beating fast when she looked or called his name.

There, she is. Lying on the ground at the rooftop. This time she not used her bag as her pillow instead her arms. He walked slowly before sat down. He glanced at her, she was sleeping soundless. Yes, it's true, she looked like a porcelain doll. Her face was small and her eyelashes were long like a butterfly's wings. He can't take his eyes off from her until she spoke.

"How long do you intend to stare at me, Shikamaru?" So she was not sleeping! She just closed her eyes. Shikamaru looked away, blushing heavily because 1)she caught him stared at her. 2)she called him by the first name…again.

"I-I don't stared you that…long." He stammered.

Sakura opened her eyes and looked straight at him, "So, you admitted that you stare at me?"

"Well, any guy will stare at the beautiful girl like you." He said frankly. He was not flirting with but he just being honest.

She turned away from him, instead she looking at the sky, "Isn't it beautiful. The sky?"

"You said you didn't come here to watch the sky." He too looked up at the sky.

"I like the clear day because it's remind me my first love." Shikamaru looked back at her. "He was the only one. He confessed his loves to me on this roof."

"When?" He asked without thinking.

Sakura smiled knowingly and it's made Shikamaru heart beat faster, "I was in my second year of my Junior high school while he was on his second year of high school."

"I love you, Sakura."

"He said that. Once. Just once." He didn't know what to say or to do. Sakura just smiled like she was happy telling him the story.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Shikamaru. I need to go to the teacher room." She stood up and walked casually to the door. It's like nothing happened, it's just like she chatted with other girls about shoes or dress. Nothing special. It's just…weird.

"Haruno-san!" Sakura looked at the boy.

"I-If you wanted someone to talk…about anything, or something. I'll be there. I'll lend my ears for you." Shikamaru said. "Just, please. Don't act you're strong. It's hard for me to see you….fell into pieces."

Her faces changed. It's not the happy Sakura from the morning or the temper Sakura that likes to push him around. It's the faces from yesterday. The confused, loneliness one. She didn't said anything except, "You don't know what you say. I hate people made promise when they can't keep it."

thanks for the read.

Yuuki-Hime 2097; thank you *shower you with loves

it's quite twisted at first so please continue reading (;