I have no idea what to make of this oneshot. I just wrote it as I thought, and this came out. Warning: Lame attempts at humor, a bit of SasuSaku, might be cheesy and could be extremely OOC. Enjoy!
"Sasuke, if you give me that stupid smirk of yours one more time, I swear I'll—" Sakura paused, searching for a good enough consequence. "I'll—I'll break your nose and refuse to heal it!"
The Uchiha in question only held his smirk longer, dangling Sakura's medic scroll even further away from the jumping kunoichi. "You'd never even reach me," he said smugly. "Besides, you have no good reason to. I'm only following Tsunade's orders to stop you from overworking."
Sakura huffed, blowing loose hair from her face. Putting her hands on her waist, she glared at him. "And since when did you start following orders?" When he paused slightly to think of a reply, she decided to turn the tables. Leaning in, she jabbed a long finger at his chest, barely moving him but successfully gaining his attention. "Hm, if you'd listened to orders a few years ago you wouldn't have left and tried to destroy the village, huh?"
She could see his jaw clenching and his expression tightening. Ever since he'd come back, no one had really talked about his leave. But Sakura was tired of purposefully avoiding the subject, and she could tell Naruto had already talked with Sasuke. She just never had the chance to bring up the topic, not until now.
"Sakura, I really don't—"
"I really do." She'd managed to keep her voice level enough to pretend it didn't bother her. Maybe she could avoid the tension and still stay on the subject. Maybe she could make him think it was just another shot at his patience. Despite herself, she smiled. She'd been doing that a lot lately, though she doubted it would help her now.
Seeing her expression, Sasuke scowled. Nonetheless, he nodded curtly. "Fine. Do you want an apology?"
Sakura rolled her eyes. An apology from him would be entertaining, but it alone wouldn't help the situation. "No," she thought for a moment, wondering what she wanted. Closure? Reassurance? Both, she decided. "I want you to promise never to leave like that again. You have a big brain, right? Use it. Think before you leave somewhere that makes you happy. And...I guess an apology wouldn't hurt much."
The promise was fair enough; Sasuke nodded. He could do that, especially now that everything was right again. He pondered how to apologize to her. It had to be enough to close the subject. Enough to make her smile.
Medic scroll forgotten, he stepped back and made sure no one else in the hospital was close enough to hear what he would say next. Looking her directly in the eye, he announced solemnly, "Sakura. You've known me for so long, and probably understand me better than I do myself. I know what I did was extremely foolish—" "Pathetic." she added. "—and I swear to think more often. I'm sorry about leaving. I'm sorry about trying to hurt you and Naruto and Konoha. And, I'm only saying this once...but you make me happy, so I swear I'll never leave you again."
At the last sentence, Sakura's serious expression melted, and her lips quirked up. Sasuke mentally sighed in relief—he'd said the right things. She wasn't going to be on one of her super-strength rages like she was whenever Naruto even breathed the wrong thing. And he did that only too often.
But then her eyebrows knitted together. Pouting like she was twelve again, she asked, "Why won't you say it again?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes, his patience wearing thin. "Can't you stay happy for more than five seconds?"
Sakura mentally grinned. She was so good at cracking his calm. But her victory was short lived when Sasuke remembered her scroll.
"So, now that we've gotten that over with, you can go home."
He said it smoothly, but Sakura knew what he was trying to pull. Keeping her voice light, she casually thought his words over and replied, "Sure. Can I have my scroll?"
"No."
"Sasuke!"
"Hn." *Smirk*
BAM.
"Ow! Sakura!"
Sasuke cupped his broken nose, dropping the scroll in the process. Sakura gave him a cheeky grin and picked up the scroll. Sweetly, she taunted, "I guess you've failed Tsunade's orders." Like how you'd failed mine. "But I'm sure she won't mind too much." You came back.
I don't mind at all.
Was it terrible? Was it amazing? Was it too bland for words? Tell me what you think, or I might never improve *shudders* :3
-L2L