A large crash woke me from my sleep. I'm not really complaining since all I remember from my dream was that damn woman and her pink and green combination. I slid on a shirt to walk downstairs and to my surprise I found both Sakura and Ino in the living room watching TV. I figured they would be out of commission but obviously not. They were both wrapped in blankets drinking what appeared to be coffee.

"Sorry to wake you Sasuke. Someone barged in and made a mess in my kitchen."

A head of blonde spikey hair appeared from the corner and I instantly regretted walking down here. He smiled at the two girls and I, Naruto would always be an idiot to me. He can't keep himself in check for five minutes.

"Yeah I dropped a pan while trying to make them breakfast. Hinata had to go teach her squad today so I'm all alone."

"So he woke Ino and I after seeing the empty wine bottles in the trash. What a great friend."

They all laughed and I stood there emotionless. It was funny that she would say that considering the tasks I have to achieve in six months. Naruto went and jumped in-between the two and they instantly smacked him. I let out a small chuckle and they all stared at me.

"Did the teme just laugh?"

"Shut it dobe."

They looked at each other and started to laugh harder. Rolling my eyes, I retreated back to my room and plopped on the bed. There was no way I could survive six months of this. No challenging missions, being surrounded by Sakura and Naruto and also having to finish that to-do list Tsunade gave me.

Someone came into my room and I didn't bother looking up. I already knew that it was Sakura by her chakra signature. Why was she here?

"What do you want?"

"Well this is my house for starters. Two I'm replacing the dirty towel from yesterday and getting your laundry. I don't know about you but I don't like the smell of wet clothes."

"They're in the bathroom."

That was nice of her though even though I'm more than capable of doing my own laundry and cleaning. I have been doing it since I was a child. She collected the items and left my room without another word.

"You know being nice to her wouldn't be so bad."

Kakashi appeared in the room. How in the hell did he get into my room? Looking over I saw that the window was slightly opened. Sneaky bastard.

"What does it matter?"

"It matters a lot. I know about the scroll Tsunade gave you."

"What about it?"

"That you have assignments to complete. They won't be easy so lets just get one over with. Sasuke you are my student and also someone that I care very much about. You have always been on the path of darkness. You were never meant to be an avenger but Itachi was able to wrap your mind around hate. You were too blinded by that hate to see that the people around you cared so much about you. Naruto wanted to fill the void for both of you. He knows what it's like to grow up with no one. Sakura loves you with every fiber of her being and that has never changed. You are like a son to me Sasuke."

"You speak like any of this matters to me."

"It matters. If it didn't you wouldn't be here right now."

"Also why is everyone speaking of Sakura? If she has something to say, then she can say it."

"You don't understand women at all. Trust me it's not easy for us guys to pick up on. Let me say this. After every time you tried to break her down and break her heart you would think eventually she would give up. She never did. It made her want to be stronger and motivated her to find you."

"So Sakura has used me as an image for strength? Well good for her."

"It was good for her. Now I'm going to say something from a father's perspective then I will leave. Tonight when you go out just act your age and like a normal person. Have fun and you never know how the night will go."

"Hn."

"I tried. You have my forgiveness if you can do that one thing for me tonight."

"I'll think about it."

He vanished in a blink out of the window. In order for he to cross Kakashi off of the list I had to have fun tonight. Maybe I could try. It would help ease the boredom around here. I'll think about what he said. A loud set of footsteps echoed up the stairs and I already knew whom it as going to be. A ball of yellow and orange came busting through the door.

"So you need an outfit for tonight. I'm only going to help you out this one time so you better pay attention."

I rolled my eyes and played along. He entered the closet and pulled out two pairs of jeans, three button up shirts and three undershirts. I've never been to the club so this would be a new experience for me. I might as well make it a memorable one. He laid the options out on the bed and I was impressed that the dobe was able to do this. I chose a dark pair of jeans, a dark navy shirt with a black undershirt. Naruto seemed to agree.

"Good. We will leave here in a little while because I highly doubt you want to be here when the four girls get ready. It tends to get a little chaotic when they do."

"For once I will have to agree with you."

"That's good. You can shower and change at my house. Just pack the clothes up in a bag."

Naruto exited my room and a sense of happiness washed over me for a split second. I can't believe that I let him help me and wasn't rude to him for a second. Maybe this wouldn't be as hard as I thought. Doing as I was told I threw the clothes in a duffle bag along with my toiletries. Laughing was the first thing I heard as I went downstairs. Sakura was chasing Naruto around the living room and Ino was laughing as well as Hinata. She must've gotten out early.

"Sasuke help me! She's trying to kill me."

Sakura had a shoe in her hand trying to hit the loud mouth. It was humorous to me so I played along. Naruto ran past me and Sakura followed. Instinct made me grab her by the waist and pull her to me. The whole room went quiet. Sakura's eyes were wide and her cheeks were 50 shades of red.

"You… you can let go of me now."

I withdrew my arms and mentally smacked myself. Why did I grab her? My fucking dick was thinking for me. Naruto threw a pillow at me and I shot him a death glare.

"Let's leave these beautiful ladies alone. Let's go."

Hinata gave Naruto a kiss as we left. Little did I know tonight would be one crazy night.

Sakura's POV

When the door shut Ino and Hinata were laughing their asses off. Sasuke has just done something that I never imagined would happen. The warmth that radiated from me made me fall in love with him all over again. I don't know how he saw himself as a monster but I could never see him like that. Hinata hugged me and Ino was still laughing.

"I can't believe that he did that Sakura. Do I need to restart your heart?"

"Ino give her a break. It can't be easy for her."

I just stood there in shock. My cheeks were most likely still red and I felt like I was going to faint like a younger Hinata. God my hormones were going crazy. These next six months were going to go by so slow…

"Ah yeah I'm fine guys…let's go to my room and get ready. We probably all need showers and the whole treatment. When is Tenten getting here?"

"She's on her way. Neji kept her a little too long if you know what I mean."

Well I knew what she meant but in another way I didn't. Yes, I haven't had sex yet. The last remaining virgin of my friends and every time they talked about it I got embarrassed. Hinata knew better than to talk about it. Somewhere deep down I was saving myself for a certain person but as I got older it seemed ridiculous.

My feet carried me to my room and Ino was in the shower before Hinata and I could say anything. They were my guests so I would take the last shower. Hinata had her dress hanging up in my closet. Ino said last night that I needed to pick out something that would make Sasuke drool and like a drunken idiot I told her I would. There was a certain black dress that she bought me last year for my birthday that came to mind. Walking back into the bedroom with it Hinata's eyes sparkled because she knew what this meant.

"Are you going to go after what you want finally?"

"Maybe. Let's see if we can get his attention with this."

"Good. Hopefully he will see how much of an idiot he is."

"If not just beat it into him this weekend. Everyone would like a good show."

That would be hilarious. To beat Sasuke Uchiha in front of all of our friends, that would make my life. A small laugh escaped my lips. I felt like a regular person trying to get the attention of another. My past sort of melted away and everything was calm…for now.

Two Hours Later…

Ino was currently doing her makeup for tonight, Hinata had just finished Ino's hair and was currently doing hers, Tenten just got out of the shower so now it was finally my turn to take one. Turning on the water it was only warm enough for a fast shower. I quickly washed my hair while I shaved every inch of my body. After I scrubbed away any stress so I could thoroughly enjoy my night.

The cool air was a shock to me when I exited my shower. Tenten was in the chair to get her hair done. Hinata and Ino just had to get dressed. I sat beside Tenten and dried my hair off.

"So they told me that Sasuke was staying here. How's that going Sakura?"

"It's okay. I mean there's nothing I can do about it. Just suck it up for six months and then move on."

"Really Sakura? You can lie to yourself but you can't to us. We know that you still love him. You should win him over while he's here."

"What do you mean?"

"Do everything you can to make him want you. There has to be some kind of emotion under that stone façade."

Tenten had a point. I could make living with me an advantage. There had to be something or some part of him that cared about me a little bit. If that existed, I would find it.

'This can be our little plan to win Sasuke.'

'We are acting like he is some kind of prize. I mean if he doesn't have feelings for me and I do this I can potentially ruin our friendship and team.'

'Sakura you cannot let this ruin you. You love him so go and take him.'

'You know you may be right.'

'Just trust me.'

My inner had a point. Sasuke has been the love of my life for a long time. I could use this to test it out. Tenten was finished with her hair and I scooted over.

"Hinata, let's do this."

They all squealed and went to work on me. There was no way Sasuke could ignore me tonight.

Sasuke's POV

I've been at Naruto's house all day. We just now left for whatever club we were going to. He said that the others would be joining us there. It was weird but not once today was I annoyed with being around Naruto. He didn't push anything too far and tried to be nice. So I returned the favor and even congratulated him on Hinata.

"Hey Sasuke, can you do me one thing tonight?"

"Maybe."

"Just look out for Sakura. I don't want anything to happen to her."

"Hn."

"Thanks."

Some part of me was angry at the fact that he asked me that. I followed the dobe back to a huge booth that could probably seat 20 people comfortably. Why on earth was I here? Did some part of my being actually want to be with them?

A small brunette appeared out of nowhere. She blushed when she looked at Naruto and I.

"Hi Naruto. The usual?"

"Yeah go ahead and start bringing them. The rest should be here in a minute."

She retreated quickly. Naruto leaned back into the booth and let out a huge sigh. This was the first time he had just relaxed today. He's been so uptight since I've been back. I can tell there's something that is bothering him.

"Here you go guys. Will Sakura be here?"

"Yeah. You know how her and the girls are."

"I do. Do you want me to bring out her usual?"

"Nah. She doesn't get to party too hard tonight."

The girl laughed and pranced away. I stared at him confused. Why couldn't Sakura have her usual? Did something happen?

"Answer me this dobe. Why can't she have her usual?"

"Concerned for our friend?"

"Curious more like it."

"Sakura has a tendency to drink like the Hokage. The last time we went out she ended up sick for a week with an even worse hangover."

His face was telling me that he was hiding something from me and that was pissing me off. Why had he asked me to watch out for her? Something else was going on but before I could ask I heard Naruto scream out Hinata's name. The rest of our group had arrived and I instantly regretted coming.

My eyes locked in on Sakura. She was wearing what some would say is a dress but I called it a scrap of cloth. The black material had been covered in sequences and her shoes looked like they could kill someone. My inner teenager was over the moon but my current self was pissed the hell off. Why would she wear that out in public? Right now I wanted to take her home to change. She took a seat next to me and scooted in closer. The dress rode up her thighs more and I swear I could almost see everything.

I had to lock my jaw so I wouldn't do something I regretted. Ino was even dressed more appropriately than Sakura, which is a huge first. I took a drink from the tray and downed it. If I was going to handle tonight, I was going to have to drink…

We have been here for a few hours now and I have already drunk an entire bottle of whiskey. Shikamaru and myself were the two that remained in the booth. Everyone was out dancing on the floor and my eyes have been locked on Sakura all night. The way she moved with the beat and how amazing she looked was overpowering my will.

Would it be so bad to be normal? Was there a normal life for a person like me? I took another sip of my drink and smile. The answer to my questions weren't going to come from just sitting here. I had worked up enough courage to get up and join them when the song ended and they came walking back to the table.

Damn. Next time.

Sakura took her seat back next to me and laughed. The rest returned the gesture by laughing as well. They all had an inside joke that I had no idea about, which mad me mad for some reason. I was left out again…

Sakura laid her head on my shoulder, which shocked the hell out of me. This is it, hell has frozen over and I was going to die. I wouldn't dare admit that I enjoyed the simple gesture. My face must've changed because everyone started laughing.

"Hehe look at the cute couple."

"Yeah Naruto. Looks like they are getting a little comfy over there."

Sakura sat straight up and her face was angry. She didn't say anything but took another drink.

"Naruto shut up. Leave me and him alone."

"Sorry Sakura."

She jumped up from the table and took off. They really did piss her off which would only bother me because I'm stuck in her house.

"Why did you do that dobe?"

"Because I can teme. How can you be so blind? For someone that is smart and had the sharingan you sure are oblivious. You may not be able to admit it to yourself but we can."

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

The rest of the group slowly left, including the lazy Shikamaru. Naruto and I were alone once again today and I knew things were going to get serious. The alcohol was pumping through our veins and testosterone was about to kick in.

"Sasuke you are a fucking idiot. You can't see that one of the strongest and smartest women in the entire fucking world is waiting for you. She's been waiting everyday for 5 years. Then out of nowhere you come home and treat her like shit."

"You don't know anything."

"No you don't know anything."

"Then why don't you fill me in?"

"You weren't here when we had to pick her up and make sure she still had the will to live. I have seen her break down to just a shell. I've seen Sakura go from a kid to a woman overnight. The day she finally realized that you were never coming back without force was the day she trained. Her medical ninja training alone and heal and save."

Before I could open my mouth he continued his rant and this time something actually got to me.

"She closed out everyone and focused on getting you home. Sakura nearly died countless time to save the person she loved more than anything in this world. You may not believe in love but she does. You may think she is another one of your fan girls but she's not. There is only room for one man in her heart. Can you guess who?"

His words were weighing me down to were I felt small and powerless. Was he being honest? Did I really put her through all of that?

"Did…did I really do that to her?"

"Yes. Not just her either. Kakashi and myself were lost like Sakura but we were able to find our path quicker and easier than her."

We both sat there in silence. The music was getting louder which meant that this conversation was over. Naruto finished his drink and left too. He wondered through the crowed until he found Hinata. Ino and Sakura were dancing and talking.

Something in the back of my mind was lecturing me about how I need to get over myself and realize the world around me. We only have one life and we need to experience everything before we meet our maker. It may have been the drinking but my feet were carrying me to the woman we had just been discussing. Ino saw me coming and gave Sakura a look. She turned around and she was shocked as was I.

My body had carried me over here to her. Her face was flushed from everything and she was trying to catch her breath. Her hair was losing the curl to it and her makeup was gone, but to me she was still attractive.

"Sasuke are you okay?"

She was yelling so I could hear over the music. I don't know what came over me. If it was the stupid assignments, I have to do or if I actually wanted to be normal but I leaned in close to her ear.

"Do you want to dance with me?"

She pulled away and her flush was worse. Instead of hitting me like I expected she smiled and nodded yes. Sakura came close and our bodies moved in rhythm together. I felt eyes staring but we were too caught up in the music.

When the song ended she backed up a little and I grabbed her hand. I didn't want her to leave. A part of me that I thought had disappeared years ago was starting to reappear. Her face looked confused and tired.

"I'm ready to go home Sasuke."

"I'll go tell the others. Be right back."

I found Naruto and told him that Sakura was ready to go home. He smiled at me and went back to dancing with the others. Sakura was waiting by the door on me. Her face was getting pale and her body was going limp. We needed to hurry before she passed out.

The air was cool as we walked and out of nowhere she stopped and sat on a bench.

"You're not going to throw up are you?"

"I don't get sick. No I'm taking these damn shoes off. I'll feel better after."

She leaned over and I had a clear view down her dress. Her breasts were barely contained in the fabric and they looked so soft.

I shook my head. No. No more thinking like this. We are both drunk and we both need to get to bed.

Holding her heels in one hand we continued to walk.

"Thank you."

"What for?"

"Dancing with me. I know you were doing it for Naruto."

"Why do you say that?"

"He probably asked you to be nice to me and take care of me."

"How?"

"A few months ago we went out and I got too crazy. Come to find out this guy was drugging my drinks. I almost went home with him but Naruto saved me. The drug was almost impossible to detect. I couldn't tell until it was too late."

We arrived at the house and she opened the door. How dare someone touch her and try to use her. I bit my lip and my body tightened up. My anger was almost too much to control. No one was allowed to hurt her.

Before we both could breath, I had her pinned on the wall staring into her emerald orbs. Green and black clashed. Her breathing became ragged and she became alert.

"Wha…what are you doing Sasuke?"

"No one will hurt you again."

"I'm fine Sasuke. No harm done."

"Not what I meant."

She continued to look confused and then the next thing shocked us both. My lips crashed into hers and we melted together. Sakura's hands found their way into my hair and she pulled me closer. One of my hands was pulling her head closer and he other was wrapped around her waist. My feet started to walk backwards and I carried her with me. There were so many raw emotions in this kiss. I could feel the tears coming off of her face and I only pulled her closer.

We ended up by the couch and I lowered her down. I pulled away and we were both gasping for air. What had just happened? Her face had the same message. What the hell?

"Sasuke…"

"I'm sorry about that."

"It's okay."

She sat up and shook her head. The tears had stopped and she was about to pass out. I leaned down and picked her up bridal style. Walking into her room I was impressed. It was large and nicely done just like the rest of the house. I gently laid her on the bed and she smiled.

"Thank you."

"Get some sleep."

I turned off the light and shut her door. My body wasn't tired so I went outside to sit. Summer would be over in a month or so and the snow would slowly follow. I could be in my old house by December. Something caught my attention and I was pleased to see Sakura had joined me. No longer wearing the dress, she had on a pair of sweat pants and a tank top. Even like this she was beautiful… Beautiful? Oh no don't tell me I'm starting to care for her.

"I told you to sleep."

"I'm just coming out here to check something."

She walked closer to me and then she attacked me. The kiss wasn't as heated as before. It was soft yet needy. My hand found her face and hers found mine. She pulled away and was stunned.

"I'm sorry."

Why was she apologizing? If anything I should. I was basically dry humping her earlier. I stood and towered over her. Instinct washed over me as I embraced her. Sakura's melted into me and wrapped her arms around my neck.

We stood like this for a long time. I was almost certain that he had fallen asleep on me. I gently pulled away and her head rose. Her eyes were heavy and she was almost passed out.

"Go to bed Sakura."

I wouldn't let her pull away. Instead I picked her up like earlier and carried her back inside. As soon as her head hit the pillow she was asleep. Shutting her door once more I went and locked the doors. I shrugged off my shirts and pants when I entered my room.

Laying down I noticed the scroll was sitting on the desk opened. I know that I hid it in the drawer once I was done with it. Rolling out of bed I went to it and saw that Kakashi's name had a check mark next to it. Huh I guess I had made amends with him.

Returning to the bed I went to sleep. My lips tingled as I dreamed of my pink haired teammate.

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