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Chapter 3 : Giving Up
It was a beautiful morning in Konoha. It was like magic kingdom. The birds singing to each other early this morning. The love birds made morning soothing.
Naruto was still in bed stretching his arms out. Then he felt hair. This freaked him out a little bit. He hoped it was Sakura's hair that he was touching. He
slowly turned his head and saw no one. His body fired up with warmth.
"What the hell! What did I just touch!? It's so wet!" He quickly crawled his way back to the bed board. He kept looking if anyone was around. He grabbed a pillow for protection.
"Hey." Sakura said popping out of nowhere.
"AHHH!" Naruto threw the pillow at Sakura's face.
"Really!?" Her face was dull from his immaturity.
"What?! Was that not you?! That nasty feeling hair!" Naruto fearing over hair.
"Oh... Yea that was the mop. See? I spelt juice... You didn't have any paper towels so I had to find something. It's kinda hard to walk around with my knee like this." Sakura chuckled.
"Why didn't you just wake me up? Why is the mop on the bed anyways?!" Naruto asked.
"I fell down trying to mop the spelt juice! I lost balance with the mop in my hands and I kinda threw it so I can try to land better on the ground!" Sakura
threw the pillow back at Naruto.
"So... You were on the floor the whole time trying to get up?" Naruto laughed.
"Yea... So what!" Sakura said embarrassingly.
"Hahaha! It's ok Sakura. We all struggle at something." Naruto got off his bed and headed to the bathroom. Sakura sat on the edge of the bed.
"I can't wait till my knee is better again." Sakura sighed.
"It's been a long time..." Sasuke grabs Hinata's soft hand. He examines the soft hands that made Hinata embarrassed.
"Wh..What are you doing?" Hinata shyly asked.
"This hand can be useful to me." Sasuke kisses her hand. This spook Hinata a little because the last time they talked was when they were in junior high.
"Why are you getting marry?" Hinata asked curiously.
"You want to know the truth?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes, I do." Hinata pulls her hand back towards her.
"I'm here because of you." Sasuke said with a straight forward face.
"Sasuke, I'm being serious. Why are you here?" Hinata demanded.
"I just told you. I'm here to take you." Sasuke pushes Hinata to the floor. He gets on top of her and started his finger down her head to her neck.
"What are you doing?! Get off of me!" Hinata demanded.
"What do you think I'm doing?" Sasuke held both of Hinata's wrist down.
"Let go of me! I'm going to call for the guards!" Hinata threatens Sasuke.
"It doesn't matter because my guys are guarding the door. Thinking about it, you're protect less. Have you lost your virginity yet?" Sasuke smirks evilly.
"Let go of me! I will never sleep with you!" Hinata struggles to push off Sasuke. Sasuke is built so it was rather hard.
"I guess Naruto hasn't done anything with you yet." Sasuke laughs.
"Don't even mention his name!" Hinata managed to push Sasuke off for a split second before he pinned her down again.
"You're not going anywhere. I'm going to take it away from you right now!" Sasuke nears Hinata's neck and laughs. Then he got off of Hinata.
"What's wrong?" Hinata was all confused.
"Hahaha! You really think I'm going to sleep with you? I can't do this to my friend." Sasuke smiles.
"Wait... What?" Hinata didn't understand what was going on.
"You should have seen your face!" Sasuke lost control of his laugh.
"I'm confused on the situation." Hinata stated.
"I just wanted to see your reaction." He replied.
"Why would you go that far!?" Hinata slightly punches Sasuke.
"Ouch. You meanie." Sasuke over exaggerating the pain.
"You're the same old Sasuke. I miss our group." Hinata said.
"I do too. I haven't seen Naruto in forever." Sasuke sat back and stretched his neck.
"Oh! Naruto! I haven't contacted him over two weeks now!" Hinata looks away at Sasuke's direction.
"Why not?" Sasuke asked curiously.
"My father took my phone away from me. I haven't been able to contact Naruto. Please let me use your phone Sasuke!" Hinata pleaded.
"Sure but the Hyuga guards took my phone before I entered." Sasuke scratches his ear.
"Lets get marry." Hinata demanded.
Sasuke was amazed with what Hinata said. He never thought this day would come. At first he thought she was kidding. The only thing he could think of the
reason why she wanted to get married with him. It was her ticket out of this Hyuga Palace. Hinata is desperately doing whatever to leave this palace.
Another two weeks without Hinata contacting Naruto back. This was worrying Naruto to death. He hoped that she wasn't purposely ignoring him.
"Hey, Naruto. Are you ok?" Sakura laid her hand on Naruto's shoulder for some comfort.
"Yea, I'm fine." Naruto smiled.
"You're lying. Why don't you go to the Hyuga's Palace. I can walk a lot better now. I can take care of myself." Sakura said.
"I don't think... Are you sure?" Naruto changed of thought.
"Yes, I'm sure. Go. I know you miss her a lot." Sakura insisted.
"Who is going to keep you company?" Naruto asked.
"Don't worry about me. I'm worried about Hinata myself. Although I don't know her but she seems like a nice girl." Sakura said.
"Thanks, Sakura. I'll be back!" Naruto quickly packed extra clothing just incase he doesn't come back the same night. Sakura heard the door slam. She knew
he left. He left without a bye. He was totally rushing. She didn't blame him for acting the way he did. Sakura was once alone again. She decided to call a
friend over to keep her company.
"Hello?"
"Hey! It's me, Sakura Haruno."
"Oi! Sakura! It's been so long! How you been?!"
"I'm doing great! Well not super great, haha. I was wondering what you're doing today."
"Ahh, I'm busy... I'm sorry. Why, what's up?"
"It's ok. It's nothing. Maybe we can hang out some other time."
"Haha, alright. I'm sorry Sakura. I'll call later if I'm not busy."
"Alright. Bye."
"Bye, Sakura."
Sakura hangs up the phone. She sat there again thinking who she could call. She didn't know a lot of people in the city.
Naruto was only a couple blocks away from the Hyuga Palace's entrance door. He walked a little faster because he noticed something was going on. There
was a lot of people standing around the Hyuga Palace's entrance. There was a car slowly driving between the people. Naruto looked at the car and saw
Sasuke. An old friend in junior high. They were best friends.
"Sasuke?" He said out loud.
He didn't know why Sasuke was doing here. Naruto could see Sasuke anywhere else but why here. Then he noticed Hinata in the car. Hinata was waving at
the people. This confused Naruto at heart. He slowly fought through the crowd.
"Hinata. Hinata! Hinata!" He pushed people out of the way so he could reach Hinata.
Sasuke and Hinata were in the car chatting.
"Just play it cool. Pretend that you're happy to get married. It will convinced your dad." Sasuke said looking straight of the car.
"Yes, I'm fake smiling away." Hinata waved and faked smile at the people. The people were whistling and hooing at the new married couple.
"We can break off the marriage after a certain amount of time. It has to be perfect timing. I will speak with Naruto directly and explain to him." Sasuke said.
"Thanks, Sasuke. I'm so glad it was you and not any other guy." Hinata put her hand on top of Sasuke's.
"You're welcome." Sasuke smiles at Hinata.
Naruto still continued to scream Hinata's name. The crowd was so loud. Naruto couldn't hear himself scream. Everyone was glued together like sardines. It
was too late for Naruto to get to the car. The car had made its way off the street out of the town's entrance. Naruto ran as fast he could. He dropped his bag
and ran. When he stopped Hinata's head turned. He hope for her to completely turned back. She didn't turn back but she face at Sasuke. She was happy
smiling along with Sasuke. Naruto's heart dropped. He got to his knees reaching his arm out to the fading car.
"Hinata. Hinata!" Naruto cried to himself.
It was pitch black already outside. Luckily there were city lights to help people see. Sakura alone waiting for some entertainment. She turned the t.v. on and
browsed through channels. Nothing was interesting at the moment. She finally flipped channels till the J-Real channel was on. J-Real talks about the latest
J-Pop rumors. There was a commercial showing that Ino was having a concert in a week. Sakura didn't care. The tickets were expensive anyways. It was a
rated R concert. That wasn't something interesting for Sakura. She didn't want to see Ino being half naked on stage perform with guys grinding like always.
Sakura called Ino the grinding machine. A very stiff grinder.
Sakura decided to attempt to go get the mail in the mail room. She felt lazy just sitting on the couch. It would be useful for her to at least do something for Naruto since he let her stayed with him. She slowly made her way down using the elevator. The elevator was about to close but she heard someone screamed.
"Wait!" A guy stuck his hand in the middle before the elevator closed.
"Sorry..." Sakura said.
"It's ok." the guy looked at Sakura. Her eyes widen because she can't believe who she saw. It was Sai! The only Sai in the world that made her butterflies go nuts.
"Wha... His smile is so mouth dropping." Sakura said.
"Haha, thanks!" Sai chuckled.
'Did I just say that out loud?!' She thought to herself. She quickly turn her back on Sai.
"Hey, what's your name?" Sai asked. Sakura turned around slowly.
"You're talking to me?" Sakura pointed at herself.
"Haha, who else is in the elevator with us?" Sai asked.
"Oh, right..." Sakura started to play with her hands.
"So... What's your name?" Sai laughed.
"Oh! It's Sakura Haruno." Sakura said.
"Nice to meet you, haha." Sai wanted to shake Sakura's hand. She stared at his hand for a few seconds. He slightly move his fingers wanting a handshake.
"Haha, don't leave me hanging." Sai said.
"I'm sorry!" She bow so fast that her forehead hit Sai's hand.
Sai thought she was such a strange person. It was pleasing to him because most of the girls would freak out.
"Ouch." Sakura rubbed her forehead.
"My bad haha. Where are you heading?" Sai asked.
'Chaa! Sai is asking me another question!' Her inner thoughts explode.
"I'm going to get mail." Sakura said confidently.
"That seems hard to do with your knee." Sai smiled.
"I felt lazy so I wanted to help my friend." Sakura said.
"Friend? You live with your friend?" Sai asked.
"Yea he is a boy friend of mine." Sakura said.
"Ah, of course a beautiful girl like you would be with a lucky guy." Sai said.
'Did he called me beautiful!? I'm lucky with the guy I'm with!?' She thought to herself.
"Wait! He isn't my boyfriend! I'm single!" Sakura held onto Sai's hand stubbornly.
"You live with a boy?" Sai didn't mind Sakura holding his hand. He liked it actually.
"Yea! It's nothing like what you think! We aren't together, together. We aren't sleeping buddies! We are just friends helping one another! It's nothing serious! Please don't worry about it!" Sakura tried to make it sound like she isn't just living there for her pleasure.
"Hahaha! Don't worry I'm not thinking wrong or anything." Sai said.
"Are you sure?!" Sakura said.
"Yes, I am. I believe you." Sai smiled back.
"Thanks." Sakura sighed to herself.
She didn't realize that they were holding hands. Sai knew but didn't say a word. The elevator door opens and there was Naruto looking down. He looked up and Sakura was amazed how dreadful he looked. Naruto slightly angle his head looking at Sakura holding hands with Sai. Sakura looked at Sai and Sai did the same thing back.
"Let go of her hand." Naruto demanded.
"Oh.. Ok." Sai let go of Sakura's hand.
"What's wrong with you? We can hold hands if we want." Sakura back fire.
"You live with me. You follow my rules." Naruto said.
"What!? You never said we had rules. We aren't dating either!" Sakura yelled at him.
"I'm the one who took you in. No one else would have taken you in! I took cared of you!" Naruto said with anger.
"I don't know what's your problem!" Sakura's eyes became teary.
"You're my problem!" Naruto said.
"If.. If that's the case I go find my own place to live for awhile." Sakura glared at Naruto.
"Tsk. Like you could find a place." Naruto stuck his hands in his pocket.
"She can stay with me. I have plenty of empty space." Sai said.
"Well, look at that. I guess I got myself a place to stay at." Sakura crosses her arms.
"Tsk, I don't care." Naruto looked away.
"Well excuse us. Come on Sai lets go." Sakura wrapped her arms around Sai's arm. As they walked passed Naruto. Sakura and Naruto's clothes brush off each other. Naruto's face became sad when she walked right passed him. Sakura and Sai were outside of the entrance of the condo.
"I don't know what his problem was! That was the first time he acted that way!" Sakura haven't felt angry at someone in a long time.
"Looks like to me you guys have a great relationship." Sai said sarcastically.
"Whatever. I don't need him anyways." Sakura said.
"He looks sad. Why don't you guys talk it out and figure why he acted the way he did." Sai said.
"Why? He was so rude." Sakura said.
"I don't know. Why don't you go back up and talk to him." Sai insisted.
"No way." Sakura said.
"Come one. Be the better friend. I'll give you my number. Just text me if you need someone to talk too." Sai took out his phone.
"Wait, my phone is upstairs." Sakura's face sadden.
"I got it. Give me your number." Sakura gave him her number.
"Say cheese." Sai smiled taking her picture.
"Cheese." Sakura smiled adorably.
"Haha, I'll text you." Sai smiled. They both waved at each other bye. They made their own ways.
When Sakura got to the door of Naruto's. She knocked and knocked but no answer. She got fed up that Naruto wouldn't open the door.
"Naruto! Open the door!" She banged against the door.
She didn't even try to open the door. Once she did, it was unlock.
"Oh.." She opened the door and entered. It was a mess. There were feathers everywhere. Naruto must have been really upset with something. Sakura
walked around the house to find Naruto. She didn't know where he would be. She went to thew deck turning all directions. Then she saw someone's foot. She
knew it was Naruto's. She walked up to him. She saw the tears coming from his eyes. Sakura felt really sorry for him. She got down on her butt and scooted
very close to Naruto. Naruto had his head against the wall facing the city view with Sakura in the picture. She was blurry to him.
"Naruto... I'm sorry. I didn't know why you were upset." Sakura said softly.
There was no response from Naruto. There was no eye contact from him either.
"Naruto... We are friends aren't we? I'm sorry I should have known. I know that we don't know each other very well yet. But I should have known something
made you upset." Sakura raised her hand and touch Naruto on the face. She wiped his tear away.
"I'll be here with you." Sakura smiled.
Naruto had a tear drop falling from his eye to his cheek to the chin. Sakura saw that he was holding onto a photo. It was the most recent photo that Hinata
and Naruto took together at the hill when they first got here.
Sakura looked back at Naruto eyes. He still wouldn't look at her. Sakura gave a gentle smile.
"Hey... I'll be inside. If you want to talk just come inside ok?" She smiled and stood up walked back inside the condo. She started to clean the mess Naruto
made. Then she heard him scream. The scream from his lung sounded painful. It was a painful crying scream. Sakura had tear drops because she knows how
it feels to be broken and betrayed.
It was hours later and he was still outside. Sakura just wanted Naruto to come back inside where it was warm. She sat patiently waiting for him to enter back
into the room. She soon fell asleep. When she was asleep Naruto finally came in right when she fell asleep. Naruto smiled and took her to his bed to sleep. He stared at Sakura for few seconds.
"Thank you, Sakura."
He laid himself next to Sakura and closed his eyes and dreamed as well.
whew chapter 3... this is the longest chapter i have ever wrote! i hoped ya enjoyed it... lol thanks for reading.
