Don't Forget Me

Chapter Four

Sasuke sighed as he pulled into traffic. Same boring every day traffic. It was late and he was exhausted. He sat back further in his seat trying to relax but failing. In fact it had been very hard for him to relax since the accident. Before he'd just been able to sit back and live every day to its fullest. Never scared that there wouldn't be a tomorrow. But ever since Naruto's accident it became very real to him that one day he might really lose his best friends: Naruto and Sakura. He had slowly started to forget about all the good things in life and only focused on what happened at the end.

Sasuke sighed before lifting up and loosening his tie slightly as he pulled into the parking garage. He glared slightly at the family crest that sat at the very top of the apartment building. It was still beyond him as to why Sakura wanted to live here; especially since she had to deal with his family on a daily bases which was something he himself had no desire of doing. After parking his car he stuffed his hands in his pockets and slowly made his way to the elevator since he was in no mood to take the stairs.

It annoyed him to no end. The Uchiha's. His family. It was ridiculous how highly they thought of themselves. He stepped into the elevator that was of course perfectly clean and looked as if it was as new as the day it was made. The whole elevator smelt of cleaning supplies. He looked around at the glass walls, perfect untouched. He ran his finger across the glass leaving a streak. He finally pressed the button that would take him to the second story. Where Sakura's apartment was.

He felt the elevator move upwards and he glanced at his reflection in the mirror. He hated it. How much he looked like his family. How much he looked like his father. He frowned before turning away from the mirror and watching the numbers changed until it got to the second story. He couldn't wait to be in Sakura's apartment it was the only place that didn't scream: I'm a total jerk. As soon as the doors opened he walked out as quickly as possible head down in hopes of not having to see any unwanted family members.

As he moved from the elevator he bumped into a middle aged man. Sasuke looked up to meet eyes that matched his even more so then normal family members. Sasuke's scowl deepened. Could today get even better? He side steps in hope that he could just continue on with his merry way but was stopped when a hand gripped his upper arm and causing him to turn around to face the old man.

"Sasuke, that isn't a very nice was of greeting your father," The older man said. His face was sunken with many wrinkles. His eyes watched Sasuke's every move as if waiting for him to do another thing to cause him to be ruder to his youngest son.

"My apologies, Father." Sasuke said his glare hardening. The word 'father' left his lips as if it was the worst word that he could ever say. Sasuke turned away from the man in hopes that his father would let him move onward without another word.

"Sasuke, next month there will be a clan meeting. You will need to be there," Sasuke stopped without bothering to turn and look at his father. "It would also do you well to wear something proper and please do something with your hair,"

Sasuke grinded his teeth together. God how he wanted to punch that man. Punch him right across the face. He stood still until he heard the elevator door shut and he knew his father was gone. Sasuke clenched his fist before turning and punching the perfect wall leaving an indenture in the wall. He breathed out trying to calm himself. He didn't need to worry Sakura more then she already was. He turned continued his walk down the hallway until he ended up at Sakura's door. He ran his hand through his hair trying to make it look less crazy; Sakura hated it when he was looking off.

Lifting his hand up, he knocked on the door. He heard some movements before the door opened to revieal a head of pink hair. Sakura looked up at Sasuke slightly confused as to why he was there. Her hair was pulled up and still wet signaling that she had been planning on staying home for the rest of the evening. Under her eyes were some crème. She smiled before opening the door and letting him in.

Sasuke stuffed his hands in his pockets before entering the home. It amazed him how Sakura was able to keep her house so homey yet so clean. He smiled when he noticed that her nice lamps and picture were back out; she always had a knack for hiding them during parties since they were friends with people like Kiba.

"Let me go make some tea," Sakura said bustling off into the kitchen. Sasuke nodded before taking his shoes off and walking to the couch. He plopped down on the old piece of furniture and finally started to relax. Sakura walked back into the living room. The crème that had been on her face now gone letting Sasuke see the bags that were under her eyes. She smiled before placing the tray on the table and pouring each of them a glass.

"So what brings you here?" she asked sitting down next to him and taking a sip of her tea.

"Nothing much," Sasuke said trying to smile. "You seem tired?" Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Well school is a drag, I never thought Universities would be that hard, not to mention they have me working all the time at the hospital," Sakura sighed laying back into the couch.

"Well you're finally achieving your goals. One more year and you will be a Doctor!" Sasuke said trying his best to be encouraging.

"I know I know. But sometimes I wonder why I didn't take the easy route and just be a nurse like Temari, or Ino…" Sakura said her voice stiffer when she mentioned Ino.

"Because you have more ambition then they do?" Sasuke said as if it were the most obvious thing on the planet.

"I know…" she whined before grabbing a pillow and stuffing her face in it. "And the hospital is so far away too! It's over an hour drive both ways!" her voice came out muffled.

"At least the University is just down the street,"

"Yeah… at least there's that," Sakura sighed pulling the pillow away from her face. "By the way... do I still own you money for the advance you gave me to buy the apartment?"

"Sakura," Sasuke said sternly frowning. "I already told you, forget about that. I gave you the money. I didn't lend it to you and besides it really didn't make a difference it was more the fact that you have a connection with the Uchiha's that you were able to have it," Sasuke said in an annoyed voice.

"Yeah, thank god for the Uchiha's," Sakura laughed as if it were a joke. The two sat in silence. It was always a damper on the conversation if you brought up Sasuke's family.

"Hey Sakura, you know next week is your turn to look out for the dobe."

"Yeah… I know," she whispered her eyes looking downward.

"Well I was thinking that since Naruto lives closer to the hospital… why don't you just sleep over at his place," Sakura's face turned bright red.

"What? You know we are NOT kids anymore. Sleeping over at someone's home is not as inno—" she blushed furiously. Sasuke had one of his oh so charming smirks on his face. "Sasuke! I swear you better not be thinking of anything…cause so help me if you are you WON'T be having children!"

"I don't know what you're talking about Sakura," Sasuke said his smirk still in place.

"So… talking about Naruto…" Sakura whispered. "How is he?" Sasuke's smirk faded. He hated seeing her like this. The hurt so clearly drawn on her face. Her voice and her eyes clearly said everything that she was feeling. Sakura hadn't been herself. Not with Naruto the way he was. But Sakura had always been so prideful. Never really letting on how hurt she really was. She never talked about her feelings, she preferred to keep them in.

"He's… He's fine. He still has his principal personality traits: Idiocy, laziness, and not shy," Sasuke said, his eyes darkened at the thought of what Naruto had said about Ino. The Naruto before knew about Sasuke's feelings towards Ino and he never would do something like that.

"I guess it will be awhile before he remembers us," Sakura said sadly. Her heart hurt so badly and all she wanted to do was cry. She didn't want to cry in front of Sasuke she always hated doing that. Sakura stood up and walked towards one of her bookshelves so Sasuke wouldn't be able to see her tears. Sasuke stood and slowly walked towards her. He gently placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Sakura, don't worry. I'm sure his memories will return s—"

"But what if it doesn't, Sasuke!" She screamed turning to look at him. "What if they never return?" She pulled her hands to her chest. "He hates me now and I can't handle that!" Tears were streaming down her face at this point. "Did you see how he looked at me in the hospital!" Sakura slowly made her way to her knees her hands gripping the end of her shorts, her tears staining her cheeks and her hands.

Sasuke stood there for a moment unsure of what to do. This was Naruto's forte. Making Sakura stop crying. Naruto was the one who always cheered her up. Sasuke quickly dropped down to his knees before pulling Sakura into his arms. She let out a wail before her body hiccupped with sobs. It was rare that Sasuke had ever seen her in this state.

Sasuke ran his hand through her hair until she stopped sobbing and was able to catch her breath again. He pulled her head back slightly so she was able to look his in the eyes. "Even if his memories don't come back. We can make new ones. We can create a new bond with him," Sasuke said. It obviously wasn't his best choice of words because if caused Sakura to crumble into tears again.

It killed him seeing her like this. Why did this have to happen to her? Everything was perfect before this dumb incident had happened. Sakura let out another loud sob. Why did this have to happen now? When she had finally mustered up the courage to tell him her feelings. She had taken too long to tell him and this was the worlds way of telling her she was better of single. Better off without him… better off without Naruto… the man she was completely in love with. She took a deep breath. No. She couldn't think like that. She sat up and wiped the tears from her eyes. She stood up cause Sasuke to stare at her. She smiled down at him and helped him up.

"You know… you worry too much," Sasuke said ruffling her hair. "Naruto would be even more of an idiot if he doesn't fall for you again." Sasuke chuckled as Sakura glared at him and knocked his hand away from her hair. Sasuke turned away from the pinkette and made his way to the front door. He turned and looked back at her. "Next week, have a sleep over with Naruto. You look tired; you might get better sleep with him!" Sasuke said before leaving and shutting the door behind him.

He sighed before making his way down to the elevator. It was hard to smile in front of Sakura but that was what she needed. She needed him to be the positive one. Sasuke made his way to his car and pulled out of the garage to go home. He looked up at the sunset. It was beautiful and different mix of colors the brightest of the colors was a faint pink mixed with a bright orange. It made a true genuine smile form on his lips. Those two colors looked brilliant together. It made him think about Sakura and Naruto and how right they were for each other. His eyes darkened as another thought entered his mind. Why did his father want him to go to the Uchiha meeting? His father knew that he wasn't interested in anything they would have to talk about… so why did he have to come?

A/N

I apologize so much for taking so long to update my fics. Well I should now be able to update more often now. The reason I took so long to update is because I've moved three times within the last five months. I'm in the middle of going through a divorce so I couldn't update then either. Well as perusal this is not my original story line it belongs to my friend, JazANIME-BellatorMendis 8o. So I hope you enjoyed! Leave a review!