That night

(Sasuke is sitting up in a tree.)

Sasuke thinking: I wonder…if that girl really was a vampire. My wrist is burning where she bit me, but there's no mark. And now…I feel…empty. Like something's missing. And I don't know what it is.

The next morning

Just before daybreak the next morning, Sakura spots Sasuke, still in the tree. He is awake.)

Sakura: Sasuke? Were you up there all night?

Sasuke: I couldn't sleep.

Sakura: …Oh.

Sasuke: Did Naruto show up by any chance yesterday?

Sakura: Uh, yeah. He said you two were supposed to fight.

Sasuke: He said that?

Sakura: Yeah.

Sasuke: Well, tell him I'm ready any time he is.

Sakura: You're still gonna fight him after…

Sasuke: Sakura, that girl wasn't a vampire. You know that, right? Everyone knows vampires don't exist. So don't bother worrying about it, or about me. I'm fine.

Sakura: But…you have been acting sorta weird…

Sasuke: I told you, I'm fine!

Sakura: …Okay.

(Sakura leaves.)

Sasuke trying to convince himself: I'm not a vampire. I didn't get bitten by one. That girl was just crazy. And I didn't…enjoy killing them, I just…didn't mind the blood.

Sakura: And now he won't come out of the tree.

Naruto: Maybe he finally lost it.

Sakura defensive: No! Sasuke's not crazy! I know that girl must have been a vampire, because Sasuke never acts like this!

Naruto: Well, maybe she really was. But Sasuke thinks he's fine, right?

Sakura: Yeah, but-

Naruto: Maybe he is fine. Maybe he just, uh…wants to sit in a tree all night…and day.

Sakura duh: Or maybe he's not fine.

Naruto: I think you're right.

Sakura sweatdrop

Naruto: I was just trying to think of possibilities!

Sakura sigh

A few hours later

(Around noontime, Sakura passes the tree Sasuke was in to see if he's still there.)

Sakura: Sasuke?

(She peers through the shady branches. She sees Sasuke, sleeping.)

Sakura sigh: Is he ever coming down?

At dusk

(Sasuke awakens just after the sun has set.)

Sasuke: Hmm…guess I slept all day.

(He leaps out of the tree, on to the ground.)

Sasuke: I wonder if Sakura and Naruto are already sleeping.

(He walks over to Sakura's house. He looks in the window. Sakura is reading.)

Sasuke thinking: That's so like her. I should've known she'd be reading, not sleeping.

(Sakura doesn't notice Sasuke at the window. He reads over her shoulder a bit.)

Sasuke thinking: She just won't give up on the vampire thing, will she?