A/N: GUYS! I'm alive! For reasons that I cannot reveal I was not able to post up any of my stories, for that I apologize. But I'm here now and I'm working on uploading a bit more this time. Happy Thanksgiving! Once again please...forgive me...T-T
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Chapter 4: Get to know each other more...
" We are heading back to my parents and then tomorrow we have a picnic with the family, that will be very early in the morning, so I don't want you to do unnecessary things." Sakura was rumagging through her purse for a mirror, no matter what, she has to look impeccable for as long as time allowed her.
Sasuke looked at her and wondered just how this women was still single. She was everything a man could want, she was smart, interesting, gorgeous and held herself well in public. If only she realized how wonderful she truly is... " Driver please stop at a nearby park." ordered Sasuke. Sakura looked up at him in confusion.
" What do you thing your doing? I told you we have to be back at my parents as soon as possible!" Sasuke laid his hand on Sakura's shoulder, the touch send electric shocks through Sakura's body. What was this feeling...was she scared?
" Trust me." his voice was calm and filled with authority. Sakura froze at the sound of his words. The driver did as Sasuke had told him and took them to the nearest park.
When they arrived Sasuke got off the car first and walked to open up Sakura's door to let her out. He offered her his hand, but Sakura was hesitant to take it since there last incident. Not wanting to leave him hanging she took his hand in hers and stepped out the car. " Could you wait for us here sir?" asked Sasuke to the driver, who responded with a nod.
" So why are we here?" Sakura asked.
" I thought it would be nice if you stepped out of your hectic world and into something more...normal." Sakura smiled as he kept walking forwards. She didn't know that Sasuke would be this considerate, it made her feel warm inside.
" Thank you..." her delicate voice broke through Sasuke's thinking, he turned to look at her and his heart nearly skipped a beat. She looked so innocent standing there infront of him like she didn't know what to do.
" Let's go, come on!" Sasuke grabbed Sakura's hand and pulled her to towards the park attractions. " For the first time in your life let your problems go and enjoy yourself." his words made her realize just how much she needed this break.
" Alright I'm in!" Sakura held Sasuke's hand as she had the greatest time of her life with a man that she barely knew, but who seemed to know her more than her own family. Even more that she knew herself.
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After an hour messing around in the park, Sasuke and Sakura arrived to her parents' house. Sasuke was trying not to drop all the luggage that Sakura brought with her...what women in their right mind brought so many damn things with her?!
" Here we are." Sakura stated. Sasuke swore he could not feel his arms anymore.
" Thank God!" Sasuke sighed with relief.
" Sakura what the helll do you have in these luggages?!" screamed Tsunade, Sakura rolled her eyes and mouthed a thank you. Her mom, Jiraiya, and Sasuke were breathing heavily after carrying Sakura's luggage up the long flights of stairs.
" Thanks for having me." Sasuke said, Tsunade waved her hand in dismissal.
" Don't be silly. It's wonderful to finally meet. Although technically I didn't even know you existed." Sakura forced herself to smile at her mother's remarks, and Sasuke just stood there.
" Come on hunny bunny!" replied Jiraiya.
" I love surprises!" retorted Tsunade. Sakura before letting her mother leave stopped her.
" Where is Sasuke sleeping?" she asked rather scared. Sakura looked back at Sasuke with an apologetic expressions. " Well my mother had this rule about sharing when there is no ring involved she-..." Tsuande stopped her in mid sentence.
" Don't be silly."
" What!" Sakura's eyes widen in shock, this was not the time for her mother to start being nice...she was too old to break her habits.
" I am not as small-town as my daughter seems to think." Tsunade's voice took a serioud deadly tone as she spoke. With a smile both of Sakura's parents left Sasuke and Sakura by themselves. Not knowing what else to do Sakura opened the door to her room. There was an awkward aura in the room. Sasuke began setting down the luggage when their eyes met once again.
"Sorry about this, I went through a painfully earnest floral phase." Sakura said as she tried to focus on unpacking. Sasuke realized that she was talking about her room's decour. Makes me wonder what else she's hiding...
Sasuke headed to her closet and found and interesting poster. " Lost in Love" it read. " Air supply" Sasuke said in an amusing tone. Sakura turned to see what he was talking about when she saw the poster as well.
" Umm... Oh! My parents had a German exchange student a few years back." Sakura quickly grabbed hold of the poster and tore it down from insided the closet. " He must have left it here." Sasuke smiled and watched her throw the poster away.
Sakura leaned down to remove her shoes and muttered under her breath," Everyone knows their greatest hits. Some of their lesser-known ballads are surprisingly poignat."
Sasuke sat on one of the chairs calmly to remove his dress shoes as well. As he was about to lean back he heard a squeek. What he pulled out of his seat was a stuffed teddy bear, not knowing what to do with it he set it aside. As he turned to look at Sakura she was standing on her tippy toes trying to reach for something on the shelf.
" Is that an old habit from ballet class or from a lifetime of walking on eggshells?" Sasuke asked. Sakura stopped removing her make-up and looked coldly at Sasuke still sitting down. She walked towards that door.
" I never took ballet." with that she closed the door of the bathroom. Minutes after both where undressing themselves. When Sasuke saw the flyer from before.
" How did you know that was me?" Sasuke pointed at the flyer on the bed. In red letters it said, " A woman has the love life she wants..." Sakura looked at it.
" I have a friend in the magazine." as she looked up Sasuke had removed his shirt. His physique taking her off guard. He was covered in abs that Sakura wished she could run her hands over.
" So much for anonymity." Sasuke stated. Sasuke smiled as he noticed Sakura's cheeks turn red. " Go ahead take a look. It's part of the package." Sakura looked up and laughed a little giggle at him. As Sasuke proceded to take of his pants, Sakura's laughter died out.
" I-I'm sorry I'm just a little nervous. I never thought that something like this could happen to me." Sakura said.
" This happen to you?" Sasuke asked her with a smirk.
" It happened in the sense that I picked up the phone, tracked you down. Then proceded to flying you over here and then gave you $6,000." As if not listening to her Sasuke took of his pants and headed for the shower. Sakura kept her gaze on him, and then Sasuke took off his underwear leaving his round and tight butt for Sakura to see. Unconsiously Sakura leaned forward to get a better look as he continued to walk. In embarrassment Sakura covered her mouth and mentally slapped herself.
" Will you grab my shampoo, please?" came Sasuke's voice. Quickly Sakura jumped.
" Shampoo! Got it!" dropping all of her belongings Sakura grabbed the shampoo and walked into the bathroom. Sakura placed the shampoo on the left, while Sasuke reached for it on the right. Until finally Sasuke grabbed it from Sakura's hand.
" I'm all out of love, I'm sooo lost without you. I can't help myself...I love you and nobody else..." Sasuke began singing. His melodious voice reaching Sakura's ears. Who would have thought that a man like him knew how to sing.
Sakura could not focus and grabbed the flyer from the bed and cautiously walked back to the bathroom. Unfortunetly the curtain of the shower was thin enough that she could see the outline of Sasuke's body.
Quickly Sakura cleared her throat. " The part where you were a sexual surrogate and then started to branch out, is..." Sakura sat on the toilet as she continued to talk. " Is that really how it happened?" Sakura asked in complete seriousness.
" The real story- my mother was a hippie, and a stripper." his words caught Sakura's attention. " She was insanely inapproproate with me. She washed her lingerie in my bath water, while I was still in it." at the ending of his sentence Sasuke peaked outside at her expression. Her worried face moved something in his heart.
" Oh..." Sakura was taken back. I can't believe that he looks so calm and composed all the time, yet...he had a really ruff childhood...
" So as an adult, I needed to find ways to experience intimacy and sex. But with rules that couldn't be violated."
" Wow." Sakura sounded like a kid who had just seen a magic trick for the first time in their life.
Sasuke peaks out one more time, this time he gave her a smirk." I was screwing with you." he said. Sakura's face lit up with embarrassment. STUPID!STUPID! Him for making fun of me! ...and me for falling for it! Uggggh...
Sakura grabbed the towel that was sitting next to her and threw it at Sasuke who was still in the shower. " You shit!" with agility Sasuke caught it in mid-air. Trying to forget the whole ordeal Sakura continued her interrogation. " Ok, this part. You say and I quote. 'Every woman has the exact love life she wants'"
Sasuke stepped out of the shower completely naked, without Sakura knowing so. " That seems a broad generalization...Oh!" Sakura turned around only to be face to face with Sasuke's -! Most promising attribute...
Sakura gaped at the size of it...wait no! Instead she covered her mouth in awed. She turned around and then turned back to him. As she opened her eyes she found his member in her face once again. " Oh. Do you honestly believe that I want to be single and miserable?" Sakura asked, trying to stay on the subject at hand. " Do you think I want to be hung up on some guy who led me on for years and out of the blue shatters my heart?"
" Well...mainly there is no such thing as "out of the blue". Sakura looked up at him. " And second of all...yeah." at his answer Sakura snapped at him.
" What!" she retorted.
" When you are ready to let go, to be un-single and un-miserable, you will." with that Sasuke wrapped the towel around his torso and walked out of the bathroom.
...At night...
" So when you were talking to Kiba before...how did he sound?" Sakura sounded worried, maybe she truly didn't want to know. Afraid the she would hear something that would once again break her heart.
" Like a harmless, self-absorbed toolbox." Is she that in love with this guy?
" Seriously!" Sakura jumped on top of him and pushed him lightly. Sasuke sighed, he gave up.
" He sounded tormented." Sasuke told her. Sakura stepped back and continued to place pillows next to Sasuke in a vertical line. This made a wall between him and her. He might be very educated and well compose...but she was not taking chances.
" Tormented? How?" Sakura asked "Like...he's jealous that I'm here with someone else, or like he regrets throwing away our life together?" this time Sasuke didn't answer. Sakura looked at him and wondered why he didn't look at her. She laid on the bed next to him. " It's just that it really hasn't turned out the way I thought it would." She laid her head on the pillow, and just as quickly raised it towards Sasuke. Then she laid back, " Hey Sasuke. " Sakura moved to pull out the covers from underneath her, not remembering how small the bed was she began slipping from the bed. "OH-Oh-Oh!"
Sasuke did nothing to help her, he just continued sleeping. Sakura realising that he was not awake anymore repositioned herself on the bed. " He seems more mature." with that Sakura finally shut up...