You show me how to see

That nothing is whole

And nothing is broken

...

Sakura gazed up at the picture of her and Sasuke at Christmas, just before throwing it into a fire, watching it burn to a crisp. Being with Sai yesterday had her ex-boyfriend plagued into her mind, but she didn't have the slightest idea as to why. Maybe it was because Sai looked a lot like Sasuke. Or maybe she liked Sai.

The idea made her laugh. As if she would ever like that!

And suddenly the doorbell rang, knocking her out of her thoughts. She shook her head and walked to the door, opening it, seeing Sai standing outside, smiling gracefully.

"May I come in?" He asked, letting his eyes lock with hers.

She blushed, almost immediately, hoping he wouldn't notice. "Uh, sure." Sakura stepped aside and let him through, watching him as he went into the living room.

"Oh by the way, did you ever fix that stuff with your parents?" She thought it was a bad question to ask, but it was a conversation starter. She absolutely knew nothing about him, besides that he loved to draw.

"Hm, yes I did. So," Sai looked at the fire for a moment. "Did you get cold, Sakura-san?"

Sakura crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "No I did not... I..." She looked at the burning picture, before tearing her eyes away. Sai noticed this.

"I understand. Do you have the book?" She nodded and tossed it to him, which he caught, trying not to mess it up. When he rose an eyebrow at her, she could only shrug.

"Do you have any ideas for the project?"

"You're an artist, right?" She asked, and when he nodded, she smiled. "Maybe you could draw a picture of Leonardo, and I'll research. I'll write some of the report, then you could take over." Sakura wiggled her eyebrows at him. "How does that sound?"

Sai chuckled. "It sounds pretty good. I'll get started on the drawing," He pointed towards her laptop. "You start on the report. But make sure it makes sense. The sooner we get this done, the sooner we don't have to talk to one another."

Sakura couldn't help but frown. Did he not like talking to her? And why did it bother her so much? She sighed and opened her laptop, looking up Leonardo Da Vinci, just before opening the book to the page she last go to. Maybe it was best for them not to remain friends. But it never seemed to be a problem for Naruto.

She didn't hide her disappointment and Sai could tell what she was feeling. A few years ago, he was an emotionless pig, and didn't get emotions at all. But Naruto knocked some sense into him. The blond seemed to have that nature about him, a good friend, and an advice giver.

Sai could almost remember it like it was yesterday.

After a few minutes passed, Sakura was typing away at her computer, and Sai was coming up with a good picture of Leonardo Da Vinci, trying to get all of his details in.

"So how did you and Naruto become friends?" She asked after a long period of silence. Sakura didn't take well to no one talking, so she had to come up with something to get him to talk.

He looked up at her and gave her a smile. "He was an orphan, just like I was. Until Jiraiya-sama adopted him and Kurenai-sensei adopted me, we've tried staying friends ever since."

"I was an emotionless bastard, as he used to call me." He chuckled quietly. "After I called him an idiot for getting into everyone else's business, he punched me."

Sakura gasped, never knowing of the young blond's temper, obviously. Sai could only roll his eyes. "I've known Naruto for years. And we've been best buds ever since that day." He proudly announced; looking back at his drawing and instantly frowning. Why didn't they just use an online picture instead of making him draw it?

"I never knew." She blinked, not noticing that they were staring at each other for a good long while. Sakura blushed and cleared her throat. "Can I see.. your picture?" He nodded and she put her laptop on the couch, going down to sit beside him.

She was sitting crossed-legged, leaning over on one hand so she could get a better look, not really caring how close she got to him. Her pink hair brushed against his shoulder and it made him blush.

"That's actually really good." Sakura looked up at him with a smile, and it faded, once she realized their noses were only inches away from touching. She gulped and stared into his eyes, while she bit her lip nervously.

Sai's eyebrows crossed in confusion, for he didn't really know what to do in this situation. He's never been this close to a girl, let alone a beautiful one at that.

His hand move on it's own and brushed some of her pink hair out of her face, just before he caressed her cheek. She was soft, like snowflakes, and was as white as the moon.

She smiled slightly, before her eyes became half-lidded, as she was moving closer towards his lips with her own. And his eyes widened as he realized what was happening. He felt sweat roll onto the floor, for he was suddenly getting very warm.

Sai gulped nervously, putting some of her pink hair behind her ear, just before moving away.

Sakura's cheeks grew red, before she looked somewhere else. "Good job on it so far."

"Thank you." Sai exhaled, as she went back to her laptop, typing away at it once more. He could've sworn he felt his heart almost jump out of his chest with how close they were getting. Just what was that?

Sai thought of Naruto, and knew the blond would help him solve this one. So it was settled, after he was done with Sakura for the day, he would go visit the knuckle head and ask him a lot of questions.