A/N: Ok, please don't kill me for not updating...it's just...school is hard and having seven quater finals is just...not helping...why would anyone take additional mathematicas anyways? so now, just ignore my complaints and go one with the story!.

And thank you to those who reviewed.

Chapter 4

"So Sai, how have you been doing?" the blond asked.

"Nothing, I've just returned from a mission," the boy replied, feeling his cheeks heating up.

Oh no, why am I blushing? This is really embarrassing...

"Sai, are you alright? You seem kind of flushed," Sakura asked worriedly.

"No, I am fine. So how have you guys been doing?" he answered, trying to change the topic.

"We are doing great!" Naroto exclaimed, grabbing Sai's arm, "let's go eat lunch now, I am starving!"

Naruto started dragging the poor boy before he could reply.

In a certain ramen shop...

"Excuse me! Can I have another bowl of BBQ pork ramen?" an energetic Naruto said to the waitress.

Sakura frowned, "Naruto, this is your third bowl, shouldn't you watch the amount of food you are eating?"

"Sorry Sakura chan, but I am still hungry!"

"I don't want you to become Choji, eating and eating nonstop for 24/7."

Sai was speechless. He had been staring at the eating teen for some time, amazed that he could digest some much food at once.

"Sai, are you okay? You have been spacing out."

"He is just full, people are like this when they are full….." Kakashi started.

Thank you so much Kakashi.

"...Beside, he is too busy admiring the beauty of the surroundings," he finished his sentence.

Sai's heart stopped for a second. What did Kakashi meant by this? Did he find out the feelings I have toward Sakura? More importantly, how did he find out?

"Beauty? What are u looking at??" Sakura asked, not knowing what her ex-sensei was talking about.

"Oh, it's... I am working on some paintings lately, just looking for inspiration." Sai faked a small smile that no one seemed to notice.

"Oh...paintings..." she mumbled to herself that Sai could barely hear, accepting his explanation, "can I see it after you finish?"

"Yeah! I want to see it too!" Naruto, who had finally stuffed his stomach full, added.

"Maybe," the boy said.

How could he possibly let her see his artworks? Even though she had seen his paintings before, but the painting he had been working on recently was a portrait of her. All his arts revolved around her, her smile and her nice figure. He had been thinking about nothing but her.

"Oh, come on Sai, don't be a selfish jerk!" Naruto complained.

"You guys shouldn't push him if he doesn't want to show you, after all, the artworks belong to him and it's all up to him to decide if he wants to share them with you or not," Kakashi stated, taking the role of peacemaker in this conversation.

"Yes Naruto, you can't force someone to do something he doesn't want," Sakura said.

"Fine, whatever...Anyways, thank you for the meal!"

Kakashi frowned, "aren't you the one who is going to pay for the meal?"

"I said that?" said a confused Naruto.

"Yes you did, so thank you Naruto for the meal," Sakura smiled sweetly at Naruto.

Naruto groaned as he flattened his frog wallet and paid for the bill.

"Alright, if we have nothing to do, why don't we go home and take a break...we are going to need it since we have another mission tomorrow," the silver hair jounin said as he glued his eyes to his 'disgusting novel'.

The four of them uttered their good byes and wake on their separate ways.

"Sasuke-kun, please don't go...stay...for me...and if you can't, at least take me with you...I would do anything, I will even help you with your revenge," a young girl said, spilling her heart out.

"You know, you are really annoying."

"Please Sasuke-kun..."she didn't have a chance to finish her sentence as darkness welcomed her. But she heard the two words for certain, before she passed out...

"Thank you..."

Sakura shot her eyes opened. Not again, she thought, why does this dream keeps on haunting me.

She wept the sweat that was shining on her forehead and decided to take a walk on the Konoha night street.

Seems like it will be another sleepless night...

Sasuke skipped through a dark forest with the speed of lightning. He was doubtful, doubtful of where he was heading. Would Konoha welcome him again? Since he had betrayed them, he knew it would to hard to gain the trust again. But he wanted to see her so badly.

'Why am I even doing this?' The boy asked himself

'That's because Kabuto said it's for your own good.' A voice inside his head answered the question.

Whenever he recalled of what Kabuto had said, his thoughts would lead to Konoha which reminded him of a pink hair girl that he thought was annoying.

The boy was drowned in his thoughts, so drowned that he didn't even notice what was coming in front of him...closing their distance inch by inch.

BUMP!

"Ow..." he winced at the bump on his forehead.

Who would ever thought the Uchiha prodigy would crash into a tree trunk?

Sakura walked and walked, not knowing where her feet brought her until she noticed the bench. It was a special bench. She was here when Sasuke first told her she was annoying. She was also here when he told her the second time. It was also this bench where Sasuke laid her down after he knocked her out.

How can a simple plain wooden bench bring up so many memories?

The pink hair girl didn't notice the tears forming in her jade-colored eyes. And she definitely didn't notice a pair of dark eyes was watching her.

End of Chapter 4

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