Hello my dear readers! I know I took so long to update this chapter. I'm soooooooo sorry! .

It seems like there are some people who agreed with me with my little revenge on Sasuke. Oh yeah! I guess you guys wouldn't mind if I torture him some more in my stories, right? Hahaha!

Okay! Enough with my ramblings. Let's see what happens to SasuSaku next. Enjoy!

I don't own Naruto!

CHAPTER 4 – His Joy and Tears

Sakura walked towards her daddy's office and was greeted by some of the staffs there. She gave them her usual sweet smile which made a few guys stumbled and tripped on some random objects because they were mesmerized by her beauty. She giggled and entered her daddy's office after a few knocks.

"Daddy! Your cutest daughter is here!" she exclaimed cheerfully. However, nobody was there

"Eh? I thought he would be here?" She turned her head left and right before she saw her daddy's secretary behind her.

"Um… Sakura-sama, Haruno-sama went out just now with his client. Do you to leave any message to him?"

"I see. It's okay. I'll just come some other time. One more thing, just call me Sakura, okay?" she winked at the young and beautiful secretary. She seemed to be new there. Said secretary smiled and bowed when Sakura left the room after waving her goodbye. She was mesmerized by Sakura's kindness and beauty. No wonder everybody was excited when talking about their boss's daughter.

Sakura walked along the side road, all the while thinking about what she's going to do for today. She doesn't have classes for today. Naruto was out of town for a meeting with his father's clients. Sasuke was busy helping his mother with their new modeling magazine and all. Gaara can't see her because of his never-ending work… She sighed heavily. She felt so bored right now! If only someone would fall from the sky and be at her side now…

"What's with that sour face, Sakura-chan?" a familiar voice asked.

She turned to her left side and saw Itachi sitting on the bench. He grinned at her shocked expression. "How have you been?"

"Itachi nii-chan! Goodness! Where have you been all this time?" she approached him and sat beside him on the bench.

"Actually, I just came back from Paris. I thought that Sasuke would come and fetch me at the airport, but he didn't. So I decided to take a walk before going home by taxi." He bent forward to take something from his backpack. "Ah! Here it is. I bought this for you from Paris. I thought you would love it." He handed her a beautifully wrapped box.

She blinked and stared at the box in her hands. She tried to shake it a few times, trying to guess what was inside the box. "What is this, nii-chan?"

"Open it." He said.

Hesitatingly, she unwrap the box ad opened it. Her emerald eyes widened when she saw the content of the box. "Wow! It's so cute!" she squealed in delight.

Itachi laughed. "I'm glad you like it." He took the baby pink scarf and wrapped it around her neck. "It suits you, Sakura-chan."

Sakura blushed slightly and smiled. "Thank you, nii-chan. I love it." She pecked at his cheek lightly, making the older Uchiha blushed. Then, he laughed loudly.

"Man! I hope I have a cute little sister like you instead of my foolish little brother!" he joked.

"Oh, shut up, Itachi." A voice grumbled beside them.

"Sasuke-kun?!" she stood up quickly. She squealed inwardly to see the person she wanted to see most right now.

"You're here already? Geez, I was just thinking of taking Sakura-chan out for a date but you've already ruined it." Itachi scowled playfully. Then, he got an idea. "I know! Why don't the three of us go for a date together?"

Sasuke rolled his eyes and shoved his hands into his pockets. "Stop talking nonsense. You need to go home and rest while Sakura might have some things be done."

"But I'm not tired at all. Do you want to go to the mall, Sakura-chan?" the older Uchiha asked excitedly.

"Sure! I've nothing to do after all." She answered quickly.

"Great! Let's go, Sakura-chan. Oh, can I get another kiss later?"

Sasuke twitched upon hearing Itachi's words. With gritted teeth, he grabbed Sakura's wrist and pulled her towards his car. There's no way he would allow Sakura to go out alone with that pervert.

Itachi chuckled. "I guess that worked." He stood up and grabbed his backpack along with him before walking towards Sasuke's car.

They were walking from one shop to another one in the mall. Once, they entered the gift shop and Sakura found a big and fluffy white-coloured teddy bear. It was taller than her! Sasuke teased her, saying that she would suffocate if she sleeps with it. Sakura pouted and said that it would never happen. She saw a toy dinosaur and teased Sasuke about his Dino-chan. Sasuke blushed and scolded her that its name is not Dino-chan. They kept teasing each other without realizing that Itachi had been taking a few pictures of them. Itachi sighed with a smile. They never change at all. He pulled both of them out of the shop when they started to throw random plushies towards each other. They went to the game arcade next. Sasuke decided to challenge Itachi playing House of the Dead. Sasuke had a quite hard time to catch up with Itachi. Sakura was cheering them on at their side, gaining attentions from everyone around them.

When Sasuke finally managed to pass Itachi's score, Itachi pulled Sakura to replace him. Confused Sakura stood there frozen while holding the gun. Sasuke was surprised when Sakura suddenly screamed and tackled him in a tight hug, muttering that the zombies were coming towards her. He fought the urge to yell at her but realizing that they were at the center of attention, not to mention they were laughing after seeing Sakura's antics, he calmed himself down and told Sakura that it was just a game. Suddenly they saw a big 'GAME OVER' was written at the screen. Itachi laughed the loudest, rolling on the ground. Sakura and Sasuke sweat dropped and sighed.

Sakura asked Sasuke to play Dance Dance Revolution with her. Sasuke made an annoyed face and rejected her offer. Sakura scowled cutely and turned to ask Itachi to play with her. Itachi agreed happily. They chose some random songs and competed to score the best. Sasuke watched them with a glare. Itachi had asked him to take a few pictures of him and Sakura dancing. Reluctantly, he turned on the digital camera and focused on the happily dancing pair.

Sasuke was about to snap a picture when he realized the way Sakura was dancing. Her movements were quite aggressive but graceful. Her long pink locks sways along beautifully. Her smile and laughter mesmerized him. She seemed so happy and Sasuke didn't even realize that he was smiling too.

When the song stopped, Sasuke realized that he didn't take any picture of them yet. Sakura and Itachi high-fived each other and received a loud applause from other people around the arcade. Both of them looked at each other and laughed. They went over to Sasuke to take their jackets and scarf. Sakura offered Sasuke another round of dance, but he refused again.

"You're no fun, Sasuke." She sulked and stomped out of the game arcade.

The two Uchihas watched her leave. Itachi chuckled and patted Sasuke's shoulder. "She dances very well right? You were so mesmerized that you didn't take even a single picture of us dancing. Geez. Next time, I want to try Salsa or even Waltz with her. That must be interesting, ne?" Itachi laughed at Sasuke's pissed off reaction. He left Sasuke and jogged out of the arcade to catch up with the pink-haired lady.

"Pervert Itachi. I won't let you touch her." He hissed before following them.

Ah~ Today was great! I'm so glad I can hang out with you guys again. Especially with you, Itachi nii-chan! If you're not here, I would be dying in boredom walking around with Sasuke-kun." She glared at Sasuke before taking another bite of her strawberry-flavoured ice-cream. Sasuke scowled at her.

"Really? Then we should go out more often together!" Itachi grinned, making Sasuke pissed off further.

"Forget it, Itachi. She… already has a fiancé. In case if you've forgotten about that." Sasuke clenched his fist under the table. Reality always kills him.

Itachi fell silent for a while. Sakura stopped eating her ice cream.

"So… my engagement with Gaara-kun means that I can't hang out with my friends anymore?" she murmured with low voice, but clear enough for them to hear her.

Sasuke didn't answer her.

"If you care so much about my relationship with Gaara-kun, why didn't you just refuse Itachi nii-chan's idea about hanging out together from the beginning?" she gritted her teeth, eyes glaring at the younger Uchiha. She tried her best to hold her tears from falling. "Answer me, Sasuke-kun!"

Sasuke glanced up at Sakura when she started to raise her voice. "I… don't know…" was his only reply.

"What do you mean you don't know?!" she shouted, making Sasuke glare at her with anger.

"Stop yelling, Sakura! You're so annoying!" he shouted back at her.

Sakura was taken aback by Sasuke's words. She couldn't hold her tears anymore. She stood abruptly and left the café quickly, sniffing and sobbing. Sasuke was frozen at his seat. He was shocked when he saw her crying. He never meant to make her cry. His confused gaze met Itachi's angry ones.

"Get your ass out of here and run after her, you idiot!" Itachi muttered.

Just then he realized what he should do. He stood up and swiftly chase after her. It didn't take him so long to find her as she is the only girl with pink locks that he ever knew. She was sitting on a bench in front of a beautiful waterfall statue inside the mall. She was still crying when he got beside her.

"Sakura…" he called hesitantly from her back.

"What do you want?" she sniffed, still reluctant to turn around and see his face.

Sasuke was not sure what should he say to her. At her current state, maybe apologizing is the best for now.

"Look, I'm… sorry okay?"

Sakura sniffed again. Sasuke felt so awkward. Usually Itachi would do all the coaxing and persuading things. But for him… it was difficult. He had no idea how to do this.

"Um… I'll treat you anything you want, okay? But you need to stop crying." He hesitated.

"Really?!" she turned around happily.

Sasuke nodded repeatedly. Then she smiled again. He swept away the tears staining her beautiful face.

"Then… I want to go to the gift shop we went earlier…" she fidgeted and blushed.

Sasuke smirked. It's not that hard to persuade this pink-haired girl actually. He reached out a hand towards her, making her a bit startled. "Shall we go, Sakura-hime?"

Sakura giggled at her new nickname. She took his hand and they made their way to the gift shop.

Itachi saw everything and sighed. He chuckled. He shrugged and made his way home. "They had forgotten about me after all."

Sasuke sent Sakura home that night. Before parting, Sakura kissed Sasuke's cheek and thanked him before running towards her house. She didn't want Sasuke to see her madly blushing face. She didn't even know how she is going to face him next. She felt so embarrassed!

Sasuke blinked a few times while blushing. He brought his hand to the spot where she kissed him before. He smiled. He received a kiss from an angel tonight. He felt so happy. He drove his car home, smiling all along the way.

Suddenly, reality hit him hard as he remembered that she belongs to Gaara. It hurt him so deeply. He stopped his car right in front of his apartment. He went out of his car and stared at the night sky. There were a lot of stars tonight. He remembered how much Sakura loves to watch the stars that he showed her at their secret lake. Then the memory of seeing Gaara kissing Sakura at the lake came to his mind.

Why? Why must he suffer like this? He brought a hand to his painful chest. The stars became blurry in his sight right now. It hurt him so much that he didn't mind his tears falling because of her again.