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A New Life

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Ch. 4 Dinner

Sasuke blinked out of his hazy sleep as he felt a few hot sun rays hit his face. Once his eyes adjusted he immediately sat up after noticing a figure standing next to the window. After realizing who it was he relaxed his muscles and sighed, "I didn't know you were supposed to come back so soon." Sasuke's mother smiled at him softly, "Me and your father got back late last night but you were already asleep." Sasuke nodded as he ran a hand through his hair and checked the time, 9:22am, "So why'd you come back so soon?" Mikoto smiled as she tossed a shirt at him, "You really should wear a shirt when you sleep, you could get sick. We came back because you're father has to meet with one of his employees today." Sasuke nodded after he stood up and tossed the shirt his mother threw at him in the hamper. Mikoto walked gracefully towards the door knowing he was about to go shower, "We're having dinner with your father's employee's family tonight at 6pm so make sure to look nice." Sasuke sighed and nodded and he rummaged through his drawers for something to wear. Mikoto smiled kindly at him as she left the room and closed the door behind her.

Sasuke tossed some clothes on his bed for the day and for the dinner later tonight. He sighed thinking about a few previous dinners with employee's families. I really hope there's not some annoying girl again. He walked in the bathroom connected to his room and turned on the hot water. Sasuke thought about what his mother said as he set a black towel down near the shower. She always bugged him about not wearing a shirt when he slept. He stopped wearing shirts when he slept years ago because he always got too hot when he slept with one on. He groaned recalling a maid who had brought him breakfast one morning and fainted after seeing him not wearing a shirt. Maybe I should wear one… Sasuke tossed the thought aside as he got in the shower. Sasuke always used unscented products because he found all other products nauseating at the smell. Itachi tried to convince him to buy some one day to pick up girls but Sasuke didn't care. Sakura popped in Sasuke's mind at the thought of picking up girls. Sakura's house was the first girl's house he'd been too by free will besides Hinata's to hang out with Neji. He thought about the previous dinner last night as he scrubbed some shampoo in his hair, he really did enjoy dinner last night compared to his usual ones by himself. Sakura was interesting, he'd give her that, even though she confused him. He'd only met her a few days ago but he had an urge to learn more about her. He concluded the reason was that he just wanted to stop feeling confused over her and nothing more.

Sasuke sighed again as he stepped out of the shower and wrapped the black towel around his waist. He couldn't imagine the hell Itachi would give him if he knew how much he was thinking about a girl. Sasuke quickly slipped some dark jeans on and ran his towel through his hair. He slipped on a long sleeve navy shirt and black vest on top. He slipped on some black converse, grabbed his phone, and headed down for breakfast. Sasuke almost smiled as he saw his whole family in the kitchen. His father was reading the newspaper as his mother was sipping some tea and Itachi was eating his breakfast. Itachi sometimes came home on the weekends when their parents were home. Sasuke stepped in the kitchen and sat where a plate of food was already ready for him, "Good Morning" Fugaku responded while still reading the paper, "Morning Sasuke, how's school going?" Sasuke swallowed a bite of his food, "Top scores in the class." Fugaku nodded, "Good" Sasuke looked back down at his food, his father was always so formal to him. Itachi smirked at his brother's troubled face and patted Sasuke's head, "Good job Sasuke…your hair is still wet." Mikoto cocked an eyebrow, "Sasuke are you really trying to get sick? You should take better care of yourself." Sasuke mumbled words nobody could make out as he bit into his toast. Mikoto would always find time to nag at Sasuke for his living habits but it was only because she cared and he knew that.

Sasuke ate slowly savoring the company of his family even though it was silent. When he was done he placed his plate in the sink and leaned against the counter trying to think of something to do for the day. He would usually ask Itachi to play sports with him but he didn't want his father to see Itachi holding back on him. He pulled out his phone as he scanned through some contacts since there was nothing interesting around the house. He stopped scanning as he saw Sakura's name in his phone, he smirked recalling how she beat up the group of guys before he got her number. He quickly walked out of the kitchen and towards his room as he dialed her number.

_at the Haruno residence_

Sakura moaned as she heard her cell phone go off interrupting her sleep. She reached her hand out trying to find the phone without looking. Once she grabbed she pressed a button and groggily opened her eyes, "Hello?" She blinked as she heard a small laugh on the other line, "Did I wake you?" Sakura lurched up in a sitting position as she heard the cool voice on the phone and checked the caller ID. Her eyes widened seeing that it was Sasuke, "Sasuke-kun? Oh hi!" She heard a muffled laugh again, "Hi" She tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear, "So what is it?" Sakura gripped her sheets wondering what he could've called for. "I figured we could work on that project today." For some reason Sakura felt a little disappointed, "Okay, where do you wanna work on it?" Sakura heard a short silence on the phone. "How about the library?" Sakura slid out from under the covers and walked down stairs to see if the car was in the driveway, "Yeah that's fine and I hate to bother you but my dad took the car already so could get me?" Sakura blushed thinking about being alone with him in the car. "That's fine, does in an hour sound good?" Sakura started running back up to her room, "That's great, thanks."

Sakura quickly tossed her phone on the bed after they said goodbyes and turned the shower on. She quickly picked out some clothes as the water heated up. When she was done she took a quick shower but making sure her hair was washed well. Afterwards she jumped out wrapping her hair and body in a towel. She chose to wear jeans capris along with her white, red pokka-dotted tank top that had a small red band right under her chest, and a short sleeve red jacket on top. She rushed back in the bathroom drying her long rosette hair. She brushed it a few times and tied it high up with her red ribbon. She put a little foundation on her bruised arms which were now just yellowish and a simple silver chain around her neck. She checked her reflection to make sure she looked okay and put some lip gloss on while blushing with Sasuke in mind. She quickly slid on her white sandals and grabbed her phone and project rubric before running down the stairs. She gave a quick text to her father as she saw Sasuke's car pull in front of her house.

Sasuke put the car in park as he sat in front of Sakura's house. He was about to call her to let her know he was here until he saw her quickly step out of her front door. His eyes followed her tracing her appearance in her regular clothes into his mind. He couldn't help but notice the way her long, pink pony tail swung back and forth as she jogged over to his car. He quickly jumped out of his thoughts as she got next to his car and he unlocked the door. He watched as she quickly sat down and smiled at him, "Thanks for the ride Sasuke-kun!" He looked at her bright smile and nodded in return. He finally brought his eyes away from her and set the car back to drive.

Sakura tucked her pink cell phone and folded project rubric in her pocket as they pulled out of her driveway. She stared out the window trying to memorize the direction he was driving so she could learn how to get there. Sasuke would occasionally look over at her staring out the window as he drove down the roads. He could tell she was trying to concentrate on something but he didn't know what. It was silent the whole drive besides the music on low volume. He pulled into a parking space and checked the time, 11:16am. He watched Sakura get out of the car at the same time as him and stare at the building. She perked his interest as he saw an excited smile spread across her face. He locked the car and followed her excited footsteps through the doors.

Sakura smiled as she stared at all the aisles of books on three floor levels, "There are so many books!" Sasuke assumed she liked reading as he motioned her to follow him towards the history section. They walked up the staircase onto the second level and sat near the history section. Sakura took the project rubric out of her pocket and unfolded it and set it down on the table. She read it quickly to figure out what they had to do, "So we have to pull together a portfolio of a chosen period in Japanese history." Sasuke nodded as he read the guidelines. Sakura almost groaned seeing that part of the portfolio was an eight page paper. Sasuke sighed and ran a hand through his hair, "Let's look through books for a time period." Sasuke watched as Sakura nodded and seemed a little excited as she ran off into the maze of books.

Sakura walked down a few aisles and started scanning book names. She loved how big the library was, there was so many things she could learn from there. They probably had a section for musical compositions she could look at and more medical books than she could imagine. Sakura pulled out a large book labeled The Kamakura Period. She opened it up to a random page and scanned its information quickly. She walked back to the desk as she continued to read the book in her hands. When she got back to the desk she laid the book in front of Sasuke and leaned over his shoulder, "What about this?" Sasuke scanned the pages she was looking at and nodded, "This'll do." He turned towards her to tell her to find more books on it but stopped realizing she was leaning over his shoulder and her face was inches away from his.

Sakura's eyes immediately widened and she took a quick step back as her face flamed past her hair color. Sasuke turned his face away from her and looked back down at the book. Sakura took a few deep breaths, "Um, I-I'll go look for more books." She quickly walked away without waiting for a response and just kept walking until she felt like she had a safe distance. She leaned against a wall about ten aisles away from Sasuke and took a few slow breaths. She could still feel her hot cheeks as she gripped her hands together. Why did I run off like that? She sighed covering her eyes with her loose bangs. She didn't mean to overreact like that, but when she saw his face get so close to hers all her nerves jumped. She gripped her shirt as she felt her heart still racing and took one more deep breath. She exhaled slowly and then went to go look at whatever books she ran next to.

Sasuke ran a hand through his hair after Sakura ran off. He didn't notice that she was leaning over his shoulder. He sighed as he rubbed his temples recalling the second their faces got so close. He unintentionally noticed how jade her eyes were and how soft her lips looked. He sighed again telling himself to forget about it as he flipped through a few more pages. He checked the time on his phone a few times waiting for her to come back. Once he got impatient he finally got up to look for her. Deep down he was also a little worried at the possibility some guys could be harassing her again. He walked down quite a few aisles until he finally saw her long pink hair. He cocked an eyebrow as he saw her sitting in a circle of books reading one very seriously. He took a few steps closer as she concentrated on what she was reading. He looked around to see what book section she was in and a few of the open books around her, "You like medical books?"

Sakura jumped a little at the sound of his voice; she looked up at him and gave a small smile, "Yeah, I wanna be a doctor one day so I learn what I can." Sakura realized she just told him her goal in life, "Sasuke-kun, what about you?" Sasuke looked down at her with a blank expression, "What about me?" Sakura gave a curious smile, "What do you wanna be when you grow up?" Sasuke put his hands in his pockets and shrugged his shoulders. Sakura frowned wanting to know more about him, "Well isn't there anything you like or that interests you?" Sasuke sighed and shrugged his shoulders again, "Who knows." Sakura frowned at him a little longer and closed the book in her hand, "I guess we should get back to the project, sorry I got distracted." Sasuke nodded and helped her put the books away, "It's fine."

Sakura put the books away carefully making sure not to make contact with him due to what had just happened previously. They spent two more hours searching through books and book marking their research. Sakura would blush whenever Sasuke would have to lean towards her to point something out in front of her. Sakura read through a few more pages of a book feeling a little bored. She blushed heavily as her stomach growled loud enough for Sasuke to hear it. Sasuke stood up and closed the book he was reading. Sakura looked up at him as he closed a few more books, "What are you doing?" Sasuke glanced down at her, "You're hungry aren't you?" Sakura blushed and nodded as she closed a few more books and helped Sasuke carry them to the check out desk. Sasuke used his library card and they brought them to the car.

Sasuke turned the car on and looked at Sakura as he buckled his seatbelt, "What do you wanna eat?" Sakura looked around through the windows, "Anything's fine and I don't know what's around here." Sasuke nodded having a little trouble believing she just moved here a few days ago. They weren't close or anything but he had definitely spent more time with the pinkette than any other girl. He drove around the block and pulled into a familiar burger place. Sakura smiled and felt her mouth water as she opened the door to the smell of food; she was starving from skipping breakfast. She smiled looking at the food menu receiving a few looks from guys until they saw Sasuke standing next to her. She quickly ordered her food while Sasuke got some coffee and they sat down. Sasuke watched her with curiosity as she joyfully ate her burger, "You got a hamburger?" Sakura swallowed and looked up at him, "Of course I did, it's a burger place." Sasuke cocked an eyebrow, "Every other girl in here is eating salad. You got a burger and more." Sakura swallowed another bite, "Well excuse me if I'm hungry and I'm not like every other girl." Sasuke gave a small frown, "I didn't say I wanted you to be like every other girl." Sakura blushed lightly and quickly finished eating.

The car ride back to Sakura's house was pretty much silent as Sakura tried memorizing the way back to her house. Once they arrived Sakura noticed her father's car back and silently opened the door. She grabbed a few of the books and leaned down to Sasuke's eye level after getting out, "Thanks for today Sasuke-kun." She quickly walked up to her house as Sasuke watched. Thanks for what today? He shoved the thought aside as he pulled out of her driveway and drove home.

Sakura quickly closed the door behind her and saw her father sitting on the couch. Sakura's father lifted up his jade eyes from his book and smiled, "How did the project go?" Sakura smiled a little as she hugged the books a little closer to her chest, "It was good." Sakura's father looked at the clock, "We're gonna have to leave here in about two and a half hours for the dinner with my boss." Sakura nodded as she looked up at the time, 3:27pm. She jogged up the stairs and set the books down on her desk. She turned on one of her piano CDs and leaned against her shut door. Her heart was still beating a little fast from spending the day with Sasuke. She turned her music up louder and turned the shower on. She felt the need to take a hot shower before she got ready for dinner.

She slipped out of her normal clothes and let her long hair flow down from the ribbon then stepped into the shower. She let the hot water beat against her skin and sooth all her nerves as she hummed to the piano music she could lightly hear from her room. She washed her hair slowly thinking about all the little moments she felt her cheeks burn with Sasuke. She'd had feelings like that before but she couldn't assume anything since she'd only known him for a few days. She let the hot water beat her face a little longer before she stepped out of the shower and wrapped herself in towels. She walked over to her closet and took the dress out she bought and laid it carefully on her bed. She tried her long hair first before she slipped it on. The dress was a halter strapped burgundy dress that had a low back but high enough to remain classy. It went right down to above her knee with a little pleating waves. She watched it sway back and forth as she walked back into her bathroom. She used a long hair clip to swirl her rosette hair into a classy bun. She lightly curled a few hanging strands and slipped a hair clip in with a few crystal roses on it that her aunt gave her for her birthday. She knew the dinner was important so she put mascara on causing her eyelashes to be extra long and curly. She put on some lipstick that went with her skin tone well and placed some crystal rose earrings in. She replaced the foundation on her yellowish bruises and shut the lights off in her bathroom. She slipped on some silver heels that complimented the crystal roses and sprayed a little perfume. She sighed and walked downstairs where her father was waiting in his black work suit and dark green tie.

_at the Uchiha residence_

Sasuke sighed at the thought of the dinner as he slid on his black pants. He buttoned a navy collar shirt with a few loose buttons at the top and slipped on a black work blazer. He sat on his bed as he tied his black dress shoes and Itachi knocked on the door, "You don't look too happy." Sasuke looked up at Itachi dressed similar but with a deep red shirt, "You know how these dinner's are." Itachi nodded, all the dinners had been boring or drooling girls came with parents. Sasuke sighed as he stood up and walked with Itachi down the steps with his hands in his pockets. Mikoto was at the bottom of the stairs with her hair in a nice bun and she wore a deep purple dress to compliment her fair skin. Her heels matched the dress and so did her earrings. Mikoto looked up at them, "Oh you two look handsome, and you're right on time. They should be here any minute." They nodded as Fugaku walked out to them in his black suit with his black shirt fully buttoned and a grey tie.

Sasuke sighed as the bell rang and they all got in their typical order and Fugaku opened the door, "Welcome to our home Seichii and you have a lovely daughter." Sasuke cringed at the word daughter with drooling girls in mind until she saw a pinkette walk graciously into their home. It took him a minute to recognize her but when she gave him a surprised glance he noticed it was Sakura. Sakura widened her jade eyes, "Sasuke-kun?" The Uchiha family blinked at the surprise of them knowing each other. Sakura's father smiled, "Oh you were one of the kids over for dinner yesterday. I didn't know you were Fugaku's son." Sasuke nodded never taking his eyes off Sakura. The way the loose strands of her hair framed her face, the way her little make up gave off a beauty he didn't know existed, and the way her dress showed off her body without revealing too much. Itachi held his hand out after noticing Sasuke's distraction, "Hi it's nice to meet you." He shook hands with Mr. Haruno first then with Sakura, "So how do you know my brother?" Sakura smiled after dragging her eyes away from Sasuke, "We're in the same class and he helps me out a little with things."

Mikoto glided over to Sakura and smiled, "It's nice to meet you Sakura, I hope you take care of Sasuke at school." Sakura blushed a little at Mikoto's statement, "It's nice to meet you too, and I'll do my best." After they all finished shaking hands they sat down at a long dining table. The parents had small chatter as salads were placed on the table. Itachi looked over to Sasuke and saw the way he kept glancing at Sakura. Itachi gave a small smirk and directed his eyes at the pinkette. She is far more beautiful than any other high school girl… Itachi wasn't planning on making a move on her, he was just curious about the girl Sasuke seemed interested in. "So Sakura I recall you're father saying Sasuke had dinner with you last night. How did that go?" Sakura blushed at the way Itachi made it seem like a date, "Well there were a few other friends and my dad but it was a lot of fun." Mikoto smiled at Sakura, liking the impression that she gave off, "Sakura what do you like to do?" Sakura felt a little nervous at Sasuke's family questioning her as she moved her gaze to Mikoto, "I like music a lot and I'm very interested in a medical career." Fugaku nodded his approval of the career choice.

Itachi twirled his fork in his hand, "How long have you known my brother?" Sakura looked down at her food almost feeling a little disappointed, "Just a few days." Sakura wished she had known him longer. She wished she had known everybody longer so she would be closer to them. Mr. Haruno noticed the small surprise on Itachi's face, "We only moved here three days ago." Sasuke ate his food slowly, he didn't like the way his family was questioning Sakura so much. He didn't mind them learning more about her; they just seemed a little too interested. Sasuke looked back up at her nervously looking down at her food, to he was surprised at seeing her was an understatement. Even though it irritated him a little, he couldn't take his eyes off her for long. It would be against his teenage hormones to say he didn't think she was beautiful. Sasuke looked back down trying to shove the thoughts out of his head as the main course was set in front of him.

Sakura took a small bite of her food as the parents kept talking. She took a peak at Sasuke while he was eating. It would be a lie to say the way his shirt wasn't all the way buttoned and showing a little bit of his chest didn't make her anxious to be closer to him. She blushed and darted her eyes back down to her food. What's wrong with me? Sakura felt ridiculous getting so edgy around some guy she had just met a few days ago. She couldn't believe she had just met him a few days ago. She already felt such a yearn to learn more about him, but stronger than for her other friends. She looked up at his family members seeing the resemblance and different behaviors. Itachi seemed far more relaxed and even a little amused. Itachi was extremely good looking but he didn't seem captivate her interest. Fugaku seemed stern and serious and looked more like Itachi than Sasuke. Mikoto had a much more calm and graceful impression and resembled Sasuke more. Sakura frowned slightly at the odd way Mikoto reminded her of her mother. Sakura's mother had rosette hair all the way down her back, but it was a little wavy unlike Sakura's. Sakura always admired the way her mother's eyes could match the sky and the way her mother laughed. Sakura tightened her jaw a little trying to think of something else. She looked around trying to push the thoughts aside but kept looking at Mikoto and the way she reminded her of her mother, "Would you excuse me a moment, I need to use the restroom." Sasuke looked up as Sakura stood and received directions. He noticed the way her behavior seemed a little disturbed.

Sakura walked away smoothly but once she got out of sight she rushed into the bathroom. She covered her mouth with one of her hands and leaned against the door, she hadn't missed her mother this bad in a while. She closed her eyes and took slow breaths telling herself to calm down. She walked in front of the mirror making sure she had no appearance of wanting to cry. Sakura took a few more deep breaths and washed her hands as a subconscious way of cleaning away her lonely feeling. She dried her hands on a smooth towel and walked out the door. She took a few steps and then stopped seeing Sasuke leaning against the wall. He looked at her surprised and disturbed expression before she glanced down at the floor, "You seem off." Sakura froze at the blunt statement and rubbed a hand on the back of her neck, "Really? I feel fine." Sasuke looked at her feeling that she was lying and walked up in front of her. He looked down at her avoiding his eye contact and lightly twirled his finger in one of her lose strands of hair. Sakura blushed hard and immediately looked up at him. Sasuke looked in her jade eyes, "You look nice." He quickly dropped his hand and walked away. Sakura watched him walk away feeling her face on fire, his voice was emotionless but it still made her nerves tingle. She widened her eyes a little and touched her warm cheeks. It was official; she had a crush on Sasuke Uchiha.

_authors notes_

So I think this definitely got a little more SasuSaku in there. So Sasuke's family got involved and Itachi knows Sasuke likes Sakura even though Sasuke doesn't know it yet. Mikoto also has a slight notice of it which you'll hear about later. You got a little more description of Sakura's mother and Sakura's buried feelings about her. I'll probably add some NaruHina soon and a few of the missing characters. Please comment!