When It All Falls Apart;

Chapter Six: The Kiss

Disclaimer:
I do not own Naruto. If I did, everything would be perfect already.

A/N:
Me: Ouch, now that slap hurt, didn't it Sasuke?
Sasuke: … -Rubbing sore cheek-
Sakura: -Beams- I got to slap Sasuke?!
Me: Well, yeah, for being such a bastard and leaving you.
Sakura: …Can I bash him then?
Sasuke: o_o Damn.
Me: -Beams- SURE! And people, since I didn't get any reviews on whether to have technology or not…
Sakura: …She decides?
Me: Bingo!
Sakura: …I'm guessing we'll have them then.

Reviews Replies:
Tiger Priestess - You're going to have so much 'fun' for leaving her, Sasuke. –Evil smile-

-x-

Silence. You could even hear a pin drop at this rate…

"NANI?! I'm not going to live with that-" Sakura pointed an accusing finger at Sasuke, who in turn was still rubbing his sore cheek from where she'd slapped him earlier on. "-that moron!"

"Sakura…"

"NO WAY! NEVER!"

"Sakuraaaaaa…."

"EVEN IF IT MEANS I'LL HAVE TO DIE!"

"HARUNO SAKURA!"

Sakura immediately stopped, stunned from Sasuke's sudden outburst. "…What?"

"Hn. It's not going to kill you, I swear. I'm going to keep so quiet; you'll barely even realize that I'm there."

Sakura was left speechless with that sentence, and Tsunade managed a smile. "Well, it's settled then. Uchiha, go gather your stuff. Sakura, you'll follow him around for every second of your life."

"Hai."

"Hai…wait. Define 'follow him around for every second of your life.' for me."

"It means to follow him wherever he goes, Sakura, and not let him out of your sight for even one second…including the washroom."

"...Yuck."

Flashback

"I'm going to have to take you to Tsunade's office."

"WHAT?! No fucking way, miss. Didn't I just say that I'm trying not to get killed?"

"…Well, live with it."

Before he knew it, Hinote jabbed him in the back with her elbow and dragged him to the Hokage's tower.

When he woke up, he glared up at the two faces above him that were all-too-familiar and growled softly.

"Uchiha Sasuke, welcome back to Konoha. As much as I'd like you to leave so that you won't cause destruction to the village, your former sensei and I have reached a conclusion of putting you under house arrest for a month to see how things go before letting you off…"

"Hn."

"…and you shall be placed under Haruno Sakura's care."

"…Aa."

End

Sakura sighed and ran a hand through her silky pink locks. Of all people they could pick on, it had to be her, huh?

Well, she could put up with him for one month…she guessed.

She glanced left and right as she continued walking at a fast pace, before suddenly swerving sideways. Sasuke, who was carrying his baggage, had to move even faster to catch up.

"Trying to lose me, huh, Sakura?"

"Nah, I'm just jumping for joy at the prospect of the oh-so-mighty-Uchiha Sasuke living in my home." she replied sarcastically, coming to a sudden stop in front of a cozy-looking building. Whipping out her keys and grabbing Sasuke's luggage from him before he could crash into her, she unlocked the door and shoved him in.

Sasuke stumbled in and caught his footing before he fell, glancing around the small living room. The room was framed with glass, probably to keep the room soundproof from the outside, and a cozy white L-shaped sofa sat snugly on a baby blue rug. A large television was fitted on the wall to have a home-theatre effect while watching movies and fluffy soft toys rested comfortably on the shelf at one corner. He didn't notice them too much, though, as his attention was directed to the things hanging on the walls.

Pictures fitted in little wooden frames. An unknown feeling rippled in his stomach as he saw so many photos of the ones he used to ignore.

Ino, Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru, Tenten, Neji, Lee, Hinote, Sai, Yamato…

His fleeting gaze froze as he caught sight of a familiar photo, his sight never wavering as he stared at it.

The photo which he'd faced downwards at his home before leaving Konoha.

The photo which he, Sakura, Naruto and Kakashi all had copies of.

Team 7. Kakashi's smiling face as he placed his hands on the two male's hair affectionately, Naruto with a glare at him, his own arrogant and cold face, and…

Sakura…or what she used to be. She was in between Naruto and himself, posing cutely for the camera. Her pink locks of hair framed her adorable face, her mouth set in a sweet smile.

Now, she had a cold expression on her face as she placed his luggage on the marble floor, but Sasuke knew better than that. He caught a tiny glimpse of her jade green eyes before she turned them away, and a tiny hint of another emotion fleeted across them before she forced them back.

He'd know that emotion anywhere, since his life had been filled to the brim with it from his childhood. Sadness.

"Sakura…"

"Hmm?"

He was at a loss of words to say as she turned to face him, her anger momentarily forgotten as she kept herself busy with arranging the magazines into a nice pile on the table.

"…Where will I sleep?"

"Oh, right, I forgot about that. Since master ordered me to never let you out of my sight…" she trailed off, thinking through the possibilities, and Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"I guess you'll have to sleep on my bed."

Sasuke blinked a couple of times in surprise. What did she mean, sleeping on her bed? Surely not…

Sakura, noticing the weird expression in his face, rolled her eyes. "I'm honored to know that you do have hormones, Sasuke, but you're sleeping on it alone."

Sasuke simply looked annoyed, cursing inwardly, and Sakura smirked slightly. "I know you need to revive your clan, Sa-su-ke."

The way his name slipped off her tongue was too much for Sasuke to bear as he reappeared in front of her and pinned her to the wall, growling softly as he made eye contact with her.

Sakura didn't have her guard up before that, and as she felt his intense gaze burning through her, some part of her melted off, and her cold stone wall crumbled as she drowned, once again, in those mysterious onyx pools of his. Sasuke didn't know how to react. Her eyes were like quicksand, damn. So he let his mind shut down, letting him fall into what he truly wanted.

His head leaned down slowly, eyes slowly closing, and Sakura flinched a little before her eyelids fluttered closed.

Their lips were just centimeters apart.

She could feel an arm wrapping itself around her waist possessively as she tilted her head upwards to meet his kiss.

Everything was so perfect…

Ring…ring…ring…

…maybe not.

-x-

A/N:
The highly anticipated SasuSaku kiss has just been ruined by the telephone. XD
Sasuke: -Groans- So close…
Sakura: -Speechless-
Me: -Smirks- Welcome to hell, Sasuke. I wanted to write some more, but there wouldn't be any fun without cliffhangers, huh?