Look Beyond What You See
Chapter 7: Secret
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto :'(
-At Sasuke's House-
Foolish little brother…
Sasuke sighed. He placed the pen down and walked towards the bathroom. He washed his face and got a bottle of water form the fridge.
'There is no way he's alive. He killed himself.'
The phone rang.
"Hello?" He answered, a little bit irritated. "Hello, is this Mr. Uchiha?" A woman asked.
"… Yes. Who is this?" He asked. "This is Konoha Hospital. Ms. Saeko is not in a good condition, she is…"
Sasuke couldn't believe what he was hearing. Bad condition? She said she will be out there in few days, and now this?
"So if you could come-" "What's probability of her getting better?" He interupted her. "Er…" She stammered. "Not very high… But-" Sasuke hang up the phone and rushed to the door.
He took the taxi to the hospital hoping that he would make it on time.
-At The Hospital-
"I'm a relative of Ms. Saeko." Sasuke panted.
"Ms. Saeko is in room… 306." A nurse smiled. "Thank you." He said as he rushed to the stairs.
Room 306
Sasuke slide the door and saw two doctors and two nurses at the back. He heard them shouting but didn't understand what they were talking about.
Sasuke walked towards there and saw his Aunt. "Aunt Saeko…" He said in a weak voice.
His Aunt opened her eyes. "Sa… suke…" She whispered. "Aunt Saeko…" He grabbed her hand. "I'm… so sorry." She shed a tear and blinked slowly but her eyes never opened.
"We're very sorry. We've done everything we could, but…" One of the doctors said. "At least you've done something." He replied. The doctors bowed and left the room.
Sasuke stood here with an emotionless expression on his face.
"I'm… so sorry."
A tear ran down his cheek remembering the last word she said to him. He stared at his Aunt who is now, lying on bed sleeping peacefully, never going to be awake.
"Ugh, rain." A pink haired girl groaned. "Lucky I brought an umbrella with me."
It was 7:00 in evening. Sakura was at the library, studying.
Her cell phone vibrated.
"Hello?" She answered. "Sakura, where are you?" It was Ino.
"I was in the library. I'm heading home right now." Sakura replied.
"Okay then, see you later."
Sakura hang up the phone and opened her umbrella and started to walk.
On the way, she glanced at the park as she walked past. She saw a person sitting on the bench. I was dark, so she couldn't see his or her face, but saw a silhouette caused by a light of a lamp post.
It seemed like a boy about her age, looking up the sky no moving a single bit. He didn't have an umbrella on him yet he seemed like he didn't care.
Sakura stopped and looked at the boy sitting down on the bench and entered the park. Although she walking towards him, all he did was look at the sky like he doesn't know Sakura's existence.
As Sakura got near him, she saw his face clearly. He wasn't looking at sky, but closing his eyes like he was listening to the sound of heavy rain. The rain dropped near his eyes running down his face looking as if he was crying.
She felt like she saw him somewhere before… And realized.
She couldn't recognise because he wasn't wearing his glasses.
It was Sasuke.
Sakura opened her mouth, but was cut off by him.
"What are you doing here?" He asked. "That's my line!" She replied. "What are you doing here? It's like, 7:30. How long have you been sitting here for?" She asked looking down at her watch.
"It's none of your business." He answered coldly. Sakura frowned.
"You will catch a cold." She said "I don't care." He shrugged, still closing his eyes. "Look, you're already this wet and the rain will get heavier. You will definitely get cold." She said strongly.
There was a long silence between them. Then, Sasuke opened his mouth.
"What does it feel like to die?" He mumbled. Sakura couldn't hide her surprised expression. "Wha-What are you talking about?" She chuckled nervously.
"I mean, what's the point of living now?" He said. Sakura saw his seriouse expression and knew that he wasn't joking. She felt scared and shired a little.
'I'm shivering because it's cold. I'm shivering because it's cold. I'm shiver-'
Sakura's thought was cut off by Sasuke's words.
"My brother killed mum and dad, he killed himself and even my Aunt…" He sighed deeply.
"What… happened to your Aunt?" She asked gingerly.
"She died." He answered casually.
Why did I ask that kind of question? She thought.
"Because of him, everyone was scared of me. I was just a normal boy," Sasuke sighed. "When I was 9, my brother killed our parents. From that day I lost everything. I lost m friends, family, brightness and I lost my brother."
"I lost a person that I trusted the most. She died because of me..." He sighed.
"That can't be true." Sakura said.
"I don't want to live anymore." He sighed. "W-Why are you saying these things?"
"Don't say things like that." Sakura said. "Naruto! Isn't he your best friend?" She asked.
"Best friend? I don't have a best friend." He scoffed. "I'm sure that dobe thinks the same way, too."
"But there's someone who definitely need you and if you die, you don't know how much that person will be upset." Sakura said loudly.
"And you know this person?" He asked. She nodded.
"Me."
-At Sakura's House-
Ino sighed.
Tenten sighed.
Temari sighed.
Hinata sighed.
"I'm bored." Ino said. "Me too." Others replied.
"Where's Sakura?" Tenten asked. "She said she's in the library. She should be back now." Ino answered looking at the clock on the wall.
"It is so boring without her." Temari yawned flipping over page of the magazine.
"Hey, we can have fun without her! You guys got me!" Ino smiled.
"Really?" Tenten chuckled awkwardly.
"I… I'll get ready for dinner." Hinata stood up, disappeared into the kitchen.
Ino sighed. Others sighed.
"Stop copying me!" She said. "We're not copying you." Temari replied. "We're just extremely bored." Tenten said as she nodded.
"Er… guys?" Hinata came out from the kitchen.
"What is it?" Ino asked. "We're run out of rice." She answered.
"We can ask Sakura to buy it." Tenten said.
"… Yeah." Ino sighed getting out her cell phone.
"… What?"
The two faced each other. He, being surprised by her sudden confession, couldn't help hiding surprised expression. There was a long silence between.
The rain got heavier as the time went.
"What did you just say?" He asked.
Sakura, who returned to reality, realizing what she said, blushed bright red.
"N-N-Nothing! I-I didn't say anything!" She stammered, still blushing.
"I'm sure you said something." Sasuke replied calmly.
"I didn't!"
"You did."
"I didn't!"
"You did."
"I… You know what?" "What?" He asked.
"Fine, I did say something." She said in calm tone. "What did you say?" He asked again.
Sakura sighed. "I said that I will be really sad if you die." She mumbled.
"Okay…" He said.
"It means I like you." She said looking at his eyes.
Sakura's phone vibrated but she ignored the call.
"I like you, Sasuke-kun." She repeated.
Sasuke stayed in silence. He only stared at Sakura.
"It's okay. You're probably all tired because of your Aunt and all that." She smiled. "I have to go home too. Anyway, bye! Be safe, okay?"
She waved her hand at him and left Sasuke alone.
"I'm ho-"
"YOU'RE LATE!" Her friends yelled at once except for Hinata, who stood at the back.
"I'm sorry." Sakura apologized. "Did you get my message?" Ino asked. "What message?" She checked her phone to see if she got her message.
"What? We're out of rice? Why didn't you tell me?" "I DID, IDIOT!" Ino screamed. "You should have a good excuse why you didn't answer your phone or didn't check your message!"
"I actually do…" Sakura said in a small voice.
"Okay, let us hear it, then."
They moved to the living room Ino, Tenten, Temari and Hinata sat on the sofa while Sakura sat on the arm chair that was next to it.
"Well…" She started. "On the way home, I saw Sasuke-kun at the park."
She told what happened then. She told what happened to Sasuke's Aunt, she told how he told her that he wanted to die, and she told that she confessed to him.
The four fell in silence. "Can someone speak? It's… Kinda awkward here." Sakura said.
"Sakura!" Ino stood up. "What?" Sakura asked.
"I… I…" She grinned. "I am so happy for you!" She hugged Sakura tightly. "H-Hey, I… can't… breathe…" She panted. "Oops. Sorry."
"What did he say?" They asked. "I didn't ask for an answer." She answered. "He was probably sad, and tired from what happened, so..."
"Anyway, he will tomorrow. I can't wait!" Ino said excitedly.
-At Sasuke's House-
Sasuke thought of what happened today. His Aunt died… And Sakura confessed to him.
'If I tell Naruto about this, I'm sure he will—'
The phone rang. "Hello?" He answered. He was annoyed that he was cut off by a phone. "Sasuke! I heard Sakura-chan confessed to you!" It was Naruto, his 'best friend'. "Speak of a devil." He murmured. "What was that?" Naruto asked. "What do you want?" Sasuke changed the subject. "I heard that Sakura-chan confessed to you!" Naruto repeated. "Yeah, and?" He asked. "What do you mean 'and?'? Aren't you going to accept it?"
Sasuke fell in silence. "Don't tell me you're going to reject her." Naruto raised a hysteric voice. "Why?" He asked. "C'mon! She is the most popular girl in school. Every boy in our school wants to go out with her," Naruto started. "And she picked you! Out of god know how many boys."
"I don't have a time to talk to you about this." Sasuke sighed. "WAIT!" Naruto called. "What?" He asked. "If you were having… You know, normal life," Naruto started gingerly. "You will date her, right? Ugh, I don't know how to say it… You know what I mean, right?"
"If I was having a normal life," He sighed. "I wouldn't be like this."
Sasuke sat on the floor, looking at the picture of a family photo but the edge of the picture was cut off.
"Mum… Dad…" He sated at the picture with a gentle look.
Foolish Little Brother…
Suddenly, he came up in his mind. Man that Sasuke hate the most. There's no way he's alive, he told himself.
'May be I should…'
-Next Day-
Sakura looked around the classroom.
"What's wrong, Sakura?" One of her friends asked. "No, nothing." She replied with a smile.
A boy with messy chicken butt hair with black glasses arrived to the classroom.
"Sasuke-kun…" Sakura murmured.
He found Sakura looking at him and walked towards her.
Everyone in a class watched him.
"Can I talk to you outside?" He asked her.
Before she could answer, the bell rang. "Well?" He asked her.
"The lesson is about to start, so-" Sakura was interrupted by Sasuke pulling her arm, taking her outside the classroom.
The classroom fell in silent.
"Does anyone know what just happened?"
Sakura had no idea where he was taking her.
"S-Sasuke-kun, where are you going?" She asked him, but he ignored her and kept walking.
"The class…" She looked back to see if the teacher is coming after them.
Finally, Sasuke stopped and let her go. They were outside at the back of the school.
"What is it that you wanted to talk about?" Sakura asked a question that was bothering her for a while now. "About yesterday…" Sasuke spoke. Sakura blushed remembering the embarrassing moment she wanted to forget.
"You know, I don't actually want to hear-" Sakura stopped as she noticed that he was looking at her with kind eyes. "What?" She asked. Then he shook his head and sighed. She knew exactly what he meant.
Sakura laughed. "What are you saying? I already knew that. I mean, I didn't expect you to accept anyway." Sasuke looked at the ground. "I'll see you later then, Sasuke-kun. I need to go back and explain to the teacher." She waved her hand a little and went inside the school.
Sakura walked back to class with tears. When she got near to the classroom, she wiped her tears and had deep breath.
When she walked in the class, the teacher sighed. "Miss. Haruno, where have you been for this fifteen minutes?" He asked in a harsh tone. "Well, I was-"
"Sorry sir, she was with me." A boy said as he entered the classroom.
"And why is that?" The teacher asked. A boy sighed. "I just asked her to show me somewhere." He answered. "Where?" The teacher asked. "Sir, really?" He asked back in a amazed tone.
"Fine." A male teacher cleared his throat. "You two, sit down."
-Lunch Time-
Sakura, Ino, Tenten, Temari and Hinata walked into the canteen.
Sakura stared at the plate that had jacket potato and stabbing it slowly.
"Sakura?" Tenten waved her hand in front of Sakura's face but she sighed and kept stabbing the jacket potato.
Ino, Tenten, Temari and Hinata decided to leave her alone.
"Do you think it's about Sasuke-kun?" Tenten whispered. Ino nodded. "It could be. She was looking at him during the lesson and before that, they went somewhere. They were definitely doing something."
Temari thought and mumbled. "She confessed to him…"
Ino looked at her and asked. "What did you say!" Temari answered calmly. "Don't you remember? She said that she confessed to him. Maybe Sakura got an answer from him."
Ino nodded her headed, smirk appeared on her face. "But it wasn't a good answer." Hinata said quietly. Ino's smirk disappeared. "How do you know?"
Hinata blushed slightly. "I-I don't know, b-but her eyes are little red, and for her to act like that…" She looked down.
Naruto and Sasuke arrived at the canteen. They sat near to window.
"So, fere far you dis period fan?" Naruto asked food stuffed in his mouth.
"What?" Sasuke asked. "Where were you period one?" Naruto repeated his question clearly.
"No where." He answered. "And don't talk when you have food in your mouth. How many times do I have to say…"
"You were with Sakura-chan right?" Naruto ignored him. "Why are we talking about this?" Sasuke sighed.
"Because I wanna know." He grinned. "Okay, I rejected her." He said and left.
"What, wait, Sasuke!"
-After School-
It was four o'clock in the evening. They were at the park, discussing something.
Naruto told Ino what Sasuke said to him.
"He rejected her!" She shrieked. "Ssh! You're too loud!" He hissed.
"That bastard! I'm gonna beat him up! Tell me where he lives!" Naruto stopped Ino by holding her arm. "I think he thought a lot about it, too."
"And this is the choice he made?" She screamed. "Calm down Ino!" Naruto shouted.
"How can he reject Sakura?" Ino, who finally calmed down folded her arms and sighed.
"I think he like Sakura-chan." Naruto said. "What do you mean?"
"Because he doesn't like talking to people, you know." Naruto said. Ino agreed him.
"So it's not like he rejected her because he doesn't like her. It's something else..."
Well, that's it for chapter 7! Sorry it took long time to update it -_-;
I hope you enjoyed it and… yeah.
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