When It All Falls Apart;
Chapter Seven: Perhaps this is love?
Disclaimer:
What a
dumb thing to do. Seriously, would I be sitting here, typing out a
fan fiction for you lovely people to read, if I did own Naruto?
-Raises eyebrow-
A/N:
I love
you guys for being such loyal readers! -Gives everyone candy-
As
Micah-san voted for technology, I shall dump modern life into this.
Three cheers!
Oh yes, and this will be a rather long chapter to
entertain you guys before I get my arm chewed off by those nasty plot
bunnies.
…I expect at least…FIVE reviews before I update!
-Evil smile-
Reviews
Replies:
Micah
Sakura - As you wish; we shall have technology in this little story
of mine then. (:
Micah Sakura - I know. It just seemed so…dreadfully tempting to bully Sasuke. -Grins-
HPMagicLuvr - Arigatou gozaimasu! (:
Tiger Priestess - Sasuke's clumsy when it comes to Sakura. -Laughs- What's so disturbing?
-x-
I've
got to move on and be who I am
I just don't belong here; I hope
you understand
We might find a place in this world some day
But
at least for now, I got to go my own way…
Sasuke let go of Sakura, startled, and she hurriedly got to her hand phone to answer the call. Even though all the passion had evaporated with the silence broken, she could feel her face burning up to a shade of pink that would put even her hair to shame. Sliding the cover up so that the keypad was unlocked, she pressed the accept button and held the delicate item to her ear.
"Hello?" she said, trying to sound as breezy as she could.
"SAKURAAAA-CHANNNNN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" a familiar voice yelled back, and she twitched in annoyance.
"…Fuck it, Naruto, I told you a BILLION times NOT to SCREAM IN MY EAR!"
"…I'm sorry." was his reply after a long moment of silence, and Sakura huffed slightly.
"Humph. You're forgiven. What do you want now?"
Sakura rolled her eyes as she imagined Naruto's eyes brightening as she said that she had forgiven him. Psh, he was so predictable.
"Oh, right. Can the gang come to your house tomorrow?"
"…For?"
"Don't tell me you have such a lousy memory, at such a young age too!"
She twitched now; god, he was so annoying at times. "Stop beating about the bush, you moron."
"Today's your birthday, silly. You couldn't possibly have forgotten…Wait a second. WHAT DID YOU DO TO SAKURA-CHAN?!"
"…Stop it before I get mad again, Naruto. You know you don't want a repeat of last time's 'incident'."
An awkward silence, before she heard Naruto laughing sheepishly.
"Right, you're definitely Sakura-chan alright."
Sakura sighed, remembering the disaster when she'd last had a birthday party. Oh lord, she didn't even want to think about it. With Sasuke here…she couldn't imagine the consequences.
"Alright, you guys can come, on one condition: don't destroy my house again. Got it?"
"Yes ma'am!"
"I'll see you later then."
Sakura switched off the phone, glancing back at the bored Sasuke. "Gomenasai, Sasuke, but I think you'll have to bear with…a lot of noise later on."
Sasuke just looked up from the floor and nodded his head slightly. "Aa."
Sakura sighed, picking up his luggage bag and headed towards her room with Sasuke trailing slowly behind her. She didn't know how the others were going to react to seeing Sasuke again after such a long time. Sighing, she tried not to think about the incoming doom that loomed over her poor home, and her thoughts flashed back to the near-kiss instead, and instantly regretted it. She remembered the way her heart had pounded so quickly, she thought it was going to explode and the shards sent flying out of her chest; the way his nose touched hers; his hot breath on her porcelain skin, his arm snaking around her petite waist possessively; and the way he'd slowly closed the gap between then, closing his eyes in anticipation of what could have been their first kiss.
Stopping at a traditional Japanese-styled wooden sliding door, Sakura slid it open silently and switched on the light. They were now in a huge bedroom, the walls painted white, and which had a cozy, comfortable vibe in it. A full length mirror was a couple of steps away from the door. A wooden drawer fitted snugly into one corner of the room, with a shelf on its right, filled with books. Beside that was another drawer, this time having a television settled on top of it, and a couch rested in the other corner. In the middle of the room was a huge bed, just enough for two people to cuddle up to each other. It had fluffy white pillows, white sheets, and a canopy covering it so that it looked like you were sleeping in heaven. To its left was a small bedside table, holding an equally small bedside lamp upon it, and yet another drawer, just two times bigger than the previous two. Scrolls and books were stacked in neat piles on its surface, and there was even a cherry pink laptop in the middle of the pack. There was also a balcony, of course, which currently beheld a spectacular view of Konoha's night life. Small plants lined the walls, and a garden swing was placed on the extreme right of the breezy balcony.
Sasuke looked around the room in awe. The Uchiha clan, once great and mighty, didn't even give him a room as good as this one. Sakura soon noticed his expression and smirked, tilting her head to the side. "Why are you giving me that look, Sasuke? Never had such a room before?"
"…Hn." was his typical reply, and Sakura grinned, knowing that his jaw was dropping inwardly.
"Not bad, Saku, you can read him like a book now, chaaa!" Inner Sakura exclaimed happily, making a victorious sign with her fingers.
"Psh, he isn't that hard to read. Sure, it was tough opening his book and trying to understand the foreign language, but all that work sure paid off." Sakura thought proudly, striding over to the sofa and placing the luggage bag on it gently.
"Mind if I ask something?"
"Mmm, go ahead Sasuke."
"…Uh, this is…umm…"
"Let's see, I most certainly don't expect you to cuddle up to me in bed, Sasuke, because I can sleep on the couch perfectly well. As a matter of fact, I think it's much more comfortable."
Sakura smiled as she watched the faintest hint of pink flush across his cheeks as he bowed his head in embarrassment.
"Never mind, there's no need anymore."
Sakura brushed her hair out of her sight, nodding in mock-approval at his words. "Now go shower, I'll get you something to eat, and we'll get to bed."
Sasuke sighed and went to grab his outfit out of his bag as Sakura skipped downstairs to get her wallet.
"Remember to close the windows, Sasuke!" she yelled in a singsong voice.
"…Aa."
"And lock the door!"
"(Twitch)…Aa."
Twitching, he did as he was told after Sakura went out before going to have a shower. Once he was done, he sat down on the bed, staring up at the ceiling as he wondered what he should do now.
To stay…or go?
A loud rumble in the sky caused his head to dart to the sight of rain splattering down on the town through the balcony, and he nearly went mad, knowing that Sakura didn't bring an umbrella along with her.
It was a couple of minutes after pacing up and down in a frenzied state that he heard the door being opened, and he rushed down the stairs to greet a soaked Sakura, smiling as she held out a plastic bag to him. "Well, at least I managed to grab these before the rain started pouring down." she commented cheerily, and Sasuke looked away from her to prevent himself from getting a nosebleed. After all, he knew what happened to clothes when they are drenched.
"Arigatou."
She smiled happily, handing the bag to him before running upstairs to get showered before she caught a cold, and Sasuke peered inside the bag.
He blinked in surprise at her choice of food.
Since when did Konoha have sushi…with tomatoes?
He brought his food upstairs and ate quietly, finishing just as Sakura stepped out of the shower.
"Kyaa, you're done eating already, Sasuke?"
"Hai."
"Well, that's good, I guess. Now, get to sleep."
She roughly shoved him onto the bed, grabbing a thin blanket on the way, and went over to the couch to lie down. Sasuke closed his eyes and waited until she was fast asleep before padding over to her, his footfalls gentle on the floor. She looked so gentle, peaceful, fragile and beautiful…just like her namesake. At the same time, she wasn't a human in his eyes any longer; more like an angel sent from heaven as a gift to him for losing his family at such a tender age. She was his fantasy, his dream, and he knew that she would never be his.
Uchiha Sasuke, you've fallen for her.
He shook his head in denial, refusing to accept what his heart was screaming at him. Damn it, he was purely friends with her, for god's sake!
You're nothing but a friend to her, you ass.
Don't screw things up by telling her, Sasuke. Don't. Whatever you do…just don't tell her.
You know that she can never be yours, right?
"Fuck this."
He padded back over to her bed, burying his face in her pillow and inhaling her scent. She even smelt like an angel.
I'm mentally unsound.
He hit the pillow with a fist, gritting his teeth at his realization.
I'm fucking unsound.
He had officially fallen in love with Haruno Sakura, the most annoying girl in the universe.
-x-
A/N:
Our
little Sasuke-chan has finally fallen hard for Sakura-chan.
XD
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-Dances around to 'No Rain No Rainbow'-
