Sorry I took a while ^^" Here is Chapter Seven!

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Critical of your Love


And I return to the sweetest of Heavens

Where you await my presence…


Chapter 7: Remembering what Love was like?

This can't be happening…

"And now the weather for the next few days." Spoke the forecaster, as he began to turn slightly and point at a map behind himself, "Tomorrow, the temperature will cool down by about three degrees, as can be seen in the northern areas."

This shouldn't be happening…

"Around Tokyo and this region of Honshu there will be rain for the next few days, with rather cloudy days."

What am I gonna do!?!

"Mainly Yokohama and Shinjuku will face a normal summer storm, which will pass in about a day."

Sakura sighed deeply and turned off the T.V., slumping down in front of her bed, legs crossed, and hugging her favourite pillow. She grabbed it tightly, burying her face into it's softness.

Her cheeks were burning red and she felt like a teenager again; just this time she detested the feeling.

She looked at the screen of her mobile phone, staring at the constant text messages that popped up. They, of course, weren't making the situation any easier either, for they all came from one and the same person that caused these old feelings to bubble up within Sakura.

He tried desperately to gain an answer from the pink haired woman, but it was hopeless. Sakura simply stared at the messages, in which he pleaded her to forgive him and asked if he could see her to tell her something important.

I have to tell him something important too… She bit her lower lip, then lay the phone at her side.

What you gonna do now, Sakura? Sit here until the feeling goes? Forget it, that's just pathetic! This whole hiding away scene. You've tried to show him you don't need him anymore, you managed to keep your cool at times, but you failed in the end. You're still a stupid teenie like you were back then, still act the same way. I guess things will never change with me…

She sighed into her pillow and watched the black T.V. screen.

Suddenly, the bell to her door rang and a voice echoed from the other side, "Sakura-chan? It's me, Hinata."

Reluctantly the girl got up, frowning as she opened the door carefully and peeked outside.

"Hinata-chan?"

"Hey, can I come in?"

Sakura looked at her for a while, then nodded and permitted her entrance.

The dark haired woman walked into the living room and sat down on a chair at the table, "How did it go? You didn't answer Ino's phone call last night. She said she couldn't be bothered to ring you up a million of times like the other time. I thought I'd pay you a visit…sooo…"

"Oh…I'm…"

"You're red in the face, did something happen?" Hinata touched her gently on the cheek.

Sakura pushed her hand off, "I'm alright, Hinata-chan."

"You don't look it." She whispered in a soothing voice.

"I'm just a little…confused…" She touched her head and sat down opposite of Hinata.

"Talk to me about it then."

"I…"

"What happened yesterday night?"

"Well, we talked and" she looked her friend into the eye, "We kissed…" She muttered the last bit.

Hinata's expression stayed the same, "And how do you feel about it?"

"How I feel about it? I feel like a teenager again! I feel in love again! And worst of all with the one man I want to forget so badly." She hit her face on the table and crossed her hands over it, "I'm sorry…" Sakura sobbed.

"For what?"

"For…acting like this."

"Hey, Sakura-chan, it is alright. I mean you shouldn't really hide just because you've fallen in love again, but clear your thoughts and minds and maybe talk to him."

"It's always talk to him!" Sakura raised her head anew, "And then we either end up arguing or…hurting each other. I've had enough of it!"

"But remember the times you spent together and had fun? The times you had so much fun together, you were the most suiting couple at Konoha High back then! You barely argued, you always smiled together, you were practically made for each other. I don't know what the exact reason was you two split up, but whatever it may be, it must've been either so shocking or so pathetic that it caused both of you to make a huge mistake." The lavender eyed woman breathed in deeply as she finished with her lecturing talk, and kept her eyes focused on Sakura.

"What am I supposed to do? Run back into his arms and pretend nothing happened?"

Hinata sighed, "Sakura, how about you try fix situations by telling him the whole truth, by opening up to him completely, and then give him a chance to explain himself."

"He's already done that."

"Then be fair and do the same." Sakura looked at her friend, "I think he deserves to know, I doubt he doesn't in some way still have feelings for you."

Sakura sat back and crossed her arms, looking towards the ground and thinking, "I don't know…"

Hinata shrugged, "Well, maybe some creativity will at least help you to think over the situation. I seriously need some help right now in the shop, would you mind?"

The emerald eyed woman smiled warmly, "I'll help."


Sakura picked up a few roses with other flowers and began placing them together in a neat and colourful bouquet. She took a piece of plastic string, then some scissors, and began to pull the plastic along the sharp edge of the metal in order to make it curl up. When she finished her doing, she tied the string around the bouquet and the wavy paper she had wrapped it in.

"This should hold." She said merrily, picking up the flower bunch and smelling it, then placing it into a vase.

"Thanks, Sakura-chan, you're a great help indeed." Hinata cheered as she herself tied a few flowers together.

"It's nice to see how people don't ignore the fact that we have florists, and that a flower as a present can be very nice."

She once more smelled a few nectarines, watching as Hinata went into the back of the shop and returned with a small box and two cups of coffee.

"I think this would do you some good." She said and placed the mug in front of Sakura, who spoke her thanks and took a sip.

Looking outside, she saw how the warmth of the sunlight slowly began to crawl away, and how the dark clouds spread across the horizon, giving everything a rather dull touch.

"It's probably gonna rain soon" Hinata began, opening the box she had bought, "here, Sakura-chan, can you help me with this?"

From the box she protruded and few pieces of cardboard, that had bent bits and were of different colours.

"What's that?" She took a piece of yellow cardboard into her hand and frowned at it as she shifted it around.

"You fold the edges and fit them to the other pieces. The outcome of this set is supposed to be a duck. I've got more. I don't quite get the hang of it, maybe you do?"

Sakura began to laugh, "Looks quite funny" She started with folding the edges that had marked lines on them, then looked at the back of the pack for further information, "What you gonna use these for?"

"Oh, just as decoration for the shop. It has glitter things and all with it, could come in handy."

Sakura sat down on a high chair and began fumbling with the pieces of cardboard. It took her a few minutes to figure out what part went where, but when she was done, she joint all the pieces by pressing bent edges into slits and using Sellotape to make everything a little more stable.

"Where did you say the glitter was?" Sakura was still staring at her duck, but as she got no answer, she jumped to her feet and went to the front of the shop.

She had been just about to speak up and turn the corner when she saw who had been occupying Hinata.

Immediately she pulled back, her heart began to thump wildly again, her face went red and she hid behind the wall.

"I can't find her and I seriously need to talk with her. I even managed to get Nanami-chan to go to another part of Tokyo with her friends for a few days so I can solve this.."

"Oh, I understand. Well, she's at the back of the shop." Hinata pointed towards the door hidden by a few leaves and tendrils.

Sasuke nodded, looking in that direction.

Sakura jumped back, afraid now, and looked around the small room she had been in. Her eyes soon discovered a door behind a box. She ran towards it, grabbing the keys placed on the table, and tried to open the door.

To her relief the door wasn't strongly locked, nor lead to a storage room, but was actually a back door leading outside into the crowded, dark world.

The pink haired girl spun on her heel, throwing the keys into the table successfully and disappearing out through the door.


Sakura ran a few metres away from the back of the shop, halting to gasp for air. She placed her hands on her knees, bending slightly.

My lord, that was close…

She looked back to the shop, seeing how a few people now entered, and then discovered Hinata's head popping up from the inside and searching the nearby roads with her pupil-less eyes.

Sakura turned and ran off again. Just as she jumped over the road and turned a corner, she crashed into something – or someone, and landed on the floor instantaneously.

Looking up, still slightly disorientated, she found Shikamaru across of her, touching his head, "My, my, what're you hurrying for, Sakura?" He groaned and slowly got to his feet.

"Sorry…I was…" He helped her up as well, smiling.

"Oh, by the way Sakura, Sasuke asked me to tell you he wants to see you. Don't ask me for what, and please don't start cursing me full with how much you hate him or whatever, I have no idea what he's up to. He just seemed very worried."

"I know…I'm type of running away from him." She said with a forced smile.

"Running away? Has he done something?"

"No…yes…no…we both did something, and I just can't face him right now."

"But isn't running away a little…childish? You're a grown up woman now."

"I feel like a child to be honest."

"Sakura" Shikamaru said in a monotonous voice and shook his head, pocketing his hand, then lead her away from the road and to the park, which was nearby, "You should start to get a grip of yourself." They sat down on a bench and the girl placed her elbows on her legs, grabbing her head, "Running away won't solve the problem, nor get rid of it. Some time or other you're gonna stand in front of him anyway, and it should rather be now than later, so situations don't escalate. And especially; Sasuke had an expression on his face I haven't seen since the day his mother died. One of anger, sorrow and love at the same time. Whatever happened between the two of you, and Christ, I don't wanna know, you should go solve it." He patted her on the back, "You're 29, not 16 anymore, and you can't go back to being that either, as horrible as it may sound."

He stood up, looking at her as she stayed silent, "Well, I'm heading off, I need to look something up in the library before they close. See you." He walked off across the road.

Sakura stayed seating, not noticing how the clouds covered up the sky more and more.


She had been13 back then. A young, sweet girl, that tried hard to impress her family with good grades and a happy attitude. She showed no interest in boys whatsoever, there hadn't been one yet that aroused her attention or got her, like the other girls, into dating, flirting and going out.

She had her friends, too, wonderful friends whom she loved dearly, and more Sakura didn't need.

And every person that met Sakura would've thought of her as a wonderful, funny and slightly mysterious personality. However, if hadn't been for the way she dressed up.

Sakura was a rather shy, modest girl, and therefore preferred to wear glasses instead of contact lenses. She liked her smart, red-rimmed glasses, and she couldn't get herself to place contact lenses into her eyes. Partly because she had been scared of touching her eye.

Another fact was that Sakura kept her hair up, in a tight pony tail, instead of down and wide open. She did this because her hair was quite long and tended to curl in the most funniest corkscrews you could imagine, being sometimes messy when let down.

Neither was her taste of clothing very good. She tended to wear baggy clothing, or walked around in her pyjamas all day long if she didn't have school, which had some hideous design that covered up Sakura's true beauty.

Well, at the age of 13, her mother decided to hold a small ball around their house.

They didn't have a too small house, it had a great patio and was very well decorated. That was because Sakura's mother was an architect, and a very good one indeed.

It was a nice, hot summer's day. Sakura helped her mother hang up a few fluorescent lights of different colours added with tablecloths on the dining tables, dishes, knives, forks, glasses for wine and normal drinks and much more.

Everything was set up perfectly, and both Harunos were satisfied with their work.

When all the guests had come, the place had been quite crowded, but it was nice to see so many people around.

Sakura had firstly hidden herself in her room, reading a thriller book. She looked outside her window occasionally, gazing in amazement as the lights illuminated the night and some woman wore the most astounding dresses Sakura had ever seen.

"Sakura-chan!" Her mother called up the stairs, "Come down! We're eating in a minute, and you can't hide up there all night long."

Sakura sighed, shutting her book and standing up. She gazed at herself in the mirror, shaking her head in frustration.

She wore a red top with thin straps and a black skirt. On her feet were normal, black and flat shoes. Her hair was still up in a bunch and she kept her glasses.

As she walked down, her mother, whom she found very pretty that evening, grabbed her hand softly and pulled her into the crowd.

"Mikoto, I want you to meet my daughter, Sakura-chan." She pushed Sakura forwards a little, "Sakura-chan, this is an old friend of mine from school, Uchiha Mikoto."

Sakura smiled at the tall woman in front of her, "Hi…" She raised a hand, but didn't move it.

Mikoto returned the greeting with a warm smile, "Now, I'm wondering where my Sasu-chan is, I told him to stay somewhere near me where I can find him." The black haired woman looked amongst the crowd, and soon her face lighted up, "Ah, Sasu-chan! Come over here a minute, I want to introduce you to someone."

Out of the chatting crowd came a boy with a neat white shirt and trousers. He had one hand in his pocket, the other slumped by his side, and his hair went around his head in weird spikes. His charcoal eyes gave an emotionless and unbothered impression from them, but he still looked very attractive.

Mikoto placed her hands on his shoulders, "This is Sakura-chan, the daughter of Ms. Haruno. Sakura-chan, this is Sasuke-chan, my son. Say hello."

The rather disinterested boy gave her glance from head to toe, then averted his eyes somewhere else and mumbled a small 'hi'.

"How about you two talk and get to know each other?" Sakura's mother leaned down, smiling at both of them, then pushed Sakura a little further forwards and walked off with Mikoto.

"So…what do you wanna do." Sakura asked shyly, placing back a strand of her lock behind her ear.

"Depends, this party looks pretty boring." Sasuke looked around, then glanced at Sakura again, "You're weird." He muttered with a cold tone.

Sakura's eyes shot wide open, "Says some guy who doesn't even know me!" She huffed.

"Well, why do you wear your hair up?" He took a lock into his fingers, "You should try contact lenses, too."

Sakura glared at the boy in front of her, "How about you learn manners, who are you to tell me anyway?!"

"Uchiha Sasuke, pleased to meet you…not."

Sakura pushed him slightly, "I didn't ask you for your opinion!"

"But you needed it."

Sakura turned, crossing her arms and stormed off. No way was she gonna let some random guy mess up her day!


The rain began falling slowly; first, it began to spit, and people already crammed for their umbrellas or placed on their hoodies. A silent rumble was heard in the distance, but not taken serious by the passengers of Shinjuku.

Gradually, the spitting turned into larger droplets, and then it rained like a waterfall.

Sakura walked along the passenger way, without umbrella or any kind of protection from the rain. She only had her thin, long sleeved shirt and the jeans shorts as well as a pair of drenched trainers.

The streets got emptier and emptier as the time ticked by, until it reached 7 p.m.

The thunder had turned a little louder, wasn't to its maximum volume yet, however. And as long as that wasn't the case, the pinkie didn't bother.

She halted at one point, drowning in thoughts again. So much was flying around her mind right now, she felt so confused, but especially Sasuke was on her mind, and it annoyed her greatly. She wanted to simply erase the feelings he had opened like old wounds that began to bleed anew. She wanted to simply wipe his memory out of her life, at least the bad ones, and make a happy conclusion so that she could rest in peace for the rest of her life.

But she couldn't.

And a part of her didn't want to either. It was peculiar, and she had so many contradicting emotions burning within her. Hatred, love, anger, self-pity, frustration, clarity, everything packed onto one whole heap of shit in her mind.

She had to solve this now, before she would snap and go mad.

Sakura turned around and stormed off into the direction in which she believed lay Sasuke's apartment. She crossed a few roads and turned into a few streets, but in the end she felt lost. Lost in her own home town, how wonderful.

Groaning, she turned and was about to storm off back to her apartment, which was most likely quite a distance away, just to find who she was searching for was on the other side of the road, staring at her in surprise.

He wore a thin, and now drenched shirt with some baggy pants. Sakura, without saying a word, walked over and right up to him. She stared him straight into the eyes, and so did he.

"You want to talk, I want to talk, then let's do just that." She whispered and watched as drops from the rain ran down his forehead and then between his nose and eye.

"You'll tell me?"

"I'll tell you, promise." She bit her lower lip as he continued to stare.

"Alright. Let's go into my apartment then, we're going to get a cold like this."

Sakura nodded in agreement and found out, to her surprise, that that the apartment block she had landed at when she thought she was lost was just where Sasuke lived.


She caught the towel with a swift hand, "Here, to dry yourself." The raven haired man left the bedroom and disappeared into the kitchen, returning with two steaming hot cups of tea.

"Take one." He handed it to her carefully, and she took a sip, wincing because of the heat.

"Sorry, the bedroom always seems to be the warmest place in the house." He shrugged as they sat at a small table he seemed to use to work.

"Is alright." She whispered and looked up at him.

"Well, I'm listening."

Sakura took in a very deep breath, concentrating on what to say first and last, and how to formulate it. When she had finally decided, the opened her mouth to talk, "I…I have another reason why I left you…" She began, stopping. He raised an eyebrow but stayed mute, "I think it's a seriously stupid reason, but I'm not so sure myself to be honest. I guess it was mainly because I was scared.
"Sasuke, that day, the day I wrote you that letter, I had been at the doctors. I felt sick lately and I thought I should go to a check up. And they found out I had been pregnant."

She looked at him again, trying to find his reaction, but his face stayed as cold and emotionless as she knew it since they were 13, "I got frustrated, and scared, 'cause my past somehow came flying to the front again. I didn't quite know what to do, if I should be happy or sad or worried. I just remembered how I was an accident child as well, and when my dad left, I remembered how mad my mom went. She had been such a strong woman, and suddenly she was turned to be weaker than dust with a snap of his fingers. I was scared it would happen to me as well, for we were slowly seeing each other less and breaking apart more and more, and I was worried I wouldn't be able to let go." She felt the heat of tears build up at the edge of her eyes, "I was so frightened I just wanted to break up before anything bad happened. I don't know how, but I knew you'd agree…and then…" She stopped, wiping away her tears and urging herself not to sob or lose her voice before she hadn't finished her story, "I thought about having an abortion, but I decided against it for some weird reason. I wanted to tell you to begin with, but then, when I finally had the child, it was dead…" She began shaking her head slowly, "I didn't know what to do afterwards, I thought about writing you a letter or something, but I didn't know how to start anyway, how to express myself. And I just decided to lock away everything that had anything to do with you, hoping it was forever.

And right now, for some other weird reason, I feel like I'm in love again." She whispered the last sentence so that it sounded barely audible, "You're right Sasuke, I do run away from my problems…I'm just not strong enough I guess…" She had finished, and now the sobs took over her voice. She shut her eyes, letting the tears flow down her cheeks.

An arm slung itself around her back and pulled her onto a tight embrace. Her head was leaning against his chest and she began to cry louder.

The thunder outside had increased evidently, and every now and then a loud crash echoed in the distance.

"You should've told me…" He whispered soothingly into her ear, "Before you wrote the letter."

"I know…" He could just make out her words.

They stayed in that position for another few minutes, just listening to her cry and the thunder's roar.

"Sasuke-kun…" Sakura questioned in a weak tone.

"Hmm?"

"I…" She raised her head to face him and wiped away her tears, "I think…I…" She shook her head in frustration, not managing to say the words, then stood up.

Sasuke mimicked her action, looking with a worried frown into her face.

Just as she was about to take a step backwards, her left foot entangled itself with a cable and caused her fall onto Sasuke, who tried to keep his balance, however failed and therefore landed onto the bed, Sakura on top of him.

Both froze at the feeling. The last time they had been in this position was when they were 24, and Sakura had been trying to get to sleep with Sasuke.

"Saki-chan…?" Sasuke blurted out, unsure what he said himself.

Sakura leaned down on him, being confused, but she felt she had lost all common sense with that fall and only did what her body told her to.

She leaned into a kiss, pushing greedily against him, until he entered her mouth with his tongue and roamed around in it. Sakura slowly mimicked his actions, clashing with his tongue every so often.

Sasuke's hands travelled to her waist and he slung his arms around her petite form, pressing her tightly against his body. Her hands travelled to his shoulders and she held him there.

They separated, gasping for air, and looked each other into the eyes. Sakura's eyes sparkled; the way Sasuke knew they did whenever they showed some kind of adoration, love or lust. Her wet hair curled beautifully over her shoulders and tickled his nose. With a quick movement of his he flung her around on the bed and was now on top of her.

His lips roamed around her neck now, leaving small lovebites on the way, "Saki-chan" He whispered her usual nickname he had for her into Sakura's ear, enjoying how she smiled at the sound of his voice, her eyes shut.

Again his lips returned to hers, locking with them. She moaned into his mouth, causing a smirk to plaster itself onto his lips whilst Sasuke's hand travelled down her body and up to the hem of her shirt. Sakura crossed her arms around his neck, pulling him tighter into the kiss. He travelled along her stomach now, making her push against the mattress from the tickling sensation. Now he slowly removed the shirt, pulling it up until Sakura helped and removed it completely. She opened her eyes once more to reveal her emerald orbs. The raven haired man began to softly kiss her stomach whilst unclasping her bra and pulling it off. He licked her near the belly-button, smirking anew as she arched upwards, moaning softly.

Her hands now moved towards his shirt. She grabbed his collar, pulling Sasuke into a heated kiss, then gradually opened one button after the other.

Outside, another thunderbolt clashed and shook the earth, but the two of them were too oblivious about that right now.

After Sasuke threw his shirt off, he continued with sweetly marking the side of her neck, his right hand massaging one of her mounds which caused her to whisper his name into his ear. Knowing that she enjoyed it, he continued his doing until he decided to move down her body again. The Uchiha unzipped the woman's jeans shorts, going underneath her panties and grabbing her core. This aroused Sakura and made her lean up against his body. Smirking, he pulled her pants down and tore her underwear off with it.

Now that she was fully exposed to him, he broke off from kissing her neck and took a look at her. His strands slightly touched her cheek, but what he saw made his heart ache. She was still the most beautiful, irresistible and mysterious woman he had ever met in his life, and she caused him to show his softest and most loving side; a side he barely knew himself, for he had been hardened up all these years long. To him, she was like an innocent angel, someone who deserved better than life could give, but found herself happier with less.

Still being driven by his lust and his controlling body, the charcoal eyed man watched as the beauty in front of him unclasped his belt, undoing his zip and progressively pulling down his baggy khaki pants, until he kicked them off.

Sakura pulled herself closer to him by slinging her arms around his neck once more and then crashing her lips against his.

She was always in for surprises in his opinion.

Sasuke pressed himself against her core, adoring the sound of her sweet moans. Finally, he took off his underwear as well, and now they were both completely exposed to each other.

Sasuke leaned his forehead against hers, his glistening pools clashing with hers, he leaned down, kissing her softly onto the lips, "Five years…" He whispered…

…and then he entered her.

Sakura stiffened at the touch, then griped as he plunged in. Again she called his name, pressing her body harshly against his. When he gazed at her longingly she gave him a warm smile, and he started to ride her sluggishly. She clashed at his movements and they increased in pace little by little. He kissed her collar bone, touching her stomach and softly stroking up it. The pink haired girl kept her arms wrapped around his neck as he continued.

After five years of suppressing feelings, of heart-brokenness, of loneliness and utter sorrow she had finally found her heaven again, she remembered what love was like, and she took the greatest pleasure in it that you could imagine.

Finally they had reached their peek, and Sasuke gave Sakura one more deep kiss before he got out of her and slumped onto the bed.

Both were panting heavily. Sakura turned to look at him.

"Sasuke-kun…" She mumbled, completely out of breath.

He wrapped his arms around her petite body, pulling her into an embrace and burying his face into the side of her neck, "Hmm?"

"I…I…think I love you…"

He didn't answer, but plastered a soft kiss onto her lips, pulling the blankets over the both of them.

Sakura fell asleep against his chest.

The rain still pounded harshly outside, however, the thunder subsided, and soon silence returned to Shinjuku.


You tried to break my heart, but to no avail

For it had been broken long before…


Preview:

"Hell, but I can guess!" She glared at him now.

Sakura didn't notice how she hadn't quite locked the cage door yet.

"Give me a chance, woman!" He sat down on a chair that stood in the corner.

"I have! I've given you more chances than I can count, but the first few times we just argued, the one after that we kissed, and after that we slept with each other! How the hell is that solving a problem?!"

"'Cause you always stop where it's my go!" He stood up again, his eyes widening as the wolf now growled at him from behind Sakura and raised his hackles.

"Sakura…the-"

"WHAT?!"

The wolf jumped at her shout, baring his fangs as he snarled and bit Sasuke into the arm.


Sweet Sakura is happy again xD what luck, but hey, will the happiness last, people? I see the story is reaching its end... So, what will happen after all this, ey? ^^ And what's gonna happen to Sasuke? xD I mean he's going to be bitten by a wolf? (indicated towards preview) xD Uh-oh....

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