Hello there. Hey look I updated quickly. Well that is actually thanks to one person. I posted the last chapter, and then logged off. And the next day I checked my mail and I have a ton of mail. I was reading them and I noticed that one person when and reviewed for all the chapters! I love this person. Lol.

So this chapter is for sasusaku779

Thank you to anyone else who reviewed too.

Enjoy!

Light filtered through the binds and hit Sakura right in the face. She could feel the warmth of the light on her face but she also felt more warmth engulfing her body. Her eyes reluctantly fluttered open, only to be blinded by the light. She snapped her eyes close and turned her head away, burying her face into something underneath her.

She laid there for a moment and tried to wake up fully so she could think clearly. It was only after something underneath she moved that she awoke fully. She slowly raised her head so looked at her surroundings. And then last night flooded back to her as she stared down at Sasuke's sleeping face.

He had his arms around her so she couldn't get up without waking him up, so she just laid there. She didn't really know what she should be feeling about this. One day they were hardly talking, or looking at each other, for that matter, and now she was in his arms.

And does this mean anything? Or was it just a one time thing? Does this mean that he has feeling for her or something? Or was it nothing and she is just over thinking this?

She sighed and pushed those thoughts away. She looked back at Sasuke's face. He had really grown up over the years. He was really handsome, and no longer the cute little boy he used to be. Sasuke turned in his sleep slightly, moving his head. The light hit something that shined in his hair and drew Sakura's attention.

Sakura brushed a few locks of hair away from his ear and for the first time noticed that his left ear was pierced. Shining in the light was a small silver hoop. He also had two small, dull, black studs in his lobe, underneath the hoop. Sakura just stared in amazement. Even she didn't have her ears pierced. She never thought that it would look good on her. (and she was afraid too.) But it somehow worked for him.

It gave him a kind of tough guy, rebellious look. It was a look that Sasuke could pull off. Sasuke was a lucky person. His looks allowed him to pull off a lot of different styles. He could be anything he wanted, including a model.

Sakura's eyes drifted to his face again. She stared at every inch, memorizing each feature. Everything from his lush eyelashes(that she was jealous of) to his perfectly shaped chin.

She then laid here head back down on his shoulder. She closed her eyes for a moment and just relaxed. She took a deep breath and the foreign scent washed over her senses. It smelled a little like the rain and soap. But there was something else. Some other smell that was indescribable. She smiled and opened her eyes and realized that she had smelled Sasuke. She blushed and snapped her eye close, embarrassed for enjoying his smell.

She adjusted herself as she cuddled into him deeper, her forehead being brushed with his soft hair. Her eyes slowly opened and was greeted by a dark mark at the base of his neck. Maybe he wasn't so lucky after all.

She brushed off the thoughts and raised her head again. She stared at nothing in particular until he moved again slightly. She looked at him and watched as his eyebrows knitted together for moment and then he looked as peaceful as ever.

But then Sakura noticed how perfect his eyebrows were. She looked leaned forward and examined them. They didn't look like he plucked them, but they were just so perfect. She felt a tinge of jealousy flashed through her. Life is not fair that is eyebrows are just so perfect while she has to work at hers.

But life is also unfair to her in many ways. As Sakura continued to lean forward, examining his eyebrows, his eyes lazily fluttered open. Sakura froze where she was and hoped that he wouldn't notice her. Even though she was in his face. But hey, she can hope, can't she?

Sasuke stared into her eyes as he began to wake fully. He raised one of his perfect eyebrows and Sakura knew he noticed. And she couldn't think of what to do, her body still frozen. "Um,. . .G-good morning, Sunshine." she said with a awkward smile on her face.

He stared into her for awhile longer before smirking at her. "Good morning to you, too,. . . . Princess." he spoke quietly, in a mocking tone. Sakura blushed a deep shade of red and felt like shriveling up and dieing right then and there. She averted her gaze but stayed in the same position. She franticly tried to think of something to say, something to save her from embarrassment. But all that came out was- "So, D-did you sleep well?"

He stared at her and thought out the question, his smirk growing. "Um, yes, I actually did sleep well." She smiled back awkwardly, not knowing what to do. She silently waited for him to do something, but nothing came.

After awhile, her muscles started to feel strain from their 'odd' position. She slowly just moved back and laid her head back down on his shoulder, since he showed no signs of moving and allowing to get up.

They laid there for a good thirty minutes before Sasuke broke the silence. "What time is it?" Sakura turned her head and glanced at the clock before turning back and laying her head down again, getting back into the comfy position. It felt so nice to lay in his arms, like she fit perfectly. "nine thirty-six." she mumbled, her breath tickling his neck again.

Sasuke sighed. He knew he should get up but he was rather comfortable. And he had a feeling that it was going to be one of those days. And quite frankly, he liked how he was feeling at the moment and didn't want that to stop. He was quite content at the moment.

But life wasn't going to stop just because he was content with just laying around, Sakura in his arms. Plus, he really had to piss.

He loosened his grip on her, losing some warmth as well. He almost wrapped his arms around her again but he really had to piss. So he pulled his arms back and waited for her to get up. Except she didn't move.

Sakura laid there, daydreaming. When Sasuke noticed this, he chuckled slightly and caused Sakura to wake up. She raised her head and gave him a confused look. He smirked at her. "Sakura, I kind of need you to get up."

She could feel her face heat up as her quickly stood up. "Oh yeah. Sorry about that." she stuttered out followed by some nervous laughs. She stood there awkwardly as she watched him get up and head for the bathroom, still smirking.

When she heard the door close she sighed. She inwardly scolded herself for acting stupid. After a moment she sighed again and sat down on the couch. But as soon as her butt made contact with the couch, she heard a knock on the door.

With a sigh, she got up and lazily walked over to the door, dragging her feet along the way. When she reached the door, she opened it and was greeted by Ino. Ino causally waltzed in, without waiting for Sakura to let her in, and quickly taking off her shoes (forgetting to take off her coat) and headed for the kitchen.

Sakura sighed again mumbling a 'come on in' and closed the door. She dragged herself to the kitchen and sat down at the table while Ino rummaged through the fridge, grabbing an apple. "Hey Sakura, you're out of tomatoes."

Just rolled her eyes at the girl. She acts as if this was her house. "So Ino, what brings you here so early in the morning?" she asked as Ino joined her at the table.

"Early? Pa-lease! I haven't even been to bed yet! But anyways, I ran into your father in the market today." she said as she slouched in her chair and put her feet on another chair across from her.

"Really? What did he say?" Sakura asked, ignoring how relaxed her friend was.

"Oh well we talked about nothing really. You know, 'how is the family' and such. Then he asked about you. He wanted to know if you were good and if you were used to it here yet and if you liked it here. I told you were good and you adjusted well. I even told him that Seto has grown attached to you." she said before taking another bite of her apple.

"So, nothing eventful. Well that's good." Sakura said while Ino chewed her food.

"Well, that's the thing. He didn't really seem all that convinced with what I told him. You know how your father is." She said before stopping to take another bite.

"And? What did you do? What did he do?" Sakura questioned, starting to get a little panicked.

"Well, see, um he actually invited himself over for dinner. She also invited your mother, and me over too. And it's tonight. Funny, right?" she said followed by a nervous laugh.

"What? He invited himself and then sent you over here to tell me about this!" she almost yelled, but remembered Seto was sleeping upstairs.

"Well, I was on my way here anyways. I just wanted to make sure that the whole awkwardness-thing wasn't killing you."

As if on que, Sasuke walked calmly into the kitchen, the smirk still dancing on his face when he say that Sakura's face was tinted with pink when she saw him. She lowered her eyes and tried to calm down while Ino greeted Sasuke.

He nodded his head in acknowledgment, before opening the fridge, noticing that she stole his apple. He closed the refrigerator door and glared at her. She gave him a questioning look and was about to speak when Sakura stood up and distracted her.

Sakura walked over to Sasuke and gave him apologetic look. He was about to question her when she leaned forward a little and looked down, the top of her head almost touching his chest.

"Ino ran in my father today. They talked about the family and things of unimportance and then he asked about how I was doing here. She told him I was good but he didn't believe her and invited himself over for dinner tonight." she whispered in a apologetic tone.

Sasuke was quiet for a moment, letting the words sink in. He was never on good terms with her father, for some reason. Her father just never liked him. And from the sounds of it, he was going to have to have dinner with the man. Like meeting the parents, kind of.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke. He also invited Ino and my mother over. My mother should be fine, and Ino will be Ino. But, my father is very protective of me and is slightly paranoid. So there might be a chance that he will ask you a ton of questions, some personal. And it is actually a large chance, like I'm almost positive. I'm so sorry." she whispered, stressing the last part.

Sakura kept her head down, inwardly scolding herself for letting something like this happen. Even though, deep down she known it wasn't her fault. It was going to happen eventually.

She was snapped out of her thoughts when she felt something gently grab her chin. She felt the thing gently pull her head up and she came face to face with Sasuke. She let his hand linger on her chin as he spoke. "I know. And it's okay. And what's one night of torture? Let's just get it over with." he said looking straight in her eyes.

Sakura stood there, lost in his eyes again. She leaned forward until her small form was pushed into his strong chest. Her hands found there way to his arms and lightly touched them, making a burning sensation got up both there arms, and course though their entire bodies. She felt like she was raising, like she was inching herself closer to his face. Closer to his perfect lips.

Suddenly they heard a thump from upstairs and they both looked up. They stared at the ceiling for a moment before looking back each other. "I'll go and check on him." Sasuke whispered. Sakura blushed as she backed up, realizing that when she felt like she was raising, it was because she was. On her tippie-toes. She looked down and watched as his feet began to walk away. Her eyes followed his feet and she looked up again when they disappeared, staring at the doorway he just went through.

After a moment, she gained her senses back and looked back at the table. She had forgotten that Ino was there and hoped she didn't see what just happened. But when she saw Ino's smile she knew she saw. She turned red again but she tried to play it cool. "What?"

Ino just gave her a knowing look and shook her head. "So, what do you think I should make for dinner?" Sakura asked as she tried to change the subject and fight the blush on her face.

- x- O - x -

Sakura rushed around as she finished with the dinner and rushed around cleaning everything again. She wanted this to be perfect so that her father would be convinced that she was fine here and would bother them again. And she was also nervous that her father was going to misbehave because of his protectiveness.

Sasuke walked into the kitchen carrying Seto. Seto was much better today and after staying in bed all day to be sure, they decided that it would be okay for him to join them at dinner. Sasuke set him down in a chair and walked over to help Sakura.

Sasuke walked behind Sakura and took away the rag she was cleaning with. She turned around to protest but was silenced when Sasuke reached up and placed his finger on her lips. "Sakura, calm down. Everything will be fine. You already cleaned everything six times. I can't get any cleaner. Now why don't you go and join Ino in the living room." Sasuke said as he began to steer her toward the living room.

"But the food." she protested, only to receive a sigh from Sasuke.

"I'll handle it. You just need to relax. Join the bum that has made herself comfortable in our house and won't leave." he said as he gently forced Sakura on the couch and glared at Ino, who gave him a innocent look, before going back into the kitchen.

But as soon as Sasuke made it into the kitchen, there was knocks at the door and Sakura sprung up. Sasuke sighed, in the kitchen doorway, as he watched her run to the door. Once she reached the door she fixed her knee-length skirt, her low cut v neck shirt with a small tank top underneath and her hair that was half up, half down, before opening the door with a kind, but forced, smile.

Sasuke heard 'Hi Dad' and 'Oh Mom' as he walked back into the kitchen to take the food off the stove. Once he was done, he put everything in place and walked into the living room where he found Ino in one of the armchairs, and Mr. Haruno, Mrs. Haruno, and Sakura on the couch, chatting away. He walked in with Seto hiding behind him.

Once Sakura noticed that Sasuke walked in she quickly stood up. "Mom, Dad, you remember Sasuke." her nervousness showing in her voice and her jumpiness. Mrs. Haruno stood up and greeted him with a warm smile and a slightly awkward, for him, hug (though she didn't seem to notice that the hug was awkward). "I've heard so much about you, Sasuke." she said in a kind voice.

Sasuke took in her appearance and was slightly shocked. He had never meet her before but heard Sakura mention her once or twice. She was a small thing like Sakura, probably the same size. She had a kind face with kind blue eyes, reminding him of someone that he couldn't recall at the moment. She basically looked like an older version of Sakura with blue eyes and red hair. And if Sakura was going to age like her mother did then she would age nicely and still look beautiful.

Wait, did the great Sasuke Uchiha just compliment Sakura and her mother. Umm, . . .

Soon Sakura's mother sat back down and Mr. Haruno stood up. Mr. Haruno had a harsh look to him. She had a stern look in his dark green eyes that would have been intimidating if it wasn't the great Uchiha. He looked like he had aged nicely as well but you could still see lines on his face. He had brown short hair and didn't share many similarities with Sakura.

He stood in front of Sasuke and eyed him. He then stuck his hand out and shook hands with Sasuke while mumbling a 'Uchiha' as a greeting only to receive a 'Mr. Haruno' in return.

After a moment they let go and Mr. Haruno returned to his seat, but not without giving Sasuke a glare that was ignored. Sasuke took a seat in the other armchair and pulling Seto into his lap, who snuggled into Sasuke's chest, hiding.

"And who is this little guy?" Mrs. Haruno asked as she waved to him.

"That's Seto." Sakura announced.

"He's your son?" Mr. Haruno asked in a gruff tone.

Sakura was about to speak but Sasuke beat her to it. "Yes, he is my son." he said in a defensive tone. Sakura eyed Sasuke but Sasuke didn't look at her. He just looked Mr. Haruno in the eyes and gave him a look that told him not to say anything about it. Sasuke could care less what this guy could say about him but you never say anything bad about Seto. Even if he wasn't really his son, he treated him like his own and not as his uncle. He was family. As far as he was concerned, he was his son.

"He looks shy." Mrs. Haruno said still smiling and waving at Seto.

"He's shy around strangers." Sasuke said as he continued to glare at Mr. Haruno.

Sakura glanced at Ino for help and saw that she was enjoying her parents and Sasuke meeting. She had a big smile on her face and watched as they interacted and Sakura knew was not going to get any help from her at the moment. Instead, she turned to Sasuke and whispered in his ear. "Is the food ready?"

Sasuke tore his eyes away from Mr. Haruno and looked at Sakura. He saw the frantic look in her eyes and smirked. She was freaking out. He nodded at her, amusement showing in his eyes. She smiled in relief. Mr. Haruno watched them interact and glared even though he didn't hear what was said between them.

"Why don't we go into the kitchen and eat." she said with a fake smile.

(a/n: I almost ended it right here but decided to just continue.)

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Everyone sat around the table enjoying the food and the girls chatted pleasantly, the boys quiet. Sakura sat on one side of the rectangular table with Sasuke and Seto between them. Ino sat across from Sakura, with Mrs. Haruno between her and Mr. Haruno.

"You know, this food is delicious!" Mrs. Haruno announced

"Thank you. Sasuke and I made it." Sakura said as a blush started to appear on her face.

Mrs. Haruno was about to compliment them both again when Mr. Haruno spoke. "So, Sasuke, how is your money situation?"

Sasuke just looked at him for a moment. He inwardly sighed. He comes the questions. "Fine."

"Fine?" he said in a tone that said he didn't believe him.

Sakura gave Ino and her mother a look. She knew he was going to question Sasuke.

"Yes, I have all of my clan's money."

"Oh yes. You would get all of their money because you are the last Uchiha. That must be rather lonely." he said as he eyed the Uchiha who gave him a blank stare. When he saw that Sasuke was not going to comment, he continued. "But you must have had many girlfriends, right?"

He looked at the Uchiha and waited for a reaction but saw none. So he continued again. "I mean, you have a son. So you of had sex. How old are you again?"

Sakura glanced at her mother and saw that her mother wore a shocked expression. She then glanced at Ino, expected to see her smiling but saw that she was looking up at the ceiling, pretending she wasn't paying attention.

"Eighteen." Sasuke said knowing that he was setting himself up. "And how old is the boy?" he heard the man across from him ask.

"Two." he said calmly, but Sakura could tell that he was angry.

"Two, huh? So that would make you sixteen. You were sixteen and already having sex.", he said while shaking his head. Sasuke looked down and stared at his food, in attempt to calm himself, as he listened to the man continue. "Well, you can't really be blamed. You were in the sound nation and you never had anyone around long enough to teach you about sex."

Sasuke stiffened at the man's words. Sakura stiffened as well for a moment and glanced around. Her mother had a appalled look on her face as she looked at her husband. She then turned her attention to Sasuke. Ino stopped pretending that she hadn't noticed because she was just so shocked that her father would say something like that. She was staring at both the males at the other end of the table. Sakura glanced at Seto and noticed that he was playing with his food and had no clue what was going on. She was happy about that.

She then looked at Sasuke. He was clutching the chopsticks in his hands tightly and they had broken. And his whole body was stiff. But eyes was the thing that shocked her the most. Instead of being blank or holding amusement like she had seen before, she saw other emotions. Anger was the one that showed the most. She could practically see the anger bubbling in his eyes. But she also say a small bit of sadness and hurt. Her father had crossed the line.

But he seemed oblivious to this fact. He actually continued. "Have you been tested for any sort of STD?" he asked in a causal tone.

And with that, Sasuke had had enough. He stood up, not looking at anyone, just staring down at the table. Ino stared, waiting for him to just start wailing on the man. Instead, he just stood there for another moment. "I think I have had enough. It was. . . . . . I think I need some air." he said to everyone before he turned to Seto. "Are you done eating?"

Seto nodded his head and put down his chopsticks. Sasuke pulled him into his arms and carried him to the front door. It was completely silent in the kitchen so they heard Sasuke telling Seto that he needs his coat. Shortly after they heard the door open and close.

Complete silence followed.

Oh yeah, he went there. lol Wow, i think that was the longest chapter yet. Lol so what do you think? I don't know Sakura's parents names so I just stuck to Mr. and Mrs. Haruno. Sorry about that.

Well anyways, let me know what you thought (review, lol)

Oh and the suhshine and princess thing is actually what me and my friend call each other. I'm princess lol. So shout out to him!

Until next time,

-Sessy52-