Sorry its taken a bit to update; been a bad day- no, a bad week. Anyways. minus this part, its exactly 4800 word. Yeah, I started adding more to the chapters.


"Kakashi, I don't know if I'll need your help much anymore." Sakura sipped on the freshly made coffee at her desk, waiting for his reply. It'd been such a good day, and celebration. Temari knew how to get the word out to people about something big, but not the whole world. There was a full table of people Sakura knew well congratulating her on such a feat.

"I was hoping you'd finally break away from needing me."

She blinked for a moment at the instant message he'd sent her, but smiled after. She understood. "Some things I should really be doing on my own, especially when it's between him and me."

"Well, I'm proud of you, to say the least. You're confidence in the last two days has shot to a high level. Sounds like after the school thing Sasuke's glad too."

She smiled; it was like Kakashi was her father, always needing to take care of her. Like she was a little bird. But she'd finally started to fly on her own so suddenly, and needed him no more. For the most part. "I'm still gonna tell you everything that happens. Er…if you don't mind."

"No, its fine. I'm always weaseling out of anything I can, and I haven't been in a relationship forever. You and Sasuke interest me; isn't often you come over something as complex as this. It's like a novel, minus the porn."

Sakura choked on her coffee for a moment, going a bit red. "Thanks, Kakashi; I almost died."

"Unless you REALLY wanna do him, then my statement is correct."

The rosette sipped her coffee, typing back to her Biology teacher. "Oh, believe me, I'd love to screw Sasuke." She leaned back in her chair, ready to type up another instant message.

Until she saw the window with Kiba's username saying. "Sakura, please go to homecoming with me," followed by her statement. Her heart clotted in her chest and started beating rapidly; she clicked on the conversation with Kakashi, and saw it never got it him. It was sent to the wrong person.

"What?"

She quickly typed to her sensei, "Shit, I said I want to screw Sasuke to Kiba. Gimme a second." She switched over to the other conversation. She swore she was ready to have a heart attack. Kiba didn't have a clue to what was going on with the whole Sasuke thing, and the confession and note.

"Uhm, ignore that please." She bit at her lower lip, seeing Kakashi reply with an "Oh shit."

"Sakura…is he the one you were looking for at the theaters?"

The Haruno didn't like to lie; it'd only result in needing more covers for each lie. "…Yeah, I was, but let me explain." Kiba wasn't typing, so she continued, "I gave him a note sorta confessing how I've loved him…and missed the times we used to have together. And he confronted me about it today. Things were worked out, but we're just sorta back to being…friends." She hoped Kakashi would find something to do while he waited. Knowing him, he was probably looking at porn to pass time by.

"Oh, so you never mentioned how you REALLY love him and wanna screw him like a rabbit on crack!" Kakashi would be through his library by the time she got Kiba to shut the hell up and not make things worse.

"No, Kiba, that's not it at all. I just love him for who he is…and how he could understand me so well. It almost seemed like today after school we were going back to that time so quickly; I wouldn't mind that at all. Anyways…get your head out of the gutter."

He took a moment to respond; Sakura sipped on her hot drink, making sure to keep clear of the same accident. "So, assuming Sasuke doesn't return the same feelings but wants to be close as friends, sex with him would be an added bonus?"

"Yeah, pretty much. And keep your mouth shut about what you weren't even supposed to know!"

"Okay, okay!"

She opened up the instant messaging with Kakashi, "Sorry; how far did you get?"

"Hmm…five sex poses. The muscles show up very well on such a clean cut body." Again, she sipped her coffee, but laughing. Everyone had some sorta of habit while they were waiting. His was looking at 'human anatomy.'

"So does this mean you wanna go to homecoming with me?"

Her conversation with Kiba was back up. "Give it some time; if you stop asking like Suigetsu is, I'll consider it. It'd be interesting to go with you though…"

"Suigetsu is more perverted than I am; he's as bad as Kakashi-sensei. No, he's worse. If you go with me, then I can guarantee it won't end with sex." She didn't get a chance t respond. "…Unless you want it to."

She switched back over to the other male. "Sorry, Kiba's coming onto me about having sex after Homecoming, assuming I'll say yes."

"…He'll barley pass the next Biology test." The threat almost scared her. Sakura knew she could handle things and threaten Kiba, but Kakashi was always there to make sure no one really fucked around with such a young women. He kept his eye out on Hinata too; guys in the halls, a new one everyday, would try and pull something on her to get a glimpse up her skirt, or down her shirt. That or plain go to trip her and grab her breasts. Naruto was with her more than half the time now, and Kakashi looked the other way if he happened to slip and hit someone in the face with his fist.

She went back to talking to the Inuzuka. "Stop bugging me, please. Or I WILL go with Suigetsu." Kiba signed off in the following moment. She went back to singly instant messaging Kakashi. "He's gone; don't worry about it."

"Hey, did you get that Biology homework done?"

"Duh. It's at school."

Kakashi had known since the first quarter that all of her answers were right. It saved him the trouble of making up an answer key. "…Damn. Better go make an answer key."

"Alright, later."

He signed off. Sighing, and finishing the rest of her drink, she scanned her buddy list to see who was on. She had nothing better to do then talk anyway; her parents were gone working most the time, so talking to family wasn't an option. "Hinata…Naruto; they're talking, obviously. Neji's on for once…but so is the other brains. They're probably having an intelligent conversation. Temari has work…great, no one." She signed out.


He hadn't set his eyes on the laptop in an extremely long time. He'd been grounded by him mom from it for throwing a book and hitting Itachi in the back of the head with it. It was a book also known at the thick-ass dictionary. Sasuke didn't see justice behind it; Itachi was actually laughing, and his dad had complimented him on good aim. Plus he swore at his mom saying, "What the fuck?" She took off a month for it.

Today, this Saturday, it ended. His parents were gone at a wedding, and Itachi had gone out to go bar hopping to hopefully pick up a new chick and have sex at her place. He did go to collage, but he was home on the weekends to see his family. Itachi could get annoying and pushy in an older sense, but other than that they got along fine.

Sasuke turned on his laptop, and watched his account load; he was automatically signed into his instant messenger. "Fuck." He didn't see anyone online; zero out of about seventy-five. The Uchiha was hoping to get on a Saturday night and do nothing but be attached by Naruto over IM. It was Saturday, and night, but no one to talk to.

Part of him was wishing he asked Sakura yesterday for her screen name. He did want to talk to her, and she did seem calmer so suddenly after school Wednesday. They actually got to talk after Orchestra, and in the halls together. Unfortunately, she hadn't been able to stay after either day. He was pretty sure she was trying, but it wasn't working. There was the chance being with him after school, just the two of them talking, maybe about very involved things she wasn't quite ready to handle. Dammit Sasuke, you can't contact her anyway now. He was ready to sign out and check his abused mailbox, but his screen lit up. It asked him if he wanted to accept an instant message from Haruno. Well what'd you know?

He accepted.

"…Sasuke?"

He grinned, "That'd be me. I assume this is Sakura?"

"Yeah. I haven't seen you on here for a while."

The Uchiha was wondering how exactly she'd gotten his screen name. And how long she'd had it. It couldn't have been more than a month; and quite frankly it didn't matter; he wanted to talk to her anyways. "Grounded for throwing a book at Itachi's head."

"I can see you doing that for some reason; mom's orders to stay off?" He smiled; after the years, she still knew exactly how his family was.

"Yup." Sasuke sat back in his chair and waited. He was contemplating over whether to wait for Sakura to break the ice, or he should just do it himself. They could talk small like this all day, but he wanted to get down to some serious stuff. He saw she was writing to him after a long pause. And she was writing for a while too.

"I don't know if you want to talk about anything much deeper, but I really have to ask you something."

To his relief, she was probably headed the same direction he wanted. "Go ahead; I was about to ask the same."

"Why…before high school…why did what we have just…end?" For the first time the raven could remember, his heart beat started pumping just a bit faster. Fuck; am I actually…nervous? I'm not too sure if I want to tell her this…not quite yet. Shit, but I gotta.

He slowly typed into his keyboard. "You really want to know? And you promise you won't freak out or anything?"

"Yes on both. Go ahead; I was sorta hoping…you'd talk to me like this. I mean, openly without worry of my concern. Cause I really enjoyed…talking to you like this before."

"Yeah, I did too. I didn't know what was okay to talk to you about until now."

"Anyways, continue." Both were calm and content, cool with what was just up and at play. But it was Sasuke's turn now to tell the truth.

"Sakura, back then…I found myself in love with you. I wasn't sure how to tell you then…and I thought you'd wanna stay friends forever. I killed off what we had because I didn't want to stay in one place. I wish I would have known sooner how you felt."

There was a good long pause on her part. Sasuke started to worry she was crying and ready to sign out for blowing it with him. But he got am IM in return; it was just a bit shocking. "Do you still feel that way?"

If she wasn't crying before…she will now. He made sure to take his time on this one. "I separated me from you to end that love and get away from you…so, no. Sorry Sakura."

"But…Wednesday…"

"Let me explain that." She was about to enter text, but stopped so he could saying something. Sasuke wanted to stress this point so badly. "I do miss what I used to have with you, because I had someone to talk to virtually anything about, and knew they'd always be there. I can tell you this much: I want to get back to that point as soon as possible, because that's the Sakura I miss. Just…minus the part of how I used to feel."

His heart started to calm down to its normal rhythm after getting that out. And the grin he had towards her words grew.

"It seems like we already established that. I'm guessing this means…we both do want it back."

"Yeah."

"Okay, question then."

"Hmm?"

It took her a minute to get it to him. It wasn't even that long. "Why did you say no?"

Right now, he wished he could have taken that answer back. But in the back of the Uchiha's mind, he knew there was someone else who had wanted to do so. Someone who really did love her. "Because there's someone else who wants to go with you as badly as you wanted to go with me. He just hasn't asked yet."

"…Can I ask who? And please don't say Kiba or Suigetsu…"

Sasuke didn't want to let the Haruno down. He didn't want to ruin it for one of his closest friends, however…

"Can you promise to not let him know that I told you?"

"Well duh; I keep all of the stuff to myself that you tell me unless you say otherwise."

The raven wasn't too sure if she had any idea that he felt this way. They seemed like good buddies with a strong bond. It didn't seem like Sakura would mind going with him. "Gaara."

Again, Sakura wasn't doing anything for a good minute. Sasuke sat in his chair, patiently waiting for her to write back. "…No wonder. Wow, it makes sense now. I uhm…yeah, that could work. Believe me, if you would have by chance disappeared and I was forced to get over you…he was my only other real choice or guy I had am eye on. Not that I'm in love with him…"

Sasuke smiled; she took it quite well. "I get it. I sorta knew anyways."

"Any idea when he's going to?"

"No, but I'll call him tomorrow. Oh, which reminds me…" He pulled out his phone, brining up a new contact. He labeled it as Sakura. "It okay with you if I get your cell?"

"Yeah, sure." The next IM she sent had her number, and he added it in his contacts.

"Right, you probably want mine…" He took a second to put his number into the message before hitting enter.

"If we ever need to meet or talk, like before…you get it." Her line paused; no text was being entered. Sasuke thought things were going well too. He didn't understand until his phone started ringing. He opened it and answered.

"You not trust me or something?"

She smiled; she always let out a small breath before smiling. He took note of this a long while back. "No, I do. I was wondering…if you were really doing anything tomorrow."

Sasuke kicked back in his chair, and signed out of IM; Sakura did so around the same timing he did. His eyes drifted to the ceiling, finding little patters in the dark blue paint. "If that includes walking around with you for a while, then yes, I'm busy tomorrow."

Sakura lightly giggled over the line; he simply grinned. He'd always found her laugh cute, and he still did. "Should I walk to your place?"

"Nah, I'll walk over there around…one tomorrow. Sound good?"

"Yeah; see you then." He closed his phone, whispering bye before she hung up. Sasuke's dark eyes remained in his equally dark ceiling, wondering what exactly they'd do tomorrow besides walk. Though, walking together for a good hour to talk about anything and everything was something they always used to do. Whenever she was really cold, she'd shove her hands deep into her pockets, and nuzzle her red tipped nose into the coats collar. That's when it was cold. Right now, it was plenty cold.

Whatever did happen or went on, he could tell rather things really did click so fast between them to gain back what they lost, or if she still wasn't quite ready to accept it. That, or what he feared; he wasn't ready to go back to that. He'd had his heart nearly broken and broke Sakura's in return without meaning to. Only tomorrow would really answer that question.


Five more seconds…give me five more god damn seconds before I CHOP YOU OFF! Sakura flailed her arms up, looking intently at the hair sticking up from the mirrors reflection. She licked her fingers, and grabbed the hairs, pulling them down. It was starting to go down; she did it twice more. "Good enough."

Sighing, she pulled a hoodie over her head, sticking her arms through the large dark red jacket. It was warm and comfy; perfect for such weather. She had on jeans too, and some tattered black, red and white shoes. Just a normal outfit that made her look rather innocent and cute. Sakura glanced back at herself in the large stand up mirror, deciding to throw her hair up. She'd been sick enough of it today; it'd make things easier. She did so, grabbing her phone, and exiting her bedroom.

The Haruno's parents were out working again; they had some meeting and had to fly way out of the area. They said it could be a few days before they came back. It didn't matter either way; they knew she wasn't going to throw some huge party or anything. They'd know anyways.

Sakura made the way to her front door, opening it before stepping outside. Immediately, the cold air hit her; it felt more like winter than autumn. The leaves had finished falling for the season, leaving the air a bitter cold. Sakura hated the cold, thought she knew it was better than extremely hot. You could only take off so many clothes.

Where is he? It should be about one…

Pulling out her phone, the rosette looked at the time; it just switched over to one. That's when her phone started to ring and vibrate in her hand. She jumped slightly due to sudden surprise, and answered. "Yeah?"

"Look at your driveway."

Lifting her head, the Uchiha held his phone, and hung up as he paused at the asphalts end. She smiled, closing her phone, and walking off her porch over to him. "Right on time."

"Most formal way to arrive." Sasuke tilted his head to the side, motioning down her street, "Come on."

She complied, joining his side, and walking down the side of the street. Sakura smiled for a moment; it felt familiar, but good to be at his side again, doing what they always used to. It was refreshing, and good to know he was willing to do the same so soon. "How have things been going for you?"

His eyes remained cast into the view upon him, but with a faint smirk on his lips. "Good I suppose. Schools getting a bit more challenging, and my parents are still being themselves. Dad's working plenty as the police chief, and mom's busy with her part time job. Good thing I don't rely on them much."

Her smiled was all but a bit painful, "I know what you mean. Mom and dad are getting more and more calls for business trips, or trying to keep themselves together for me."

His eyebrow rose as he glanced at the female beside him. Her eyes were downcast, lips slightly frowning. "Last time I remembered, things were fine."

Sakura shook her head, "After a good days deal for the company, dad tends to go out drinking with his buddies. My mom's getting fed up with it; I try to drown out the yelling at night…but they always keep me up. They think I'm asleep and don't know what's going on at all. They pretend to get along around me, and go on dates and such…but I know they don't. Mom and dad can't stay together much longer."

It was evident to Sasuke that her family life had gone way down. Not only didn't she get to see her parents much at all, but they argued all the time. He knew, especially someone like Sakura, didn't need that in her life. It was hurting her more that they wouldn't tell her about this and argue behind closed doors than just divorce already. "If you ever do need a get-away, you know my door is always open."

"Yeah…"

Sasuke let out a small breath, looking back at her. Something was still on her mind and bothering her. He could see it in those green eyes. "Sakura, what is it?"

She shoved her hands deeper into the hoodie, head sinking. "Just…please change the topic. I need to get my mind off of them."

Confronting it wasn't going to work; she was involved enough. He looked back in front of him. "Itachi came home a bit before I left; he had the worse hangover ever, but it seemed to clear up as soon as he saw me ready to go somewhere. He kept asking, 'where are you going? Can you stay home for a few? What's so important I can't tell you about how last night turned out?' I told him I was meeting you, and that talking to you for a while meant the most at this point. He about went crazy and almost got out the door with me to come see you. It's been a few years; I think the bastard actually missed you, unlike his girl flings."

He glanced over at Sakura, seeing her begin to smile. Her green eyes met his dark blue ones. "What'd you do to make him stay home?"

"I threatened to castrate him so he could never fuck again. He stayed home." Sasuke was Sasuke; the Haruno lightly laughed, knowing it was just like him. Sasuke did have a side to him which did care about others, but the other could get quite stoic and ugly. His usual glare, or when you got him in a bad mood, could drive away a pack of dogs. She could see him actually chopping off his older brother's penis; she could see it working the other way too.

The Uchiha took in her smile, making him feel that much better. At least she cheered up. "So, school, how's that going so far?"

Sakura calmed down to answer his question. "Oh, fine. Top marks still, honor roll…straight A's; the usual…" She lifted her head, and looked at him; she got his calm glance in return. "…I assume it's about the same on your part?"

He nodded, shoving his hands into his pockets, "I slip up once in a while, but yeah, same. Bet I'm still getting a better grade in gym."

Sakura smirked; she had brains, but not brawns when they knew each other so well. It'd been almost 2 ½ years since then; she'd changed. "Oh, I'm getting highest grade in my class. Tsunade and I actually hung out for a bit and she gave me some good pointers." The rosette was quiet for a moment, smelling the humidity in the air. It wasn't too pleasant in such cold weather. And right now, unbelieving she was doing this with Sasuke was the last thing on her mind. It seemed like old times so quickly, it didn't even matter. They were back to how it used to be almost completely.

"For some reason, the situation between us…seems to have something more to it. More than it did before High school." Sasuke broke the silence with such a thought; he was truly speaking his mind. Her green eyes drifted onto his form, but he was paying attention to what was before him. "After the breakdown on both our parts, now we're coming together again, that experience has made something new. It's like…you need me or something. I can actually feel you needing this…"

She looked into the ground, a bit embarrassed he could pick up something as such. But being able to speak her mind freely and knowing he cared was something she needed. "I never looked at it the same way; it does hold truth…"

Sasuke, too, looked into the ground. "…And I think I've always wanted to be all you need."

Sakura stopped right where she was, lifting her chin, and watching him walk a few paces ahead. He could hear her slight gasp; he didn't quite mean to say that, but he did. She couldn't believe she'd just heard this from him; those green eyes were stuck on the back of his raven head. The Uchiha paused, and stood a few feet ahead. "…I didn't feel like I was that back then; that I would be the only one in your heart. That I wasn't the answer you were really looking for."

She stood still, listening to his words, and absorbing them in. He was speaking his mind perfectly; probably a bit more than he intended, by far. What does this exactly mean? Is this…some huge mysterious confession?

"…That's truly why I separated myself. But I know now I am what you needed; the one you wanted to be with. I blew it then…and I don't want to now."

Sakura didn't understand well at all. It had such emotion and almost sadness with confidence behind it. "Sasuke, I don't understand. What are you trying to-?"

His heart thudded in pain; he wanted her so badly and so suddenly. His heart was aching to get this out and tell her. So soon, and he was almost positive he was in love with her again. Just one walk, one conversation, and it was there; Sasuke could feel it. He wanted to be all she needed to be with her; Sakura was that one he needed, too. He wanted to tell her all of this, but it seemed like fate didn't want it.

The Haruno's words were cut off as he was on the verge of spilling it all. A door had slammed shut, making her stop as both shifted towards the noise. Sasuke knew exactly who it was, and cursed inwardly, knowing he'd need to wait for another opportune moment to come along until he brought this subject back up and really told her. "Holy shit Sakura, is that really you?"

How he moved so quickly over to her was a mystery. Sakura looked up into the males eyes; another Uchiha, but his name happened to be Itachi. She widely smiled and threw her arms around him, "Itachi! Oh, it's been years!" She felt his hands at her lower back a few moments later; he pushed her a bit more into his body too. She didn't seem to care or notice. Inwardly, he was slowly becoming horny. She felt very formly, and looked sexy. But he'd keep part of that to himself.

"Well you've become bountiful in a few areas. Good to see the little Sakura all grown now…and sexy."

Smiling, the Haruno leaned back and let go, though becoming a bit flustered. "Please, prince charming, save that for the next girl you sleep with."

Sasuke had to admit, he was pissed at his older brother for the sudden come-on to the girl he used to love, and was again. But Sakura's sudden turn down left his inwardly calling a win. Quickly, his emotions shifted, again. Sasuke watched Itachi put his arm around his Sakura, and lead her off towards the house. The younger Uchiha clenched his fist, and followed, watching the other male open his mouth.

"Oh, but I was saving it with the next girl I will sleep with."

God, that fucking man-whore…I'll make sure the next dictionary has spikes, and lit on fire before I smoke him in the head…BOTH heads.

However, before Itachi opened the door and started screwing around with her mind more, she slinked out of his grip. "I do believe I'm your brothers company, and I was with him."

Itachi rolled his eyes as the pink haired female joined his younger brother's side. Sasuke was in disbelief she'd do that; he had no complaints though. The elder Uchiha let the two of them in the house before shutting the door. He watched Sakura's ass as she walked off down the hall with his brother.

Oh man, if I wasn't looking at that piece of ass before, I am now. Sakura is defiantly gonna hear from me again; god damn she's hot! And I'm gonna get myself some of it too…


Sasuke confessionish thing...and new rival. OOOHHH!!!

And now, I will be going on hiatus. Nothing further has been written besides this; I'll get back to it when I can.