Sadly: I don't Naruto v-v enjoy!-HC:
Chapter 8
Awkward...
...this is really awkward...this whole collision is just one fucked up mess...come on Sasuke do something say something, or at least hope one of these idiots save us.
Everyone stood there silently looking at each other; it's as if they knew just how bad their position was right now. Sasuke looked over at Naruto who glanced over at him; the two looked like they were thinking of the same thing: a way to break this ice. Sasuke looked at him and he knowingly nodded at Sasuke as he nervously laughed and pushed Hinata towards Sakura.
"Heh...hehehehehehe... ahh uhhh Sakura-chan!" Naruto said.
"Yes Naruto?" Sakura asked.
"You haven't met Hinata since you got back right?" Sasuke looked over to see Sakura shake her head and smile at Hinata while she took her hand out for Hinata.
"It's nice to see you again Hinata, it's been awhile hasn't it?"
"Ahh yes Sakura-san it has, welcome back" Hinata replied sweetly.
"Mm thank you..." The girls started to have a small conversation asking about the usual making this scene a little less horrid. The Uchiha got up and walked next to Naruto and elbowed him real quick to remind him they'll pick their conversation up later.
Suddenly Shikamaru and the rest of the guys walked over.
"You guys comin' or what?" Shikamaru asked.
"Yeah Sasuke's mom has the whole table set up!" Choji said excitedly.
"Ahahaha yeah let's go!" Naruto shouted.
"Man I hope Itachi doesn't sit near us..." Shikamaru said.
Everyone was starting to talk and ramble on together and Sasuke stood there listening to them when he looked over to see Sakura step out of their group and stand there looking at them.
She probably feels really out of place...
Sasuke watched them walk off into the dining hall and saw her follow after them, making sure to keep distance. She really sticks out...and not in the good way either.
Sigh...so frustrating...
Sasuke glanced over at her to see Sakura stand there in place as we all took our seats to sit. She looked over at him but quickly looked away. Sasuke didn't want her to sit next to him as much as she didn't want him to sit next to her...
He sat down and looked away as she looked around the table thinking of where to sit.
He watched Karin snicker over at him as she pointed at Sakura and walked over to him and pulled Sakura by her hand
"Heyyyyy I have an idea, why don't the two of you sit together huh? so everyone can see just how good you look" Karin said.
Sasuke turned his head towards Karin and glared at her
She's...she's really enjoying this isn't she?
Karin winked at him as she kept her smile and forced Sakura to sit down, but Sakura refused and got back up.
"Karin let go...I don't want to sit next to him..." Sakura said.
"What's wrong Sakura, too shy to sit next to your lovely husband hm?" Karin teased.
"Karin..." Sasuke warned.
Sasuke glared at Karin but she rolled her eyes and smiled at him.
He looked over at the table to see some of the guys smirk at him too, well everyone except for Naruto...Sasuke watched his eyes glance over at the flustered Sakura who was trying to her best to get away from him.
Hn...he probably wants her to sit next to him..
Sasuke kept his eyes on Naruto as he glanced over at Sakura, he noticed Sakura get back up and he found himself grabbing her hand.
"Hey sit!" he told her.
"Huh?" Sakura said surprised.
"Didn't you hear me? I said to sit and stay there" Sasuke commanded.
"Huh?!" he heard Karin say. The boy looked over to see Karin's face completely switch out from happy to completely confused.
"What? Isn't this what you wanted?" he said to her.
"Ahh but-"
"Hn"
Not so fun now, is it Karin?
"Ughhh, whatever!"
She flipped her hair and stomped to the other side of the table and sat directly opposite from Sasuke.
They were starting to eat in silence when all of a sudden Sasuke's mother decided to come into the dining room and check up on them to see if they needed anything else.
One look at her face you could see the happiness practically glowing off of her when she saw Sakura sitting next to Sasuke.
"omo! Sa..ah and Saku-... wahhh!"
She ran over and put her hands on either side of their shoulder
"You two are sitting next to each other how lovelyyyyy!" Mother cooed.
"Go away mother, we're eating" Sasuke growled out..
Sasuke looked up to see everyone snickering while glancing up at us...God he felt like banging his head against the table and passing out.
"What's there to be embarrassed about Sasuke?! Sakura's beautiful and amazing!"
Just as his mother finished her sentence they all heard Karin choke on her drink, everyone looked at her to see she was red as a cherry.
"Ahh sorry that statement surprised me just a bit" Karin apologized.
Sasuke smirked as he watched Ino, and Temari bang the table as everyone just burst out laughing.
He glanced over to see Sakura sink further into her seat.
His poor naive mother wasn't getting the sense of it all and tilted her head thoughtfully.
"Ahh why? I don't see how me stating the truth is funny Karin-san."
"ahh well because..."
-cough- "it's not the truth" -cough- was heard from Kiba.
Everyone started to laugh as Sakura sunk further into her seat.
"Well, I hope you are all sweet to Sasuke's wife, she's a jewel you know, Sasuke and Sakura are a well match together"
"Yes, yes Kaa-sama they look very happy together" Karin drawled sarcastically.
"Of course! That's why Sasuke rushed to leave the house so soon, so they can be together without us disturbing them" Mom said.
"Really now, hmm makes you wonder why huh Ino," Kiba said.
"Sounds like the Uchihas are going to see a cute baby soon hahahahahahahahahaha" Ino laughed.
"Wahh you think so?! Sasuke is that true?! Hehe Sasuke why didn't you tell us? Hmm... Well I'll leave you kids to eat alone now, please make a toast for them okay?"
They all covered their mouths and waited for his mother to leave the room before they exploded.
Everyone's laughter was getting louder and louder
Sasuke felt all the veins in his head start to pound against his head as everyone laughed louder.
They're really pissing me off.
He slammed his hands onto the table and got up
"Enough!" he shouted.
"Aww sorry Sasuke, we didn't mean to embarrass you? Haha aww look guys Sasuke's blushing" Karin teased.
"Guess you hit the dot on that one hahahaha" Kiba laughed.
Sasuke glared at all of them as he told them to shut up when suddenly Sakura got up and quietly walked out the dining room and into the kitchen.
Shit...if my mother finds out she left because of these guy's I'm never going to hear the end of it...
"Hahaha wow she really can't take a joke" Kiba said.
Sasuke sat there and poked at his food as hewatched them all laugh still.
"Wow, are you sure you and her are twins Karin?" Tenten asked.
"Fraternal twins got it? Don't think even for once she looks half as good as me!"
Sasuke watched Karin get up and walk over to the seat next to his and sit down
"Sorry Sasuke haha I was just joking with you okay?" Karin apologized whilst laughing.
"Whatever" he said.
"Seriously, she didn't do anything, just leave her alone, it's so lame." Shikamaru said.
"Wayta kill the fun Shika" Kiba told him.
"Well it's true, if ya can't accept then that's your problem" the Nara boy continued sticking up for Sakura.
They began to mumble in disagreement with Shikamaru as Sasuke continued to glance over towards the kitchen...
Sasuke suddenly felt Karin's hand move over his own.
Sasuke moved his hand away but he felt her grab it and lace their fingers together.
She moved closer to him and whispered into her ear.
"Don't be mad okay? I was just trying to get Sakura out of my seat."
She quickly pecked his cheek as she smiled and continued to eat.
"Hey where did she go anyway?" Ino asked.
"No clue, but God did you see what she was wearing?" Karin said.
"Haha don't even get me started on that alright? It gives me the chills" Ino said.
"Oh but she was trying to look pretty today, she finally parted her hair" Karin laughed.
"Hahahaha yeah I saw," Ino laughed with her.
They sighed and started to chat away with the rest of the table when suddenly Naruto got up and stood there.
Everyone looked at him to see a pissed off look on his face
"Hey you okay Naruto?" Hinata asked.
"Ahh yeah...I want more food I'll be right back."
Hinata smiled at him as Sasuke looked up to see Naruto walk into the kitchen with his plate.
He's probably going to go check up on her...
"Hn, let me go get something else to eat as well" he announced.
"Okay, mm Sasuke, can you get me an extra napkin please?" Karin asked.
"Ahh yeah..." he agreed.
Sasuke walked over to the kitchen and looked over to see Naruto looking towards the door.
He could hear her muffled cries from here. He walked over to the pots to see his mother cooked some extra chicken curry for them so he grabbed some for himself and grabbed some napkins and looked back real quick to see Naruto gone...
He probably followed her...just ignore them and walk into the dining room Sasuke, you're not who she wants comfort from anyway...
Is what he told himself as he found himself setting down his plate and slowly walked over to the door.
She was sitting on one of the benches outside with Naruto next to her.
Sasuke slowly walked over and stood a few feet away from them and hid behind one of the leafless trees as they began to talk.
"Sakura-chan.." Naruto said softly.
"Naruto go eat..." Sakura told him.
"Aren't you hungry?" He asked, concerned.
"Nah..." Sakura replied.
"Well if you don't eat then I won't eat either" Naruto told her.
It was quiet when all of a sudden his stomach growled and he nervously laughed as he rubbed his head
"Heh..." Naruto spoke bashfully.
pbbbt, idiot..
"Please go eat Naruto...I'll eat later." Sakura pleaded.
"I'm sorry Sakura" He apologised.
"For what? You didn't do anything..." She told him.
"My friends are douche bags..." Naruto admitted.
"It's okay...I wasn't expecting them to be any nice to me either" she said.
Sasuke saw her move her head down to her knees and she was crying again.
"...I can go punch Kiba in the face if you want" Naruto suggested.
Sakura shook her head as she kept her head down and sniffed.
"Don't cry please Sakura..."
She was crying a bit louder as Naruto handed her a tissue.
Sakura sniffed, "I didn't do anything to them, but they always have something to say...I never do anything wrong but they still end up harassing me... What did I do to deserve this?" Sakura said in between sobs..
Pang
"I didn't want to be with Sasuke..." Sakura said.
Pang..
" I just underestimated the thought of leaving my house and living with him...I should've given it more thought..."
"I don't know what to say..." Naruto admitted
"Just go in and eat..I'll eat later" she hiccuped.
"You promise?" dobe sighed.
"yeah..." Sakura responded.
"Please don't cry anymore Sakura..." he begged.
"I won't..." -sniff- "thank you Naruto.."
"Anytime Sakura...honestly...anything you need I'll be here for you got it?" He told her.
"Yeah...Thank you.." she thanked.
She turned to him and slowly gave him a hug and he smiled as he rubbed her back..
Sasuke found himself glaring at the two of them as he clenched his fists and just walked back into the kitchen.
She doesn't need me when she has him, so why do I follow the two of them like that? I know she'll just want Naruto, and yet I go anyway?
Every time they're together some type of pain always erupts inside of him and he hates it.
My chest hurts...
Sasuke clenched his shirt real quick before shaking his head and grabbing his plate and napkins.
A little while after Naruto walked in with his hand in his pocket.
The Uchiha looked at him real quick and saw he didn't even notice him inside the kitchen he just slowly walked back into the dining room.
...Bastard.
Sasuke huffed and walked back into the dining room and sat there barely eating as he glanced over out into the yard to see she wasn't going to come in anytime soon.
It was dessert time now and his mother laid out a big table full of cakes for them to eat. Everyone grabbed what they liked and had small talk while they ate. Sasuke sat there with his guys when he looked to the side to see Sakura smiling to herself as she took a bunch of sweet treats onto her plate and walked out the back door. Sasuke got up decided on whether he should follow her or not.
Well Naruto's here so it wouldn't be so bad, right...?
Sasuke took in a deep breath and followed her out into the yard to see her sitting inside the black and white gazebo his parents had out near the left side of the yard.
"Here kitty...haha good boy," she cooed.
What is she doing?
He got closer to see a small white kitten licking her finger as she fed it a piece of cake.
"Wah you're so cute!" She began to pet the kitten and feed it some more. He looked around to see there wasn't another soul in sight...it was completely dark outside and here she was sitting alone only to have a kitten keep her company. She's always alone, at school, at home, now here. It got him to wonder...
Just how long did it take her to get used to being okay with all of it...how did she tolerate not having a single friend to talk to all day...
Besides Naruto, he highly doubt this girl has any other friend...she was in boarding school for 6 years...yet for some reason he feels like she had no one there either..
Doesn't she question herself, or even think about trying to make friends? She looks miserable...it's so annoying to just see her so quiet and alone all the time it drove me crazy! Just watching her now makes me want to go punch something to smithereens.
He was so deep in his own thoughts that he didn't even realize Sakura staring at him.
"Sasuke what are you doing here?" she asked.
"It got too crowded in there" he told her.
"Oh..." was her reply.
"Hn, I thought you weren't speaking to me anymore" he smirked.
"I'm not!" She protested.
"Then why did you reply back?" Sasuke said cleverly.
Sakura: "I don't know!-ahh!" She smacked her hand over her mouth and growled and Sasuke chuckled as he watched her cheeks flame up from both embarrassment and anger.
"Grrrr go away, you're going to scare the cat away!" she growled.
"So? Wouldn't that be a good thing?" he walked over and glared at the kitten as it stared back at him with its big golden eyes.
"What are you looking at?" Sasuke said to it.
It suddenly hissed at him and started to nibble on his shoes. Sasuke grabbed it by the excess skin and kept it leveled with his eyes.
"Not so tough are you now?"
All of a sudden it opened its mouth and puked all over his shoes causing Sakura to burst out laughing. He growled and pinched the cat's ears but Sakura came over and slapped his hand making him let go.
"Stop! He's just a baby! He doesn't know any better Sasuke!" she said, defending the cat.
"Hmph it's smart enough to pull a move like that should be smart enough to know who's boss right?" she laughed again when suddenly the cat started to meow nonstop, almost as if it was crying. He held up his index finger and commanded it to shut up.
"Hey stop crying! Men don't cry!" the cat stopped for a minute, and stared at him.
"Hn, it actually listened" the cat licked it's paw but then looked at Sakura and started to cry again.
"Hahaha awwwww you wanna come to mommy hm? Come on, come here... Sasuke gimmie him," Sasukeheld it in front of her as it continued to cry and he yelled at it again
"Shut up you stupid cat, don't act like a wuss just because it's Sakura trying to baby you" Sasuke looked at it and it hissed before looking back at Sakura and opened its mouth as if it was trying to talk to her.
"Aww its okay baby come here" She took him from his hand and cradled the kitten like a baby and shushed it as she rocked from side to side.
"Don't cry okay? I know he's a mean and ugly thing isn't he? He has no sense of humanity, he doesn't understand anything...or anyone he's just a spoiled brat right?" The white little fur-ball meowed and Sakura smiled down at it.
"Hahahaha look he agreed!" Sasuke glared at it and tried to flick it in the face, only to have Sakura slap his arm again.
"Stop he's trying to fall asleep Sasuke!" She scolded.
"Hmph stupid cat," he growled as he crossed his arms and glanced over to see the kitten yawn as Sakura started to hum. Sasuke looked over to see it snuggle against her as she sat down.
"It's so cute," she giggled.
"Hn it's not that cute." Sasuke watched the cats little paw fiddle around and he gave it his index finger. It hugged his finger for a bit and he felt himself smile as it hugged his finger tight when all of sudden it opened its mouth and bit down on Sasuke's finger completely taking him by surprise.
"What the fuck?!" Sasuke tried to pull his finger back but it just bit down harder.
"Haha awww sasuke he likes you" Sakura laughed.
"Yeah right" Sasuke pulled his finger back out and the kitten his eyes closed but started to cry until he put his finger back in the kitten's mouth. Sasuke growled at it until he heard Sakura start to laugh.
"How cute" Sasuke felt his cheeks heat up and moved his other hand over his face as she blushed and looked away.
They sat there in silence for a while as she continued to rock the kitten in her arms. Sasuke moved his hand away when he felt the kitten let go of his finger and snuggle against Sakura. They both sat back and he moved his arm over her shoulder but she scooted away.
Sasuke sighed and hunched over when he looked over to see her expression changed again.
"Ahh...so what are you really here for?" she asked.
"...you wouldn't believe me if I told you I was curious as to where you were going..."
"...why?" she asked.
"You were smiling...that's not something normal coming from you."
"And you actually sound like you care... that's not something normal coming from you either."
...He didn't know what to say to her at this point..He keeps messing up
Every time he thinks they're good, something goes wrong...
"..Yeah you're right..." he sighed.
She was quiet as she continued to rock the kitten to sleep
"...glad we can agree on something." She said.
Pang
Come on Sasuke, redeem yourself, and say something to her.
"...I'm not the only one to blame." he told her.
"Ha! Are you serious? Wow...okay, why don't you leave already? Or are you here to harass me even more...hm? Is that it Sasuke?" she said.
Sasuke turned towards her and glared at her as she pointedly turned away. He bit down on his lip and grabbed her cheek
"Stupid girl" he said.
"Ahh let go!" she told me.
"No." he replied.
"Sasuke let go!" she begged.
"Grr...why do you always do this huh?" he demanded.
"I didn't do anything; this is your fault, now let go my cheek hurts!"
Sasuke let go of her cheek and gently touched it...
Her cheeks are always so soft...
"Sasuke...?" she called.
"Huh? What?" Sasuke replied.
Sasuke shook his head and looked to see her face was a deep shade of red. He was taken aback by her blushing face that he didn't even realize how close he was to her.
"..um." she said nervously.
"S-Sorry" he apologised.
Sasuke moved away and quickly got to his feet; he put his hands into his pockets and turned away from her.
"C...Come on, we should head home," he told her.
"Ah but the baby kitten" she said.
"Leave it here, it's mom will come get it."
"But it's cold Sasuke..."
Sasuke sighed and turned back to see she was still rocking it to sleep
"Can we take it home?" she asked.
"No way."
"Please?" she begged.
"No freakin' way Sakura." he answered.
"Grr...fine! Well can we at least give it a blanket? He'll get cold out here!" she said looking worried for the cat.
"Give me a minute" he sighed.
Sasuke walked into the house, and snuck inside of the guests' rooms to look for an old blanket he can give.
"Sasuke do you need help?" he heard his mom ask.
Sasuke turned around to see his mother walk over with a dish rag in her hand. She wiped her hands and sat over on the bed.
"No thanks Kaa-san I got it."
"Oh alright. Ne, Sasuke..."
Sasuke opened the closet and looked through the boxes over on the far left as he answered his mother.
"Hn?'
"...What did Sakura say when you gave her my dress?" she asked him.
Ba-thump...
Sakura's...dress?
"...uh...huh?"
"Sasuke, Karin's wearing a dress I specifically made for Sakura not her." She told her son.
...Why doesn't that surprise me?
Sasuke turned around and looked at his mother
What do I tell her? I foolishly just handed it to Karin, halfheartedly knowing that it was really meant for Sakura?
"..Sorry Kaa-san...She came over and described the dress to me...and I gave it to her anyway, even though I still thought about how you wouldn't be so careless about something like that."
Sasuke's mother's expression saddened as she looked around the room and looked over at him. She was disappointed in him and he knew that...
Throb...
I hate it when she gives me a look like that.
"...I don't blame you for not thinking things over, but I'll have you know I make choices for a reason Sasuke" she told me.
"I know... Forgive me Kaa-san." he apologized.
"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to..."
Sasuke's mother got up and walked over to the door and turned around half way to look at him
"Sasuke...there's a reason why Sakura's your wife, and not Karin, I may not understand your preference in a woman, but I'll have you know...my daughter-in-law is the type of girl any other man would be lucky to have in their hands..."
"Hn, you honestly believe that...?"
"yes...and I'm sure Naruto-kun would agree with me as well, don't you think...?."
Ba-Thump...
She...she noticed...?
Sasuke stared wide eyed at his mother as she smiled at him, gave him a look that pretty much said, 'I'm your mother, I know everything.'
"There are old blankets in a box way in the back, tell Sakura to come inside after you're done with your baby-"
Our WHAT?!
"Mother..." he growled.
"I-I mean Kitten" she giggled, "your kitten."
"It's not mine! She was just feeding it!"
"Fufufufufu red cheeks suit you Sasuke-kun," she teased.
Sasuke's mother winked at him as he slapped his hand over his face and looked away
He heard her laugh as she closed the door behind him
Ba-thump...Ba-thump...Ba-thump...
"...our baby..pfft! Like that'll ever happen." he said to himself.
"Come to mommy, hehe come here."
"Sasuke stop! He's just a baby he doesn't know any better!"
"tehh..."
Sasuke clenched his shirt when he felt that awful pain inside of him again and took in a deep, sharp breath before walking back into the closet to look for a blanket.
He found the washed out blue one and put it over his shoulder when he noticed the box was pretty big too...
Hmm...
Sasuke grabbed it and put the blanket inside before walking back over into the yard to see her sitting there with the kitten still in her arms...her body was limped over as her head was dangling downwards...
Is she asleep or what?
"Hey, mouse"
"Huh?"
She moved her head upwards as it slowly moved back down
Yeah she's asleep
Sasuke dropped the box and kicked it towards her
"Here, put the fur-ball in here and get inside, it's freezing out here."
"Mm...okay.." she replied sleepily.
She knelt down and wrapped the kitten in the blanket before setting it inside the box.
Sasuke watched her smile and kiss the kitten's nose before sitting back up
"Night kitty" she spoke.
"Here," Sasuke took off his coat and threw it at her, only to have her hand it back to him
"sorry but I'm afraid it might have Karin germs on it, so no thanks."
"You..."
Sasuke glared at her as he snatched the jacket back from her hands and grabbed her wrist. "Come on, it's cold."
"Ah hey!" she shouted.
He glanced over at her to see she was staring back at the white kitten until they reached the kitchen.
"I gotta go greet some guests, don't go back outside" he told her.
"Fine...just leave me here all alone then...I'll just stand here till you're done."
"Why don't you eat?" he asked.
"Hm?"
"You didn't eat anything during dinner," he reminded her.
"I'm not hungry" was her excuse.
He walked over and flicked her nose
"Idiot, grab a plate and eat!" he ordered her
"You can't make me and that hurt Sasuke!"
She stood on her tippy toes and tried to flick his nose back but he moved away from her tiny little hand.
"Hn, you missed." he stated.
"Jerk!"
She crossed her arms and stuck her tongue out at him before looking away.
"Don't worry Sasuke I'll get you one way or the other" she warned him.
Sasuke bit down on his lip as he tried his best not to smile as he grabbed her hand and slowly pulled her closer to his form.
"Try something" he provoked her.
"I'll crush you..." she threatened.
"I dare you..."
Sasuke moved his other hand around her waist and pulled her in against him; her body was so tiny compared to his.
Sasuke felt himself hunch over closer to her and it actually got him to notice just how short she was.
She only reached his chest.
How...cute...
Ba-thump..
Sasuke looked closer to see her glasses weren't as thick as they seemed from far.
"Wha...what are you doing?!" She asked.
"Hm?"
Sasuke leaned in closer...And closer...
He tilted his head just slightly to have the light from the kitchen glare away.
Hah...If I get close enough I can see her eyes...
"Sasuke...move back, you're too close." She told him.
"..."
"Sasuke, why are you staring at me like that?"
He was now 3 inches away...
Come on Sasuke, just hunch down a little more...
Just as he bent his legs a little more to get the perfect position to look at her eyes, he grabbed her cheek and held her face firmly in place, when...
"WAHHHHHHHHHH! SUMIMASEN! I had no idea you two- oh Gosh!" his mother yelled in embarrassment.
"Huh?" Sasuke and Sakura both said.
they turned over to see his mother standing there with a plate just halfway over her face
"Ohhhhhhohohohohohhoho!" -Clears throat- "I mean- gomen!" She slightly bowed at them as Sakura and Sasuke just blankly stared at his mother.
My mother has completely lost it...
"I'll just uh...leave you two alone..." Then she whispers, "Ganbatte Sasuke-kun!"
What is she...?
Sasuke slowly looked over and took a good look at his position to see Sakura literally inches from him...His hand was against the small of her back as her leg was slightly wrapped around him; it looked as if they were about to...
"Uh..."
"Ehhh?!"
They pushed each other out of each other's embrace and he saw her stumble back nearly falling onto the pile of dishes his mother had on the table.
Sasuke grabbed her hand and pulled her forward causing him to lose his balance. Sasuke held onto her tightly as they both fell to the ground with a loud thud...soon after
Crash!
He pulled her against himself and covered her as they heard the stacks come crashing down.
Sasuke opened one eye to see some of the dishes fall over and break one by one onto the floor
"Oh no!" Sakura gasped.
She managed to grab a couple as he quickly grabbed two into his hand
"Ahh did you catch any-Sas...uk...ehh?!"
She turned around halfway to see he was literally nose to nose with her she gasped from sudden shock making the fall from her hand as she completely spazzed out and crawled away from him
Ba-thump.so close...Ba-thump...so very close...Ba-thump...fuck!
If she didn't move so quickly I could've just seen it...damn it!
Without even realizing it he punched the floor having some of the broken pieces of plate gauge into his hand.
"Ahh fuck, my hand" he cursed.
"Huh?"
Her head quickly turned over to Sasuke as she got up, ran over to him, and knelt down.
"What happened?" she asked.
Within that second his mother, along with other guests ran into see what the whole commotion was about.
"Sakura, Sasuke are you alright?" his mom asked.
Sasuke shook his hand and quickly got up when he saw her nearly place her hand on the floor to pick herself up.
Sasuke quickly grabbed it and pulled her to her feet
"...the dishes," he tried to explain
"Oh no...I knew I shouldn't have put all those plates on the table..."
"I'm sorry Kaa-san it was my fault" Sakura said, taking the blame.
She bowed towards his mother as his mother walked over to her and tilted her chin up
"It's fine. Are you two okay?' she asked, concerned.
"Mm" Sakura hummed.
Sakura looked over at Sasuke as he looked around the floor.
"yeah we're not hurt...but ...uh," Sasuke looked down to all the plates shattered to pieces.
"Oh don't worry about it I'll just clean it up" my mom offered.
Mikoto looked around as well when suddenly Mebuki came into the picture.
"Hmph! Sakura should clean it, how dare you be so careless huh?! You insolent girl!'
She walked over and raised her hand to nearly slap Sakura when Sasuke grabbed it and looked right at the stingy woman as Sakura ran right behind him and clenched onto his shirt, hiding from her mother.
"...it wasn't Sakura's fault it was mine" he told her.
"oh Sasuke, it's really sweet of you to take the blame but honestly that girl is so-"
"It really was my fault, so please drop the blame game."
Sasuke saw her eyes slightly widened at his reply as she glared at Sakura.
He glanced over to see Sakura shivering from fear.
Sasuke let go of Mebuki's hand as she continued to glare at Sakura who was currently pressing her head against his back, she pointedly looked away and walked off along with the rest of the guests.
"Kaa-san, I'm so sorry..."
"Sakura-chan, sweetie don't worry, we can always buy more plates; I'm just glad you're not hurt!"
"Ah but Sasuke-"
"Come on Sakura, we gotta head home."
Sasuke bowed to his mother as he grabbed Sakura's hand. Her hand was nervously shaking in his. She's still scared.
"You're leaving already?" mom asked.
"Yeah, it's getting pretty late" he told her.
Sasuke watched Sakura stare at his hand as he looked over to see some of the guests whisper to Mebuki while staring at Sakura. He glared at them as he pulled Sakura close to his body.
...idiots
"Ahh well come again, thank you so much for visiting" she smiled.
Sasuke's mother hugged Sakura as Sakura kissed her on the cheek and told her to take care
"Come soon, okay? Oh and greet your father goodbye before you leave Sasuke."
"Hn, goodnight Kaa-san" Sasuke nodded.
Sasuke watched his mother smile at then as he walked them out the kitchen to see the guys give him a confused look.
Sasuke glanced over at Naruto to see him stare right at Sakura
"Sakura are you okay?" he asked.
She looked up at Naruto and nodded her head.
"I'm fine" she assured him.
"Are you sure, did you check for any cuts?"
This guy...
"I checked already, and she's fine...Naruto...so we're leaving, come on mouse, I'm tired"
Sasuke yanked her against his body and held her tightly in his arm as he watched them all stare at him, including a very angry Karin.
Sasuke smirked over at her and pressed Sakura tighter against him to see Karin huff and puff before stomping away.
Hn jealousy at its best
Sasuke felt Sakura fiddle against him, he quickly glanced down to see her ears were at least 100 times darker than her hair.
Damn...
He felt his cheeks warm up as they walked over to his dad who was talking with a couple of his friends over a hot cup of tea.
"Tou-san we're leaving now" he informed.
"Is that so?" he asked.
"Yeah."
"Have a goodnight Tou-sama" Sakura wished.
She bowed slightly and Sasuke watched his dad actually smiled at her...
...he actually smiles? Wow...who would've thought...
He beckoned his hand at Sakura as she nodded her hand and walked over to his dad.
"Gentlemen I'd like you to meet my daughter, Sakura" he introduces her to everyone.
"Ahh, nice to meet you" she smiled politely.
She bowed to them as they all smiled at her and slightly bowed back.
Sasuke watched them all look at her with warm eyes
"She's the sweetest little thing" his dad told them.
"She's she now? Haha, she's a shy one isn't she?" his friend Tiema said.
"Oh yes, but she's cute." his dad said.
Sasuke watched Sakura's face shade an even darker red as they all agreed and chuckled at her reaction.
He felt himself smiling as he crossed his arms and leaned against the door.
" What a cute, and quiet girl, I heard she was pretty smart too, Sakura-san is it? What field do you plan on studying?" Another of his friends named Chizo asked.
"Ah, medical. I'd like to work in the hospital someday...sir."
They all oohed at her reply and wished her good luck as she stood there nodding at them
She wants to be a doctor...? I never knew that.
"Ahh, she's a very sweet girl. Mikoto loves her, I'm very thankful to have her part of my family now. I know Sakura will bring me nothing but joy, isn't that right Sakura?"
"M-Mhm I hope to make you proud Tou-san" she smiled brightly.
They smiled as Sasuke's father gently hugged her.
"Hey Kizashi, how come you didn't tell us Sakura grew up to be such a treasure huh? I would've taken her in for my own son, if Fugaku didn't see her first" Naruto's father, Minato said.
Sasuke watched Sakura's father's eyes slightly widen as he sadly smiled at all of them
"Sakura was in boarding school for a while so we didn't see her much..." her father told them.
"Ahh you're lucky Fugaku, if I had seen her before you, she would've been Naruto's for sure."
Ba-thump......Naruto's?
Sasuke felt that sudden itch come back when he heard them all talk about how Minato's been wanting one of his son's to settle down.
"Do you know my son at all Sakura?" Minato asked her.
"Mhm...Naruto's a very good friend of mine" she replied.
Minato smiled warmly at her as he beckoned his hand making her sit between him and Shikamaru's dad. He touched her head and smiled at her as she kept her head down towards the floor.
"Then I leave my son in your hands," Minato chuckled. "I'm glad he's friends with you, but if he ever hurts you, let me know, I'll pound him!"
Sakura laughed as all the other men to beat the rest of the guys to a pulp if they ever hurt her
"What about my son? Has he caused you trouble?" Shikamaru's dad asked.
"Shikamaru? ...ah no, he's not mean to me at all."
"Good! I'm glad" Shikaku smiled.
"So what about Sasuke, huh? Is he treating you well?" Tieme asked.
Ba-thump.. shit...she's going to spill the beans...
"Sasuke...?"
They all turned their heads to Sasuke and he slightly bowed as his father beckoned his hand for him to come closer.
"Sasuke knows he should be doing a good job, right Sasuke?" Fugaku said.
"Ah well-" he began.
"Let Sakura answer that," Chiro said.
They laughed as they turned to her and she smiled at them.
"Sasuke...he..ahh.."
Sasuke saw her look up at him and turn to Fugaku.
Sasuke's whole body and mind was at edge as he smiled back at her and cracked his knuckles in warning to him.
The youngest Uchiha felt like throwing up when he heard him crack his neck along with giving him that "I'm ready to beat you" look.
"Sasuke's not giving me any trouble at all!"
...what?
Sasuke quickly looked at her and saw her smile at his father who also looked surprise by her reply
"He took care of me while I was sick, and I was very thankful for that, we even eat together, it's nice..."
"Really?" father said in disbelief.
"Mhm" Sakura hummed.
He stared at her in awe as he watched all the men turn to him and give him a thumbs up.
Sasuke held in his breath as he smiled and nodded his head when his mother quickly ran into the room.
"Sakuraaaaaa! Can you come here for a second dear?" His mother asked.
"Coming Kaa-sama!" she answered.
She got up and bowed once more.
"Excuse me" she politely said.
They nodded and smiled as she smiled back and hurried out the room. Sasuke greeted them goodbye and just as he walked out the room he heard Naruto's dad ask a question that actually never came across Sasuke's mind.
"Fukgaku, why didn't you get Sakura married to Itachi?"
Sasuke stood there frozen in place as he leaned back to hear what his dad had to say.
"It's funny" he said as Sasuke heard him place his cup of tea back onto the table "Itachi was the one that actually brought up Sakura."
What?...Itachi?..Ba-thump...
"He was willing to be with her, but Mikoto insisted that Sakura gets married to Sasuke instead."
...
Itachi...?...does that mean Itachi likes... her?
Sasuke walked out towards the front door and saw her stand there waiting for him.
Sasuke opened the door and walked out with her, as they walked across the lawn to see his older brother walking to them.
"Sasuke," Itachi acknowledged.
"Hn."
He poked Sasuke's forehead and slowly turned over to the little mouse who smiled up at him.
"Hello again Itachi-kun," she smiled.
"Sakura..." he said.
He put both his hands on her shoulders, holding her firmly in place as he stared at her.
"Uh..." she said embarrassed.
He continued to stare at her when he suddenly pulled her into his arms for the tightest hug Sasuke has ever seen him give anyone.
Sasuke shot him an eyebrow as he stared at him, completely astonished.
"Ehh!? Itachi-kun?"
He let go of her and leaned closer to her
"Oniisan" he said.
"huh?"
"Oniiiisan.." Itachi repeated once more.
"Itachi-" she started.
He shook his head and stared right at her, moving closer to her.
"O-nii-san"
"O-O-Onii...san" she blushed.
It was quiet again as he stared at her for another 30 seconds before pulled her back into his arms and hugged her tightly.
Itachi hugged her firmly, his thoughts were burried with Sakura's blushing face, cute, she's too cute Itachi, you have no willpower.
"Uhh Ita-O-Oniisan?"
Sasuke heard him gasp slightly as he hugged her tighter.
Sasuke felt his eyebrow twitch as Itachi just held her in his arms.
"Grr...Get off her, you creep" Sasuke pushed his brother's forehead back as he kept his arms locked around Sakura firmly.
"Hn... Ahem" Itachi said.
He put his hands back in his pockets and looked over at his younger brother.
"So...are you guys leaving so soon?" He asked.
"Yeah it's late and I'm tired" Sasuke answered.
"Thank you for your hospitality Ita- I mean Oniisan...haha sorry I can't get used to that" she flushed a deeper shade of red and Sasuke saw Itachi's face stare at her completely blank but at the same time his arms were slowly rising again .
Sasuke pushed his forehead back as his arms were out in the open waiting to wrap around her
"Back off jack!" Sasuke shouted to him.
Sasuke pulled Sakura next to him as Itachi stared at Sasuke with death written in his eyes.
"Hn...I see. Sasuke, Sakura's not yours; she belongs to the Uchiha family." His brother stated.
Sasuke: "Yeah? Well guess who she stays with at the end of the day smart ass."
"Hn." was all Itachi said.
"Ahh sorry Oniisan, would you like another hug? I don't mind giving you another one..." Sakura blushed.
"Really?" his voice remained monotonous as he turned his head to her, there was sparkle in his eyes as he walked over and hugged her again.
She laughed as she slowly hugged him back- when suddenly...
grrrrrowl
"Excuse me! I guess I'm a bit hungry," Sakura said, embarrassed.
She laughed nervously as they let go and she gently touched her stomach
"Did you not eat Sakura?" Itachi asked.
"Well..." she looked at Sasuke real quick before looking away.
...she didn't eat because of me.
Sasuke saw Itachi's deadly daggers stare into his soul with killer intent as he gently rubbed her head.
"Did Sasuke not give you food to eat Sakura?" he asked her.
...Ba-thump..
This guy's ready to kill me...gulp.
"No no no," she denied. "I didn't have an appetite then but feeling a bit famished now"
"is that so?" he asked.
He cupped her face in his hand gently as his head turned to his little brother; he walked over and took out his wallet.
"Sasuke" Itachi called.
"Wha-mmmmm!"
Itachi stuffed a bunch of bills into his mouth shutting him up as he stared at Sasuke again
"Feed her" he ordered him.
Sasuke spat the bills out into his hand and growled at him, as he faintly smiled at a giggling Sakura
"Was that funny Sakura?" he asked the giggling girl.
"Uh-huh, hahaha it's funny" she replied.
"Would you like me to abuse him some more?" he suggested. He raised his fist and Sasuke quickly looked at her to see she gasped and quickly ran to Sasuke's side.
"Don't hahahaha don't hurt him okay?"
"But isn't it funny?"
"Yes but only when you want to hurt him Oniisan."
"I see..I'll make myself want to hurt him a lot next time we meet"
Welp, I'm never coming here again.
"That would be great!" she smiled.
He chuckled as she looked at Sasuke and laughed.
"You little..." Sasuke growled and pinched her nose only to have Itachi punch his head hard enough to give him an instant headache.
"ah..." Sasuke felt his eyebrow twitch as he rubbed his head and listened to her giggle again
Itachi smiled at her as she held down her belly when suddenly the three heard Naruto's voice shout out her name from across the lawn.
"Sakuraaaa!"
He waved at her with both his arms flying around and she waved back
"Naruto!" Sakura shouted back.
"Sakura-chaaan!" he started running to her with open arms .
Ba-thump..
Eh? stop her Sasuke...!
Itachi and Sasuke stood there as they looked at Naruto, and then looked at each other, then down at Sakura who suddenly opened her arms and tried to run to him.
Sasuke felt his hand go up, along with Itachi's hand as they held onto her shoulder and dragged her back to their side.
"Ehh?! Hey..." she pretested.
Sasuke squeezed her shoulder and glared at Naruto as he laughed and walked over to them.
He was hunching over as he tried his best to catch his breath.
"Hah...hah...Sakura-chan" he panted.
"Naruto..." she said.
"Hehe you didn't leave yet" he said,
He smiled as he rubbed the back of his head as he stepped closer.
"I wanted to hug ya goodnight before you left...if that's okay with you hehe" he said bashfully.
"Its fine with me" she smiled as Sasuke looked back at his brother again
He gave Sasuke a knowing nod. The brothers looked back at Naruto who stepped closer with his arms out, and just as he got closer...Sasuke kicked him in the shin; Naruto grabbed his leg and started hopping on one foot.
"Heyy-AHHHHHH! WHAT THE FUCK TEME?! He shouted.
"Naruto! are you okay?!" Sakura cried.
Itachi elbowed his head making him fall to the floor as he looked at them.
"Get her to the car quick" he said to Sasuke.
Sasuke smirked as he saw Itachi stand there and step on Naruto's head as Naruto cursed at him.
"Get off me, what you are doing?!" Naruto demanded.
Itachi said nothing to him as he stood there with his foot firmly on Naruto's head.
Sasuke got in the car, turned on the ignition and backed up to see Pain suddenly run over to Itachi.
"What the Hell are you doing to my idiot bro Itachi?" Pain asked.
"Punishment." Itachi stated flatly.
"For what?" Naruto's brother asked.
"Bunny...no one touches the bunny" Itachi said.
Sasuke grinned as he watched all of Aniki's friends just stare at him, completely lost and confused.
They drove out and he brought his window down and saluted his big brother goodbye.
He showed his hand back at Sasuke as Sasuke smirked and drove off.
He made a turn and looked over to see Sakura giving him a weird look.
"What?" he asked.
"What just happened?" she asked back.
"Nothing," Sasuke smirked. "Don't worry about it."
The raven haired boy quickly glanced to see her grinning at him, and he looked forward again.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked.
"Dunno...you seem a bit different right now." She told him.
"Good or bad?" he asked.
She blushed a faint tint of pink, one that matched her baby pink hair and poked her cheek as she eventually started to smile
"Does it matter?" she said.
"Well..."
"Good.." growl.. "Ah damn it" she said.
"We're almost home" he announced.
"Thank God! I need some ramen right now."
Sasuke looked over to see her stare out the window as they reached a red light; he grabbed his jacket and threw it over her again.
"Karin never touched that, so wear it. It's cold right now."
"...thanks."
"Hn"
She pulled the jacket over her and snuggled against the seat as they quietly drove home.
A few minutes after they walked in, she made them both a bowl of ramen and brought it over to the living room.
Sasuke sat there and began to slurp down his ramen as he watched her down her whole bowl.
"Were you really that hungry?" he asked.
"I was starving Sasuke" she admitted.
"Hn. You should've ate when I told you to" he told her.
" I was too angry at the time to eat anything anyway" she replied.
"I see...hn pass me a glass."
She sipped her pink lemonade and slowly turned to him.
"Get your own glass."
"Come on" he said.
"But I drank from this already..."
Sasuke growled as he walked over to her and grabbed the glass out of her hand and pressed his lips to the glass immediately tasting the lip balm she was wearing.
Strawberry vanilla...is this what her lips taste like?
Sasuke gulped the drink down and glanced over to see her cheeks tint a faint shade just shy of her hair color as she sat there flustered...fiddling with her fingers again.
"It's sweet," he commented.
"What?"
"The lemonade- it's sweet" he said,
Sasuke felt a smirk come on as he finished the glass and placed it on the table
"What's wrong Sakura? Is someone getting worked up by an indirect kiss?" he teased.
"Huh?! What!? No!" she turned to him and quickly looked away as he wiped the edge of his mouth with his thumb feeling his smirk transition to a grin as he watched her expression switch to full on panic mode..
"Hn. You're a horrible liar, did you know that?" Sasuke asked as he leaned towards her and turned her face towards his.
"Wha-"
Sasuke tilted her chin up and felt his head slightly tilt to the side as he felt her body lean back against the sofa making him move even closer to her.
"Sasuke...?"
Strawberry vanilla huh? I wonder...
"Sa-" he began.
Sasuke closed his eyes as he held her chin firmly in place as he moved his hand to the other side of her.
Come on Sasuke...stop hesitating...just do it.
He felt her breathing softly as her hand trembled over his chest trying to push him back.
He moved even closer as he heard her gasp and hold in her breath...Sasuke licked his lips and brushed his lips just over hers.
This is it...Ba-thump, Ba-thump Ba-thump
He gently poked her bottom lip with his tongue and...
.
.
.
.
Sakura squeezed her eyes shut as she felt her head completely black out...her ears were echoing the sound of her heart beat through her eardrums and she was completely freaking out inside when suddenly...the hotness from his breath, and the warmth of his body was gone as she felt something pop onto her lap...
"...soft" she heard Sasuke say.
What...the...Hell?!
Sakura gasped as she felt her body flinch when she felt him shake his head onto her lap making the little strays of hair tickle her.
"Hey...HEY!" she yelled.
Sakura pulled his head up but he quickly pushed it back down and kept his head right against her lap.
Sakura kept fiddling around from left to right when she felt his faint breath against her...his face was extremely hot; it was hot enough to seep through her dress and actually burn her skin..
Sakura clenched onto the sofa when she felt him sigh as he turned his head towards the TV and mumble something to her
"hey mouse, Sasuke said."
"What?"
Bastard
"I scared you there didn't I?" he chuckled.
Her eyes widened at his words and she bit down on her tongue to physically stop herself from verbally harassing this douche with her words.
"It's okay...haha you can curse me out. Won't bother me much honestly."
"Youuuuuuu...ughhhhh! You're so damn...You're a...ugh I hate you!"
Sakura pushed his head off of her and looked away when she saw him sit up and laugh
"Hahaha stupid mouse" he laughed.
Heartless bastard!
The girl grabbed a throw pillow and started to beat him with it as she heard his laugh get louder and louder
"You should've seen your face!" he choked.
"You completely led me on!" she shouted.
"Hn, sorry I was curious as to what kind of face you would make" Sasuke said.
...is he for real?
"You're so mean Sasuke! Sometimes I don't even know why I bother with trying to get along with you!" I admitted.
She was furious with this guy..she can't believe...he actually...no she could believe that. but what she couldn't believe is that she actually ...wanted him to...
BA-THUMP
Sakura felt my eyes burn from the sudden tears that were welling up as she hit him once more across the head nearly knocking him off the sofa. She threw the pillow in his face and stormed off into her room, making sure to slam the door as hard as she could.
"That no good, misleading, heartless, cold, rude, JERK! UGH!"
Sakura smashed her face into her pillow and started to bang her head against it before laying face front on her bed.
She sniffed as she quickly wiped a tear away from her emerald eyes
He was just messing with me...it was just a joke to him...I should've known! I should've known he'd just laugh in my face like that!
Sakura turned to her side and hugged her pillow tightly as she sighed slowly
"But still..." she said to herself.
Something told her that even for a split second Sasuke actually wanted to kiss her...
But then again...
...I've been wrong before...I'm sure it was just me...
Right...it was just in my head...
Right...?
Beta'd by: Bananamilkshake101 thank youuuuuuuuu! :3
HappyCrayon!: Hiiiiiiiiiii! ^^ meh, Sasuke's a tease, Sakura's crazy, Mikoto's funny, Itachi's touchy, Naruto's clueless Karin's a bitch this story's nuts :3 hope you enjoyed this! thanks for reading! -HClessthanthree! xx c:
