Sakura's vision had blured out at this point, as her gaze was still fixed on the blue body wall in front of her.
She was so confused by Sasuke's actions, and she wanted to look into his own eyes for an answer. But she was afraid that he'd see the curiosity and weakness in her green orbs. And she had promised herself, she would stop being weak for Sasuke.
Both stayed silence for some seconds, till Sakura interrupted the silence, phrasing her question.
"What? Don't do what?" she whispered, trying to clear her vision and calm down her heart beat.
Don't stop talking to me.
Sasuke's hand dropped but he didn't move. His breathing had calmed down now. She didnt get a response. She finally raised her gaze to his, and their eyes locked.
There was a hint of fear in Sasuke's eyes. But she caught herself staring in them, unable to break the intense eye contact.
Damn it, Sasuke. Just when I thought I could stop being weak. All it takes for me is to look into your eyes, again and my resolve turns to dust.
Sasuke looked at her, if he was searching very hard to find something in her eyes. Sakura started feeling uncomfortable under his intense examaning stare.
In the same, time, he couldn't bring himself to complete his sentence, making Sakura nervous.
After a while, she saw his eyes retaking their unreadable motion and he seemed to suddenly sober.
"Forget it." he whispered finally, as he stepped back. He opened the door and walked out while Sakura was still standing there, dumb founded.
The tears on her cheeks had dried now but she felt a big emptyness in her heart and her hurting mind was screaming to her to run outside and have Sasuke finish that sentence.
Cause for a moment it had seemed like his cold wall and his defences had fallen down, inviting her in. But then they suddenly came back, leaving Sakura confused as ever.
What would he have told her? She couldnt stop thinking about it. She detached her back from the door and walked out, following in Sasuke's steps.
She was determined to find out what he wanted to tell her. Because something in her heart telled her it was important.
But all her intentions soon came to an end, as she stood frozen on her tracks.
Karin was touching Sasuke's arm suggestively and Sasuke seemed to be saying something to her. Karin went even closer to Sasuke and snaked her hand around his arm. Sasuke didnt push her away. If anything, it seemed as if he was okay with it.
Sakura looked down, dissapointment and jealousy filling her mind. Sasuke wasn't even paying attention to her anymore. Did she even though have a right to feel the way she did? She was both confused and angry.
She stormed past them, ignoring them pointingly. She heard Karin sneering something offensive about her to Sasuke but she didn't give her the satisfaction of showing that she cared.
She didn't even wait to see if Sasuke would say anything to support her. She walked away as fast as possible from the two, hoping that she still had time to catch the bus.
"Sasuke, are you even listening to me?" Karin said annoyed as she noticed that Sasuke was staring pensively at Sakura's retreating back.
"I am not interested in your gossip, Karin. Bye." Sasuke said coldly to her and walked away.
"Pffft, it wasn't gossip!"Karin fumed as she watched him walking away towards Naruto's house.
Sasuke had to catch up with the dobe and make things up with him. He already knew the Sakura gf scene was a fake, Naruto had warned him about it some days ago, yet Sasuke never thought he would actually go on and do it. Yet, he ruined it. He still didn't get why. All he remembered is that when he saw Naruto touching Sakura like that and whispering in her ear, everything else faded for him and his anger took over.
I am not supposed to let her have any effect on me. Even if it's just anger. The raven thought as he crossed the street.
He rang the bell on Naruto's house and Naruto's mum let him in, walking him to the dobe's room.
Once Sasuke was in, Naruto threw a tantrum at him.
"You bastard teme!What was that for, this morning?" Heeeeh?" Naruto yelled, standing up and hitting Sasuke with a pillow.
Sasuke pushed him slightly away.
"Stop it. I came here to ...to apologize. Okay?" Sasuke said and Naruto gave him a surprised look.
"Why did you do it, teme? You knew it was fake I had warned you."Naruto asked, still confused.
"I dont know what got to me. I'm sorry. Let's just move on?" Sasuke said looking hesitantly at Naruto.
"Man, okay. I can forgive you. Plus, you got what you deserved, you lil detention punk."Naruto joked as he nudged Sasuke's shoulder.
"But you really need to calm down when it comes to your sister. It's ok to be protective but you over did it." Naruto said walking back to his chair in front of his XBOX.
"You silly dobe, I was just in a bad mood, this morning. This has nothing to do with her." Sasuke said, walking towards Naruto and sitting next to him.
"That's what you always say, teme. Do I really have to remind you of all those times you got Hulk mode when you thought a guy was closing up on Sakura?" Naruto said, rolling his eyes mockingly.
"Dobe, don't be stupid. When did I ever get in a fight with them or act angry? I kept out of her stuff for as long as I can remember myself. I don't care who Sakura's dating. It's not my business." Sasuke finished off, trying to manage a hit on Naruto's avatar in that rpg game.
"Teme, you might not have acted out to them, but you sure did to Sakura. Is it a mere coincidence you were always being a super jerk to her right after? You always ignored her but for these very times." Naruto said.
"This has nothing to do with it, you dumbass." Sasuke sneered, annoyed.
"Oh really? And I think it does. You see, Neji Hyuga acts exactly the same to Hinata whenever he thinks we two got something going on." Naruto said, managing a hit on Sasuke's player.
"That may be the case with Neji. But I am different." Sasuke kept denying it, even if he knew it was somewhat true deep down.
"Ok, then. Serious question now: Would you mind if I was to ask Sakura-chan out?" Naruto suddenly asked with a sly grin on his face.
Sasuke secretly clenched his fist, trying to keep his composure.
"I don't care. Do what you want." he said.
When Naruto turned his head back to the screen, his avatar had been slaughtered big time by Sasuke's.
"Who knows, maybe I will,... some day."Naruto said with a teasing grin just to spite him more, though Sasuke thought his tone had a hint of something serious about it. He inwardly cringed at the thought.
Sakura just hanged up on Ino after spending 1 hour on the phone with her, ranting over how Karin was such a whore and how she'd get back on her some day. Not that Sakura planned to ever revenge Karin for all the bullying and the insecurities she had tried to cause to her, but it made her feel better just by saying it. Exactly because deep down she knew she didnt have the power to become a total cold bitch like the red head.
She was still angry and going paranoid over the Sasuke-Karin scene she had witnessed that morning. First, Sasuke made her cry, then made her mad enough to never talk to him again, then made her tough act crumble back to zero and then he left her without even explaning anything, just to meet with Karin, right in front of her wet eyes.
He was lucky that he hadnt come home with her, or Sakura would have jumped on him and clawed his face off with pleasure. But as the hours passed one by one, she was able to calm down a bit and think more logically. It was obvious that Sasuke was playing with her. He had only run after her to see if he would be able to make her melt. And Sakura had just given him the satisfcation he was seeking. It's not like she had jumped right in his arms or anything. No. But she felt dissapointed in herself. The least she should have done, was to slap his hand away and storm off, without looking back.
But she hadnt. Instead, she had been naive enough to fall for his tricks.
If you want to see how tough I can be, I will put on quite a good show for you, onisan. Sakura thought, her eyes narrowing at the feeling of hurt ego inside her, urging her to get revenge on that scum that was called Sasuke.
And she was going to do to him exactly what she had planned to, when she got up from that chair and walked away, at the detention. Ignore him.
When Sasuke got back home, it was a calm night, and the parents were away as usual, leaving Sakura and him alone.
Of course, none would make any effort to approach each other. The only time Sakura caught his sight, was by accident, when she walked into the kitchen, in hopes of finding still some chocolate in their fridge. She stopped right on her tracks when she noticed the raven already there, filling up a glass with milk.
With his back at her, she made no effort to talk to him, even though she had to clench her first real tight to not indulge into her anger that wanted her to start yelling.
No, Sakura. That would only show him you're weak. Let's not have lil Sasuke win this game.
When Sasuke finally felt a presence behind him, he slowly turned around. He momentarily flinched when his gaze fell on Sakura, but he regained his composure more than fast. He averted his eyes away, grabbed his glass and walked past Sakura who walked past him and to the fridge at the same time, completely avoiding to look at him, just like he did.
Inside her though, she was boiling mad.
How can he act so cooly after all that happened this morning?
But a second voice in her head kept whispering to her:
And what if he's not just playing? What if he really meant it? Does this mean we should never talk to him again?
Sakura wasnt too sure about that. The word never weighted too heavy in her mind.
Never is a long, long time.
But so is the time I put up with him. Weak Sakura is over! Shanarooo!
Sakura thought as she grabbed the last piece of cake she found in the fridge and jumped on the couch.
"Let's see, what's on tv tonight?" she whispered to heself as she caught the remote and turned on the
lifeless box.
A female voice was heard from the tv, announcing tonight's program.
This was tonight's news done and over! Coming next : "Never On Sunday", right after the commercials!
Sakura wasnt sure but she accidentally changed channel.
Days had gone by and her and Sasuke wouldnt exchange not even a single word. And worst of all was that Sasuke was looking totally fine with it. Sakura's determination would slightly crumble sometimes in front of Sasukes perfectly cold and indifferent exterior and then she would look at him a bit more, perhaps stare at him for more than 2 seconds and then avert her eyes when Sasuke was as responsive as a dead fish.
But she wasnt merely looking at him, her expressions said it all. That she wanted them to break their all out cold war of silent indifference. But Sasuke would never look at her again, and thus it was pointless. If it wasnt for her own pride, she'd may let herself do just what the second , weaker, voice in her head told her to, thus to beg him to break his ice and hope he'd go back to at least telling her "ohayo".
But luckily for her dignity, she hadnt given in to it yet, and she didnt plan to.
The worst thing was, that if she ever talked to him first, first thing shed tell would be to rant about Karin.
It was monday morning, oh how she hated the start of the week, mainly cause of school. But lately also cause it reminded her of how another whole week of her and Sasuke completely ignoring each others existance started,
She was at school, waiting for the bell to ring, as Ino and her group hovered around her, the blonde whispering at her from time to time.
But Sakura wouldnt engage in the conversation if only to give short replies to her friend. God knew how akward she always felt when it was more than just her and Ino in a company, let alone people she wasnt familiar with.
Despite Ino knowing Sakura's levels of shyness, she still managed to act pretty ignorant about it and constantly show off her social skills at the expense of poor Sakura.
But because she loved Ino for the wonderful friend she could be when she wanted to, she put up with it.
Naruto noticed Sakura from afar and waved at her, walking closer.
"Ohayo, Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouted, making the girls nearby giggle or look annoyed at him.
Sakura cringed at all the attention momentarily shifted over to them, but she replied back non theless.
"Ohayo, Naruto!" she said, faking a cheerful smile.
As Ino seemed oblivious to the fact that Sakura had stopped to talk with Naruto and was no longer walking by her side, Naruto took advantage of the chance to chat with the pink haired girl.
"Sakura-chan, I've sent you so many emails yet you never replied to me!" Naruto said, pouting in a childish way.
"Oh gomenasai, Naruto. I just...you know, I am not sure if I can do it. Help you with Hinata, anymore, I mean." Sakura said, as she had completely forgot about Naruto's constant pleas to fake his girfriend. She had always thought the idea was childish and stupid yet she felt sorry for Naruto at the same time. The guy was really desperate.
"Why is this, Sakura-chan? Are you ashamed to be seen as my girlfriend?" Naruto asked, naive hurt obvious on his face.
"No! Of course not!" Sakura said, wondering if she was even being honest with herself, saying that.
"Then what is it? Wait , I know! Its that Sasuke-teme you're scared of!"
"What? No! Just where are you getting this from?" Sakura said, enraged at the thought of Sasuke thinking she was scared of him.
"Well, Sakura. You havent exactly dated any guys from what I can remember! Oh yeah it was this once, but then Sasuke yelled at you so you had to end it." Naruto said, trying to remember.
Sakura raised an eye brow at surprise.
"This was because my father told him to! And I was only 12, dear god! How do you remember all this, anyway?" Sakura asked, thinking Naruto had a common thing with Ino: gossip.
Sakura couldnt help but feel hurt tagging at the edges of her heart as she remembered that day.
Flashback:
Sasuke: What's your business with that guy?
Sakura: Why do you suddenly care? It never seemed to bother you before!
Sasuke: I take no interest in your stuff. But If you think acting like a whore only at your 12 is perfectly fine, then have it your way! But dad is dissapointed in you!
Sakura: Whore? How? We have barely done anything! And dad knows that! He trusts me!
Sasuke: If he trusts you, then why did he put me to end this for him?
Sakura: I dont believe you. You'r lying. Dad would never think I am a whore!
Sasuke: He doesnt. But I do.
/end
What's worse, Sakura felt even more stupid about that memory, mostly because right after Sasuke had told her off, she had ran crying to her child crush and broke it up with him. It wasnt something that big either way. But at least it was something healthy. At least, it wasn't Sasuke...
And after that she took the downhill, obsessing over a raven boy that made her heart beat like a rocket in explosion. What was sad is that she didnt know if she hadnt attemped something with a guy ever again since that day because she was afraid of what Sasuke might think of her or because she couldnt forget about him.
Or maybe it was both?
Naruto looked at her with hope in the eyes.
"If you really mean this, then does this mean you will help me?"
Sakura snapped back to reality and looked at Naruto very hesitantly.
"Ugh...why do you have to do this to me?Cant you ask someone else?" Sakura said, looking at her watch.
Still 10 minutes till the bell could ring. And absent minded Ino was gone. She was stuck with Naruto. She couldnt help the sigh that escaped her lips.
"Because we have been friends since kindergarden, Sakura-chan! You have known me even longer than you have your own brother!" Naruto said rubbying the back of his head.
"Naruto, we havent hanged out like friends for ages...Just like you said, since kindergarden!" Sakura felt the urge to roll her eyes on his childish points.
Though it was true that her and Naruto used to be best buddies at kindergarden and Naruto even had a mini crush on her, they werent 5 years old anymore. And she wasnt just Sakura-chan now. She was Sakura, Sasuke's sister.
"I know this will sound like it's a cheap excuse for my Hinata plan, but I think this is a perfect chance for us to start hanging out again! Whatever happened to our childhood friendship, Sakura? We did good back then, I am sure we can do now too!" Naruto said flashing her his bright grin.
Sakura looked at him silent, then looked around her for a chance to run away. She really didnt want to deal with this right now. The truth is she did miss Narutos friendship but ever since he started hanging out with Sasuke, it had become hard for her to feel comfortable around him.
"Even if you dont help me with Hinata, my offer still stands, Sakura-chan! I always thought we cut off too abruptly, and I had been wanting to become your friend for some time now." Naruto said, a sad feeling twisting his insides at his words, mainly because he had a feeling that he felt more than just friendship for Sakura. And at this point, he was confused. He was sure that he crushed over Hinata. As he wasnt sure that he didnt feel just friendship for the pinkette.
"Naruto, that is sweet..." Sakura gave him a faint smile, as Naruto's words ended up having an impact on her.
"Let me think about it, okay?" Sakura said after a brief silence.
Naruto nodded grinning at her, as the pinkette waved bye and walked away, at the saving ringing of the bell.
"Forehead, you prefer that loud blonde disaster over your best friend! I demand explanations! And an extended analysis of what was said and done between you two!" Ino whispered jokingly, as she nudged Sakura inside the classroom.
"Ino! I prefer you and you know it, silly! But you were gone before I even had the chance to look back. Oh and...well what else? I am sure you already guessed, Naruto wants me to fake his girlfriend again." Sakura whispered back, looking at the blackboard.
"Gee, really? That guy needs to stop being such a pest! He should find the guts and get over Hinata. They are both dumb. They like each other but they are playing hard to get. If you ask me, I think they are both virgins. Haha, and they will prolly stay like that till their 60s! And Hinata is such a prude! Naruto is plain dumb, that's it!" Ino got carried away but Sakura cut her off.
"Thats not just it. Naruto wants me to be his friend again..."Sakura said looking down in her notebook page.
"Oh..."Ino got serious all of a sudden. "This is terrible." Ino said, looking at her side.
"Guh, Ino, dont be mean! Naruto is a great guy, I've known him for years. We used to be good friends at kindergarden." Sakura said, cutting the blond off.
"Yeah, in kindergarden. I know that, Saku. He was my friend, too, back then. But ...how old are you now? " Ino said ironically, raising an eye brow.
"Still, he is nice. The reasons I cut off from him were wrong, either way." Sakura said.
"I would apreciate it if Miss Haruno and Miss Yamanaka zipped it for once and for all unless they want extra homework for tomorrow's lesson." a female voice was heard, making Sakura cringe.
"Gomenasai." Sakura muttered apologetically as she cast a glance to her teacher.
Later, at the last break, Sakura had the luck of running onto Naruto again. Only that this time, the view wasnt that pleasant.
Hinata was pointingly talking out loud about her new boyfriend to her friends, casting Naruto arrogant glances every now and then.
Naruto who had been waiting for Kiba, couldnt help but look at Hinata, with a clearly angered expression over his face. Sakura was about to talk to him, when she noticed that in fact Naruto looked so affected that she could see tears waiting at the edge of his eyes, when she was close enough to him.
Naruto who had been distracted till then, suddenly turned to the side to look at Sakura.
"Oh, hai, Sakura-chan!" he cheered putting on a fake grin.
"Oh girls, it's my first time ever feeling something so intense...Just the way he kisses a girl. And best thing is, even Neji approves of him!"
Sakura heard Hinata's voice who whilst saying the last bit about Neji , didnt miss the chance to pass another satisfied sly glance over Naruto.
Naruto swallowed heavily as he tried to regain his fake but cool composure in front of Sakura.
But Sakura could see the hurt in his eyes. And for some reason, it felt all too familiar. Rejection.
"So, what's up?" Naruto asked the pinkette trying to keep a straight face under his half wet eyes.
"You know what? Fuck it." Sakura whispered to Naruto as she confidently winked at him and interwined her arm with his.
Naruto watched surprised, as Sakura leaned in and whispered in his ear
"Right now, I am your girlfriend." she said.
Naruto's eyes shot at her, with a grateful expression.
"Naruto-kun! You are so awesome!" Sakura cheered loudly for the other girls to hear, who momentarily dropped their conversation to stare at them mouth agape.
"Stop staring!" she heard Hinata saying in an angered motion, that made Sakura giggle.
How does revenge feel?
Naruto caught Sakura's hand in his and caressed it with his thumb.
He felt his heart fluttering at that move and he was scared to guess why.
Sakura, unware of his inner conflict,
"Come on, love. Let's get out of here." and dragged him by the hand to the outer of the building.
Sakura couldnt help but feel a certain girl's eyes burning holes in her back.
Once they were out of Hinata's sight, Sakura made a stop and looked seriously at Naruto.
"Ok, theater's over now! But dont think I am ever going to do this again! I just saw you ready to cry so I felt like helping." Sakura rushed to clear any possible misunderstandings.
"I know, Sakura-chan! Arigato! But to be honest I felt kinda bad after doing this." the blonde said looking down.
"Pssh, Naruto, dont be so naive! You paid her with the same coin. Its called getting even. But to be honest, if there's something you need to feel bad about, it's that you are both acting like elementary kids in denial. It's time you moved on to someone else, Naruto." Sakura said placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Heh, easier said than done, when every girl you have liked, rejects you, Sakura-chan." Naruto laughed it off, his tone half joking half bitter.
Sakura couldnt help but look down on the ground at this. Afterall, even after all those years, she still remembered the day she had turned Naruto down, when he made his confession to her.
Later that noon, at Haruno home:
Sakura hadnt seen Sasuke since she had returned home. She had practically stayed most of the time in her room, fixing her messy pile of clothes that her mother so angrily had told her to take care off, before she left for school, that morning. Their parents as usual werent home, but they'd be back at night, so Sakura wanted to avoid her mums rage at all costs. Angry mum wasnt a pleasant sight.
She put on her radio really loud, just to remind herself that she wasnt totally alone in the building.
She danced around rather messily as she folded her clothes and placed them in her wardrobe.
She stopped after about half an hour, tired of the constant crazy movement of hers. She would take a small break and grab something refreshing to drink. She wondered if there was still some coke left in their fridge as she wipped the sweat out of her forehead and slowly walked out of her room, after lowering down the music.
However, she was aware that Naruto was in their house, with Sasuke, since when the bell earlier had rang and Naruto came in, Sakura had eaves dropped them hidden in the bathroom, till they closed themselves in Sasuke's room.
So, when she saw Naruto sitting awkwardly out of Sasuke's room, Sakura couldnt help but look at him surprised.
"Naruto?" she asked unsure.
Naruto turned to look at her, rather taken aback.
"Sakura-chan! Hey! I didnt know you were here!" he said, more in a whisper.
This weired Sakura out cause Naruto was known to be a loud one. She raised an eye brow at him.
"Well, I am...Is something wrong?" she asked, her curiosity increasing second by second.
"Teme's in with Karin. That jackass forgot he had invited her over tonight, so when she came, after me, he told me to get my ass back home." Naruto whispered as he walked away from the door.
Sakura felt as if a knife had pierced right through her chest.
"Wait...what?"she asked, feeling anger and hurt flooding her heart.
"Yeah, but I am not just gonna walk all the way back now just cause of that idiot. Im gonna make myself at home and leave when the rain stops. Speaking of home, what's in the fridge?" Naruto asked while Sakura looked at him totally absorbed in her own thoughts.
"Go check..."Sakura whispered as Naruto raised a curious eye brow at her absent minded tone but brushed it off as fast and walked away, giving in to his stomach's demands.
Sakura started walking up and down outside of Sasuke's room, not being able to calm herself down.
She really wanted to open that door, run in and kick Karin out of her house. But at the same time, she was scared to witness with her eyes the bare truth.
That bitch. What is she doing, alone, with Sasuke?
Sasuke's POV
Karin licked her lips as she scooted closer to Sasuke on his bed, whilst they were reading through the pages of their project.
"You know Sasuke, I think we should correct this bit." She whispered sensually almost in his ear, as she pointed a phrase with her pen, her shoulder brushing against Sasuke's.
Sasuke frowned at the close contact but made no move to push her away, too focused on the project.
"You think?" Sasuke said sarcastically, seeing as almost everything Karin had written was nowhere near decent enough, not even for an elementary school project.
"mhm." Karin nodded and leaned even closer to write on the page Sasuke was holding, on the supposed to be corrected part.
When Sasuke was finally able to see the writing "Sasuke & Karin." he couldnt help but turn his head to the side, ready to diss off Karin.
But the red head caught him off guard. She immediately pressed her lips on his before he had any time to speak and forced her tongue inside his mouth.
Sasuke felt so stunned that he hadnt even realised he had yet to push her away.
On the outside of that room, Sakura was standing frozen at her spot, about to walk away. When suddenly, Naruto came out of nowhere, with a hamburger on his left hand and stood in front of her.
"Teme, if you're gonna kick me out I might as well take the 3DS to entertain myself!" Naruto yelled and before Sakura had any time to walk away, Naruto opened the door in a flash and stormed in the room.
Both Sakura and Naruto froze at the sight of Sasuke kissing Karin. Two heads, one mouth.
"Oopsie." Naruto muttered softly as a shocked Sasuke death glared at him and the red head seemed extremely annoyed to have her perfect moment ruined.
And all this time, Sakura felt like they had stabbed her ten times in the same spot. Her heart.
Before she could realise what she was doing, she suddenly ran away back to her room, the sudden movement making Sasuke finally realise she had been standing there all along and an alerted Naruto walk off, in search of the pinkette.
Naruto closed the room's door behind him, having a bad feeling about this.
Flashback(before the above scene happened)
Sasuke's classes had been dismissed earlier that day so he had gone home sooner. Only that he had been followed by his stalker, Karin.
"Listen, Sasuke, whether you like it or not, we are in the same project! I have been trying to get this done with you for months now! The deadline is in 3 days, so this time I am not leaving you alone till we get it done. Unless you want to flank your grade, just like you did last year!" the red head pressed.
Sasuke turned and looked at her mockingly.
"Since when are you the one to speak to people about grades?" he chuckled.
Karin flashed at that but tried to keep calm.
"Okay, maybe I am not. But I dont want to fail this class again! So, please, if you're not the jerk everyone thinks you are, try to cooperate a lil bit?" Karin said in awe.
"The thing is, is it really just the project you want me to cooperate in?" Sasuke returned at Karin, disgusted at her lame attempts to sound serious when it was obvious she was simply trying to force her way in his bed.
"Sasuke, its truth that I like you, but if I fail this class, I am losing the entire year. Is it really so hard to understand? Let me come with you, it wont take long." Karin said, knowing herself that she could do other, easier projects to get satisfying grades in order to pass. But yet, she was a crazed fan girl that didnt know any better than force herself all the way through to her object of obsession.
Sasuke finally paused on his steps and looked at her from top to bottom.
"Dressed like this? You're going to go home first, put on something more appropriate for studying, then come here at noon. Or dont show up at all, for all I care." Sasuke told her as he turned away and opened the house door.
Karin seemed to flash red in embarassment as Sasuke had called her out on her slutty outfit.
"Okay, fine! Wait for me! I WILL come!" Karin said as she waved off to him, while Sasuke closed the door behind him, without bothering to look back.
"Sadly, yes, you will." Sasuke muttered under his breath crankily as he walked up the stairs to his room.
/end of flashback.
Sakura, in all of her shock had forgotten to close the door of her room, making it easier for Naruto to track her down. He followed the sound of her crying, only to find her sitting on her bed, covering her eyes with her two hands in sadness, as loud sobs broke out of her chest every now and then.
Naruto walked hesitantly into her room slowly, looking at her trembling form in pity mixed with curiosity and fear.
Sakura raised her head to look at him, alerted by the sound of his steps.
Tears were running down her red eyes and Naruto's breath got caught into his chest.
"Sakura-chan...Why?" was all he could ask, only waiting for the pinkette to reject or confirm what he was thinking.
TBC
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