"Stay here," I felt my body be gently placed on a soft couch, the footsteps disappeared and Sasuke came back with a glass of water in his hand.

But I did not feel cared for, loved or any of the sorts. I felt anger sear through me, how could Sasuke be so nonchalant about Yuki and I?!

He held out the glass for me and I without thinking, knocked it out of his hand, the water spilled on tiled floor, making a little puddle. I could feel on my cheeks my cold tears running down quickly.

My eyes were clogging up, it was so blurry with my tears in my eyes, I blinked them out and stared harshly at Sasuke who calmly stared back at me.

Being just a second next to Sasuke made me hurt.

Just a second. Was I just a second, third, fourth or even a hundredth to everyone?!

"Why are you doing this," I was so surprised at how I struggled to pull my words out of my mouth to Sasuke.

"Sakura,"

"Why is that Yuki girl always with you?! Do you think I'm stupid?! And you even bring her when I'm around with you!" I waited for a reply but all I got was Sasuke staring at me with his pale, face.

"Are you a two timer?!" I couldn't believe at how much I was overreacting, I stood up from the couch, more tears running down, overlapping each other.

"And why are you always running off to collect her?!" My chest heaved up and down as I burst out with all my distressed thoughts.

I wanted answers.

I saw Sasuke's lips part, but no words, no noise come out. I kept my gaze in his eyes, and he did as well.

"Yuki… is my sister." As I heard those words, my knees buckled, I straightened myself up and repeated those words over and over in my head as I tore my eyes away from his.

His. Sister… his sister… his sister.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

She… was his sister?!

"Yuki…" I looked back at Sasuke, my chest heaving faster, my arms shaking and my legs feeling like jelly.

"She has leukemia. That's why I always need to attend to her, today, she was admitted into hospital again, that's why I needed to rush." Leukemia… wasn't that… a disease?

I felt more tears coming down. Why won't they stop?!

"Sasuke… um," I couldn't feel more guilty, I had to get out of here from Sasuke who was probably hating me right now. I quickly walked towards the door, on the way slipping on the puddle of water; I crashed down, falling on my bottom and hitting my head. A blunt pain seared through my head.

I sat up and grasped my head, wiping away my tears.

"Why are you doing this?" I blubbered to Sasuke who came to my aide. He answered my question by giving me a kiss on my pain, I felt as if the excruciation had instantly died away.

"I'm not the girl to be hanging around with," I muttered, "you saw my house, what I live in. My dad left me, my mum's not around. I'm not beautiful, I'm worthless, I'm pathetic, I'm not smart…"

Flash back.

"Mommy! I love singing!!" I was running towards my mom, so excited that I could finally sing a song off by heart.

I didn't know why she did it, but my mom gave me a slap on the cheek, I could remember that day my nose bled.

"No! You are forbidden to sing! It's disgusting!" My mom stated harshly and she smoked in front of me.

"But why!?" I frowned, in tears, distraught that I was never to sing.

"Because you are an ugly, worthless, pathetic and disgusting girl," My heart that day, felt like it was stabbed with a thousand knives. I remember I wanted to just run away and jump off a bridge; I wanted to go find my father and hug him tightly, telling him that Mommy was a mean monster.

"Now go away! I'm sleeping!" My mother shoved me in the back and I fell forwards, she made a disgusted face at me and I quickly ran out, running out of the house on the road, crying as I ran as fast as I could.

I didn't come home that night, hoping that police sirens would be heard dashing to our house, hoping that my mother had reported me missing.

She didn't.

End.

"Maybe that's the good qualities about you,"

"Sasuke, you're a good guy," I stuttered through my tears, hugging him tightly, crying even harder in his chest.

"Hey, you have a scratch," Sasuke lifted my chin and I suddenly felt embarrassed to look in his face, he traced my scratch from that day my mom slapped me, he leaned down and kissed me softly on the scar.

The door suddenly opened of Sasuke's house and by the sound of their voices, the boys were here.

"Woah! What do we have here?!" I let go of Sasuke and looked at them, they all looked at us in shock as they were greeted by my tear streaked face, my red eyes and ripped clothes.

"What happened?"

I wiped away my tears, not wanting Naruto and the gang to be pestering me about it.

"It's nothing Naruto," I choked, avoiding his eye contact, everyone's face had a worried look on and there was that moment's of awkward silence.

"Well, you remember that we have practice tonight?" Neji cleared his voice, speaking up.

"Oh yea," I didn't know where we were going, but we followed the boys and then suddenly, I felt Sasuke take my hand, his warm hand… his warm body.

"You should stay here for the time being," Sasuke hoarsely whispered.

I nodded my head, but my real concern wasn't for me, but for my father … or even my mother.

Should I report it…? I don't know what to do, I don't even know what to think anymore, Sasuke's hand was distracting me!

I felt a little squeeze on my hand and he let go, giving me a little push to the front before sitting down at his drum kit and tapping a little beat. We were now in Sasuke's garage with all the equipment.

"Hey, have you finished your song?"

"Yea I have… but I don't know if it sounds… weird,"

"Well you know, battle of the bands is tomorrow and they said we have to perform two songs… how bout if Sakura does her song as well?" Naruto suggested and happiness flowed through me.

"Come on guys, lets start already and get this over with!" Shikamaru groaned, holding the guitar lazily.

I walked over to the keyboard and looked at the music sheets, reading it over and practicing the music, pretty soon, I got the hang of it and we all started to warm up for 'Don't worry Baby'.

Those few minutes of singing with the boys brightened my spirit for the whole night, but something inside me was still stirring.

I took the microphone off the stand and sang louder.

I looked behind me to see Sasuke typically bopping to the rhythm, banging his drums with passion.

My heart sank as his eyes shone at me, a little curve appeared in his lip and I smiled at him. There was that smile I was looking for.

A/N: sorry for the hideously short chapter, it's kind of crappy too xD. Um… yea… xD. Flame me D