I remembered the next day I had arranged to meet up with my old best friends Kiba Inzuka and Akamaru; Shino Abrame and my cousin, and best friend for life, Hinata Hyuga. When I saw them waiting for me outside Kiba's house I remembered us doing the same thing when we were younger. I wander up to them "hey, guys!!" I acted really happy, even though I was happy to see them, I wasn't happy enough; the rest of my life was confusing. Akamaru ran up to me licking my hand as I bent down to rub his head. As I stood up Kiba took his hand and place it on my shoulder. I jumped into arms hugging him around the waist. He laughed and pulled my arms away, "I missed you too but that's a bit over the top!" I laughed with him. We spent the day going over what we were like when we were younger and what we're like now. Doing things I missed about my life, having a conversation with no meaning, play fighting for no reason, hugging someone just for the sake of hugging them, being the me who wasn't hopelessly in love with someone who disappears, and leaves your heart in pieces only he can glue back together with an appearance, a touch, a hug, a kiss. The me I used to be before I left Konoha in the first place.

When I got home I found a note on the desk near the door reading 'out with TenTen don't wait up, love Neji' Neji had finally asked TenTen to go out with him. I went up to my room, took my night-dress and hair-brush into the bath room, got dressed and tied my hair in a loose pony-tail. I walked slowly into my room. Thinking I would be alone but not disappointed to see Sasuke lying on my bed, shirtless with his arms behind his head. I couldn't control my body. I dove onto the bed and into his arms. I held him as tightly as I could. I didn't want him to leave, when he spoke he sounded so perfect, I almost forgot everything "I'm not going anywhere." I just looked at him when I spoke I sounded so worried that I couldn't hide it "good." He held me closer to his hot body. I leaned up to my face was close to his, and whispered "don't you ever leave me again." He reached his hands to my cheeks and passionately kissed my cold, needing lips.

When we woke up the next morning, we found our clothes in a bundle on the floor at the foot of my bed. We also found that Neji hadn't been home at all that night. We wandered into the kitchen, got some water and went back upstairs; leaving our clothes on the floor where we had left them we got back into bed. I snuggled myself into him, kissing him lightly everywhere as I went. We stayed in bed all day. When it started to get darker we finally got up, I got in the shower just to find him getting in with me. He pushed me up against the tiles in the shower cubicle. His arms leaned on the wall one either side of my cheeks. He leant closer and closer closing the little space between us. Our tongues touched sending statics through our bodies.

When we got out, we got dressed, finding it hard to look absent-mindedly at each other and went to his house.

When we wandered into his room he lightly pushed me onto his bed. He stood at the end of the bed looking wantingly at me. I crawled over to him, kneeling up at the foot of the bed. I put my cold hands on his shoulders; bringing him closer to me I whispered "what is it, Sasuke-kun?" in his ear. He put his rough hands on my waist carefully pulling me away from him. I let my arms slip down, letting my hands travel up his shirt to touch his strong muscular abs. before I could control myself I had pulled his top of over his head. He held me closer to his bare chest, his hands wandering over my arms, stopping on my dress straps. He slipped my dress off, throwing it on the floor and pushing me back on the bed. I grabbed his hands taking him down with me. His heavy, musclely body landing on top of my fragile one. He used his hands to remove my fringe from my face, leaning close to me, kissing me fervently on my bare lips. I removed his shorts, throwing them down on the floor on top my dress. Our clothes forming a heap on the carpet. We rolled around the bed, stopping every so often so we didn't fall off. We sat up looking at ourselves, in the mirror across the room, wrapped around each other in nothing but our underwear. He positioned his hands on my back pulling me much closer to him. Before I knew it he had un-clasped my bra and we were sinking rapidly in to ecstasy.

When I woke up the next morning, I was lay on top of him, arms on his, above our heads, hands entwined. When he knew we were both awake he flipped us over, kissing me. Letting our tongues slip through our perfectly parted lips meeting flawlessly in the middle. When we released each others lips, we giggled together, and lay next to each other, still in bed, for the next half an hour. When he finally got out of bed, he bent down picked up his boxers and headed for the door, hauling them on as he went. I clambered out of bed after him. As I yanked my dress over my warm, tired out body.

I looked at myself in the mirror, I noticed a slight colour change in my eyes they were getting darker, like the colour when Neji talked about TenTen or when Hinata talked about Naruto, who just happened to walk in the door with Sakura in tow the moment Sasuke had me sat on the work-top in the kitchen hands around my hips under my dress, kissing me everywhere possible on my face, neck and arms, me giggling in delight. The expressions on their faces were a sight, if I hadn't been so embarrassed I might have laughed.

I removed his hands from their position under the skirt of my dress. He looked up from my chest his smile quick to turn into a frown. "Why are you two here?" I felt a jolt at the pit of my stomach. Deep down I agreed with him, they had ruined one of our 'perfect couple' moments, but I would never admit it. Sakura looked shocked. She knew we were together, it was obvious but I don't think she knew we were that intimate. She stuttered her voice quiet and worried "we… just came to… to tell you… that you… are… needed for… a mission." Sasuke nodded "was that all?" he asked his voice implying a sense of anger. Sakura nodded and started to walk backwards, but Naruto wouldn't. As soon as he opened his mouth I knew there was going to be trouble, "Sasuke-" he shouted across the island in the middle of the kitchen "don't talk to Saku-" he was interrupted by Sakura's hand. She had clamped it on his mouth and was shaking her head. They finally left. Sasuke leant his forehead against my chest again.

I took his cheek in my hand. Cupping the side of his face softly I whispered "we're gonna be ok." He closed his eyes, like he was thinking about something. He started to look up and kissed my chest just where my heart is. I lifted his chin with a finger. I smiled at him, what I hoped was a convincing smile, and spoke in a soft voice "Sasuke not again, you heard Sakura we are wanted by Kakashi." He lifted me off of the work top and put me on the floor, still holding me in his arms.

When we went to find Kakashi for our missions that day, we found out that we were asked to collect some visitors from Sunagakure at the border of our village, just the two of us. We were confused but it was the Hokage's orders so we couldn't decline.

We waited for the visitors at the border. They were hours late. But when they came into sight I couldn't help but notice the three of them were smiling directly at me. When they were only metres away from me, and I could recognize them I couldn't help but fling myself at them. I was happy to see my cousins after so long. Temari, Kankuro and Gaara all had large, amused smiles on their faces that got bigger when I hugged them each in turn. Sasuke left when I turned waving at me while he walked further and further away. I smiled knowing it wouldn't be long till he held me in his arms again.

When I walked them back to my house, they looked happy to see that I was settled in. They spoke to Neji about me; they got on with him well. When I showed them to their rooms, they looked much happier than I'd ever seen them, but after travelling for three days I expected it.

The next day I went to get them for breakfast. When I went into Kankuro's room he was sat on his be cleaning his ninja puppet 'crow'. He came with me to get Gaara he was easier to persuade than Temari who wouldn't let go of her mattress, screaming all manner of curses and unmentionable words. When we finally got her out of bed she wouldn't speak to us until I told them that I was taking them to meet someone important that afternoon.