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Outside the wind picked up and made the trees sway with the direction it was moving in. Sakura let a sigh escape her lips as she closed her eyes and waited for sleep to overcome her once again and take her to a place where nothing mattered. Even in her dreams a certain red sharingan eyed Uchiha seemed to find her and turn her once happy dream into a total nightmare that she had no control over...
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Chapter 9: Home Sweet Home? Maybe Not...
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The Uchiha slowly opened his charcoal eyes as the bright light shone into his room. He quickly shut his eyes and tried falling asleep again for atleast another hour or so. Last night he didn't arrive home until almost 2 o'clock in the morning. Sasuke had been training by himself and was too worn out to even change his sweaty training clothes before collapsing on his big bed and falling into a deep sleep.
He cringed when the sun continued to shine into his room and tiredly sat up rubbing his eyes impatiently. He blinked a few times before glancing at the clock. The time that it already was shocked Sasuke beyond belief that he almost fainted right then and there.
"3:49!"
Sasuke jumped out of bed and ran into the washroom quickly brushing his teeth and fixing his unruly hair before running out and into his bedroom. He reached his closet and grabbed a pair of beige knee length shorts and a dark blue short sleeved top. Sasuke tied on his hitai-ate and pulled on his sandels before hastily running out of his room and eventually his house.
The Uchiha sprinted all the way to Konohagakure hospital until he arrived and was already walking through the front doors. Nodding at Shizune at her desk he ran up the stairs until he was standing infront of room '112'. Panting, Sasuke went to reach for the door knob but stopped when he heard yelling and the voice of Tsunade. Sakura was up and shouting to the top of her lungs while the Hokage tried reassuring her.
"C'mon Sakura..." Tsunade spoke trying to sound as calm as she could even though she was extremely frustraited.
"I told you! I am not going with Sasuke!!!" The kunoichi screamed.
Before Tsunade could say anything further a male voice coming from behind the to could be heard.
"I don't thin you have a choice in that matter..." The Uchiha spoke calmly.
Sakura was now out of her hospital gown and wore her usual attire. Sasuke could clearly see all of her bandages that were still covering her healing wounds and a few bruises and scrapes on her body. She still hadn't put on her hitai-ate, which was placed on a nearby table. It seemed as if Tsunade had won the battle because Sakura began putting some of her belongings into a backpack and speaking under her breath.
Once she had finished Sakura walked right on by Tsunade and out the door. Sasuke was about to go and follow her but Tsunade spoke before he could do so.
"Remember Sasuke..."
"The Sakura that we used to know is gone and now she has changed... be careful not to hurt her..."
Sasuke nodded before leaving the room once occuppied by Sakura and following behind her. The Uchiha caught a glimpse of pink before it was gone behind a corner and he didn't waste ant time in running after her. He caught up to her in only a matter of seconds before he was walking right beside her. Sakura 'hned' as she turned her head to the side and moving farther away from Sasuke.
When they both reached the bottom floor they waved goodbye to Shizune and were gone. Sasuke's house wasn't too far from the hospital so it wouldn't take too long to arrive.
Sakura was gripping her backback tightly as Sasuke's house came closer and closer into view. Sometime passed until both were standing at the front steps and Sasuke was
opening the front door.
He let Sakura walk in first and she did rolling her eyes as she walked passed him. Sasuke shut the door and walked into the kitchen grabbing two bowls and preparing some miso ramen. Sakura had seated herself in a large black couch and was staring blankly at the walls. No too long after Sasuke walked into the living room with two bowls of steaming ramen placing them on the coffee.
He broke apart his chopsticks as Sakura did the same. She ate very slowly almost as if she was savouring each and single mouth full of ramen as possible. Sasuke had finished long before Sakura had and now waited for her to eat the remaining ramen in her bowl. One last slurp and there was no longer anything in her bowl, Sakura placed it on the table and Sasuke took it heading into the kitchen.
He put them in the sink and walked back into the living room where Sakura was sitting down. The Uchiha hands were stuffed into his pockets like usual as he spoke in a deep husky voice.
"Your room is upstairs..."
Sakura simply sat up and reached for her backpack which was on the floor by her feet. She followed Sasuke up the stairs, down a hallway and through a door to the right. He held open the door for Sakura once again and waited for her to enter. The polished wooden floor under her feet were cold and gave her goosebumps, as she put her bag on the large bed with blue covers.
Sasuke watched as Sakura took out all of her belongings and placed them were she liked. Her clothes were put into a dresser and a picture of her family was placed on the nightstand along with her alarm clock. The petal haired woman sat on the bed after she had finished unpacking and let her body fall to the soft matress. Sasuke watched from the doorway and left when Sakura ley on the bed.
Sakura wished that Tsunade didn't ask Sasuke to take her in just because she was still healing. Sakura knew that she could take care of herself and only felt hate and rage towards the youngest Uchiha. Sasuke made his way downstairs and into the kitchen, he bagan to wash the two bowls that he had placed in the sink earlier. Upon washing the dishes a knock was heard at the front door and Sasuke quickly went to answer it.
He opened the door and was greeted by Yamanaka Ino. She had a cheery expression on her face and her cerulean eyes seemed to shine from the sunlight. Ino parted her lips and began speaking.
"Hello Sasuke-kun... I came here to see Sakura?"
Slightly annoyed Sasuke let Ino inside and told her where Sakura's room was. Nodding her head upon understanding Ino ran up the stairs and to where Sasuke had told her to go. She stopped infront of a brown mahogany door and urged it open until it revealed Sakura sitting at the edge of her bed. She seemed to be in deep in thought but Ino didn't notice only called out to her best friend.
"Billboard brow!"
Sakura looked up and let out a sigh of irritation as she saw a blonde haired girl standing in her doorway. Sakura rolled her eyes at Ino and opened her mouth to speak.
"What do you want?"
"Just came by to see how you were doing..." Ino replied softly.
Sakura narrowed her emerald eyes.
"I'm not in the mood for talking... can you leave..."
Ino widened her eyes at the response she got and turned on her heel, quickly running down the stairs and passing Sasuke on her way down. The Uchiha was utterly shocked that Ino had runo out of Sakura's room almost in tears and left without saying a word. He knew that Sakura must have said something to her and made his way to her room. The Uchiha peered into the room before barging in.
"What did you say to Ino?" He asked almost angrily.
"None of your damn business..." Sakura replied blankly.
The next thing she knew, Sasuke was standing infront of her and giving her a cold look. She stood up and walked by him at the same time making her shoulder 'accidentally'
push against his and left without speaking to Sasuke further. He furrowed his brow and rubbed his temples, feeling a major headache coming on. His inner self kept
ranting on about how Sakura showed him and other such things.
'For a genius your pretty pathetic...'
"By calling me pathetic you'll just be calling yourself the samething..." Sasuke said smirking.
His inner instantly shut up and left him alone for once. Sasuke didn't want to deal with having a moody Sakura in his house and have to put up with her for almost a week. 'Maybe I should go and find her?' He thought to himself.
Sasuke's thoughts were interupted as the sound of breaking glass filled his ears. Sasuke quickly went in the direction of where the sound was coming from and was lead to the living room where a kneeling and panting Sakura caught his eye. She was breathing heavily and clutching her shoulder as blood trickled down her arm and onto the wooden floor where it was met with broken glass.
Sasuke was at her side in an instant and inspecting her shoulder. Placing his hand ontop of Sakura's, the Uchiha carefuly moved her hand away. The bandage that was once white was now a dark crimson colour. Her wound had re-opened and was bleeding, causing her pain at the same time. Sasuke ran into the bathroom and came out with some bandages and removed her soiled one.
He wrapped the bandage around her open wound and then tied it making sure that it was tight enough. Sasuke looked to the floor that was stained with red blood and saw what had made the breaking sound. A picture of team seven was face up on the floor, the glass protecting the picture was broken and strewn on the bloodied wooden floor. Sasuke slowly pulled Sakura to her feet and sat her down on his couch.
Cleaning up the mess, Sasuke picked up the broken picture frame and disposed of it in the trash can. The picture was placed on the coffee table and Sakura felt like the eyes of Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi and herself were buring through her skin. Sasuke arrived in the living room and looked over the sitting cherry blossom. Carefuly analizing that she would be just fine and walked over to her.
Sasuke sat down beside her and stared at the happy face of 12 year old Sakura and the face of the Sakura sitting right beside him. He grimaced when he saw that 12 year old Sakura had a wide smile across her lips and the Sakura beside him that had her lips in a thin line.
"Sakura... are you okay?"
She closed her emerald orbs as she answered Sasuke's question.
"Hn..."
The Uchiha gave her a hard look before standing up and walking into his bedroom. Sakura soon after did the samething and let herself fall to the bed. She closed her eyes and thought about the Uchiha she used to love when she was Genin. How foolish she was back then, she knew that Sasuke would never return the same feelings she felt for him but continued to try until one night he knocked her out and left Konoha to train with Orochimaru.
Sakura would never let herself fall for the stuck up Uchiha and get her heart shattered into a million pieces like the glass from his frame just minutes ago. Sakura stared at the
ceiling and let a sigh escape her lips as she remembered what Sasuke had done. He actually helped her when she was hurt, something the old Sasuke would have never done.
Thinking about brought back terrible memoried about him and she decided to not think at all.
Sasuke had just finished a shower and was now changing into his sleep wear. Which wasn't all that much in the first place, all he wore to bed was a pair of boxers. Sasuke had finished drying his hair and was now preparing for an early sleep since he got a bit too much. Before realizing it Sasuke walked out of his room and into Sakura's. Opening the door to her room Sasuke found her asleep without any covers on and slightly shivering.
He walked around to the side of the bed and picked Sakura up bridal style. He pushed back the covers and gently placed Sakura down on the soft matress. Once she was leying down the Uchiha pulled the covers over her sleeping form and to his surprise a small smile graced Sakura's lips. He quickly shook it off but inside he was cheering about how she had smiled for the first time in a long time.
Without noticing Sasuke caressed her soft cheek and stopped himself when he realized what he was doing. The Uchiha stared at her for some time before leaving her and going into his own room. On top his bed Sasuke was in deep thought... It felt so good when his hand had touched Sakura's cheek. Almost breathtaking, something about Sakura to him was almost addictive...
He didn't want to admit it but Sasuke was somewhat addicted to Sakura. It was her smile alone that drove him wild, just seeing her put on a happy face was enough to
make his day and strangely it did. Yes... Sasuke thought she was beautiful but her smile was gorgeous. Just by smiling it could brighten someones day in and instant.
The Uchiha had to stop himself numerous times from going into Sakura's room and...
Sasuke couldn't even bring himself to say what he wanted to say. It was wrong to think about Sakura like that she was his teamate for God sake! Sasuke knew that it would be a hard task even for him to try and control his urges and ravishing the cherry blossom in the other room. He wanted to kiss her lips so badly and to feel her soft skin against his own... to hear her say his name also adding the suffix 'kun' right after it.
His inner self was insisting him to go in and claim Sakura as his but he blocked him out. Not listening to a single word that his inner was saying to him. Eventually his inner self shut up and left him alone once again. Sasuke ley on his bed and closed his onyx eyes, giving into sleep that was soon about to come. The Uchiha could feel himself falling asleep and held on a while longer before letting the darkness overcome him.
Awakening from another dream turned into a complete nightamare, Sakura was drenched in sweat and heaving. She walked into the bathroom and splashed cold water on her face and dried it off with a towel. Sakura walked back into her room and felt almost insafe being in it in the dark. It was now 9 o'clock according to her digital alarm clock.
Sakura felt like Itachi was waiting and watching her as if he would come in any second and kill her. She walked out of her room and out into the hall way where the cool air met her hot skin and made her hair stand on end. Tensing up before doing something she knew she was going to regret, Sakura slowly made her way to Sasuke's bedroom door.
Quietly turning the knob Sakura pushed open the door and looked at the sleeping figure of the young Uchiha. Sakura's breath hitched in her throat as she looked at the sleeping face of Sasuke. She didn't want to say it but he looked handsome when he was asleep almost looked defenceless and vulnerable. Taking a step forward only to take a step Sakura found herself confused.
A part of her was telling her to cuddle up right beside Sasuke but another part was saying to go back to bed and stop being such a baby. Sighing Sakura decided with her second part's saying and swiftly turned on her heel heading out of the room. Before she knew it a hand had gripped her wrist and held her in place. Sakura almost screamed in surprise but knew that it was only Sasuke.
'Oh great he saw me in his fucking room!'
Sakura turned around to tell Sasuke to let her go back to bed. When she turned to face him how ever the look in his eyes had changed. From cold to what looked like... lust? Sakura widened her eyes as Sasuke pulled her closer to him. She opened her mouth to speak but was at a loss of words and before she could think any further Sasuke's husky voice sliced through the silence.
"Sakura..."
The rosette haired woman stared at Uchiha Sasuke until she found herself almost inched away from his face. Panic was filling her right now and for once she didn't have the slightest idea of what to do. Sure Itachi had tried to rape her once but he had never kissed her and his eyes weren't filled with lust like how Sasuke looked at the moment.
Before Sakura could even try and break free of the grasp Sasuke had around her wrist. She found his lips pressed against hers and soon being pushed against a nearby wall. Sasuke licked her lower lip asking for entrance but Sakura was too shocked at what was happening to even do anything other than stand there and be kissed by Uchiha Sasuke.
She wanted to push him off.
She wanted to beat him up.
She wanted to yell at him.
She wanted to run...
Sakura wanted to do all of these things but couldn't find the stength. Her arms fell to her side and her legs felt like jelly. Her stomach churned and her heart beat increased by alot. Closing her emerald eyes she remembered that night when Itachi had tried to rape her and in the process, taking her virginity... Fear took over Sakura once again and she was scared that if she didn't stop Sasuke now he might try something like what his older brother had almost succeeded in doing.
Finding a new strength within herself, Sakura managed to move her arms again and forcefully shove the lustful Sasuke away from her. Sakura panted for oxygen as did the young Uchiha as he stood in shock before her. Sasuke looked at the cherry blossom before him and saw a look of fear evident in her eyes. A fear of him?
Sakura was afraid of the Uchiha... Sasuke didn't know what came over him when he acted like that. Sakura shakily stood up straight and turned her back on the Uchiha.
Sasuke snapped out of his thoughts and took a small step forward.
"Sa... Sakura I didn't... I'm sorry..."
The petal haired woman quickly spun around her hair whipping with the force of her turn. She had fresh tears at the rim of her eyes that were almost pleading to be let to fall from her emerald orbs. Sasuke took another step forward and shakily held out his hand towards Sakura. All she did was let some tears fall and roll down her rosy cheeks until they dripped from her chin.
"Just don't..." Fear evident in her voice as she spoke those words.
Sakura took a step backwards and quickly darted towards her given room. She closed the door behind her and found a lock on the doorknob, she turned it quickly and moved away from the door ending up falling backwards and onto her bed. She breathed in and out until her heart beat slowed back to its normal pace and she was breathing evenly.
Her body shook from the contact she had had with the young Uchiha. Her mind was filled with so many questions and her eyes still hadn't lost the fear in them. Sakura wanted to get as far away as she could from Sasuke. Maybe she should make a run for it and tell Tsunade what happened? Sakura soon found herself drifting off to sleep and tried to stop it until darkness took over and her dreams soon after began...
