SMOKESCREEN
CHAPTER 9
thoughts.
PREVIOUSLY …
Quietly scurrying over, the rosette peered through the peek hole. It wasn't entirely unexpected, but the girl was just as surprise to find Uchiha Sasuke outside her bedroom.
SASUKE'S POV
It's been hours since he retreated for the day, but disturbingly, the young man found himself tossing and turning in his hotel room. He was tired, a little jet lag, and was more than ready to submit to slumber. Unfortunately his inner self was tugging within him, images of silky pink locks and enticing emerald green eyes flashing continuously in his mind.
It wasn't his fault, neither was it much of his problem. Annoying, why on earth did she had to insist on having her own bedroom when she knew for a matter-of-fact she wouldn't be able to get a single shut eye in unfamiliar surroundings. And it was even more annoying that the fact he cared so much. But it can't be his fault, not his fault he had always stayed with her during such occasions.
Really, why again?
However the answer never came as he subconsciously made his way next door. Rapping against the wooden door, it was less than a minute and the door opened, revealing his childhood companion in her pink Victoria Secrets' ruffled cami pajama.
How he knew? Cos Victoria Secrets are the only damn pajamas she owns.
A moment of gripping silence settled between, and how much the young male wanted to choke the girl – Sasuke swore it was almost immeasurable.
She was annoying as hell, getting on his nerves so very often, and he sometimes do wonder how he managed to resist, whether or not she look hot in her pjs.
And when she still stood at the door way, the young man gave up and brushed her aside, inviting himself in. With their relationship, like hell I still need an invitation, the young man inwardly scoffed before laying himself comfortable on her bed.
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"Sasuke."
As said, she really wasn't entirely not expecting him, despite being surprise, although a small… Okay, fine, a large part of me did wish he was here. And there he was now, lying on her bed like nothing had happened.
SASUKE'S POV
"Sasuke." The silence was broken, as she settled herself beside him, her voice was soft, but firm and she had dropped the suffix. She was still much irritated with him, and she was determined not to let him drop it. "You know, I've no idea what's with you these days, acting cold and ignoring me. To think how we were supposed to be of bestest friends, and you brooding and snapping about everything and not telling me. It's driving me crazy. You're confusing me."
There was a tint of pleading in her voice. Guilt trip, maybe, but it was honest sense of hurt, and the young Uchiha felt her very pain. The same pain he felt for her then, it was unnerving, and seemed to have settled within him, unwilling to leave.
He wanted to tell her, just let everything out. But what was everything? She claimed that he was confusing her and he would try to help undo the confusion. But not while he was as lost as himself. No, not lost. No Uchiha would ever admit that. I just need more time. Yes, that was it. Not while he needed more time.
"I'm sorry Sakura. I can't. Not yet." The teen muttered, and immediately another wave of pain wash over Sakura's delicate features, and he hurry assured her with a soft smile as his long fingers laced through her dainty ones." But I promise to do so when the time comes, alright?"
SAKURA'S POV
He already said so, and Sasuke was not one to lie to her, there was nothing else she could do but returned him a smile. It was her subconscious. It always smiled for him, like he how he always asked for. "You look pretty with one." She recalled him saying once.
* ****** *
The early rays of sun were already beginning to seep into the cold bedroom when long lashes fluttered to reveal the pale skin on the back of Uchiha Sasuke. He had pulled it off just before they decided to sleep on whatever issues they had.
It was nothing new, but he was emitting warmth, warmth that her body was acting on its own, attracting itself to the heat – survival instincts. No, her body already did the job, as her sea-foam green orbs traced her naked arm that lingered across his waist, and yet its craving seemed unsatisfied.
The girl continues to lay in the position, her mind at work. The scene before her looked right, felt right and seemed right, and for the love of God, it had always been that way. Yet it baffled her as a new sensation seemed to overwhelm her, flutters pooling within her.
Another moment.
Just as she was about to pull back, the young man before her decided to turn over. His pale features looming close to hers, his muscled arm gently wrapped around her, pulling her towards him. The warmth she had been craving was fulfilled. She couldn't help but let out a small smile, despite the intensified fluttery feeling in her stomach.
They were currently at the beach, the females sunbathing on the beach chairs whilst the males played a game of volleyball among themselves.
Amusingly, the eight seemed to be hogging quite a lot of attention from other people. That being coming from Tenten, and Ino only returned in a matter-of-fact tone,"We can't help if we're that good looking, so just live with it."
That was until a couple of guys walked past us and drew out a wolf whistle. One has to say, but we were really confounded.
As members from prestigious family, we've been gaze at, look at, stare at. Gentlemen had given us approving look overs, and gathered courage to befriend us. Minus my exes. These guys were insulting us. Tenten was about to give them a piece of her mind when a volleyball flew over distracting those lecherous men, who only flashed looks of annoyance, only to realize themselves being death glared upon by four other males.
Ino was about to giggle at the guys possessiveness when the four other stood up challenging, towards Naruto and the others.
I guess then an afternoon wouldn't be simply a day at the beach.
Hell yeah it turned out to be quite an event. To think it was only our second day in Mizu no Kuni.
.. flashback ..
"Is glaring all you could do?" sneered a dark hair male. His mane as long as Sasuke's, in fact it was almost on par it seemed like he was pitting himself directly against the young Uchiha.
Weirdly, it was one of the first that Sasuke-kun's death glare failed. Not wanting to admit, but the pinkette was downright impressed with the raven hair male's guts.
"Hn." Was all Sasuke replied as he retracted his glare and replaced it with a stoic expression. Somehow, it seemed to have angered the others which Sasuke-kun seemed to be greatly amused by as he displayed a slight smirk, tinting his handsome features with devilish touch. It was a little scary, but yet somehow I seemed to understand his amusement, which was affirmed when he shifted his obsidian eyes onto me, allowing a hint of smile.
It was a secret, yet it wasn't. It was something between the two of us, and it kinda made my insides churned.
As though awaiting a countdown, at a seemingly right moment, Naruto being Naruto already peeved by their disturbance raised a challenge between the four of them and the other four guys.
Both sides appeared prepared to thrash the other to nuts, with Shikamaru and Neji guarding the back and Sasuke and Naruto, the front, against the raven hair boy and a brunette. The back positions were covered by a red head and a platinum blond hair male. Knowing her friends, they had high chances of winning the game. However, their opponents were of sun kissed complexion, apparently with courtesy of long periods under the sun.
Neji set the game, serving it far over to the other side which red head seemed to have no problem passing it the raven male.
The game got more intensive as time passed and very much soon more and more people had gathered to watch the match.
"Well who wouldn't? Especially when a bunch of hot guys are playing." Blonde haired Ino replied at the comment. "Hell it's my boyfriend that's playing." She was already glaring at a couple of girls who were openly ogling her friend, or maybe friends.
Somehow, her heart was tugging once more.
And somehow the tugging was increased, her elation overwhelmed by the foreign feeling when Sasuke spiked the final score.
When the girls cheered for him, gaining his attention.
And he returned the acknowledgement, that one smirk that seemed to awaken flutters within her.
And not one bit did Sakura like the feeling when he went further to talk to those girls.
Yet she didn't seem to have any rights to own that intruding sensation. She didn't even congratulate them when her friends already ran over leaping into their respective boyfriends' embrace.
She didn't know why.
She didn't want to know why. And with that she silently walked off, returning to her hotel room.
.. end of flashback ..
It was night once more as Sakura sat in her room. Or rather, their room.
She was sharing with Sasuke once more, on Ino's insistence when said blond found the two entangled with each other in the morning. Said something along the lines of wasting a room when they knew they were gonna room together anyways. It was more like a mumble, and the pinkette wasn't sure she heard right.
But she knew for sure her head was spinning, and she felt like throwing up.
Sasuke wasn't back yet, seeing how the girls had decided to turn in earlier, from what Ino said about preparing for a work out the next day, and Sakura had numbly follow suit. But it had been a couple of hours, and her mind was wandering too far envisioning him in the company of those girls.
Sasuke. The same feeling was returning.
She needed to breathe.
* ****** *
SASUKE'S POV
It was after dinner, that the girls decided to turn in. The guys, however, were weirdly more perked up after a good work out. Unanimously, they all agreed to head for a drink at the hotel lounge.
"Really, I still am in disbelieving at playing with those guys this afternoon." Naruto was bragging. "It totally was a killer to get me warm up like that, and then we ended up trashing them."
"Hn. Shut with the trash talks dobe." The raven headed male commented, and almost immediately they were starting another fight. It took awhile for the Hyuuga to get them to stop, since it'd be too troublesome for Shikamaru to even watch.
"I'll show you, you bastard. We should have a damn match. Just you and I!" Challenged the blonde, but all Sasuke had for him was a grunt and a shrug. It was never worth taking his best friend's words seriously. Just as he was into his second glass of Erdinger, a hand was laid gently on his broad shoulders, immediately gaining his attention and subsequently the rest as well.
Turning around, onyx irises stared impassively as he raised an elegant brow of amusement at the sight that beheld him. There stood, Riko, her eyes shimmering with lust that seemed to overwhelm everything else including her usual platinum blonde hair. Her lips curled into a smirk as she purred out a greeting.
"Hey Sasuke." And offered a cheeky peck on his pale features before darting her amethyst irises in the direction of his companions, a nod and another smirk, which the Uchiha guessed had his friends shuddering. They never liked the girls he fooled around with, but it didn't bother him. They were just chicks anyway, for a good fuck.
Smirking back, he focused his attention on her, knowing his friends wouldn't mind.
NARUTO'S POV
Like hell they wouldn't mind. The sun-kissed blond retorted inwardly as he watch the Uchiha stalked off with the fair haired female.
They never had a chance to mind whenever one of these skanks went up to his friend. Numerous times they've chided him, but he simply brushed them off. He never understood why either for he knew the dark hair male was never once like this.
And he wondered if it ever had anything to do with Sakura.
Like Ino, he never understood the two either. They always assumed his stupidity and oblivion, yet they never seemed to realize it themselves either.
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Stupid teme.
Minutes after the departure of Sasuke, a flash of pink seemed to have passed by the lounge, and the young Uzumaki wondered if he already had too many drinks.
* ****** *
SASUKE'S POV
Riko, he has to admit, was quite an enigma. Sometimes he felt like she was as easy to read as an open book, yet sometimes it was hard to fathom a hint of her plans.
He knew her since his first year of high school, and often lust held in her eyes, and the two eventually got what they wanted. However, times actually revealed otherwise.
Times, such as this.
It was only minutes before that she approached him with lust filled eyes, and right now, she only had an arm around his as she pulled him out of the hotel, into the cool air of the tropic country as they walked on a short distance away in silence.
Maybe that was one of the few traits of hers that made a mark in his mind. Maybe.
They suddenly halted, and leaned against the pavement railings, her violet eyes immediately turned towards him, her arms snaking around his neck as she pulled him closer, her voice drawled out seductively.
"You never sought me out after the last time, too busy?" Her tone was teasing.
"Hn. What were you doing here? Stalking me?" The young man smirked.
"You flatter yourself Uchiha. Although I was hopping we could have some fun tonight, somewhere cozy." The blonde continued with her teasing, purring and let a lick of her own lips, fully knowing the way of the game.
"Hn, how about somewhere being here?" He was turned on alright, not hard on, but still. And still he couldn't. He was sharing a room, unless they considered going up to her room, but she was staying the same hotel, the others would probably give a shit about this if they found out, especially Ino. However, before he could further gather his thoughts, Sasuke found himself engaged in a lip lock, with the blonde dominating him, and hell he would allow it.
* ****** *
SAKURA'S POV
The cool night air brushed by her skin the moment she stepped out the posh building, sending chills down her spine. But the fuchsia hair girl didn't mind, she like in fact, it seemed to clear her mind a little, bringing her attention to a missing something. She was not able to put a finger to it, and somehow it bugged her.
Ten minutes into the stroll, the girl finally realized the missing item. She had forgotten to bring out a cardigan, and it was getting slightly more than chilly. How she wished for some warmth then. Deciding to ignore the increasing chill, Sakura continued treading down the street, inwardly fighting off her mental vision of Sasuke chiding her. I'm not being stubborn. I'm not being stubborn. I'm not being stubborn. I'm not being stubborn. I'm not being stubborn.
The streets held few people in this season, despite its tropic environment. Another few minutes past when the girl decided she could hold no more. Pulling off her appreciation from the star studded velvet sky, her emerald orbs coincidentally landed on a pair of figures in the slight distance. A couple making out – cheh, losers, she was indeed feeling bitterly envious, seeing how she was currently single. Well, there is possibly Sasori… A tinge of warmth began creeping up her when she realized her thoughts. Cupping her pink tinted cheeks, she mentally berated herself. Until the least expected idea seeped into her mind. Hard and midnight black orbs against porcelain white skin that seemed hold bits or warmth that only she could see, hidden behind those equally dark locks… Sasuke… Sasuke.
There stood the male he was, when she finally realized. The one part of the mould form nearby – still focus on his current activity.
Immediately, the girl turned around after a brief struggle to pull her attention away.
Her heart, one that had seemingly pulsated at a racing speed, had somehow slowed down drastically, as though it was painstakingly consumed into a black hole leaving with nothingness.
Sasuke.
A/N:
Sorry this chapter came out so late. School - what d'ya expect. I had a killer two months. I hope you guys had it fine.
I tried to finish this chapter asap. I hope it turned out alright... Was kinda stuck at the last part for a couple of days D:
On a side note, i'm starting to hate the lines. So, no more lines...
Hope you enjoy it :P
P.S do you guys have any problems reading? If you do, feel free to bring up the issue yeah? Thanks.
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Ja ne.
