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Chapter 9: Warm Intimacy
Sakura's POV
I wasn't even sure how long I stayed on the bench and crying like an idiot.
By the time I felt like my tear ducts were permanently damaged, I felt incredibly stupid to have run away like that. I had caught my boyfriend cheating on me! I had all the rights in the world to barge into that classroom and gave them a huge piece of my mind!
But I ran away instead.
"You're a genius, Sakura Haruno."
I was still in pain and was very upset. But another emotion began surfacing inside me. It was anger. And there were a lot of them swelling throughout my body.
I wasn't going to let things go that easily. Sasuke Uchiha had cheated on me and I wasn't planning on letting him do whatever he wanted without a price to pay.
I was going to make him sorry.
I stood up from the bench too fast and ended up wobbling on my feet. I must have cried too much to the point of having my energy sucked away from me. It was all Sasuke's fault!
I was about to stumble onto the ground but someone caught me by the waist. I sighed in relief and turned to thank my savior.
I immediately changed my mind when I saw who it was.
It was the person who turned me into the pathetic person I was.
It was Sasuke Uchiha.
I violently pulled myself away from him and glared furiously at him. It angered me more when Sakura crooked his head at me, acting all innocent as if he had no idea what he had done. The nerve of him to pretend that he had not hurt me!
"What's the matter, Sakura?" Judging from the concerned look on his face, Sasuke must have noticed my puffy eyes and drenched cheeks. "I had been looking all over the school for you. I couldn't meet up with you right after lunch period was over because Itachi needed me for something."
"What a liar."
I muttered to myself but Sasuke must have heard me. He was looking at me as if I was some sort of alien or something. But I didn't care if he had heard me or not. I was going to confront him anyway. As if I, Sakura Haruno, would keep things to herself and suffer alone. I wasn't going to let that happen!
"I know what you did earlier, Sasuke! You don't have to lie!"
Sasuke gave me another odd look and it angered me even more. I was so angry that tears began forming in my eyes again. There were so much emotions building up inside me and I just had to let them out. Keeping them inside of me was too much and I couldn't handle it.
"Sakura, I have no idea what you're talking about."
Sasuke's words were more than enough to make my tears fall in anger. I walked over to him and started punching him on the chest. At that moment, I really hated myself for believing that this person really loved me. If he really did, he wouldn't be telling such lies even after I had found out what he had done. Or to be more precise, he wouldn't even cheat on me in the first place.
"How could you be so mean, Sasuke? I really care about you but it seems like you don't feel the same."
Sasuke grabbed onto my hands and it made me look at him on the face. He was frowning and it just stirred more anger inside me. He had no right to be angry! He was the one at fault.
"Sakura, I'm going to say this one more time. I have no idea what you're talking about."
I took a step backwards and glared at Sasuke. My eyes were still covered with tears but I made sure Sasuke could see how angry I was. I didn't even know it was possible for someone to feel so much anger at once.
"You're still denying it? Fine, I will make it as clear as day so you'll stop acting innocent. I know you're cheating on me!"
There was silence between the two of us afterwards. Sasuke looked like he had just been told the world's most ridiculous thing and was completely frozen. It confused me but I continued glaring at him.
"What?" Sasuke's frowned even more and he was glaring back at me. He had an intimidating aura around him but I wasn't going to run away like a scared cat. He was the one at fault and there was nothing for me to be afraid of.
"You're cheating on me and I caught you on the act!"
"And may I ask what act are you talking about?" Sasuke narrowed his eyes at me and my mind was too clouded by anger to try and figure out what was on Sasuke's head.
"I went to look for you after lunch period was over and I saw you kissing Karin in one of the classrooms!"
There was yet another silence between us. Sasuke's face was odder than earlier. He looked as if I had given him a more ridiculous thing to be frowned upon.
I really couldn't understand what in the word was going in that head of his.
"Sakura."
Sasuke was massaging his temples with one hand as he took a step towards me. He appeared to be very confused, which in turn made me even more confused.
"I think you misunderstood."
"You're still denying the fact, Sasuke?! I saw you with my own eyes!"
"I was with Itachi after lunch period was over! I had just left him half an hour ago and all that time I was using it to look for you. How in the world would I be kissing Karin? And why would I even do that in the first place?"
I continued glaring at Sasuke as I tried to digest his words. Then the scene where Sasuke and Karin were kissing came across my mind and I was furious all over again.
"I saw you, Sasuke! Stop lying!"
Sasuke grabbed onto my shoulders and it was his turn to glare at me. He was obviously angry and the frown on his face was becoming more apparent by the second.
"Sakura Haruno, I did not do that."
"Then what could explain what I saw?!"
Just then, Sasuke and I heard Naruto's voice from afar and it seemed like he was walking towards our way. We chose to stay quiet since neither of us wanted him to get involved in any way.
My anger was soon replaced by shock when I heard what Naruto was talking about.
"Did you hear what happened to Sai? He looked so shocked it was as if he had seen a ghost or something!" Naruto was laughing like a maniac and I could just imagine the stupid look on his face.
"What happened?" It was Shikamaru's voice.
"It seems like some of Karin's friends played a prank on her or something and got her drunk. Then Karin saw Sai in the hallway and forced herself on him. I think she had mistaken him for Sasuke. You should really see the look on Sai's face! I saw him earlier and I couldn't stop laughing!"
"What?"
Before I could fully take in Naruto's words, he had already spotted Sasuke and me and was waving energetically at us.
"What are you guys doing here?" Naruto walked over to us with a grin on his face. I was glad that my tears had dried up already but I tried to make sure Naruto didn't realize how swollen my eye were.
Naruto was as clueless as ever and didn't seem to realize that I had just cried my eyes out. Shikamaru, on the other hand, was a different story. He seemed to have figured out what was going on already.
Why were some people born to be such geniuses?
Naruto went back to the topic he was talking about with Shikamaru when he didn't receive any respond from Sasuke and I.
"Did you guys hear what happened to Sai? It is the best thing that had happened for some time!"
"We heard you from miles away, Naruto."
When Naruto was glaring at Sasuke for indirectly calling him loud, Sasuke turned to look at me. He had that 'I-told-you-I-did-nothing' face and I quickly turned away in embarrassment.
Unfortunately, Shikamaru had noticed the interaction between us and chose to torment me. It was times like these when I hoped Shikamaru stayed as the lazy ass he was and kept quiet.
"I hope you didn't happen to see Sai and Karin kissing, Sakura. It would be troublesome if you would end up misunderstanding Sasuke."
It took all the self control I had inside me to not glare at Shikamaru. Even though I knew he must have seen through me already, I wasn't going to actually show him that he was right.
"Even if Sakura saw it, she is too smart to misunderstand! She would know in an instant that it wasn't Sasuke."
Naruto spoke which such a high level of confidence that I felt like I could faint from embarrassment. Naruto's words had officially made me the biggest idiot alive. I blushed even more when I saw Sasuke smirking at me.
Sasuke placed an arm around me which startled me a little. I looked at him and realized he still had his smirk on.
"Sakura is definitely too smart to misunderstand something like this."
I had never felt so stupid in my entire life.
Sasuke's POV
It had been fifteen minutes since Sakura and I stayed inside an empty classroom and she had not spoken a single word. She was sitting on a chair opposite of me and I would take a glimpse of her once in a while to see how she was doing.
Sakura was acting as if a meteor had struck her mind and she was unable to think straight. She continued to sigh and groan every now and then as I worked on the rule book. I had gotten the files from Itachi and began working on it without waiting for Sakura.
After all, it seemed like it would take some time before she could calm down.
"Just tell me when you're ready to help out."
Sakura narrowed her eyes at me and groaned again. I glanced over at her and gave a questioning look.
"Sasuke, can I ask you something?"
Sakura was giving me an odd look and I couldn't figure out what she was planning to ask me. She had an unusual nervousness in her eyes and it made me even more curious.
"What?"
"Are you sexually attracted to me?"
"What?" I hissed in confusion and narrowed my eyes at Sakura. She had just asked me the weirdest question I had ever heard from her.
And who in the world would ask something like that?
"Why are you asking that, Sakura?"
"Because you never do anything." Sakura had a pained look on her face and I was just beyond confused. Why would she even suddenly say that out of the blue?
"Are you saying you want me to do things to you?"
"I don't mean that!" Sakura flinched when she realized she was being slightly too loud. She calmed down a little before continuing. "I was just worried that you aren't attracted with me in that way."
I never realized Sakura was worried about that. Of course I was sexually attracted to Sakura. I was a normal human being and I loved her. I just never showed it in front of her. I didn't want to take things faster than she would have wanted. I didn't want to risk having her walk away.
I loved her too much to hurt her in any way possible.
And perhaps my cautious self had indirectly hurt her this time.
I sighed a little and got up from my seat. Sakura stared at me as I sat on top of the desk. I softly caressed her cheeks and she blushed under my touch.
"There's nothing for you to be worried about."
Sakura just stayed still and I saw her expressions softened by the second. Seeing that I had managed to convince her that her worries were unnecessary, I reached down and planted a soft kiss on her lips.
I must say I was quite surprised when Sakura stood up from her seat and wrapped her arms around my neck. She didn't waste any time and continued kissing me with more passion. I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her closer to me.
I felt myself burning up as I felt more of her against my skin. I was relieved that Sakura didn't push me away as I deepened our kiss. She didn't stop my hands from wandering around as well.
When Sakura broke the kiss to catch her breath, I took the opportunity to plant kisses on her neck. Sakura moaned as I shower her with soft kisses on her sensitive skin and it made me smirk. I felt like it was quite an achievement to have made Sakura as turned on as she was.
I went back to kissing her lips when I felt her hand under my shirt. It felt nice to have her warm hands exploring my body and I was proud to see that she was enjoying what she was touching. Her eyes were clouded with lust and the state Sakura was in was a major turn on.
I was gently rubbing Sakura's thighs as we continued deepening our kiss. Sakura let out another moan against my lips as she felt my hands on her soft skin. Her grip around my neck tightened and she left my lips to kiss my neck.
I groaned at the pleasure she was giving me and was unsure if I should bring things to another level. We weren't exactly in an ideal place and time.
Before I could decide for myself, my stupid brother had the honor to decide for me.
I was really going to ask for my parents' permission to kill my older brother.
Itachi had entered the classroom at the worst possible time and I had a feeling he did it on purpose. He pretended to be surprised at what he saw and it fueled the anger building up inside me.
I couldn't stop my mind from formulating countless numbers of ways to kill Itachi.
"It seems like I had entered in a wrong time, again."
The way Itachi said 'again' made me beyond furious. He definitely entered on purpose.
Sakura was burning in embarrassment as hid from Itachi. The door was facing my back so Itachi couldn't really see how flushed Sakura was.
I glared so hard at Itachi that I thought I might harm my eyes. But I didn't care that much at that time. I was burning with fury.
"What do you want?" My tone was that of a furious younger brother and I hated how Itachi smiled instead. He really enjoyed tormenting me, didn't he?
"I just want to remind the two of you to finish your work as soon as possible. That is all."
I didn't bother to respond with words and just continued glaring at Itachi. And here I thought it wasn't possible to hate my brother more than I already did.
"Now that I had said what I wanted to say, I'll take my leave." Itachi was about to close the door but he opened it again to say more infuriating things.
"Here's an advice, Sasuke. A school isn't exactly an ideal place and time."
Even after the door was closed, I didn't stop glaring at the spot where Itachi stood. He had been annoying me to no ends and it wasn't doing any good to my mentality.
I was snapped out of my thoughts when I felt Sakura tugging on my sleeve.
She was still blushing and I honestly found it adorable. The sight of a highly embarrassed Sakura was enough to make me forget a large amount of anger I had towards Itachi.
I ruffled her hair and touched her forehead with mine. I wrapped my arms around her neck and kissed her softly on the lips.
"Let's continue next time."
And I liked how my words made Sakura even more flushed than she already was.
Later that night, I received messages from the 'Itachi is a serial killer' WhatsApp group and groaned at the ongoing conversation.
Neji: It seems like Sasuke was caught making out with Sakura.
Naruto: Really?! By who?
Shikamaru: By his own older brother.
Naruto: How did you guys know about this?
Neji: Shikamaru and I overheard Itachi talking to Kisame.
Shikamaru: I had never seen Itachi look so happy. It was a rather creepy thing to witness.
Kiba: Did Sasuke finally reach second base? Wow!
Neji: He is probably still in first base due to his older brother's interruption.
Naruto: At least he finally did something. I was beginning to really believe that he was sexually incompetent!
Sasuke: Shut up.
Shikamaru: You should be careful to not get caught, Sasuke.
Sasuke: Speak for yourself, Nara. I wasn't the one who got caught having sex by his girlfriend's father.
Shikamaru: Shut up, Uchiha.
Naruto: The two of you should learn what it meant by 'get a room'.
Kiba: Is that how you never get caught on the act with Hinata?
Naruto: Not really. I usually wait until Neji wasn't around!
Neji: Naruto Uzumaki.
Naruto: Oh no.
Sasuke: Dope.
Shikamaru: The biggest idiot is still you, Naruto.
Sasuke: I think that is a fact that will never change.
Author's Note: So there was some intimacy between Sasuke and Sakura in this chapter. The two of them were rather slow, after all! (insert mischievous grin) Anyway, please tell me if you guys want them to become more intimate or no. I really want to know the opinions of readers so I wouldn't end up writing scenes you guys wouldn't like. Of course, ratings will be changed accordingly as the fanfic progresses! So feel free to share your thoughts with me by reviewing! Suggestions are very welcomed as well. Go ahead and review, guys! Thank you for reading and hope to see you on the next chapter as well!
