Author's Note: Okay, I'm done with this chapter and I'm sorry that I took freaking long to update. Anyway, I just realized that the division line that I usually use is GONE! Freak, now I would have to re-read this story and my other story in order to insert the line again. RAWR, why must forbid the hyphen thing?! Oh well, let's just get on with this story. Oh, thanks to Axure Bee for sending me a private message, I quickly 'rushed' out this chapter for you guys, so thank her, LOL :D

Swingin' Romance: The Playboy and The Tomboy
Chapter 8

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Three hours had passed since Sakura and Sasuke came back from the restaurant. By now, Sakura had already finished all her holiday assignments except for one which she has to do it online. Without having a computer with her, she was left with no choice but to borrow from Chicken-head

Sakura walked out of her room and headed for Sasuke's room. She knocked on his door twice and before she walked in, she waited for some response or anything that can tell her that she can enter. She wouldn't want to see another half-naked bastard standing in front of her again. Her eyes were already polluted enough and she's afraid that if she sees more of Sasuke's flesh, she would start to fall under his so-called 'spell'.

"Come in," Alright, that's definitely that bastard's voice. It's not some television drama going on in his room or some fan girl in his room. Heaving a sigh of relief, Sakura walked in and found Sasuke doing push-ups on the floor. He was semi-naked and beads of sweat were slowly dripping down from his head. His chest was slightly gleaming from the layer of sweat that was plastered on his skin. Even though she already knocked twice and waited for Sasuke to ask her to come in, she still had to see a semi-naked Sasuke in front of her. How unlucky but still, the sight in front of her was pretty delicious.

That's when suddenly Sakura realized what she had just thought about that arrogant and disgusting playboy. My god, what had a pure mind become? To her, it seemed like her mind was starting to become more corrupted after she accommodate with Sasuke for like only what, a few weeks? If that's the case, she could not imagine how dirty her mind would be after one year.

"Yes?" Sakura snapped out of her thought at the sound of Sasuke's voice and blushed. How can any girl resist from blushing at the sight of the handsome and popular, I mean, arrogant and disgusting bastard?

"I-I need to borrow your computer for a while," Sakura stuttered at first but immediately regained her composure.

"For?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her.

"To do an online assignment," Sakura said woodenly while she stared at Sasuke who looked like he was lost in thought. After a few seconds had passed, Sakura was starting to get impatient.

"Well?" Sakura urged Sasuke to give her a proper answer. She needed and wanted to finish all her homework by today so after that, she wouldn't have to worry about her schoolwork anymore.

"I can lend you my laptop but you would have to do something for me," Sasuke snickered evilly and all Sakura had to do was to give him a horrified look on her face. Oh, you don't know how hard Sasuke was resisting himself from laughing out loud at the priceless look on Sakura's face.

Meanwhile, Sakura was repeatedly muttering 'jerk' under her breath. She knew that that bastard would definitely ask her for something back and it was also damn obvious that Sasuke was trying to repress himself from laughing at her. The way he pursed his lips in order to prevent himself from laughing at her already gave him away.

"Fine, what do you want me to do?" Sakura asked belligerently.

"Hmm…, I want you to cook me a bowl of noodles. I'm starving," Sakura raised her head and directly looked at Sasuke in his eyes. He's crazy, definitely! It's only been two hours since they ate and now he's asking her to cook noodles for him. What is he, a food monster?!

"Do you want me to lend you the laptop or not?" Sasuke's voice was uncharacteristically firm and focused. The scowl on his face practically ignited the air. Looking at the black face of Chicken-head, Sakura decided not to argue back in case he forbid her to use his laptop. She dared not to groan too, although a feeling of anguish reverberated throughout the room.

Sakura let out another sigh before slouching her back and left for the kitchen to cook noodles for Sasuke. While she was walking to the door, Sasuke was snickering at Sakura. It sure was nice torturing Sakura.

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While Sakura was waiting for the noodles to soften, she pretended that the noodles were Sasuke and she glared at 'him' with an irate glare. Her heart was filled with murder. She thought that this one whole week of holiday would be great but come to think of it now, it seemed like a torture to her. One example was that Sasuke practically just treated her like some pathetic slave working under him and now, she had to endure the feeling of being tortured just for the sake of completing an online assignment.

Soon, the noodles were cooked and Sakura picked up a pair of chopsticks before proceeding to poke the noodles. All the while, Sakura pretended that she was stabbing Sasuke's disgusting face and mentally cursed him in her head. Because of her continuous poking, the noodles were ready to be served. She carefully poured the noodles into a bowl and traipsed up the stairs to give the bowl of noodles to Sasuke.

While walking up the stairs, Sakura had a hard time to maintain the balance of the bowl of noodles before any unfortunate incident happen to her. After a long period of time, Sakura finally managed to make it to Sasuke's room. His door was wide open to welcome her into the devil's room. Sakura gave a quick glance throughout the room and found Sasuke sitting on his king size bed, watching television.

"Ah, the noodles are finally done. Bring it to me," Sasuke smiled genially at Sakura but she knew that behind the mask of his revolting face, that bastard's probably snickering at how pathetic she looked right now. Screw him.

Sakura resisted herself from boxing the hell out of Sasuke and walked towards him. Every minute, she was hoping for something to happen so Sasuke would get hurt and oh wow, her wish came true. At first, she did not expect any disastrous thing to happen but guess what, she unbelievably tripped over some anonymous object and down she went. As for the noodles, it flew up and unfortunately, it landed on Sasuke's head. What a beautiful disaster.

When Sakura looked up after she fell flat on her face, she was immediately filled with malicious satisfaction. The noodles were hanging from Sasuke's head and his hair was flat after being splashed by the hot piping soup. Meanwhile, Sakura was treasuring every minute of the unfortunate disaster that fell upon him. Furthermore, this could be the first and probably the last time she will be able to see him in such an embarrassing situation.

Sakura continue staring at Sasuke and before she knew it, she found herself looking at him who was currently fuming with anger.

"Erm, sorry?" Sakura meekly said and gave him her widest and best grin, hoping it would somehow ease the scary atmosphere in the room.

"SAKURAAAAAAAAA!" That was the last thing Sakura heard before she was being chased all over the mansion by our dearest Sasuke.

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It had been thirty minutes since Sasuke started chasing Sakura around the house. They climbed the stairs, ran into every room, hopped on beds and without fail, Sakura will always make her great escape.

At one point, Sakura stopped at the hallway as she was out of breath and her legs were also starting to ache from running about. She knew that if she doesn't start running again, Sasuke would absolutely, positively, certainly catch up with her and if that happens, it is doom for her. Just one more minute for her to rest and she will continue the run, just one more…

"Got you," Sakura felt someone grabbed onto her shoulder and she could feel the person behind her, who was obviously Sasuke, breathing heavily down her neck. Now, it was her turn to scream.

"You smell like noodles and, (take a deep breath) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

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They stared at one another directly in the eye. One was fuming wit anger and well, the other one, namely Sakura, was pretty busy with erm, biting her nails. They have been sitting at the same position, both not talking to one another and the tension in the living room was increasing after every minute. Unable to stand it any longer, Sakura decided to break the silence that was starting to creep her out.

"Look, about that just now, I'm really sorry okay? I swear I did not fall on purpose, really!" Sakura swore and to make herself look more serious, she widened her eyes and continuously nodded her head. Anyone could tell she was acting as a moron then.

"It's too late to apologize," Sasuke coldly said but instead of taking note of his face which was incandescent with anger and his stern voice, Sakura was mentally singing "Too Late to Apologize" in her head. After all, it is a fabulous song.

"Did you hear what I just said?" Sasuke questioned Sakura after taking note that Sakura's body was slightly swaying to some rhythm.

"Oh, yeah, I did. So…, what should I do then, bow down and ask for your apology?" Sakura said sarcastically and rudely rolled her eyes in front of Sasuke.

"That's not a bad idea," Sasuke smirked. Come to think of it now, it had been about five hours or so since Sakura last saw his famous smirk. And she thought that if he did not smirk once per hour, he might die or something, although she wouldn't mind.

"Oh, shut up,"

"Whatever it is, you would have to face the punishment I have set for you," Sasuke smirked, AGAIN. Whenever Sakura saw that smirk of his, she would be annoyed by it and right now, you can say she is.

"Alright, but the punishment better not be ridiculous," Sakura said. She admitted defeat to Sasuke this time since it was still partly her fault that Sasuke's head was slightly scalded.

"Don't worry, I will be nice," Sasuke smirked for the third time.

"Stop making me puke and just state the punishment already, bastard," Sakura could imagine herself puking. Seriously, Sasuke, a cutie? Oh please, her ass is even cuter than him

"The punishment is…," Sasuke purposely paused his sentence for a few nerve-wrecking seconds and during this short period of time, Sakura gulped down the lump in her throat and prepared herself for the worst.

Few seconds ticked by and before Sakura knew it, the news exploded in her face.

"Clean the toilet in my room for the whole week AND, help me do my homework," Sasuke smirked. This is going to be fun.

"WHARRRRRRRRRRRRRT?!" Sakura practically screamed in front of Sasuke's face as she grabbed a firm hold on the collar of Sasuke's shirt.

"I believe I have made myself clear," Sasuke continued smirking at the tomboy in front of him.

"YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK?! WHY DON'T YOU DO IT YOURSELF SINCE YOU ARE SO SMART?! AND WHY SHOULD I CLEAN YOUR TOILET WHEN YOU CAN CALL FOR A MAID AMONG HUNDREDS OF THEM TO DO SUCH A DISGUSTING JOB?! YOU ARE JUST TORTURING ME, RIGHT?!" Sakura blasted into Sasuke's ears but he didn't mind. He loves getting Sakura angry.

"I'm glad that you know that," Sasuke gave his trademark smirk again and stared deeply into Sakura's eyes, daring her to scream at him again. It would be better if she pulled her hair in frustration. He would certainly be amazed by her wild actions.

"BASTARD, I HATE YOU!"

"Thank you,"

"YOU'RE WELCOME," Sakura said with a tint of sarcasm before walking out of the room and slamming the door behind her.

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"I can't believe I'm doing this," Sakura groaned as she scrubbed the inside of Sasuke's toilet bowl.

She had already completed thoroughly scrubbing the basin, the bath tub and the bathroom floor. At first, she was unwilling to do this job but she have to do it since there's no other person she can borrow the computer from. After all, she's a loner in school and Sasuke's her last and only choice. Sakura sighed. For the sake of an online assignment, she had to clean that bastard's toilet and scrub the toilet bowl where all the shit and urine went down. How disgusting. If anyone saw her in this state, they would probably laugh their asses off.

Twenty minutes had passed and Sakura was finally free from the toilet. Hurray! She smiled at the cleanliness of the toilet and mentally praised herself for doing a job well done. Sakura looked at her watch and realized that it was time for dinner. At the thought of that, Sakura's stomach growled. Holding onto her stomach, Sakura quickly went down to cook noodles for herself and this time, she prayed hard that the noodles wouldn't land on Sasuke's head again. She already had enough of the torture that Sasuke gave her.

When Sakura went down, she found Sasuke carrying two bowls of noodles to the living room. She quickly moved out of his way in case he's trying to get revenge on her.

"Go to the living room, I will be playing those rented VCDs soon," Upon hearing that, Sakura's eyes were shinning with joy. Sometimes, that bastard can be really nice.

Sakura quickly tagged after Sasuke and before long, they had already settled down on the sofa with packets of chips and their bowls of noodles in front of them. Sakura grabbed onto a packet of chips when the movie started playing. It wouldn't hurt to eat some chips before eating the main course, which were the noodles. Furthermore, the chips looked irresistible.

The movie had already started playing and the whole room was silent except the noise that came from the television and crunchy noises that were made when Sakura munched on her snacks.

"Crunch," Sakura munched on her chips, aware about the noise that she was making

"Crunch," This time, Sakura tried to munch on her chip as soft as possible but the noise seem to bounce from wall to wall, causing a mini echo. Oh well, she should just quickly devour the chip before Sasuke took away her snack.

"CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH," Sakura quickly chew onto her chip before Sasuke take any action but sadly, her plan didn't work.

"CAN YOU STOP THAT?!" Sasuke shouted at Sakura. For the past few minutes, he was trying to concentrate on the movie but there was a certain noise coming from Sakura's mouth and he was irritated by it. Now that he finally blasted in her face and the munching had also stopped, the room had gone back to the peaceful silen…

"Crunch,"

"I TOLD YOU TO STOP THAT RIGHT?!"

"OKAY, I will get out of the room," Sakura sulked as she quickly got out from her comfortable seat and left the living room. Seriously, what's wrong with that bastard? I mean, why couldn't she eat snacks while they were watching movie? She knew that the noise she made was annoying and testing Sasuke's patience but still, people do eat popcorn and nachos when they are watching movies in the cinema. When they eat, don't they make those crunchy noises too? He's such a sensitive bastard.

Sakura hurriedly finished all the chips as she didn't want to miss any interesting parts of the show and soon after, she was back in the living room, sitting next to Sasuke. As she watched the movie, she was suddenly conscious that she was sitting very near to Sasuke. Since when did she move closer to him? Or was it him that moved?

"Oh my god, don't tell me he's making a move on me?!" Sakura gaped in horror at the thought of that.

"No, that bastard wouldn't do that. When we were at the VCD-renting shop, he already made it clear that he has no feelings for me so that's impossible," Sakura thought deeply as she shook her head. Sakura then quickly sneaked a look at Sasuke at the corner of her eye and saw that he was pretty engrossed in the movie. Come to think of it, until now, she didn't really watch the movie at all, well, except for the opening part when she was munching on her chips.

Oh whatever, the view of Sasuke compared to watching television was pretty much the same. Furthermore, the look Sasuke had when he watched the movie was different from usual. Usually, he would have this disgusting look on his face and his devious smirk always means that something bad is going to happen to her but now, he looked so calm and well, pretty good-looking.

As Sakura continued to stare at Sasuke in her dreamy state, she let out a delighted sigh. The ever handsome Sasuke Uchiha was sitting beside her, shoulder almost touching one another. God, how she wished to close this extra gap between them now. Even though she's a tomboy, it doesn't hurt to be a fan girl for once. Sakura then slowly and carefully not to alert Sasuke, lowered her head onto Sasuke's shoulder as gently as ever. Let's just say that Sasuke wouldn't mind and that's what she thought.

Meanwhile, with Sasuke, as alert as ever, he felt a heavy load suddenly placed on his left shoulder, which of course was Sakura's head. Neither did he bother to ask Sakura to get her head off his shoulder nor did he even mind. As long as Sakura remained silent, he wouldn't do anything. And for the next half an hour or so, their cozy position remained the way it was. Sasuke was intently watching the movie and well, for Sakura, she's dozing away.

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Everything was peaceful and quiet except the noise coming from the television. The movie was just about to get into the good part. The murderer in the movie was about to stab the poor woman and Sasuke was enjoying every minute of it. Ooh, how he loves horror movies.

In a few seconds, an ear-piercing scream escaped from the woman's mouth, just as Sasuke had expected but what he did not expect was Sakura to wake up and scream along too. The woman's scream was bad enough to his ears. Now add on with Sakura's continuous screaming into his ear, it was even worse. And right now, his ears are hurting like hell.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Sakura's scream goes on and on.

"SHUT UP!" That obviously came from Sasuke's mouth.

"AHHHHHHHHH...(huff, huff, huff) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" and for the whole night long, earth-shattering and high-pitched scream with occasional 'SHUT THE FUCK UP's filled the entire mansion. Oh, wasn't their ever first movie session fun and erhem, exciting? (Grin)

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OH MY GOD, I FINALLY FINISH THIS CHAPTER. While typing this chapter, I was wondering when will I be able to update but now seeing the complete work in front of me, you don't know how satisfied I am right now. And guys, I need to tell you some bad news, well, it depends on whether you think its bad news or not. I will be MIA-ing from today (17/4) onwards because my exams are coming in two weeks time and I need the time to revise in order to pass my exams with flying colors. I will still be using the computer and I might post some random notice on my profile to inform you guys anything. Alright, that's all for now. Guys, do wait for my return! :D

P.S: goal for my total number of reviews - 92 (I will be grinning like mad if the reviews MIRACOUSLY hit 100, LOL :D)

P.S.S: MAY THE FARTS BE WITH YOU GUYS ;D TAKE CARE! (:

P.S.S.S: Oh, another really important thing I forgot to mention. I just realized that one day of Sakura's and Sasuke's weekend had just gone passed. And that means that I have to think of six more interesting things to happen between our dearest adolescents. Seriously, if I have to do that, I will have to suffer from brain damage due to over-brainstorming. So, I'm asking you guys a favor. If you guys have any ideas that can bring Sakura and Sasuke together, please do leave a review and let me know. Thank you. :D

The very last P.S.S.S.S: I will find time to insert the new divider line into other stories.