Sadly: I don't own Naruto v-v enjoy!-Hc
Chapter 10: The One Who's Trying
Konoha City Mall: Forever 21
Sigh...just ignore it Sasuke, ignore her and she'll go away...
Sasuke stood there trying his best not to step over to see her. He had no intention of spending any time here with Sakura and he was sure as hell going to keep it that way. He stood near one of the racks far from the front entrance and withheld just about as much as willpower any guy can. He found his eyes glancing back but remained at his post where he tried his best not to pay attention.
When all of a sudden he felt eyes dart towards him..
...someone's watching me...He thought to himself, as he let his Uchiha senses kick in. Sasuke slightly turned his head towards them again to see, he was indeed right..someone was watching him, and that someone was none other than..
"Sasuke-kuuuuuun is that youuuuuuuuu?!" Mikoto's voice was cheerful and excited as she shouted at her beloved younger son.
Sasuke felt his eyebrow twitch from her abrupt call as he turned around all the way and started to walk towards his mother knowing he couldn't ignore her.
She'd chop me to pieces if I even tried to ignore her..
Sasuke walked out as his mother ran over and hugged him tightly.
"ohhh look the whole family is here! isn't this great!?"
"hn" was all the boys could come up with as Sakura just stood there, quiet.
Sasuke set his hands in his pockets as he lightly glanced at her from time to time.
hn,...as expected...her whole, mood, expression, and aura changed because of me...He felt slightly disheartened when he saw how sad she suddenly got. It made his chest ache just a bit, but it wasn't enough to push Itachi away and ask her why she's like that.
"So Aniki...what are you doing here?" He questioned his brother, as he once again glanced at his wife who, hasn't peeped a word to him yet.
what? is she going to ignore me now?...hn...damn mouse.
"just strolling around this place with Sakura little brother" Itachi replied innocently as Sasuke glared at him.
Having fun dragging that mouse around you creepy lolicon?...Sasuke slightly grinned as he watched his brother's eyes intense assuming he caught Sasuke's drift.
Enough fun to make you walk out here, and play 20 questions with me little brother. Itachi's eyes glinted with a slight tinge of humor as Sasuke watched his arm wrap around Sakura's shoulder and hold her tightly against him. Sasuke glared at Itachi but before he had the chance to think of anything further their mother cut them off with a farewell, and take care.
"I should head home and make some dinner, you boys have fun now!" she giggled "please enjoy your look around the mall Sakura-chan!" Sasuke watched his mother walk over and hug Sakura tightly.
"I will" Sakura's voice was barely a whisper as she happily hugged her back.
"Take care of her Itachi" "hn, I will" he chuckled "Sakura's actually very excited, I'll be sure to make her visit a nice one"
They laughed all except for Sasuke who felt the sudden urge to punch his brother in the face.
" I'm glad we got to see each other Kaa-san" Sakura replied to her mother-in-law as Itachi took her hand again.
"hn, I'm going back to the guys.." he muttered as he waved goodbye to his mother, and ignored his brother and Sakura.
He stepped back in and pretended to check his phone as he watched his mother walk off. He saw Itachi give out his arm to her.
"hold on tightly alright? I don't want you getting lost Sakura." Itachi was very gentle with his words...he never spoke to anyone like that before not even to his own parents.
"okay" Sakura's cheeks flushed red as Sasuke watched her hesitate to hold onto his arm. "a-am I hurting you O-Oniisan?" Sasuke's eyes were no longer on his phone, but instead they were glued the image he was seeing now.
Itachi tilted her chin up and smiled at her as she flushed an even darker shade, she smiled back at him as he replied no, and told her to hold on tighter..
Without even realizing it, Sasuke was close to crushing his phone in his hand as he watched her lay her head on his arm as they walked off to another part of the mall.
...Ba-thump Ba-thump...Ba-thump...they look...Ba-thump...perfe-...
Sasuke immediately slapped himself across the face and shook his head as he tried his best to shake that thought off.
who cares, who cares, who cares, who cares. Is what he told himself as he turned around to Naruto and grabbed him by the collar.
"Come on Dobe, let's get out of here." he growled out as Naruto surprisingly cheered for his best friend.
"Teme" Naruto sniffed "I love you man" "hn, idiot" Sasuke ended up following behind Itachi, a couple feet away as the rest of the guys managed to run out the store and follow after the duo.
"Sasuke! what's with you? I wasn't done yet!" Karin whined as she ran by his side and took his hand. Naturally, Sasuke held hers back, seeing it as though it was a habit of his to hold her hand.
"So where are we heading to next?" Temari asked as they started walking in a group.
None of them realized that Itachi and Sakura are in front of us yet...good, this'll be easy.
Sasuke watched Itachi all of a sudden stop, look back real quick, making Sasuke suddenly stop his tracks in surprise, causing everyone else bump into each other.
Shit, he caught on..
Itachi grinned at Sasuke and whispered something into Sakura's ear that made Sakura look back at Sasuke.
hah...she's looking back at me...Sasuke's eyes went right down to his hand that was holding Karin's and he quickly let go as Sakura looked away just as fast.
"ah! hey Sasuke?! what's your deal?!" Karin grabbed his hand again and yanked him next to her.
"come on! let's go see TenTen!" Ino suggested as she stepped in front, leading the group having Hinata run right next to her.
"TenTen should be on b-break soon, I'm sure of it"
" Did ya hear that Neji? TenTen will be on br-" Neji immediately jabbed Kiba in the ribs before he had the chance to talk further, and suddenly Hinata's cousin was walking faster than all of them.
It wasn't until they were a bit closer that Sasuke realized that Sakura and Itachi had stopped in front of the store where TenTen works at as well.
Suddenly, he felt like visiting her just as much as the other guys.
"hn, let's go before it gets too crowded" Sasuke demanded as Karin smiled at him and they began to stroll down faster.
"Ah...Sakura..." Naruto's voice was a faint whisper..
huh?
Sasuke looked to his left to see Naruto's cheeks flush a pale pink as he stared dead ahead of him..
shit, he spotted her.
"hey look Sasuke your brother and Sakura are still here" Choji pointed out as they walked closer.
"hn...so it seems"
Sasuke kept his head straight forward but his eyes wandered from Itachi to Sakura to Naruto..
...What is this?...what do they see in her?...
"Oh look Sakura, Sasuke came to visit us once again, and he brought friends." Sasuke looked right at Sakura to see her quickly hide behind Itachi.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto happily runs over and greets her, and she smiles at him.
"he-hello Naruto" She smiled even bigger as he nervously scratched behind his head and laughed.
tch...annoying.
Sasuke stood there with his hands in his pockets as he watched Itachi push Naruto away from Sakura, over and over. "Sasuke we're going inside okay?" Karin whispered into his ear and kissed his cheek as he nodded at her.
"Dobe, come on." he muttered to Naruto as he grabbed his collar when the boys suddenly stopped their tracks to looked straight ahead to see Naruto's older brother Pain walk closer to them.
"Itachi"
"Pain" was all they exchanged to each other as the older Uzumaki stopped to give his best friend a knuckle touch. "What's up?" Pain asked as he eyed the younger duo before tilting his head down to look at the pink haired female that was laced around Itachi.
Sasuke glared at Pain who's eyes suddenly seemed amused by Sakura as Naruto lightly jabbed his stomach and whispered "let's get Sakura out of here Teme, they're gonna eat her."
"I know.." Sasuke said before he walked over but once again they both stopped their tracks when Pain began to talk. "who's this pinky hm?" he asked as he leaned over and grabbed a strand of Sakura's pink lock. Sasuke watched Itachi's hand go up and backhand Pain as he walked backwards keeping a steady grip on Sakura.
" She's my bunny." Itachi happily replied as he looked down at Sakura then up at Pain "so don't touch her" he growled out.
"so this was the bunny huh?" he asked stepping closer.. Sakura was trembling a bit before she took a step forward facing Pain.
"ah..hello...nice to meet you Pain-kun..I-I'm Sakura.." her voice was barely audible. Pain's smirk was suddenly wiped off as his eyes just bugged out. His expression changed into something that was completely out of character for him. "Sakura..." he whispered loudly when suddenly his eyes were mellowed out as his hands went up and onto her shoulder.
"Sakura...?" he repeated and she nodded her head "you can call me Oniisan alright?"
"really?" she asked, she didn't seem so afraid of him anymore.
"yeah... can you say Pain-Oniichan.? His voice was a rare gentle tone...something neither Naruto nor Sasuke had ever heard.
"Pain-Oniichan..." she smiled at him and giggled "sounds nice." within that very second, Pain stared at her for a good minute and just pulled her into his arms, and hugged her tightly.
"Cute." his voice was monotone, but Sasuke, Naruto, and Itachi could see the sparkles glinting in Pain's eyes.
Sasuke face palmed himself in disappointment..
no...not another one...ugh.
"ehh..ehhh?!" was all Sakura managed to peep out before Itachi started to growl as he pushed Pain away and yanked Sakura back to his side.
"Minneeeeeeee." He growled out. People that were passing by could feel Itachi's black aura merging out from him. "don't. touch. the. bunny. you bastard"
Pain ignored his every word as his hands went up and snatched Sakura back and hugged her again..
"Cute." he started to pet her over and over "very cute..must...pet..this..-"
"mine" Itachi grabbed Sakura's hand but Pain managed to grab the other hand as they glared at each other.
"Get off Itachi, you had your time already, give her to me"
"Fuck off, Uzumaki, she's my bunny not yours"
"uhhhhhhhhhhh Teme?"
"...I know...Dobe...I know."
Sasuke and Naruto stood there in total disbelief and confusion as they watched their older scary brothers glare, and pout while fighting over Sakura who looked much too overwhelmed by it all.
"These guys are suppose to be the scariest guys in Konoha..?" Naruto asked still staring at his older brother who was sending Itachi death threats at the moment.
"Apparently...look at them...pathetic." Sasuke growled out and then he looked down at Sakura who didn't know what else to do. He felt a smirk grow on his face when he saw her look back and forth to either of them, looking completely flustered.
tch...stupid mouse.
"Let's go, let them fight-" "No Teme, let's just take her with us and-" Naruto was cut off by Deidara who was running towards their older brothers.
"PAIN, ITACHI! PAAAAIIIIIIN!"
shit...Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other then nodded, understanding their silent made plan as they waited for the right time to grab Sakura away from these psychos.
"What are ya doin yeah?" Deidara asked when he suddenly stopped smiling and took a good look at the situation.
Pain and Itachi were glaring at each other with scary eyes while they both kept a good grip on Sakura's hands.
"um..." Sakura was at a lost for words.
how do I get her away from them?..come on Sasuke think..
"Why are you guys holding her like that yeah?.." He bent down a bit and leaned over to Sakura who suddenly sunk lower moving closer to Itachi and Pain. Sasuke assumed she was still angry at him from the time before.
"Oniisan..?..I I don't like him..." Sakura moved closer between them and suddenly Pain and Itachi's head turned right to Deidara who suddenly looked afraid.
"eh..? huh..?" he gulped.
"oh that's right...you made her cry.." Itachi said as he slowly let go of Sakura's hand and stepped forward, just as Sasori, Kisame, and Hidan ran over asking what's up when they looked over to see a very angry, and scary Pain, and Itachi.
"Did they now?...hn, to think I never knew about this..." Pain's voice was normal again, low, and intimidating.
"Yeah..they made her cry in the diner before..." Itachi was growling as his eyes glinted danger, and his knuckles cracked at the sound of death.
"hn...why didn't you tell me Uchiha?" "Well, I was waiting for the right time Uzumaki"
"so I see.."
"uh...heh...what are-" Kisame asked as the boys cracked their necks walking closer to their "friends"...
"You made Sakura cry?"
The guys began to laugh nervously as they stepped forward closer, and closer.
"we were just trying to be friends yeah." "yeah..we didn't mean to make the little ugly cry" Hidan baffled out.
"ugly?" Itachi, and Pain replied in unison as they stepped closer...the aura they were radiating was scaring some of the passerbyers to death.
"Wanna repeat that Hidan?" Hidan gulped down as Itachi walked over and grabbed him by the shirt.
"say it...one more time...I dare you."
"I..I...I'm.-."
"I'M SORRY!" The boys cried out in unison suddenly falling to the floor with their heads bowed down.
They whimpered as they crawled over to Sakura and looked up at her and sniffed... "we're sorry! please forgive us!"
"huh...?" Sakura looked both afraid and confused as she stepped back away from them.
Suddenly Pain and Itachi turned around as Itachi kicked Kisame's ass making him fall closer to Sakura.
"Tell her why you're sorry!"
"We're sorry for making you cry!"
Sakura looked up at all the people that were passing by her and she felt her cheeks burst into flame.
"we didn't mean to make you cryyyyyyyyyyyyy-aahhhhhh waaaaaaaaah!" Deidara was blabbling now as Pain stepped on his head.
"make her cry one more time and we'll slice you to bits got it?" his voice was a deep growl.
"now, ask her for forgiveness"
Naruto and Sasuke bit down on their tongues as they watched Sakura fluster.
She's completely confused.
Sasuke looked over at Naruto who looked ready to burst.
let me just..
"it's okay..you- you can get u-up now...I forgive you.."
"Really!?" The boys asked suddenly sounding hopeful as they got up and Deidara grabbed her hand.
"you do?"
Sakura nodded her head slowly as Deidara took her other hand.
"oh thank you, THANK YOU, I'm so happy yeah! you're so sweet damn! I can just kiss you yeah-!"
KISS!? All the boys thought in unison as Sasuke's head darted right over to Deidara who had his arms wrapped around her when suddenly.
Whack!
"let...go...of...her.." Sasuke managed to growl out as Deidara bent down twitching from pain.
Without even realizing Sasuke found himself grabbing Sakura and holding her against him as tight as possible.
"Sasuke...?"
Sasuke's eyebrow was twitching and he growled out as he managed to punch Deidara's head again.
"Hey what the hell Sasuke!?"
"don't touch her" His voice was a low, deadly growl.
Deidara looked up at Sasuke who's eyes were full of rage, before anyone else had the chance to come closer to her Sasuke took her hand and dragged her into the store.
"Hey Sasuke that wasn't very nice he could be really hur-" "Stay here" He managed to hiss out as he turned around and slowly let go of her cold pale kept her head down and nodded but she looked out to see Naruto, Itachi, and Pain kicking Deidara some more.
Sasuke stepped out and walked over to Naruto who stuck his tongue out at Deidara once before walking back to his side. When Itachi announced that he was going to take a quick walk with these guys but he'll be coming back to Sakura.
"You don't have to, I'll just keep her with me"
Itachi walked over to his brother and looked straight at him.
" what makes you think she'll be safe with you little brother?" Itachi's eyes had that hint of anger in again.
Sasuke knew Itachi thinks Sasuke's not responsible enough for her safety.
" hn, I'm not that careless Aniki, just go." "I wanna see her first."
"go." Sasuke demanded but Itachi ignored him and walked over to Sakura and gently took her hand.
"Sakura, Oniisan's going with his friends now, so just stay with Sasuke for a while okay?"
"Sasuke..?..um" Sasuke stood there awkwardly as he saw Sakura look over at him.
"I don't think Sasuke will like me following him aro-" "It's fine" Sasuke replied cutting her off.
"Really?"
Sasuke felt his cheeks warm up as he nodded his head slightly and look away, sliding his hands into his pockets.
"So have fun okay? I'm sure Sasuke will take good care of you.." Itachi's gentle voice made Sakura smile as she jumped in his arms.
tch...Sasuke felt a pang of pain in his chest as he quickly turned away from them completely to stop himself from witnessing her hug his brother like that. He heard Itachi chuckle as he placed her back on the floor and greeted her goodbye, when suddenly Pain walked in and put his arms out. "hug." he demanded and Sakura looked over, Sasuke glanced over at Naruto who growled at his brother, he watched his best friend roll up his sleeve to punch Pain but it was too late as Pain already pushed Naruto away quickly as Sakura stepped closer.
"um...see you later Pain-Oniichan eep!" She peeped out as her hand slapped over her mouth and her entire face flushed red.
"cute" Pain muttered as he just walked over and hugged her super tight.
She mumbled some words no one could understand when suddenly Itachi pushed Pain away by the forehead and hugged Sakura again. "mine"
"share, Uchiha, shareeee" Pain pulled her in for another hug and Itachi pushed him again, once again starting another fight.
"psst..Sakura-chan" Naruto whispered as he took her hand and slowly walked her over to Sasuke.
"come here." Sasuke gently walked her over and held her closely as they watched one of the store managers walk by and kick the older guys out of the store.
"Sakura- I'll come and see you, wait for Oniisan okay?!" Itachi managed to say before he walked out as Pain walked back in.
"Pain-Oniichan will come by to check on you." "don't go near her anymore you pedophile." "you're one to talk, calling her your bunny and shit"
"She's MINE Uzumaki, I'll cut you, if you touch her"
"Yeah? We'll see about that"
"hn, I'm telling Konan"
"tell her, I can care less, I'll show Sakura to her and she'll help me steal her away"
"Sakura's my bunny I saw her first, so watch your back Uzumaki...it wouldn't be smart to touch what's mine.."
Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto laughed as they heard the best friends fight back and forth till they were out of range.
"Hehe, I'm so glad you're here Sakura" Naruto laughed as he gently touched her cheek and ran off further into the store.
It wasn't until they were alone that Sasuke realised Sakura was pressed against him.
"um..Sasuke...?" Sakura questioned as she looked up at him and quickly looked down.
"...hn?" he looked down to see his hand was linked around her waist as she started to fidget from side to side.. Sasuke felt his cheeks flare up as he quickly let go of her.
They turned opposite ways, having their backs face each other. Sasuke covered his face as he felt his heart race just a little bit before he managed to shake it off.
"ahh.. the other guys should be done, so we'll go to another store soon."
"..mm okay.." she answered.. "Sasuke..sorry if I give you any trouble."
"hn" Sasuke smirked as he quickly moved in front of her, he paused and touched the top of her head. " stupid mouse" he chuckled when he heard her gasp as he slid his hands into his pockets and walked off, feeling the sudden urge to smile like an idiot.
He covered his face once more and took in a deep breath as he walked towards the register to see Karin, and Ino talking to TenTen.
"Hey Sasuke" TenTen greeted Sasuke as he walked closer to them. "Sasuke!" Karin shrieked as she ran into his arms. "where did you go?" "uh..I saw my brother." Sasuke replied as he looked back at Sakura who was still standing at the spot he left her. She was just standing there looking around like a lost puppy.
"what are you looking at?" the girls asked when he looked back at them and sighed.
"are you done?" he asked as they nodded grabbing their bags. "we're just waiting for Hinata"
Hinata and Temari ran over with some stuff and TenTen scanned their stuff before taking her apron off.
"Yes, I'm done, let's go!" The guys walked over as TenTen ran into Neji's arms and kissed his cheek as they all started to talk all together. Karin laughed as she handed Sasuke some bags when all of a sudden everyone stopped at the entrance in surprise when they saw Sakura stand there awkwardly.
Sasuke glanced over at Karin to see her, Ino, and a couple of other guys just stare at her in surprise, sharing their look of slight disgust.
"What is she doing here?" Karin suddenly asked crossing her arms.
"uhm..." Sakura looked at Sasuke but he looked away from her...all of a sudden having her follow them around didn't seem like that good of a idea anymore.
"I..." "-I asked if she could join us." Naruto announced as he walked over and smiled at Sakura.
"she was with my brother and Itachi, and I invited her to hang with us"
"...oh" was all they said as some of the girls huffed in disgust
Sasuke glanced over at Kiba as he snickered to himself.. probably over at what she was wearing.
Sasuke bit down on his tongue as they just started walking when Karin asked if he was going to make her leave.
..Sakura...
Sasuke looked back to see her a couple feet away from us, with Naruto next to her..
"Naruto's got her, so she won't be in your way." "ugh! Just having her follow us pisses me off! you should've stopped Naruto when he was asking for her!"
Sasuke stopped his tracks and gave Karin her bags.
"Didn't I tell you to ignore her?" "okay, sorry, sorry okay?" Karin walked to his side and locked her arm to his and snuggled against him. "don't get mad at me Sasuke..please?"
Sasuke said nothing more as they continued to walk down the mall and ran into another store.
Hollister: 6pm
The gang walked into the store as everyone was grabbing things from left to right.
Sasuke stood there with no interest in buying anything when he looked to his right to see Sakura just wandering around, looking at the price tags of everything.
I wonder if Aniki even gave her money to buy anything...
Sasuke took out his wallet and looked inside to see he has cash, credit cards, and debit card in hand.
...I uh...I'm sure if she wants something she'll ask...He thought to himself as he looked up to see her just walk around without picking anything up. ...right?...
Sasuke was about to step closer to Sakura when Karin suddenly ran up and pulled him away.
"Sasukeeeee there's something I can't reach, can you help?" "ah, sure." Sasuke looked back at Sakura as Karin led him the opposite way, leaving her alone again.
Store after store, he just watched her just look and walk by, they stopped again at an all girls store when he noticed Naruto step closer to her.
Sasuke quickly turned around but kept his ears towards their direction.
"Can I get you something Sakura?" Naruto asked. Sasuke glanced over to see Naruto grab a shirt off the rack. "how about this hm?".
Sakura laughed as she took it from his hand and placed it back.
"no thanks Naruto, this stuff is a bit pricey for me...I can't have you spending so much on me."
Pang.....she..
Sasuke watched her just look around.
"I didn't come to buy anything, I just wanted to see how this mall changed.." Sakura replied back to him as Naruto sadly smiled at her.
"come on..let me buy you something, anything, it doesn't cost much I promise, I bought a lot with me, and I can always use my credit-" "no thanks...please Naruto, I really don't want anything.."
Don't want anything?! Did you look at yourself before stepping out the house?! You're a mess you stupid mouse! BUY SOMETHING Sasuke felt enraged by her words as he started to take slow deep breaths to calm himself down.
"okay...but if there's anything you want just tell me okay?" he assured her and she slowly nodded..
there's no way she's going to tell him... Sasuke thought as he walked out of the store and waited for the others to catch up.
They headed downstairs, leaving Sasuke a bit time to think to himself.
He looked at Karin, who was busy laughing, and talking away with the girls, with a million different bags in her hands...she had a phone, beautiful clothes, one look at her and you could tell she was fortunate.
Sasuke looked back to see Sakura just taking a step on the escalator. She looked as if she's never been to the mall before, her head turned in all directions as if she was taking every bit of it.
Sasuke felt a knot grow in his throat when he realized just how different they were..
how are they sisters?...
He questioned himself as he took a good look at the pink haired female who just looked happy being here, empty handed.
The girls ran down the next row of stores until they stopped at a jewelry shop.
Sasuke pushed his hands into his pockets and looked around to see Sakura strolling down the near the head busts. She stopped and stared at the emerald green necklace that was displayed on one of the heads.
"wow...it's..it's so beautiful..."
gasp..Ba-Thump.. she...she wants the necklace...Ba-thump, Ba-thump I can just...
Sasuke stepped closer as he took out his wallet when suddenly Naruto walked over to her side.
"Do you like that necklace Sakura?"
"mm..it's so beautiful..."
Sasuke walked even closer, but froze in place when Naruto started to talk.
"let me buy it for you..please?"
...
"Naruto it's so expensive, it's fine" "stop using that as an excuse here let me just" she grabbed Naruto's hand stopping him from grabbing the necklace. "please don't..I'll feel so bad I-"
"Sakura please!"
Sasuke stood there watching them suddenly feeling disheartened when all of a sudden.
"Hello Sakura, Naruto."
huh?..Kakashi..?
Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto looked up to see their teacher walk over to them and just casually grab the necklace.
"eh?! HEY give that back Kakashi sensei! That's Sakura's!"
"I know it's Sakura's Naruto" the teacher happily replied back as he slid the necklace off of the head. "So give it to me I'm going to buy it for her!" Naruto demanded as Kakashi just ignored him and continued to walk down to the cash register.
Sakura and Sasuke just watched the guy grab the little bag and walk out the store without looking back at Sakura to apologize.
Sakura suddenly looked over at a very angry Naruto and started to laugh.
"hahahahahahaha Naruto..." "Stupid old man!" he growled out then he looked over at her as she started to hold down her stomach. "hahahahaha Narutooooo" "eh what?" "hahahaha" She continued to laugh and suddenly she hugged him as he nervously laughed back, placing a hand on the small of her back, neither one of them noticing Sasuke standing right there to witness them both.
teh...whatever..Sasuke angrily turned around and walked off.
she doesn't need anyone but him...pang...she never needed me..
"Why do I care anyway?" he muttered to himself, stepping back outside. Everyone grabbed more bags as the girls decided it would be their last stop.
A few minutes later...
Sasuke walked around, when suddenly something finally caught his eye. He quickly walked over and grabbed the pale pink, and black dress that was hanging on the rack, as he immediately thought of Sakura. He glanced over to the side to see Sakura looking at him with the dress in his hand, and just as he was about to hand it to her, Karin ran over and happily shrieked. "awwww Sasuke did you pick that for meeee?" she gasped as she yanked the dress from his hand and draped it over her. "ahh...wow Sasuke it's beautifuuuuuul! thank you!"
huh?..
Karin jumped in his arms and kissed him gently as he glanced over at Sakura who sadly smiled at them before walking away.
Sasuke shook Karin off, and looked around again.
Sasuke looked around and saw something that would be perfect for winter when Karin giggled and locked her arm with him. " wow look at you, shopping for me hehe, you're so sweet."
"Karin that's not-" Karin cut him off with a kiss and hugged him tightly.
"thanks..it's so sweet of you to pick clothes out for me..hm, makes me feel happy, let's go over there and pick some out together okay?"
Sasuke couldn't say anything after looking at Karin's happy face as he looked back to see Sakura just stand around, assuming she gave up on looking..
..He didn't know what else to do.
A couple minutes later Sasuke and Karin headed to the cash register and Karin smiled at Sasuke. He grinned at her as he took out his wallet, she started to giggle as he handed over a couple bills to the cashier..he knew that look well. It was a 'Sasuke can you pay please' look she gives him whenever she runs out of cash. Just as the cashier handed Sasuke the receipt he heard Naruto growl.
Sasuke, Karin and everyone suddenly turned to Naruto who looked really pissed off.
"Teme what the Hell are you doing?" Sasuke blinked at him as everyone just shot him an eyebrow.
"what?"
"What do you mean 'what'?! how could you pay for her stuff when Sakura's standing right there empty handed!"
Sasuke's eyes slightly widened when he saw Sakura look away from everyone as she stood there awkwardly rubbing her elbow.
"she didn't pick anything up Dobe, isn't not my fault she doesn't ask"
"Yeah Naruto" Kiba added "she's just following around, relax bro" "shut up Kiba, no one's talking to you!" Naruto turned back to Sasuke and then glared at Karin.
"you actually have the nerve to pay for another girl's stuff when your wife is standing right there!" Karin gasped then cursed under her breath at Naruto "Sasuke picked these out for me as a gift! what's the big deal!?" "big deal!? I'll tell you what the big deal is, the big deal is that Sasuke doesn't even give a crap about her!"
"Dobe stop people are staring-" "good! They should everyone should stare and know that you didn't even stop to look and ask her!"
This idiot...Sasuke felt anger boil inside of him as he clenched his fists tightly.
"I'm not having this conversation with you Dobe."
"Fine then I'll keep talking, I never thought you'd be the type of person to do something like that to her... " "He doesn't even like her-" "I know that! I know he doesn't! but whether he likes her or not it shouldn't matter, she's your wife, she should come first before anyone! before me, before Karin, before us, before your brother, before your own parents! Sakura should come first-"
"Naruto, please stop...I don't want anything" Sakura suddenly said cutting Naruto off.
"you see Naruto she doesn't want anything!" Sasuke shouted at his best friend when suddenly Naruto grabbed Sasuke by his shirt and dragged him off to the other side of the store.
"What the fuck Naruto?" "Listen to me!" Naruto was just as mad as Sasuke as Sasuke was with him.
"I watched that girl pick things up and put them down all day! I wanted to buy it all for her but she would get angry at me but you...you Sasuke you can do that whether she gets mad or not because you have that right!"
"You don't think I know that?! Look Naruto I've been trying all day too-"
Sasuke was cut off by a loud shriek and suddenly they were frozen still. Sasuke's heart started to beat faster and faster as they ran off to see what happened
Sakura.
Sasuke looked from left to right to see Sakura nowhere in sight.
"What was that?!" Sasuke asked as he went up to Karin "what happened?" Karin looked at him and smirked.
"I pushed her out of the store, since she was annoying you so much Sasuke, aren't you glad?" she asked as she wrapped her little finger around him, but he quickly pushed her out of the way.
"What the fuck Karin?!" Sasuke said no more than that as he ran out the store and started to look for Sakura..
where did she go? what if she's lost?...she doesn't know this place...I should've just left her with my brother..
He felt his chest start to ache as he ran down from store to store, looking for her. Sasuke's phone started ringing as he ignored the calls he was getting for Naruto and the guys.
Fuck them...damn it you fucking mouse where are you?! Sasuke looked back when someone called his name to see the guys coming after him. He honestly didn't feel like talking to either of them as he continued to just rush from store to store.
I don't need them following me right now.
He managed to get himself lost in the bundle of people and confuse them all as he made his way to one more store to see Karin's friend.
"Chiriko" The blonde happily turned around and smiled at her friend's boyfriend.
"oh hey Sasuke."
"Hey, um..." he sighed, "have you seen a girl..with uh pink hair, thick glasses,.with a black tshirt come in here?"
"um...you mean Karin's sister?..." "yeah, have you seen her?" Chiriko looked up at Sasuke and smiled "nope, haven't seen her" Sasuke looked down at the blonde who had a smile smiliar to Karin's painted on her face.
She's lying...
"seriously?"
"yep, she didn't come in here"
"...did you see if she went into stores nearby?"
"nope"
"..."
Sasuke gave her an even harder glare but the girl only smiled bigger and walked off. "you can check around...but as you can see people like her don't step into stores like this.."
FUCK
"alright..thanks" "mmmmmmmhm" The girl took out her phone and started to click away as Sasuke looked around real quick for her...but there was no sign of her.
20 minutes later...
Sasuke sat down at one of the benches to take a couple breaths..He didn't know where else to look in the giant mall. He lowered his head and covered his face...trying to calm his nerves down
She's lost...and I can't find her, I can't call her, or ask around because no one would notice someone like her...if Itachi finds out...fuck who cares about Itachi, I'm dying over here..what if she' left and she's trying to get home right now? It's getting late...what if she's hurt?..Pang...
"Damn it Sakura...where are you..?" Sasuke looked to his right when suddenly he noticed Naruto running towards him.
"Teme!" Sasuke got up as Naruto ran closer, pushing people out of the way "Teme!"
"what?" Sasuke looked down at his best friend who was sweating, and out of breath... he was clutching his stomach, trying to catch his breath before he looked up at Sasuke with worried eyes.
"It's Sakura.."
BA-THUMP
"Sakura? where..?"
"She's in one of the stores..and she's..." Naruto looked sad as he away from Sasuke
"She's what?!"
"just come Teme, I can't explain, come on!"
Kami-sama why can't you just kill me now?.
Sasuke and Naruto started running down the mall, jumping over things, and people to get to their destination...the closer Sasuke got the angrier he felt.
...Fuck she better not be in there..Sasuke thought angrily to himself as he made his way back into Chiriko's store.
I'm going to massacre this bitch for lying to me.
Sasuke's veins were popping out again as he walked into the store, his fists clenched tightly.
He looked to see everyone gathered near the dressing rooms.
What the fuck is going on?...Sasuke looked at Naruto
"Where is she?"
"I think she's in the dressing room Sasuke...she's not coming out..I'd go in but..."
"but what?"
"go...go get her"
Naruto looked away as Sasuke walked closer and started pushing people, mostly guys away.
He looked over to see most guys near the guy's side with their phones out.
"dude" one guy blurted out "there's a chick in there, completely shirtless hahaha"
Sasuke's eyes widened as his heart completely dropped.
"I know, I'm trying to get her to come out hahahaha" another guy said to the other as they kept their phones out to record.
..Sakura...? ...no fucking way..
Sasuke ran in and pushed through all the guys leading him to one of the stalls.
"Sakura! Sakura! Sakura where are you!?" Sasuke looked down to see for any sign of her feet but nothing..
"Sakura! SAKURA!" he shouted but nothing, he could barely hear himself think with the sound of guys whistling and asking the girl to come out
"SAKURA!" Sasuke's heart was going crazy as he went near the last stall. He put his ear next to the stall and covered his other ear to try and listen.
"Sakura is that you in there?" Sasuke tried his best to focus on the faint sounds...someone's in there..and he knew it.
She's crying...Pang Sakura...come on..talk to me.
"Sakura it's me Sasuke open."
"Sas...u..ke?" she choked out and suddenly her voice was loud as she started to cry louder "GO AWAY SASUKE I HATE YOU!"
Ba-thump
"come on Sakura it's me, open up"
"NO! GET AWAY YOU'LL HURT ME! LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"Sakura! I won't hurt you! let me in!" He started banging on the door as the other guys kept their phones out trying to record.
"SAKURAAAAAA!" He started kicking the door when he looked to the side to see a couple of guys try to get close to one of the nearby stalls.
Sasuke's eyes were wide open and at the blink of an eye he grabbed them one by one, and literally threw them across the room.
"get the fuck away from her...now" his eyes were piercing at each and every one of them but nothing was coming to mind.
He was angrier than he's ever been his entire life.
"Hey dude rela-khhhhh-" Sasuke grabbed the guy by the neck and started to choke him
"I'll kill you...I'll kill all of you if you don't get out of my fucking sight in the next 5 seconds"
"Hey let him go!"
"5..."
" this guy's for real.." "4..." Shit that's Sasuke Uchiha I'm not- "3.." "Sasuke...?" a couple of them mumbled as Sasuke kept his grip on the guy's neck who was turning purple now
"2..." "yo let's get out of here!" "He's fucking crazy!"
"1..." Sasuke picked the guy up and threw him across the floor leaving the defenseless guy to choke, and pass out on the floor as the others trampled over him and ran away in fear.
Sasuke turned around and took in a deep breath, listening to the muffled cries of his little mouse...
"Sakura...I'm coming in okay?."
"no!"
"Sakura...I can care less how much you say no, I'm coming!"
"You can't!"
"watch me" he said more to himself than he did to her as he ran back a little and ran up the door and landed right on the floor.
He looked up to see Sakura in the corner with tears glistening on her skin...shirtless. She continued to cry as she covered her chest and stayed in the corner.
"Sakura..." He felt his body give out as he tried his best to calm his beat heart.. she hunched over and started to cry harder as he hesitated to walk over.
"wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" she cried louder as he ran over and pulled her into his arms, where she immediately locked her arms around him and cried harder.
"Sas-" -hic- "Sasuke" -hic- "I was s..so...s-scareddddaaaahhhhhh waaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!"
She wrapped her legs around his waist as he started to shush her.
"shhhhhh it's okay..." he whispered into her ear.. "you're okay now..." He felt his knees give out completely when he noticed how cold her body was.
how long was she sitting here for?...
"here..wait.."
He sat back against the wall, took off his hoodie and pulled off his shirt and handed it to her.
"wear it.." She sniffed and wiped her cheek as she slowly slipped the shirt on. He looked at her to see she was still shivering so he draped his hoodie over her as she slipped her arms inside.
she continued to cry as he pulled her back in his arms and hugged her tightly. She cradled onto his lap with her arms glued around him and her face against his bare chest.
"What happened?..." he asked as he slowly touched her now messy hair.
It's so soft...and silky...ba-thump he pulled a strand to his nose and smelled it to realize it was her hair that gave her that delicious vanilla smell he loved.
"Sakura..?" "hm?.." -hic- "I...I don't wanna talk about it." "who did this to you Sakura? where is your shirt?.."
it was quiet in their stall, hearing only the sound of Sakura's hics, and sniffles echoing the small room.
"tell me..." he growled out feeling angry again.
"Tell me who did this to you.."
...
"Sakura." he was getting angrier when suddenly he felt her grip tighten "it- it was that blonde g-girl s-she" -hic- "I-I asked her where the dressing r-room was and she showed m-me this side..." -hic" "I saw the s-sign to make sure and i-it did say Girl's s-section, even t-the rack of girl clothes was here" -sniff- "and...when I went to change the lights went out and when they turned back on both my shirt, and the shirt I wanted to try on were gone...wahhhhhhhhhh and all of a sudden" her voice was louder as she started choking on her words in between her cry "aaall those boyss weree suddenly calling me to come outtttt Sasuke I was so scareddd wahhhhhhh"
Sasuke felt a knot grow in his throat as he held her tightly letting her cry in his arms
...Chiriko...I'm going to strangle that bitch...
Sasuke sighed as he pushed her hair back and shushed her again
"shh it's fine now alright?..come on, let's get out of here."
-sniff- "Sasuke aren't you cold?..." "I'm fine.." She looked up at him real quick before looking down again.
"r-really?"... He gently smiled at her and cupped her face. "yeah..." he said rubbing her cheek "so stop crying you big baby" He pinched her cheek and saw her pale pink lip pout and quiver as he chuckled and moved her head down to his chest again
"stupid mouse..." "wahhhhhhhhh asuke's so ean I hate ou wahhhhh" she choked out as continued to cry.
She got off him and as he got up and pulled her back against him.
I'm going to murder this bitch...Sasuke walked out to see everyone, his friends, the employees, and some of the people watching them.
He kept her close as he searched through the crowd when his eyes landed on...
"Chiriko..." He hissed through his teeth as he walked over and grabbed a handful of her hair.
"you thought this was funny?!" "SASUKE LET GO OF HER!" Karin cried out but Sasuke didn't listen as Chiriko shrieked from pure pain "LET GO OF ME SASUKE!"
"I dare your ass to do something like that again." "Hey let go of my girl you faggot" Suddenly Sasuke was yanked away by her boyfriend, but Sasuke just turned around and punched him dead in the face knocking him into one of the stands.
"fuck off, I'm going to kill this bitch"
"SASUKE!" Karin cried as she tried to hold him back but he ignored her and looked back at Chiriko who was shivering from fear.
"g-get away from me Sasuke...I'm going t-to call my manager o-on you."
"hn, yeah? good you can tell him your cute story about how you made his boss Fugaku Uchiha's daughter-in-law cry you fucking slut"
"Sasuke! stop that it was just a joke!"
Sasuke looked right at Karin and sent her the deadliest glare he's ever sent anyone his entire life.
"Sasuke.." Sasuke's head turned right to Sakura who was standing there with Naruto next to her..
She slowly walked over with the hood over her head and stepped in front of him.
"I wanna go home.." she mumbled. Sasuke looked at her as she opened her arms.
He picked her up as she set her head underneath his chin and started to cry again.
"just take me home...I don't want to come here again.." "you sure?"..his voice was gentle..and he couldn't control it at all.. "do you want anything to eat?" she shook her head and told him she was tired, and he decided he'd take them home. Just as he was walking out Naruto stepped in
"Sakura...Sakura are you okay?" she nodded her head as Naruto sadly smiled at Sasuke.
He didn't go in because she wasn't wearing anything..
"thanks Dobe.. oh and Dobe, your dad knows the owner of the mall right?" Sasuke asked as he looked right at Chiriko.
"yeah" "hn, you think you could..." "I'll get her fired by tomorrow morning" "thanks bro."
"anytime" Naruto replied as they gave each other a knuckle touch as Sasuke stepped out the store with Sakura's legs tied around his waist.
"Sakura-san...are you okay?" Hinata asked as Sasuke made a turn but Sakura didn't answer
"ahh sorry Hinata...Sakura's not feeling well right now." he said as he gently rubbed her back
"mm I understand...feel better Sakura-san"
Sasuke sighed as they greeted each other goodbye and stepped in front of the mall's exit.
It's freezing outside...
"Sasuke..." she sniffed "It's cold outside.."
"hn..."
"you don't have a shirt on..."
"I know.."
"do you want your-" "no...keep it on., you mind if we just stop by the store real quick?"
She shook her head as he walked over one of the stores with her.
He grabbed a shirt, hoodie, and scarf real quick, he paid for it and walked back to the exit.
"get down real quick.."
"mmkay.." She sniffed as she wiped her cheeks again. She kept her head down as Sasuke threw on his shirt, and hoodie before wrapping the scarf around her neck.
"keep it on, it's cold"
He smiled a small smile when he saw her cheeks flare pink and nod.
"you want me to still carry you?..." she looked up at him and sniffed "my legs are still weak..I..." "it's fine come here" he picked her back up and carried her bridal style as he stepped out of the mall and into the almost winter night.
"It's cold..." she mumbled as she started to shiver making Sasuke hold her tighter.
"It's fine we'll get out of here quick"
Sasuke walked over to his car and placed her inside before driving home. He glanced at her to see she was still shaking, but it wasn't from the cold..it was from fear.
Crap...He sighed as he turned a corner, made a right and headed home. They walked to the front of the house, and Sakura immediately ran upstairs to her room leaving a dripping trail of tears behind her.
She's not going to stop crying anytime soon is she...?...
Sasuke got to the floor and banged his head against the front door hating this day even more..
Sakura's room: 9pm
It was getting pretty late now, as Sakura got out of her long bubble bath she took upon arriving home. She walked to her room and quickly put on a tanktop and shorts before sitting down in front of the mirror. She put her glasses on and looked down to see her hand was still shaking from fear.
Breathe Sakura...breathe...Sakura sat there taking in deep slow breaths.
That..that scared the living daylights out of me...she hugged herself as she tried to calm herself down as she looked around her room to see Sasuke's shirt and hoodie placed on her bed.
"I should give those back..."
Sasuke...he seemed so afraid...I wonder why..
She opened the door to see it was completely pitch black in the hall.
"Oh God, the lights are off.." she whispered to herself.
I can't see squat!.. where's the switch?..
Sakura squinted her eyes as opened her door just a bit to help her out with the lighting, assuming it would be enough, Sakura tiptoed over to Sasuke's room and knocked on his door.
"um Sasuke..?"
...
knock knock
"Sasuke..? are you asleep?.."
Wow, did he fall asleep that fast?...
"Sasukee..?" Sakura stood there for a bit longer until she felt a very faint breeze tickle her neck causing her to completely spazz out. "WAHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed as she slapped her neck and quickly turned around to see a tall figure creeping over her giving her a heart attack.
"scaredy cat.." Sasuke chuckled as he moved closer to her. Sakura glared at him as she put her hand over her heart and started to breath heavily.
"That's not funny!" she exclaimed as she threw his hoodie and shirt at him. "you could've given me a heart atta-" Sakura stopped midway when she suddenly felt Sasuke's forehead plop onto her shoulder.
"you...you're okay right?..." he whispered as she noticed his arms move closer..locking her right between him.
"..yea-yeah...I'm fine.." she replied back, suddenly feeling the urge to cry again.
"you're breathing unevenly again...don't cry okay..?"
"mm...mhm." was all she peeped out as the tears started streaming.
"tch, didn't I just tell you-" "Sasuke..." She wrapped her arms around him and started crying once more as he sighed and rubbed her head.
" I'm still shaken up Sasuke, why did she do that to me?"
"I..." he sighed "I don't know...just get some sleep okay? it's late.."
Sakura sniffed as Sasuke touched her head slowly..pushing his fingers through her strands of hair.
She nodded her head as they slowly parted.
"night Sasuke...and thank you" she breathed out as she started to walk pass him when she felt his hand grip around the ends of her fingers.
"night Sakura.."
"mm.." Sasuke and Sakura just stood there with the ends of their hands still gripped tightly.
She looked down at their hands, and felt her cheeks blush.
His fingers were rubbing against hers slowly as they stood there two arms apart from each other.
"your fingers.." he chuckled "they're always cold."
"I-I know...haha..um" her cheeks were warming up "you- your hands are really warm.."
"does it feel good?" he asked as he stepped closer to her, gripping her hand a bit tighter with his.
"m-mhm.." she nodded feeling her face, and neck steaming hot.
Thank God, the lights are off,...my face probably looks like a tomato right now...she thought to herself as she watched Sasuke step closer.
She stepped a bit back as he stepped forward when his hand went up and touched her cheek and he chuckled once more..a warm melting chuckle.
BA-THUMP BA-THUMP BA-THUMP BA-THUMP BA-THUMP
Kami-sama...what are you doing to me?!...Sasuke's acting so different...
"your face is always warm though..hmm."
"eh?" she felt Sasuke grab both her hands as he pulled her in keeping her a couple inches away from him and slowly brought her hands up...
...and placed them right on her cheeks.
"there." he declared as he smirked and moved his hands onto hers making her squish her cheeks together.
"if you sleep like that tonight your hands won't be cold throughout the night"
Sakura smiled a bit as she felt the heat from both her cheeks and his hands warm up her own as she started to laugh.
"hahahahaha wow it's working!"
"pbbbbbt, you look like a bloated fish" he laughed out as he squeezed her cheeks closer together making Sakura make a cute little fishy face.
"hey shashke shtawp"
Sasuke laughed as he bit down on his lower lip and squished her cheeks even harder making her scream louder.
"ahhhhhh!" she screamed louder and started to whimper as he gently let go.
"...you're always so mean to me! and I don't look like a bloated fish!"
Sasuke laughed as he crossed his arms and made a fishy face towards her.
"bloop, bloop, bloop"
Sakura tried her best not to laugh as he started to chuckle.
I'm so happy I could barely see him right now...he can't see the stupid smile on my face and I can't see him... shirtless...BA-THUMP...wet hair...BA-THUMP ..drips of water lining his pecs and abs..BA-THUMP...smiling...OH MY GOD what am I doing?!...Gah it's not my fault he's acting so ..c-cute...and..sweet..GAHH! Get yourself together!
Sakura suddenly slapped herself across the face before she turned around and head towards her room
"hmph! I'm going to bed!"
He chuckled a bit more before he took her hand and made her walk backwards closer to him and suddenly she felt the tip of his nose brush against her neck..
"mmm...strawberry vanilla.." he whispered into her ear before taking in another whiff of her hair.
BA-THUMP ...BA-THUMP... What's...he...
Sakura's thoughts were cut off by a warm, soft, moist kiss her to neck...
"my favorite..."
Sakura's eyes grew wide open as she stood there frozen in place..
ehh?...EH!? Did he just...
"delicious..." he chuckled into her ear making her whole entire body limp to the floor as she sat there touching the familiar moisture she felt on her neck...
.my...my neck..ba-thump......my...he kissed my..virgin neck...ba-thump...
She turned around to see he was standing in front of his door with his back faced towards her.
"Sasu...ke?..."
He turned back and stuck his tongue at her.
"go to bed" he blankly said as he stepped inside his room and faced her..
"stuuuuuuuupid"
"what?"
SLAM!
...
......eh?...EHHHHHH?!...
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