A/N: Thank you so much to all those who have been continuously reading this story. Some-how the format is different when I upload it then from when I type it. I'm not too sure why it happens, but that's life, right? Anyways, please enjoy this chapter, and once again, thank you to everyone!

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Sakura Haruno quickly ran to the ice cream parlor, her mane of pink hair streaming out behind her.

"I am so late!" she exclaimed as she bobbed and weaved around pedestrians.

Sakura had been working overtime at the hospital because a group of jounin had just come back from a nearly failed mission to the land of Waves. It wasn't long after she had finished treating the last patient that she remembered her date with Sasuke. It was now Saturday and nearly four thirty in the afternoon. As soon as she had realized what time it was, Sakura had told Lady Tsunade and was allowed to leave. She was lucky that she always kept an extra set of civilian clothes in her bag when she was working; it had saved her time. Now, she hurried to the ice cream parlor, clueless as to why Sasuke, who had never liked sweets, would ask her there.

Maybe he's changed? She thought hopefully.

Either way, she would find out in about ten seconds. Pausing a moment in front of the door to catch her breath, Sakura smoothed down her hair and after counting to three, pumped the door and walked in.

Sasuke was sitting in a booth near the far end of the parlor, his fingers knit together with his chin resting on them.

"Hey, sorry I'm late. The hospital was crazy busy." Sakura attempted a small smile.

"I wasn't expecting you to be early anyways." Sasuke replied placidly.

Sakura felt a tug on her heart strings, Sasuke would be warm and inviting one day and icy cold the next.

"Look Sasuke, if you don't want to be here, then fine. I've had one hell of a day and I'm not in the mood to deal with your crap." She huffed.

Sasuke smirked.

"Hn. Let's eat, ok Sakura-chan?" he seemed to enjoy teasing her when she was angry.

Sakura fumed, but walked over to the counter anyway.

The cashier, like every female that had ever laid eyes on Sasuke, ogled him when he approached.

"What can I get for you?" she asked flirtatiously.

"One sugar-free vanilla with extra strawberries." He said in his usual monotone.

The cashier continued beaming as she scooped his ice cream. Sakura made a face at his request.

"You sound like a girl on a diet with that order. Sugar-free?" she chastised him.

"I don't like sugar." He replied and Sakura stuck her tongue out at him.

"One strawberry with extra whipped cream please." She asked once the cashier had returned with Sasuke's order.

"Besides, I thought you said that your favorite flavor was strawberry like mine?" she noted.

"I lied." He stated as he tried to pay for their orders.

"Free of charge." The cashier winked and he nodded his thanks.

The two walked back to their table and Sakura eagerly dove into her ice cream, savoring the richness. Sasuke took a small bite of the vanilla before picking up a strawberry.

"What a waste." Sakura mumbled, noticing his untouched ice cream.

Sasuke shrugged, it wasn't as if he paid for it. He popped another strawberry into his mouth. Sakura licked her lips devilishly, in a navy t-shirt and black ninja pants; Sasuke was just too pretty for his own good.

"Having fun?" he asked, noticing her taking in his lean form.

"Yeah." She said sarcastically. "So what even brought you to ask me out anyways Sasuke?" she asked finally.

"Out of boredom." He told her.

Sakura clenched her fists, about to pummel him into the ground. If he had only asked her out because he wanted to break her heart for his own amusement, well, then he'd be a dead man. A very sorry, dead man.

"You're wearing pink." Sasuke noted, interrupting her rage.

Sakura blinked, unsure that she had heard him correctly.

"What?" she asked.

"You haven't worn pink at all since the beginning of the week." He informed her.

"Glad you've noticed, Uchiha." She smirked, taking another bite of her nearly finished ice cream.

She watched as Sasuke picked up another strawberry, but let the ice cream sit. His lips were turning a delectable red now and Sakura fought to keep her inner fan girl in check.

Damn you Sasuke. She swore.

Suddenly, his lips curved into his signature smirk and her green eyes met his obsidian ones. They seemed to be flickering in amusement. Or was it mocking? She didn't know, but was aware that they were hypnotizing her, keeping her frozen. She fought against the power of his eyes and managed to look away, unsuccessfully trying to hide the blush that crept on her cheeks. She quickly shoveled the rest of her ice cream into her mouth to cool her face down. "Ahh." She exclaimed, freezing her brain, but cooling her flushed visage.

Sasuke's ice cream was melted into a milkshake now, but he still hadn't touched it. The only evidence that he had eaten at all was the reddened color of his lips.

Oh no. Not again. Sakura scolded herself.

Sasuke stared at the fruit between his fingers absentmindedly, completely unaware of Sakura's turmoil.

"So why are you wearing pink anyway, Sakura?" he asked nonchalantly.

Sakura pinched her leg in an attempt to focus.

"Uhh, because I was running late at the hospital and I didn't have anything else to wear." She replied honestly.

"Hn." And he patiently ate another strawberry.

Sakura narrowed her eyes at him. "Why do you even care?" she asked almost pointedly.

Sasuke looked at her, taking noticed in her for the first time. Her pink hair had grown out, though it wasn't as long as it had been during their genin days. Her emerald green eyes no longer sparkled with flirtation, but were now knowledgeable and seemingly tired.

"You had a long day?" he asked, noticing her some-what disheveled state.

Sakura sighed. "Yeah." She replied.

Sasuke felt a frown appear on his face. "Why did you even bother going out with me if you don't even like me anymore?" he asked.

Sakura was surprised by his question, she had never assumed that he would care.

"I kind of want things to go back to the way they used to be when you, me, and Naruto were just genin. Sure I was weak I certainly don't miss that, but I liked it when everyone was close. He worked so hard to bring you back to the village and I wanted you to change so much when in reality, it was me that needed changing. I guess that by going out with you, I hoped to relive those happier times." She explained.

Sasuke raised his eyebrows at her in masked astonishment.

"You thought you needed to change?" he asked and she nodded.

"All I ever did was chase after you when I should have been working on my jutsu and training. No matter what I did it was never enough for you because I never did enough. Even though I was the best at the tree climbing exercise it didn't make me a better ninja. And for that I have to say that I have Naruto to thank for that. He believed in me when no one else did and he constantly gave me hope." She told him.

"Huh, looks like the knuckle-head finally did something right." He said calmly with a small smile on his face.

"What did he do right?" Sakura asked.

"He took care of you." He replied capturing her eyes with his own.

At that moment Sakura wanted to kiss him so badly. He had never said anything so nice about Naruto before. However, she held back and helped herself to his rapidly diminishing pile of strawberries.

"I love strawberries." She smiled.

"Hn." Was his stoic response.

Sakura smiled as she picked up the last one.

"If you want it, you'll have to get it from me." She cooed flirtatiously as she dangled the red berry in front of him.

Sasuke watched as she gently placed the berry between her slightly red lips. He rolled his eyes at her before getting up to throw away his melted ice cream.

"You're so annoying." He replied, not even trying to take the strawberry.

Sakura felt her heart fall into an abyss at his words and she quickly ate her stole prize.

"You don't really think that I'd kiss you, do you?" He asked almost harshly.

Sakura flinched.

"Of course not because you're an Uchiha bastard." And with that she ran out of the parlor, not even caring that she hadn't said good bye.

A/N: Well, what did you think? If you haven't realized this by now, I've been working on keeping Sasuke in character so if some of the dialogue sounds a bit weird, blame it on me. Some things are just not meant for Sasuke to say. Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter and thanks so much for all the reviews!