Chapter 10

Sakura woke up to the beeping of her watch. She had anticipated that she would fall asleep so she brought her wristwatch. It was a good thing she had otherwise Esteban would probably get really angry. But when she opened her eyes, she wasn't in the boat where she expected to be. She was lying in her bed. Was everything that had just happened a dream? She looked over to her side and was surprised to see Sasuke lying on the bed beside her. She was so surprise that she let out a scream. Sasuke bolted away and rolled off the bed with a thump.

"Sasuke? I'm sorry. Are you okay?" She whispered loudly bending down next to his fallen body.

"Sakura, what are you doing in my room?" He asked. "Wait, I'm in your room, aren't I?" She nodded.

"Sakura? Are you okay in there?" Esteban knocked on the door. "Why did you scream?"

"Everything's fine." Sakura signalled to Sasuke to be quiet. "I just… saw a big cockroach." She made a face; glad that he couldn't see it otherwise he would know she was lying.

"But you're not scared of cockroaches." He said suspiciously.

"It just took me by surprise." Sakura reassured. "It's gone now."

"Okay then." She heard his footsteps as he walked away

"Whew that was close." Sasuke said standing up. His clothes were all wrinkled and his hair was in messy disarray.

"What are you doing in my room and sleeping in my bed?" Sakura inquired. "Did we do something last night that I forgot? I can't remember anything after the boat."

"Nope, I don't think you forgot anything." Sasuke sat down on the bed. "After you fell asleep, I rowed back to shore and carried you on my back to your room."



"Really? You should have just woke me up. You had to carry me all the way? Wow, you're strong."

"Actually, you're just not that heavy." He said modestly.

"But you still didn't tell me why you were in my bed." She said suspiciously.

"Well, I was sort of watching you sleep…" He said guiltily. "And I guess I got sleepy and fell asleep."

"That's sort of creepy, man." She said inching away.

"Whatever." He scoffed.

"I was kidding!" She leaned over and hugged him. "It's not that creepy."

"Sakura do you remember everything about last night." He said remembering what he had confessed.

"Every word." She hugged him tighter. "Who could forget that night?"

"Well, since I'm already here, I guess I should remind you to ask Esteban if you could come tomorrow." He pointed out.

"Yeah! I'll do that right now." She let go of him and grabbed some clothes. "Just let me get ready." She said as she closed the bathroom door.

Sasuke sat on the bed awkwardly looking around not wanting to touch anything. Even thought it smelt like the lodge, there was a distinct smell of Sakura that wafted the air. Even the pillows and sheets that were changed almost very day had her scent coming off. He leaned over to take a close look at one of Sakura pictures on the bedside table when he heard a giggle behind him.

"Sasuke." She walked towards him, her voice distorted as she was laughing. "Your hair is so cute and funny." She reached up to touch it but he grabbed her hand.

"You think my hair is funny?" She nodded. "Well then let's see how funny you think this is." He walked forward causing her to step back and fall on the bed with a thump.



"Hey, wait Sasuke. It's not funny anymore." She panicked as she realised where he was going. " You see I stopped laughing." But she couldn't continue as she tried to wriggle away from him but her energy was drained from her as she laughed. When he stopped his unmerciful tickling, they were both panting: Sakura from laughing and Sasuke from holding her so tight. Sasuke still hand his hand on ready.

"You sadistic bastard." She panted at him. "You're so cruel."

"I guess you're never going to laugh at me again." He panted back. He pushed her hair behind her ear. "You should see what your hair looks like now."

"Even after I begged you to stop you didn't." She shook her head ignoring the previous comment. "My sides hurt like hell and so does my wrist." He let go as soon as she said that. It made her smile knowing that he cared if he hurt her.

"What are you waiting for?" She raised her eyebrows at him. "Make me feel better." It was more like and order than a request.

"If you insist" He kissed her red wrist where his hand had been and then kissed his way up her arm and then kissed her full lips. Their mouths moved like a dance as the slipped their tongues together to massage against one another. The choreography made their hearts skip a beat in their chests. When Sasuke pulled away, he leaned down to whisper in her ear. "Better now?"

"You have no idea." She moaned. But what she didn't know is that he had a pretty good idea because he felt the same way. "Anyways, no more of this." She pushed him away and pulled herself off the bed, fixing her hair. "I have to go to work."

"You're so cruel!" Sasuke whined. It was so perfect but she just took it away in a second.

"There's this word that would go very well right now." She looked up at the ceiling pretending to think about it. "Oh yeah, it's called REVENGE!" She grabbed his hand, opened the door and pulled him out.

"Hey be a little more discreet next time. People could be watching" Sasuke hissed looking around at the empty cabin porches.

"Next time?" Sakura raised her eyebrows.



"Well…that is…if there is a next time." He smiled at her hopefully.

"Oh, go buy yourself something expensive." She just looked at him for a moment and walked away.

"One can dream can't they?"

Sasuke was out for the whole day as usual but he came back for dinner. Sakura had spent the whole day trying to convince Esteban to let her out the next day. She knew exactly how to manipulate him. All she had to do was make him feel guilty and bother him enough so that he'll get annoyed and give up. She made him feel guilty by saying that she had worked so hard that she was very tired and she wanted to meet people her own age. She told him it was her fault she could go on vacation without actually having fun.

Sakura left a note for Sasuke in his menu again but this time it said: Tomorrow is a go. Make up an excuse for your parents. We'll leave in the morning; Three short sentences that meant that they could spend the whole day together tomorrow. While his mother was busy trying to make Stanley eat his greens, Sasuke caught Sakura's attention. He mouthed to her: Can't wait and she winked at him.