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Chapter 10

Sasuke pushed the plate away from him with a deep sigh.

" I told you it would be a disaster!"

Sakura, on the other side of the table, was still looking at the burnt fish on her plate. She looked hesitantly at her roommate and smiled.

" You know, I can prepare something in a few minutes..."

Sasuke smirked.

" I told you my cooking would be simply awful!" he repeated " But I never told you I wasn't prepared!"

He stood up and disappeared in the living room for a minute. He returned in the kitchen with a bag and smiled at the rosette, who was looking at the plastic skeptically. The Uchiha took two clean dishes and carefully ordered the food on them.

" Ta daa!" he laid the plate in front of her and she examined the chicken with sweet and sour sauce and the rise.

" Chinese, huh? I am impressed, Sasuke. You were absolutely sure, that you'd fail, so you ordered even beforehand?!" she asked with disbelief in her voice and Sasuke chuckled tiredly.

" For the hundredth time, I told you!" he stuck his fork in the chicken and began eating happily, that he wasn't going to bed hungry, after all.

" I'll have to teach you how to cook some stuff, I'm not always going to be there for you, you know!" Sakura smiled and raised her glass with red wine. " For Sasuke's inefficiency!"

The Uchiha looked at her amazed and raised his own glass.

" I think you meant 'For Sasuke's wit!" or 'For Sasuke's resourcefulness!'...However, I'd accept inefficiency, too."

" Resourcefulness?...you?" Sakura snorted and looked him directly in the eyes. " You are the most improvident person I've ever met!"

" I am not improvident!" the boy argued " I have never been, well, at least not with you!"

She laughed heartily.

" Sasuke, you basically called me a 'whore' at the pool that day! And you still think you're resourceful? Think again!"

" That was honesty though!" he remarked calmly and she gritted her teeth.

" I have chemistry with Orochimaru tomorrow...maybe I should wear that miniskirt and a corset!"

" No, no..." Sasuke laughed. " I know what you're doing! And I ain't even try to stop you! You may seduce the hell out of the teacher, but everybody else in the university shall know you as the slut of the campus...so it would be for your own detriment if you do so...And you don't have the guts to, Sakura!"

She trembled at his words. No, she actually trembled at him pronouncing her name, but she still blamed his words. She chuckled lightly and nodded.

" You're probably right..."

" I am right!"

" Asshole!" she laughed and he chuckled too.

They finished their meal and each of them headed to their own room to study. It has been only a few days but it was already different than before, when they used to watch movies until 2am or play Guitar Hero on his Xbox. No, not at all. They were busy now with their studies. Every day after the lectures they had to work at the supermarket and they barely had enough time to study. But when they did, they had to do it efficiently and thoroughly.

Sakura sighed at the amount of books she was given by Tsunade to read. She obviously was chosen by the teacher to be that one student, that always seemed to be like a second Einstein in his eyes, which didn't ease her life at all. The woman was giving her extra books and extra homework, since 'she was seeing potential' in her. And that was creeping Sakura out. She only wanted to be able to keep her scholarship. That was all she needed. After hours of reading and writing, Sakura felt the urge to sleep. And she was about to faint as she saw the numbers on the display of the clock. It was almost one after midnight and she had to get up at about six to prepare for the day. She threw the books away and as soon as she laid her head on the pillow, sleep defeated her and she sunk into the peaceful world of her imagination.

Sasuke yawned and looked at the alarm clock. He had woken up before the alarm but was too lazy to get up anyway. He hadn't received much sleep in the last few hours. Damn Kakuzu. He was as strict and as awful as hell. Sasuke sighed and stood up from the comfortable bed. He cursed, as he stepped on his essey, which was now on the floor for some reason. He lifted it on the bed and headed to his bathroom, where he was about to take a nice, long bath, before he heard the sound outside of his door. He hesitantly opened it and saw a half-asleep Sakura walking down the hallway, dragging a blanket with her. She was standing on her feet difficultly and was leaning against the wall. Something in her pose, in her pale face and darker than usual eyes didn't seem right to Sasuke. He rushed over to her and placed his hand on her waist.

" Are you alright?" he asked with concern in his voice. She shook her head and her tresses fell out of the plastic band.

" No. I feel like shit." her voice sounded frail and hoarse.

Sasuke moved his hand to her forehead and sighed as he felt the high temperature. He slid his strong arms under her knees and lifted her from the ground carefully. He brought her back to her room and smirked as he realised that it was already the second time he was carrying her back in there, since they moved in. However, he placed her on the bed, covered her in the blankets and opened the window, which caused a wave of fresh air to enter the stuffy room. Sakura opened her eyes uneasily and looked at Sasuke, who was staring at her from the wall with unrest in his onyx, beautiful eyes.

" You're ill."

" Good morning, captain Obvious!" she coughed in her blankets and the Uchiha wrinkled his nose, mentally noting to not enter that room in the next few days.

Sasuke left for the kitchen, filled a glass with water, took a pill from the first-aid-kit that Sakura had brought with her and returned as fast as possible. He handed the stuff to Sakura and she looked up at him gratefully.

" I'll speak with Mister Nara for you, if you want to!"

" Will you?" she asked and coughed once again. Sasuke noted to buy a syrup, too, since he didn't want to have sleepless nights, well, at least not worse than those before. He nodded.

" Go put a shirt on."

Sasuke looked down to his chest to only find out, that he was in only his pants. He shrugged and looked at the weak rosette on the bed, hidden between the huge rugs and smiled.

" I'll go make you a tea..."

He closed the door behind him and rushed to the kitchen, where he started boiling water for his coffee and Sakura's tea. He wasn't really as concerned as furious, though. He had to now take care of her until she recovered, which meant that he had to cook and clean around, which wasn't expected. And he had to also talk with the boss about her. Why did he have to offer her that?! He sighed annoyed at himself and took the sugar out of the cupboard. Maybe it wasn't in his taste, but he couldn't leave the girl all alone in this state. Maybe he should stay for the day after work, than going to lectures. What would happen if he missed one or two? He brought the cup to the room and left it next to the water.

" Why are you doing this?"

Sasuke, as always, ignored her question.

" Why were you out of bed?"

" I had to go to the toilet and I had to take medicine." she said defensively but Sasuke snorted.

" You could have asked me, instead of pushing yourself!"

" You already did that for me...so what's the point in arguing?" she cleared her throat, which ended with a cough and she grunted. " My whole body hurts..."

Sasuke tensed.

" Do you want me to call the nurse of the complex? I am sure they have one."

" No, you don't have to. It's because I've caught a cold. I only have to stay here today and tomorrow morning I'll be as good as new!"

Sasuke raised his eyebrows as she coughed again and he shook his head.

" Alright, you're the doc here. I'll go prepare myself for the day...I'll be back in five minutes, OK?"

She nodded and he left her room. As he was gone and the door was shut, she let herself cough once again.

'Shit', she thought, 'why is it me? It's always me!'

" Yeah, she's ill." Sasuke muttered and Shikamaru snorted.

" Troublesome."

The Uchiha looked up to the other teen and shook his head lightly. No change for the past ten years. The boy seemed as lazy and annoyed as always. Only was he taller and well, smarter.

" Troublesome indeed."

Shikamaru was looking out of the supermarket doors, happy that there were no customers. If there were it would have meant, that he'd have to work.

" And you have to take care of her?"

" No, I don't have to." Sasuke snorted but Shikamaru raised his eyebrows.

" Then why won't you go to the lectures?"

The raven-haired guy tensed and looked to the floor.

' Because I'm concerned about her and I don't want to leave her alone.' No, that definitely wouldn't sound good. Sasuke cleared his throat.

" Because I have to make sure that she won't wander all around the house and won't throw her dirty handkerchiefs in the common rooms."

The Nara boy smirked and shook his head, than leaned against the wall.

" Now, that's a nice day!" he muttered and received no answer from Sasuke.

Their shift was about to end and only a few people showed up in the Nara family other words, it was a calm day there. However, Shikamaru headed to the campus after he asked Sasuke for the tenth time if he was sure. Sasuke confirmed and made a deal with the boy to take his notes the night so that he wouldn't miss anything. And he was sure, that while the other boy was leaving, he heard a mutter...' Those women, so troublesome!'

And Sasuke just couldn't disagree with that. Why? When he came back, Sakura was lying on the couch, watching a romantic movie. There were empty cups around her and a pile of handkerchiefs. Sasuke grunted nervously.

" Why the hell are you here?"

" Because my bed's boring!" she said weakly, without even looking at him. He kept distance, but looked at her dangerously.

" You better get your ill ass up right now and take it to that infected room of yours before I kick it to there!"

" You're such a prick sometimes, Jeez..." she looked at him and frowned. " I am the person with the worst luck out of all pitiful students that have to share a room with somebody else!"

" Well if you're not happy from my company then you should leave!" Sasuke hissed, knowing that it would hurt her, since it hurt himself hearing those words. The rosette narrowed her eyes and sighed through her teeth. She stood up and, covered in her blanket, left the room, passing only a few centimeters by Sasuke. He shivered as he felt the wind after her, but said nothing. After he heard the bang of her door, he sighed and looked at the mess on the little table. He gritted his teeth and cursed.

" No way I'm cleaning that!'' he muttered, turned around and left for his own room, already sorry that he chose his stubborn and annoying roommate instead of his studies.

Sasuke woke up in the middle of the night. His head ached. He looked at the clock to check the time, but all he saw was a blurry green light. The boy closed his eyes again and breathed in. He stood up and was amazed by how heavy his body felt. Another thing that annoyed him, it was cold. Colder than it should have been! He sighed and headed to the kitchen with difficulties. He only wanted to drink a glass of water, take some pill and go back to sleep. But as he was passing through the living room, he saw a pink head on the couch and sighed. The girl turned around and looked at Sasuke with her own, tired eyes. A frown appeared on her face for a moment as she saw him, but soon, it changed into a grin.

" Aww. Don't tell me you're feeling bad!" she said mockingly and he glared at her.

He went to the kitchen without saying a word, filled himself a glass of water, took a pill and returned to the living room with difficulties. The rosette was still looking at him with an evil smile and he snorted.

" Bitch."

" Asshole."

Both their voices sounded weak, but not offensive at all. That's why Sasuke smirked as he was out of her sight. He lay on the bed carefully and covered himself with all the blankets in his room. And for the first time in a long time he put on a shirt. But yet, he was still trembling. There was no doubt about it, he was ill. And it was her fault. But he couldn't be angry with her for a long time and he knew, that in the morning, things would be normal once again.

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