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Chapter 10:

Mario Kart Love Song

"No-one will touch us if we pick up a star
And if you spin out, you can ride in my car
When we slide together we generate sparks
In our wheels and our hearts"

~"Mario Kart Love Song" by Sam Hart~

Sakura awoke Sunday morning with much excitement. She and the rest of the female population had been waiting for this day since New Year's. Today was Valentine's Day. Normally, Sakura wouldn't care when the day of love came around, but now that she had a boyfriend, she felt jittery with curiosity of what he might have gotten her.

She got dressed and dug through her closet for the present she hidden for Sasuke. There was no point in hiding the gift, however, it felt more exciting and mysterious to have it kept hidden. Finding it, she tucked the small gift into her hoodie and headed over to Sasuke's house. As she crossed over onto his lawn and noticed that his parents were not at home. This was to be expected since they both worked a lot like her own father. She knocked on the front door, rubbing her hands to keep them warm while she waited. After a while the door swung open only to show that Itachi had answered to her knock. He smirked as she became flustered.

"Thought it was going to be Sasuke answering the door?" Itachi said, letting her in. "He's not the only one who lives here you know."

"I realized that," she muttered. "Is Sasuke here?"

Itachi nodded and pointed towards the ceiling. "He's upstairs. I'm afraid that he's not feeling well today."

Sakura frowned and twiddled her fingers.

"Oh, well I guess I'll go then," she said.

"Actually, it's good that you're here," Itachi told her. "I've been wanting to get out of the house and now that you're here, you can look after my brother while I'm gone."

"I guess I could stay for a little bit," Sakura replied.

The oldest Uchiha brother patted the girl on the shoulder and grabbed his coat off of the coat hanger by the door. He looked back to her before he closed the door.

"Thanks for doing this," he said. "I'll be back later. Sasuke should be sleeping."

Sakura waved as the door was shut closed and sighed. She removed her hoodie, placing on the coat hanger and quietly went upstairs with her gift in hand. Finding Sasuke's room, the rosette gripped the handle and slowly opened the door. It was dark inside with the exception of light that shone through the drawn curtains. Sasuke had his back to the window which allowed for the light to outline his body. As Sakura tiptoed closer to his bed, she could hear soft snores come out from under the covers. She placed her gift on his dresser and knelt beside the bed. Her hand brushed his bangs out of the way as she checked his temperature. His forehead was sweaty with a feverish warmth. Sasuke sniffed in his sleep and continued to snore.

Getting up, Sakura went into the Uchihas' hallway bathroom and came back into Sasuke's room with a small towel and another one slightly drenched with water. She gently ran the wet cloth across his forehead and then dried it up with the other one. She sat back and studied him. He looked paler than usual, possible uncomfortable with the sickness that had entered his body. Sakura wished that there was something more than she could do. Keeping him cool and comfortable was all that she could provide him for now. Biting her lip, Sakura leaned forward closer to her sleeping boyfriend's body. She was unsure if she should do what she was about to do.

Caressing his forehead softly with her fingers, Sakura placed a kiss onto his forehead and whispered for him to feel better. It was a sad yet sweet attempt to cure his illness and she had done so because her mother had done the same for her when she was little. The gesture had usually made her feel better back then, but she knew better than to rely on words and a simple kiss to make everything bad go away. Sasuke didn't stur and his girlfriend was grateful that he hadn't. He needed all the rest that he could get. Sakura rested her head on an open section on the bed and watched Sasuke sleep. He looked completely peaceful.

After a while, she had begun to feel sleepy. It didn't help that Sasuke's mattress was comfortable and the fact that it was dark in the room. Sakura yawned and let her eyes slow close. She was still awake, but she just didn't feel like forcing her eyes to stay open. She propped up her elbow in order to make herself a pillow for her head. As she laid there, it didn't take her long to realize that someone was combing their fingers through her hair. Her emerald eyes opened to see Sasuke staring at her through his tired eyes. His fingers did not stop what they were doing even after he noticed that she saw him.

"You're supposed to be sleeping," she said to him, not moving from where she was.

"I was and now I'm not," he replied back. "What are you doing here?"

"Itachi asked for me to stay while he went out for a bit," Sakura explained. "I had come over to give you your Valentine's day gift when he asked me."

"Ah."

Sakura stood up and went over to his dresser where his present was. Sasuke sat up in his bed, making room for her to sit down next to him. She placed a small, thin red box with a white bow in his hands and watched him open it. Inside was a cd case decorated with a piece of paper full of ridiculous drawings taped to the cover. He opened the case and read the writing on the cd.

"'Bands that you should learn to know'," he recited. "You think that I have a bad taste in music?"

Sakura laughed. "No, no, no. These are bands that I like and think that you will too. Besides, I like your taste in music. Who doesn't love the oldies once and awhile?"

"I see," he said. Sasuke gave her a peck on the cheek. "Thank you."

The rosette smiled and heard his stomach growl.

"Someone's hungry," she said. "When's the last time you ate?"

The Uchiha didn't say anything and Sakura shook her head disapprovingly.

"I know you're sick and everything, but that's no excuse to not eat," she told him roughly. "I'll be back in a minute with something for you to eat."

Sakura didn't let him refuse and quickly made her way down to the kitchen. She opened everything from the cabinets to the fridge in order to find food. One cabinet was especially helpful and from then on, everything seemed to be found with ease. She heated up a can of soup and soaked a tea bag in a cup of boiling water. Finding a tray in the closet sized pantry, Sakura took the food upstairs into Sasuke's room.

His lights were on and he stood at the door of his closet with his back to her. He didn't noticed her presence as he tugged on a shirt. The muscles in his back rippled in a way that made Sakura shiver. Gulping down the feels that were being to develop, Sakura announced her arrival into his room.

"I'm not really supposed to have food upstairs," Sasuke blatantly said, rummaging for something in his drawer.

"I think this is a good enough of an exception," Sakura retorted, placing the tray on the bed as she observed his room now that it was lit.

His walls were dark, though Sakura sort of expected that, and there were clothes cluttered on the floor. She noticed the shirt he had woren to the movie they had seen a couple of days ago. He even had a small tv against the wall in front of his bed with a video game console on the floor. It was a typical boy's room for the most part.

Sakura was so interested in looking at his room that she didn't see Sasuke hand something in front of her face. He made a noise with his throat and Sakura looked down. In his hand was an open black box with tiny sparkling emerald earrings. She took the box into her own hands with care and sat gently on his bed so that the tray wouldn't fall. Looking up at him, Sakura didn't know what to say.

"Sasuke, these are, what I mean is," she muttered, mixing up the many thoughts in her head. "These must be extremely expensive!"

Sasuke shrugged and smirked. "You're worth it."

"I would kiss you again if you weren't sick," she said.

"What do you mean again?" he asked her with a sly smile. "Sakura, what were you doing while I was sleeping?"

Sakura turned pink and in order to avoid the question, picked up the tray. "Here you go! Hot black tea and tomato soup for the hungry boy!"

"What? No chicken noodle soup like mom used to make?" he said sitting beside her as he took the tray.

"Vegetable soups are better for when you have a fever," she explained and picked up the spoon. "Now open up!"

Sasuke rose a slender brow. "You're going to feed me? Is that really necessary?"

"Absolutely," Sakura stated. "Come on Sasuke, open up for the choo-choo train!"

It took him a moment, but he finally relented and let her feed him his soup. She feed him to the point that the bowl was half empty and that he had enough. As he sipped his tea on his on accord, Sakura looked down to the game console on the floor. She had played video games before, but wasn't really good at them. Sasuke noticed her eyeing the console. He placed the food tray safely on the floor and turned on the game. He handed Sakura a controller and took one for himself.

"But I don't know how to play videogames that well," she told him.

"It's not that difficult to play Mario Kart Sakura," he said pulling her into him as he sat behind her. "Watch what I do with the controller and try to mimic it."

Sakura did as she was told and before she knew it, she was progressing with skill. Each round that they played, she was getting closer to beating Sasuke. She was so into the game that she had dismissed the fact that Sasuke had rested his chin on top of her head. The final race in the game was epic. She started off in third place, but moved ahead when she deployed a banana peel to the kart in front of her. Then she received the blue turtle shell. A device in the game so upsetting to the racer in first place, that it was often rarely given. She let the shell loose and cheered as it hit Sasuke's kart, spinning his player out of control. Her racer dashed across the finish line with ease.

"Ha! Take that Mario! Princess Peach just kicked your ass!" she shouted at the game, pointed her finger in a threatening manner at it.

"I think it's time we did something a bit more relaxing," Sasuke suggested. "Perhaps like watching tv for instance."

Sakura shrugged and let Sasuke turn off the game and select a show for them to watch. He then laid on his bed with his head against his pillow. Sakura laid next to him and watched the show playing. Soon there was a snoring sound and Sakura turned her head towards Sasuke. He had fallen asleep after being active for a couple of hours. Sakura peered at him with tremendous affection and pecked at a spot above his brow. She went over to the tv and turned it off along with the lights. As she closed the door, she whispered, "Sweet dreams."

Sakura closed the door to her own room after returning home when Itachi had finally come back to the Uchiha household. She sat on her bed to finish her homework when she decided to look at her cellphone. There was a text message from Ino on there that she had yet to read that had arrived a few hours ago. She clicked on the envelope on her phone and gasped that the message plastered on her screen. Closing it, she dialed Ino's number and wished for her friend to be quick to answer.

She felt terrbile for not replying to Ino's message sooner and was relieved when she heard the blonde say hello. However, there was the slight sound of sniffling on the other end and what could be a teary hiccup. The rosette was terrified that something bad had happened to her best friend and felt even worst.

"Ino, I'm so sorry for not calling you!" Sakura said into the phone. "You said that you feel miserable. What happened?"

Ino's voice cracked on the other end and it sounded like she had started to cry. In between sobs, she had finally said, "Oh Sakura, its just horrible. I don't understand."

"Ino, what's wrong?" Sakura asked. "What happen to you?"

"It's Shikamaru, Sakura," Ino cried. "He broke up with me and I don't know why."

"I'm sure that there is a perfectly good explanation for why he did Ino," Sakura told her.

"There isn't Sakura," Ino said, her voice becoming angry. "He just decided that he didn't want to be together anymore and let me go once again. I bet he's with Temari right as we speak."

"You don't know that for sure Ino."

"I know and that's the worst thing about it," Ino sighed on the other side of the phone. "Do you think that you can come over for a little bit?"

Sakura glanced down at her unfinished homework and shook her head. She really wanted to get her work done, but Ino needed her attention more at the moment.

"I'll be there in ten minutes."

Author's Note:Well, I think that was a bit cute. I like the song at the beginning of the chapter and when I heard it, I felt like I had to use it somewhere in my story. What better way then to have Sasuke and Sakura play video games together? Well, I hope you like the chapter and please review. See ya next sunday! :)