Star-Chan: Hello you guys! How have you been? Man, it's been a very long time since I updated my stories. I need to get going on them again. But yes here is my lastest chapter to my story. I hope you guys like it, it is fluffy-ish with major sasusaku moments in it. So yeah enjoy! :)
Recap:
Sakura stared at the paper in her hand, re-reading it over and over again. She sighed and put the paper down on her table. Sakura walked over to her closet to see what she has to wear for tomorrow.
Chapter 11: A Broken Chain, Can Always be Fixed
The night went by slowly for Sakura, as she tossed and turned in her bed. She tried to shove the thought of seeing Sasuke tomorrow farthest from her mind, since that was clearly the reason why she couldn't sleep. But that didn't help much, since the more she tried to avoid it, the more she thought about it. Finally she dozed off to sleep about two in the morning and awoke from the bright sun shining through her window. She checked the clock to see that it was only seven in the morning; she decided to get out of bed, since there was no use trying to sleep anymore.
Sakura got up and brushed her teeth and hair and went down to make herself some breakfast. She was constantly looking over at the time to see if it was moving any faster. She sighed when it only read ten. She grabbed the TV remote and turned it on. Sakura was watching the screen, but her mind was somewhere else. Soon she felt her eyes get heavy as she snoozed off. She was startled awake by the honking of a car outside and sat up immediately. She looked at the clock.
"Oh crap, 2:45? I need to go get ready! Shoot I might be late…" Sakura thought to herself as she ran up to her room and picked out a light pink t-shirt and jeans. She combed her short pink hair and tied a ribbon into it. She put on light lip-gloss and ran downstairs to put on shoes. She grabbed her phone, keys and locked the door on her way out.
While she walked down the street, she looked at her watch, it read 3:15. Sakura sighed. She hoped that Sasuke wouldn't have left. After thinking it over and over again, Sakura didn't want her courage to end with nothing. The truth was that she had missed him so much, though not knowing how to approach Sasuke again. But thanks to Naruto's little confidence boost, she felt she was ready. Sakura was determined to try to make up with Sasuke today, no matter what.
Sakura walked slower as she neared the corner of her street. She was hoping to see the Uchiha standing there patiently waiting for her and once he seems her, a smile will spread on his most perfect face. But she was disappointed when no one was standing there. She looked around but saw no one and she sighed.
"I guess I was too late…" Sakura said out loud. She started walking back the way she came from. Tears started to cloud her vision as she quickly wiped them away before they fell from her eyes.
"Excuse me, but are you looking for someone?" Sakura heard a voice ask her from behind. Her eyes widen because this wasn't just anyone's voice, this was his voice. She turned around to see the raven haired boy standing right in front of her. Her face broke into a smile as a tear of happiness slide from her eye. Sasuke wiped the tear away with his thumb while stroking her cheek.
"Sasuke-kun, how…what…I thought you left." Sakura said not knowing what else to say.
"Silly girl, why would you think that? For you, I would wait forever."
Sakura blushed and pulled her face away from Sasuke's hand. She wasn't going to melt from his words. She wanted to see what he had planned for her today.
"So, what proof do you have for me today?" Sakura asked. Sasuke smirked and took Sakura's hand in his. He pulled her past the busy streets and buildings, until they were at the blue ocean. Sasuke continued to lead Sakura away from the crowd of people on the beach due to the sunny day, to somewhere more private and quiet. Sasuke let go of Sakura's hand and turned to face her.
"Close your eyes," Sasuke told Sakura. She looked confused and did not do what she was told.
"Why?"
"Just do it and you'll find out later." Sasuke said a small grin on his face. Sakura pouted. She looked at Sasuke determined face and sighed. There was no way of saying 'no' to Sasuke when he has made up his mind. She closed her emerald eyes.
"If I fall-"Sakura began but she felt Sasuke's arm wrap around her waist holding her securely to him. She relaxed a bit.
"Don't worry, you won't. I promise." Sasuke whispered into Sakura's ear that gave her stomach a tingle of butterflies. They walked a short distance later and Sasuke told Sakura to open her eyes. Her eyes flew open to a nice blanket laid onto the sand with food spread out.
"A picnic? Wow Sasuke-kun, this is…not like you." Sakura said walking over to the blanket and sat down. Sasuke followed and sat next to Sakura.
"Well I thought doing something special would be nice."
Sakura looked around at all the food that was there. They were her favorites from small dumplings to cupcakes with strawberry flavored cream.
"Did you make all of this?" Sakura asked Sasuke who grinned.
"Yeah, I did. Remember I said I don't like to cook, but I know how to."
Sakura took a cupcake and took a bite. She was amazed at how good it was. "It tastes, incredible."
"That's good; I spent a long time fixing it." Sasuke said taking a tomato and taking a big bite. Sakura finished the last bite of her cupcake and looked up at Sasuke who was watching her with soft eyes. She looked away quickly heart beating quickly.
"Thanks for coming Sakura; I have to admit I had a part of me who thought you wouldn't." Sasuke said quietly. All Sakura did was nod not knowing what else to say. There were moments of silence between the two. Sakura decided to get up and head towards the water. She let the waves wash her feet and the wind blow through her hair. She was snapped out of her daze when she felt Sasuke's strong arms wrap around her body. Sakura smiled and leaned back against it.
"Sakura I'm sorry, for everything. I did what I did because I wanted you to know how much I care about you. I don't want to lose you, and I really didn't mean to hurt you that day. I've missed you every single day and I wanted to just hug you tightly hoping everything will be back to normal. Sakura, I love you and I always will." Sasuke finished. Sakura smiled brightly while her heart was melting from the words she had just heard. There was no doubt now, she truly loves Sasuke and he truly loves her. This was just a test after all and they had passed. Sakura turned around to face Sasuke.
"But you're with Karin now, and who knows what you guys have done in the past two weeks…" Sakura said pouting cutely and looked away innocently. Sasuke expression turned from calm to a disgusted kind of look.
"How could you even think I would do anything with that bitch? She's so freakin' annoying all we do is follow her around like some dogs I just want to punch that ugly face of hers and-" Sasuke was cut of my Sakura's finger on top of his lips. Sakura was laughing.
"You don't need tell me, I know." Sakura said removing her finger from Sasuke's lips.
"Does that mean you believe me then?"
"You'll find out," Sakura said pushing Sasuke's hands away from her body and stepped a foot away from Sasuke. "If you can catch me first!" Sakura yelled and started running away. Sasuke laughed along and started chasing after Sakura. She turned around and stuck her tongue out at him and continued to run. Sasuke was not far behind her. He sprinted the final distance between them and embraces her from behind, holding her back from running away from him anymore.
"I caught you, so what are you going to do now?" Sasuke said turning Sakura around to face him. Sakura was still laughing as she wrapped her arms around Sasuke neck.
"I guess I'll have you tell you the truth then," Sakura controlled her laughter until a small smile was still on her face. "I missed you too Sasuke, I can't even tell you the pain I had felt throughout the time we were separated. I actually didn't want to give you up, but I was thinking it will be awkward for us anyways if we stayed together so why not spend sometime apart to let things feel more comfortable before we started talking again. I did want to talk to you again, but I didn't know how to start up a conversation. But I'm glad you left your notebook at school yesterday or I may still be at home sulking." Sakura finished saying pinching Sasuke's cheek.
"The truth is, I left my notebook at school…purposely." Sasuke said smiling sheepishly. Sakura's lips tugged into a frown as she waited for Sasuke to continue. "I thought it would be a good idea to start talking to you again since knowing you, you would return it to me. I never thought you would tell Naruto to give it back to me. But I made it work anyways."
Sakura frowned more and threw her hands off of Sasuke's shoulder. "You lied you me, you liar!" Sakura yelled and started walking away. Sasuke chuckled lightly.
"Hey," Sasuke called after Sakura while catching one of her hands and pulling her back in his arms. Sakura was already starting to crack up. "You're a pretty good actress you know Sakura?"
"Of course, I am! How did you know I was playing around?"
"Because it wasn't good enough to fool me, which means it needs improvement."
"You guessed right because you got lucky this time!" Sakura said sticking her tongue out at her boyfriend who did the same back to her.
"So, seeing that I guessed right, what prize do I get?" Sasuke said smirking.
"Nothing!" Sakura said and started to walk away again but Sasuke pulled her back into his arms again. She looked up at his onyx colored eyes that she had missed so much and smiled. She got on her tip-toes and placed her lips over his. The feeling sent a tingle through her whole body. It seemed so long since she had kissed him. Sasuke returned the kiss while wrapping his arms around Sakura waist and pulled her closer to him. Sakura let her hands run through Sasuke's soft hair and put her arms around his neck. A few minutes later they broke apart and embraced each other.
"Sasuke promise me something."
"What is it?"
"Don't leave me again…"
"I promise, if you promise me the same thing." Sasuke said. Sakura lifted her head from Sasuke chest and kissed him lightly on the lips.
"I promise."
"But if you're talking about this time, it wasn't me who left you; it was you who left me." Sasuke pointed out. Sakura pulled away from the hug and looked at the grinning Sasuke.
"If someone didn't yell at me, maybe I wouldn't have!"
"Well if someone told me who she was meeting I wouldn't have lost it! And you wouldn't have been in pain for so long." Sasuke said. They both were at the edge of this argument not wanting to lose. Both glaring at each other and waiting for the moment where one of them would give up.
"If I told you, you would have still over reacted! And just for the record I was doing just fine without you." Sakura said loudly. Sasuke backed off after hearing the last part of Sakura's sentence. His grin was gone now replaced by a straight face. Sakura smiled triumphantly knowing she won the little argument, but her smile turn into a worried frown when she saw Sasuke starting to walk away from her. He started going farther away from her. Sakura ran to catch up to the younger Uchiha.
"Hey Sasuke, I was kidding…HEY where are you going!" Sakura called but Sasuke didn't respond. Sakura was inches away from Sasuke when he suddenly turned around smirking and swiped Sakura off her feet and into his arms. He pulled her securely into his chest while she wrapped her arm around his neck.
"Of course I knew you were kidding."
"You're a pretty good actor yourself Sasuke." Sakura said pinching his cheek again. Sasuke laughed.
"Well if my girlfriend is such a good actress I need to be a good actor to keep up with her don't you think so?"
"It didn't fool me for a second." Sakura pouted and buried her face in Sasuke's chest. Sasuke laughed again.
"Didn't fool you huh? I heard the worried tone in your voice; you thought I was for real!"
Sakura blushed. "Shut up,"
They walked along the beach together hand in hand enjoying each others company. When the sun started to set they walked back to there private part of the beach where there picnic blanket was still laid out and sat down watching the sun disappear behind the horizon and see the stars light up the clear dark sky.
"Hey Sakura, I have one more surprise for you." Sasuke said. Sakura looked at him curiously. She watched Sasuke take a little pink heart shaped box out of his pocket and her eyes widened. Sasuke opened the box and watched Sakura's eyes fill with tears.
"Sasuke…" Sakura was in lost of words. The Uchiha ring necklace that had broken so long ago was now fixed and right in front of her eyes. "This necklace, I broke it the other time, what…how…" Sakura said looking up to Sasuke's calm eyes.
"A broken chain can always be fixed, my love." Sasuke said taking the necklace out of the box and putting it around Sakura's neck where it will always belong. Sakura picked the ring up and looked at it. She looked at the Uchiha crest that was on it with the small little diamonds surrounding it. Everything looked the same like it was before. Yes everything was the same just like there relationship. Sakura hugged Sasuke tightly and cried tears of joy.
"I said this to you last year on your birthday, it would have been a proposal ring, but we have plenty of time for that, and I still believe that." Sasuke said pulling away and wiped the tears away from Sakura's face. She smiled and pulled Sasuke into another loving embrace.
They stayed at the beach a while longer before they started to head home. Sasuke insisted on walking Sakura home, which she accepted. They walked on and on until Sakura realized that the road they were taking was not leading to her house. She knew exactly where this way was taking her and smiled, shaking her head. They soon approached the Uchiha house and Sakura turned to face Sasuke.
"So I said you can walk me home, not walk me to your home." Sakura said stating the obvious. Sasuke grinned.
"It's the same isn't it?" Sasuke answered opening the door and letting Sakura and himself in. He turned on the light and started up to his room followed by Sakura. He sat down on his bed, and patted the seat next to him for Sakura to come sit next to him.
"So, there was a second reason you wanted me to come over isn't there, Sasuke." Sakura asked. Sasuke smirked and nodded.
"Of course, it's been far too long Sakura."
"So let's get started shall we?"
"Okay, you are so going to lose this time." Sasuke said getting up and got out his video games. He handed a controller to Sakura and they started an epic war on the Wii.
After about an hour of gaming, Sasuke heard his phone ring. He paused the game and took out his phone to answer.
"What, who is it?" Sasuke said pausing the game. He heard Sakura whine and un-paused it while he talked on the phone and played at the same time.
"Sasuke, you promised!" He heard the blonde boy whine on the other side of the phone. He sighed and paused the game again. Sakura sighed loudly and sat down on Sasuke's bed waiting for him to stop pausing and un-pausing the game.
"I promised what Naruto?"
"Sasuke you really are a bastard you know that right? You promised if I helped you with Sakura, you would help me with Hinata!" Naruto yelled. Sasuke lifted the phone from his ear to prevent from going death. He looked over at Sakura who was staring curiously at him. He mouthed 'Naruto' and she nodded her head. Sasuke put the call on speaker so Sakura could hear the conversation and help him out.
"How could you possible forget? You are a bastard; you shouldn't make promises you are going to keep!" Naruto continued yelling at his best friend. Sakura sighed and looked over at Sasuke, disappointed. Sasuke shrugged innocently.
"Naruto," Sakura said taking control of the conversation.
"Sakura, you need to teach your little boyfriend some manners and how to keep a promise."
"I know, I will. But right now, you need to calm down and stop yelling." Sakura said calmly. Naruto did as he was told.
"Now, what do you need help with?"
"Sasuke promised me if I help him with the note yesterday he would help me with Hinata."
"It's not that I don't want to keep my promise, I forgot okay? It was an accident and now that I remember I'll help you okay?" Sasuke said getting annoyed with Naruto's consistent whining.
"Really?! You will?"
"Yes, now can you leave me alone?" Sasuke said rudely. Sakura snapped at him and he apologized.
"Yeah Naruto, I'll make sure he helps out, and I will help you too. So we'll meet you at your house tomorrow okay? Good-night." Sakura finished the conversation and hung up the phone. She looked up at Sasuke.
"I thought Uchiha's kept there promises?"
"We do, I just simply forgot. It's not like I didn't want to help him! Would you quit accusing me?" Sasuke said frustrated. Sakura smiled and kissed him on the cheek to cool him down. There was silence for another minute and Sasuke finally calmed down.
"Okay, I believe you. Don't get so worked up. Shall we continue?" Sakura said and grinned as she un-paused the game and both were hurled into another epic war.
Star-Chan: YAY! looks like Sasuke and Sakura worked out there problems! Will it be the same for the others? What will Naruto do to tell Hinata's he's sorry for not considering her feelings? What is his plan?! Well I can't tell you anything now! So you'll have to stay tuned and read the next chapter!
Chapter 12: Naruto's Plan!
