a/n LONG CHAPTER. Read and Review lets crack 100 before my birthday!
Before they knew it the day had become night. Sakura looked at the wall clock behind her red-faced father and was shocked to find it was nearly nine o'clock in the evening. They had arrived six hours ago. Her mother had been plumping them up all day with her fabulous cooking and her father had seen to it that Sasuke's cup had never emptied. After the initial tenseness that Sasuke's presence had caused between Sakura and her mother had passed, Mebuki had wasted no time grabbing Sakura's attention and updating on all the local gossip that she'd missed over the past months.
"You should see the way Endo-san's daughter talks to her." Mebuki waved her hand dismissively to no one in particular. "So shameful but there's nothing she can do. That Emiko, she's as wild as her wayward father."
Sakura nodded her head, pretending to listen as her mother prattled on and on. She knew she'd have to wrap it up or her mother would happily talk her ear off all night. She looked over at Sasuke whose drunkenness was in danger of becoming shameful.
"Is that so, Kaasan?" Sakura nodded her head. "Oh, Kami. Is that the time?" Sakura made a show of checking her wristwatch before realising too late that she didn't have one on, quickly recovering she rose from the floor putting her hand on Sasuke's shoulder. "I'll have to take Sasuke home before he passes out on your floor. Thank you so much for having us Kaasan, Tousan."
"Oh, leaving so soon?" Her drunken father gurgled. "Here take a bottle for the road."
Sakura knew Sasuke didn't need much more of that vile substance but took the bottle despite it.
They gathered their belongings, hindered by Sasuke's stumbling and the Tupperware containers full of leftovers her mother had gifted her. Sakura rolled her eyes as she watched Sasuke attempting to slip his shoes on, before giving up and setting the boxes down to help him.
"Come here." She grabbed his ankle and helped him guide his foot into the shoe ignoring the sounds of her parents snickering in the background. "Baka."
Having successfully secured Sasuke's shoe on his foot she waved quickly at her parents whilst she slipped her shoes on swiftly. She grabbed the Tupperware containers again, before she grabbed Sasuke's shoulder and pushed him out the door. She prayed for the cold air of the night sky to aid Sasuke in sobering up but alas he'd drunken far too much.
Before long, Sakura was unlocking her door on the other side of town. Fortunately, Sasuke had managed to walk the whole way with out falling over himself. She immediately deposited the leftovers in the fridge, glad to be free of their burden. She looked over to find Sasuke and saw that he had taken a seat at the table. He was holding his head in his hands, rubbing at his temples.
Sakura smirked as she walked over to him. A day's worth of drinking rarely came without consequence and by now Sasuke's head must have been feeling like a pounding drum.
"Are you okay?" She bent down beside him to try and see his face hidden in his hands. When he grunted in reply Sakura had to stifle a giggle. She doubted he'd ever drink with her father ever again, which was probably for the best.
"Come on then, tough guy." She grabbed his hand in hers and led him into her bedroom, where she laid him down on the bed. She untied the sash around his shirt and helped him to take it off, so that he was more comfortable. Without a noise, Sasuke's hand went back to his face to shield the light out. Sakura then climbed onto the other side of the bed and placed his head in her lap.
"Would you like me to make you feel better?" She asked lovingly. Sasuke nodded his head in affirmation. Sakura gathered her helpful chakra in her fingertips and massaged his temples the way he'd tried to before. He immediately responded with a pleasant sigh. His body relaxed in her lap as she made the pain go away. It wasn't long before he felt almost like he hadn't touched a drop of alcohol all day.
"It's so amazing that you can do that." Sasuke said in his deep rumbling voice.
"It's not that fantastic." Sakura said dismissing his complement. "I've seen you do much more impressive things with those eyes of yours." He turned his body so that he was on his side.
"Let's not talk about that, right now." He kissed her knee, before wrapping an arm around her waist.
"Okay…" Sakura thought of a topic to switch to, and deviously smiled as she settled on one. "If you think that's amazing I know something else I can do that's much better."
This intrigued Sasuke. What on earth could be more amazing than the ability to heal people? He'd spent half his life doing the opposite, he couldn't even imagine how different his life would be if he could heal. He clenched his teeth as he thought of all the people he could have saved. He supposed it was more gratifying to heal people from a common enemy than to heal them from wounds he had inflicted.
"What can you do that is more amazing than healing me?" Sasuke asked distracted by his own train of thought. Sakura put her hands on either side of his head again, only this time she lowered her lips to his and enveloped him in a warm kiss. Sasuke kissed her back suddenly feeling like he was weightless in relaxation.
Sakura glided her hand down to his hip, over his shoulder and chest. She caressed the flesh there, enjoying the feeling of his warm skin. With her lips still locked to his, she changed position on the bed so that she was now lying next to him. Slowly, she tested the waters by lowering her hand to the waistband of his pants. When she heard no protest from him she pressed her hand against his bulge. She started to massage the skin there, thrilled when his arousal started to stir. She was waiting with baited breaths for him to grab her hand and stop her, but it never happened.
Sensing that his defences were down she decided to move her hand beneath the material of his pants. Her hand found his member and she started to rub the skin, causing his breathing to hitch in his throat. She watched his face contort in pleasure when she applied a little more force.
"I told you I could do something more amazing." She whispered seductively into his ear.
"Sakura." He grunted, breathily. "If you don't stop now you're going to be in big trouble." He grabbed her thigh hard in warning.
Sakura had two options. She could follow his damn rules and continue his self-imposed – albeit unintentional – mission ban, or she could completely disregard him and do what they both wanted to do. Seeing him in a state of arousal was enough to set a fire between her legs, spurred on further by the mischievous mood she was in.
"What trouble?" She kissed his jaw. "What will you do to me?"
Sasuke knew he was in danger. Sakura was too smart for her own good. She'd chosen to attack him when he was weak. When his defences were low. There wasn't anything he could do, a part from storm out of the apartment, to stop her. There was no denying the way her touch made him feel. His heartbeat had steadily quickened with every stroke. Would it be so wrong to give in to temptation? He'd met her parents like he said he would. Didn't that mean that they could now progress in their relationship?
Sasuke was distracted from his train of thought as Sakura removed her hand from his groin. His full attention was devoted to her now, wondering what she'd do next. She determinedly placed her hand on his chest, pushing herself up into a seated position. She smoothly swung her leg over his hip and straddled him. Sasuke's thought his heart was going to explode out of his chest, it was beating so fast. From this angle he could observe her beautiful features; her hair wildly framing her face, her pink supple lips parted devilishly and invitingly, her arched back displaying her cleavage where the yukata was beginning to loosen.
She brought her lips to his again. He couldn't think. His willpower to think was fading. He wanted to go along with it but he couldn't. Couldn't he? Sakura began kissing his neck nibbling at his skin causing him to stubbornly issue a moan. She took this as an invitation and trailed kisses down his chest and abdomen. When she reached the band of his pants she looked up at him to catch his eye. He was wide eye in anticipation, knowing that he had to stop her. Sakura, revelling in the power she had over him, undid the top button.
"Sakura." Sasuke grunted again, feeling conflicted. "Don't…"
Sakura kissed his lower stomach as she undid another button. She grabbed the material in her hands and begun to pull it down over his hips. If she had to play along with his stupid game then she was going to have to start upping the ante if she was ever going to complete her mission. She pulled the clothing down freeing his now throbbing erection. She took it in her hand again and began driving the flesh, feeling the moistness of the tip. Her eyes still trained on him, she temptingly ran her pink tongue over the head of his penis. Sasuke inhaled sharply at the feeling and pushed his head back into the mattress.
"You're all tense, Sasuke-kun." She lowered her voice seductively, using the honorific as an added effect. "Just lay back and let me help you relax."
He made a noise in reply that sounded weak. She had completely broken down his resolve. She felt a swell of pride within herself. She'd managed to break the great Uchiha. With a seductive grin on her face she engulfed the head of his penis with her mouth causing him to moan encouragingly.
Sasuke's mind was completely numb. He'd glazed over. All blood that could have helped his thought process, and found him a way to stop her advances, was now pooled low within his genitalia. His body was ablaze with desire, intensified by the sight that unfurled before him. Sakura's hand tightly gripped the base of his erection as her head bobbed up and down on it. Her tongue massaged his length as she used her lips to tighten the pressure around it, all the while sucking as hard as she could manage.
"Fu-uck." He groaned and she increased her speed. "Sakura-a."
He reclined his head back into the mattress again harder, as all the muscles in his body begun to tighten, his mouth agape. He never knew something so wrong could feel so good. He knew the fact that he'd banned it made it feel so much better. He began to thrust his pelvis gently towards her, rocking his throbbing arousal into her mouth. With one hand he gripped the bed beneath him, the other he placed on the back of her head, gently encouraging her. He could feel sweat start to gather on his forehead as he concentrated on her ministrations.
He could feel a familiar feeling start to build up within him. He was getting close to climax. He'd never received a blowjob from Sakura before. He knew most women hated them so he'd never before pressured her into completing the act, preferring that he was nestled between her legs before doing so. This being the case he didn't know what to do when he did reach that point.
"Sakura." She trained her eyes on him not ceasing her movement. "If you keep doing that it's going to get messy." He said between heavy breaths.
If he wasn't mistaken she had just giggled at him, with his cock still in her mouth. He didn't think it was possible but she increased the pressure and sucked harder like she was now trying to coax him into coming in her mouth. He breathed in slowly absorbing air into his lungs and focused on his throbbing member. His heart was racing faster and faster as the feeling of her hot, wet mouth engulfed his senses. He couldn't bare it anymore she circled the head of his penis with her tongue, before plunging it deeper into her mouth, sucking hard. His hips bucked, he couldn't hold on any longer. Something snapped inside him as she pushed him overboard, his body tensed and shuddered. He let a deep groan escape his clenched teeth as his hot seed shot into her inviting mouth.
"Shit." He exhaled, panting heavily, exhausted by his orgasm.
Sasuke couldn't move. He was paralysed with post orgasmic bliss. With much effort he looked down to observe Sakura. She was watching him amused by his obvious pleasure. He caught her eye as she swallowed determinedly and licked her bottom lip, supressing a slight shudder. He felt his member twitch at the sight of her swallowing his seed. She crawled up the bed to resume her position lying next to him with her head on his chest. She could hear his heart beat starting to slow. She looked up at him although his head was reclined to the side. Sluggishly he brought his hand to his forehead and held it there. She lazily drew circles on his chest waiting for him to recover.
A time had past before Sasuke could move again. He lifted his head and looked at her.
"You're in so much trouble." He mumbled at her, shifting his arm under his head and snaking the arm closest to her around her waist.
"I'm in trouble? I just did you a favour." Sakura poked him hard in the chest. "You're welcome by the way."
He sniggered under his breath and tightened his hold on her, nuzzling her hair with his nose.
"I guess not then."
"If anything you owe me one."
"Aa."
"You owe me big time." She sighed contently at his nuzzling. "But, I can wait this time."
Sasuke was feeling tired. He hadn't felt this content in a long time. He hadn't slept with her as per his ban, but after what just transpired he was beginning to wonder why he'd ever enforce that on himself. He thought hard about their relationship. Had leaving out sex actually improved their relationship? If anything he'd just been avoiding her…surely there was something that marked a development in their relationship? He'd met her parents, yes, but he felt there was something more he could do.
Then it suddenly hit him. Something so important he had no idea how he'd even managed to miss it. He'd spent everyday pining after her. Thinking about her, every waking moment and sometimes in his dreams. She was lying next to him in his arms, but he'd failed to do the one thing that was so crucial to their relationship that she had already expressed in a manner of speaking. He looked at the beautiful, talented, intelligent woman in his arms and felt his heart swell with something other than lust.
"Sakura." He got her attention, placing his hand on the side of her face. "There's something I've forgotten to tell you." She looked at him with an intrigued expression.
"Yeah?" She said with her brow furrowed in thought.
"It's really important, too." He smirked at her as she processed his words, trying to give them reason. "I really…and truly…"
"Yes?" She pressed him onwards, impatiently.
"…Love you." He kissed her larger than average forehead tenderly. She moved her head upwards to face him. He could see that her eyes looked almost watery. He kissed her warms lips and pressed his head against hers.
Sakura's mind was humming. Her heart was beating and her stomach was doing somersaults. She was wrong. How could she ever think that she'd stopped loving him all those years ago? She'd never stopped loving him. She'd always love him. When they were younger, now and forever. Her mind was presenting her with so many cheesy images of the two of them together forever; she had to shake her head to clear it. She couldn't ruin the moment by being cheesy and uncool.
With no words to aid her she buried her head in his chest, not wanting to show him the corny tears that threated to leave her tear ducts. He tightened his arms around her, rolling her slightly onto his chest. He laid kisses on her forehead and rubbed her back in circular motions. Maybe he should have chosen a more wholesome moment to confess his love for her? More importantly shouldn't she be saying that she loved him as well? To the best of his knowledge she hadn't yet. Not Properly. Not in so many words.
"I love you, too." He heard her mumble into his chest. "Please sleep here tonight with me."
He smirked to himself. Well, that solved that problem…
"The Hokage will see you now, Uchiha-san."
"Thanks."
Sasuke rose from the chair outside the door and meekly shuffled into the Hokage's office. He'd never admit it aloud, but he was actually frightened of the big-busted woman. The memory of the day he had to go before her and ask for forgiveness and re-entry into the village still managed to afford him a cold sweat.
"Uchiha." Tsunade reclined in her chair and crossed her arms in front of her. The contempt she held for him was clearly written on her face. Sasuke knew the dislike she felt for him would have only increased in the past month since he had started seeing her favourite student. "What did I do to deserve a visit from you?"
Sasuke repressed the urge to glare at her. How many years would it take for her to treat him politely? He had lived his life by the book in the past few years. Obviously, her dislike for him had been enough to halt him from going on any missions. It'd been over a month now. Naruto had been gone on his huge mission for weeks and everyday Sasuke hated himself for sitting around doing nothing when he knew his best friend was out there somewhere risking his life. That's why he'd come to politely demand or beg for one. At the least maybe he could find out why he hadn't gotten one.
"Sorry for interrupting your day Hokage-sama." Sasuke bowed curtly in respect for Sakura's shishou. "I've come to ask if there are any available missions that I could possibly be sent on." He watched her carefully trying to sense something in her reaction. A smug smile had settled on her face that aggravated him. She knew something he didn't.
"I'm sorry Uchiha, but that won't be possible at this time." She reached for some papers on her desk and reshuffled them, trying to gather some composure and hide her smile.
"Beg your pardon ma'am." Sasuke could feel his temper rising. "But why isn't it possible?"
"Oh, I won't be telling you that." Tsunade smiled at him, falsely. "Dismissed."
Sasuke turned on his heel and headed towards the door, trying to keep the rage he felt in check. What a waste of his time. Something had to be up. He didn't see the point of keeping a ninja his rank stationed in the village. There was no threat of attack and surely he could be put to better use somewhere else. He was silently envious of Sakura's job at the hospital. At least when she didn't have a mission she still had something to do. He reached for the door handle when he heard Tsunade clear her throat.
"Uchiha." He stopped in his tracks but refused to face the woman and give her the satisfaction of revealing his anger to her. "Perhaps you should ask your girlfriend about your current lack of mission. She might be able to help you more than I."
"What do you mean?" Sasuke faced her in disbelief. "What does she have to do with that."
"Ask her and find out." Tsunade turned enigmatically in her chair. Sasuke stood staring at the back of the Hokage's chair, mind a buzz in confusion.
What the hell did she mean? Sasuke marched up the stairs to Sakura's apartment. He'd walked across town, Tsunade's words bouncing around in his head. He couldn't help but feel a little betrayed. Sakura knew something that he didn't. Sakura had heard him openly question his lack of missions but had failed to present what she knew. And she knew something. She definitely did. Why was she keeping it from him?
A sudden thought crossed his mind. Could it be that Sakura was keeping something from him on purpose? Sakura was Tsunade's student. This meant that Tsunade had a significant pull over her life. If Tsunade wanted Sakura to keep an eye on him then Sakura would do what ever it took to do this. Even if it meant infiltrating his bed…
Was it all a lie then, their relationship? The more he thought about it, his missions had practically ceased as soon as he had started seeing her. Could it be that Sakura was somehow reporting his every action to her master and as a direct result Sasuke was on suspension? If so what had he done that could cause that? If this was true, and Sakura really was monitoring his every move for Tsunade then that meant their entire relationship was a lie. His felt sick to his stomach. Surely he couldn't have been such a fool that he was so easily duped?
He reached the door to her apartment and pushed it open, not bothering to knock. He could feel a rage building within him. He wanted answers and he wanted them now.
"Sakura." He roared throughout the apartment, making a beeline for the bedroom door. He shoved that open and found her sitting on her bed a book forgotten in her hands.
"Sasuke, what's wrong?" She looked up at him with her wide, doe like eyes.
"Don't give me that bullshit." Sasuke felt like he could breathe fire. "Tell me the fucking truth."
"What the hell?" She stood and crossed the room to him. "What's going on?"
Sasuke grabbed her jaw with his hand with too much force. He winced in pain at her shocked gasp of fear. He searched her eyes, hoping to find the truth there.
"Tell me the truth, Sakura." He lowered his voice darkly. "Why won't Tsunade give me missions? What have you done?"
Sakura felt like all the oxygen in her lungs had been pushed out. Her heart sunk to the pit of her stomach. She'd not seen him this angry in the longest time and she was scared. His grip on her jaw was painful but that was nothing to way he was looking at her with hatred.
"Sasuke, calm down it's not what you think." She tried to grab his arm but he snatched hers with his free hand.
"So you admit you've done something?" He seethed at her. "You admit Tsunade ordered you to keep an eye on me using any means necessary?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Don't lie to me." His grip on her jaw tightened as he pushed her head back.
"Stop it." Sakura struggled. "Let go of me, Baka. You're hurting me."
She wrenched her arm out of his hold and pushed him hard against the wall behind them. He'd obviously gone to see Tsunade to demand a mission and Tsunade had obviously opened her big mouth and told him to question Sakura instead. She sighed in exasperation. Sasuke had marched the whole way here from the Hokage's tower letting his mind run wild. Letting his stupid anger consume him.
"Just tell me the truth." His eyes burned into hers. "You don't love me you're just using me."
This caused Sakura to roll her eyes. Really? He was being ridiculously dramatic. Blinded by rage he was acting like an idiot.
"Calm down. You're acting like a complete and utter idiot." She grabbed the hand on her jaw and freed herself from his tough grip. "I'm not telling you anything til you sit down and stop glaring at me like a madman." He was in big trouble.
Sasuke shoved past her and sat on the edge of the bed, his arms crossed. He still glared at her but she knew now he'd at least listen to her explanation.
"Do you really think I've tricked you into some big elaborate scheme?" She started. "For crying out loud you're supposed to be a genius. What the hell is wrong with you?" She shook her hands in exasperation. Sasuke avoided her eye. She could tell that he was considering what she was saying.
"I want to tell you what's going on. But it's embarrassing and a little creepy."
She pinched the bridge of her nose. She had just made it creepier by saying so.
"Sakura, what are you talking about?" His brow furrowed.
"Tsunade did ask me to do something but it was after we had gotten together and no, it's not spying on your or anything ridiculous like that."
"Then what the hell is going on."
"Tsunade wanted me to get a sample."
"A sample of what."
Sakura thought she'd die of embarrassment. She had been trying to avoid this for weeks, but now it had blown up in her face. She was going to murder her shishou.
"Tsunade-sama is concerned with the longevity of your clan. She is concerned that you will expire before you get a chance to sire offspring." Sakura looked anywhere but at him.
"What." Sasuke looked like a ton of bricks had been dropped on his head. "She wants us to-"
Sakura snapped her head back to his.
"Tsunade wants me to get you pregnant. That's preposterous. Too soon." Sasuke made a sound like he had choked on saliva in his throat. He looked completely uncomfortable but Sakura was certain that was nothing in comparison to her appearance, for she was sure that her whole face was glowing red.
"No, Baka!" Sakura squealed at him. "Don't be ridiculous."
Sasuke looked at her confused and slightly concerned. Surely, he couldn't be so naïve to think that Tsunade wanted him to start repopulating his clan when he wasn't quite twenty years old yet.
"Well then what do you mean by-" Sasuke begun. "Oh."
Realisation dawned on him and Sakura thought she could die with embarrassment. Then he did something that completely surprised her. He laughed. A laugh she'd never ever heard from him before. True hysteria, he grabbed his stomach and doubled over on the bed, leaving Sakura to stand there looking on confused and slightly unnerved.
"Stop it." She said meekly. "Stop laughing at Me."
"I'm sorry." He said clearing his throat and trying to compose himself and looking quite manic. "It's just so funny."
"It's not funny. How do you think I feel?" She pouted now, truly hating him.
"Why didn't you just tell me from the start, idiot." He held his hand out to her, which she took begrudgingly. "It's no big deal. In fact it makes sense."
Sakura could feel the colour drain from her face. She hadn't imagined his reaction being so blasé. She'd imagined him being unnerved or angry but not blasé.
"…And you've been trying to get me to have sex with you this whole time and I went and banned it." He pulled her into his lap and she could feel his body shake with soft laughter, all traces of anger completely dissipated. "How where you going to do it? Snatch a sample in one of you medical test tubes and hope I didn't notice? Wait til I was asleep and harvest my sperm?" He started shaking harder with laughter now. She was beginning to see how this would be amusing.
"Shut up." She frowned at him. "You've no idea what I've gone through. Trying to get you to sleep with Me."
"You say that like you've had to sacrifice so much for this mission."
"I hate you." Sakura crossed her arms and turned her back on him, made hard by the fact she was sitting in his lap.
"I'll take Tsunade a sample myself. I'll march in and slam it on her desk." Sasuke grabbed Sakura under the ribs and tickled her skin lightly. "I'm sorry you've had to toil over this mission. Be happy it's out of your hands now."
"What do you mean out of my hands? You're going to do it yourself?" Sakura removed herself from his lap, slightly offended. "Sorry Sasuke, it's my mission not yours."
She crossed the room to the door, choosing to punish him with a huffy exit.
"And seeing as it's my mission I can chose when to complete it. I hope you enjoy your holidays a little bit longer."
With that she slammed the door leaving Sasuke to think about the true meanings of her parting words...
