This is the second part to the prompt "there was no warning". I kinda like this one.


"I can't believe we're in this situation," Sakura sighed, wrapping her arms around her knees as she leaned back against her tire.

"How you're in this situation, you mean." Sasuke's reply sounded muffled from underneath her car.

She could see a bit of his exposed stomach as he stretched his arms upwards to tinker with the complicated car parts. Noticing that she was staring at his bare skin, she cleared her throat and turned her eyes towards the dark sky. "Hey, you stopped to help me, so now you're in it too. Consider yourself lucky.

Sasuke angled his body so that he could shoot Sakura an exasperated look, his lips pulled down into a frown. "Clearly the gods were looking down on me today."

Lightly kicking at his exposed side, Sakura let out a peal of laughter, her head tilted back to rest on the car. "You're still such a jerk. Guess that hasn't changed, huh?"

"And you're still hopelessly clueless about cars."

"Hey, we can't expect miracles now. It hasn't been that long since I last saw you, so I don't know why you would expect me to be a mechanic after seven months." Sakura sighed as she brushed her hair off of her sweaty neck. "Besides, I could still dissect anything way faster than you could."

Sasuke slid out from underneath the car, a smirk on his face along with splotches of grease. "Yeah, but when the hell are you going to have to dissect something this late at night in order to get home?"

"Whatever," Sakura pouted. "You're just jealous because you know that's a super cool thing to be able to do."

Sitting up, Sasuke grabbed at his old T-shirt that he found in his car and wiped his face. "Once again, that's not the most helpful skill for everyday life."

Sakura sniffed and playfully turned her face away from him. "How rude."

Watching her with interest, Sasuke threw his dirty shirt down and fell back against the ground, his arms under his head as a pillow.

Joining him on the hard ground, Sakura felt the absorbed warmth from the dirt soak into her limbs. "So, how have you been? I haven't seen you since January."

Sasuke let out a deep sigh. "Same as always. Always working. Always making sure Naruto doesn't get into too much trouble."

Rolling onto her side to face him, she brushed her fingers through his hair. "Still not getting enough sleep either?"

"Of course not." He turned his head to pierce her with a heated gaze, his dark eyes narrowed and mouth in a firm line. "How about you?"

"Same as always," Sakura's smile was sad as she watched her fingers slip from his hair as he moved his head. "I'm taking summer classes and working, and when I'm not doing that, I'm out with one of the girls."

"Don't you ever take breaks? You shouldn't be doing so much during the summer."

Sakura took a deep breath, hesitant to reply. "It helps to keep my mind off things. Y'know, like our…" she raised her hand in an awkward gesture. "Like our breakup."

Sasuke stayed quiet for a while, his dark eyes smoldering the night sky in thought.

"Sorry," Sakura chuckled, her hands coming together to nervously tap her fingers. "I sure made that awkward."

"I'm sorry."

Sakura watched with wide eyes as Sasuke's hand clenched into a fist by his side.

"I'm sorry that I've made it so hard on you."

"Don't be, Sasuke. It's fine, really. If it wasn't working out for you then of course you shouldn't force yourself to be with me."

"It wasn't that. It was just…" Sasuke took a deep sigh, his breath whooshing over her face. "I don't know, but it wasn't because of you."

Grabbing at his tense fist, Sakura pried it open and twined their fingers together. "Well, maybe we can start over again."

"Yeah, maybe we can."