Red on Pink – A GaaSaku Fanfic (Chapter 11)
Continued from last time:
She walked to Sasuke's house, doubtfully dragging her feet. What she found when she finally arrived, though, was very unexpected. Sakura knocked on the door and waited. After around a minute of waiting, she decided to just open the door and walk in. And what she saw there, sitting on the couch, minding his own business as if nothing had happened, was Sasuke.
"Hey, sup?" Sasuke asked uncaringly.
"Sup?!" she yelled angrily, "That's all you have to say to me, is sup!?"
"Okay, okay. What's your deal?"
"My deal is, where the fuck is Gaara?!"
"And how do you expect me to know?"
"Well, Sasuke." Sakura began to explain, pacing back and forth with her hands clasped behind her back, "I came home yesterday after leaving your house, and Gaara was not there. I looked for him, or, a lot of us looked for him. You were not home for all of yesterday afternoon. And today, I wake up, and come here. You are home. Gaara is not. Care to explain, Sasuke?" She finished in a rude tone.
"Sakura. I cannot believe you think I would do such a thing." He seemed offended.
She laughed at him. "You were a criminal! No, let me rephrase that. You are a criminal. And I will not tolerate it any longer. Ever since that day you left me so many years ago. Ever since then! I have missed you, and waited longingly for you to come back. But, you know what? When I found out you had become a criminal, I hated you. And all the times we fought, I fought with a passion of hatred. And I held more hatred inside of me, deep inside my soul, than you ever will. Then, that day you apologized to me only when I had you at the brink of death, I looked into your eyes and studied them, and I saw that your bad intentions truly were gone. Maybe I was wrong, or maybe you played me, but it wasn't true at all. I could still be wrong, and you may not be the reason for Gaara's disappearance, but the facts still stand. You are an evil man. No, you don't even deserve to be called a man. You are an evil thing, deep down to the core, and I have lost all respect for you that you possibly could have gained from me. Ever."
As Sakura finished her last few words, Sasuke sat there, stunned, staring blankly at nothing. His skin was paler, if even possible, as if he had just seen a ghost. Sakura tapped her foot impatiently, awaiting a response from the raven-haired man. He coughed a bit, kind of choked on his words, trying to find a way to speak. Then, finally, he spoke.
"S-Sakura. I-I-I don't even know what to say. You... Since when did you get that kind of courage? You've never spoken to me in such a way. You're correct, though. I did kidnap Gaara. But we got halfway down the path to Sunagakure when I finally realized, 'What would be the point of this? It would just hurt people and probably get me killed. I haven't changed, I'm just a monster.' So I let him go. I have no idea what he did after that."
"You liar! If you let him go, he would have come back to me! I know he would." Sakura began to cry softly.
"I'm seriously not lying. Look into my eyes, Sakura."
She stared into his deep onyx eyes as tears began to run down her cheeks. It was a little difficult to determine his truthfulness, but she decided to believe him. It was something she thought she would eventually regret, but continued anyways.
"Okay, I believe you. But I just don't understand. Why wouldn't he come back?"
"Well, he said he was going to Suna for a while because he had some Kazekage stuff to do. And he said he felt safer with his siblings and was going to remain there."
"That does make sense. I'm gonna try to call him again, and meanwhile inform Naruto that Gaara is actually okay. You better not be lying to me, Sasuke. Just, please." She looked at him with her big green eyes with as much pleading as she could muster.
"I'm not, Sakura."
And with that, Sakura left Sasuke's house. She walked straight home and entered, already knowing she'd get an empty feeling as soon as she walked in. Naruto was there. It was a little unexpected, but she was thankful for it.
"So, what happened? Where've you been?" Naruto asked with worried eyes.
"Oh. I was at Sasuke's house." Sakura began.
"Sasuke! He's here?!" Naruto interrupted.
"Yes, yes, Naruto. Calm down. Let me explain."
"Okay, okay. Continue, please."
"Well, I obviously asked him where Gaara was. He said he didn't know why he had anything to do with it and so I explained to him why he was a suspect. Then he said he couldn't believe I'd think such a thing about him. After that, I basically just went into a rant against him. I probably sat there for 5 minutes going on about how terrible he is. But, surprisingly, he actually listened the whole time. After I finished, he sat there staring blankly at nothing and after a while he finally spoke He kind of explained his actions then told me he actually realized his wrong-doings and let Gaara go. Now with Sasuke's and pretty much any man's pride, it's hard to admit when you're wrong. So I trusted him on that. He said Gaara is in Sunagakure with his siblings. Gaara is the Kazekage after all. He needs to be there. But, I don't know. I just wish he was here."
"Jeez, Sasuke is a dick." Naruto laughed, "But seriously. I wish I could make you feel better. But all I can really do is tell you I know he will come back, and it's going to be okay." Naruto walked over to her and hugged her tightly.
"Thank you, Naruto. You're a good friend." She said with a smile after he let go.
Sakura called Gaara multiple times until he finally answered.
"Hello." Gaara said, sounding bored.
"H-Hey, Gaara. Are you busy or something?"
"Well, kind of. All that time spent away with you has built up mountains of paper work."
"I was so worried about you! You couldn't have even taken a little time to let me know you were okay?"
"Temari wouldn't let me. I don't know, she said something about Konohagakure being evil and that I shouldn't associate with anyone there. She took my phone away, but I got it back."
"Well, tell me the real story, just to make sure Sasuke was telling me the truth."
"He probably was. He kidnapped me in my sleep, then took me halfway up some pathway, then just let me go. I was confused, but he explained to me that he had changed and that he didn't want to ruin his image or something.. I don't know. But I told him I was going back to Sunagakure just to finish all my paperwork."
"Okay, okay, good. He was telling the truth, then. Anyway, I got to go. I love you."
"I-I love you too." Gaara smiled and hung up the phone. He quickened his pace with the paper work, desperately wanting to finish so he could go back to Sakura. He truly did love her.