SasuSaku Month 2014

Day 12 Prompt- Silver Lining


After the War, Sasuke had returned to Konoha and was let off with only three months probation. The people who wanted to make his life hell were overruled by the masses who felt he had redeemed himself along the way and especially in the war. His little psychotic episode after Itachi's death was forgiven and forgotten. Team Taka had taken refuge in Konoha.


Suigetsu had been bored and aimlessly walking about Konoha. He decided to go to Konoha Hospital to pick up Karin, because her shift ended in about fifteen minutes. As the two were crossing the corridor to go to the waiting room, they could hear conversation from all sides. Suddenly, they recognized the voice of their ex-teammate, Sasuke, from among the clamour. Their curiosity aroused, they paused to pay attention as to why the great Uchiha Sasuke was in hospital, and talking to head medic Haruno Sakura in private, no less. Him and Karin stood there, with their ears to the wall. They could hear broken conversation.

"Well, Sakura, there you have it."

"Are you sure about this, Sasuke-kun?"

"Is ... sure about what I'm feeling?"

"Sasuke-kun, this is serious!"

"I know that, Sakura."


"What could be so serious about Sasuke's feelings that he's talking to Pinky? Is he going to confess?" Karin hissed out.

"I don't know, so shut up and listen." Suigetsu said.


"Okay, ...answer a few questions. Honestly, okay?"

"Hn."

"Fine, when did ... first realize ...?"

"Today, ... training at the grounds."

"Who was with you ...?"

"It was Naruto. He... only one... me..."


Suigetsu furrowed his eyebrows. What the heck was going on?


"I cannot believe this. This is... true. Of all the people ... it ... be Naruto. Um, what did you feel?"

"A slight... flutter. And... realization."

"A flutter... Was... sort of tingling... ?"

"Yeah..."


'Flutter? Tingling? What is going on?' Karin thought.


"And how ...times ... did this 'tingling' ... ?"

"Too many ... fighting Naruto."

"I always thought you and Naruto... together."


Karin's mouth formed an 'o'. Naruto and Sasuke were together?


"That Dobe is , sadly, my best friend."

"...looks like ... a lot closer ..."

"I have to meet Naruto..."

"Naruto? What for?"

"That excessive tingling... distracted.. lost the spar..."


Suigetsu's eyes widened. There was no way that this was really happening. The great Uchiha Sasuke was gay? And for NARUTO, no less! He'd basically admitted it! Serious feelings, tingles and flutters in his heart, hanging around with Naruto all the time, and even sadness that Naruto considered him a best friend! Of course, Sasuke totally felt friendzoned. Even Sakura thought that those two were together, and she was the closest to them.

One look at Karin told him that she had deduced the same thing as him. She swayed slightly, and collapsed in her boyfriend's arms. "Oh, Sui, it makes so much sense. That's why Sasuke always ignored me. He was secretly in love with Naruto." Suigetsu comfortingly patted her back.

Ino came by and saw Suigetsu holding Karin up. "Hey, Karin, you okay?"

"Just got some shocking news, that's all."

"What happened?"

"I finally understood why Sasuke never went out with anyone, despite having girls throwing themselves at him."

Ino's eyes lit up. The one great mystery of the universe had been solved? "Spill, Karin."

"The truth is, Ino, Sasuke is in love with Naruto."

Ino's eyes widened. "THERE'S NO WAY SASUKE CAN BE GAY FOR NARUTO?!" And then, she slapped her hand over her mouth, but the damage had been done. Her yell had been heard by the entire corridor, and to her shock, a door opened, and out walked the Uzumaki himself.

"Say WHAT? Ino, please tell me that's not true."

"Sorry, Naruto."

And Naruto turned and shot off to Sakura's room. Flinging open the door, he yelled, "Teme, that's so uncool! You could've told me you had a crush on me, but being in love with me AND perving on me all these years?! That's plain creepy, dattebayo! And how could you not tell me you were gay?"

He finished his rant and was met with the sight of Sakura sitting on Sasuke's lap, with her hand on his shoulders and the other cupping his cheek. Sasuke was lightly holding her. Her face was really close to Sasuke's. Both had identical shocked expressions. Naruto gulped when he saw that Sasuke's eye was twitching.

"What did you just say, Dobe?" Sasuke ground out in a dark tone.

"Ah, well, I just, um, heard you were really happy?"

"Dobe, just tell the truth already before I can't hold Sakura back, and I'm sure she's no more pleased with you than I am."

"Iheardarumourthatyouweregayandinlovewithme!"

Sakura blinked. "Wow, Sasuke-kun. I wonder how that happened."

"What are you doing here anyway, Teme?"

"Today, while training with you, I think I overused my Sharingan, because it kept twitching and tingling. It was thanks to that that I lost the spar, and when it hurt suddenly, I walked into that tree, which was so hilarious to you. So, I came here to get it looked at by Sakura, which was what she was doing before you walked in and started yelling about me being... ughh! How, in Kami's name did you come to that conclusion anyway? Did all your brain cells stop working?"

"Somebody said that... Hey, Suigetsu! Do you know who started that rumour?"

"N-N-No! Wh-Why would I know? I wouldn't know who was listening to your and Sakura's conversation and becuse they couldn't hear the complete thing, they filled in the gaps themslves! He he.." And he turned around and ran out at top speed, with Karin behind him.

Sasuke had one eyebrow raised and was incredulously wondering if everyone had gone crazy. Naruto turned around and walked out. "Hey teme, you've still got to treat me to ramen!"

Sakura looked at Sasuke with a sly smirk. "So, Sasuke-kun, I never knew you were so attracted to Naruto."

Sasuke playfully growled at her. "You know better than that, Sakura. After all, weren't you just taking a thorough examination of me?"

Sakura blushed a few shades of red at the thoughts of her 'examination'. Oh, did she examine Sasuke's kissing skills.

"But now, thanks to Dobe, the entire village might be thinking I'm... I'm..!"

"Hey, look at the silver lining, Sasuke-kun. Atleast it gets all your fangirls off your case."

"No, it doesn't. There's still one girl whom I'll never get off my case."

"Who are you talking about? All of your fangirls will leave you in peace."

Sasuke had a gleam in his eyes as he leaned towards Sakura. With his lips next to her ear, he breathed out,

"Ah, that's true. But I really hope that a particular pink-haired, ex-fangirl of mine won't leave me alone."

And with a devilishly handsome smirk playing on his lips, Uchiha Sasuke sauntered out of there, with his hands in his pockets, leaving behind a madly blushing Haruno Sakura.


A.N. This is how the actual conversation between Sasuke and Sakura went about Sasuke's Sharingan.

"Well, Sakura, there you have it."

"Are you sure about this, Sasuke-kun?"

"Is it that hard to be sure about what I'm feeling?"

"Sasuke-kun, this is serious!"

"I know that, Sakura."

"Okay, now just answer a few questions. Honestly, okay?"

"Hn."

"Fine, when did you first realize this fact?"

"Today, when I was training at the grounds."

"Oh, yeah," Sakura muttered. "It's not like you do much stuff anyway these days."

"Hn."

"Yeah, yeah. And who was with you at the time?"

"It was Naruto. He was the only one who saw me walk into a tree."

"Oh, I cannot believe this. This is too good to be true. Of all the people in the world, it had to be Naruto. Um, what did you feel?"

"A slight, uh, flutter, I guess? And then, well, realization."

"A flutter. Hmm. Was there some sort of tingling or something?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"And how many times did this 'tingling' happen?"

"Too many times while I was fighting Naruto."

"You know, I always thought you and Naruto spent too much time together."

"That Dobe is , sadly, my best friend."

"Sometimes, it looks like you two are a lot closer to mortal enemies."

"Hn. Say, I'll see you later. I've got to meet Naruto at Ichiraku."

"Naruto? What for?"

"Thanks to that excessive tingling, I got slightly distracted and lost the spar."

"Ahh, I can understand. Just let me check that once."