Hopefully I'll finish all the chapters I have left before the month ends! (which is tomorrow haha)

Title: Not Like the Movies

Summary: While standing in line at the grocery store, Sakura happens to see a headline that she never expected: "Sasuke Uchiha having a secret love affair with actress Sakura Haruno!"

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Prompt: The Other Side of the Wall (day 25)

Rating: M

Warnings: none

Sakura loved her job. She had always dreamed of being in movies ever since elementary school, and she had only been in Hollywood for a week before she landed one of the most coveted roles of the year in a well-reviewed movie directed by Tsunade, a legend in the movie business. Before, Sakura had only done small parts in indie films, but making it to the big screen was the proudest moment of her life.

She graduated college early in order to make her way to California, telling herself that if she didn't get a role in a month, she would go onto medical school and become the doctor her parents wanted her to be. During her audition for Tsunade's Immortal Paradise, she was asked for her background even before she had said a single line, and Tsunade pretty much fell in love with her. (Her stellar acting performance also helped)

Currently, she was up for several awards for the movie and her performance, and even though she probably wouldn't win (It was her first movie! There was no way they'd give it to her!), it was still amazing.

When she went to the grocery store, she had to cover herself pretty well, wearing a hat and sunglasses as she tried to avoid facing others. To be honest, she was terrified of paparazzi. She would hate it if she got some stupid fake news story about her in a gossip magazine.

Strolling over to the line (only one cashier was working, so it was quite long), she sighed at how long she'd likely have to wait. She didn't want her ice cream to start melting, but it looked like it would be mostly liquid by the time she got home.

So, bored as hell, her eyes flitted over to the large display of gossip magazines next to her. She hated them—most of the articles were compete slander and probably weren't even true to begin with.

So-and-so's marriage was falling apart, some poor celebrity was being accused of putting on too much weight, and then of course were the seemingly random combinations of celebrities that the magazine claimed were dating.

Then she happened to see a headline that she never expected.

"Sasuke Uchiha having a secret love affair with actress Sakura Haruno! Look inside for the dirty details!"

She loudly gasped, making a few customers give her a weird look.

Sakura snatched it up, flipping through the pages until she landed on the article. There was a surprising amount written, especially considering that she had never met him before in her entire life.

Rising star Sakura Haruno has been rumored to be seeing heartthrob Sasuke Uchiha, coming over to his apartment and going on romantic dinners. There has been talk that they will soon do a movie together, and we at "Kunoichi Weekly" are certainly excited at that possibility! Is this the next celebrity power couple? Hopefully soon they will admit their flourishing romance to the public soon! We can only imagine how steamy this couple's private life is!

Sakura was flabbergasted. The rest of the article was just background on each of them, pointing out "all the reasons that Sasuke and Sakura are perfect together!" Begrudgingly, she slipped the magazine into her grocery cart.

She definitely was going to be calling her agent as soon as she got home.

"Kakashi! What the hell is happening!" Sakura half-yelled into her cell-phone, pacing back and forth in her apartment. "The world suddenly thinks I'm dating this guy that I've never even met! Who started this? How can we fix this?"

"I mean…I don't know, Sakura." She imagined him sitting at his desk, legs propped up and smut novel held in his other hand. "I don't think this is a bad thing. You're definitely going to stay in the public's eye, and you guys do look pretty cute together."

Sakura sighed. Sasuke was undoubtedly gorgeous, but he had been a famous actor for much longer than her. He came from a family of celebrities and was pretty much raised in the spotlight.

"You're the first person the media has picked to be with Sasuke. He's been on the 'most eligible bachelors' list for many years, but he has always been single. This is quite the juicy gossip."

"But it's not true!" she blushed. "I've never met him before, and I probably never will!"

Kakashi laughed awkwardly, instantly making Sakura suspicious.

"Kakashi….just who is Sasuke's agent?"

There was a silence.

"If you don't tell me, I could easily look it up."

"…..I am."

She frowned. "So I'm assuming you're behind this."

"….maybe. But it wasn't entirely on my own…"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Well it's probably not the best way to be introduced…but Sasuke actually asked me to tell the media. Not sure why, but I can sure guess." She could almost hear the perverted smile on his face.

It was so strange; Sasuke had always been a very serious actor, and she couldn't imagine getting a peek at the person behind his characters. From what she had heard, no one had broken down his walls before, and he was stoic as hell, much to the gossip magazine's displeasure. (probably why they ate up this story so easily)

"So I scheduled you to meet him tonight. Dinner at Konoha Palace. Look drop-dead gorgeous, because you better believe you'll have your picture taken."

"Oh my god, Kakashi! I wouldn't even know where to begin! He knows nothing about me! And he is far too attractive, I'll probably die from embarrassment if I did something stupid!"

"Trust me, he knows you." Kakashi laughed. "In fact, he's been listening in on this call the entire time."

"You're just bluffing," Sakura huffed. "I'm not going to believe tha-"

"Hello," a smooth, deep voice greeted.

Holy shit.

Sakura gaped, finding herself unable to form a response.

"I'll see you at seven. Look for a limo outside of your apartment," he stated calmly, as if it was just a normal offer and not completely out of the blue.

Kakashi then ended the call, leaving Sakura standing by herself in her apartment, mouth agape.

She glanced at the clock.

6:20pm.

Fuck. She needed to start getting ready as soon as possible, because this very well might be the most important date she would ever go on.

Heh. I love writing them as actors. I wrote another chapter similar to this in my Christmas Oneshots fic.