A/N: None. Wow holy shit. Rated T+ For the mention of breasts. And boners. Lululull.
XXV. The Other Side of the Wall
Summers in Konaha always meant more than tepid air, and a bright, sizzling ray of sun. She sighed happily as she pulled open the glass sliding door to her backyard, and closed it behind her. The sun was at it's peak in the sky, and she knew she would have quite a while to get a sun kissed complexion all over for Ino's beach resort party the next weekend. How perfect.
She flipped open her wooden relaxer, and aimed it right in the heat of the grass and bushes, flinging her towel over the structure. Perching her sunglasses over her eyes, she tied her hair up on the top of her head, and let her neck roll, shoulder's moving in waves in a stretch.
"Nnnh when was the last time I really got to relax?" She asked herself in a murmur, and kicked off her flip flops.
Never, she thought lazily.
Her fingers gripped the hem of her shirt, hesitating, as she peered around her garden slowly. When she had saved up enough money from her job at the hospital, she quickly had put down the deposit on this cute, little townhome. All three sides of the garden were enclosed, hidden from the flourished city and outskirts around it. Both sides were closed in by tall, green bushes, and the side parallel to her house was hidden off by a tall, concrete wall.
Across it, she assumed from the infrastructure that peaked out over the top from her bedroom window, was a mansion. It was always silent, no one ever used the garden, and there were only lights on inside at night. Some old, rich bastard, she assumed. No one to peek.
She pulled her shirt over her head and adjusted the tie of her bikini top, before slipping out of her shorts. Grabbing her sunscreen, she quickly glistened her exposed skin with a layer, before lying down on her stomach on the relaxer and pulling her sunhat over her head. Her fingers slowly tugged at the tie of her top, pulling it open and then off of her shoulder blades. She rested her head in her arms and lulled into a trance.
She was still debating whether or not she wanted tan lines on her front.
"Heads up, teme!"
Addressed man huffed and raised his hand, catching the football quickly as his blond best friend recovered from the toss, stretching his arms above his head in a grin. Sasuke rolled his eyes beneath his sunglasses and stayed in the shade, watching as Naruto ran out into the bright sunlight, and began prancing around the large garden.
"Sasuke! Come enjoy the sun with me! You might actually get a tan!" Naruto yelled and collapsed into the grass with a happy sigh.
"No." Sasuke snorted, and reclined back in his seat, kicking his legs up on the outdoor ottoman. Naruto made a large whimper, and sat up.
"Well at least throw the football back! I was having fun with that!" He called, and was promptly hit in the stomach by said ball, wind leaving his lungs with a hushed breath. Sasuke smirked and closed his eyes, stretching.
"Dobe."
"A-Ah", Naruto gasped for breath and stood up shakily, "at least come out here and play with me!" Sasuke's lip twitched. He sighed heavily and hoisted himself up out of his seat, shooting Naruto a deep scowl through his shades. Naruto grinned and chucked the football back at him. Sasuke caught it and continued walking out into the sunlight. Instantly, he wanted to go back inside. It was too bright and too hot.
"This is stupid." He muttered grumpily, and Naruto grinned wider.
"Oh come on, teme! You look like a vampire! You're gonna scare away all the girls!" Sasuke rolled his eyes once more.
"I don't care." He spat, and yanked his arm back. He gave into his temptations and chucked the ball expertly over Naruto's head and to the far back of the garden. Naruto yelped and went running, arms outstretched to catch it. He jumped up, and his fingers brushed it, as the ball flew out of his grip and over the concrete wall of Sasuke's yard. Naruto collapsed on the ground, frowning.
"Dammit, teme, that was our high school championship one!" He screeched, and stood up, brushing off his jeans. Sasuke folded his arms and looked away in a huff.
They basked in the five minute silence of Sasuke's lip twitching into a smirk, and Naruto's mouth gaping open, still in shock. Slowly, the blond closed his mouth, and barred his lips into a childish pout. He pointed past him to the wall, and eyed Sasuke.
"Go get it." He whispered harshly, and Sasuke's eyes narrowed. He pulled his glasses up to the top of his head, and glared back at his friend.
"No." He said blankly. Naruto reemphasized his pointing and stormed over to Sasuke, gripping the front of his shirt.
"You threw it, you retrieve it!" He said, and Sasuke pushed the blond off of him with a scowl. He stormed past Naruto, who was grinning in victory, and shoved his hands in his pockets. His eyes fell on the white alabaster of the wall with a sigh. He knew that over it was a small townhouse, and he knew by the loud noises of moving trucks a few months back, that there was someone currently living in it. From the silhouette in the rooms, he could make out a female presence.
He pulled his hands out of his pockets and gripped the top of the tall wall, hoisting his lower half up to the top of it. Expecting that no one was out in the garden, he planned to quickly grab it from the bushes and get back over the wall. However, when he crouched on the top of the wall, eyes falling on the townhouse's garden, he froze, and his mouth was dry.
In his graduate school for business management (and in his last year), he only got an eyeful of very skinny, bleached blond women throwing themselves over him. He ignored them, there was nothing sexy about bad tan lines, bleached highlights or ribs showing. But the woman in front of him was...beautiful. A sight that could make any man blind.
She was lounged out on her back on a wooden relaxer, long pink hair out of her bun and splayed around her face. Her skin was creamy, only lightly tanned, no hint of orange from spraying in the salons. Her legs were long, firm, flawless; hips wide, waist slim, but not treacherously so. No bones showing. His eyes stopped at where her ribs would be and he swallowed heavily, a blush coming to his features.
One thin arm up and thrown over her forehead, other lying across her stomach. Perfect view point for her chest. She was topless, string bikini thrown lazily on the ground next to her, creamy mounds exposed for anyone to see. He licked his lips involuntarily, eyes falling on her perky nipples. His pants tightened, and he gripped the concrete of the wall, wanting to jump back down to his side and forget about Naruto's football.
"Shit." He whispered in complete bliss, eyes traveling up to her face. Rouged lips were parted and plump in pleasure, cheekbones hinted with pink from the heat. Her large sunglasses covered her eyes, which made him frown. He wanted to know what her eyes looked like. Wanted to know if they were as beautiful as she was. He swallowed once more, and was about to jump back down to his side, when her free arm went to her sunglasses, pulling them down her nose lazily.
A pair of emerald orbs caught his in a dazzling tease, and heat pooled into his stomach. Her lips rose in a sly smirk.
"Like what you see there?" She called out in a honeyed silk voice, and he wanted to fall off the wall and knock himself unconscious. Regaining his cool, he frowned and hoisted his legs over to her side, hands on either side of him. He wriggled his lower half to release some of the tension in his jeans.
"Hn."
She laughed and slowly sat up, breasts bouncing slightly. He swallowed once more, and she leaned over to reach for her shirt. She pulled it over her head and chest, and he fought the urge to growl at the lost sight. She tugged at her small bikini bottoms before walking over to the wall, fingers playing with her hair, pushing it over her sweaty shoulder.
"What do you need?" She questioned coolly, and he scowled, pointing to the bush next to her, where there was a football shaped hole.
"Football went over the wall." He said quickly, trying not to make his voice sound too strained. He wriggled once more, easing the uncomfortableness of his jeans. She giggled and turned her back to him, walking over to the bush. His eyes caught the movement of her ass and hips, and he grunted lightly. She bent down and quickly reached for the ball. She tossed it to him and pulled her sunglasses back over her eyes.
"Anything else?" She replied smoothly and he averted his eyes from her face, coming to rest on her empty lawn chair.
"No." He said coldly, perhaps a little colder than he planned, but it was too late now. She shrugged, and smiled, walking back over to her chair.
"Name's Sakura, by the way." She called over her shoulder, and laid herself back down on her back, kicking one leg over the other. He waited, wanting to see if she would resume her.. tanning session, but she didn't. He gripped the ball in his hand and hoisted himself back over the wall and to the ground with a thud. He tugged at the leg of his jeans, and headed back into his house, seeing Naruto on his couch through the window.
He shoved the ball into the blond's arms and collapsed onto the couch next to him, closing his eyes.
"Idiot." He cursed, and Naruto laughed, taking a swing of the soda he had swiped from Sasuke's refrigerator.
"So who lives over the wall, teme?" He cradled the ball in his arm like a newborn and downed the rest of his soda. Sasuke looked at his best friend in disgust and yanked his sunglasses off of his head. He put them down on the coffee table, and put his legs up on the surface next to them.
"No one." He said coolly, not eager to share the sight he was graced with with anyone.
Sakura blushed and tugged at the hem of her shirt, biting her lip. How was she so smooth back there? Her insides had turned to complete jelly at the handsome man her age that lived on the other side! And he saw her topless! She blushed harder and quickly gathered up her things, deciding that that was enough sunbathing for one day. She headed in and took a shower.
When she stepped out, there was a faint knock on her front door. She frowned, and headed to the entrance, seeing no one outside. She opened the door and peered outside, finding no one around, and then her eyes caught sight of the paper on the welcome mat. She frowned and bent down to pick up the note, turning it over, finding it blank. She shut her door and opened the paper, her eyes widening.
She read the note over and over before setting it down with shaking fingers on the counter and turned to anything to keep her mind off of it.
Come to the other side of the wall.
Tomorrow night at 8. Wear something nice.
-Sasuke
She licked her lips and tried his name out, rolling her tongue around the syllables. She nodded in agreement.
Might as well see what it was like on the other side.
A/N: And the next day, Sasuke found out that Sakura was not only a pretty face with a hot body, but also the most amazing woman in the world. The end. LOL. Hope you enjoyed!