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Sakura Kiss
I sighed as I entered Kakashi's classroom. I chose to sit next to Karin and Ino today. I wasn't feeling good and the girls could tell. Genma's class was boring as we had a test. In Kurenai's class, we just took notes.
"You look pale." Ino commented.
"I'm just tired." I said. "All I ask for is peace and quiet for this class."
"SAI-KUN!" A voice screeched.
Kasumi.
"Hello!" Sai greeted back with a fake smile. I rolled my eyes as Kasumi practically pressed her chest against Sai's back.
"Dear, your birthday is coming up. I was wondering what you wanted as a gift." Kasumi smiled.
My eyes widened as my mouth dropped. SAI'S BIRTHDAY WAS THIS MONTH? Trying to play it off, I slowly got closer trying to find out when his birthday was.
"My birthday isn't until the 25th." Sai said. "You don't need to get me anything."
I quickly looked at the calendar on my phone. That was ten days from now! Shit!
"You didn't know?" Karin whispered to me. "What kind of mother are you?"
"No one told me!" I cried.
"Take him out to dinner, just you two!" Karin offered me.
"Ooh! Take him to the new amusement park that's opening up tomorrow. I got two tickets but I can't make it." Ino said with a frown. "My grandmother is coming over to visit from France and wants to meet Shikamaru. So I'll give them to you."
"Oh, Ino I couldn't." I said.
"It's okay forehead. I know you don't have money to buy things since you don't want to use your late husband's cash." Ino smiled. I sighed before hugging her.
"Thank you." I smiled back.
"No problem, just tell me how the date goes." She winked. "And I get to dress you up."
"It won't be a date because I don't like him like that!" I growled. Why don't people understand that I don't like Sai? I won't. I can't!
"Keep telling yourself that, hun." Karin said. Ten minutes before class ended, Kakashi waltz right in with that perverted book in hand.
"Hello class. Sorry I'm late, you see I-"
"LIAR!" The class screamed.
"Save it for someone who cares." Sasuke said.
"Oh, how you wound me!" Kakashi said holding onto his left chest. "Anyhoo, I just want to say that we will have our annual cultural festival on the last Saturday of this month, which is the 28th. The school will be split up by grades. First years have to deal with decorating the entire school and announcing it to the neighborhood. The second years are running food and game stands outside and inside. For the third years, since there isn't a whole bunch of you this year, you guys will be hosting a play. Meet Anko-sensei in the theater afterschool. I'm making it mandatory to participate for my class. Do it and I'll give you guys all A's for this semester. The other third years not participating in the play will do other activities in classrooms and around the campus. Anyways, class dismissed." Kakashi said as he walked of the class.
Afterschool, the class met up with others at the theater. I saw the rest of the group there.
"Alright maggots! It's your turn to shine for this year's cultural festival. Last year's third years performed Romeo and Juliet and went out with a bang." Anko announced.
"Yeah, Tenten played Romeo and Neji was Juliet." Naruto snickered to me. I had to hold my laughter. Oh I wish I could have seen that.
"This year, we will be performing Alice in Wonderland." Taking out a basket with slips, Anko passed it to Ino. She took one out and read it out loud.
"I'm the white queen!" Ino smiled. The basket was passed around and the list of roles was made.
Ino Yamanaka- White Queen
Ami Watanabe-Dutchess
Karin Takeshima-Queen of Hearts
Gaara Sabaku- The White Rabbit
Sasuke Uchiha-Mad Hatter
Naruto Uzumaki-March Hare
Sai Sakamoto- Cheshire Cat
Kiba Inuzuka-Tweedledee
Shino Aburame- Tweedledum
Suigetsu Hoozuki-Knaves of Hearts
Shikamaru Nara-Caterpillar
Kasumi Hamasaki-Dormouse
Hinata Hyuga- Alice
I frowned when I realized that I didn't get any of the main parts. Chouji was okay with his part in the play. He was a card. What was I? I was there to help with curtain call and an extra with no lines. Hooray…SIKE!
"I-I'm sorry Sakura." Hinata said coming up to me.
I gave her a smile. "It's okay. I'll just help around the festival. It's no biggy."
"W-Well, I-I have such a huge part. Can you help me with my lines?" Hinata asked with a light blush on her face. I grinned.
It soon became the day before thanksgiving and everyone had dinner with their family before then so they could be able to go to my thanksgiving dinner. Hinata invited me over after their family dinner to help her with her lines. She had gotten it down but needed to practice with her confidence. As I was reading the script, I realized this wasn't anything like the Alice in wonderland I read.
For the play, Alice goes to Wonderland as everyone in Wonderland is in war. The White Queen and Queen of Hearts are sisters and are fighting for power over all nations. So Wonderland is split into two. The only neutral place is the Mad Hatter's place. Alice is the prize the Queens need to take over. In the end, Alice chooses to use the power she has to stop the war by killing herself. The Mad Hatter is the one who can bring her back to life with a kiss since he's in love with her and TAA-DAA, happy ending.
Sasuke kissing Hinata at the end? I wonder how Naruto was going to handle that. Since I had good memory, I was able to remember everyone's lines and help Hinata better herself. As the days went by, I helped decorate costumes and helped others remember their lines.
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Thanksgiving came by in a blink of an eye. I was at home stressing in the kitchen. The girls were sweet enough to come early to help me prepare things.
"It's been a while since I've had a thanksgiving dinner." Karin said. "My parents have been so busy with work so I barely get to see th-"Karin stopped when Ino was signaling her to shut up.
"Sakura has never had a thanksgiving before." Ino said with a frown.
"It's okay Ino." I smiled. "She didn't know. Besides, this one will make up for the ones I never had because it will be with you guys."
"Aw!" The girls said as they all went to hug me except Karin. She still was a bit uncomfortable with us. I gave her a gentle smile as I signaled her to come join the hug. She smiled back and did just that.
The doorbell rang as I left the group hug and looked at the clock. It was 5:00 in the afternoon and the dinner didn't start until 6:30. I opened the door to see Gaara and the others. I gave them each a hug as they mingled with the others in the living room. Chouji offered to help test the food in the kitchen. I had sent Neji to buy desserts with Naruto. So I had Sasuke, Sai, Shino, and Shikamaru be the hosts as I was getting everything ready. Everyone was dressed up semi-formal. I had to borrow a black dress from Karin. It was nothing special.
At 6:00, the older guests arrived at the Namikaze household.
"Nii-chan!" I greeted as I hugged Sasori.
"Hey." He said as he had brought some food as well. Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Shizune had joined us for this thanksgiving dinner as well. Neji and Naruto arrived a couple minutes later as we all gathered at the table and sat down. Food was being passed around as people were chatting with each other. The thing that made me sad was that Sasuke was ignoring Itachi. Neji was doing the same to Hinata. I wanted this to be perfect.
"It's time to give thanks!" Ino said standing up as she cleared her throat. "I want to thank Forehead for hosting this wonderful thanksgiving and for our wonderful friendship." I smiled at her.
Shikamaru, who was sitting on her left, was next. "I'm thankful for my family and Ino." He said as he placed a kiss on her cheeks. The girls "Awed" as Ino blushed.
"I'm thankful for food!" Chouji said eating a slice of meat. "Oh, and for my loved ones."
"Yosh! It's my turn!" Lee said. "I'm thankful for all my friends and Sakura's youthfulness! If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be where I am now!" Lee grinned as everyone shielded their eyes from the blinding light.
"What the hell, un!" Deidara said.
"You get used to it." I said as I giggled.
"I'm next!" Tenten grinned. "Like Lee, I'm thankful for my family, friends, and of course Sakura!"
"Freedom!" Neji said calmly. Everyone sweat dropped.
"I'm thankful for Akamaru and my loved ones!" Kiba grinned as he patted the puppy on his lap.
"I'm thankful for everything and everyone in my life." Shino said.
"I'm thankful for everyone that made a difference in my life." Hinata smiled shyly.
"I'm thankful to see my loved ones in good health." Tsunade said.
"I'm thankful that God made beautiful creatures called women!" Jiraiya grinned. That earned him laughter from everyone except from an embarrass Tsunade who punched him into next week.
"Idiot!" She grumbled.
"I'm thankful for the second chance my friend gave me." Kakashi said.
"I'm thankful for today." Shizune smiled.
"I'm thankful for my siblings and Sakura." Gaara said.
"Same goes for me." Temari said.
"I'm thankful for my family." Kankuro stated.
"I'm thankful for Ramen, my parents for giving me this life, and the bonds I have with everyone in this room. I'm also thankful that I got to meet Sakura-chan." Naruto grinned.
"I'm thankful for the second chance everyone gave me." Karin smiled as she laced her hands with Suigetsu.
"I'm thankful for life." Suigetsu said.
"I'm thankful that everyone is happy." Jugo said with a light smile.
Next was Pein as he had gotten up from his seat and pull Konan up with him. "I'm thankful that I met Konan, my beautiful soon to be wife!" Pein said as all the girls squealed. HOW CUTE! He had gotten on his knees and pulled out a black velvet box. "Konan, will you marry me?"
Konan cried tears of joy as she wrapped her arms around him. "Yes." Pein got up and kissed her.
"I'm thankful I met you." Konan blushed as she kissed him back. She soon pulled away. "No, I'm thankful for everyday I have with you. I love you." I smiled at the couple as they excused themselves from the room. I soon met eyes with Sai. My stomach felt weird as I quickly broke eye contact and looked who's next. It was Kisame.
"I'm thankful to have met Akatsuki." Kisame said before downing some sake. "Down for another round, pinky?"
"Its okay fish sticks, not tonight." I laughed.
"Kisame." Sasori growled.
"Lighten up Sasori. I just want to redeem myself." Kisame grinned. "It's your turn."
"I'm thankful for having Sakura still here in my life." Sasori said as he smiled at me. "I love you Sakura."
My eyes got watery as I got up from my seat and went to give my brother a hug. He had also gotten up as he met me halfway and hugged me first. I felt a few tears escape as he patted me.
"You're not supposed to make your younger sister cry." I teased. He just ruffled my hair as we went back to our seats.
"Show offs." Deidara said. "I'm thankful for my important people and art, un." Deidara grinned.
"I'm fucking thankful for Jashin." Hidan said.
"Money." Kakuzu said next.
"Tobi's turn! Tobi's turn!" Tobi cheered. "Tobi is thankful for everyone that's here at this dinner."
It was Itachi's turn now as he stared at Sasuke who was glaring at him.
"You have nothing to be grateful for." Sasuke growled. It soon got quiet as I looked at Sasuke in shock. He said he wouldn't start anything.
"You should be grateful that you lived that night. At this moment, you could have been where mom and dad was if it wasn't for me." Itachi said. Sasuke threw his knife at Itachi who quickly dodged it. The knife was embedded into the wall behind Itachi.
"You have no right to call them mom and dad!" Sasuke shouted.
"Hey!" Naruto said getting up from his seat to stop the two brothers.
"Stop it!" I said. Sasuke had jumped his brother was about to throw punches. I quickly went to intervene. Sasuke's eyes were glowing red with anger.
"Sakura-chan, don't get to close. Sasuke can't control himself when he's like this." Naruto said.
"Uchihas! Stop it!" Tsunade said. The boys ignored her as they continued to fight into the next room where they interrupted Pein and Konan.
"Stop!" I snapped as I went to stop Sasuke's punches by trying to grab hold of his arms. In his anger, Sasuke had slapped me across the face with the back of his hand. The sound of his slap echoed through the quiet house as I clutched my cheek. I could feel the stinging sensation. Neji had gone to stop me from falling back. I held on to his shoulders as he was holding my cheek. The brothers continued to fight as I grew more pissed off by the second. I pulled myself out of Neji's hold as I grabbed the nearest object close to me.
"STOP IT!" I shouted as I threw the side table at them. It landed a few feet away from them. That had caused them to stop fighting. Sasuke seemed to have gotten back to normal because he saw the ugly bruise that was forming on my face.
"S-Sakura-" He began to say.
"No!" I cried. I was so freaking angry! "All I wanted was for all of us to be together and bond. I wanted everyone to get along with each other. Is that so hard to ask? You guys are family!" I said as I wiped some tears away from my eyes. I wasn't only looking at Sasuke and Itachi; I was also looking at Neji and Hinata. "Glaring at each other? Ignoring each other? Family doesn't do that to each other. You're supposed to love one another! Care for one another. This?" I said pointing at the brothers. "This isn't family!"
"Sakura-san…" Neji tried to speak. I stopped him.
"You guys are lucky you have your family. Mine was gone since I was six years old." I cried.
"Sakura-"Sasori said coming up to me.
"Want to know what I'm thankful for?" I asked as I laughed bitterly. "I'm thankful that I only have to deal with this until graduation! I hate this! I never asked for this! I never wanted to be a part of your lives! I never wanted to be your mother!" With that I ran out of the house with the slam of the door.
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As the door slammed, everyone was silent as they thought about what Sakura had just said.
"Hn." Sasuke said getting up. "What is she tripping about? It's not like this is her first Thanksgiving or anything."
"You don't know her at all." Gaara said angrily as he punched Sasuke in the face. "Sakura never knew what it's like to have a Thanksgiving or a family! Her parents died when she was very young and her brother abandoned her. She grew up without a family. At least you have memories right? I was worried about her becoming your mother or marrying Minato for that matter. She cares too much and gets nothing in return!"
"What?" Sasuke scoffed. "Are you in love with her or something?" At this question, Sasori, Kiba, Neji, Itachi, and Deidara stared at Gaara.
"Of course I love her." He said confidently. Sasuke's eyes widened. He didn't expect that answer. "That's why I won't hand her to either of your guys easily."
"Sakura-san was so happy to have this dinner with us." Shino began to say. "I think we broke her heart with these fights. She never truly experienced what a family was, am I right Haruno-san?" Shino said looking to Sakura's older brother.
Sasori was on the ground covering his head between his legs. "I thought she would have forgiven me. She still resents me…"
"T-That's not true." Hinata said placing a soft hand on his shoulder. "Sakura loves you. You are her only family."
Naruto got close to Sasori and stuck his hand out. "And as Sakura's brother you have to be there for her when she comes to you." Sasori took it as Naruto helped him up. "I love Sakura-chan as a sister as well, so we have to work together to make her happy."
The way Naruto said it sounded like he knew something. "Do you kn-"Sasori never got to ask his question because Naruto went straight to Sasuke and hit him in the head.
"You better go apologize to Sakura-chan when she gets back." Naruto frowned. "Don't think I forgot about you, Itachi and Neji."
"I-I should apologize as well…" Hinata said.
Temari sighed. "Who went to get Sakura?"
"Look who's missing…" Karin grinned.
A certain artist was gone.
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Stupid Sasuke!
Stupid Itachi!
Stupid Neji!
URG! Ruining my Thanksgiving dinner like that. Now that I thought back about it, I did say some horrible things, but still! I was so caught up with my thoughts I didn't see the light pole in front of me and ran right into it.
"Ouch! Son of a bitch!" I growled as I rubbed my forehead.
"You leave for a couple minutes and you're already finding ways to make yourself uglier." A voice said.
"Leave me alone." I growled as I continued to walk away. Sai slowly caught up to me as we began walking in the same pace.
"I didn't know this dinner meant a lot to you." Sai soon said, breaking the silence between us.
"I'm sorry. I must have overreacted back there." I said as we stopped near a bunch of stores. I relaxed on the rails that blocked me from the streets. Sai decided to stand in front of me as he watched the cars behind me pass by.
"Did you mean what you said?" Sai asked as he brushed his fingers through his hair.
"What did I say?" I asked as I tilted my head.
"When you said that you never wanted to be a part of my life…" Sai said in a quieter tone, as if he was hurt by that comment. My eyes widened. How could I have said that? I remembered Naruto telling me that these boys had been hurt and have a hard time trusting people. So my words must have meant everything to them.
"Of course not." I said as I reached out for his hand. He didn't respond so I got up and took his warms hands in my cold ones and lifted it up to under our chins. "I care about you a lot!" I felt embarrass just mentioning him. "I care about you and your brothers. Yeah at first, I hated you guys and you hated me, but we all learned to put aside our differences and learn to love and care about each other. That's what family is all about, loving each other unconditionally, right?"
Sai looked at me when an expression I couldn't read. He lowered our hands as he began to lead us back home. We continued to hold hands as we walked in comforting silence. I looked up to see the stars shining brightly above us. I didn't notice how cold it actually was as I began to get chills and goose bumps on my arms.
"Cold?" Sai asked as he began to take of his jacket.
"No, it's okay. We're almost home. I can handle it." I said. Sai didn't listen as he took of his jacket and placed it on my head.
"Hag, stop talking and put it on." He smirked at me as I sighed. There was no point arguing. I put on the jacket and noticed how warm I got instantly.
"Thanks…" I said quietly as I went to grab his hand again. He looked at me as he raised his eyebrow.
"What?" I asked.
"You like to hold my hand a lot." Sai smiled.
"Shut it!" I said hotly. I could feel my cheeks burn. Stupid cold air. He's going to think I'm blushing because of him. "My hands are cold and your hands are warm, it's as simple as that."
"Whatever you say ugly." Sai said as we continued our walk back hand and hand.
After fifteen minutes, we made it back to the house. We stopped before we went through the gate.
"Sai-kun?" I began to say.
"Hm?" He asked. I took a deep breath as I went on my tippy toes and placed a kiss on the corner of his mouth.
"Thank you for coming to get me." I smiled as I quickly entered the house happily.
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Sai continued to stay outside of the gate as he touched the place where Sakura had just kissed him. His entire face felt warm and his stomach felt all weird. He hadn't felt this way since Raiko. Damn… Sai squatted as he ran his fingers through his hair.
"Damn it Sakura, what are you doing to me?" Sai asked as he slowly got back up and joined everyone inside.
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I slowly entered the house to see everyone were at the table talking. I suddenly felt nervous going back in. Maybe I can just sneak up into my room. I soon felt someone push me into the room, catching everyone's attention. I turned around to glare at Sai who walked in after me.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto said getting up from his seat.
I blushed from all the attention as I looked at my feet as if they were the most interesting thing in the world.
"Sakura-san, I apologize for my actions earlier. It was unforgivable." Itachi said getting up and bowing to me.
"I want to apologize as well. I took it too far." I said, still not being able to look at any of them. I heard the sound of a chair moving as someone lifted my face up. I looked to see Sasuke turn my head to the side as he examined the ugly bruise on my face.
"I-I didn't mean to…" Sasuke didn't finish his sentence. He didn't have to. I could see the guilt in his eyes.
"It's okay." I smiled. "Let's finish the thanks. Um I think it was Sasuke-kun who was next." I said as everyone sat back down.
"I'm thankful for another chance of a family." Sasuke said quietly as he gave me a small smile.
"Holy crap! Teme just smiled! Hell is going to freeze over!" Naruto cried. I watched as Sasuke's smile quickly turned into a frown as he glared at everyone.
"I guess Sasuke only smiles for Sakura." Chouji commented. Soon everyone looked at me.
"What are you thankful for?" Tsunade asked me.
I looked at everyone's face and thought back about how my life was before. "I'm thankful for…" I took a pause as I thought about what I wanted to say. A smile appeared as I looked at the picture of Minato that was in the dining room. "I'm thankful for meeting Minato-san. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here in the first place."
The night went by without any more trouble as people helped me clean up. I had walked everyone out of the house as Ino handed me two tickets for Sai's birthday, which was two days from now.
"How troublesome." Shikamaru sighed. "Thanks for dinner." He said as he went to get ready for bed. The brothers followed after him as I went to the kitchen to put the dishes away.
"Does it still hurt?" I turned around to see Sai behind me.
"I barely feel it anymore." I said as I grabbed a couple plates and tried to place it in the cabinet. I couldn't reach it. I heard Sai sigh before he took the plates from my hands and placed it for me.
"Hey, you know what I just realized? We never got to hear what you're thankful for." I asked him as we finished the cleaning the dishes.
"You want to know what I'm thankful for?" Sai asked as he trapped me with his arms. His tall form was hovering over me. He smiled as our foreheads touched each other. "I'm thankful that I have you."
My eyes widened. The room suddenly felt hot as my heart was beating fast. I haven't felt this way since Omoi. Oh no! I was mentally panicking. I was falling for Sai, of all people! NO! NO! No! I soon felt something cold touch my cheek. It was a bag of frozen peas.
"Place that on your cheek Hag. It will help with the swelling." Sai smiled. "Have a good night." He soon began to walk away as I remembered the tickets Ino gave me.
"Wait!" I called out. Sai stopped walking as he looked over his shoulder. I took out a ticket as I tried to be cool about.
"It's your birthday coming up in two days. I heard this amusement park opened up and I wanted to check it out. Your birthday seemed like a good chance to go." I said as I stuck the ticket out. Sai walked up to me as he grabbed the ticket. Our fingers brushed as he took it from me with what seemed like a true smile.
"Thank you ugly." He smiled. "I can't wait."
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I stared at the huge sign of the amusement park. I shouldn't have trusted Ino with this. There were pink, white, and red balloons decorated at the gates. A heart mascot passed by me. To my left were couples hugging and kissing in line. To my right were even more couples doing the same damn thing. WE WERE AT A COUPLE'S AMUSEMENT PARK!
I was wearing a white flowy top with a black jacket to cover it. I wore dark denim shorts and black high knee socks to match. Sai wore dark jeans with a black long-sleeved shirt. I looked up at Sai to see him have a calm look. If he was feeling awkward about this, he didn't show it. We entered the amusement park as we looked around. It was really big and everyone seemed to be way into their date.
"Sorry about this Sai-kun." I said embarrassed. "I didn't know that the amusement park was going to be like this."
"It's alright. Let's just make the best of this." He gave me a fake smile we began to walk around. "What do you want to do first?"
"It's your birthday, you decide." I said as I looked around. There was a couple making out heavily at the huge fountain. So much PDA, it was awkward.
"Let's eat first." Sai said as we walked to the food court. It was packed so we decided to look around. We ended up at a small light blue. It had a porch where people could eat outside.
"Aw, what a cute couple we have here." A lady with masculine features appeared in front of us. Don't tell me this guy was a trans. I looked at Sai, giving him a face that told him not to say anything rude. "Would you two like to eat inside or outside?"
"We're not a couple." I said waving my hands in front of me.
"Do you think I'm an idiot? Who would come to this amusement park if you weren't a couple?"
"Obviously us." I muttered under my breath. "Um, inside would be nice."
The lady quickly changed her/his mood. "Very well. My name is Mimi. Let me lead you to your table." We followed him to a table next to the large windows. The view was lovely as it was looking towards the forest. There seemed to be a piano next to the window was well. We sat down at the table and Mimi left us to choose what we wanted to eat.
"Ugly, was that woman a m-"I quickly kicked Sai in the shin.
"Zip it and order your food!" I said as I glared at him. I soon looked at the menu.
Lover's steak- $11
Romantic Fettuccini Alfredo- $10 with shrimp/chicken-$13
Lady and the Tramp Spaghetti- $10-with meatball-$12
Shrimp or Chicken Temura- $17
Tofu Teriyaki (served with salad and miso soup)-$14
Beef Teriyaki (served with salad and miso soup)-$ 14
Momen Tofu-$5
Mitarshi Dango-$4
Umeboshi-$5
Anmitsu-$6
Anko dumplings-$5
"What would you like to order?" Sai asked looking up from his menu.
"I'd recommend Lady and the Tramp Spaghetti." A guy next to us said. "My girl and I just shared a kiss because the noodles we eat ended up being the same just like the movie."
"Oh, thanks for the suggestion." Sai said as he looked down at the menu. "Momen Tofu is my favorite."
"I like the last three." I said with a smile. "I don't like anything spicy. But we can have that as a side."
Sai nodded as he called Mimi back to get our orders. "We'd like to get one plate of Momen Tofu and Anko dumplings. We'd also like to get the Lady and the Tramp Spaghetti."
Mimi smiled as he brushed back his purple hair. "Alright dear. I'll get that ready for you two. Any drinks?"
We asked for water as Mimi wrote it down and left us. I sighed as I looked out the window. I felt the warm sun hit my skin as I embraced the warmth. I closed my eyes for a bit. A man had gone to the piano and was playing a pleasant song. (A/N: My Answer by Seamo) I opened my eyes to see Sai staring at me deeply.
"What's wrong?" I asked. Was there something on my face? Did the makeup I used to cover the bruise come off?
"Nothing." Sai said as he took looked outside the window. I noticed a light blush on his face. How cute, I thought with a smile.
We sat silently as we waited for our food to come. It soon came after a couple minutes as we concentrated on eating. The guy was still playing random songs on the piano. I watched as Sai started to eat the tofu. He must have noticed me staring because he moved the tofu to my face.
I looked at it confused.
"You were staring. You must have wanted some." Sai said. I blushed before opening my mouth. He placed it right on my tongue. "Do you like it?"
I nodded. I offered him a piece of my dumpling as well. I had to be honest with you. It felt like a date. I was never like this with Omoi! It made me wonder how far Sai was with his relationship with Raiko. She was stupid to have hurt a guy like him. We began to eat the spaghetti as I was caught up with my thoughts. Sai was busy watching the view out the window. Before I knew it, my head was moving closer to Sai's. Luckily, I realized what was going on and quickly bit the long noodle and pulled back.
I turned red. This was wrong. I couldn't have feelings for Sai. I just couldn't. Sai didn't say anything about my weird actions as he continued to eat. We finished and thanked Mimi and Sai went to pay, despite me telling him I'd pay. We soon walked around and played game at the stands while trying to digest our food. We didn't want to throw up on the rides, now did we? Sai had won me this giant size white rabbit with a light blue ribbon around its neck. It was close to sunset as we finished riding the big roller coasters. Wanting to relax for the rest of the day, we decided to ride on the Ferris wheel. It was really tall.
I believe we waited in line for like twenty minutes before going on our cart. I placed the rabbit on my side as Sai sat across from me.
"Did you have fun so far?" I asked him as the ride began to move.
"Ah, last time I've been to an amusement park was two years ago." Sai said quietly as he rested his elbow against the window with his chin on top of his fist. The sun was finally setting behind him as the stars were shining brightly against the dark sky.
"I'm glad you had fun…" I said a bit nervous. For what reason, I had no idea. As we finally made it to the top, the ride made a weird sound as it stopped abruptly. The cart swung as I fell towards Sai, who caught me. We both fell onto the floor as the cart rocked.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, what the heck is going on?" I asked.
"We're stuck." Sai gave me a fake smile. I pinched his cheeks.
"This is nothing to be smiling about!" I growled.
"Don't tell me you're afraid of stuff like this." Sai said, taking a serious tone now.
I said nothing as Sai sighed. I felt him grab me by the waist and pulled me onto his lap. I blushed at our position. I was practically straddling him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and buried my face onto the crook of his neck.
"I think I know a way to help you with this fear." Sai said after a few minutes. I felt his right hand slowly move up and down my left thigh as his left hand played with a few strands of my hair.
"Hm?" I asked looking up at him. Before I knew it, he kissed me. My eyes widened but I didn't move to stop him. To be honest, I didn't want him to. Giving into my temptations, I closed my eyes and kissed back. Sai responded by holding me closer to him as possible as he was begging for permission for the kiss to go even further. I opened my mouth as we battle for dominance. We've been dancing around this attraction between us for a while and it was about time we did something about it. I didn't regret it for the whole time we kissed. But just when I thought things would be perfect-
"Raiko…" I heard Sai murmur into my hair. My eyes widened as my throat felt dry. He was imagining I was his ex girlfriend.
Bonus story:
Gaara's love life
Gaara sighed as he picked up his order from MacDonald's.
Why is my life like this?
"Gaara, hurry up and gimme my shake. I'm hungry too, so go buy me something to eat." Tenten demanded as she flipped through her magazine.
"Tenten…just because we happened to run into each other on the street doesn't mean you can just go and sponge off me." Gaara frowned. Tenten gave him a look as Gaara sweat dropped. "Fine, eat mine for all I care."
"Consider it my consultation fee." Tenten smiled as she took the shake from Gaara's hand.
"I have nothing to consult to you about." Gaara said. Tenten opened her pink phone as she made a quick phone call.
"Oh, hello Sakura? Gaara just said he has something very important to tell you." Tenten smirked.
"Tenten!" Gaara growled.
"Just kidding. My phone's not even on." Tenten laughed.
"Oh…"Gaara said a bit disappointed. He wanted to hear Sakura's voice. An image of Sakura answering the phone cutely appeared in his mind. He began to drink his soda as Tenten frowned. Before Gaara knew it, she had squeezed his drink, causing him to choke.
"What the hell Tenten?" Gaara asked as he coughed.
"You just reached the top of Mt. Annoying-as-heck!" Tenten growled. "Your eternal moping is driving me crazy! At least have the balls to tell her you like her! Just tell her you like her and die your honorable death already! How long have you liked Sakura? It's been six years Gaara! Six fucking years and you haven't done shit. Look, it may be a little late in the game by now, but if it all ends without you even having the chance to face her…you'll regret it someday. Think about that."
Gaara's eyes widened. "Tenten…"
"See?" Tenten said picking up her magazine and flipping the page to the horoscopes. "It even says here in this magazine that for today, Capricorn men have the worst luck and are likely to have trouble with women. It's the perfect day to confess and get your heart broken."
Gaara frowned even more. "I was stupid for thinking you might make me feel better."
"What? So you think you might actually win against Sai, Sasuke, Neji, Deidara, Itachi, Kiba, Kakashi-sensei, Hikaru, Omoi, Shii-"
"Your advice is so true, it hurts…" Gaara actually felt like crying as Tenten continued to name guys who were after his best friend's heart.
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"Today is the day I will beat you!" Naruto shouted as he and Sasuke were fighting outside of the house. Again, Naruto had challenged Sasuke to see who could take out the garbage the fastest. Sakura sighed as she watched them.
Gaara had been walking around the corner deep in thought of his previous conversation with Tenten.
"Like to see you try, Dobe." Sasuke smirked.
"That's it pretty boy!" Naruto cried as he grabbed the heavy garbage bag and threw it at Sasuke. He easily dodged it as the bag hit Gaara directly on the face.
"GAARA!" Sakura cried.
If those sons weren't around, would I actually stand a chance?
Gaara woke up to see Sakura staring at him worriedly. He realized that he was inside her room.
"Oh, Gaara, you're awake!" Sakura smiled. "You're at my house. You walked right into a catfight between my daughters, got hit by a flying garbage bag, and passed out. I'm really sorry."
Gaara looked at Sakura like she was growing two heads. DAUGHTERS?
"Hn, He's just so slow he couldn't dodge hit, that's all." A feminine voice said. Gaara began to twitch as he saw a female version of Sasuke. She had a side ponytail and had boobs, but you could still tell it was Sasuke.
"Sasuke-chan!" Sakura scold her. "Come on, you promised you'd apologize!"
"The names are the same." Gaara whispered to himself.
"She's right!" Gaara felt like he was going to faint. Entering the room were female versions of Neji, Shino, Shikamaru, and Sai. Neji still had his long hair but was wearing makeup. Shino's hair was long and curly. Shikamaru had his hair in the same pony tail but with a ribbon to decorate it. Sai, on the other hand, still looked like a guy. Gaara immediately began to rub his eyes.
"Hmph, to apologize for my sister's actions, you can go on a date with her!" Naruto said coming into the room with the sluttiest outfit ever.
"No, it's okay." Gaara said quickly. Sasuke twitched as he grabbed Gaara by the collar.
"So I'm not good enough for you?" Sasuke asked. "Who can be better than me?"
Gaara shook his head. The person I like is…
"Sak-"
"Nope, Sakura is all mine!" Sai said coming and putting his arms around Sakura who was blushing.
"You'll regret it someday. Think about it."
Gaara's eyes snapped opened to see Sakura and Shino looking at him worried. An ice pillow was in Sakura's hands.
It was all just a dream.
"Sakura…" Gaara began to say.
"Oh god. You're awake, Gaara." Sakura smiled. Gaara's eyes widened. He had seen that smile before.
Oh. He remembered now. If he had to say how long he liked her, it probably started around then. That day, he came to visit Ino in the hospital after that terrible incident, he saw that she already had guest. It ended up being Sakura. He saw Sakura standing, staring into space, by Ino who was still sleeping. Ino opened her eyes after that. And Sakura smiled, like she was relieved. The tough girl who was always causing fear into people they fought. She seemed happy when she told him once that she didn't have a family, but Ino was the closest she had to it. When she did, he didn't feel sorry for her. And even when he saw Sakura's face, smiling like she'd finally gotten past her anxiety, he just…wished he could be by her side.
"Listen up, guys. You're going to apologize to Gaara, right?" She growled. Sai, Shino, and Shikamaru stood behind her smirking at their brothers' predicament. Neji sat behind Naruto and Sasuke who were sweating like crazy, afraid of what their mother would do to them. Neji had already yelled at them in another room.
"I'm really sorry Gaara!" Naruto cried as Sakura glared at him and Sasuke.
"S-Sorry." Sasuke muttered.
And I'm sorry for having that dream.
"Well, I'm going home now. Temari must be worried by now." Gaara said as Sakura and Sai walked him to the door. "Sorry about all this."
"Wait Gaara! I'm worried about you. I'll take you h—"Sakura was stopped when Sai had grabbed her shoulder and wrapped his arms around her.
"Not you, ugly." Sai said. Sakura had blushed deeply as Gaara felt embarrassed.
"Teme, you should take responsibility and go with him." Naruto said pushing Sasuke towards him.
"The fuck? Why me?" Sasuke asked. "You're the one who threw that bag."
"No, I'm not into you." Gaara said.
"Excuse me?" Sasuke asked glaring at the red head.
"Must have hit my head really hard." Gaara said backing away.
"All the more reason to take him home Traitor." Sai said.
"I said I would!" Sakura pouted.
"No." The sons said.
"No, I'm completely fine." Gaara said as he finished putting on his shoes. "I can make it home by myself. Don't worry about me."
"Gaara?" Sakura called out as he looked back. "Will you really be okay?"
Hey Tenten. Even I can tell…there's no point in going out for it. I'm sure all I can do now is have my heart broken. But there's a part of me…
"Yeah. Thanks for your help." Gaara smiled with a bow. The brothers and Sakura waved goodbye as Gaara closed the door behind him.
…That can really be glad that right now, these people are here by Sakura's side. That's why I…
"That's why you what?" Tenten asked. Joining them today was his sister Temari who was listening to the story.
"That's why maybe I'm allowed to just like her if I want. I have no intention of causing trouble for Sakura." Gaara said with a light blush. When it comes to Sakura, she's the only one who could make him change his character.
"Boooring!" Tenten said. Temari smiled.
"Hey, I shouldn't be talking until you deal with your issue with Lee." Temari said with a smirk as Tenten blushed.
"Well, if you're okay with it, then whatever, I guess. It was stupid of me to worry, and go get me another shake." Tenten said hotly. "Oh well, It was worth a shot…"
"It's alright bro. There are other girls out there." Temari said ruffling his hair.
"Whatever, I'm out of here." Gaara said as he quickly got up, bumping into someone. Gaara looked down to see a girl with short brown hair and chocolate orbs.
"I'm sorry." She said with a quick bow. Temari and Tenten watched amused.
"I'm sorry as well." Gaara said. The girl looked up and smiled.
"My name is Matsuri by the way. Let me buy you another milkshake for the one you spilled." She said.
Gaara watched her leave to buy another one. Maybe there was another one out there for him.
This is the longest bonus I wrote yet haha. Wanted to show Gaara a little love. This bonus was based on a chapter from 'Me and My Brothers. SO CUTE! Anyways, how was this chapter? How will Sakura react to Sai calling her Raiko? Find out next time. Please review everyone, it will make me very happy.
-Kumiko.