Hamlet and Juliet
Author's notes: yay! Gomen ne, minna-san! I know, I know… you wanna yell at my face and kick me repeatedly for not updating for soooo long! Argh… it's really hard to type a chapter or two if you have 0.1 percent motivation! And besides, it's summer… it's very hot… (the connection?) hmmm… I got lazy because of the heat? I guess…? and well… if I'm to say this—it's partly nhix-chan's fault! ahaha just kidding….
Anyway, I missed updating HAJ and reading your reviews… T.T so I hurried up thinking the ending and arranging the twists for me to update and viola this one's for real! I already updated! Yay!
Okay…okay… so much noise… (I know) so I'll start the story…
(here it goes) (shocks! I almost forgot the 'double space' rule!!)
Standard disclaimers applied… (oh my… I missed typing this one too!! XD)
Sakura's big emerald orbs…they're annoying.
"Oi." Sakura called her
Sasuke looked at her—face blank.
"…"
"I'm calling you!" Sakura shouted with a high pitch. The little Sasuke yawned. "What's your name?!" she asked.
"Handsome." He said flatly. Sakura's eyes popped out. "What?"
At times, it holds a dangerous spark…
Sometimes they're suspicious…
Occasionally they're as big as saucers in awe…
But it completes my day just by seeing them…smile.
Smiling eyes.
Smiling emerald eyes.
But that day…
"With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you…"
My eyes widened as realization hit me.
"Won't you say…" the girl started to cry.
"Have you heard Uchiha Sasuke being a liar?"
No spark. No suspicious glares.
"She'll be sleeping…forever."
"Liar!!"
Her smiling emerald orbs—
"I wanna die too…"
—got drowned on her tears.
"…"
"…won't you say you love me too?"
"Have you heard Uchiha Sasuke being a liar?"
"Once."
Act 10: The Setback
"Hajimemashite! I'm Haruno Sakura, 7 years old. There are many things that I like—strawberries, mitarashi dangos, onigiri, soft stuffed toys, bunnies, color pink, the cherry blossoms in bloom and…"
Everybody in the class looked at her.
Hn. Weird girl.
"…and—"
"Continue, Sakura-chan…" the teacher spoke as she tapped her back to calm her restlessness. Everybody inside the classroom including parents who were there to be with their children on the first day of school started to make soft chattering voices.
"…I really like someone…" she started fidgeting as her bulky fluffy cheeks turned red. "OOH…" our new classmates were now intrigued.
"Who is it Saku-chaaan?" A little blonde boy shouted—he seemed to have a little liking—no. I mean he likes her. That's why he asked.
"uhmmm… anno…." There she goes again… fidgeting like a worm sprinkled with salt. Iodized salt. I really find girls like her annoying. Aside from the fact that she shaved my eyebrows and made a really good laugh on me…she…
That girl…
"Sa…Sa—"
…with wide forehead…
"Who?"
She lifted her gaze and looked towards me.
I froze.
Everybody stared at me with suspicion.
WTH?
"I love Sasuke-kun a lot!!" she smiled—it's more likely a grin…a stupid grin then pointed to my direction.
Everybody started to mumble things I can't comprehend—while looking at me. I covered my face with my hand and simply massaged my aching temples. This girl…
I'm too careless to throw such irresponsible, childish (well, I'm a child.), and stupid words at her 2 years ago…
"I'll marry you when we grow up!"
Now she really believes it.
"SASUKE-KUUUUUUUN!!" she hurriedly went on her seat (which she purposely dragged on my right) and cuddled my right arm as if it's a hotdog pillow. "I'm shy!! They're all looking!!" she said followed by a loud squeal.
"kyaaaaa—!" oh. She followed it again with another squeal. Tch. How annoying.
"Sasuke-kuuun!! My mother made a bento! Let's eat together!" I sighed. It's really irritating. She has a large forehead to begin with, a loud mouth that seemed to be a machine gun of words, a very exasperating nature of selfishness (she's always saying that I'm only hers—an no one else's) and she's a dimwit to add. Of all the people I will be friends with—I was befriended by this annoying crybaby.
"AHHH…"
"…"
"Sasuke-kuuun! Open your mouth! Ahhhhh…." But for some reason… though I find her really bothersome—
"ah."
"Kyaaa! You're soooo cute Sasuke-kuuun!" she commented while the food is still suspended—forgetting that she's supposed to put it on my opened mouth.
"Sakura…" I pointed on my mouth. "OH! Gomen!!" she suddenly slotted the food in that made me choke to death.
"Kyaaaa!! Gomen!!"
Though she's really, really annoying—I still find myself wanting to be by her side. "ahaha!! Kawaii!!" When she's laughing, I'm always having this weird warm feeling inside.
Her sparkling eyes that smiled together with her lips…. I can't help but to look at them. I feel warm inside. It's making me want to smile too…
I don't know why…
…but it feels good.
"Okay class, on your drawing boards, illustrate the person/thing you want to be with you forever…" our annoying elementary teacher Iruka-sensei is really a weird person. He kept on opening topics which are for (fan)girls only. "Even boys?" a dog-like boy asked our brown-haired teacher. "Hai, hai! Boys do also have someone that they like to be with them forever."
I rolled my eyes. Now this is really corny.
15 minutes already passed and my classmates are quietly doing the work. I still have nothing drawn on my board—even a single line. I looked at my seatmates' works… the dog boy named Kiba drew—well…a dog. This fat boy drew a brown—I don't know... but it's an irregular circle. I don't know what that is. (Don't want to be bothered by worthless thoughts)
My robo-man?
My dog Itachi? (I named him after my brother)
My GBA?
I threw my pencil and crayons. I don't want to do it. I can't think well.
"OH! Sasuke! Why don't you have anything drawn on your board?" Iruka-sensei asked. I rolled my eyes and sighed. "I don't have any idea about that."
He picked up my pencil and crayons and put it on my desk. "Just draw something that's yours—something you'll be lonely if it'll disappear…everybody has something or someone like that…I'm sure you too."
I stared at my blank sketch pad.
Something that I'll be lonely if it'll disappear…
Something….
Something…
Someone…
…that's mine.
I'll be your wife so I'm yours!
I picked up my pencil and started working.
"Finished sensei!!"
"You're fast, Sakura-chan!"
"My mom's going to fetch me anytime soon so I hurriedly finish this work!"
"Okay Sakura-chan, while waiting for others, you discuss your work…" She eagerly stood up and went in front.
"Ta-da!!" she flipped her sketch pad and showed everybody her drawing. I didn't look at it first… I'm still doing my work when I heard my classmates…
"Is that an alien?"
"No."
"A…twin humanoid?!"
"dolls?"
"More adorable than dolls!"
"A voodoo doll?!"
"NOOOO!! You're all wrong!" (What's adorable with a voodoo doll anyway?)
I then felt bad… the whole class silenced together with her noisy mouth. I stopped moving my pencil and slowly lifted my gaze. I then saw her looking at me—as well as everybody.
"W-what now?" I asked. I really have a bad feeling about this….
"Sasuke-kuuuun….!!" her eyes sparked—a dangerous sparked. "What?" I put down my pencil. She pointed at her sketch pad.
That spark—it's annoying.
I saw an abstract.
"Sasuke-kuun!! They're making fun of my work!!" but man… who won't? "Sasuke-kuuun!! Tell them what's this art of mine is!" God.
I know exactly what will happen if I guessed it wrong. She'll throw her sketch pad at me and her noisy mouth will start to do the whining—she'll continuously chant curses on how an idiot I was for the next thirty minutes only her ending up crying.
Okay…
Let my super Uchiha brain do the work…. So… she drew a small circle with dots, scattered black on top, red rectangle at the bottom right of the circle, a body-like drawing below the head, flowers (?) around, a hairy thing below the human-like image…. then a beautiful girl with pink hair on the side…
Err…
"SASUKE-KUUN!!"
"Monkeys?" the whole class started to laugh.
((twitch)) uh… it's not a monkey…
"What's that hairy thing below the other human-like figure?" I pointed out.
She pouted.
Oh no.
God. I'm wrong.
I'm dead.
"Sa..sasu—" I started to panic… man.. It'll be troublesome if this will continue…
"I know now! You drew Sagittarius…" (Human-like figure above and hairy horse-like image below… definitely a Sagittarius!)
Poook!
Her drawing board hit my head. "I HATE YOU!!" there she goes now… I rolled my eyes and I was about to yell at her when I saw her drawing once more—in a closer view.
"I SWEAR SASUKE-KUUN! YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO TASTE MY MOM'S ONIGIRI AND MY DANGOS IF YOU WILL KEEP LAUGHING AT MY WORK!!"
I didn't notice that yellow thing on top of the human-like image's head.
"I KNOW YOU ALREADY KNEW THE ANSWER SO STOP MAKING FUN OF—"
A crown.
"It's a prince?"
SILENCE.
And a princess.
"…me."
"A prince, was it?" I repeated. She grinned (and stopped whining, thank god.). "HAI!! Very good Sasuke-kuuuun!!"
"Why a prince Sakura?" Iruka-sensei, who is now a bit relieved that Sakura stopped her tantrum-mode, asked.
"He'll save me like a princess when I'm in danger… he will vow his loyalty to me—and will risk his life for my sake…"
"I want a prince that makes grand entrances like jumping off a bridge or entering the villain's house using a horse!"
She's got to be kidding—it's 21st century and no one will ever dare to do that.
A handsome hero who'll always make it in time in saving the leading lady!
A stupid idea.
She smiled.
"A true gentleman who will love me wholeheartedly…"
"But… they only exist in fairytales." Our teacher sat on a vacant seat as Sakura was left in front, standing. She scratched her head "no… they really exist!"
I looked at her work. Onyx eyes, raven-haired prince…. long black bangs….
"They're real!"
Me.
I'm her…prince?
"Ne, Sasuke-kuun?" I looked at her. Her eyes—they're sparkling now… I smiled. "Hai."
"Have you found him?" one of our classmates asked. I bet she'll said 'yes' in a loud voice and will rush into my side squealing 'Sasuke-kuun is my prince!'
She'll say it's me.
Because she likes me—
"Hmmm… not yet." She said after a long pause.
—a lot.
"But when I found him, I'll let Sasuke-kuun and the others know!" she squealed and rushed into my side. "How about your work Sasuke-kun?" she's about to look at my drawing when I grabbed it back.
"NO."
"Why?"
"Just…you can't."
"But why? I just want to—" I clenched my fist and slammed it hard on my desk. "I said you can't!!" I screamed and ran away after throwing her sketch pad away.
As I made my way on the hallways towards the school gate, trains of thoughts kept on running around my head…
Why am I so upset?
I'm not her prince?
Why?
She's just an annoying girl who knows nothing but to talk with her damn defective brain that pisses me every now and then!!
"Matte!!" I heard someone called me so I increased my pace. I'm already outside of the school gate. My eyes were just focused on the ground I'm walking into—seeing my feet raced at each other.
I'm so pissed.
It feels like I can kill anybody with this anger.
I'm mad.
She's so damn noisy.
She's—
"Uchiha-kun!" I heard the same voice that tried to stop me a while ago. I fell on the floor after someone pushed me—
Damn!! Whoever did it will—
((Screech))
—die.
And everything went black and blank.
"Sasuke what happened to you? You have been absent for a week!" Naruto asked me first day in that morning. I was standing in front of our classroom's door. "I was hit by a car." I answered coldly.
"I was running across the street when someone pushed me, I heard a loud screech and everything went black. I can barely remember who, when or how…"
"Aw! That sure hurts a lot, Sasuke…"
The bandages and patches on my head and body tell the story.
Then the blond idiot then opened the door and I saw Sakura sitting on her chair quietly.
I don't feel like talking to her or deal with her 'squealing sickness'… she'll sure squeal and hug me tight asking why I was absent and will talk non-stop on how she missed me when I was not present.
"Yo Sakura-chan! Sasuke-teme's here!!"
She slowly lifted her gaze as I positioned my right hand (with bandages) defensively, readying myself for a surprised assault of fangirl squeals and hug…
"OOOOOOH!! SASUKE-KUUUUUUUUUUN!!" there you have it… she rushed into my side and hugged me tight. "What happened to you Sasuke-kuun?! I've been worried for ages here!!" she started dragging me towards my chair and placed my bag on her seat.
"I missed you soooo much Sasuke-kuuuun!!"
"…"
She opened her bag and pulled a big bento box wrapped in pink floral cloth. "HERE SASUKE-KUUN, YOU MUST EAT THIS SO YOU'LL REGAIN YOUR STRENGHT! WE HAVE SUSHI HERE, RICE CAKES—"
"Sakura…"
"OH, AND WE HAVE SQUIDS HERE AND YOUR FAVORITE—TOMATO FLAVORED RICE CAKES!! I ASKED MY AUNT TO MAKE A BUNCH 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'LL BE BACK—"
"Sakura-chan…." I looked at Naruto and saw his gloomy face while staring at Sakura. I looked at her and saw her smile like nothing happened…
But her eyes…
They're cold.
"Sakura…"
She started to place the boxes on my desk and unpacking other things such as the orange juice pack and the sets of chopsticks. "YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY SAY THAT WHEN YOU EAT A LOT AFTER—"
I grabbed her hand and made her look at me in the eyes. "What's wrong?" I asked. "Wha-what's wrong? No-nothing…" she looked away.
I removed the bandage on the left side of my head and looked at her once more. I got a hold of her face and made her look at me again. "I know you… you're not okay."
She looked at me straightly.
Emerald green met onyx black.
Cold eyes met cold tear-filled ones.
Then tears…
"Sa..Sasu…" she started to cry. "Sakura-chan, your aunt's here, you'll be going home early!" Iruka-sensei exclaimed cutting her words off. She moved away from me, avoided my stare, grabbed her bag and went outside.
She left the packed lunch on my table.
I looked at the things she left.
It's not the usual bento she's bringing before… there are no dangos on the side dish…. Sweet dangos are her favorite—and it's the first time there's none in her lunch.
Three days passed and since that morning encounter with her, I haven't seen her. I'm damned worried about that annoying forehead girl…
I don't know why…
But I want to see her smile.
"Naruto." The blonde boy turned around to face me upon hearing his name. "Sasuke?" His cerulean eyes seemed to shun my questioning ones. "Tell me what happened." The absence of the word please before the sentence made it an order.
"About what?"
DAMN.
"Naruto!" I grabbed his collar and pinned him on a tree. Damn it! I don't know why but I have a very bad feeling about this…
"Sasuke…let me—"
I want to see her.
"What's damn wrong with that girl?! She's pissing the hell out of me for not showing three days in a row?!" my grip on his collar tightened.
"You… you want to see her?"
"Of course you idiot! Why would I freak out like this if I don't want to—"
"You're freaking out?"
God. What the hell am I saying?
I was caught off-guard by Naruto with his question so I put him down and tried to calm myself—hiding all the desperate expressions my eyes are showing. I sat under the tree and grasped my head with my right hand.
"Sasuke…you're talking about Sakura-chan a while ago…right?" he just looked down at me. "Aah." I answered coldly.
"You're complaining almost everyday on how annoying, stupid, crybaby and idiot she was… then now…"
I looked up—lifted my agitated deep black eyes towards his cool cerulean ones. "You always wish for the time she'll just disappear from your sight…because she's—"
"Stupidly annoying." I murmured as I looked down on the shaded area of the tree.
But her smile.
Her sparkling emerald eyes…
I want to see them—
—everyday.
"I don't know why." I whispered, lacking of energy to explain this 'unexplainable' thing that's gripping my chest for the past three days…
Naruto placed his hand on my shoulder. I looked up to him again—but this time, his eyes were the ones that are agitated and distressed.
"…" Naruto started to speak.
"…" my eyes widened.
"…"
"…!"
DAMN.
"Sasuke!!" the seven year old Naruto screamed my name, tried to stop me—but failed.
"Saku—" I stopped upon seeing a small pink-haired girl of seven years sitting on a chair near a big hospital bed. Her head is buried on the soft white sheets—
I walked inside the big white room with pink curtains tied neatly with a red ribbon as the slightly cold breeze blew them.
Her back is facing me. No one else is in the room but me, Sakura…and—
I stopped.
"Her mother has been sick for weeks now…then you're absent for a week… she's keeping things by herself."
Her mom.
"Hnn? Okaa-chan? You're still sleeping?!" I heard her mumble after waking up, not noticing that I'm behind her. "Nee, you promised me you'll make me a big bento with lots of rice cakes inside…"
Her voice is wavering.
"Okaa-san… I want you to do that promise now!" she slowly shook her mother's arms, trying to wake her up. "Sasuke will not eat with me anymore if you will not wake up and prepare a bento!!" she started to cry. "Aunt..Yume…cooks so much—for me but she…she doesn't know how to prepare the food you usually do!" she said in between sobs.
"Okaa-chaaan!!" she burst into tears. "Nee… wake up now!! I know you could hear me!! We're not playing doctors and patients anymore!!"
"Sakura."
She turned to look at me—tears flowing from her eyes. "Sasu..ke."
Seeing her like that—it's killing me inside.
"Sasuke?" she wiped her tears immediately and smiled. "Okaa-chan's really sleepy right now! Anno..she said she'll be making us lots of snacks tomorrow!!" her voice—it's wavering again…she's going to cry but trying hard not to.
I walked towards her…
"Nee, she's some kind of lazy today so I can't introduce you to her and—" I hugged her. "It's okay…everything's going to be fine." She clutched the back of my shirt tightly and cried.
"Sasuke-kun…my mom… my mom…" her tears drenched my shirt and her wails filled the almost-empty room.
"Baka."
She stopped. "Huh?"
"You're so damn noisy… your sleeping mother will be disturbed." She lifted her gaze and looked at me with questioning eyes. "She's not going to die. She's just sleeping…you annoying crybaby freak."
"Really?"
"Have you heard Uchiha Sasuke being a liar?"
"No…"
"Then believe me, she'll wake up soon…" I smiled. I want to believe what I am saying now…for the very least.
I want to believe it too.
She looked at her mother again. "Okaa-chan, Sasuke will be here everyday with me so you won't get bored, ne?"
"I love you…"
"Louder Sasuke!!"
"I love…"
"Louder…"
"I lo—"
"Sasuke!!"
I raised an eyebrow. This sucks. "Why do I have to sing loudly?!" she puffed her cheeks with air. "Any problem?"
I sighed heavily.
"I…love…yo...you…"
"SASUKE-KUUN!! Okaa-chan won't hear it!!"
"I love you, you love me… we're a happy family…" she giggled as she brushed some pink strands of hair on her mother's face while listening to my less-than-professional singing.
"…"
"Sasuke!!"
"Stupid."
"Okaa-chan loves that song…she smiles every time she hears me sing that…" her eyes softened as she stopped arranging the flowers on the vase.
She then looked at me. I rolled my eyes. "I said… Barney's stupid." She raised a brow. "Barney will be angry if he'll hear you say that!"
"I love you, you love me…" she started to sing with her soft angelic voice as she caressed her mother's hand.
"…we're a happy family…" I continued the song for her.
She smiled.
I smiled back.
This warm feeling… it's coming back. Though for now, she's still in despair, I'll give it my all to bring back her usual self…her usual smile.
"I love you, you love me, we're a happy family…"
"With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you—" Sakura placed the hair brush (supposing it's a microphone) in front of me and I held it with both hands. "Won't you say you…"
"love me too…" she looked at me. "Ahahah… you're doing great Sasuke-kun!"
"Singing for Hitomi-san again?" the nurse in white and pink uniform entered the room. She's the one attending for Sakura's mom and already knew us well.
"For the past 6 months, the two of you were always here, singing the same song everyday…" she mentioned while checking for Hitomi-san's pulse. "And Sasuke-kun's terrible Barney song improved!"
The two of them giggled.
Hn. Terrible Barney song—as what they call it.
"When is she going to wake up?" Sakura asked her. She smiled and patted our heads. "A very serious question from a seven year old girl like you…"
"…?"
The nurse looked at Hitomi-san. "She's beautiful, isn't she?"
I nodded. "Sakura will be like her." Sakura suddenly spoke. "Only God knows when she'll wake up…" the nurse looked at her records as Sakura sat on the vacant seat next to her mom's bed. "I'll be waiting for the time when okaa-chan can make a bento for us again… even if I have to sing this song for years…"
"Hajimemashite."
DEADLY GLARE.
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke."
FANGIRL SQUEALS, HEARTS FLYING.
"There are tons of things I dislike, and I don't particularly like anything and—I don't want to use the word dream—" my eyes caught a glimpse of a dark aura somewhere inside the room. There's a black thing that comes out from Sakura's body… and her eyes…
'SASUKE!! YOU SAY YOU DON'T LIKE ANYTHING?!'
Well, that's probably the thing she wanted to yell… I rolled my eyes in annoyance. "Well, I think I like girls with pink hair…(?)" I said while avoiding the eyes of spectators.
Everybody looked at her. She blushed.
"Hajimemashite! I'm Haruno Sakura, 8 years old. There are many things that I like—strawberries, mitarashi dangos, onigiri, soft stuffed toys, bunnies, color pink, the cherry blossoms in bloom and…"
She looked at the clock.
I lifted my gaze to where she's looking at.
"SASUKE-KUUUN!!" she yelled. I sighed and stood up. She then rushed into my side and dragged me outside the room…
"Sensei!! We're going to visit my mom!! Sumimasen!!"
"OH! He's awake now!"
I lazily opened my eyes. Everything's blurry and hazy as I yawned while trying to move my body. I stopped when I felt a bit throbbing at my back.
Maybe I fell asleep while watching Sakura's mom.
My arms were crossed in front of my face, making them my pillows while I'm sleeping. Such a pain…by the way, where's that stupid forehead girl?
I looked up and—
Flash!!
"…?"
"Ahahaha!! You're so beautiful Sasuke-kuun!!" Sakura laughed after that 'flash' from the camera she's holding.
"I know I'm good-looking. You don't need to take stolen pictures of—" something's icky with her smile… it's way too suspicious…
She pointed on her lips.
I touched mine and looked at my fingers. They're sticky and…
RED.
LAST TIME IT'S PINK.
I looked at her with a deadly glare. She touched her hair and twirled it with her fingers. I rolled my eyes…she's really as stupid as Naruto.
"Today's special—Sasuke-kun as Goldilocks!!"
Flash!!
"Give me that camera!!"
Flash!!
"Ahahaha…You're soooo cute Sasuke-kuuuun!!"
Flash!!
"SAKURA!!"
Flash!!
"It's your 25th picture!!"
"Why do you keep on doing this every time I fall asleep?!" I asked angrily. She just grinned. "I'm doing this to wake you up!!"
"Saku—"
"And I love that pissed expression of yours…ahaha…kawaii!!"
"Just give all of my pictures!!"
"No! It's my precious collection!! I'll give it to you on our wedding day!!"
"Sasuke." The first thing I heard after I woke up that Sunday morning. I already prepared my things for visiting Sakura and her mother at the hospital. I turned to look at the dining hall to see my father's serious face and my mother's troubled one.
"Hai?"
"Cancel your appointments today. We're going somewhere."
"But I promised Sa—"
"Go back to your room and change into black clothes."
It was raining hard that Sunday afternoon. I changed into black formal clothes as well as my father, mother, and Itachi. I don't have any idea where we are going.
"Itachi." I called for my brother who is sitting next to me in the passenger seat of our car. "Where are we going?"
"To a funeral."
"?"
The car stopped in no time as our servants opened black umbrellas to protect us from the heavy rain. I was holding a bouquet of white roses as I walked slowly towards a crowd of people flocking into a particular spot of the cemetery.
The rain poured heavily…
"Who died, Itachi?" the only words I managed to speak that time.
"…"
"Itachi?"
"I love you…"
I heard somebody.
"…"
"You love me…"
The people around the grave started to disappear one by one.
"We're a happy family…"
The rain poured harder…
The people around disappeared leaving only my family—
"The woman who saved you a year ago died." Itachi broke the silence.
"…"
"With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you…"
My eyes widened as realization hit me.
"Won't you say…" the girl started to cry.
Tears overflowed from my eyes as I unconsciously dropped the roses while ending the song for her.
"…you love me…too."
"SAKURA!!"
…!
He jumped using a chair as an elevation…
She then looked above her… the star will fall—on her…
Kurenai stood up from her seat
"Sakura! Sakura! Daijobou?"
She opened her eyes…
"Anno… Arigato Sasuke-kun…."
"Hn, That's nothing"
She smiled at him…
He smiled back…
'I'm still your Romeo… the one who will save you when you're in danger...'
…
The reason why I'm always saving her when she's in trouble…
"What if she doesn't?"
SILENCE…
Takatak! Takatak! Takatak!
Her eyes grew wide and immediately turned to see who the owner of that familiar voice…is
The bouquet in her hands dropped… and the petals shattered on the floor… she covered her mouth with her both hands… trying to hold back the tears…
He came…
The reason why I vowed to be there for her whenever she needs someone…
…
Sakura is looking at the window when she saw Sasuke on his motorbike. She gasped upon realizing that the boy did come for her.
She got up and sat beside Neji. Neji's eyes were closed but anger is evident on his wry expression. "Neji-kun, stop the car please."
"No. you'll be staying at the Hyuuga manor tonight."
"But Sasuke-kun came for me."
The reason why I care so much for her…
"Sakura."
She lifted her gaze…she looked at me with eyes overflowing with tears—agitated looked that hit my innermost cold self inside.
"Okaa-chan wa…"
Because I'm the reason why she's alone.
I'm the cause of her loneliness.
She stood up and hugged me tight—tighter than the last time. I dropped the black umbrella as the rain soaked us—washed our tears.
"You said she'll wake up! The doctors buried her here!! She's going to wake up alone down there!!" she broke the embrace and started digging with her bare hands. "Sasuke-kun, come here! Let's get her body back and we'll wash it so when she gain consciousness, she's clean and—"
I grabbed her hands.
"She'll be sleeping…forever."
"LIAR!!"
I wish the rain would wash away the tears—her tears.
"I wanna die too."
"Sakura."
She looked into my cold eyes.
I don't want her to know that I'm the reason of her mom's death—because for now, she only has me.
"I'll promise, I'll always be here for you." I'll be the hero in place of your mother.
"…"
"Have you ever heard Uchiha Sasuke being a liar?" I hugged her.
"Once." She whispered as she buried her face on my chest. "But if I got you here... I think everything will be fine...soon."
The rain…I hope it will wash away her loneliness, my crime, everything…
I hope after this storm, we could start anew.
I don't want her to know. I don't want to add to her dilemma.
"Mom was the pink-haired girl on my drawing… together with my prince, they'll be my heroes."
I killed her hero…
…so I must be one for her.
A hero who will always show in the right place, on the right time…
A hero that always enters with a bang—that's her dream hero. And from that day onwards, I vowed to be one.
I love you, you love me
We're a happy family
With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you
Won't you say you love me too…?
Flash!!
"What the—" Sasuke rubbed his eyes as he's blinded by the sudden flash of light. When he felt something on his hand, he looked at it and raised a brow. It has glittery violet stain…and a stand of a very long eyelash.
Flash!!
He looked at the direction where the light came from. "SAKURA!"
"Ahahah!!" The pink-haired girl giggled. "You're sooo cute Sasuke-kuun!!"
"Give me that—" he stopped upon realizing that he's still on his boxer shorts and he's wearing no shirt. The raven-haired boy covered his body defensively as series of camera clicks were continuously heard.
"Today's specialty—Sasuke-kun as Madonna!!"
Sasuke clutched his head followed by a long pause. "A dream." He murmured. He looked at the 16 year old Sakura laughing in front of him.
He learned to love the crybaby and annoying girl he despises years ago… the one he bluntly proposed a marriage to…the girl whom he cherishes the most.
Sakura connected the digital camera into a portable printer on Sasuke's desk nearby while the 'Madonna' is thinking something. "OOH!!" she giggled and walked towards Sasuke. The Uchiha boy looked at her.
She grinned.
He raised a brow.
"Ta-da!! MADONNA!!" She squealed as she flipped the said 5R picture. Sasuke is sleeping with long false eyelashes, violet eye shadow, dark red lipstick and glittery blush on.
Add the curly white wig and the mole.
"ITACHIIIIIII!! WHO LET HER ENTER MY ROOM THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING?!"
"ARF! ARF!"
"Not you! The real Itachi!!"
"Like a virgin…touched for the very first time..lalala..hahahah!!" she ran around the room as Sasuke chased her, trying to get his 132nd girly picture from her.
Sakura stopped running upon seeing an old sketch framed with expensive glass. "Sasuke-kun…"
"…?"
"Was that me?"
Yes. He's her hero.
He'll save her—he'll save the day.
He promised her that.
Have you heard Uchiha Sasuke being a liar?
Just once.
And he'll keep this promise for him not be a liar twice.
"Romeo…" a man hiding in the depths of the dark side of a big study room spoke. A suspicious smile was evident on his lips as he hissed the other man's "name".
The one who was called positioned his eye specs properly as he stopped reading the book that he's holding. "What?"
"You're quite busy… have a minute to talk?"
"I'm reading 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'."
"Interesting…" the man laughed timidly as he sat on a nearby couch. "Your room is a little dark…you're a vampire?"
"Quit joking. What do you want?"
"Isn't it time for the Romeo to do the next act?" the person smirked evilly as he poured wine on his goblet.
"As long as Hamlet's out of the way."
Notes: hmm… so that's chapter 25 of Hamlet and Juliet. I know, maybe some are thinking "WTH? I can't understand a thing?!"
Well, this chapter is about Sasuke dreaming of the events that happened in the past…. I did some time skips after the line breaks because it's a dream and in my opinion, it's not ideal if I'll put "after a year", "One week later" or something like that… we don't have narration inserts like that when we dream… the scenes just flashed and boom… (Don't you think I'm getting noisy every update? Hehe)
I hope you're not irritated by the sudden change of events—I mean it's a romance/comedy story for crying out loud but I saved the serious, heart-wrecking parts for the later chapters… because the end is near!! (uh… not the world… I mean the story…) I'm counting chapters now…
These serious parts were necessary for the ending…hope you understand…
And I'm thinking really hard whether to leave a preview or not… hmmm… I wanted you to know what to expect next chapter but… but… oh well, just wait for it next time, ne? (AN EVIL PERSON TYPING HERE…) bwahaha!!
Thanks for reading!
moOcchi