I'm back!
I very nearly didn't actually have this chapter ready in time for what seems to be my usual weekly updates... and i won't lie... if it wasn't for the amazing reviews I would have missed my update this week : (
It's been a rough week so FanFic is a pleasant distraction
Now, my sincerest thanks go to the following people, because aside from just reading my story they actually review and in my eyes, there is no words that express my gratitude to them:
LilyVampire: Hello again : ) I'm so glad you enjoyed the chapter! The aim was to side step petty stereotypical scenes and i spent AGES trying to play this scene out in my head. It got to the point where when I was alone in my room I was actually rehearsing this like a play and tried to get my mind into Sakura's. I wanted to REALLY understand how she'd react and I'm so thrilled you thought the finished result was great!
Truth be told I haven't finished how I'm going to play out Kenji and Sasuke when they next meet, but there is another reason for this and where possible I'll keep you uptodate as to why!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the previous chapter and I can't WAIT to see what you think of this one, it's a bit of a curve ball to me!
Nova23: Bloody hell. You're review was breathe-taking! Honestly I re-read it because I couldn't believe what you said! Thank you so much for your flattering compliments and I hope this chapter will live up to your expectations just as much!
iHeartStar: Heya again! Oooh I'm so happy you liked it and even more happy that you found it realistic. In my review response to LilyVampire I also mentioned this but I tried so hard to get this scene/chapter perfect and I even resorted to acting out the scene in my room as if I was rehearsing a role for a play! I did this because I wanted to see what my gut reaction would be as I played the part of Sakura, and then I also assume the role of Sasuke. The result was amazing and it was such a time consuming chapter but if you enjoyed it then it was definitely worth it! I hope you'll enjoy this chapter. It's mainly a chapter where I was trying to dap my feet into chapter development and how things change when a massive blow-out like their fight happens. Hope you enjoy it just as much if not more and i'll keep a look out for your review and opinion! Hope you are well!
SaNcTuArYXXXXbLoSsOm: It is I who should be thanking you for taking time to review my story so a reply to your review is the least I can do! I'm so glad you enjoyed the previous chapter and your words are truly heart-warming. I try my best to be confident with my material and I think I'm pushing my boundaries in the coming chapter (as you shall see) and I can only pray that I won't be punished for doing so haha! And if as you say readers can relate to this story then honestly I'll have my feet nailed to Cloud 9! Hope to hear from you again after this chapter and fingers crossed you'll enjoy it!
Saiyuri Haruno: I think you and everyone else breathed a sigh of relief after they didn't break up! The general mood of the previous chapter was that they should break up and at one point I was thinking it would have been a possible chapter finisher. But as you'll see from my previous review responses to LilyVampire and iHeartStar I actually roleplayed the entire scene, acting once as Sakura and another time as Sasuke and found that when I got into their minds and their behaviour this was really the most realistic outcome of the entire scene! I'm between you and me, I sighed a MASSIVE sigh when I realised they were going to stay together ; ) I'm hoping you'll enjoy this chapter too, it's a bit of a boundary-pushing chapter and I hope things will go down well with you guys. It's sort of focusing on character development and changes.. I won't say anymore, you'll have to read and see for yourself hehe! I hope to hear from you soon again and I seriously hope you'll enjoy the chapter just as much too! All the best!
[General message to all, after review my own entire fiction I feel that the Rating M is more appropriate and is 'playing it safe'. If you disagree and think it can still be classified as a T then please just drop a tiny message for me when you review and I'll change it back to T. Thank you very much.]
Ladies and Gents, without further a due I present to you Chapter 26 of Milton Hill
Milton Hill Chapter 26:
"I love you"
Three words. Eight letters. Three syllables.
That was all it took for Sakura's entire world to be rocked.
As she sat on her sofa with her eyes shut she tried very hard to recall everything that had just transpired.
Whilst exact words exchanged were rather blurred, every touch had burnt her and every smouldering gaze engraved itself behind her eyelids.
After his confession the couple silently climbed off the counter and gently kissed in compassionate silence. Not a sound was made, no groans of pleasure, just arms intertwined with gentle breathing.
Sasuke had eventually pulled back and asked to use her bathroom. She directed him to her guest bathroom and that left her where she was now, sitting alone on her sofa and partially grateful for the lack of company.
The entire day she'd geared herself up to accept the whiplash of Sasuke leaving her and instead she had received the confession of a lifetime. Glancing over towards the guest bathroom's door she wondered how on earth he'd actually managed to forgive her because if the roles were reversed, she didn't really know whether she would have. She supposed it was down to her being far more sensitive, but perhaps it was mainly due to her lack of maturity relative to Sasuke and maybe, just maybe, she was frightened of the seriousness their relationship.
Palms flat against one another pressed to her lips and nose she struggled to accept his actions.
At the sound of a door unlocking she flicked her eyes over to where Sasuke stood.
Eye's locked onto each other and he slowly walked over and sat beside her taking her hands away from her face and holding them within his. With a small smile he leaned back on the sofa and pulled her into him. Sakura didn't resist but instead relished in his scent as she tucked herself into him.
Meanwhile, Sasuke had used his short bathroom break to compose himself. He was rather confused by his own actions and behaviour today. One minute he's dragging Sakura across school campus next he is in a state of utter shock and hurt as he discovers the lies he'd been subjected to and finally he takes part in the biggest act of forgiveness he's ever done and is confessing love for the first time in his life. Perhaps the greatest surprise of all was the insatiable hunger he had now seemed to have awakened towards Sakura after he'd realised she was going to let him go.
It was like a switch had been flipped and all his pent up frustration was beginning to be released.
He wondered if he had scared her as he ravaged her over her worktop because he sure as hell knew he'd scared himself. If Sakura hadn't had the strength to voice her apology Sasuke knew he would have taken her there and then.
He most certainly didn't want that and he had been blinded by pure lust towards Sakura. It was an uncomfortable feeling to know that your mind could be so easily pushed aside and he now understood just how vulnerable some women in the world must be if they are subjected to this kind of 'emotion'.
If it wasn't enough to be surprised by his hormonal spike around Sakura he was astonished by his ability to forgive her. Perhaps it was because he knew she genuinely didn't want to hurt him or that she didn't have a bone in her body which wanted to manipulate him that allowed him to so confidently look past everything in the heat of the moment.
Sasuke had some traits of forgiveness within him, his mother had always taught him that the act of anger was easy, but the art of forgiveness was a rare skill. He'd always agreed with that since whenever he'd been required to forgive he'd often struggled to do so. Yet, this evening demonstrated to him that the act of forgiveness could be so effortless.
The moment he saw Sakura accepting that their relationship was over was the turning point. He didn't see forgiving her as a skill, it was a minor gesture with no consequence that would keep the love of his life at his side. How on earth was forgiving Sakura a sacrifice on his part? How was it difficult?
All of this led to one beyond belief conclusion; his love for Sakura was on a whole other level.
This frightened him more than anything else. More than his overpowering lust for Sakura and more than his anger to Kenji.
All of these thoughts churned in his mind. He was worried he'd scared Sakura, he was afraid of the depth of his feelings to her and he was furious at Kenji for betraying him so.
The matter of the depth of his feelings for Sakura and dealing with the betrayal of a best friend was not an area he specialised in and figured he was going to need to seek some advice from another man, someone more experienced with women. It didn't take him long to figure out who he would go to. Till the advice came through, Sasuke was still going to have to somehow deal with Kenji.
The man he assumed to be his closest friend, and as much as he hated to admit it, the man who he at times admired had committed such a disgusting act of betrayal that it sickened him to think that all of this had transpired without him knowing. How would he face Kenji? What would he do? Half of him wanted to beat him senseless and another half just wanted him to disappear with no drama.
Ironic, that Sasuke was now wishing for Kenji to disappear when Kenji himself not so long ago was wishing Sasuke would disappear from their lives. The two thought rather similarly at times, but it was clear that a line had been overstepped and the pair's friendship was indescribable now, if not none existent.
At least any doubts about whether Sakura was scared of him were cast aside as she snuggled close to him without hesitation. Was she just blinded by her love for him just as he was blinded by his?
Who knew the answers to these questions was beyond Sasuke. All he knew was that he wanted the woman in his arms and he'd work hard to make things work between them. He wanted to be the man would she could come to about anything. More importantly, when the time came that he and Sakura finally slept together, he wanted it to be special for her.
"Sasuke..."
"Mmm?"
"I'm sorr-"
"Stop apologising."
Tilting her head up from the crook of his neck she tried to glance at his face but all she caught was the prominent angle of his jaw line and a very nice whiff of his aftershave.
His command should have been enough to let things go back to normality but it wasn't. Maybe it was the sheer speed at which things had unfolded or the shock of how events played out, Sakura still felt terrible about everything. Fisting his shirt in her hands she felt the desperate need to get her sincere apology to him.
"I just want you to... no, I need you to know that I'm sorry for everything. That I never meant to lie to you so much, that I never wanted you to hurt..."
Sighing and tilting his head a little towards her head he rested there for a moment before replying, "I know that Sakura. I genuinely know. I'm... a little surprised at my ability to understand but I do... if that makes any sense..." With his mouth left open there was so much he wanted to say, but words were failing him and he didn't wish to drag this out anymore than necessary, it needed to be wrapped up.
Pulling her so that she faced him head on he continued, "When you care deep enough for someone, sometimes logic escapes you. Kind of like how I blotched up when we first kissed, going round telling people it meant nothing, when the truth couldn't have been further..."
Sakura remembered that incident. It seemed like years ago. When she over-heard Sasuke telling fellow hockey players that the kiss he shared with Sakura was 'just a kiss' and stemmed from primal urge and nothing else. She was heart-broken, more than she expected, but she still gave Sasuke a second-chance, she took a risk and the return...was love.
Continuing with his words in a gentle tone Sasuke stroked her forearms as she sat in front of him, sprawled over his legs, "Back then, you and I were just beginning, we weren't as serious as we are now and I still managed to mess things up. It seems strangely logically for you to have made this magnitude of drastically bad decisions after your confession back there..."
Sakura wasn't smiling she was simply awe-struck, she hadn't noticed this deeper side to Sasuke before, but she'd always had a feeling that it was there. Sasuke was the type of guy who didn't usually say much, but evidently, he thought quite deeply.
"But Sakura... all of this isn't to say that what you did was okay, and I think you know that already. So you have to promise me that from now on you won't ever lie to me again, especially about something as important as what went down with...Kenji."
This was Sakura's first glimpse into the pain Sasuke was feeling about being betrayed by Kenji and she hated to see him hurt over it.
"I promise Sasuke, no more lies... but Sasuke..."
"Hmm?"
"What about... Kenji?" She'd whispered his name, she didn't really know whether now was the right time to talk about him but the question sort of slipped out before she gave it much thought.
Sasuke shifted and readjusted Sakura so that she was straddling him just above his knees and had bent inwards, along the curve of his body, as she lay over him, gazing at him eye-to-eye and balanced by his hands holding her.
His jaw set hard and he swallowed heavily, "What about him?"
"Are you going to, um, do anything?"
He let out a short breathe, shaking his head silently from side to side as he glanced down to Sakura's body. His hands shifted and they rest on either side of her legs and he gently rubbed her up and down.
Eyes firmly fixed on Sasuke Sakura's breathing began to pick up and she waited for his reply, desperately trying not to lean forward, kiss him, and throw the conversation to hell.
"He is no longer of any concern for us. He made his choices very clear."
"You wouldn't forgive him?"
His hands stopped as he frowned, "Why would I do that?"
"Because he is your frien-"
"WAS my friend Sakura."
Shutting her mouth and nodding profusely Sakura gave him a weak smile as she tried hard to cover the hurt she felt as she saw her best friend Kenji and Sasuke's friendship disappear before her eyes.
Seeing her poor attempt at covering her emotions he raised a hand and cupped her cheek, "You worry too much for others Sakura."
"I worry about you... you are hurting, and I couldn't do anything. I'm hurting you... and hurting him."
"He deserves it" she opened her mouth to retort but he cut her off, "and you know it too Sakura. I know he is one of your closest friends but you know that he's crossed a line. If he is hurting right now, he deserves it."
Sakura accepted that Sasuke was right, but that didn't stop her heart from aching for her friend. His crimes were based around loving her, and how could she fault him for that? If anything, being love was a blessing for the loved. All she felt was pity for her friend, pity because he obviously wasn't acting like he normally did... unless she never really knew him at all.
"He has done wrong there is no questioning that, I just wonder if I have any right to judge him. After all, everything I did was wrong but you forgave me, don't you think that at some point in the future he'd deserve the same?"
Growling a little Sasuke's hands firmly gripped her waist as he hoisted her further up his body and pulled her into his face, "I don't want to talk about that filthy liar, or about how you want me to forgive him. Damn your caring nature, the very nature that I-.. I'll deal with him when I see him, but now..."
With Sakura now sitting right on top of him she suddenly was very aware of what was touching where. She'd worn her typical suit and skirt to school, except today, she wasn't wearing tights. So she was essentially sitting on him with nothing more than underwear.
Her skirt normal sat just above her knees, but with Sasuke's rough handling it had ridden up high. Too high for her liking. If Sakura wanted to expose that much flesh she'd have worn hot pants to school, but that wasn't her style, she possessed class that didn't involve showing ass.
Sasuke meanwhile was really enjoying the show, his eyes raked her newly exposed thighs and he was very aware after shifting underneath her that the only things separating him and her were his trousers and her underwear...
Her underwear...
Blushing at his mad perverseness Sasuke pulled her forward so she was flat against him and so that she didn't see the subtle change of colour on his cheeks.
Sakura wouldn't have noticed since she was having trouble pulling herself together as she was distinctly beginning to be turned on. Pressed up against his chest, she did notice his heavy breathing but she didn't have long to think about it as his hands were on the move.
With Sakura firmly pressed into his chest Sasuke with heavy breathes gazed down to Sakura's body that was spread all over him. His hands grasped the backs of her thighs and slowly, achingly slowly, slid higher. His hands caught the helm of her skirt but didn't stop, he just moved the material with his hands as he watched more and more of Sakura becoming exposed to his hungry eyes.
Sakura's breathes were short and loud, her cheeks satin red, mouth parted open and her eyelids fluttering as she lost herself to something as simple as his touch.
I'm so weak when he is near me, so weak when he touches me –ahh!
Taking in a sudden deep breath Sasuke's hands were now firmly gripping her behind.
The feel of her firm behind was intoxicating for Sasuke. He gently squeezed and earned a sinful squeak from his girlfriend. Slowly he began to rub in a circular motion as his hands grazed over her underwear. She was wearing a pale pink underwear with laced edges that hugged itself to the middle of her butt-cheeks.
"Mmm.. Sasuke..."
Chuckling a little at how obviously affected she was he didn't stop, he was too intoxicated himself.
Rather daringly, he slipped his hands beneath her underwear and continued to grope her. Alternating between rubbing and groping Sasuke was enjoying himself, and it was becoming rather evident beneath his trousers.
One hand slipped down her crack and began to stroke her, but as gentle as he was it only took one touch in that area from his hand to have Sakura feel both uncomfortable and aroused.
"Sasuke!" She'd tried to push off of him, as a gut reaction, but the arm that wasn't with an occupied hand gripped her hard around her torso and pushed her back on him.
Sakura moaned and wriggled beneath him, trapped by his arm and felt a little thrown by his actions. She wouldn't deny it though, she was turned on.
Sasuke leaned forward and whispered to her, "Sakura..."
Swallowing heavily words escaped her and she simply moaned in response, Sasuke's hands were still rubbing her and in her current position he had access to a lot. By now her legs were straddling his and her upper body had been pressed firmly into his chest, this left her ass lifted slightly in the air with her legs spread out, leaving herself very open.
His tongue darted out licking her ear lobe, then he bit her, hard.
Sakura shrieked and she began to wriggle beneath him even more. Sasuke found it hard to keep her in place. He was exciting her and that excited him.
Pulling his head up again his eyes went back to her ass, he couldn't see his hand anymore from the angle he was sitting at.
"Sasuke...!" His finger had stopped over her opening, and it was gently applying pressure.
Sakura opened her eyes and tried to push herself up and off him, she was a little uncomfortable in her position but the pressure from his finger was even worse. She was a virgin and having something put in there was going to be uncomfortable, but that didn't stop her heart from racing, her cheeks flushing and her core beginning to throb.
Suddenly Sasuke slid out from underneath her, lifted her by her hips and had her now pressed hard into the sofa with her ass up in the air. Leaning over her, one hand went now to grip her core from the front and another went straight to grab her breast tightly, swiftly slipping beneath her buttoned shirt and bra cup.
"ahh!" Her moan was muffled by the sofa and the friction of her cheek rubbing against the suede was rough.
Sasuke, panting hard and heavy now was leaned over her predatorily, with his mouth above her neck he licked her and she wriggled. His grip was firm however, so as she tried to move he readjusted himself with a groan over her and countered her movements quickly.
"Sakura...Sakura..."
His voice was low, it was like a growling wolf and she almost didn't recognise it.
His hands made quick work with her breast and had restarted stroking her below. She buckled and ended up pushing herself into his touch which made her cry out even more.
Taking her ear lobe between his teeth he hissed to her, "Tell me to stop... tell me, because if you don't this is going to happen here and now...hot and heavy...rough..."
Eyes widening at his warning and her heart skipping a beat, Sakura realised this was no laughing matter.
"Sasuke stop!"
At her command he instantly let go of her, flipped her so her back was to the sofa and she collapsed beneath him.
Looking up to Sasuke she saw primal desire in his hot dark black eyes that were now so fixated on her eyes.
She panted heavily, her hands now went to her throat and mouth as she tried to regain her breath.
Sasuke meanwhile was trying to do the same, he grunted a little and pushed off the sofa hard taking several steps away from her.
Hand on the back of his neck, "Sakura... I..I.."
What the hell is wrong with me?
This hunger Sasuke kept feeling around Sakura was getting stronger and he'd once again frightened himself back there. He really was going to have her. He'd imagined so many wicked fantasies and images. Him pushing himself deep in her, her cries, placing her in positions she'd never heard of...
STOP! He raged at himself in his mind. He was no slave to his emotions, to his lust.
He was Uchiha Sasuke.
"...Sasuke..."
Glancing to her form that was now lifting herself off the sofa and coming towards him, he snapped his hand up and motioned for her to stop.
Cautiously keeping distance between them he spoke, "I don't think you should be near me right now... if we...again... I won't be able to stop, I-"
Daringly Sakura snatched his outstretched hand and placed it over her heart, "You feel that?"
Eyes a little wide at her he tried hard to concentrate on his hand... on the ragging pulse beneath his hand.
"You aren't the only teenager born with spiralling hormones you know?" She was smirking at him... using one of his trademark moves!
"Sasuke... I love you, and I trust you. But above all else, if you wanted to, I'd let you..."
"That's not the point Sakura... back there" he motioned his head to her sofa, "... I really wanted to take you... to do things to you..." Sighing he continued, "As a man I feel things like these so much stronger, so much more like a desire that I cannot control!"
Sakura could feel the burn of the blush across her cheek as she allowed her mind to swim in the gutters of her fantasies for a few seconds.
Smiling a little as she shamefully pulled her mind from the gutter she said, "But you stopped."
Opening his mouth to retort, he found no words.
Stepping a few more steps forward she reached out to him and engulfed him in a tight embrace which he returned.
"Hey Sasuke?"
"Hmm?"
"How about we go and see a movie after all?"
"Sounds like a good idea..."
"Yeah, being out and about in public will force you to control yourself." She teased with a grin.
"...Why would being in public stop me?"
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Is it hot in here or is it just me? O/O
Well everyone, what did you think?
This was one of the reasons I changed the rating to M, was I right in doing so?
More importantly, what did you think about Sakura and Sasuke's little risk-ay scene hmmm? ^-^
Also, did you enjoy their thoughts?
I can't WAIT to hear what you think, so if you fancy a virtual cookie or two please drop a review!
(Lyrical coolness haha!)
All the best!
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