"I'm terrified" Sakura groaned as her fingers tapped nervously on her trackpad "What if I completely bombed it?"
"I highly doubt that" Sasuke propped his chin on his palm "Well?"
"It's still loading, God, I've never been this nervous in my life" her eyes are glued to the white screen. Sakura is hopeful she at least got a B- on the assignment, but her anxiety has been gnawing at her ever since her professor had sent the dreadful e-mail that he had posted the grades for the midterm.
"I'm sure you did amazing, not only did you have the best tutor at Konoha University helping you" Sasuke flashed a small grin and Sakura just rolled her eyes "But, you've improved significantly, I'm sure even without my help you would've passed"
It's reassuring to here that Sasuke believed in her, she knew she should hold his opinion higher than her own solely because the man knew English and or Literature like the back of his hand, but it was still extremely nerve-wracking, this midterm had been life or death, she would not and could not let a C taint her picture perfect transcript.
"It loaded, I—" her eyes darted towards the left column, finally landing on MIDTERM, written in big bold black letters, hesitantly she dragged her gaze to the matching percentage on the right.
"No need to be so humble Sakura, you can brag about your 120%" the raven-haired smirked as he popped a grape in his mouth.
"How" she blinked at the screen "How the hell?"
Sasuke furrowed his brows, certainly the girl hadn't received anything lower than a B-, he had double, no, triple checked her final draft before she submitted the paper and he was rather confident that she'd actually receive higher than a B, possibly even an A.
But Sakura's expression hadn't been one of joy and celebration, it had been confusion and that made Sasuke stir a bit. He was confident in his tutoring abilities, there had not been an English class he hadn't aced, but then again he was still a student and even if he knew 95% of what Literature had to offer he lacked in certain areas.
He wanted Sakura to succeed, not only for her grade and her future profession, but for herself. She had come to him lacking confidence and motivation but she had come out a whole new person, and that put a smile on the tutor's face it really did.
"What did you get?" he bit his lip "Sakura whatever happens, just know it's okay, it's not the end of the world" he knew his reassurance would mean nothing, the girl took her education rather seriously and to her it was probably the end of the world.
Instead of replying, the girl simply turned her laptop around, and Sasuke had to narrow his eyes to read the small print.
LIT. MIDTERM : 95
"You almost gave me a heart attack Haruno" Sasuke sighed in relief "Why aren't you jumping for joy, you aced it"
"I—" she cracked a small smile "I'm just in shock, how did I manage to finesse a 95%?"
"Because you are smart and you put in effort, you deserve your A"
Sakura felt tears pool but realized she would be a fool for crying over something so minimal and ridiculous. She couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with happiness, it had been her first A in the class of course, just a couple of weeks ago Sakura would have been content with a C+, an A would be nothing short of a miracle, but staring at the big bold numbers, she smiled wildly knowing that the grade had been a product of her, and well Sasuke, but mostly her.
No matter what her raven-haired tutor had put her through, he deserved some gratitude, without him she'd probably be staring at a 65 instead of a 95. Not only had he spent his time helping her throughout the month but he had believed in her, he saw potential in her when she hadn't seen it herself and to that she was the upmost grateful.
"Thank you Sasuke you know I couldn't—" she was cut off by Sasuke's hand over hers, he squeezed her fingers gently "Don't you dare thank me for something that you did yourself, I was simply guiding you"
"You know damn well without you I would've failed this midterm" she scoffed "You deserve thanks, even if you put me through hell and back, it's only right I recognize your tutoring abilities"
"Oh what was that, is that praise I hear?" he tugged his lips into a small smirk "I don't think I quite heard that"
"Pft, you don't need me to tell you you're a good tutor, I'm sure the other girls you tutor can vouch for that"
Sakura knew Sasuke hated when she brought up other potential women around him, it definitely got under his skin, she had watched the man in front of her tense up and darken his eyes to a sinister stare. She knew it was a dick move, but the man needed to be teased sometimes, it was only right he got a taste of his own medicine.
"Well" he clicked his tongue "I'll have to tell the other girls that I can't entertain them today because I'm taking a certain someone out to celebrate"
"Oh who?" she smiled playfully "Is she pretty?"
"Extremely, and not to mention she's also rather smart" he returned her smile "But she has a hard time with spelling, it's quite sad"
The student frowned "English is hard, you should give her a break sometimes"
"You know you may be right, that's why I plan to take her to a nice restaurant tonight, so if you see her around tell her I'll be there to pick her up at 7:00 pm sharp"
It excited Sakura knowing she'd be going out with her tutor tonight, it had been so long since she'd been on an actual date that she was sure she didn't have any suitable clothes for the occasion, it was either frumpy sweaters or slutty apparel Ino had forced her to wear.
"I'll be sure to tell her"
. . .
"I think you should go with the red one, I mean it's kind of trashy but red is your color" Ino held up the dress "if not you should let me borrow it cause I have a party I need to go to tomorrow and this would totally go with my shoes"
"Ino" Sakura sighed "He's going to be here any minute and all I've decided on are my fucking panties"
"Okay Okay" the blonde stood up and made her way to the closet, she raked through the hangers before pulling out a little black dress "How about this, it's classy but it doesn't scream 'I'm too good for you' not to mention it's lowcut so it gives those A cup's of yours some attention"
"Shut up" Sakura snatched the dress from her friends hand "I don't even remember this or where I got it from"
"I probably forced you to buy it years ago, you should thank me you know, I'm sure without my fashion expertise you'd be in your hoodies and shorts all year"
"Even with your fashion expertise, I will still wear my hoodies and shorts thank you very much" her eyes went back to scan the black fabric "It doesn't look so bad"
The dress was all velvet, judging from the length it would probably end right below her thighs which Sakura really had no issue with, she's worn a lot worse.
"I guess this could work"
"I'll pick the shoes!" Ino held up a pair of heels "Black always goes with black"
"Heels? Don't you think that's a bit—too much?" she tugged the dress over her head "Besides if we're going to be walking a lot I don't want to be staggering everywhere"
"Oh please, we've crossed campus, balls drunk, in 5 inch heels, I think you can manage a walk in the park" Ino rolled her eyes "Now after you get dressed, I'm doing your hair and makeup"
"Don't make me look like a clown, only light eyeshadow and lipstick"
"Yeah yeah, boring stuff cause you're boring"
After what seemed to be countless brushes and powders dancing across Sakura's face, Ino had pulled back and admired her creation "I do a damn good job"
Not trusting her blonde friend, the girl pulled her circular mirror in front of her and gasped slightly when she ran her eyes over her features. What was once a pale bare face had been decorated with all sorts of colors, shades of pink and red danced around her eyes while her lips sported a deep red. Her eyeliner had smudged slightly on the side but nonetheless Ino had displayed a perfect cat-eye, it had accentuated her emerald pools and Sakura was beginning to think she had never seen her eyes so green before.
"What do you think? Amazing right?" Ino leaned against the desk and folded her arms across her chest "No need to thank me it's what I do"
Sakura rolled her eyes before sighing "Thank you Ino, I look unrecognizable" Ino scowled at her comment and her dressed up friend held up her hands in defense "I say that in the best way possible"
"Whatever, anyways I'm going to head out, text me every chance you get, I want to know how it goes" the blonde picked up her bag only to sling it over her shoulders "And remember, don't be silly make sure he covers up his willy"
"Ino—" Sakura pinched the bridge of her nose "I hate you so much"
"What I don't want you to get pregnant, not when we have more alcohol to drink and bad decisions to make"
"I'm on the pill and you know that"
"So you are going to fuck tonight?" Ino snickered and Sakura simply chased her out the room until the blonde was skipping happily down the hall.
After 10 minutes of ruffling and combing through her hair, Sakura was certain that she couldn't get her pink locks to stay curled for more than a couple of minutes. All she could do was opt for a simple bob, her ends curled slightly and a small cherry pin placed on the side of her head.
A small vibration snapped her out of her daze and she had assumed it was her tutor waiting for her downstairs, it had already hit 6:50 pm.
SK: Open the door
SA: Which door?
SK: Your room
SA: How the hell did you even get up here
SK: Someone else swiped, can I come in now?
Sakura dropped the curling iron and rushed to her door.
Almost dropping her jaw when she was met with a familiar smirking face. His hair had been combed slightly, but it still stood disheveled, Sakura didn't mind he looked hotter that way. He wore a black shirt, sleeves rolled up with dark jeans and a jacket in his hands. In simpler terms, she wanted to rip everything off him and ride him all night.
It seemed as if the man had been ogling her as well, his black orbs scanned her head to toe, drinking in the unfamiliar powder of colors that had caked itself on her face, the tight black dress that had oozed sex but in a formal, classier way, and finally her legs that had made their debut, toned, long and ready to be thrown against his shoulder while he relentlessly drilled himself inside her.
"Sasuke—" she started with a small smile but that smile had been eaten up almost instantly when she felt two lips crash onto hers.
Her face was situated in between his palms and Sasuke only kissed her deeper, letting his foot kick the door closed behind him, he pushed her forward and soon enough they were both on the bed, legs had been intertwined in a tangled mess and Sakura was certain his bulge had been pressing up against her inner thigh.
"Wait—Sasuke—fuck" she murmured in between the heated kiss and it seemed like the man had no intentions of stopping anytime soon "Shut up" he panted "I can't wait when you look like that, I can't control myself"
Before the girl could reply, a hand had already made its way up the velvet, tracing over the lace embroidery of her panties, "You knew, you knew I was going to take you tonight" he pressed a finger against her sensitive folds and Sakura gasped loudly "N-No, that's not true"
"Are you lying to me Sakura?" he pressed his lips against the crook of her neck "Why else would you wear such a thing? Were you expecting me to claim you again?"
"I—" she moaned slightly when he bit down, grazing his tongue over the inflamed patch of skin "Maybe"
She felt his breath hitch and soon enough her panties had been tugged off roughly "That's not very good of you, thinking of something so lewd when all I had in mind was an innocent little date"
"Oh—" she stammered "You weren't thinking the same thing?"
"Well" he pressed three digits into her wet core and Sakura tensed up immediately "Fuck Sasuke!" she writhed under his touch, her hips involuntarily bucked on their own and Sasuke could only smirk at the familiar reaction "I wanted to take you on a cute little date downtown" he began thrusting slowly and the girl was going to lose her mind if he'd maintain the torturous pace any longer "We'd eat there and then head down to the creek for some ice-cream" she felt the digits curl and on queue she moaned loudly "Then I'd bring you back to your dorm" he removed himself from her neck and pressed her lips against her ear, his hot breath tickling her cheek "And then I was planning to fuck you into oblivion"
"Oh—Sasuke" she shut her eyes and rocked her hips impatiently "I—want that now"
"I don't think you do"
"I do!" she almost cried out "Please, I can't take anymore"
"Beg" Sakura felt like she was going to see stars when his thumb circled her clit, the pleasure was becoming painful, she wanted him more than ever "Please Sasuke, please fuck me, I need it"
"What do you need" he quirked a brow.
"Your cock, please"
"That's all you needed to say Sakura"
. . .
"I'm sad" the girl huffed into her pillow "We missed dinner and I was really looking forward to it you know"
"I'm sorry, I have a really hard time controlling myself around you" Sasuke threaded his fingers through his damp locks and plopped onto the bed beside her "I'll make it up to you next week I promise"
"Does that mean if I dress up again you're going to just fuck me and the cycle repeats"
She heard him chuckle and pull her closer until her head was resting against his chest "I'll behave next time I promise, but I can't guarantee after dinner"
"That's fine" she bit her lip and frowned "I'm still hungry though"
"I don't know what's open currently, we could try the diner?"
"The diner?" Sakura frowned harder "That's not romantic at all"
"No, but it is where I first laid eyes on you"
The girl widened her eyes, she had nearly forgotten she had first come across her tutor at their campus diner, she was more in shock at the fact he had remembered their encounter.
"You—remembered?"
"Of course, how could I forget you jamming the cereal dispenser"
"I didn't jam it! It was like that when I got there!"
"Whatever you say Haruno"
NOTES:
Finally I finished it!
Some of you may be angry that they didn't end up in a relationship (not yet at least) but obviously that's expected, I just knew that it would take time for Sakura to fully trust him, after all the epilogue takes place two weeks after the whole infidelity ordeal so it would be kind of crazy for them to already be dating.
Anyways, I really enjoyed writing this and reading all the feedback and reviews! Thank you so much for taking the time to read my work and if you reviewed it thank you for taking the time to read/write about it, it means so much to me. SakuSasu is literally my one and only fav. ship so I hope I did this story justice.
Also! I am writing another story also an AU but a bit different! Stripper!Sakura and Bartender! Sasuke please go check it out if you have time!
Thank you again!