Summer Lovin'

Rated: T

Sitting back seat in her parents' car, Sakura watched the familiar scenery of her neighborhood come into view. She was so glad to be back home after almost two months of being away. Sakura had gone away to spend time with her family in Ame at her family's lake house, a sort of family reunion that happened once in a blue moon. Although she enjoyed spending time with family that she rarely gets to see, being back home again was much nicer. It was also a lot quieter. The prospect of sleeping in her own bed was also something she was very much looking forward to.

She pulls her forehead away from the window as her parents pull into their driveway and takes off her seatbelt. Stepping out of the car she stretches her limbs after having been sitting for hours before helping her parents with their luggage.

The first thing she does when she gets inside is shower because with this heat her body felt sticky and she wanted to feel fresh. After showering and getting dressed in a flowery crop top and black high waisted shorts, she grabbed her keys rushing down the stairs.

"Mom! I'm heading over to Sasukes!"

Her mother who had been in the kitchen steps out into the hallway "Sakura we just got back, aren't you tired?"

"Well yeah, but it's been years since I've seen him!" she says pulling her hair up into a ponytail and putting her phone into her cross body.

"Oh let her go Mebuki, you know how those two are, attached at the hip." Her father is sitting on the couch already trying to find something to watch. Being at the cabin was like being sent back to the stone age, although they did have electricity and indoor plumbing the reception over there wasn't all that great.

"Fine but don't stay out too late." Sakura leans in to give her mom a kiss on the cheek before rushing off.

Mebuki turns to look at her husband before looking back to the front door where Sakura just left, "When do you suppose they'll finally get together?" she asks only to laugh when she hears her husband choke on his tea.

She looks at herself in the mirror, making sure she looks fine before she steps out of her car. She can already hear their voices coming from the back yard, most likely spending time in the pool to cool off from the summer sun. She walks down the cobble stone path heading to the back and the voices get louder. The voice she can hear the best in Narutos, he's always been a loud mouth and it brings a smile to her face because she's missed him.

When she finally makes it to the back yard, she sees Naruto getting ready to jump off the diving board, Ino is lounging on one of the many seats with Hinata, Itachi and Shishui are having some discussion over drinks by the pool house but she can't spot Sasuke anywhere.

Naruto is the first one to notice her when he comes back up from the water, he had been turning looking for someone but he spotted her instead.

"Sakura-chan!" he yells as he scrambles for the edge of the pool to pull himself up. Everyone else stops what they were doing to turn and look to where Naruto was heading. The smile on Sakuras face grows when Naruto starts running towards her and she laughs when he lifts her up and spins her around.

"Put me down Naruto, you're all wet!"

"But I've missed you Sakura-chan! You've been gone for months." When he finally puts her down, she looks to see that her clothes are now mostly wet and she punches him on the arm. "Okay, yeah I did not miss that." He says as he rubs his arm.

"Forehead! You're finally back! I thought you would have gotten lost in the woods or something." Sakura hugs her best friend before pinching her "If one of us was to get lost in the woods it would most likely be you Pig."

She goes around hugging the rest of them but when she gets to Itachi he whispers in her ear "He just stepped inside, he'll be right out."

She pulls away, cheeks red "U-uh what."

He gives her a look that says she knows what he's talking about and the blush on her cheeks grows. She moves away from him to take a seat next to Hinata and they bombard her with questions about her vacation, like what she did or if she met any cute boys. She hears his voice a couple minutes later, saying her name like he can't believe she's really there.

"Sakura?"

She turns from her conversation with the girls and her heart is pounding because there is the boy that stole her heart last year but it looks like during the two months she has been gone he's changed. Her mouth goes dry because it's very clear that the boy standing a few feet away from her has been working out. A lot.

He's walking slowly towards her now, and the fact that he's only wearing board shorts doesn't escape her thoughts because he is on full display. She stands up now to meet him half way and she feels like she's in a trance, when she's close enough she unconsciously reaches out to him, the tips of her fingers graze his abs and only then does she realize what she's done. She sucks in a deep breath pulling her hand back, and she feels her cheeks flame up.

He had to do a double take when he saw her pink hair. At first, he thought he was just seeing things, but then he heard her laugh. The laugh that made his insides feel like mush and his heart skip a beat, he missed her laugh. He missed her. They had grown up together going to the same schools, always hanging out. Of course, she also had Ino and he had Naruto but the friendship between himself and Sakura was different.

They told each other everything, there were no limits on the topics they touched and they never once judged each other for the choices they'd make. They were each other's support through thick and thin. So when she went away for the summer he was, of course, upset because she would be gone for two months and with the shitty reception she would have over there he wouldn't be able to contact her.

But here she was two months later standing in front of him, clearly ogling him and he couldn't help the smirk that formed when she unconsciously reached out to touch him.

"Like what you see?"

Her eyes widened and the expression on her face was priceless, he can't help but chuckle at her expense. The only thing about Sakura though was that although she blushes when embarrassed she can also be very ballsy so it doesn't come as a surprise when he hears her ask "Can I touch you?"

The smirk on his face doesn't leave if anything it grows, he raises an eyebrow "Can I get a hug first?"

The smile on Sakuras face is blinding as she jumps on him hugging him so tightly it's like she fears he'll disappear.

"I missed you so much." She whispers into his neck, one arm wrapped around his shoulder, her other hand buried in his hair.

"Aa. Me too." He says, holding her tighter. They're like that for a couple minutes just holding each other until finally, Sasuke puts her down.

"So can I?" Sakura asks her green eyes bright with enthusiasm.

"Can you what?"

Sakura rolls her eyes playfully, her smile still in place "Touch you, duh."

Sasuke chuckles again spreading his arms out in invitation and Sakura goes straight for his abs, "Holy shit dude," her hands probed at his newly defined abdominal muscles moving to his pecs and then his biceps "Is this what you've been doing all summer? You look like Steve Rogers after he was injected with that serum." Tch, nerd. Of course, she would say that. "I mean I knew you worked out but jeez this is insane."

"HE DID IT FOR YOU!" they hear Naruto yell in the background, when they both turn to see where he was Ino was already pushing him into the pool. "Ack! Ino, I could have drowned!"

"Oh don't be dramatic you're practically a fish." She says crossing her arms. Hinata laughs softly behind her hand but moves to get into the pool with Naruto.

Sakura looks back to Sasuke and there's a light red tint to his cheeks that he's trying to hide by looking at anything but her. She lightly touches his arm to get his attention giving him a warm smile, "I know that's not true." Because if there's one thing she knows about Sasuke is that he would never change his appearance for someone.

He still feels a bit flustered by Naruto's comment so he only clears his throat before asking her if she wants to get in the pool, reminding her that she still has some of her swimsuits in the house. She comes back out twenty minutes later in a little red bikini that Sasuke just loves on her and hopes that he's able to get through the rest of the day.

Hours later, when the sky is turning shades of orange and pinks and reds and the sun is finally reaching the horizon, everyone is sitting around the fire telling stories about their summer. Everyone listens attentively to Sakura when she goes on to talk about the crazy shenanigans she got into with her cousins in Ame. Sasuke sits quietly next to her, close enough that he could feel her body heat and he slowly moves his hand over hers and for some reason he's nervous. But it's okay though because Sakura turns to look at him then and the smile she gives him is the one she saves for him and she intertwines their fingers giving them a light squeeze before she goes back to listening to Shishui ramble on about his many conquests.

This, this is something that Sasuke could get used to.

A/N: wow okay so it's been a while since I've posted. Clearly I'm a liar when I say I'm going to try and update regularly. But ugh life just happens and then I don't have enough time as I would like to write but I'm here now and I hope you guys like this chapter. Drop a review and tell me what you think. Until next time xx