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"I'll be back in Konoha tomorrow morning," Naruto said as they stood curbside. He kissed Sakura's cheek before shaking Itachi's hand and rubbed Sasuke's head. "Call me when you land and get in okay. I'll come by and see Sasuke after I get home."

"All right," Sakura said before looking at Sasuke. "Ready?"

Sasuke nodded quietly before disappearing into the car. Itachi climbed in after him followed by Sakura. She waved to Naruto from the window, and he waved back as the car pulled away from the curb.

And with that, their Spring Vacation ended.

Opposites Attract: Chapter 48 – "Mutual Plagues"

It didn't take long for Sasuke to recover once he returned to Konoha. For a few days, Sasuke was unattainable by anyone outside of the Uchiha Family and Naruto. Sakura tried her best to help in any way she could, but Mikoto turned her away every day that she came. And when it came to Naruto, Sakura couldn't get much information out of him either.

It was day seven when Sakura finally got a call from Sasuke. She let out a heavy sigh to calm her nerves before answering her phone, "Hey."

"Hi," Sasuke sounded somber. "How are you?"

Sakura took a seat on the edge of her bed and fiddled with the charm necklace that hung around her neck, "That's something I should be asking you."

"Ha," Sasuke let out an awkward and weak chuckle. "Sorry about… all of it."

"You don't need to apologize," Sakura reassured him. "I'm just glad to hear from you. You know, I tried to see you? Aunt Mikoto kept saying that it wasn't a good idea for me to see you, so she kept telling me to go home."

"Yeah," Sasuke muttered. "The last few days have been rough, and Okaa-chan hasn't been in the best mood. She wanted me to let you know that she apologizes if you felt like she was rude. It was nothing personal against you."

Sakura pursed her lips together. She ran her fingers through her hair, "What happened, Sasuke?"

Sasuke didn't answer.

"I tried talking to Naruto-nii about it but he wouldn't tell me anything, and Hinata doesn't seem to know anything either," Sakura continued. "I just want to know if there's anything I can do to help if something like this happens again."

"It's not something you need to worry about," Sasuke assured her, his voice slightly harsh. "It was a one-time thing; it won't happen again. Look, I need to get going, but I'll come to see you tonight? Or maybe we can meet at our spot?"

"Yeah," Sakura smiled a little, "we can meet at our spot. Let's aim for eight?"

Sasuke chuckled, "Sounds good. I'll see you at eight."

"Say, Sasuke-kun?"

"Yeah?"

Sakura shook her head, "Nothing. I'm just glad you're doing better. I'll see you tonight."

"See you tonight," Sasuke said before hanging up.

Sakura hung up and tossed her phone aside before lying back on her bed. She stared up at the ceiling before curling up on her side. Nearby, in a crumpled pile, was one of Sasuke's hoodies and she took hold of it. She held it close to her and inhaled, the scent of his usual cologne filling her nostrils and sending a welcomed chill through her spine.

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto's voice came from the other side of her door as he knocked on her door.

Sakura quickly tossed Sasuke's hoodie to her desk chair and sat up. "Come in," she called and watched as Naruto let himself in. As he opened the door, his dog Kurama scurried into the room and hopped onto Sakura's bed. She giggled as Kurama showered her with affectionate kisses as he violently shook his tail. "Hi Kurama," she cooed as she scratched his neck and belly.

"How're you doing?" Naruto asked as Sakura continued to scratch Kurama. He watched as Kurama surrendered to Sakura's scratches and lay stretched out on the bed with his back paws stretched out over Naruto's lap.

Sakura smiled a bit, "I'm doing okay."

"Good." Naruto flashed one of his trademark grins before grabbing Kurama's paws. He squished and squeezed Kurama's paw pads and made faces at Kurama as he kicked and barked at Naruto. "Did Sasuke call you yet?"

Sakura nodded, "We just got off the phone a few minutes ago. He sounds better, but not entirely like himself."

"I see." Naruto released Kurama's paws. "I know things have been a little confusing for you these last few days, and I haven't been exactly helpful with keeping you informed. It's just that…," Naruto let out a heavy sigh, "there are some things that I think you and Sasuke need to talk about."

Sakura stopped scratching Kurama and looked at Naruto, "Things like what?"

"It's not my place," Naruto confessed. "I can't guarantee that Sasuke's going to talk to you about it anytime soon, but he will. Just try not to press him about it, okay? It's a sensitive subject."

"You're scaring me," Sakura muttered.

"Ah, sorry," Naruto wore an apologetic look, "I didn't mean to do that. It's obvious that you're already curious about what's been going on, so I figured it would be best for me to tell you up front. Just go easy on Sasuke, okay?"

Sakura rolled her eyes. "If anything, Sasuke-kun is usually the one who is tough on me. But, don't worry, I won't pester him about anything. I doubt the situations are the same but… I get it."

Naruto saw the darkened expression on Sakura's face as she seemed to stare at nothing in particular. It was a look he hadn't seen in a while, and it was a look he hated. But, it made him think back to when Sakura first came to their house.

He'd been sitting on the steps with Sasuke playing Go Fish for the hundredth time that night. They had played so many times because Naruto had kept losing and he was determined to at least win once. And they were on the steps because it was a rare night where Kushina and Minato were late getting home.

Naruto was in the middle of reaching for a card when the front door opened. Both he and Sasuke turned to see Minato and Kushina enter, and just over Minato's shoulder, they saw a head full of pink hair. Immediately curious, Naruto hopped off the stairs and made a beeline for Minato.

Carefully, as if holding the most delicate thing in the world, let the unfamiliar girl down off his back. When she saw Naruto, she immediately attached herself to Minato's leg and tried to hide. She was tiny, and as she shivered, her whole body shook.

"What're you thinking about?" Sakura asked, pulling Naruto out of his nostalgia trip.

Naruto looked at her, and he didn't see that trembling little girl anymore. "I was just thinking back to when you first became my little sister."

"It was the happiest day of your life, I know," Sakura said with a smile and giggled when Naruto rolled his eyes.

Naruto got up from Sakura's bed and whistled at Kurama. Kurama immediately wiggled himself back onto his stomach and jumped off Sakura's bed. "I'm going to take Kurama out for his walk. I'll see you later."

"Okay," Sakura said and watched as Naruto began to leave. "Thank you," she called.

Naruto stopped and looked back at her, "Hm? Thank you for what?"

"For being my big brother," Sakura said.

"Eh," Naruto shrugged and laughed when Sakura chucked a pillow at him. "Love you."

"Love you, idiot." Sakura got up and retrieved her pillow from the doorway. She shut the door behind her before climbing back onto her bed. She checked the time and let out a heavy sigh, "It's only three?"

For the next few hours, Sakura hung around her room. In her anxious state, she found herself wandering around the house. It was mostly empty at this time of day save for a few who were on guard duty at the house. As she wandered, she thought back to the earlier days when she first arrived at the house.

Back then, it was larger than anything she'd ever been in so she often got lost. More than once, she had sent the house into a frenzy as they tried to track her down. Naruto was usually the one to find her, and every time he did, she was a tearful mess. He always held her hand as he led her back to where everyone was, and they were always relieved to see her. Kushina would often console her, while Minato always reassured her that no matter what, they would always find her.

And then she reached the portion of the porch where she loved to sit. When she was pouty and upset with either Minato, Kushina, Naruto, or Kakashi, she would end up sitting there and losing herself in a book or coloring. It was also where Sasuke spoke to her for the first time.

Well, he didn't use words in the beginning. He had gone over to her with a well-used blue marker and piece of paper and wrote "HI" on it. Having gone prepared, he handed Sakura a barely used pink marker and pushed the piece of paper towards her. In much sloppier handwriting compare to Sasuke's, she wrote "hi" back, and for a little while, that's how they spoke to one another. It was a jumble of misspelled words and unclear meanings that might've been jibberish to anyone but the two of them.

"I wonder if it's still there," Sakura muttered as she stepped off the porch and checked the edge of where they sat. She squatted down and smiled at the sight of "S+S" still etched into the wood.

From there, time seemed to breeze on by as eight o' clock approached. Sakura drove to the train station and made her way towards the Moonlight District. It was slightly crowded with dozens of people heading that direction for a night out. She recognized a few people from school, and many of them smiled and waved at her.

The train had made its fifth stop when she saw someone stand directly in front of her. She was a little irritated at the passenger's boldness to do so, but when she looked up, she saw Sasuke.

"Hi," Sasuke muttered with a small smile.

Sakura smiled in return, "Hi."

Sasuke pulled out his phone and waved it. Sakura quickly caught on and pulled out her phone as well. From there, they texted one another. Sasuke apologized for not seeing her in so many days, and Sakura reassured him that no apology was necessary.

"I'm happy to see you," Sasuke texted.

Sakura blushed a little. "Me too."

"You're wearing my clothes again," Sasuke texted and glanced up at Sakura. He nodded as Sakura tugged on the hoodie she wore.

"It looks better on me," Sakura noted.

"I was thinking that it would look better off," Sasuke texted and smirked as Sakura's face flushed red. He tucked his phone away as the conductor announced their upcoming stop.

Flustered, Sakura scrambled to drop her phone into her canvas backpack. As the train stopped and the doors opened, Sasuke took ahold of Sakura's hand and walked off the train with her. Sakura was unsure of how to react because rarely did Sasuke hold her hand in public. It gained the attention of all the other passengers coming off the train because there wasn't a person in their city who didn't know Uchiha Sasuke.

"Sasuke-kun," Sakura whined as he led her down the stairs, "people are staring."

"I don't care," Sasuke informed her.

From there, Sasuke and Sakura made a beeline through the train station and through the streets of the Moonlight District. Familiar with its ins and outs, Sasuke and Sakura made it to their destination in record time. The receptionist of the hotel recognized them as soon as they walked in and before Sakura and Sasuke could reach the desk, she had their room key made.

The elevator ride to their room was probably the most agonizing few minutes of their lives. But as soon as the doors opened, Sakura was the one to lead Sasuke. Once they were in the room, and the door clicked shut, Sasuke had Sakura's back against the door.

He didn't waste time with his tongue as he forced it into Sakura's mouth and refamiliarized himself with her tongue. Sakura let out a pleasant moan as she wrapped her arms around Sasuke's neck and laced her fingers through his hair.

With ease, Sasuke lifted Sakura off the ground and wrapped her legs around his waist. He carried her to the bed and laid her down, the two of them never faltering for one second with their kiss. Sakura noticed Sasuke was more aggressive than usual, but she didn't mind it. She enjoyed the way his fingers pressed into her skin as he grasped at her like he was trying to make sure she was truly there.

When he broke the kiss, he moved his mouth to her neck and aggressively licked, kissed, nibbled, and sucked on it. He didn't waste time focusing his attention on the sweet spot just at her jawline, and Sakura could barely get a moan out when Sasuke's hand dove into her bottoms.

Her voice caught in her throat as Sasuke circled his thumb around her clit and pressed two of his fingers into her.

"Wa-wait," Sakura managed as she watched Sasuke's hand, "they'll get dirty."

"Don't worry about it," Sasuke muttered as he began to thrust his fingers in and out of her.

She covered her mouth with her hand, but a few moans still leaked out. She couldn't hold her hand over her mouth long as Sasuke grabbed ahold of her wrists and held them together above her head.

"Don't hide your voice from me, Sakura." There was a new tone to Sasuke's voice that she wasn't familiar with and it sent a welcoming chill down her spine. He quickly removed his fingers from inside of her and made quick work of her shorts and panties. Once they were down and one of her legs were free, he pushed his fingers back inside and fingered her harder than before.

Sakura cried out in pleasure as her legs spread wider and wider to allow Sasuke to do as he pleased. She squirmed beneath him, but he wasn't letting up his grip on her wrists.

"Sasuke-kun," Sakura's voice dribbled out as his fingers reached as deep as they could and circled the entrance to her cervix. "Please," she whined as she began to move her hips against his fingers.

Sasuke chuckled, "What is it?"

Sakura bit her lip as she averted her eyes from Sasuke.

"Eh? What is this?" Sasuke removed his fingers from inside Sakura. "You're usually so talkative." He licked his fingers clean and released Sakura's wrists. He removed his shirt and tossed it aside. Without having to say anything, Sakura undid the button to his capris and pulled them down along with his boxer briefs to release his erection.

Sakura immediately ran her tongue from base to tip before circling her tongue around the tip. Around a few rounds around the tip, she carefully slid Sasuke into her mouth. She bobbed her head at a steady rhythm, and when she looked up at Sasuke, she saw the pleased expression on his face.

"Just like that," Sasuke breathed as he laced his fingers through her hair.

Sakura obeyed and continued pleasing Sasuke. His tip reached the back of his throat and her tongue carefully pressed against the underside of his erection. She focused on maintaining this rhythm, but when Sasuke placed the palm of his hand on the back of her head, she took more of him into her mouth.

"There you go," Sasuke chuckled.

Sakura bobbed her head faster as Sasuke guided her. He reached deeper into her throat and despite the slight twinges of pain and discomfort, Sakura's face was flushed pink. She could feel the way he pulsed inside of her mouth and wanting to satisfy him, she took over.

Sasuke growled in the back of his throat as Sakura began giving him a more aggressive blowjob than before. "Sakura, if you keep this up, I won't last very long."

Sakura looked up at him, her eyes shimmering. She held all of him in her mouth and pressed her tongue against his sweet spot near the base. Sasuke grabbed a fistful of her hair and watched as she continued to bob her head.

Sasuke tightened his grip on her hair, "Swallow everything. I'll be disappointed if you let some spill."

And soon after that, Sasuke held Sakura's head down, and he came. It shot into the back of her throat, and Sakura placed a tight grip on the sheets. As Sasuke requested, she swallowed all of it. As she pulled away, Sasuke lifted her chin. Without needing to be asked, Sakura opened her mouth and proved she swallowed everything.

"Good girl." Sasuke ran his thumb along Sakura's bottom lip and smirked as he saw the look on her face. "What is it?"

"I can't wait anymore," Sakura whined. She pulled off his sweater that she'd been wearing along with her t-shirt. As soon as those were discarded off the side of the bed, Sasuke's lips were on hers.

Sakura pulled Sasuke back onto the bed with her, and while she was distracted by the kiss, she felt Sasuke push all the way inside of her. She moaned loudly into the kiss as her whole body quaked.

"You came already?" Sasuke teased as he pulled away from Sakura. "You missed me that much?"

"I missed you so much," Sakura breathed as she placed a hand on his cheek. "Don't disappear like that again, please," she pleaded as tears welled up into her eyes.

Sasuke sat up and placed his hands behind Sakura's knees, "Don't worry." He ground his hips against hers, "I'm not going anywhere, I promise."

With that, Sasuke devoted himself to pleasing Sakura. Each time he thrust, he made sure to reach the deepest part of her so that the tip of his member was hitting just against her cervix. He used his thumb and index finger to play with her clit.

Every time Sakura came, he didn't give her time to rest. It drove Sakura over the edge to the point where her mind was fuzzy, and she couldn't focus on anything else aside from Sasuke. The smacking and squelching sounds that filled the room didn't embarrass her. There was a mess between the two of them, but neither of them cared. Their bodies were drenched in sweat, along with scratch marks, teeth marks, and hickeys.

"Sa-Sasuke-kun," Sakura cried as she lay on her side with Sasuke between her legs, her leg on his shoulder and currently being bent back towards her. "Sasuke-kun!"

"Go ahead," Sasuke encouraged her as he continued to thrust. They both had lost count at how many times either of them came.

"I don't want to cum alone," Sakura whined as she reached out towards Sasuke.

"Honestly, Sakura." Sasuke smiled a bit as he pulled out and pulled Sakura into his lap. He sat back on his elbows as Sakura guided Sasuke's pulsating member to her entrance. He groaned as Sasuke slid back down around him, her insides pulsing just as hard as he was.

"Together," Sakura begged as she held Sasuke's hand and began to ride him.

Sasuke held Sakura's hand just as tight as she was holding his and watched as Sakura rode him. It was a sight he enjoyed as he disappeared into Sakura every time she came down. And the longer she rode, the tighter she became around him.

"Sakura," Sasuke groaned as he dug his nails into her thigh.

Sakura came down a few more times before both she and Sasuke came. Sakura cried out while Sasuke bit his lip and released everything inside of Sakura. The feeling of Sasuke filling her upset overjoyed Sakura and in her euphoric and exhausted state, fell against Sasuke.

Sasuke fell back on the bed with Sakura on top of him, and they both could feel the pounding of the other's heart.

"Are you okay?" Sasuke asked between pants.

Sakura raised her head to look at him. She managed a weak smile and nodded, "Yeah."

For a while, the two of them just stayed lying with one another. It wasn't until Sasuke glanced over at the clock that he sat up with himself still inside Sakura and Sakura still in his arms.

"We should shower," Sasuke encouraged.

Sakura nodded in agreement. "Carry me?"

Sasuke smiled, "Yeah." Carefully, he climbed off the bed while still holding Sakura.

Once in the shower, they washed one another off. When Sakura caught sight of Sasuke's scratched up back, she profusely apologized and carefully cleaned the wounds she inflicted. Sasuke teased Sakura by pretending to be in pain and laughed when Sakura would punch him.

Sakura whined when Sasuke spent too much time washing her bottom, but Sasuke said he wanted to make sure she was truly clean. They sprayed one another down before climbing into the tub.

"I love you," Sasuke muttered as he kissed Sakura's neck and shoulder.

Sakura smiled a bit as she hugged her knees to her chest, "I love you too."

Sasuke wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his chin on her shoulder. He playfully chomped at Sakura's finger as she poked at his lips and nose. "Promise me you won't go anywhere?"

Sakura nodded, "I promise."

When Sasuke rested his head on Sakura's shoulder, she reached around and began to scratch his head. He let out a satisfied moan, and Sakura giggled as Sasuke hugged her a little tighter.

"Do you remember when we were younger that I used to despite playing the piano?" Sasuke spoke softly as he raised his head.

Sakura nodded, "Naruto used to ask you to play all the time, and you would get angry with him about it. It was a little while until I heard you actually play though that I understood why Naruto-nii was so desperate to hear you play."

"Yeah," Sasuke let out a heavy sigh. "Before you came to live at their house, I used to take piano lessons. They were four days a week – Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday – and each lesson was four hours long. My parents said that I had an affinity for it because after watching Itachi play, I climbed onto the bench beside him, and played a scale all on my own without any sort of training."

Sakura giggled, "I don't doubt that for a single second."

"Yeah." Sasuke gently brushed his fingers against Sakura's hips. "My old piano instructor, his name was Orochimaru."

Sakura stiffened. She carefully glanced over her shoulder and saw the harrowing expression on his face, "Sasuke-kun."

"This was before anyone knew he was affiliated with Phoenix," Sasuke explained. "You see, according to Orochimaru, I was his star pupil. I was even better than Itachi, and that couldn't have made me happier. Being young and naïve, I trusted him. How could I not? Everyone trusted him."

Sakura placed her hands over Sasuke's, "You don't have to finish if you don't want too…"

"I have to," Sasuke admitted. "Orochimaru offered to give me extra lessons for free on the weekends, and my parents were okay with that since Orochimaru told them that he believed I could have a successful competitive and professional career as a pianist. It was all he really needed to tell them to leave me alone with him."

Sakura knew how the rest of the story went because it was the same as hers and Watanabe Baji's.

"It was gradual," Sasuke continued. "I didn't think much of it in the beginning, but then things started to get more and more uncomfortable. He would always tell me that what he was doing to me was okay and that it was necessary to make me a better pianist. I should've known it was wrong when he told me to never say a word to my parents.

"About three months after my private lessons began, Orochimaru came in and told me that my parents had called him and asked him to take me to our family's mountain retreat. Not thinking twice about it, I went along with him."

Sakura could feel Sasuke's heart beating faster in his chest. She held his hand, her fingers lacing with him.

"He took me out to the Phoenix Complex. For two long weeks, I endured things I wouldn't wish on my own worse enemies aside from Orochimaru himself. He said he was doing it for ransom, but he never asked my parents for any money. He would've kept me longer if Uncle Minato hadn't come with some members of Whirlwind," Sasuke let out a heavy sigh. "For six months, I didn't say a single word."

Sakura looked at him, "When did you start speaking again?"

"About two months after you went to live with Naruto and his family," Sasuke confessed, and Sakura's eyes widened. "I could tell just by looking at you that you had been through the same thing as me. I was desperate to help you, and though I wasn't speaking, I wanted to talk to you."

Sakura smiled, "You did though."

"Eventually. But, I should've told you about this sooner," Sasuke admitted. "I guess I didn't tell you because I knew about how much you'd been through with Baji, and I didn't want to have you relive a similar situation through me."

"It's not easy dealing with this kind of thing on your own," Sakura reminded him as she turned around to face him. "So, during Spring Break, you saw him?"

Sasuke nodded. "Naruto still isn't sure how Orochimaru managed to get into the city let alone the same club as us. He's been investigating it, but he hasn't come up with any solid leads."

"Next time Orochimaru comes around, I'll rescue you," Sakura declared.

Sasuke chuckled, "You'll rescue me?"

Sakura nodded, "You saved me last time, so it's my turn to save you. Orochimaru's obviously poking around Whirlwind again, so when he rears his ugly head, I'll greet him with my fist."

"Thank you, Sakura," Sasuke said with a smile.

Sakura smiled in return, "You're welcome."

To Be Continued…