DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO. MASASHI KISHIMOTO DOES.
"Hey. Isn't that Sasuke Uchiha?"
"Where? Oh! Yeah, that's him for sure!" It's the voice of girls but thankfully they happened to calmer than his fangirls or it would be a bad night for him as well.
Sasuke turned around but they are caught up with their chattering that they didn't even notice that he spotted the two. He took their appearances, one is a brunette, and the other is a blonde.
"I heard that their company will be having a branch at the Rain Village!" the brunette said. "Is that so?" the blonde replied.
"Yes! Well, that's normal he's a born millionaire, after all, he simply gets what he wants!"
Sasuke sighed on what he heard, 'Can't they notice that I can see and hear them?' He shook his head in disbelief of the two girls just before him.
"Yeah, I agree with that, I bet no one can even outdo him, he is just so perfect!" the blonde cheerfully said.
"I can't agree with that…" the brunette suddenly stated and pointed out a finger on the coffee shop that Sasuke happened to gaze on a while ago. "Who is that?"
"Sasori Akaningyo."
"You're Mine, Only Mine"
Chapter 5: "A Night to Remember"
Sasuke widened his eyes and looked at where the blonde pointed her finger, it is indeed Sasori, but that's not it, he's with Sakura, so he is not actually hallucinating when he saw a flash of pink.
"He's a transferee student from Suna High, I heard that he is pretty famous as well, he's a member of the famous fraternity, the Akatsuki Brotherhood and it's getting him the attention of everyone."
The voice of the brunette girl played through the background as he continues to watch Sakura and Sasori.
They sat on a table for only just the two of them, 'I thought they plan it to be a quadra date?'
"What's actually intriguing is that he is known to be a playboy back at Suna High."
Sasuke kept observing them, Sakura is saying something at Sasori that made him cover his mouth and shook his head, this time he told something to Sakura that made her laugh, and just because he has that damn good eyesight, he manages to see her blushed a bit. Sasuke clenched his fists seeing this.
"Are you implying that he can surpass Sasuke?"
Out of a sudden, Sasori reached out a hand to Sakura caressing her cheeks which she flinched and awkwardly smile. Sasuke glared at this.
"I'm not telling that! But it's not impossible, is it? Sasori and Sasuke? They are very alike"
Sasori laughed at this, pointing his index finger on her as if he is accusing her which she laughed on as well. Sasuke felt his jaw tightening.
"But they are pretty much the opposite as well"
Sasuke had it. He looked away and somehow, he felt something stung his heart, it's like, all of a sudden, he cannot breathe, as if someone's choking the air out of him, he felt… "No… Why am I feeling this?'
When he returned his gaze inside, he saw Sakura standing up as Sasori assisted her in doing so, they seem to walk out of the shop.
Sasuke clearly doesn't want to be spotted, he got to move. He moves away and walked away from the coffee shop, where his emotions unravel in different directions.
"Sasuke-teme?"
Hearing his name, he gritted his teeth together. Just as when he needed to be alone. He sighed turning to the source of the voice putting his cool and calm façade. "Dobe"
He saw the blondes, Ino and Naruto and shortly after he saw Hinata, Neji, Shikamaru and Tenten approaching.
"Hey! Are you following us?" Ino accused him, pointing out her finger with her eyes wide and mouth agape. "No." He simply responded, not wanting to make the conversation get longer.
Just before Naruto is about to tell something the other four reached them and he quickly gets their attention. "Are you… following us?" Tenten implied as well, making his eyebrow twitch and he simply shook his head. Ino butts in. "That's what I said!"
"O-oh, he-hello, Sasuke-san…" Hinata finally greets him and he nodded in response, he looked at the other guys who exchanged greetings with their nods.
"If you're not here stalking us, then what are y—"
"There you are, guys!" A voice chirped in making them turn into her. Her.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto greeted her as well. "Sorry, we're so late!"
"That's okay Naruto, I understand." She smiled at him then finally she noticed Sasuke, "Eh? Sasuke-kun? What are you doing here?"
Sasuke looked at her, void of emotions, "Hn." She sweatdropped at this.
"Where's Sasori?" Shikamaru asked this time, noticing the absence of the guy with her. "Oh! He's there!" Sakura said pointing near at the street where Sasori is, talking to someone in his phone. "He's kinda busy"
While looking at him, Shikamaru continued, "Okay, we'll start moving when he comes back." They nodded in response.
As if Sasori knew that someone is watching him, he turned his gaze to the group and smiled apologetically, speaking to the person on the other line once more than he ended the call and jog towards them.
"Sorry about that." He smiled at them noticing Sasuke's arrival, "Sasuke? I thought you don't want to come?"
"None of your business"
Everyone noticed the sudden dreadful air that surrounds the young Uchiha.
"Anyways, I need to go." Sasori said turning to the others, "Whaaaaaaat? But we just arrived!" Naruto reacted with confusion written all over his face.
"Look, we're sorry if we forgot about the time and we came so late, we didn—"
"That's not it." Sasori cuts off Tenten, "Then what?"
Sasori looked away, feeling a little guilty, "Our founder just called me and he said that there's a meeting being held at the Akatsuki mansion and I need to be there."
Sasuke looked at him, 'That's why Itachi's gone as well'
"Aww! That's bad!" Naruto said, "But it's okay, we understand if you need to go."
"Thank you, guys, and Sakura-chan, is it okay?" He turned to Sakura waiting for her to answer but instead Ino cuts between them, "Don't worry! Sasuke is here, he can take care of her!"
Ino ushered Sasori to go to his way and soon they bid farewell to him.
"And now that he's gone…" Tenten looked at Ino and Naruto, with a hidden glint in their eyes.
"Teme will be Sakura's escort!" Naruto beamed as he nudges Sasuke's side. "I am not even agreeing."
"You're no fun, Uchiha!" Ino shook her head as if she is disappointed with Sasuke.
"It's okay guys, I can go home, I don't want to ruin your dates just because I am tagging along…"Sakura smiled sadly at them.
"Fine" Sasuke muttered. "Fine?" This time Neji spoke up with a smirk on his face.
"Fine, I'll go with Sakura." Sasuke glared at the smirking Neji who shrugged in response.
"Perfect!" Ino gleamed and grab unto Shikamaru's arm that earned a sigh from him, "Troublesome"
"Let's go Hinata-chan, we have the whole night!" Naruto gleamed as well, tugging Hinata's arms to him, where the poor girl blushed in a great hue of red, "Na-naruto-kun!"
"Since Sasuke agreed, let's go and eat first then we could go and watch a movie?" Tenten looked at Neji who stood beside her, "What do you think?"
"Sure," Neji replied, smirking at her.
And so the group continued their Quadra date with a little change but hey, no one said that it was a bad idea. Perhaps, everyone is much pleased with this set-up.
Sakura gave a nervous glance at her left side she is looking at Sasuke who's looking at the widescreen with his ever-stoic face, "Why?"
She squeaked when she realizes that he caught her looking at him. "N-nothing."
A smirked slowly creeps at Sasuke's face, "Scared?"
She glared at him at response earning a wider smirk from the Uchiha, "As if!"
Sakura pouted and looked at the widescreen before her, the lights dimmed and silence filled the whole theatre. She shut her eyes closed while breathing deeply 'Inhale, Exhale, Inhale, Exhale'
'Why the hell are we seeing this movie?!'
'Ino picked for it!'
'I'm gonna kill her! Shannarooo!' Sakura agreed with her inner.
What is happening you asked? Well, it's all about Sakura's undeniable fear of … Horror films.
[FLASHBACK]
It was already 9:30 in the evening and the group in their Quadra date just decided to watch a film in the movie theatre that was inside the Konoha Town Square as well.
"So. What to watch?" Ino thought out loudly. "How about this, Ino?" Tenten pointed out the poster that stated 'Insurgent'
"Boring," Ino said earning a jaw drop from Tenten. "T-then, H-how about t-this?" Hinata pointed out the poster that stated '50 Shades of Grey'
"Already watched that... 5 times. And that's not for you my dear, Hinata" Ino rolled her eyes then laid on something interesting.
"BINGO! We got to watch this!" Ino pointed out the poster next to the poster that Hinata pointed at a while ago. It reads 'Sadako vs. Kayako!'
[END OF FLASHBACK]
The scene started where it showed a dimly lit room, it looks like a traditional Japanese house. An old lady opened the sliding door and entered the house, seemingly to look for something, the scene cut into a room inside the house, the room is illuminated by the light coming out from a television, which was showing nothing but a static mess.
Suddenly, the door opened.
"OH MY GOD!" Sakura gasped in surprise and obliviously hold onto the guy at her right. The mid-thirties looking guy shrugged off her hands that enveloped his arms, "Watch it!"
Sakura looked at him with wide eyes, "So-sorry!"
Sasuke is looking at the scene at his right where Sakura and the man sat, seeing that the man didn't bother to answer Sakura's apology, they both turned their gaze on the widescreen before them.
He noticed Sakura's body tensed and he immediately smirked at it and went back to the film.
The old woman continues to look around the room and saw the television before her, she looked closely at it as the television continued to show her nothing but statics.
The camera showed a side shot then suddenly the face of Sadako jum—
"AAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Sakura screamed on top of her lungs, clinging to the man at her right again.
—ped on the widescreen, making almost everyone jumped into their seats in the sudden move.
"Oh my god!" Sakura exhaled and looked like she was having a heart attack and the man to his right is clearly annoyed.
Once again Sakura had clutched his arm and he is not happy about it, he angrily snatched his arm from her, "Look, young lady! If you are too scared about the movie, why did you even bother to watch?!" The man shouted at her that made a little commotion in the theatre, some even trying to hush them.
Sasuke looked at them as well, glaring at the man. "She's with me, you don't have to shout at her."
"Well, she's bothering me! And I paid to watch the movie! If you are too concerned then tell your girlfriend to cling on you instead. The man snapped back at Sasuke and looks back at the screen, watching the movie again. Sasuke on the other side is taken aback on the man's words. 'Girlfriend?'
He immediately shook off his thoughts and stands up, "Sakura, let's switch places."
The said girl was confused but comply at Sasuke's demands and willingly switched place with her, "What's with that Sasuke-kun?"
"You're right-handed." He replied more like a statement than a question. "Yes, why?"
"I figured out that you kept clinging at the man because you're used at it."
"Eh?! I don—", "Just watch the movie."
Sakura shrugged at it but watched nonetheless.
"And cling on me whenever you want to."
She heard him say and she looked at him with disbelief, he on the other side kept his eyes on the screen and watched the movie.
Little did she know that Sasuke is debating with his self.
'What the hell?! What in the world am I thinking?!'
'You did the right thing,'
'No! I embarrassed myself in there!'
'Would you rather be safe than to be sorry?'
'What?'
'Would you rather let Sakura hold another guy than you?'
The sudden image of another guy with Sakura made his jaw clenched a bit. 'I won't let that happen.'
'That's the spirit!'
The show is nearing the ending.
A girl is seen standing on the side of the well as Sadako and Kayako faced each other with the well setting them apart.
Sadako and Kayako made a run to the girl on the well.
"Now!" The young man screamed as the girl willingly jumped to the well causing Sadako and Kayako be forced inside the well with the girl.
The camera captured the girl inside the well as she was being indulged inside the well with the two entities inside. The impact is so hard that the young man stumbled and flew backwards.
"The lid! Closed it!" The man called for the other protagonist which she immediately complies, putting in the lid and tying it on the wood that they had set up a while ago.
After doing so, the girl ran to the man and the young girl with sunglasses as they looked at the closed lid. A static sound was heard. It was a sound of Sadako and Kayako, the sound of incoming danger.
The camera looked at the well closely as suspense took over.
All of a sudden, the lid flew and broke.
Sakura clutched at Sasuke's arms tightly, she can feel her heart racing every moment of the movie, making her gasp in every jump scares.
Then a hand grasped at the side of the well, then another.
Slowly, the girl crawled slowly outside the well and slowly stood up.
Making it looks like Sadako and Kayako joined into one body, to the girl's body
The camera shot turned to the young girl with sunglasses, Toshio, Kayako's son is behind her purring like a cat.
Then it shot back to the possessed body.
The camera closed up at its face then suddenly—
The theatre was showered with screams.
Sakura hid her face behind Sasuke while he stares at the screen unemotional.
the possessed body screamed in a high-pitched voice.
Then the screen turned black signifying the end of the film, the lights illuminated the cinemas again.
"Sakura…" Sasuke looked at Sakura who still clutching his arm tightly and hid her face at his back. "Is it over?"
"Aa."
Sakura showed her face and exhaled, "Phew! I survived!"
Sasuke smirked at him, "Barely", she punched Sasuke on the arm. "At least I did!"
"Hey, love birds! Continue that on your way home, we need to get going!" Ino said outing her hands on her hips and tapping her foot impatiently.
Sakura jumped slightly and stands up which Sasuke did as well following the other outside the cinemas.
"I had a great night!" Tenten sighed happily, "Did you enjoyed it as well?" She turned to Neji who has a smirk on his face, "Yes. I had a great time."
"Aww! Look at them! I had a great time as well! Especially the movie! Sakura is so scared that she made a commotion!" Ino pointed at Sakura and mockingly laughed at her.
"I am here, pig!" Sakura defended herself.
"You're even worst at Sakura, Ino, I think I am going to be deaf when you scream." Shikamaru nonchalantly said which left Ino gawking, "Hey lazy ass don't you talk to me like that! You're sleeping the whole time!"
"And you always wake me up with your screaming!" Shikamaru bickered back that started another and another and another.
"At least I did not cling into another man!" Ino defended herself that offended Sakura, "Hey! I can hear you!"
Suddenly Naruto gaped like a fish, "Oh yeah! I remembered the man telling Sasuke to tell his girlfriend to cling to him instead!"
Sakura pounded Naruto's head while Sasuke glared dangerously at him then smirked.
"Dobe. At least my hands didn't roam on her body."
Neji suddenly glared at Naruto, "What. Did. You. Do" A vicious aura surrounding him.
"I d-didn't do anything!" Naruto runs fast while Neji tailed him, "You idiot! Get back here!"
"Neji! Wait!" Tenten runs after Neji, "Hinata-chaaaan! Heeeelp mee!" A distant sound of Naruto's voice was heard. "I hate you, Temeeee!"
"Na-naruto-kun!" Hinata runs after them.
Ino and Shikamaru stop their bickering and turned to the remaining pair, "Where are they?" Shikamaru asked.
"Hn." Sasuke shrugged in response while Sakura looked at where they went.
"Oh, I think we should be going then? I had a great time! Bye, Sasuke! Bye, Forehead!" Ino said her goodbyes and wiggled her eyebrows at Sakura who blushed slightly while the two guys nodded to each other.
Sasuke and Sakura looked at the pair who walk the opposite side of their houses, then Sasuke began to walk to another way as well.
"Sasuke-kun? Our way is here…" She muttered pointing on the other side.
"I know." Sasuke looked at her and gestured his head on the visible path before them, "Follow me."
"It's beautiful" Sakura looked at the scene before her.
There's an old cherry blossom tree that stood tall at her side, the distant lights are visible from afar and it was like dancing in the air, the people looked like ants, the houses and tall buildings stood with pride, the trees were dancing in the cold breeze, the lakes and ponds were glistening as the beautiful full moon sat on top of the distant mountain as a billion stars on the sky sparkled like an expensive gem.
It was breathtaking.
"I know," Sasuke muttered as he sat on the grass below the old cherry blossoms tree.
They are in his favourite spot, the cliff where they can see the entire village and the nature in its beauty and Sakura is truly enjoying it.
"You always go here?" She asked him, sitting beside him.
"Aa." Sasuke gently replied and closed his eyes, feeling the cold breeze enveloped him.
"It's very peaceful here." She too indulges the cold air feeling the goosebumps forming on her skin.
Sasuke sat there without saying any other world. Sakura watched him, looking at his flawless face, how his raven hair flowed with the breeze, his bangs hanging and framing his masculine face, his nose that matched the proportionality of his features, his eyebrows that showed nothing but serenity, his long eyelashes, how his eyes closed that hides his obsidian orbs and his lips, his lips that curved into a smirk.
'He's perfect' she thought. 'Like he was chiselled by the Gods'
"Are you done staring at me?" Sasuke asked her not bothering to open his eyes.
Sakura was startled at it and look at the scene before her instead. "Sorry" She muttered.
"Hn."
The wind blew as the silence enveloped each other.
Sasuke's trip here isn't what he was expecting, he intended to go here to think out things and now, the very reason for it, is with her.
Visions flashbacked into his mind; he didn't understand anything of it. He can't understand anything of it.
Then suddenly he remembered a scene a while ago.
Sakura is saying something at Sasori that made him cover his mouth and shook his head, this time he told something to Sakura that made her laugh, and just because he has those damn good eye sight, he manages to see her blushed a bit.
Out of a sudden, Sasori reached out a hand to Sakura caressing her cheeks which she flinched and awkwardly smile.
Sasori laughed at this, pointing his index finger on her as if he is accusing her which she laughed on as well.
He felt his blood boil, his balled his fists, he can feel that his knuckles are turning white he clenched his jaws and a scowl is forming at his face.
He knew nothing of it, he can't understand a thing.
"Sasuke-kun?"
He felt the sudden emotion left him when he heard Sakura's voice, it was intoxicating.
"Hn."
"Thank you." She muttered genuinely happy.
Sasuke opened his eyes this time and looked at her, "For what?"
"For tonight. I had so much fun!" She looked at him and smiled widely, her eyes aren't visible anymore.
"Aa. I did too." He admitted to himself, he had fun as well not that he will admit it to the world but he did, he actually did enjoy this night.
"For this, too." She sighed and looked at the village again, "This?"
"Yes, I know that I am quite evading your space but thank you for taking me here." She smiled again, "It made my day complete."
Sasuke partly widened his eyes and parted his lips but regain composure immediately smirking at the girl beside her. 'Maybe I do understand what this is all meant…'
A cold breeze envelop them that made Sakura shivers. Sasuke just noticed it now, she is wearing a sleeveless peached coloured blouse and black ruffled skirt, her peach wedges are on her other side where her pale pink purse sat as well.
Sakura felt the cold breeze and hugged herself, 'Why did I forget my blazer?'
She sighed and felt the warmth that enveloped her whole system, she looked at her shoulders and to Sasuke. He is only wearing a loose white shirt on top; his jacket was draped over her.
"Sasuke-kun how ab—"
"You need it more than me. Keep it."
She didn't argue with him and smiled in gratitude.
They sat there in silence, accepting the warm atmosphere.
It was a night to remember.
A/N: Sorry, I got a bit late posting this. But! Here it goes. I just need to spice our little love team here to ensure that fluffiness kick.
Well now that Sasuke had the sweet moment with Sakura, we sure hope that Sasuke makes the move eh?
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