DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO. MASASHI KISHIMOTO DOES.
Sasuke smirked at her as he let go of her fist and her cheeks, "I'm taking you out."
"What do you mean you're taking me out?"
Sasuke shakes his head on her, "You really are annoying."
"Wha– Wait!"
Sakura walked after Sasuke as he starts walking to the path where their house leads. Distant voices were heard from Sakura that was answered by grunts from Sasuke.
As they walked away, they didn't notice the silhouette of a man that stands in the dark alley. A visible smirk plays on his lips.
"A date, huh?"
He chuckled deeply in evil, eyes lingering on Sakura's back. Who turned around as if she felt his gaze but runs back to catch up to Sasuke.
"It's time to come and get ya."
Who is this man?
"You're Mine, Only Mine"
Chapter 11: "Who's Dating With Who?"
Saturday.
Sakura had woken up hours ago but there she is laying down on her bed still thinking that everything is just a dream.
For the past few days, she never said a thing about her and Sasuke. Not that this will keep Ino and Naruto from knowing what's going on but they seemingly leave everything in the hands of her and Sasuke saying that they should be together as soon as possible or else they'll make a way to make it happen. Clearly a fan of SasuSaku.
Not that it bothered her, she's actually happy that her friends, best friends, support her at this and she can tell that they secretly support Sasuke, too. Not that he needed it.
She glances at the top of the door noting the time from the clock that hangs above the door, '11:00 a.m'
Sighing, she pushed herself from her bed, sitting silently and decided to go to the bathroom to wash up and start her day, "The dinner's gonna start at 7 pm, it's only 11 in the morning… What am I worrying about?" She shakes her head and shrugged off her thoughts.
"I just hope nothing will go wrong."
"Seems like you finally get into your senses and asked her out." A voice rings throughout the room-filling in Sasuke's ears who scowl in response.
"None of your business."
"My, my, I'm not Sasori, Otouto," Itachi said running a hand on his locks as he walked inside Sasuke's room, making himself welcome.
Sasuke sits upon his bed, a hand tending to his untamed locks, "What do you need, Aniki?"
"What made you do it?" Itachi glanced at him, enjoying how annoyed he looked when he asked again. Of course, he had known the moment that Sasuke went home that Thursday when the sun is about to set.
[FLASHBACK]
Itachi was back from the Akatsuki Mansion, there had been another meeting about charity and stuff that they needed to do for their leader.
He noted that Sasori's nowhere to be found but shrugged it off right away when he remembered that he might be still in school and getting head to head for Sakura. What a lucky girl.
Itachi heard some shuffle on the door, 'It must be Sasuke."
He was right, it is indeed Sasuke but not the Sasuke that he had seen before this Sasuke looks like the happiest man in the world except for a fact that he's just smiling softly and not giggling like Naruto. Itachi knows so well.
He knows that he had already won a certain girl's heart.
"You asked Sakura-chan for a date?"
Itachi smirked when he saw Sasuke's smile turned it a frown. "None of your business."
"You're so easy to tease, Otouto."
"I'll be in my room if you need me."
Sasuke ignored his brother's remarks and went upstairs to his room. Itachi looked at him for a while until he heard a click. "Foolish little brother."
They spend the night together Itachi teasing Sasuke and the latter dodging the questions with ease. Nevertheless, both of them knew that this is a night to celebrate.
[END OF FLASHBACK]
Sasuke sighed looking elsewhere, 'Here he goes again.'
"As if you don't know. And I won't say it. Not to you."
"But to Sakura-chan, hmm?" Itachi pouts playfully which went unnoticed by Sasuke, "Sakura-chan's already taking my brother away from me."
This made Sasuke looked at his brother with disgust in his face, "What the hell Itachi?!"
The older Uchiha chuckled at him, "What? I'm just saying the truth…" He stands up, straightening his shirt as he looks at him. "… Back then, you were just a small boy and now, just a little bit more and you're getting married?"
"What the actual fuck, Itachi? We're not even in a relationship!"
Itachi looked at Sasuke as if he was expecting a word from him which the latter suffice, "Yet."
Smirking on his last words, Sasuke finally gets up and went in the bathroom.
It's going to be a long day ahead.
"What do you mean you got a date with Sasuke?" Ino screamed from the phone.
Sakura holds it away from her ear. She knows that someday she'll get her eardrums broken by Ino. 'Just where the hell did she get that voice? Did she swallow a megaphone or something?'
"Sakura! You forehead girl! Answer me!"
Sakura sighed as she heard Ino's nonstop rants on the phone, she realized that she shouldn't have said it in the first place but this is Ino, her best friend.
"Calm down first! How can I explain it to you when you rant endlessly!" Sakura screamed back and heard that Ino gasped and shut herself down.
"Good. Now, this is how it goes, last Thursda–"
"The art day!", "Ino.", "Oops! Sorry. Continue, please!"
"So as I said, last Thursday, Sasuke-kun talke–"
"He ignored you the whole da–", "INO! Are you going to hear how'd it happens or you're just going to interrupt my story?", "Okay! Sorry forehead, I'm going to keep my mouth shut and sealed."
Sakura rolled her eyes, "When we were about to go home." She paused and heard a soft 'oohhhh' from Ino, realizing when they had a chance to talk, "Things happened, Naruto took Hinata to date, and Sasori-kun went somewhere else. And it's just me and Sasuke. It was a quiet walk but then I just couldn't help but ask why'd he painted me, and he told me it was beautiful, not just the scenery–"
"I told you!"
"–and then he told me why, how he got the picture, why'd he painted it–"
"Wow, I can't believe he talks a paragraph..."
"–then I just suddenly got confused because I don't know where is he going from that and he asked why am I crying all of a sudden–"
"You cried? Ew."
"–I didn't realize I was, but when he asked I couldn't say it, I couldn't say why, I don't know where to begin with–"
"Cliché."
"–he told me I'm annoying, and I told him I hate him–"
"You what?!"
"–and he suddenly told me that if I hated him that much then he would just cancel the reservation that he had placed–"
"What restaurant?!"
"–and that he's taking me out." Sakura finished, ignoring the side comments that Ino threw when she wasn't done telling how it went.
"And that's how he asked you?! Wow. I never thought that Sasuke will ask a girl out and in a smooth and cool way too!" Ino remarked ignoring the fact that Sakura just ignored her the whole time that she was telling the story.
"He's Sasuke, Ino-pig. You know how he goes."
"For once I have to disagree with you because I don't think that he asked a girl out, I was actually starting to think that he's into boys."
"Ino-pig!"
Ino laughed from the other line, "Easy! Easy! I was just joking but really, you've got a smooth talker... Just imagine if he invited you in his room…"
"INOO!" She can hear Ino laughed again, this time she joined it.
She's getting all giddy and excited inside like she's going to melt any second. Yes, she has been into dates before but this is Sasuke we're talking about.
"Sooo… What would you wear?"
Sakura groaned when she heard Ino asked. "Oh come on, forehead! This is what you've been waiting for! Now get up, get dressed, we'll go get some shopping!"
'6:45 P.M.'
Sasuke looked from the clock as he readjusts his black necktie. Looking to the mirror, he looks for any creases in his dark blue long-sleeved button-up and rolled its sleeves just at the bottom of his elbows, neatly buttoning it in place.
He ran a hand on his raven locks and took a deep breath, having one last look on his reflection.
"You're looking good, don't get too nervous."
Sasuke looked at Itachi's reflection, standing on his door frame.
"I'm not nervous." Grabbing his phone and the wallet that he pocketed, he walked passed Itachi and went downstairs, his brother following behind,
"Say 'Hi' to Sakura-chan for me."
Sasuke ignored his brother and opened the door to the garage only to find a blonde-hair boy wearing a neon orange jacket and black short.
"SASUKE-TEME! I was just about to kno….ock?" Naruto's words came out slow as he looked up and down at Sasuke's attire, "Where 'ya going Teme?"
The said boy this time sighed in frustration.
"Sasuke's going on his date, Naruto. I don't think he wanna be interrupted by anyone." Itachi answered for Sasuke, who's now thinking that this two will ruin his date.
"Oh.. Dat– Wha– Now? With who?" Naruto looked at him as if he grew another head, "Teme! You never told me! I thought I'm your best friend 'ttebayo!"
Sasuke pushed to pass through Naruto and took Itachi's car, in which he asked for permission of course and went to Sakura's.
Naruto looked down and grumbled things once more, only to feel a weight on his shoulders, looking up he saw his best friend's brother, "Itachi-nii! Who's Sasuke's date?! Can you believe this?! His dating someone! What if Sakura hears this! She's gonna be sad and mopey and sulky! That bastard! He just painted Sakura and now he's dating someone else! I thought he's going to ask her out, I thought this time he's gonna be a big boy and ask her! But look what he did! That stupid bastard, just who is this fucking gi–"
"He's taking Sakura out." Itachi stopped Naruto's nonsense rants, having a wide eye blonde in return. "Oh. I thou– You're not going to tell Sasuke-teme or Sakura-chan what I said, right? It's not that I meant it anyway..ehehe"
Itachi looked like he's trying to suppress a smile while Naruto kept on rambling.
"Let's just go and get you some ramen." Naruto instantly stops on the word ramen and got his spirit up, "Yosshh! Let's go then!"
"Oh. My. Gosh. You look so bea–ti–ful!" Ino squealed and laughed around looking at Sakura's reflection.
"Stop it Ino-pig!" Sakura stared in her reflection as well, eyes in awe, she couldn't thank Ino enough for what she did. Simple but elegant.
Ding
Dong
Ding
Dong
"OPS! I bet Mr Uchiha's here! Wait for my call and go downstairs when I told you 'kay?"
Before Sakura could even reply, Ino in all giddy and excitement went downstairs skipping and humming happily in the process.
"Coming!"
Ino slowly opened the door to reveal a good looking Uchiha before her. She swears that if this guy isn't the guy who's dating her best friend she would have flirted with this man and forget Shikamaru. Not that she's going to do it anyway, but still. A handsome Uchiha is a handsome man!
"Ino?"
Sasuke looked surprised to see Ino instead of Sakura but knowing Sakura, she must've called Ino and told her about their date and her so-called best friend might've given Sakura a makeover in the process. Girls.
"Where's Sakura?"
Ino squealed and giggled, "Oh yes! Oh yes." She looked at the stairs which Sasuke followed as well, "Oh Sakura-chaaan! I believe that you're date is here!"
"I'm coming then!"
Sasuke didn't quite understand but from the moment that he heard her voice, his heart begins to pound a little faster than he imagined, he didn't need a stethoscope to know about that, he feels it.
He looked intently on the stairs, making Ino's smirk and eyes with a glint to be unnoticed.
It feels like he had waited for hours, being tortured in excitement and nervousness. Wait, did he say? Nervousness. No. That can't be Uchiha's don't get ner–
There she is dressed in a shoulder off black dress which stopped just above her knees, matched with a black plumps, contrasting her fair skin. She glows more in black, complimenting her skin, he noted. Her hair was tied in a bun with a little bit of her hair falling from the sides, curled and framed her face perfectly well, that way it shows her long neck and sinful thought came to his mind, oh how amazing to kiss her there. And her face, her angelic face, if Ino did her makeup then she's doing it on the right way, it's all too simplistic, and he likes it– No. He loves it, how she looked like she's not wearing anything at all, her cheeks were in a perfect shade of pink, paler than her hair, a natural colour for her skin, no eye shadows but a simple eyeliner that made her eye intensified, and her lips. They weren't tinted, no lipstick he can assure, she just added a gloss.
It was perfect. Simple and yet elegant and he loves it. She is perfect.
"Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke snapped out of his senses and ignored the giggling Ino behind the door, poking her heads out.
Instead, he looked at Sakura, head to toe and gave her an amused smirk, making her flustered, "Hn."
"Should we go then?" Sakura managed to say not looking at Sasuke.
"Aa. Let's go."
Sasuke offered his arms on Sakura that surprised her and reluctantly took a gentleman's gesture. Which Sakura has never seen before.
Walking back to Itachi's car, he escorted her to the passenger's seat and went back to the driver's seat.
"Have fun you two!"
Hearing Ino says her goodbye as Sakura waves her hand in response, this time allowing Sasuke to pull up the windows and starting the engine, driving to La Presa.
A/N: And here we go, this is some sort of a filter. This is so late than usual but I'm on a vacation for the whole month so it's quite hard dealing with this but I've done the chapters in advance and just getting time to upload and edit the chapters. I will be posting the next chapter on the next following days. And I despite the late uploads, I will be finishing the story. Just caught up with vacation and tons of commissions.
Anyways, here it goes.
This isn't too much but please read and review! Thanks in advance!
NOTES: Translations/Definitions/Description
La Presa - A small, often temporary dam or dike used to divert water into an acequia. *But I referred this name from Sitio La Presa in Baguio Philippines. From Dolce Amore. So that's where my Italian thing-y vibe came from.
~Yatsu Narurasuke