Chapter 3: Sakura enters the Frey
After the exchange between Tsunade and Kakashi, the two teens headed out of the office. Also the word of Sasuke having amnesia would slowly go around thanks to the fifth.
Naruto was lost in thought anything in the village could trigger Sasuke to regaining his memories. His heart dropped into his stomach as a familiar female voice called out to the raven, she really had to show up? Though he knew Sakura was extremely saddened when Sasuke left why was he surprised that she would come running?
"Sasuke-kun! You're back! You're really back!" By the sounds of it she didn't get the rest of the story, or she jetted off before hearing it.
The raven was barely able to keep his balance as the pink haired girl jumped and hugged him tightly. It was clear as day that Sasuke was very uncomfortable with the contact, Naruto managed to pry her away.
"Um Sakura-chan…" The blonde hesitated knowing she was going to get very angry at him for doing what he did. "You might not want to…"
It was normal for the raven to not want contact, especially when it was someone he viewed as a stranger. Sakura looked confused more than angry, of course she understood that Sasuke liked his personal space but she couldn't help herself.
"S-sorry." The pink haired girl said in a sheepish manner, twisting her foot in the ground a bit with her arms in back of her attempting to look cute.
Sasuke fidgeted in his spot and looked at Naruto for help so far he was the only one he knew and even if it was a short time with just meeting him he trusted him. Naruto could only shrug in this situation.
"It's alright…" Sasuke spoke up placing a hand on her shoulder, smiling. "Sakura, was it? I really should be the one apologizing."
This caught the girl's attention, the smile the way he was speaking…a frown pulled at her lips.
"I really don't know who you are…" That confirmed her suspicions, along with how he looked at the moment. "So I'm sorry."
A fake smile pulled at her lips, she was disappointed of course Sasuke wouldn't remember her. But then again her smiled turned bright this was her chance to get the raven to actually like her! This was her chance to really impress him, he'll fall for her and it'll be perfect!
"I see so that's what happened." Sakura was really referring to what Naruto said not too long ago. "Well then, i'm Haruno Sakura! Listen Sasuke-kun I know we just met and all but let's get something for lunch okay? You must be starving!"
Before the pink haired girl could grab Sasuke's wrist Naruto got between them with quite a serious look. He knew what she was up to it was a bit obvious, he wasn't going to let her force herself on him.
"A-Ah…" Sasuke looked concerned, he could tell by the glares in their eyes they were going to start something. Not thinking this was out of character for the Uchiha he took both of their hands raising them up which effectively caught their attention. The raven seemed to copy the grin Naruto usually had on his face as he continued to speak; "Let's just all eat together okay?"
They both looked dumbfounded up at him, the Uchiha finally seemed to realize they were staring at him and let his smile drop. "W-What?"
Sasuke felt even more awkward when they remained quiet, he let go of their hands and looked away. "Maybe not…?" He didn't want them to fight, he never meant to make the whole situation weird between them.
"No no!" Sakura was first to break the silence that shrouded the three. "It's a good idea, we all can go and eat something together...though." She glanced as the raven before continuing. "Maybe you should get cleaned up first."
It was true that Sasuke was still dirty, and a nice hot bath sounded like heaven. Deciding it was best if they stopped by Naruto's place first before they art, the blonde usually wouldn't feel embarrassed about how messy his apartment was but since all of his teammates were here it was different.
"Geez Naruto." Sakura scolded as they entered through the door, she found herself stepping over some empty ramen containers. "You're a slob…"
"It's not like was expecting anyone." Naruto argued as he rolled his eyes a bit as he maneuvered his way to the living room. "I'll clean later."
He motioned for Sasuke to follow him, cautiously he did the mess wasn't bad but you did have to be careful where you stepped. The blonde showed him where the bathroom was, there was already towels on there so he didn't have to worry about that. Naruto zipped off his jacket and quickly went into his room to get some spare pants.
After coming back and offering them to Sasuke he spoke up; "I don't have much to offer but it's better than wearing dirty clothes after a bath, right?"
The Uchiha blinked but offered a smile, holding Naruto's jacket somehow felt nostalgic. He couldn't quite put her finger on why it did, Sasuke didn't let himself dwell on it too much before heading into the bathroom.
Naruto then slowly started to pick up, the pink haired girl could tell this became a bit awkward. "I'm...happy Sasuke-kun is home…"
The blonde glanced up and blinked, tossing what he had in his hands in the trash. "Me too...but don't try to push him. I want to get to him and you aren't helping if you're trying to be all flirty with him."
A scowl pulled at her lips he wasn't happy about hearing that. "Sakura if something triggers his memory he'll probably want to run off again, we can't let that happen so early."
The pinkette didn't even think of that before now, that would just ruin her plans to get Sasuke to love her back. She would have to take it slow then that's what she would have to do.
"I'm sorry I wasn't thinking. I won't push it any more." They were empty words, though Sakura would tone down how she was going to go after Sasuke.
The apartment was a lot cleaner now after a few minutes of cleaning, it actually looked like a whole new place. As if on cue Sasuke came back out of the bathroom, his two teammates couldn't help but stare at him, he looked a bit ridiculous wearing the blonde's clothes. The Uchiha couldn't help but once again feel embarrassed by the fact he was getting stared at, he didn't think he looked that bad in the orange jumpsuit but then again he also felt like he wouldn't wear this sort of thing in a million years.
"Are you guys ready to go eat?" He finally decided to break the silence as he walked past them to the door.
"You're not really going out like that are you Sasuke-kun?!" Just seeing him dressed like that shocked her to forget he didn't even remember he hated the clothes Naruto wore.
The blonde idiot nudged Sakura with his elbow, she grunted a bit and shot him a glare though was met with his own.
"What she means to say is," He started through gritted teeth. "We're more than ready to go."
The two continued to glare at each other, once again things were heating up between them. Did these two usually fight like this, Sasuke had to wonder. Their bickering reminded of something familiar, the raven's face scrunched up a bit in thought it was too similar to something but once again it was just out of reach. For a split moment, as he was staring at the two, the pink haired girl seemed to just look a lot like himself as if he was the one constantly staring daggers at Naruto.
Sasuke was finally snapped out of his trance when a tan hand waved in front of his face. "Earth to Sasuke?" How long had he been calling out his name? "Let's go already before it gets any later!"
Did the two make up in the time span where he spaced out? Sakura seemed to be over it too, maybe he was overthinking it a bit. Everything was fine...right? Naruto ushered him forward and they all headed off to grab some lunch.
