Nex' chaptah.. I promised infidelity, did I not? Well this is kinda unexpected cuz I wanna get this over with. XD SasuSaku fans bewaaaaree wooOOoOOoo!!
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Chapter Six
"How old are you?"
Lee turned his head to face Sasuke
"I'm 18. Well... not much longer. My birthday's tomorrow.."
"Happy 19th." Sakura said, smiling warmly from next to her boyfriend.
Lee glanced at his watch. Noon at night. Wouldn't ya know..
"Oh, ah. Guess I'm 19 then." Lee chuckled.
The train bounced and shook. Lee was looking at Sakura swaying lightly with the train's jerking. Her eyes were shut and her pink lips were set in a small upward curve. It was breathtaking.
"I'm 18. Will be for a while still." Sasuke said. He leaned his head against the glass next to him. His head was reflected, reversed. Lee observed the reflection. Sasuke's expressions kept changing, as if he was thinking something he desperately wanted to say out loud. Sakura, meanwhile, kept exactly the same composure.
Suddenly, she spoke.
"You're fidgeting. Why don't you just come out and say it?" Her eyes shot open and green eyes flashed in Sasuke's direction.
He turned and leaned over until he was just about in her face. "Whatever do you mean?"
"Something's upsetting you." She turned and squared her shoulders at him. "You're never like this unless you're upset."
"Like what? I'm not upset." He said with an irritated tone.
"You are. I can feel your blood pressure for chrissakes. You're uncomfortable with something. Why do you deny it when you know I can tell these things about you in my sleep!?" She looked surprised at him. "What's wrong?"
Lee was sweating bullets. One can imagine, a lover's spat before one's very eyes. All alone in a train. Not near any stops. Nowhere remotely near one's own stop. His brain screamed, cried and begged his body to get up and leave. Remove himself from the situation. Alas, in vain it was.
"What about him?"
What? Was his name spoken? Why were they looking at him..?
"He never did anything! Sasuke, you're acting crazy. He doesn't like me or anything, we just met! You're so paranoid..."
Sasuke's eyes bore into Lee. Lee was oblivious to Sakura's words. His ears refused to keep working, and instead he concentrated every ounce of brain power into staring at the ground, trying desperately to ignore Sasuke. His eyes... were so intense, Lee felt like he would die if he looked up. What was going on? Why were they fighting over him? What did he do? How did Sasuke know...?
"Hey. You. Look at me."
"Sasuke, leave him alone! He never did anything!" "You like her, right? Is that why you drew her more than my band? Would you have enjoyed a ride home alone with her? Think you can take her from me?"
"Sasuke, cut it out! What's wrong with you? Lee, don't listen to him. He's... he's drunk or something." Sakura really started to get angry.
Sasuke laughed. "I'm not. I'm just protecting what's mine.."
"Well.. you know.. I.." Sakura stuttered, her voice tripping over he anger. "What if I didn't want to be yours anymore?"
Everything was silent. Lee finally mustered the courage to look up. Sasuke's mouth was ajar and he was staring at her. Her face was serious.
"I've known you for a long time. You.. you're the only one I've ever been with and I didn't want to give you up. But.. I've had enough. Sasuke. I know." She brought her hand to her lip. "I know about you and.. all those girls..." She looked away.
Sasuke tried not to look surprised. He spoke quietly "Why didn't you.."
"I already said. I didn't want to give you up. You.. mean a lot to me.. and giving you up would mean they win." She got up and walked over to where Lee was sitting. "I guess they do. I'm obviously no competition." She sat down in the window seat next to Lee and looked over at Sasuke. "I mean... I only love you."
The train came to stop. They'd gone far during their argument and were now at the next station.
Lee spoke. "Maybe I should wait for the next train."
"No." She gripped his hand. "You stay. Sasuke, go home. I'll talk to you later."
He huffed, got up and brusquely walked out the door. He was bitter and it showed. Lee was still terrified. The doors slid shut and the train moved on.
Lee wondered if he should say anything.
"Sorry."
"For what?" Sakura said after a pause. "It was a long time coming. I know he's been with other girls since his band got popular. I don't blame him. I just.." She leaned her head onto the glass & was reflected. "I wanted to keep pretending he loved me..."
"What's the point in that if there's someone who really does?" Lee said softly, smiling warmly.
Sakura stared. "Yeah, he was right about one thing. You drew me more than the band." She laughed lightly.
"H-hey.. I.. jeez. So tactless I am." Lee sighed.
She laughed again. Oh, how she laughed.
"Yeah. I'm flattered. You're really a sweet guy, Lee."
"Thanks."
They rode in silence until the last stop rolled around, where they'd both get off.
"You headed north?"
"South."
"Oh. Well.. I'll see you sometime I guess..."
"Lee? C'mere.. Happy Birthday." She stared into his eyes until they were an inch from her. She kissed him softly and quickly, with her eyes shut, and slipped a piece of paper in his pocket at the same time.
Lee almost died. Again.
"See ya." She turned to go, hesitated, turned, mouthed the word 'paper' while gesturing towards his pocket, smiled, turned again, and headed off to the southbound bus stop.
Had the northbound bus not been arriving at that moment, Lee would have collapsed into a heaving pile on the walk right then.
~~~~~~ HEHE. Kissypooo. You like? You hate? Lemme know! D I want Ino to play a bigger role. Should I make her Sasuke's rebound? XD?? I dunno..
Chapter Six
"How old are you?"
Lee turned his head to face Sasuke
"I'm 18. Well... not much longer. My birthday's tomorrow.."
"Happy 19th." Sakura said, smiling warmly from next to her boyfriend.
Lee glanced at his watch. Noon at night. Wouldn't ya know..
"Oh, ah. Guess I'm 19 then." Lee chuckled.
The train bounced and shook. Lee was looking at Sakura swaying lightly with the train's jerking. Her eyes were shut and her pink lips were set in a small upward curve. It was breathtaking.
"I'm 18. Will be for a while still." Sasuke said. He leaned his head against the glass next to him. His head was reflected, reversed. Lee observed the reflection. Sasuke's expressions kept changing, as if he was thinking something he desperately wanted to say out loud. Sakura, meanwhile, kept exactly the same composure.
Suddenly, she spoke.
"You're fidgeting. Why don't you just come out and say it?" Her eyes shot open and green eyes flashed in Sasuke's direction.
He turned and leaned over until he was just about in her face. "Whatever do you mean?"
"Something's upsetting you." She turned and squared her shoulders at him. "You're never like this unless you're upset."
"Like what? I'm not upset." He said with an irritated tone.
"You are. I can feel your blood pressure for chrissakes. You're uncomfortable with something. Why do you deny it when you know I can tell these things about you in my sleep!?" She looked surprised at him. "What's wrong?"
Lee was sweating bullets. One can imagine, a lover's spat before one's very eyes. All alone in a train. Not near any stops. Nowhere remotely near one's own stop. His brain screamed, cried and begged his body to get up and leave. Remove himself from the situation. Alas, in vain it was.
"What about him?"
What? Was his name spoken? Why were they looking at him..?
"He never did anything! Sasuke, you're acting crazy. He doesn't like me or anything, we just met! You're so paranoid..."
Sasuke's eyes bore into Lee. Lee was oblivious to Sakura's words. His ears refused to keep working, and instead he concentrated every ounce of brain power into staring at the ground, trying desperately to ignore Sasuke. His eyes... were so intense, Lee felt like he would die if he looked up. What was going on? Why were they fighting over him? What did he do? How did Sasuke know...?
"Hey. You. Look at me."
"Sasuke, leave him alone! He never did anything!" "You like her, right? Is that why you drew her more than my band? Would you have enjoyed a ride home alone with her? Think you can take her from me?"
"Sasuke, cut it out! What's wrong with you? Lee, don't listen to him. He's... he's drunk or something." Sakura really started to get angry.
Sasuke laughed. "I'm not. I'm just protecting what's mine.."
"Well.. you know.. I.." Sakura stuttered, her voice tripping over he anger. "What if I didn't want to be yours anymore?"
Everything was silent. Lee finally mustered the courage to look up. Sasuke's mouth was ajar and he was staring at her. Her face was serious.
"I've known you for a long time. You.. you're the only one I've ever been with and I didn't want to give you up. But.. I've had enough. Sasuke. I know." She brought her hand to her lip. "I know about you and.. all those girls..." She looked away.
Sasuke tried not to look surprised. He spoke quietly "Why didn't you.."
"I already said. I didn't want to give you up. You.. mean a lot to me.. and giving you up would mean they win." She got up and walked over to where Lee was sitting. "I guess they do. I'm obviously no competition." She sat down in the window seat next to Lee and looked over at Sasuke. "I mean... I only love you."
The train came to stop. They'd gone far during their argument and were now at the next station.
Lee spoke. "Maybe I should wait for the next train."
"No." She gripped his hand. "You stay. Sasuke, go home. I'll talk to you later."
He huffed, got up and brusquely walked out the door. He was bitter and it showed. Lee was still terrified. The doors slid shut and the train moved on.
Lee wondered if he should say anything.
"Sorry."
"For what?" Sakura said after a pause. "It was a long time coming. I know he's been with other girls since his band got popular. I don't blame him. I just.." She leaned her head onto the glass & was reflected. "I wanted to keep pretending he loved me..."
"What's the point in that if there's someone who really does?" Lee said softly, smiling warmly.
Sakura stared. "Yeah, he was right about one thing. You drew me more than the band." She laughed lightly.
"H-hey.. I.. jeez. So tactless I am." Lee sighed.
She laughed again. Oh, how she laughed.
"Yeah. I'm flattered. You're really a sweet guy, Lee."
"Thanks."
They rode in silence until the last stop rolled around, where they'd both get off.
"You headed north?"
"South."
"Oh. Well.. I'll see you sometime I guess..."
"Lee? C'mere.. Happy Birthday." She stared into his eyes until they were an inch from her. She kissed him softly and quickly, with her eyes shut, and slipped a piece of paper in his pocket at the same time.
Lee almost died. Again.
"See ya." She turned to go, hesitated, turned, mouthed the word 'paper' while gesturing towards his pocket, smiled, turned again, and headed off to the southbound bus stop.
Had the northbound bus not been arriving at that moment, Lee would have collapsed into a heaving pile on the walk right then.
~~~~~~ HEHE. Kissypooo. You like? You hate? Lemme know! D I want Ino to play a bigger role. Should I make her Sasuke's rebound? XD?? I dunno..