Sasuke woke up to find himself lying in bed at home with Sakura waiting anxiously at his side. "Wh-ha..." He sat up, running his hand through his hair, noticing that he had a large cut (which came from Sakura's tackle) on his forehead. He was confused.

~ Why am I at home? Why is Sakura here with me? And.. And why do I have this big cut on my head? I can't remember anything.. ~

He looked up at Sakura. He gave her a look. "What happened? And why do I have this cut on my forehead?"

Sakura was in a way, scared. She thought he would get mad at her for tackling him, giving him that ugly cut. She rubbed her hand against her opposite arm and looked down. "Well...do you remember when you were talking with Suzuki?"

For a moment, he thought hard about it. When he finally came up with his answer, he nodded and said, "Yes."

She sighed. "After that, you ran into a bunch of gangsters. They wanted you to smoke a cigarette and I had to stop you and them. So I tackled you, right before you put that cigar in your mouth, and when you fell to the ground you must've gotten that cut on your forehead. I had no idea that the drop would create such a large cut. I thought it would just give you a bruise," she said as she wrapped Sasuke's forehead with bandages.

He was shocked.

~You mean that's why I have this stupid cut? Well I shouldn't be too mad at her..she did it to stop me from taking that cigar... but what about the gangsters?~

"What about the gangsters?" he asked. "What happened to them?"

Sakura continued. "There were a lot of them, but I was so angry that I just had to fight, no matter how tough they were. I punched and kicked them all, each one falling to the ground and their beers and cigars dropping with them. You were unconscious during all of this. After that, I took you home."

Sasuke couldn't believe that he wasn't able to see what had happened. H glanced at Sakura's hand. It was also in bandages. "What about your hand?"

Sakura held up her hand. "This? I got it from when I was fighting the gangsters. It was a little before I finished fighting."

"But how?" he asked anxiously.

"There were two guys left, one holding beer and the other with a cigar. I cut through them with my hand and the glass from the beer bottle cut me, and the cigar's ashes got on the cut, which made it sting real bad. A lot of blood gushed out."

Sasuke turned away from the thought. "I-I see," He looked out the window and saw that it was a little near five o'clock.

~Sakura should be going home now.. I don't want to get too into this~

Just as Sasuke said that in his mind, Sakura stood up, getting ready to leave. She walked to Sasuke's bedroom door, about to exit when she said, "I'd better be going. My parents are probably worrying about me. So..bye." She started to walk again.

Sakura was now opening the door to leave his house. As she opened it, Sasuke couldn't help, but feel sorry for her. He was always mean, and ignoring her everyday, never giving her a smile. So he shouted, "Wait!"

She stopped. She said in an annoyed way, "What?"

Sasuke turned away. "I-I just wanted to say.. Thank you..and I'm sorry...for-never respecting you and ignoring you all the time,"

Sakura was surprised.

~Sasuke? Apologizing?? And saying thank you? I've never heard him say that! I guess..he really does care for me..~

She blushed and took one more step. "Your welcome," she said, and ran home.

Sasuke just sighed and fell into bed. "She really must care for me, but what about Suzuki?" he asked himself.

Short chapter, eh? Sorry, but I was kinda in a rush! Gotta go off now, later. =]