Chapter 12 - Confession

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Sakura let go of him. He took a look at Sasuke but thought of something. "It's great and all, but what about Suzuki?"

Sasuke hadn't thought much about that. He knew that he should tell the truth, but deep down, he really didn't want to. "I. . .I guess I should tell her," he said weakly. Sakura nodded.

So he stepped up and went back to Suzuki's house. He knocked on the door and Suzuki appeared again. "Back again?" she asked in surprise.

"Yes. . ." Sasuke said softly. "I. . .I need to tell you something,"

"Go ahead,"

He gulped. "You remember Sakura?"

"Yes. . ."

"Well. . .I. . .I. . .I-I love her!"

Suzuki's eyes widened. Now she was heart broken. She looked down.

"I'm really sorry. . ." Sasuke said in disappointment.

Suzuki sighed. "It's okay. . . I mean, we can still be good friends, right?"

Sasuke smiled. "Of course," He reached into his pocket one more time and took out the gem. "If you want, you can have it back."

She smiled. "No, you keep it. Instead of thinking of it as a love gift to you, think of it as a. . .a. . .a friendship charm?"

"Well," he said smiling again. "I'm no girl, but I'll keep it."

Suzuki winked. "Cool. . .but. . .I too, love someone other than you."

Sasuke was surprised. "Really??"

"Yeah. . .that Naruto kid," she said quietly.

Sasuke's eyes widened. He was shocked! He could barely move.

~ This is hilarious! But I have to keep my laughing in or I might hurt Suzuki's feelings. ~

He just coughed. "Gee," he coughed out. "That's, um, nice. . .great to hear?"

Suzuki giggled. "Thank you," To her surprise, she took a glance behind Sasuke and saw Naruto trotting down the dirt road towards her house.

"Err, what are you looking at?" Sasuke asked. Before she could do anything, he turned around for himself and saw Naruto. "Naruto?"

Naruto spotted Sasuke. He waved and shouted out loud, "HEY GUYS! WHAT'S UP!!" He ran to Sasuke. He punched his arm lightly. "Ooh, flirtin' with a girl?" he said and snickered.

"No," he said smiling. He took a step behind Naruto and pushed him toward Suzuki. "YOU are!"

Naruto blushed and Suzuki did too. He started to sweat. "Err. . .hi?"

"Hi Naruto!" she said in return. "I understand you like ramen?"

"OH YEAH!"

She giggled. "Well, we just ate, but we have some more ramen left and my parents will understand!" She smiled.

Naruto couldn't speak for the first couple seconds. "YOU. . ." he said at last. ". . .ARE MY HERO!!" And with that, he ran into Suzuki's house and she followed, closing the door behind her.

Sasuke chuckled.

~ What a loser. Suzuki has no idea what she just led herself into. . . ~

After that thought he went back to Sakura who was now out of the bushes. "I did it,"

Sakura nodded. "You didn't even break a sweat! That was. . .really sweet of you," she said softly.

". . .I love you." said Sasuke quietly.

Again they hugged and they walked together to the river.

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okay, people are telling me that sasuke has no parents. I KNOW THAT!! *sorry, I had to shout* I dunno. . .i just like sasuke with parents. ^,^"