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She also wanted to talk to him. She felt so confused. There was so much she wanted to know, so much she wanted to say. She guessed it would have to wait until tomorrow.
For now, Sakura was content to watch Sasuke sleep. She watched his body slowly rise then fall with every even breath. He constantly changed his sleeping position, he was on his stomach, then on his back, then on his side. Sakura watched him sleep restlessly for 15 minutes before she decided that she would try to soothe him.
Sakura stood up and walked to the raven haired boy's bedside. She sat down on the bed, careful not to make the bed shift under her weight too much. She gazed down at her love, his dark locks framing his perfect face. She ran her fingers through his silky dark hair, her mother used to do this for her when she had a nightmare.
"Naruto … I, … I'm sorry …" Sasuke muttered in his sleep. He leaned into her touch.
Sakura stopped her careful caresses and let her palm rest on his cheek. 'When did Sasuke start dreaming of Naruto? Why would he dream of Naruto ? And When did Sasuke start apologizing to Naruto …?'
Slowly, Sasuke's eyes blinked open. His eyes met with those of the pink haired girl, neither said anything at first. Time seemed to slow down as they just stared at each other, an uncomfortable silence settling in the room before being shattered by the sound of the young Uchiha's voice.
" …What are you doing …?" He had an emotionless tone of voice. And his face betrayed none of what he was feeling. He was completely unreadable.
"I was just … you didn't look like you were sleeping well … so I thought I could help …" She hadn't meant to wake him up, she really wanted to help..
" … Go to bed. I'm fine, Sakura." Sasuke turned his back to her. He wouldn't be able to deal with her right now, he was too tired, too irritable.
Sakura turned to get back to her "bed" but there was something she desperately wanted to know. "You were calling out his name. Why, what were you dreaming of ?"
" …" Silence engulfed the room once again.
"You … Your never going to trust me, are you ?" She was desperate for an answer now. Sadness showed in her eyes, tears glistened in the moonlight that shone through the window.
Sasuke looked up at her, she was standing over his bed, nearly crying. What could he say to her ? 'Sorry, Sakura. You're a pretty girl but I'm gay, goodnight !' He couldn't tell her about Naruto. He felt bad enough with what happened earlier, but now it was getting worse. Yes, Sasuke was still angry at her but she was his teammate and a friend, one of the few friends he had. It was making him feel even more guilty, he needed to say something. "I'm sorry."
Sakura let her tears fall. This was who she had loved, who she had given her heart to …? "I'm sorry ? Is that all you have to say …? I loved you Sasuke. I would have done anything for you. I trust you with my life, I still do. And I will always care for you but now I see that you will never care for me that way …" Her last words were said in a barely audible whisper.
"I'm sorry, Sakura … But I do care about you, just not in the way the you want me too." Sasuke was now sitting up in his bed as he watched Sakura lay down on the cot he set out for her. He started to feel like the bastard that Naruto always said he was.
"Then why did you … kiss me today …" Her voice was shaky, tears were forming in her eyes again.
" … I wasn't thinking, I just did it. I didn't mean to hurt you, I'm sorry." Sasuke knew that was a weak answer but it was all he could think of. 'I'm sorry' He'd said it so many times already, he had made too many mistakes, usually he wouldn't apologize but he knew he was really hurting her now.
"I wish I could have just fallen in love with Naruto …" Sakura said it so quietly, if it weren't for Sasuke's excellent hearing then it would never have known what she said.
"I wish I could have just fallen in love with you …" Sasuke said it softly but loud enough that Sakura could hear it. She didn't say anything, he was thankful for that. If she were to ask him what he meant by that, he wasn't sure if he could answer it truthfully. He hoped that one day she would be able to forgive him for his selfish mistakes.
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Naruto was barely able to open his eyes, they were swollen and red from all his crying. When he finally got his eyes to open completely, Naruto glanced at his unfamiliar surroundings. Then everything came back to him, the kiss, running through the city, getting to Iruka's house, and then crying himself to sleep.
Naruto willed himself to get up and out of bed, he had to find Iruka-sensei and thank him for yesterday. The blonde boy walked into the living room and spotted somebody sleeping on the couch. A blanket was wrapped around it but the arms and feet hung off the sides of the couch. Naruto was just about to walk over to the couch when he heard a familiar voice.
"Good morning, Naruto."
Startled, Naruto turned in the direction of the voice, which was right behind him, "Iruka-sensei ! But how are you here when your right there ?" Naruto questioned and pointed a finger at the lump under the covers on the couch.
"Morning, Iruka, Naruto." Kakashi sat up and stretched his arms.
"What are you doing here ?!" Naruto had never seen his sensei this early, he always thought that Kakashi slept in until he realized he was late for their training.
Kakashi walked over to Iruka who was now in the kitchen. "What ? I cant come by to visit my very good friend Iruka ?" Kakashi smiled under his mask and threw his arm around Iruka's shoulders.
"Ohh … Are you guys gay ?"
Iruka choked on his orange juice and started having a coughing fit while Kakashi just laughed. Naruto wasn't sure what his sensei was laughing at exactly. Was he laughing because he really was gay or was he laughing at Iruka who was choking on his drink because he was accused of being gay ?
"What gives you that idea ? And besides, I could ask you the same question."
"…Are you saying you think I'm gay ?!" Naruto shot a glare that could be even scarier than Sasuke's.
"No, but while we're on the subject … There's nothing wrong with being gay. In the latest volume of Icha Icha Paradise, there was a short story about 2 boys that were experimenting and -"
"UGHHHH!! You pervert ! That's sick !" Naruto ran out of the house, he'd heard enough from his perverted sensei.
Naruto slowed his pace into a quick walk and was passing through the nicer part of town before he realized that he had forgotten to thank Iruka. But there was no way he was going back there, not with that pervert there, so he kept walking towards his house - he really needed a shower.
"Naruto-kunnn !" Naruto turned, he knew that voice.
"Sakura-chan !" Naruto sighed inwardly. He was glad to see her but if Sakura was here, then Sasuke would be here too. And there he was, leaning on a streetlight, his arms crossed on his chest, with his cold eyes and sexy smirk - it reminded Naruto of how much he loved that ego inflated Uchiha, and also how much he hated that bastard. There really is a thin line between love and hate, a very thin line.
"Where are you going ?" Sakura asked her blonde friend.
"Home, I wanna shower."
"Why don't you come eat with us first, please?" Sakura was almost pleading for him to join them.
As much as it hurt to turn down his friends obvious cry for help, it would hurt more to watch his friend and the one he loved be happy together. Yeah, it was selfish, but Naruto knew he probably couldn't see them together without feeling hurt or being angry about it. "Sorry Sakura-chan, I really need to get home. And besides, I'm sure you and Sasuke will have a great time just the two of you …" Then he ran off, waving goodbye to Sakura.
Sakura watched her friend run until he was out of sight. She sighed, she had really wanted to be with him. She really didn't want to be alone with Sasuke right now, things were still a little awkward between them. After all that had been said last night, she wasn't sure what she felt for the stoic boy anymore.
He was still the same Sasuke, but now she knew that he would never love her. And worse than that, she knew that he had already given his love to someone else. She wondered who the girl was, what she was like, and how she had gotten Sasuke to fall in love with. What had the mystery girl done that she hadn't?
"Sakura, let's go …"
"Yeah …" Sakura wasn't sure where they were going, she just followed.
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Sasuke walked into his room, the room was dark and Sakura was already asleep. She was probably exhausted, they had spent the entire day training again. He had asked her what she wanted to do today and she said she wanted to train. There was very little conversation the entire day. It was a very quiet day almost depressing, even by his standards.
Sasuke felt the guilt eating away at him. He had probably ruined their friendship and all because of his pride, because he had to get Naruto back for hurting him. He had to find a way to fix things. Sasuke walked to where Sakura was sleeping and shook her lightly. "Sakura wake up."
"What is it?" Sakura answered sleepily.
"Come with me …"
Author: Poor Naru-chan ! Poor Sasu-chan ! Poor Sakura ! (even though I don't like her in the manga. Seriously, I seem to like everyone except her …) I didn't even notice that I made everyone all depressed till after I was done writing this chapter. Well everyone was depressed except Kakashi, he was too busy reading his icha icha paradise book, haha. Anyways, I wanna thank all the reviewers ! That was the most reviews I've ever gotten for this story. I love my reviewers !! You guys are so awesome !! I got so many reviews last chapter, you guys have no idea how happy I was. And Im still so happy =D !! I hope you guys keep reviewing !