Artheph's Note: Oh man...I meant to update like last Sunday, but it totally slipped my mind. Sorry everyone! Anyway...before I wrote the first scene of this chapter, this story was kinda dead. But after this, I got a lot more excited about it, and then I decided to make my HUGE story revision whilst playing the piano. Man...practicing the piano is a great time to ponder stories. Haha...anyhoo...enjoy!

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Sasuke looked around him. The rain was coming down steadily, creating huge puddles on Konoha's uneven roads. No one was outside, but Sasuke, for some odd reason, was compelled to walk outside in the rain. As he stared into the distance, he felt like he could watch the rain eternally fall down onto the earth. Drip drip was all he could hear. But as his eyes focused, he saw a silhouetted figure in the distance.

Tenten was sitting on a bench. She had drawn her knees to her chest and had closed her eyes. Lifting her face towards the dark sky, she thought, No, I cannot cry. The rain falling on my face will be enough. The raindrops are my tears. The rain continuously fell, soaking every part of her. She was almost able to fool herself. However, the rain was not enough. Her tears soon mixed with the sliding raindrops on her face. Suddenly, the rain stopped falling onto her. Tenten opened her eyes, but her tears blinded her.

"Who…?" she whispered.

"Tenten, you shouldn't sit out here in the rain."

Tenten blinked. She could see again. An umbrella was above her. But who was holding it? NEJI?! she excitedly thought. No, it couldn't be. Neji wouldn't be so charitable. She turned around.

"Sasuke? What are you doing here?"

Great…now what should I say? A sixth sense had told me to come out in the pouring rain with an umbrella so I could eventually find a miserable girl sitting out in the rain? ...No. Sasuke just ignored the question.

"C'mon. You can dry up at my house. It's only two minutes away."

She looked at him questioningly and hesitated before saying, "Ok."

They trudged towards the Uchiha home, sharing Sasuke's umbrella. He noticed Tenten was shivering, but who wouldn't be after being completely soaked? Sasuke offered his jacket.

"Are you sure?" Tenten asked, looking up. Her chocolate eyes suddenly narrowed to slits. "You did something to your jacket, didn't you?" she said, jokingly.

"I didn't do anything…" Suddenly, those brown eyes turned sea green. Sasuke's breath caught in his throat. He began to sink ever deeper into the narrowed depths of green. But the green slitsturned angry. "I hate you."

"Umm...Sasuke?"

Sasuke cleared his head of his thoughts. Why was he imagining Sakura in front of him? No…focus Sasuke, he told himself.

"Sorry. Let's get out of this rain."

Something is obviously bothering him, thought Tenten. I know what to do!

She waited until they approached a rather deep puddle. Then…

SPLASH!

Sasuke stood there, eyes widened, jaw undignifiedly dropped, clothes soaked.

"Tenten!"

She giggled. "Now that was fun."

"You wanna play?" He smirked.

"The great Uchiha Sasuke…PLAYING? I think not."

In response, he tilted his umbrella, causing the rain to once more soak the poor girl.

"HEY!"

A rare laugh escaped from Sasuke as Tenten chased after him towards his home.

"Your cold exterior is rather misleading, Sasuke. I never knew you had a smile or a laugh inside of you," Tenten smiled, playfully. The two were finally dry and drinking hot chocolate in Sasuke's house.

Sasuke scoffed. "I…" He suddenly paused. Where had he heard something like that before? Green eyes suddenly were staring into his own black ones. Pink flashed around his line of sight. "You hardly smile. You hardly laugh. I hate it."

He blinked. The harsh green eyes were gone, replaced by warm brown ones.

"You can't even think of a good comeback." Tenten stuck her tongue out at him. "But hey, I better get going. Thanks for the company. It…it really helps." She half smiled as she stood up. "I'll see you around."

The door shut, enveloping Sasuke with the emptiness of his home.

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Sakura stared into the depths of her cocoa, whilst sitting at the counter of a café. Tears threatened to brim over. No… She quickly rubbed her eyes. I'm the one who broke our relationship up again.

Yesterday, Sakura had seen Tenten playfully pouting and pulling Sasuke's arm in an attempt to move him to whatever place she had in mind. Sasuke…with Tenten? What happened to Neji? Sakura rested her head on its side upon her crossed arms. Her cocoa was getting colder, the chocolate syrup beginning to separate from the milk.

Someone plopped down on the stool beside her and ordered a hot tea to go. Her eyes trailed upwards, but once she saw who it was, her eyes quickly looked back down.

Sasuke looked at the girl next to him. "Sakura?"

She murmured a "hello."

"…Are you okay?"

Sakura slowly pulled her head up and forced a smile.

"Perfectly fine."

The hot tea was thrust into Sasuke's face before he could reply. He quickly paid and stood up.

"Well…I guess I better get going then."

As he was leaving the café, Sakura abruptly yelled out, "Sasuke, wait!"

He turned around. "Yeah?"

Sakura wanted to ask about him and Tenten, but instead, she blurted out, "Do you…ever regret what happened …to us?"

Sasuke scrutinized her for a few seconds before responding with an "…I don't know."

He turned towards the door and left.

Sakura's lower lip trembled, but no tears fell yet. She let her head drop upon her arms, and the cocoa was completely forgotten.

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"Here." Sasuke handed the hot tea over to Tenten.

"Thanks," her shaky voice responded.

Sasuke had kindly offered to buy a warm drink as comfort after Tenten had been mulling over her situation with Neji, which had not been very enjoyable

The thoughts still haunted Tenten's mind though.

"But why, Sasuke, why?? Why wont' he…" Tenten cried, as the tears once again started to fall.

What am I doing here? Sasuke asked himself. Why am fooling myself into thinking I can make her forget Neji? It's obvious. I'm not for her. She's not for me. But who else was there? A memory of pink flashed in his mind. Was his subconscious trying to tell him something? But Sakura…she had so thoroughly renounced him that time, so it was still a rather touchy subject for Sasuke to contemplate. He decided to put the matter aside for a while and focus on Tenten, who was currently sobbing her poor heart out right next to him.

"He just needs time…to…" said Sasuke, in an attempt to comfort.

"Stop making excuses for him!" Tenten interrupted, looking at Sasuke with angry, tear-filled eyes. "Stop! You're like everyone else. Why can't someone just tell me to …I dunno…get OVER him?"

"You know why. Because you two are…"

"NO! If we're so "perfect" for each other, then WHY does he just push me away? Answer that!"

Perfect. Tenten and Neji matched each other as perfectly as those snow white bunnies nuzzling their noses together. But who was perfect for him? Sasuke snorted on the inside. This was beginning to sound like some corny daytime soap opera that old women watched. And yet, another flash of pink and, now, light laughter resounded in his mind.

"Maybe he…"

"He has no RIGHT to have an excuse for this. I should just go hunt him down and somehow throw a kunai in his arrogant face."

Though Sasuke had yet to figure out his own life, he knew what he had to do for Tenten. You could say this was a thank you for helping him realize that maybe yes, he still loved Sakura. The question was whether Sakura still loved him? But enough about that, it was time to mend a wrong in Tenten's life.

"I need to go now."

"WHAT? Sasuke!"

He stood up and walked away.

"Sasuke, you ass!"

He ignored her cries. This was for her.

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Artheph's Note: TeamGaiFan, you TOTALLY saw through me!! And thanks for your review!! Hugs