Behind Those Eyes

Summary: Sakura is a strong and spirited sixteen year-old college student, working as a nightclub waitress. Becoming someone's mistress wasn't what she really wanted. All she wanted was true happiness. She doesn't want to pretend and lie anymore. Love seeks her but is it true love?

Chapter Two: Thank You

Sakura went as far away from Sasuke and Naruto as possible and poured drinks for some customers. But she could still feel the two guys staring at her, giving her annoying funny looks.

She ignored them completely and went to collect some drinks when Ten-Ten appeared and nudged her on the elbow.

"Girl, I can't believe it. You are actually standing up for yourself… oh man…"

Sakura was quite taken aback by the remark. Don't the girls stand up for themselves? They let people push them around? She grabbed the cleaning cloth hanging by her waist and wiped down the glasses she was holding.

"Naruto and Sasuke are the baddest boys in the whole of Konoha. They usually fire the girl if they find her rude or snotty. You are the first girl whom they can't take their eyes off," Ten-Ten averted her gaze from Sakura to the few workers surrounding them and continued, "Now you know why this nightclub has so little girls. No one would dare to disobey them."

Sakura stole a glance at the two guys and they waved at her, both had a grin on their faces. She quickly turned back before letting them see she had blushed.

Sakura looked up at Ten-Ten and said in understanding, "I see… though how come you and that blue-haired girl keep telling me to beware tonight huh?"

Ten-Ten's expression became serious and her tone changed. "Do you really want to know?"

Sakura nodded rather eagerly in interest, neglecting the drinks.

"Okay, well the thing is…" Ten-Ten turned a salmon shade and said reluctantly, "They usually bed the new girl that works here and if you disobey them, you will be fired."

"What!" Sakura refused to accept this as true and took a moment to compose herself. "So…you…" she stammered, Sakura was also shy on private matters, but fortunately for her she did not have to finish.

"Yes… I had no choice… the pay here is good so I just did it but hey, they prefer virgins more and thankfully for me, I lost mine when I was around your age," Ten- Ten spoke in a rushed voice.

Sakura was still a virgin and she definitely had no plans of losing it at this age.

"Why is it that nobody dares to disobey them?" Sakura asked, trying to change the topic.

"They are rich, Naruto and Sasuke are close friends almost like brothers. They are also skilled and they are hot, aren't they? Well, just beware and once you are knocked off, go home from the back door, they usually wait at the lounge nearer to the entrance."

Ten-Ten carried her drinks and gave Sakura a just-relax pat on her shoulder as she walked off.

Sakura was still dazzled as she noticed the drinks still in her grasp. She also hadn't noticed that a familiar looking blue-haired girl was standing in front of her.

"Hey… Sakura," the girl said politely.

Sakura jumped at the unexpected voice and snapped back to reality. "Hey."

How did she know my name?

"I'm Hinata," she put out her hand, locking her gaze with Sakura's.

Sakura smiled at the friendly gesture and shook it lightly.

"You're cute, that's why they can't keep their eyes off you."

Sakura shrugged, deciding on whether she should feel flattered or not. "Oh…"

"Sakura-chan, I must warn you about something…" Hinata sounded serious and she lowered her voice, "The nightclub battle just started, you must be careful, okay? Try not to loiter around the dark alley at night."

Sakura opened her mouth to say something but Hinata placed her hand on Sakura's mouth before she could utter a word.

"The boys will try something nasty tonight, you must be careful, okay?" Hinata gave her an almost comforting and pitying look before walking away.

Sakura's mouth was still half open and then she figured out the message behind the fellow worker's words. Hinata was also new around so she must have obeyed them and bed them. This explained what she was doing this afternoon.

Thinking of it made Sakura grossed out. She wouldn't even flip a page of any teen magazine if it had an exposing lady plastered on the cover.

She looked at the clock, 1 more minute until midnight. Sakura was glad the worst was over for tonight but then remembered Ten-Ten's and Hinata's warnings.

Sighing, she sneaked to the staff's changing room. She happily got out of the flimsy outfit and placed it in her locker.

Sakura decided to leave by the back door silently just as Ten-Ten had advised.

She tiptoed to the back door and crept out. Once she stepped out of the nightclub into the night, she heaved a sigh and breathed in the refreshing air.

If only she could be this lucky everyday, but as she faced the alley, she felt an odd sensation rising within her. It was cold and quite dark.

The street lamps were broken and there was not a single person there. She walked swiftly, surveying her surroundings. It was a fifteen minute walk back to the Happiness inn.

As Sakura continued walking onwards into the alley, she accidentally kicked an aluminium can and once the clatter subsided, she heard some fighting noises from afar.

Oh gosh, this is not good. She hid behind a large stone block which covered her almost completely from view and peeked over the rough stone into the darkness. She saw a shadowed figure which was the split image of Sasuke, but an older one. Sakura squinted to also see a tall masked man and a red haired man who looked to be her age.

They were mocking Naruto and Sasuke, their hands crushing their fingers. Sakura could feel their pain instantly. She gasped softly. The split image of Sasuke ran his eyes over Sakura.

At once, his intimidating and vivid red eyes obliterated the boulder in a flash and his ruby orbs moved Sakura towards his legs with unbelievable force. Sakura did not dare to meet his eyes which were filled with unmistakable pain and hatred.

Naruto and Sasuke witnessed the scene, not knowing what he would do to Sakura.

He raised his hand and touched her cold face. He hissed softly, "You better stay out of this."

Sakura wanted to dodge and swipe his unwelcome hand away but his presence froze her every movement. She only looked at him fearfully, wishing he would remove his hand.

Naruto shouted suddenly, "Hey, keep your dirty hand away from her."

Sasuke helped the blonde get up and they both glared at him with dislike.

"Silly fool, she must be your waitress," The tall masked man mumbled.

"I'll show you what I can do to her," The splitting image of Sasuke smirked.

He threw Sakura to the wall, and pinned her tightly with his toned arms.

"I want you to quit their nightclub and join ours."

Sakura responded deafly to his words and struggled with his grip, but the force on her was tremendous. Naruto pulled him away and fought with him furiously, he was enduring the pain. Sakura collapsed and a glass bottle pierced her knee, she felt the blood trickling slowly through her hand.

Sasuke hurried over and carried her in a bridal style. Naruto immediately joined them and rode his BMW away.

Sakura looked at the blood flowing from her knee, the opening was rather deep. She gritted her teeth; she could not bear the pain.

They arrived at the inn in record time and Sakura tried to limp out only to fall down and be carried by Sasuke again. He carefully lifted her up and brought her to her room.

Sakura stared at him, he looked so grave and there was blood flowing from his hand. He placed her gently on the hard bed.

Naruto came in, looking around the room, taking in its size. "Small place you have here, eh?"

He made himself comfortable on the bed. There were no chairs in the room, only a bed, a small cupboard, a small fridge and one small TV. Sakura had no energy to talk back. Naruto grabbed some ice cubes and wrapped them loosely in a wet towel.

Sasuke carefully removed the shattered glass from Sakura's knee which was becoming quite swollen. She screamed in pain and held onto the bed sheets tightly. Naruto used the wet, cold towel and gently wiped the cut. It pricked at first then slowly Sakura felt much better. The blood had stopped flowing.

Sakura looked at the both of them and muttered a quick "Thank you."

Sasuke's eyes met hers and he grinned. "What did you just say?" He teased. Sakura blushed and tried to talk loudly, she didn't want them to know she was shy. "Did I say anything?… Huh… you must have heard wrongly."

"I thought I just heard a helpless girl say something like THANK YOU?" Sasuke spoke the last two words particularly loudly for effect and stared into her emerald eyes. Sakura flushed a deeper tone of pink.

"Stop teasing her, you jerk," Naruto pushed Sasuke lightly. Sakura discovered that the both of them had bleeding arms. "Hey… isn't it painful?" She pointed to their arms in concern.

Naruto smiled, "It doesn't hurt as long as you are next to me." He had a perverted expression on his face. Sakura pushed him away hastily.

"Ouch, ouch." Naruto and Sasuke faked the pain and gestured to their arms.

"Hey girl, we helped you, so shouldn't you at least help bandage us?"

Sakura argued back, "Hey, I was not doing anything wrong and yet I got beaten up."

She reached for the new towel as it had dropped to the floor and she bent down to retrieve it.

As she bent over, she unknowingly revealed a bit of her back. Sasuke grinned mischievously and tried to touch it but Sakura got up before he could and eyed him suspiciously.

"What are you trying to do?" She asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Just trying to help you get the towel, it doesn't pay to be kind eh?" Sasuke shrugged his shoulders.

Sakura made use of the towel by wiping the blood off Naruto and Sasuke's arms. They were eyeing her with lust in their eyes. Sakura who was oblivious to this got some bandages and bandaged their arms neatly.

"There, feeling better now?" Sakura smiled sweetly and then she realized that what she did was wrong.

Naruto pinned her down on the bed lightly and blew cold air towards her face. Sasuke caressed her soft pink hair.

"Hey," Sakura muttered and pushed them away from her.

"You know you want this," Naruto smirked and grabbed her wrist to pull her towards him.

"No, I never hoped for this," Sakura snarled and swept her hand away.

Sasuke wrapped his arms around her slim waist and hugged her from behind, rubbing his head against her back.

"Stop that!" Sakura demanded and got up quickly. In a second, she fell back and her leg began bleeding again. Naruto got the towel and wiped the blood away.

"I told you not to move around. See, you injure yourself unintentionally," Naruto laughed and made sure her wound would not open again.

Sakura looked at them, how could she forget Ten Ten and Hinata's advice?

These guys were out on taking her virginity.

"Don't you guys need to go back?" She said suddenly and pointed to the wall clock. It was already 1 am and she had school tomorrow.

"No, we can sleep here, right?" Sasuke and Naruto exchanged grins.

"No, there's not enough room anyway and I have school tomorrow so can you guys please leave?" Sakura begged them.

"School? How old are you?" Sasuke asked.

Sakura looked at them, "I'm only… sixteen."

"Wow, we thought you were eighteen," Naruto exclaimed in surprise and ruffled his hair.

"Well, I look mature for my age. So please leave," Sakura faked a smile.

"We want to make sure you're okay," Naruto spoke in an innocent voice.

"I'm fine. A small cut like this won't get me down," She laughed in reply and straightened her clothes.

"I wonder who this fool is who screamed like hell just now and wouldn't let go of the bed sheets," Sasuke said jokingly.

"Okay… okay… I'm the biggest fool on planet earth so please leave," She went for the door and opened it, gesturing her hand. Sasuke and Naruto stood up.

"I'll miss you," Naruto said playfully.

"What about a goodbye kiss from you, darling?" Sasuke asked but he knew the sort of response he'd get in return.

"Oh… just leave will ya?" Sakura pushed them out, eager to rid of them.

As she locked the door, she heard Naruto shout happily, "We'll check on you tomorrow whether you like it or not."

Sakura broke into small fits of giggles at this; they could be cute at times. She blushed as she visualized them helping to clean her wound.

I wouldn't mind the pain even I fell down a hundred times with them helping me.

She went and bathed. Even when the water seeped through her wound, she did not scream or wince from the pain. She was thinking of them. Naruto and Sasuke.