Puppeteer
Disclaimer : Naruto was never mine. Never did. Nuh-uh.
WARNING : Story MAY contain spoilers to the Anime watchers.
Advise is to read Chapter 266 onwards and you'll see how hot Sasori is! -drools- There's already a Sasori fanclub!
Summary: Sasori x Sakura… He was the traitor. She was the one who was willing to accept him.
A/N: Oops. I'm sorry for the VERY late update. I just had my End of Year exams. Chapter 6 now! Thanks for all the reviews!
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Puppets : 6
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Sakura wasn't surprised.
Oh no. Of course she wasn't. But there was hope. A little hope was straying in her heart hoping to find him there, beside her, after the night of passion.
Her hand strayed from holding the blanket to Sasori's part of the bed which was empty. It was still warm. Which meant he left not too long ago.
Was her hope desperate?
She let her hand returned to grasp her other hand against her heart. She wouldn't let this put her into misery. She was determined and she wasn't the apprentice for the 5th Hokage for nothing.
She stood up slowly from the bed, swinging her legs by the side. Sakura picked up her clothes slowly, her eyes showing her in deep thoughts.
A shower would do good for now.
Would things between Sasori and her be more awkward?
Again, the little thing in her heart flared with hope that it would not cause things to go wrong with them.
After last night... Was it all nothing?
Questions later. She really could use a shower now.
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Sasori started but not noticeably because the blond ninja asked about what he would rather not faced at this moment. But it was what he was thinking about anyway.
"Where do you think is Sakura-chan?" Queried the blond ninja slurping his ramen from a nearby stall located coincidentally beside the hotel.
Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"How should I know, dobe? Why don't you ask Sasori-kun?" Sasuke sneered with a mocking tone at the last sentence and thankfully, Naruto didn't hear the dobe remark because of the intent to start getting another styrofoamed bowl of ramen from his now favourite stall in the Sand village. It was clear that it was because of it's closeness to the hotel.
Sasori rubbed the spot just above his nose and between his eyes. Last night was certainly an experience. But now asking about Sakura was not a good idea because of that. He felt a certain urge to kill that Uchiha not because of that remark, but the similarity between his older brother was clear.
He hesitated to answer. It was awkward to speak of her after the experience, no, the mistake last night. His lips spoke freely for him.
"How should I know? I may have slept in the same room with her but that does not mean I should keep tabs on her."
His inner voice nodded. A mistake. Definitely a mistake.
Yet another, which seemed to be saying in a tone when one scolds a child seemed to be angry at him.
It's not a mistake and you know it. You refuse to accept it because you LOVE her. A few days is what it takes. Your barrier isn't as high as it was before our grandmother died, ne, Sasori-KUN?
He cursed himself for having a logical voice.
The cursed three words rang in his head, refusing to go away.
You LOVE her.
But that didn't seem to be a huge problem compared to this when he shook out of his thoughts.
"Sakura-chan! Are you okay? You're crying!" That loud voice interrupted his trail of thoughts.
Shit.
Things were DEFINITELY not going HIS way.
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The shower definitely helped a lot.
Sakura let out a yawn, hoping to get some food for her empty stomach. It wasn't enough. Her thoughts kept straying onto a certain puppeteer. She blushed.
It was her first. But surely a handsome cute guy like the man of her thoughts would surely have slept with another woman before. She was quite shocked when under the blanket he told her it was his first too but smiled when he was blushing at that tiny fact about him.
Sakura found a little pride knowing she was his first. But it was certainly weird how he was very experienced.
Maybe the Akatsuki had taught him...
She chuckled mentally letting a smile stray onto her face.
She tidied up the room and made the bed when her cleanliness for things kicked in.
Definitely that I had gotten the habit of cleaning things from my Mother's side of the family.
Sakura left the room but stared at it and approved once she found everything placed neatly. She let out a determined nod when she approached the stairs. She wouldn't let what had happened affect her relationship with Sasori. But it would change tremendously. She thought of happy things and let out a wide smile to face her teammates.
But of course, not everything can be happy even when it's carefully laid out because of Fate.
"How should I know, dobe? Why don't you ask Sasori-kun?"
She waited for the answer from Sasori when she finished hearing Sasuke's question. But Sakura didn't knew she had to dread it. The dreaded sentence.
A pause, but soon enough, an answer.
The smile slipped of her face and didn't want to startle them by the gasp which desperately wanted to escape from her lips because of the casual way the puppeteer had replied to her old crush.
"How should I know? I may have slept in the same room with her but that does not mean I should keep tabs on her."
The tears broke free. Gently, the tears slowly dripped from her face. Her shoulders shook. She should have known better than to hope. She bit back a sob and rubbed her tears with each hands wanting it to stop.
Sakura slowly moved a step back softly and slowly hoping they would not notice her.
"Sakura-chan! Are you okay? You're crying!" Naruto's voice rang out.
Damn.
She REALLY should have known better than to hope.
Sakura quickly wiped her tears and went down the stairs pasting a fake smile on her face.
"Of course! I was just thinking about the past and I wished it was still the good old days!"
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"Of course! I was just thinking about the past and I wished it was still the good old days!"
Sasori winced. He knew it was fake. He knew she was hurt by his mere reply and he didn't really expect her to hear it.
He felt the Uchiha's piercing stare on him.
Sasori rolled his eyes and merely raised an eyebrow back after he concealed his emotions raging in him. The strongest emotions he felt was, regret and guilt.
Sasuke, wasn't stupid. Oh no. Obviously he was not stupid. He wasn't like Naruto, who easily accepted Sakura's answer. There was something between the puppeteer and Sakura yesterday. He would find out why of course.
He wouldn't lose Sakura to some outsider, but it seemed Sasori's sentence made her cry. A chance to win Sakura.
Perfect.
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Okay. Sasuke's insult to Naruto was bad! BOOOO! It's purely Sasori x Sakura except Sasuke wanting Sakura too!
I'm really sorry for late update again! Sasori is so confused ne? Sorry if you're assuming it's a cliffhanger because I haven't gone into the part where how Sasori is going to amend his hurting sentence to Sakura-chan!
Tune in to next chapter! Ja!
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