A Day in Life
By: Sweet Bliss
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
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Chapter 10: Romance
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Sasuke shut the suitcase and looked around at his room. Everything was gone. It was completely bare except for a few posters that wouldn't come off the wall. Today was Saturday and that meant he was leaving tomorrow. He fell back onto the plain mattress of what used to be his bed, and closed his eyes. Naruto had already come by and so did Hinata, Ino, and Shikamaru. Everyone that knew him well enough to call a friend. All except Sakura that is. He hadn't seen the girl since the incident yesterday. Sure he had a few classes with her but she ignored him the whole time, which was unusual for the teen.
"Whatever," he muttered rolling onto his side. It wasn't as if it mattered anyways. If she didn't want to see him then so be it. He didn't want to force her to do something she didn't want to. Time went by to slowly for his taste and he was bored half to death. By this time Naruto and Hinata would be on their date, Ino would be around maybe with Shikamaru, and Neji was apparently talking with Ten-Ten. The pink haired girl was probably forcing herself to actually be nice to that new lady of her father's.
Hearing a rock hit his window, the dark haired teen frowned. The stupid person who interrupted his nap was so going to die. "What the hell do you want," he hissed into the darkness. A figure stepped into the light and he raised a brow. Standing in the little light that shone he saw a girl with bubble-gum colored hair. "Sasuke come here!" she whispered as loud as she could so she wouldn't disturb the neighbors. Sasuke nodded and he ran down the stairs and out the door into the coolness of the night.
Sakura sat on the porch steps of his house her head rested in her hands, elbows resting upon her knees. "What'd you want?" he asked calmly sitting down next to her. Her green eyes flickered with hints of depression and she sighed, "I had to see you before you left even if it would be hard." She scooted herself closer to him and stared up at the sky. "You know it's going to be odd without you, Sasuke. It's always been Naruto, you and me. Then Ino and Shika started hanging out with us. Always us five and we promised to stay here together and help each other out. We cant do that now because somebody broke their promise." Sasuke's onyx orbs stared at her as he spoke coldly, "I can't help that, Sakura. We were seven fucking years old. Things have changed in the last ten years you know. We make friends and we lose them. That's life after all." Sakura nodded and remained quiet. Thinking of what Sasuke just said, Sakura furrowed her brows. She didn't think it was so long ago. She looked back at him and thought of something. His head was rested on the porch railing's side.
"Sing to me, Sasuke," Sakura demanded shifting closer to the boy's warmth. Raising his head up from its resting place the boy replied in his usual fashion, "No." Sakura pouted and laid her head on the boy's shoulder. "Please, Sasuke, you're leaving and you haven't sung to me," Sakura whined, green eyes shimmering in the dim glow of the moonlight. Shaking his head no, the Uchiha reasoned, "You don't want me to sing to you. My songs are too… not your style." The pink haired girl sulked and muttered, "You were singing to your fan girls the other day just fine." Groaning, Sasuke surrendered saying, "What do you want me to sing?" Turning around to face him she said, "Sing a song that describes what you feel for me."
Sasuke lifted his right eye brow and then said, "Are you trying to tell me something or do you just want to annoy the hell out of me?" Sakura smiled cutely and answered playfully, "No, I just want to hear you sing to me! Personally. Something form the sincerest depths of your heart. If you even have one." The last part was rushed and quiet but Sasuke still caught it. Brushing his fingers against her side she giggled and he smirked. He found her ticklish spot. "Are you saying you've given up on Gaara?" He asked his smirk adorning his handsome face. The seventeen year old girl thought of the auburn haired Sand native.
/Flashback/
"You know, you're losing brain cells, right?" She lifted her head to meet charming green eyes that belonged to a boy with a head full of auburn hair. "H-hi." Sakura clamped a hand over her mouth, she was sounding so stupid in front of this hot guy. He gave her a small smile and sat down at the table with her. Orochimaru passed out some beakers and test tubes and a few chemicals for all of the tables. "Okay, it already has some liquid in it, so just add a little bit of the sodium cyanide… or better yet the white salt. Pour until it gets to the ¾ symbol" Orochimaru said to his class. Sakura poured in the cyanide but when Gaara said enough she still kept pouring until it was over flowing. "Sakura, that's enough!" Sakura kept her eyes on the boy who was frantically trying to stop the pink haired girl. "Holy shit." Gaara muttered and Orochimaru instructed, "Everyone! The cyanide in that tube will blow causing a poisonous gas. I want you all to evacuate immediately!"
/End Flashback/
"I don't think of him in that way anymore, Sasuke," she answered between slight giggles. Sasuke moved his hands from her sides and then queried, "What about Hyuuga Neji?" Sakura looked thoughtful for a moment.
/Flashback/
"Shut up, Neji!" Sakura screamed whacking the boy on the head. "What! I just said you were a hopeless case. Fate has already decided that you would never excel in any form of math," the pearl eyed boy defended himself. Sakura stuck out her tongue and as Neji leaned over to get his book, his fingers brushed over the pink haired seventeen year old side, causing her to giggle. "Are… you ticklish?" Neji asked mischievously. He tickled her sides again, receiving his answer in a fit of laughter. This just so happened to encourage the Hyuuga as he was now on top of her tickling her everywhere. "No fair," the green eyed girl cried out, finally stopping the tickle war. Realizing their position both teens turned several colors of red. "I-I'm sorry," Neji said, starting to get up. He was almost off of the girl when she jerked on the front of his shirt, puling him down. Their lips met and what started out as a simple kiss turned into something a little too passionate.
/End Flashback/
"No, Sasuke, I don't like him either. That time with the kiss I guess I was just 'in the moment', shall we say?" Sakura explained wondering why her friend was asking all of these silly questions. He must've had a good reason or he was just being nosy. Sasuke's smirk grew wider as he then questioned, "How about Shikamaru or Naruto?" Sakura almost screamed in fury. "Hell no! Why do I need a lazy bastard and a dumb ass?" Sasuke almost laughed but then he calmed down enough to ask, "What about my brother? Or Kakashi?" Sakura tapped her chin and thought of the red-eyed, black-haired literature teacher. And the 'Paranoid Records' silver haired manager.
/Flashback/
"Mr. Uchiha, I know that Ms. Haruno is a pretty girl but can you concentrate on your work?" Sakura blushed, but Sasuke didn't know whether it was due to Itachi's compliment or his staring at her. Sakura sank in her seat, completely flushed. Uchiha Itachi had said she was pretty. The pink haired girl was so caught up in her daydreaming, she was oblivious to all the fan girls that were glaring at her. Her first day was going perfectly.
/End Flashback/
/Flashback/
Sakura walked in at that moment, bag of take-out food in hand, as she said, "There's this really hot guy outside looking for you, Naruto." Suddenly, a hint of jealousy arose within Sasuke as he looked past the cherry blossom and at the man walking in behind her.
/End Flashback/
"Not them either, Sasuke. What is up with all the questions?" the female was about to pound him until he answered her but he placed a pale finger over her lips and stated, "I've got a few more questions." Sakura nodded dumbly, embarrassed by her friend's antics. "Do you like Rock Lee?" Sakura sat up. The boy with the bowl cut hairdo and the fuzzy eyebrows? He was a good friend. So maybe…
/Flashback/
"So the problem is Itachi won't notice me," Sakura explained going over her whole situation. They had already come to terms that maybe they should stay friends, even though Lee was a little crestfallen because of the news. Now Sakura thought of him as one of the girls and told him everything. Cocking his head to the side, the boy with a bowl cut smiled saying, "If he doesn't notice a sweet cherry blossom like you, then I don't think he really deserves you now does he?" Sakura thought for a moment and suddenly her cup of hot cocoa was surprisingly interesting. Sighing, Lee said with the deepest sincerity, "Listen to me. This Itachi guy is a total waste of time. It sounds like a crush to me, and trust me, I know how it feels to have a crush on someone who doesn't feel the same. Maybe you should wait and your knight in shining armor will come to your rescue. Look for the one who will make you happy. The one you don't have to work hard to please. The person who will love each and every second no matter what you look like. Because if you try and hide from it, that one person just might fall for someone else." Sakura flung her arms around the boy and thanked him softly.
/End Flashback/
"No, I think of him as a friend," Sakura answered truthfully. He was like a really close brother or just another one of her girl friends- except inside a boy's body. Sasuke then leaned his face close to hers. She grew really red and her feelings came back. He then murmured into her ear, his breath tickling her cheek, "What do you think about me?" It was a completely unexpected query and she was afraid to answer it. But when she closed her eyes and tried to keep away the image before her, all thoughts and memories of Sasuke came right to her.
/Flashback/
Her pink hair stuck to her cheeks and clung to the back of her neck. She hated rain but the boy beside her somehow enjoyed it. "Sasuke, do you want to come over for a little while?" Even though she said it in an almost whisper, it somehow became an echo due to the emptiness of the area. North Konoha was where the middle classed people lived, West Konoha being a vacation spot for those of low social standing, East Konoha was paradise for the rich stiffs, and South Konoha was the big cities and factories. Sakura had always wanted to live on the eastern side near the water, but her dreams ended when her mother died. She lowered her head, thinking of her mother always saddened her and the fact that her dad was moving on only after a month. "Yes." Sakura, startled, looked at Sasuke, who was smirking, and blushed from embarrassment that she forgot about her question.
/End Flashback/
/Flashback/
Sakura trudged home with Sasuke, going on and on how great her new friend was, "He's invited me over to his house today at four o' clock to meet his family. Isn't that great?" Sasuke stopped walking. Today at 4:00. His hockey game that she promised to go to was at the same time. She forgot. "Yeah that's great, Sakura. Go on ahead without me. I just remembered that I have to do something." He lowered his head and turned on his heel, walking off to an all too familiar place. Sakura shrugged. And Naruto and Ino said that she was forgetful. 'Oh, well…' she thought walking towards her small, white house.
/End Flashback/
/Flashback/
Sasuke slammed his locker shut, pulling out his navy blue shirt. He was about to put it on, but someone stormed in the room and slapped him. "What the fuck was that for?" he asked, placing a hand to his stinging cheek. "I came all this way, rather ran, just to see you and how am I thanked? By you ignoring me!" Sakura hissed. Turning his bare back to her, the raven hared boy slipped on his shirt, and then muttered, "You didn't have to come. I didn't need you at all." The pink haired, furious girl twirled him around to face her. Obsidian orbs glared at her, startling the girl, watching the usually black eyes flicker into a crimson color. She began to back away against the locker in front of him. "Well, Uchiha, Ino called and said you were waiting on me to show up. She said you were doing horrible. You-" she was cut off when Sasuke kissed her. "Now shut the fuck up," he mumbled into her ear, breath tickling her peach colored skin. Sakura fumed, it was so not the most romantic way to give away her first kiss. "Y-you bastard. I can't believe you did that," she said, voice cracking. It wasn't a big deal. So why was she about to cry? The reason could have been that she was waiting for Sasuke's older brother, Itachi, or that cute lab partner of hers to take it away. Tears slipped down her cheeks. "Damn it, Sakura. Do you have to be so… emotional?" he hesitated on the word emotional, neither him or Naruto were used to seeing her cry. "Get away from me! I can't believe you did that! Y-you… I-I… Why does it always have to be me? Everything goes wrong for me! My mom and dad, Itachi never noticing me, and you taking my kiss… Just leave me alone." The girl pushed passed him as Sasuke watched the door close with a soft click.
/End Flashback/
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"Sasuke, stop! You're hurting me!" The pink haired girl winced at his vice-like grip. He gripped it harder and she bit her lip to fight back tears. "Please, please, let go," she pleaded, knowing her wrist was going to be bruised. He let go and folded his arms across his chest. "What was that about?" she asked, trying hard to squeeze a word out of him. Sighing, the raven haired teen grumbled, "Ever since I was little, my dad has always been trying to make me into a Itachi clone. If I didn't do well he'd scold me and say I should try harder next time. He was constantly on my case and praising Itachi. It was annoying." Sakura nodded, rubbing her sore wrist. "Maybe… we're not so different. I mean… both our dads are bastards," the girl stated. Sasuke stopped and sat down on a bench, Sakura following suit, listening to everything the boy had to say. "I haven't told anybody this except I've been hinting to Naruto. My mom… she's been sick for the past year. She was diagnosed with cancer after dad got together with that new woman I haven't even met yet. And she's been trying so hard to get better so I don't have to live with my father and his new family. But the truth is she's dying and she knows it, she just doesn't want me to worry," Sasuke stopped talking to glance over at Sakura. In the pale glow of the moonlight, she noticed the tears forming at the corner of his eyes. With tears shimmering down her own face, Sakura pulled Sasuke to her in an embrace. Burying her face in his shoulder, the girl fell asleep, being rocked back and forth by Sasuke.
/End Flashback/
/Flashback/
Soft jade eyes landed on the boy who's face had gone extremely pale. His onyx orbs were unreadable at the moment and his fists were tightly clenched. "Did anything… happen to you?" That was not the response she had thought of but she quickly dismissed the thought of him caring for her. She was about to tell him about the man who had pulled her onto him but then shook the question off with, "No, if they did you would've heard about it on the news." Sasuke narrowed his eyes at her and she flinched under his steely gaze. He shook her by the shoulders and asked again, "Are you sure no one touched you?" Her jade eyes enlarged when his obsidian orbs flickered red. "Some guy might've touched me but I got away, Sasuke. Now calm down," She told him. His eyes went to normal and he let go. Sakura flashed him a smile and said, "See? I'm okay. I'll kick their asses if they mess with me!" He smirked at her announcement and then furrowed his brows. Out-of-the-blue he then said, "If you think about it, Shikamaru really has a thing for blondes." Raising a delicate brow, the cherry blossom hit her friend with a pillow. "You're an idiot."
/End Flashback/
/Flashback/
Sliding in beside Sasuke, Sakura 'snuggled' closer and placed her head on top of his chest. "What the hell are you doing?" Sasuke asked grouchily, he was growing uncomfortable already. Sakura raised her head and smiled at him. "My father threatened to kick me out when I caught him and that new woman of his making-out!" He raised a nicely shaped brow and he thought that she was bragging about being kicked out. Her smile drooped and she said, venom dripping with every word, "That idiot even called 'Little Mrs. Perfect' my mom. I left of my own free will and I'm glad because he's going to marry her and try to replace my mom." She dropped her head back down on the pillow and grinned. "I don't think I'm in love, if you'd even call it that, with Itachi anymore. Rock Lee and I talked it over a while ago." Now it was Sasuke's turn to smile- rather smirk- at the news. She turned to her side to face him. She leaned her face in towards his and whispered, "Lee said that Itachi didn't deserve me." Leaning in closer to the cherry blossom Sasuke murmured, "I think I agree with thick eyebrows on that one." If it wasn't dark in the room they could see a hint of a blush on both of the teen's faces. "Goodnight, Sasuke," Sakura said turning away from the boy. "Night."
/End Flashback/
/Flashback/
She found him tying his shoes in the living room a few minutes later. A guitar case sat in a chair across from him and she wondered why he'd need it. "I didn't know you played," Sakura muttered taking a seat beside the seventeen year old Sasuke. He looked up at her bangs covering his pale face. "I play guitar, write lyrics and sing," he answered as if it were no big deal. "Really?" the cherry blossom squealed. Wincing, Sasuke almost regretted he told her. "Sing me something you've written," she pleaded big green eyes growing wide and sparkly. Shaking his head, the ivory skinned boy bluntly replied, "No." Pouting, the flower laid her head on his shoulder and whined, "Please sing for me, Sasuke." Sighing, the boy closed his eyes, afraid that if he looked at her he'd give in. "C'mon, we've gotta go and meet Naruto," he said monotonously offering the girl his hand. Taking it, the pink haired teen reluctantly dropped the subject about Sasuke's singing talents. She'd get him to sing for her and only her one of these days.
/End Flashback/
/Flashback/
"Sasuke! Where are you?" She screamed into the soundless home. It was cold inside the house and she shivered as she walked through the dark hallway. "Sasuke?" her voice grew soft and quiet as she found the boy huddled into a corner. She walked over to him and sat down in front of his figure. Her green eyes filled with tears at the site of him. He was shaking violently and his black eyes were glossy. Hugging his cold body to hers, the cherry blossom shook him back and forth brokenheartedly hearing him whisper, "Mommy, mommy."
/End Flashback/
/Flashback/
Sakura stood out side the office door, her ear against the wooden surface. She wasn't eavesdropping by any means because that would be morally wrong. She was just 'over listening'. Moving aside when she heard the desks scratch against the polished- or used to be polished- floor, Sakura watched as Fugaku exited first then Sasuke. His shoulders were slumped and his face held an expression of… sadness? "Sasuke, what's the matter?" she queried, green eyes staring intently at him. His gaze averted hers as he replied, "I'm leaving Sunday. I'm not gonna see you again." Sakura stepped back not believing his words. "B-but you can't leave!" she screamed ignoring the stares others gave her. "S-Sakura… I," he tried to reason but she wasn't listening, "Get away from me! You're a liar, Sasuke!"
/End Flashback/
Sakura opened her eyes to see Sasuke staring at her softly. His eyes locked with hers before a brief moment or so as he leaned back in. His lips were a few centimeters away from her sand she could distinctly feel his hot breath. "Sasuke, stop!" she ordered backing away before he kissed her. Her eyes watered with tears as she said, "Whatever feelings I have for you, if I have or had any to begin with, won't matter much now. They'll just be crushed in the end. I'm sorry," Sakura stood up and sprinted away from whatever feelings and emotions she had for her raven-haired friend.
…TBC…
A/N: Okay, here's the tenth chapter and I think I've got it written faster than I expected. This chapter is to remind you of the SasuSaku relationship so far, it's mostly made of flashbacks. Anyways the next chapter will be the rest of Neji's confession to Ten. A little bits of TemaShika. A lot of NaruHina and InoShika. Shikamaru's decision and Sasuke's departure.
It's closely coming to an end. (sniff) Oh well, I love you reviewers so much and I'm like totally loving you all so much! This is like my best story so far! YAY! I feel so loved. Ahem, anyways, just want to say thanks for your support once more and hugs to all of you reviewers from me!
P.S. I've already started on a new SasuSaku (maybe) story. It's still in the planning process though. I'll give you some previews at the end of this story!