AN: Hey readers! I'm sorry about the late update. See I was so busy for the last 2 weeks or was it 3. Well anyway, I was so busy practicing for this dance competition which will be held at our school so everyday I come home tired. And another thing was I was sorta having a writer's block so again I apologize for the late update. Hontoni Gomenasai!

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"Let's go" Sasuke said with…gentleness? In his voice. O.O "Where?" Sakura talked back. "to the festival…"

'to the festival…' Those words coming from Sasuke were like a dream to her. In fact, all of this is like a dream to her. HIM holding HER hand. HIM taking HER to the festival. HIM smiling just for HER. HIM being UCHIHA SASUKE. 'This' could all be a dream she was still probably dreaming in her bed.

Sakura pinched herself slightly and winced at the tiny pain she just felt. She sighed dreamily for she was glad this wasn't just her silly fantasy.

"Sakura what are you doing?" Sasuke spoke seeing what her past action was. She pinched herself which was…weird. She blinked a couple of times before his words sunk deep into her mind.

"Uh…Oh! Um…just making sure of something, hehe" Sakura laughed nervously. Sasuke gave her a weird look before continuing their walk.

'oh, gosh this isn't a dream. This is real. All of these are real. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh!' Sakura was now getting tense. For what was happening and for a feeling that she has been having since a moment ago, though she pushed the last bit aside thinking it wasn't important.

She still can't believe the fact that Sasuke was holding her hand. A pinkish shade started to form on her cheeks and her hand stiffened a bit.

"Um, Sasuke-kun…I'm just wondering out of…curiosity. Why are you…" Sasuke stopped and looked at her. She has an uncomfortable gaze on something but what? He followed her gaze and it landed on their linked hand.

"You don't like it?" Sasuke asked her simply. Actually for him it was quite nice holding her soft smooth hand but if it was a bother to her then he'll stop.

"No, no! I'm just asking…why?" For Sakura it was the same although hers were being held by a calloused hand it still felt nice. But for what was bothering her was that why is he doing this.

"And why not?" Sasuke replied coolly followed by a smirk. He knew she couldn't reply to this and continued walking with her.

"Oh" was all that came from her just like he predicted. He felt her hand relax and was glad for it. Another problem solved.

Sakura though still couldn't get the queer feeling to subside. Now that she was actually paying attention to it. A queer feeling about what? When she looked at the ground she spotted a shadow, wait make that two…and another…and another.

Sakura looked up for who these shadows belong to and found her answer on the queer feeling she was getting. There glaring at her were those ridiculous fan girls of the man who was holding her hand.

Why hadn't she noticed before? Simple she was too busy in her own world with Sasuke.

So the queer feeling that she was getting was in fact burning glares piercing through her body. She just observed them for she can't stop and talk to them or run away, wait why would she run? She's not doing a crime. Sasuke picked her to be with him so why would she have a fight with these girls.

'Shandaro! In your face ugly idiotic fan girls.' Inner Sakura shouted burning up. The real Sakura though was just staring at them, observing them as they glare at her.

They were all dressed up in kimono. With make-up in their faces and they really fixed their hair for this occasion.

She on the other hand just wore a kimono and had her hair piled up in her head. Intentionally making a few loose strands of her pink locks to fall down and some to frame her face. She didn't actually wear thick or light make-up. She was just herself. Unbeknownst to her that she looked absolutely stunning in every man's eyes and also to Uchiha Sasuke's eyes.

Now she began to think, wouldn't Sasuke notice these girls glaring at her with pure jealousy? They were all over the place and they weren't running or sprinting they were just walking in a normal pace. Only a blind person wouldn't notice them.

'Why DID Sasuke-kun chose me instead of…' Sakura's thoughts trailed in her mind.

'because we are in a different level than they are'Inner Sakura shouted again.

'No I mean really, Look he doesn't even give a damn that these girls are glaring at me.' Sakura would obviously not take her inner mind's reason. For she know that it is so not true. Some of these girls that they have just passed looked even more beautiful and attractive than her.

'maybe he's just thinking about other things' Inner Sakura answered to her previous thought.

'maybe…or maybe his using me to get away from these girls!' Sakura found a possibility and has a great feeling this was the truth. Inner Sakura was quiet without a reaction for the first time. She felt her heart became heavy and has sunk lower in depression.

'It was better that he didn't get my hopes up now it hurts more' She frowned and all her happiness went away.

Seeing that the girls are slowly dispersing and that they were left alone again, she couldn't help but ask him why again.

"Sasuke-kun…I'm going to ask you the third question…" She has to use this game or else she'll probably get no answer from him.

"What is it?" Sasuke said with a little bit of annoyance present in his voice. He was getting irritated with all the stopping of this very short…or long walk. But he didn't stop, thinking this was another stupid question.

"Why chose me?" Was heard from Sakura. It was said in a low tone almost in a whispering tone but Sasuke heard it. Keen senses! That stopped Sasuke. But his face went from pissed to worry as he saw her heart-broken face when he turned around.

He opened his mouth to ask why she was like that when he realized what her question meant. So he closed his mouth shut and let her continue.

"O-out of all the girls Sasuke-kun why me?" Sakura expanded more. 'I know the answer I just want to hear it from him so it'll…it'll…only get worse.' So asking wasn't going to make things better. She heard Sasuke sighed heavily and looked up to his face with a smile.

"You are not like other girls." Sasuke said in a flat tone.

"Is that it? Then I'm right you're only using me to get away from your…your fan girls. Your only taking me to the festival because of that aren't you? I knew it, I shouldn't had my hopes up. Expecting that this is how I envisioned my day with you." Sakura said lowly. Sasuke heard every bit of it.

"You anticipated this?" Sasuke asked smirking.

"Well kind of, dreamt of it but that doesn't matter it was a dream and that's all it is." Sakura was now being embarrassed for even telling him that.

"No really, do tell" Sasuke was cornering her with question and she should be the one asking!

"If you must know, you were telling me lots of stuff of how you just on thinking about me and that you can't get me out of your head and all those crap." Sakura hissed slightly feeling Inner Sakura-like.

"Some dream" Sasuke retorted. 'so I am really readable' thought Sasuke.

'hey it was one of the sweetest dreams I have ever had' Inner Sakura yelled. Sasuke got rid of his façade once again and straighten out this little mess.

"I'm not using you Sakura." Sasuke smiled. 'you know me'

"Then answer my question" Sakura was pushy now. first she was depress then angered then depress again.

"For some reason to me you just stand out. You're a person who's strong enough to not think of herself when you're protecting others. You'd be willing to risk your life for the persons you love. Which is reckless and utterly dumb" Sasuke explained as his smile turn to a smirk. Sasuke was dead serious

Sakura pouted for a bit but then smiled sincerely. Sakura was happy enough for that he was not using her. She knows Sasuke wouldn't hurt her like that she just had to be sure that's all. Sasuke and her got closer over the years so he wouldn't treat her as badly as that though he was still the same as ever. But what really made her calm down was realizing that her Sasuke-kun acknowledged her.

'you're so low, told you it was nothing' Inner Sakura grinned victoriously.

"So are you coming or am I leaving you?" Sakura blinked. Sasuke was already 2 meters away from her. She hasn't even felt his hand let go of hers. She grinned and went after him. "Coming!"

Before she knew it, Sasuke was back in holding her hand and they were walking again. She soon found herself passing her house.

"Ah! Wait. Sasuke-kun I'll just go and get something okay?" Sakura left Sasuke's gentle grip and ran to her house leaving the boy outside waiting.

Boink! "Ouch" Clang! "Ah!" Donk! "Aw, why is that here?" Bag! "Oh my gosh it fell!" swoosh "where did I put it" creek creek creek "how could I forget it's upstairs!" Slam! "stupid door in the way" thud thud "ah here it is" oof! "who closed the door!" AHHH smash thud thud thud "better be careful with that last step.

After that commotion, Sakura stepped out of her house slowly. With a gentle smile covering her panting state.

"I'm done let's go" Sasuke has a huge sweat-drop on the back of his head hearing all the smashing things inside the house. He raised an eyebrow in question earning an explanation from Sakura.

"Oh you see when I entered the house to get this" Sakura held out a package wrapped in a large handkerchief to what it seem and continued. "When suddenly because of the darkness I smashed with the cabinet. Hit my feet with the coffee table. And I landed on the sofa. I entered the kitchen and searched the cabinet and a pot came falling down making a huge bang sound echoing through the whole house." Sakura explained expressing it with both of her hands forming a huge circle. "Anyways, I searched the whole cabinet throwing all the stuff around the kitchen making it a mess but I still couldn't find it. Then I remembered that it was in my room so I went up with those creepy stairs creaking. I opened the door gently and guess what it slammed on the wall! I paced through my room and I finally found it! But when I was about to get out my face met the door which was not suppose to be closed! And I was hurrying my way down when I tripped on the last stepped causing me to crash down the floor and then I'm out!" Sakura was finally out of breath as her story was told.

'baka, you told the whole embarrassing story to Sasuke-kun now what will he think of us' screamed inner Sakura slapping her forehead.

Sasuke was laughing hard as soon as she finished.

"What?" asked the now confused Sakura. Sasuke just kept on laughing. "What!" repeated Sakura who seem to miss out every good detail of the day. "I said what!"

"You act so childish-like" Sasuke said between his giggles. "Hey!" Sakura jokingly pinched him in the face. He still kept on laughing. "And you're also clumsy." Continued Sasuke. He hasn't laughed like this for years. Sakura really does make him do unbelievable things.

"That's why you're so likeable." Sasuke smiled. With that said Sakura turned around wide-eyes and Sasuke regretted the whole thing.

"What did you just say Sasuke-kun?" Sakura couldn't believe that Sasuke told her she's actually likeable 'SCORE' yelled inner Sakura once again

"Hn" Sasuke quickly replied

"Sasuke-kun answer me do you really meeeeaaaaaan it?" Sakura teased.

"Aa" was his reply and held out his hand. "Let's go"

"Where again?" Sakura asked still not being able to understand the Uchiha's word. The un-understandable "Hn" and "Aa".

"To the festival you dummy where else, we just stopped because of you." Sakura quickly grabbed his hand and dragged him.

"C'mon let's go!" Sakura yelled while dragging the now tagging along Uchiha.

"Well you're bursting with energy now." Sasuke told her.

"Well Duh, our house is near the festivities see!" She pointed in a distance the festival.

"You don't have to hurry it's not even lunch time yet." Sasuke implied. He doesn't want to be dragged all the way by a GIRL.

"Let's just hurry please, it's still a little far but we'll make it." Sakura pleaded with her puffy puppy-dog eyes and that pouting lower lip.

"Fine" Sasuke muttered. Sasuke intentionally got out of her grip and lifted her up bridal-style.

"W-What are you doing Sasuke-kun!" Sakura instantly grabbed his neck with her two hands fearing he would let go.

Sasuke didn't answer. Instead he put his two hands together and form several seals. Next thing Sakura knew, in front of her was the festival. All the stall and the one and only Ferris wheel ride.

"Ah, sugoi Sasuke-kun who taught you teleportation?" Sakura asked astounded by his superb technique level.

"Who else but our perverted teacher" Sasuke's eyes darken wondering if their sensei is up to no good.

"Well, c'mon" Sasuke yet again grabbed her hands and entered the festival with Sakura being amazed by everything that was within the festival grounds. But their enjoyment was cut short when they heard a familiar shriek.

"HEY, forehead-girl what are you doing here with Sasuke-kun!" Obviously it was a girl. Sakura instantly recognize her as for Sasuke he simply shivered in disgust. Sasuke's fear is composed of lowly things, that it does.

Sakura turned around stuttering nonetheless. "I-Ino…!".

A/N: Againhoping to receive more reviews from you! Until next time.