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After a few more rounds, due to Sakura's request they left the site of the festival, and were now walking to who knows where?

Sasuke's right eyebrow was twitching, his face twisted with annoyance. Why was he annoyed? It's because of…

"Sakura, stop that" That was not a request, distinguished by the tone.

He was ignored.

Now his annoyance doubled, his brows furrowed. He does not like being ignored, and heck, what happened right now is never going to happen again.

"Sakura. stop. it." He demanded.

Still he was ignored.

Intensified Uchiha annoyance-o-meter, not good.

"Sa-Ku-Ra!" He wants, and will, get her attention no matter what.

"Mm? Did you say something Sasuke-kun?" Sakura turned to him with that innocent look on her face. She saw Sasuke gritting his teeth and she was lost in the pool of confusion.

"I-said-stop-doing-that" Sasuke repeated for her. Obviously not happy about it.

"Stop what?" Sakura asked, feeling all giddy and gave the pink teddy a shake in both of her arms, squishing it to her chest.

"That" Sasuke stated simply, making the Uchiha annoyance-o-meter drop down by a few.

"You mean me smiling at you?" Sakura gave her teddy another twirl.

"I mean, you, twirling, hugging, kissing, killing, squishing, talking, sniffing, eating the damn thing" Sasuke's mouth dropped to a plain straight line.

"I wasn't doing all of those stuff, and I don't eat inedible things, Sasuke" Sakura retorted.

Sasuke opened his mouth to speak but it just stayed open.

"-kun" Sakura finished, as soon as that happened Sasuke closed his mouth shut. His self-imagined meter back to zero.

"So where are we headed this time?" Sasuke changed their topic looking away.

"Well, it's lunch time so I'm taking you to lunch." Sakura answered him cheerfully continuing her merry way. Sasuke on the other hand, stopped abruptly.

He grabbed her wrist as a reflex and turned for another direction.

"Chotto matte yo, Sasuke-kun where are we going? I wanted us to go over there." She pinpointed the opposite direction of which they now have fully turned their backs to.

"I'm treating you to lunch." Sasuke fired back just so she would be quiet.

"No, I'm taking you to lunch, there's a place over there and I'm sure you'd-" Sakura didn't get to finish as Sasuke used force for her to turn to another direction.

"I won't allow a girl to treat me to lunch and-" It was now Sakura's turn to cut him off since she got her wrist back from the mighty Sasuke.

"Listen, I wasn't going to treat you to lunch. So don't get all embarrassed, I made lunch for us. That's what I took from home remember?" She giggled.

Sasuke simply stayed silent.

"Now I wouldn't ever be reluctant to have you treat me to lunch, I was the one who kept asking you remember?" Sakura grinned.

Flashback…

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura shouted from afar as she calls her teammate. Sasuke's reaction was to stop walking away but never turning to her.

"Whew, I caught up" Were the words that came from her lips as she heaved for some oxygen when she was near him. Sasuke though, just rolled his eyes in response.

"That was a tiring morning now wasn't it. But you always do our missions perfectly that's probably why you aren't exhausted at all." Sakura began, she was greeted by silence.

"Anyways, Sasuke-kun I was wondering if you'd like to go out and eat lunch with me" Sakura continued, smiling at one side as she play with both her index finger.

At this, Sasuke opened his mouth to respond to this but Sakura added something else.

"Wait, before you say no, I want you to know that it's my treat. Not because of no particular reason of course, you see it's my birthday and I want to at least spend some time with you." She confessed burning red in as her shyness bubble up.

Sasuke sighed in response.

"We already spent the morning together doing that 'pathetic excuse' as a mission. Go ask the dobe" With that said he left, making her day a sad one.

End of Flashback

"But in this case, I especially worked hard to prepare this meal with us" She held out the bento-box.

Sasuke looked troubled, but nodded. He let her lead him to wherever she wants to go, for he was in deep thought.

After a few minutes of silence, Sakura decided to lighten up the mood.

"I didn't tell you that because I wanted you to feel guilty. I just wanted to br-"

"Gomen" It was a mere whisper.

She stood there dumbstruck, as she wondered whether she heard correctly or not.

"Gomene, Sakura" Sasuke looked straight at her deep emerald eyes, holding it in place.

"I-I guess I was a little…harsh at you…that time…and…I'm really…s-sorry" He turned his head away as his cheeks were tainted pink with embarrassment.

How many times has she dazed out this day? Will there be more phenomenon to happen on this very day. Note to self: mark this day, and make the Hokage proclaim this as a very important holiday.

'Hell yeah! Love rules!' She was hearing this all day from inner Sakura and she never gets tired of it.

"S-sasuke-kun you don't need to apologize, I understand you. You're like that and will probably stay like that but, Apology accepted." Sasuke was greeted by a meaningful sincere smile from her.

Their walk was taking long, did she forget the direction. No she is…was positive it is somewhere around here but where?

"Sasuke-kun?" Sasuke frowned as his moment of silent was broken. He turned his gaze at her, saying she has his attention

"Will you be mad if I tell you that we're lost?" Dumb question.

"Maybe" Was his response.

"Then I won't tell you" She muttered back. Figures. She already made it clear that they are lost. Why'd she even bother?

Both figures stopped walking. Tension was growing, at least one of them can tell.

"U-uh, it's this way I'm sure" Sakura is now nervous as she was stared at with his impassive look of reluctant-ness. The tension did not go away.

Sasuke walked ahead leaving her a few steps behind.

"u-um…since this will be a long walk…" She ordered her useless brain underneath that large forehead of hers to work. Work. Work. Work!

"uh …um…wh-who do you think cares for you the most?" She was met with a face that has a raised eyebrow in question.

"My third question. Our fifth question, you…get what I mean" She smiled nervously. His stare turned into a suspicious one and he turned away and continued walking.

"Hey, you have to answer tha-"

"Who cares for me anyway" Sasuke answered her.

"Nuh-uh that's not true; there are a lot of people who cares for you. Your fa- I mean the people of Konoha, your rela-….um…rookie nine. Team 7, Naruto and Kakashi-sensei, they care about you." Sakura fought back.

"How sure are you?" He answered back darkly.

"Well, I care about you. That you can be sure of" She was not about to lose.

Sasuke smirked. "Well that's my answer"

"u-h…eh! You tricked me" Sakura pointed a finger at him accusingly.

"Well, you told me that yourself, that you care" Sasuke now has that smug look on his face.

Sakura pouted on the outside but on the inside…'hell yeah! Sasuke-kun thinks I'm the person who cares the most!'

"Since you have asked you third question, I think mine should be as well." Sasuke announced, not stopping his walk. Making Sakura stopped pouting.

Sasuke has his moment of silence yet again as he began thinking, making Sakura gulp in anxiousness. Suddenly Sasuke whirled around finding Sakura a few inches away from him with widened eyes.

"What do you like in a guy?" He blurted it out; finally, it was stuck on his mind for the last minutes. After that he quickly turned away and began to walk again.

Sakura quickly caught up with him, smiling mischievously.

"Why'd you wanna know?" Sakura teased.

"Just answer" Sasuke shot back.

"Well…" Sakura placed both of her hands behind her back, her left hand holding her right, and she leaned forward.

"I like someone who's sharp, good-looking, mysterious and comes from a very high prestigious clan, someone like Neji." Sakura beamed.

Sasuke coughed continuosly, it was like he chocked on something.

"Hyuuga! That second-rate white-eyed-freak Why him?" Sakura could feel a hot red aura emit from Sasuke. (no offense Neji lovers, a spur of the moment thing)

'Heck, I am sharp, probably the sharpest one of Konoha. Good-looking? Hah? Whose got more fan girls? Mysterious, I'm more unsociable than him, that freako is no match for me. And a very high prestigious clan? Who's the Uchiha here? UCHIHA!'

"Hehe, nah, I wasn't serious." Sakura stuck her tongue out at him.

Sakura could feel the aura fade away, but in replacement a deep glare is seen.

"I like someone who's superior in taijutsu, bold in his actions and not afraid to show their love for me, someone like Lee-kun"

If possible he would faint, but no he kept his composure, but his eyes were as big as saucers.

"Fuzzy-eyebrows! No way! Like hell would I let you give yourself to the likes of him" Sasuke was now boiling-hot. How could she have preferred that green monster over him. Has hell really frozen over?

"I'm kidding, jeez Sasuke-kun you sure react a lot this day." Sakura teased him more, straightening her composure and made a gesture of thinking.

"What I really like in a guy is not in his looks, abilities, or standard. I like a guy to whom I feel comfortable with, someone who I know cares for me even though he doesn't show it, someone who is sweet in his own way, someone who tries hard to impress me, someone who would willingly protect me from danger even if he himself was at stake" Sakura mumbled word per word

"You didn't end it with 'someone like-' this time" Sasuke pinpointed the obvious.

"Well, I decided to skip that part" Sakura grinned widely as she ran ahead of him and yelling "we're here"

Sasuke arrived a few seconds later scanning the new profound area.

"A lake?" Sasuke said with a deadpanned voice.

"Yup isn't it the perfect place to eat lunch?" Sakura sat near the stream and began unfolding the large handkerchief around her bento box.

"Hn" Sasuke followed her soon afterwards.

"Hey I'm beginning to have a knack for this game so I'll give you my fourth question now making it our…mumble…five….seventh question!"

"Shoot" Sasuke told her.

"Before that I'd just like to congratulate myself for making you speak so much than the usual 'Hn' 'aa' 'shut up dobe' and 'you're annoying'." She gave herself a round of applause.

"My fourth question is…" Sakura paused for a few moments, thinking. Sasuke waited patiently.

"What do you think of me?"

A/N: What ya think? Please review!