'lub dub'
'lub dub'
'lub dub'
His heartbeat raced with hers. He was growing as nervous as she was. It was like his heart suddenly got this microphone and it was connected to both his ears. He doubted the girl that was too close for comfort, would not hear it; it's too loud NOT to hear.
He couldn't even react properly. His face was beet red and his back was leaning on the edge. He thanked the heavens that she couldn't see his face right now, since her face was buried on his chest and her arms around his waist. Her body pressed against his.
He would never get away with the 'you're heavy' fact…he already used that, besides does he want to get away from this? Great his thinking of things again. Only a jerk would take advantage of a girl in her state…then again he has been called a jerk many times before-…no, no way will he do something like that to her, even if he is a jerk.
How the heck did he get himself into this position?
Flashback…
"Sakura…we're back at the festival. Stop repeating the same idiotic question over and over again" He was tired of this, he kept on hearing the stupid question he would go insane if he heard it again in the next-
"But I just want you to say if you like my hair longer or shorter!" She never gets tired of talking now does she?
That's it he crossed the line of sane. He just decided to ignore everything she says for the next ten minutes or so. That's insanity. Because no sane person would like to get THE Haruno Sakura pissed. She'd blow just like the fifth! A thing she grasped on her sessions with the said Hokage. But luckily for Sasuke, Sakura was used to him ignoring her so she wouldn't go as far as being pissed…at least not on him. She feels sorry for the next annoying thing that would cross her path.
"Sasuke-kun! It's just a word, long or short…promise I won't bother you with the topic ever again." She got nothing.
"Long…Sasuke-kun?" His face didn't move the least bit.
"Short?" He was impassive.
"You're ignoring me aren't you?" Not even a smirk
"Does a single word of what I'm saying for the past minute even entered your head?" She still got nothing. Her right brow twitched.
"Sasuke-kun the issue isn't that big for you to ignore me" She could understand him ignoring her if she forces stuff on him but answering a question as easy as this? That's not enough of a reason for Haruno Sakura to get ignored.
"Mou…Sasuke-kun!" The result is…
"…"
"That's it! If you don't answer me in the next ten seconds I'm leaving you!" Sasuke remained immobile.
10…
9…
"Oh! If it isn't the blooming flower of Konoha! Dear Sakura-chan! What are you doing alone in a wonderful day such as this? I, Lee, would be honored to share your youth on this-"
-He went flying the next second-
3…
2…
Sakura turned her heel around preparing to leave. She was still rooted, not really planning on leaving at all. But in her case she would willingly leave the clueless guy right here right-
a sigh came from him. His ten minutes of insanity was over…just in time.
1…
"So, would you stop bugging me with the same question? Then we could go on with whatever we have to put up with." He turned to her.
"Okay!" She happily went to him, like nothing happened…if something did happen…could she stay mad at him for something as low as this?
They walked side by side to the place where they were before. Was there something else to do here?
Both of them stood still, they were shocked as they both stared at the same structure for a few seconds. It was a huge, very BIG, tall…huge Ferris wheel. How did they miss this in the morning? No, they couldn't have missed it. It was too big to miss! What in heaven's name did they do to get that thing up and running with the short time of them eating lunch!
Sasuke shook his head slightly, thinking he was seeing things. While Sakura just gaped at it.
"Oi…Sakura, are you seeing what I'm seeing?" He nudge his seems to be out-of-it companion.
"I-If you're talking about the h-huge Ferris Wheel r-right there in front of us right now which was not there this morning and had magically appeared there now in full function up and ready to go, then I'd have to say…" Sakura just kept on rambling not being able to tear her eyes away from the said structure.
"I'll take that as a yes" He rolled his eyes.
"TEME! Sakura-chaaaaan!"
"BAKA! They might be having a 'moment' there"
"When are you planning to shut that troublesome mouth of yours Ino, my ears are bleeding"
"N-Naruto-kun, are you okay?"
That made Sakura break her eye-contact from the unmoving thing. Sasuke didn't need to look back to know who those voices belonged to.
"Ino, Naruto, Hinata and Shikamaru-k-" Sakura waved at them all.
"Leave it at that" was the voice that came after. His lips form a straight thin line when he turned to them. He didn't know why but he doesn't like it one bit when Sakura starts calling other guys with that certain suffix. Since that suffix with that voice sounds better with his name.
"Hey, so you lovebirds enjoying your time?" greeted Ino. Sakura's eyes quickly snapped to Ino.
"Shouldn't I be the one saying that?" returned Sakura.
"Ne, ne teme did you like see how they build that thing?" Naruto was pointing to the Ferris wheel.
"No dobe, I was expecting you would since we weren't here at that time." He answered staring at the structure again.
"OH! So that's it! Well, what happened? Did you have a good time?" said Ino, who suddenly placed herself between Sasuke and Naruto.
"I-Ino! I'm sure nothing like THAT happened…r-right Sakura-chan?" Hinata faced Sakura, trying to get a hint of assurance from the girl.
"O-of course not!" Sakura suddenly went red.
"Girls and their gossip, much too troublesome." Muttered Shikamaru to the guys.
"You said it" answered both the 'bastard' and the 'dead-last'.
"Anyway, back to the topic…how bout' you Shikamaru, did you see how that thing was built?" Naruto asked guy who also seems to be observing the structure.
"No, I was too busy being drag by that troublesome girl" He tilted his head to Ino.
"Did you see Naruto? I was wondering myself" Sakura suddenly popped into the conversation. In the background you would see Ino mouthing the words 'troublesome ei?' while pinching the cheek of the annoyed Nara nearer to the group.
"Hm, well I don't know. I thought I was hallucinating when I saw it." Naruto just scratched his head in utter confusion.
"B-but that's real right?" said Hinata, who appeared behind Naruto.
"Only one way to find out" muttered the other two girls.
"Hell no!" was the answer they got from the other two guys.
"Why not? Wanna go Hinata-chan?" Naruto began leading the way as Hinata followed behind. She was a little relieved to know Naruto's hands were full with the 'stuff' he got her, or he would be dragging her all the way with all the 'stuff' she was carrying.
"Sasuke-kun onegai!" Sakura looked at her partner who currently looked uninterested with puppy-dog eyes.
'those eyes again…' He shrugged and began walking towards it too. Sakura beamed and when she caught up, she linked her arms with his.
Shikamaru just gulped at the scene, he was left alone with…
"We're going whether you like it or not lazy-ass" Ino dragged her partner by pinching his cheek again.
'Tsk, I wonder what my swollen cheek will look like tomorrow…troublesome girl' and there he was being dragged AGAIN.
They all met up at where the surprisingly small line of it starts. With Naruto and Hinata, then Sasuke and Sakura, lastly Shikamaru and Ino.
With the guys…
Naruto…jumps in anxiousness.
Sasuke…observing the place, also giving the silver-haired guy who was working the whole thing weird looks.
Shikamaru…also observing the ride, making sure its safe. Who would want to ride their death car anyway?
With the girls…well not enough time, they started going in their separate cars. Very short line indeed!
So let's go back to our favorite pair!
Sasuke seated himself on the left side from the door and Sakura on the right. It began to move as the door was surely locked. Sakura surveyed the glass window to look outside and see Shikamaru being pushed in by Ino on the car next to them, she simply giggled.
"I'm really excited once we get to the top, I'm sure we'll be able to see the entire village by then." She smiled, trying to spark a conversation.
She got a nod.
"So…since this ride is a little…slow…your turn to ask questions. Our tenth question! Finally half the way!" It would be boring if the whole ride would be silent.
"It's…been bugging me but…"
flashback in a flashback! XD
"Christmas probably" Sasuke answered still having a distant look on his face thinking of what to say next.
"Eh? Sasuke-kun I'm making you think huh?" Sakura teased. Sasuke muttered a few curses that were inaudible for Sakura to understand.
"Because I have fond memories of that holiday" Sasuke answered back wearing his victorious smirk. "Oh, really, please be more specific" She'd love to hear a nice childhood story from Sasuke. Another information means closing their gap right?
Sasuke was silent for a few moments. And he slowly closed his eyes trying to visualize his past.
"Oh, nothing much. It's just the day when I met someone who peeped at me when I practiced. What a sly stalker she was." Sasuke felt his lips tugging at the end to form a small smile. Sakura widened her eyes as she remembers that day clearly.
"You're right it was the first time I met you" She said surprisingly. "Yeah, you were actually watching me practice the whole time" Sasuke made his side comment.
"Uh huh, it's also the time where you threw a kunai at me, harsh Sasuke-kun" Said Sakura with fake teary-eyes. "Heh, thought you were an attacker or maybe a challenger. Never thought it would be a girl…then again I do experience girls following me all the time." Sasuke explained.
"Nuh uh, I wasn't following you…I just happened to…you know, see you." Sakura covered up. "Yeah with a present in your hand and gave it to me" Sasuke fought back laughingly.
"Fine, lets drop it" It wasn't really Sasuke who would speak this much in just one topic let's leave it to him to drop out of a nice conversation.
End of flashback in a flashback! XD
"At that time, you gave me a present yet you said it was the first time we met…and that present was…well …so how?" Sasuke pondered this before but decided to ask her later, which was now.
"Oh, well…what I meant by 'first time I met you' was well…properly." Sakura explained to him.
"properly?"
"Yeah, since at that time I introduced myself to you and you introduced well…it was more of a forced introduction just so you could get rid of me." She forced out a laugh.
"So…the present?"
"OH, I met you before that! Without the introduction and all. It was love at first sight!" She laughed at her own silliness.
"Hn" He rolled his eyes as an 'I get it' expression.
"My turn! 11th question! It's also bugging me…but what does 'hn' and 'aa' mean?"
"I don't know" His truthful response
"Oh come on, you have to give me something better than that!" She pouted slightly.
"Really, I just say that when I feel like it" He said once more.
"So when you say 'hn' it's like?" She trailed.
"Whatever"
"And when you say 'aa'…?" She continued.
"Whatever"
"So why don't you just say whatever!" She pouted more. He just shrugged it off.
"We're near the top" He announced. She quickly looks out of the window.
"I knew it, look there's my house…And Tsunade-sensei's office and and…" Sakura was all giddy again.
'works everytime' Sasuke smirked, he got away again!
Then when their car was at the top center of the Ferris wheel. The ride stopped. Causing the car to sway a little.
"W-what? oof"
end of flashback.
That's right she suddenly lunged at me. He shook his head mentally asking himself why he had to remind himself of all THAT.
'okay, pull yourself together…' He breathed heavily then…
"Sakura, what's wrong?" She seems to be holding in tears, she was trembling and he didn't know what to do.
"I-I…I just remembered…I'm afraid of heights!" She gripped his shirt tighter and leaned in more.
Great. So his stuck here, with nowhere to go and lose on what to do. Then something strucked him.
'Damn you Kakashi, I'll have to deal with you later…'
Below…below…below…them on the very bottom of it all…the said damned person was laughing himself mad.
A/N: an update at last! XD please review