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"Well okay. If you have any problems, please let me know. I'll help you with anything even if it's something that I can or cannot do, okay?" Sasuke said.

Sakura nodded, "Hai, I will!"

Sasuke smiled, "Let's go back to the others." They went back together.

Chapter 5-A Dream and a Promise?

Sasuke and Sakura went back to their friends and sat down in their seats.

"I-Is everything all right with you, Sakura-san?" Hinata asked worriedly.

Sakura nodded, "Hai, everything is fine. I just got something in my eye, that's all. No need to worry about little old me."

"O-Okay, I thought something was bothering you w-when I saw a couple of tears at the e-edge of your eyes, but I'm glad to h-hear that." Hinata gave Sakura a warm smile.

"So Tenten, I was wondering, when will the baby be born?" Ino turned to look at Tenten, curiosity written all over her face.

"Well actually, Neji and I will be having our baby next month." Tenten replied excitedly.

"Really? Wow, that's really cool! I guess you must be very excited to have baby, right?"

"Of course! I always wanted to have a baby ever since I was young and we're ready to become parents. I can't wait to hold our baby for the first time and hold its tiny hand. Waii! It's going to be so cute! I can hardly contain my excitement any longer!" Tenten giggled.

"Haha, I never thought your wife would act like that, Neji." Naruto whispered.

"She always been like that, ever since we first met, but I don't really mind because I love her with all my heart. That's what matters." Neji scratched his head.

"Yeah, I can tell. You're really lucky to have her though. I'm sure you're going to be great father." He placed a hand on Neji's shoulder, a smile forming on his face.

"Thanks Naruto. I'm extremely grateful to have you as a friend." Neji said.

"Do you know what gender the baby is going to be?" Sasuke asked.

"We're not sure yet, but it doesn't matter whether it's a boy or girl…just as long as we have our cute baby. Hehe." Tenten giggled.

"A-Ano Ino and Shikamaru…I heard that you guys are getting m-married next month. Is that true?" Hinata questioned, a blush crept into her face.

Shikamaru nodded, "Yeah, we're getting married next month. Ino complained about a lot of things that it got so troublesome. So, I finally proposed to her and now she's happy."

"That's great! I hope your wedding turns out great!" Sakura said.

"I hope so too because I wanted our wedding to be perfect and I'm so excited to wear my white wedding dress. I've been trying it on once in awhile and it shows how beautiful I am! It's going to be so romantic…my dream is finally coming true." Ino daydreamed.

"Hey Sakura, now that we met, I'm sure we're going to become good friends. I would like for you to come to our wedding."

Sakura looked at Ino surprised at her offer, "Really! Are you sure it won't be a bother for me to come? I don't want to be a bother to you if it is."

Shikamaru shook his head, "It won't be. It'll be troublesome if you don't show up because Ino will complain. Sasuke, I would also like for you come to our wedding. I wouldn't be nice of me if I left you behind."

Sasuke smiled, "Sure, I'll come to your wedding. I wouldn't miss it."

"Great! We'll send you an invitation." Ino clapped her hands merrily.

"So anyway Sasuke, it's almost time for you to go back to work, right?" Naruto asked, looking at his watch.

Sasuke checked his watch and read '1:50pm.' "You're right Naruto, I should get going. It was fun meeting you guys and hopefully we can do this again sometimes."

"Yeah same here. We hope that we'll all have time to hang out like this again." Ino smiled.

"Maybe we should go somewhere to have fun." Tenten said.

"I got an idea, how about having a barbeque party at my place?" Naruto asked.

"That sounds like a great idea, Naruto. I wouldn't mind going there. Don't you guys agree?" Neji said.

They nodded, "Yeah!"

"Great, how about this weekend…let's say…Saturday?" Naruto suggested.

"Sounds good to me. It's my day off." Sasuke nodded in agreement.

"All right, Saturday it is! Sakura, you can come too."

"Hai! I will definitely come! I love to eat barbequed food!" Sakura giggled, giving Naruto thumbs up.

"Great, here's my address Sasuke and Sakura. I'll see you that day." Naruto gave them his address written on a piece of scrap paper.

"Thanks, I'll see you later." Sasuke stood up and walked off, heading to work.

"I have to go too. I have a few things to do. It was nice talking to you! See you guys at a party. Sasuke-kun, wait for me!" Sakura followed after him, running and waving at her new friends.

"Hey Naruto, are you sure you don't want to tell Sasuke about…well you know. The one we were talking about in the beginning?" Shikamaru leaned on one hand, looking at Naruto lazily.

"No, I don't want to mention to him about that person because it might hurt him even more than it is. I think its best not to tell him." Naruto drank his half filled glass of water.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Sasuke must have forgotten already. So, I guess we should leave it like it is." Neji said.

"Yeah…"

-Sasuke and Sakura—

"Ano…Sasuke-kun?" Sakura whispered shyly, staring at her twiddling index fingers.

"Hai?" Sasuke turned to look at her.

"I was wondering…if you still…" Sakura stopped in her tracks as well as in her sentence.

"Still what?"

Sakura shook her head, "Never mind! I'll see you later! Ja ne!" She started running backwards while waving at Sasuke.

Sasuke watched Sakura's figure disappear. "Hmm, I wonder what she's trying to tell me. Well, I've better get back to work."

-Apartment—

Sasuke lay down his bed, "I can't stop thinking about what Sakura wanted to tell me…I wonder what it is. I should sleep now, but it's still haunting my mind." He switched the lights off and slowly dozed off.

"Sasuke-kun, look, look, isn't that bunny kawaii?" A pink haired girl pointed.

Sasuke looked at where she pointed and saw a bunny made out of snow.

"Isn't it cute?" She asked again.

"Yeah, it is cute." Sasuke agreed.

"Ne Sasuke-kun, I was wondering...do you like anyone?" She looked at him curiously.

Sasuke stared at her surprised when she asked him that question, "Why would you ask me that question?"

She rubbed her hands against each other, "Um…No reason…I was just curious…that's all…"

"Um okay…"

"So Sasuke-kun, do you want to go play?"

"Sure! What do you want to play?"

"Hmm…Let's play hide-and-seek! You count and I'll hide!"

"Okay! I'll count!" Sasuke covered his face with his hands and started counting. "1…2…3…"

Sasuke finished counting to 100. "Ready or not, here I come!" Sasuke started looking for her.

-30 minutes past—

Sasuke saw her hiding behind a giant tree. "Ah ha! Found you!" He pointed at her.

"No fair! You cheated!" She shouted.

"I didn't cheat, I won fair and square." He crossed his arms.

She stuck out her tongue and Sasuke laughed.

"I have never seen this tree before. It's so big!" Sasuke stared at the gigantic tree standing before him.

"I've been here before. I always come here everyday whenever I have problem. This tree helps me solve my problem and it makes me forget everything."

"Ah, that's cool. Maybe I should try it sometimes." Sasuke said.

"You should and it's great… Hey, I got an idea!" She shouted.

"Nani?"

"Since you already know about this place, why don't we meet here and play together? That way, it'll be easier to meet."

"Hey, not a bad idea. Yeah, let's do that!" Sasuke said.

"All right, this will be our secret place, just the two of us, okay?"

Sasuke nodded, "Okay!"

"Promise that you won't tell anyone about this place?" She raised her little pinky up to his face with an innocent face and a smile.

"Hai, I promise." Sasuke and the little pinked hair girl pinkies bonded together.

She smiled, "Okay! Let's play again tomorrow!"

"Sure. See you tomorrow!"

"Ja ne, Sasuke-kun!" She waved.

Sasuke watched her slowly disappear in the horizon. "I hope to see you again."

-Morning—

The alarm clock rang loudly in his ears, "WAKE UP, WAKE UP! IT'S 5:30AM! TIME TO GO TO WORK, WORK, WORK! TIME TO EAT BREAKFAST, BREAKFAST, BREAKFAST!"

Sasuke reached for the clock and turned it off. "This is something new…I never dreamt about this before. Who was that girl? Why do I keep dreaming of her? Is she someone I know or some stranger? I don't understand this…This never happened to me before. I have to get going now or else I'll be late for work." Sasuke got off the bed and went to the bathroom.

Sasuke dressed up and ate his breakfast, which consisted of sunny side-up eggs, bacon, and a toast with butter spread on it. He began to read the newspapers he just picked up from his front door.

His eyes widened when he saw a picture of Hinata and read it out loud to himself, "Miss Hyuuga Hinata sold another art portrait to a company and now holds the title 'World's Greatest Artist.'"

"Wow…I never knew Naruto's girlfriend was an artist. He must be lucky to have her. I should have asked what her job was before. Oh well, now I know. She must be rich by now. Well time to go to work." Sasuke stood up and quickly washed his plate. Then he grabbed the suitcase that was nearby the door and left the house.

While Sasuke was walking downtown, he noticed a lot of couples walking, holding hands, and smiling at each other.

"It must be nice to be in love and have someone to talk to...I can't believe I'm still single. I wish I had a girlfriend too." He mumbled to himself.

"MOVE OUT OF WAY! MOVE IT! COMING THROUGH!"

"Huh?" Sasuke turned around and saw Sakura heading his way. "AHHHHH!"

CRASH!

"Itai…" Sakura blinked several times until she noticed Sasuke, "hi Sasuke-kun, it's good to see you again!" Sakura waved while her whole body was still on top of his.

"Ow…Yeah hi…Sakura, can you get off of me? You're not that light you know…" Sasuke asked her friendly.

"How mean, Sasuke-kun! I'm not heavy!" She quickly removed herself from him, brushing the dirt off her clothes.

"Well to me, you are. You must have tripled the weight of a cow." Sasuke stood up as well, doing the same thing as Sakura.

Sakura made a grumpy face, "I do not! I weight as much as a feather!"

"Uh huh…Anyway, what are you running for?" Sasuke asked.

"Well…actually…" Sakura showed him the bag that she held.

"Oh no…Don't tell me that you…you…" Sasuke stopped.

"HEY, YOU! YOU THERE WITH THE PINK HAIR! COME BACK HERE, YOU THIEF!" An old man pointed at her.

"Not now! We have to go now!" Sakura grabbed Sasuke's arm.

"Not again!" Sasuke shouted.

Sakura and Sasuke ran away from the old man again.

They had hard time breathing as they leaned against the wall behind an alleyway after finally losing the old man

"Sakura…cough…Why did you get me involved again?"

"Well, I thought you would like to eat taiyaki with me." Sakura took out a taiyaki and took a small bite.

"You know that you shouldn't be stealing." Sasuke looked at her.

"I know, but it's just that I couldn't find my wallet. I wanted to eat taiyaki so badly so I couldn't help myself. I had no other choice, but to take it. You want some, Sasuke-kun?" Sakura offered him some taiyaki.

Sasuke sighed and took a taiyaki, "Sakura, you sure like to eat taiyaki a lot, don't you?" He took a bite.

Sakura nodded, "Yup, I love taiyaki! Taiyaki is the best food I ever eaten!"

"I see. Just promise me that you won't steal again because I don't want you to get in trouble, okay?"

"Okay, I will, but you have to do me a favor."

"Do you a favor? Like what?"

Sakura smiled, "I want you to go on a date with me tonight!"

"Nani! Chotte matte! I-" Sasuke was cut short because Sakura spoke again.

"Meet me at 8'o clock this evening at the park, okay? See you later tonight, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura ran off again without letting Sasuke speak.

"Matte Sakura… I…She's gone…She wouldn't even let me talk." Sasuke sighed and decided to go to work before he gets his ears yelled off for being late.

-Lunch Break—

Sasuke sat down at the cafeteria, eating his sandwich and drinking his bottle of juice, "What am I going to do? Sakura asked me out on a date…But I never been on a date before. I really need some help…I mean really." He ran his fingers through his raven colored hair in confusion and nervousness.

"Hey Sasuke, you all right?"

Sasuke looked up and saw Kakashi staring down at him worriedly.

"Um…yeah, I was thinking of something."

"Ah, I see. It seems that you are having some kind of problem, am I correct?"

Sasuke nodded, "That's what I thought. So, tell me what the big problem?"

--- 25 minutes past ---

"That's what happened. I don't know what I'm going to do or say to be precise."

Kakashi chuckled, "Now I see. Don't worry about it. You don't need to do anything on the date. All you have to do is make sure the girl has a good time and just don't do sweat it."

"Make sure she has a good time? Is that all?"

"Hmm, maybe or maybe not…unless you are trying to sleep with her." Kakashi winked, chuckling evilly.

Sasuke blushed, "No! I'm not that type of person! Don't think about that!"

Kakashi laughed, "I'm just making sure. Anyhow, I'm sure you'll do fine on your first date. Just have fun and enjoy yourself."

"Hai, I will." Sasuke smiled.

Will Sasuke really be okay!

TBC

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-Saki-Kun