no more keeping score / now i just keep you warm / no more tug of war / now i just know there's more / no more keeping score / now i just keep you warm / and my waves meet your shore / ever and evermore

- long story short, taylor swift (evermore)

there's tension in the air, you could smell it. it makes the hairs on his arms stand on end. prickling heat runs down the length of his spine as he watches her look around his place. several thoughts start to run on his mind, most of them about how her flimsy clothes would look good on his bedroom floor, but one thing stands out—

sasuke doesn't want this night to ever end.

sakura has been in his life for as long as he can remember. they met when his family moved to the suburbs when his father got sick. at first, she was just a playmate that his mother insisted to him since his aniki is busy with school. he felt awkward at first because he never really plays with girls; doesn't even know what games girls play with.

"let's play house! i'm kaa-san, and you're tou-san! and the stuffed toys will be our babies!"

and that's when the idea of being together was first introduced to him. he may not know it at the time but now as he stares at her while she fidgets in the middle of his living room, sasuke knows he'd like to make it come true.

as much as he'd like to get on with it already since the anticipation has been killing him since they left that alley, he can't. his mother raised him to be a gentleman and that's what he will be tonight.

no matter how much he'd like to do ungentlemanly things to her.

"would you like to drink?" sasuke asks smoothly as he walks barefoot to his sleek kitchen. only the light by the doorway is on and the rest of his flat is just illuminated by the full moon outside, casting an ethereal glow on her glistening skin. his mouth may have just watered.

maybe he needs that drink more than she does.

sakura croaks out, "j-just water would be fine… i think?"

he gives her a tiny smirk, knowing that she's as affected as he is, and pours her a glass. when he passes it on to her, sasuke made sure to brush his fingers against hers and he hides his triumphant grin when he sees sakura blush.

sasuke isn't blind. he is aware of her crush on him since the beginning and her attraction to him even after all these years. he may be insensitive at times but not to the people he cares about. and those people are only a handful; just enough for his heart to occupy.

but sakura? this girl with the greenest eyes he's ever known? this girl that's been occupying his dreams for a long time? this girl he's been in love with for years?

sakura haruno occupies the entire space of his not-so-big heart. she owns every corner of his brain; fills his lungs with air every time she smiles at him. and tonight, she will be in his hands. he can finally touch her with the intention of making her forget everyone who touched her before this moment.

sasuke can finally stake his claim.

after shakily placing the glass down, sakura clears her throat. "so... wh-what now?" she has this pretty blush on her entire face down to her neck and sasuke can't look away. he silently smirks with the view and it made her flush even harder.

"stop looking at me like that," she whines, her eyes darting away to look at the skyline instead.

he slowly makes his way to her, "like what?"

sakura crosses her arms, "l-like y-.. like you're gon-.. gonna-"

"kiss you?" he supplies as he steps closer.

her head whips sideways to look at him briefly, "n-no, like-"

even closer he whispers, "eat you?"

she bites her lip while looking at him. he's approaching her like a lion about to pounce on a gazelle. and with those green doe eyes, she might as well be his prey for the night. his body hums in excitement.

sasuke finally reaches her and he leans down to whisper against her ear.

"make love to you?"

she may be out to get "dicked down" as yamanaka explicitly shared, but sasuke has been waiting for this for so long. he can't afford to be sloppy or too eager to get his first taste. this is sakura we're talking about.

of course, he's gonna make love to her.

"before we do anything else," she whispers, breathless against the onslaught of feelings that comes crashing down on her since their private moment at the alley tonight. "i want you to know we're even."

ghost of his fingers travel to her exposed outer thigh and slowly make their way up to lightly hold her hip, "what do you mean?" his hot breath makes her shiver and he can't help but close his eyes to avoid being too turned on from her skin alone.

"our scores are even now," she replies, swallowing her growing arousal to stave off the desire to jump this man. "1-1."

with that, sasuke remembers the first time they realized the electricity between them. they were already in college and there was a party. it was chaotic since it was naruto's birthday and sakura had too much to drink. one minute they were just talking, the next she was grinding against him by the dancefloor. his hormonal college self too busy trying to convince himself he doesn't want her in every way he can just let her do it.

everybody was drunk so no one really noticed but sasuke wasn't. he didn't drink a drop that night because he had to drive sakura back to her dorm. that's why he remembers everything while sakura forgot it by morning.

in a true sasuke fashion, he got annoyed at her and didn't speak to her for a few days, making sakura seek him out and ask what the hell is going on. and that's when he shared the moments they had the night before.

"i left you with blue balls that night, i know…" sakura drawls on, her eyes dipping towards his lips. "but if you leave me hanging tonight, i swear to god sasuke-kun i will ne-"

there's no need to keep score on who flirted and who got flustered; who won this round of tug of war they've been playing for too long. his waves finally met her shore and sasuke's decided to stay there forever.

sasuke swallows the rest of her sentence with his mouth— their first kiss. there's a small voice in his head to keep it together and gently taste her because fucking finally he is kissing her, making her moan against his lips, tasting her sweet tongue.

her desperate movements make it impossible though because one moment her hand was on his hair and right now it's under his shirt, her nails mapping the ridges of his back. sasuke groans against her and pulled her to him. both of his hands go under her thighs and she jumps, wrapping her slender legs around his hips where they both felt each other's needs.

she's so warm against his throbbing member and he can't help but grind her onto him which earns him a wanton moan of his name from the girl of his dreams.

"sasuke-kun… hurry please..."

he's not sure how he managed to find his room and deposit her gently on his bed. seeing her pale pink tresses scattered on his dark sheets and her creamy skin pliant under his hands, sasuke memorizes this view. even if he gets old and forgets his own name, he will never forget this very moment when he first saw sakura in all of her naked glory.

"stop staring and come here already," her gentle voice brings him out of his thoughts. her arms reach out to him and she tugs him down to her so she can kiss his lips. he kisses her back, slow and deep, and the warm feeling in his chest when she suggested playing house when they were kids comes back inside his ribcage and catches his heart in a tight grip.

sasuke wants to share this warmth to her; keep her warm for the rest of his life. he pulls back to look into her eyes and gives her a shy smile reserved for her eyes only—

"i like you so much, sakura haruno."

a/n: a direct sequel to the last prompt, it's time to go :) i like ss a lot :(