Chapter 5
Alright…sorry for the late update! Every night, we've been partying ever since Christmas Eve. Now I've done this chapter.
Yeah…to those who are confused or wanna know what about the pentagon I'm talking about, there'll be lots of twists and love triangles here, and I think there'll be a love square…
Don't worry…I don't support NejiSaku…just SasuSaku…
Here are the twists…
1. Ino x Sasuke x Sakura
2. Sasuke x Sakura x Neji
3. Sasuke x Sakura x Idate
4. Tenten x Neji x Sakura
5. Ino x Shikamaru x Temari
Naruto and Hinata are permanent here. And how Ino and Shikamaru will know each other? Just read! (wow…Sakura sure will get confuse here with three boys under her feet!)
As for Gaara, well…I have no plans of giving him a pair because I really have NO IDEA of who to pair him with. I can't give him to Sakura also because that will drive me crazy. Please suggest, pretty please? (Puppy eyes :D)
Ja!
"I'm finished with all my assignments…" Sakura muttered. "I think I'll have a walk around the park."
Sakura then grabbed a jacket and headed out of the house, locking the front door. Since it looks like it going to rain, she grabbed an umbrella standing neatly on the side of the gate and walked for a few minutes to the park.
She saw the cherry blossom tree she always sit each time she finishes her assignment. But she saw a bike near it and decided to go nearer. She saw a young man wearing a cap, his body lying peacefully on the grass. Then the rain fell.
The young man flip-flopped and went to the bike. Sakura had her umbrella opened and she was near to the bike so she saw the person going to the bike.
"Sakura?" the man asked.
"Sasuke?" Sakura asked.
Sasuke smiled. He's soaking wet now. Sakura noticed it and hurried to his side, sharing her umbrella with him.
"I didn't know you could be warm." Sasuke said, taking off the chain around the tree.
"What are you doing here?" Sakura asked, ignoring Sasuke's remark.
"I don't want to go home so early. And that's my mistake." Sasuke answered, finally taking off the chain that kept the tree and his bike together.
"Why?" Sakura asked quietly, rain pouring harder over them.
"I still have to cross five more streets, plus traffic, see?" Sasuke pointed at the next street, where cars are beeping loudly.
Sakura just nodded then looked at Sasuke. He still has his bag with him, with his body slightly shivering.
"How about staying in at my place for tonight?" Sakura asked.
"Clothes? And your parents?" Sasuke rolled his eyes, running a hand through his wet hair.
"I have some of my parents' clothes. And my parents, they're on vacation at Hawaii. They took half of my winning money with them for that stupid vacation. They won't be back for another month." Sakura said, clutching her umbrella tighter.
"Brains sure took you to fame, huh? Me, looks and attitude took me up." Sasuke nodded. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"How about me going home now?" Sakura asked.
"I thought I'm going to come with you?" Sasuke replied, suddenly stopping from his daydreaming.
"That's my point. We'll just walk. My house is only a few meters away..." Sakura replied.
She was taken off guard when Sasuke's arm is wrapped around her shoulders and the other one pulling the bike.
"You're soaking wet!" Sakura pulled away from his arm and he sighed.
"Oh, come on. Girls are dying for me to get my hands on them!" Sasuke reasoned out.
"I'm not like them. I saw the kinds of girls your type goes out with. I'm the only one you'll ever find." Sakura said icily.
"That's why I'm switching." Sasuke chuckled. Sakura just rolled her eyes.
After a few more minutes of the usual bickering, the two reached Sakura's home.
Sasuke observed the surroundings. It is quite small (for his point of view), with a pretty small garden, and her door is made of polished oak. The gates are painted red with a few rusts but quite invisible if you don't look clearly.
Once inside, the room is quite cozy, for matured people. The view of the room suits Sakura, matured, serious, and straight to business.
"Can you stand for a few minutes? I'll just get you some of my father's clothes." Sakura said and didn't wait for an answer. Sasuke didn't bother answering back and kept looking around.
Her rug is circular, in which the couch is on and the television set is located. There are three pillows in it, particularly for Sakura, her mother and her father.
At the stairs, he found a couple of visible framed pictures, the woman with pink hair and green orbs, an older version of Sakura, but very beautiful. Her father is wearing a pair of gold-lined eyeglasses which looked exactly like what Sakura was wearing earlier. And is currently wearing.
The other, is a picture of Sakura, her head resting on the shoulder of a boy Sasuke felt familiar with. Sakura has her hair down and her eyeglasses nowhere to be seen, and she is smiling. He felt his hand clench, his nails digging into his palm, creating nail marks on it. Then he saw Sakura back, a white t-shirt on her arm and a pair of pants in the other.
"Here. Make yourself comfortable anyway. There's a bathroom just over there, next to the kitchen." Sakura instructed, pointing at the white-lighted room, next to it is a door.
Sasuke just nodded as Sakura handed him the clothes.
Sakura led Sasuke to her room, which is the only available one, because her parents didn't let her sleep on their 'oh-so comfortable' bed. The guest room is locked, since Sakura's parents didn't think that Sakura will have a guest inside their house. It's so un-Sakura-ish type. Which leaves her room.
"You can sleep on the bed." Sakura nodded at her bed. Okay, so goodbye my comfy bed… Sakura thought.
No reply came. Even no movement.
"Hey?" Sakura looked at Sasuke.
He has both of his eyes closed tightly, beads of sweat on his forehead, and his hand slowly massaging the left part of his forehead. Sakura reached up (Sakura reaches only Sasuke's nose) and tried to feel the temperature of his forehead and she took it off quickly. She pulled Sasuke to her bed, pushing him to sit down and he obeyed, his eyes still closed.
Sakura sat beside him and felt his temperature once more. "Damn, you have a fever, Uchiha!" Sakura exclaimed as she pulled down Sasuke's hand from his head but he pulled away and touched his forehead once more.
"I'll just get you some warm water. You need to lie down." Sakura said, pushing Sasuke down to her bed, where he curled up his body.
Sakura ran down and got a basin under the sink. She checked the hot water in the water dispenser then the cold water. Both are done already and she turned both on so water ran freely onto the basin she held underneath the two openings. Then she turned off both.
Then she got a thermometer and some ointment in the medicine cabinet in the washroom Sasuke entered earlier. Then she proceeded to her room.
She left the door ajar so she entered without noise and saw Sasuke seated up, his eyes finally open as he wiped away the sweat on his forehead.
"Sasuke-kun, lie down…" Sakura whispered. Did she just call me by my first name with the suffix? Sasuke thought as he obeyed Sakura, who is dipping a piece of cloth in the basin full of water. She dried it up a bit and putted it on Sasuke's forehead. Sasuke grabbed her before she moved and pulled her towards him so that she stumbled and fell next to his body.
"I want you to sleep with me, Sakura-chan…" Sasuke whispered in her ear.
"Sakura! You can't! You're just fifteen! And what if the word goes out? That guy next to you is internationally famous and you're nearly famous…it would totally ruin your reputation!" Sakura's inner self argued.
Sakura didn't obey her thoughts as Sasuke began pulling away the elastic band that kept her hair together, and her eyeglasses. Sasuke gave the glasses to Sakura, pointing towards the cabinet next to her. Sakura obeyed and putted the glasses next to her alarm clock.
Before she could make another move, Sasuke moved on top of her, holding the cloth Sakura putted over his forehead and putted it next to Sakura's eyeglasses.
"Come on, Sakura. Why do you always reject me? I mean, do you like somebody else?" Sasuke asked out of pure curiosity. Anyways, he's ready to help Sakura to whoever she likes just to see her smile. All he needs to do is to stop falling even more with her.
It took a while before Sakura answered, as if she's debating whether to reveal that she has taken a liking on somebody else. "Yes…" Sakura said, avoiding Sasuke's gaze.
Sasuke took hold of her jaw gently and pulled it so that she's facing him again. "Who?"
Sakura closed her eyes, and Sasuke noticed her discomfort, he took his hand off.
"Come on, tell me…" Sasuke whispered, lowering his head down to Sakura's, but she pushed him up with her hands.
"Why should I? I mean, Ino and the others doesn't even know!" Sakura replied.
"I can be trusted…"Sasuke said, nodding.
"Alright! Just—get off me, will you?" Sakura said. Sasuke obeyed her and positioned himself next to her.
"It's…" Sakura took a deep breath.
"Come on, you're killing me in suspense." Sasuke muttered.
"Hyuuga Neji." Sakura replied and turned her back on Sasuke.
As a matter of fact, Sakura likes two people. Well, a very unlikely two people who are close to each other. Sasuke and of course, Hyuuga Neji. But she likes Neji more. What she felt is like, Neji is more mature than Sasuke, but what bothers her is that Sasuke has the same attitude like Idate. Prank, a bit playboy, heartthrob, class joker and everything, though she doesn't know much about Neji because Sakura…well, what do you call that? Oh yeah, anti-social with boys.
When she told Sasuke that, she felt she stabbed him, and her friends. She likes Sasuke too, and she even told Sasuke first, not her friends. It's like misjudgment.
Sasuke sighed. He really thought it's him. That Sakura is just playing hard-to-get. But well, won't be the first time that the girls that Sasuke likes will like the Hyuuga, even though the internet and phone surveys say that Uchiha is more heartthrob than the Hyuuga. But well, this will also be the first time that Sasuke will let go and help the girl HE likes to the person HE is CLOSE with.
"Sakura?" Sasuke said all of the sudden.
"Yes?" Sakura replied, her back still at Sasuke.
"I'll help you with Neji." Sasuke said.
Sakura froze. Uchiha Sasuke is offering her help with his rival? That's a fact. Well, she turned to look at him if he is serious.
Too serious for her observation. His eyes shine in a different way. A way that looks like sadness. She managed to find her voice anyway. "You sure?"
Sasuke just nodded and smiled bitterly. Sakura noticed this and can't help but feel guilty. (I told you she likes him back!)
"Thank you!" Sakura wrapped her arms around Sasuke's waist involuntarily and she realized what she had done, blushed but did not withdraw.
