A/N: Happy Halloween everyone! Thanks for all your past reviews! It's sembreak so I have a lot of time to update my ficcy. Sadly, I have a lot of projects and I'm drowning in a sea of notebooks that have a red highlight that says: "HOMEWORK IS DUE ONCE YOU GET BACK TO SCHOOL". I am sooo 'effin mad! Okay, I might take a long time to update and so with my other 'coming soon' ficcy and I apologize for that. I would definitely want to thank the reviewers who are faithful. Here is a reply to your humble reviews:
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DISCLAIMER: I do not OWN Naruto
Chapter 12- "My first sleepover at the Hyuuga estate"
(Btw, Neiji is Neji, okay? Sorry for troubles)
"Tweet! Tweet!"
Birds chirped happily as flowers bloomed towards the direction of the sun. Golden yellow rays flashed on the horizon and shined in a small opening in between blinds. Turning over to block her face from the sun, Sakura pulled white sheets over her head. Some parts of her bubblegum hair locks were dappled and covered. A groan of disturbance was let out by the irritated girl.
"Damn you happy birds! May the blinding sun rays burn you all to hell!"(A/N: I apologize for words.) She finally gave up and groggily got up. Unexpectedly, with early morning energy, she screamed at the birds, who got scared half to death by the angry girl. It was early in the morning and Sakura was obviously NOT a morning person.
She motioned her legs to walk downstairs to eat breakfast. Bits of cereal fell from the box as Sakura shook it out precariously. Next, the milk she poured had filled the bowl to its maximum and started gushing in different directions. White colored liquid that spread around the dining table did not go passed Sakura's mom's eyes. She raised her brow at her daughter, curiously.
"Sakura, dear be careful. By the way, don't you have a sleepover today in…um…Hinata, was it?" At first, Sakura replied with a blank stare. This had eventually turned wider in thought.
"I totally forgot! I---" She almost mentioned about what happened the day before but decided to drop it.
"Well, better start packing! I heard they're bringing over a limo to pick me up." Foot steps tapped against the wooden floor as Sakura excitedly dashed upstairs, leaving the great flood untouched.
"Honestly Sakura…" Sakura's mom whispered as she took a spoon and started finishing the bowl of cereal. (A/N: Wouldn't want it to go to waste, ne?)
"Hmmm….yeah, I guess I should take this one with me, and this too! ...Hold on, I love this one!" A bag full of stuffed clothes was getting even more compact because Sakura kept stuffing the bag to infinity. Somehow today, Sakura just loved to fill things to the fullest.
"Woops! Too full. Oh well, I guess this is enough."
At that precise moment she finished packing, she heard a beep outside her house. When she peeped out side, she saw a long black limo like Sasuke's, which waited outside her house. She smiled gleefully as she dashed to the elegant, black limo.
"Bye mom!" she waved to her mom, who was actually finished with the cereal but looked rather sick of it.
Her face turned around and met Hinata's pale white eyes staring back at her with a smile. Both greeted each other and then Sakura entered the limo. The curve on her face dropped and so did her jaw. People, whom she didn't think were coming, were there. Uzumaki Naruto, Nara Sikamaru, and Uchiha Sasuke.
The limo made its way back to the estate, while Sakura found a seat beside Hinata. There were two long seats facing each other. It was enough to fill in all 7 of them.
"Wha---what are THEY doing here, Hinata-chan?" Sakura stuttered.
"W-well, Neji-san w-wanted to take Nara-kun, Uchiha-kun, and Na—naruto-kun." Hinata replied, stammering.
As realization shook in Sakura's head, a smile was formed on her soft lips. Tenten and Hinata, who were blushing nearly to the red color of a tomato, both had their crushes on board and sitting right across them. Although the guys found this quite awkward, Sakura found this cute yet funny.
Suddenly, Sakura could feel that Sasuke was staring straight at her so she decided to see if he was. Much to her surprise, he was. It made Sakura blush a little and look at the floor. That time Sasuke 'fooled' (A/N: I know you know what I mean) Sakura…it came back to Sakura's head, making the girl blush even more. Sasuke couldn't help but smirk inwardly.
The rest of the ride to the estate was awkwardly silent. Finally, after what had seemed like forever for everyone, the limo pulled over. All of them stepped down. Only Sakura and Tenten were shocked by the looks of the house since they were the only ones who had their first time visit to the huge, HUGE, house. Actually, it was more like a mansion like Sasuke's, except, it wasn't to be compared much to Sasuke's.
Sakura and Tenten's mouth gaped in awe at the beautiful large house. It only had two floors but it had a wide and big area in lot. Seven of them entered the house and the girls settled in Hinata's room first. The boys separated from them and went to the living room. Hinata's room looked like any other normal one except for the part that it had tatami mats and papered walls.
The inside of the house was what Sakura would've guessed it was. A Japanese classical one, complete with the right floor and walls. The family even had a dojo. Light green tatami mats were fixed to the floor and sliding doors were used as their walls. Yup, just like any other Japanese house.
Hinata toured the two around the house first, just like what Sasuke did to Sakura the other day. The house was enormous and had a rectangular shape. In the middle of the house, there was an opening, like a garden. Grass grew on the square hole and so did a small bonsai tree. It was quite empty, only the grass, the bonsai tree and boulders were there.
There were about 4 bathrooms in the house, including the master's and about 4 bedrooms. They had a kitchen, dining room, living room, and a small library, but kept in a lot of books and some parchments and scrolls, which Sakura wondered on what it contained. Hinata said that it wasn't really important so Sakura didn't mind them. Three of them became really tired so they went to rest in the living room.
Surprisingly, all the guys were playing on the PS2, except Shikamaru, who looked like he was half-dead just blankly staring at the TV screen. They were playing a wrestling game that sort of horrified Hinata and Sakura because of the violence. However, Tenten looked like she was enjoying it so she played as well. Since Hinata and Sakura got sort of bored, they called Ino to come.
And so they both did. The ringing was never going to end, according to Sakura until someone answers the phone.
"Hello?" It was a girl's voice…more like Ino's squeaky, high voice.
"Ino? This is Sakura. I was thinking, maybe you would like to come over here in Hinata's house for a sleepover" For awhile, Hinata could hear gibberish talking when Sakura waited in silence.
"yes, yes… Sasuke-kun is here." Sakura smiled and answered again to the other line.
"Okay, then. Don't forget to bring extra clothes. Bye!" A sigh escaped Sakura's lips as she turned to face Hinata.
"Well, she's coming. What time is it?" she spotted a clock hanging on the wall and took time to read the time. It was still 4:30pm.
Minutes later, Ino had arrived with a bigger and heavier bag than Sakura's. Her mother brought her to the huge house. By the time she came, she immediately saw the estate and was stunned. At the door, Hinata and Sakura watched the frozen girl's priceless expression. They stifled a laugh that was loud enough to awaken Ino's trance.
"What are you laughing at? And where's Sasuke-kun?" Shouted Ino, with a vein popping out of her head.
"We are not laughing at anything! Now, come in here if you really want to see your beloved Sasuke!" Sakura answered, trying to keep in her laugh.
Ino just followed without hesitation. The trio went inside Hinata's room so that Ino could unpack her stuff. After, they talked for a long time, and then went downstairs to where the guys and Tenten were. As soon as they got there, the three of them saw the funniest thing. Tenten was beating up the boys in the game. Seems like they got no hope.
"Can you guys stop playing that please? It's sick. Let's play cards." Sakura said. She forgot all about Ino so Ino decided to say something herself.
"Hey Sasuke-kun!" Naruto's ears perked up.
"God damn Ino! Your voice is wrecking my concentration." He let go of the controller and covered his ears. Sasuke glared at the blonde's girl, Neji didn't mind it and so did Tenten…they were too busy trying to beat each other in the game. And, as for Shikamaru, well, he just groggily stared at her.
"What are you staring at, larzy bum?" Ino shouted with her high voice, at Shikamaru. He just sighed in reply.
"Girls are so troublesome."
"EXCUSE ME?"
"Nothing."
Neji and Tenten finally ended their competition, with Tenten ending as then winner. They were now playing 'bluff'. Naruto was sort of a very lucky person. According to Ino, he was winning. The one who was losing was Sakura. Shikamaru must have been 2nd place, thanks to his 'tactical' moves. (A/N: wow, even in playing, he is tactical.)
"W-we better s-start pr-preparing dinner." Hinata said.
"Sure. I'll come with!" Sakura answered, putting down her cards. Ino and Tenten followed them to the kitchen.
They were very noisy. Thankfully, they didn't ruin the dinner. Their dinner was chicken and it smelled really good. As they served on the table, no one touched the food. It seemed to annoy the girls (A/N: except Hinata of course) very much that Sakura spoke up.
"What's wrong! Eat already!" All the guys just stared at the food in front of them.
"Are you sure you didn't poison this?"
"Troublesome…"
"Yeah, if you didn't, why don't you eat first?" A vein popped on Sakura's head, with annoyance.
"Fine! I will." She got her serving and ate, followed by everyone else.
This was so not a pleasant dinner. It was so quiet that the tense in the atmosphere rose. After dinner, the girls began to wonder why the boys hven't left yet.
"Hey, shouldn't you be leaving? It's really late already." Tenten asked the guys. Neji was the one who answered coolly.
"They are sleeping over and they will stay in the guest room."
"WHAT!" Tenten and Sakura screamed in unison. Ino had heart shape in her eyes.
"I'm going to see Sasuke-kun asleep!" Ino thought loudly.
"N-naruto-kun!" Hinata thought silently. Both blushed furiously. Tenten and Sakura couldn't help but sigh defeat.
"Well, good night then." They separated again as girls went to Hinata's room and boys went opposite.
After taking a bath, the girls went to sleep. During the middle of the night, Sakura woke up. She couldn't take it any longer! Ino has got to stop her snoring. She silently got up and decided to take a walk around the house. Her feet stopped as she reached the opening in the middle of the house, where Hinata had showed her. The moon showed bright outside, beautifully. Emerald eyes stared at the crescent moon that smiled outside. Sakura wore pink pajamas with some decorations of brown teddy bears.
From behind, a pair of red eyes watched the girl and snuck up behind her. The innocent girl wanted to scream but her mouth was covered by the hands of the stranger. Although she was in a tight position with her back pressed against the wall, she took time to observe the stranger. To Sakura, it looked a lot like…Sasuke. Only, Sasuke didn't have red yes. She would have thought that it was someone else, until he spoke. His voice was identical to Sasuke's.
"Don't speak Sakura." His hand freed her mouth. She didn't obey him though.
"Sa—Sasuke? Wh—What happened to your e-eyes. ?" He passed her and leaned on the pole that held up the second floor. Sakura followed him.
"Remember that story I told you yesterday about my family history? These eyes run in the family. They have different levels too. Mine only has two swirls. I didn't tell you this because we were suppose to keep this as a secret." Sakura kept silent, trying to sink in the information while she watched the moon beam.
"So… why only now?"
"I can't control it. What are you doing here anyway, it's late?"
"I couldn't sleep. Ino-pig woke me up. How 'bout you?" Now, Sakura settled herself right beside Sasuke.
"I don't sleep besides… Naruto also woke me up. He's just as noisy as Ino in sleeping." Sakura giggled a bit but her mouth gapped open in shock.
"Hold on… how did you know---" but Sakura was cut.
"Come on. Better go to sleep now." Sasuke said coolly. Sakura just hissed at him.
"Hmph. Good night!" Sakura softly answered, getting up. By the time she took one step, something was wrapped around her waist. Sasuke buried his face in Sakura's pink hair and smelled the strawberry scent.
"Good night Sakura." He whispered in her ear.
Sakura stiffened. Time sure seemed to pass very slowly that time. Red blush crawled on her face slowly. It turned really red so Sakura used her hair to cover it. She could feel his soft breathing pound against her pale skin. Her legs began to loose balance but before she lost her balance, she escaped from Sasuke's warm hug and began walking. Sasuke just walked in shock at her actions. In the middle of the hallway, in the dark, a smile crawled on Sakura's face. The Uchiha did not see this though. And although both did not know how they felt, they were both really happy that happened.
A/N: R&R. If I made a mistake with the tatami mats thingy, pls. tell me what I did wrong. I am not sure about it anyway. I forgot what you call those Japanese floors in the houses they have. Happy belated Halloween again!
