Hello people! Sorry it's been a while.
I was just so busy. ^.^"
Anyway, here's the continuation.
Hope ya'll like it! :D
Chapter 6
I Still Believe In Loving You
"Sasuke, hurry up! It's 4:15 already! We're supposed to be at the resort at 4:00! What are you still doing there?" Sakura yelled. She was at the Uchiha mansion, at the bottom of the stairs.
"Wait!" Sasuke said while coming down the stairs carrying his guitar. When he met Sakura, he apologized again.
Sakura sighed deeply. "Come on!" dragging Sasuke outside the house. "We'll be going now, Aunt Mikoto!" she informed Sasuke's mother then said goodbye.
Sakura really missed sitting in front of Sasuke's car. She was enjoying the moment of being with him right now.
"Is there something wrong with my face?" Sakura was startled by Sasuke's voice. She was unaware that she was staring at his face for some time now since they got into the car.
"Uh, nothing," she said as she looked away.
"You're weird, Saku," he chuckled and went back to concentrate on his driving.
Sakura just stared at the guitar sitting on the backseat, through the front mirror.
I wonder why he brought you.
They arrived at around 4:30 and they were immediately met by none other than Naruto.
"You guys are late! Come on!" he said as he was dragging both Sakura and Sasuke inside the hotel of the resort.
Naruto dragged both of them to their respected rooms. Sasuke was in the boys' room and she was on the girls' room. The girls' room was right across the room where the boys were staying.
Naruto instructed them to change in their swimming attire.
"SURPRISE!" yelled everyone as soon as they arrived at the venue.
Sasuke was surprised at what the others did and Sakura was surprised as well because her only task was to bring Sasuke and never mention anything to him.
They were at the place near the poolside. Everyone was there, the food was placed on a long table in the middle of the open function hall, there was a banner that says 'Happy Birthday Sasuke' and there was a cake on the table.
"Wow, thanks guys! You shouldn't have done this," Sasuke said surprised but happy.
"You're welcome, Sasuke. We just wanted to surprise you, and surprise you, we did. You're our friend, plus, we needed some vacation from school even for just a while," Naruto said as he put his arms around Sasuke, grinning.
"Everybody! Let's sing another Happy Birthday to Sasuke!" yelled Naruto to everybody.
"No guys! It's okay!" Sasuke tried to stop them but they sang it anyway.
After the song, all the boys went to Sasuke, grinning.
"Hey, what are you guys doing?" he asked nervously.
All the boys grabbed him and carried him and they chorused, "Happy birthday, Sasuke!" as they threw him into the pool, leaving a wet and unsuspecting Uchiha.
Everybody laughed.
"Come on guys! Let's eat!" Ino said.
Sakura was about to help Sasuke get out of the water but she was too late because Karin was already there. She watched as Karin held her hand to reach Sasuke and the latter gladly accepted it with a slight blush on his face. Sakura just sighed as she looked at the ground, a little upset.
Well, I guess my moment with him ended.
"Sakura, here." Lee handed her a plate, spoon, and fork, thus breaking her lonely moment. Just as she took the things from Lee, Sasuke and Karin arrived, holding each other's hand.
Sakura ignored them and directed her attention to Lee, "Thanks Lee," she smiled.
They are now eating and Naruto was the small entertainment because he was being funny, the loud-mouthed he is, talking about his dream of becoming president and anything random he can think of.
Wait a minute. I forgot to ask how Naruto and Hinata got us this hotel.
"Hey, Naruto! How exactly did you and Hinata got a reservation at this hotel?" asked Sasuke, voicing out the question on Sakura's mind.
Naruto grinned, "Well, the owner of this resort is my cousin. I asked her about this celebration and she said yes. You know she couldn't resist me, her favorite handsome and cute cousin."
Sasuke laughed. "Oh, really? And I bet you were with Hinata when you asked her. So what did she think about both of you?"
Naruto blushed hard. "It's really none of your business, Sasuke."
"I think Naruto likes Hinata." teased Shikamaru, who came in to join the fun.
Everyone teased Naruto and then they started to tease Hinata.
"Stop it, guys," Hinata pleaded.
Soon, everyone started teasing each other. They teased Neji with Tenten and Sasuke with Karin. The already couple, Sai and Ino, joined in the fun for the sake of it.
After they have eaten, they rested for a while as hotel staff cleaned out their mess.
"Come on guys, let's go swimming, now!" asked Tenten pulling Neji's hands.
They all decided to swim at the pool. They all had fun, splashing water everywhere, laughing, playing volleyball in the pool, and a little swimming competition. After they got tired of swimming, they got out of the pool and said goodbye for the meantime. They went back to their rooms.
"Don't forget about tonight guys, we're going to have a bonfire at the beach. Let's all go there together, meet us at the lobby at around 7:30," instructed Sai.
Everyone said "Yes."
Just as instructed, they met at the hotel lobby at around 7:30 and they were now heading to the beach. Sakura noticed that Sasuke brought his guitar.
I guess that this was the reason why he brought you.
When they arrived at the beach, it was beautiful. The moon was really beautiful and the stars were really shining giving it a nice, romantic feel.
They boys set up the bonfire and in just a couple of seconds, they were now sitting around it. They were all staring at the fire, living in the moment, not making a single sound.
"It's... It's… beautiful!" shouted Naruto, breaking the silence and startling everybody.
"Shut up, dobe!" Sasuke said as he hit Naruto in the head.
"Ouch! Sasuke!" he complained while rubbing his head.
"Uh... Okay guys, I'll start the conversation," volunteered Lee.
"No, let me," Naruto stopped him, grinning. "Payback time."
Naruto looked at his friends and then turned to Karin.
"Hey Karin, did you know about the embarrassing moments in Sasuke's life? I'm here to tell you all of it!" he announced.
Karin giggled.
Sasuke was surprised at what Naruto said, he was about to get up and hit Naruto again but he was stopped by Neji, Sai, and Shikamaru.
"Go on, Naruto, tell Karin everything," Shikamaru added as he held Sasuke's right arm.
"What the? No! Naruto! I'm going to get you!" Sasuke said as he struggled.
"Don't listen to him, go on," Neji said as he held Sasuke's other arm.
"This is going to be great! Happy birthday Sasuke!" Sai said as he put his hands on Sasuke's mouth to shut him up. They were all grinning.
Naruto started to tell the story.
Sasuke, unable to get out of the hold and speak, gave up and relaxed, making Neji, Shikamaru and Sai loosen up the hold. Soon, they left him and went back to their seats. Sasuke sat and pretended not to hear anything. Not looking at Karin because of shame.
Everybody reminisced those happy times, remembering the things that had happened. How Sasuke tripped in the escalator inside the mall, how he cried when he got a low grade in Science when they were in elementary, how he accidentally went inside the girls' bathroom, and other embarrassing moments of and about him.
When Sasuke tried to look at Karin, she was laughing and giggling as if she was there when those times happened. He smiled seeing Karin that way.
Suddenly, Sasuke got up, grabbed the guitar that he brought and said, "Uh, Naruto..."
Naruto stopped his story telling and glanced at Sasuke, then he nod. Everybody was now focused on Sasuke with his guitar.
"If you guys would please excuse me, I want to share something. I want to sing to the special girl in my heart," he said while looking at Karin, blushing.
Sakura's heart skipped a beat as Sasuke said those words, feeling that she was the one Sasuke meant as the special girl in his heart.
Karin was surprised and so was everyone else but they started to listen as Sasuke started to play and sing Your Guardian Angel by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
Sakura noticed that Sasuke was using the guitar pick she gave him. She listened intently to Sasuke, feeling the lyrics, and listening intently as she thought that he was singing to her and just only to her.
After Sasuke was finished, he got up and placed the guitar on the side. Sakura thought that he was going to her but instead he went over to where Karin was, let out his hand for her to grab as he helped her get up.
"Rin, that song was for you. I hope you liked it," he said while holding her hand.
"And... Uhm..," he continued nervously as his other hand went into his pocket and grabbed something inside of it, everybody was anxiously waiting for the continuation of his speech.
Sakura was surprised. It made her heart skip a beat as she thought that he was referring to her. But then, he looked at Sasuke who was looking at the special girl he truly meant, and it made her heart ache but she pretended to be happy and smiled. The fakest smile she could muster in order to hide the pain she feels inside.
"I… I love you, Rin. Will you be my girl?" he proposed as he showed Karin a necklace with a heart pendant. He was blushing, nervous about her response. There was a moment of silence.
"What's better? A necklace or a bracelet?"
"Why are you asking me this anyway? A necklace."
"Heart or flower?"
"Heart."
S-so that's why he asked me those random questions. And that's why he brought the guitar. All for this.
Sakura was really hurting inside and she took up all her strength to hold back her tears.
"Yes." Karin suddenly said and it made Sasuke so happy that he jumped and shouted "YES!" Sasuke then put the necklace on Karin. Everyone cheered for the new couple and they congratulated them. What they didn't know is that a certain person already had a badly injured heart.
"Woah, Sasuke! You got a girl now!" Naruto teased while patting Sasuke's back.
"Congratulations, Karin!" the girls cheered.
Everyone was happy, except for a certain girl that tried so hard to pretend she's happy, and what pretense!
So, how was it? :D
Thanks for reading!
