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"Text" Normal dialogue

"Text" Dialogue on the phone (other line)

'Text' thought/ what the character is thinking

'Text' Inner Sakura/Sasuke

(Text) Authors Notes (A/N)


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Forgotten Love- Chapter Eleven
Distracted

Sasuke leapt out of the window of his apartment, making sure that no one saw him; he began to make his way towards a flower shop. If he wasn't mistaking, he recalled that there was only one flower shop in Konoha and that it had belonged to the Yamanaka family. Leaping from rooftop to rooftop, he figured that he wouldn't be able to find the flower shop this way because for one fact; the roofs all look the same, and another was that he did not know what the flower shop looked liked either. So, after contemplating his chances, he decided to continue his search on foot and landed perfectly in a quite street to avoid too much attention.

With a swift glance of his surroundings, Sasuke shoved his hands into his pockets and walked casually down the road. Coincidently he passed by 'Blossoms' the café he had gone to with Sakura yesterday. Flashbacks of the events that happened played through his mind and his steps unconsciously became smaller until he halted towards a stop.

Was it really his fault?

Was it him who cased her that embarrassment?

Can he really blame himself?

As these questions ran through his mind, new thoughts erupted from them. An image of Sakura flashed through his mind.

'She looked so cute when she blushed…erhm… No! I mean…adorable…argh! No! Come on Sasuke! These words aren't supposed to exist in your vocabulary!'

'Neither was the word "love"…' a voice at the back of his head whispered.

Sasuke's head jerked slightly at this. He admits, those words were true though, but he was sure that he had not thought of that. Well, not in his right mind anyways.

'Where did those words come from?' he began to feel slightly paranoid and his eyes darted from side to side in pre-caution.

'I am here usuratonkatchi.'

'Where!' Sasuke looked around at his surroundings as his senses were alerted to be on the look out. He noticed that people walking by were giving him weird looks at his abnormal behavior.

'In here BAKA!'

'Nani!' His eyes widened slightly.

'Yeah! That's right Sasuke. I AM YOU!'

'…You're…inside me!' Sasuke retorted back in disbelief.

'Aa.' His inner-self answered with a very characteristic trait of Sasuke.

'Who the hell are you! When did you get there!'

'Medokuse… I AM your inner-self.'

'Inner-self! Pft! Since when do I have an inner-self?'

'Since forever. I only decided to speak up now.'

'What? …Is this some sort of trick?'

'No. I know your deepest emotions, your true intentions and above all, what you would not say out loud.'

'NANI!'

'Heh. Scared yet?' Sasuke decided to get smart with his inner-self after that remark.

'Prove it.'

'Ok. You are currently confused and feel a surge of excitement and anticipation about your self-set task.'

'…'

'Convinced yet?'

'…Hn.'

'Okay! Now that we know each other, here's a word of advice to you. GET OFF YA LAZY ASS AND GO UP TO HER AND CONFESS RIGHT NOW!'

'What does it look like I'm doing?'

'Standing at the front door of the Blossoms Café, blocking the entrance and looking like a complete idiot.'

At this, Sasuke looked around and realized that his inner-self was indeed correct, for he could see customers within the café giving him weird looks and waiting at the entry door with a little hint of impatience on their features. He quickly stepped aside and continued to walk casually down the street, ignoring the glares and weird looks the civilians gave him. Sasuke never cared about what people thought about him. It was one less worry on his mind. He resumed his task, after walking unconsciously down the road for a few moments of recollecting his composure.

'Well! Here we are!'

"…Where?" Sasuke said out loud.

There was no reply this time. His inner-self had decided to retreat to the back of his mind for the time being. Upon noticing this, Sasuke glared at his inner self, more like nothing in particular, for ignoring his question before finally realizing his surroundings. He found himself in front of the Yamanaka flower shop. After blinking a few times, and remembering his task, Sasuke took a step into the flower shop and the moment he did, he engulfed a large waft of over one thousand different flowers' essence. His eye twitched. The overwhelming fragrance was not such a pleasant smell when all was combined together, well, not to him anyways.

He took another step and began to observe the many colorful fields of petals. He never knew that there were so many varieties of flowers and god was he going to have a tough time finding the right one.

Sasuke walked around the floral shop, with the occasional pause in his step when he came across the colour pink. It was colour that reminded him so much of the girl he loves. He made his way towards the counter and found a sign propped up next to the cash register that read, "Back in 10 minutes".

'Great. Now I have to waste ten minutes of my life waiting for the shop owners to come back. Medokuse…'

Just as he turned on his heel, a high-pitched voice called out his name.

"Sasuke-kun! Hey Sasuke-kun!" he flinched slightly in his movement before glancing over his shoulder to face the blonde-haired kunoichi. It was Ino.

'Why is she here?' His mind questioned her presence.

"Ohayo Sasuke-kun! How may I help you?" Ino asked the raven-haired man as she removed the 'Back in 10' sign behind the counter.

Something clicked together in his mind that answered his mental question.

'Oh, that's right…Yamanaka Flower shop…Yamanaka Ino…her family must own this shop.' (A/N: Talk about stating the obvious lol XD) He sighed. 'Kuso…why her of all people?'

"…"

"Ne Sasuke-kun? Are you looking for some kind of flower?" He nodded, without making any eye contact like usual.

"Err…which one are you after?"

"Does each flower have its own meaning?" Sasuke asked. He wanted to make sure that he was correct about that fact before he goes any further.

"Yes!" Ino replied rather enthusiastically. She was quite surprised that the Uchiha prodigy knew such a fact, then again, he was THE Uchiha Sasuke, he's supposed to know everything. Or so it seems.

"Each flower has its own significant meaning. That's why it would be wise to choose the right flower for the occasion. The colour of the flower can also alter its meaning as well." Ino explained.

"Aa." He replied as he glanced around at the varieties once again.

'He's not making this any easier...' Ino thought as she silently let out a sigh.

"Are you looking for a flower for some kind of occasion?"

Sasuke nodded yet again, never losing his composure until he realized what that question would lead to.

"What is the occasion?"

"…"

He froze on the spot. He saw that one coming and had already decided that it was none of her business to know anyways. Ino giggled when she noticed that Sasuke tensed up ever so slightly. Sasuke glared at her for her sudden immature behavior. His famous piercing Uchiha glare had also meant as a question on her sudden action. Ino shuddered slightly but knew this fact and answered it so.

"Is it something for Sakura?" This question had caught him by surprise as his eyes widened ever so slightly.

'How does she know?'

"What is the flower of … Love?" He asked quickly in hopes to drop the subject and accomplish his self-set task, though the word 'love' was a little difficult for him to say out loud.

Ino giggled again before going off and picked up a single rose. She held it out to him. At first he just raised his eyebrow in question and waited for her to speak.

"Roses are the flower of love." She told him, "And the colour red in particular."

Sasuke gazed at the beautiful texture and admired how the soft petals wrapped around in the shape of a bulb.

'Red…' he thought, 'Heh…it goes well with her…'

Ino smirked.

"I answered your question, now you have to answer mine, Sa-su-ke-kunnn" She emphasized each syllable earning her a glare from the Uchiha boy. Sasuke looked to one side then gave her a small nod in response. Ino smiled at this.

'Finally! He admits!'

She had long ago gotten over her crush for the Uchiha. She knew that Sasuke would've eventually chosen Sakura in the end and thus had laid her eyes on another prize. Ever since she had known that fact about Sasuke, she seemed to be unable to ignore the attention a certain lazy shinobi had been giving her. Why hadn't she noticed it before? It was nothing out of the usual, yet for some odd reason she couldn't keep her eyes off of him. It was not until Sakura and her had become friends again did she confess this feeling to her. Sakura, being a friend who knew what's best for Ino, managed to convince the blonde to confess her developing love for the excelling shinobi. The real surprise was that he confessed first. Of course, with Shikamaru being the straight forwarded one, eh never had shame in admitting things out loud. And so, they have been an item ever since.

"Okay! Is it just the one?" Ino asked as she walked towards the counter with the flower.

"Hn." He replied with the famous Uchiha vocabulary.

"Alright! Now the sooner I get this done, the sooner you can give it to Sakura." Just at that moment Ino received a sudden flashback.


"Sakura!"

"Hi Ino."

"Well?" Slightly confused by this she asked back, "'Well' what?"

"What do you mean 'well what'! What happened between you two?"

"Well, next Tuesday is our anniversary, so we've decided to meet each other tomorrow and plan what we should do."


'Oh no. This is not good. Sakura is supposed to be meeting Gaara today. GAH! … Sasuke can't see them two together. What do I do?'

Ino took her sweet time wrapping the single rose, trying to stall some time. Sasuke was beginning to get impatient as he watched her with knuckles clenching and unclenching in his pockets. A vein was throbbing above his head in irritation. She was really testing his patience here. Ino kept wrapping and unwrapping it again, trying to get it into a perfect shape as it may seem.

'I know! I'll have to keep him busy…but how? …Hmm…' She thought hard for a solution. '…Aha!' A light bulb lit up above her head. Sasuke let out a sigh of relief when he saw her finally pulling a strip of tape and taped together the wrapping.

'About time!' He thought as she held out the rose to him.

Sasuke rolled his eyes before he reached out with an out-stretched hand. Just as he was about to grab it, she pulled it back from his reach and grabbed his wrist.

"Oh yeah! Would you like to see the photos of last year's spring festival? You have to! I mean, you have a lot to catch up on about the happenings in Konoha!" Ino began as she led Sasuke out the back of the shop.

"Kaa-san! I'm going for a break! Watch the shop 'k?" Ino yelled out to her mother.

"'K!" came her mother's reply as Ino began dragging Sasuke up the stairs to get the photo albums.

"Nani! No! I don't care! I'm not interested in these type of things Ino! Sasuke protested as he attempted to break the kunoichi's steel-like grip on his wrist.

"Let go!" He commanded in a threatening tone through clenched teeth. Ino seemed to be unaffected by this.

"Oh come on Sasuke-kun! There are some really good pictures of Sakura" Ino said in a sing-song voice, hoping to persuade the Uchiha to reconsider, well, to resist lesser.

His ear twitched at this. 'Sakura…' he thought as his defence weakened slightly. Ino continued.

"The festival was so fun! We even managed to get some really good pictures of Sakura and—" she cut off abruptly. 'Kuso! Almost spilled it…'

This sudden interruption in her speech and what she had been saying had definitely caught Sasuke's attention.

"Sakura and?" he asked her, questioning her to continue.

"A-And…Me!" She lied quickly. 'Phew! That was close! Good cover-up!' She inwardly praised herself.

Sasuke wasn't too convinced but it made sense that there would be many pictures of Sakura and Ino together.

'I guess that its not all bad…at least I can look at pictures of Sakura…'

'In a Kimono!' His inner-self decided to butt in, ' Dude, you have NEVER seen her in one! Heh. Picture that.'

A mental image of Sakura came into his vision. She was dressed in a silky white kimono with red cherry blossom patterns scattered over it. She sat in a kneeling position, with the collar of the kimono drooping off her slender shoulders. Her eyes were narrowed dreamily and had her lips pouted in a sexy manner. The illusion winked and blew a kiss.

'Now THAT'S a sexy sight!'

His inner-self whistled in pleasure as Sasuke's vein twitched on the outside.

'You again! Shut up you!' He cursed his inner self for creating such an image in his mind. As though orders were obeyed, nothing further was heard from Inner Sasuke.

'Damn, that was a close encounter also reminds me,' Ino thought, 'I'd better be careful about which pictures Sasuke can see… GAH! So troublesome! Sakura, you own me for this!' She led Sasuke to the living room. Once there, she released her hold on his wrist and gestured for him to take a seat.

"I'll go to get us some tea." Ino said before heading over to the kitchen.

'Tea? No, don't tell me-' His eyes widened when he caught a glimpse at the huge pile of photo albums situated in a corner. He slapped his forehead. 'What have I gotten my self into? Gah…I'll just see one or two…' He sighed. 'Doesn't Ino know that I bought the rose for a reason? Not to watch it wither…' he sighed yet again, the sat back in the sofa with arms crossed across his chest.


Ting! Ting!

The bell that hung above the door rang as Gaara and Sakura entered the café. It was slightly more crowded today that the day before. This made Sakura sigh in relief for there would be too many faces to remember and not just hers for the staff, though her unique pink hair is quite distinguishable from the rest. Noticing this fact, she tried to act like she was getting closer to Gaara when her real motive was to hide behind him.

A waiter approached the couple and introduced himself.

"Good afternoon. Watashi wa Miyaki and I'll be your waiter for this afternoon." He bowed courteously after his introduction. He was fairly tall and had deep bluish green hair with stunning brown eyes that complimented his features.

Miyaki looked up after his bow and his gaze fell onto Sakura, who was attempting to hide behind her boyfriend. Sakura noticed his gaze as their eyes met.

'Oh no! He recognizes me!' She thought as her heart began to thump louder in fear.

Miyaki had a confused look plastered on his face and continued to stare at the pink-haired kunoichi. Sakura began to feel quite nervous and inwardly prepared herself to be laughed at regarding yesterday's incident. She shut her eyes tight and braced herself for what was to come.

Gaara, who had just stood by watching the waiter stare at Sakura, was getting slightly annoyed at how long the waiter was staring at his girlfriend. He did not like the way he was looking at her with such intensity and quite frankly, he felt like he could perform the 'desert coffin' on the waiter if he did not cease his action any time soon. Gaara took a step to the side in order to cover Sakura completely. This action brought Miyaki out of the trance he had fell in and continued his duty as a waiter.

"Table for two sir?" Miyaki asked.

Sakura peeped open an eye to see Miyaki now addressing Gaara.

'Huh?'

The waiter smiled at the red-haired shinobi, who gave a small nod in reply. Miyaki picked up two menus and begun leading them to their seats.

"This way please."

Sakura just blinked at the sudden change of situation so suddenly, being rather dumbfounded at her paranoia.

'Ah! Of course! Not every staff member works both days in a row right?' She thought as she tried to calm her senses down. She mentally laughed at herself for her silliness and began to unconsciously smile in the outside. Gaara noticed this and he seemed to feel slightly more at ease. He wasn't completely oblivious to her feelings after all, for he had noticed her nervousness when the waiter, Miyaki, was gazing at her, though he did not know why. Once they reached their table, Miyaki pulled out a chair for Sakura before bowing courteously again and leaving the two to decide on their beverages.


TBC...

Again...another boring chappie...sigh...gomenazai pplz i am definately SURE that in the next chappie Sasuke will find out about Gaara! omg...its gonna break his heart..-sniff- and there will be a lot of reflection times...sigh...

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i'll try to update soon...hopefully within the next two weeks...or so

Next chapter:
Sasuke sees a photograph of Sakura that does not please him, Gaara and Sakura makes plans for their anniversary then Gaara walks Sakura home. A Heartbreaking chappie for our dear Sasuke-kun. -sniff-

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