Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto...is this really necessary for EVERY chapter?..I highly doubt that from one week to the next i will suddenly become the owner of Naruto..(well one can dream..)
OK so...they're together!...this was a fun chapter to write because including this, the next few chapters will be very fluffy! They do have to have a very good relationship! hope u like it!
Enjoy!
Chapter 7: Together... Forever
When I think back to before that momentous kiss that marked the first time that our timing for each other was perfect, I realized that it was truly amazing that we ever did get together. For one, why she ever decided that she would trust me again was beyond me at that point. But I was grateful, beyond grateful, because I had a chance to prove to her, if not anyone else, that I was a better person than that piece of shit that shares my name. Most of all, I knew that I loved her and for someone to make me, of all people, fall in love so effortlessly.. well I knew that there would be no one else like her.
FlashbackIt was pretty obvious that I wouldn't be getting any sleep tonight. This time, it wasn't because of frustration or jealousy or anger. It was sickening actually because for one, I couldn't sleep because I was too..happy. Well it would have been if it didn't involve her or me. But I just didn't give a damn because I had never been so carefree in my entire life. Suddenly, I wasn't thinking about my brother or the horrible things I had seen and felt with Orochimaru. I was too busy thinking about a certain pink haired, green-eyed medic and I must admit, it felt good.
In the morning, I got up having had maybe an hour of sleep in total, and went to shower. I was happier than I ever remember being. Needless to say, I was still thinking about what had happened the day before.
"Sasuke? Sasuke are you ho – " the words died in her mouth as she looked at me…more like stared at me.
I had just finished putting a pair of baggy black sweat pants on when I heard someone calling and I guessed that she decided to let herself in, as always…and I was right.
I crossed my arms and leaned against the doorway, smirking at her for a while.
"Like what you see?" I questioned, rather cockily.
She cleared her throat, "I – I" but when she saw my face, she continued more confidently, "I've seen better." It was her turn to smirk at me.
I knew it was a trap but I fell for it anyway. "What! Who have you seen topless?"
"Plenty of guys" she said with a giggle.
"What!" I was outraged.
She leaned up real close to my face, "What? Is the great Uchiha jealous?"
She was beautiful and I would have kissed her right then and there but I let my pride get the best of me.
"Hn… yeah right" I said turning my head away.
She giggled again and surprised me twice in two days. She turned my head to face her and she kissed me softly, leaning into me. I returned the kiss eagerly, after I got over the initial shock and pulled her warm body closer to mine, savouring the feeling. What would anyone expect? I was still topless and starting to feel kind of cold. I ran my tongue across her bottom lip and she moaned into me, which involuntarily caused me to smirk. But then she shocked me yet again and pulled away.
She gave me a small smile, "I was just joking by the way,….you're probably second best." She said mischievously.
"What!" I was angry again and she ran away squealing, laughing, and running around my house.
Even though I always knew Sakura was a cheerful person I don't think I've ever seen her so carefree and loose around me. She was like a little child the way she ran in circles around my couch but she was also more than that because she was so graceful even though she was egging me on.
And I took the bait. I ran after her wanting to get to the bottom of it all. I thought it would be easy to catch her, since it was my house, and I knew exactly how to manoeuvre around every corner and every piece of furniture …but I was wrong. She put up quite a chase and half way through, I realized what I was doing and how foolish I probably looked… but somehow I didn't care about that.
After a few more minutes, I finally was able to sneak up behind her and grab her around the waist. She squealed again as I effortlessly threw her over my shoulder. Her squeals turned into screams and she began to pound against my back with her small but powerful fists.
"Sasuke! Put me down!"
I laughed, "Not until you tell me who you've seen topless." I said triumphantly.
"No! Sasuke, put me down please!"
"I'm afraid I'm a little deaf right now Sakura."
"Sasuke!"
"I'll put you down when you tell me."
"Ok Ok! I will! Just put me down!"
"Sakura, I'm not an idiot, now out with the name."
"It was…Neji."
I nearly dropped her from shock. I thought she was going to say she was joking or that it was Naruto, but Neji!
"Sasuke? Put me down!..or at least..say something."
"Why did you see Neji topless?" I demanded.
"It was by accident! I was supposed to meet Naruto to train, but Neji was there training by himself!"
"Why was he topless!"
"It was hot outside? I don't know! Please put me down!"
"What a dumbass! And I'm second best to that?"
"Uhh…no?…I mean NO!"
I walked over to my bed and dumped her on it. I then proceeded to straddle her waist and pin her down leaning dangerously forward.
"What does that mean?" I said threateningly.
She leaned up towards me. "I chose you remember?"
That seemed like a good enough answer so I closed the gap between us and kissed her deeply starting where we last left off. This time I left no room for objections or goofing off and pushed my tongue into her mouth and she allowed it, getting into an all out battle of the tongues. I moved my hands from her wrists to tangle my fingers with hers. She pushed up on my body with hers and moaned into the kiss again and I felt all the telltale signs of desire creeping up on me. It felt so good that I never wanted to leave where I was at that moment but I knew that if I didn't, I wouldn't' be able to control myself later. It's not that I didn't want that with her but I didn't want her to feel like that's all I wanted, I still wanted to prove myself to her, so I pulled away. She moaned in frustration and looked up at me with questioning eyes.
"What's wrong?" she asked in a breathy, sexy voice, pushing her body against mine again.
I buried my face into her hair, which had fanned itself out around her. "Nothing at all" I whispered into her ear and felt her shiver against my body. Shit! If I didn't move right now I would definitely be screwed…in a bad way.
I groaned and untangled myself from her body. As I stood up from the bed, I looked at her and she was pouting at me. I smiled and rolled my eyes at her before going over to my dresser to get a shirt. I could feel her eyes on me and while I was pulling something clean out to wear, I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist.
Sakura pressed the side of her soft face into my back and whispered, "You're definitely number one."
I couldn't help but smirk again. I pulled on my shirt before turning around and kissing her again. I was careful not to get too wrapped up with her again; I knew that I was already treading on thin ice where my self-control was concerned. It was definitely a difficult task; now that she actually wanted me, I just couldn't get away from her.
When I finally managed to pull away from her I said, "So, why did you decide to come over today?"
"Did you forget already? Today is our scheduled appointment. Geez Sasuke, seems like both your memory and you hearing are fading." She teased.
"Haha..very funny. You know, I'm kind of hurt that the only reason why you're hear is to spy on me again."
She laughed, "Well we could always….do something afterwards…if you want to." She said shyly.
It was definitely still a new feeling that one of us didn't feel some sort of resentment towards the other. It was like we almost didn't know what to do with each other. Almost.
I leaned in and kissed her again. God, when did I suddenly turn into such a sappy guy?
While I was kissing her, her hands snuck up and started to pull my shirt off of me.
"Sakura!"…I was surprised by her bold moves, that was all.
She giggled, "What?" She feigned innocence, "I need to check your wounds."
I rolled my eyes again, "You could try being a little more subtle you know?"
"Ok ok, well I'm done now." She said abruptly.
I raised my eyebrow at her, "That was fast. That's what you came over for?"
"Heh heh, maybe."
It was my turn to laugh. "So what exactly did you want to do?"
"Have you ever been on a picnic?"
"No, I don't think I have."
"Great! Well, today is the perfect day to start!" And she walked out of my room and into the kitchen where she bent down and picked up a picnic basket that was hidden behind my counter.
"That was awfully convenient." I said. She was already at my front door pulling on my hand eagerly.
"Come on, let's go!"
I paused and took the basket from her, which was surprisingly heavy, and took her hand again. After all, I did have manners.
She led me the whole way. At first I had no idea where we were going but when I saw the bridge come into view, I realized that she was taking me back to the clearing where she had left me a few days ago. She continued to pull my hand until we were off near the edge of the clearing where there was a large tree in full bloom for shade.
"Here?" I asked.
"Yeah..What? Do you not like it?" She asked timidly. It was so unlike her normal personality but we were both acting differently now, must be nerves.
"No, it's great. Brings back old memories."
"Yeah, I love it here."
I set down the basket and pulled out the blanket and spread it out over the grass. She sat down and motioned for me to sit next to her.
She pulled out the food, and we ate it while talking peacefully about random things. She told me about her job and patients and I realized that I knew everything about her and her personality and things like that but I knew nothing about what she did or what her life was like. It gave me another stab of guilt to realize that that was my fault for leaving.
Time passed by rather quickly and soon the sun was setting. I was sitting with my back propped up against the tree and she was lying down with her head rested on my lap, staring at the sun.
After a while, she looked up at me and said, "What's wrong?"
I looked down at her and said, "Nothing, why?"
"You've been really quiet. Well you usually are really quiet…but it just seems like there's something wrong."
I shook my head, "Nothing…"
We settled back into the peaceful silence we were in before but I couldn't help myself. It had been nagging at me from the moment the guilt washed over me again.
"Why…" It was hard for me to say it. I cleared my throat and tried again, "Why..Why did you change your mind?"
She stayed silent for what seemed like eternity before saying, "I could never live without you."
"Even though I…Even though I was such an asshole?"
I didn't want to continue because a part of me was still scared that she would realize that she had made a mistake and then she would leave me again. But I knew that if I didn't continue, I would always be wondering if she truly wanted this.
She sat up and looked at me for a long time. She reached over and touched my face with her delicate fingers and said, "It doesn't matter anymore. This is what I want. You are what I want for the rest of my life. Some mistakes you and I have made before are insignificant when compared to an entire life time."
She smiled at me and leaned in to kiss me for the hundredth time that day, but who was complaining? The kiss was soft and beautiful just like her. She pulled away and rested her head on my shoulder.
After a few more minutes, without lifting her head from my shoulder, she asked softly, "So…what exactly are we?"
It was my turn to stay silent for a long time.
"Sasuke?" She asked nervously.
I smiled, "I guess you're my girlfriend."
End Flashback
It was as simple as that, but once again, I felt completely at peace with my life and myself. Gone was the guilt that had come back briefly. She had the ability to make me forget all of life's problems. She was my escape from reality.
It didn't matter how many times I rejected her or how many times she rejected me, we were together now because at some point, I was lucky enough for her to let me back in.
I will never let her go, no matter what separates us...
Hey!
See! I kept my promise and updated within one week! Anyway..this chapter was definitely different from the rest...well i think so because i didn't have to write anything too depressing. and like i said before, it will probably stay that way for the next few chapters. Also, i think im gonna include one or two scenes (or more) that will require the rating to go up. If you don't want to read that stuff tho, don't worry because i will find some way of warning you right before it all happens or post two versions of the same chapter...not sure yet..but as of now, it's in my plans.
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