Chapter 7.

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Sasuke's POV.

Flashback.

Young and sweet 4 year old Sasuke, wearing a light blue shirt, dark blue pants, and blue sandals, giggled as his mother twirled him around in a circle. He didn't have a care in the world.

"Mommy, you're my favorite person!" He yelled with a lot of laughter.

"Oh, my young Sasuke. You will always be my little baby boy. Mommy will always love you." She said as she smiled her black eyes gleaming in the sun.

She was wearing a brown blouse, dark purple skirt, and blue sandals.

"Come on my little Sasuke. I have something to show you." She smiled as she grabbed his tiny hands.

He skipped by her side and looked up at her returning the bright smile.

Mikoto brought her young son to her garden filled with yellow roses, a small garden Sasuke's father helped her grow when she was pregnant with Sasuke.

"Mommy, your favorite flowers!" Little Sasuke pointed to the bright yellow roses, his huge charcoal eyes started glistening.

"Oh, so you remembered my little one." She said as she poked his nose.

Sasuke giggled loudly again.

He began walking around the garden admiring his mother's favorite flowers, he picked one of them and back to where she was standing.

Mikoto didn't mind that he picked one, she watched her son with hopeful eyes that he would treat the flower garden with respect the day he will inherit this home, with his wife.

Sasuke brought the flower over to his mother. She took it gently from his little hand and bent down to be at his level.

"Be careful my sweet little vampire, you must treat the flowers with respect." She said as she smiled cheerfully at him.

He returned it with opened wide eyes.

"Mommy, I will keep growing these roses for you, forever!" He grinned up at her.

She chuckled and spoke.

"My little Sasuke, you can. But I would be even happier if you shared them with someone you love or really care about, like a wife when you get older." She grinned as he pondered this thought.

Young Sasuke looked up at his mother smiling widely.

"I promise Mommy, I will!"

End of Flashback.

I sat up as I looked up out of the glass window leading over the view of the familiar garden. After last week's incident of biting Karin, I hadn't done it since. I don't think her body could handle it at such a short time span between us.

He was wearing a black shirt, grey long pants, and black sandals.

I looked around nervously, my mother's words haunting me.

"My little Sasuke, you can. But I would be happier if you shared them with someone you love or really care about, like a wife when you get older."

I glared out the window.

'Why did my mother need to make me think of such good memories? Why did she want me to share them with someone like Karin? A worthless human.' he thought.

I could only admit to myself, no one else. That I did feel a need to protect her, a need to be by her side. There was a gravitational pull or something, it really makes me angry inside.

But what made me more angry inside, was when I didn't mind her company. That's when I get mad at myself and then I take it out on her. Other than training to fight all my life, I never really hurt anyone serious enough to bruise them. I really hurt her like that all the time, though.

I groan as I moved from the window. I walked through the halls until I made it to the stairs. I walked up the stairs that our bedroom was on. I gently stepped into the bedroom.

Karin laid quietly across the bed humming an unfamiliar song to herself. Her black skinny jeans hugged her legs perfectly and her dark orange skimmed her fair skin nicely.

"Hey." I spoke softly.

She jumped and faced me. She looked at me oddly. Her long hair moved to her left thigh, I noticed the healing wounds from my fangs.

"I'm sorry about that." I said pointing to it.

She winced as my hand reached out to touch her. I breath in trying to keep my cool.

"Karin, come with me, please." I said nicely as I could muster.

She stared at me before shaking her head.

"I don't want to go anywhere with you." She said.

What surprised me more wasn't how she spoke up and tried to put me in my place for once, it was how calmly she said it.

I was caught off guard for a moment. I grabbed her right arm.

"Too bad." I said.

"No." She said sternly, ripping her arm away from me.

I was caught off guard even more. I felt my fangs growing, a sign I was getting angry.

"Now." I said, firmly staring at her.

She looked away from my gaze. "N-no." She said once again.

Now I was beyond mad, my eyes turned into the sharingan. I wanted to come up here and be nice, and she would have any of it. I glared at her with the sharingan and growled, then reached for her arms and pinned her down hard on the bed.

I straddled her.

"I'm trying so hard to be nice to you, human." I spat, my anger seething.

She groan as I put more pressure on her wrists.

"Ow, Sasuke... please." she whined.

I glared at her even harder.

"Oh now you want to cooperate with me?" She flinched as I raised one hand.

My eyes have turned back to charcoal black again. I decided against hitting her, her left cheek still had a bruise along it. Instead I strummed my fingers gently against it. I leaned down and I don't know what came over me. Maybe a gravitational pull? But I kissed her left cheek gently.

"Y-you're cold." she said softly, looking into my eyes.

I looked down into hers.

"Are you complaining again?" I growled.

"No, not at all. It's just-" She trailed.

"It's just what?" I snapped.

She didn't flinch this time just sighed.

"It's just, it feels nice." she said softly.

"Well, please come with me now?" I asked softly once again.

She nodded again. "Okay."

I got off of her and her hand gently into mine. I walked her down the stairs and out through the halls until we made it to a familiar glass door that I remembered perfectly. She seemed calm and I was thankful for that.

I opened the door and let her in first closing the door behind us. I grabbed her hand gently once again and she didn't complain only stayed quiet. I steered her through a mass of trees, only a small white stone garden path leading us to my mother's garden.

Once we reached the garden, I felt her inhale deeply.

"It's so beautiful." she said reaching for a yellow rose, and smelling it.

I watched her intently as she walked around taking in the wonderful place.

I quietly sat in the grass. The same grass I used to play and lay in when my mom took me here when I was young. I loved this place, it keeps me calm. I shook my from those thoughts.

She gently sat beside me and handed me a rose.

"I've picked many of these roses, I don't need another." I gently told her.

She smiled and it reminded me of my mother's smile.

"No silly, for friendship." she spoke quietly.

I felt a weird sensational tug at my heart when she spoke of friendship between us.

"Thanks." I muttered softly.

This human had me speechless for the very first time.

Karin's POV.

I was shocked as Sasuke was quiet. A simple thanks was all he muttered and as we sat in the grass and enjoyed the silence, it felt nice. It made me feel like he might actually have a heart. Especially after last week's results.

I sighed as I laid back in the grass, my straight long hair sprawling all around me. It felt more than nice, it felt amazing. The sun was starting to set and there was a perfect view from here.

Sasuke swirled the yellow rose in his hand for about 10 minutes before he stiffened and laid down beside me. Our bodies were touching and it sent a shock of energy through my body.

I wondered if he could feel it too. I felt it was best not to bring it up. I didn't want to upset him. The last thing I needed was to ruin this perfect moment.

I began to hum the same song from earlier. My mother used to hum it to me all the time. She said it helped me sleep when I had nightmares when I was a little girl. I know it by heart. Once I realized Sasuke was listening I stopped.

"Why did you stop?" he asked, catching me off guard.

I felt my face heat up with embarrassment knowing he had heard me.

"I don't know, I didn't realize you were listening." I explained it gently as I could.

"What is it?" He asked moving his head to the side to look at me.

I blushed at how close we really were when I turned to him. I met his deep charcoal eyes and almost sucked into their intensity.

"I-I, my mother used to hum it to me when I was little when I had nightmares." I explained.

He nodded and looked into my eyes, he seemed to be searching for something in them. It made me feel vulnerable.

"Again." He said.

I felt confused.

"What?" I asked timidly.

"Hum it again, I like your voice." He explained.

I looked up into the sky, watching the sun set. I began to hum once more.

After a few minutes, I looked at him again. He was breathing peacefully, his eyes we're closed. He seemed to be asleep, I continued to hum. Content for the moment.

Sasuke's POV.

Once she laid down, and I laid beside her I felt a flow of energy through my body. As are bodies touched it got stronger. It made me want to get closer to her. I wanted to shake the thoughts from my head, but I just can't.

Instead I inhaled her sweet scent, it smelled of fruits and flowers, and the way her fair skin was in the grass. The way her crimson red flowed around her, it all looked so beautiful. She looks so beautiful.

I would be made at myself for thinking that. But I can't find the energy to be mad now. I don't think it would be possible to be mad right now.

I inhaled deeply, my breathing steady. I closed my eyes and listened intently to her beautiful voice. It completed me and I suddenly didn't feel so empty and alone next to her.

I remembered my mother being my favorite person in the entire world. I always wanted to be with her, my father was always busy to spend time with me, so I spend all my time with her alone.

But, I was always alone when she had to go. I guess that's when I became bitter. Bitter that she had to leave me too. Bitter that I didn't always have my parents, or mother around like Karin did.

I felt jealousy towards Karin. I hated it, I would never admit it to her, but I did. She got to be with her mother her entire life, I was only with my mother sometimes, I was always with nanny's between those times.

Karin made me feel alive and not alone for the first time. That and she reminded of my very own mother most of the time. I still didn't want to love a human mortal. That was the part of me that would remained.

Vampires and Humans do not go together. I didn't like the 2 together. I didn't want a human wife. I wanted a vampire wife, with pure blooded vampire kids. Nobody took what I wanted or still do want into consideration.

It infuriates me. I will not go through with this wedding. I don't want to. I never did. I'm not even ready to get married, I'm only 18. Karin being only 17. We're too young. And I don't love her like that. I don't have any feelings of love for her. I can only see her as a weak human that will be making my life miserable.

All this thinking made me hungry, I opened my eyes and to the side. Karin was asleep, her humming must have stopped and I didn't noticed it because I was thinking too much.

Her head rested softly in the glass and her breathing was steady and very soothing to me. I watched her sleep. I watched her sleep, maybe it was wrong.

But it felt right at the moment. It felt great. I wrapped an arm around her and she snuggled into my chest and I started to breath steadily as well.

The sun was almost down, and the garden lights would turn on as it got dark. I rested for another few minutes until they did. Once the lights illuminated Karin's features I shook her gently, to wake her up.

"Karin." I whispered into her ear. "My cute tomato." I whispered just as lowly into her ear. My cute tomato? The "cute tomato" part made my heart soar. I shook my head, it was only a nickname.

She moved slightly and began opening her eyes.

"Oh, your finally awake my cute tomato." I smiled for the first time in a long time at her.

She looked shocked but smiled.

"What time is it?" she asked covering her shoulders.

"It's almost 8 o'clock." I responded.

"Here." I said as I reached for her and pulled her close to me.

"Better?" I said as she stop shivering.

"Better, thanks." she whispered.

I nodded and we watched as fireflies began to emerge from the bushes.

"This garden is gorgeous." she complimented softly.

"My mother built it with my father, while she was pregnant with me." I explained.

I felt vulernable as I started opening up. I honestly didn't like it that much.

End of Chapter 7.

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