Ignite

Chapter 3:

Summary: She was curious on what he was going to say to her; yet, he never revealed it. Feeling hurt, she thought that maybe keeping her distance was the best choice.
But what happens when that distance is as long as death?

A/N: I PROMISED YOU THIS. You can probably expect PureBlood Queen to be updated today or tomorrow because I'm a kind soul but also because I practically have nothing to do with my life if I'm being completely honest. Anyway, thank you to everyone supporting this story. Okay, I'm talking too much, enjoy. Also I deleted this chapter like twice, so sorry.

She stared out the window, the rain's mist making it hard to see. Sitting next to the guy who seemed to have suddenly just cut her off was pretty awkward. He wouldn't even spare a tiny glance at her.
But what surprised her own self was that she WANTED him to; something she had never wanted. Everything felt different.

Sasuke focused on the road in front of him, feeling too embarrassed to talk to her.
The soft pitter-patter of the rain and the windshield wipers screeching killed the awkward silence between them, so he was thankful for that.

"Why won't you speak to me?" Sakura stared at the emotionless male, waiting for an answer. "Did I do something wrong?"

He didn't take his eyes off the traffic lights. He wanted them to turn green. He wanted to hurry and take her home - no more questions asked.
"Hn, it's nothing."

The pink-haired beauty sighed. If he wouldn't communicate with her to solve what ever was happening, so be it.
"Fine." She huffed and continued to glance outside with a steady frown.

Sasuke for once lost focus on the traffic and squeezed her fragile hands while his other hand was occupied on steering the wheel.

She tensed at the smooth and cold touch of his palms. There she began to stare at his deep, dark onyx eyes. She had never noticed how beautiful they looked from up close, she regretted not examining them before; the night he had saved her.

He got lost in her sparkling emerald eyes as well. They were somehow so.. enchanting to him. They always shined no matter what.

Suddenly, a large screech came from Sakura's mouth. "Sasuke! - The road! Watch o-"
Someone turned the lights off. It was pitch black.
The last image she was able to remember was his onyx eyes staring into her innocent ones.

Guilt. That was what she had felt. Guilt and mixed emotions. Was confronting him the right choice?
A slow, long screeching sound like nails being ripped against a chalk board wouldn't leave her ears.

Sasuke, was he alright?

"I wasn't paying attention!" A sudden voice hissed, "What do you mean I'm the one to blame? All I was doing was-" He paused for a minute.
"Can you just hurry and come here rather than nag at me? Thank you."

Sakura heard a tired groan come from beside her.
The young girl's mind was racing; she could hear ghosts? What was happening?

"Sir, you need to exit the room for now. You can come later."

"I'm staying right here until she wakes up." He snapped, "Can't you do whatever you're going to do later?"

A small yet fragile growl came as a response, "Do you want her to live? If yes, get out right now."

"I will not, th-"
The pink-haired girl intercepted his sentence quietly. She reached out for his hand although she couldn't see.

"Go." Was all she could say summoning up her strength. There was still pain in her body, but when the cold hand met hers, she felt comforted. "Thank you, Sasuke-kun."
Sakura gave up on saying anything else, it made her even more exhausted just completing one small sentence.

The cold hand left hers, and just in sync, he said as if he was holding back tears, "We haven't truly met, but.. -" He paused once again, like he was thinking about whether he should say something or not.
"Please just survive." The freezing tone of his voice turned warm, making Sakura feel welcomed.

She nodded weakly, still only seeing the darkness. Was she even nodding in real life, or was her senses just playing with her? Sakura groaned, annoyed to LITERAL death.
She decided to embrace the darkness and sat there, bathing in the dark.

"I'm sorry, I won't do it again."
"Never mind, it's nothing."

His own words were haunting her. What went wrong?

"What's happened with her again?" someone asked. Sakura assumed it was simply just a doctor treating her.
He closely examined her forehead, she could even feel his hot breath suffocating her cold skin. She tried to let out a little wince, embarrassed that he was looking at her forehead, something she was extremely sensitive over.
It didn't work. Of course it wouldn't. Wasn't she practically dead?

"All we know is that she was involved in a car crash, but the husband hasn't told us how it crashed." replied a voice that sounded a bit like a nurse.

Inside, Sakura went red. Husband? Did they really fit that image of a married couple? She blinked blankly, trying to understand the current situation she was in.

"She doesn't need much work. You can bring her husband in, she'll just need to be treated to some medicine and probably a few painkillers. Nothing severe, just shocked." His footsteps echoed, and before she knew it, he had already exited the room.

"You can come in and see your wife, sir."

"My wife?" Sasuke questioned.

"Yes, she is your wife, isn't she?" She tapped her heels on the floor.

Sakura's mind went blank. What would he say?

"She's no-" He sighed, "She is my wife."
Sakura heard him make his way beside her bed. He slowly bent down, laying his head next to her ear. He nodded at the nurse; a signal for her to leave for a minute.

The nurse smiled at them both and began to wait outside, giving them privacy together.

"You probably can't hear any of this," he began, running his hands through her hair. "But I couldn't bring myself to at least tell you how I felt."

The flustered pink-haired girl was screaming inside. Literally.
She couldn't do anything. The bigger problem, what was she going to say? Or either what was HE going to say? She stumbled around in her head, thinking for awhile until Sasuke broke the silence.

"I guess I did like you, but I didn't want to admit it. When you hugged me and everything, I didn't know how to reply. I'm sorry." He started to trip over his words as if he was sulking. "I'm really happy your condition isn't bad. When you wake up, I promise to take better care of you."

Sakura sat there in the dark, listening and registering all the words he had spoken to her.

Suddenly, she felt a small kiss brush on the top of her forehead.
She batted her eyelids open quickly to see a surprised Sasuke staring at her.
"You - You.."

"Tch. Now you wake up?" He glanced out of the window, trying to ignore her. "The doctor said you wouldn't wake up till long."

Sakura giggled sweetly, "That doctor was wrong." She paused then slowly continued, "What if I told you.. I heard everything you said..?" She batted her eyelids again, looking at him with innocent emerald eyes.

Sasuke blinked blankly in front of her face. He leaned over slightly, pressing his nose on her's. "Bad luck for me then, I guess."

She quickly moved her head up and quickly kissed his lips. "Very bad luck," she muttered under her hot breath that reflected off onto his cold, pale skin.

For once, he felt safe and relaxed. Sakura had truly opened something inside him that made him feel better.
Hugging him, always trying to make sure everything was okay between them; that was all he needed from her to make him happy. He hoped she felt the same way.
"I'm sorry," he repeated.

"About what?" Sakura frowned, holding his hands tightly.

"What do you mean? About everything. I was stupid."

She made her grip on his hands even more tighter, "Now, remember. No matter what happened to me, none of it was because of you. I would still love you." Her emerald pupils turned hard and stern as if she was lecturing a child in preschool.

Sasuke chuckled softly, "If I killed you, you wouldn't care?" He couldn't believe the young girl he was staring at.

"Well, if you out it that way, it sounds wrong!" She crossed her arms, "I love you, okay? Get that in your thick head."

"What a subtle confession." He let out a little laugh.
Sakura's eyes widened. He had finally laughed in front of her!

She joined in with his laughing session but then paused to say something important, "You know you still need to tell them how you crashed, right.."

Sasuke's face went serious quickly. "It wasn't my fault for getting lost in your eyes. You should be blamed." He joked.

Sakura caressed his cheek, staring into his eyes once again like it was the thousandth time, "You have all day to do that."

He nodded, satisfied with her response, "Yes, I do. I'll start now."
His onyx eyes met hers, and it was as if the whole world changed. He seemed so different; even enticing was an understatement. Finally knowing how he really felt, she could love him freely without any doubts. Their relationship was already blooming, just by being completely involved in each other's eyes.

"I told you, they've been staring at each other for 10 minutes.." Mikoto nudged Mebuki playfully as she peeked through their room windows. If their children were happy, they were happy. Well, at least some were happy..

Kizashi stared at the couple with a dead expression, clearly not impressed. "How stupid," he muttered, "Children throwing the fact away that they could've died is stupid."
He looked at the other parents. He used to be super pumped for them being together, but when your child was in danger of dying because of another person and then they finally make up saying 'my life doesn't matter, if I died, I'd still love you,' pissed him off.

"I ask that we discontinue with this. I don't want my daughter with your son, I want to call it off."