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Chapter 22

Warm.

That was the first thing Erza felt when she started to awake from her sleep. She stretched her limb on the bed like a cat getting up from a nap and mewled in pleasure at the heavenly sensation she was feeling. She wondered why she was being extra sensitive this morning and her body was sore all over. The warmness was enveloping her and she sighed in contentment at the comfort. Instinctively, she turned around and snuggled deeper towards the source when she heard the deep throaty groan and something tightening around her waist.

Erza opened her eyes in shock only to be met face to chest with someone else's bare one. She stiffened in his embrace and allowed herself to remember what had happen last night that lead to this predicament she found herself in. Slowly the memory filled her foggy mind and she was blushing madly when she remembered what she did last night together with Sasuke. She relaxed her form and looked up to see the sleeping face of her boyfriend. He was sleeping soundly and his chest rise and fall gently in sync with his breathing. Erza let out a shy smile when she noticed that both of them were naked and buried her nose against his chest.

Being like this with him felt so right and it brought the intimacy limit she felt to a whole new level. She would always remember her first time with him and she would cherish it to her dying day. She would never regret giving her all to him because she loved him and she knew that he loved her too.

As much as she loved to cuddle with him on the bed and ignored everything that had been going on in the world, she had to get up and get ready for the day. It was Saturday and there was no school today, but her life was a routine and she usually was already up and get on with her life at this hour. Furthermore, she was hungry. She didn't eat anything for dinner last night at the ball and she felt like she could eat a horse at the moment.

Gently, she pried his hands away from her waist and slowly sat up on the bed. However, Sasuke was already feeling the loss of warmth from her body and snaked his hand around her body once more, bringing her closer to his body and accidently tackling her to the bed with him.

"Where are you going?" He mumbled as he buried his nose at the crook of her neck.

"Uh…," Erza stuttered and blushed some more as she didn't know what to do in this situation. She was afraid that it was going to be awkward when they woke up naked like this. Insecurities suddenly entered her. What if he felt that last night was a mistake? What if he was not happy with her?

Suddenly, Sasuke hovered above her, trapping her body to the bed and Erza was met with his black orbs staring at her with love and she felt all her fears fade away.

"Good morning beautiful," he said with a sexy smirk on his face as he let his eyes roamed around her body before it rest once more on her face.

That only managed to make Erza blushed more and she averted her eyes away from him. She knew that she must have looked like a tomato right now. "G-good morning," she stuttered her reply and Sasuke chuckled at her sudden embarrassment with him.

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She really is adorable, Sasuke thought silently as he let out an amused chuckle at his blushing girlfriend who he had trapped underneath him. He knew that she was embarrassed, but he thought after last night there was nothing to be embarrassed about. They saw each other naked, touch every inch of each other's skin and they made love with each other. So she shouldn't be so shy with him. But that was just the way Erza was. She was a very private person, so he get where she was coming from and that only made him love her more and wanted to tease her.

He leaned down and captured her lips in a gentle, sensual kiss and despite her being nervous, she reciprocated the kiss. Sasuke deepened the kiss, getting loss in the way her smooth lips felt and enjoying the way her bare skin touching his own making him all the more excited to repeat the action from last night. She broke the kiss when the need for air became crucial. Gone was the nervousness and embarrassment she portrayed earlier and it was replaced by the desire he saw reflected in her eyes. And he knew that the same expression was mirrored in his.

If anyone told him that he would be in this position with Erza Scarlet months ago, he would scoffed at them and told them it was never going to happen. They didn't have a good start and he unconsciously made it his everyday mission to annoy the uptight student council president but along the way, he fell in love with her. And he was glad that she felt the same way too. He was lucky to have her as his girlfriend. She was smart, beautiful and kind hearted along with tones of other good quality of her that he didn't bother to list. What was more that he could ask for in a woman?

He silently admired the way she looked underneath him. She was so sexy with her glowing skin and rosy cheek, not to forget the parted plump lips that were begging to be ravaged. He did just that since he couldn't refuse it. He was just a man and the temptation was too much him. Soon, their tongues were battling for dominance and it was followed by the mind blowing love-making that sent them both to the edge.

As he lay on the bed panting harshly with her in his embrace, Sasuke realized that Erza had become an addiction to him. An addiction that he would hold on to for the rest of his life.

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It was two days later that Erza walked out of her apartment alone wearing a simple white blouse and blue knee length skirt.

It was such a nice day.

That was the reason she chose to walk on Sunday evening to the bakery she frequented for her stock of strawberry cheesecake. She was on her last slice of cake this morning so she needed to get another one in her fridge. After buying the cake, she exited the bakery and walked home in such a good mood.

It was a bit windy but she didn't mind. In fact, she enjoyed the wind on her face, blowing her scarlet tresses so that it danced around her gently. It felt peaceful.

The only thing missing was Sasuke. She wished he was here with her at the moment to enjoy the day. Thinking about Sasuke only made her remember the life changing she experienced with him two days ago and her face automatically heated up because of that. Erza quickly shook her head to clear her mind away from the thought.

He was with her earlier today at her apartment. They had made a plan to go out. In fact, he was supposed to accompany her today to the bakery but his manager suddenly called for an urgent meeting regarding his contract and Erza told him to go see his manager instead. He asked her to come with him but Erza refused, saying that she didn't want to become a distraction for him. It was time he focused on his career again since his sabbatical leave from work was going to end soon.

Suddenly, Erza stopped in her track and looked behind her back with a frown on her face. That was weird. She didn't know where it came from but she felt like someone was following her. But there was no one in the near vicinity. In fact, everything was so unnaturally quiet. Erza thought that she had become paranoid as of late. She blamed it all on the reporters who kept following her around after the fiasco about Sasuke dating her got published in the magazine. They kept following her and stationed outside her apartment complex for a while whishing for some story. It was a terrible experience. She kept glancing behind her back and was always on the lookout to avoid the paparazzi.

Shaking her head once again, Erza turned around and resumed her walk ignoring the feeling she got that someone was watching her.

If only she glanced once more behind her back, she would notice that a man slowly emerged from behind a tree not far from where she leisurely walked. The man was staring at her with a smirk on his face and he indeed was keeping tab on her as he was paid to do.

"You are predictable, Miss Erza Scarlet and it is so easy to snatch you from the street just like that," he said and his smirk widened when he imagined what he would do to the beautiful girl if he had the chance. Too bad his employer had other use for the girl, because he sure wouldn't mind a few days alone with her. Feeling there was no need to follow her any longer, the man walked away from the scene as his overactive mind began to imagine how he was going to execute his plan per his employer's wish.

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Sasuke entered the café and his eyes roamed around looking for the familiar face of his manager. Once he spotted him at the back corner of the room, he took a purposeful stride and neared the man.

"Hey Suigetsu, what's up Bro?" He greeted the slightly older man as soon as he took a seat in front of man who sported an annoyed look on his face.

"Nice to see you too, punk," he replied back scathingly. Sasuke only smirked in reply at his manager's behavior. He was used to it. Suigetsu was not a patience man and he was short-tempered but he was excellent in his job. Suigetsu was only a couple years older so they get along well and he was more of a friend who was paid to manage his career.

"What's got your panties in a bunch?" Sasuke said, rolling his eyes dramatically at him. "You need to chill out dude."

Suigetsu snorted at him. "Do you even hear yourself?" He asked sarcastically. "Telling me to relax when you go around creating a bunch of problem for me to take care of," he scolded.

"What problem now?" Sasuke drawled without any interest. He knew Suigetsu was exaggerating. He knew he didn't cause any problem lately and his name was not in any magazine either after the whole him dating Erza thing. Unless, that was what Suigetsu meant. Sasuke looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Why you didn't tell me you're dating? People were hoarding me asking whether it was true or not and do you realize how stupid I look when I didn't have a clue what they were talking about?" He ranted. "I know I agreed to the no contact for the whole of your sabbatical leave thing but you could at least inform me of this. And you have the ball to not return my call and explain the whole situation."

Sasuke let his friend's ranting to end before he interrupted. "Okay, I'm really sorry about that," he apologized. "But in my defense, it was not totally my fault. Erza's cousin is Itachi's fiancée and she was a guest to the dinner at my house when some dumb reporter took our picture and spread those stupid rumors. I didn't date her back then."

Suigetsu's eyes narrowed at that. "So I guess you are dating her now," he commented with a knowing smirk.

Sasuke felt uncomfortable for a moment under his watchful eyes. "How do you know? I check, there's nothing on the news about me lately," he said with suspicions.

"Seriously," Suigetsu scoffed at him. "The dumb, young man in love look on your face is a dead giveaway," he said sarcastically.

It was Sasuke's turned to scowl at him.

"I guess congratulation is on order then," he said with a shrug. "Seriously, Erza Scarlet is a beautiful girl and she seems like a good person. I'm glad that you decided to date her."

"Why?" Sasuke asked in confusion.

Suigetsu stared him. "Because you just prove that you like girls. I was worried that you're gay since you never paid attention to any girls before," he said with a straight face earning a disgusted face from Sasuke. "But if you pull any stun like before, I'm going to kick your ass," he threatened.

Sasuke rolled his eyes at his over dramatic behavior from his friend. "Yeah, yeah I get it. So what do you want to talk to me about anyway?" He asked.

"It's about your comeback. Your sabbatical will end in a week and a proposal was sent to me for a modeling job in Paris. It's a runway dude, and it's massive. You are asked specifically for this job as the main male model and you won't like it when I tell you who the main female model is."

"Don't tell me it's-"

"Yes," Suigetsu interjected. "It's Haruno Sakura. For the record, I don't like it either. That girl gives me the creep with her obsession for you."

Sasuke sent him an exasperated look. "You have no idea," he said. "Do you know that she recently attend my school for a week for the 100th year celebratory of the school founding? And Erza said her school was not even on the list of attendees in the first place," Sasuke informed.

"Seriously?"

"Yeah," Sasuke nodded. "I think she pull some strings and beg the principal to make a request to attend the celebratory. You know how my previous high school principal is."

Suigetsu nodded in understanding. "Sakura Haruno really is something," the snow haired man muttered with a sigh. "Just watch your back around her Sasuke. I just have a bad feeling whenever I think about her, and I don't want any more scandal about you and Haruno. The one she pulled last year sure take a hell out of me to do a damage control."

"You don't have to tell me twice about that. I know better than anyone else on how cunning she can be," Sasuke uttered. He saw his manager nodded his head, relieved when he heard Sasuke uttered those words. It was quiet between them for a moment before his friend chose to break it with his question.

"Oh by the way Sasuke, should I give you the talk about the birds and the bees?" Suigetsu asked with mirth.

Sasuke's face heated up when he heard that. "Shut up!" He scolded with a scowl while Suigetsu laughed heartily seeing his embarrass face. Suigetsu could be quite nasty with his teasing and Sasuke would prefer to face his friend's temper any other day than this side of him. He was unbearable when he was in his teasing mood.

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Sasuke walked inside Erza's apartment and locked it behind her, walking towards the red head that was busy preparing a pot of tea at the kitchen. He sneaked in closer to her and wrapped his arms around her waist and enveloping her in a hug, burying his nose at the crook of her neck, inhaling her sweet scent.

"Hey sweetheart," he said, watching as she put some sugar and stirring the honey colored liquid.

"Hey," she replied with a smile. He could see the blush adoring her face. She did that a lot around him this past two days, blushing prettily for him to see. It was not like he minded it. It only made her more adorable in his eyes. "How's the meeting going?" She asked.

"That's what I want to talk about," he replied.

"Okay," Erza nodded. "Let's take this to the table and then we can talk."

Sasuke reluctantly released his hold on her and helped her bring the tray containing the tea and two slices of cakes to the table. She took her first bite of the sweet fluffy cake before she asked him. "So, what did your manager say?"

"My sabbatical is going to end soon so we talk about work. I need to leave for Paris as soon as we finish the paper for the final examination," he informed, taking a sip of his tea.

"Next week?" Erza inquired.

"Yeah," he answered with a sigh. "I'll be away for two weeks," he said and he could see the crestfallen look on her face. He hated seeing that look on her face but there was nothing he could do about it. "I'm going to miss you so much," he said.

Erza put on a smile to cheer him up. "I'm going to miss you too," she said. "It's just two week, she tried to brush it off like it was nothing, but he knew that she was sad about it. We can spend more time with each other once you get back," she suggested.

Sasuke stood up from his seat went to hug her close to him.

"Sasuke?" She uttered with confusion.

He really was smitten by this red head vixen. The thought of leaving her and not seeing her for two weeks already made him missing her so much. "Erza, why don't you accompany me to Paris? We can tour around the city once my job is finish. I'm even going to pay for your expanses there," he suggested with a hopeful tone.

He heard Erza giggled at his suggestion. "Don't be ridiculous," she chastised him half heartedly. "Where am I going to stay if I come with you?"

"Hotel of course," he replied. "I'll book a hotel just for the two of us and we can stay there without any interruption."

"And have all those reporters swarming around the place a chance to get another story on the hot and famous Sasuke Uchiha?" Erza said teasingly. "I don't think it will be a good idea."

Sasuke stared at her straight in her eyes. "I don't care what they are going to write. And we are together now anyway. This is a good chance to introduce my equally hot and beautiful girlfriend to the world," he said grinning like a Cheshire cat.

Erza punched him playfully in his stomach. "Stop spouting nonsense," she scolded. "No matter how tempting the idea is, I can't go there with you. You are there to do your job and I don't want to be a distraction. Furthermore, I don't want you to be involved in another scandal with me and I don't want people to have a negative thought about you. I don't want people saying that you don't take your job seriously."

Sasuke smiled at the selfless and understanding girl. She really was the best girlfriend in the world. He knew that she won't change her mind any time soon, so he might as well gave up on the idea. "Well, I agree that you are going to be a distraction. A good distraction," he said with a cheeky grin.

"Sasuke!" Erza reprimanded as she blushed at his insinuation and Sasuke just chuckled at his adorable girlfriend.

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Sakura entered the dingy bar and fixed the shawl that covered her hair. She wore a plain blouse with a black knee length skirt and adjusted the black glasses on her face, keeping her face down as she tried to stay inconspicuous by the other patron. She looked around and saw the one she was meeting with sat at the table in the dark corner of the room.

She took a stride towards the glasses wearing man and plopped on the opposite seat. "Can't you pick a place with less people for a meeting?" She hissed as a greeting.

His mouth stretched in a gleeful smile when he noticed her. "Why are you dressed like you just commit a crime? Keeping your head down like that, you got police on your tail or something?" He said with a malicious chuckle.

"It's not even funny Kabuto," she glared daggers at the insufferable man.

"Relax Sakura, no one is going to recognize you here," he said.

Sakura scoffed at his comment. Of course people were going to recognize her. She was Haruno Sakura for fuck's sake. She has her face gracing the pages of magazine and featured in the television. Who the hell did he think she was? Choosing not to argue with the ignorance white haired male in front of him, Sakura asked him instead. "So how is it going with your mission?"

Kabuto grinned at her. "It is one of the easiest jobs I've ever paid for," he said. "I'll continue watching her for a few more days if you want, but I already figure out how to snatch her for you. Today, I've found out that she frequented this bakery near her apartment complex. One of the waitresses there kindly told me that Erza Scarlet went to the bakery on Sunday afternoon every week. Apparently, she's an avid fan of strawberry cheesecake," he said with an amused chuckle.

Sakura smiled when she heard that. "Excellent," she said with barely contain excitement. "Next week, you can execute the plan. The same day I'll be going to Paris. I'll see you at the penthouse before I catch my flight," she said before she stood up from her seat. "And Kabuto, make sure that this will not come back to me in any way," she reminded him.

Kabuto smirked in return. "You don't have to worry about that," he said.

That was good enough for Sakura. She knew that this guy here was a professional. He had never been caught in his crime and everyone that had used his expertise before vouched for him. So she was confident that this was not going to come back and bite her in the ass.

"You're the one that needs to watch out Sakura. If any of this come back to me because of you, I will hunt you down and you don't want to know what I'm going to do to you once I find you," he warned with a cold voice it sent chills to her bones.

With that warning ringing in her mind, Sakura turned and walked away from ignoring the cold feeling of his stare at her back as she exited the bar.

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Jellal Fernandes was lounging on his bed as he flipped the magazine and scanned through the content half-heartedly. He was bored and there was nothing he could do to alleviate his boredom for now. His homework was finished and he already organized his books needed for tomorrow. He certainly didn't want to go out with Ultear. The girl had called him earlier for a date but he turned it down, lying through his teeth that he was not feeling well.

Truthfully, his mind kept returning to the red head who had his affection and he couldn't stop the jealousy that surged through him when he imagined her with Sasuke spending time together in a such a fine day. He snapped the magazine closed with a loud snap. He got pissed off whenever he thought about Sasuke Uchiha.

A loud ring shifted his attention away from the topic and he took his phone out from his pocket. His eyes widened when he noticed the caller.

"Hello" he said after tapping the green icon on the display.

"Hello Jellal," the sultry voice on the other line said. "I hope you miss me."

Jellal snorted at the caller. "What do you want Sakura?" He asked in a neutral tone although he was annoyed at the pink haired girl.

"Just want to inform you that our plan is already in motion," she said.

"More of a your plan instead of ours," Jellal interjected. "What is this plan you're talking about anyway? You don't even tell me anything and suddenly you say that it is already in motion?" He said in a skeptical tone. He was getting more annoyed with the delusional girl the more he talked to her.

"Relax Jellal," Sakura said from the other side. "I need you to meet me somewhere next week. I'll text you the address later. Just be patient for now and we both will get what we want soon," she said before she disconnected the call.

Jellal stared at the phone with a frown on his face. He was curious what on earth she was planning about but there was nothing he could do for now. He would just wait for her and see what was going to happen next week and if her plan failed, he would make another plan of his own to get what he wanted. And what he wanted was Erza Scarlet.

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To be continued

A/N: Things are going to get ugly for Erza and Sasuke.