This is a bit early of an update, but this chapter made me super excited and I could not wait to let you all see it! I'm so excited for the outcome of this chapter and I hope you seriously enjoy it!

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Sasuke's Burlesque Chapter 3


She wanted to forget.

She gave into him.

All because she wanted to forget.

And although she did not want to believe

she knew he gave into her as well.

She just wanted to forget.


The following days consisted of the same routine: Sakura opened for the night, giving the crowd what they craved, and Sasuke was right behind her, giving it his all to please the crowd with a voice that made the angels sing in rejoice. And every night, Sakura would watch him intensely, wanting to know why in the world Sasuke Uchiha would want to work at a burlesque club with her. Just the fact of their first encounter the first night made her want to sneer at his attempt to show her up. Yes, that's what he wanted to do, she told herself every night in her bed. He just wanted to show her up and take her spot as the opening act. Sakura was currently glaring at her reflection in the big lit up mirror, scrutinizing the way Kakashi had done her make up. For a fabulously straight man, he knew what he was doing with a mascara wand and eye shadow brush. However, Kakashi had told her about the heavy bag under her eyes.

"If you don't get a good night's sleep, you are going to get permanent bags, Sakura," he had said.

"Stupid, Kakashi," Sakura pouted. She fluffed up her curled locks to get a fuller look and she trailed her hands to her breasts, sliding them over the mounds with a purse of her lips. She knew they had filled out a lot more than when she had been in high school. These were one of the things that made the men come back for more. Her prized assets were envied upon by all the women she worked with and practically worshipped by every man in the club and outside even. The curve of her waist was sexy and impossibly skinny for the curves she possesses. Her hands continued their travel to her waist and caressed the line of it and she stopped them at her lean thighs. A glare rose to her features as she stared down at her pale flesh. She would never be perfect, she knew this, but it would definitely be nice. Parting her legs, she stared down at the junction between them and furrowed her eyebrows. No man had ever seen this space, save for one…and the fact that she remembered the event so clearly made her breathing quicken and a dark blush rise to her cheeks. The sheer pleasure she was feeling made her double over as a familiar ache filled her lower belly and she gasped at the sensation. She snapped her legs back together and stared at her tomato red face staring back at her in the mirror.

A knock at the door of her dressing room made Sakura jump in her spot and clutch at the edge of her dressing room table.

"C-Come in," she managed to stutter. Sakura struggled to regain her breath just as Kakashi walked in with a smile, his one eye showing his expression.

"You are on in ten, Sakura," he said. He took in her disheveled appearance and smiled all too knowingly.

"Why did you hire Sasuke, old man," Sakura huffed as she stood. Kakashi shrugged as he motioned for her to spin around so her back faced him. He began lacing up the corset that started to hug her body as he tied.

"Why are you so worried about it?" he mused. "We don't intend to replace you with him, if that makes you feel any better."

"As if I would be worried that he could even replace me," Sakura sneered.

Kakashi gave her a particularly harsh tug that made her clutch to a pole that hung from ceiling to floor. "If I were you, Sakura," he said calmly, "I would watch your attitude. Sasuke came to me wanting a job that would be beneficial for the club and himself."

"How would it benefit him to sing on stage and make all the girls flutter their eyelashes at him? The pay is not very good as it is," Sakura added with a smirk.

"That, my dear, is a secret between employer and employee."

Kakashi finished up her corset and she let out a slight exhale, considering how tight he had made it. "Damn, Kakashi. How am I supposed to breathe?" she strained.

"Consider it a punishment for your attitude," he called as he walked out the door. Sakura glared at his retreating back and turned to look at the job her manager had done. She tried reaching around to try and loosen it, but she gave up when she could not reach it. That damn bastard, she growled to herself and sat down on a lounging couch to start untying it.

"Do you need any help?" a familiar, and unwanted, voice asked. Sakura could practically hear the smirk in Sasuke's voice and she growled at him.

"Go away, Sasuke. I don't need your help." She waved a well-manicured hand at him and he glared at her. "Go get Kakashi, since he was the one to do this-"

Sakura's hand was still mid-air when a larger, stronger one grabbed hers and she gasped at how tight he had grabbed it. She looked stared up at him in shock, but she controlled it with a cool glare.

"Let go of me," she growled.

"I am not your servant, Sakura," Sasuke retorted. "There is no need for you to be a bitch towards me. I really do not know what your problem is."

"YOU are my problem," she snarled and tried to wrench her hand out of his grasp. Sasuke only held on harder and he towered over her half-naked form. "You need to quit and get out of here. You're planning something and frankly, I'm so tired of your actions!"

"What," Sasuke raised his other hand and placed it on a bare thigh, "actions, Sakura?"

Sakura glared and shifted her legs away from him, finally prying her hand from his. "Don't touch me, you bastard. Get out of my dressing room. I'm on in less than five minutes."

Sasuke smirked and stood over her again, but this time he hovered over her and placed his hands on either side of her body, effectively trapping her. Sakura's eyes widened when his expression got serious, a look in his eyes that made her blush as bad as she had only minutes before. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw him raise his right hand towards her face and an almost soft expression crossed his features. Tears sprang to her eyes at a sudden onslaught of feelings and memories and Sasuke had to back away slowly, his eyes widening as well upon the realization of his sudden actions. A warmth spread through Sakura's belly again and she gasped at the repeated sensation. At this, Sasuke took his hands off the back of the lounge couch and Sakura sprang up. Grabbing her heels from her chair, she rushed out of the room with eyes that were wide with fear, but clouded with the same lust she had felt before. Her bare feet padded out of the room, leaving Sasuke behind, staring at the hand that had gone up to brush her face. It was shaking slightly and he clenched it tightly. He gritted his teeth harshly and he closed his eyes, slumping from his position to kneel on the couch. What was that… Sasuke thought and he drew a shaky breath.

Outside the room and around the corner, Sakura was in squat with a hand covering her mouth the quench the sobs that had begun racking out of her body. She wanted to forget all over again. She just wanted to…

Forget.


The night ended like any other night. Sasuke finished up the night with a song that blew away the audience, but anyone who knew him like Naruto did knew that something was definitely not right with his best friend. The drive home was silent, an awkward silence that could have been cut with a butter knife, and Naruto did not like it at all. As soon as they had stepped through the door to their apartment, Sasuke marched right to his room and slammed the door close, leaving Naruto standing dumbfounded.

"Um, night?" Naruto called, but the response was music that was heard blaring from behind the door. The man sighed and scratched his head, giving a wide yawn. He dropped his bag on the couch and stumbled towards the kitchen. Opening the fridge, he grabbed a carton of milk and practically slammed it on the counter and proceeded to get a box of cereal from the top most cabinet. As he made his late night snack, his thought process went back to Sakura's performance, which had been the moment his friend had disappeared mentally.


Earlier that night

The curtain slowly opened to Sakura laying on a lounging couch, her face facing away from the crowd. The light that was upon her reflected off most of her bare skin, including the amount of leg that was shown in the short, poofy skirt she wore with the black corset she was known to wear. Sasuke stood with Naruto at the bar as they sipped on their drinks, and Naruto turned to his friend. As he opened his mouth to say something, he froze as he saw Sasuke's expression. It was glued on Sakura, his eyes scrutinizing her as if he was eating her alive with his eyes. His mouth was pressed in a firm line that Naruto saw as his concentration face. Naruto shrugged and turned to tap on the bar top for another shot.

You're so good to me, baby baby (Sakura turned to look at the crowd with sultry eyes)

She turned her body to sit upright on the couch.

I want to lock you up in my closet
Where no one's around
I want to put your hand in my pocket
Because you're allowed

I want to drive you into the corner
And kiss you without a sound
I want to stay this way forever
I'll say it loud

Now you're in and you can't get out

Sakura stood up and ran a hand up her unclothed leg.

You make me so hot, make me wanna drop (Sakura runs a hand over her body with a face scrunched in a look of desperation and pleasure)
You're so ridiculous, I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe, you make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous, you're so good to me, baby baby
You're so good to me, baby baby

Sakura made eye contact with Sasuke, who stiffened at her sudden gaze. She did not give him any special expression, but continued.

I can make you feel all better
Just take it in
And I can show you all the places
You've never been (Sakura wiggles her finger at the crowd)

And I can make you say everything
That you never said
And I will let you do anything (Sakura moves her hand south and bunches the poofy skirt up in between her fingers)
Again and again

Now you're in and you can't get out

You make me so hot, make me wanna drop
You're so ridiculous, I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe, you make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous, you're so good to me, baby baby
You're so good to me, baby baby

Then, Sakura sat down on the lounge couch and laid down, and she turned her eyes to Sasuke once again, who was clutching at his thigh.

Kiss me gently (Sakura runs her hand down over her breasts and ghosts over her partially revealed stomach)
Always I know
Hold me, love me (Sakura crosses her arms around her waist and smiles)
Don't ever go, yeah

She sits up and throws her arms out and explodes.

You make me so hot, make me wanna drop
You're so ridiculous, I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe, you make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous, you're so good to me

You make me so hot, make me wanna drop
You're so ridiculous, I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe, you make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous, you're so good to me, baby baby
You're so good to me, baby baby
You're so good

Sakura laid back down on the couch as the curtain closes, and she gives a wink to the cheering crowd. Naruto threw back another shot and stole at glance at his tense friend. Sasuke's nose was flaring in an attempt to calm himself, but for what reason Naruto knew not. As Kakashi walked on stage to announce for Sasuke's act to begin, Sasuke stood and stalked to the stage, back tense and shoulders square.


Back to the present

Naruto mulled over the performance as he tapped his cheek with spoon he was using to eat his cereal. If Sasuke only got the job at the club as a means to get back at Sakura, then why was he always so flustered at the end of the night? His confrontations with her were always brief but tense, especially when Sakura was already mad at Sasuke for even being there. So, why was Sasuke getting all nut job psycho over her? Naruto groaned and shoved a spoonful of cereal in his mouth, rolling his eyes to the ceiling in thought. He could hear Sasuke's music playing in his room as it grew silent in the kitchen, save for the munching of cereal and the low sound of music in the background.

Then, Naruto sat up straight and his eyes widened.

"No," he said in shock. Could it be that Sasuke is not as cold hearted as he had thought?


Sakura sighed as she rolled over in her bed again. That was the third time she had shifted in the past ten minutes. She groaned at her body's stubbornness to fall asleep. Finally, she slid over on her back and rested an arm above her head, giving into another sleepless night. Turning to look at her phone, which laid beside her head, she picked it up and scrolled through her contacts until she stopped. Her eyes softened with sadness as her finger hovered over the one name she had been so desperately trying to forget for two long years. He had never changed his number, so he was in her phone still. Narrowing her dark eyes, she exited out of her contacts and scrolled to her pictures. What she found there had her screaming in frustration and hurt, and she threw her phone across the room where it bounced off the carpet.

Sakura cradled her head in her palms and gave a shuddering breath to calm herself. She would never forget about him and what he had done to her, and she hated herself for being so weak, so powerless against him. Even after years of not seeing him, she crumbled just at the looks he gave her.

She laid down again and settled her hands on her stomach. Sakura closed her eyes to listen to the dark of her room, but then visions of a dark room filled with hungry panting and low moans, calls of names and bare skin against bare skin, had her gasping for breath as her heart rate accelerated. Unbeknownst to her, the hands that had been on her stomach were slowly drifting down into the sheets of her bed. They traced over her bare thighs and her nails raked over the unmarred flesh. Sakura's eyes opened and the glaze that had filmed over them made the green turn into a dark forest green. The pants that filled the room only filled to remind her more of how deep she had fallen into her desperation. Her eyes rolled back as she lost herself in the pleasure of the past, calling out the name of the one she let take her.

All she wanted to do was forget.


Like I said, this was a bit early but I hope you enjoyed it :) I've put in a little twist and even a little suspense to keep you guessing, although I can only assume you know already ;) have a nice day my lovelies. Until next time!

KD