Author's Note: As promised, here is the Sasuke chapter! :) Please enjoy and let me know what you think!

Chapter 61 – Sasuke's Chapter (Part 8)

"Sasuke-kun, I love you," Sakura breathed as I pulled away from kissing her. Her pink hair made patterns in the grass. Her sweet lips were swollen and ready to be kissed again. Her arms were extended towards me since her hands were in my hair and on my neck. How her arms were made her chest seem fuller and her shirt had slid down a little so I could see some cleavage. Her green were so full of the feeling she had conveyed. I wanted to remember her just like this.

"Marry me, Sakura," I suddenly said.

"What?" She was taken by surprise.

"Marry me. Not now but when we're older," I stroked played with her hair.

"Okay," She smiled.

"It might be a long time from now, though," I had to be honest.

"Sasuke-kun, I can wait a million or more years as long as I know in the end we will be together. Just promise it won't be a million or more years from now."

"I promise," I crossed my heart. She kissed me again. Then she disappeared.

I stood in the hospital with bouquet of daffodils, Sakura's favorite flowers. I was going to surprise her but picking her up at the hospital. Instead I met Shisui.

"Sasuke, what are you doing here?" He asked me with a smile.

"I'm here for Sakura," I informed him.

"Oh."

"Is she getting soon?" I asked him.

"Yeah…but before she does, I want to talk to you."

"What about?"

"Sasuke, I think you should know that I'm in love with Sakura," He stated what I had kind of known for years. I was not threatened by his statement. So what if he was in love with her? She mine.

"So?"

"So I want you to know I'm going for her," He was so confident.

"Go for it. She'll reject you. She's in love with me after all."

He sneered at me.

"Women's hearts are fickle. You've been gone a long time and definitely prioritize baseball over her. She knows that. But I have been here for her. I've made sure she knows she is important and special to me. Women love to be prioritized and paid attention to. She's half in love with me already."

"Bullshit," I laughed, "You really think Sakura, who has been in love with me since birth, would suddenly leave me for you just because I haven't been around? That's utter bullshit."

"You're so cocky. I am right. I know I am," I wanted laugh at him but I instead excused myself to bathroom. Shisui was such an idiot. Then I came out of the bathroom. Sakura was there and Shisui. Her back was to me. Then I saw them. They kissed. I saw Shisui see me and smirk as he kissed her. He had been right. She had chosen him over me.

I woke up from the dreams that were more like memories. I hated waking up like that. I hated falling in love with Sakura all over again and having my heartbroken every night. I hated it. I hated the feelings I had. But I knew a way to forget them. Baseball. It helped me forget.

I came to practice as usual so I would be prepared for the upcoming game and to not get fined. I had a lot of money from playing baseball but that didn't mean I wanted to waste any of it on not coming to practice.

We had been practicing for a few hours. I was honestly getting tired. I hadn't slept well for a few days. It was due to the terrible dreams and because I was feeling guilty about how I was going to miss Naruto's wedding. I did not want to lose my spot on the team or make coach think I wasn't dedicated. But Naruto was my best friend and I knew he would give up anything to be there for me. But if I went I knew Sakura would be there. I hadn't seen her in years and I couldn't. I couldn't stand to see her when I knew she was loving someone else.

When practice ended, I quickly showered and decided would go back to my apartment and try to sleep. Suigetsu wanted to go get drinks but I was not much into drinking and I was so tired. I walked out to go to my car. I stopped when I saw the last person I thought I would. Sakura was leaning against my car. I had to be hallucinating.

"Sasuke-kun," She said my name.

"Sakura?" Was she real? She looked really pissed.

"Sasuke-kun, you are coming home for Naruto's wedding," She stated.

"No, I'm not," This was a crazy hallucination.

"Yes, you are," She then snapped her fingers. Itachi and Kakashi-sensei appeared at my sides and grabbed me. This wasn't a dream. I t was real!

"What are you doing?" I tried to get out of their grip.

"We're kidnapping you so you can go to Naruto's wedding," Kakashi-sensei smiled.

"What?" They were crazy!

"Your coach said it was fine. Stop struggling!" Itachi shoved me into a taxi. I was sandwiched between Kakashi and Itachi while Sakura was sitting in the front. They were kidnapping and coach was fine with it? This was crazy!

"Airport please," Sakura told the driver.

"I can't go. I have a game!" I explained.

"We already cleared it with your coach. Now shut up and be still. You're our hostage," Sakura stated.

"I-" I started to talk but Sakura snapped her fingers and Itachi shoved a tomato in my mouth to silence me. We arrived at the airport and I was forced onto the plane. I sat with Itachi and a random guy while Sakura sat across from us with Kakashi-sensei and a stranger. I couldn't believe I was being kidnapped and that Sakura was doing it. I didn't know what to say or feel. I noticed she did not have an engagement ring so I had to assume that she and Shisui were not engaged yet. Maybe they had broken up. She didn't look over at me at all and I made sure to keep my glances short and inconspicuous.

"Kakahi-darling, can I use your shoulder for a pillow? I'm really tired," Sakura asked Kakashi-sensei. Did she call him 'darling'? Were they together? How did that happen? Did she break up with Shisui and get with Kakashi-sensei? It'd be a step up but still. Kakashi-sensei? He was our teacher.

"Are Sakura and Kakashi-sensei dating?" I asked Itachi quietly. He looked at me and grinned.

"Why do you want to know? I thought you didn't want to know anything about Sakura," He threw my former words back in my face. I had said I did not want to know anything about her because I thought I would feel terrible about how happy she was with someone else. But since I was going to be around her, I wanted to know.

"Just tell me," I sighed.

"No," Itachi answered me.

"Then why does she call him 'darling'?"

"Well…they did date for a little bit but broke up very amicably," Itachi informed me.

"They dated?" I tried to keep my voice down.

"Yeah. Not everyone knows. It was a quiet and brief affair. Kakashi ended a few months ago but they are obviously still close," Itachi seemed bored with the conversation but I was in shock.

"But why does she still call him 'darling'?"

"Beats me," Itachi shrugged.

"So I guess she and Shisui broke up or are they back together?" I looked at Sakura who was leaning on Kakashi-sensei.

"Shisui? Sakura and Shisui have never dated. I can tell now that he would like to but no. They've never gone out. Did you think they did?" Itachi looked at me confused. I was the one confused. Sakura and Shisui didn't date? But she wanted to be with him, right? That's why they kissed. That's why I had to break up with her.

"So they didn't date ever?" I needed it to be exceptionally clear.

"No. After you dumped her she practically lived a life as a nun till she and Kakashi tried dating which as I said earlier ended months ago and it was very brief."

"Shisui and Sakura were never a thing?"

"No. Never. I thought I made that abundantly clear," Itachi obviously thought I was an idiot. I was an idiot. Sakura had never loved Shisui. He probably kissed her. There was probably more to what happened between them that I missed. I broke up with Sakura because of something that wasn't real. My god, I was an idiot. I ruined my life because I judged the situation too quickly. She did love me. She loved me and I ruined it. I wronged her. I really wronged her. I had to make things right. I had to win Sakura back. But how? She probably hated me. I couldn't just beg for her to love me again either. That was so uncool and pathetic. I had to seduce her into loving me again. This wedding week would be the perfect opportunity.

"Why are you smirking?" Itachi interrupted my thoughts.

"No reason," I answered. I looked over at Sakura. She was asleep against Kakashi-sensei. I was going to get her. I was. I was sure of it.