Chapter 2 of Back Then You Hated Me: Even if several cherry blossoms flew away, there will never be a lonely cherry blossom.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or iPod.

As we grow older together, As we continue to change with age, There is one thing that will never change. . . I will always keep falling in love with you.

-Karen Clodfelder

The fresh breeze in the air refreshed Sasuke who stood beside Naruto, watching him slurp up a bowl of chicken flavoured ramen. He was leaning against a wall of Ichiraku Ramen and had his hands in his pockets, listening to a playlist of songs on his iPod that he made a week ago. It was used to help Sasuke forget about Sakura. He got the idea from Sakura herself, who made a playlist on her iPod that contains all her 'feelings' for him.

A while ago, he was having lunch with Sakura, but somehow he just ran away. And Sakura just stayed there, sitting with her hands pressed on her laps, looking at him with her emerald green eyes wondering what was wrong with her crush...Or maybe she was stalking Sasuke somewhere.

Then, Naruto appeared out of the blue asked Sasuke if he wanted to eat ramen at Ichiraku Ramen with him. Sasuke agreed to go with Naruto but, he didn't eat any ramen. He just stood there with a dirty look on his face. What a bad boy. (AN: Not really.)

"Ahh...the new flavour of ramen is delicious," Naruto said, putting down the bowl of chicken flavoured ramen on the counter. He looked up at Sasuke, who is still listening to his infamous playlist. "Want some?"

Sasuke nodded his head no. He already ate the lunch that Sakura made for him. She had packed two giant balls of rice, some curry, and a plate of sushi with wasabi paste.

Sasuke wondered why he had run away from Sakura. Was it because he was still surprised of her cooking? Or was it because he didn't feel comfortable sitting beside her? Either way, he still thought the pinkhead was annoying.

"Nee, Sasuke," Naruto said, tapping Sasuke's shoulder. His breath smelled like barf. "Have you seen Sakura-chan lately?"

"What are you thinking, dobe?" Sasuke responded coldly. He didn't want to talk to Naruto about Sakura because he wanted to forget her for a few hours. But, looking at the history of Sakura's love life, he knew that she would find him in less than half a hour. "That idiot follows me around all the time. It's so annoying. She even made me eat her cooking today."

"Aww...You're so lucky, dude," Naruto told him. "I wish that I got to eat lunch with her."

Sasuke sighed deeply."And I wish that she could just go away and mind her own darned business. She's always in the way."

Neji, who was passing by, joined the conversation. "Don't act like that you're so 'cool' just because you ditched a girl," Neji said smirking.

"Hn, what is my personality to you?" Sasuke fired back, trying to sound as confident as possible. "Why don't you get your useless butt out of here?"

Neji shrugged and turned to Naruto, who was joyfully gulping down his second serving of ramen.

"What's up, Neji?" Naruto said, putting his chopsticks on the counter in front of him.

"Stopping by to ask you if you want to train with me," Neji responded.

"Sure, after I finish my ramen."

"Deal."

"And, Uchiha-san," Neji stated, leaning towards Sasuke's face. "You might want to look outside."

Sasuke's eyes widened as he watch Neji walk away. He had a puzzled look on his face. "What...are you talking about?"

Neji turned and walked away. He spotted Sakura who was secretly listening to what Sasuke was saying, and pressed a fist lightly on her head.

"Kyah!" the kunochi cried, turning around. "Neji...?"

Neji snickered. He grabbed Sakura's chin with his right hand and dragged her face towards him. "You have remarkable eyes," he said, scanning every part of Sakura. Neji noticed that she had a cut on her hand and smooched his lips on it.

"Stop it, Neji," Sakura said, shoving Neji away from her.

Neji shifted his mouth away from Sakura's hand. "Before I let you go, let me warn you. You better run for your love life."

Sakura had the same expression as Sasuke when Neji told him to look outside, except for the weak voice. "What...are you talking about?"

Neji took his hand away from Sakura's chin, making her trip a little. "You'll find out soon," he said, striding away.

Sakura just stood, fuming. She had no idea what the Hyuuga was talking about. What was he thinking? And what's his business with my love life? Oh, just forget it! Neji's probably trying to physe me out. He should know that he will never do that! Not in a million years! And what was that kiss on the hand? Has he gone mad or-

"What are you doing here, Sakura?" a familiar voice asked. Sakura turned around. Her emerald eyes widened.

Standing there with his hands in his pockets, a dirty look on his pale face, mysterious, dark eyes, and wearing the Uchiha symbol on the back of his black ninja suit...Sasuke.

"Sasuke-kun, do you really hate me?" Sakura said, looking directly in her crush's eyes no matter how much they scared her. Of all the years Sakura had a crush on Sasuke, she was confident that he would think more highly of her eventually because they were in the same team. Sakura thought that team seven would become a cooperative, hard working team and that she'd end up with Sasuke one day. But not anymore. There were times when Sakura became unconfident.

"So, you heard what I said, huh?" came an instant reply.

Sakura was speechless. All she wanted to do was run away. And that's what she did.

Sakura finally stopped at the bench that she ate lunch with Sasuke at. She collapsed and buried her head in her arms, still crying. Her clothes were dirty, mostly because of all the sweat she was giving off.

Something had landed on the kunochi's hair. A cherry blossom, as alone as she was. It was abandoned by a cherry tree, just like how Sakura felt with Sasuke. Then, a wind blew more cherry blossoms away. They all landed where the lonely cherry blossom was, or at least near it.

Sakura forced a smile through her face and looked up at the cherry tree. Even if several cherry blossoms flew away, there will never be a lonely cherry blossom. Maybe I should just apologise to Sasuke-kun...

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Where am I?

"Yes, that's the answer, Haruno Sakura," a peaceful voice called out. Sakura turned around. It all seemed crazy but, it was real. She was standing in the middle of nowhere!

"Kyah! Where am I and what's that voice?"

"Don't worry, it's just a dream," the voice told her.

"But, who are you?" Sakura demanded. "And why do you know my name?"

The voice giggled. "That's a secret. Listen, I'm going to bring you to reality now. Do what you said earlier. Apologise to the person you love. He's waiting for you, good luck."

"Waait...."

Sasuke sat on his bed, with Sakura sleeping on his lap. He had found her on the bench that he ate lunch on. Sakura was asleep so, Sasuke was left no choice but to take her with him. He couldn't leave Sakura alone, especially if she had a crush on him.

"Jeez," Sasuke said, stroking Sakura's mop of pink hair. "If you really had so much 'feelings' for me, why didn't you tell me? At least that was better than not saying anything at all."

Nothing happened for a long time but, Sakura finally opened her eyes. "A dream...?" she muttered. "...Sasuke-kun!"

Sasuke gave Sakura a dirty look. "I guess you'll be going home now."

"Wait!" Sakura said, sitting up. "I-I'm sorry. I've always been annoying you these years. I only cared about how I felt for you, not how you thought of me."

She forced herself to look straight into Sasuke's anger filled eyes. "Please forgive me! The truth is...I always loved you!!"

"You pass," Sasuke said. "But I haven't agreed with the 'love' part."

Sakura's emerald eyes filled with tears. "Thank you, Sasuke-kun!" She happily squeezed her crush like he was her favourite stuffed animal, placing herself on top of him. Sasuke frowned. "Get off of me. You're heavy."

"I know, I know."

The rest of this chapter ended, with Sasuke walking Sakura home. Chapter 2/ The end.

Next time...on Back Then You Hated Me:

Sakura put her cell phone on her desk and sat back on her bed, outraged. Ino could be so annoying when she sends her random text messages. All she ever talked about was how she's going to win Sasuke and how much designer clothes she bought.

"Sakura?" Sasuke said, with one hand in his pockets and the other holding Sakura's doorknob.

"Oh, hello there, Sasuke-kun." Sakura said. Wait, Sasuke-kun? In my room?

"KYAAAH!" Sakura squeaked. She threw a pink, fluffy pillow at Sasuke and shoved herself under the soft, pink sheets of her bed.

Sasuke, who accidentally licked the pillow when it was thrown on him was glaring at the suspicious, giant, soft chunk of pink on Sakura's bed.

THIS CHAPTER WILL BE RELEASED ON JANUARY 3 09/Plz look forward to it!(I moved the release date so it could be on a Saturday)MINNA ARIGATO!!!