Hi! It's me again, S., and I just want to say how absolutely wonderful all of you are! It was amazing! I didn't think that this story was all that impressive, but you guys really like it! I feel like dancing. It made me so happy to read all of your notes, I was glowing! (Not literally of coarse, or else that would be a little weird) But one thing's for sure, I'm inspired to make the ending of this story the best of my ability!

I don't own Naruto

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We sat on the couch, awfully quiet, awaiting some sort of news. Naruto seemed unusually chipper, and even Hinata seemed to be smiling.

"Gosh, you guys, why the long faces?" I said, sarcastically.

"I don't know what you mean, Sakura. I am happy! Hinata is really cute, dontcha think?"

Clearly he doesn't grasp the concept of 'sarcasm'

I shrugged, and looked over to Sasuke. His eyes were glazed over and his long muscle-trimmed arm ran around the edge of the sofa behind him. The strait face he wore stared blankly to the black wide-screen television.

And so was preserved the silence, that is, until the long-awaited knock came on the door.

It was almost as if Sasuke was spring-loaded, for he hopped right out of his seat and answered the door. If I wasn't sane, I would ask him why he was in shock.

There was Shikamaru, his usual bland face burned holes in my head. "Yo, guys."

Behind him were Kiba, Miho, Neji, and Tenten. "So what's the news?"

Sasuke broke the eye connection and looked the ceiling. He brought his hand to his head and scratched it, in a gesture I know as, the befuddle, "uh, I'm not sure you wanna know…"

"Uh oh…" Our attention was captured by Neji, "that can't be good."

I closed by eyes and let out a forced laugh. It was almost funny. "Ha-ha…" and sighed. It was just too ironic.

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Shikamaru dropped his head into his hands, "Now that's just great."

Sasuke folded his arms and rolled his eyes. "Yeah, Joy."

We had discussed everything Tsunade said, and it was finally beginning to sink in, the meaning of what she meant by 'cameras'.

The couples in the room, and the non-couples, who never thought they'd end up like this, were all blushing. I thought I even spotted Sasuke's lips pursing and his cheeks turning a faint shade of red.

I spied Miho clinging to Kiba's chest. It looked like she could care less. Kiba was caressing her hair, petting her like one might a cat. Well…

"What do we do now?" asked Tenten, directed at Sasuke, who, apparently, became the leader of our group without even knowing. I could just sense Naruto's jealousy.

Sasuke nodded at pasted on a serious look. "We will wait. Wait until Tsunade's Chunin arrive, and then we will wait until I can come up with a plan. Hopefully everything will unfold smoothly afterwards. Got it?"

We all nodded. I understood… for once.

"Just do what Tsunade told us about. Conserve the secret, Kapish?"

…gulp…

That ominous sound signaled the Ides of March.

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I stared at the little black device hanging in the upper right corner of Sasuke's room. I couldn't help swallowing the built up spittle that had wallowed in my mouth since I entered that room.

"Sakura!" I heard Sasuke calling me from the hall.

I walked out, not expecting anything, but if I've learned anything from living like this for the past couple days; it's that I have to expect the unexpected. Too bad I wasn't thinking.

Once I walked out I didn't see him anywhere. "Sasuke!" I called, "Sasuke, what did you need?"

Suddenly, strong arms grabbed my shoulders from behind, and pulled me backwards. I stumbled and shrieked. "Ack!"

"Sakura! Shush!" A perfectly carved finger rested itself on my lips, "be quiet,"

He removed his finger, but the sensation of his it's tip touching me remained.

I began scolding him with a simple question. "Sasuke, why are we in the closet?!"

He looked at me intensely. "What did I just tell you?" His body was so close to mine, the body heat he let off transferred to mine.

I shrugged, but obliged.

"This is basically one of the only places we can be without a camera picking up our sounds. Now listen. I want you to be absolutely silent when we enter my room, okay? I will enter behind you, and slip into the bed. I repeat, DO NOT LOOK AT ME."

I was so tempted to ask why, but you don't ask Sasuke why about anything. It's an implied rule.

He opened the closet door and stole out, heading in the direction of the accursed watched room. He swung his head, as if looking for someone around the corner, then beckoned me out, "Come on, Sakura!" He whispered… loudly.

He grabbed my hand and pulled me out, and walked with me to the… gulp… bedroom.

He let go of my hand and I blushed. He entered the room, not even bothering to get in his pajamas, (I'm not even sure he wears pajamas. For all I know, he sleeps in the nude… 0_0 which is actually a possibility.) And tucked into his covers.

I snuck into the room, and I quickly realized… I've never been in there before. There was one window on the far side of the wall, but it was small and had a dark blue curtain draping across the bar, and blocking all light from the moon. The paint was such a dark blue, it could have been black, but I wasn't paying attention. It was such a sad room, nothing in it but the bed, a dresser, and a television resting on top of it.

Just like he said, I didn't look at him, and I didn't feel his eyes on me, as I got under the cover. I made a point to sleep over the sheet, in a way that he would sleep touching the mattress, and we could never make any sort of contact, but it sure looked convincing. The door shut on its own, which I thought weird, until I noticed there was a small black box on the hinge, it was remote controlled.

Sasuke.

We lay there in the dark for several minuets, and I'm sure we both could sense each other's tension. My eyes were wide open. I was scared, if you can believe that or not. Not because of Sasuke, but because this room was so cold, and it reflected his life.

I thought about the others, what they might be doing, and what the heck we had gotten ourselves into. Then I realized, if we hadn't done this, things would have gotten a lot worse.

I pondered the thought for a while, until it slowly morphed into the unknown possibility. What if… Sasuke and I were actually married? We could all gather with our friends, and have holidays together. Christmas, Naruto and Hinata could visit, and… open… presets… together… and… our… kids……..

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Ha-ha! Another chapter! Let's all rejoice! I'm back! I love you all! Didja like this chapter? Please tell me! It's much appreciated.

Gosh, you should have seen the hustle and excitement of the new twilight movie. A lot of people went to see it at midnight last night. They all loved it. I'M A DIE-HARD FAN!!! I can't wait to see it, but I digress.

Not-so-sincerely,

S.