Heyo fellow prisoners, thanks for supporting my fics lol. Seriously, it's shocking to see how many supporters there are despite my lack of updates. You guys are SWEET!

Before I continue, there are some dedications I would like to make.

This chapter is for…

Dangerously Emerald: Don't give up yo! And thanks for actually reading my profile and telling me about it. It's really sweet to see someone that cares :)

Princess Bhria: who pm-ed me like crazy to update haha.

"Sakura! Sakura! Did you see that?! I talked to Master Sasuke for the first time!" I can't believe it! I actually talked to him and he was soo sweet to me too! No guy has ever been this sweet to me before!"

"Yes Nana, he was being real sweet. I think I'm going to take a shower now." Sakura forced a smile and exited quickly with her night clothes. It was useless talking to a lovesick Banana at a like this. But whatever makes her happy… she had more important things to do.

Take a shower.

Pay that damn Uchiha a visit.

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Creeeeeaaaaakkkkk--

Shyt…Sakura winced as she quickly lifted up her foot from the squeaky floorboard. Who would've known sneaking into Sasuke's personal quarters would be this hard. The trek included passing three wooden paved grounds, two marble floors, and one carpet area. On top of it all, it was 1 AM in the morning. Guards were patrolling outside the mansionand surveillance cameras were literally placed in every corner.

But anyhow, it shouldn't be too much of a problem for the great Haruno Sakura. After all, God not only granted her a brilliant mind but also a cunning talent to get around to things. Passing through her final landmark - the carpeted 'Madam Uchiha's Exquisite China Gallery' room, she quickly ran up the whitewashed granite stairs and headed towards Sasuke's room.

Upon arrival, she slowly went over her options as to how she should make a grand entrance.

A) She could kick the door open and shout, "Who do you think you are Uchiha!" whilst waking up the entire Uchiha residence.

B) She could knock politely, wait until her master opens the door and then shout, "Who do you think you are Uchiha!" whilst waking up the entire Uchiha residence.

C) She could just stand there stupidly and not go in while thinking, "Who do you think you are Uchiha!"

Or…

D) She could just open the door (assuming its unlocked) and barge in and hiss, "Who do you think you are!" and murder him afterwards whilst not waking up the entire Uchiha residence.

Choice D it is. Her inner self thought without hesitation and grabbed a hold of the handle, twisting it mercilessly. Surprisingly, it was unlocked and she got in without a problem.

"Who do you-"She stopped midsentence as she saw a half naked Sasuke, clad only in a towel, in front of his plasma TV.

Frick…why do I get myself in the most scenic situations…

"Would you mind knocking? Or did you walk in on purposely knowing that I am only in a towel." He smirked after a moment of shock from the sudden intrusion.

"I-It's not what you think! And h-how am I suppose to know that y-you were only in a towel?!" She stammered, shutting the door behind her a little too hard causing a loud noise.

"Uh-huh, I soo believe that." He answered, switching off his TV, and went over to his wardrobe.

"Hey seriously! Who wants to look at that (fatally drop-dead gorgeous, but hell, I'll never say that in front of him even till the day I die) fugly body of yours!" She retorted and stomped her way to him.

"Say what you want Haruno, I know what's going on in your mind." The man shrugged casually, trying to pick out which clothes to wear. Ironically, they were mostly black and if he was trying to choose which boxers to wear then Sakura would start to think that he seriously have a problem because each pair looks exactly the same to her.

"You're a jerk you know that? But anyway, that's not even why I'm here…actually; yes…that's why I'm here." Sakura smacked herself for inflicting self-confusion. "What am I saying…You are a jerk! What the hell was that all about back there with Banana?!"

"Uhh, I think I was hmm…what do they call it…oh yes, comforting her." Sasuke said sarcastically.

-Poke-

"Comforting my ass! You were totally playing with her! I can see it in your eyes." She growled, poking him in the chest.

"Hey, who was the one that told me to love her?" He said in annoyance and glared at her as he remembered what she had said behind his back.

"I…I didn't mean it like that!"

-Poke-

"What I meant was for you to try to love her!" Sakura cried in frustration.

"Oh, and as if that wasn't trying at all. At least I approached her ok? And seriously…why should I even bother to listen to you if I'm SUCH an arrogant-"

-Poke-

"Jerkish playboy that doesn't even care about-"

-Poke-

"anyone at all! Will you stop-"

-Poke- -Poke- -Poke-

Gahh…If only she could poke through his skin and into his beating heart so he would die right here right now. So in the end, he makes it seem like it was all her fault?! No…it was all Sasuke's fault! If he hadn't been such a jerk wad, maybe I wouldn't have said those things about him! So why is he making me feel so guilty?!

-Poke- -Poke- -Poke- -Poke-

"Hey! Stop poking the hell out of me!" Sasuke hissed loudly and grabbed her hand. It was then and there when she realized how small her frame was when compared to his. He was literally towering over her and she could barely see her hand inside Sasuke's warm ones.

In addition, due to her newly discovered distance between herself and Sasuke, she could actually see tiny water droplets rolling down his thick black hair and feel the subtle heat waves emitting from his semi-wet body indicating that he hasn't been out of the shower for long.

Inner Sakura: It's getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes!

Shuddup! She hissed in her mind and looked timidly upwards to meet him in the eyes. Damn hormones… To her uneasiness, she found that Sasuke was starting to smirk playfully. What the heck…I thought he was mad!

"Umm…uh…" She protested in a tiny voice as her heart paced faster under his sly expression. She tried tugging her hand away as well, but Sasuke held on firmly.

"If I'm not mistaken," He said slowly, cornering her so that her back was against his wardrobe door. "I'd say you're jealous Haruno.

"W-What?!"

Her? Jealous?! HA! How could she be jealous? If someone asked her if she felt anything for him at all, she knew would search hard in her heart and still find nothing. Sure she may have felt something when she saw him for the first time but definitly NOT now.

"You're dreaming." She gritted her teeth.

"Am I?"

"..."

"And you know what? You owe me an apology."

"...No I don't, what I said was the truth." Sakura said stubbornly, still staring at him straight in the eye.

He grinned darkly and brushed the bottom of her chin with his other hand, "C'mon…you don't mean that. If you give me a kiss, I'll forgive you."

Sakura cursed her luck. How on earth did she always get into these types of heart-stopping situations where she was either pinned against a door, bed, or a wall by Sasuke?! Stop with the pinning! On top of it all, Inner Sakura was making it harder for her to deal with the situation. The little voice inside her head kept on telling her to just get the hell on with it and jump at Sasuke like a wild lion and kiss the living daylight out of him. Rawr.

NO EFFING WAY! She cursed at herself. She would not let him and his sex appeal triumph. "You are despicable Sasuke."

"I am so scared." He rolled his eyes and let go of her. "I was just joking anyways. Who in the world would want to kiss a girl with a huge forehead?"

Sakura's jaw dropped forgetting that Sasuke had almost seduced her. Did he just diss my forehead?! "What did you say?!"

"I said, you forever deaf person, who the heck would want to kiss a chick with a MONSTROUS forehead!"

"I DO!" She shouted, not caring if she woke the entire world up, and searched around frantically for something to throw at him. For the first time in a long while, she was in luck. Beside her was a stash of Sasuke's detestable identical boxers.

"Go die dickhead!" She spat, throwing every boxer she could get her hands on at him.

"Yo YO! Respect other people's underwear will you?!" He said loudly as he watched Sakura throw his personal clothing at him but end up aiming it somewhere else. At least aim right! Respect the boxers damnit!

Grabbing his pillow, he threw it expertly at the girl causing a satisfying shriek and a bunch of colourful curses afterwards. But his victorious smirk quickly disappeared as he soon as he saw the girl run straight at him at top speed with his pillow and pounced on him before he could react. He landed heavily on his back while Sakura jammed his pillow onto his head trying to suffocate him while sitting on his toned abdomen.

-xXx-

"Thou shalt not diss thy forehead." Ino said sagely.

"Good, good…now if I can only get that commandment through his thick head…"

-xXx-

Sakura laughed as she finally got a taste of pinning down Sasuke instead of the other way around but then stopped when she sensed a weird stillness below her. Sasuke had stopped moving and now lay beneath her quietly. She waited for a long time for his chest to start rising up and down but it just kept disturbingly still. Oh crap…did I kill him?

Slowly, she lifted up the pillow to her chest and gulped as she peered over it to look at Sasuke. His face was emotionless and unmoving. Even so, he was still unquestionably hot. But shaking the naughty thought out of her head, she cautiously bent down and poked his cheeks to see if he was still alive. No movement.

"Oh shit…I am going to get in so much trouble for killing my boss…" She muttered sarcastically and placed her ear close to his nose to listen for any signs of breathing. Still no sign of movement. "Please don't be dead…I still need money."

"Well that's nice of you."

"OW!" She yelped as Sasuke on purposely shouted into her ears and before she could even attempt to get up, Sasuke had wrapped both of his long built arms around her to stop her.

Dang it…not again…she groaned as she started feeling nervous again at their close proximity.

"As your punishment for backstabbing your boss…" He whispered into her ear causing a chill to run down her spine. "You owe me a massage tomorrow."

Hearing a satisfying surprise gasp of horror from his captive, he untangled himself from her and pushed her off. But not before taking a note of the wildflower scent that lingered in her hair.

"I suppose you'll forever hold a grudge on me for today." Sakura said grimly, sitting comfortably on his bed.

"No kidding." He said in his usual sarcastic manner and changed into his basketball shorts behind his wardrobe door. He was used to sleeping in them from time to time. "Haruno, go pick up every one of my boxers and wash them in the morning."

"What?! WHY?!"

"Because you're the one who threw them on the ground with your poor aiming skills!"

"But why do I have to wash them?! The ground is perfectly clean! I vacuumed them just yesterday!"

"Too bad." He grinned wickedly. "Because I said so."

"Stupid, no-good, spoiled son of bastard." She muttered under her breath and picked up every one of his CLEAN boxers on the ground half-heartedly. "Dude…go get yourself some rainbow boxers." She suggested, remembering the time when she first met Sasuke somewhat properly face to face in the laundry room.

"Why don't you get them for me if you like them so much? I'll wear it just for you." He joked coldly. As if he'll wear rainbow boxers.

"That would be good sir. Anything is better than plain old black boxers."

"Stop lowering my boxers' self-esteem damnit."

"They suck! They suck! They suck!"

"You've got issues woman."

"Damn right I got issues!" Sakura huffed, dumping the pile of boxers in her arms on top of Sasuke who was now resting on his bed. "Black boxers are so gloomy. You just try washing them everyday!"

"I don't need to." He flashed an innocent grin and pushed his clothes to the ground. "Cuz baby, I'm rich." He tried his best to imitate Karin knowing it would really piss her off.

"If you weren't my boss, I would punch you already." She glowered.

"Funny." Sasuke said mockingly and pulled her down beside him before she could even complain.

"What the heck do you think you're doing?" Sakura demanded bewilderedly, struggling to squirm out of his grasp.

"Sleeping." He answered simply.

"The. Lights. Are. Still. On." She informed dryly, not knowing what to say or how to react. She was strong, but not strong enough to fight him.

Sasuke grumbled tiredly and leaned over her to get a remote on top of a drawer beside his bed and clicked the lights off. "There, now stop complaining."

"There is no way that you're making me sleep with…..you." She finished her sentence with a heavy heart as she realized Sasuke had already fallen asleep. He must've been really tired. Either that, he's really good at feigning sleep. The moonlight from his window was bright enough for her to make out his exhausted complexion as well as her current state. Sasuke had already locked his arm firmly around her waist and buried his head against her shoulder like a baby.

She thought about slapping him awake and bolt out of the door when she have the chance, but sighed and threw the idea down the drain. There was no use in that. What could she do? If she woke Sasuke up, she would get in trouble. Not that she was afraid of losing her job. She was pretty sure Sasuke had no intention of firing her. Still…she didn't want to get on his bad side. Especially after unintentionally backstabbing him. Not that she cared… -cough-

But heck…she was feeling guilty again. Curse him for making her look like the bad guy. Sighing again, she relaxed her body as a sign of giving up...temporarily. She hated to be honest with herself, but it actually felt nice sleeping with someone (in a pure sense of way). It reminded her of the time when she would sleep with her parents when she was still young.

Moreover, her inner self was saying the all too famous line, 'it couldn't hurt to be like this could it'?

Of course it hurt. She was hella confused despite acting all stubborn and resisting on the outside. Here was a drop-dead gorgeous guy who is clearly just playing with her like some useless object while she, having experienced this sort of intimacy for the first time, battles the endless war of whether she should just give in to his play and coming out like a battered ragdoll or stay strong until the very end and end up being a confused fragile porcelain figure. Both were equally bad.

To be even more hatefully honest, she wasn't sure if she hated Sasuke entirely. But then she didn't want to like him either for he stands against every moral she stood up for.

Stop worrying and sleep…her body told her. Aargh..But she needed to figure everything out and sort out these mixed emotions…

Inner Sakura: Hey…enjoy while you can. It's not everyday a guy would just sleep next to you without wanting any sex.

Maybe…She bit her lips skeptically still trying to figure out whether Sasuke was a good guy or a bad guy.

Inner Sakura: Just go to sleep will you? If he wakes up in the middle of the night and attempts to rape you, at least you'll have some energy to counter him whereas if you don't sleep at all, you'll just be a useless marionette lying there waiting to be raped.

Fine…if you put it that way…Sometimes, she wondered why she even had this polar-opposite voice speaking inside of her and giving her so many useless explicit details.

Sleep…her body urged her.

Alright, alright!

Gently pulling Sasuke's cover on top of her, she willed herself to sleep after ten minutes of trying to ignore Sasuke's warm breathing that seared her sensitive neck every six seconds. What joy…

Fiery Leaf Private High – 8:10 AM

"Yo bastard! Seriously, where have you been for the past few weeks? It's been ages since you joined us in b-ball." The infamous blonde loudmouth flailed in front of Sasuke.

"I've been busy." He answered emotionlessly and propped his head on top of his palm as he surveyed the school's lush courtyard. Kakashi was late again as usual.

"He's been busy with some slut I bet."

Sasuke's pupil focused on his white-haired friend as he stayed motionless. Question marks started popping all around Naruto for he had always been the clueless one.

"Eh? eh! What? A chick? Sasuke?" He furrowed his eyebrows and looked at the bored Uchiha. "Sasuke, have you been hanging out with a chick that we don't know about?"

To his surprise, Sasuke actually smirked!

"Oh, like your smirk totally tells me everything I need to know." The blonde grunted sarcastically but was quickly shushed when Suigetsu placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Actually blondie, his smirk tells us everything. Who's the chick Sasuke?" The demon-boy grinned barring his dangerous sharp teeth.

"Want to meet her? She's off-limits though." He grinned, although he hated the idea of getting Suigetsu involved. Suigetsu always took interest in the girls he played with and although he'd always let him have them, he wasn't about to give up Sakura anytime soon. However, after thinking about it for some time…he concluded that the only way for his plan to work was to include the other devil himself.

Naruto, who couldn't keep his mouth shut from hearing all the juicy drama, jumped excitedly in front of Sasuke's desk and stared at him with wide sky-blue eyes. "Really? Really? There really is a chick?!"

The renowned playboy ignored Naruto completely and continued staring at Suigetsu mischievously. "So? How about it?"

"Hmm…I sense that you're going to use me for one of those notorious plans you have…"

"Maybe."

"...Alright." He grinned sadistically again after comtemplating for a while. "I'll join in and agree with the conditions…for now."

Knowing Suigetsu, it was probably the best result he could get out of him. Lifting his head from his palm, he smirked at the loudmouth who was currently jumping around, itching to be noticed; and at the sadistic friend who so happens to be the school's president's son.

"I want you to help me enroll this chick into this school." He said simply as Kakashi finally came into the room with some usual lame excuse trailing behind.

Fin.

The next chapter will come soon…or so I say. I think this time it's for real though. Although I shall update Lovers to Never will come before that. Thank you for waiting so patiently. It really means a lot to me. Well, until next time!

–Takes a bow-

Re-edited on December 25, 2008