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I was floating in a dark hole, and my heart was glowing.

"What the hell?"

Then there was a bright flash and suddenly I'm in a room.

I'm floating above a table, and seated there is Naruto, Sai, and Sasuke.

I smile at Naruto who is eagerly slurping up a cup of instant noodles.

Sai was drawing a flower.

And Sasuke was just leaning his head on his hand.

Naruto looks up at Sasuke, complete with noodles still in his mouth, and says, "No! Leave her alone!" he swallows, "Give her time!"

Sasuke shook his head and clenched a fist no one but me saw, and whispered, "If you say that Naruto, she'll avoid me forever."

Naruto remained silent staring at his steaming cup of his beloved food.

He cares, Sakura.

Shut up.

Sai stops drawing and stared at Sasuke, and then turned to Naruto.

He cups his hand towards Naruto and whispers something I could barely hear.

"He loves her."

Naruto clenched his fist so hard it bent the metal fork..

Sai quickly rephrased what he said and whispered, "Or well, he at least cares."

See, Sakura, even an emotionally challenged idiot like Sai, can see the "love" between you and Sasuke.

…

Sasuke got up and said nothing more than, "I'm leaving."

He left.

Sai looked to Naruto and whispered one last thing.

"He really does, do you see?"

Naruto nods,

"Ah, but the thing I'm afraid of is that Sakura-chan has become-…"

"WAAAAAAKKKKKEEEE UUUPPPP FOREHEAD GIRLLLLLL!" an irritating voice called.

I shot up accidentally pumping a fist into the air, punching a poor shinobi.

"ITAI! Sakura-chan, that hurt."

I opened my eyes and looked for whom I punched, even if I knew it was Naruto.

Naruto was mangled in a heap at the floor of my bed. I chuckled and then looked to Ino, the only person allowed to call me that name.

"What do you want?" I mumble barely able to stay asleep.

Ino sat on my bed and smiled, "Tsunade-sama is hosting a party for Sasuke-kun!"

I shook my head and quickly spat, "I'm not going."

Naruto got up and sat on my bed too, "Oh come on! Teme's finally back and they're hosting a party he doesn't even want!" he chuckled, "Show up so he'll feel worse!"

I cringed.

He'll feel worse? What about me?

Confront him, tell him how you really feel.

Shut. Up.

I'm going to feel worse because he's obviously going to pursue me.

He's going to try to "make a scene" with me.

Trust him, trust that he won't do that.

I swear, he will.

Only if you run away.

Boys are like that, like you said last night.

You're a trophy, he's gonna want you.

If you try harder to run away, he'll try harder to catch you.

…

But If I let him get to me,

He'll try to open me up.

"No, Naruto, I don't feel comfortable going." I mumble while toying with my blanket.

Naruto sighed and put a reassuring hand on my shoulder, "Why wouldn't you feel comfortable, he's our friend." He shrugged, "And though it doesn't seem like it, he cares."

I take his hand off my shoulder and place it in his lap, "Fine. I'll go."

Ino clapped.

I raise a finger, "But make sure he doesn't talk to me."

Ino raised a brow and said, "What?"

I shook my head, "Don't let him get near me."

Naruto poked my shoulder, "Well, at least you're coming."

I smile softly, "Yeah…We were all friends at some point…"

Ino and Naruto gave me a peculiar look and left my room.

I sigh, "People aren't supposed to be allowed to go in my room."

-

What do you think of that dream?

What about it?

Do you think it was real or that it was just a dream?

I mean, it seemed like it really happened.

No, it was definitely a dream.

?

Sasuke doesn't care for me, or better yet love me.

The man has no emotions, he can't suddenly care.

I beg to differ, as I said before,

Even Sai noticed.

It's love, stop denying it.

True love or a game of love.

Oh, shut up about this being a game, it's not.

He cares and he loves you.

He wants to be friends.

Really, now?

How come he hasn't said "Sorry" or anything?

…

He wants to build a relationship then he will trust that he can truly and sincerely apologize.

You have an answer for everything don't you?

Hell yeah.

I snort at my thoughts and lazily look at my alarm clock.

1:52 PM

"WHAT THE HELL?!"

I pulled off my blankets,

"How long was I sleeping?"

"I'm a million hours late for work!"

I hurried into the shower, hurried out and changed.

I ran to my kitchen and got out a cup of coffee.

I chugged it down as fast as I could and sprinted outside.

I ran all the way to the hospital.

"So… tired!"

I pant and leaned on the hospital door.

And I saw a bright pink note on the door and read it.

DEAR HARUNO SAKURA,

I NOTICED THAT YOU WERE VERY, VERY LATE TO WORK TODAY. SO INSTEAD, TO MAKE UP FOR IT, YOU MUST HELP INO, HINATA, TENTEN, NEJI AND ETC. FIX UP THE PLAZA FOR THE FREAKIN' UCHIHA'S PARTY.

LOVE THE HOKAGE,

TSUNADE

I inwardly cry and say aloud, "I rushed for nothing…?"

I walk in some random direction, and mumble, "I didn't even know we have a freakin' plaza."

I continued to walk a little…

"Oi! Sakura, you're heading the wrong way, idiot!"

I twitched, I know that voice.

I turn my head to face who called my name, and completely un-surprised I groan.

"Uchiha."

He smirks he my direction and holds a hand towards me, "Follow me."

I twitch and hold back an urge to falter and blush.

Rule # 27: No blushing.

I swallow and look him in the eye.

Haha you broke rule… uh… number 47!

It was already broken!

I crossed my arms completely ignoring his out-stretched hand.

"Lead the way."

He glares at me momentarily and says,

"Wow, Sakura, you've grown to be…"

Oh… my… gosh!

"A total…"

Don't get your hopes up.

"Bitch."

Told ya.

I clench my fists.

"Uchiha, don't provoke me to punch you."

He laughs,

A beautiful noise isn't it?

I hope he chokes.

"I remember when you would die just to touch me."

He laughed again.

I sneer,

"I remember when you just pushed me away and that was it."

Rule # 36: Try not to talk/think about the past.

Sasuke sighed and walked next to me.

"And I also remember that you'd come back every five seconds and do it all over again."

I turn away from him and saw two civilian women murmuring,

"Aw, look, they look so perfect together!"

"I know, I actually can't wait to see, like, little Uchiha boys with pink hair."

"They would be the most beautiful freaks I've ever seen!"

I tuned out after that gagging.

Sasuke pushed my shoulder and I flinched.

Rule # 42: Don't let him touch you.

"Did you hear that?"

I look at him dumb founded, "No duh!"

He pushes my shoulder again and takes us right.

Suddenly he covers my eyes and I shout,

"OI! GET THE HELL OFF ME!"

I hear him chuckle and presses his hands against my eyes.

And then he whispered in my ear,

"Shh, I want this to be a surprise."

I pout and loosen up a little.

"Are we there yet, Sasu- I mean, Uchiha?" I stutter, somewhat surprising myself.

He replies, "Not yet."

We walk in silence and Inner Sakura begins to chatter away.

This is so cute!

Aw, you're bonding!

BEAUTIFUL!

Shut up!

Abruptly we stop and Sasuke says, "We're here."

He lets his fingers slide down my face warming my cheeks.

His arms rested on my shoulders and he rested his chin on my head.

I blushed.

DAMMIT!

Rule # 27 broken.

He murmurs softly to me,

"Beautiful, isn't it?"

I look around and saw that we were in the center of the Uchiha section of Konoha. It was all white and polished. It truly was beautiful. My friends were scattered about, hanging up various decorations and setting up tables.

I gasp, "Amazing…"

I could tell he was smirking when he laughed, "When we get married, I want to get married here."

I flush and quickly commanded it away.

I walk out of his hold and faced him, "Tough luck, there is no way I'm getting married-!"

Ino tackled me then and looked at me with the widest eyes, "YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED?!"

The whole plaza went quiet and everyone was looking at me.

Naruto even fell off the ladder he was climbing.

I stammer and flush, "Wha- HELL NO!" I shook my head furiously.

Sasuke chuckled and I turned to him.

"He-! He wants to go out with me, Ino!" I whined.

Ino playfully leaned on Sasuke and smiled, "Nice pick, Sakura, I always knew you two were going to end up together."

I grind my teeth and cross my arms, "Say it again and I'm gonna tell Shikamaru that you…" I pause dramatically, "Li-!"

Ino put a hand over my mouth, "Shut up!"

I pushed myself out of her grip and giggle, "Oh, Shikamaru!"

He rolls out from under a table- he was probably sleeping- and says, "What?"

I sang, "Ino has a crus-mdfn kdj!"

Ino put her hand over my mouth again.

"Ahaha, It's nothing, Shika-kun!"

He rolls back under the table, "What a pain."

Ino sighs in relief.

Naruto runs over and shouts, "HELLO SAKURA-CHA-!" I punched him upward and scream, "WHAT THE HELL YOU IDIOT! DON'T SCREAM IN MY EAR!"

Naruto pops back up and rubs it off, "Whatever, we don't really need any help right now!"

I twitch.

I came here for no reason…?

Naruto smiles, "Actually we were all gonna go home and change!"

I cry inwardly.

Sasuke lightly touches my shoulder, "I'll walk you out."

I sigh and threw my hands up, "Led the way."

And thus, once again, I am being directed by Uchiha.

He walks in front of me this time and right before he reaches the entrance he turns around.

I raise a brow and say,

"Anything wrong?"

He smiles, like really smiles,

And says in the softest voice I've ever heard him use,

"Sakura, can we be friends?"

He stepped towards me and put a hand on my shoulder.

"I really do want to make everything alright."

Speechless, I almost fell into his chest.

I almost started to cry.

I almost thought about the past.

And I almost accepted what he had said.

Almost…

I walk away, a defiant tear fell, and I whisper,

"I wish it was that easy…"

End of Chapter 2!

Woot! Again, I'm sorry for updating sooo slowly.

Love,

Blankdreamer