Chapter 8: Sweet Kisses

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Sasuke's P.O.V

Was it me or was the room spinning?

Naruto and I aren't married. Her words repeated over and over again in my head. I looked up to stare at her, my mouth in the form of an O.

"Umm…maybe I should leave," she said uneasily, backing away from me. She stood up and practically ran over to the door.

She's about to leave, I have to do something!

Before she could turn the knob, I went over quickly and grabbed her by the wrist, forcing her to stay right where she was.

"Wha-"

"Be quiet."

She clamped her mouth shut and did so.

We stood there unmoving.

I couldn't register in my mind what to say. I mean…for two months, I had never known about this? I felt so stupid. No wonder I never saw them together. I mentally slapped myself. God I'm slow. Wait a minute. She wasn't married to Naruto, which meant she was free, and also...she wasn't married to Naruto! Wait…didn't I just say that? Nevermind. I shook my head. This was confusing. I was at the wedding, but only the beginning of it. I hadn't seen the rest. What happened when I was gone? Did someone object to their marriage? Was it an argument? Or could it have been a sudden divorce?

Oh forget it! Why should I even care? The point was that she wasn't married to the blond, and I could have her all to myself without feeling guilty about going behind my friends' back!

"Sasuke-san…please let go, you're hurting me."

Her soft voice brought me back to reality. I blinked several times to clear my sight.

"Oh….sorry," I mumbled, releasing my grip.

She gave me a look. Her eyes showed fear and hurt. I felt bad for scaring her like that.

Reaching for the knob again, I stopped her this time, but not in a physical manner.

"Hinata-san….would you like to have a picnic together with me, maybe tomorrow?" I asked her, my voice sounding hopeful.

She turned her head away, avoiding eye contact. "I-I don't know, but I'll think about it."

Before walking out the door, she turned around to say something to me.

"Thank you for dinner, Sasuke-san, it was delicious."

With those last words, she closed the door shut.

Sakura's P.O.V

I sat straight up in bed, my skin sticky with sweat, the sheets clinging to my legs. I pulled them off with force, tossing them against the side wall. Reaching up, I placed my hand on my forehead to feel for any signs of sickness.

"It feels cool."

I lay back down and stared up at the ceiling. For the past month, I hadn't been feeling like myself at all. There were mood swings, vomiting, and terrible headaches. Even I, a medic nin, could do nothing about it. Instead, I had found myself in the doctors' office a week ago. He had told me that it was probably a temporary sickness, and would wear off in a few days. He also said if I still wasn't feeling good, I'd have to come back to the office in about three weeks. It seemed there was a treatment needed in the Cloud country. This left me with going to the pharmacy on my own for medicine.

A sigh escaped my lips. I reached for the pillow above my head and buried my face into it.

"Sasuke, what do I have to do to get you to notice me?"

In an instant, I fell asleep. Those last thoughts lingering in my mind.

Naruto's P.O.V

"Oi, Ino! How much do these cost over here?" I called to her.

She stood behind the register, her back facing me.

"Let's see…umm….about a thousand yen for the bouquet," she replied. She turned around blowing on her nails. "You gonna buy it or what? You've been sitting there staring at it for the past hour."

"I can't though! I'm on a tight budget here! Don't you think you can lower down the price a bit for me?" I asked in a pleading tone of voice. I stared at her with a puppy-eyed look.

She scoffed. "That doesn't work on me dumbass."

My lips formed into a pout. "Fine then," I mumbled, reaching for my wallet. "I'll take two."

Outside the shop:

I looked up to see the night sky blanketed with stars that gave off a soft glow.

"They're beautiful," I breathed. The stars brought back the wonderful memories with my ex-fiancée.

Flashback:

"Naruto look!" Hinata cried pointing up at the sky. "It's a shooting star!"

"Ahh, it seems it is," I said smiling at her. She blushed.

"Don't talk to me as if speaking to a child," she said with a small frown.

I ruffled her hair. "Fine, fine, if you don't want me to, I won't," I said waving my hand as if surrendering.

"Thank you," she said smiling at me.

"You're welcome," I mumbled leaning down to kiss her. Brushing away a lock of her hair, I placed my lips softly on her own. She reached up to circle her arms around my neck, pulling me down closer. After about five seconds, I placed my hands on her shoulders, gently pushing her away. She seemed startled and stared at me with a pout.

"Why'd you do that?"

"I just remembered that we didn't come here to make out, we're on a mission," I answered sternly.

She stared at me, blinking.

"What?"

"I've never seen you so serious before," she said. "It's kinda sexy though."

"Oh really?" I said raising a brow.

She nodded her head. "Really."

"Well just for calling me sexy, I'll give you a kiss," I said with a cheeky grin. I leaned down a second time, but she placed her finger on my lips to stop me.

"No, I said kinda, not completely."

"Yeah, yeah, same thing," I said shrugging off the thought. I backed her up against a nearby tree, giving her yet another kiss. She didn't return it though.

"What's wrong?" Dammit!

"I thought you said we were on a mission?"

"I did, but I changed my mind. Shikamaru and the others can take care of it."

"Well that's not fair to them, now is it?"

"No, but it's fair to us."

"You're cruel."

"I know."

I was going to give her another kiss, but she pushed me away. Again! Oh come on!

"How will you ever become Hokage if you keep doing things like this?" Walking over to the edge of the cliff, she looked up at the sky. "Focus on your future first before your pleasure." She sounded serious.

"But…you are my future." She turned around surprised by my comment.

Walking up to her, I placed my hand under her chin. "The future I choose is to be with you, Hokage can wait."

"Na…Naruto."

"You're mine," I whispered in her ear.

We stood under the stars for quite some time; that is until the rest of the crew spotted us.

End Flashback:

"Too bad that didn't happen though, huh?" (A/N: He's referring to the future thing.)

My eyes went back to the two roses in each of my hand.

A pink rose and a white rose.

I was going to give the white one to Hinata. If it was one thing she liked, it was definitely flowers. And what better way to apologize than give her a rose? I really did love her, well…used to, but I guess it wasn't enough.

The pink rose was for Sakura. I appreciated the fact that when I asked her to be my girlfriend, she accepted. Even after the incident between Hinata and I that involved her.

At least I wouldn't be alone in the future, right?

"First stop, Hinata." I ran down the street towards Inos' apartment.

Hinata's P.O.V

I threw myself on the leather couch, my head throbbing like crazy. Was I not feeling good? Or was it because what Sasuke asked me.

...would you like to have a picnic together with me...

Did he…ask me out on a date?

I reached up to massage my forehead. This was all too confusing.

Deciding to take a shower, I made my way into the bathroom and closed the door shut, stripping down to nothing, but my bare body.

Stepping into the shower, I turned the knob, letting the warm water slide down my back.

Half an hour later, I stepped out of the bathroom, cleansed and refreshed. My lavender robe was tied loosely, as my wet hair was held up by a towel. I removed the towel from my head, letting my long hair fall loosely down to my back. It clung to my robe in ringlets.

While making my way to the living room, I stopped short at the person sitting on the couch, his back facing me.

I took one step back, my body trembling in fear. What was he doing here? How did he even get in? Taking another step back, I froze when he turned around to face me. His dark-ebony eyes stared at me, as if trying to determine what to do next.

In an instant without hesitation, he strode towards me. Without knowing it, I found myself pinned against the nearest wall. He had trapped me between the wall and his body. His arms held me in place, meaning, there was no escape. I stared up at him, but his eyes were out of view behind his long, dark bangs.

I bit my lip thinking on what to say. "H-How did you get in here?" I asked weakly. Pathetic, a voice in the back of my head said.

His head was still held low. Without looking up he answered. "The door was open when I came."

I stared at him surprised. "O-Oh."

Raising his head, he looked at me, as if reluctant to speak.

"About….the picnic…..Hinata-san….please consider it." He bit on his bottom lip nervously.

Okay, this was weird. First, Sasuke was asking me on a date…I think. Then, he sounds really desperate, and did he….just ask me nicely? Arghh! Too much confusion in one day!

Looking up at him, I opened my mouth to speak.

"Wh-"

He lowered his face towards mine and kissed me.

Bring, bring, bring! The alarms in my head suddenly went off.

Sasuke kissing me!

I stood there unmoving. Actually, the question was why wasn't I moving in the first place!

Sasuke slipped one arm around my waist and pulled me in closer for a deeper kiss. I blushed. The way he kissed seemed so different from Naruto, almost…better. I kissed him back, not understanding why I even did that.

"What the hell!"

Sasuke and I both jumped away from each other in surprise. We turned to see the figure in the doorway.

"N-Naruto, what are you doing her-" I was cut off as usual.

"Sasuke!" What the hell are you doing here!" He asked the other man.

Sasuke simply shrugged. "I could ask you the same thing, dobe."

Naruto glared at Sasuke, clenching his fists tightly. "Shut up you bastard!" He ran forward ready to attack Sasuke. Pulling his fist back, he brought it upward towards the Uchihas' chin, giving him a powerful uppercut. Naruto grinned in satisfaction at having hit Sasuke, but it was then replaced with a mouth gaping open. 'Sasuke' disappeared in a puff of smoke, the poof sound revealing that he had done Kawarimi. On the ground landed a sofa cushion. Narutos' eyes turned into slits as he slowly turned around to be greeted by a powerful kick in the stomach.

That's gotta hurt.

Naruto flew headfirst into the wall at the end of the room, knocking down one or two photos that fell to the floor with a loud shatter.

Note to self; clean up mess before Ino gets home.

"Naruto!" I ran over to where he was, trying to help him up. "Are you alright?"

Instead, he ignored me. He kept his gaze focused on Sasuke, gritting his teeth together.

"Listen you, don't ever come near Hinata. You'll cause her nothing but trouble!"

"I could say the same about you," Sasuke replied coolly.

Naruto turned his head to look at me. In return, I turned my head away from him.

Standing up, he dusted his pants and reached into his pockets, pulling out an item.

"This was for you…an apology for what happened two months ago," hesaid quietly.He held out to me a single white rose. A few of the petals had fallen off, the stem wassnapped. I looked at it at first, but then took it graciously.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

There was no kiss this time.

A/N: Okaaaay, this seemed like a really sappy chapter. Bleaach! I hate that! Eh, oh well. I'm sure all of you are thinking, "Sasuke's an idiot." And I'm very sure you know what's going on with Sakura. If you don't, then too bad for you. This chapter was only about seven pages long. Gomen Minna-san! I'll try making it longer next time just for you all. I'll try updating as soon as I can, but it's a hassle.
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