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Chapter 11: The One Who Makes Me Smile
Konoha High: 10 minutes before lunch
Sakura grabbed her bento and started walking outside towards her tree. Her anger simmered down after realizing that Sasuke really did make things a joke. To Sakura, last night didn't happen.. and to Sasuke it was a game..
He left early so he didn't eat breakfast and it looks like he's been skipping all his classes too...I haven't seen him all day.
Although it would seem weird to others, not seeing Sasuke was good for Sakura. She needed time to cool away from others for a while. Yesterday's event made her realize that it would be best to try to keep away from Sasuke for a bit... As lonely as she was..Sakura knew it was safer to just keep away..
"Who needs him anyway, to Sasuke I'm just a stupid mouse.." she muttered to herself...suddenly feeling that weird moist feeling come back to her neck again..
Gah my NECK! IT'S BEEN INVADED WAHHHHHH!
"Screw you Sasuke.." she sniffed as she started to rub that spot on her neck again as the cool winter air blew strands of hair into her face. "ugh my hair's getting too long" she complained as she took out another pin and poked it into her hair to keep it from flying off again.
Winter break was getting closer and closer for Sakura but she still had no plans, keeping in mind not to expect anything from Sasuke as well.
She walked to her tree and stood there before setting her lunch down on the floor and stretched out.
She sighed and breathed out deeply as she moved her arms out and about when suddenly she felt two arms wrap around her slowly.
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Who the...
"Sakura..." Naruto's voice was a warm,melting whisper to her ears as she held in her breath, hoping to Kami her heartbeats weren't as loud as her mind made it seem.
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God I wonder if he can hear that...
"Na-Naruto.." Sakura squeaked out as she tried to relax, but the more she thought of relaxing the harder it got to loosen up.
"Sakura" he chuckled "turn around" "mm...o-okay"
Sakura turned around and looked up to see the blue-eyed, blonde haired hero look down at her.
"There ya go! hahaha did I scare you Sakura?" he asked as he rubbed the back of his head.
"nu-uh, haha I did have a little heart attack though" She giggled as she watched his hands move back to her sides.
He pulled her in and hugged her again...
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Naruto's heart...its beating just as fast as mine..she thought to herself as she hugged him tighter.
"come sit." he let go of her as he gently took her hand, bit down on his lip as she watched him try not to smile like a total goof ball as he walked backwards over to their favorite Sakura tree.
Sakura waited till Naruto sat down comfortably before she sat down in front of him.
"I gotta make this quick" he sighed "I told the guys I had to use the bathroom so I won't be here for long and-" Sakura got up and jumped into his arms as she laced her arms around his neck.
I missed you Naruto...I missed you sooooo much!
"S-Sakura...?" Sakura laughed as she felt Naruto's ears heat up against her forearm.
"ah...Sakura...hn..about yesterday..are you-" "I'm fine..." "are you sure..?"
Just go with it Sakura...if you tell him you're scarred from last night he'll just worry...
"mhm.." she replied as she nodded her head, suddenly she felt the need to cry again as images of yesterday were flashing back again.
"Good..I'm glad...Thank God you're okay..because if you weren't.." Suddenly Naruto's voice got all shaky and Sakura looked right at him to see a small crystal teardrop drip halfway down his cheek.
Sakura's eyes widened as she gasped and sat back on the floor to look at Naruto correctly
"Naruto...why are you.." He pulled her back in and held her even tighter "I was so scared for you Sakura..I felt like going crazy when I heard you cry..I'm so sorry I couldn't save you..."
" Naruto stop..please.." She couldn't control her tears any longer as they started dripping down her cheek. She took his hand and placed it on her cheek and sniffled.
"don't worry okay..I heard you trying to come and help..t-thank you.." she sniffed "t-thank you so-muchhhh-ahhhh waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh Narutooooooooooooo!" Suddenly Sakura was babbling like a baby once more as she started to rub her eyes.
She felt Naruto take off her glasses and she flinched for a second out of habit but continued to cry as he took her back in his arms..
"shhhh it's okay now...next time, don't go to the mall alone...and I took care of that girl, I made sure she wasn't going to get a job around this town for a looongggg time so don't cry okay.?"
Sakura couldn't stop crying as Naruto just rubbed the small of her back.
"re-really? you did something so big just like that..?"
He looked down and smiled as he snapped his finger "just like that..haha does that make you happy.?" he asked as he pressed his forehead against hers and wiped away her tears.
"mhm..thank you Naruto..it does" "hehe I'm glad.." Naruto replied as he chuckled and cupped her face in his hands. " I get so happy when I see you smile like that.." his voice was back to the heart throbbing warm whisper again as Sakura felt her cheeks slowly warm up from the gentleness in his voice.
Naruto acts so different when they're alone.
" St-stop...you're going to make me smile like a goof ball hahahahaha"
"Hahaha, I can't help it, it's so cute...did you know your eyes squint when you smile Sakura?"
"yessssssssss!" she whined as she covered her face making Naruto laugh even harder..
She kept her hands over her face as she looked from a space between her fingers to see him staring right at her, mellow eyes, red bitten lip, and pale pink cheeks.
He moved her hands away and took them into his and sighed
"I better go...I wanna stay with you longer but they're probably going to start calling me soon"
Within that second Naruto's phone went off making them both laugh and sigh in slight disappointment.
"it's okay Naruto I'm fine here." she lied..truth was..Sakura didn't want Naruto to leave her at all.
"really?..honestly I don't wanna go."
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"really..?"
"mhm..but I have to...I don't want them looking for me, because if they find me then our secret spot won't be a secret anymore"
"yeah..."
"I'll see if we can meet again alright?"
"neh..."
Sakura stuck her tongue out at him as he gently pinched her nose.
He took out his phone once more when he heard it go off when Sakura looked down at it to see it had a chibi pikachu hanging from it.
"Pikachuuu! d'awwwww it's so cuteeeee!"
"oh this? hahaha, I got it from one of those coin slot things" he said as he brought it up to her eye level.
"It's so cuteeeee hehehe aww look at ittttt!" she poked it and giggled as she watched the tiny pikachu sway back and forth and she grabbed it and held it between her fingers.
"I wuv you pikachuuuu!" she smiled as she brought to her lips and kissed it.
Naruto chuckled as he moved the pikachu from her hand and brought it to his lips placing them right where she kissed the little keychain.
"He says he loves you too...don't you Pikachu..?"
Sakura felt her cheeks explode when she watched Naruto eye her with warm eyes again as he kissed the Pikachu once more.
"well..tell Pikachu I said that I'm pretty sure I love him more.." she replied back biting down on her lip as she tried her best not to smile like an idiot.
"oh?...well Pikachu said he'd prove you wrong if he had the chance."
"hn, oh really? then you can tell him that...I'm waiting for him...to do that.." Sakura looked up and blushed when she saw Naruto's eyes widen just a bit as his face flushed a shade just a tinge lighter than hers.
"hn, we're not talking about Pikachu anymore...are we Sakura?" he questioned as he tilted his head thoughtfully, smirking at her.
"mm, I dunno...are we?.." Sakura smiled as she looked down to see Naruto rubbing her fingers gently between his..
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eeeeeeeeeeeeep!
She pressed her face against her knees to keep him from seeing her smile again when she heard Naruto laugh.
She looked up to see him covering his face and laughing
"what's so funny?"
"nothin...I was just thinking about how bad my luck is"
" pfft, you think you have bad luck?" she asked sarcastically
"of course"
"why's that...?"
Naruto looked at her for a good minute before he quickly leaned forward, pressing his nose against her own as he stared right into her eyes.
Green to Blue.
"guess.."
"uh..."
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Guess..GUESS?! I can't even think STRAIGHT now! Oh God he's close..She was panicking mentally as Naruto climbed over her even more
Holy Kami in the Skies he's getting closer!
Sakura started trembling backwards as Naruto got closer..
"take your time...and think about it for a sec Sakura.." his voice had a low husky tone to it as she watched him tilt his head just a bit when suddenly..
Ring Ring!
his phone went off again causing them both to startle.
"Shit, I better go..." he looked down at her to see her completely shaken up
"ahh..sorry Sakura ...did I scare you.?" his voice had worry in it but Sakura was far from scared, it was more of a state of confusion and shock for her.
"sorry.." "no don't be, I wasn't scared..I was..just s-surprised."
HEART ATTACKKKKKK!
"ah..haha sorry I got carried away...hm" he cleared his throat and got up "well I should go, they need me now so.."
"hmm..sorry for taking up your time"
He pulled her up and smiled at her warmly.
" I'll always have time for you...so don't ever think you're giving me trouble,...got it?"
"mhm!"
"bye Sakura"
"bye-bye Naruto." She waved at him as he walked backwards slowly off into the building as he looked back and waved at her.
"byeeeeee!" she shouted before she waved back and plopped down to the floor and stared right at her lunch.
"I'm full..." she happily whispered to herself as she poked her lips.. " that was enough to last me a lifetime" she sighed as she laid back and rolled in the grass fangirling over the special side of Naruto only she gets to see.
He's really going to kill me one day..oh Gosh..
She fanned her flaming face as she slipped her glasses back and grabbed her bento,wondering what she should do with it, since she's just too happy to eat it herself.
It'll be a waste of food...mmmm I'll eat it later.
Afterschool: Kakashi's Class
Sakura was getting ready to pack up, seeing it as though she was the last one in the classroom when she heard a familiar, but not so familiar voice call out to her.
"Sakura"
Sakura turned around to see Ino looking at her with her hair tangled around her finger
"I-Ino...hi" Sakura felt nervous again as she watched her once best friend walk closer to her.
"uh the project..I put it together and stuff..if you wanna look.."
Awkward...
"mm sure!" Sakura happily replied as Ino faintly smiled at her and walked over to Kakashi's computer and put in the usb to show the wonderful slide show Ino put together.
"Wow you did this all in one day?!" Sakura asked, clearly amazed.
"It's really nice, oh it's perfect!"
"mm, all we gotta do is just present our lines, which by the way I covered up already"
"really?"
"yep! at first I didn't get your theory of Macbeth killing himself, but when I read through the content it made sense..you're really smart"
" ahh..thanks" Sakura responded feeling a bit weird..knowing Ino she never praises ANYONE.
She watched the blonde flip her hair as she looked away "well you are smart at some stuff."
"yeah haha..well I had nothing else to do but read the play but...I was glad, I'm happy we agree on this"
"yeah..so..."
"um.."
it was awkward again for the girls as Sakura ejected the usb and handed it back to her former bestie.
"...I guess we'll present tomorrow with no problem.."
I still have to present...
"yeah, you just say what you have to and I'll do my job and we'll be done" Ino quickly stated as she walked over to grab her bag.
"yeah..."
"so uh...see-" "see you tomorrow".
"ah.." the girl's whispered in unison...it's really hard for both to even talk to each other.
Sakura walked back to her desk and grabbed her stuff as she heard Ino greet her a faint goodbye before walking out the room to leave the poor pinkette alone.
Sakura walked towards the front of the school with her head gazed downwards as usual. She hated walking in the cold, she'd come home freezing.
I need a coat...She thought to herself as she started to shiver.
no..what I need is a freakin job...!
Sakura began to hug herself when suddenly she heard a bunch of school girls shriek.
"ITACHIIIIIIII! KYAAAAA IT'S ITACHI UCHIHAAAAAA!"
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Oniisan..?
Sakura looked up to see a bunch of girls gathered by the school's front gate.
"Oniisan..?" Sakura squeezed through the girls as she looked ahead to see Itachi leaning against his car, arms crossed eyes, closed.
"Oniisan!" she happily greeted her sweet brother-in-law as he looked up at her and smiled.
"Sakura." his voice was monotone, but his eyes had that usual happy glint she loves.
"what are you doing here..?" she asked when suddenly all the girls screaming died out as they started to whisper about Sakura.
"um..."
"Sakura let's get out of here first."
"tch, what a bitch, stealing Itachi-kun away from us like this" "fucking hoe" "isn't that Sasuke's ugly wife? ugh, she's after the older one too..?"
huh?..
Sakura turned around to see all the girls glaring at her calling her ugly, some of the girls snickered, as others showed her the finger.
She started to feel shaky from the sudden pressure she was feeling when Itachi grabbed her and pulled her into his arms like he usually does.
"ignore them" he whispered as he gently rubbed Sakura's little head as he looked up at the girls who gasped in surprise.
The happy glint from Itachi's eyes died out as his eyes went back to their usual, unemotional, cold, fearful selves.
"Leave.."
"eh..?" the girls were suddenly shaking in fear as they took a step back, trying to peer away from the man's deadly glare.
" Scram...all of you" he hissed at them, his voice filled with pure poison, there was a dead hollow tone of anger echoing behind his words.
Within that second the girls started to scatter, screaming in fear as Itachi gently let go of Sakura.
She looked at him in complete surprise.
...His voice...it..it was so different from what I usually hear..it was...scary...
Sakura was shaking a bit as Itachi looked down at her and smiled.
" Is everything alright Sakura?" he smiled as he gently cupped her cheek in his hand.
"eh..EH?! what?! just- just a second a-ago you were all like- grrrrrrrrrrr" she started making weird faces as she backed away and started flailing her arms "and those girls just stood there quiet because you were all like 'leave'.." she shouted out as she tried her best to impersonate him. "and now you're all like 'are you alright sakura'.? wahhhhhhh! so confusing!" she breathed out as she put her arms down and huffed.
Itachi stood there for a second and stared at her and blinked and blinked again..as Sakura stared right at him and stared back in confusion when she started to notice his body shivering
"eh?.. ...are you...?"
Itachi's lips were curling as tears were forming his eyes, Sakura continued to stare as his cheeks puffed up .
Is he okay? is he mad at me for...
She stepped closer ..."Onii-...sann-"
"pbt..pbbbbbt...pbbbbtttt hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha!"
Sakura gasped as she was taken aback by Itachi suddenly bursting like that
"Hahahahahahaha so cute, SO DAMN CUTE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!" He turned around and started banging on his car hood as he held down his stomach
" Her ears were flopping hahahahahahahaha such a cute little bunny"
"..ears...bunny?..huh? Oniisan are you okay?"
"hahahahahahahaha I'm dying! KAMI!- Ahem! hmm.." Itachi suddenly stopped and cleared his throat as he turned around and looked at her..the girl who was uber confused.
"are you alright?"
"Sakura...pbbt.. ..yes I'm fine" he fixed his tie and put his arms onto her shoulder.
"now then.."
He pulled her in and squeezed her tight
"how about we go for a little treat hm?"
"ahh...haha okay!"
neh, he's really acting weird today..haha it's cute!
Itachi opened the door to his car, as she stepped in and buckled in.
She watched him walk over and sit inside.
"It's cold, so wear this okay?" He handed her his coat as she slowly put it on.
"mmm warmmmmmm, thank you Oniisan"
"heh, you're welcome Sakura"
" Oniisan, where are we going?"
"mmm, let's see... how about we go get some sweets"
"wahh! cake?"
"as you wish"
"yay!" Sakura clapped her hands as Itachi chuckled and started the car and drove off to a cake shop nearby.
Kawaii Kakes: 4:30pm
Sakura was amazed by how cute the cake shop looked from the inside.
"wahh..it's adorable." she squealed as Itachi took her hand and walked her in.
"hn, you know Pain? his girlfriend owns this shop"
"ahh really?!"
He chuckled as he squeezed her hand tightly and walked her further in "hn, let me introduce you to her okay?"
"mm- o-okay." Sakura felt shy again when thinking about meeting another person..
She never barely had friends throughout her life, so meeting someone new was really odd for her, since most girls just hate her for no clear reason.
"Konan, you there?" Itachi called out "just a seconddd!" a voice sang, Sakura gasped as she clenched onto Itachi. She watched the shadow that was near the door come closer as she found herself starting to hide behind Itachi.
The closer it got, the more she hid, causing Itachi to chuckle again
"don't be scared, Konan's nice, she'll love you"
"mm.." was all Sakura managed to say as she watched the girl walk out.
Wow...she's beautiful.. Sakura stared at the purple haired, pale beauty as she smiled at Itachi and greeted him with a hug.
"Itachi"
"Konan"
"what brings you here?"
"well..." Itachi responded stepping to the side to show Sakura "I brought a special person with me today"
"oh? really now? special, huh..well, well, well, who's this?"
"um..." "this is my bunny Sakura" Itachi laughed out as he gently pushed her towards Konan.
"Sakura, meet Konan, Pain's girlfriend"
"H-Hi.. ni-nice to meet you..." Sakura's voice was barely audible as she looked down at the floor. She heard the pretty older girl giggle as she tilted Sakura's head up and leaned closer to her.
"Hello there beautiful eyes"
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Sakura gasped as she stepped back a bit from Konan's words..
eyes...how ...
Konan laughed as she moved closer to Sakura and hugged her
"you're soooooo cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" she suddenly squeaked out as she hugged Sakura tightly. "your big brother here always mentions you when he stops by"
"re-really...? um.." Sakura looked back at Itachi as he smiled at her as his arms went up and his fingers started to wiggle "come to Oniisan Sakura" he pulled her back to his arms and hugged her tightly as he glared back at Konan
"I told you to meet her, not touch her you wench" he growled out
Eh?!
"haw-haw-haw" Konan laughed out as she looked away covering her mouth halfway " I can hug and touch who I want pretty boy" she hissed back at him as she dragged Sakura back to her side and hugged her.
"So what can I get Sakura-chan? Ignore that emo child over there, he's just being a lolicon" She sweetly asked Sakura as Sakura looked over at a very angry Itachi who stood there with his eyebrow twitching as a vein popped out from his forehead.
"um...well.. what kind of cake do you have?" Sakura asked looking up at Konan whose big smile faded. Sakura watched her beautiful black-lined eyes widen as her lip started to pout.
"wah...WAH! I Have any kind of cake you want you just tell Onee-chan and she'll make it right away for you!" She suddenly squealed out as she grabbed Sakura again
Haha she's a bit...weird...but cute! I like her
"hey don't hug her so much, Sakura step away from the She-devil she might bite your head off" Itachi's voice had poison slurring from it as he grabbed Sakura again and gently stepped her aside as Konan leaned closer to him, her fist clenched tightly.
"Who you calling a she-devil, emo boy!"
"Ha! that's the best you got you man-eater!"
"Man-eater?! you're the one to talk you women seducing Pedobear!"
"Pedobear?! I have no idea what you're talking about, hmph!" Itachi looked away from her and stepped back to Sakura and hugged her tightly " there is nothing wrong with a big brother looking after his cute little sister"
Sakura watched Konan's eyebrow arch up as she crossed her arms and gawked at the older brother. "nothing wrong!? you're petting her!"
"She's my bunny and I can do what I want with her!"
"Oh Kami! I'm so glad I don't have customers listening to you right now!"
"shut up wench!"
"call me wench one more time, ONE MORE TIME!"
"weeeeeeeennnnchhhhhhh"
"That's it! AHHHHHHHH-!" Konan was about to pounce at Itachi when Pain suddenly came out and grabbed his girlfriend back.
"Why are you two fighting again?"
"she/he started it!" they screamed out as they turned away from each other and crossed their arms. "I don't care who started it, you two always fight"
" hn, I'm not apologizing to her" "and I'm not to him" "Pain, I'm telling you there are plenty of girls out there just waiting for you"
Konan gasped as she looked over at Itachi who grinned at Konan in a sinister way.
"yeah Pain, and you can always get new friends"
"he doesn't need friends, what he really needs is a new girlfriend"
"oh really now?"
"yes"
Sakura suddenly felt a little worried as she watched them fight back and forth.
"ah Umm..Oniisan, Oneechan...are you guys really fighting...?" she looked at them sadly as they suddenly frozen and turned their heads to her.
"what?"
"I'm sorry if I caused you guys to fight or something..."
"Sakura.."
"aww Sakura-chan.." Konan and Itachi looked at each other than looked at her and forced a smile on their face
"we're not fighting we're... just disagreeing on certain things"
"yeah just a little dispute between friends"
"really?" "mhm" they replied in unison as they walked over and group hugged her tightly. "I only said what I said to Itachi because it's true hehehehe"
"Oh Konan" Itachi laughed out "you and your petty little, annoying lies"
"haw-haw-haw Itachi don't get angry in front of the girl you'll worry her again"
"me worry her? I would never hurt Sakura or let her feel any type of negative feeling, it's YOUR fault she's scared"
"my fault?! what did I do?!" "stupid wench" "oh God, are you calling me that again?! Listen here Uchiha"
Sakura watched Pain sigh as he shook his head and walked away from his best friend and girlfriend as he took Sakura's hand and led her to a table.
"they're idiots, this is normal for them so don't worry about it"
"really?" she looked up at Naruto's older brother who nodded and gently smiled at her.
He moved a seat out and sat her down as he crouched down next to her
"so what can Pain-oniichan get you?"
"mm anything really." he chuckled as he ruffled her hair and quickly walked behind the counter
"let me get you something yummy to eat, so sit tight"
Sakura sat there as she looked around the cute decorated shop.
It's like a cross between gothic-lolita and a fairytale in here, it's so pretty!
She smiled as she looked down to see a plate placed in front of her.
"It's tiramisu, try it" Pain smiled a small smile as he turned a seat full around and sat down, his chin against the top ledge of the seat.
"try it, it's delicious" he smiled at her as Sakura lightly blushed and nodded at him " thank you..ah Itadakimasu!" Sakura took her spoon full of sweetness and put it in her mouth
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"wahh..." her voice was a faint whisper "it's..so...good." Sakura smiled even bigger as she took another bite and looked up at Pain
"you like it?" he asked as he tilted his head and she smiled at him "I love it!" she giggled as she took another bite and he ruffled her hair again
"haha then enjoy, there's plenty more where that came from"
"oh wow, thank you! thank you so much" Sakura never tasted so deliciously amazing before. She ate her dessert so fast she didn't even realize she was already done.
She looked up at Pain as he laughed and handed her another plate, he set it down and looked at her.
"so um..." "hm?" Sakura looked up at the Uzumaki boy as he sadly smiled at her.
"my brother...is he nice to you?"
"mm Naruto?"
"ah..hn."
Sakura smiled at him as she set her spoon down.. and blushed.
Naruto..
"Naruto's my best friend." she replied, as she slowly hugged herself "he's so nice to me ..it's sweet..sometimes I wonder why I'm so lucky to have someone like him..."
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Pain's eyes slightly widened as he felt a smile come onto his face.
...does she..? hm...haha ... Naruto you sly dog. Pain thought proudly of his little brother as he watched the tiny girl daze off into her own little world.
"I'm glad" he suddenly said as she shook her head and looked back at him
"hm?" "I said I'm glad...Naruto's there for you.. haha because if he wasn't I'd pound him!" Pain punched his palm as Konan and Itachi came by and sat next to her..
"So what about Sasuke?" Sakura turned to her older brother as he sadly smiled at her.
"Sasuke...?"
"Yeah...Sasuke treating you well.?" Itachi asked as Konan placed a plate in front of him, herself and Pain.
"Sasuke's..uh..." Ba-thump.....how do I say this nicely..? Ba-thump.."he's uh..."
"a Bastard isn't he?" Itachi suddenly asked as he looked down at her.
"well..." "say no more Sakura, I know how he's acting..." he suddenly sighed as he poked his cake "...I'm sorry."
Pang
"d-don't be Oniisan...he's just...not into me...so I don't expect him to be nice or anything" she laughed out as she scratched behind her head
"hn..."
He's sulking because of Sasuke and me...
Sakura felt so bad looking at Itachi sadly take a bite at his cake.. She didn't like knowing he was upset because of her.
"ahh-So! hows the dessert Sakura-chan?" Konan suddenly asked as she tried to break the tension.
"hm? oh it's good" she happily replied as she took another bite and looked at Itachi
"would you like to try some Oniisan?" "hn?" Itachi suddenly looked to his side to see Sakura smiling as she offered him a piece of her sweet.
Itachi's eyes widened as he looked down at her in disbelief. "you're going to feed me Sakura?"
Sakura smiled even bigger as she nodded and blushed a very pretty shade of pink.
Ba-thump.. She's going to feed, me Kami-sama I'm being fed by a bunny right now...Itachi felt teary as he let Sakura feed him a spoonful of chocolate tiramisu.
"h-how is it?"
Ba-thump.. Ba-thump.. Ba-thump..
She watched Itachi lick the spoon and smile as licked off some of the excess whipcream he had on the side of his lip
"mmmmmm best thing I've ever eaten" Sakura giggled as Itachi put his arm around her and snuggle her against him "thank you for sharing that with me Sakura"
"aww you're welcome Oniisan!" They hugged when they saw Konan and Pain laugh too.
"She's a cutie isn't she?" Konan asked as Pain agreed.
Sakura felt her cheeks warm up as she continued to eat her dessert as they began to ask her all kinds of questions. Little by little as they continued to talk, Sakura noticed all of Itachi's and Pains friends were coming inside the shop and greeting them.
This getting a bit overwhelming for me...Sakura looked over at Itachi who looked like he was having a good time when he suddenly took her hand and got up.
"hn, well I'll see you guys later Sakura's probably tired since I picked her up from school."
"ah.." She looked up at Itachi who smirked at her.
He ...he knew...
"aww..Sakura come visit Onee-chan soon alright?"
Sakura bowed and looked up at the beautiful, sweet girl and her nice boyfriend
"thank you for having me, and being so nice to me" she said again as she bowed once more "I'm truly grateful"
She heard them chuckle as she looked up and blushed as Konan got up and handed her a box.
" haha come back here anytime, alright? enjoy these at home when you have the chance"
"thank you!" she smiled as she hugged the box of sweets against her.
"bye bye Sakura" they all greeted in unison as Sakura blushed and waved back.
She felt Itachi's hand grip around hers tightly as they walked back to his car and drove off.
He walked her to the front door and held her hand gently.
"Oniisan would you like to come in for some tea?"
"hmm... you go in, I'll be in there in a second, I have something to do real quick."
"ah...alright"
Sakura stepped in and for some reason she expected Sasuke to burst in and yell at her for not being home, but...nothing like that happened. Sakura flinched a couple of times as she looked around but he wasn't home.
Sigh...why was I expecting something like that?...heh.. Sakura's eyes widened when she felt a tickle come to her neck and she noticed it was that spot he kissed.
Her hand went up and she found herself rubbing that spot again as she squeezed her eyes shut and forced herself to forget.
It never happened, it never happened, it never happened!
A few minutes later the tea finished boiling as she took out two cups and ready some tea. Sakura walked into the livingroom to see Itachi sitting there hunched over.
"Oniisan" she smiled as she placed the tray down and handed him his cup of honey tea.
Sakura smiled as he took a sip and sighed. "wow..it's delicious" he smiled at her as he set his cup down and looked over at her "hn, Sakura a coworker's going to come by to pick up a file real quick, is that alright?"
"hm, it's fine with me" just as she took a sip of her tea the doorbell rang as Itachi got up to answer it.
"that's probably him." Sakura looked down to see Itachi forgot his file and followed behind him. "Oniisan the file"
Itachi opened the door and shook the guy's hand as Sakura walked over to his side.
"Shino-san"
"ahh Uchiha-sama, good to see you"
"hn, feeling's mutual, ah won't you come in" Itachi offered as he stepped aside. "oh no no, I have to get back to Suna." The older man said as he looked to the side to see Sakura standing a little behind Itachi.
What a beautiful girl. The man thought as he bowed his head lightly at Sakura who smiled at him.
"Is that your wife Uchiha-sama?"
Ba-thump ...w-wife.?
Itachi chuckled as he gently pushed Sakura forward. Sakura blushed a deep shade of red when she watched Itachi's cheeks tint a pale color matching her hair.
"no, this is my bun- I mean my sister-in-law, Sakura"
"ohhhh, I'm so sorry" the man bowed as Sakura bowed back "no it's fine, nice to meet you"
"you as well Sakura-san" Itachi laughed as he placed his hand on Sakura's head "give him the file Sakura"
Sakura looked up at Itachi who was looking away from their direction as she handed the guy his file. " here you go.."
The man laughed as he took the file from her hand "I'm so sorry for mistaking you for his wife, I didn't realize you married the younger Uchiha"
"ahh-yes.." Sakura blushed even more when he complimented her and bowed once more
"I should get going, nice meeting you both, we'll talk soon Uchiha-sama"
"yes, we will" They greeted the man goodbye and closed off the door.
Ba-thump..Ba-thump..Ba-thump.. ...gah! that was weird.
"Sorry about that Sakura-san.."
"Oh it's fine! Oniisan, haha I don't mind since he misunderstood."
Itachi sighed as he walked over and grabbed his coat.
"well I should get going, I have stuff to do"
"so soon?" Sakura felt sadden by him leaving so soon, she was having a really nice time with him..
Sakura's never spent so much time with a person before, it felt amazing not spending her afternoon alone for once.
He laughed as he pulled her in for a hug and petted her once more.
"thank you for your time, Oniisan had a blast with you"
"no, please, I should thank you, you were so nice, thank you so much for taking me out for cake, and letting me meet your friends, and treating me so kindly..." her voice was getting shaky as she felt her eyes start to burn "t-thank you so much Oniisan...this" she started to sniffle as her breathing was slightly unsteady "this was the first time anyone's ever spent their afternoon with me...so-th-thank you.."
Ba-thump...
Itachi stared at her, feeling his heart drop down to his core.
...first time?...
Itachi hugged her again and sighed. "I'm here for you anytime, just call me and Oniisan will rush to your side" he cupped her face in his hand. "you're the cutest little sister anyone could've asked for, thank you for being so sweet Sakura...and remember...when you're upset, just look up and think of me in hopes that I'll make you feel better..."
Sakura cried as she snuggled against a laughing Itachi when she looked at him and sniffled. They greeted each other goodbye as she smiled turning around towards the staircase.
Sakura hopped over to the kitchen to make some food for two when she looked back at the door.
He's not coming home for dinner either I guess...
Sakura sighed as she made herself a cup of raman and sat down with the television on and ate her cup of raman alone.
He's probably avoiding me because he thinks I might react weird to his actions from last night..
"Sasuke...you idiot..." she yawned as she plopped onto the sofa, and fell into a deep slumber.
Sakura was in a deep sleep when all of a sudden faint voices were echoing in her ear.
"Karin go home."
"Sasuke...come on for a little please..."
"hn..seriously?"... Sasuke?...is he home?..
Sakura squeezed her eyes but froze in place when she heard another voice.
"you want me to beg?"...
Ba-thump..
..Ka-...Karin..what's she doing here.. Sakura tried not to breathe too heavily..
" let's go to your place then.." Sasuke whispered as Karin whined. "noooo, ugh fineeee!"
..What are they talking about?
"hehe Sasuke you want it don't you?" She giggled
Ba-thump...Ba-thump.. Ba-thump.. are...are they talking about...that?..ugh I feel sick...
" let's go" Sasuke mumbled, a little after Sakura heard Karin and Sasuke mumble other things before the door clicked again.
"Oh My God.." Sakura was breathing heavily as she felt her heart still racing...
Ba-thump...
"I feel so..sick..." Sakura felt her whole insides churn and flip around inside her as she clutched onto her stomach.
She slowly slipped back onto the sofa and squeezed her eyes shut
"who cares, who cares, who cares, who cares, who cares, who cares" She repeated over and over until she slowly fell asleep..trying her best to forget about what she just heard.
Out of all the times to wake up...ugh...just my luck.
She moved her hand onto her neck and started to rub her neck again until she couldn't move another muscle..
Next Morning: Kakashi's class.
The morning bell rang as the class ran inside and sat down on their assigned seats.
Sakura yawned as she pressed her head down on her bag.
I ended up sleeping terribly last night...ugh I should've just went to bed..
She yawned again as she stretched out, squeezing her eyes shut when she accidentally hit something.
"Hey watch it..." Sasuke growled.
Ba-thump.. Sasuke.
Sakura's eyes shot open when she looked to see her knuckles touching Sasuke's lower stomach.
"oh...um sorry." she muttered as she sunk into her seat, her cheeks flaring.
He wasn't home all day, and he didn't even come to sleep last night...
Sakura glanced over at Sasuke to see he looked perfectly normal.
He was looking down at his notebook, without any worry, as if nothing was wrong with his life.
Jerk, you two timing, disgusting, hoe fucking, selfish JERK!
Sakura angrily thought as she bit down on the strap to her bag. she watched Sasuke's eyes glance over at her as she quickly looked away.
Gah,...he looked at me with those two timing eyes..
"hn..." Sasuke sighed as he placed his head on his desk away from Sakura as she did the same
I don't want to face you EITHER!
Kakashi looked over at them both and shook his head in disappointment.
...Teenagers...they'll never learn he sadly thought to himself as he clapped his hands loud enough for the whole class to wake up to
"alrighty then! hehe today's presentation dayyyy!"
The class groaned as Sakura smacked her head against her desk again
I'm not physically or mentally ready for this..
"alright, chart!...first ones to go are..."
not us, not us, not us not us.. Sakura clenched onto her chair as she waited to Kakashi to call out...
"Ino! Sakura! you're up!"
Ba-thump
sniff...curse you Kakashi sensei..
Sakura suddenly found herself trembling as she slowly got up and gulped down.
okay Sakura you can do this...
she heard people snicker and laugh as Ino got up and waited for her.
"you're free to use whatever you have in hand girls" Kakashi nodded his head at them then looked at Sakura "oh Sakura here, you might need this" he whispered as he handed her a piece of paper.
eh?..what's this..? Sakura looked down and read it to herself silently.
..If you go first, you'll get it over with, so try to talk less as possible..I'm wishing you luck- Kakashi ^_^ p.s don't hate me, I'll get sad.
Sakura looked up at Kakashi who pointedly looked away as he ruffled his fingers through his hair
Sakura covered her face and smiled as she clenched the paper tightly.
Thank you Kakashi sensei.
Ino walked by and handed her the usb.
"okay" she sighed as she looked up at Sakura who was still shaking in fear. "um..you're shaking like a mad woman..you know that right?"
"I-I-I- I Knnn-now ..I'm a l-little s-scared right now."
Ino looked back to see people whispering, and snickering as they laughed at Sakura, even Karin was laughing. Ino looked over at Sasuke who wasn't even paying attention to all this.
Shit...Ino looked at Sakura and sighed as she flipped her hair. "then just start the damn presentation, I'll do the talking" she sighed
Ba-thump.....Ino..
"really?"
"yeah...now hurry up! geeze"
Sakura clicked on the usb and started her presentations as the lights went off and Ino began to talk.
Thank you..Ino.
Sakura and Ino ended up giving the best presentation throughout the whole class. They sat down, having other people go up, but most of them realized their theory was all wrong with all the good facts Ino pointed out
She's great at public speaking...but then again she was always so confident..
Sakura looked over at Ino who was chatting away with Karin.
I...I guess that was the only time we were ever going to talk again..
The bell rang, as Kakashi congratulated everyone on their fine work. Sakura watched Ino glance at her and quickly look away.
eh?..hmm whatever.
The rest of the day went by in a breeze and before she knew it, it was already lunch time.
Sakura sat alone in the tree, secretly waiting for Naruto show up, but he didn't...
Sakura slowly finished her lunch and sighed as she got up and started walking away in disappointment..
Naruto..guess you were too busy today...huh, mm hope to see you soon...
Mid Afternoon: After school: Home
Sakura just finished eating when she realized Sasuke's not home again.
He's probably with Karin again...Ba-thump..
Sakura slammed her head against the table as she thought back to Sasuke's and Karin's words..How did one man just simply have an affair with another girl while being married seized to amaze her.
"even if he doesn't like me...to do something as...intimate as that...with absolutely no thought in mind...God, I'd never." She moved her face to her forearm and sighed.
"no matter how much I like Naruto, I still keep in mind that I'm another man's wife...I'd never get that close to Naruto and have...that with him...it's wrong." she mumbled to herself as she sighed and dropped her dishes into the sink.
She ran to her room and looked around once more.
"well since he's not here..." she declared as she let her hair go "I guess I can chop this mop top of mine, after so many months." she was happily washing her hair as she grabbed her pair of scissors, sat in front of her vanity and began to snip away the dead ends.
Sakura managed to cut the top layers short, as she kept the length of her bottom layers.. She trimmed her bangs and messed with her hair a few times when she heard the phone go off.
"ah cominggggg!" she sang "but you can't hear meeeee !" She giggled as she quickly ran downstairs, yanked the phone and zoomed upstairs.
click
"Hello?"
"Sakura..."
Ba-thump..
"Na-Naruto..hi.."
"hey...uh..you home?" He asked her in the saddest tone Sakura's ever heard Naruto speak in.
I wonder what's wrong..
"mhm..I'm home, Naruto...what's wrong?"
"ah." he chuckled into the phone and sighed "I'm heading out right now, you mind if I stop by?..."
Ba-thump..Ba-thump..Ba-thump..Ba-thump..something's bothering him a lot..
"mhm, come right over.."
"hn, thanks, be right there"
"okay.."
Sakura hung up the phone and the second she placed the phone down her legs gave out as her heart started pounding against her chest.
"Holy smokes, I'm going to be home alone...with..Naruto.." Sakura looked down to see she was in a nasty old shirt and a really bad pair of sweats she dragged out of her hamper..
"ah crap..I have nothing to wear." She started to panic... "what do I do...ah..the closet! maybe I have something!" she ran over and closed her eyes
" come on closet...make a miracle happen" she took in a deep breath and opened the door and peeped her eyes open for a second but then.. Her eyes grew bigger and bigger as her mouth flung open and she gawked at her closet.
"...Oh...My...God."
Sakura was breathless as she stared at her closet, that was filled with beautiful, new clothes..
"oh My god..OH MY GOD, OH MYYYY GOOOOOOOOODDDD!" she was jumping up and down over and over as she started to take out a couple of pieces of clothes
"Oh my God, Oh My God, OH MY GOD!" was all she managed to repeat as she started jumping on her bed, hugging a bunch of clothes in her arms. She jumped down and ran over to take another look. She took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes.
"oh God, this is real..." she stared in awe at the closet filled with shirts, t-shirts, sweaters, a new coat, cardigans, dresses, skirts, leggings, jeans, stockings,shoes, flats, wedges, sneakers, heels, boots of every kind.
Who in the world...Sakura looked in the closet but there was no tag..nothing. She ran into her drawer to see it packed with pajamas, and socks. Other than undergarments she took a look to see all her empty spots were filled with things for her to wear...
"Oh My God...who could..." She gasped when suddenly someone very specific came to mind.
"where..would it be..." she wondered to herself..
" when you're upset, just look up and think of me in hopes that I'll make you feel better.." ...look up huh... she thought to herself..."look up." she mumbled.
She laid on the floor and closed her eyes and took a deep breath "look...up" she reminded herself. She opened her eyes and within that very second a pink and black envelope caught her eye "there!" She looked up to see it taped just above her door.
"how do I get it down...?" She looked around and found an umbrella deep inside her closet, and jumped as she scraped the envelope off and caught it. She dropped the umbrella and opened the envelope...
Ba-thump..Ba-thump...Ba-thump...Ba-thump..this guy...
Just as she took out the letter she found another tissue inside. She laughed as the waterfall of tears started coming down...
She opened the letter and began to cry even more when she read the first words to herself.
Dear lovely bunny of mine,
please don't cry...
"I'm...sorry I'm crying..." she sniffed as she quickly wiped her eyes and looked down at the letter again
By the sound of your voice, and the thousands of tears that are streaming down that little face of yours I assume you found my little surprise for you...
"I did...I did Oniisan...thank you..." she choked out...her heart was twisting and turning as she looked over at her closet...
Hahaha don't cry like that it makes my black heart cringe..
"You don't have a black heart..."
Oh but I do, haha you see...I've never been nice to anyone in my life, not my mother, my father or brother..I respected them and loved them...but no one has ever sparked my need to comfort someone the way you did..
"why ar- are yo-you so nice to me..." she let her tears drop onto the paper causing the tears to make a light pitter-patter sound..something similar to the beginning of a beautiful thunderstorm.
It's because you ask questions like that, sigh..I can't explain it through this letter but I can in person...well when I'm ready to tell you, just know, I love you Sakura, you're a beautiful girl, inside and out...don't let anyone tell you you're not...
"...I love you too Oniisan..."
hn, I'm so glad you said it back... I'm sorry for leaving you yesterday, I just couldn't do all this with you there, knowing you you'd probably refuse it all...so I had to sneak away...but then something happened the other night and things turned for the worst...and I can only blame myself..I'm sorry
Sakura was crying even more as she kissed and hugged her letter
"it wasn't your fault Oniisan...please don't blame yourself."
but it is... I'm terribly sorry for what she did to you...but seeing you today, eating happily, enjoying other's company, THAT made me feel better...I'm glad you're crying out of happiness..I'll leave you to enjoy yourself now, a beautiful girl, deserves beautiful clothes, Hope to see you soon- your Oniisan ^/_\^ -p.s don't ask how I picked the clothes...let's just say...I had a really hard time choosing..-_-"...^/_\^ you're worth every minute my sweet bunny ..enjoy.
Sakura covered her mouth and started crying even more...
This man...he's gone through so much trouble for me...She walked over to her closet and looked.
"I've never even owned this many pieces of clothes all at once my whole life..." she sniffed as she tried to calm herself down.. "thank you Oniisan...thank you so much!" she randomly took out a hoodie and looked right at it and immediately started to laugh when she read it.
"I love Oniisan-Pyon!" Hahaha how cute. She looked at the back to see a bunny hugging a raven and started to laugh harder "ohh gosh it has earsssss!" she looked at the hoodie and smiled
this is my favorite one!
She heard the phone go off again and suddenly snapped out of her daze when she remembered Naruto coming over.
"ahh! I should put something on real quick..." she turned around quickly and stared blankly at her stuff.. "but...what should I wear?,..."
The phone rang again and she ran over to pick it up..
"Ahh Hello?..."
"Sakura?"
"Naruto! are you here?" she asked as she grabbed a pair of new sweats she found and slipped it on
Holy Crap it's so comfy!
"Yeah..I'm waiting at the front door"
"mmkay! I'll be down in a second!"
He chuckled again into the phone before they hung up and she threw off her shirt and slipped on a new one and hugged herself.
She sighed deeply from the amazing comfort the new clothes had. Sakura's never had anything new..her parents either gave Karin's old stuff or she'd just buy things from the thrift store, but to be able to own so much..
She heard knocking from downstairs and gasped.
"Naruto!"
She quickly ran down the stairs and suddenly stopped nearly falling over when she realized she forgot her glasses and all.
"Ahh! I can't uh.."
knock knock
"I can't keep him waiting" she mumbled but then she touched her face and turned towards the staircase "ahh but I need it-them ahhh" she turned back towards the door and marched right to it.
She took in a deep breath and out and opened the door a little to peep out and see Naruto standing there with a couple of bags in his hand he was looking around.
Gosh, he looks so cute today Sakura happily thought at she looked up and down at him.
A nice fitted dark blue dress shirt, with his tie loosely hanging off his neck, a nice pair of black jeans and a simple watch around his wrist.
Kyaaaaa, so cute!
" ..." she croaked as she cleared her throat and nervously laughed as he turned around and smiled at her.
"Sa-Sakura.."
She opened the door all the way and stepped aside.
"c-come in.."
Naruto stepped in as Sakura closed the door and stood by it, trying not to seem to freaked out. She felt her cheeks burst into flames the second Naruto's cheeks started changing shade
She watched his eyes trace up and down at her as she suddenly covered her face
"ahh um,..."
"heh..." was all he managed to say as he looked away and scratched his head.
"y-you cut your hair.."
"m-mhm."
"it's...beautiful, you look ...stunning..." he whispered more to himself than he did to her.
Sakura bit down on her lip as she tried not to smile too big...
"ah..thank y-" Sakura was cut off by Naruto suddenly pulling her into his arms.
"I'm sorry I couldn't see you Sakura.." he whispered into her ear. "I..I've been having issues with someone lately and it got a little out of hand during lunch."
"it's...it's okay Naruto...I understand.." she managed to squeak out as she gently touched the back of his hand when suddenly she heard Naruto breathe in... she heard him sniff and felt a warm tear drop fall onto her shoulder.
"Naruto...? are-"
"just wait..let me just stay like this for a little longer..."
"mm..."
Pang ..Naruto's crying...but why?..
Sakura felt her legs give out as she ended up plopping onto the floor, Naruto following just after her as he kept his head right on his shoulder and continued to cry
"She's...she's toying with me..." he choked out... " yet she still plays innocent..and I can't help but follow after her..."
Sakura gasped as she let Naruto's words sink into her..
"who...?"
"Hinata..."
PANG..Hi-Hinata..?
It was that moment that Sakura realized that she may not be the only one after Naruto's heart.
...Naruto...
Shikamaru's House: 8pm
Sasuke sat there with a glass of Cola in his hand as Karin walked by and slid right into the his arms along with the rest of the guys sitting near him in Shika's room. He hasn't been home since yesterday, and God did it feel good.
I didn't hear those annoying sounds in the morning during breakfast, no stupid pink hair, no type of stuttering or whispers, I felt no type of anger all day.
Sasuke managed to stay at Kiba's last night with a couple of other friends, to him, it was heaven in a day. After what happened the other night with Sakura he couldn't even face her.
What kind of explanation would I have to give her?...that it was out of random? I was trying to comfort her?...I probably seem like a total asshole to her already..the last thing I need to seem like an even bigger dick to her...how can I explain something to someone when I don't know the answer myself...
Sasuke felt his heart throb from the thought of Sakura once again and he took down a big gulp of his drink.
"That's your fourth glass, are you sure you don't want some sake mixed with the next one?" Karin asked as she took a sip from his glass.
"Yeah, I need to drive later"
"ugh..I'm so tired." She whined as she stretched out onto him.
"pizza's here" Shikamaru announced as he and Sai walked in with a couple of boxes of Domino's.
"yay, I'm starving!" Temari cheered as they placed the boxes down and started to dig in.
Sasuke took a slice and looked around to notice something VERY weird about this whole scene.
Dobe...
"Hey where's Dobe at?" he asked everyone's smiles suddenly dropped as they all looked at him.
Emotions completely flipped over.
...Everyone was told not to tell Sasuke because Naruto didn't want to give trouble for Sasuke, even if they're best friends Naruto didn't feel the need to dump his problems on Sasuke who was already having a hard time trying to manage a life he was just pushed into.
"dunno" they all mumbled. Sasuke arched an eyebrow at them and took out his phone.
Assholes, won't tell me..what the fuck? why is he missing out on this? he loves Pizza.
Sasuke clicked on Naruto's name and sent him the usual text: Dude where are you? -_- you're missing free pizza dumbass.
Sasuke stared at his phone and looked to see he's gotten a reply back.
Naruto: I'm visiting someone- don't bug me.
Sasuke: who?
Naruto: Sakura.
Ba-Thump...
Sakura?...Naruto's at my place,..Ba-thump...with Sakura...Ba-thump
Sasuke shut his phone and put down his pizza as he suddenly didn't feel like eating anymore..
"so where is he?" Karin asked as she took another sip from his drink
"ahh he won't say..." Sasuke mumbled as he stared down at his phone..
He unlocked his phone and replied back to him
Sasuke: Have fun dealing with her, she's annoying most of the time..
Naruto: I will, as along as YOU have fun dealing with Karin because she's annoying ALL the time-Peace.
Sasuke smirked as he shut his phone and laid his head back..."well said Dobe..well said.."
He moved his forearm over his face and sighed..
Who cares, who cares, who cares, who cares Sasuke thought to himself over and over as he looked back down on his phone and read over Naruto's text over and over trying to calm down that infamous annoying ITCH that came back to haunt him.
HappyCrayon: Hey guys! ^-^ hope you enjoyed this chapter TT^TT I love Itachi so much it's crazy! :'x thank you again for the wonderful support!-HcLessthanthree! ^^