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Chapter 12: The One Who's At Lost

Shikamaru's: 9:30pm

Sasuke sat on floor feeling incredibly uneasy. What could they be doing alone at home?...Ba-thump...Ba-thump....

Suddenly images of Sakura and Naruto getting closer started to invade his mind...What if they kiss?..what if she ends up wanting something more...Ba-Thump...like...Ba-thump

"Kami.." Sasuke sighed as he suddenly plopped his head against his hands.

"What's wrong Sasuke?" He heard Karin's voice whisper into his ear. Sasuke looked to his right to see Karin smiling at him. "ahh nothing..." he mumbled. Karin laced her fingers around his neck and pulled him in. "wanna leave...?" she purred into his ear and just before she kissed him Sasuke immediately turned away and got up causing Karin to fall over.

"Yeah I gotta go, I have...stuff to do" he felt his anger boiling worse than before. Within that second Karin shot up and followed after him.

"Sasuke! wait! where are you going?!"

"Don't worry about it, I have someone to see"

"Wait!"

Sasuke wasted no time as he stepped into his car and started the ignition and drove home.

Sakura...you idiot! he angrily thought to himself as he walked to the front door, swung it open and looked down to see Naruto's shoes were still there. He walked straight to her room and got ready to kick her door open when he heard Naruto's voice.

"Thanks Sakura, I'm glad I got to tell you how I felt, it was killing me for past couple of weeks"

How he felt?...about what? about...Ba-thump about her?. Sasuke began to wonder what exactly happened while he wasn't home. He wanted to break the door open, punch Naruto in the face, and super glue Sakura to his side just so she wouldn't be alone in the room with him again. Unfortunately, Sasuke wasn't going to do any of that, the sound of their laughter, made Sasuke cringe. He simply turned towards his door and walked into his room, deciding not to care what they do. After spending two nights away from home, Sasuke decided to go to bed with no intention of sleeping, considering that he kept finding himself to wonder what those two could be doing in her room for so long...leaving Sasuke to the only conclusion he can come up with.

"Teh...disgusting" he growled while he punched his head a couple of times to block out the disturbing images of Naruto and Sakura together.

Next Afternoon: 7 pm

Sasuke ended up sleeping in after a long night of tossing and turning, he didn't even bother to get up and go to school, instead he spent the entire time in his room, on his bed, hating Sakura more than ever.

That was the worst night of sleep I have ever had.. He walked out the bathroom after a long shower hoping it'll calm his nerves.

I need something to eat, Sasuke walked down downstairs with his phone in his pocket, it's been off since last night, since he didn't want to be bothered by anyone, specifically Naruto.

Sasuke walked into the kitchen to pour himself some water when he spotted her pouring herself a glass of juice. She turned to him and choked on her drink the second he looked at her, unable to control the glare he was giving her.

"Sasuke" she managed to croak in between her coughs, "um..g-good afternoon Sasuke, when did you get home?.."

Sasuke smirked, a very unamused smirk at her as he walked over to the cabinets and took out a bowl and set it down as she walked over to the fridge.

"I got home last night" he replied back to her, his back towards her. "oh, really?...sorry I didn't hear you walk in-" "of course you didn't hear me Sakura" he blurted out, trying to control his anger which seemed be going up the charts right now "you were obviously too busy fucking my best friend last night to even focus on anything else right?" he sarcastically asked her. He heard no type of movements from her, when he looked over to see her frozen still with a carton of milk in her hand. "e-excuse me...what did yo-" "cut the crap Sakura, I know what you two were doing last night stop trying to act all innocent with me-"

" You think Naruto and I did WHAT?" her voice was surprisingly louder than what Sasuke predicted it would be.

"you heard me.." he started as he slammed the cabinet shut and turned over to her, "I said you FUCKED my so-called best friend last night!" He grinned as he watched her squeeze the milk carton in her hand, her face bursting a blood-red as she stood there shaking from anger.

"Say it..one more time..I dare you" she repeated gritting between her teeth trying to control her anger.

"pfft, what are you going to do to me Sakura? drown me with your tears? huh? cry to Naruto again? or cry to my brother? scream about how you wish we were never married?! huh?!" his voice was getting louder as he walked closer to her " Go ahead Sakura cry like the little whiny annoying baby you are, hn, you think you're so cute right? weeping like a fucking little baby every single time I say something to you, you know what? how about I give you a very special early Christmas present alright? I can stay here, and you can go to Naruto's house that way you can FUCK HIM AS MANY TIME AS YOU-" Sakura managed to cut Sasuke off by punching him across the face, having the impact of her fist bruise his jaw line, "how dare you..." her voice was shaky, but strong, "how dare you accuse me of something so vulgar...you Sasuke Uchiha...are the nastiest, cold-hearted, putrid, good for nothing, egotistic, most disgusting excuse of a human being I have ever met, I don't know what you take me for...but I'm not a WHORE like my sister...and for you to ACCUSE me of something like that, YOU of all people, a person who leaves home for two days straight, and fucks girls in the middle of the night actually think you have the right to think of me that way? Ha! you know what Sasuke?! I was pissed the FUCK OFF when I heard Karin's voice the other night!" Sasuke's eyes widened when he watched Sakura's lips curl into a smile

She..she heard Karin...Ba-thump....wh-when?...Sasuke couldn't even think straight because the impact of her fist really made him slightly dizzy from both pain and shock. He stood there in his own dazed world as he felt Sakura's aura completely change..

"but now, I can care less, because I have no right to care, right? after all, you looooveeee Karin right?" She asked sarcastically as she stepped closer to Sasuke " I mean she's soooo beautiful right?! am I RIGHT!? beautiful face, amazing body, greeeat personality, ohohohoho and that mouth of hers, I'm sure those dirty words comes from all those times she spends bobbing for dicks at night, ahh but that doesn't matter right?! because she's perfect, and you LOVE perfect girls right?! The great Sasuke Uchiha doesn't need a good girl to cook, clean, and care for him noooo the GREAT Sasuke Uchiha just wants a hot and sexy girl that'll tend to his horny 16-year-old needs, and Karin's just the sexy girl to do it" she grabbed Sasuke by the shirt and pushed him back against the counter before grabbing the milk carton in her hand again. " hahaha...mmm because nothing says sexy like, used, dirty, spoiled ROTTEN milk." She poured the whole carton of milk over Sasuke and smashed the carton against his head, before walking out the kitchen leaving Sasuke feeling completely dumbfounded...

She...Sasuke looked down at himself to see literally chunks of milk soaking onto his clothes.."what...the..fuck..." was all he managed to say as he took a step away from the counter and shook off some of the bad milk from his body. What the fuck.?..she thinks she can get away with this?...That fucking little...Sasuke followed after her.

"Where do you think you're going?!" he screamed at her as he grabbed her wrist and turned her around, but she snatched her hand away and continued to walk towards the staircase.

"I'M GOING TO MY ROOM!"

"oh no you're not, go clean the fucking mess you made!"

"Kiss my ass Sasuke!"

"GO TO HELL SAKURA!"

"I HATE YOU!" They screamed at the top of their lungs before slamming their doors shut, causing the house to slightly shake from the impact of their vibrations. Sasuke angrily walked into the bathroom, pulled off his clothes, and stepped into shower...again

1 Week Later...

Sasuke walked downstairs to see Sakura eating breakfast on her own. It's been days since Sasuke talked to Sakura, and from the looks of it Naruto and Sakura haven't spoken to each other either. Sasuke walked into the kitchen and looked to see he ran out of the cereal he's been eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner the past week. Sakura hasn't been making food for him or even asking him if he's hungry.

He looked around to see there was nothing there to eat. He glanced over at her plate to see she was enjoying a delicious looking omelette, toast, and vegetables on her plate. She had a fresh bowl of fruit and a glass of orange juice next to her. He toasted the bread, slathered butter on it, before stepping over to the table. He sat down and bit down on his poorly toasted bread as he looked down on his phone.

Within two bites his finished eating his toast, but it wasn't enough to satisfy his hunger.

Maybe I'll grab something from the convenience store..he thought to himself as he pushed back on his chair. Just as he got up Sakura placed her plate in front of him, she moved her juice, and fruits as well. Sasuke stared down at the untouched plate as Sakura got up and just walked out the kitchen and out the door before he even began to fully register his thoughts.

teh...hn, does she actually think I'm going to eat that?..

Sasuke pushed the plate away and looked away from it. He sighed as he got up from his seat and grabbed his bag. He took a step forward and paused as he looked back at his food.

"no way.." He gritted his teeth until he felt his stomach clench again "fuck it, she left."

He swung his seat out and started to scarf down at the food like a hungry dog. It's been a week since he's had a warm home cooked meal. He made sure he enjoyed every bit of his breakfast before he set the dishes in the sink and walked to his car.

Kakashi's Class: 8:00 a.m

Sasuke walked into class and looked to see Kakashi sitting in front of Sakura. He saw her sadly smile at Kakashi as Kakashi patted her head and got up to look back at him.

"Sasuke" Kakashi called out as he walked over and held out a brown paper bag in front of him

"please write your name on a piece of paper and slip it into the bag." he shook the bag in front of Sasuke's face, as he arched an eyebrow at his teacher, nonetheless he did as he was told and walked over to his awkwardly sat down and looked to see Sakura immediately turn away from him with a book glued to her face.

He felt a bit queasy when he heard her stomach grumble a bit as she held down her stomach for a while before she turned the page to her book.

hn, whatever, it's her fault for giving me her breakfast, I didn't even ask her to.

Sasuke put his head down on his desk as he listened to Kakashi greet the class. "Good morning everyone." Kakashi happily exclaimed, having everyone write their name on a slip of paper before they walked over to their seats. Kakashi waited till everyone settled down.

"Before we begin class, I'd like to actually take the time to pass out something we will need for our Christmas party that's coming up soon."

"and that would be...?" a student asked from across the room.

Kakashi shook the bag, as his single eyes smiled towards the class "names for Secret Santa"

He began to walk around the class as he opened and shook the bag for everyone to take a name out. "if you get your own name, please put it back and grab another slip, and remember the person you get should remain a secret" he reminded his students as people took out a slip and smiled while looking down at the name.

Just as Kakashi got to the 3rd and 4th row someone screamed "What the Hell I got Sakura, Fuck!" really loud causing the entire class to start laughing as Sasuke's head shot up and looked over at Sakura who suddenly sunk into the seat.

Sasuke looked over to see Kishi trying to trade with people but the initially refused claiming they didn't want Sakura.

Kakashi ignored the conversation that began behind him as he stood next to Sasuke and shook the bag.

"come on Sasuke, it's your turn."

Sasuke looked up at his teacher and arched a brow.

".hn...do I have to?" he asked, as Kakashi shook the bag even more answering his question with just that motion.

Sasuke groaned as he shoved his hand inside the bag and grabbed a slip out, and shoved it in his pockets, caring less about who he got.

"Okay, Sakura, it's your turn." Kakashi happily turned to the girl as she looked up at him...just as Sasuke did.

Sakura sighed as Kakashi smiled at her and shook the bag, she put her hand in and immediately people started screaming "eww! she better not get me!" and "if she gets me I'm going to burn her shit to bits in front of her"

Sasuke glanced at her to see her quickly slip her hand out and just tuck the piece of paper inside her book. Kakashi finished his last row before he started the lesson for the day. Sasuke sat there the rest of the period, watching Sakura look down at her slip of paper she tucked away earlier. Sasuke kept his hand against his face as he grabbed his slip out and looked to see he got one of Karin's friends, Shinai.

hn, no Karin for me he thought happily as he shoved the slip back in his pocket, with no possible worries for him during Christmas.

After School: Fugaku's Office: Uchiha Compound: 6 p.m

It's been an hour since Sasuke walked into his father's office, waiting for him to come in so they can discuss Sasuke's contract with his parents. He sat there poking at his father's chess pieces when he heard the door creak open. Sasuke looked back to see his mother and father walking over to him. "Sasuke," his father called out as his parents walked over and sat down two seats across from him. "Kaa-san, Tou-san," Sasuke replied to his parents as they looked at him, probably already know why he's here.

" How are you Sasuke? how's Saku-" "I want a divorce" Sasuke blurted out cutting his father off.

Sasuke watched his parent's look slightly surprised by his words.

"Sasuke-kun we-" "I want a divorce, Kaa-san I can't deal with this anymore!" Sasuke hunched over and looked at his parents dead in the eyes "I don't know what you're trying to teach me by sticking her with me but-" "You're not getting a divorce Sasuke, we had a deal." his father exclaimed folding his hands as he stared down at his misguided younger son.

" Can I know exactly when I can have a divorce with her..?" he questioned his parents, his father sighed as his mother sadly smiled at him, "...you can have a divorce after her 18th birthday..Sasuke-kun." "but WHY?! why can't it be after my 18th birthday? She's-" "She's being taken care of by us Sasuke, under my name not yours, she's still a child and she needs to be taken care of properly, you're free to go as soon as she's ready to take care of herself" "But that's not fair-" "This concerns you no further, just leave Sasuke, we're not talking about this anymore!"

"I can't believe you're doing this to your own son! You're picking a random girl over your own son and it's-" "that random girl is my daughter, you will treat her with the respect we taught you, and if not then..."

"..Then?"

"Then you're not worthy of being called my son because Uchiha men don't treat women with disrespect, case closed, and I'm done talking" Fugaku got up and walked out the door closing the door behind him leaving a speechless Sasuke, and his worried mother in the room alone.

"Sasuke-kun... I" "don't,...start." he warned his mother "you...this is your fault too.."

"Sasuke please listen dear, we only-"

"you don't! you don't want what's best for me, because if you did then you would've known that I lov-" Ba-thump... "I...had something with Karin, Kaa-san...you knew that and you still did this to me" Sasuke couldn't look at his mother's face, he was so angry at his parents it was hard not to control all the rage inside of him.

He got up and walked towards the door when he heard his mother start to sob.

"you don't care about me...you both just used me to get your precious daughter in your hands...hn, I guess there's a reason why you two enjoy chess so much, the King and Queen will use every tactic they can to get what they want right? I mean afterall...a pawn's a pawn-"

"SASUKE UCHIHA!" she screamed at him in a voice he never heard her use " Stop talking as if we never gave you anything in this world! You wanted to leave this house, this home, this family to live on your own, you got it, we gave it to you with open hands, but sweetie let me tell you something" she stepped closer and grabbed the doorknob swinging the door open as she turned back and looked at her son " You may think life is bad now because you have someone who isn't appealing to your eyes, BUT let me remind you that, pretty, petty girls can't cook you home cooked meals!-GOODBYE!" she shut the door in Sasuke's face letting him stand there frozen still in the office alone.

"Fuck!" He punched the wall leaving yet again, another dent before he walked out the house not bothering to talk to his parents, or greet them goodbye.

Sasuke stepped inside his car and pressed his head against his steering wheel.

I gotta do something to get out of this mess, I need to do something..ANYTHING to get me away from her.

Sasuke drove home after calming himself down, he walked into the house to see her sitting there with a bowl of ramen in her hands.

He loosened his tie and walked into the kitchen, when something caught his attention. He glanced over at the table to see a freshly, warm cooked meal waiting for him. He looked over at her as she slurped down her noodles, enjoying her show, acting as if Sasuke didn't exist.

hn, if she thinks I'm going to fall for her stupid trap and eat her food then she's just that crazy, Sasuke angrily thought to himself as his mother's words echoed in his ear...

Sasuke grabbed a can of soda and walked straight to his bedroom, sitting there as he sipped through his can, ignoring the growls of his stomach echoing through his eardrums, as the smell of Sakura's delicious beef stew, and vegetable rice tingled his taste buds causing mouth to water.

"no way! who cares Sasuke!" He reminded himself that he's always had perfect self-control, and this should be a piece of cake for him. Hours went by, as Sasuke kept himself distracted through various things, unfortunately it wasn't enough to keep him from getting any hungrier. Sasuke decided he'd wait till he heard her walk upstairs till he goes downstairs to eat, and just like that the door to Sakura's room clicked shut and Sasuke ran over to his door. He slowly creeped it open but before he moved any further he looked down to see a tray of food right at his doorstep.

He looked over at her door to see no light was peeking through the bottom crack as he picked up the tray and closed the door behind him.

He took a whiff of the food to see it smelled mouth-watering as ever, the steam from the rice hugging his nose, as he bit down on his tongue.

"dare I..."..He stared down at the food, and brought it to his lips, taking a sip of the beef stew.

His eyes dazed out as he took another sip, and a bite of rice, the warmth melting inside of him, as always Sakura's food was like heaven in his mouth. A heaven that was doing justice to his hunger...

A while after, he took a shower and went to bed, sadly he wasn't as sleepy tonight, since he was too damn busy thinking about his parents back-stabbing words.

What has my life turned to?..Why couldn't they give her up to Itachi from the start? He's crazy about her as it is...He slipped off his shirt and threw it to the side as he laid over on the right side of his body, the space next to him catching his attention.

He stared hard at the other side of his bed, a spot that was never touched, nor was it ever messed around with, a spot that actually never crossed his mind before. Fearing for what it actually might mean, Sasuke shook his head and turned the other way, forcing himself to think of everything and anything other than the cold pillow that laid perfectly next to him as if it was waiting for someone to invade it.

Saturday Afternoon: Konoha Mall: 6 p.m

Sasuke was browsing through the shops with Naruto. It was Christmas again and the boys were obligated to get presents for their annual game of Secret Santa with the gang. Just when Sasuke thought he was free from getting Karin this year, his negative thoughts just smacked him in the face during lunch when they decided to draw out the names for everyone. Oddly enough, Sasuke didn't mind getting her after all, since he knew her well enough, he knew exactly what to get her: something expensive.

"Gah, I can't believe I got Hinata!" Naruto shouted as he looked over at his partner in crime. It seems like Naruto's still keeping his distance from Sakura, least, from Sasuke's point of view.

"Hn, isn't that a good thing? it's a good excuse to talk to her" Sasuke replied back, as he turned his head towards the jewelry shop, he beckoned his two fingers signaling Naruto to follow after him as they stepped inside to see if anything would match Karin's taste.

"Yeah I know but still, it makes me more nervous, I don't wanna screw this up!" Naruto seemed both nervous and excited as the days drew closer towards Christmas. "Teme look!" Naruto pointed at the section where girls were actually crowded around. Sasuke looked over their hunched over bodies to see a bunch of girls ogling over the jewelry set that was on display. A necklace, earrings, bracelet and a ring all matching together.

Without a doubt, Sasuke knew he'd end up buying something like this, as he walked over, picked it up and took it over to the cashier having the horde of girls follow after him, completely amazed at Sasuke buying the entire set. "Can you gift wrap this please?" he asked the cashier as he whipped out his wallet and slid his credit card. The girl wrapped it up and handed it over, along with his receipt, as the horde of girls whispered how lucky the girl who was getting that present was.

Sasuke went about it like he normally would, him and Naruto have never fought before, so for him to bring what happened a week ago was really hard for him.

The boys sat down near a bench to chill for a bit when Naruto hunched over and sighed.

"Dobe we needa talk," Sasuke said, keeping his tone as calm as possible, "sure thing, Teme" Naruto looked at his brother from another mother and patted his back, "oh before you say anything I just wanted to say thanks Teme.." Naruto began, "For not you know, overreacting about me and Sakura talking that night"

huh?...Ba-thump...Sasuke's eyes widened when he saw Naruto smile even bigger, "I heard the door click from downstairs, and I heard you walk in, but you didn't burst at us like how I predicted you would, hahahaha, you know I was so fucking happy knowing you trusted us that much, Sakura.." Naruto sighed, "She really helped me out that night, she gave me great advice about Hinata and Kiba...it's actually encouraging me to keep Hinata in mind, man you're so lucky to have her around, HAHAHA what am I babbling about?" Naruto wrapped his arm around Sasuke neck and pulled him in, ruffling his jet black hair out, and about making Sasuke feel sick to his stomach "I guess I'm just trying to say, thanks for letting Sakura and I talk, and for not going all crazy on us by thinking weird things..thanks for trusting me..more importantly thanks for trusting her...she's really someone you need to keep around"

SHIT...

"So you guys didn't..." Sasuke turned to his best friend and looked him right in the eye, "Sakura didn't...you and her were just..." "Talking" Naruto said finishing his sentence, "Yeah, we talked about a lot of things, I was actually testing to see if she would tell me how you spent the night with Karin, but she didn't." Ba-thump.. "hahahaha guess she was afraid of me fighting with you so she held down her tongue, ahh man you're lucky she's the way she is, if it was any other girl she would've told your parents long ago" Naruto got up and stretched his arms yawning. "so what did you wanna say Teme?"

"Huh?...hn, nothing, just asking if you're ready to go" Sasuke felt a knot grow at his core as it slowly rose to his throat leaving him feeling worse than ever..

Ba-thump..Ba-thump...Ba-thump..Damn I... FUCK!

Sasuke sighed as he roughly swished his fingers through his hair before starting his car, trying to swallow that everlasting guilt locked in his throat.

Way to go Sasuke...he never felt so stupid ever in his life before...but something still bothered him. Sasuke quickly glanced over at Naruto who was browsing through his phone

Why hasn't he mentioned Sakura's mood lately...?, as angry as sasuke can get, he was more shocked to see Sakura rebel the way she did, surprisingly making Sasuke wonder what Sakura's real personality is like...

hn, she's probably a nutcase in reality...all the more to keep her the way she is now, a quiet, little, shy mouse...

"Kiss my ass Sasuke!" FUCK YOU SAKURA! He felt a headache coming on the second Sakura's words began to echo inside his head.

I'll get her back for that stunt she pulled one way or another..

Sasuke sped up a bit faster than usual after he dropped Naruto off and headed home. He walked in to see the living room unoccupied, but noises were coming from the kitchen. Sasuke took a quick peek to see Sakura sleeping on the table with her apron dangling off the of her neck.

"hn, idiot" he mumbled as he walked upstairs, turned on the light, while he dropped his bags to the side of the floor, just as he looked up he noticed the red tray sitting at his bedside table again.

Ba-thump... she left food again.

Sasuke walked over and looked inside to see what she cooked this time. He looked back at his door, walked over, and closed it, making sure to double-check that he locked it.

He tried his best to swallow that knot in his throat again before he slowly took a bite of what seemed to be the best bowl of soup he's ever had.

A few hours later...

He walked downstairs after a nice hot shower, to see she was still sleeping on the table, her mouth slightly open, leaving a tiny pool of drool on their breakfast table.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at her when he watched her flair her arms around like a madwoman, before he knew it, a tiny smirk appeared on his lips.

He crossed his arms, shaking his head as he watched her punch the air, mumbling words he wish he understood.

She's probably dreaming about beating me up. Sasuke couldn't hold back the chuckle he felt rumbling inside of him when he saw her arms plop onto the table and her lips curl into a smile. He laughed louder when he saw her pout but smile again...

Ba-thump! ...Cu...Cute...Sasuke's eye twitched again as he bit down on his lip trying to control his smile.

"hahaha, who sleeps like tha-ah..." He covered his face and looked away when he realized what was happening..

just throw her onto the couch and walk away Sasuke...just walk. away.

Sasuke walked over and pulled her chair out making her nearly fall onto the floor, but luckily he caught her just in time. Pushing her back on his arm as he laced his arm underneath and slightly threw her up, positioning her better in his arms, her pale skin was freezing cold against his own surprisingly hot body. He felt his cheeks slightly warm up when she cuddled against him, gently pressing her hand against his chest, as he walked over to the sofa.

"I should just throw her on here" he growled feeling a vein on his neck throb, remembering the milk incident again, just as Sasuke decided to do so, he felt her hand lightly grip his shirt, making herself hold onto Sasuke a bit more. "mm... warm hehe.." she mumbled as she cuddled against him even more making Sasuke's heart come to a complete stop.

Crap, why's she acting so weird?.. Sasuke gently put her down onto the sofa but realized her arms were now placed around his neck, keeping herself securely locked to Sasuke.

Ba-thump Ba-thump Ba-thump ..wha...Ba-thump..what the Hell?!

Just as Sasuke tried to pull her off of him she held on tighter

BA-THUMP

"Stupid girl" Sasuke gritted between his clenched jaw. "Gah let go of me stupid" he whispered to himself as he tried to peel her off him. "stu...pid...Sas...ke..." she mumbled as she clenched onto his shirt "I..." she breathed out before relaxing onto the sofa "hate you-mm...I hate..." she fell quiet, her arms finally off of him leaving him to feel slightly disheartened by her release.

"I hate you too, you psychopath" Sasuke glared at her as she turned herself to her left using her clasped hands as a pillow. Sasuke sighed as he got up but looked down to see her glasses coming off. His eyes widened and stared at her glasses to see them hanging off her face. He walked back to her and crouched down again.

Slowly, he took her glasses off revealing her beautiful long lashes.. Sasuke felt his heart start racing again when he moved closer to her analyzing every centimeter of her face... Her pale skin, slightly tinted cheeks, beautiful long lashes that were perfectly curled up. He bit down on his lip as he moved closer, his hand began to move on its own as he reached over and brush against the side of her cheek.

..s..soft.ba-thump...so soft.. her skin was like silky milk...soothing, and delicate.

His heart beats began to echo inside of him as he moved closer, his nose brushing against hers.. he tilted her chin up, and pressed his thumb over her pale pink, pouty lip.

He closed his eyes and moved even closer, inching closer to her lips...his heart pounding against his chest.

It was getting louder, and louder until Sasuke felt completely taken over by it, his eyes shot open the second he felt her flinch and slightly move, causing him to jump back and gasp.

Holy Crap...BA-THUMP BA-THUMP BA-THUMP ...what was I about to... his cheeks flushed a rare shade of red as he covered his face with both his hands keeping his back towards her. He heard her mumble again as she turned the other way, hugging herself for warmth.

I need to leave before I try something stupid like that again...

He got up and grabbed the comforter from the chair sitting on the other side of the living room and placed it over her before he ran upstairs and into his room, trying his best not to turn back around to the only girl in the world that truly hates him.

Who am I kidding?..

"Kissing Sakura would be the same as chopping my right arm off, it'll mean I lose to her, which means that she's right and I'm wrong, hn, I'd rather get hit by a truck than to ever lose to her" Sasuke mumbled as he got to bed, moving his arms behind his head as he stared up at his pitchy black ceiling.

Whether or not her and Naruto actually did anything doesn't change that she was alone with him for hours...pang ... it won't change the fact that I want her out of my life...

...Kissing her would be like,...

"admitting defeat..." he sighed and covered his face, realizing tonight will be the second night straight Sasuke went without sleep.

Sunday Morning: Living room: 11 a.m

Sakura was beginning to wake up when she felt a tint of light against her skin. Her eyes twitched as she struggled to slowly open them.

mmm..so tired... she opened her eyes, but they mellowed down as she yawned and lifted herself up and stretched out her arms as she yawned again. "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" she looked around stretching her arms wide out when she realized the setting she was looking at "eh?!" her eyes shot open as she looked to see she was in the livingroom.

"huh...what am .." she looked down at her attire to see it was the clothes from yesterday...

"how did..." ...Sasuke? did he ...her eyes narrowed as her lip pouted outwards

"no way..Sasuke would never .." she looked down to see the comforter just over her legs and she looked to the side to see her glasses placed on the coffee table.

"ehhh!?" she grabbed them and moved her finger over the edge.

"how did my glasses.." did he... she frozen still when she heard footsteps coming down the stairs and immediately dropped her glasses and laid right back on the sofa moving the comforter over her head. She felt her heart race when she felt his presence near her.

"she's still asleep? God what is she? a bear?" Sasuke asked making Sakura gawk at his words.

Wha...did he just call me a bear?!...screw you Sasuke! She turned the other way hoping he would leave, which is exactly what he did. she remained in place when she heard the doorbell ring

"Come in!" Sasuke shouted and Sakura heard the door fly open as her ears rung to the sound of a voice she hasn't for a while.

"Temeeeee!"

Naruto...

"Hey Teme you-uh..what's that?" Sakura heard Naruto ask Sasuke.

"Hn" Sasuke said as she felt his foot land on her hip "that's a bear hibernating" Sasuke replied back to Naruto who laughed and asked what he was hiding underneath the blanket.

Sakura didn't dare to move from the awkwardness she was feeling by having two guys stand near here while she just laid there on the sofa.

She looked down to see her shirt halfway up, she pinched the edge of her shirt and slowly moved it down when suddenly the comforter start to drift away from her head by one of the boys.

"seriously Teme what's-" Sakura heard a very harsh slap along with a yelp from Naruto following after the echoing sound.

"What the Hell Teme?!" "let's go, we're late" she heard Sasuke's voice monotone once more before the sounds of their footsteps faded towards the door and the click of the lock made it to her ears making her sit up and breathe heavily again.

"Gosh...ah my glasses.." she bent down to pick them up when she heard the door swing open causing Sakura to spaz out and fall to the floor face first!

"ah...ouchhhh"

"Wait Dobe, I forgot some...thing...What...the...fuck..." Sasuke walked into see Sakura's legs halfway on the sofa with her shirt coming off.

pretend you're asleep, pretend you're asleep, pretend you're asleep she repeated over and over closing her eyes shut trying not to seem too obvious when she heard Sasuke's footsteps move closer to her.

"What the fuck is she doing?" she heard him whisper to himself

trying not to get caught by you, you asshole!

Sakura remained halfway on the floor with her face still pressed against the wooden floorboard when suddenly she felt her shirt start to slip down.

shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shiiiiiiiiiiiiit! she was panicking on the inside when Sasuke came over and grabbed her arm.

"she's asleep?!" Sasuke asked as he shook her a couple times "who the fuck sleeps like that?!"

pbbbt.. Sakura felt the rumble of her laughter kicking inside of her as he dropped her back on to the sofa. "God I swear this girl..." he sighed as Sakura mentally calmed her laughter down but that was soon changed when she felt Sasuke's warm hand brush against her skin as he slowly moved her shirt down

"God... she's... stupid little mouse...you're so lucky it was me that walked in and not Naruto!" he shouted at her before he threw the blanket back on top of her and stomped out the house leaving her on the sofa for a few more minutes..

He...ba-thump...why's he being so nice?!

"Gaahhhh! so confusing!" Sakura sat up and grabbed her glasses as she jumped off the sofa and ran to her room.

He always does this! Everytime something bad happens between us he gets all nice and caring it's driving me nuts! I'm not falling for Sasuke! I won't be tricked again with your flip-flopping games!

Sakura stomped over into the shower ready to head off for some time alone, for the very first time in her life.

She dressed up in comfy clothes, and walked over to her bed, crouching down she pulled out the pouch of money her father gave her for emergencies, and strolled outside towards the town alone.

"I have to buy presents.." she mumbled to herself looking through all the windows. She's planning on buying something for everyone even if it means the present won't be that expensive.

Sakura was also required to get something for the name she picked out for her sensei's secret Santa game. With all the luck in the world Sakura ended up getting one of the three names she hoped she wouldn't get..but still...buying a present for your ex-best friend is a lot better than buying a present for a husband who hates you to bits a sister that almost killed you right?

She looked around the shops through the windows to see it was either too expensive or not enough for what she was looking for...whatever it is she's looking for...

Getting a present for a person for the first time really is hard...and knowing that's it's actually for INO makes it even harder for me...

"well..whatever I get for her she'll probably end up throwing it away anyway..but still" Sakura looked towards some of the shops... " it won't hurt to buy something nice right?...Alright Sakura let's look for something nice now okay?...even if it won't mean anything to her..." Sakura stepped into a shop to kick off her search for the perfect Christmas present.

HappyCrayon: Sorry for the delay! I've been busy again, my friend's sis got married, and I had to get stuff ready for college blah blah blah .! thank you for the support, hope you enjoyed this chapter! Hc-lessthanthree