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Chapter 13: The One Who Kept Me Company
Earrings..beautiful, light blue earrings...they'll go beautifully with her eyes!
Sakura looked into her pouch and took out just enough to buy the pair of earrings. She handed the cashier the money, giving a little extra to have it perfectly gift wrapped. Sakura was so happy with her first shot at buying a Christmas present she was sure buying one for the others won't be a problem!
"I think I even have enough to buy myself a little something as well!" Sakura cheered out loud as she walked down the corner, smiling as she cuddled her money pouch against her cheek. The pinkette suddenly frozen at the sound of a man's voice. " Next time I see you, I better see the money you owe me you little brat, and stay the fuck away from my sister, you faggot!" Sakura gasped as she hid behind the corner of the raman shop building and peered over to see a guy on the floor coughing out a little blood as he plopped back on the floor.
Oh my God!..Is he okay?...she was terrified at the thought of the guy actually dying right in front of her face so she ran over to him. "e-excuse me? a-are y-y-you okay?" Sakura was hesitant to touch the guy's hoodie when suddenly his hand flew up smacking her hand away. "don't touch me," he growled out. "huh...?" Sakura held her hand when he looked to see it was a guy just nearly her age. "are you deaf or stupid? I said don't touch me," his purple eyes full of hate as he got up and dusted himself off. She quickly scanned him...he had beat up shoes, a dirty ripped up hoodie, and billion different holes in his pants...poor guy looked like he really needed some help right now.
"sorry" she managed to croak, " um I saw blood and.." "it's fine, whatever.." the guy mumbled as he looked around from left to right...then he looked back down at the little girl and glared at her. "Well are you going to stand there or what?! what do you want?" He questioned her as she backed off a little. "um..nothing sorry you seem like you're in pain and.." "and what!? huh?" he asked cutting her off, his hair falling back over his eyes but he pushed his hair back and glared at her again, "you wanna help me is that it?! wha-what are you some kind of fucking saint?!"
"no!" Sakura shouted in protest, "you just seem frustrated, I was just wondering if I can do something to help! I'm sorry" she walked away from when she heard him growl loudly screaming for her to come back. "get back here you cream puff"
Cream puff!? Sakura walked back over to see the guy cross his arms and look away from her.. "you could...uh..buy me some food" he mumbled and Sakura just did that as they walked into the Ichiraku's and grabbed a table for two. They sat down and waited for the waitress to come over.
"sooooo uh, what can I order huh? just like what, a snack or something?" he asked eying the menu, feeling his mouth water up from the smell of warm food. Sakura watched his eyes widen as a waitress passed by with a giant bowl of ramen.
Poor guy..he's probably really hungry...and I do have the money for it.
"You can order whatever you want." Sakura happily replied to him. She watched him put the menu down and give her a sly smile, "anything I want? anythinggg?"
Sakura nodded her head quickly replying, "anything"
"Even if I order one of everything on this menu?" He asked as he slid the menu across the table and over to her.
"yep" was all she said before she gave him a really big smile, making the white-haired boy suddenly look bashful, his sly smirk fading away.
He gulped and looked at her, waiting for her to say something in the lines of 'just kidding!' or 'sike' or even 'yeah right get lost', but that wasn't the case, the girl did nothing more than look down at the menu to see what she wanted to order for herself.
"seriously?" he asked and she looked up at him and laughed, "yes you can order everything you want, it's on me so no worries okay?"
ba-thump......wow...she's not kidding?...no way, Suigetsu, don't fall for it, she'll probably dump the receipt on me in the end, either way, I'll go with the flow for now.
"well then, please take care of me" he said back, before the waitress came by to take their order. Sakura laughed on the inside when she watched him start to gobble down the food almost all at once the second it arrived onto the table. "Oh wow! this is great!" he said in between his bites, as Sakura sipped her hot chocolate, watching the guy eat in delight. His eyes were warming up as his cheeks grew bigger from the amount of food he was shoving inside his mouth.
She giggled as he suddenly stopped and gulped down his glass of soda.
"hahahahaha, calm down okay? your stomach will hurt if you eat all at once" she claimed, in hope he doesn't end up throwing up.
"no way, you're being too nice of a person I'm gonna eat fast so you don't walk out leaving me with the receipt!" he admitted as he slurped down the bowl of ramen in one take.
Pang..wah...he thinks..
"you don't believe me do you, hm...well then..be right back" Sakura got up and walked over, to pay for the food ahead of time, just to make sure he doesn't eat too fast, knowing it's bad to eat the way he is.
"there" she said as she sat down, "it's been paid for, so please eat slowly"
"mmmmmmmm meat! real meat!" the boy cried as he nibbled on the steak, when he looked up at her realizing what she just told him.
"huh?...you..you what?" Sakura slid the paper over to him and he looked down to see everything was really paid for, he gulped and looked over at her, as she laughed some more.
"wow, that look" she said in between her giggle, he quickly shook his head and smirked as he took in another drink from his glass.
This cream puff, just might not seem so bad..he happily thought as he continued to enjoy his free food.
A hour later..
Sakura managed to buy him a shirt, hoodie, socks, and a new pair of shoes, she even offered to pay for his haircut but he refused, saying he likes his hair covering his eyes. It was getting pretty late and Sakura didn't want to go home near dark so she decided to bid him goodbye.
"It's getting a little late I should head home..." she looked over to see his purple eyes daze for a second before, opening again, "um is there anything else I could do for you please let me know!" She felt so good knowing he was full, had some left over food for later, and now had a new attire...even though he was a bit hostile at first, she managed to see him smile here or there while picking out clothes. "hmm...well.." he began, "you could...give me some extra cash" he happily claimed as he stared down at her pouch. Sakura took out a few bucks and handed it over to him and he quickly snatched it from her hand.
"hmm..."he looked at his hand then back at her. He eyed her again and then snatched the pouch of money from her hand, "I'll be taking this too haha!" he opened the pouch to see a well amount of money inside. The purple eyed stranger smiled an evil smile towards her, but it faded the second he watched her look down at the floor.
"you can have it..if you really need it." she muttered then looked up at him to see him staring at her, wide-eyed and amazed.
"You're not going to call the cops?...I made you pay for a near 100 dollar dinner, made you buy me the most expensive things I seen inside the store, and now stole the rest of your money, and you're just going to smile at me like an idiot?!"
Sakura did nothing more than laugh making the frustrated guy scream at her once more
"That shouldn't be your reaction stupid!" he screamed at her, bobbing her head with his fist.
"haha ow!" she rubbed the top of her head but continued to laugh, "sorry, you're like a little kid, that's all, I don't mind hahaha, please if it'll help you out, even for a couple of days don't hesitate to keep it, you'd probably put the money to a better use than I would anyway"
I may not be able to buy anyone else presents but watching this guy eat, and shop, and really enjoy himself today..mm it's not so bad, plus I feel kind of good right now...
"...really?" he looked inside the pouch again, it was indeed enough to help him.
"thanks..." he mumbled before he sighed and patted her head, "you may be ugly, but you're really nice" he happily said, causing her to laugh even harder, "heyyyyy! that's not very nice to say! and trust me that long hair's not helping you out either, hot-shot" she giggled as he smiled at her, a warm smile that made Sakura feel even better inside.
"mm well I should get going! bye-bye ah-...um" Sakura suddenly realized she spent her whole afternoon with this guy, and didn't even bother to ask him for his name, "oh God! I'm sorry, I didn't even ask you for your name, um -" "don't bother" he said cutting her off, as he sighed, placing his hands into the pockets of his hoodie, "I uh...I'm really kind of...well..ashamed to mention my name right now..." he muttered to himself, suddenly causing an awkward tension to rise between the two, "oh hahahaha no worries, no worries, it's fine" she replied immediately after his words, fanning away the troubles. "well bye-bye now!" Sakura started walking down the street and just before she crossed she heard him call her out again, "hey cream puff!" he ran over and hunched over to catch his breath.
"um.." he took in a deep breath and looked right at her, his purple eyes now have a bit of warmth to them, along with something Sakura couldn't quite catch. "what's your name?..." he asked.
Sakura looked at him, to see him slowly smile, "Sakura...Uch...um..Haru...uhhhhh hehehe...heh..." Ba-thump, Ba-thump Ba-thump ...what surname do I use?! I mean I'm ugh..mar-..blehhhhh! I'm suppose to use Uchiha but it doesn't come out! and I can't use Haruno anymore! grrrrr!
"you can call me Sakura!" she flared out her hand and watched his hand slowly meet hers, "Sakura.." he repeated, "thank you..uhm" She shook his hand and let go, to turn around when he stopped her again, "the money" he began...he closed his eyes and looked at her, " I'll owe you back.."
"no need to" was all she said but he shook his head and insisted, "honest! I'm sorry for using you, but you...haha you're really something.. ..." he sighed and looked at her again, " if only my mother took care of me the way you just did today...I'd probably be a better man today...thank you..I'll definitely repay you back next time we meet, I promise"
Sakura suddenly jumped in his arm and hugged him, ignoring the fact that she was now embracing a complete stranger.
"you don't have to repay me with anything, next time we meet..." she let go of him and smiled a really big smile, "...come back as a man whose proud enough to share his name with me, okay?..haha bye now." she waved goodbye to the stranger as he waved back at her.
Sakura the cream puff huh?...hmm yes...we'll meet one day, I'm sure of it.
He turned around and walked towards the corner, when he suddenly felt a vibration come from the inside of his hoodie.
buzzzz ...buzzzzzzzzzzz..
Ah, shit..
"tsk, troublesome..." he muttered as he took out his phone and answered it, "ah hello?.."
" sorry to bother you, Hozuki-sama but the limo is waiting out near the parking lot for you, would you like us to come get you now?"
"haha no need, I'll be there soon...oh and Jon, can you look up a girl named Saku...ra... for me?...she most likely lives around this area, light pink hair...um thick glasses, kind of short."
"ahh sure thing" Jon replied back, "anything else?"
"yeah...tell my dad I said, the hotels he built around here, sucks dick" he chuckled into his phone as he walked across the street, "but the people aren't that bad..alright I'm coming the car now."
The purple eyed rebel walked into the limo and sat inside quietly, reminiscing his day he spent with a very weird pink haired girl.
"Sakura..huh?" he mumbled to himself smiling again.
"excuse me Hozuki-sama did you say anything?"
"ah no, just take me back to Suna, this town his boring..oh and tell them that I want the V.I.P suit for tonight." he Suigetsu yawned as he laid back against the seat and fell asleep, dreaming about all the kinds of food he enjoyed today, along with a cream puff, that honestly made his visit to Konoha worthwhile.
Next Day: Kakashi's Class
Sakura was still tired from yesterday's trip she barely got up to get ready for school this morning, nonetheless, she was still determined to come to give Ino her special present.
Sakura ran over and placed it onto Ino's desk before anyone else arrived, she didn't put her name on it, or give any signs it was her who gave the earrings...
If Ino found out I gave her the earrings she probably won't wear them..it's best to truly keep it a secret.
Sakura sat down and took out her favorite medical book to read, when the class began to buzz inside screaming "Merry Christmas" to each other. Sakura was oblivious to her surroundings once more until she heard Karin scream to the top of her lungs, "Merry Christmas everyone!". Sakura peeked over her book to see Sasuke standing behind Karin with his arms crossed as always. "Sasuke-kun wear this!" she demanded, offering him a hat, but he easily refused. Unfortunately it didn't stop Karin from shoving the hat onto Sasuke causing everyone to laugh as Sasuke growled and just walked out the door, "fuck this," he growled having everyone laugh even louder until he was no longer inside the room. Sakura was called out by Shizune to come to the hallway real quick.
"Sakura-san!" Shizune hugged the girl squeezing her tightly, "ohhhh Tsunade-sama and I missed you so much!" "I missed you both too! I'm so sorry I haven't seen you both in so long," Sakura most definitely loves her favorite doctor and nurse since childhood. Shizune mentioned Tsunade wanting to meet with her sometime after New Year's handing her two nicely wrapped boxes. "Have a good holiday Sakura-san" she hugged her again and Sakura told her she'll stop by sometime soon. Sakura shook the box trying to guess what it was as she walked towards the door only to find herself stuck between the side beam of the door, and ..Sasuke. Sakura didn't even have time to think about how to make this situation less awkward when suddenly everyone began to laugh. Sakura looked around to see people snickering, while trying their best not to but ended up failing, and just before Sakura had the chance to wonder why people were whistling while pointing upwards leading Sasuke and Sakura to look up to notice the mistletoe taped just below the beam of the door.
..Ba-thump...awwwkwarddd... Sakura felt her cheeks slightly flushed as she squeezed through only to be stopped midway on her next step by one of the guy's comments, "haha what's wrong Sasuke don't you wanna kiss your precious wife?" he questioned. Sakura ignored his comments and walked back to her seat and took out her book once more, when someone else asked Sasuke if Sakura was a good kisser, the class began to laugh at Sasuke, who just told them to shut the Hell up, but that didn't stop the class from asking him why he wouldn't kiss Sakura. All the talk of Sakura and Sasuke was obviously making Karin fume as she suddenly bursted out demanding everyone to shut up. "Sasuke wouldn't kiss Sakura so shut up! Sasuke doesn't even like her, okay?! Sasuke's disgusted by her, so stop trying to make him do something so nasty!" She walked over and took Sasuke's hand when suddenly one of her friends asked her how she knew, Karin turned around, and looked right at Sakura, "because Sasuke told me himself, that he doesn't like her, and the fact that they haven't even touched each other once since they got married.."
Sakura stared blankly at her book, failing to ease Karin's voice out of her mind...her sister's voice was always too loud even for her, someone who's constantly being yelled at by everyone for no reason. "They don't even sleep in the same bed together!"
Ba-thump...he even ...told her.. Sakura's hand gripped tightly onto her book when the class gasped, and looked over at her, she felt their stares when one of the guy's suddenly commented, " Maybe Sasuke found out that she's actually a guy hahahahahaa" the class started to laugh when Karin added, "Guy or girl she's still ugly." she giggled as everyone laughed while staring at Sakura who was indeed thankful for her glasses to hide the fact that little teardroplets were falling down her eyes
Don't cry Sakura, who cares, you swore to yourself remember?...stop crying! Sakura held in her breath and moved the book in front of her face to dab away the teardrops quickly. She peeked over to see Sasuke standing there while people started to ask if it really was true that they don't sleep in the same room. Sasuke glanced at her and her head went right back to her book, suddenly the class began to whistle again, echoing a loud roar, of "ooooooohhhhhhooooo" Sakura peeked above her book to see someone holding the mistletoe above Sasuke and Karin, and slowly by slowly they began to chant, "kiss, kiss, kiss" Sakura couldn't peer her eyes away when she saw her sister pull in her so called husband and plant a big one right on his lips...
She felt like puking the second she saw Sasuke's black orbs shoot right towards her.
..Ugh...I feel sick... she plopped her head down on the book as people were cheering and clapping for the couple, making Sakura cover her ears to block out the sounds of their happiness.
Sasuke Uchiha...you're the worst. Sakura got up and walked out the door feeling a bit humiliated by everyone's mockery of her, she sat in the bathroom for just a bit before returning back to the room and to her seat, noticing this tiny green box sitting on her desk. She sat down and looked around to see people start to exchange gifts, while Kakashi sensei, who was surprsingly quiet all this time, reading his usual book.
..Did something leave their present..? Sakura didn't want to be rude and open to see if there was a tag so she set it down and slid the box to the edge of her desk, thinking someone who misplaced it might come back for it. She grabbed her medic book once more when she couldn't help but overhear Ino's voice. "Okay, my turn!" the blonde squealed, while holding the sparkling box in her hand. "aww it's so pretty I don't even want to ruin it!" "Quickly open the box!" Karin demanded while the other girls squealed in excitement. Ino slowly unwrapped the box as Sakura looked from the corner of her eyes to see Ino's reaction. She saw her former bestie's eyes stare at the pair of earrings while everyone gasped in amazement. "oh...wow...this is beautifuuuuuuuul! These are the prettiest pair of earrings I ever seen..."
Sakura felt her heart both squeeze and shake at Ino's reaction...she was both surprised and happy to see that Ino liked them.
"put them on, put them on!" Ino took her old earrings off and inserted her new pair as people started taking pictures complimenting how it makes her eyes really stand out. "Who gave it?" one of the girls asked and Ino smiled as she grabbed the box and looked for the tag. "...there's no one's name on this."
Ba-thump...shit...if I put my name on that box you would've seen them out the window by now.
Sakura turned the page as the girls began to ask around who Ino's secret Santa was. When everyone shook their head no and shrugged their shoulders Shikamaru walked over and laughed, "maybe it was Sakura." he smirked as he looked back at Sakura who sunk her head further against her book
This smart ass... she gritted her teeth and tried not to seem to obvious as the girls started to laugh, "Pbbbt puh-lease Shika" one of their classmates exclaimed, "Sakura doesn't have the money or taste to get something pretty as these earrings". The girls giggled as Shikamaru's smirk faded as he shook his head and walked away, "whatever, tsk..girls..." was all he said before heading back to his seat, followed by Karin suddenly shouting, "surprise Ino! haha I got you!"
...Ba-thump..huh?..Sakura's head turned towards the duo to see Ino staring wide eyed at Karin who hunched over and hugged her, "haha I just wanted to see that confused look on your face girly, Merry Christmas!"
"thanks Karin!" Ino hugged her best back tightly to thank her for the nice gift but she couldn't help but glance over at Sakura who immediately turned away from them both. Ino's smile faded for just a second before she forced it back on her face and asked everyone to take a picture of them both. "thanks so much for these earrings..I love them" she squealed taking one more picture.
"of course! nothin but the best for my bestie!" Karin kissed her cheek taking one more picture, while Sakura turned the page and sighed, hmm..nothing but the best for you... She smile just a bit realizing even if Ino doesn't know, the fact that she loves them is good enough for her.
1 hour later...
Class was now over and everyone was still wishing each other happy holidays. Sakura was getting ready to stretch when she felt something pat onto her head. She looks up to see Shikamaru smirking at her with a bag on top of her head. Sakura slightly flinches back when Shikamaru starts to talk, "you can have these if you want, they're uh...not my forte if ya know what I mean." Sakura sat there frozen still as Shikamaru plopped the bag on her desk, Sakura picked it up with two fingers to see it was a bag full of chocolates. She looked over at Shikamaru who actually smiled at her for the first time. "I- I can have these?"
Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders and smiled as he sighed and replied back with a simple, "if you want" Sakura nodded her head and slightly bowed thanking him when Choji offered her a bag similar to his. "You can have these too Sakura, I don't really like these" Sakura was a bit hesitant at first but still took the bag from his hand and happily thanked them both as they walked off wishing her a Merry Christmas.
"mmm, hehe chocolates..." she popped one into her mouth and looked up to see Kakashi sensei quiet as ever..
I wonder what's wrong with him today...Sakura got up to see the box was still on her desk. mm maybe they forgot it.. She took it in her hand and walked over to her sensei's desk placing it right in front of him. "umm Kakashi sensei" she said swallowing the remains of the melted chocolate she had in her mouth as she waited for him to look up at her.
"ahh yes Sakura, oh...class is over?" he looked around as she laughed and nodded her head asking him if he was alright. "oh I'm fine Sakura, thank you for asking I'm just feeling a bit.." he sighed and put his book down to lay back on his seat, his eye still locked to her, "I uh..I talked to an acquaintance of mine, and he uh...mentioned something that kind of well killed my mood.."
Sakura's smile faded away when she looked to see Kakashi's eye slightly red, "oh...I'm sorry to hear that sensei" "no no it's fine" he replied cutting her off trying to sound as upbeat as possible, "it's not his fault, it's not mine either well. he says it isn't but I feel like it is.., actually.. if I knew half the things I know now back then when he came to visit me I wouldn't be feeling this way and-" Kakashi watched his student's face sour up and he bit down on his tongue, "it's nothing Sakura, haha I'm fine"
"are you sure?" she asked, clearly feeling bad for her wonderful teacher..he was always nice to him, she really wished she could do something to make him feel better..."um...anyway...sensei someone left this box on my desk..." she pushed the box next to him as he looked down at it and chuckled, "well maybe it was on your desk for a reason.."
Sakura gasped a bit as she grabbed the box again...she tapped the top of the box, as she looked underneath the box to see if it was written for her, but there was nothing written on it.
"um...are you sure becau-" "open it..." he said with a gentle yet firm voice, "I'm positive it's meant for you."
Sakura nodded her head and bit down on her lip as she pulled on the end of the string to untie the bow, she lifted the top cover and gasped the second she realized what it was..
"this is..." "Merry Christmas Sakura.." Kakashi's voice was gentle and warm as he watched her mouth gawked open while she rapidly pointed inside the box over and over repeating, "this is...Oh my God, this is-kyaaaaaa!" she ran over and wrapped her arms around Kakashi giving him the biggest hug she can possibly manage to give. Sakura felt the rumble of his chest as he chuckled and gently touched her bag as she squealed happily staring down at the emerald necklace she saw at the mall.
"You didn't have to get me anything Kakashi sensei!" Kakashi laughed as he touched her head the second they let go of each other's embrace, " Well I am your secret Santa..Sakura" Sakura gasped when she saw him pull out the slip of paper that had her name written on it, "I asked if he wanted to switch and he did...haha so hm that's that." Sakura smiled as she caressed the necklace in her hand.."it's beautiful..." she whispered to herself as she bit down on her lip trying her best not to smile too big in front of her teacher considering the fact that she already did something completely embarrassing a minute ago.
"can you put it on for me Kaka-sensei?" she lifted the necklace out of the box letting the sunlight hit it just slightly as it twirled in a circular motion. " well you did ask so sure... come here" Sakura walked over and turned around as Kakashi held the delicate ends of the necklace as he joined the end clasps together. " it's a beautiful necklace Sakura...I'm thankful you like it.."
Thank God she's too happy to realize I bought this way before the secret Santa gig.
Sakura turned around and thanked him again, "yeah it's so beautiful! I really love it! especially the color!"
"Oh? well I would assume that would be the reason...after all it's a very eye catching color" Kakashi added as he watched her cheeks flush, "hm, what'd you..." "n-nothing Sakura" he chuckled and sat back down on his seat, you should head out you're late for your next class" Sakura yelped in surprise forgetting about her next period as she ran over to her desk to grab her things but came back over to him and hugged him again, as she set down a bag of chocolates next to his book, "please enjoy them, and Merry Christmas sensei!" Kakashi sat there with his hand over his masked face pressing down against the smile lines that was growing bigger and bigger by the second as he raised a greeting hand at her wishing her a happy holiday as well..
Crazy girl...you did good Hatake...you did good. Kakashi tapped a pencil against the desk when he heard a familiar chuckle ring in his ear, " Kakashi you tiger" Gai replied as he walked in and greeted his rival/ best friend. "what are you talking about?" Kakashi lifted his book again as he opened the bag of chocolates when Gai's hand went flying over his book covering the words for him to read, "trying to act innocent are we, come on Hatake I saw the whole thing," "what are you implying she's a student, and as her teacher I kindly ask you to drop this nonsense you're thinking of" Kakashi turned his seat around as he heard Gai laugh it off again.
"She may be your student Kakashi.." Gai walked over towards the door and turned halfway to look at Kakashi who's back was facing him, "but she's also Haruno's daughter, remember that" he clicked his tongue twice before laughing again, "don't forget the party at Iruka's tonight buddy" he reminded his pal before walking out the class to leave Kakashi alone in the room with his book, which he wasn't actually reading, Kakashi sighed as he placed his book over his masked face and leaned back against this chair.
I know she's Haruno's daughter...but that still won't change the fact that not only is she my student but she's married... being her teacher is the only boundary I have to her now...nothing else matters anymore.
Kakashi groaned as he got up, grabbed his belongings and headed towards an empty room to read his novel in peace.
Next Morning: Christmas Eve
Sakura has never been excited for Christmas before, to her it was just another day, but today was completely different. Today, Sakura was going to enjoy a Christmas in a real home, with a warm meal, and actual presents! Something in which Sakura never gotten before, being that it's only two packages, not including the one she was currently wearing, Sakura was still happy, to her spending Christmas alone in a home with two presents and warm food was like Heaven compared to sitting in her old dorm room crying in the corner knowing there was nothing to look forward to.
She quickly took a shower and headed downstairs to see Sasuke just heading out the door.
Ah wow...he left pretty fast... She stood at the top of the staircase and stared at the door only to see it fly open again by Sasuke who ran into the kitchen, and walked back out with different sized bags in his hand.
wow...he's probably having soooome party with Naruto to be taking so much with him...Sakura made her way downstairs and towards the kitchen to see two boxes sitting on the countertop.
oh he forgot something! she ran over and took a quick peek, only to find out it wasn't for him it was for ...her.
Sakura grabbed the boxes and looked around for the tag, finding it taped underneath, she flipped it over and read out loud, "Dear Sakura, Merry Christmas to you my darling! Sorry I couldn't give this in person...we're heading out for a three day trip... so I had to make the stop real quick..please enjoy our gifts..love Kaa-chan, p.s.. Tell Sasuke to stay home. love you" Sakura smiled as she looked to see it was from Sasuke's parents... she hugged the boxes tightly and quickly ran over to the living room to place them down on the sofa when the bell rang.
"cominggggggggggg!" she sang as she ran over opening the door to reveal a GIANT, fluffy bunny staring right into her face, being taken aback by surprise Sakura jumped back and screamed. Itachi peeked from the side and looked at her, his face blank as ever as he offered her the bunny. "Oniisan..Merry Christmas!" She greeted him and he replied back with shoving the bunny onto her hands. She laughed as she set it down to look at him, "it's heavy but sooo cuteeeee" she ruffled the ears and looked up at him, "it's for me and not Sasuke I hope.." she giggled as he opened his arms and she jumped in and hugged him tightly, "thank youuuuuu!" his only word was a simple, "hn" before he squeezed her really hard just once before taking off. Sakura stood there laughing in confusion as she waved goodbye to him wondering if he was in a rush.
Gah, I should bake some goodies, so I have something to offer anyone who visits! She grabbed the fluffy bunny and placed it onto the sofa sighing as she moved her hands to her hips.."you're a big guy aren't youuuuuuu...umm" she looked around to see a tag and pulled it off reading his name, " Frosty..wow...Oniisan you're so creative" she laughed as she hugged the bunny again, kissing it's head as she thought of her sweet, sweet brother-in-law who was kind enough to give her something even after all the other things he's already given her. "mmm warmmmmm, ahh! cookies!" She ran into the kitchen and took out her ingredients, while she quickly ate her breakfast as she began to bake, and cook just about everything she possibly can.
2 hours later...
Sakura just finished her last batch of treats when someone rang the doorbell again. She quickly ran over and answered it to see it was..
"Dad..." Sakura breathed out staring up at her father who sadly smiled down at her. Sakura felt herself suddenly feel queasy at the unexpected sight of her father. "Sakura.." he kissed her cheek and smiled as he wished her a Merry Christmas, "ahh um Merry Christmas to you..too dad" She answered back between her hesitant laugh.
Wow that felt weird to say...It truly has been much too long for Sakura... "um..yo-you uh...wanna come in?" she felt panicky inside as she watched her dad just stand there looking at her with warmth in his eyes. "No thanks angel, I gotta uh.." "HURRY UP KIZASHI, WE'RE LATE!" Sakura peered to the side to see her "mother" inside the car, obviously angry with her father for coming here... "ahh..I see.. so why are you here dad?.." she questioned her father who in response handed her a bag, "here..Merry Christmas, it's uh...it's not much but it's something..I uh...I really" he chuckled, "I'll be honest it was a bit hard buying something for you since...you know...been a while and all...ahem" his voice was really quiet by the time he finished his sentence, Sakura looked inside the bag to see two boxes, "one's for you the other's for Sasuke"
"Oh, thank you" She hugged him and gripped the bag tightly, when her father suddenly asked her a question, catching her by surprise, "so uh..where's Sasuke, by the way.?" he peeked into the house but Sakura closed the door a bit more, as she felt her heart skip for a minute.
What do I say?! ... "He's uh.." "I'm sure he wouldn't leave you alone on your first Christmas right? hahaha..." Her father's eyes saddened a bit as Sakura smiled bigger, "no of course not!" Ba-thump.."Sasuke's in the bathroom dad, he just went upstairs to use it and freshen up, we're about to have dinner so..." "that's good!" her father cut her off, his worry face vanishing into thin air, "that's great, I'm glad you two are getting along...really...tell him I stopped by and I'll uh...I'll see you soon." "r-right...se-see you soon dad, Merry Christmas.."
"HURRY UP KIZASHI!" She screamed to the top of her lungs honking the horn to his car.
" We're in a bit of a hurry, Fugaku invited us to an inn for three days so I'll be leaving Merry Christmas to you too Sakura...tell Sasuke I said Merry Christmas." He hugged her once more and waved goodbye as Sakura closed the door and walked into the living room.
Sakura sat back down on the sofa and looked around the empty house... It's not so bad right?...I don't need Sasuke to be here...it's better off he's with his friends enjoying himself anyway Sakura sighed as she bit down on a cookie, moving her legs against her chest before she leaned to the right plopping onto the sofa. Suddenly thinking of another person she hasn't spoken to for a while.
"Naruto..." she mumbled, "I wonder how your Christmas is going..." She groaned as she buried her face against her giant fluffy bunny trying to forget the fact that she hasn't heard Naruto's voice in nearly two weeks.. "and it's all Sasuke's fault...ughhhhhhhh!"
Karaoke Hot Spot:7p.m
Sasuke, and the gang were finally settled down into a room to kick off their well thought-out Christmas party. Sasuke sat on the sofa with ease while the rest of the gang gathered food and extra things they might need. He opened his can of soda and took a sip as the music began to play. Sasuke watched the girls arrange the presents in a corner, as the boys ordered some food. Sasuke scanned the place, everyone looked excited and happy all except for...Naruto.
"Dobe" Sasuke muttered as he lightly kicked Naruto's back, "wha!? huh?" Naruto shook his head and looked back at his best friend, "why are you dozing off like an idiot for?"
"huh? I was dozing off?...hahahahahaha I didn't even notice, haha sorry Teme you need anything?" Naruto scratched the back of his head as he got up and sighed, "mm! I gotta make a call real quick" Naruto stepped outside and took out his phone.
Sakura...I'm not sure why you're avoiding me but...I'm dying to talk to you right now.. Naruto felt his heart squeeze for a second as he took out his phone and dialed the house number to Sasuke's house. "come on...answer...answer..."
click, "Hello?"..ba-thump...Sakura..
"ahh Sakura?"
"Na..Naruto..." her voice was barely audible through the phone.. Naruto felt a smile creep onto his face as he sighed in relief...something about her voice just soothed him inside. "Naruto? are you okay?" she asked into the phone, Naruto dropped to the floor against the wall as he sat there taking in deep breaths. "yeah, I just wanted to say Merry Christmas..." "Merry Christmas to you too Naruto!" she laughed into the phone, as Naruto covered his face, feeling the blood slowly rush to his cheeks... " It's been a while since we talked, hasn't it?"
"mmm! sorry, I've been busy with stuff for school and-" "it's fine" he mentioned cutting her off, "it's completely fine, haha I'm just glad we're talking now"
"yeah! how's- how's your Christmas going so far?"
Naruto glanced over at the door replying back with, "It's alright, we're at this karaoke place right now, I uh...I'm Hinata's secret Santa...I'm going to test my waters with her today"
"ohh wow! good luck Naruto! Hinata's...she's really sweet, I hope things work out for you two...you deserve nothing but the best" Naruto felt himself smile at her words, "so do you... Sakura... you deserve nothing but the best"
"haha you think so?"
"mhm" Naruto and Sakura continued to talk about plans for break when Hinata suddenly walked out calling for him, "Naruto-kun come on! we're opening presents!" she squealed as she walked over and took his hand to pull him up. "alright, mm yeah it's Hinata, wanna talk to her?" Naruto handed Hinata the phone and walked inside leaving Hinata to talk alone to Sakura. "He-hello? Sakura-chan?" Hinata talked into the phone and heard a faint gasp, before Sakura answered back with a 'hello' and 'Merry Christmas'. Hinata smiled as she greeted Sakura back, "how are you Sakura-chan?"
"I'm alright, how about you Hinata-chan? Having fun?"
"mhm! we're about to open presents" Hinata giggled as she turned towards the door, "are you having fun too Sakura?"
"yeah, sitting here eating some treats.." "oh and what's Sasu-" Hinata suddenly bit her tongue and glanced over at Sasuke who was sitting next to Karin at the moment. Ba-thump...I shouldn't have..
She heard Sakura laugh in the phone telling her it was fine, "I'm enjoying some alone time, it's okay Hinata" "o-okay...well uhhm" Hinata suddenly felt a very queasy pain in her chest when she heard Sakura explain how Sasuke's better off with them anyway. She's...she's all alone... Hinata suddenly turned around when Ino walked out the door asking her why she's taking so long. "Who are you on the phone with?" Ino asked when she noticed Hinata's eyes watery as she smiled at Ino before greeting the person on the phone goodbye. "Hinata...why..why are you crying?"
Hinata covered her mouth as tears streamed down her face, "Sa-Sakura-chan...she's all alone...it-it must be lonely spending Christmas with no one around celebrating with you..."
Ino gasped as she felt a pang inside her chest. "Haha...Hi-Hinata I'm sure someone will go over, there's no such thing as a person being completely lonely you know...she probably has someone there..."
"who...?" was all Hinata asked before she stepped towards the door.. Ino stood there speechless as she felt her eyes burn suddenly...tears welling up.. Ino quickly looked away as Hinata turned the doorknob, "are you coming in Ino?"
"huh? uh...yeah, I just um...I gotta use the rest room.." she managed to blurt out before stepping away from the room, "I'll be back" Ino quickly walked towards the bathroom making sure no one spots her..
Ba-thump..Ba-thump...Ba-thump...Sakura...
Ino walked in and stood in front of the sink, letting the water run as she took in deep heavy breaths...
" .it-it must be lonely spending Christmas with no one around celebrating with you.." Ino covered her face, unable to control the trembling feeling...she gave into her legs and dropped to the floor, feeling much to overwhelmed... Ino began to cry louder and louder as the memories of her and Sakura from years ago began to flash in her mind... she hugged herself tightly thinking of how Sakura's feeling right now..a waterfall of tears just streaming down her face...Ino's breathing was getting uneasy as flashbacks of that day kept coming back over and over...the look on Sakura's face, how Karin nearly stabbed her...how Ino sat there just watching...unable to move..
The more Ino thought of all those times they were together, the worse Ino felt as she tried her best to control her tears...I'm so sorry...as hard as it is for you to be alone...I can't bring myself to even say a word to you...because I don't deserve to be friends with you...I'm sorry Sakura...I'm so sorry...
HappyCrayon: There another chapter for you in apology for not uploading for a while, thank you so much for your support, I'm happy to see so many people enjoying this story! thanks again, I hope I can upload ch 14 soon c: I'll try my best to upload as much as I can before school! p.s when do you all start school? I start the 4th! let me know!-Hclessthanthree
*Rant* -read at your own risk-
Okay! sooooooooooo e-e! Let me say a little something to clarify things that I keep seeing, okay? 1: this is a SASUSAKU fanfic, so YES Sasuke and Sakura WILL be together, BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! it's only TWO months into their relationship, like HELLO!? how do you expect much fluffiness from two people who obviously don't like each other, there can't be much going on when they obviously HATE each other, gosh I know it was 11 chapters into the story but seriously, it's just the beginning, THE BEGINNING, so PLEASE bare with me! I'm trying to answer as much as questions as possible, but I'm not rushing I'm going to write this fanfic the way I plan to, and that means taking steps towards their relationship, I'm an avid reader and I really hate stories/mangas that have the girl just "fall" for the guy so quickly, it's so stupid to me, I like long stories that ease into the relationship, in the future I will be doing some time skipping to move the story forward BUT I'll make sure to add the main ideas I want before they have a divorce,
2. Sakura's glasses, Saku/Naru Saku/Itachi Saku/Kakashi: Her glasses, yes, they're protection for her, something she feels safe with because she's traumatized by her sister, so taking off her glasses will take some time, as for Sasuke poking her about it, yes that will come up, but not now, it'll be too random, little things have to happen in order to ease into that topic, as for the other "pairings" um yes, I like all these pairings, and I do like how they're sweet to her, but these 3 guys are important to the story, because they're all connected to Sakura one way or another, I won't tell you how or why, but they are.
3. Sakura's crying: I made it seem like she cries like a baby for a REASON, in my mind I think of it as Sakura comforting herself to Naruto and Itachi, she's never had the chance to cry, so when she does it's loud much like a baby because it's different for her, she has a lot built up, and as you just read she made herself swear she wouldn't cry anymore, which has another purpose for the story BE PATIENT!
4. my "grammar" and "spelling" errors: people, I do this for fun, I try my best to reread it, go over it, fix what I can, I don't type during the day, I write these at night, from 11pm-3am so when I'm typing on google docs, it's not auto correcting my grammar mistakes at all, it doesn't let me know what I'm typing wrong, and since it's at night, and I'm sort of rushing to finish because I like uploading faster, I don't reread it again and again to make sure my writing is perfect, if I can understand it, it's good for me, please understand I usually never type during the day I'm busy with work to be super alert on my writing skills, and like I said this is for FUN, it's also a way for me to keep my ideas flowing for stuff I work on for school an such, and so if my "second grade" grammar annoys you then don't read! . because I'll only fix things my eye catches quickly, meaning: I skim through my work to fix things I see at first sight, no more :\
5. My story is going to be pretty long, so how their relationship builds up, and what happens to it, is all planned out, I hope to answer everyone's questions but you have to remember it takes time, I can only type so fast -.-
THANK YOU! *END OF RANT*