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Chapter 15: The One That Put Me on Edge

Home: Living room: 5 p.m

Sakura has been sitting on the same spot on the sofa since she found out Sasuke wasn't going anywhere tonight. She eyed the black haired demon from time to time and noticed how he looks somewhat different today. He looks a bit frustrated, not to mention tired and irritated.

Hmph! Good, I hope whatever's keeping him on edge continues to keep him that way, this jerk deserves all the bad luck he can get it! Sakura curled up into a ball, locking her legs against her chest as Sasuke flipped through the channels on the television, looking completely unamused.

ugh, if he's not interested in anything then why is he sitting here flipping through the fucking channels?! Her eyebrow began to twitch from irritation, she was both angry and annoyed at the fact that Sasuke was still sitting here, when he clearly knows she watches her shows during this time. She wanted to tell him to go away, but Sakura was stronger than that, there was no way in Hell that she was going to talk to Sasuke first.

Over my dead body! She was sure of it, it's going to take a lot more than this to get her to talk.

"ughhhhh..." she groaned as she pressed her forehead against her knees when she felt a pair of eyes land on her. She peeked up to see him raise an eyebrow at her.

"Tuxedo Mask!" gasp! Sailor Moon! Sakura looked up to see an episode of Sailor Moon was on air. Unintentionally she squealed and clapped her hands as she watched Serena run towards Tuxedo Mask. Her eyes grew bigger as did her smile...hehe yay! they're going to kiss!

Sakura watched out of pure joy as the two got closer, getting ready to kiss when suddenly

click

"Lame..." Sasuke mumbled as he flipped through the channels.

huh?... Sakura's smile faded and her head turned right towards Sasuke who looked completely bored out of his mind. He leaned on his left arm as he sighed and changed the channel once more.

Sakura stared back at the t.v and she realized it was showing a lot of other animes that she was dying to watch today. Each and every channel Sasuke changed made Sakura cringe with anger. She bit down on the comforter trying to control her growl as Sasuke kept the channel on the history news network. She saw him fold his arms and smirk as he sighed and leaned back on the sofa.

"Good channel isn't it Sakura..?" he chuckled as he looked at her and she moved the comforter over her head and started to breathe deeply calming her anger down.

He's doing this on purpose that douche-bag! Well I'm not falling for it! Sakura moved the comforter away from her head and looked right at Sasuke who's hand was placed over his mouth, but Sakura stared between the spaces of his fingers to see a very faint grin painted on his face.

Grr..he's enjoying this... Sakura looked at him and then down at the control.

oooooh, hehehehehe...I can just... She reached for the control but Sasuke quickly grabbed it and held it in his hands. Sakura had a low growl but looked away from him.

"If you want the remote you have to ask for it." Sasuke was clearly amused, knowing Sakura wasn't going to talk to him at all. "The second you ask, I'll hand it over."

She bit down on her tongue, feeling irritated.

He's playing this kind of game with me huh? Well fine, I can play this just as much as you can asshole. Sakura smiled a little smile, and she suddenly looked calm and composed as she sat back and looked right at the screen. She heard Sasuke growl lowly then he changed the channel once more.

Sakura's eyes widened a bit when she realized he changed it to a scary movie.

gulp... I hate these kinds of movies... Sakura clenched onto the comforter and looked at Sasuke. He looked a bit entertained now, as he set the remote control down on the other side and crossed his arms. "Hn, interesting..." Sasuke was clearly amused by this whole situation.

Sakura covered her eyes and sighed, I can't watch this... Sakura quickly got up and walked towards the staircase.

step, step, step...

"hn, good idea Sakura..." Sasuke laughed.

step, step, step

"go sit all alone..."

step...step..

."by yourself ..."

...step...

"..upstairs...with no one around...in the dark..." He laughed softly as Sakura paused midway towards another step, clutching the railing, suddenly feeling shaken up by Sasuke's words.

mmmm! this guy... She pointedly turned around and practically ran downstairs and leaped back to the sofa and kept her head down against her forearm. Sasuke chuckled making Sakura cringe from anger. "hn, scaredy-cat.." Sasuke scoffed at her, but she ignored his comments. She peered at the screen, the suspenseful silence, the dark aura, the shrills, screams, blood, angst, all of it was making Sakura quiver from fear. Oh I can't watch this! she covered her face and Sasuke laughed louder as he turned up the volume. Sakura couldn't take the sound of shrieking, and screaming, so she got up and walked over to the kitchen.

"fucking bastard"she hissed under her breath, as she took out some of the ingredients to cook some roast chicken and soup. She heard the sound of the t.v change, but when she looked over to see what he changed the channel to, Sasuke changed it back to the scary movie.

Grrrrrrrr...! Sakura growled and huffed. She stood near her uncooked food and looked down at all her ingredients and smiled. hmmm...ohhhh ho ho ho! She smiled a sinister smile, and took out a packet of habanero peppers. "hehehehehehe." Sakura silently laughed to herself as she chopped up the peppers and added it straight to marinate and poured it over her chicken. A little while after Sakura felt it wasn't enough, so she whipped out a bit of cayenne pepper and poured two spoons full of it onto the chicken she put aside just for Sasuke. Sakura was enjoying herself so much, she decided to add in some jalapeño sauce along with it. The smell was making Sakura choke but it wasn't enough to make her stop.

Let's see how you enjoy my cooking now Sasuke hehehehe!

Sakura finished cooking and prepared the dinner table as usual. The delicious aroma of chicken curry and carrot and pea rice filled the house making Sasuke's stomach growl. He deliberately walked over to the kitchen and sat down as Sakura readied his dishes for him. She mentally snickered as she sat down and prepared a bowl for herself. fufufu enjoy your food Sa-su-ke. She remembered the pieces of chicken on the left are the spicy ones so she tentatively placed a piece of chicken onto her plate when she felt a something tickle her ankle.

ehh! She looked down at the table to see there was nothing there but Sasuke's foot. She sat back up and looked over at him. Sasuke seemed calm, cool, and content. She slowly cut her chicken and moved her food around as she watched Sasuke. His eyes were closed as he picked up his chicken and slowly moved it towards his mouth to take a bite. Sakura watched him, waiting for him faint from the spice. Sasuke paused and sighed and put the chicken down. He looked at Sakura who quickly turned her head away. She poked at her food, and eyed him from time to time. Sasuke took out his phone and tapped through things.

Come on...eat...EAAAAATTTT! Sakura picked at her chicken, as Sasuke picked up his chopsticks again. oh! he's going again hehehe Sakura was in awe, sitting at edge waiting for Sasuke to take a bit when Sasuke suddenly paused again, and looked over at her. His eyebrow arched as he eyed her suspiciously. Sakura kept her poker face well in play as she took tiny bites of her rice and the other side dishes she made.

Sasuke suddenly smirked and bit down on his lip as he softly laughed to himself.

ba-thump...wah...what's with that look.?..gulp Sakura felt her cheeks flush a bit making Sasuke's smirk gradually transition into a grin clearly letting her know that her poker face is breaking down bit by bit, and he's fully aware of it.

Sakura cleared her throat and took a sip of water as Sasuke blew on his chicken and Sakura stared back at him as she slowly placed down her cup.

yes...that's right..take a bite...hehehe...She was slowly mixing her chicken keeping her eyes directly on Sasuke's movements. Sasuke was about to take a bite when suddenly the phone went off.

ring-ring, ring-ring!

shit! stupid phone! Sakura cursed the phone mentally as Sasuke placed down his chopsticks and ran over to pick it up. Sakura growled as she heard Sasuke talk into the phone. Leaning on her left arm Sakura stabbed her food as she nibbled on the salad she prepared to go along with the rest of her food.

Itching to see Sasuke's horrid reaction to the spice, Sakura remained angst, and on the edge. I'm not eating until I see him cry from insanity, and that's that! Sakura sat up as Sasuke walked back and sat right down again.

He sighed as he took a sip of water and picked up his chopsticks once more. Sakura nibbled on a piece of iceberg lettuce as she watched him grab the chicken again. Sakura took another sip from her glass and poked at her chicken getting ready to take a bite as well. Sasuke paused and sprinkled a little salt on his food and glanced over at her. Sakura picked up bits of rice and took a bite. Sasuke was smirking again and finally raised his chicken to meet his lips.

Yes...yes...Sakura watched him slowly take a bite from the chicken...yes...yes! She picked up the chicken herself as Sasuke chomped down and...

"Holy SHIT!"

YES!

Sakura watched Sasuke move back and drop his chopsticks as he began to fan his mouth, "Shit.." He was taking in slight short breaths to cool his tongue and Sakura tried her best not to break out laughing. " it's spicy...What the fuck..." Sasuke was clearly pissed off as he slid back and grabbed the glass of water and gulped it down. Sakura was on the edge of laughing when she watched Sasuke's whole face brighten up, he was still fanning his mouth as he took another gulp of water.

pbbt...BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA! What a whimppppppp heh, take that LOSER! hehehe she thought praising herself, as she picked up a piece of chicken herself and bit into it finally, FINALLY! I WI- eh?...BA-THUMP...huh?...Sakura's tongue immediately felt like it was on fire. "Oh myy-oh God!" she spat out the chicken and started to cry, fanning her tongue. It felt like the seeds from the peppers were literally her taste-buds to oblivion. "Oh my God!" She gulped down her water as tears started streaming down her face as she panicked out of pure confusion when Sasuke suddenly stopped drinking water and looked back at her. A sexy, sinister smirk painted across his face...

BA-THUMP....why isn't he...what..? Sakura was in more tears as the feeling was getting worse from water. Sasuke's face was back to its normal shade, "mmmm, thought you got me didn't you Sa-ku-ra?"

oh...SCREW YOU! She ran over to the fridge and pulled out the milk carton and started to chug it down as Sasuke's low chuckle transitioned into a roaring laugh as he watched Sakura cry, and whimper from the pain.

She was sweating now as the milk wasn't helping either, in a massive panic Sakura ran over to the sink and turned the sink on quickly as she tilted her head sideways letting the cool water land into her mouth.

How did...he was just faking it... but...I don't...ughhhhhh! Sakura heard Sasuke's roaring laughter move closer as he walked over to her and crossed his arms. "next time you try to poison me with spicy food try not to make it seem so obvious.." Sakura was breathing heavily, the spiciness from the chicken burning her throat as she choked on the water she was trying to swallow. Sasuke wiped the side of her lip with his thumb and slowly licked it. "hn, stupid.." he mumbled off as he kept that sly, sexy grin plastered on his face. Sakura was still frantic from the hype she didn't even care that Sasuke was still laughing at her. She chugged down some milk as she hovered over the sink, her heartbeat was going back to normal now. He...that devil changed it when I looked down to see what tickled my foot! Oh my God, he's EVIL! Knowing how easily Sasuke realized her little plan pissed her off even more.

I'm not losing this time! I just have to be more careful next time...

Half hour later...

Sakura just got done preparing the cake she baked for the two of them. Despite not talking, Sakura was still aware of the fact that tonight was her first New Year's Eve she would be spending with someone else. Sakura finished decorating the sweet treat and began to prepare the tea. Sasuke walked back in, his smirk still on his face. He walked by and dipped his finger scraping off a little frosting as he eyed Sakura. He licked his finger and chuckled, "Come on Sakura, chop my finger off, I know you want to."

Sakura pointedly turned away from him and bit down on her lip. Sasuke's smile was indeed, contagious, and it was true, she does want to chop his finger off for doing that. Nonetheless, she remained silent, keeping away from him. Sasuke was definitely acting weird tonight, and I'm sure he knows he's showing it proudly. Even if he was somewhat nice to her, that doesn't change the fact that Sakura still hates him.

Once a devil, always the devil... Sakura turned around to see Sasuke walk back to the living room. Assuming he came in to see if she's done something to the cake this time, Sakura smiled to herself. I'm not that stupid Sasuke Uchiha! Sakura left the cayenne pepper next to the cake on purpose to throw Sasuke off. Fufufufu, this time I got you!

She poured in the tea to both cups remembering the blue one was Sasuke's and pink one was hers. Sakura mixed in some honey with her tea and put it aside onto the tray. Slowly, she slid Sasuke's cup over and stared down at it. hmm...what to do...what to do...

Sakura looked over at Sasuke who seemed to be enjoying the movie right now, which gave her enough time to whip up something quick. She looked around and thought about making his tea spicy, but it wouldn't work. Eying just about everything she can in the kitchen Sakura's eyes kept going back to the salt shaker that sat on the breakfast table next to the black pepper.

Well...he does love his salt, hehehe. Sakura walked over and quickly grabbed the salt shaker, slowly opening the cap, Sakura sprinkled some salt in, and stared at it..

"eh..whatever" Sakura dumped the salt shaker over the tea twice and quickly stirred it. She heard Sasuke get up and quickly pushed the salt aside and took a bit of sugar and smeared it over the edge of the cup, that way the salt would be a real surprise. Before stepping away, Sakura took a sip of her tea to make sure she got it right this time. mm, delicious! now for his... Feeling a bit hesitant Sakura takes a spoon and dips the tip of the spoon into the teacup and pokes it out to take a taste. Sakura licks the tip and her face immediately scrunched up from the bitter taste of Sasuke's tea. Oh God, that's disgusting, hehe it's perfect!

Sakura giggled a little to herself, as silently as possible, before walking into the living room with a tray. She sat down placing the tray onto the coffee table as Sasuke sat up, his eyes glued to the t.v. Sasuke quickly glanced at Sakura and Sakura watched him from the corner of her eye to see the look in Sasuke's eyes was really different today, it was a mix of emotions, angry, sad, and a bit amused, completely different from the usual, cold, lifeless look he usually has around her. Sasuke moved a bit closer and pulled the tray a little towards himself.

He cut the tiny cake and grabbed a slice for himself and then cut a piece for Sakura. Just as he sat back Sasuke grabbed his tea and placed it on the side table next to him. Sakura moved to the other end of the sofa and took her tea and cake. Sakura pulled up her feet and took a bite of cake, and slowly sipped her tea as she glanced over at Sasuke. Sasuke took a bite of his cake and nodded his head in approval, clearly the chocolate cake was perfect to taste for him. Sakura took her time slowly sipping her tea waiting for Sasuke to pick up his cup, which he did in the next few seconds. Sasuke brought it up to his lips and Sakura's heart began to race.

Pausing midway from taking another sip, Sakura stared at Sasuke..ba-thump...ba-thump...come on sip...siiiiiiipppppppp!

She narrowed her eyes thinking that she'd make him drink by force if she thought about it hard enough. Sasuke swallowed his cake and just like that, he took a sip from his tea cup.

GASP! Sakura waited...staring at him, unable to breathe. Sasuke's face was the same, as he took another sip from the cup.

...what?...WHAT?! he was suppose to spit it out God damnit! She gripped onto her teacup tightly as Sasuke took another sip from his cup, making no reaction whatsoever to the massive amount of salt Sakura poured into his tea.

Sitting there completely confused, Sakura growled mentally as she watched him, she knew he knows about the salt, but why isn't he reacting?! She bit down on her lip, feeling irritated by this. Sasuke quickly glanced over at Sakura and smirked as Sakura quickly looked away and shoved a big piece of cake into her mouth. Sasuke's chuckle was smooth and soft as he exaggerated his sips making Sakura glance again. Sakura looked over at Sasuke who was grinning even bigger now, as he began to gulp down the rest. Her eyes bulged out as Sasuke smiled and shook the cup over and over letting little droplets of tea fall onto his tongue.

He's doing this on PURPOSE UGH! She was flaming with anger on the inside as Sasuke wiped his mouth and placed the cup down. "ahh..." he breathed out, "delicious.."

He wiped the edge of his mouth and picked up his cake again, "hey Sakura, you think I can get some more tea.?"

Sakura choked from his sudden question, as she looked over at him. Sasuke smirked as he offered her his cup. Sakura took in a sharp breath and nodded her head. She grabbed the cup and walked normally to the kitchen, but as she got into the kitchen Sakura's skin began to boil with rage.

He didn't flinch, he didn't twitch, nothing! he ENJOYED it! He knows I was waiting for a reaction so he didn't react! Sakura was so disappointed, she didn't even bother to pour in salt again. Evidently giving up, Sakura prepared a quick cup of tea for Sasuke, she poured in the mixture added honey, some sugar, and a little cream. She angrily stirred his cup and walked over to Sasuke and pointed his cup at him. Sasuke took the cup of tea as Sakura sat back down. Sasuke took a sip of the tea and looked at her.

Sakura looked back at him...and they stared at each other in silence.

Sasuke offered his cup to her and she arched an eyebrow at him, "you forgot the 5 spoons of salt this time." he chuckled making Sakura slightly smile. "pbbtt...mm!" she quickly covered her mouth as Sasuke started to laugh. She looked away as Sasuke covered his mouth and looked the opposite way. She moved a pillow in front of her face and tried her best not to laugh. She looked over at Sasuke whose face was now covered by his hand.

The sound of Sasuke's soft chuckle tickled Sakura's insides. She's never heard Sasuke laugh like that before..it was warm to her ears. Gah, what am I thinking?! She took in a deep breath and within minutes she was calm and composed again. Once again, Sasuke and Sakura were back to normal. She cuddled underneath the comforter as she ignored the movie and looked out the window. The snow was blowing harder against their frosted windows. Sakura gasped as the two of them looked up at the lights when it began to flicker for a bit.

The weather outside was making things even worse for Sakura because she was still being forced to watch the scary movie Sasuke was still watching.

"James?...James where are you...JAMES!..." the girl in the movie began to scream when the melody for Ring Around the Rosie began to play.. "Ring around the rosies..pocket full of posies..." The soft song was ringing in Sakura's ear causing goosebumps to form all over her body. "What...who's singing...Emily?...sweetie...I thought you were still in school.." Sakura felt the little hairs on her arm rise..the chill in the air wasn't making things better for her. "Ashes...ashes..we all fall down...ring around the rosies..pocket full of posies..." The song continued to play over and over as the woman in the movie walked towards her daughters room. Sakura watched slowly as she stood by the door and peeked into it.

At first Sakura closed her eyes expecting something to pop out but nothing did... Sakura opened her left eye, then her right and looked to see the woman standing there watching her daughter draw pictures of a circle and two stick figures inside the circle over and over with red paint. It was a disturbing scene... Sakura held in her breath and glanced over at Sasuke who didn't look a bit shaken up. Gulping down her fear, Sakura sat up and reminded herself it was just a movie.

Relax Sakura...this is nothing...it's all fake, and they're just acting... Sakura clenched onto the comforter as she watched the woman run to her daughter who looked as if she was in a daze..

The little girl "Emily" kept drawing the circle over and over until she looked over at her mom...and stared at her with a hazy look in her eyes. "Mommy..." "Emily sweetie how did you get home, did daddy drop you off...?" The girl shook her head, "My friends dropped me off mommy, they both showed me the way.." "which friends sweetie? who are your friends.." "you wouldn't know them mommy because they always hide from you...they keep telling me I'm one of them but I don't believe em.." "what do you mean..and tell mommy right now, where are your friends...?"

Sakura watched the little girl turn towards her mom and smother her mother's cheeks with red finger paint...

Sakura was on edge as she watched the little girl's sweetie smile gradually turn into a scary sinister one...

Sakura couldn't breathe, she wanted to look away but she couldn't...she didn't even want to move or look around because right now she felt like someone was staring right at her this very second. "hehe...mommy my friends... they're in here with me..." "Where Emily show me...show mommy where are your friends please!" "Promise not to hurt them?" Sakura nodded along with the women as the little girl took her hand and Sakura watched the little girl's expression change.. Sakura sunk lower and lower into the sofa, as the lights began to flicker, but her eyes glued to the t.v. She heard the little girl began to giggle as the window was shaking from the impact of the wind. "See my friends are-" Suddenly the screen froze in place.. eh?...what happened?... Sakura looked over at Sasuke who was staring at the television just as confused.

"Tsk...annoying.." Sasuke complained as he sighed and got up to restart the DVR hoping it'll fix the frozen screen.

Sakura looked to her right and stared at the empty kitchen and gulped. Sakura jumped right to her feet and slowly walked near Sasuke. Sasuke crouched down and pressed down on the start/reset button as Sakura sat right next to him in front of the t.v. Sasuke looked back at the screen but it wasn't working. He sighed again and sat down next to Sakura and pressed down on the button again. "Hey check to see if it starts up again..." he quickly glanced at Sakura and she slowly, and hesitantly nodded.

Sakura looked at Sasuke take off a couple of the plugs and put them back in as Sakura looked back at the screen and stared at the black premises of it. It wasn't working, so Sasuke pressed down on the button once more and Sakura just stared at the quiet, black screen when suddenly it flashed on, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH", the girl in the movie's dead, pale face was blown up onto the screen making Sakura scream to the top of her lungs in fear, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Sakura scurried against Sasuke and clutched onto him making Sasuke's body suddenly freeze, "wha...what the Hell Sakura?!" "AHHHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The little girl's mind-tingling, shriek wasn't stopping anytime soon and Sasuke couldn't get the DVR to shut off. "Shut it off, shut it off!" Sakura covered her ears as Sasuke yelled back at her letting her know he was trying to when all of a sudden the t.v, central heating, lights, all the power in the house shut off..

"What..the..Hell...?" Sasuke and Sakura were both sitting in the dark when Sasuke turned on the flashlight app he had installed in his phone. He flashed it towards Sakura who was shivering from fear. "Hey mouse, you-" Sasuke stop midway when he realized Sakura was currently glued to him. Da...Dark...it-it's d-d-dark..Sakura was frozen still as the warmth from her body withered away. She was shivering from the cold when she felt a warm hand press against her the small of her back...

Sasuke chuckled into her ear and very briefly rubbed her back letting the warmth of his hand melt into her cold skin, " scaredy-cat.." he managed to mumble in between his chuckle. "grrr.." Sakura growled lowly but didn't dare to move because she was well, too damn scared right now, and no matter how much she hated to admit, but right now gluing herself to Sasuke was the best thing she could do.

They sat there in silence when the lights were flickering back on. Sakura closed her eyes as she clawed onto Sasuke's shirt, hoping she wouldn't see that pale dead face again, and that blood-shrilling scream. Sakura peeked her eyes open to see the television was working again, but it was showing commercials at the moment. Feeling relieved Sakura sighed, when she heard Sasuke's throat clear. "huh?" Sakura looked up to see how she was sitting halfway on Sasuke's lap as his arm rested on her back. "uh..." her head shot down towards the floor as she fumbled and stumbled off of him. Her cheeks flared a deep shade of red as she moved the comforter over her face feeling completely embarrassed. Ugh...I feel like an idiot.. She clasped her hands against both her cheeks a couple times before moving the comforter away from her face to see Sasuke's head suddenly turn away from her...

eh..? She pouted her lips as Sasuke rubbed the back of his head and cleared his throat, "well time for bed."

Ba-thump...be...bed? Sakura felt all that fear come back inside of her as she watched Sasuke get up and yawn. He stretched his arms and yawned leaving Sakura on the floor. Sakura watched Sasuke walk towards the staircase and Sakura fumbled to her feet. Sasuke looked back at her as he climbed up the stairs as Sakura stood at the bottom of the stairs and slowly followed behind him. Sakura ran to her door passing Sasuke and Sasuke strolled towards his. "Don't little Emily catch you Sakura..." Sakura whimpered as she felt the goosebumps from all over her body rise again. Sasuke chuckled as he walked towards his door humming 'ring around the rosies' slowly. Sakura let out an exasperated sigh and quickly opened the door, letting Sasuke laugh all by himself in the hallway.

"Asshole! ugh!" she crossed her arms and stood in her room by herself. Sakura looked around the room by doing a full 360 turn and ran over to her bed where she climbed into the covers and stared right at her surroundings. Ba-thump...Kami...I feel uneasy right now... Sakura laid on her bed for a long time just staring at her room too scared to move.

Shit...I have to pee...ugh.. Sakura closed her eyes and took a deep breath, sitting up she took in a deep breath and ran into the bathroom used it as quickly as possible and ran back to her bed and practically leaped onto it. I need to calm down, that was just a stupid movie..

Sakura suddenly giggled at the thought of how silly she felt right now, "there's nothing to be scared of stupid, it was just a movie those were actors, there's no such thing as ghosts" Sakura fanned her hand over her face and laughed. Feeling a bit better Sakura looked at the clock to see there was still an hour till midnight so she might as well stay up to enjoy New Year's Eve tonight. Feeling somewhat brave now Sakura decided she would grab another piece of cake and some milk to snack on as she waited for the clock to strike midnight. Sakura jumped up and changed into her pjs, a pair of shorts, and a big t-shirt, kept her hair tied up, and her glasses on just incase Sasuke decided to peep downstairs.

Sakura opened her door and looked both ways, left to right, and then left again. She stepped out and closed the door as she walked down the stairs and skipped towards the kitchen. "Cake timeeeee yaaaaay!" She cheered as she walked further into the kitchen when suddenly Sakura heard a faint echo sound coming from somewhere in the house.

thump...thump...thump...khaaaaa...khaaaaaaa...

Sakura gasped and looked up from the fridge, she looked around and gulped. "Ugh, now I'm hearing things all because Sasuke made me watch that stupid movie with him!"

...khaaaaaaa...khaaaaaaaa...thump thump...thump...thump...khaaaaaa

gulp, relax Sakura...breathe... Sakura took in a deep breath and took out the carton of milk from the fridge. Sakura looked around the kitchen, and peeked over at the living room real quick to make sure nothing was there as she poured herself a glass of milk when that sound was coming again... "ugh...get yourself together Sakura it's nothing! I'm not scared!" She slapped the side of her head a few times before walking towards the living room Sakura set down her glass of milk and knelt down to the cake... thump...thump... "I'm not scared...I'm not scared..." she repeated.

Khaaaaaaaaaaaa! khaaaaaaaaaaaa! the sound was getting louder, and Sakura's mouth was completely dry, "I'm not scared..." gulp "I'm...not...scared..." her lip was quivering but she remained strong for the time being when all of a sudden she heard a very loud BANG! causing her to stop what she's doing and just run up the stairs.. "I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared" she quickly repeated herself. She whimpered as she ran towards her door when she heard the echo of the bang reach her ears making her scream loud, but she quickly covered her mouth and before she knew it Sakura was in front of Sasuke's door banging on his door begging him to open it.

Sasuke's Room: 11pm

Sasuke finally managed to get comfortable in his big warm bed when the sound of very loud banging echoed into his eardrums making him groan into his pillow, "grrrrrrrrrrrr" he growled. Sasuke cursed under his breath as he patted around his bed looking for his tanktop. Sasuke grabbed it and pulled it over his head as he yawned and walked over to his door. "ugh...what the hell.."

bang bang bang!

"Alright I'm coming, stop knocking like that Sakura" Sasuke opened the door and his eyes immediately shot open when he saw a shivering, pale Sakura standing before his door.

"huh?.." Sasuke stood confused as he arched an eyebrow towards her..

"Sa-Sa-Sasssssuk-ke...the-there's...s-something in th-the house.." her voice was barely audible. Sasuke's eyebrows furrowed as he watched her lip quiver from fear. "what, what are you-"

"There's something in the house Sasuke, and it's making noiseeee"

Sasuke stared at her and held back a smirk as he stared at her, she was clearly scared at whatever it was, if there was anything actually there. There was a long silence between them as Sasuke stood there his hand gripped on his doorknob as he stared down at the short pink-headed mouse.

"..baaaaaaa-ka." Sasuke mumbled as he shut the door in her face but it flung open as Sakura ran back in and growled at him, "hey, go to bed idiot, it's just in your head."

" no it's not Sasuke!" Sasuke watched her shake in both anger and fear as Sasuke laid down on his bed, "I'm going to sleep." he pulled the covers over him but they flew right back off him, "no you're not, you're going to go and check what's downstairs right now!"

"Why?!"

"because I'm scared out of my mind right now, that's why!"

Sasuke sighed, and yanked her by the hand making her land right on his bed, Sasuke swiftly climbed over her, making sure to keep both his arms linked to either side of her. "Yeah? and what makes you so sure I want to help you right now hm?"

Sasuke's room was slightly dimmed from the lights in the hallway but it was enough to see Sakura's bright blushing cheeks. "be-because...you said this is your house and.."

"oh ho ho, so now it's my house, well you're right, it is my house, and last I checked, a certain little someone wasn't talking to me all this time while she's living in my house.."

Sasuke's finger traced Sakura's jawline and he watched her body slightly jolt at his touch making him smirk at her.

hn, how cute.

Sakura looked away and crossed her arms, "whatever...fine, I'll just look myself.."

Sakura pushed him off making Sasuke chuckle at her sudden realization. Sasuke watched her stomp out of his room slamming the door behind her, leaving Sasuke to stand near the door waiting for her to come back in... "3...2...1..."

"Sasuke pleaseeeeee!" She swung the door open and squeezed her arms around him, "it's scaring the hell out of me" she whimpered.

Ba-thump....crap..I didn't expect her to... Sasuke felt his heart clench and squeeze tightly as Sakura held onto him as tight as possible. Her small frame cold against his hot skin, he bit down on his lip as he held back a smile as he sighed and finally gave in to her, remembering to bring this up later tonight. "alright, alright, come on stupid.." he complained as she looked up at him and gave him a quick, small smile.

"it's coming from downstairs.."

"show me."

Sakura suddenly let go of him making Sasuke immediately regret his words. He followed her downstairs towards the kitchen as they stood there silently. He arched an eyebrow at her when they stood there quietly waiting for the "noise" to come back.

"ugh..come on I heard it...I know I'm not making things up.." she started to look around and Sasuke just growled at her, " woke me up for no reason..." Sasuke mumbled as he turned towards the living room again when suddenly a faint thumping sound reached his ear.

What the..

"did you hear it?!" she grabbed his tanktop and clutched onto him as tight as possible. "seeeeeeee!" Sasuke looked around when the thumping sound came back, but sadly he couldn't make out of where it was coming from, or what it was.

"what the fuck..."

BANG BANG BANG - click, ting, crash -pop! "Kyaaaaa!" Sasuke grabbed Sakura and held her against his body as lights suddenly went off, along with the power again leaving them both in the darkness wondering where and what the sound might be...

What the Hell is going on?...

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