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Chapter 16: The One That Surprised Me
I'm not beat for this.. Sasuke thought to himself as he looked around to witness nothing but darkness. Sakura was now glued to his figure, pressing herself tightly against him. Sasuke sighed and thought for a minute about what to do first.
"Tch, annoying..." he bit on his lip and figured they needed a lighting first. The emergency generator was still in the basement but it wasn't set up to use yet. Just then the lights flickered back on and both Sakura and Sasuke sighed in relief, but they immediately tensed up when they realized just how close they really were.
Ba-thump.....too close, too close.. Sasuke quickly pushed her by her forehead and snarled at her, "stop clinging to me you idiot"
"ahh! hey that hurt!" ignoring her stupid comment, he huffed as he pointedly turned around and walked near the cabinets in the kitchen.
He glanced back to see Sakura rubbing her forehead as she stood there waiting for Sasuke to make further moves. Her legs were still shaking so he knew she was still afraid.
This is stupid. He crouched down and pulled out an emergency tool box, he placed it onto the countertop and hunched over the sink. He sighed, "Alright, there are some stuff in here if the lights go out again, it's probably the blizzard causing the po-" thump thump thump
There it was again, that gnawing, annoying sound that drove both him and Sakura crazy.
"Sas-"
"I know! I know...I heard it." He let out a frustrated sigh and moved his fingers through his jet black locks. "where is it coming fr-"
khaaaaaaa
"Sasukeee..." she whimpered as she stepped closer to him. Sasuke bit down on his bottom lip and tried not to laugh. She hasn't spoken to me in two weeks, didn't say a peep all day, to her I was invisible, and now what? now she's saying nothing BUT my name, oh the irony of it all. He chuckled to himself as he walked over to the little corridor in the kitchen when suddenly the lights went off again causing Sakura to whimper once more. "Sasuke where are you!?"
"Relax I'm here"
"Where?!"
Sasuke heard her walking around to looking for him when he felt her two little hands land on his back sending cold shivers to run down his spine. "Holy crap Sakura!"
"What?! what! what is it!?"
"Why the hell are your hands so cold!?"
"I don't know they're always like that, Sasuke it's getting cold in the house."
"I know, I need to get to the basement, wait here." Sasuke tapped around the counter until he touched the top lid of the tool box, he whipped out the flashlight and turned it on to see Sakura pouting. He shook his head and walked towards the door, "hey! where are you going?"
"I told you, to the basement, now come on."
"huh?! WHAT?! no way! I'm not going to your creepy basement with you!"
"fine...then stay here.." he cooed, "with Emily, her dead mother, father, and her little...cute...frien-"
"STOP! I'm coming I'm coming!" She shrieked as she ran over to Sasuke, making him laugh even more. "hurry up stupid."
"Ah...I don't know where I'm goi-"
Sasuke felt her little cold nose press against his back causing him to once again, stiffen up.
Teh...she's doing this on purpose...
He moved the flashlights towards the stairs and started walking down when he realized he wasn't hearing any footsteps behind him.
He was now at the bottom of the staircase, when he flashed the light over at Sakura who was still standing at the top of the staircase. "you comin or what?"
"I-..."
"..."
"um.."
"you what?"
"my legs...I can't.."
"ugh...seriously?" Sasuke dragged his hand over his face and walked back up the stairs..
"you're too scared to walk?"
She bowed her head in disappointment letting him know he hit the dot.
"alright.. come here" he muttered. He then took her hand and yanked her over his shoulder.
"Wha-what the hell?! Sasuke put me down!"
She was kicking her legs and punching his back as Sasuke walked back down the stairs, "just shut up."
"no! what am I, a sack of potatoes?! put me down!"
Sasuke laughed and repeated her words as he set her down onto the cold basement floor when the door to the staircase slowly closed shutting them inside the damp underground room.
"Oh God ! the door!, Sasuke the do-"
"shut up! it's an old heavy door it does that."
"oh.." was all she managed to peep out before grabbing onto Sasuke's wife beater again.
Sasuke flashed the light to the different parts of the dusty old room as he stepped closer and closer to the unfamiliar parts of the area. "uh Sasuke.."
"what?"
"the floor's cold."
"so?"
"So...I don't have slippers on...it's hard to keep my feet on the ground.."
Sasuke turned around and flashed the lights toward her, "what do you want me to do, carry you?"
"wah? no! uh...um" she lowered her head, and Sasuke sighed again.
"alright..jump on my back"
"really?" her head shot up and she suddenly looked so bright as she smiled a rare smile at Sasuke.
Sasuke felt his heart clench for just a mere second as he nodded his head and turned around.
"but I'm heavy..."
"I know"
"hey!" She slapped his shoulder making him chuckle once more as he pulled her onto his back.
"hold on to me"
He felt her hands barely wrap around his neck making him growl. "is that what you call holding on?!"
"well!..I don't want to hurt you.."
"you won't, now grab on, tightly"
"..oh..okay.." her voice was barely audible but the faint whisper still echoed in the damp, cold room. Sasuke felt her chest pressed against his back, as she leaned forward, placing her arms around his neck and gripping to him tightly.
"li-like this..?" she stuttered, her warm soft breath sent tingles down his neck, Sasuke's mouth went dry, and he forgot how to speak for a good minute, so he did nothing but nod to her.
"uh...yeah."
"..you're not hurt?"
"just don't choke me"
"'kay.."
It was awkward.
They both knew just how awkward it was..but they acted as if it was nothing out of the ordinary.
"here, take this, flash it towards the wall in front of us while I look for something." he handed her the flashlight as she flashed it in front of the wall revealing some dusty knick-knacks that were on the 3 ledges. "what is this stuff...?" she asked curiously...Sakura's never been to the basement before.
"My grandpa's crap, Kami-sama knows just what he threw down here..."
Sakura giggled as she began to take notice of the different shaped boxes. It was ancient japanese calligraphy kits. Sakura smiled to herself, thinking that she might come down here once more to grab these boxes and take them to her room, to have a better look.
After a mere minute, or two, Sakura began to shiver from the cold, as did Sasuke. Her teeth began to chatter, as the goosebumps started to form all throughout her body. "S-Sasuke- it's re-really co-cold in h-here.."
"I know it's freezing, I think there's an open window around here in the other room.."
"Other room?"
"Yeah, there's another room down here, we'll check after this, flash the light towards the right side now, let me see if I can find anything to keep us warm upstairs, it seems like the power's jammed throughout the whole neighborhood."
Sakura flashed the light towards the floor and Sasuke made her climb off him so he could grab the, dusty, old heater. Sasuke blew on it a little bit to remove some of the dust when they started coughing from the residue that started to swirl around their breathing space.
"alright, we can just pour water into this old thing and it'll work just right, let's-"
KHAAAAAAAAA...hhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... "Kya!" the loud sound surprised both Sakura and Sasuke making her drop the flashlight and practically pounce onto Sasuke. "Wahhhhh! what is that?!"
THUMP THUMP THUMP
What ..the..
"Shit this is getting annoying now, whatever the hell that sound was, it's definetly coming from inside here."
Sasuke figured it was coming from the other room.
"Come on, let's go see"
"No. way."
Sakura moved away from Sasuke and crossed her arms as Sasuke grabbed the flashlight and flashed it towards her.
"why should I go?! so I can have some ghostly monster rip my heart out and eat my face, and then dance in a circle with my blood, cold, dead body in his hands? no way Sasuke!"
"...rip your what out? eat who and wha...what the hell are you talking about?" Sasuke shot her an eyebrow but it only caused Sakura to growl.
"I'm not going to the other room it's haunted! it's probably Emily.."
Sasuke laughed and shook his head, this time he wasn't going to even bother taking her with him.
"Chet, dance in a circle her with dead body...what the fuck does she watch when I'm not home?" Sasuke chuckled as he asked the question more to himself than to her. He turned around and walked a little away and looked back at her.
"You sure you don't want to come?"
"yes..I'm sure."
"fine, stay here and carry that heater for me, I'll be back"
"..."
"okay?"
"...okay."
"don't be scared alright?"
"...okay."
hn, she'll come running in..3..
Step..
2.
step, step
1..
"Sasuke wait!"
I knew it.
"Chicken"
She shuffled herself up to him as he walked near the other room.
"grab on"
"hm?"
"my tank-top, just grab on, if you get stuck down here, I'm not going to come down and look for you, you know"
Sakura gasped in fear and clenched onto the edge of his top as they made their way into the room.
Sasuke slowly pushed the heavy door open and within a second, almost instantly, they were both slapped in the face by a very chilly, very cold breeze.
"Fuck! what the.."
"the snow.." Sakura whispered.
Sasuke flashed his flashlight towards the lower window to see it halfway open.
"shit...this room." Sasuke flashed the light towards the floor to see it was covered in snow.
He had no idea the window was open, he knew no one hasn't come down here since the summer, so his parents clearly would've closed the windows.
"Wah it's really co-"
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Sasuke and Sakura jumped back and quickly flashed the light towards the other side of the room. The sound was definitely coming from the room. Sasuke panicked and quickly moved the flashlight towards the side of the room where the sound came from to see something was fumbling underneath a pile a boxes and other random things.
Sakura gasped for air, as Sasuke pressed her behind him.
"What...what is that Sasuke?"
"I don't know.."
Kaaaaaaa! thump thump thump
"it's probably some kind of animal.." Sasuke muttered to Sakura as they stepped a little closer.
Sasuke was very cautious while he stepped closer when Sakura stepped aside and walked a little closer to the moving boxes.
"what kind of animal do you think it is?.."
"how should I know?...a cat? maybe.."
Sakura gasped. "A kitty?! reaaaaally?! omo! what if it's that kitten from Kaa-sama's house?! kya!" Sakura quickly ran over to the boxes. "It's a kitty, it's a kitty!"
She moved the boxes over revealing a very, deadly looking possum gnawing at one of the boxes.
"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" its sharp teeth and deadly cold eyes stared right at Sakura causing Sakura and Sasuke to scream to the top of their lungs and run out the room like maniacs.
"IT'S NOT A KITTY, IT'S NOT A KITTY!" They heard the possum struggling to move passed the boxes and run towards them. Sakura panicked so much she unknowingly tripped over an old lamp and quickly she stepped onto the glass piercing the bottom of her feet with the broken pieces.. "ahh! ouch!" She started hopping on one foot as the possum began to frantically move the boxes away. That idiot! Sasuke angrily thought as he yanked her out of the room and closed the door behind them. They both began to breathe deeply, their hearts racing in unison.
"ahh my foot.."
"ugh you IDIOT!" Sasuke grabbed her cheek and began to pinch it as hard as he possible could.
"ahh! Shashke that huwts! shtapppppp!"
"you stupid, stupid, STUPID girl! who told you to run towards the fucking boxes so quickly huh!?" His heart was still beating fast, if he hadn't yanked her out the way he did she would've been possum food right now.
"ahhhh! awm sowwie! wet gow!"
"now look you're bleeding!"
"I can't feew my cheek!"
"GOOD! now come here!" He pulled her against him as they leaned against the door when suddenly harsh sounds of door being scratched got louder and louder.
"ahhh it hurts Sasuke!" she hissed, the cold floor was making the cut about a million times worse.
"shit...we gotta get you upstairs."
"how? the second we move that possum's going to go crazy on us.."
"let me think"
"what do we do Sasuke?"
"I said let. me. think."
"okay okay! sorry! I'm scared right now!" she sniffed started to sob silently.
"I'm cold, scared, and in pain...I wanna go upstairs."
He sighed, there was nothing more he could do other than do the only possible thing he can do.
"alright...listen 'cause I'm going to explain this once."
"mm..what?"
"first, stop crying, second, when I say go start running towards the stairs as fast as you possibly can, as if your life depends on it, no, your life does depend on it, Kami knows what kind of disease that possum might be carrying right now"
Sakura gagged at the thought of being even touched by it.
"okay?"
"okay.." she took in a deep breath... "let's do this..."
"ready..."
they started to count together, "one...two.."
"wait" Sasuke paused and sighed, "hand"
"hm?"
"um...give..." he felt the words caught in his throat..but he managed to spit them out anyway, "your hand...give me your hand...stupid"
Sasuke's face warmed up and turned away from her even if he knew she couldn't see his reddened face right now.
"ah...um.."
"-so we can get out of here faster, since I know which way the stairs are even in the dark."
"oh! right..um."
Sasuke's body went stiff, and frozen when he felt her delicate, soft fingers run down his arm to meet his hot, slightly rough hands.
"cold.." was all he managed to mutter as he held onto her hand.
"so-sorry...it's really cold down here"
"I know.."
...awkward...this was really awkward.. was all that ran through both of their heads.
Her hand is so tiny compared to mine..Sasuke smirked as he felt Sakura's hands get slightly clammy after a few measly seconds.
"uh Sasuke?"
"huh?" He was out of his own world now, and remembered what his current situation was right now. "alright..fuck this is annoying"
"one..." they started coutning, Sasuke felt the ddoor vibrate from scratches the possum was creating on the other side.
"two.."
"THREE!" Within that very second Sasuke darted towards the staircase with Sakura practically flying behind him as the door slowly crept open and a disgusting, psycho possum started to run just behind him
"AHHHH! IT'S BEHIND US SASUKE! OH MY GOD!" Sakura felt the presense of the possum draw closer scaring her half to death. Her feet were killing her but at this point she didn't give a crap.
"open the door OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR SASUKE!"
"IT'S NOT OPENING!"
"SASUKE!"
Sasuke was struggling with the old, heavy door, that wasn't budging
"come on you fucking door open, open!"
Sakura tried her best to squint to see it was coming up the steps now, both of their hearts were racing she felt the bottom of her feet completely ripped open it was killing her.
"SHIT! screw this!" Sasuke kicked the door as hard as he could, and down came the door causing a very loud thud to echo throughout the entire house. They fumbled, and stumbled over the door as Sasuke and Sakura panicked to put the door back up.
"wait, I can't let that little shit stay in the basement" Sasuke angrily said to himself as he thought about how to get the possum completely out of their hair.
"what do we do?"
The possum was reaching the top now, and they were both at a panic.
"tool box"
"what?"
"get me the tool box"
"I can't see!"
"just try!" without a word Sakura ran over to the kitchen, she felt the blood stain the floor tiles but managed to grab the heavy tool box over to him.
Sasuke threw a flashlight over to Sakura, "turn it on" he commanded. She did just as he said and she watched him run over to their trash can and throw the sealed trash bag aside
"alright, flash it towards the staircase"
Sakura flashed it toward the staircase her heartbeat increasing every second the possum got closer, it was moving at a faster pace. The second it reached the top Sakura started to tremble in fear, the flashlight was shaking drastically with her movement.
The possum turned towards Sakura and hissed at her making her sob out loud, she was scared out of her mind right now, but just as it ran towards her Sasuke mashed the trashcan over it, and placed the toolbox on top. "shit! it's not enough" Sakura watched Sasuke struggle to keep the trashcan from moving
"Sakura, grab my phone call 911 right now"
Sakura kept quiet and did as she was told as Sasuke pressed down on the tool box as hard as he could. Sakura's mouth went dry as she tried not to imagine Sasuke being bitten from the possum and die from rabies in front of her.
"They said their coming Sasuke"
"alright, in the mean time...uh shit" he looked around there was nothing else he could do, he didn't know how long he could wait, he was freezing cold now, as temperature in the house began to drop.
"Sakura, go upstairs and see if you can get the heaviest thing you can find and bring it here"
"ahh oka-hssss!" she sucked in her teeth, her feet was killing her now.
"ahh shit, I forgot, okay, come here and hold down on the tool box, I'll-"
"no way! Sasuke I'm too scared"
"fuck Sakura just hold down, sit on it if you have to!"
"no! what if it moves?!"
"it won't! if I ever thought it would then I wouldn't have made it a suggestion now get your ass here right now!"
"but-"
"COME HERE!" Sasuke was scary when he was angry...a lot scarier than when he's normal...and normal him scared Sakura to bits as it was.
She obeyed him, and walked over, her legs shaking like mad.
"sit on top of the tool box"
Sakura felt like throwing up, but Sasuke knew it was fine.
I have weights in my room, I just need to get them...she'll die from bleeding if she comes down with those, and I doubt she could lift any of them anyway...
Sakura hesitantly sat on top of the toolbox and she felt her heart jump up to her throat when the trashcan slightly moved.
"30 seconds, just give me 30 seconds, okay?"
Sakura nodded her head and handed him the flashlight.
Sasuke ran with the speed of light and zoomed into his room, grabbed a couple 20s and ran back downstairs.
"alright...we gotta do this quick." it was enough for Sakura to understand what he meant.
Jump onto me the second I drop the weight.
"one..two...three"
thrash! khaaaaaaaaaaaa thump thump khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Sakura leaped onto Sasuke and clung onto him as he placed the other weight on top of the tool box, thus making the trashcan finally sit still in one spot.
Sakura was still shaking and Sasuke was well aware of how fast her heart was racing. He felt her heartbeats against his chest, and noticed his heart was beating in sync with her, thus increasing the feeling of echo. She softly sobbed into his neck as he slowly wrapped his arm around her waist.
She's freaked out... She heard her sniffle as he let her warm tears drip onto his skin.
"stop crying stupid, it's done now" he chuckled as he let her stay clinged to him. He was sweating, and honestly he didn't feel so good himself. Seeing as though his words weren't enough Sasuke sighed and grabbed the heater and dragged it over to the living room.
"alright, sit down, the cops are about to come, I need to close the window downstairs, sit here, and relax for a bit"
Sasuke walked towards the door with the flashlight and quickly flashed it towards her. She was still crying, but it seems like she's a bit too worn out to cry any louder than she was right now.
A few minutes later, the cops drove on by and walked in with two helpers from animal patrol.
"sorry to call you guys out like this."
"no prob Sasuke, family's family right?" the cops were actually on good terms with Sasuke's family so he was lucky enough to have them come on such a night. The cops stepped in and glanced over at a teary, tired Sakura and looked back at Sasuke. Sasuke let out a low, nervous laugh and shrugged. They knowingly nodded their heads and took care of business. Sakura turned around and watched them carefully, and skillfully put the possum inside the cage with no problem.
"wah.." she was amazed at how crafty they were at this. "there, done"
"great, thanks, can I punch it now?" Sasuke growled out and Sakura yelped just behind him, "no! don't hurt it!"
The policemen chuckled as they ruffled Sasuke's hair telling Sakura not to worry. "sorry you two, enjoy your night now, Happy New Years"
"thank you, sorry I couldn't offer anything to you guys"
"it's fine Uchiha-san." Sakura gasped slightly at the policeman's reply and nodded her head. It was the first time anyone has ever called her... Uchiha...
Sasuke walked the guys out and looked outside to see the snow was piling up now, he wished them a safe drive home as they took the deadly possum away. He closed the door and dusted his hands.
Just gotta shut that door downstairs now.. He glanced over at Sakura who was still sitting on the sofa and made his way downstairs to the basement making sure to take the flashlight with him. He looked around and walked over to the second room where the possum was hiding out to see how the snow has piled up near the window.
"shit...it's freezing in here" He walked over and shut the window tight. Not knowing what to do with the little pile of snow that was on the floor, he decided it'll melt on it's own. He walked back upstairs to see Sakura laying on the sofa. He flashed the light over to her foot to see the open cut was still stained with blood. He grimaced at her.
idiot.
He walked over to the toolbox and took out a first aid kit.
"hey"
"hm?" Sakura looked at Sasuke to see a little box in his hand.
"move your legs" Sakura lifted herself up and sat up on the sofa when Sasuke sat down at the end and sighed.
It was freezing cold right now, he knew she couldn't walk so he would have to set the heater up.
He groaned as he got up again, and walked over to the kitchen, grabbed a gallon of water and walked over to the living room again.
Sasuke handed Sakura the light, and she pointed it towards the heater as Sasuke poured in the water and soon, steam started to rise from the heater.
"wah...warmth.." Sakura felt her whole body practically suck in the warmth that was radiating from the ancient looking heater.
"mm yeah, and look.." Sasuke clicked on a switch and suddenly a shining, bright light was coming out from the heater, lighting up most of the dark living room.
"yay!" Sakura clapped her hands making Sasuke grin just a bit, clearly amused at her reaction.
Sasuke left her to enjoy the warmth as he walked upstairs to grab a couple of blankets.
He grabbed his blanket, and closed the door when he took a second to think again and realized he wasn't going to share his blanket with her, so he walked back in and grabbed a second one, a couple of pillows, and effortlessly walked downstairs. He placed everything on the floor and looked over at Sakura. She was smiling still, as she stared at the light to even notice he left the room for a bit.
"here" he mumbled as he handed her a pillow. Sakura watched him set a blanket on the floor and he sat down with the pillows on the floor in front of the heater.
Sasuke looked back at her and shot her an eyebrow as if he was expecting her to come sit with him.
"well?"
"well what?"
"come sit"
"oh...I- I can?...sit..next to you?"
"..." Sasuke nodded his head and looked away as Sakura crawled to the floor and moved her hands out towards the heater.
It was quiet for a bit, the sound of the steam was the only sound that echoed in the empty house. Sakura and Sasuke were both, exhausted both mentally and physically to make any movements or sounds.
Sasuke glanced at her and looked away, and she glanced at him and looked away.
They did that for a bit until they finally met face to face and pointedly looked away trying their best not to smile.
Sakura tried to change positions when suddenly a pain was arousing from her foot.
She hissed and sucked in her teeth when Sasuke grabbed the little box and grabbed her ankle.
"ahh hey! what are you-"
"shut up, I'm only doing this once"
"huh?" confused Sakura watched Sasuke open the box and take out rubbing alcohol, bandages, and gauze from the box. Feeling embarrassed she looked away from him as he started to clean the blood from the bottom of her foot. Sakura blushed when she realized he was surprisingly gentle. She watched him wrap the bandages around her foot and close the wrap off with medical tape. She suddenly laughed making Sasuke look up and shoot her an eyebrow.
"nothing"
"what?"
"hahaha it's just...I don't know..." she sighed and moved her foot away.
"thanks.."
"hn, so..what's so funny?"
"we're spending new year's eve in the dark, with a steam heater, on the floor...it's just funny"
"hn, talk about memories huh"
Sakura giggled as Sasuke smirked and they both fell quiet again.
"ahh!" she yelped as she suddenly got up while grabbing the flashlight
"what are you doing?"
"wait"
Sakura walked over to the kitchen and placed the light facing upwards making the light radiat the room. Sakura was thankful the stove was still running as she poured some milk into tiny pot and started to warm it up.
"what are you doing you idiot? if you put pressure on your foot it'll swell up"
"I know but-"
"but nothing, come here" within that second Sasuke walked over and grabbed Sakura by the hips and placed her on top of the counter.
"hey!"
"there, now tell me what to do and I'll do it"
Sakura blushed when she felt the warmth of Sasuke's body radiate off his skin and onto hers.
Sasuke knew just how close he was, but honestly...he kind of...liked it.
Feeling his cheeks start to warm up he moved away and waited for her to give him orders.
"um..I wanted to make hot chocolate.."
"okay...the milk's warm now what?"
"there's heavy cream in the fridge."
Sasuke took out the heavy cream and poured it into the pot as Sakura suggested, then added in the chocolate bars, and a little vanilla. He managed to finish making the batch and took out to mugs.
"there's cake in the fridge can you get that too?"
"hn.."
Sakura handed him a tray and they placed their midnight snack onto the trays.
Sakura was about to hop off when Sasuke turned back at her and gave her a very deadly look.
"don't...move" he growled out before walking into the living room with the tray. He came back to find a smiling Sakura sitting on the counter where he left her.
He walked over and picked her up and snuggled her in his arms, when suddenly his body went stiff again. He felt her arms lace around his neck, and her legs lock around his hips as her head snuggled on the nape of his neck. The smell of her shampoo engulfed his senses making his mouth dry. She was so delicate, and soft, he felt like he would crush her if he held onto her tighter than he was now.
Without a sound the awkward two walked into the living room and he placed her on the floor and they sat down in front of the heater. They grabbed their hot chocolate and cake and started to scarf it down in silence, the sounds of their munching and sipping breaking their awkward silence.
It felt quiet again as they sat back and slowly sipped their second mug of hot chocolate.
He glanced over at her and noticed how pale she still looked. She was quiet, and that happy, aura from her earlier was gone. Sasuke was now glancing at the old Sakura again.
Sasuke continued to stare at her when suddenly she turned to look at him causing him to gasp and look away.
"Sasuke?"
"huh? what?"
"um.."
Sasuke watched her cheeks slightly glow under the florescent light as she flustered to finish her sentence.
"thanks..." she half whispered as she stared down at the floor.
Ba-thump ... ha...I wasn't expecting her to-
Sasuke's thought were interrupted when Sakura looked up at him and smiled a very rare, sweet smile at him.
"thank you for helping me tonight.." her voice was like honey as she moved a bit closer, still smiling.
Sasuke was choking on his words now, his mouth was dry, and he found it hard to breathe for some reason. He nodded his head and watched her look away from him again.
"also...um..I wanted to say I'm sorry..."
Ba-thump ..
"For..being so rude to you." she continued as he watched her move her legs towards her chest and cuddle into a ball. "I was so mean to you these past couple of days...especially tonight..I was really mean to you...I even made you drink half a cup of salty, bitter, tea...I'm sorry.." Sasuke watched a tear drip down her cheek as she sniffed and kept her head towards the heater as if she really wasn't ready to look at him again.
"hn...idiot" Sasuke laughed as he moved a little closer to her and sighed.
"hm?" Sakura looked at him and gasped when she realized how close Sasuke was to her now.
"Why are you crying?"
"I...I don't know"
"hn, what a stupid reply...don't cry over little crap like that now, whatever happened to you not crying anymore hm?" he cooed.
"ah I forgot about that!" She quickly wiped her tears making Sasuke laugh.
"p-pretend like I didn't cry okay?"
"I'll be holding this against you now"
"grrr...it's your fault!"
Sasuke chuckled as she pouted at him, he moved a bit closer expecting her to move away, but she didn't.
He smirked as she looked away and blushed again. Sasuke forced himself to take a sip of hot chocolate so she wouldn't witness the big smile he had painted on his face now, but the smile faded away when he realized he had nothing to smile about right now.
..sh...shit.. He suddenly realized that if he hadn't done what he did to her back then, then these past two weeks might've been a bit different.
"ah um.." he cleared his throat making her turn back to him and started to apologize...or at least try.. "I uh.. ahem" damn this is hard.. he thought...Sasuke's never really apologized to anyone before, not his parents, not even Naruto. No matter what the situation was, Sasuke has never admitted he was wrong...ever.
"I'm s...I'm um..I'm so-" damnnit! The words just wouldn't come out.
He watched Sakura stare back at him waiting for him to finish but he couldn't.
"I uh...what I'm trying to say is-"
"It's okay.." she smiled. "...it's fine Sasuke..I'm used to that kind of treatment anyway..you don't have to apologize. thanks for trying though."
"hn.." was all he managed to say back, but her words got him to actually think..what was her life like before to have her say something like she's used to being treated like that...?..
Sasuke glanced at her and then glanced again when another questioned popped into his head.
"hey" he turned to her and she turned to face him to response.
"what?"
Sasuke's hand suddenly went up and he poked the middle of her glasses once, leaving his finger stuck to the hard plastic exterior.
"why do you wear those glasses for?" He poked her glasses twice as he leaned in closer to her causing her to tremble backwards.
"be-because...I can't see without them.." she stuttered.
Sasuke arched his eyebrow in remembrance to the conversation she had with Naruto about her glasses.
She's lying to me...He angrily thought as he poked her glasses again
"really now..?"
"y-yeah.."
"so you can't see without them"
"nope"
"so why don't you take them off, you don't need them now right do you?"
"huh?"
Sasuke poked her glasses again and just as he slipped his index finger underneath the lens to slide them off..
smack!
"watch it!" She yelped as she smacked his hand away and pressed both her hands against the edge of her glasses tightly.
"don't..don't do that!"
"why not?" Sasuke suddenly asked as he leaned over her more and more knowing she would feel too intimidated to think straight, and possibly tell him the truth.
"he- what...are-"
"why can't you take them off?..."
"I- I told you I can't see...hey...Sasuke you're.." He felt her hand press against his chest as he crawled over her. He smirked as he watched her bottom lip tremble. She was too scared to move an inch away so naturally she began to lean on her back.
"you're lying to me Sakura.."
"no-no I'm n-not"
"hn..sure"
"why are you-"
"why do you lie so much?"
"huh?"
"come on...you lied about not liking Naruto, you lied to my dad, and all those guys about how well I treat you, you lied to your dad about Christmas you...you're lying to me right now."
"I..I do things for a reason you-you know..now get off you're-"
"I'm what?"
"you're scaring me..."
"how is this scaring you?"
"you just are!"
He was now hunched over her, his hands placed on both sides of her locking her right in his grasp. He stared at her.
Her light pink hair, her reddish-purple face, those soft pale lips, her delicate body...everything.
He watched her body shake, and shiver from both anxiety, and fear...
Sasuke reached to touch her but she frantically covered herself in fear, afraid Sasuke might hurt her..
"Don't touch me! please don't!"
Pang.
Sasuke was taken aback and moved his hand away and quickly got off her and looked away.
"sorry..."
"sorry..I didn't mean to seem so hostile I-"
"save it, I'm gonna get some more hot chocolate"
He got up and went over to the kitchen to warm up the drink when he looked back to see her rest her head on one of the pillows.
He sighed and came back to see one of the blankets resting over her head.
He arched an eyebrow at her and wondered if she was able to breathe sleeping like that.
"Hey, move the blanket you idiot"
He slightly poked her with his foot, but she wouldn't budge.
"hey stupid!"
He poked her again but she was still ignoring him.
He moved over to her and moved the blanket halfway to see she's taken off her glasses, her eyes were closed, and her chest was rising slowly...Sakura was sound asleep.
Sasuke stared again, looking closely at her eyelids, it was so...weird to see her entire face out in the open. Sasuke was so used to her thick frames, he almost can't imagine what she would look like without them.
He moved closer and peered over her a little.. She turned his way and he slightly gasped, and waited for her to wake up but she didn't.
Feeling a bit safer, Sasuke leaned forward to examine her face a little more, before he knew it, he was brushing the side of her cheek with his thumb. Her soft skin felt so unrealistic, it made him want to keep touching her.
The closer Sasuke got the more he found himself glancing down at her lips.
HIs eyes widened when he realized what was happening to him.
Ba-thump...Kiss...I really want to...
He leaned forward and tilted her sleeping head up, their lips drew closer and his heart was literally pounding against his ribcage, as it was getting harder to breathe..
BA-THUMP...BA-THUMP...
Sasuke moved down and stared at her again, he watched her pout and make faces in her sleep.
He smiled as he leaned forward letting their noses kiss, and he brushed his lips against hers when she suddenly squeezed her eyes shut and smiled.
"mmmm, hehe Naruto..."
Sasuke's eyes widened and he gasped.
Ba-thump......Naruto...?...
she sighed, "I...I love you too Naruto hehe...I...mm...really...love...you..." her voice trailed off as she buried her face in Sasuke neck as Sasuke sat there feeling...lifeless.
He wasn't sure how he should react to her or to what had just happened but he thought it was better to just leave it as it was.
"chet...who gives a shit." he mumbled as he moved away from her and tossed the blanket back over her covering her arms. Sasuke carried her onto the sofa when he felt her cuddle against him again.
"Naru..to...wait for me..wait..please" she was mumbling in her sleep as she turned the other way and hugged a pillow tightly probably dreaming that it was Naruto himself.
Sasuke growled as he felt his chest start to burn. He felt sick, and for the first time tonight, the bitter taste of his salty tea was starting to bother his stomach.
He sneered at her, his anger boiling inside of him, quickly Sasuke turned away and plopped onto the single sofa diagonal from Sakura and moved his forearm over his eyes, doing his best to calm his restless heart.
'I...I love you Naruto hehe...I...mm...really...love...you...' her expression changes so much when Naruto is mentioned... whether it's about him or to him...Sakura's always so..
"Fuck! why do I care?!" Sasuke messed his hair out and about before he hunched over and looked over at her. She was hugging a pillow tightly against her, carefree right now, and just a few minutes ago this girl looked like she was about ready to explode from the amount of anxiety she had painted on her face.
She lies to me as if it was second nature to her...every time I get close she gets restless... I don't care but...why does it bother me so much?..
Sasuke walked over and clicked the light off before walking back to the single sofa. He didn't check the time but he was sure it was past midnight now... meaning now Sasuke only had 1 more year to go until he was officially done with her, done with this girl for good.
"Did you hear her Naruto? She told you to wait...so wait..." he mumbled to himself as he drifted off to sleep, dreaming of a life without Sakura...a life he can't wait to live...or at least that's what he kept telling himself.
The next few days passed by in a breeze, Sasuke and Sakura went about their day keeping their normal way again. Sasuke and Sakura were back to normal, she was quiet yet again, and he was his usual distant-self,although Sakura can almost swear he glares at her from time to time now. Nonetheless, she's forgiven him, and apologized, it wasn't how she wanted to clear things but it was good enough. School was starting now and she was excited to go back for more than one reason. Sakura remembered Tsunade-sama wanted to see her when break was over, Sakura knew that this term was almost ending, and it meant she would be heading to a new class soon, not only that but she was now confident enough to go see a certain someone again.
Naruto! I can't wait to see you, I can't wait to see you! She started to jump up and down on her bed before she ran to the shower to get ready for her first day back to school.
It's a new year for me, a new year means a new chance to change, and this year I'll try my best! I want to better myself for you...for me..for us. You can do this Sakura, this year is your year! I pray, things will be different... and if I do then maybe I can finally tell him what I've been wanting to tell him for 6 years now...
Sakura took in a deep breath and looked at herself in the mirror
"I love...you...Na-.." her cheeks flushed red as she paused midway and stood in front of the mirror frozen.
She took in a deep breath again, "I love you Naru-" Her cheeks changed from red to purple and she smacked her self a couple times and tried again.
"I..."
"love..."
"you..."
BANG BANG BANG
"SASUKE!"
"Where's my breakfast?!" Sasuke screamed at her through the door causing her to completely scare her out of her skin.
BathumpBathumpBathumpBathump
She squeezed the skin over her heart and took in deep heavy breaths,
Holy shit that scared me...God this guy!
"Either you make me food or I leave you home alone and let you walk to school today now hurry up, I'm hungry you stupid mouse"
grrrrrrrrrrr...
"I'm coming!" She growled out as she clenched her fists tightly when he started kicking her door..
BANG BANG BANG
"I SAID I'M COMING!"
...BANG!
"SASUKE!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupid!"
BANG!
"hurry up!"
Sasuke laughed loudly as he walked off leaving Sakura to shake from anger. She was a bit more open around him but it wasn't enough to make raging Sakura come out yet.
This guy...grrr he pisses me off I swear!
Sakura swung the door open and headed downstairs to make breakfast for the two as they got ready for the first day of school for the new year.
HappyCrayon: TTvTT oh how I missed you guyssss! :'x poor Sasuke kyaaa poor Sakura xd haha at least she said 'i love you sasuke' without realizing it ;3 close enough right? c: anyway I'd like to thank you guys SOSOSOSOSOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH for your reviews! I've been depressed lately because of work and crap and it's been tiring me out, I finally ignored that stuff and decided to do what made me happy and that was to write the next part of this story! thanks so much! you guys are so sweet! c: I'm glad you're enjoying the story :3 ^^ I hope to upload another chapter really son since i haven't uploaded in SO LONG! (sorry about that) c: till next time guys-HClessthanthree! xx