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Chapter 24:
Sakura was in shock...he's...he's staring at me...why is he staring at me like that...hello? Inner? INNER?!...Sakura gulped hard...damn it, she's gone!
Sakura was paralyzed, she couldn't move...
"You're..." Sasuke's voice had this unusual tone to it.
"Uh..." Sakura didn't know what to say..
"You're..."...
'Ugly...you're so ugly'
'I hate ugly girls like you...'
'Keep your disgusting eyes off me'
"DONT LOOK AT ME!" Sakura screamed as she pushed Sasuke away. Sakura covered her eyes and her whole body began shaking. She covered herself in a way that looked as if Sasuke was about to hurt her. Sasuke continued to stare her, the color in his already pale face washed out...his mouth was dry, the words he was trying to say the things he was trying to think of...were gone, nonetheless he continued to think of what to say...
"...you're..."
" I KNOW!...look just stop looking I know im ugly i know I'm disgusting so please...move away...stop looking at me, stop it!"
Sasuke tried to reach out to her and she slapped his hand away, "JUST DON'T LOOK AT ME!"
"Sakura I..."
Sakura held in her breath, she continued to cover her eyes with her hand...she felt the radiating warmth of Sasuke's body slowly move from her but she felt him still stare at her...unmoving his gaze from her. Sakura was short of breath...as was Sasuke.
"Shit" he mumbled to himself the second he felt water drop on him in splashes.
He got up and looked at her she wasn't moving, all of a sudden Sakura moved her hand away.
Sasuke looked back at her as she moved her hair behind her ear, her face was a glowing peach color that complimented her hair and eyes perfectly. She glanced up at him and Sasuke felt his heart stop again...he was still drawn to her. He pulled himself away from her gaze and walked towards the door, "I'm going to make a quick stop at the basement, wait here and don't move..."
"..okay." she breathed out as she stood in place. Sasuke walked out and ran towards the basement.
Holy shit...holy shit HOLY SHIT! She's...so...she's so damn...He couldn't bring himself to say it. He was breathing heavily. It felt as if Sasuke has been carrying a load of weights on his chest. He was short of breath and completely numb. He turned the main water valve shutting off all the water that ran through the pipes.
Sasuke leaned against it, and took in another deep breath, he clenched his heart as he began to think of the images were tattooed to his mind. He bit down on his lip and dropped to the floor, he really needed to take a step back now.
That was...unexpected... "Her eyes...hn... so that's what Dobe saw...she's so..." Sasuke felt his stomach churn as his words punched his gut as the words rolled off his tongue.
"She's so fucking...damn I can't get the words out..." he bit down on his lip and leaned forward...her emerald, jeweled eyes sparkled...they were rounder than usual...not cat-like or sexy like other girls no... Sakura's eyes weren't sexy...they weren't alluring...they didn't turn him on, or rile him up.
Her eyes stabbed him...it pierced him right in the heart, Sakura's eyes were of innocence...they were enchanting, it they the only word he can think of...Her pink hair that draped around and framed her face...clashed with her eyes...Sakura was... "Perfect.."
Ba-thump Ba-thump... Sasuke's heart began racing again...his eyes widened when he felt his pulse rise, and he took in another breath to calm himself down. He was overwhelmed...he lowered his head, "fuck...I'm a dead man..." he closed his eyes and immediately shot them open the second Sakura's face flashed his thoughts.
"Yep, I'm a dead man..." he mumbled as he slowly walked upstairs. Trudging slowly up each step, the numb feeling still lingered in his body. Sasuke reached the living room to hear the water as stopped. He pulled out his phone and called the only person he could think of at a time like this...
Ring, ring-click, "Hello?"
"Aniki..."
"Little brother...I assume you need a favor..
Sasuke rubbed his temples...man... "I have a problem..."
"What is it THIS time?.." Itachi asked clearly tired of his little brother's antics.
Sasuke pulled off his tank top as he held the cell between his ear and shoulder and squeezed the water out, "there was a little leak in the house..."
"How little?"
"..." Sasuke was quiet for a while. The brothers shared a long silence between them until Itachi fully understood why his brother was so quiet.
"Hn, I see...I'll have my boy's right over."
...
Drip. Drop...
"so...it looks like the pipes in this house were too old.."
Drip.
"And some of it backed up..."
Drop...
"So that caused all the pipes in the house to either break from years or rust or burst from pressure…"
Drip..
"How long will it take to have it fixed?"
Drip...drop
"Hmm...2 weeks."
...drip...
"2 WEEKS?!" Sasuke suddenly exasperated as he stared back at Kisame, one of Itachi's right hand men. Kisame was a plumber who took care of the Uchiha's manors for a long time. He and the rest of the gang were sent over by Itachi who was unable to make it, due to the meeting he was stuck in during the time.
Kisame inspected the house and found out the old pipes weren't checked before Sasuke moved in.
"What do you expect...hey listen brat, 2 weeks is a lot better than 2 months. I'm going to try and fix this as fast as I can because your brother's my friend, so you either take it or leave it you punk."
"How the Hell am I supposed to deal with this shit for two weeks?!" Sasuke was thinking back to how his parents might visit now that school was over.
"Not my problem punk" Kisame growled out between his shark-like teeth, "listen, if you did inspect the pipes you wouldn't be in this mess..." Kisame's eyes glanced over at the soaking wet girl who was shivering next to Sasuke, her arms were crossed and her head was down, he may not see her whole face because of her glasses but damn...that body. "And wet..." Kisame licked his lips, and Sasuke immediately felt his blood boil. Sasuke threw his towel at her as he kept his eyes glued to the guys.
"Sakura go to my room" he gritted between his teeth when he glanced around to see the rest of the men staring down at her...her clothes were clung to her figure enhancing the shape of her body, and considering the fact that her hair was still down, and she had shorts on, well Sasuke felt it was best to get her away.
"What?" she suddenly asked, she seemed to be in a world of her own, oblivious to the fact that she was being stared down at by a bunch of horny, perverted wolves.
"I said go to my room."
Sakura was dying from embarrassment at the moment, the only thing she wanted to do right now is get something dry to wear. Sakura had her glasses back on but it didn't mean anything other than the fact that she was still being ogled at by a bunch of Itachi's friends. The same friends who pissed her off a few months ago. Besides that fact, Sakura was still in the state of shock from the event that took place before. Sasuke stared into her eyes...he lingered over her in that kind of position and stared into her...his hot breath was hugging her lips and she couldn't breathe the second she watched him bite his lip as he continued to stare at her. He just STAR'ED he didn't even talk, was he that shocked? Was it because he remembered how ugly he thought I was. Did he now know why I hide from him? God that was embarrassing on top of all that Sakura's ankle was starting to swell up.
She continued to keep her head towards the floor, she was blushing severely now and her heart wasn't getting any calmer...
"come here" she heard a voice mutter and she looked over to him as he quickly turned his back to her and began walking towards his room, "I have clothes in my room..." he muttered as he led her towards the room with less damage Sakura silently followed after him.
The Akatsuki tilted their heads thoughtfully as they watched Sakura's lower…Ahem back intently.
"Damn...talk about a body yeah…" Deidara mumbled, as he glanced at Sasori who suddenly made eye contact and looked away. Deidara smirked and wrapped an arm around his shoulder, "you can tell to can't you? Sasori my man."
"Tell what?" Sasori asked, as he rolled his eyes, uninterested in Deidara's words, "The fact that she's undeniably hot even with those thick glasses you can just tell she's gorgeous. I mean come on, don't tell me you didn't notice that ass-" POW!
Sasori punched Deidara behind the head making the other guys burst out laughing, "she's not a piece of meat you idiot" Sasori growled but Deidara ignored it and punched Sasori right back, "that hurt! Quit acting like you weren't checking her out either!"
Sasori and Deidara began to argue back and forth when Kisame eyed them both and glanced at Hidan indicating to punch them both.
"Shut up you fucking idiots, Kisame's calling Itachi!"
Sasori and Deidara pushed Hidan down the stairs as Kisame talked into his cell.
"They're in the room, what do you want us to do now?"
Itachi tapped his fingers in a rhythm as he turned from side to side in his chair, "Hn..do what I told you before you got into the house."
"Yeah but won't that make your brother angry?"
Itachi smirked at the words his best friend asked back, "yes..and that's precisely why I'm asking you to do it."
Kisame chuckled darkly into the phone, Itachi was evil, and that was the exact reason why he recalled the guy as his best friend, "alright, remember it was your idea."
"Of course, Kisame, I'll be there in a few oh...and...Keep Deidara away from her,
I won't hesitate to use those pliers this time"
Kisame cringed at the thought of having his manhood pulled off by a pair of pliers by Itachi Uchiha no less. He glared at Deidara, "Hey maggots, listen up, Itachi wants us to fix the guest room"
The boys looked back at Kisame and mirrored his evil smirk, "I'll get right to that then" Deidara replied as he pulled out a few little explosives from his pocket he walked into the guest room and looked over his shoulder, "come, let's make art Sasori my man."
"Alright they're going into the guest room now, how far should the damage be?"
"Enough to make them worry…"
"Hn, you're a bastard did you know that?"
Itachi grinned and closed his eyes, "I'm highly aware of what I am" and just like that he hung up his phone and leaned back at his chair grinning...he thought of how this little problem just might be good for Sasuke after all, "foolish little brother...you'll soon see why I'm so crazy for her...Hn, I need some tea."
Ayame Cafe: 10am
Karin was sitting down planning out the last bit of her birthday whilst waiting for Ino to show up for brunch.
"Hey" Ino calls out as she takes a seat, the waiter hands her a menu and she looks over at Karin who greets her with a grin.
"Hey girl" Karin takes a sip of her skinny latte and Ino shoots an eyebrow.
"What are you so giddy about?"
Karin bites her tongue unable to hold it anymore, Ino was her best friend and she just had to tell her.
"Well...there's something I have to tell you but you promise you won't tell"
Ino leaned in and quickly told her she won't, despite what Karin's been doing lately Ino knew she couldn't hold back from good gossip.
"Talk." Ino ordered and Karin smiled as she squealed in joy.
"Okay. Well...Sasuke and I are getting married."
"WHAT?!" Ino suddenly shouts out as she gets up from her seat and Karin pushes her back down.
"Listen! He didn't propose, we haven't even talked about it, buuuuuuut I do know he will...soon."
"Why...did he say anything? Did he pop a question letting you know?"
"Nooooooo...but I know that he and Sakura will have a divorce soon."
"What?" Ino stopped breathing for a second as Karin continued to speak.
"Yep...Sakura and Sasuke are going to have a divorce because...Sakura likes Naruto."
Ba-thump...
Ino's mind was blown...it felt as if her unspoken curiosity has finally been answered, "She likes Naruto? Since when?!" Ino couldn't believe it, Sakura's always liked Sasuke, not Naruto, since when did s?!
"Yep, and Naruto and Hinata are going to break up"
Again, Ino felt as if someone just punched a hole through her brain, "...Hinata and Naruto are going to break up...are they fighting?..."
"Nope, Kiba's just going to take Hinata back"
"Why would Kiba do something so stupid, he's the one that broke up with her"
"Yeah but if Hinata and Naruto don't break up, Naruto and Sakura won't be together, and if Sakura and Naruto aren't together then I can't have Sasuke!"
"YOU ALREADY HAVE SASUKE!" Ino suddenly yelled out of anger as she got to her feet, immediately grabbing the attention of all the surrounding people.
"Sorry..." Ino bowed her head and took her seat again as she looked back at Karin.
"Are you freaking crazy Karin!? How do you know all this?!"
"Because I planned it." Karin simply said as she took another sip of her drink.
"Planned...what...what the fuck?! Are you serious?! You already have Sasuke, so what's the point of involving other people?"
"Other people? Humph" Karin crossed her arms and glared at Ino, "this is Sakura we're talking about? Remember? The ugly sister? Don't tell me you're actually liking her again. Come on I thought you hated her long ago."
Ino was quiet... she looked away from Karin unable to answer her.
Karin grew angry...she wasn't about to lose to her best friend to that bitch again, no way.
"Come on Ino... don't be mad okay... You know how I feel about him...I'd do anything for Sasuke."
"I know..." Ino folded her arms, "I just can't believe she likes Naruto..."
"Yeah" Karin rolled her eyes, "Who knows what pushed her to stop liking Sasuke, which I'm happily thankful for."
"Yeah...it's just.." Ino bit her lip, Sakura liking Naruto and not Sasuke? Ino felt...suddenly detached from Sakura completely...it was plainly obvious that Sakura and Ino were no longer friends. Ino didn't know anything about Sakura after she left, but she always had that Sakura's lingering crush on Sasuke was the only memory she held onto...but now...now everything is completely different. Sakura likes Naruto, there's a good chance she might actually hate Sasuke. But how?...when? why?...I thought...all this time I thought she agreed to get married to Sasuke because her childhood wish finally came true...but if what Karin is really saying is true then...why are they married?...
Karin continued to blab on while Ino pretended to listen, that news hit her hard enough to completely blank out her mind. Ino was too confused to even bother asking how Karin even knows Sakura likes the blonde...She felt it wasn't worth asking, because in the end, anything Sakura does or says won't affect her life.
"So...Kiba's helping you in all this.." Ino asked reassuringly.
"Yep." Karin was eying her nails.
"So...What if Hinata and Naruto refuse to break up even with Kiba's help?"
Karin half-laughed, "then I'm going to have to remove Sakura from the equation myself?..."
Ino was silent for a minute, "and how do you plan on doing that?"
"Simple...I make it so Sasuke has to be with me no matter what."
"And...How are you supposed to do that?"
Karin grinned again, and Ino felt sick to her stomach, she knew this girl so good, one small gesture and she knew what Karin would say next. Ino's eyes widened... "Are you serious Karin?! Are you seriously going to-?"
Karin leaned in and stared at Ino, "I have to Ino...I'll make it happen, or I'll die trying" Sakura can't have Sasuke, I'll never hand him to her, EVER!
Ino was speechless...She's actually willing to do THAT in order to get him...wow...she must really like him...but something ponders me...How long is Sasuke going to tolerate her?...
Ino and Karin continued their usual talk until the girls go their separate ways...Karin was busy with birthday plans and lately, Ino hasn't been in the mood to be around her. Something inside her just caused her to suddenly retract from the red-head.
Karin walked along the sidewalk smirking in her own deeper motive, humph, after Sakura gets with Naruto I'll have Naruto break up with her, get back with Hinata and get Kiba a new girl, and just like that-She snapped Sakura will be isolated hah! It'll be like elementary school all over again.
"Karin you are a genius, humph now let's see...where do I want to get drunk at post-birthday party?.." She went back to her party-plans despite whatever else she had in her mind.
"Here.." he mumbles, "wear it" Sasuke demands as he tosses a black shirt to her. Sakura slits her eyes, her glasses once again blocking his view. She was still shocked and afraid from the previous event that took place in her bathroom.
Sakura stares down at the shirt before and looks away, "what do you think this is? Some kind of shoujo manga?...I-I'm not wearing yo-your clothes."
Sasuke scoffs at her, "fine then die, freezing"
"Fine, I will" She crosses her arms and heads towards the door when Sasuke grabs her and pulls her back in…sighing, "look, just wear the shirt, and stop arguing with me"
"no- deal with the annoying feeling I get every time you're stubborn with me" Sakura pulled her hand away, feeling disgusted by his touch, "and don't touch me so freely, I-I never said it was okay to touch me..."
Sasuke's eyes were slits now as he glared at her, and yet...Sakura noticed he was maintaining his anger... "Look.." he gritted between his teeth, "just wearing the fucking shirt and quit fighting with me, you're going to catch a cold."
Sakura moved away from him and kept her back to him, "won't you be happy with me having a cold Sasuke? If I get pneumonia I'll just die and leave you with this house, won't that make you happy?- leave me alone, you and I are nothing but strangers, remember? Isn't that what you-?"
Sasuke pulled the shirt over her head and slammed her against the wall, "you're going to wear this fucking shirt whether you like it or not, now put your arms through Sakura"
"No!"
"Sakura" Sasuke replied in a warning tone.
"Why do you care if I get a cold all of a sudden?! Just move!" Sakura pushed him back, but Sasuke only took a few steps away from her, "keep away from me..."
"Fine... I. will."
Sakura threw his shirt back at him, "I don't want to wear a shirt Karin probably wore before..." she walked to the door and lowered her head, "and stop getting pissed off at me, I didn't make those words Sasuke, you did, I'm just spitting them back at you..."
Sasuke said nothing, he turned away from her and rubbed the back of his head as he heard the door click behind him...her words punched his already vulnerable state.
"Why did I say that?..." he felt his heart squeeze slowly at the "Sasori my man, it looks like our little lady here needs something to keep her war-ahhh!" Sasori pushed Deidara out of the way and pulled off his shirt. He kept his eyes away from her as he offered his shirt.
"Here..."
Sakura shook her head and half-laughed, "its fine...thank you for the offer, but I think I'll get something from inside." She slightly bowed her head and squeezed past the shark-looking man and walked into her room.
"Hey." Sasuke walks over and arches his brow... the boys look at each other and smirk, "well?... what now?"
Kisame squeezed his shoulder and walked him towards the stairs, "let's talk...punk."
The boys went downstairs to discuss the house matters as Sakura walked back downstairs in random, now dry clothes.
"Oh she's back! Sakura-san, may I call you Sakura-san?... I'd like to be the one to annou-bleghhhh" Sasori pushed Deidara's head down towards the sofa and muffled his words.
"Shut up Deidara you take forever to say one thing to her- Sakura-san, Itachi is coming to see the house"
"Onii-chan? mmm okay...would you like some tea whilst waiting?" Sakura asked as she stepped into the kitchen and began to boil some water in her kettle.
Sasuke glared at the wolves as they watched her walk into the kitchen... humph, since when did they get so interested in HER? Last I checked she was the punch line of their jokes...pfft...Bastards...STOP STARING.
"Hey Sasuke, stare at me any harder and my handsome face might fall off" Deidara cooed but Sasuke gave him another Uchiha glare and the blonde turned away, clearly his joke didn't reach the younger Uchiha.
There was a silent, awkward pause in the living room for a short amount of time until Itachi finally knocked at the door.
"Aniki" Sasuke said to himself as he walked over to the front door and opened it letting his brother in.
Itachi shoved Sasuke away with the tip of his finger as he looked into the house, "Is she okay?" Itachi quickly asked as he stepped further in.
Sasuke growled at his brother and walked over to him, "yeah I'm fine thanks for asking I'm glad you care...bastard"
Itachi started at his brother and blinked twice...slowly before he turned back to his gang asking again, "is she okay?"
Asshole, Sasuke thought as Itachi walked into the kitchen. He didn't even bother walking into the kitchen knowing his older brother was gushing all over her.
I need to get out of here as far away as possible...but before Sasuke had the chance to leave Itachi called him in.
"Otouto get in here...we have things to discuss..."
Hinata and Naruto are enjoying some alone time, Hinata loves the summer time since Naruto tends to come over to work out with Neji more.
"Tha-thank you for coming to get me Naruto-kun..."
Naruto smiled at her as he handed her an ice cream cone, "hehe this summer's going to be awesome because it's the first summer Sakura-chan is back"
Hinata's mind drifted off and her smile faded a little when she looked back at Naruto, okay Hinata you can ask...
Hinata took in a deep breath and looked right into her boyfriend's blue gems, "Naruto-kun...what do you think of Sakura-san?"
Naruto looked at her and smiled innocently, "what do I think of her? Hmmmmmmmmm" he puckered his lips and looked up thoughtfully, "Weeeeeell, I think Sakura-chan is awesome! She was the first person to talk to me...Sakura-chan..." Naruto paused and looked at his melting ice cream...deep in thought, "Sakura-chan is important to me just as Teme is and just as you are...she's a good friend Hinata-chan"
Hinata smiled...she felt a little sad...for Naruto...for Sakura...for herself.
"I-I know...Sakura-chan was nice to me when we were young..."
"Hahaha yeah, it's crazy that's back, and it's good to see she finally got to marry the guy she's in love with-"
Hinata's eyes widened...BA-THUMP...
"wha-what?.."
"hm?" Naruto looked at her and arched his brow as he started back at Hinata's confused face, "I said it's great she got to marry Teme...she's been in love with him since we were young after all...even though Teme is acting like a douche, and Sakura seems to be intimidated by him...it's good to see she married someone she loves"
Hinata grew quiet...Naruto-kun?...
"Sakura-san...loves Sasuke-san?.."
Naruto laughed, "Of course? Can't you tell?.."
"ah..bu-but"
Hinata's eyes widened...she was so confused, so Naruto thinks Sakura-san still likes Sasuke-san?...
"Na-Naruto-kun...I don't think-"
"Hinata..."
Kiba suddenly called out and Hinata and Naruto looked over at the boy who stood there with his hands in his pockets.
"Kiba-kun..."
"Let's go Hinata...I wanna talk."
"Hey Kiba I don't know if you notice but Hinata's with meeeee right now-"
"yeah, yeah, yeah, look there's something I have to tell her so-"
"yeah, well you can tell her la-"
"I have to go Naruto-kun" Hinata said blankly as she got up and walked over to Kiba's side, "we'll talk later okay?"
Naruto grew pale... "huh?..Hinata..?..."
"Let's go Kiba-kun.." Hinata smiled at Kiba and Kiba smiled back at her... as Naruto blinked...
Hinata stood so close to Kiba... she smiled at him, and didn't think twice about him..
Hinata?...
Naruto's eyes widened for a second when he felt a small ache to his chest as his breath felt a bit heavy...He swallowed hard and looked down at his now melted ice cream cone.
He smiled sadly...She still loves him...doesn't she? Heh...didn't think this would happen to ya the second time did you Naruto? first Sakura...now Hinata...
He crushed the waffle cone in his hand and threw to the ground, "no.." he gritted between his teeth, "not this time..."
Naruto sighed and walked off, forcing himself not to look back at his girlfriend walk away with the man she might still be in love with.
"Karin's birthday's coming..." Ino mumbled as she laid down on the grassy plains.
"Hm...So I'm told." Sai simply said as he brushed the edge of his pencil against his paper.
"Yeah we talked today...about stuff." Ino rolled over on her stomach, "She really loves Sasuke..."
"You mean she still wants his dic-"
"STOP" Ino paused, "don't...say it."
Sai smiled and looked down at his sketchbook. Ino blew hair out of her face and crawled to him, "and no she really loves him...it's starting to scare me..."
Sai said nothing as Ino leaned against him, Sai didn't lift a finger towards her, nor did he move...he showed no emotion towards her gesture...angering her.
"It's crazy...how you can love someone so much...Sasuke probably doesn't even know it."
"Bitches be crazy" Sai simply quoted Kiba's words and Ino glared at him.
"Well guys are blind! They can't even tell when a girl wants to be with him...some guys have no IDEA when a girl is interested in them because they're too ignorant of their own feelings." Ino inched closer to Sai as she slowly crawled over him but Sai had no movements. Not a twitch or a smirk, his heart wasn't beating as fast, he didn't start sweating, and his eyes were on her.
"Well maybe the girl should tell him..."
"SHE DID! She told him a million times! She told him over and over how she felt, she showed him how she felt! She let him have her most sacred moment thinking maybe things will be different but NOTHING HAPPENED!"
Sai blinked, completely lost in the conversation, "why are you yelling Ino?"
"Because I'm trying to tell you something Sai!"
"And what is it that you have to tell me?"
Ino growled and pushed her lips onto him, she kissed him as hard as she could, and as always...Sai's lips remained in place...not even little peck back. Ino moved away and began breathing heavily as she glared down at him, "do you understand now?"
Sai blinked again... "Do you want to fuc-"
"STOP!" she sighed heavily, frustrated, "forget it." she got up and brushed herself off and began walking.
"My picture's not done yet, where are you going?"
"FUCK OFF! I have a date!" Ino lied as she quickly wiped away her tears, unemotional asshole, He's worse than Sasuke, at least Sasuke understands his surrounding, this idiot doesn't even know what's going on! Pssh, men..no...BOYS...they're all immature!
Ring ring
Ino clicked her phone, "hello?"
"Where are you?"
"On my way into town, why?"
"Girls meeting my place tonight" Karin replied back quickly and hung up the phone. Ino sighed and ran her fingers through her perfectly straightened hair... "Ugh...forehead...at times like this…I need you the most..."
Ring ring
"Ugh hello?"
"Hey..You bored?" asked a boy from the other end of the phone.
Ino bit her lip and looked back at Sai who was looking down at his book and she sighed.
"Yeah... where are you?"
"My house, come to my room."
"Do you have-"
"Bought a new box, so come"
Ino looked back to see Sai sketching in his book...unmoved, not caring she was walking away from him. She shook her head and walked off... they're all the same, every last one of em...
She walked off to the boy's house uncaring of her feelings...or self-worth.
10:00 p.m
Sasuke and Sakura sat awkwardly in the living room as Sasuke walked in with some Chinese take-out.
He was no longer speaking to her again for more than one reason... Fuck you Aniki, fucking this house, fuck my luck!
Flashback
"What?.." Sasuke asked as he raised his brow at his brother who smirked at him.
Itachi walked off towards the direction to the back of the house, Sasuke followed after him and suddenly his older brother turned around and jiggled a silver key to his face.
"What's that-...no..." Sasuke suddenly became grim as Itachi chuckled darkly...
"NO. FUCKING. WAY Ita-"
" See ya" Itachi threw the keys at his brother who caught it and began walking towards the door.
"I'm NOT going to do this Itachi I'll use the living room if I have to"
Itachi stood before the door that separated the other half of the house from the back room.
"Then use it, but give the key to her...she needs a place to sleep too...hmph, have fun foolish brother."
"YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!"
"Do what?... make you share a-"
"DON'T SAY IT! Get out..."
Itachi chuckled angering Sasuke even more.
"You're blushin-"
"GET OUT!" Sasuke threw something random at his brother but Itachi caught it in his hands.
He chuckled again, "tell me...something interesting happened before we came...right?"
"Why aren't you leaving?!"
"She's beautiful isn't she?"
"JUST GET OUT!"
"Those eye-"
"LEAVE!" Sasuke ran towards his brother nearly punching him but Itachi caught his fist.
"What's wrong Sasuke, why are you so riled up?...are you afraid to admit you're att-"
"FUCK. OFFFFFFFFFFF!" Sasuke almost got his brother but Itachi quickly caught him in a headlock and laughed again. His little brother is so feisty when he's embarrassed.
"I'll congratulate in advance, have a good night ...Little brother"
"I'm not going to-ah!" Itachi dropped him in a second and walked out the door leaving a blushing, angry, emotionally confused Sasuke on the floor.
I'm going to stay away from her...I swore to myself I would...
The sudden image of Sakura came into his mind again and Sasuke immediately walked into the room, passed the futons and into the bathroom and dumped a bucket of freezing water on his body.
He began to shiver... I'm not going to do this...I'll stay outside if I have to, even if it kills me.
End of Flashback
They ate in silence, Sasuke was jittery, luckily he was good at masking it out, but every now and then he would glance at her...and he just couldn't see her glasses anymore...he can't see her any differently.
He forced his eyes down at his bowl of noodles and forced them down his throat, when she suddenly coughed Sasuke's eyes glanced to her and she looked up at him.
Damn. Sasuke looked away and gulped down his glass of water, what do I do?
Sakura was finished eating as was he...and they both sat in the living room...in silence.
He wasn't speaking, neither was she.
They looked around in opposite direction...Sasuke didn't want to speak he wasn't going to make the same mistake twice.
Sakura glared at him...asshole, what am I supposed to do now?...ugh I smell, and I need a shower and I want to sleep. Wait...where am I going to sleep?
Sasuke walked up and turned his back to her, "I'm going to bed in the old room here...sleep on the couch tonight." he told her, as he stepped out.
Sakura looked down at the sofa... sigh, well I better get used to this...
rruuuuuumble... the sound of thunder began...
The lights flickered for a bit...and Sakura gasped as she looked up when suddenly she felt something smack her against the face.
"ahh-"
"Here...pillows." he simply stated.
Sakura scowled at him as she pushed the pillows and blanket out of the way and got to her feet as Sasuke began walking away.
"Hey!" she called out, "I need to take a shower before I go to bed!"
"Hn.."
"Don't 'hn' me, where am I going to shower ? Onii-chan said there was another bathroom"
Sasuke clenched his fist...and narrowed his eyes...fucking...An..i...ki...
"I'm using that room you'll be staying here.."
He dared not to look at her...but he knew she was staring at him right this moment somehow hoping lasers will shoot out of her eyes.
Sasuke sighed, and caved in..
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuumble...The sound of lightning and thunder echoed in their quiet, now broken home.
"Fine. Hurry up and shower...I'll wait out here." Sasuke responded quietly as he sat down on the sofa leaving her to shower. Sakura grabbed the little key that sat on the table and walked to the unspoken room in the back...she's never been in there, nor did she ever ask...Sakura always felt like a guest in this house. Not once has she called this place her home.
Sasuke laid back and sighed heavily, he brushed his hand over his hair then over his face and groaned, damn it... What do I do? There's no way in Hell am I sleeping on this stupid sofa...
Sasuke stayed in that position for a bit when he heard Sakura squeak coming from the room.
He jumped to his feet and ran over, she better not ruin this bathroom too! Sasuke ran into the old Japanese style room, and walked near the bathroom door, "did you break this one too?" he asked, and bit down his tongue when he heard her growl at him like a little puppy.
"No! Grrrrrrr..." she paused for a bit and then mumbled something along the lines of, "water is cold..."
Sasuke smirked as he sat there for a bit...he heard water splash and suddenly his mind wandered off into images of Sakura...in the shower...wet...and-Damn it!
Sasuke panicked as he looked around for something to smash his head against. If I can't even calm down just from being a room away how in the Hell am I-
"Hey.." she suddenly called out cutting his own fighting thoughts out of his mind. Sakura's voice was distant and cold as ever...no matter if she's talking to him or not..he knows it's only because she has to. Somehow, that thought disappointed him a little.
"What?.." he called back.
"Can you get out...I left my clothes in the room..."
"..." Sasuke's head slowly turned to the futon on the floor and quickly looked back at the bathroom and swallowed hard...ba-thump...
"hn.." Sasuke shakily walked out of the room and closed the door loud enough for her to know he left.
Holy...he groaned again and ran into the kitchen, grabbed a bottle of cold water and poured it over the head as he hung his head over the sink. Calm down, just calm the hell down.
A short moment later, Sakura walked out, her glasses back on her hair in a towel, her appearance hidden from his eyes. Sasuke looked away and ran into the shower as fast as one possibly could.
Sakura walked upstairs and walked into her broken room...she didn't have much...well she had a lot of clothes from Itachi but that was it. Sakura decided to grab some things to clear the room before heading downstairs again. She dreaded each step...she really didn't want to sleep on the sofa, it hurts her back. Sakura placed some hygiene products on the coffee table when she heard a deep voice call her out again.
"hey." he simply said, it translated to, 'turn around I'm talking to you'.
"What?" she asked, as the roaring sky let out another rumble, the sound of heavy rain splattered against the windows of the living room.
"Turn off the lights, I'm going to bed." Sasuke stated and walk off.
Sakura's heart jumped a little as she swallowed hard...she wasn't one to be afraid of the dark...Unless she was alone in an open room like this...and began thinking of the dark and suddenly thoughts of all her ghostly nightmares began conquering her mind.
Don't be scared, don't be scared Sakura! Be BRAVE, it's just the dark, there's no such thing as ghosts! Sakura began chanting to herself as Sasuke suddenly looked back at her.
"You're not going to be afraid are you...?" he suddenly cooed.
"What? No...Go away."
"hn, okay...turn off the lights...and sleep...if you can."
"What do you mean if I can?..."
"You know... just in case there isn't a ghost staring back at you from the window" he mused back at her, the sound of humor lingered in his voice.
Sakura gulped as her eyes suddenly went towards the big windows and she quickly looked away, "ahh there's no such thing as ghosts..."
"Sure...keep telling yourself that-"
"Shut up! Just go sleep! Leave me alone..."
Sasuke chuckled softly as he simply walked into the room and closed the door behind him, there that should stir things up for a bit...it's what she gets for putting us in this mess. Yes, he was blaming the pipes and the broken bathroom on her, why? One might ask, well simply because... "Those eyes..." Sasuke sighed...again. Images of her emerald eyes appearing in his mind...something about them just...it riled him up...whether it was good or bad he wasn't sure but Sasuke knew for a fact that the feeling scared him.
Keep her as far away as possible, Sasuke... Sasuke leaned against the door. He heard the sound of the light switches, then soft footsteps and then silence...
He sighed again when suddenly the sound of soft sound of a muffled cry was creeping from the other side of the door.
She was gasping and sniffling...is she crying?...
Sasuke opened the door softly and squinted his eyes. He couldn't see what she was doing...
All he could hear was her soft cry.
"Hey.." he called out and suddenly he heard her take a shaky breath in.
"What?.." she asked shakily, yeah she's crying.
"Why are you crying?..."
"Fuck you! Just leave me alone" she sniffed, "go sleep in your room."
"Fine" he replied angrily and closed the door, Sasuke walked straight to the big futon on the floor and laid down. "Fuck you? alright Sakura, have fun crying all night...hn" Sasuke pulled the blanket over himself and laid there...eyes wide open, heart unsettled, stomach churning.
He groaned no...I said to keep her away from me Kami, why is this happening? "Ignore her Sasuke it'll go away"
Sasuke couldn't even close his eyes, nor his eyes, the sound of her soft cry was still ringing in his ears and grimaced, "I can't believe I'm doing this...FUCK!" he punched the floor and got to his feet.
Sakura wiped her tears and squeezed her eyes shut ignoring the sound of the loud thunder outside, when she suddenly heard Sasuke's door burst open.
"Hey" he heard her again, "get up"
"Huh?.." Sakura patted around for her glasses and put them on quickly, "what?.."
"Come, you're going to sleep in the room" he simply dictated.
BA-THUMP ...what?... "uh.." Sakura suddenly felt a warm, slightly rough hand touch her wrist when she slapped it away.
"Stop! What did I say about touching me?" she quickly spat at him.
"Get up, and walk damn it"
"No!"
"no?..no?..fuck it then, stay here.." he growled...his voice was full of venom as he stomped back and slammed the door.
Sakura bit down on her lip, how badly she wanted that room. She squeezed her eyes and laid down again, oh who needs it!
She heard the door open again, "I said get in the room damn it!"
"Why?!"
"Because you're annoying crying is keeping me awake"
"Then I won't cry anymore, leave" she demanded but Sasuke was still there.
"Get up, you're going inside."
"No, you can't make me!"
"Yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"Okay"
"Huh-whoa whoa!" Sasuke suddenly pulled her up and over his shoulder, "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! Put me down!"
"Shut up stupid mouse"
"Put me down Sasuke!" His arm wrapped around her curved body tightly tickling Sakura which caused her to stay unsteady in his arms.
"Stop moving" he growled as he walked into the room and closed the door with his heel.
"You're tick- ahh just put me down!"
"Put you down?" he asked and Sakura replied with a yes causing Sasuke to practically throw her onto the futon.
Sakura gasped but before she had time to get up again she felt a body move over her.
Sasuke hovered over her...as he moved his legs to either side of her, his hands near her shoulder locking her in.
"Don't. Move" he ordered, "it's late and I'm tired..."
Sakura couldn't breathe...she couldn't think..she didn't want to be in here anymore...
Sasuke suddenly moved from her...as she sat up and they stared back at each other, knowing what the other was suddenly thinking.
"Move Sasuke!" she growled out trying to push him off but Sasuke grabbed her hand and pressed it down to the futon.
"Just stay, I know you want to"
"No I don't"
"Yes you do"
"I'm not sleeping here with you Sasuke."
"Who said we're sleeping together?... we're just splitting the room" he stated as he got away from her and got up.
Sasuke grabbed a pillow and a blanket and moved away from the futon. It was dark but the flashes of lightning briefly lit the room up from time to time.
"I'll sleep on the other end, and you'll sleep there."
"No I'll sleep there and you sleep here" she said back, for some reason Sakura just felt like biting against his words, she was after all, still angry at him.
He sighed, clearly frustrated, "forget it, now sleep"
"No"
What the fuck? Sasuke was getting angrier, "fine then come here, and let me have the futon I want to sleep"
"No" she simply replied back angering Sasuke to the point where he growled out loud when suddenly she broke into a giggle.
"Hahaha sorry, ah uh..I mean, I want the futon"
Sasuke hid his smirk with his hand, it was a good thing it was dark, "fine then sleep"
"I don't want to"
"THEN WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?!" he yelled at her making her giggle again but Sakura suddenly got quiet.
"I want you to leave the room..." her voice was cold yet again, which meant she was serious.
Sasuke did just the opposite he walked over to the futon, dropped his pillow and his blanket and sat down as he leaned over her slowly.
"What's that? You want me to stay?..Sakura?.." he smirked as he leaned over her some more when she pushed him back.
The smirk on his face wiped off and he glared at her, "go to sleep" he demanded one last time and laid down.
"Huh!? What are you doing?! Leave!"
"No" Sasuke replied back, using her fighting skill against her causing her to growl.
"If you don't leave then I'm leaving!"
"Fine then go back to the living room and cry" he mused.
Sakura kept quiet as she suddenly got up and walked to the corner of the room and laid down on the cold floor.
"I rather freeze to death then share the futon with you Sasuke"
"hn, better for me it'll be like killing two birds with one stone"
She gasped then stayed quiet again.
Sasuke placed the blanket over his head when he heard her sniffle again, he groaned, "you crying ...again?..."
"Shut up! I'm cold!"
"Then come here!"
"No!"
"Why?!"
"Because-!"
"What? What is it Sakura? Tell me."
"I'm not sharing the futon with you Sasuke"
"Why?"
"Because I never slept next to a guy before!"
"..."
BA-THUMP
It got really quiet in the room and suddenly it hit Sasuke...sleeping..with... Sakura...?...
...
The two stayed quiet...sinking into the silence of the room...it was then that they realized that this was the first time in the 9 months of their marriage that they were finally sharing a room...together.
Sasuke swallowed hard...as his pulse began to rise again…..Damn.
D: this wasn't beta'd by bananamilkshake101 she would've done a better job!
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