I once ended up in a food fight.Though mine was kinda tragical(imagine being hit with a glass of water in your forehead in the middle of fucking winter.I shiver at the memories.Brrrrr...)Anyways,half of this stuff is based on it...Chapter 5
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"So the kitchen is that way,and if you need anything I'll be in my room."The dark haired shinobi explained the girl while she was looking around."Sakura,are you even listening?"
"Ne,Sasuke-kun?What will you be doing in the meanwhile?"She finally turned in his direction.The Uchiha manor was overflowing with memories,the kind of memories one would want to lock away and forget.But for the young man facing her,it was the only thing he really had.He could either choose to build new ones,better ones,or to stay confined in his past,in his pain.The latter option was out of question,Sakura decided.
"I just have to sort some things.I won't take long."Saying this,Sasuke shifted his stance,so that his back now faced the kunoichi."I think you should have everything you need in the kitchen"
"Alright,I'll call you when I'm done cooking."
Whoa,Sakura thought,this place was huge.Sure,she saw the place from the outside,but now that she was actually in the house,the size of the place was kind of intimidating.It was clearly a mansion where families with children and servants would live,so it must have been quite an ordeal for a young single shinobi to keep it this neat.And damn it was clean.Hell,Sakura couldn't even find a speck of dust anywhere she'd look.An image of Uchiha Sasuke moping the floors with a rug crawled into her mind.She couldn't surpress a good laugh.Sasuke,the dark prodigy,cleaning dust?She looked through the kitchen shelves to find some ingredients,and found that he had a really big stash of food there.It would probably be good to make several different meals,since she didn't know his tastes all that well.
"Hey there."
"Oh Sasuke-kun.I'm almost done.",the pink haired girl went past him and placed a plate of riceballs on the table."There."
"Hn.You cooked too much."
"Hey,how should I know what you like?"Sakura raised a pink eyebrow.Was he teasing her?
"You could ask."Well that was an obvious answer.Sakura just ignored him,before this conversation would end up with him ticking her of with the 'Hn's and 'Aa's.
"Thank you."
"It was no big deal.Don't worry about it."Sakura went and placed the rest of the food on the table."Now sit down."
"I didn't mean the food."Sasuke sat in his father's chair,and Sakura sat on the opposite side from him.For Sakura,it was just an instinctive decision to take a seat there,not knowing that for him it caused a maelstrom of new confusing emotions,emotions which he could not yet fully coprehend,but felt damn good at the same time.But now was not the time to be absorbed in thoughts,he concluded.
"So how was the dinner?"Sakura expected a compliment,seeing how he greedily ate his share.He grinned strangely.
"It wasn't that bad."
"Huh?"
"Are you deaf?"Sasuke's little tease obviously worked,for Sakura's face was priceless right there.Oh,she was mad.
"What do you mean it wasn't that bad.You almost choked!"
"Hn."
"Don't you 'hn' me!!!"Ooo...She's pissed.For a moment there Sasuke had an ominous feeling that he could end up with a free ticket to hospital like Lee did,but discarding that thought,he just resumed his game.She wouldn't hurt him,right?Well,at least he'd find out soon enough.He wondered why did it even bothered him as much,considering the fact that he had an cold bastard image to uphold.But then again,the idea of the pink bubbly kunoichi not loving him anymore irritated the last Uchiha even more,if that was possible.
"What now!Oh,you're giving me the silence treatmant!"
"No that's not wha..."SMACK"Hey,what are you doing?"
"What's it look like Uchiha?",the girl giggled and took another riceball to throw it at him.Ooooh!So she wants a war!The dark boy disappeared and turned up behind her in a split second,a ketchup bottle in his hands.Let the fun begin!Oh how dirty she would be!But who cares,right?She asked for it,Sasuke thought,swallowing the riceball remains that were stuck on his handsome face.
"You wouldn't!"She gasped seeing the ketchup bottle he chose for his weapon.
"Oh,but I would!",he disappeared again and poped up an inch from her face.A wide smirk complimented his features when he saw her blush.The thought of her still reacting to him in the same cute way after all the years was for some strange reason making his heartbeat accelerate.He took advantage of her confused state and poured the contents of the bottle over her brand new white shirt.
"Uchiha!You.Are.Officially.Doomed."Whoops,was that too much?Eh,who cares...Sasuke dodged another riceball thrown at him and escaped in the direction of his room.He silently prayed her speed didn't improve as much as her strength did,otherwise his fate didn't look so pink as the pretty kunoichi.But as he didn't hear any footsteps trailing behind him he turned around,but only to be greeted by a pillow in his face.And she got him good!The feathers from the pillow were stuck on his face because of the remaining rice.Uchiha Sasuke wouldn't fall that easily!Before he could think of an apropriate payback,another soft blow to his face made him stumble and fall over.He was sitting down like a baby in a sandbox,Sakura burst into uncontrolable laugher as she realised that she made him lose balance and fall down in this very interesting possition.
"You don't look like a proud Uchiha now!Cha!"
"Revenge!",Sasuke shouted playfully as he poped up in front of her and grabbed the pillow she was holding onto.
"Not fair!It's mine!Uchy-brat!",Sakura struggled to keep the feathery weapon within her grasp.
"What did you just call me?Forehead girl."
"OMG!Chicken!You even have feathers now!"Sasuke shrugged,so she could argue better too...The evil thing...
Sasuke used the moment when she was too busy staring at the grin that was plastered across his face and snatched the pillow from her,but only causing her to fall forward and land on him in a very...exotic position.
"Well this is..."Sasuke gasped,encircling his right arm around the violently blushing kunoichi"...interesting."Sakura was paralysed,feeling chills run down her spine.The fact that her heartbeat resonated in her ears didn't help her at all.Neither did Sasuke,holding her pinned in this awkward possition.The only thing that conforted her was his expression,which was painted in a nuance of red she never thought existed.But why?
"Ne,Sasuke-kun?"
"Hn...?"
"Could you like...let g-go?"Sasuke's blush intensified.God,what was this feeling?He was lost in those green eyes...Uchiha blood boiling in 3...2...Sasuke's hand was abruptly removed by a small soft one that belonged to the pink haired girl,and he quickly got up stretching an arm out to help her.
"Look at me.I'm all dirty...Ugh.",the girl skillfully changed the topic,but still blushing slightly.And that was enough for now,Sasuke thought.
"Then take a shower in the bathroom down the hall."
"Yeah,but..."
"I'll get you some of my clothes.Just hurry up,I'm not exactly clean either."Sasuke said turning his back on her so she wouldn't see the little smile that refused to go away.
"Alright.I'll be done in a couple of minutes."
Sakura was taking a cold shower a bit longer than she initially intented,but she had her reasons,and they were good enough for another ten minutes of blissfull chill.First of all,she was dirty and covered in ketchup and rice...And more importantly,she had to face the fact that she wasn't able to hold that damn blush.Not to mention that familiar feeling she had kept for the brooding young man,even after the time water was the best solution at the time...
Sasuke was going through his closet looking for anything that would suit her.He found his old clothes,a white shorts and a navy blue Uchiha crest imprinted shirt,identical to the one he was wearing right now,only smaller.It brought back memories.Pulling out a new set of clothes for himself,he walked out of his room to give the kunoichi her clothes.He wondered how she would look in them.The image of an Uchiha emblem on her back restored some of the blush he had just a couple of minutes ago.
"Sasuke-kun."A voice from the bathroom called.He let out a typical groan to let her know he was there."Could you just hand me the clothes.I'll open the door a bit."
"Aa.",the black haired shinobi saw a small hand reach out,and gave her the clothes he found.He could only smirk when she got out in her new set of clothes.To say she was cute would be an understatement.
"What?!"She blinked.
"Nothing,I'll be back in a sec.",he walked into the bathroom and said closing the door,"Wait in my room."
She sat down on his king size bed.The first thing she saw was an old picture of Team 7,back from the genin days.Maybe he wasn't such a cold bastard after all.Maybe now,she could help him open up...Then,who knows...She was only glad she was the first one to notice the change.
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Chapter 5,complete!I hope you liked it.If you did,please let me know,I'm a bit down since I can't go out because I caught a really bad cold.Damn winter...