Aviéntame

Chap.7

Another week passed and I hadn't heard from her yet. My life had suddenly come to a halt. I couldn't work on my paintings because she consumed all my thoughts. Sakura noticed that I was being more moody then lately and kept trying to cheer me up.

"Sasuke. . . c'mon you could tell me anything. . . what's wrong?"concern dripped from her voice.

I kept shaking my head, almost like a small child, and looked away.

"Oh please don't be like that. . . please. . .don't be like that"

"ugh. . . I'm just frustrated with my paintings. . . ." I lied, "what if no one likes it?" I lied again.

"Sasuke you shouldn't have to worry about that I think that you're a wonderful artist. . . spectacular. . . . your gonna change the world someday with your talent." For some reason her words actually made me feel a bit better, too bad it wasn't a certain someone who said it.

"Oh I know what else is going to make you happy!"

"What?" I groaned out.

"The Festival of the Masks is tomorrow!" I groaned even more making her giggle.

The Festival of the masks was a festival were all you did was dress up nicely and put some stupid mask on and run around on all these rides like a bunch of idiots at 10'o clock at night.

"No Sakura I'm not going this year" a look of shock and sadness passed over her face.

"Why not?"

"Because last year was embarrassing. . . . too embarrassing." It was embarrassing because last year Sakura bought me a chicken mask. . . Sakura claimed it was an eagle but she must have been blind because it clearly was no eagle. . . what a happy day it was for Naruto.

"Sasuke! Look I promise to get you a nice one this year. . . you'll like it!"

"Fine if I like it then we'll go but if not. . . ."

"Then we won't I understand. . . but your going to love the mask I'm going to get you so it's very likely that we are going!" She gave me a quick peck on the lips before she headed out the door to shop for the masks.

It was late at night when Sakura came back home with at least 10 bags in each hand. The crinkling noise of the bags were heard as they hit the surface of the couch. I stood at the door way of our small living room and watched as she pulled out 3 small boxes.

"I didn't know which one you would like so I bought them all. . . so you pick." I raised my eyebrow and walked closer to where the masks were. She opened the lid of the first box and in there laid the first mask. It was white with a gold pattern covering all the edges, it also had a large chin. . . obviously it was to fit the whole face. . . . I didn't like it.

"Uh. . . no." Quickly she opened the next one which almost scared me to death. This mask was red and went around the edges of the eyes, it had two large horns indicating it was the devil.

"I don't want to scare anyone Sakura"

"Well. . . it kinda reminded me of you"

"What?"

"Nothing . . . ok this one is the last one I'm sure this one is the one you'll like."

I sighed and nodded my head, she opened the last one. It was a simple black velvet mask. . . . it was. . . tolerable.

"You seem to like it!" she said, I looked at her and rolled my eyes.

". . . . . "

"So this means were going!" she hugged my side almost causing me to lose my balance.

"It's going to be wonderful tomorrow!"

"Yeah. . . . whatever." Sakura smiled and left the room. I sat on the couch and looked down at the chosen mask, there was a feeling of excitement in the pit of my stomach. . .

"Tomorrow is going to be a good day."

I never really liked to ware a tux to this festival, it wasn't worth it really. Sakura came into the room all dressed up.

"You like it?" she did a little twirl to show off her new gown and mask. It was really. . . pink. The dress had many ribbons that tied all around the back, and her mask was ridiculous, it was pink and purple jewels embedded as well as large pink and purple feathers that went all around the mask. I simply pulled her by the arm and out the door

"we don't want to be late" I said as we walked towards the elevator. I knew I hurt her feelings when I didn't say anything. . . oh well.

From far away you could see the large Ferris wheel and the brightly colored lights that emitted from the festival. The sad look that was once present on Sakura's face had vanished and was now replaced with one of excitement. Once we entered the gate we saw things more clearly. There were actually many attractions like the carousel, a fun house, and a tunnel of love. Aside from the attractions the place looked a lot more different then last year. There was a large fountain in the center of the whole place, and many statues were placed everywhere making it look more elegant. While we looked around I heard bells behind me, I turned around and saw the only person who would ever wear that much orange. . . Naruto.

"Hey guys!" the bells on his joker hat ringed as he jumped up and down from the excitement of seeing us.

"Naruto you look stupid with that on" Sakura said as she flicked one of the bells

"Oh yeah well did you kill a bird to make your mask?" he said as he ran his fingers through the pink and purple feathers. Sakura punched him in the arm and thus began their normal little fights that they always had. . . although after a few rude comments I stopped paying attention to the two bickering idiots. Instead my eyes roamed around, trying to spot Hinata. Unfortunately everyone was in disguise so it made my search for her harder.

"Naruto?"

"Man why do you always yell at me Sakura?"

"Naruto?"

"Your always nagging at me"

"NARUTO!"

"Ahh! What?!"

"Where is Hinata?"

"Oh I ditched her right after we got in here, it was so funny, you should have seen the look on her face when I ran away from her"

"You ran away from her?! You Idiot!" once again Sakura punched him in the arm. I was actually happy when Sakura punched him, the idiot deserved it.

"Well I'm going to go look for her" the two ignored what I had said and continued to fight, while I simply walked away in search for Hinata.

"This is useless!" I said as I sat down on a bench in front of the carousel. For almost half an hour I had been looking for her. Everyone was in disguise tonight so it wouldn't make my search any easier. As I looked up at the carousel in front of me someone came and blocked my view of the ride. It was obvious that it was a girl because of her white dress, my eyes traveled up to see her face, she wore a princess like mask. It was a silver mask that had crystals embedded into it, the swan like curve on the right side of the mask sparkled in the moonlight. Finally my eyes met with hers. . . . I had finally found her.

"Is this seat taken?"

Quickly I shook my head and allowed her to sit, as she turned around to take her seat I noticed that her whole creamy back was exposed, suddenly I had the urge to caress the soft skin.

"Where's Sakura?"

"With Naruto I suppose"

"O-oh." We both stayed silent and watched the carousel and the people in it go round and round.

"A-and your not jealous?" she asked with worried eyes

". . .not at all. . . I actually feel sorry for the person who is with Sakura right now," her eyes relaxed and went back to watching the carousel.

"You know I was looking for you. . . but since everyone is hiding their identity tonight. . . it proved to be a difficult search," I turned to look at her only to find that she was already looking at me with blushing cheeks

"How did you find me?"

She smiled and looked down at the fresh grass below,

"Because you're the only one sitting down. . . and because you're the one who's drawing all the women's attention." I looked up and noticed many girls around staring and giggling at me. . . this always happened when I was alone.

"Poor girls. . ." I neared Hinata and tilted my head towards her neck and whispered"my heart has already been taking by someone." I looked back at the girls as I furthered my actions by kissing Hinata slowly on the neck, some looked angry and some became sad and walked away. She gulped when I didn't stop. . . it was truly addicting.

"Y-you made t-those girls mad. . . . I t-think they hate m-me now"

"Who cares. . . your better then them" I said in-between kisses. She tilted her head to the side allowing me more access to the sweet skin on her neck. But after a while she became uncomfortable.

"S-stop. . . people are w-watching us" I did as she said, I removed my lips from her peachy skin and looked around.

"Well then. . . let's go somewhere else"

She said nothing at first filling my mind with doubt, but once she looked at me all doubt was erased. While walking towards our destination I kept looking down at her hand, it just hung at her side, to be quite honest it looked quite sad the way it looked at that moment, so in a quick motion I slipped my hand into her's and held it tight, all she did was squeeze mine back. I stopped in front of the fun house and looked back at her,

"No one will be in here. . . "

"How do you know?"

"Because it's a little too creepy to be in there at night." I pulled her inside and walked through till we reached a hallway of mirrors. It was dark and cold in there. . . some dust had already built up on mirrors.

"I bet they haven't cleaned these things since last year" I began to make designs on the mirrors, causing some of the dust to sprinkle off into the air. Hinata suddenly came up from behind me, and boldly, kissed the nape of my neck, sending shivers down my spine. As her warm lips left the skin she rested her head on my back and with her right hand grabbed mine and held it. I turned around and held her, she had her eyes closed when I looked down at her. It was funny because, in a way. . . she looked like she was at peace for once in her life. Her hair smelled wonderful. . . just like always it never changed. . . her peach like smell. Her scent was soft and delicate. . . making me feel relaxed, while Sakura's was heavy and strong making me feel nauseated whenever she was around.

"Your not seeing Kiba anymore. . . right?" I said as I rested my head atop of hers. Her head moved from side to side, indicating a 'no'.

". . . . ok then", she looked up to see me and replied with a soft smile and a soft kiss.