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Finally, after being the whole afternoon and half of the morning shopping with Sakura, Sasuke finally sat down on the couch and stared out the window. What is it with women and shopping? He sighed heavily. The worst thing about the trip was that he had to carry all the bags while Sakura had nothing in her hands.
He stared out of the window of the living room, while Sakura went to make some lunch for both of them…hopefully. He hoped that she made lunch for him too, because he was starving.
He snapped out of his thoughts when he heard footsteps.
-"Here, thought you would be hungry." She stated as she put a plate of onigiri on the table. He nodded in thanks and took one while she took another one.
They stayed quiet for a while, until Sakura couldn't hold it in any longer.
-"Uchiha-san, why did you kiss me at the hospital?" she asked. This question was killing her because since when did Sasuke initiate physical contact with anyone if he usually is the one that pushes people away.
He knew this question was coming sooner or later, but he preferred it being later.
-"You didn't like it?" he asked, trying to avoid the topic. How can he tell her that he saw her lips and acted on impulse? It was hormones, must've been. He would never kiss Sakura, NEVER, but he did…and…he liked it…he liked it a lot. His hands roaming her back while he devoured the taste of her mouth. He loved the feeling so much that right now, having her sitting on the couch right next to him, was killing him. He wanted to kiss her again so badly.
-"That wasn't the question, Uchiha-san." She stated. "The question was why did you do it?" She was trying to get her point across. She doesn't want one of those Uchiha answers, she wanted the truth. Did he want to kiss her or was he just playing around?
-"Let's go to sleep." He stated and got up from the couch. She got up too and grabbed his arm.
-"Just answer the question Sasuke." She said. His head shot up. She called him Sasuke, not Uchiha or Uchiha-san. He looked at her and that's when she noticed her mistake. She said his name, and it seemed like he liked it, right? Maybe he does care, even if it's just a response like that, he gave her, it was important. The Uchiha was shocked and that was something already incredible. Uchiha's don't show emotions. He just showed one!
Inner Sakura was jumping up and down and Sakura just stared wide-eyed back at him and let go of his arm. She didn't want to say his name. She doesn't want to be pathetic anymore and cling to him again… but how Inner Sakura had a different opinion.
-"Sakura" he breathed out while Sakura took a step back, afraid of what she had done. He said her name as in a whisper, but she heard it perfectly. She looked at his eyes and saw something that didn't quite go there. Sasuke's eyes are usually void and with no feelings, but right now, his eyes held a feeling unknown to her. She hated the unknown and she got scared. Why was Sasuke looking at her like that?
She quickly got out of her daze and remembered why she stopped him before. That question has to be answered for her sake she needed to know.
-"Tell me, why did you kiss me." She said, not breaking the eye contact.
Inside he was rejoicing that she had called him by his first name and not last, but that sentence that she worded out had to break the rejoicing, didn't it? He sighed as he broke the gaze between him and the pink-haired kunoichi.
-"I don't know." He stated. Of course, an Uchiha knows what he does at all times and whatever an Uchiha does has to have a purpose, so admitting this, hurt his Uchiha pride. Deep inside, though, he felt that he really did know why he had kissed her, he just didn't want to admit it to himself.
-"Liar." Sakura said as she crossed her arms. "I know you too well, all Uchiha's have a reason for why they do the things they do, isn't that right?" She said, stating the obvious. He flinched at her tone. How could she know him so damn well? Didn't she say that she knew the 'old Sasuke' and not him? He sighed and turned back to stare at her again.
-"Yes, the Uchiha's always have a reason to do the things they do, but Sakura, I'm not the best Uchiha, on the contrary, I suck at being an Uchiha. I suck so much, that I still can't kill the bastard of a brother that I have. I am not a liar. Would you have preferred it if I told you the answer was hormones?" She flinched at what he said. So much hurt in his eyes.
She wished she was that 12 year old girl that right about now would and could run up to him and hug him saying that everything was going to be alright, that she was here to protect him. She couldn't though, she wouldn't do that either. She just stayed there, looking at him.
He stared back at her and waited for what he knew she was going to do. He knew that she was going to walk out and leave him here. The new Sakura will do that because she doesn't love him anymore, because she gave up on him. She's not going to save him this time, like when they were young. She's not going to hug him and yell stop so he won't kill that sound ninja that had hurt her. She definitely wasn't going to tell him that she was here for him and that theirs no reason to be upset about because he has her.
No, that's not what the new Sakura would do, that's the old one and the one he missed on those cold and rainy nights in Otogakure with Orochimaru. When he needed it someone to soothe him and give him warmth, he would think about the kunoichi that used to bring sunlight into team 7, the one he used to think annoying.
The person in front of him isn't the annoying girl, no, she's actually quiet now. She doesn't say anything unless spoken to. That's the Sakura he sees in front of him. She's just like him and he knows himself perfectly. She's going to walk away because that's what he would do.
She looked at him and then lost it. She stepped forward and hugged him. She hugged him and he became rigid at her touch. She quickly put one arm around his neck while the other one entangled his hair.
-"Shut up." She stated as she put her face in the crook of his neck, taking in his scent.
He kept quiet and leaned his head on her shoulder. He smiled, a small smile, but he nevertheless smiled.
Sakura became shocked when she felt his arms wrap around her waist. She decided not to say anything and let him do as he pleased.
He hugged her and pressed her to him, until their bodies were perfectly molded to one another. They were perfect for each other, how ironic. Isn't that something the old Sakura would think? Maybe all those years, hearing her talk about the romanticism, it might have gotten to him. He chuckled a bit.
Sakura listened but didn't say anything. She knew that the chuckle wasn't towards her. She just stayed there waiting for him to push her away like he usually did.
Then he did just what she thought. He grabbed her shoulders and pushed her away. She looked at him and was about to step aside and leave to her room, when all of sudden he crashed his lips with hers. Her eyes widened but then succumbed to the kiss.
It was a slow and sweet kiss that both enjoyed very much. He pulled her against him with one of his hands that was around her waist while the other one was grabbing her pink tresses. She quickly put her hands against his face and pulled him closer.
The kiss turned harder now and each of them was fighting for dominance with their tongues. Sasuke finally won and started to feel every corner of her mouth. Her mouth was sweet and for once, Sasuke liked sweet. His taste for more of the sour kind, but this time, sweet never had tasted so good. He loved it.
Sakura let him explore and then they separated for air. Onyx clashed with emerald.
-"Hormones again, huh?" Sakura said between breathes. Sakura smirked at Sasuke and he just stared at her in a daze. How beautiful she looked. He crashed his lips against hers again and a lot harder this time. They loved the taste of each other's mouth as Sasuke pulled Sakura to the couch and laid her there.
He let go of the kiss and they looked at each other. Sakura bit on Sasuke's lower lip, bringing his head down for another kiss.
A few kisses more and then they stopped. They looked at each other and Sasuke hugged her, while bringing her up from the couch. Now they were sitting. They looked at each other again.
-"You didn't answer, Sasuke. Was this hormones, too?" she asked again. They smirked at each other this time.
-"Maybe." He said. Sakura's smirk went away and a frown was visible. She glared at him and got up. Sasuke saw this and grabbed her arm. "Wait. You didn't let me finish." He said. Sakura looked at him and waited. "Maybe, I didn't notice that the truth is, that all of this has nothing to do with hormones. Sakura, I didn't come back because I killed Orochimaru or because I didn't have anywhere else to go, I came back because…"
A knock was heard in the door. Sasuke glared at the door. Sakura just stared at the door, and went to open the door, pulling away from Sasuke's grip. She opened the door to see Shikamaru, Ino, Suoh, and little Ino.
She blinked twice as Sasuke came up to them and looked at all four of them up and down. Suoh stared at Sasuke up and down.
-"Uchiha Sasuke." He stated as he bowed. Sakura and Sasuke stared.
-"How did you know?" Sakura asked as she kneeled down and let little Ino hug her.
-"His eyes, hair and looks are of the Uchiha family and I heard my mother speak to you about him." Suoh stated as Sakura smiled at him.
Sasuke's eyes widened a bit at seeing Sakura smile a true smile.
-"Why don't all of you come in." Sakura said as she grabbed Suoh and little Ino's hands. Ino and Shikamaru smiled at this and at how kind motherly Sakura looks like with both of them. They sat down on one of the couches, while Sakura sat with little Ino in her lap and Suoh sitting right next to her on another couch. Sasuke was heading towards his room, not liking reunions of this sort.
-"Wait, Sasuke, we wish that you could come too." Ino said. Sasuke looked at them and waited for them to expand.
-"How troublesome…we're going on a picnic tomorrow in the afternoon and we invited Naruto, Hinata, Neji, and both of you. The others can't come. Some have missions and others seem to have something better to do. " Shikamaru said while he lied back on the couch staring at the clouds outside Sakura's window.
-"I ca…" Sasuke started but got cut by Sakura.
-"Can go and would love to go." She said smiling down at Suoh, who smiled back.
Sasuke sighed. He might as well go or else Sakura would have his head and he doesn't feel arguing.
"Really! Thank you so much guys! See you tomorrow. Let's go Ino and Suoh." Ino said as she smiled and Shikamaru got up.
"Bye!" the Nara family said while Sakura waved at them and closed the door.
Sakura looked at Sasuke and was walking towards him.
-"Goodnight, Sakura." Sasuke said as he walked to his room and closed the door. Sakura stood dumbfounded. So whatever happened to them today didn't mean anything? Sakura massaged her temple as she went to bed. Tomorrow she had training with Neji and she needed all the strength she could master for that event.
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