"Sakura, what happened?" Tenten asked leaving her spot on a stool. She walked over to her friend and crouched at her level.
Sakura blearily blinked back tears from emerald eyes. "Tenten, please don't be mad at me."
-Chapter 3 (?)-
"Why would I be mad at you?" Tenten asked puling her friend up into a hug.
"I kissed Sasuke." She sobbed. "Or rather, he kissed me."
"Calm down." Tenten smiled and rubbed her friends back. "I'm not mad!"
"B-b-but" Sakura sniffed. "I kissed your lover."
"Sakura! it was a one night stand!" Tenten laughed. "we're both lonely. We took shelter in one another. It meant something."
Sakura felt hot tears stab at her once more. "Why would you give such a precious gift to some one who doesn't deserve it."
"Sakura, you know full well Sasuke wasn't the one I gave that gift to." Tenten said.
"Yet you continue to re-gift." Sakura said. "You didn't bother saving such a moment with some one you love."
Tenten sighed. "I know how important that gift is to you Sakura. You're right.. I shouldn't just sleep with anyone. Sasuke isn't anyone though... he's a good man.."
"You only mean that in how he good he is in bed, don't you." Sakura laughed.
Tenten laughed as well. "Well he certainly doesn't suck at it!"
"I thought you liked it that way!" Sakura laughed before Tenten slapped her arm.
"Come on" Tenten said, grabbing Sakura's arm. "Let's pop in that DVD and get ourselves a tub or two of ice cream."
Sakura smiled. "Che, I suppose."
Tenten smiled and walked to the fridge. "Vanilla?"
Sakura settled into the chair and looked back. "I'm feeling a bit adventurous today, so I'll have the dark chocolate swirl."
Sasuke gently fingered his lips. They still burnt intensely from the night before. He had no idea that a woman could have such an effect on him. He couldn't stop thinking about the soft, damp pink hair that had fallen out of the towel just moments before he kissed her. How is fell softly against his skin. He couldn't stop thinking about the thin pajamas and how they hugged her curves in such away. He couldn't stop thinking about those eyes, so pure and green. So... perfect. And her lips... oh her lips.
He shook his head. this wasn't healthy, obsessing over a woman he had just met. It wasn't like him. Still. He entered his office and pulled up his black turtle neck, to hide Tenten's hickeys better. He took the seat across from his office chair and sighed.
"Dobe! why are you in here!"
"It isn't very business man like to be late for work." Naruto laughed.
"I was out late last night." Sasuke stated, picking up files from his desk top.
"With..." Naruto asked.
"friends." He said, looking down on the yearly budget.
"You mean a girl!" Naruto shouted with glee.
"two." Sasuke stated. He kept his eyes fixed on the report, and turned a page in faux interest.
"TWO! TEME!" Naruto shouted. "Two women!"
"hn." Sasuke replied.
"What was it like!" Naruto shouted.
"It was.. non of your business!" Sasuke growled. "I didn't do anything with one of them."
"You mean! Sasuke Uchiha spent the night with a girl and didn't bed her!" Naruto shouted. "That is... perplexing."
"It was only a few minutes, a business deal." Sasuke said. He eyed the coffee on the desk. He really needed some coffee, with some sort of alcohol mixed in. He didn't need to be sober for any of this.
"Sealed with a kiss!" Naruto laughed!
"Is that any of your business?" Sasuke asked. He was trying to hide how Naruto guessed.
"Hickeys on your neck!" Naruto said. "Yet you keep touching your lips. The girl you kissed... the one you didn't sleep with. You love her."
"Since when have you been a psychologist?" Sasuke asked. He snatched the coffee from the table.
"Since, I dunno." Naruto thought. "I'm getting my PH.D in Psychology."
"You do know your mother wanted you to take something artsy.. right?" Sasuke asked, sipping the coffee.
"Culinary." Naruto shrugged. "Meh... I never liked food, unless it's ramen."
"What is it with you and poor people food?" Sasuke asked.
"You're the one falling in love with poor girls." Naruto pouted. "And ramen it's poor people food. It's an acquired taste."
"you eat it instant, stove top." Sasuke countered. "And they aren't poor, they just work for a living. Like the rest of the world."
"I bet you love a girl who shares a two bedroom apartment with her high school friend slash co-worker." Naruto spat.
Sasuke took another sip of his coffee. "nonetheless... I'm about to make her rich."
"How so?" Naruto asked, leaning over the desk. He wanted to hear of his friends latest business venture.
"She's go talent." Sasuke said. "She can dance."
"CHE! the pink girl!" Naruto laughed. "Neji told me about her!"
"She's got talent. That's the only reason I'm taking an interest. She could make us money."
"How so, i mean for me?" Naruto asked.
"I need to get some help. From a rival business. I know that our fathers businesses used to be close. Everyone out there thinks we're bitter rivals.. why not shock them by coming together. Imagine our sales."
"Through the roof!" Naruto said, his hand shooting up. "You are genius!"
"Yes, and I will employ Sakura as an entertainer at out restaurant slash bar." Sasuke said. "We'll call it..Namikaze."
Naruto quieted. He recalled Sasuke's father's dream. "Sasuke."
"I don't care what you say, I'm not dwelling in the past anymore..." Sasuke said. He placed the coffee on the desk and hit the intercom button.
"Yes Sasuke-kun!!?!" The annoying voice came over the intercom.
"Ingrid."
"Ino."
"Ino, I need three things. Shikamaru, Neji, and Chouji in my office, Sakura Haruno's adress."
"And the third thing?"
"...cover up."
"You mean, make up, cover up?"
Naruto laughed.
"Yes..." Sasuke hissed.
"TEME! WEARING MAKEUP!"
"is that it?"
"Can you not count.. that's three, get it done." Sasuke said, annoyed. "It's for my neck you dobe!" this time he was shouting at Naruto. A loud thud was heard over the com.
"OH Sakura!" Tenten yelled.
"What!" Sakura yelled.
"That was Uchiha!" Tenten squealed.
"And?" Sakura asked, pouring another bowl of cereal.
"He wants to 'Seal the deal' with you this afternoon." Tenten stated, placing her cell on the counter.
"aaannnd." Skura asked, taking another spoonful into her mouth.
"And1 you know what this means!" Tenten yelled.
"No, enlighten me!" Sakura exclaimed sarcastically.
"It means that you and Sasuke Uchiha will marry and have many fat children," Tenten smiled, and ducked the frootloop aimed at her head.
"I will never marry Uchiha Sasuke." She stated, her mouth full of frooty goop.
"I dunno, the things you say in your sleep, state otherwise." Tenten said, pouring herself another bowl of a Marshmallow like substance.
Sakura froze. "What?" small gobs of the fruit goop flew from her mouth in mini shock.
"Oh the things you say! that is why you should never fall asleep with me around." Tenten laughed. "I hear all."
"Well it hardly matters what I said, it's just dream speak." Sakura huffed.
"Some say dreams are the gateway to the subconcious. That our deepest desires are revealed in our sleep." Tenten stated, swinging her spoon, making milk fly everywhere.
"Thanks for the enlightenment, Freud." Sakura smirked, getting up and placing her bowl in the sink.
"No probs, love"
Sakura Smiled at herself in the puddle out front her house. Though she looked deformed as the water swished back and forth, she still found the rainbow coloured oil beautiful. It wasn't uncommon for Sakura to find beauty in everyday life. It was one of those things. She had learned that everything was precious, to love it while you still can. which always made her ponder why she didn't indulge in life. She sniffed the air and smiled as the cool leafy scent blew in. Suddenly her splendor was broken as a large limo stopped in her puddle. She frowned.
The tinted windows slowly rolled down to reveal Sasuke Uchiha, clad in all black, topped off in black sunglasses.
"You parked in my puddle." She stated bluntly.
"I did what?" Sasuke asked, pushing his glasses down to get a clearer view of Sakura. She was clad in a white flowy skirt, blue pointy toes, a sky blue button blouse, and her pink hair was pulled behind her ears, the soft curls falling everywhere.
"You parked in my puddle." Her angelic voice rang in annoyance.
"Your...puddle?" Sasuke asked, still perplexed.
"Ya know when it rains, and water gathers in streets or on pavement. You just parked in my puddle." She explained. Her jade eyes full of mock anger.
"I'm...very sorry." Sasuke said to her.
"It isn't me you should be apologizing to." She said, walking away.
"Then who!" He shouted after her.
She turned around and smiled. "You need to apologize to the puddle."
"You can't get me to apologize to a puddle." He stated.
She laughed, her laugh filling the air with a golden aura.
"Well then, I'll just let you be." She teased, before skipping off again.
"I'm sorry" He muttered.
She paused and turned around, her smile huge. "What was that!"
"I'll make a deal with you!" He yelled, his eyes glinting with mischief.
"Oh no! no! no! no!" She laughed. "I learned what happens when you make a deal with an Uchiha."
"Oh really." He asked, quirking an eyebrow. "Well I promise, one fair Uchiha deal, no string attached. I apologize to the puddle, and you come with me to seal that deal of ours.. the one from last night."
She stood in the cold, thinking. She bit her lower lip, contemplating. "Well, does the deal we're sealing require anything.. even remotely close to our mini-seal last night?"
"Do you want it to?" He implied.
She laughed. "Maybe."
He felt a smile tug at his lips. "are you going to take my deal or not."
"If there is none of...that.. involved in our sealing of the other deal!" She laughed, walking forward.
Sasuke looked down at the puddle he had parked in. "I'm sorry, that I parked in you... puddle..."
Sakura smiled. Sasuke scooted over in his seat and opened the door for her. She slid in and laughed. "Youtube moment."
He frowned. "You didn't.."
"Maybe...Maybe not." She said, folding her hands on her lap. He reached for her hand, where the phone rested. She pulled it back and he leant in closer. He looked up at her. Her eyes were laughing. He sat up and leaned in closer.
"Ah, Uchiha, you remember the deal." She held up a hand to stop him. He pushed it back.
"Haruno, you forget, I only made that deal for the other deal. We had no real confirmation on the puddle deal." He leant in and placed his lips atop hers. This kiss, was softer, sweeter, more thought out. He pulled back and leant into his seat. She glared at him.
"Damn you Uchiha, and your damn loop holes." She pouted. Inside her heart was out of control.
"you know you liked it." He smirked.
She'd never tell him, but she really did.
A/N: not to sound.. ungrateful... but.. I'm not getting very many reviews.. I'd love more... :D