TTTT Thank god that final essay is done so I can UPDATE. I feel like its been forever...though, its been under two weeks. lol

"Good mood, eh Sakura?"

She nodded, literally floating into Biology. Her eyes settled into Kakashi's, setting her books down gleefully. "Oh Kakashi sensei…writing him that note was such a good thing to do…"

"Sakura?"

The Haruno blinked slowly a few times, "Hmm?" Her eyes followed his finger, and to where it was pointing; the doorway. And when she saw who was in the doorway, her cheeks went red. Oh shit…he heard. Oh, awkward…

His pose was pure sexiness. His arms were crossed as he leaned in the doorway, eyes easy to be drawn into. When Sakura happened to see him he walked into the room, up to her. "Well isn't this nice to know. And here I thought-"

She waved her arms, "No, no! See…after yesterday, I sorta came to Kakashi sensei and talked over the no thing cause he'd be able to…well, yeah. But it was my idea; he had no influence over me what so ever."

Sasuke looked at his Biology teacher; he nodded from behind his book. His eyes went back into Sakura's. "You realize, now that I know, it shouldn't be awkward, so you don't need to be speeding away from me still."

Sakura had to admit this was embarrassing, now that the room was filling up with students. Naruto had just walked in; his blue eyes seemed to pop out of his head seeing this. He went over to his seat and let his friend's converse. "Sorry, the whole idea of you knowing is really new; I've never done something like that before."

"You're still nervous and flustered; I'll give you a few more days." It was apparent to the Uzumaki, Sakura, and the teacher of the class that he wanted to be able and sit down with her to talk seriously over something, but he saw she needed more time to adapt and get used to this. Sakura was screaming at herself from the inside to calm the fuck down, but it wasn't working; she felt oh so awkward. "Just wanted to stop in on my way to lunch and let you know to stop running away. I would like to talk to you, eventually." He turned and left, waving on his way out.

"Later…" She waved, though he couldn't see it.

"Well, you gotta stop being so oppositional when he's willing to be so kind and open after this. It's almost like you two are great friends again over a note." The Haruno let out a breath as the tone sounded, sitting down in her seat.

"I know sensei."

Naruto, a desk away, let out a long breath. "And now I don't have to hold that one in. Thank god this part worked out."

The seats in this room spun; she turned and faced the Uzumaki, whose back was slumped, arms supporting his relieved position. Her knees accidentally ran into his ass, and he shot up and faced her. "Thank anyways."

He took in her quaint and peaceful smile; he, too, was happy for the Haruno. It had been a while since he was such a meaningful smile from her.

"Alright, open your books to page three-hundred twelve. Here's a worksheet that goes along with the section." The green eyes female spun back around to the desk surface, doing as instructed. Today was a day of pure ponies and kittens; fluff and rainbows. True Monday sucked, and yesterdays Tuesday had been the worst for a long time, but this Wednesday made up for it all.

Too bad it wasn't like this everyday.

"SAKURA!!!" The voice was from down the hall a ways, but making extremely quickly towards her.

The school day had just ended, and she was planning to get on the bus in a minute here. Sakura wanted to stop at Sasuke's locker and thank him for understanding before so…however, things weren't about to turn out accordingly.

Her head slowly turned toward the voice; the rosette was almost afraid to look. As soon as she did, two arms tightly wrapped around her, also succeeding in pushing her a good ten feet down the hall. It was like a semi crashing right into a baby cart in the street; you never would have seen it coming.

Sakura managed to keep her balance, looking at her blonde friend. "Temari, what the hell!?"

"Ohh, I'm so HAPPY for you!" It sorta scared Sakura that her strict and clever friend could be so happy like this. Gently, she pushed her friend away, knowing shed gotten the word. However, from behind her friend, she saw the Uchiha looking at her from his locker.

Gotta get over to him…

"Thanks Temari, but I need to get to the bus and-" She went to step towards him; he was just waiting for her, it seemed. A slight grin came onto his face, seeing the Haruno start to approach him.

"Wait! I'll give you a ride home today! And we can go celebrate with a bunch of good friends!"

"Okay, okay! But please, I need to do something!"

Temari looked back to where Sakura was now going; she smacked herself in the face. "God Temari you asshole, you could have blown it for her right there…" Sighing, she waved after whispering this to herself. "I'll be out in the parking lot."

Sasuke closed and locked his locker, glancing at the pink haired female approaching him. All he really could do was grin. She was trying; she really was. He coolly turned, crossing his arms to look into her eyes as she paused in front of him. "Hmm?" The Uchiha could see the worry hidden behind her emerald eyes; something about her had pushed her to do this. If it was sheer confidence speaking, she'd have no worry. But she did, meaning she wasn't totally comfortable around him yet.

"I know you have football practice…but I wanted to let you know that I'd hope to catch you after school once in a while to…just talk."

"Since we don't have time to do so during school?" He watched his friends eyes light up; the panic and worry practically melted away. Sasuke grinned sweetly, knowing it was because he understood and wasn't so oppositional that she suddenly felt at home talking to him.

"Yeah. I can't today because of Temari…and other days I do have to get the bus home, but I'll try and let you know when I can." He was sure it ended there, and she'd say bye so he could head off to practice. It'd be quite a good ending. Though, part of him was hoping the old Sakura would kick in and hug him or something. He did miss the old days with her; it was his fault they ended anyways.

It'd take some time for him to reveal that to her though. But now that he understood he'd done damage to her and crushed her heart enough to cause her avoid to him, he knew he had to do something to make it right again. Being kind and talking to her was the least he could do if he wanted her back. And Sasuke being Sasuke, he couldn't just say to her so soon, "Hey, I really think we should just pick up where we left off." After almost two years of not speaking much at all, it would take quite a while for them to warm back up to the other and replenish that mutual feeling. He was willing to jump right back into it, but Sakura had never really told or giving him a clue as if it was okay to ask such of her. He wanted to understand her more, and hear from her it was okay to put his arm around her, call her late at night (when he got her number,) and out together on weekends.

Right now talking was as far as she was going; it was hard for him to understand Sakura so well, but he was open to the idea of letting her tell him such. Time was needed though, and talking on her part would help him open and understand so he could do something more than talk; then it'd be alright and okay for something much more.

It was silent for a moment between them, just exchanging looks as they stood in front of each other. The sunlight from the courtyard shone on them both; a setting sun's light. It made them glow. No one else was really around either; people tended to split as soon as school ended.

Sasuke's attention fully shifted to the female before him that he still adorned; her arms were around his upper back suddenly. She was hugging him. "Thank you, Sasuke."

His open eyes slowly closed half way as he unfolded his arms, and put them around her back. Her body shape had changed over the years; he could feel it against his own form in the embrace. She'd grown since the two years back; soft with good curves. He could give a shit less if she didn't have the biggest chest; it just felt good to have her in his arms for a moment. Sasuke could almost feel the fondness buried deep in his heart for her starting to resurface. And here he thought he'd gotten rid of that feeling long ago. Just having her show some sort of old feeling like she used to made his heart open more.

"Don't worry about it."

Sakura closed her eyes, letting her nose rest just below his shoulder. She didn't want to stop or let go anytime soon. It'd been forever since they held each other so closely, and she missed those times so much. Her cheeks were red, but it a reassuring way. She could feel his chin nearly resting on her opposite shoulder, and his arms were wrapped around her in such a needing manor; Sakura believed he didn't want to let go, either.

"I miss…the old times, too…"

Her eyes opened, blinking. What did…he just say? Sakura loosened her grip, looking into his eyes; he was till holding her. "What?"

Sasuke hadn't realized he said that out loud; apparently she didn't hear or seemed confused. He shook his head, releasing her. "Nothing, sorry. I better get going." He turned and waved, heading off towards the gym.

"Bye…" She watched him for a moment before tuning away herself, and heading out one of the doors to meet Temari. Her body crawled with his warmth; it felt like heaven when he took her into his arms like that. She still wasn't to sure as to what he said; she wanted to believe he said something about missing the old days, but when it came to such, she often misheard things.

Sakura really had to talk to him; a long serious after school talk about how she wanted to go back to those days with him. She felt comfortable around him so suddenly, just because of what took place not even a minute ago. It's like something special was there between them, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Gaara slumped down against the school wall, deciding to stall another minute after seeing what he just did. He was supposed to go along with his sister and Sakura to celebrate, but witnessing what he did, he knew exactly what was going to happen. The Sabaku was sorry for even turning that corner and seeing them embracing so. He backed away, but heard what Sasuke said. He didn't know why he stopped communicating with Sakura that summer, but he had a good idea why now.

Gaara believed the Uchiha used to love her, and just never got it out and across to her back then. Now that he knew Sakura loved him and felt so comfortable…

God dammit…he's starting to fall in love with her.

It hurt him a lot, since he'd loved Sakura for a good two years now. He didn't want to ruin Sakura's love, but he wanted to be with her. It was impossible to do without hurting someone. Gaara didn't know what to do.

I really need to start writing for this fic more. Somehow, I wrote 10 parts in 5 days for another fic...yet I haven't even started 8 for this one. GASP Does this mean...hiatus!? Nah, there's still another chapter to post, and another week to pass. I'm sure to have another chapter done, hopefully.

Don't even try to tell me this chapter didn't reveal a lot...X3