Aaaww... I don't own Naruto...

"Duh, too late for being a gentleman now, Uchiha." Sakura rolled her eyes and stormed her way out of the car park.

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Chapter 3: The Aftermath

SASUKE just smiled as he watch Sakura leave the car park. Its been one interesting day for him. He put her phone on his pocket and opened his car door and left.

SAKURA has been driving her car around with no specific place to go. After leaving him there, she called her driver to pick her up. When the driver arrived she told him to go home and that she wanted to drive alone. While driving, she can't get her mind off what had happened inside the cafe and the car park.

"That was so shameful! How could I possibly do that thing?!", Sakura asked herself while looking at the mirror. "You're so shameless Haruno Sakura! How could you pos-... god! How could I? I bet that guy is laughing his heart out because of what he did to me!"

"You're going to pay for this Uchiha Sasuke! I swear! I'm going to make you pay for what you did! And I don't care if you're hot or something..."

Two and a half hours later, she found herself in an old familiar place. It was the park near the riverbank. She sat on the bench- the same bench she sat on two days after her ninth bday. This bench used to be her favorite place when she was younger. Her nanny would usually bring her there to play.

Sakura smiled as her memories travel back on that specific day. Everytime she comes to the park, she was there to play alone. There were lots of kids her age playing around but she's quite shy to join. She knew most of the kids playing there. And though she would play with her Barbie alone, Sakura didn't fail to notice most of the kids especially boys her age would glance at her. That made her feel more hesitant to greet and talk to them.

Well, not until that day...

Sakura heard her phone ringing. She opened her purse and get it. She was about to answer the phone when she realized that it isn't hers.

Lazy Calling...

"Arrggg! I'll make you pay for this, Pervert!", she grit her teeth and put of his goddamn phone. "Oh, how I wish he won' be answering my calls or else, I'm dead meat."

"EI, SHIKAMARU! What did Sasuke say?" Neji asked as he put his towel on the bench.

"He's not answering his phone. Something might be wrong... This is so not like him.", the pineapple-headed guy answered.

"Come on, dude! Teme might be on a date right now." the blond guy said to he two. "Or maybe he's in the middle of making out with one hot lady that's why he wouldn't want to answer the phone! What do you think, eh? WHAT DO YOU THINK?!" he started laughing so hard.

"You're too loud, dobe.". Neji said. "We'll start practicing five minutes from now. We don't have to wait for Uchiha.", he continued.

"Man, troublesome."

Sasuke arrived at the gym thirty minutes after the team started practicing. Neji signaled for a timeout. As the captain he knows they don't have to practice that hard since all the players in the team are excellent.

"Hey, man. Why aren't you answering the phone." Shikamaru asked as the three approach him.

Sasuke just smiled.

"What's with the smile, teme?", Naruto asked. Sasuke looked at looked at him without saying a word. "Aaaaah! So, I was right? You did make out with - ?" Naruto exclaimed.

"Shut it, dobe. You're talking nonsense." Neji said.

"But..."

"Be quiet, Naruto." Sasuke said while grinning. "I didn't make out with any woman, okay. But I met with one." he continued.

"Tsk. That would be troublesome. Women are troublesome, Uchiha. Remember that." Shikamaru said.

"Sasuke's not like you, bro." It was Neji. "He would prefer having girl that would stay by her side for more than seven days."

"THAT's RIGHT! Women are worth more than seven days, Lazy boy." Naruto said.

"Man, I know you're crazy in love with your model girlfriend", he told Naruto. "and I understand where you're coming from. But you don't have to imply that I'm a lousy lover coz I make sure they're satisfied after seven days." Shikamaru said lazily.

Sasuke just stared at his three friends. They treated each other as brothers every since they met. And though they have different opinions in some instances, it doesn't come to the point that their friendship was threatened. They would sometimes resort on hitting each other but afterwards everything will be back to normal.

It was good to have these guys as his friends. Sasuke looked at them-Shikamaru has always been famous as the playboy one in the group and he doesn't deny that. Shikamaru enjoys flirting with girls but he was never serious while Naruto is different. He might be the funniest among the four of them but Naruto has always been serious when it comes to women. That what makes him different to Shikamaru. Naruto has been with his model girlfriend from quite sometime now and it looks like he's contented with her... And Neji. He and Neji are perceived to be the snobs in the group. Well, it isn't questionable. They don't talk too much. If Shikamaru and Naruto are extremes, Neji and him would probably in between. They have their fair share of flings and that's just it.

He sighed.

"Let's stop this now and let's play ball. We got to win the championship... again", Neji stopped them.

Everyone agreed.

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Seems dragging for me... :-( What can you say?