Enjoy this chapter, more couples are introduced but not to worry, sasu/saku would still be the main one.
Chapter 9-Pink haired Match maker
Sakura went to the bathroom hospital and slipped out of the plain hospital gown into jeans and a T-shirt with the caption, 'Little Ms. Stubborn' on it.
Tsunade had said the shirt suited her for she really was thick headed and so she gave her the shirt despite sakura's refusals and threatened to break her bones if she refused.
Combing her hair which was now above her shoulders, she took one last look in the mirror before exiting the bathroom.
To her surprise she saw a raven haired boy sitting on the chair beside her bead with his eyes closed and arms crossed.
He opened one eye, "Good morning." He greeted.
"What are you doing here so early?" she asked dumbfounded.
Sasuke shrugged and stood up reaching in his pocket and took out a small container.
"Your glasses were broken, so I got you some contacts." He explained giving her the container.
She was surprised by the gift but nonetheless accepted it and thanked him.
She felt guilty for lying about the glasses but kept quiet.
She went back to the bathroom where she pretended to put on her contacts which luckily was transparent and exited the room.
"You look much better without your glasses." Sasuke complimented giving her a crooked smirk while she just smiled at him.
"Come on, I'll send you home." He offered and dragged sakura before she could contemplate what was happening.
This was a new part of sasuke she had never seen who was kind and caring. She looked at sasuke whose back was facing her and smiled.
She liked this new part of sasuke better than the one who is always teasing her.
Sasuke caught her smile and eyed her weirdly, "What?"
"Nothing." She answered still smiling, "Is it wrong for me to smile." She asked while sasuke just shrugged and continued walking to the car.
"What are you doing later?" sasuke suddenly asked.
"I'm having a sleepover with the girls." She explained oblivious of how she disappointed sasuke.
"But I'm free tomorrow." She said and sasuke smirked.
"Do you want to go out with me?" he asked.
"As in a date?"
"Only if you want it to be."
"Oh my god, Sasuke Uchiha had just asked me out on a date!!!" sakura squealed acting like a fan girl while sasuke's eyes twitch and a scowl appear on his face regretting his decision.
Then sakura burst out laughing, "Hahahahaha…that face hahahaha priceless!!" she said between laughter while sasuke glared at her.
"Ouch! Hahaha! My stomach hurts!! Hahaha" she laughed clutching her tummy as sasuke continued to glare at her through the mirror.
"Hahaha! I can't believe you taught I was a fan girl!!" after a few long stomach-paining minutes sakura's laughter went down to giggles.
"Ow…My stomach still hurts." She whined earning an amuse look from sasuke.
"I hate you, amusing with my pain." she said playfully glaring at him.
"Who was the one who laughed at my face?"he countered.
"I couldn't help it. You just had to make a hilarious look!"
"Well?" sasuke asked earning a confused look from sakura.
"Well what?" she asked,
"The date." Sasuke reminded can't believe how forgettable she could be.
"Oh yeah! Sure why not!" she said earning a smirk from sasuke.
"Good, I'll pick you up at 5 tomorrow." He said stopping the car in front of the hotel.
"Alright, thanks for sending me home sasuke." She said giving him a smile before closing the door of the car and walking in the lobby of her hotel.
He watched as she disappeared in the hotel's lobby before he drove of with a smile on his face.
"He said that?!!" Ino asked bewildered.
The girls were having a sleepover in ino's mansion which sakura must say is very extravagant. Her room was painted purple, ino's favorite color and everything down to her bed sheet and doors are painted with different shades of purple.
"That was so sweet of him. Waking up in the morning and driving you home from the hospital. I wish I could be in your place." Ino swooned day dreaming.
"And that lazy ass would never wake up to do something like that…" she said pouting earning a raised brow from sakura.
"You know, you always compared sasuke with Shikamaru." Sakura mused earning a slightly blushing ino.
"I… I don't know what you're talking about." She stammered silently cursing herself for stuttering.
Sakura eyes narrowed with an evil glint and the other girls got the hint cause they were eying Ino suspiciously.
"Ino, by any chance were you crushing on sasuke to cover up for your crushing with Shikamaru?" tenten asked and Ino grew even redder.
'Bulls eye'
Ino timidly nodded as all the girls jumped up on ino's bed shouting, "Ino and Shika kissing on a tree. First comes loves, second comes marriage, third comes a bay in a carriage!" they chanted before falling on the bed giggling and congratulating a blushing Ino.
"Honestly what do you see in that lazy ass?" tenten asked.
"What do you see in the second ice-cube hyuuga?" ino countered.
"At least I don't deny it." Tenten replied smirking before pouting, "Hinata's so lucky to be cousins with neiji and she never introduced me to him." She whined while hinata silently apologized.
"Well, we all know that hinata likes that knuckle head blonde, naruto." Ino said earning a red hinata.
Sakura giggled and hugged hinata, "Don't worry hinata, naruto likes you too!" sakura said and hinata looked up to her hopefully.
"Do you really think so?" she asked timidly.
"I know so! Naruto told me himself." Sakura announced while hinata proceed to play with her fingers.
Sakura smiled at her when her ring tone of her cell phone was heard.
(Avril Lavigne-Hot)
You're so good to me Baby Baby
I want to lock you up in my closet, where no one's around
I want to put your hand in my pocket, because you're allowed
Sakura crawled across the bed and scrambled to her feet to where her bag was laying on the floor.
I want to drive you into the corner, and kiss you without a sound
I want to stay this way forever, I'll say it loud
Now you're in and you can't get out
She rummaged through her bag trying to find her cell phone.
You make me so hot
Make me wanna drop
You're so ridiculous
I can barely stop
She found her blackberry phone which was surprisingly onyx black instead of pink like everyone had expected it to be.
"Hello?" she asked
"Sakura!" shouted a boy who she immediately recognizes, I mean who else has that loud voice naruto has.
"Hey naruto!" she answered and hinata's voice dropped.
"I was wondering if we can hang out tomorrow, you know with her (hinata)." Naruto said hopefully.
"Oh sorry naruto, I can't make it tomorrow." She said and she could actually hear naruto frowning.
"But you could go without me." Sakura said trying to cheer the blond up.
"But neiji would be mad if he found out." Naruto whined,
"Why would I be mad?" said a voice from the other line and sakura's eyes widen.
"Oh, neiji I didn't see you there." Naruto said laughing nervously.
"Spill." Sakura heard the voice said who she figured out to be neiji.
"Well you see…Neiji would be mad if I steal all his ramen….yes that's it!" naruto said sakura deliberately slapped her forehead.
"I'm not that stupid naruto." He said from the other line and naruto chuckled nervously.
"Naruto, let me talk to neiji." Sakura said and naruto obeyed holding the phone out to neiji.
Sakura heard the phone being passed on and there was a longer pause.
'Neiji must be eyeing it first…'
"Hello?" the voice said from the other line,
"Hello Neiji." Sakura greeted, "Hello sakura." He said as well.
"Well you see, since that boy couldn't make up a decent excuse I guess we should spill the truth!" she said and she could hear naruto shouted in protest.
"You see, we were trying to set you up on a date with tenten." She explained and tenten gawked in disbelief at what she had just heard from sakura's mouth.
"But know you found out I guess it couldn't be helped. So, do you want to go out with tenten tomorrow?" sakura asked innocently while a fuming tenten walked over to her.
"S…sure." Neiji stuttered earning a smirking sakura.
Tenten who happened to be close enough to hear it gawked in surprise and her cheeks were painted red.
"What time?"
"I don't know, 6?"
"I'll tell her. 6 it is then." Sakura said smiling as tenten sat dumbfounded and the other two watched amused.
"Now could you pass me the phone to naruto." She asked and neiji gave back the phone.
"Is neiji out of the room?" sakura asked and naruto replied with a yes.
"You're a genius sakura!" he complimented and would have added more if sakura hadn't interrupt him.
"Alright, since neiji is out with tenten at 6, then he wouldn't be there to know that you're out with hinata." Sakura explained which now result in a blushing hinata.
"GREAT!!! You're a genius Sakura!" naruto cheered and she could imagine him doing a victory dance.
"Troublesome…." Sakura heard from the other line.
"Is Shikamaru there?" sakura asked for he would be the only one to say troublesome.
"Yes, he's the one who came up with the plan to tell you to go out with hinata." Naruto admitted while sakura nodded even if naruto can't see her.
"Pass me the phone to him." Naruto obeyed as the lazy ass's sound was heard.
"What?" he asked sleepily.
"Are you free tomorrow?" sakura asked.
"Yeah, why?" Shikamaru answered.
"Good, can you keep Ino company?" sakura said and Ino dropped her nail polish on the floor as the fillings spilled.
"Why?"
"Well, tenten would be with neiji, hinata with naruto and ino would be alone." Sakura explained.
"And you?" he asked suspicious.
"I'm busy." She said and she could almost imagine Shikamaru raise his brow signaling her to continue. Yes she was good at predicting their actions.
"I have a date." She admitted sheepishly.
"So could you accompany Ino?" sakura asked hoping to change the subject but sadly with no such luck.
"With?" shika asked referring to the boy sakura's going out on a date with.
"Sasuke…" she mumbled but Shikamaru heard it and satisfied with his answer,
"Sure, I'll accompany that troublesome girl for you. It's troublesome but I'll do it." He said and sakura thanked him and gave him the details before hanging up the phone.
The second she hung up the phone she was attacked by two of her friends, a brunette and a blond who were hugging the life out of her.
"I love you sakura!" tenten shouted.
"You're the best!" ino shouted in her ear as she was gagging for air.
"I think you should release her. She isn't breathing." Hinata pointed out and when they obeyed, sakura fell on the floor gasping for air.
"Now, we have to pick the costumes for our date tomorrow!" ino announced already rummaging her closet for a perfect outfit for her date.
They sigh but kept quiet nonetheless for they wanted to look impressive in front of the boys.