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Lovesick Melody.
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Disclaimer: Me no own Naruto, nor Lovesick or any of its characters.
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A/N: Guess what? This is so much fun. The Philippines sounds amazing! Here ya go right before I leave. Next update will be around April. Sorry. Hope all you guys will stick around with me that long. May I also add that this fan fiction is about half done? Yup! You read right!
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I smiled happily, I could almost feel myself glowing with happiness. I brushed my hair, put on a bit of make up and changed my clothes. Sasuke and I were sitting at the near by fancy restaurant. He was in a lack turtle neck with some kind of tight fitting jeans. All together, it suited him, "Why couldn't you just wear your uniform?" he asked me.
"No way! This is our first time eating out, jeez."
"Fine fine."
"I wonder if anyone would think we're lovers..." I sighed happily at that thought. Seeing that weired look on Sasuke's face I had to quickly add, "That would be so gross. I mean you're an old man for goodness."
"Who cares?" I was miffed, I care! That wasn't really nice of him, "Besides that. That burn! You're not married yet and what if that leaves a scar on your body? Be more careful."
"Whoa... Father mode."
"You're pretty annoying. I'm watching out for you." he said sipping his cup full of ice cold soda.
"I know. Don't worry, this will go away soon. Besides, if no one wants me, you will and that's all right with me." I blushed at what I just said. Ba-dump. Ba-dump. My heart beat as the silent seconds passed by. As I was about to apologize the waitress placed our food in front of us. It was the Hors D'Oeuvre and it looked pretty good. Just as I was about to compliment the food, Sasuke did before me and I replied with a lame 'yeah.'
I think that just a moment before, I very subtly said something extremely bold. My greediness seems to grow proportionally with my love for him. My hands were shaking as they picked up my glass of iced tea. Of course, I didn't have any courage to jeopardize what we have at the moment but what if one day these feeling were to explode and I was able to verbalize them?
Two hours later we were walking down the street to our house, "I'm going to buy some cigarettes."
"All right, I'll be waiting here for you." When I was alone I started thinking in my head once again. My feelings were strong and I'm sure they can overcome a lot of obstacles but not all. Now I'm making excuses. Some times I'm afraid of myself. He could make my heart thump so fast that I was sure he could hear it but another second he could make me so mad that I would never want to see his face again.
Before I could have said 'I love you, Sasuke Uchiha', Sasuke came back and dragged me away, "That was fast." He took me by the shoulders and dragged me away he was acting like he was afraid that I would be running away or something it was like... odd. There was just something off about Sasuke, "Uhm. Hey, Sasuke did you managed to get your cigarettes?"
Sasuke checked his pockets and sighed angrily, "No. They didn't have my brand." That was probably why he was in a bad mood. Eh, I'll just get it out of him later.
"That place where we ate was really good. It was so cute and cozy. And a major plus is the fact that their food is beyond delicious. It also had a nice atmosphere. I wonder.. Sasuke, did you used to go a lot to that place with mother? Or did you not take her out often?" He was staring at me while I waited for an answer, "Is something wrong? Do I have something on my face? Oh. You're seeing my mother in me." It wasn't me he was looking at, it was my mother. The women that was able to capture his heart.
"No. You and Sakumo look nothing alike." he stated. I was flabbergasted, everyone said we looked exactly the same. We resembled each other so much we could passed as twins or sisters. It was just amazing how Sasuke didn't agree. I then voiced that idea, "Despite the outward appearance, Sakumo was frank and more boyish."
"Wait a minute! Are you saying I'm to feminine?!"
"If you were truly feminine you wouldn't be saying so." he said quietly. I agreed and then smiled at our conversation. If I confessed my feelings to him I supposed we couldn't have comfortable and laughable conversations like this anymore. I won't say it, "You're not going to go out anymore at night, got it?"
"What?! Why not?!" But it's okay if I keep loving you in my heart.
"Because it's dangerous."
"Wait a minute! Hey! You're treating me like a kid again!" I promise that I'll keep playing the role as your daughter.
"You're not allowed to anymore, all right? And that's final."
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The next day at school was brutal. During physical education - also known as PE - our teacher made us run 3 miles. Without stopping. It was so tiring but since Ino and Hinata don't really care about their PE grade they walked the whole thing. And frankly, I did too. So for that hour we were just walking talking about the many random subjects a girl can think of.
When it was time to change we - as in my friends and I - were laughing at some silly mistake Ino had made in the past. Suddenly someone poked me on my chest, "Hey. Ms. Uchiha!"
"Huh?" I glanced up. It was Yakia Ami. She's a year older then us and she was one of those good for nothing sluts, "...Can I help you?"
"You seem like such 'a sweet girl', I guess you can never judge simply by appearance. Just how many people are you seeing?"
"Huh?! What are you talking about?" I asked.
"I guess it's too normal to feign ignorance." She walked away without another word leaving me shocked and speechless.
"What an intense girl, do you know who that is Sakura-chan?" asked Hinata curiously studying the teenager who disappeared within the school, "That's Yakia Ami. Senior. She's said to have dated and had sex with every single male senior. My advice, stay away from her." Ino agreed shortly after commenting that she was a slut. But still, I don't get it. Was she mistaking me for someone else?
Walking to the hallway leading to my health class I was clearly shocked when Ami waved to me and called my name, "Um. Are you mistaking me for some body else?"
"Let me see that man." she stated smiling.
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That was how I decided that I would take her to Sasuke. Since she claimed she knew him, "How do you know Sasuke, Ami?"
"Oh. You know my name, lovely. Well, he just gave me some advice the other day and I just wanted to thank him." I nodded mutely. Never did I think that Sasuke would associate with girls like this one. Because something about her, she just had this different aura. That was something sexy about it. And when she looks at me I noticed they held a challenging glint in them. I need to be more cautious, I warned myself.
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"I'm home.." I called out into the house I called my own.
"You live here?"
"Yes. Come in and follow me," I said taking off my shoes and setting them on the floor. Ami followed me into the living room where Sasuke was reading something, "Sasuke, you have a visitor."
"A visitor?" he asked when he looked up, shocked was written on his face.
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I looked down at my hands peeling the carrot. Ami has been here for five minutes now and I just wanted her out. From the kitchen I heard their conversation, "Jeez. So you really were waiting for your daughter. I thought it was some enkou considering the brand logo shopping bag you gave her." I froze, she thought I was some kind of enkou? I would never stoop so low.
"So? Is there any reason why you wanted to come and see me?"
"No. Not really. I just wanted to see you again." My ears picked up a sigh that belonged to Sasuke, "I always thought that all men of all ages are stupid and only thought about dirty thoughts. So when you lectured me the other day I felt I don't know.. refreshed. And... to add to that. You're my type." I was shaking now, the knife nearly scraping on my skin.
"I see.. so you good for the good looking type of men." he said nonchalantly.
"Haha! You're funny! What a jerk!"
"Now I bet I'm not your type anymore." he chuckled.
"That's where you're wrong. Surprisingly, I kind of like narcissist."
"You're strange."
Why was Sasuke being so friendly? He was such a... Uhm ... What is that word... PLAYER! There you go! My eyes clenched and my fists enclosed around the knife in my hands. So many things I wanted to do with this chopping device, "Sakura." Looking up I saw Sasuke standing next to Ami, "It's getting dark so I'll take her home." he said pointing at Ami who hugged his arm thankfully, "Make sure you lock all the doors."
Oh god, how I wished Karin was next to me right now. She'd tell me what to do.
"You're a pretty safe driver, Sasuke." Ami said staring intently at my face. I got a bad vibe from this school girl.
"What's with this 'Sasuke' business. Since when were you and I on such close terms?" I asked seriously.
"Aww. Why not? It seems much more intimate when I call you by your name does it not?" She gave me directions and then I stepped on my brake, "Here's my house. Thank you Sasuke." As I expected her to walk out she placed her hand on my thigh. Shocked, I looked down on her hand with a raised eyebrow, "Hey... Kiss me?" I sighed. This wasn't one of my nightly plans. I just planned to do some reading and then eat dinner with Sakura then go to sleep.
"As I said, I don't remember you and I being on such close terms."
"But I want to!"
I stared at her. It was hard to take her word for it - her not being a enkou. She was staring at me and I turned away annoyingly, "Sorry. It's my principle to only kiss the woman I love. And you are surely not her." Another unexpected move, she turned my face and kissed me straight on the lips when she pulled back she smiled.
"Same for me too, you know?"
When I heard the door slam shut relief washed through me, although, I knew I had to remain cool. "Welcome home, Sasuke." He moved the dining chair and asked what was for dinner and claimed that he was hungry. All to the hell with it, I might as well try to get the information I wanted to know from him, "Hey. Does Yakia-san do enkous? Did she invite you to enkou with her that one day?"
"She invited me out to eat with her but I declined then I lectured her for the hell of it." My hands slammed themselves on the wooden table.
"Don't hang around with such an easy girl."
"Well, give her a break. You shouldn't bad mouth people so much." he said to me. When he looked into my emerald eyes, tears threatened to spill over by the sight I saw. That plus him defending her.
"I'm not bad mouthing her! Why are you even standing up for her?! Do you like her or something? What if mom was still alive? Would you ditch her to hang with Ami or something?!" I knew what was coming, he was going to lecture me, but to my defense.. I had something too.
"I'm not! I just don't think it's very nice of you to think of people poorly and you don't even know them." How could he stay so calm? "Enough already! Let's eat." I smiled sadly at him. Though, he didn't notice.
I took a paper towel and held it out towards him when he opened his mouth to speak I cut him off, "You have lipstick on your mouth.." When he brushed it off I walked out of the room.
"Don't misunderstand! She did it without my consent!"
"You're to careless and defenseless!" I scolded walking up the steps while he followed me.
"It isn't like I'm a girl, Sakura."
"You could have dodged her couldn't you?!"
"I couldn't because it was so sudden!"
"But you didn't mind it right!??!?! Before you were grinning foolishly. Well, she is pretty after all so good for you I guess." Annoying. Her and Sasuke both...
"Why are you acting so grumpy? You're being unpleasant."
Are so annoying!! "You're one to talk.. you.. Dirty Old Man!!" Usually it came out as a joke but this time it was full on business. Shock placed itself on Sasuke's face as he figured I really meant it.
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The next day I went to school avoiding any contact with Sasuke. I even woke up earlier than usual to get to school. So for a while I was a loner waiting for a certain someone to arrive. And when she did, I went up to her. Clearly, she knew it was coming because she started laughing, "Is that what you wanted to talk about? I did kiss him, but it was only one sided."
"Can you stop that? Acting so frivolously. Sasuke isn't like that. So don't see him as one of those trival men, Ami."
"I see him neither as frivolous or a trival man. I only act the way I want to. But since I acted the way I did last night I say that I probably like Sasuke. The thing about me is that once I set my eyes on something. I totally immerse myself in them. I'll do anything in this world to make them like me. Even if it means using my female weapons." Her hands laid on her collar of her shirt, right above her breast, "So, Uchiha-san. Please. Next time I'm with Sasuke, don't criticize me. We're all free to love are we not?"
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Two days passed and I was getting paranoid. Then the phone ring and Sasuke picked it up. My pink hair was bundled together in a bun as Sasuke asked through the receiver how that person was and I was only thinking it was Ami, "Come over anytime! Yeah.. See ya." once he hung up he looked at me, "Oh. I should have given you the phone. It was Karin. You could make an international call if you like." He suggested trying to get on my good side. What a suck up.
At least it wasn't Ami, I'm glad, "No. It's okay."
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My foot ran towards Sasuke's room. He was an hour late on waking up, "Sasuke! Wake up alread - y!" I was shocked, my heart thumped in pain. In his bed. He was laying naked but he wasn't alone.
Next to him. With him was Yakia Ami.
"What's going on..?" I asked afraid of the answer. My heart thumped again. This time I was sure they could have heard it.
"It's exactly what it looks like, " Ami said happily, "We're going out!"
I gasps waking from my nightmare. I laid there on my bed staring at the ceiling. Tears prickled down my face as I sighed sadly. This was just to painful.
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"Sasuke! Where are you going?" I asked catching him before leaving the door.
"I'm going to buy some cigarettes.." he said strangly. It passed a day from that nightmare and every single night or when I'm alone I can't stop that scene from playing.
"I think I'll go with you!" I said.
"But I'll be right back, it's just around the corner. Besides, weren't you just doing the dishes?" He asked looking at my hand that held a soapy sponge. I'm acting weired, I mentally thought. If I wanted to watch out for him I had to act normal.
"Oh. Okay. I just felt like taking a walk for a bit. Nevermind I'll just take one later." He looked into my eyes again. Onyx clashed with Emerald.
"Isn't your eyes a bit red?"
"Oh. That. I just had a bad dream this morning and well. Yeah. When I woke up this morning I was crying. No biggie. Maybe it's because I was reading a scary story right before I hit the hay. I'll be careful next time." The reason I can not act normal was because of that stupid dream. I'm scared of seeing that picture. Seeing that scene right before my eyes.
Most of all. I'm scared of losing Sasuke.
The doorbell rang and I answered it shocked to see it was Ami, "Hey. Is Sasuke home?"
"No. He isn't here at the moment."
"A date with his girlfriend, perhaps?"
"He has a meeting at his studio about work." I informed her.
"Really now. Then I'll wait in front of his office until he comes out."
She started to walk away, "Hold it!" I called. She turned back to me to smirk.
"Didn't I ask not to criticize me anymore?" she said.
News around school was she had a boyfriend. Been having one since the beginning of the school year, "You don't stop having other men treat you to dinner even though you have a boyfriend, do you?"
"And your point is...?"
"My point is that it isn't right! If you really like somebody, then it is normal to do things that won't hurt the other person's feelings. What you're doing is hurting everyone. By going after Sasuke, you're hurting your boyfriend, doesn't that bother you at all? How would it feel if it was the other way around? If it was you the one being cheated on?"
"Isn't fine as long as he doesn't find out?"
"You think too lightly of other people's feelings. Ami, you think too lightly of people who are willing to give up their time, their actions and even their money just for you! Even Sasuke, you think very lightly of him. You choose men according to your own convenient standards. And then just conveniently slap the words 'like' or 'love' onto those men."
"You know. You both are alike. They way you both over think things and think so stiffly. And the way you both like to lecture. I'm stupid, I'd admit that, to even follow whatever you're saying... But there is one thing I realized talking to you.. You're in love with Sasuke. And you're envious of me."
Ami turned around on her boots to walk out, "Are you going to see Sasuke?"
"We're all free to love, aren't we?"
My heart started thumping as I saw that same picture in my head again. Luckily, I was saved when she got a phone call. Apparently, she got a hot date at a sushi place. Lucky her. Not being able to stop myself, I turned off all the lights and sat on the couch. My legs pushed up into my chest and my hands wrapping around it. I buried my head into my arms and wept.
"We're all free to love right?"
Her words kept playing in my head. There wasn't any point to try and hide my feelings from myself. For me, I could only love in my heart. Suddenly the lights turned on and I heart my name being called from the doorway, "Sakura? Were you asleep? Or are you not feeling to well?"
"Y .. You're pretty early.." I whispered.
"Yeah. I drank a little after the meeting but then I got worried about you. You've been acting strange lately. Now a days you always look so worried about something. You know, even I can give advice." Weeping once again, I squeezed his arm, "It's been bothering you that much to make you cry? Something you can't even tell me?" he said softly. I want to tell him, honestly, I do. I can't.. I wanted to say, because it is you. I thought back at Ami had said.
"You're envious of me.."
That's right, I am envious. Because for her she could tell Sasuke she loves him without hesitation. There was no problems for her, she's a stranger. Sasuke's big masucline hand was against my cheek lifting my face from its burrow, "Why are you crying so hard? Tell me. Are you thinking it'll be useless confiding me? That I can't be of any help to you?"
I looked into his worried onyx eyes. Please Sasuke, I wanted to say. Please don't go anywhere, and don't become somebody else's. Gathering as much courage as I can I spoke two words, "Kiss me." Sasuke's hand somehow stay upon my cheek while his face fell into shock.
After a while his face soften, "Only if that'll make you stop crying..."
He leaned forward as my heart thumped furiously. Sasuke was now only centimeters away from mine, he never lost the eye contact we held. His lips landed upon mine and I swooned. My lips moved with his as we shared a passionate kiss. My arms was against his abs while his was pulling my face closer. Faintly, I could taste the alcohol. Maybe Sasuke was drunk and will forget about it in the morning... But, I don't really care.
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"It's my principle to only kiss the woman I love.."
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A/N: Wasn't that a long long long chapter? Longest one I've ever done. Hahaha. Sadly, this will be the last chapter until I come back which is in April. Unless I somehow find internet conection and I could plug in my flashdrive. Hehe! Until April then!
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