Boys are like Trees they Take 50 Years to Grow Up
Chapter three

Sasuke dribbled and got his way near the pole, he stands in his feet and dribbled more. He bent his knees, jumps with a hand under the ball and other supporting it and shoots a three-point shot as he fly's back to the ground and bids of sweat covers his shirtless body. He smirked knowing that he will score.

SLAP!

The ball got slapped before it even touches the ring. His eyes widen and as she grabs the ball in the air and hugged it like she's a possessive kid. Her pink locks of bangs are in her face; her short hair is tide in a small loose ponytail. She dribbled and he got alert, his wide arms blocking her way. She turned left, he blocked her but it was a fake. Sakura's damp sleeveless' over large shirt brushes his right arm. Then she jumped to the basket and freely shoots the ball.

The ball bounces from the ring. "Damn," she grunted ready to move again. But a body swiftly run through her, he jumped and flew in the air and dunked the ball. Sakura's mouth is slightly open as she saw him flying high and swings his body as he grabbed the ring. He jumped down to the ground, catching his breath.

"I guess I won," he smirked. Sakura only manage to roll her eyes and sat on the cement ground. He joined her and they both starting to catch up their breath. Sasuke looked at her as she wiggles her body off the overlarge shirt, wearing only her sports bra.

They'd been playing basketball for an hour now since six in the morning. Sakura challenged Sasuke and even made a bet out of it. Whoever wins must buy the beer for tonight; they talked that kind of random stuff early in the morning.

"So hot," she manages to say as she got out from her shirt. She tugs out her ponytail and shook her head and fans herself with her hand. Sasuke can't help himself but to stare at her, her sweaty body is making her sexier than the last time he saw her with too much skin to expose. He gulped and shook his head.

"Hey! Breakfast is ready," Ayuki cheerfully said as she poked out her head from the kitchen's window. Sasuke and Sakura nodded as they both stood up and dusted their shorts and collect themselves.

"I bet I could it more pancakes than you," Sakura grinned running to the front door.

"Hn. As if," he shot back and after her. "Thanks to Ki- chan, if wasn't for her I'll still be staring at Saku's body," he murmured.

"What?" Sakura asked opening the front door. Sasuke aggressively shook his head and hands.

"Buzz off," he answered coolly. Sakura only shrugged and went inside. Sasuke sighed. "She's like any girl I met, why act different to her?"

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Sasuke grabbed his seventh pancake, wiping butter and honey messily and ate it in just two bites. Meanwhile Sakura just finished her fifth pancake, she licks her thumb while she pure the honey over her new pancake in her plate. Itachi and Ayuki's nearly finished with their second pancake while staring at the two who eats like a pig in their dinning table while in the middle of their glaring game. Sasuke chocked, he desperately opened his sports jar open for water.

"Oh my," Ayuki said standing up and start patting Sasuke's back. Sakura laughed pointing at him but still busy eating her pancake. Sasuke gulped down his water until the bottle emptied; he wiped his mouth from the end of his muscle shirt while glaring at her.

"Ki-chan, make more," he ordered and started to eat his half pancake.

"My, my, you two are hungry," Ayuki cheerfully clapped her hands together and went back to the kitchen. "Saku-chi, what time should you go to your job at Happy Berry today?" she asked and started humming as she waits for Sakura's answer. She heard a slamming sound of the utensils in the table after that she heard loud mumbles because of her full mouth.

"What?" Sasuke asked after he swallowed his mouthful of pancakes. Sakura stomp her feet and run upstairs. Ayuki got out from the kitchen with a pan of new pancake.

"Oh dear, I guess she must have forgotten it," she said with a smile.

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Sasuke got out from the house and wore his baseball cap just because his chicken hair is messed up from being too lazy to comb his hair. He hummed and turns to the next road and waited at the bus stop. Summer's almost over and he's been busy with a lot of things, like, Sakura.

"Yo, Sasuke-teme," someone greeted and patted Sasuke's back. He turns to see who and saw the fox kid grinning stupidly at him and next to him is the Hyuga kid that has his hair tied up.

"Hey," he greeted back. "I didn't saw you for a while," he said looking at Neji. He frowned and shook his head.

"I've been busy," he muttered.

"Huh?

"Neji got bunch of visitors in their mansion and guess what who it is?" Naruto said cheerfully, slipping both of his hands behind his head. Sasuke stared at him and shrugged for an answer. "It's Hinata-chan at Temari's café!"

"She's my cousin. She'll be living with us since the house is for all the Hyuga family," Neji wrinkled his nose and got in the bus that just arrived. Neji sat by the window and Sasuke sat next to him, Naruto on the other hand sat on the back after Neji and Sasuke's sit, where he spread his all body so he can get the sit by himself. "She's a total dork. She's shy and doesn't talk too much," Neji continued facing his body away from Sasuke.

"We met her yesterday, she seems nice," Sasuke said resting his head at his hand.

"Yeah! She looked so damn sexy and hot wearing Temari's café's uniform, she's a real cutie as well," Naruto said and whistled a fox tune. "Damn, I didn't even think you two would be related," he added and heard only a grunt from Neji.

"Your family is fucking rich, why is she working anyways?" Naruto asked.

"Because she's shy, she need to work out her social skills if she's going to be President of the Hyuga Co. in the future," he answered. The bus stopped, Sasuke's the first one to get out followed by the other two. He turn back to see Neji who sighed.

"I thought you're the eldest son?" he asked. "Shouldn't it be you?

"My dad's the second child. Hinata's father was the first child of our grandfather, that's why."

"Woh!" Naruto exclaimed and pointed his index finger. Sasuke rolled his eyes he knew his pointing at girls. He looked at Neji and saw his amazement in his face as he looked at where Naruto's pointing. Sasuke sighed in defeat and looked at where Naruto's pointing as well. He saw three girls giggling.

One girl is in a plain sky blue semi-fit shirt and a skinny jean, her brown hair is in two buns. The other is a blonde girl wearing a mini shorts and tube, her bangs in her forehead and her hair is tied up. There was nothing amusing about them, they looked like only having fun who wears sexy summer outfits and then, Sasuke turned his gaze at a girl with pink hair. Pink hair? It's Sakura! She's wearing pink spaghetti strap top and a mini fit strawberry skirt, her short pink hair is down and she's wearing make up! He gulped and stared at her legs. Sakura noticed him and waved. "Sasuke!" She excused herself to the two and ran to him. Both Neji and Naruto turn to him and glared.

"You know them!?" Naruto exclaimed pointing at the girls.

"No!" he exclaimed. Wait, why'd he said no? Of course he knows 'her' but not them. "I mean yes," he shook his head. "No, but I know the pink haired tomboy," he added pointing at Sakura. Sakura's eyes sharpened and kicked Sasuke in his knees that made it weak. "Ouch! Saku you ass!" he exclaimed.

"Pft, ass your face," she crossed her arms in her chest and watched Sasuke to get up. "Why are you here anyways?"

"Duh, summer. I should be the one who ask you that, you're suppose to be at your work!"

"Lunch time," she pointed out. "…idiot." Neji and Naruto can't help themselves to sneaker at point at Sasuke at the same time.

"Boy, Sasuke-teme, she totally pawns you!" Naruto exclaimed between his laughter.

"Shut up you bunch of morons," he glared and shouts.

"Who are they?" Sakura asked taking a sight from Sasuke's body.

"My friends," he groaned. "Dobe or you can also call him Uzumaki, Naruto and the evil asshole but you can call him Hyuga, Neji," he pointed to the two who smiled at Sakura. She bowed and smiled as well.

"Hyuga? So are you related to Hyuga, Hinata?" the girl with chocolate hair asked when they approached them.

"Yeah, she's my cousin," he asked raising a brow. "Why'd you ask?"

"I'm a friend of hers when she was still in Hokkaido, we're both in the same judo class," she smiled and offered a hand to Neji. "I'm TenTen," she introduced with a smile.

"Neji." He shook her hand.

"Oh, hi, I'm Yamanaka, Ino," the blonde handed her hand to Sasuke; her nails are polished with shiny red with a little pictures of stars. "I'm originally from Tokyo and just moved here," Sasuke shook her hand and looked at her; he noticed her tied hair has some strands of blue highlights, her lips covered with red lipstick and her eyes are smocked with some eye shadow, she reminds him of someone. He heard Naruto introduced himself at his back, shoving him aside and he looked at Sakura.

"Friends?" he asked her. She smiled and nodded. "Wow, they sure look so girly," he snorted. Sakura throws a deadly glare at him as he watches his friends flirting with Sakura's friends. "Yamanaka-san said she's from Tokyo, how'd you two known each other?" he asked lowering his gaze to Sakura.

"Her parents are awesomely rich. They have a huge resting house in Hokkaido," she answered watching her friends enjoying the company. "Since I moved there in summer, she was my first best friend. Every summer she'll go to Hokkaido just to play with me," she added.

"How about the Chinese-looking girl there?" he asked pointing to TenTen.

"Oh, she's the one I hang out with since I moved to Hokkaido. She's tough, she looks cool right?" Sasuke just followed the trace of her smile, she likes her friends. They were best friends too you know, he kinda missed that. "I missed them," she added as her smile grew smaller and eyes made more sad expression than happy ones.

"I'm still your best friend, right?" he suddenly muttered. She looked up to him, catching his eyes still locked on her. He turned and hides his face from her and shoves his hands inside his pocket. "In that way, you shouldn't miss anything at all," he continued. He heard her snickered that took most of his attention now, she's laughing. He made her laugh. He smiled and remembered he was being serious. "What's to laugh about?" he asked obviously annoyed.

"My best friend thought I was a boy," she grinned. He blushed and brushes himself as he walked pass by her. "Hey I was only kidding!" she exclaimed walking next to him.

"It's your lunch break, right? Let's go, I know a place," he said and looked at the others who nodded.

They went to a café, specifically speaking, Temari's café. The bell jiggles and made noise when Sasuke pushed the door open wide for Sakura come in before him.

"Welcome!" a waitress bowed with tray hugged in her chest. Her purple hair is in pigtails now.

"Eh? Hinata-chan!?" TenTen exclaimed happily running to her friend and hopped and grope her down to the tiled floor. Next is Ino then followed by Sakura. Poor Hinata, who's only doing her job, got squished.

"TenTen-chan," she manages to say her name even she can't breathe from the weight of the three girls on top of her. "Ino-chan, Sakura-chan," she added. "It's really nice to see you too," she continued. The trio collected themselves, dusted their shirts. Naruto offered a hand to Hinata to pull her up in her feet.

"Where's Temari?" Sasuke asked and pulled a chair for him. Sakura sat next to him then Ino, on the other side Naruto sat by the left side then Neji followed by TenTen. Sasuke slide the menu to Sakura and rested his cheek on his hands. "Shouldn't she be here?"

"Yeah, she's inside the manager's office discussing some matters with—"she was cut off when the manager's door creaks open. They turned to see Shikamaru and Temari, hugging each other, then, they kissed. They all got shocked, the sight of them being passionate. Shikamaru roamed his hands down, Temari's hands circled behind Shikamaru's neck, locking her fingers together. Hinata covered her eyes, the other just stared with bloody eyes shot open and Naruto was so happy he jumped off his chair.

"Yeah! Go Shikamaru!" he exclaimed cheering his friend. Shikamaru didn't look or peek an eye open not a little bit, he just held thumbs up and wore a smirk in his busy locked lips.

"Shikamaru!?" someone shriek. They turned where it came from and it was Ino. The lover's passionate kiss was cut off, they looked at Ino. "You damn fucking bastard!" she cried throwing her bag on the table. "So that's why you never wrote to me anymore!"

"Maybe because writing is like old age, who-ever-you-are," he answered with lazy eyes didn't bother to be shocked. "Now if you excuse us, where in the middle of—"

"The fuck with you! It's me goddamn it! Ino!" she shrieks, now there are beads of tears gathers in her eyes.

"Eh!? He's the pineapple head kid you were talking about for the fucked up years?" TenTen asked standing up to Ino.

"Who, the lazy whiz kid?" Sakura added and she ran towards her best friend.

"Ino-chan," Hinata said with worried expression. Ino whipped her tears like a kid and stared at Shikamaru who's now obviously shock.

"I-Ino," he said walking towards her and cupped her cheek. "Fuck, it is you," he said while she whimpered.

"Fuck you too!" she exclaimed and slapped crossed his face. She brushed herself away from the table and out of the café, running, afraid that anyone would have an idea to follow her.

All of them, there, standing, sitting and staring at each other. Shikamaru found himself slapped physically then mentally, making him snap and return to the reality. He turned his body to the door, someone nudge him to stop.

"Shikamaru," she said. Temari. Her eyes are gathering tears as well. He can read her face; it was a mixture of sadness and confusion. He sighed. Now what should he do? He shook her hand and slumped in a chair near him. He buried his face in his hands. He didn't know what to do next. Temari finally agree to date him and go steady, Ino came back and saw him making out with her. Ino, his long lost love.

Sasuke jumped from his chair. He remembered what Shikamaru said, that someone is Ino. Ino and Temari are a lot like together. He grabbed Sakura's arm and pulled her out the café.

"Sasuke, what are you doing?" she asked while she was forcefully being pulled. He was shoving the people away to pass by; he was in real hurry.

"You're a helpless idiot. Why didn't you ran after Ino!?" he said now walking faster that made Sakura run a little. "You're her best friend, right?" he asked, he heard a 'yes' behind him between her pant. He pulled her closer then pushed her away from him. "Then run after her," he whispered.

She tumbles a bit but got her balance back. She's running and she turned to smile. "Thanks!" she exclaimed waving her hand.

Sasuke smiled, watching her back until it disappeared in the crowd. He turned and realizes he has nothing to do anymore. If he comes back to the café, it would be troublesome. He shook his head and went to the fountain near the café. It's not too crowded, since everyone is enjoying their lunch in some food chains or restaurants around. He took a sit at the edge of the fountain, slipping his cigarette case that Ayuki gave him last Christmas from his pocket. He took one out and lights it, inhaling the smoke and exhaling it, smoke came out from his nose like a bull. He rested his head in his hand, sighing, bored from the sigh of people walking around. He closed his eyes to rest for a bit. How exactly did he plan to enjoy his summer anyway? He was planning to get laid everyday.

A shadow blocked the sun's light from his front. He opens his eyes and looked up to see two girls, wearing some short summer shorts and spaghetti shirts and sandals with platform high heels.

"Hey," the blonde girl said taking a seat next to him. And another red head short haired girl sat next on the other side. "It's really hot don't ya think?" she winked. Girls are really wild these days; they'll be the one to after him.

"My parents are out of town for the week. We could have some fun in my place," the other girl said and licked her lips. "What you say, Sasuke-kun?" They know him, he doesn't know them. Sasuke mentally groan and smirked, damn it's hard to be famous.

Sasuke opened his mouth to answer. This is what he wanted for the whole summer. Oh yes. "Su—"

"Sasuke!" someone shouted. He saw Sakura running towards him. He felt his happiness just a moment ago changed into something happier. He stood up and waved back.

"Sasuke-kun?" the blonde asks grabbing his arm. "Where are you going?"

"Gomen, ladies, my girlfriend is back," he grinned that made the two disappointed.

"Eh you have a girlfriend?" Sakura asked like a dummy.

"Yeah, I'll let you met her later," he said and grabbed her wrist to pull her away from the two desperate girls.

"Hey!" the blonde called. The duo looked back at them, they sure looked annoyed. The blonde rested her hand in her hip and her eyes looking so angry. "She's your girlfriend?" she asked and pointed her index finger right in Sakura's nose.

"W-wha-mff!-" Sasuke immediately covered Sakura's mouth before she blows up his plan. The red head girl crossed her arms and eyed on them like a hawk.

"Now, now, dear, you don't want to start another verbal fight, do you?" he asked with a nervous crack of smile. "She's a real fighter when it comes to people ask or doubt about our relationship," he explained. "W-what, dear?" he leaned closer to Sakura's cover hand that makes whimper sound and smiled, "oh, you want to have our date now? Ok, ok, we'll leave," he smiled. "See you, ladies around!"

"Wait!" the red head girl exclaimed not even letting Sasuke and Sakura step a foot away from them. "She can't possibly be your girlfriend!" she pointed her index at Sakura. Sasuke gulped and could feel Sakura shaking. "Her make up is so light, her forehead is wide you could put up a billboard on it and lastly, she walks like a dying duck in her stilettos," she laughed. The blonde even pointed out Sakura's old fashioned hair due and plain dirty nails and laughed harder. "It's really funny, Sasuke-kun."

"You little sluts—"Sakura was cut off yet again by Sasuke who stand before her.

"Shut the fuck up you little bitches," his angry tone and bad mouthing made them stop, ah, silent at last. "You don't anything about her, yet you still judge her," he said clenching his fist. "So what if she's like that, at least she has her pride and dignity. Boys actually lines up for her but she dumped almost a thousand in a minute. Unlike you bitch who runs around and ask a boy out!"

"Sasuke, I—"Sakura patted his back to calm him down.

"So none of you fucked up sluts have the rights to look down to her like that and laugh at her. Because in reality, she's stepping down on you like a piece of shit, oh wait, scratch that, she is stepping on you." He clenched his teeth and panted.

"Did you hear what my boyfriend just told?!" Sakura butted in, crossing her arms in her chest and jerking a brow up. "If that's not enough, maybe this will keep your words back." She grabbed and cupped Sasuke's cheeks; she closed her eyes and kissed his lips. Sasuke was shocked. In a minute, his head was being pulled. His lips brushes hers, their lips are locked together with an innocent kiss. Sakura broke the kiss and smirked and gave them a death glare. "What? Still not convinced?" they froze there not even nudging. She's at her temper limit, they're not gonna leave me alone, aren't they? Well then. She thought and grabbed Sasuke's belt and unbuckled it. "C'mon, I'll give you the best blow job you'll ever have!" she exclaimed and ready to tuck his shorts down while she kneeled down as well.

"W-what?!" Sasuke exclaimed pulling his shorts up. "You can't be serious!"

"C'mon! I'll do it all the way if you want to!" she shots back and pulling his shorts back down.

"Sakura!"

"W-w-we'll leave now," the blonde says and started the pull her friend along.

Sakura and Sasuke watch the two who's red as hell run away. Sakura sighed, got to her feet and dusted her skirt with her hands. Sasuke on the other hand was still in shock, his hands on his falling shorts. Sakura smiled at him and gave his belt back. He gulped and took it.

"Your girlfriend is sure tough, don't you think?" she asked. He bobbed his head up and down. "I surely want to meet her someday," she winked and run back away from him. "Ino's waiting for me. I just came to take her bag and the others with me. Tell you about it later, okay?" she waved off. Sasuke gulped once again as he watches her to fade inside the café. He looked down to see his hardening friend.

"Fuck!" he exclaimed and put button and zipped up his shorts. "That Sakura," he murmured buckling his belt back. Then, he touches his lips and still felt her lips crushing on his. He blushed for a moment and gave him a mental slap. Why do you have to be so different? He asks in his head and heard the shouting of TenTen and Sakura from not too far with Hinata. Sakura waved for the last time at Sasuke and started pulling the two behind her. You're a tease; you know that, a big tease.

-to be continue

Author's note: When typing I always watch anime, read manga, read other's fics or even listen to music. They made my worries and problems away, at the same time they chase my ideas off. But it is hard to type and worry at the same time, your imaginations and ideas will be blocked off. Oh shit, that is so troublesome.

My best friend is pregnant and also my other friend. They were pure and expert rebels. My guardians and mom made me to stay away from them. Even if they have come to something like that they are still important to me. So whenever I have a spare time from school and lazy times, I sneak off to see how they're doing. My best friend is already in month three and my friend is already due this June.

I went to an Anime Convention this Saturday with my boyfriend and a friend. I took a pile of pictures of cosplayers who isn't a snob and some of them I know. The convention was real fun. I bought a pile of useless key chains and necklaces from Naruto, Bleach and Full Metal Alchemist. I am about to open a Multiply account so I can upload the pictures there.

Isn't my author's note long? I found it useful since I made it just like a blog. LOL. So then, thanks for the awesome reviews and compliments. And a big thanks to HyuugaVSUchiha for pointing out my mistakes, girl you're a big help, I already edited my mistakes. When I'm finished with typing I never read it back, maybe that's why I have lots of errors and typo-s, or maybe because I wasn't even paying a lot of attention in English class? LOL.

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