Chapter 5
Sasuke paced across his room, he and Kakashi had already been to the torture farm –as Sasuke calls it, and now he was back home getting ready for his day with Sakura. What to do what to do… he thought repeatedly as Kakashi's eyes lazily followed his figure.
"Oi, Sasuke stop pacing, you're acting like an old man." Kakashi demanded. Sasuke came to an abrupt halt and nervously turned his head towards Kakashi.
"Am I really?" he asked silently. Kakashi was silent. "AM I REALLY ACTING LIKE AN OLD MAN KAKASHI?!" He asked again in a louder and demanded voice. Kakashi smiled and nodded. He was enjoying this… His best student was pacing around, hyperventilating, on the verge of having a major panic attack and throwing up continuously. But at the same time, he feared for the Uchiha's sanity.
What should I do to calm him down before his brain has a meltdown? He wondered as his eyes continued to follow the twitchy Sasuke. "Hey Sasuke."
Sasuke finally stopped his pacing and looked at the perverted jonin. "What."
"You shouldn't really be nervous… I mean, Sakura did say that she didn't want to talk to you. So I think you should wait for her to forgive you before you do anything else." Kakashi explained. Sasuke took his advice into consideration then flopped down to the floor in a sad heap.
"I hate myself." Sasuke whined and buried his head in his arms when the doorbell rung. Kakashi took another sad look at Sasuke before decided to help the pathetic guy by answering the door for him.
"Hey Kakashi-sensei!" A voice greeted cheerfully. Sasuke's head popped up at the sound of the voice. SAKURA!! His head screamed in delight then remembered the pain from last night then wept bitterly.
"Hi to you too, Sakura. What brings you here?" Kakashi inquired only to receive a deadly smirk.
"I'm here to pick up the emo baby boy Uchiha." She answered then whispered in a deadly tone, "then give him the worse day of his life."
Kakashi shook his head in sympathy for Sasuke and wonderment for Sakura. She was so innocent and kind before now she's crazy and insane. I wish you luck Sasuke. "How are you going to do that? Cause I think you already caused permanent damage to his family jewels."
Sakura crackled evilly then gently pushed Kakashi to the side and stepped into Sasuke's house. "Hi hi Emo boi!" she sang happily and skipped over to Sasuke's depressed form. Sasuke's head slowly rose and peeked at Sakura. He crawled to her nervously and looked at her with puppy eyes which was insanely identical to an actually puppy's eyes. She paused for a moment to look at his cute eyes before forgetting all of her evil plans and anger towards Sasuke and squeezed the life out of him. "KAWAIIII!!" she squealed then gently kissed him on the head. "OMG YOU'RE SO CUTEEEE!! HOW COME YOU NEVER LOOKED AT ME LIKE THIS BEFORE? – or anyone for that
matter?" she asked but got nothing in response. "Oi." She poked Sasuke's side but still got nothing in response. Then she snapped, she threw his form –and somehow managed to not hurt the emo boy- and screamed, "I ASKED YOU A QUESTION WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO ANSWER IT DAMMIT!"
"Um… Sakura?" Kakashi's meek voice came from behind her.
She turned around and screamed, "WHAT?" He pointed behind her in which she turned around and finally noticed the oozing blood from Sasuke's nose and his unconsciousness. "…" She turned to Kakashi again. "When did that happen?" she asked quietly as she slowly drowned in guilt.
"After you kissed him." Kakashi answered.
Sakura blushed. "Whoops."
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Later that afternoon –after Sasuke reawakens-
Sakura and Sasuke were sitting in a popular café called Ichigo wonder listening to Tonight, Tonight, Tonight by the Beat Crusaders when Sakura poked Sasuke's forehead. He looked at her in surprise and cupped his poked forehead.
"What was that for?" he asked quietly, silently wondering if she was going to kill him.
"What was with that thing you and Sai were talking about last night?" she asked softly her dull green eyes were filled with sadness.
He saddened. "I would have done it even if Tsunade didn't tell me to." He whispered. She stared at him in disbelief.
"If so, why didn't you take me with you… back then?"
His head drooped slightly and began this tale. "Back then… when Orochimaru first came to me I was somewhat excited. I could finally obtain the power in order to avenge my family. But at the same time, I was confused. I didn't know what to do. Ever sense I met you, I found myself asking myself, 'Is it really worth it? Is this whole… avenge my family really worth joining an insane psychopath?' I realize now that, whatever I learned there was much less then what I could've learned here. I also know that my mother wouldn't want me to become the way I was now. She wouldn't want me to throw my life away just to avenge them. Especially after I met you. Before I met you… after my brother slaughtered my family, my world was dark and cold. I was depressed. Really depressed, sometimes I would suffer from insomnia and panic attacks. I was in agony. And then I met you." He paused and gently brushed his hand across Sakura's bangs, getting them out of her face. "After that, my depression started to go away, I slept better, and had less frequent panic attacks. You gave my happiness. Finally, I would think to myself. Warmth. Whenever I was with you, my body filled with warmth, something that I desperately needed. You should know by now that I'm not good at expressing myself. And sometimes I act like a jerk. Like whenever you get mad at Naruto it's so cute to see your sweet expression turn angry then pout
whenever I say you're 'annoying'. W-which you're really not!" he stammered when Sakura's face fell. "You're really beautiful… and when I left you… on that… bench……" he paused to glance at her surprisingly blank expression. "The warmth went away as well as the happiness. The depression, insomnia and panic attacks came back quickly and I found myself wondering why I had left. Why did I have to come to this insane place full of death and psychotic freaks?" he grabbed Sakura's hand and squeezed it gently. "Ever since, I've regretted it deeply. I wanted to come back but to do that I'd have to kill Orochimaru to get rid of the curse. Because I wouldn't know what I would do if I snapped if I was around you and… attacked you."
He took a long slip of his drink before beginning again. "After awhile, I came to realize that. Even if I killed my brother, avenged my family and also killed Kabuto and Orochimaru I would never be happy again if I weren't with you. After I realized that, I also realized that… that…." He stopped, his pale face began to redden and Sakura giggled.
"That you what?" she whispered, squeezing his hand back. His eyes widened at this action and his blush grew redder.
"That… I…" his blush continued to grow until he looked like a tomato with black sepals. "THAT I LOVE YOU!" he finally yelled causing gasps to go around the small café and Sakura's face to burn pink.
This surprised her greatly. Never in her life would she have guessed that THE Sasuke Uchiha, number one hotty and emo boy of Konoha loved her. The only pink haired jonin of Konoha, who was also the amazing apprentice of the great fifth Hokage.
"Oh my." She gasped as the words Sasuke had just shouted finally got to her brain which momentarily stopped for one full minute before restarting again. He loves me. HE SAID HE LOVED ME OMG!!
"Oh stop freaking out like a prep." The inner Sakura demanded as she mentally covered her ears.
"I can't help it! DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I LONGED FOR THE SASUKE UCHIHA MY FIRST LOVE TO SAY THAT TO ME?!" she screamed back in her mind.
"Oh, I don't know… SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING OF TIME!" The inner Sakura roared and mentally smacked Sakura in the face.
"Owwwwieee!" Sakura whined mentally then returned her undivided attention to Sasuke who was still blushing and nervously scratching his head. She got a mental nosebleed. "OMG HE'S SO CUTE DAMMIT, I CAN'T STAY MAD AT HIM! And he said he loved me HOW CAN I NOT FORGIVE HIM AFTER HE SAID THAT?!"
"Uh, I dunno. MAYBE CAUSE YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND WHOSE NAME IS SAI!!" Sakura paused for a moment, searching her brain's files to find out who the heck 'Sai' was.
"Oh, yea."
Sakura eyed Sasuke sadly who glanced at her but then averted his eyes nervously. She snickered but then saddened again. What was she going to do? What COULD she do? I don't want to hurt him…
Then suddenly a stealthy figure bobbed over to their table and jumped over Sasuke's shoulders -who screamed in shock and fell out of his chair- and into Sakura's lap. She blinked and look at her lap only to find her cute terrier puppy looking at her with her big brown eyes. She squealed and seized the puppy and squished it against her face. "AWWWW BUNNY! YOU'RE SO CUTE! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!"
Sasuke's hand appeared on the table as he pulled himself up and stared at the white and brown terrier. "When did you get that?" he asked pointing at it with curiosity.
She smiled happily, and squeaked in reply, "Last week. Isn't she adorable? Sai hates her but who cares? I LOVE HER! And she's so smart too!! Aren't you Bunny-chan?" Bunny barked in reply causing Sakura to squeal again.
Sasuke smiled at the sight and walked over to her side. "Can I see her?"
Sakura eyed him suspiciously but then decided to trust him with her most prized cutie pie and gently put Bunny in his waiting palms. He lifted up Bunny curiously then smiled.
"You know Sakura, when I was with that snake freak I found a puppy when I was traveling. He was a nice golden retriever but he was injured so I took him back with me and named him Naruto cause well he reminded me of Naruto… And he was really smart, something Naruto's not… So I was able to teach him to respond to two names. Naruto and Baka. Of course he didn't know what 'Baka' meant so… yea. But I would always feel guilty about calling him that when he's not really stupid. " he told her, and handed back Bunny to her.
"What happened to him?" Sakura whispered.
Sasuke smiled. "He found a mate. But still followed me everywhere. Actually he and Hinata- I named her that cause she kinda is like Hinata all shy and all… although she doesn't faint… they're at my house… Hinata's pregnant."
"Awww!" she cooed and clasp her hands together at the thought. "Can I see them?"
"Of course." He answered kindly, taking Sakura's hand and pulled her from her seat. They walked out of the door with Bunny resting in Sakura's arms. While a familiar blond haired figure followed them.