The type of guy who doesn't see,
What he has until she leaves
Don't let me go!
Cause without me you know you're lost

- Potential Break-Up Song, Aly & Aj

Five

Sakura was glad that she had chosen her Ralph Lauren grey wool sweater. But, she regretted wearing those stupid black roll up short shorts. Sure it was somewhat warm during the morning, but for some odd reason the temperature dropped in the early afternoon. One would think the afternoon sun, high in the sky, would provide some sort of warmth but no, it didn't.

The crisp fall leaves gave satisfying crunches as her Chloe boots stomped on them. Sakura just couldn't get enough of that sound, it was one of her odd quirks that some of her friends found strange and only a few knew. As she picked up her pace, she spotted a certain blonde headed boy. Her heart gave a small flutter and she smiled.

"Naruto!" Sakura's voice rang across the school's campus grounds. His blonde head whipped towards her direction. Mouth agape and eyes glazed over, he hastily stood up and sauntered over. Naruto didn't have to walk far, as Sakura had briskly crunched her way through the leaves towards him. Her arms were around his neck as she hugged him. Even though she was wearing heels, Naruto was still very tall so she had to go on her toes a bit.

Pulling back a small distance she gave him her one-of-a-kind smiles that made his heart beat just a little bit faster everytime he saw it. It was rare that she would give him one though, usually it was a frown or a punch in the arm. "Hello there stranger." He chuckled. Lifting her up, he laughed andspun around in a circle. Her laughter echoed against the surrounding buildings.

"Put me down! My sweater! It's coming up!" Giggles escaped from her mouth as he gently placed her back on her feet. A large grin made its way on his face as he watched her stumble a bit, dizzy from the spinning. "Come on lets get some lunch." Naruto suggested.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

Her eyes settled on his dazed looking blue ones. She frowned. "Naruto…were you…"

"Come on my treat!" The sudden interruption clearly suggested that he had a joint. Giving a disapproving look and a sigh, she agreed. As they walked towards the dining hall, a figure walked to the very spot the two had just been standing and sneered.

"So how was your morning?"

"Well, I proceeded in deciding on whether or not to wear shorts today and made the stupid decision to go on wearing them, thus causing myself to freeze. Then had someone open a door on me and then fell asleep in latin which the letch found clearly not so amusing at all."

Naruto threw his head back and gave a laugh. Sakura was always like this. When she complained she forgot about everything else and could just rant about the subject for hours on end, not caring if anyone was paying attention or not.

"Was yours as eventful as mine?" she said through a mouthful of fries.

"Class was shit. So I left. I was outside smoking when…" he paused, eyes cast down on the oak table.

"When…so what happened? Come on don't leave a girl hanging!" Sakura teased. Her green eyes met the eyes of her best friend in front of her. She noticed that he had gotten quite, and he seemed troubled. "I had a talk with Hinata." He muttered.

Pushing his turkey sandwich away he looked out the window beside them. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Sakura had stiffened. "What did you two say?" Still looking out the window, he started, "She said that after what happened last year she was given a choice to either leave or stay. I know what I did to her was wrong and I hate myself for it. But I just didn't think that it would've been the reason for why she left."

Her surprised expression didn't seem to catch him offguard. He expected her to react this way afterall. No one knew why Hinata had left, most had just assumed that the school had expelled her, giving her no such chance to return. Sakura didn't know what to say. All she could do was sit there and wonder if her efforts in Naruto would go to waste. Taking a breath she moved her hand towards his, hesitating as it grasped his large callused ones. Her eyes softened as she gave him a small smile.

He smiled back. Not his full cheery grins. But those rare calm moments of deep thought smiles. He was glad that Sakura was there with him. He was so glad she was there because he didn't know when she could be taken away from him.

"The quiz about synthetic division of polynomials was poorly written." Droned Mr. Hatake in his unamused voice. How stupid children seem to be getting as the years go by. Just sad really. "Only a few passed, but barely. I will not be going over the material again so it will be your own responsibility to get remedial help. It is advised that you do since we will be dealing with polynomials more this year. If you do not persue outside help, then I wish you the best of luck in hopes of passing this course."

Sasuke was quietly rapping his fingers against the desk. His gaze was fixed on the blackboard behind the teacher. He could careless if he had failed that stupid quiz. Actually, he wouldn't care at all if he didn't get the grades to go to a decent college. It didn't matter. A donation to anyone of them would do the trick.

"Uchiha," Kakashi Hatake had a knack with catching students who were not paying attention. It was as if he had built in radar in his head, zoning in on those who's eyes were glazed over and off somewhere other than his Advanced Functions U class. "The board, complete the equation using the polynomic formula that was discussed in class."

Sasuke shrugged as he sauntered the the front of the class. His bored posture and uncaring attitude clearly showed. Kakashi tsk-ed as his eyes read over his student's writing. Already it was incorrect. Sighing, he ordered Sasuke to go back to his seat without finishing the rest of the question. There was no point, his students were impossible to work with in each growing year.

As Kakashi erased Sasuke's formula and attempted shot at the equation, Sasuke's mind drifted. The previous walk-in of Naruto and Sakura bothered him and he didn't know why. It had been a few days since their break-up. Uusually they would've been back together already, if not by the end of the week. But this time, it seemed that if he didn't do something, he would lose her. Lose her to his idiot of a best friend.

Taking out his iPhone, he quickly typed out a message:

Meet me after classes. Soccer field.

It was during his AP English Lit class that her red blackberry pearl vibrated. At first she ignored it, but then the thought of maybe it was Naruto that was texting her made her curious. Looking up from her paper she was currently working on, she scanned the quiet room making sure that her teacher wasn't looking.

Sakura's grip on the phone tightened when she realized who it was that texted her.

Wednesday September 3rd
2:38 PM
S.Uchiha says:
Meet me after classes. Soccer field.

He had bluntly stated it. Didn't leave room for explanation. Just plainly said it in four words. "I want you back."

Sakura stared at him bewildered. Did he honestly think that she woud run back to his arms that easily? Well maybe she would, afterall, we've all witnessed this. Speechless, all she could do was stare at him, eyes wide. Of course, Sakura felt stupid as she was sure that she looked like a gaping fish. But Sasuke smirked. His hand gently tilting her chin up and moved his body closer to hers.

Sakura's body felt weak. Her hands were shaking as she tried to push away from him, palms on his chest. "I'm sorry. Forgive me."

Brows furrowing into a frown, she glared at him. "Why should I?" her voice cold. His expression turned thoughtful, he hadn't really expected her to say that. Afterall, the other times they had broken up she had jumped right back into his arms when he apologized. All he had to do was say sweet sappy crap and she'd eat it up.

"I don't know what I was thinking. I'm sorry Sakura. Please this time it's true." he whispered into her ear. Sasuke's deep velvet voice sent shivvers down her spine. Sakura's eyes fell shut as her body invulontairly went limp against his. Tears were forming underneath her closed lids.

Sasuke smirked as he felt her arms enclose around his waist. Pulling back a bit he lifted her chin up and wiped away the tears that were streaming down her pale cheeks. Slowly and gently he kissed her. It had been too long. Sakura had missed the feeling of Sasuke's arms around her and his tender moments with her.

Sakura smiled up at him softly.

"I love you."

Too bad Sasuke wasn't the one on her mind.

Notes: Sorry for the super late update. School and stuff kept me busy. Plus I got lazy and wasn't really inspired to write. But I finished the chapter. It's almost over just a couple more to go I think. Maybe 3. Yes, it's a really short story.

Beta: Anna

Date completed: 26/01/08

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto