Say It With A Straight Face Chapter 6, a naruto fanfic

Say It With A Straight Face

summary: "Okay, Sasuke, here's how you can prove you don't like Sakura. Say 'I don't like Sakura' five times with a straight face!" "I don't -twitch- like Sakura -smirk-" "HA! YOU DO!" "SHUT UP! I JUST... HAD TO SNEEZE!" Sure. Sequel to "Just Press 'Send' "

timeline: The characters are juniors in high school; I've also lumped Neji, Tenten, and Lee in with the juniors, to make it easier. I've made Temari and Kankuro seniors. A/U

Chapter Six

Sakura rolled over in bed and groaned. The early morning sunlight shone hard on her eyelids until she reluctantly opened her eyes. She forced herself into a sitting position, the dark blue sheets rustling as they pooled around her waist. She rubbed at her green eyes and glanced around the unfamiliar room. For a minute, she wondered exactly where she was, then her mind became a little clearer and she remembered last night. She was at Sasuke's. Sakura yawned and sleepily climbed out of bed and stumbled out of the guest room. Today seemed to be one of those days where only caffeine even stood a chance at waking her up.

Sakura descended the stairs, her hands gripping the black wooden railing before she could trip in her tired haze. She made it downstairs unscathed. From out the windows, which already had the blinds opened, she could see that there were a lot of puddles left over from last night's rain, and the sky remained cloudy and dismal.

'So... tired... need... coffee...'

Sakura stumbled into the kitchen and found Sasuke in there, drinking a cup of coffee and sort of staring off into space in a very Sasuke-ish way. His hair was all messed up and he was still wearing his pajamas - he looked like he hadn't woken up more than a few minutes before her.

'Aw, he looks so cute in the morning, with his hair all tousled...' a voice in the back of her mind commented, obviously unaffected by the early hour, or how long they'd stayed up the night before

'Oh, shut up...' Sakura muttered back

'Well! It isn't my fault you're not a morning person!'

'Unh...' Wow, Sakura doesn't even feel like arguing with someone - she must be tired.

Sakura groggily plopped down at the table beside Sasuke and tried to stifle another yawn. Sasuke's eyes flickered to her and he smirked. She looked like she was going to fall asleep right on the table any second. Her usually sparkling green eyes were hazy, her pale pink hair was a mess, and she was still wearing his old t-shirt. And strangely, he thought she looked even prettier. He shook his head and tried to jerk the thoughts away. Actually, he'd been thinking about their conversation from the following night, and the weird, unexplainable feelings, before she'd walked in. He definitely felt like he had a decision to make.

"Morning," she mumbled, running a hand through her hair. Sasuke nodded towards her. "Hey, Sasuke? Can I have some coffee too? To wake me up?" Sakura asked, eyeing his cup on the table.

"You hate coffee."

"So do you."

"Touche."

"Well, I need the caffeine."

A smirk played at the corners of Sasuke's mouth and he shook his head, "Actually, I'm sort of out," he said sheepishly. Sakura gave him a very scary, dead sort of glare.

'Hey, say this now; it's a great opportunity!' some mystery division of his brain informed him.

"But... we could try something else to wake you up," he said quietly. This felt awkward. Stupid voices in his head. Seductive comments just aren't in his hard drive. Sakura pulled herself to sit up straight, a confused look on her face.

"Sasuke, what -

The Uchiha took a deep breath, prayed, and leaned forward.

'Come on, do it, DO IT! Now's your chance! No backing out now!' the voice instructed him

'But... I've never kissed a girl.'

'Don't be a baby,' his voice scoffed, ' Haven't you ever heard there's a first time for everything?'

'I don't know how though, alright?'

'Just... think about all those romantic Fanfics you read so much. That'll help! Do what they do!'

'But -

'You're an Uchiha! Uchiha men are not afraid of kissing.'

'I'm not... afraid.'

'Then GO!'

Sasuke closed his eyes and somehow managed to move his lips forward. Unfortunately, that was the same second that Sakura laid her head on the table to catch some more 'Z's, which ended up with him -cough- kissing the -cough- chair.

Awkweird...

Sakura's eyes blinked open and she sat up straight as she felt something disrupt the air next to her, "Sasuke, what are you doing?" she asked, a weird tone in her voice as she raised an eyebrow. Seriously, the boy was kissing her chair. What would you say?

Sasuke quickly turned his head away from her, feeling the tiniest blush warm his cheeks. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and preoccupied himself with glaring at the chair while Sakura continued to stare at him.

"Were you trying to - kiss the chair?" Sakura asked, her eyebrow raising higher.

Yes, Uchiha Sasuke's first kiss was with his kitchen chair. (-takes picture of Sasuke and chair on their first date- Sasuke: Stop it!!)

The Uchiha scowled and shook his head.

Comprehension flickered through Sakura's eyes, "Were you trying to - kiss me?" she guessed. Why else would his face be all pink?

Sasuke scowled again and looked away, but his cheeks flamed red. Yup, the great Uchiha Sasuke is now blushing. Isn't life cruel?

Sakura smiled, "It's okay. You can tell me the truth," she reassured him, keeping her green eyes on his embarrassed looking face.

'Do it now, man! Do it! Save your pride!'

Sasuke reached a hand up and brought it to Sakura's face. He closed his eyes, leaned in, and softly pressed his lips to hers.

'Finally... geez...'

Sakura's eyes widened the minute Sasuke touched her. Whoo, she was awake now, alright. Uncertainly, she closed her eyes and slowly put her arms around his neck in response, and he pulled her closer.

Hey, the movies are right; you can feel electricity

It felt too soon as they awkwardly pulled away, trying not to bump each other. Sasuke took her arms from behind his neck and held both her wrists in one hand, like she was a doll. His cheeks still looked pink. Sakura's were flaming red.

"Are you awake now, Sakura?" he asked, unable to hide his teasing grin.

Sakura just kind of nodded slowly, a dazed look in her wide eyes.

A mischievous sort of smirk twitched at his lips, "Good," he whispered in a low, sensual voice, leaning in again... and ruffling up her hair, making her bed head worse.

Sakura rolled her eyes, "You really know how to kill a moment, you know?"

Sasuke chuckled. It was something he found himself doing more and more of around her.

Sakura slyly leaned over when he wasn't looking, and grabbed his coffee cup.

He quickly caught her wrists and smirked, "Nope. Nice try."

"Sasukeeeeeeeeeee," Sakura whined, jutting out her bottom lip and widening her clear, emerald eyes.

Sasuke blinked, phased for a moment as the sight made his mind go blank. Was she doing that on purpose? Damn, that was working. Distracting.

Sakura took off running with the coffee, laughing her special maniacal laugh.

"MWA HA HAH HA HA HA HA!! CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, COPPERS!!" (sorry - I've always wanted to say that)

Sasuke ran into the living room and tackled her gently, but with enough force to stop her. Grinning evilly, he positioned himself over her on the floor, held down her hands, and got his coffee cup back. He very slowly, deliberately gulped down the rest and put the cup up on a table. Sakura rolled her eyes and muttered to herself. "Didn't really need any stupid coffee...mutter... mutter"

Smirking to himself, Sasuke bent his head down and kissed Sakura again. She felt like she melted into a puddle between him and the floor when she felt Sasuke's lips. She put one arm behind his neck for support. He gently brushed a lock of her hair behind her ear. Sakura could taste the coffee. Yay compromise.

In Sasuke's opinion, the second kiss was a lot easier than the first.

-gong-

"Eight o' clock," Sasuke murmured against Sakura's lips.

"Hm..."

Both their eyes shot open and they jerked their heads up from behind the couch simultaneously, like groundhogs.

'Eight o' clock?'

'EIGHT O' CLOCK!!'

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

"HOLY CRAP!!"

School starts at 8:15. Tardy sweep is in ten minutes.

Grunting, they jumped off the floor and flew up the stairs, practically smacking into each other. Sasuke ran into his room and Sakura slammed the guest room door shut, still screaming. They threw on clothes and fixed themselves in the bathrooms like they were in a movie on fast forward, cursing under their breath. Sasuke hopped down the stairs on one foot, busy putting a shoe on the other foot, and Sakura was running around for her physics book, nearly knocking into anything in her path.

Finally, Sasuke snatched his car keys and they sprinted out the front door together. Outside, Sasuke slipped on the wet concrete and his keys went flying into a puddle. Sakura also slid and fell into Sasuke, which ended up making them both slide off the pavement and into the wet, muddy puddles. They both floundered around in the water for a minute, desperately looking for the keys, but couldn't find them.

"Keys!"

"Ahhh!"

"Dammit!"

Sasuke groaned and pulled Sakura to her feet, and they started to run the mile to the high school, occasionally sliding through puddles and muddy spots.

Panting, out of breath, soaking wet, and caked in mud, Sasuked and Sakura skidded to a stop in front of the school, resting their hands on their knees as they tried to catch their breath. They had to be at least fifteen minutes late. And Kakashi had warned never again. Not good not good not good.

As they caught their breath and thought depressing thoughts about what their pre-cal teacher would do to them, Sakura stared at the building and its parking lot, noticing something, then turned to Sasuke, "-huff- Hey -pant- why is is -huff- so -huff- empty?"

Sasuke stared at the place for a minute with one eyebrow raised, then dead-panned, "-pant- What -huff- day is it?"
"Yesterday was... oh my God, it's

"Saturday."

"..."

First kiss - eek! I really enjoyed writing that a lot because the way I made Sasuke and Sakura's characters, and it being the first kiss and all, it was kind of awkward and sweeter and more innocent. No French kissing or anything, and seriously, I think everyone gets nervous and I personally don't think you're born knowing how to kiss. Even Sasuke. (Sasuke: Hmph.)

Thanks you all so much for all the reviews and encouragement. I seem to have picked up a lot of new readers since the last chapter, so WELCOME TO THE FAMILY! -old readers shake their heads in the distance, mouthing 'leave while you still can' to the new readers-

I hope you enjoyed that. Much love.