Issues

A SasuSaku love story

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Chapter 5

Sasuke:

Sunday evening, and I'm annoyed. The club Temptations is closed on Sundays and is causing me to have another day apart from seeing Sakura. Itachi has been in my guest room since I brought him to my apartment last night and I am curious to see how long he can go without telling our parents that he is in town. Not long since our mother calls just about every day. I'm starting to think about making or ordering something for dinner when Itachi comes downstairs. "Sasuke, I just spoke to mom" "How did she react when you told her you were in Konoha and didn't bother to tell her?" I asked from my spot on the couch. "Dramatic as always and demanded that we go out for dinner tonight" he chuckled and sat down on the other side of the sofa. "I was just about to figure that out, well you two have a good time. Don't bother calling me when you come in late. The spare key is on the hook to the left of the door." I say thankful that I don't have to consider what he might want to eat tonight, and I can just do the Grilled Tomatoes with Basil Vinaigrette dish I first thought of. Itachi clears his throat and smiles slightly at me before saying "Sorry little brother, but mother requests we both meet her at dinner tonight dressed accordingly..." he pauses for a moment, and I know just by that pause that I am not going to like the next part of that sentence. "With dad" he finishes, and I groan and drop my head back onto the back of the couch.

I see the man five days a week why should I have to see him tonight? Oh right, because my mother asked it of me, great. "Fine. What time?" I practically bite out. Itachi chuckles at my actions because he understands why I have an aversion to spending dinner with our father because he has the same damn one. Fugaku Uchiha can just be so insufferable, egotistical and judgmental it's damn near rage inducing. "We will be meeting them at The Sharingan, in an hour so make haste little brother. I don't feel like being chastised at the age of 29." he chuckles before returning up to the guestroom. I grumble and practically pout because this is just annoying. I quickly shower and dress in a pair of black slacks with a deep red dress shirt with my sleeves rolled halfway up my forearms, the top two buttons undone. I'm dressed almost exactly as I was the night I saw Sakura. This thought turns my mood even more sour; I just don't understand why it would be the night that I plan to see her again that Itachi decides to visit. What God up above is testing my patience because quite frankly I don't have any and least of all when it comes to the pink haired beauty that's been on my mind since first seeing her. I hope she has been ridden with thoughts of me like I have of her, I don't want to be the only one of us impacted in such a way.

We headed over to the restaurant right on time, it's one of the many that my father had invested in and got to name. We get free meals and valet services and are practically treated like royalty. Honestly, it's annoying and I hate it. Directed by an ogling hostess Itachi and I are both rolling our eyes at the almost drooling woman, it gets old after you learn what most people want from you when you are of a high-status family like we are, and the genetics aren't helping either. You'd think we were sculpted by the gods themselves with how some of them gawk. When we are finally shown to our father's usual table, I greet my father with a nod and my mother with a warm hug and a kiss to the cheek. And that's when I see a flash of pink out of the corner of my eye. I turn my head so fast that I'm almost surprised I don't have whiplash. It's her. Sakura. She is dressed in a form fitting, very classy floor length burgundy red dress, the back is very low ending right below her back dimples, and that sight makes my dick harden a little. I imagine dragging soft kisses up her spine as she lays face down on my bed. Her hair is down, and in the softest curls. I envision it's soft as silk and would feel amazing running through my fingers.

I watched her as if in a trance as she moved from the direction of the restrooms over to a table not far from ours, both in the VIP section. Sakura sits down across from a man, a man that I recognize. This sight causes my jaw to clench, Gaara Subaku, a politician from Suna. To my knowledge he is not involved with anyone, but I don't generally care to ask or ever pay attention to such things. I'm jolted out of my anger when my brother has his head over my shoulder and looking without seeing in the direction of Sakura, clearly trying to see what caught my attention so much so that I hadn't even bothered to take my seat. "What are you staring at Sasuke?" he asks, still looking, I push his chest slightly away from me and move to sit down. "Nothing." I grumble, I can see my father shaking his head at my actions out of the corner of my eye causing me to 'tsk' and that catches my mother's attention. "Sasuke that's not polite" she chastises, and I apologize. Only to her though, no one else deserves an apology from me. She smiles at me, and we give the approaching waiter our attention, he takes our drink order and when he moves to fetch them, I can see Sakura again. The way she's sitting gives me a full view of her stunning heart shaped face, seeing her in this light versus the lights at the club just makes her more beautiful. I want to see how she looks in the daylight. The sun. The thought is intoxicating.

The dinner passes by with small talk between mainly my mother and brother, my father has only made a couple snide backhanded comments toward Itachi for his way of life as of recently. He's such an ass, Itachi is his son, the first born so you would think he would have more love for him in a sense. But no, instead father put so much pressure on Itachi, to be everything he wanted that Itachi thought this break was a necessity or he doesn't know what might've happened to his mentality. I remember the night he came to my home begging me to understand because he thought I might resent him for putting the pressure of being the company CTO on me. I don't resent for a thing, I mess with him and sometimes feel the pressure and wish I didn't have the burden on my shoulders, but I could never truly resent or hate him. Every so often I look over and just stare at Sakura, see how she acts with Subaku and maybe get a clue about what they are to each other. I don't know her well enough to write off the fact that she could've been unfaithful to her partner with what we shared the other night, but it felt genuine and very reciprocated to me that I just can't fathom her being that way and I am 98% of the time never wrong. I get a couple clues every so often, she laughs with him like she's very comfortable around him. I wish I could hear her laugh with me, be the one making her smile. Subaku has touched her hand or arm a couple times, only in a way that someone who may be looking for more or a reciprocated touch, I assume he has feeling for her but by watching these exchanges I've observed that when he touches her in that way she gets a look in her eyes and her smile falters a little as if she is trying to decipher what he is doing. Or maybe what this dinner or date is. After observing for a while, I surmise that she thinks of him as just a friend and he thinks of her as more. But I can't be so sure. God, it's killing me that I don't know. And with every time he gets to touch her soft skin, my teeth grind. Hard.

Another 20 minutes goes by, and I look over to her again, in that moment her gorgeous green eyes connect with mine and I watch as her eyes widen in recognition, her lips part in a seemingly silent gasp. I feel the heat crawl through my body just having her eyes trace my form. I trace hers as well and watch the blush creep onto her face. I swear I see a shiver pass through her. I smirk and return my attention back to the meal and declare inwardly that we will finally meet properly tonight. Our dinner is wrapping up and I say goodbye to my mother, nod at my father then turn to Itachi. "Take the car home, I'm going to be out a little while." I say, handing him my keys. "Okay Sasuke." he says walking away a few steps before stopping and chuckling, "Also, you're not fooling me little brother. She's a beautiful flower you've picked there. Just be sure you're not stealing from another man's garden, that's not becoming of an upstanding Uchiha." he says before leaving. Stupid aniki, he figured out who I was looking at and somehow figured out why. I didn't realize I had been so transparent. That's not like me at all, I'll just have to reel it back in. I don't want to approach her because that'll seem to forward and like I've been dying to do it since the other night, even though I have. No, I want her to come to me, to seek me out. That'll make this meeting so much sweeter.

I go to sit at the bar and position myself near the door so she can't help but to notice me sitting here and then it'll be up to her whether she will sit with me or not. I hope she does, I have been dreaming of nothing else but her sweet body, voice, everything since that night. I order a whiskey as I hear her saying goodnight to Subaku. I watch over the rim of my glass as he goes in for a kiss and I grip my glass so hard I question if it's about to shatter. Sakura's eyes turn into saucers, and I watch as her eyes find mine, her face turning and catching the politician's lips on her right cheek. I lower my glass and just look at her eyes, she wanted me to see that she was turning this man down, that it wasn't what it seemed, and a weight is lifted. But the ugly jealous one is getting heavier; I have half a mind to walk over there and bitch out Subaku for daring to make a pass at a woman who was not sending or reciprocating any signals. Fucking bastard. I don't move though because I feel Sakura can handle her own, she deals with men on a nightly basis, she can handle this. If not, I am more than happy to go over there and get him acquainted with the feel of my knuckles against his cheekbone. Sakura lays her hand on his chest, and I watch her lips move, and she softly smiles. I see Subaku apologize and ask for forgiveness and wish her a goodnight when he gets it. Tch, annoying woman.

I turn my attention back to my drink and wait. Sakura sidles up to my left a minute later, I catch a whiff of Strawberries, God she smells amazing. I don't usually like sweet things, but she will forever be the exception. She takes the barstool next to me. "You look very familiar, have we met before?" she says smiling coyly at me. It seems she would like to play; I can do that. "Hm, you do as well. But I'm certain I would remember you if we had" I say looking her up and down. "Oh really, well do tell what is so memorable about me, stranger" she says leaning her left elbow on the bar and resting her chin on her fist. She's got this intriguing playful look in her eyes that I can't look away from. I give her a slower, more thorough once over that she visibly shivers at and bites her bottom lip a little. "Can't decide on just one thing, sweetheart" I say out of pure instinct, I didn't even realize what I was saying as I was doing it. I don't call people pet names and never a woman. But I see her eyes light up a little with the endearment and think that's what I will refer to her by when we get more comfortable together. Who am I when I'm with this woman, and am I okay with being that person for her? I decided to just go with it, it would be too hard not to. "You sure you don't remember me? I can give you a recap of our first meeting, Sa-su-ke" she said my name so slowly and sensually that I have a sudden urge to reach out and grab her body just to claim her lips right now. Then the full intention of her words hits me, would she really get on my lap right here right now? The restaurant still has about an hour or so before closing and there's not many diners but there are still some here. I'm trying hard not to outwardly show how much I'd love to have her body on mine again.

"It was a semi dark room, there was music. Labored breathing and lots of touching. Do you recall any meeting like that?" she asks, and I can't help myself but replay the scene in my head. "I remember a firm hard chest of muscles, a very handsome man under my body as I danced for him. And only for him." she says, and I let out the smallest of groans still aware of where I am. I take a quick sip of my drink and smirk at her regaining some semblance of a response to this vixen who's practically teasing me, and by the look in her eyes she knows what she's doing and is enjoying it. "Alright, Sakura. I'd like to remind you of my state that night and I don't want to embarrass myself in my family's restaurant. So, I'm going to stop you right there before I pull you onto me, right here right now." I whisper to her; I'd like to think I wouldn't exhibit that behavior in public but I am not acting like myself around her already so I wouldn't put this past myself. Sakura wears an amused smile as she sits up fully, smug that she got to me. This minx is going to be the death of me. "Okay, I'll stop teasing you now, I just love the way you react. It's cute" she says giggling a little, my face turns to a scowl, only my mother and my annoying brother have ever referred to me as cute. My scowl makes her laugh a little harder. "I'm not cute, but I can say the same about your reactions to me are quite intriguing to watch" I smirk and watch as a blush creeps up her cheeks. "Just like that" I say pointing to her cheeks, she swats at my hand, and I give her an amused smile. Her reactions are the cute ones between us.

Sakura crosses her right leg over her left, I look down and watch the movement. When her dress exposes her feet, I see that she's not wearing heels, but she is wearing some type of sock. Sakura notices my questioning gaze and giggles, bringing my attention back up to her face, I stare at the sweet smile gracing her lips and want more. "They are a bit unconventional for a place like this huh" I love that her smile is just for me. I chuckle which seems unnatural, because I don't ever show emotion or reaction to anyone, but with her I can't help but to. It's a natural urge, I guess. "No, they aren't, but who the hell cares anyways" I say smirking at her, she has this easy smile on her face. Why does this exchange feel so normal. Like we've already had a million more like it. Strange. "It's just that after wearing the craziest heels almost every night for hours upon hours sometimes I just need a break." she laughs again. "Seems understandable. Would you like a drink?" I ask her in hope to sound aloof and not like a man wanting to keep her here for as long as I can. I'm not one to abuse my power but I would make the restaurant stay open past closing just so I can get to know her better.

"I would love a red wine but only one glass, I had one with dinner and I need to drive home tonight." She smiles, I wonder which wine she prefers. I motion for the bartender who quickly moves toward me slightly startling Sakura with the promptness of service I just got. "One glass of the Chateau Lafite 1787" I say in my usual monotone voice, before he can walk away and grab the order Sakura speaks up. "Wait" She rests her hand on mine sending sparks through my body, the heat straight to my cock. "If it's okay, I'd prefer the Stella Rosa Moscato d'Asti. It's my favorite." she is blushing again, out of embarrassment? Or the touch? She is choosing a wine that costs under $20, instead of one of the finest wines worth over $155,000. I wonder if she knows her wines or if she's just that humble of a woman. "As you wish" I say before giving a nod to the bartender that that's the wine we'll take. "Thank you" she says moving her hand from mine and I immediately miss the sensation of it. "No need for that. So, does Ms. Sakura have a last name?" I ask moving my body sideways so I can look at her properly, one elbow leaning on the bar top. Playing it cool. I already know her last name due to the search Naruto did the other night, but I'd like for her to tell me. "She does. Does Mr. Sasuke have one?" she asks, giving me my smirk right back. "He does in fact. But with only the relinquish of yours will you then have mine." I say, "hmmm, that's a hard bargain." she says as the bartender slides her drink over to her and she thanks him before taking a sip.

"You're a little stubborn huh" I say to her, making her look at me and give me a sly smile, she looks me up and down and says "very stubborn" before she winks at me and laughs. I smirk a little back at her and watch as she blushes a tad, I love that I have an effect on her. "It's Haruno" she tells me, I nod and say "Uchiha" raising up my finger for another glass of whiskey from the bartender, I'll be getting a car to come pick me up tonight anyways and I know my limits, I'll never drink so much that I'll let my guard down. "Hm, a very important name you have there Sasuke, what do you do?" she asks, "I'm the CTO of my family's company, the future co CEO when my father steps down" I say, I'm obsessed with the way she says my name. "Interesting, you already know what I do. Other than the club, I'm studying to be a doctor" she says. "A very admirable field of work." I say and she waves away my compliment, almost like she doesn't want it. Showing again how humble she is. "So, who were you dining with tonight?" she asks me. "Family dinner. My brother is in town, and my mother insisted" I reply, a look passes over her face, and I can't decipher it, it's gone before I can. "Who were you out with tonight?" I ask already knowing who Subaku is, but I must know for sure that he's just a friend to her. She waves away the question, like it has not much meaning. "That was just a family friend, one of my best friend's brothers. He just asked me to dinner to try and talk me into relocating to Suna when I complete my doctorate." My heart rate speeds up, she can't leave; I just met her. "Which is a crazy idea because I love Konoha and will never leave my home or my girls, they're my family" she continues, smiling fondly when speaking of her friends. I let out a quiet breath as my heart returned to normal. She brings out such sporadic feelings in me.

"What of your actual family? Are they in Konoha? Any siblings?" I ask wanting to know everything about her. These are probably things you ask on a first date, but I just can't help myself, I want to know everything about her. "I'm an only child and I don't get along with my parents, so I haven't spoken to them for a couple of years." she says, "They don't try to speak to you?" I ask because I must know why, who wouldn't want to speak to her. That's all I want to do. "They call the club once every month to make sure that I'm still a disappointment to them. I was only worth a conversation or acknowledgement growing up when I got an award or something." she says and I immediately get pissed off on her behalf "That's fucking ridiculous, they must be mental to not see that what you do is hard work" I scoff. She gives me the softest look I've ever seen directed my way and I settle down almost instantly, her eyes on me are all I want. "Thank you" she says genuinely and puts her left hand on my right one resting on the bar top. I can tell that she felt immense relief or gratitude when I said that to her, I wonder if she thought that I may feel negatively about what she does for a living. "Do you have any other siblings?" she asks, I can tell she wants a change of subject from the heavy one which I can understand so I tell her "No, just the one. An annoying older brother" I smirk, and she giggles, back to this easy conversation. But then she says "Well I should get going" bringing my mood back down, she stands up and I do the same. That's when I notice the difference in our heights, she has to be a full foot shorter than me. I didn't expect how different our sizes were would turn me on but something about her being so much smaller that I can grab her and use my size to my advantage during any intimate time we may have together makes me hard. Wiping those thoughts from my head before I embarrass myself, I say "Let me pay for the tab and I will walk you to your car" I grab the bartender's attention, paying for the drinks. "Okay, thank you" she says timidly, blushing again.

We begin to walk out to her car, and I send a text to our family driver, my mother has two drivers who split work 24/7 so if Itachi or I, even Naruto find ourselves too intoxicated to drive we always have a way home. "I really enjoyed finally getting to meet you Sasuke" she says smiling up at me as we make it to her petal pink Volkswagen bug, I raise a brow at her car, and she giggles before looking back at it and saying "Hey! Don't side eye my car! She's adorable!" she laughs slapping me on my shoulder. "Damn, you're a violent little pink lover aren't you" I say feeling that unnatural sense to be playful again. She gets this angry look on her face, and it makes me chuckle because it just makes her look adorable, much like she just described her car. "Pink is a beautiful color!" she says stomping her foot down like a child, which has me outwardly laughing. I haven't done much of that since I was a kid. "Whatever you say sweetheart" I say. She crosses her arms at me and says stubbornly "You know what, I was going to say let's do this again sometime when I don't have to cut out early due to class the next morning but now that I know you're a pink hater I think I will refrain from wanting to see you again. Goodnight Mr. Uchiha". If I didn't see the amusement in her eyes I would believe her, but I can tell she wants to see me again just as badly as I want to see her. "Now don't be so hasty, let me take you out on your next off night. I'd like to see you again Sakura" she smiles at me and says, "admit pink is a respectable color and I'll go out with you" "Tch, annoying woman." I smirked at her turned down eyebrows at that comment. "Fine, pink is a respectable color." I say and she smiles triumphantly. She teased me enough tonight, so I feel it's only right to tease her right back.

I step close to her, our bodies barely touching. I'm looking down at her intensely and I feel her breath speed up against my chest at my close proximity, I hear her breath hitch when I bring my thumb up to her bottom lip and my two fingers under her chin, I rub her lip lightly remarking how soft they are before dragging my knuckle along her cheek prompting her to turn her head slightly towards the touch and I push a strand of hair behind her ear. "But only because it's slowly becoming my favorite color after the most enticing woman caught my attention." I practically whisper, I can see her holding onto my every word and I love it. I bring my lips down onto her cheek and say "Goodnight Sakura, I'll be calling you with plans for our first date." I step back giving her space and smirk at the expression on her face. It seems that she can't grasp what just happened, this new relationship is going to be very fun. "O-okay..." she finally says as she climbs in her car and waves slightly before driving away. God, she kills me. I walk over to where my driver just pulled up by the front doors of the restaurant. No one had walked out into the parking lot during our intense interaction, and I'm thankful my driver hadn't seen anything either. I don't want any paparazzi or annoying people to catch wind of this new budding relationship and destroy what I'm trying to build. They will tear down Sakura about her job and anything else they can find before I even get a damn word out. I don't want that for her. But I'm looking forward to what kind of reactions I can pull out of her during our next meeting. What luck it was to run into her tonight, even if it was after she had been on what seemed to be a date with another man. As my usual confidence returns to me, I smirk getting into the backseat of the car and look down at my phone finding the number of one Sakura Haruno in the online Konoha phone book.

I arrive home with a smug look on my face, I see Itachi in the kitchen presumably looking for something to drink and he looks at me and chuckles. "So, I can only assume by the look on your face the little flower is free for the picking?" he says referring to his earlier comment. I wipe the smirk off my face annoyed that I keep slipping up when it comes to the indifferent mask I usually wear "Hn. She is" I say, "That's good Sasuke, she is very beautiful" he says in a voice that I can tell he's trying to get on my nerves to see if I'll react. I naturally do "Back off" I say through gritted teeth, I don't need my brother trying to catch Sakura's interest. Itachi isn't the kind of person to do that, but I just need to make my claim known to someone. Sakura may work at a strip club but at the end of it all she'll be coming to me; I will be the only one able to touch her if I have my way. I can only hope she feels the same and I'm not just assuming a claim where it's not welcome because that'll just make me feel like a jackass and I normally don't care either way but with her it's different. I don't want her to see me that way. The world can see and say whatever the hell it wants, but when it comes to her it matters. Itachi holds up both hands and chuckles again at me and says "Easy, little brother, just testing a theory I have. Goodnight" he smirks a smug smile and walks up the stairs to the guest room. Stupid aniki, ruining my good mood. It's around 11pm and I have to be up early for work in the morning, so I head up to my room. I change out of my dress clothes and into just a pair of flannel pajama pants, I lay in bed and fall asleep to thoughts of Sakura's soft lips and her little pink car, her body in that dress. That night I have more depraved dreams of the little minx and wake up the next morning like a preteen who had just found out about naked women.

A/N: What did we think? They finally met and talked a little teasing and goofiness! I love it, and next chapter will be their first date! I'm still trying to decide if I want to take the route of friends with benefits at first or a slow paced but intimate relationship. Also, would ya'll be interested if I squeeze in a little of the side romances, nothing to long but just updates on some of our amazing side characters? Let me know what we think! See you next time! Be safe!