Yes! Two positive reviews! Hehe, I know I'm overreacting, but whatever. Enjoy chapter two!
I Wish…
Sakura continued making her way back home. Back home to a relaxing bath. Back home to some good music. Back home to Sasuke. Day turned into evening. The fireflies came out, and the sun began to set against a dusty pink and blue sky. "Today has been so wonderful," Sakura thought, "I wish…….. I wish that every day could be like this." Fortune, however, was still smiling on her, for what did she see on her way home? A chocolate shop with a buy-one-get-one-free sale! Sakura almost fell over in disbelief. Chocolate? On sale? She rushed into the store, breathing in the scent of chocolate and other sweets that she loved so much. Sakura smiled. Not only could she enjoy a treat, she could get Sasuke one too for free! Though this was not a widely known fact, Sasuke was a chocolate-fanatic. "Well, it does kind of ruin the macho man image…" Sakura thought as she continued through the store, looking at numerous truffles and bonbons. Everything in sight made her mouth water. Finally, she reached the back of the store where the counter was. The door to the back room was closed. The owner of the store was nowhere to be found. Sakura paused and remembered some things she had heard about the owner of the chocolate shop. This woman was supposedly very………….. promiscuous.
"Sakura!" she scolded herself, "What did Naruto just tell you? Huh, wait a second. Is this what he was talking about? He didn't want me to listen to rumors about the store lady?" She stood perplexed for a moment, and then just dismissed all of her thoughts. Something as trivial as over-thinking was not going to destroy her perfect day. She smiled, walked back to the front of the store, and continued looking through the candy. After carefully selecting two chocolates of her choice, she made her way back to the counter. The door to the back room was slightly ajar this time. She heard a few high pitched giggles. Annoying high pitched giggles. Sakura couldn't really see what was going on. She caught a flash of purple hair and a snatch of orange cloth. Then, to her surprise, she saw a VERY familiar bit of spiky black hair.
"Alright! Sasuke's here! I've been waiting all day to see him!" she thought. It was these kinds of thoughts that showed the depth of her love. She could hardly stand not seeing him, even if they had been apart only five minutes. However, she would wait an eternity for him. Love like this was rare.
It never even occurred to her to think about why he was back there.
Sakura was about to go flying through the door to greet Sasuke when she heard the woman speak.
"Sasuke-kun, you can just put the things right there."
Sakura froze. It wasn't what that woman had said; it was how she had said it. Her voice sounded so slow, so alluring, so…inviting. What was going on? People did not talk like that normally.
Sakura slid behind the counter and peeked through the door crack. There was Sasuke and that woman. "What was her name?" she silently asked herself. She couldn't remember, so she dubbed this woman Purple. Not a great nickname, but it was a practical because of her hair. She turned her thoughts back to what was happening in front of her. The two in the back room were sorting through boxes.
Oh! Sasuke-kun is becoming more open! He's actually doing someone a favor! Sakura could barely contain herself. Sasuke was making progress! She didn't want to stop the improvement, so she continued to watch from behind the door.
Purple walked by Sasuke to put something on the shelf. As she passed, he grabbed Purple's wrist and stared at her with steely eyes that were full of ….something. She couldn't put her finger on it. Sakura's eyes widened. What was he doing? Sakura tried to reason things out behind the door.
Purple was about to fall, that why he grabbed her hand. She's so clumsy.
Sasuke pulled Purple into him and held her around the waist. Purple set the item she was carrying down onto a table and smiled. Sakura stifled a gasp.
Some kind of dangerous bear or snake or something is in the room. He is protecting her from it, just like he would protect anyone else. Any second now, he will chidori that thing to smithereens.
"Whoa there, Sasuke-kun," said Purple, "slow down. We have plenty of time." Our pink-haired friend was getting desperate.
She's kidding. She hasn't seen the wild animal that is about to attack her. She is completely oblivious and clumsy. She is taking things the wrong way.
Sakura craned her neck trying to find that dangerous animal threatening to kill Purple, her body tensing with nervousness.
Oblivious and clumsy.
Sasuke just stood there, holding Purple. After what seemed like forever, he gave her one of his famous smirks, leaned down, and kissed her.
Sakura's world shattered into millions of pieces. Logic was thrown out the door. There were no excuses left.
Things became heated between Sasuke and Purple, lips and hands seemingly everywhere at once.
Sakura couldn't move. This couldn't be happening. She tried to scream, but no sound came out. Her head was spinning, and she tried to stand. It didn't happen. She just fell against the counter, knocking glass jars of sweets onto the floor. The sound of shattering glass startled the two in the backroom, and they came running out, only to find a very bewildered pink-haired woman scrambling through glass shards and multi-colored candies. Sasuke took one look and his eyes expanded to an incredible diameter.
"Sakura…" he croaked.
Hearing her name released her voice. Sakura screamed, and this scream empowered the rest of her. Her arms and legs finally found their strength. She pushed herself up, glass cutting into her. Bleeding from numerous gashes, she ran into stands and displays, knocking over everything that blocked her way to the door. The door, the exit. Beyond the door was freedom. Freedom from this living nightmare. That's all she could think about as she fled the scene, only to leave a startled purple haired woman and a guilt-ridden Sasuke behind.
Sakura exploded out of the store continued to run. She ran in a straight line, afraid to turn. How could this have happened? Why did he do it? Didn't he say he loved me? I thought everything was okay! I……. Endless streams of questions presented themselves to her. Her mind overloaded, and things started to blur together. She was starting to feel a slight sting in her left calf, and she suddenly became aware of the hot blood that was coating her hands. She stopped. Looking down at herself, she could see that several huge pieces of glass were in her legs, an especially big one in her left calf. Her arms had huge gashes crisscrossing each other, and even though she hadn't sustained any cuts near her chest, her heart felt like it was in pieces. Still, her thinking had not yet cleared, and as if by some magical force, she ignored her pain and ran to the one place where she knew there would always be comfort.
Okay, so now the secret is out.
I'll try to get chapter 3 up as soon as possible.
Warning: Prepare yourself for major angst and lots of mango ice cream.
