AN: waAH! Sorry guys for making you wait too long! I just been busy for so long and forgot to update this fic. ChurEE! hope you haven't forgotten the storyline…hehe…anyways, here's chapter 8!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did, I wouldn't be here making these stories 'bout them. O-bviously!

Thursday 8:46 p.m.

(Dinner time)

"Sakura, can you please pass me the rice?" Itachi asked his stepsister.

"Oh, of course." She replied.

"Hey, are feeling okay?"

Sakura made a quick glance to Sasuke, who was sitting in front of her before answering his older stepbrother. "Yah, I'm fine."

"But, why do you look so gloomy? I thought you were really excited of seeing me again?" Itachi made another question.

"…" Sakura's mind was somewhat at lost that time.

"Uhm…Sakura?"

"Huh! What are we talking about?"

"Sigh, never mind." Itachi said, quite disappointed on Sakura.

After some minutes.

"I'm done now…Mom, can I ask you a favor?" Sakura unexpectedly broke the silence.

"Sure, what is it?"

"Could you please wake me up tomorrow morning at 6:30 a.m.? My alarm is broken."

"Oh, alright." Her mom agreed.

"Thanks mom. I'm going to my room now, by the way, the food's great." Sakura said after going back inside her room.

'Six-thirty? That's not her usual time of getting up. Sigh, what's wrong with her?' Sasuke thought.

"Sasuke, is there something wrong? I noticed you stopped from eating your food suddenly." Mom asked him.

"No. There's nothing wrong." Sasuke replied.

"Now, that's better." His mom felt some relief.

"I-I'm full already, I'll go back inside my room now mom, got to finish my project. Thanks for dinner." Sasuke said swiftly.

"Ahh…so, it's only you and me now, Itachi. Sigh, what's happening to both of them?"

"Neither do I know. Uhm…mom, do we have some ice cream for dessert?"

"There's a lot inside the freezer. Go on, eat all you can!"

"YA—hoo!" Itachi blurted out. "I-I mean, that would be splendid!"

"Stop pretending Itachi, I heard that! (giggle)"

"Sorry, mom. I couldn't help it. He-he!"

"Alright. Go and grab yourself a treat, my little darling."

"Oh, mom there you go again. I told you not to call me that way all over again. I'm not little anymore."

"But you're still my sweet little darling."

"Mom!"

"Okay, maybe you're not that little anymore."

"Hum…now that's a lot better. I'm gonna get my ice cream now, mom. Want some?"

"No, thanks. I'm trying to loose some weight."

"Well, suit yourself." Itachi said as he walked towards the kitchen door.

After several minutes.

Mom is still inside the dining room, trying to reflect on something.

"Ahh…" Mom exhaled heavily. "I wish I could tell everything to you without hurting your feelings, Sakura, everything that made you part of this family and how I adopted you."

THOG

"What was that!" Mom heard something. She looked behind her, and there she saw Sasuke standing probably a few steps away from her with his eyes wide open. Hearing his mom's words made him dropped his cell phone from his hand.

"Sa-Sasuke, what are you doing back here?" Mom finally said.

"Mom, all that stuff you've muttered…was all that true?" Sasuke asked. "Did you really adopt Sakura? I-Is she only my stepsister?" Sasuke added.

"Oh, Sasuke I guess I couldn't hide the truth from you now. Come here and sit beside me, I'm going to tell you everything."

Mom told everything about how she got Sakura and what happened to her real mother. Sasuke on the other hand, listened attentively and tried to understand everything his mom told him. And it only took them half an hour to finish discussing everything that happened to Sakura and her real mother back then.

"Uhm…Sasuke may I ask you something?"

"What is it mom?"

"Why did you come back into the dining room earlier?"

"Well, you see. I wasn't able to drink my glass of water earlier, so I decided to go back and drink it knowing that you and Itachi are still eating." Sasuke explained.

"Oh, I see. Now, I feel some relief knowing that I'm not the only one hiding this secret." Mom said.

"But when are you going to tell Sakura about it? It's not as if you could hide it from her forever." Sasuke asked his mother.

"I'm not yet ready to tell her right away, I need some more time."

"But, mom."

"And you will help me right?" His mom interrupted.

"Uh, help you? okay. But not a lot."

"That would be fine. Now, go back to your room and continue doing your project." His mom commanded. "And Sasuke, please don't think about it too much. Okay? Sakura will be just fine."

Sasuke gave her mom a swift nod. "Goodnight mom."

"You too, sweetie."

"Mom, don't call me that!" Sasuke yelled back as he walked into his room.

"Alright, sweetie."

"Mom! I said—ah, never mind!" he opened the door to his room. 'Mom sure knows how to tease somebody. Humph.' Sasuke said with frustration in his mind but he's still smiling. He went near to his table and checked his finished project, making sure that he didn't forget anything.

He slowly rested his back on his dark-blue colored bed, 'Sa-ku-ra, is that the reason why I…' his voice trailed off and his eyes shut closed, exhausted for the long day.

Morning…

(Yawn!) Sasuke made a slight morning stretch on his back and arms. Still half-asleep, "What's the time? Aaah," he glanced at the wall clock ticking inside his neat room.

It says, 7:12 a.m.

"Ah, I still got a lot of time." He told himself as he starts to get up. "Darn! I almost forgot about her!"

He dressed himself as fast as he could and went out from his room yelling, "Mom!"

"Good morning, Sasuke. How's your sleep?"

"Morning too, it was fine. Where's Sakura?" he replied in a flash.

"She left already, but if you'll hurry you'll be able to catch her."

"Alright. Thanks a lot. Bye mom, see you later." another bolt reply from him.

"Kie, just stay out of the middle road." Mom reminded and waved to her son goodbye.

Running…

Panting…

'Aha! There you are!'

"Sakura! Wait up!"

Sakura looked behind her.

"Oh, good morning Ino, what brings you on this road? We live on opposite directions." Sakura asked on disbelief.

"Uhmm…do I need to have reasons just to walk with you to school?"

"(giggle), just kidding. So, what's up? Has anyone asked you for the dance?"

"Sigh, nope, there's no one yet. How 'bout you?"

"We're just the same."

"Sigh." Ino and Sakura did at once. "We're hopeless."

"Yeah. Sigh."

AN: That's all for now, don't worry I won't make you wait that long again for the next chappie! Thanks for reading guys!