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Chapter 4: A Date?
"There was only the need of a new stylist!" He quirked an eyebrow in obvious annoyance, his voice cold yet smooth.
"I know" Tsunade drank some of her coffee, "but he has nice qualifications, and it'll halve your work." Her eyes met his, and they showed strong seriousness, "You're the one always complaining. The pay stays the same anyway."
"Didn't request for an assistant." Sasuke muttered beneath his breath, and left the office in an instant.
"He'll get over it" Tsunade muttered without any concern and spilled some more brown liquid down her throat, "Or not…"
The room was silent when he entered. Nobody stirred, they just looked up from their positions or seats and glued their eyes onto the Uchiha. His thoughts and feelings stayed, as always, hidden from the rest of the world.
Well, except for one.
"Just an assistant." Sakura leaned over the scratched wooden table, a few strands shadowing her eyes.
"And?" He fiddled with the coffee machine.
"You look well annoyed."
Ino's eyes widened, and they jiggled from her best friend to her co-worker, "You…you can tell his mood?!?" Her hands gripped the side of the seat she was currently on.
"Yeah…and?" Sakura seemed confused by this sudden reaction.
Like a rocket, the blond jumped up, "Whoa! Uchiha, you're beaten!" she pointed at him with success and satisfaction.
"What shit are you talking?" His voice had the hint of anger and a warning tone to it.
"Don't remember? Naruto and I bet there'd be somebody who could see through those never-changing facial features of yours!"
He remembered too well, "Tch." The mug to his lips, he took a sip.
"You so failed! For the first time, ha!"
"You're just as stupid as Naruto now."
Ino halted in her movement and looked over to Sakura, who simply nodded with a smile, nearly forming into a grin. Immediately she fell back onto her seat, arms crossed.
"Anyway" the pink haired woman rolled her eyes, "anyone seen the guy?"
The different co-workers in the room simply shrugged and made innocent faces.
"Hope he's hot." Ino blabbered as she leaned her head against her hand.
"Wanna change of boyfriend or something?"
"No! But better than working with some ugly guy!"
Sakura sighed.
"Miguel Rodriguez." The man nodded with his head and smiled, to Sasuke seemingly fake, "Pleased to meet you." He held out his hand.
Sasuke sighed, then turned, "Follow me, I'll show you how we work here."
"Alright!" He pushed up his slim glasses and marched after Sasuke, with some sort of Laptop bag in his hands.
"There's the main shooting area" The Uchiha went on, walking to the lighting system. He explained the stage accurately, then went on to Ino's job.
The girl simply giggled and smiled, introducing herself and explaining briefly what she did most of the times.
Impatient and aggravated as he was, the raven haired man trudged over the make-up room, where he was meant to lead Miguel next.
Seeing as the two were still talking vibrantly, Sasuke leaned against the wall, yawning.
"Bored Sonny?" Sakura leaned next to him, eying the new co-worker.
"Could say so."
She pushed herself off the cold wall with a swift kick of her foot, "Don't worry, no match to your looks." She winked, then disappeared inside the room.
Sasuke arched an eyebrow, and a smirk formed on his lips.
"Señor Uchiha?" The man turned his head to the neatly dressed man with the short, straight black hair, "Can we continue?"
With a single nod, Sasuke entered the make-up room.
"Here, our models dress up in the attires allocated to them, and get their make-up done. We have special stylists for that. Our momentary professional" He turned as he saw Sakura at work, putting some mascara on a model's face, "Is Sakura Haruno." He directed his hand towards the russet.
Sakura looked up with her crystal clear green eyes, smiled politely, stood up and went towards them.
Now she introduced herself and explained what she was doing, which was, in fact, very obvious.
So it confused the Uchiha. Confused through the sudden glint in the man's eyes, the large interest he seemed to have. But as Miguel continued with more personal questions towards Sakura, Sasuke understood it was simply his interest in the woman.
He understood, after all, thought of her himself as quite a catch.
As they continued to exchange words, Sasuke raised his hands, "Well then, I'll be over there. When you're done here, I'll show you how I usually work."
With a silent growl, Sasuke left the room and walked off to his camera.
He acted a little clumsy at the beginning, much to Sasuke's despair, but seeing as he had a large amount of patience stored within him, he calmly watched and listened as the man queried about different subjects concerning the shooting of models.
It went all well to tell the truth, and the raven haired man was already near to, may I say, ecstatic when he saw how time ticked by rapidly, and soon duties would be over. If it weren't for the weird incident.
It wouldn't have very much appeared of any interest, nor importance, to another personality teaching this young man on how to shoot a bloody camera. Yet for Sasuke's keen and trained eyes, who, back then, took in every single detail that crawled across them, his attitude was conspicuous.
Clumsy as Miguel was, the camera slid out of his hands for a short second, wherein he tried to catch it with jittery hands.
Sakura, who by chance was standing near by, bent towards him and tried to catch the object as well, as known was a type of reflex, and after all, the expensive apparatus shouldn't carry any damage which could hinder their work.
Raising his head and speaking his thanks, Sasuke noticed how his new assistant suddenly threw a dark and sadistic glare at the pink haired girl, which she didn't notice, as she had turned her head towards another direction.
With a deeply crest frown, Sasuke watched the man's move. But Miguel simply turned his attention to the camera, checking it, and then looking over to the obsidian eyed man, smiling in embarrassment.
What the hell was that all about?
"SSDD* really." Clutching the phone with one hand, the other stirred the wooden spoon in a pot. He had to be careful not to be blinded by the steam.
"What you mean, same shit different day? You're on a bloody case mate!! Be happy for once."
"Dobe"
"Yeah?"
"Shut up."
Naruto pouted on the other phone line, "Oy, how's it going with the beauty queen in your agency?" a sudden smirk kicked in.
"Shut up, before I come over there, 'cause trust me, you'll regret it." Now he began to smirk, as a sudden idea crept along his mind, "Oy Dobe, what's with Hinata, then?" His hands fiddled for a package of tiny pasta pieces, which Sasuke tore open using his teeth, pouring some of the contents into the brewing liquids.
"W-What?" He scratched his head, nervously, which Sasuke knowingly guessed he would do.
"Already stuttering? She's not around, dude."
"S-Shut up! I don't know what you mean anyway." Hints of rouge spread over his nose.
"You know too well! Thought you wanted to ask her out!" the raven haired man had to chuckle at the mutterings Naruto made.
"I was…but…it's just…"
"Scaredy-cat."
"Me? Scared? Lé moi?" A boisterous tone rose in Naruto's voice.
"Yeah, you."
"Forget it! I'm not the type to pull the tail between the legs!"
"Go on, then."
"W-What?" His volume sunk in an instant, causing Sasuke to smirk anew.
He changed the ear with which he was listening to Naruto's talk, "Dare you to ask her out. Tomorrow. Confess."
"What! And what do I get for that?"
"A girlfriend?" He quirked an eyebrow. Seriously what could he want more? Except Ramen maybe…
"No! From you!"
"Errr…my approval?"
"Quit that shit! C'mon, something proper."
"Hey, my approval is a lot!" He chuckled again.
"Oy Teme! Tell me, what if I confess tomorrow?"
"What if not?" Situations started to turn a little edgy now. This was not the type of outcome Sasuke was expecting.
"Alright, if I do it…" He paused, waiting for an audible reaction from the other telephone line, which never came, "I dare you to hook up the chick!"
"What?! Forget it!"
"Oh come on!"
"What do I get if you don't do it?"
"Uuhm… I don't know, tell the world I'm a loser or something, stick a 'kick me' sign on my back, whatever you want! But if I do do it, I bet you to sleep with her!"
"What the-! Naruto, now this is escalating! We're talking about you finally asking out your crush, you little twerp!" He hushed out, falling onto the soft couch.
"Alright, yeah, was getting away with it" He sighed, but Sasuke was assured he was laughing all the while, "Alright, if I ask her out, and succeed, and am the bloodiest happy man on earth, I dare you to ask her out. For dinner or something! But kiss!"
"We're adults, Dobe, this is plain childish."
"Everyone's a child somewhere deep inside."
"This is bellow my level."
"Who's chicking out now?"
He twitched.
Okay Sasuke choose: a months worth, no, a years worth of complaints and mocking from Dobe telling me how scared I was, or a bloody date with a hot girl.
What the hell!? I'm even asking?!
"Deal."
She felt very odd. As if watched. Sakura spun her head around once more, but couldn't find anyone suspicious, or observant. Just a crowd of normal people, minding their own businesses.
She shook her head, weirded out by herself. Herself! Jesus! What was wrong with her?
Frowning, she continued her cold walk along the pavement. Her breath puffed out In front of her, as if she were a smoking dragon. The air felt strongly damp, the clouds mixed to build a large, cottoned layer of grey sheets, scrambling over the sun every now and then.
The shadows made her freeze, the warmth of the sun, however, felt pleasant.
Sakura crossed over the road to a sunnier side, when a sudden glint caught the corners of her eyes.
Paranoid as she was, she spun, as if struck by lightning, and stared into the emptiness of a house's corner.
Nothing. Just nothing.
Why, oh for what bloody sake did she feel this paranoia?
She shook her head again. Must be the different surroundings. Probably thinking he is around or something.
She smiled, mocking herself, then continued to work.
Now she was convinced something was odd! As her emerald eyes scanned up to look around the arrived staff, she noticed Ino wasn't there. Okay, that was normal. But as her eyes clashed with those of the Uchiha, she saw, she swore to have seen a hint of rouge covering the bridge of his nose. He tried to avoid her gaze, definitely was.
Have I done something? She quirked an eyebrow, am I looking weird? Got some weird clothing on? But checking herself resulted with the view of a normal attire. Even checking herself in the mirror as she entered the make-up room gave her the normal Sakura face.
Sakura was still deeply in thoughts, wondering what was causing this peculiarity in the air when she noticed the models hopping one after the other towards her.
Get going, girl! She told herself, starting with the work. At least that resulted with the same easiness.
Sasuke couldn't convince himself to do that. It was pathetic, so absurd, so childish! What was he thinking? He had been out with her already, wasn't that proof already? Alright, it wasn't a proper date, and if anyone had asked, he would have denied that idea of course, yet to shut up some blond Dobe, he'd blurt that out anytime.
'Proper date, Teme! As in with all the romance shit, the restaurant going, walking along the beach in moon-'
'Quit that!!'
'Alright, not that part, but you get what I mean!'
Sasuke sighed. He got it too well.
"Man, that Dobe can be so annoying."
"What's he done now?" Her curiosity got the better of her, so Sakura edged closer.
"What hasn't he done?" Sasuke pretended to check down the camera.
This is a chance…no, not here, where Ino is there- Gosh, am I REALLY considering this? I don't even know if Naruto has confessed yet!
"Something is troubling you again." She chirped all too knowingly.
"Yeah" He kept his gaze on her for a while, "Where's the newbie?"
Sakura shrugged, "Don't really know, I think he said he's ill or something."
"Looked perfectly fine to me the other day."
"I have no clue." She turned around swiftly, at slight puzzlement, yet continued her work.
Sasuke sighed out in relief as the pink haired woman left the shooting area. He could finally focus his mind on his work, and come up with some quick plan all the while.
How is he actually gonna tell me? Any idiot can tell a lie on the phone!
He took a few shots as the models walked smoothly across the ground. He waited for some adjustments to the light.
He's probably not got the guts, anyway…
One of the models jumped out of the room too quickly, and Sakura was seen running after her, adding some final details into the 'beauty's' face.
He was overexcited when he planned the whole deal out.
He continued with his snapshots, one after the other.
"Perfect." He called, and turned around, making a few checks on the camera.
I should seriously stop thinking about this matter-
"Oy, oy!" The double doors swung open lively and in came the long haired blond, "You never guess what!" Her voice echoed through the whole room, drilling into the brains of all attending staff.
"Your boyfriend has finally cheated on you?" The raven haired man had to prod his ears from the ringing noise Ino's voice caused.
"Oh shut up Uchiha and get a life!" She rolled her eyes in obvious anger. Yet she turned around merrily, "Guess who has confessed his love?!"
Sakura turned her attention towards her best friend, her eyes widening, "You're kidding me?"
"No!" She was smiling.
"Wait, Sai has asked you to marry him?" The Uchiha was quirking an eyebrow by now, "After only…what…half a year?"
"No you idiot!" Her hands flew to her hips in an angry manner, "Jesus! I mean Naruto of course! He's confessed to Hinata, after ages!"
The chatter rose as the two girls were talking actively about how wonderful the news were.
Yet Sasuke didn't feel like smirking from being happy at the moment at all. He was still wide-eyed from the shock, and if he didn't get a move soon, he'd be fucked up for the rest of his life by Naruto's bloody reminders of what a chicken he is.
"You seem happy." Ino noted sarcastically, "Shouldn't you be at least somehow confident? Your best mate's finally jumped over the bridge for crying out loud!"
I'm fucking doomed!
"Jumped over the bridge?" Sasuke took a sip of the cup that magically appeared in his hands. (He's very fast!)
"You get my drift. He confessed, he's got a girlfriend."
"Yeah, but not wife." He stood up and walked towards the small glass door leading to their rest room.
"Not that fast, Uchiha! He's only just confessed."
"Y'know, he's been in love with Hinata since…" He leaned against the door frame, making a thoughtful face, "Since they first met! And after about, what? five years, he manages to confess? Jesus" He touched his head and walked in.
Ino huffed, lolling her eyes in annoyance, "He's a fool, you know Naruto! He's not the type to be serious! Well I'm glad they're together! So I bet it wont take long for the bells to ring." She smiled sweetly into midair.
"Yeah, Christmas bells maybe." Pouring cold water into the finished mug, Sasuke washed it in the sink.
"Oh Uchiha, I don't get you at all!" she stamped a foot in frustration, "He's your best damn friend, the one you've told so many times to confess, and finally he does it over an incredulously 'long' time, and you act like it's the greatest crime he's ever committed!!"
It is! He's making me act like a stupid teenager! She's gonna think I'm a small innocent puppy-in-love!
He didn't answer anything, just walked out of the room and continued with his work.
She wrapped herself in her long, dark brown coat, trying to shake off the cold. The air was damp and near to below zero degrees. It was a time of cold rain, which was the most terrible time in Sakura's opinion.
A horrible combination… wet and cold…
She had been in Spain before, during holidays, and once her parents had decided to come some dreadful winter-time. She detested those holidays.
With icy breaths the pink haired woman left the Model Agency and tried her best to speed-walk to her car.
As she reached the beloved vehicle (with a heating system!!) she turned her head, noticing shadows underneath a road lamp.
Sasuke was leaning against a wall, he himself clad in a warm coat, dialling something into his mobile phone. Normally Sakura would ignore such scenarios and just jump into her car, after all, it was bloody freezing! But when it came to that specific man, she couldn't help but feel attracted. She liked his way, his attitude, how he responded to her inquiries and yet stayed mysterious but sarcastic.
So curiosity got the better of her, and she marched straight towards him. The warmth has to wait.
"Texting your girlfriend at late hour?" She asked teasingly with a smile on her face.
He looked up, seemingly surprised, "No."
Sakura halted in front of him, listening to the distant rush of the ocean.
With a quick move, the phone was shut and disappeared within Sasuke's pockets.
"Usually all people have I-phones and such stuff." She commented, still smiling.
"Tch... Not my stuff, sorry, don't need the modern money-consumers." He replied, looking at her.
This was definitely his chance.
He simply had to grab it and ask.
And of course forget how stupid he looked whilst then.
He twitched. Sakura frowned, but couldn't bite back the sign of laughter.
"Am I that funny?"
"No. But sweet."
Raising his eyebrows, he stared into her eyes.
Wha- no! That's just- hypnosis!
"Well if I'm that sweet, could you imagine going out with me?"
He said it.
Silence followed. Sakura slowly came to realisation and widened her eyes in surprise.
Wow! He's asking me out! How well did that work? No wonder he was being so weird today!
Not being able to bite back a smirk, she looked at him again.
"Is that a no?"
"No! I mean yes, no!" She sighed, "I'd like to, go out with you…" She breathed out.
He nodded, "Good. Then…how about tomorrow? Around 7. There's a good Japanese restaurant in Denia. "
"Yes! Sounds great."
"Good." He had to prevent himself from smirking.
This is going too well!
"See you tomorrow then." He raised a hand, turned around and left.
"See you…" She was still standing there in dazed wonder, "Wait!"
He looked over his shoulder, "Yeah?"
"Why ask me out?"
He shrugged, "Felt like taking out a gorgeous woman?"
Another few nods as a sign of understanding, and she smiled, "Alright. See you tomorrow then."
Both turned around and headed towards their cars.
Preview:
This time, his cold hand trailed to her cheek, causing Sakura to jump from the cold, but nonetheless continued kissing the man in front of her.
By pushing his tongue against her lower lip, he managed to gain entrance inside her mouth after biting it slightly and making her gasp. This caused a clash between their tongues, and he quickly enjoyed the taste, pressing harder, pushing her petite body further down onto the sofa...
Señor: Mr.
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