Querencia

Chapter Four

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"...which makes the new force one half times the old force since the force of gravity varies directly with the masses and is the inverse squared to the distance apart." Itachi ended the calculation with a smile. Handing Sakura her pencil back, he asked, "Makes sense?"

Sakura nodded excitedly, "Thanks! I've been struggling with this problem for the longest. Even the teacher tried to explain it to me but it wasn't as short and simple as you just did."

"No problem kiddo," Itachi gave her another smile as he reached out to ruffled her pink locks.

But before his hand could land on top of her head, Sasuke quickly swatted it out of the way, glaring his older brother down. In return, Itachi couldn't help but snicker at his younger brother's jealous mood. Deciding to mess with him a little longer, Itachi leaned closer to Sakura and talked to her about another physics question.

Jaw clenching, Sasuke shove his way in between him and Sakura and look a glance at the physics his friend was having trouble with. Seeing that it was their homework from a couple nights ago, he raised an eyebrow. Knocking his friend on the shoulders, he asked, "Why didn't you ask me for help on this a couple nights ago?"

"Well..," Sakura began, "you had football practice so I didn't want to bother you. And when you got home it was super late anyways…"

"So?"

"So…," Sakura started to get a little flustered underneath her best friend's suffocating gaze. Not being able to handle the attention any longer, she quickly scooted back in her seat and pinched her nose. "You should go take a shower that's what. You stink, Sasuke! I know you're a boy and all but be a little hygenic will you!"

Taking a whiff of his practice jersey, he wrinkled his nose in disgust. Sakura had a point there.

"Fine." Sasuke mumbled, not before adding, "Don't solve any more physics problems while I'm away." To make sure his message was heard, he gave his brother a hard glare as he walked away. "I mean it, Itachi."

"Hmm, whatever you say little brother." Itachi laughed in response.

And then on second thoughts, Sasuke quickly dashed back over to the counter and stole Sakura's physics book, earning an unhappy shout from the latter.

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"Ah, come on you guys!" Naruto exclaimed, ruffling his blond hair in frustration. "My brain is about to explode from all of this studying. Haven't we studied enough?"

"It's only been like an hour or so Naruto." Sakura laughed. "And that's what happens when you don't study."

"You don't have a big enough brain capacity formed to handle studying."

"Yah! What did you say Sasuke?" Naruto growled. Not letting Sasuke get another word out, he tackled him to the ground.

As the boys rolled around on the ground, throwing light punches at each other, Sakura just laughed at their childish demeanor and cleaned up all of books.

After a while, the boys got tired and stumbled onto the basement couch, each holding a xbox controller. While Naruto went ahead and took it upon himself to set up the game, Sasuke reached into a side compartment, pulled out a chrome colored controller, and handed it to Sakura. As she got comfy in her spot and ready for the game, Sasuke sat down next to her, followed by Naruto. And that was when Naruto took noticed of the special treatment.

"Whoa! What is the meaning of this Sasuke?" He shouted, completely appalled at the sight of the chrome controller in Sakura's tiny hands. "You never let anyone use that! Not even me, your bestest, greatest, handsomest friend."

"Says who?" Sasuke shot back, neck turning a little red in embarrassment. He hoped that Sakura wouldn't think too much of the situation.

"Oh, wow." Naruto gasped. "I see how it is. I see how much our friendship means to you, you traitor!"

Reaching over Sasuke's body, Sakura landed quite a mean punch on the blond's shoulder. "Quit being overly dramatic and just start the game already will you? Unless...," Sakura smiled, a bit to sweet for Naruto's liking. "You want to do some more physics problems."

Laughing nervously, Naruto quickly hit the start button and the game's intro music began to fill the room.

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As Naruto was setting up the settings for another round, Sasuke felt a light pressure land onto his shoulder. Glancing over, he found Sakura fast asleep on his shoulders with the xbox controller still in her hands.

Sasuke smirked at the sight of her sleeping form and took the controller out of her hands. Silly girl, he thought. He saw her nodding off earlier in the middle of a game, so he told her to just go to sleep. Of course being the stubborn girl she was, Sakura ignored his words and continued playing. And now, not more than 10 minutes later, she's out like a light.

Throwing a blanket over her shoulders, he readjusted himself so that she would fall lightly against his chest, allowing her to sleep in a more comfortable position. The moment she was on his chest, Sakura automatically snuggled deeper into his chest like a baby kitten. Now that she was all good and cozy, he swung his arms around her figure with his gaming console still in hand and returned back to the game on the screen.

When he saw that the game on the screen had been paused, he rose a single eyebrow at Naruto.

"Why don't you tell her about your feelings?" Naruto questioned.

Sasuke had almost choked on his spit at Naruto's sudden inquiry. Clearing his throat he said, "What feelings?"

"Fine," Naruto sighed exasperatedly, "your crush."

"What crush?"

Tossing his hands up in the air, Naruto sagged against the back of the couch in frustration, "If it's not a crush then what is it, love?"

"It's nothing, that's what." Sasuke grumbled as he returned his full attention back to the TV, ignoring all of the blond's continuous blabbering about him and Sakura. Wrapping his arms just a little tighter about her body, he demanded Naruto to shut his loud mouth and pay attention to the game. They had zombies to kill instead of worrying about a certain four letter word that he currently hated. Or rather, he didn't understand. That's why he hated it.

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"Ma," Itachi sighed, "you shouldn't be doing that. Let them sleep in peace."

"Why would I do such a thing?" Mikoto whispered back with a smile as she clutched the camera tightly in her hands. "This is the perfect opportunity to get some cute pictures of them, Itachi."

"They're not five anymore, Ma." Itachi countered. But he continued to follow behind his mother's footsteps anyways.

Making sure to be extra quiet as they came down the basement stairs, Mikoto peeked from behind the corner to make sure that the kids were still asleep. And much to her delight, they were. Tip-toeing closer to the couch, she held the camera up to her eye and quickly snapped a few shots. As she looked back over them with Itachi looming over her shoulders, she had to try very hard to contain her squeals over the cuteness in each photo, especially on a photo of just Sakura all snuggled up in Sasuke's embrace.

"Itachi, do you think they'll start dating officially once they get to high school?" Mikoto whispered.

"Highly doubt it." Itachi laughed. "If I know anything about Sasuke, they're probably not going to date until much later. I say it'll be after college."

"Oh, that's impossible! They're going to date in high school, I'm sure." Mikoto argued. "That's when your father and I started dating. And you know how similar Sasuke is to your father."

"They are similar but Sasuke's a bit of a coward when it comes to Sakura." He couldn't help but laugh fondly at the memory of Sasuke being too scared to give Sakura the shoes. "Even when his feelings will probably grow a lot in high school, they won't date until after college."

"It's going to be high school, Itachi."

"Hmm," Itachi chuckled as he began to lead his mother back up stairs. "We'll see, Ma. We'll see."

{A/N}: I'm slowly making each chapter longer, so I hope you like this one~ I also went back and edited the previous chapters, so there shouldn't be a lot of errors.

Have you guys read the current chapters of Naruto Gaiden? I'm dying from all the Uchiha family feels and the lowkey romance between SasuSaku is giving me life!

Anyways, let me know what you think by reviewing down below! Chapter three didn't get as many as chapter two, sadly. So review~ Also, let me know what day of the week do you want me to update. Because currently, it's Fridays or Saturdays, but it might change when I go back to college in a week or so.

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