Querencia

Chapter Eight

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Sakura dropped another box onto the living room floor and exhaled heavily. Placing her hands on her hips, she tried to catch her breath from all the strain-ness lifting she just did. Wiping the sweat off her eyebrow and cleaning her glasses, she sighed again, "Of course the air condition doesn't work the one day we absolutely need it."

They had just finished moving in all of Sakura's items into her dorm, as well as setting everything up. Now it was time to tackle Sasuke's apartment.

Sasuke came up beside her and dropped the last one on top of hers. "Hn."

In comparison to Sakura, it looked like Sasuke had taken a shower from the amount of sweat that was coming off of his body since he took up on all the heavy lifting despite Sakura's complaints. Overall, they were both incredibly tired, disgusted, and in desperate need of a cold shower. But sadly, that would have to wait since there was still much left to do.

As she began to unbox one of the boxes sitting in the kitchen, she grumbled, "You would think a fancy and bougie ass place like this would keep up to date with their air condition." She unwrapped some plates out of the box and and placed it in one of the cabinets. "Literally, one of the hottest days of the summer and this happens. So…"

"Annoying." Sasuke finished for her.

"Oh my gosh, yes! Very annoying!"

Sasuke couldn't help but snort in amusement at her sudden exclaimentation. Since he had always used that term to tease her, Sakura had usually strayed away from using it. He walked over to the kitchen and offered her a drink from his cold water bottle, to which she accepted gratefully.

She returned the bottle back to him and asked, "You packed some fans with you, didn't you? Why don't we turn on the ceiling fans and set those fans up too. Oh, and open some windows. It should help?"

"Yeah," Sasuke nodded. Scratching the back of his neck though, he grumbled as he overlooked all the boxes littered in every corner of his apartment, "Not sure which box though…"

"Better start looking then, Sasuke." Sakura giggled, sending him a wink before returning back to unpacking the kitchen utensils.

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By the time that Sakura had finished unpacking all the things kitchen related, Sasuke had finally found the fans and were setting them up around the room. She gave let out a blissful sigh as the cool air rushed out onto her body as he placed one directly in front of her. When she did that, she could barely contain her laughter as the sound that echoed back to her was a weird robotic version.

"Doesn't this remind you of when we were little?" Sakura spoke into the fan gleefully.

Following her lead, Sasuke also spoke back into the fan, "Yeah. I remember."

"Okay, moving into his ridiculously hot apartment just got so much better with this fan." Sakura laughed loudly as she continued to sing and say mindless things into the fan.

Sasuke simply just looked at her playing around with the fan with a light smile on his face. Give it to the fan for turning a grown ass girl into a 5 year old again.

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Amidst all of the unpacking and cleaning, as well as dying in the sweltering heat, they had gotten hungry. Since they haven't done any grocery shopping yet and they were way too tired to do so, Sasuke had decided to just call for take out delivery.

When there was a hard knock on the door, Sakura jumped up and dashed for the door, not before singing excitedly, "Sasuke, get the wallet! Food is here."

Sasuke shook his head, grabbing his wallet. Sometimes, the girl was too hyper for her own good. She had enough excitement in that one little body of hers to compensate for the two of them.

Pulling out a couple of bills, more than enough to cover the cost of the food and the tip, he handed it to the delivery boy. But his grip on the bills tightened as he noticed the love-struck eyes that the boy was giving to his completely oblivious best friend. Sakura was too focused on the content of the food to notice. But then, she was usually oblivious to a lot of the advances that other guys tried on her. Such a Sakura thing to be honest.

Scoffing, Sasuke placed his hand onto the the base of her spine and shoved the bills into boy's hand. It was only then that the boy shook out of his daze. Trying to recover his composure, the boy coughed a few times and thanked Sasuke. Which was only returned with a cold stare and a slam of the door.

Sakura was already stuffing her face with food by the time Sasuke had made it back to the kitchen, with a scowl ever still present on his face. The scowl was quick to disappear though when he heard her laugh through a mouth full of food at his expression. She had taken a seat on top of the marble counter, legs dangling over the ledge.

As he came closer, Sakura wasted no time in shoving a spoonful of her fried rice into his mouth. "Cheer up, Sasuke. He was like fourteen, maybe fifteen."

Swallowing, he replied, "Sure, whatever."

She laughed again, much to Sasuke's displeasure. "Oh come on. Have a little faith in yourself. That scrawny kid has a lot to compete to."

And that was enough to blow up his already huge ego.

Sasuke simply smirked in return and joined her on the counter, eating his own share of the take out.

"What time is your class tomorrow again?" Sakura asked as she tried to compare their two schedules.

"11am. You have an 8am, don't you?"

"Wow…. must be nice you jerk." Sakura sighed as he showed her his schedule. His was nothing in comparison to her fully stacked and packed one. Shaking her head, she said, "Maybe I should just do business instead."

Taking his photo back from her hands, he nagged, "Oh shut up, Sakura. Pharmacy is your future. Business is mine. You're doing what you love."

"I'm not sure that 8am chemistry lectures is what I love…"

Sakura was never a morning person. Sasuke was. She was the night owl out of the two of them. She prefered staying up late, whether it was finishing up assignments or continuous reruns of her favorite tv shows. Sasuke on the other hand, loved waking up early. He was up at the crack of dawn with or without an alarm clock. He prefered the empty gyms and roads; no one to disturb him since it was way too early for humankind.

Giving her hand a squeeze, he told her, "You'll be fine. Caffeine will help."

"Granted if I wake up early enough to make some…," Sakura groaned. She was so not ready for her classes to start tomorrow.

"There's a coffee shop next your class." He offered.

Waving her hand, she laughed. "I am definitely not paying some outrageous price for a tiny ass cup of mostly water and a sprinkle of coffee."

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Sasuke was laying on his bare mattress on the floor with one of his arms covering his eyes when he heard Sakura come into the room. He heard a rustling of clothes before something landed on the floor. Then he felt her flop down onto the mattress with him, whining. "It's so hot…"

It was late in the afternoon now, and the sun was not letting up. The heat had intensified over the course of a couple hours after lunch. Even with the fans running at their max, the apartment was like the inside of a volcano. Not to mention, unbearably stuffy.

Sasuke had decided to take a nap while Sakura continued on. But he guessed that she had reached her limit to.

"When the hell is the air condition going to be fixed? I can't stand this any longer…"

"They said hopefully tomorrow."

"Hopefully?" Sakura exclaimed. Groaning even louder, she said, "That's it. This is how I'm going to die. I'll see you on the other side, Sasuke."

Sasuke couldn't help but chuckle at her childish whining. She was cute when she wanted to be, that's for sure.

They just laid there in silence as neither of them had the energy to start any kind of small talk. Without all of the ruckus Sakura was making from cleaning and organizing, the apartment was dead silent. They could hear the footsteps of the people who lived upstairs and then the occasional car horns outside the apartment. With the ceiling fan somewhat blowing some cool air onto them, it felt peaceful. Sasuke felt his eyes drooping as he allowed himself to relax.

Despite the heat, he enjoyed the warmth that was radiating off of her body. Sakura was close enough for him to feel her presence, but not close to the point where they were touching. At one point, he heard her breathing mellowing out and becoming steady. With all the work that they have done, combine that with the heat, Sasuke figured it wouldn't take long for her to succumb to the hands of sleep. Not to mention, Sakura loved to sleep anyways.

Shifting his body to face hers, he removed his arm from his eyes. And that was when Sasuke had noticed her choice of clothing, or rather, the lack of. Rolling his eyes, Sasuke could not believe Sakura thought it was okay to come into his room and lay on his bed with nothing but a sports bra and a pair of gym shorts. She was too innocent for her own good.

Even though she had pulled her hair up into a bun, loose strands of her hair was sprayed out into a messy halo around her head. Tucking a few baby hairs out of her face, Sasuke moved in closer to her. As she exhaled, he felt the warmth of her breath touch his face, casting a sleeping spell on him. Eyes closing, he felt himself falling asleep as well.

He unconsciously leaned into her, and at the same time, Sakura shifted her head. Then, in a ghost of a touch, he felt her lips on his.

And that was enough to wake him up completely, eyes wide.

{A/N}: And I think that should satisfy the need that a lot of you have for this story~

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