Chapter 8:

The next day Sakura got up earlier as Sasuke had requested. She ran out to the place they should met.

"There he is… He sure got up early." she thought. And with a bright smile she called. "Sasuke!" but as she approached she was it was Sai, they sure looked alike. "Ah, hum Sai! What are you doing up so early? And where is Sasuke?" she wondered.

"I normally don't have much to do and I haven't see him."

"Oh well, let's wait here for the others…" she was disappointed at Sasuke. They set down while waiting.

Sometime later Sasuke got up.

"Shit! I can't believe it!" Sasuke spent the whole night thinking about Sakura so when he finally slept he let the hours go by. It was almost time for the hour all of them agreed to appear for the mission. He flew there. "What she must be thinking. I hope none of the others has arrived yet." he thought. He was almost getting there when he heard a scream.

"No Sai! Don't!"

It was Sakura's voice. "What that dumb ass is doing to her?" Sasuke hurried there… "Sakura!"… only to find a really amused Sakura as Sai was only tickling her. She couldn't stop herself of laughing out loud…

The two were on the ground, Sai was on top tickling her as the only thing she could do was laugh. Sasuke was caught by surprise. He watched that as the other side of him was rising. Again Sai, the two of them on the ground, having fun, too close to each other, that was also something even Sasuke had the chance to. He was the one that was supposed to be there doing it to her. He tried to maintain calm but he couldn't stop some words to come out, insinuating his feelings… "So, having fun with Sai un?"

The two on the ground finally noticed Sasuke was there. Sakura looked scared to Sasuke who she could sense a almost kill intention.

"Sasukeee!" Naruto had arrived.

Sasuke turned his back to the two on the ground.

"What do you want Naruto?" Sasuke now was cold to anybody who reached him.

Naruto looked behind Sasuke understanding why his friend was acting that way. Actually even Naruto found that was a scene a little bit to much, Sasuke looked a bit upset and Naruto knew that his friend normally didn't show his feelings and for him to let a bit of that show that meant he was burning inside.

It took a while but finally Kakashi arrived. This mission he was allowed to be with his students. He came giving the same old excuse. "Sorry but an old lady crossed my way asking for direction and the both of us got lost and…". During the mission Sasuke didn't even looked to Sakura. Team 7 succeeded at their mission and came back safe to Konoha. When they arrived Kakashi went to Hokage's office to report the mission, Naruto went to see Hinata, Sakura went home, Sai was going also but Sasuke stopped him. Feeling that the rest of the team wasn't around he finally turned to Sai.

"What is it Sasuke?" Sai asked smiling.

"What do you want with Sakura?"

Sai was surprised by the question but replied. "I just want to be friends with her."

"Humpf… I hope that's so…"

"That is a fake smile Sasuke. Did you knew?"

Sasuke turned his back to Sai and vanished.

When Sakura got home she couldn't stop of thinking why Sasuke changed a lot that day. A lot of time passed and she didn't came out of her room, spending the hole day thinking. She looked at the window, it was getting dark and it was going to start raining soon also.

"I can't take being here sat every day. I'm going to talk to him."

Sakura got quickly to Sasuke's flat. She knocked on the door but nobody answered.

"Where could he have gone?" in spite of Sasuke not being home she was going to wait for him.

Suddenly it started raining a lot. With that she realized that it was already night also very late and Sasuke hadn't arrive yet. In a few minutes she was all wet and frizzing but she didn't cared, she was going to wait for him anyways. She also was feeling tired and heavy with sleep so she bowed her knees, put her arms around her legs and leaned her head on them.

When Sasuke got home from a night on a bar with his friends he got a surprise seeing Sakura by his door.

"Sakura, what are you doing here?" he asked.

Sakura didn't listen to him. Sasuke approached her to found out she was sleeping already.

"How could she sleep with this heavy rain falling on her?"

Sasuke opened his door and carried Sakura on his arms to his home. He laid her down on the couch then went to the kitchen and made for them some tea. He just stood beside her drinking his tea. Even all messed up she looked beautiful. He couldn't wait her to awake, he passed his hands over her forehead and kissed it. Filling his warm lips over her forehead she started to slowly open her eyes.

"S-sasuke…"

"Sat up. Drink your tea. Then you can take a bath if you want and dry your clothes too, I may borrow you mines until yours is dry."

She did what he told her to. The two were now sat on his bed, they were looking at each other, Sakura to Sasuke was how he wanted her to be in the future. She was wearing his clothes, the Uchiha symbol on her back.That was the future he wanted for them. The silence between them was disturbing so she spoke.

"Sasuke. Why didn't you show up early and even spoke to me this morning? I thought… I thought… We…"

"Tell me, Sakura. What Sai is to you?" he liked to go to the point.

"Sai?"

"Yes, you two this morning… What am I to you?" he needed her answer quickly.

"Sasuke! How can you ask this?"

"Just answer!" his heart needed that badly. He couldn't stand being in doubt anymore.

"Sasuke, it's so obvious. Sai is a really good friend, he's kind, sweet and really make efforts to have friends… He's wonderful and I don't know how he's so alone… But he's just a friend. You are the one I actually wanted to be close with. You're smart, handsome, always been strong and has already finished your purpose in life… On the other hand I may be smart and other things but I never got the chance to fulfill my purpose in life, the one I ever had. To be with you. Since you came back I no longer had just a crush, I really began to love you. In this couple of days that passed I thought you and I… I mean, I thought my purpose in life was finally going to be fulfilled… But this morning it was obvious that a dream isn't much then a dream…" her eyes started to cry silently and she looked away.

"Sakura. You're wrong." Sasuke turned her head to him. "I'm sorry for this morning, but when I saw you with Sai I became jealous of you… I wanted to be in Sai's place… I'm sorry for making you cry now…" he wiped out her tears.

(A/N: Sai is going to interrupt again… Nah! Just kidding :P no more Sai interruptions!... I just killed the mood didn't I? So no more interruptions of me too. So next chapter no interruptions of anyone. I accomplish my promise too.)