-4-
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), "On Reading and Writing"
And so they were there…Sasuke and Sakura…standing in between the kitchen door of Uchiha's house, kissing. No hands or bodies touching, just plain lips and…well…tongues.
God, make him stop, make him stop, make him stop! Sakura chanted in her thoughts. This feels too good. Why do I get the feeling like drums go through all my body every time his tongue rubs into my own?! This is insane! Few minutes ago we were arguing and calling each other names. Now we're sucking faces. Madness. And I love it!
Sasuke, on the other hand, was busy accusing himself of being an idiot (strange how many things you can figure out about yourself while making out). Now this is just great! I acted right according to what testosterone told me to and I'm sinking in madness even more! And guess what? The madness even has a name! Sakura 'The Bitch' Haruno. This little pinky that I'm sucking face with now. What's worse, I actually can't get enough of it. Damn, she's a good kisser! I wonder how many idiot guys like me went through them. Best yet not to think of it. The fact is: I'm enjoying it. WHY THE HELL AM I ENJOYING IT?!
And so they went on, kissing in the same wet manner, only changing positions of head from time to time. The thing lasted for good five minutes (They say you can burn 100 calories while kissing for ten minutes. Maybe I should try this more often, especially since Sasuke is so good at it?) until both broke off. Both were panting, both weren't distancing themselves from one another.
"Is that your way of not being an asshole?" Sakura whispered.
"What, you wanted an apology?" Sasuke smirked.
"Would be nice"
"Then you can forget about it"
A cell phone inside Sasuke's pocket suddenly rang, making the couple retreat form one another. Uchiha took a black flipping mobile and looked at the caller. Sakura looked at his face for a while, as if trying to read what he meant by the last phrase.
"So, nothing really happened?" she asked, arms hugging her own waist protectively.
"Nothing" Sasuke nodded and flipped the phone open "What?"
"You have zero manners after all" a voice of Karin reached Sasuke's ears. Sakura looked at him talk and slowly went back upstairs.
"If you called me to run a check on that, then you should prepare to die" Sasuke threatened with annoyed voice.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. You still wouldn't be able to replace me, so don't even think about it. We have a case"
"We? Since when?" Sasuke asked, secretly looking to the place where stairs disappeared into second floor (Where my passion object has gone away from me. NO! Correction: I tossed her away myself. Why? Because I hate bonds. Why am I afraid of that? Because she lives here!).
"I though it will be interesting to you" Karin sighed on the other side of the line and Sasuke could already visualize her rolling eyes "male, 33 years old. Suffers from high fewer, headache and sweat. It's been lasting for already a week. Also whirling head and weakness"
"Are you an idiot or you didn't really finish med school?" Sasuke flamed at the phone "this is a classic COLD! Just because somebody sneezed on the guy and gave him some regular virus, doesn't mean that the best diagnostic team in the state has to go all over him"
"That's exactly the point: blood-work didn't show any signs of viral or bacterial infection"
"Really?" Sasuke's brain suddenly let go of the anger part and wheels began turning "I'll be there in a flash"
"Waiting with an anxiety" Karin noted ironically before Sasuke could hang up the phone. He threw another glance at the stairs before leaving (No, wait! Since when do I get all this distant look? I must be looking like a love-struck teenager with penis shooting up ever time a girl wears short skirt. This should be embarrassing. Can't deny the fact that she has a serious potential to do this thing to me. Danger in my own HOUSE! ). Then he just shut the door, loud enough for Sakura to hear him leaving.
-x-
Itachi was sitting in the sofa of luxurious restaurant, where usually only elite of business corporations gather to have their meals. After few moments, a beautiful, bleach blonde woman, wearing violet mini dress (that's what made other men in the room follow her with their looks) and long hair tied in a high ponytail joined him, gifting Itachi with gorgeous seductive smile.
"It's been awhile since you actually invited me someplace, Itachi" she said in high, but a bit muted voice.
"I've been busy these days, Ino. You know that"
"Oh yes, you, businessmen are always like that" she said in complaining manner, flicking few strands of hair behind the ear.
"You don't seem happy about it though" Itachi noted.
"I'm not unhappy about you inviting me now. I'm unhappy, because you weren't paying much attention to me lately" she picked up a glass of red vine, brought by a waiter, also wearing vagarious expression.
"Is that so?" Itachi smirked, leaving an open thought. Ino leaned forward, gleaming baby-blue eyes fixed on Itahci's black orbs.
"Although I must admit that the last night was just amazing. Taking me to the stars through pain. I love it" she licked the vine that was hanging on her lips, while her foot was going up and down Itachi's shank.
"Agree" Itachi nodded and also leaned towards her, elbows on the table "but I still want to talk with you about something"
Here it comes. Ino did a mental sad smile. I knew there was something wrong the mentioned night. I was supposed to feel only pain for his pleasure, but…he actually let me have my way as well. It wasn't a regular him. So, I suppose now…
"I'm listening" Ino narrowed her eyes.
"We no longer can be together, Ino" he said without an expression. The woman leaned backwards, eyes suddenly fixed to nowhere. She took another sip of vine and a vague smile carved her lips.
"So, who's the lucky one?" she asked with a pretence of being ignorant (And here I thought I'd stay cold on this one. No, really, why is he leaving me? Just because some other bitch offered herself to him? Is she that better than I am? Once I dig up who she is, I'll have her begging me to stop torturing her!).
"No one actually" Itachi leaned back, watching Ino's face carefully "I simply think I've got tired of everything"
"You mean got tired of me?" Ino smirked "not that didn't expect it" she swallowed the last bits of her vine and lifted herself from the sofa "hope that woman is really worth me" she was about to leave, but couldn't hold herself from kissing Itachi on more time.
"You were good, Ino" he said and gave her a smirk "who knows, maybe I'll miss the sex with you"
"Always welcome" Ino said and tightened her fist "good luck, Itachi" and she left, one single teardrop rolling down her face, while Itachi took another sip of vine. A slight smile, terribly reminding of victorious one, lit up on his face.
-x-
"So" Sasuke said while writing something on a board "we have a single patient, with undefined fewer and sweat"
"Also don't forget weakness in hands and feet" Karin added, drinking some coffee from her cup.
"Right" Sasuke added words to the list "now, what can cause a fewer and not be a virus?"
"Lots of things" Karin shrugged, closing to the board "for example bowel infection. It wouldn't show up in blood"
"And the patient would be complaining of a pain in that area" Sasuke sighed "what else?"
"How about tularemia? The infection doesn't show in the blood for some time"
"It shows on lymphatic vessel first. Do the test on that one. And where the hell are Temari and Shika?!"
"Like you said, probably having sex" Karin shrugged and went towards the door "call them" she said before leaving for the hallway.
"Yeah, yeah" Sasuke pulled out the cell phone. At some point, if I were either very lucky or very stupid, they would be calling me in the middle of having sex.
"If this is another sex-thirsty woman, I'm hanging up" a sleepy voice muttered from the other end of the line.
"So, Temari seems to be doing her feminine job well" Sasuke smirked "how many times you stick it to her? Or she to you?"
"Uchiha, get lost. I'm trying to rest here"
"Sorry, pal, but we're having some serious case. You two better pick up your balls and breasts back to clothes and get here. Fast!"
"You're an ass" Shikamaru complained.
"And you're a sex-slave" Sasuke rolled eyes, also barely holding back a chuckle "move it" and he flipped the phone close.
-x-
Sakura finished yet another painting (an abstract, with graceful, wriggling lines and deep, mysterious coloring.) and was sitting in the living-room, glass of vine in her one hand while the other was stroking Jules.
Why did that asshole kiss me? Just to shut me up? I wouldn't be surprised. I think I'm starting to het him now: Sasuke's drowning in misery. And he seemingly to have no one to draw him out of it. That's why he's pushing everyone away. Also, he must be looking for excuses to be alone. But this does not explain why he kissed me. Maybe it was just a glimpse of passion…it happens all the time. But…the odd thing was that I actually enjoyed it and he seemed to have too. And I didn't just enjoy it, I WANTED it. I think I'm going mad, thinking all of this. He said it didn't really happen and…
Her thoughts were discontinued by a sudden door bell, which made Jules jump up from her lap. Sakura stood up and went to open.
"Itachi? What a surprise" she said, with a sudden smile greeting the guest.
"Yeah, I didn't forget where my brother lives" he gave her a vague, seductive smile "I was thinking about that offer for a dinner"
"What a coincidence" Sakura smiled (fakely) at him "I was wondering about it too. So, when and where?" Itachi looked at her with amaze for a while, then smiled again.
"Blue Palm. Nine o'clock?"
"Sounds perfect" Sakura bit the corner of her lip, seductively flicking hair behind her back "guess I'll see you tonight then"
"So it seems"
Well, Sasuke. Let's run a little test. If you appear more of an ass after this happens, you need me. If you don't…you're either a very good liar, or you honestly don't care. I'm such a bitch, really. But, then again, being bitchy is what makes life fun.
-x-
Two hours later at the Konoha hospital…
"Test for tularemia was negative" Karin reported the instant she walked into the office.
"So, that leaves us with…?" Sasuke talked while scratching word 'tularemia' out of the list.
"Typhus fewer?" Shikamaru suggested, putting on his white smock "presents with no signs in blood"
"Closer. Do the MRI, make sure his lungs are clean, kidneys, liver and stomach is clean" Sasuke ordered, writing down the disease "also check for bowels"
"Roger that" Shikamaru said and marched out of the office.
"Really think that's it?" Karin asked.
"Not really. The patient would be presenting with rash or spots" Sasuke sighed and sat down by the table, still fixing on the board "symptoms are still too common"
"What? Will you just wait for him to get worse?"
"That would be more convenient" Sasuke shrugged shoulders.
"No, that would be more likely for the patient to die" Karin protested.
"How bad is his headache?" Uchiha asked, not paying attention to what Karin said.
"Bad…for a natural one. I mean it's likely to had been caused by a fewer, nothing more"
"Likely, not surely" Sasuke bit his nail "let's wait for something to happen. Don't kill the fewer"
"You're the boss" Karin sighed and left the room. Sasuke watched her leave and took his cell phone again.
"Yeah?" a voice answered from the other end of the line.
"Were you trying to drown yourself? I'm in a hurry you know" Sasuke complained.
"Shut it, asshole, I've been having a shower" Sakura shot back with anger.
"So, you're standing there naked. Wait, I think I'm wetting my pants now" Sasuke smirked to the phone.
"Gosh, how I'm glad to hear it! I already thought you were gay" another ironic note came from the hot line.
"Yeah, sometimes I wish to be one" Sasuke shot back "listen, I probably won't be home tonight, so feed Jules. He eats at about eight o'clock"
"Good, cause I won't be home too" Sakura said in a strange voice.
"Oh, great, less threat for my house to collapse" Sasuke shot to her (Where the hell could she be going? I wanna know. But if I ask, it will be a kick-ass pleasure of hearing me going jealous over her. Gotta make her spit it out.) "are you leaving? Or is it just one-night stand with some guy you met online? Make sure he wears a condom, cause I don't want to hear you whimpering with pregnancy"
"No, no and no" Sakura answered, desperately trying to hold back annoyance (or so Sasuke deduced) "I'm going out with Itachi. And it is NOT a one-night stand"
Damn him! Already making his move, huh? Sorry to disappoint you, but the woman's living with me, that's why I got an advantage. HOLD THE PHONE!! Why in the whole wide world do I care?!
"Well then, do you have life insurance? Cause I don't think you'll survive it. And I don't really want to go and recognize your body. I've seen enough of it already"
"You're such a half-wit! And you have no dignity, nor ethics. I'll feed your cat. And if you're THAT jealous, get out of your shell and make a move before someone else does!"
Beep, beep, beep, beep….
Stupid woman…
-x-
Naruto and Tsunade were eating their lunch at the café, still wearing their smocks.
"So you tossed that Sakura woman to the lion's jaws for…what?" Naruto asked, looking straight to Tsunade.
"Because she had nowhere to go. And because I didn't have anyone else I trust she could go to"
"Weren't you paying attention to my lion's jaws metaphor?"
"It's not like Sasuke will rape her or something. Besides, just because he likes to be an asshole, doesn't mean he's mentally retarded as he wants us to think of him"
"You gotta point" Naruto though for a while before stuffing another bite of hamburger to his mouth "shtill, I sink it 'll 'e 'ood 'or 'im 'to 'eet her"
"Yeah, I though that as well. Sakura's a good person and she might change him" Tsunade sighed "let's put it this way: we both do our best to convince him she's not so bad. Maybe he'll fall for it"
"Have you got any idea of what you're going into?" Naruto widened his deep blue orbs at her.
"Yes, I'm aware of the madness I'm jumping into. And I expect your support" Tsunade shot him a grin "he's your friend after all"
"You got it" Naruto giggled "this is going to be fun"
-x-
Eight o'clock the same night…
"Guess I'm ready" Sakura said to the mirror image of herself, which was wearing a long red dress, with straps and provokingly opened décolleté "how do I look like?" she whirled around and smiled to Jules, who was comforting himself on the back of the couch. The cat meowed as if agreeing.
"Knew you'd like it" she stuck out her tongue a bit.
Beep, beep…
This must be taxi. Well, let's hold our fingers crossed.
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A/N: I can't believe I'm actually alive after the parliament!! I'm able to walk, eat, drink…and even THINK!! Thank god I can! Oh well, read, review , alert and all that stuff…Do it and thank you for doing it ;))))