Ch. Title: Her Dreams
Theme: Girl literally forgets boy, boy had to prove himself to girl etc etc etc.
Genre: Angst/Romance/Comedy
Word Count: 3,038
Pairing: Sasuke and Sakura (Contains minor-Naruhina)
Ch. Summary: It seems like fate had a twisting way to let Sasuke and Sakura stumbled with each other again. Is it accident or destiny?
A/N: Inspired by the HYD famous elevator scene. (Contains minor-Naruhina)
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The next morning…
The former Uchiha avenger decided to practice that early morning until he is exhausted and ran out of energy.
He thought he needed something to release his stress and anxiety and he chose to exercise and practice at the same time at the training grounds. After practicing his taijutsu skills on the dummy mannequin afar, he quickly rested for a while.
The dark-haired ninja decided to lie down for a moment on the grass and unrelenting closed his eyes, and the former avenger remembered a certain verdant-colored eyed that night. Those vibrant eyes belongs none other than to his pink-haired teammate.
Her eyes that had always admired him.
Her eyes that used to light up when she calls his name. 'Sasuke-kun!'
Her eyes that used to stare at him when they suddenly met up at Orochimaru's hideout.
Her eyes that questioned his motive when he decided to join the Ninja Alliance against Obito and Madara.
Her eyes that night…That night where she confessed her undying love for him.
Those emerald-colored eyes that keeps haunting him in his restless dream inside his putrid room at Orochimaru's underground base.
Sasuke creased his forehead at the thought of her pink-haired teammate and clenched his fist. He then noticed something towards the sky. It caught his attention and the dark-haired Uchiha suddenly jerked up and narrowed his obsidian-colored eyes at the atmosphere.
It seems like the cloud had darkened and he thought it would rain heavily soon. He also quickly realized it was his time for his probation duty on Konoha Hospital and he hurriedly fixed his ninja tools and he ran towards the hospital.
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The rain poured heavily like it was some of storm or something. Upon arriving at the hospital, Uchiha Sasuke is soaking from head to toe and he immediately ran towards the hospital's direction. After getting there, he immediately shook off the remaining water on his clothes and decided to use the hospital's basement service elevator for employees.
When the lift door was about to close, a certain petite hands stopped it from closing. Sasuke heard a somehow familiar voice,
"Excuse me!"
After the gentle young woman victoriously stopped that door from closing, she quickly dashed inside the elevator. It seems like fate had always a funny way to intertwine their encounter unexpectedly. Especially at this hospital.
The dark-haired former avenger then heard her voice startled, "Uchiha-san?"
He just replied with a simple, "Sakura."
Upon staring at her petite body and shocked face, he bit his lower lip tightly and clenched his fists again. He thought that he could convince himself not to be greatly affected by her sudden presence, but just the way she had said his name, made him miserable for her attention.
The pinkette widened her eyes and inquired, "What are you doing here?"
He titled his head towards her direction and nonchalantly replied, "Tsunade assigned me to work here for my probation."
Of course, Sasuke lied about the whole probation thing, he knew himself that he requested from the Hokage to transfer him here at the Hospital because of Sakura's condition, but now that Sakura had been discharged from the hospital, he has no reason of being there anymore, but he still continued to work there. He didn't want Sakura to know that he asked the Hokage for him to transfer there.
Pointing at his rain-soaked clothes that was still dripping wet on the elevator floor. Sakura then continued,
"Did you forgot your umbrella, Uchiha-san? That's why you're dripping wet?"
"Hn."
Upon hearing the dark-haired ninja's answer, Sakura wondered what he means by the word "probation". But given this boy's brooding personality, she didn't even press for any questions further.
The pinkette just nodded at him and announced, "Oh, I see…I noticed it was pouring lightly last night. Maybe there's an upcoming storm coming up and it poured this noon."
"Hn."
After a minute of awkward silence, suddenly a loud boom was heard and the elevator suddenly stopped.
'Boom!'
The dark-haired ninja heard his pink-haired teammate shrieked, "What was that?!"
Sasuke immediately noticed that the elevator's light inside went out and an emergency light lit up. He hurriedly pounded on the door, but it seems like nobody noticed they were still inside the lift.
It seems like they were trapped inside the elevator. While Sakura pushed quickly the Emergency for help buttons, but it's no use. She ultimately gave up and looked towards the dark-haired boy's face.
The former avenger tilted his head towards the pinkette's direction and uttered, "Sakura. I guess we have no choice, we'll have to escape through the ceiling."
Her emerald orbs widened and she suddenly stammered, "Huh? B-But Uchiha-san…"
Sasuke ordered her quickly, "Get on my back."
Absolutely terrified, Sakura's eyes widened again from fear and stuttered, "Uhm-Uhm…can we just wait for somebody to rescue us?"
Upon reading his teammate's mind, he knew she'll be panicking at this situation, but if they wanted to get out of the stuck lift, they needed to do something quickly. He then continued, "You don't have to be scared, trust me."
He heard her replying, "I'm not scared."
Sasuke upon hearing those words, he replied, "Then you can do it…I'll hold you up. Hurry."
"Al—alright, Uchiha-san, but please don't drop me. I'm scared of heights."
He just nodded at her, "Hn."
Sasuke quickly bended his knees for her to get up on his back so he can hoist her on the ceiling.
When he successfully lifted her up, the pinkette medic immediately opened the ceiling door, it was heavy but she quickly opened it. She then climbed up and saw the dark atmosphere of the elevator shaft pure of bolted wires, cow webs and concrete.
It was such depressing view to witness; she then hurriedly grabbed the hands of the dark-haired ninja and upon successfully climbing the ceiling.
The pinkette just uttered, "This is so scary, what should we do next?" Looking at the dark-haired brooding boy's direction, Sakura noticed that he seems troubled with something and he was shaky.
Suddenly, Uchiha Sasuke's expression darkened and upon realizing that he's bladder needed to be emptied, he shyly announced, "Sakura. Stay over that side."
The Uchiha survivor can't take it anymore and the chilling rain before wasn't helping either his tragic predicament. Looking at her intently, he eventually marched over the opposite side of the cranky elevator and proceeded to empty his bladder on the other side.
"Wha—wha…Uchiha-san, what are you doing?"
"J—just don't look. I need to pee."
Upon realizing what the aloof boy wanted to do, Sakura blushed and she screeched, "But—but you can't do that here!"
The pinkette just heard a liquid pouring sound. She immediately backed away upon hearing the dark-haired boy's call of nature. But she accidentally fell down upon backing up. She just screamed, "Ahhhhhhhhh!"
Upon hearing his teammate's loud scream, he then immediately went to her side and the former avenger quickly grabbed her hand from falling down. The good thing was she grabbed one of the side beams of the lift.
Sasuke just groaned, "What the hell are you doing?!"
The pinkette made a disgusting look at his direction, she realized that this boy was nice and good-looking, but he still did peed with those hands. She just terrifyingly stared at his eyes.
She then shrieked, "B—But you just….ugh…y—you didn't washed after…"
The Uchiha survivor quickly shook his head and proceeded to grab her hands, "Are you stupid? You're not in any place to say that now."
Her tears are swelling up and she quickly replied while still hanging in the air, "No! This is scary and gross, but I don't want to die!"
But the dark-haired Uchiha forced her to grab his hands and growled, "Come on, grab my hand, Sakura. You're starting to get annoying."
Upon hearing the word 'annoying', the pinkette heard a sudden whirring sound inside her head. It seems like he heard those words before from a familiar voice. Haruno Sakura closed his eyes for awhile and saw a vision in front of her eyes, it was morning and a boy was staring at her frowning and saying,
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!
"You're annoying."
After a while it changed to a night scene on the very same place. But now, he was smirking at her direction.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!
"You're still annoying."
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Repeating those same words, something triggered on her memories. She thought, but she can't still see his face nor remember his name. But it feels so familiar. So close yet so far.
Upon realizing she was about to fall, she hurriedly grabbed his hands and when Sasuke was about to catch her. She accidentally hugged his body and she looked towards his obsidian-colored eyes. Haruno Sakura felt a sudden electric feel from her body upon touching his. Her face blushed heavily upon realizing her mistake.
After Sasuke had grabbed her hand, he noticed she accidentally hugged him and he was still grabbing her back. Him making an awkward eye contact with her emerald-colored eyes, he also thought he saw her blushing while hugging him; he just inwardly smirked upon realizing that.
He wanted to avoid her stare, but he was so good at masking his emotions. He ambiguously stared back at her longing eyes.
After their hot eye contact, suddenly the ceiling door can't hold their weight any longer, they both collapsed from the topside.
Falling from the ceiling, the two people stood up slowly. Sakura then heard the dark-haired brooding boy's voice saying, "Sakura…"
She hurriedly went to his side, worryingly asked, "Uchiha-san, are you alright?"
But the pinkette didn't got any response from the fallen boy. He just stared back at her stoically and when she got to his side, she felt his forehead and he was burning up with a fever. He was shivering and coughing badly.
The pink-haired medic kunoichi quickly grabbed something from her small purse bag on her side and searched for an Ibuprofen medicine treated for colds and fever. She hurriedly placed Sasuke's head on her lap and made him drink the said medicine.
Her voice croaked, "You're burning up! Hurry and drink this, Uchiha-san."
Upon realizing that Sakura was tending to him, he quickly stole a glance at her direction.
While the pinkette announced, "Here, you can wear my lab coat. It will keep you warm." She proceeded to cover his burning hot body with her coat.
Sakura's expression darkened solemnly and the dark-haired Uchiha saw it, upon seeing her worried face, he inwardly smirks and thought she still cares for him. The dark-haired Uchiha survivor suddenly fell asleep on Sakura's lap.
Meanwhile, Sakura was still admiring his sleeping façade. She felt a déjà vu and wondered if this same scene had happened before.
After making sure that the dark-haired boy was no longer shivering from the cold, the pink-haired medic immediately fell into slumber.
Inside Sakura's dream…
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The dream begin with Sakura was grabbing someone's hand and it seems like the unknown individual was screaming in pain. She was worried at his condition and immediately, the faceless person lost consciousness, leaving her scared and worried.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!
It seems like she dreaming the time when she was a genin again judging from her clothes. She looked back and saw the two figures lying down, with towels on their forehead. She hurriedly grabbed a kunai at her side and fighting the urge to fall asleep.
She has a feeling; she needed to be awake because at any moment, an enemy could attack her and the two sleeping people.
Then it flashed through a different scene…
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!
Sakura was in a hospital and she was hugging someone, it seems like the same individual before from her dreams. She was crying and crying. She thought she had lost him forever. Again, she didn't saw his face, but her heart skips a beat when looking at his faceless figure.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!
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Then after those series of unexplained dreams, she felt that it was clearer from the last time, she was also making a progress remembering and listening to the words the person had spoken. Unlike last time, his words are clearer and she can understand it finally. Wondering who was that unknown man, Sakura jerked up and hastily opening her eyes.
She woke up suddenly and saw Uchiha-san was still sleeping peacefully. She quickly checked his pulse and it was still beating, she then checked his temperature and she is relieved that his fever finally went down.
After thinking about those unknown dreams, she wondered if those dreams are real and had happened in the past, but she can't pinpoint where and when. Her headache was going back by just thinking about it. She then shook her head momentarily.
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At Ino's place
Uzumaki Naruto quickly went to the Yamanaka's residence to finish, Ino's skit for Sakura. He wondered why he was still doing this silly act, but a voice inside his head telling him to do it for his medic teammate.
He then proceeded to knocked once on her front door and suddenly someone opened it and it was Ino and she announced, "There you go! We've been waiting for you! Come in, Naruto."
She was grinning at him like she was planning something fishy. He just sighed heavily and exhaled.
'Oh boy! Here we go again.'
Then suddenly out of nowhere, a familiar voice was calling him.
"N—naruto-kun!"
It was the Hyuuga heiress. It seems like the Yamanaka kunoichi even asked the lavender-eyed kunoichi to join on Ino's trail to madness. He mused.
The former-kyuubi container just gulped at the thought of blushing, but he just shoved the feeling away and went to the center of the living room to greet the kunoichi. He was still surprised that the Hyugga Heiress accepted Ino's request. Knowing that Hinata didn't do any silly things like this in her life.
After the war with Kaguya and Madara, the Uzumaki idiot thought about the Hyuuga Heiress feelings for him, but it seems like he wasn't ready yet for any commitment. But he knows that he does care for Hinata. Why wouldn't he fall for her? She risked her life for him. This girl had saved him from Pein's and she gave him the strength he needs on the battlefield.
He remembered the time when he held her hand in front of the battlefield. Naruto felt a tremendous feeling overcame him that time, a feeling he haven't felt before. Now that he knows what Hinata's romantic feeling for him, he became aloof and shy towards her. He first wanted to achieve his first dream to become a Hokage and after that, he was thinking of asking her out for a date.
The former-kyuubi host just squeaked, "Hinata. What are you doing here?"
Hinata croaked, "I-Ino-san told me, she needed someone for her video. So I accepted and you're also here. I also heard what happened to Sakura-san and I wanted to help."
Actually, Ino told her that it was just a small get together of the rookies, but upon arriving at her house that afternoon. The Yamanaka kunoichi told her the truth. After explaining some things, Hinata immediately agreed with her suggestion and she also wanted to help the pinkette to regain her lost memories.
After setting up the back drop and script, she went to the direction of the two couple and Ino announced, "So, Naruto I asked Hinata to be your partner for this video. Are you comfortable to do the scene now?"
The blonde ninja grinned and replied, "Yeah, I think Sakura-chan will remember Sasuke-teme in no time with our performance, right Hinata? Let's do our best!"
The Hyuuga heiress just smiled and blushed lightly at Naruto's optimistic behavior. She went along to read the script and changed in to the Genin Sakura costume, meanwhile Naruto changed into his costume.
Upon checking everything, the Yamanaka kunoichi given the last instructions and announced, "All right, last-scene and….action!"
Hinata immediately got up and hugged Naruto from behind, prompting him to stop. She cried her eyes out as the script instructed. While Naruto felt her petite hands and chest hugging his torso, Naruto's cheek reddened and shaking the tremendous feeling from his chest. His heart was pounding and so Hinata's and he can feel it.
It's too different from Sai's hug from before and even Ino saw their chemistry behind the scene. They've already finished the action scenes and this hug scene was the only one left. After realizing it was perfect and it only took them take one to complete it.
Ino then happily clapped her hands and announced, "…and cut! Bravo guys. That's so realistic and romantic. Good job."
Upon realizing that the Yamanaka kunoichi had already said cut, Hinata was still holding on to Naruto's warm body. She can smell his manly perfume and it made her blush how close the two of them. She immediately released her grasped from him and that made the former kyuubi to flinch.
After wrapping all the things, the Yamanaka had already said her thanks to Hinata and Naruto. While Naruto suddenly asked the Hyuuga heiress, "Hinata, do you want to eat at Ichiraku tonight? My treat!"
She tilted her head to his direction and stammered, "Na—naruto-kun… Sure."
After that incident, Naruto asked her if it's alright to walk her to her house, which the Hyuuga heiress gladly accepted.
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tbc
A/N: Thank you, thank you so much for the kind words: Matthew Uchiha, crazymel2008, 18Quirky, i love pusa, sasusakufan2357 . I read every single word from you guys and I appreciated it! :)
crazymel2008 - I'm sorry for answering this late, yes. Sakura brought the very same flower when Sasuke was on the hospital before.
18Quirky - In this story, Ino had already given up on her silly crush towards Sasuke. (But I guess in the manga, her crush didn't developed into something serious...just a bet)