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This happened two months after their so-called day-off…

cHapTeR 04: " HicKiEs EvErYwHeRe "

"Ughhh!!!" she moaned in both pleasure and pain. Never had she experienced something like this before. "MOU!! I give up! No more!"" de cried out. "p-pleasee…" she begged as she raised her little white flag, a sign of defeat. This was enough torture already. What did she do to deserve this anyway?

"Hmmm" she moaned, suppressing the feeling inside.

Then, she it hit her. "STOP IT! TAKE ME NOW!!!" she yelled her lungs out. And her scream echoed the room.

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It was a warm Tuesday.

And it was a simple fine day. The warm bright sunshine, the cool breeze and the laughter of children around him, it was all fine. And his simple mind only generated the simplest ideas. Oh, poor Uzumaki Naruto, his brain had the lowest capacity and IQ scientists have ever known. They couldn't even believe that he was still walking here on earth, socializing with bigger-in-size-brain owners. Maybe, he was the only one left in his kind and he didn't evolve at all. Maybe, just maybe, he is Charles Darwin's missing link. Hmm, it suddenly feels like he is.

Grinning and smiling all the way through, he found his way to the Ichiraku where he eat most ehm, all of the time, since his simple mind cannot comprehend other things he's not used to. He eats ramen for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, and maybe, for the rest of his pathetic life.

Life is a daily routine for Naruto. And as the routine player that he is, he is unusually happy for Ichiraku lunch today. Why? Because it was Tuesday. And Tuesdays meant Ichiraku lunch with his favorite Sakura-chan.

"Sa-Ku-Ra-Chan!" he says in a sing-song manner as he enters the shop and sits beside her, who was supporting her head on her hand. He notices her eyes are closed as if she was sleeping. And being the stupid person he was, he pokes her cheeks. "Sakura-chan? You can't sleep here…" his voice is concerned now.

She slowly opens her eyes and sees cerulean eyes staring back at her. "You okay?" Naruto asks and she sees the care through his eyes.

"yeahh… I'm just beat. It's a tiring day…" she answered and yawned afterwards. She rubbed her eyes using her fingers, cutely. "Anyway, let's eat shall we?" she smiled. And with that simple trick, Naruto's worries were washed away.

"Pork please." Sakura stated.

"Beef here!" Naruto ordered enthusiastically.

And they started their Tuesday routine. He gobbles over the food and she commenting and smacking him every now and then. Yes, some things never do change. But this Tuesday is as unique as almost all of the other Tuesday lunch they had.

"So… how are you and Sasuke-teme?" Naruto asked. He was kind of feeling left out as his two team mates are quite getting along more intimate than before. And he wasn't getting into any action himself. Ugh, what's wrong with him? Was it his hair? The way he speaks? Or the way he smiles? The way he grins? Can someone just put him in the right direction?

"…we're doing quite fine Naruto…" she paused, tilted her head slightly upwards, "…on second thought…" his face becomes impassive, "…we're not quite doing good…"

Naruto is sipping his ninth bowl now. "Why not Sakura-chan?" he asked as some spits of mixed saliva and ramen came flying out of his teeth.

She didn't pay attention at his disgusting display. She has learned to fully accept that he's a long lost barbaric who found his way to Konoha over the years. She can deal with the fact now. She set aside her first and last bowl of ramen and rested her chin under her palm. She sighs. "You know, Sasuke-kun and I aren't getting out that much this last few days, even weeks, I think. We're really both busy nowadays. The hospital needs me, long and hard missions need him. I have to be here and he has to be there. Blah. Blah. Blah. Arghh!" she slumped and buried her face under her arms as she let out another frustrated grunt.

Naruto smiled. "So, you miss him?" and he ordered another bowl of ramen.

She grunted even more and popped her head slightly so that he could view half of her face. Pink locks were hanging loose on her face, some sticking ob her pale face. "I'm jealous over my father now Naruto, they spend more time together! You hear me? I said Sasuke-kun spends more time with my father that he should with me!!"

Naruto suddenly chocked on his ramen. What the hell? He punched his chest, mentally ordering his lungs to function and give him air. Is t-teme really gay? But… b-but… he cringed in fright as he imagined Sasuke and Sakura's father hugging each other. He nearly vomited.

"It's a GOOD THING I'm BUSY or I'll take the liberty to make him scream his lungs out and pluck every strand of hair in his body! I swear I'll make him cry out his mommy as I break every bone he has! I'll give him wedgies he'll never forget! I'll make him scream like a sissy girl running around Konoha like an idiot!" Naruto backed a little when he saw the evil glint in her eyes and the evil aura engulfing his precious Sakura-chan's body.

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"aaaAATTCHHOOOO!" he sniffed.

Tsunade raised an eyebrow at him. "You okay Sasuke?"

"yeah." He defended and searched for his hanky and continued his report about their successful mission.

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She's dozing off again.

"Sakura-chan!"

They are now walking towards the hospital and as part of their Tuesday routine; Naruto makes sure he gets there safe and sound. "hm?" Sakura asked, still flooding in that trance. Maybe, she's just stressed out, too tired and too exhausted. Maybe she's taking it a little more than seriously. Maybe she didn't sleep well again last night. Maybe—

His blue eyes widen in shock and his mouth was left gaping. Slowly and trembling, he put his finger pointing at her neck. "w-what the HELL is THAT?!" he asked and stopped his tracks.

Puzzled, Sakura stopped too. "Huh? What?" she asked back and Naruto waved his pointing finger accusingly at her neck. As if on instinct, Sakura puts her hand on her neck and runs it back and forth, hoping to feel something unusual. Unfortunately, she didn't fell any bump or whatsoever that is startling Naruto right now. She gave him a curious look.

"Too much ramen is taking its tool on you. You're going nuts." She uttered with humor and she giggled herself.

But to Uzumaki Naruto, the things he saw were real. And there, on Haruno Sakura's neck, there seem to be a red glowing mark on her skin. A mosquito bite perhaps? A rash maybe? Or that sucking thing lovers do with the 'you're mine' catch phrase? Poor, poor Naruto, his mind seemed to explode. For once, he was thinking. He is thinking deeply. And it started to hurt. He thought about it more and it started to hurt more.

"It can't be!!" he said yelling, running to God knows where, leaving Sakura puzzled.

Shrugging it off, she went inside the hospital.

She sighed in relief as the wounded patients came in less today. At least there will be little work to do. She's looking forward to that long peaceful sleep now, and those white comfy beds are teasing her. She yawned. She didn't sleep well last night, and the other night and the other night as well. Oh, it's all because of big ol' daddy. You see, daddy is sleeping on her room now, it started two weeks ago. And since then, insomnia was taking her one at a time. Screw daddy's snoring, she would curse. Of course she had protested. She's a big girl now didn't daddy see that?

Big ol' meannie daddy lectured her for hours and told her ways to defend herself. He even gave her a pepper spray. Oh, for the love of Pete, didn't Daddy realize that she's a ninja herself? The lecture went on for hours, even now, she could still hear his voice roaming in her head.

It was ridiculous; she thought when she found out the reason as to why her big daddy was doing these things. Daddy doesn't want men, namely Uchiha Sasuke crawling in bed with her in the middle of the night doing God knows what. He told her that Uchiha Sasuke might just snap and take advantage of her someday. She protested, saying that Sasuke couldn't do those things to her. Just because on of Daddy's friends had his daughter pregnant doesn't mean that she'll do it too. It wasn't as if having another life inside of you and suddenly having a big bulge to carry is in fashion nowadays, right?

But those protests didn't stop daddy from being 'protect-the-precious-daughter-from-Uchiha-Sasuke-alias-her-boyfriend' mode. She grunted. Why did the Gods in heaven hate her so much? Why were they tormenting her in every possible way?

"Why don't they just marry one another?" she snorted and smiled evilly, a flash of Sasuke in a wedding gown and her father in a tux came into his mind. Ew, gross. "Since they spend so much time together, why don't they elope?" she heard the evil mocking and laugh at the back of her head.

I'm going crazy, she thought. She put her hand on her shoulder and moved her head from left to right and vice versa, cracking a few bones in the process. "Ugh. I need caffeine."

"Forehead girl!" someone greeted her. The awfully unique nickname was only uttered by one courageous person, Yamanaka Ino, who is really not afraid of her monstrous strength, even has the guts to tease her. She tucked her blonde hair behind her ear and waved at her. She approached her after speaking to the lady on the front desk. The unspoken question was answered after some smiling and recognizing. "I'm checking up on Shika-kun!" she said proudly.

What does she see in that lazy ass anyway?

"He's just been on a mission and he is quite injured, not badly of course. He's too lazy to dive into action anyway. He only got a broken finger again and a couple of bruises here and there and a little bit of scratches too." Ino stated, Sakura smiled. She knew that her ear friend had been pretty worried about him. "Ah, I forgot to tell you that Sasuke-kun was their commander that time!" Sakura weakly smiled and nodded for her to continue. "And he's at the Hokage tower right now, reporting their successful mission." Ino said happily.

Both stopped and sat on one of the chairs beside a room. "Shika-kun is in there." Ino giggled as she heard some grunts of pain coming from the other side of the door. "He hates getting treated you know, especially if an injection is associated with it." Both girls laughed.

Ino's smile subsided as she saw a flash of red spot on her legs. She mischievously smiles at Sakura who's clenching her stomach. "Sometime, I'll give him a shot, just for kicks." Sakura winked at Ino.

"You do that." Ino replied with a huge smile on her face. She just loves to torture the shit out of his lazy bum boyfriend so much. She turns to her. "Call me when you do that okay? I want to film that event."

Sakura grinned sheepishly. "Sure."

Then Ino changed the topic, she pointed at the red mark on her legs and looks at her mischievously. "Had fun ne?" she says. Sakura follows her gaze and lands on the red spot on one of her exposed legs.

So, they 'did' it already huh?

She grunted. "It was no fun Ino-pig!"

Now, this was starting to amuse Ino. "Trouble in paradise? She cooed.

Sakura crossed her arms and sighed. "He's just demanding. Too damn demanding for me to handle. He's uncontrollable!" she fumes.

"Demanding?" Ino nods her head. "Go on…"

"He just loves to be his own boss! He doesn't even recognize me! If I could just—Ughh!" her face was red with anger.

Ino looked at her. Typical Sasuke always has to have the invincible power over her. Even in 'that'. "So… he was on top of you?" she hesitated but said it nonetheless.

Sakura raised her pink eyebrow at her disbelievingly. "He was all over me! And I couldn't do anything about it!"

I wonder how 'it' feels. "So... He was your first?"

Sakura blushed. "Yeah."

"And IT didn't go well, huh?"

Sakura blushed again, shamely. "Yes, not as planned…"

"I see…" Ino crosses her legs with the other, relaxing a little. I knew this girl is a sly one! "…and, did IT FEEL GOOD?"

"Of course not! It hurt like hell!"

"… It hurt?"

"Yeah." Sakura looked at Ino. "You should try it sometime, just for its experience."

Hell… is she saying that I should do 'it'?

Ino shakes her head furiously. "NO! I'm too young to do that!" she blushes.

"No you're not! In fact, it's about time you do it yourself."

Why is she pushing me to have… sex?

"I'm only seventeen Sakura!"

Grunt. "That's old enough. You could have done it when you were about thirteen or twelve, maybe."

Goodness, it doesn't mean that just because she already did 'it' with her heartthrob boyfriend doesn't mean I have to do 'it' too!

Ino was about to say something when the door opened and their attention turned to it. Nara Shikamaru is now standing in front of the door, a hand on the door knob. Their stares seem to be affecting him. "…what?" he spat out.

The girls looked at his bandaged pinky and some band aids on his left cheek. Both giggled as they suddenly remembered the injection thing.

"tch." Shikamaru grunted. Crazy women. He walked over to Ino and she smiled at him, both understanding one another. Ino got up and brushed her velvet skirt. She tugged on her boyfriends arms and smiled.

"You get away this time forehead girl, but I still need those details okay?" she waves her hand at her. "I'll call you later okay?" then, with that, the two sweethearts left her at the hospital.

Sakura sighs.

Did Ino really understand what they were talking about?

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"SASUKE-TEME!!" Naruto yelled. "TEME!!" and shouted as he searched for his best buddy in the whole wide world. It was almost sunset and Naruto haven't seen his soul yet. He's actually been running around Konoha for hours now. Curse Sasuke-teme's good hiding skills.

"TEME!!" he shouted again, ignoring the glares the other people were throwing at him.

Shino is leaning against a tree for a while now, watching Naruto's pathetic episode. "Aren't you going to show up?"

"hn." There, rested on one of the tree's branches is Uchiha Sasuke.

Shino adjusted his glasses. "You know, he's passed this spot seven times now and yet he didn't—"

Sasuke smirked. "He's an idiot."

"Aa."

The blonde dope reaches Shino and asks. "Have you seen Sasuke-teme?" though unseen, Sasuke glares at Shino, silently giving his message of 'tell-him-and-I'll-beat-the-hell-and-crap-out-of-your-stinking-bugs!'

But then, prodigies will always be prodigies, right?

So, Shino pointed upwards. When Naruto finally saw Sasuke, Shino suddenly disappears without a trace of bug. I'll kill you Shino!

"There you are!"

I'll kill you bug man! I'll make you fight Shaider man and let's see who's more powerful! "What do you want?"

Then suddenly, Naruto kept talking and talking and talking. Something Sasuke wished and did ignore. But there were certain words that caught his undivided attention. Something in the lines of Sakura-chan blah blah blah red spot on her neck blah blah and Sasuke-teme's gay blah.

He smacked him for the last one. Moron. Dope. Idiot. Then Sasuke leapt down from the tree, with a serious face intact.

"Where is she?"

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Haruno Sakura yawned again.

Her early dismissal was taken away from her by Hyuuga Neji as he needed medical attention at home, and of course, being the medic-nin that she was, she just couldn't say no when sweet dear Hinata phoned the hospital.

Now here she was, tending to his wounds from an A-rank mission two days ago.

"Feeling any pain lately?" Sakura asked.

Hesitantly, he answered. "…yes" he said shyly, as if feeling pain was a weakness.

"Sakura smiled. "Where?"

Neji slightly raised an eyebrow at her, as if telling her 'are you blind or something?' "My stomach."

Aa. But of course. When Neji dropped his yukata up to his waist, she could see his torso covered up with bandages. She blushed. She has to admit, the man has a great body, even with those wounds hanging around. She shook her thoughts and gently worked her way on taking off the white cloth. It revealed a slightly bleeding portion of the dry long wound. Sakura knitted her eyebrows.

"I thought I told you no training yet? Don't you ever listen to your doctor?" she was angry, he knew. So, he did not answer her. He heard her mumble and curse under her breath. "Prodigies are all the same! HEH, bastards." She murmured and Neji didn't speak any word for his defense.

After some awkward silence, Neji tries to make a conversation. "I heard you had a good time at your five-day day-off last two months."

Sakura wrinkles her nose. "If you call waking up to find my father and Naruto so early in the morning on the second day and hear the three of them, Sasuke-kun, my father and Naruto, bicker, a good time, then I might consider placing you on a special hospital Neji."

Neji looked away. "So, that's why it was cut off early?"

"Yeah, the three of them caused so much trouble. I can't believe they could be total morons, the three of them. Ugh."

Neji shut up for she started healing his stomach. And the green chakra that flows and enters him gives him warmness that was just rewarding. He then suddenly spots the red mark on her neck and blushes. It was definitely not his business, but he was not one to let it just pass through. He called her attention.

"hm?" she replies, she is now putting an ointment on his wound to fasten up the healing process.

He shuts his eyes and blushes a little more. This is one topic he didn't want to discuss, much less to her. But, they were teenagers and he has to know if she knows the possible consequences she might face in the near future. He has to warn her and wake up her senses. "…don't you think that it's a little too early for the both of you to be doing 'that'?"

She has now re-bandaged the wound and looked up to him. "I don't—" Neji suddenly grabs her shoulders. "I know that it's quite hard to control and it is very addictive… but you have to stop it! Considering your age and all! You might get preg—"

His voice subsided as Hinata entered the room with a tray of tea in her hands. The awkward scene stuns her. She looks at Neji and then at Sakura, again at Neji and then at Sakura and finally at Neji again. She notices the red mark on Sakura's legs and blushes when she saw a red spot on her neck.

She looked at Neji and shouted. "I can't believe you nii-san! She already has a boyfriend!!" and Hinata runs out of the way and into the depths of the manor.

Wincing with the pain on his stomach, Neji follows her to explain, Sakura notes the blush on his face.

"Why is everyone acting so weird today?"

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It was already dark and the street lights are the only ones that lighted the way.

She yawns again.

Damn, I really need that sleep. She wobbled as she walked. She cursed and wobbled more. Her wobbling is now tingling, every part aching. I'm going crazy if I hear that snore tonight!

"SSSssshhhhhhkkkk"

She turns around and alerts her senses.

"SSSssshhhhhhkkkk"

What was that?

Then, there appeared a bunny coming out of the bushes. Sakura sighs in relief as she lets go of the pepper spray she was holding.

"HN."

"AAAHHH!!!" Sakura screamed. She clenches her chest and her breathing became shallow. "Mou! Sasuke-kun! You scared me!"

"hn." Uchiha Sasuke stepped out of the shadows and revealed himself. Now, he's the type of man who always gets into business. And he had to admit that this is a tough one. Being the keen person that he is, he easily notices the so-called red marks on her flesh. There is five on her legs, two on her left wrist and one, two, three on her neck, to of which are hidden under her collar.

An Uchiha doesn't waste time. "Who is he?" they go straight to the point, no need for beating around the bush.

"…eh?" she was dumbfounded. All his sick intentions of torture against him were beginning to be forgotten. All she wanted to do was hug him tightly and feel those muscles around her petite form.

Never had Sasuke imagined Sakura betraying her, especially if it's about love. "Who is he?" he repeats and he doesn't want a third. She walks towards him, wanting that hug now. Ignore his words, hug him instead. Ignore, hug instead. Ignore, Hug instead.

Sasuke takes a little step backward.

"Hug me!" Sakura said with arms wide open. "Hug me!"

The hell? "Are you on drugs?"

Sakura pouted, they were close now. The space between them was a good three inches. He could barely feel her breath teasing him. Sakura snakes her hands around his head and his hands instinctively wrapped around her waist. "I missed you…" she mumbles.

He notices the her bags under her emerald orb and he frowns at them "you know Sasuke-kun…" she starts, burying her head on his chest as she their position comfortable. "I had a disturbing mission today! I took care of a baby! And it was really hard! See?" she lets him notice the red spots on her wrists. "The baby bit me when I tried to arrange his toys! Man! That baby is so demanding! Too full of himself!" babysitting? "And when I tried to carry him he pinched my legs!" so… the red marks…were not…? "And the baby just kept wiggling under my hands! I just… UGH! It was really, really tiring!" she finishes with a yawn and leans more on his chest.

Sasuke mentally smacks himself. So stupid!

"ted-dy!" she mumbles. "And you know… I told Ino to just try babysitting and she kept saying she was too young! Her boyfriend's laziness is rubbing off on her! Really! And you know… Naruto, Neji and Hinata are acting really weird today…"

"…"

"hm…" she hugs him tighter. "What were you telling me earlier again?"

"…nothing."

"okay." She looks up at him and smiles. "Can I please sleep at your house today Sasuke-kun? Just for tonight! Please! I promise I won't snore! I'll try my best! Just please! I'm desperate!" she makes that cute puppy eyes.

Say no! Say NO! Say NO! SAY NO DAMN IT!

"…Aa."

"YEY!" she cheers.

Ugh. Your big ol' daddy is going to murder me!

TODAYS LESSON: never believe a blonde dope named Uzumaki Naruto.

Final note: prepare for big ol' daddy's wrath tomorrow.

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