Heehee I liked the last chapter. It was by far the most fun chapter to write so far, but not as fun as the rest of the story will be to write.

This chapter will be fun. I promise that it will be very worth reading.

Chapter Seven: The Unobvious Truth

Sakura found the last few days to actually be enjoyable. She hung out with Hinata, Neji, Tenten, Itachi and Sasuke.

She had become much more comfortable talking with itachi over the last few days, and the two conversed often. He seemed to be a polar opposite to his brother. He was much more friendly, and seemingly less rude.

Two days after the beach was the first time that Sakura and Sasuke really ever talked. They were all hanging out at Tenten's place. Tenten, Neji, and Hinata were playing a loud game of monopoly. Itachi was busy typing away at something on his laptop.

Sakura was engaged in a textbook she rented from the library. She managed to find the same book she had picked up at Sasuke's aunt's library. She was determined to read the book. Again, she could feel Sasuke's presence looming over her as he had the first time.

"You seem to have a knack for bothering me whenever my face is in a book." Sakura stated, shutting her book and looking up at Sasuke. His dark eyes gazed into hers intensely. He looked at the seat beside her, as if contemplating whether or not to sit down. He decided on sitting down.

"You are really intent on becoming a doctor?" he started. Sakura raised an eyebrow, thinking of a sarcastic retort.

"Am I finally fascinating for you to talk to?" She mocked. "If I recall, you originally though the idea was perposterous."

"It is unusual for a woman, yes." Sasuke replied calmly. "But I don't want you to think that it's impossible for a woman either."

"Are you trying to justify what you said the first time? Because I didn't care about what your opinion was the first time, and what you say this time won't make me care any more." Sakura replied. Sasuke was silent. In fact, the whole room went silent and Sakura could tell she said that a little loud. Tenten continued to be loud about their game to break the awkward silence.

"If I came off as rude, I'm sorry. I'm not very tactful, and that seems to be worse when it is around people that I don't know." Sasuke admitted quietly. Sakura stared into his eyes.

"Well... Maybe you could practice on that." she replied as calmly as she could, taking her gaze away from him. She didn't like how his eyes drew her in so easily. She felt as if they could stare directly into her soul.

Sasuke leaned in closer to her, making Sakura nervous, but she could also feel her face get warm with a blush from their close proximity.

"Maybe, I will." He replied. Sakura could feel his breath on her neck, and it sent a shiver down her. With that, Sasuke stood up and went to go bug his older brother.

The next couple days seemed much more of a blur. The group still all hung out together, Sakura mostly talking to Itachi about various things. Sasuke made several more attempts to talk to Sakura, which Sakura felt uncomfortable with at first, but a little less awkward.

Itachi and Sasuke returned to their flat later that evening.

"I think that Sakura girl is really nice." Itachi began, shutting the flat door behind him. Sasuke looked at him. "Don't get me wrong, I am absolutely not romantically attracted to her in any way. She'd make a much better sister." Silence. Sasuke knew that Itachi was secretly implying.

"No. I like being single, thanks. I'm in no way interested in her." Sasuke shot back.

"The way you look at her and your attempts to actually talk to her would say otherwise." Itachi replied calmly. Sasuke glared daggers at him.

"No. Besides, if you didn't notice by how our conversations usually go, she doesn't seem to like me very much."

"Well, it doesn't exactly sound like you gave her the best first impression."

"That seems to be a common problem with anyone I'm associated with outside of business." Sasuke commented.

"And she told you to fix it, and you have been making an attempt since." Itachi replied. Sasuke grunted.

"It still doesn't mean anything." He stated firmly.

"Keep telling yourself that Sasuke. If you really do like Sakura, I promise, someone else will be more than willing to take her out and make her a wife someday. She's not getting any younger. She's the same age as you." Sasuke wasn't interested in hearing anything more. He loved his brother to death, but he was not interested in talking about girls. Especially that pink haired one.

He went to his room, shut the door somewhat roughly with frustration and sat on his bed, running his hand through his hair.

As much has he hated it, he did like Sakura. She was bold and sassy. A little skeptical and cynical albeit, but she was different. He liked the way she treated other people around her. She was kind. He also found it intriguing that she was so interested in books and even aspired to be a doctor. She was definitely independent, and that was something not a single one of the girls he previously dated were.

The entire group decided to go see a play on broadway. Beauty and the Beast was playing, and the talk around town was it was fantastic.

Sakura sat next to Itachi, with Sasuke on the other side with Tenten, Hinata, And Neji inbetween them.

"So," Sakura began, her voice barely above a whisper. "I know this might be kinda personal, but do you know a man named Sai by chamce?" Sakura asked.

"Not really. To be honest, Sasuke and I were not raised together. Our parents divorced young. I went with our mother, and Sasuke was left with our father. That's why we are so different. Unfortunately, in a lot of ways, he seems a lot like our father, but deep down, he's really different. I don't know much about this Sai guy since I've only met him once or twice. They grew up together, that's all I really know."

"Oh." Sakura replied. "I see." So far, Sai'ls version of the story was the only one it seemed she would know, unless she asked Sasuke himself, but she wasn't really interested in doing so any time soon.

"You two don't seem to get along super well, otherwise I'd assume you would ask him yourself." Itachi speculated. "I can tell his behavior irritates you, but I promise, he really is a good person underneath all that." Itachi continued. "Just recently he told me about aiding his best friend. He said it was difficult, but he usually is the level headed of the two since his friend is rather naive and easy going. His friend was head over heels over this girl a few months back, but she didn't seem to reciprocate his feelings, so Sasuke asked him to start the management of his new shipping division at his business." Sakura's face went pale, and it felt like she got hit in the chest really hard. He was the cause of the Uzumakis leaving so suddenly?! Hinata had suffered the last couple months all because of him! What right did he have to do such a thing! He broke them up!

"Divorced? I thought I read that his parents died in a car accident." Sakura asked, her voice a little shaky.

"Our father, and his stepmother, yes."

"Oh, I see." That was the last of their conversation. Sakura was quiet for the rest of the play, seething in her seat. She could never tell Hinata what happened. No way. It would make things just that much worse. Sakura stole a glance at Sasuke, only to be caught by his dark eyes staring back at her.

Damn that Uchiha. She had just started to actually tolerate him.

Guess what's going to happen in the next chapter?

As always, reviews are appreciated! I hope that this story has been an enjoyable read, even though I have not taken the time to edit it and perfect it. This is all raw.