title: love month
prompt: SASUSAKU MONTH ON LJ!
rating: T-M

summary: o18; Two teenagers in a single-bed room at a hotel. The staff thought the dirty. Sakura just wanted somebody to hold her tight after being in the rain.

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Close

Hold me close and never let me go.

Sakura wanted this moment to last forever. She was in Sasuke's arms and he held her tight as her tears fell freely, mixing in with the rain that was dripping on them. He saw her waiting at the fountain alone, hoping that he would come, and came walking nonchalantly with an umbrella over his head, seeing the difference of him being dry and her soaked to the bone.

"Sakura—" he said as he dropped the umbrella and ran to her. "You must be freezing." His arms wrapped around her tightly and he took off his coat and put it over her. She inhaled it deeply, smelling his sweet scent envelop her in a tight embrace.

"Why did you stay out here, you idiot? You're going to catch a cold."

"It doesn't matter as long as Sasuke-kun kept his promise," she said, coughing slightly. "And you did. You made it out here for our date."

She had shyly asked him for a date when he was alone in school, and, seeing her fragile and shy figure, agreed, though he felt troubled and burdened by this promise. He was popular and could have any girl he wanted, but for some reason, decided to accept only her request.

However, he planned to not go and hang out with his friends at the arcade or the basketball court instead, but seeing how it was raining and looking at his watch…he wanted to make sure she wasn't waiting out there by herself.

Hopefully, she had some mind and went home. Instead, he found the stubborn girl sitting there on the edge of the fountain, shivering and coughing and hoping for him to come.

For some reason, he felt bad and guilty about himself.

"Idiot!" he kept saying over and over again. "You are such an idiot!"

Sakura didn't say anything. He felt the warm drip of her tears against his sleeve, fighting the cold drops of God's tears, and held her even tighter, sighing to himself.

"There's a hotel nearby. Let's go and dry you off, alright?" he said as she nodded in his chest, taking his hand while he picked up his umbrella.

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The staff gave them weird looks as they asked for a single-bed room. After all, they weren't staying the night, and he didn't have that much money on him…

Sakura kept blushing and looked down. The closest shelter nearby was a love hotel, and here she was with Sasuke, two "horny" teenagers who just asked for a single-bed room.

Dear Lord.

"Here we are," he said, leading her up to their room. It was fairly small, but still decent enough—it had a nice bed and a balcony view, and also a clean bathroom.

"Take your clothes off," Sasuke ordered. She looked at him with fear in her eyes, and Sasuke, realizing what he had just said, rephrased his sentence. "I mean, take your clothes off so you won't get sicker. There are some bathrobes over there and…aw, what the hell. I'll just shut up now."

Sasuke sighed, taking off his own damp clothes, and took off his shirt. He was only in his jeans, sitting on the bed, fumbling for the remote and flipping channels every so often.

Sakura, spying on him through the door crack, whispered to herself. "He's so handsome…I was held so close to that body." She remembered the feel of every crevice on his torso and how warm he felt against her…

Then, she closed the door as he looked in her direction. She squeaked, began to strip, and put on the bathrobe and a towel to wrap her hair in. She turned on the blow dryer and waved it over her clothes and on her hair, and then turned it off, waiting for them to air dry.

Sakura came out in only the white hotel robe while Sasuke was sitting on the bed. Half-naked.

Two horny teenagers and a single bed…

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"Do you want me to wash your clothes for you?" Sakura asked as she took Sasuke's shirt and jacket. "They're wet."

"No thanks. They're dry-cleaning," he said. Sakura put them back down. "Oh."

She then sat next to Sasuke, keeping an arm's distance away from them. "What're you watching?"

"Sports."

"Aa."

"Why? Do you want to watch something?" he handed the remote to her, but she refused it and pushed back.

"No. I'm okay. I don't want to watch TV." I want you to hold me close like you did in the rain.

"What's wrong with you? Do you have a fever? Your face is completely red."

Sakura realized that her cheeks were burning up, and Sasuke put a hand to his forehead, and then hers. "Your temperature seems fine, but…" he pushed Sakura on the bed and loomed over her.

"Sasuke-kun—"

"Get under the covers."

To the maids and cleaning people passing by, this sounded dirty. They paused to hear more, but shook their heads and forced themselves to keep going.

"Why—what are you—"

"Sleep."

He took the covers and placed them over her robed body as she understood his intentions. He wasn't trying to do anything dirty and she overreacted a bit, but if you were in a hotel room with the guy you liked, alone, you would be nervous too.

Sasuke stood up and turned off the TV, taking a good look at Konoha from the balcony.

"Hey, Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked. "Can you…can you come here and lie down with me?"

His eyes widened and he said, "What?"

"I'm lonely," she admitted. Sasuke sighed, not being able to resist the sweetness in her eyes and the small, scared voice she put on. He got under the covers with her and lied down, facing away from her, blushing madly.

"Can you also…hold me?"

"What?"

"I'm cold and lonely." He saw over his shoulder that her arms were outstretched. And then he realized, as much as he hated girls, he couldn't resist her. He turned around and put his arms around her waist as she held onto him with an iron grip around his neck. Sasuke nearly choked until she loosened her grip.

"Sorry."

"It's fine."

They held each other awkwardly for a few more seconds until Sasuke pulled back. "I'm going to go check if my clothes are dry yet—"

"Stay," she begged, holding onto his arm. "I want you to be close to me."

"Sakura…"

"Hold me close, Sasuke-kun. Even if it's for a couple more minutes, I don't want to be lonely anymore."

That was it. Her voice was irresistible and driving him fucking insane. He jumped back into the bed with her and wrapped his arms all over her body.

"Sakura—I don't know what kind of spell you're putting on me, but it's working."

Sakura sighed as she felt his body heat warm her, their bodies touching and their skin on each other's skin. She buried her face in his neck and felt his chest rise up and down with every breath, feeling his heartbeat, too.

"I like you," she said quietly. "I've always liked you."

"Aa."

Sakura didn't expect a response at the moment. Knowing that she was being held close by the guy that she liked so much, and knowing that he wasn't pulling back…she was happy.

And after they'd left the hotel the next day (oversleeping, on accident), he held her hand for a second before letting her go.

"Would you like to go on another date this weekend? I promise it won't be like yesterday's."

"I'd like that. But yesterday was really something I'll remember forever." She gave Sasuke another small hug as he put his arms around her awkwardly. "Hold me close, Sasuke-kun."

"Aa."

Slight changes 7.8.14!