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

summary: o29; Sakura said that she was possibly maybe in love with him. After giving him a week to tell her how he felt, he couldn't help but feel that he possibly maybe liked her too.

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Possibly Maybe

"So, yeah, Sasuke-kun. I may possibly maybe be in total love with you, but for the moment, let's just call it a crush," Sakura said as she looked at Sasuke straight in the eye and told him this.

"O…kay?" he said. He was confused. The girl had just come up to him and said this so proudly. He didn't know if she was dared to or if she really meant it, but he had to try really hard not to burst out laughing. It was just so weird!

"So yeah."

"Yeah."

Sasuke was blushing, and Sakura…wasn't? Wasn't it supposed to be the other way around?

"So think about it, mkay?" she said as she smiled, waving at him before she turned to leave. "I don't expect a reply soon, but just make sure you have an answer by next week."

"Next week? So soon?" he called out.

"I was going to say in the next hour, but hey, whatever works for you," she shrugged before she waved at him again. "Bye, Sasuke-kun."

Sasuke sighed. He needed a Red Bull and coffee. He didn't know what to think about this sudden confession.

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Sasuke didn't like her. He didn't even know her, despite the fact that she was popular among girls in school because of her bright and sunny attitude.

In fact, some guys, including his friends, had often eyed her because she was so cute. Sasuke had to admit, she was very adorable, but he didn't know if it was his type or not. He liked sexy girls, and she…

What the hell. Sasuke put his hand on his forehead, trying to find out if he had a fever or not. "I can't believe I'm thinking about this…" it had been a day since she had confessed. There were six more. "I should just tell her now and save her the wait."

However, he couldn't bring himself to pick up the phone and look for her number. She was a strong girl, and he figured that she could wait a couple more days before he, er, broke her heart…as some girls put it.

I may possibly maybe be in love with you.

"Ugh!" he shouted. He put a pillow over his head to try and block out the sounds that were radiating in his mind over and over again. Her confident voice and the way her eyes looked straight at him…

"Kill me now," he begged to no one. "I can't handle thinking."

"Of course. We've seen your report card," Mikoto called out from the kitchen. "You better start studying now, Sasuke-kun."

He threw the pillow in his mom's direction. "Shut up, mom."

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The more he thought about her, the more he wanted to get a loaded gun or a noose. She filled up his usually empty mind all day with her confession and her whole self, and Sasuke couldn't help but examine her through the image that burned through his mind. At first sight, she wasn't somebody you'd look at twice. But in a closer look…

She was very cute, and could have been described as pretty. Her pink hair was down to her shoulders and silky, and her eyes were bright and clear, like a diamond or marble. Her lips were rosy and pink and, if she puckered them right, he could lean in and…

Ahem.

Sasuke coughed and hit himself in the back of the head in order to try and forget about this Sakura girl who may in fact be possibly maybe in love with him.

"You okay, teme?" Naruto asked as he patted his back. "You don't sound good."

"Shut up, dobe."

"Did you give Sakura-chan an answer yet?"

Sasuke glared at Naruto, causing him to retreat in fear. "Okay, okay, I understand. I won't bring it up anymore."

"Good."

Naruto smirked, before he leaned in and said, "But if you don't want her, can I go for it?"

"You can do anything you want," he muttered as Naruto whooped in joy. For some reason, imagining Naruto with Sakura made him frustrated, but he shook it off as he tried not to think about that Sakura girl.

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It was the fifth day and he had gone crazy. Everywhere he went, there were hallucinations of Sakura and nonstop replays of her voice and confession.

"I can't take it anymore!" he yelled in the middle of the classroom, banging his forehead on the desk. Everyone stopped to look at him, wondering if he was okay and asking if he needed to go to the nurse.

"I'm fine," he muttered, feeling his bruised forehead. "Stop carrying me."

Naruto had slung him over his shoulder, wondering what was wrong with his friend, and said, "Don't get worked up about this! If you're too nervous to say you don't like her, then I'll tell her."

"No!" Sasuke shouted. Then he paused. "I mean, no. This is a job for me."

"Okay," Naruto said. "You sure you've gotten enough to eat? You're looking pretty pale."

"That's 'cause I'm part vampire."

"Really?"

"No, dumbass." Sasuke sighed as he crawled his way towards the nurse's office, hoping that he could get knocked out so he wouldn't have to think of Sakura anymore.

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It was the last day of the week's time limit, and he had to give an answer to Sakura. To be honest, ever since she had confessed to him, he couldn't get her out of his mind, in the Why are you here and please get out before I shoot myself way.

She waited for him in front of the school gates, smiling cheerfully like she usually did, and said, "Hi, Sasuke-kun."

"Hn." He blushed again, turning his head so that she wouldn't be able to see him.

"So, do you have an answer?" Honestly, Sakura wasn't expecting much anyway, but she liked to hear it out of Sasuke's mouth nonetheless.

"Sakura, I have a confession to make," he said, sighing, running a hand through his hair. "Ever since you came up to me, I've been thinking about you nonstop and wondering why you played mind games in my head, because honestly, I've gotten no sleep lately. Do you see these bags?" he said, pointing to his eyes. "Anyway. The more I think about you, the more I…am interested in you. I don't know if this is love or whatever, but I do know that I feel something towards you."

Sakura's eyes widened. This was more than she expected.

"So, yeah."

"So…what?" she asked, hoping for more clarification and for something more out of him.

He walked towards him. "So, I may possibly maybe like you."

"I like you, too," she said as she grabbed onto his arm. "Took you long enough."

"Shut up," he blushed, rubbing the back of his neck. "You were bothering me in my mind long enough."

She laughed as she linked arms with him, singing merrily as they walked out the school gates together. Through the window of the third floor, Naruto saw them leaving, and sighed.

"Sasuke, you lucky bastard…" Naruto smirked, and then decided to pack his own things so he could leave.

Slight changes 7.8.14