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They went inside sakura's house and headed to her room. He looked around the house and saw no one besides them. "Hey sakura, where are your maids?" Sasuke asked as the two of them went up the stairs heading to her room. "None. Mom and dad are also on a business trip and I'll be alone until tomorrow afternoon. That's why I'm wondering if you could stay over for the night. I asked the girls about it but all of them have something to do. But that's only if you are free. It's ok if you're not." She explained. "Well, I guess I have nothing to do." She jumped in joy and he continued. "But we need to go back to my house first to get clothes, do you mind?"

"I don't. Thank you sasuke-kun. Come on!" They went down the stairs again the moment they put their bags down on sakura's room and started walking to sasuke's home which is only nearby.

BETTER THIS WAY

Chapter three- chance

"Sasuke, I heard from Kaka-sensei that he will ask you to sing for the charity program." She started and smiled when they passed by children who are playing. "Yeah." He answered blankly. "Did you agree?" He didn't answer but she knew what that silence meant. "What?? I was pretty confident that you would decline. What made you say yes? Is kakashi that persistent?" She was a little surprised because normally, he wouldn't sing in public unless it is really needed like in music class or other necessary events. Even though everyone knows he's a great singer and he plays many kinds of instruments, he still hated singing in public.

He twitched his brow a little because he recalled the conversation awhile ago.

"I will tell your best friend that you love her more than a friend." Kakashi grinned some more and his statement made sasuke stop.

Thinking of this makes his head hurt. "Don't ask. Long story." This made sakura laugh. "I cannot believe this sasuke! Hahaha! Sorry I can't take it! Haha!" She laughed some more. "I cannot believe it myself too." He sighed. "I am really going to make him pay!" He cursed inside him. "But what are you going to sing? I am sure the audience will be filled with girls. I can't wait to watch and hear you!" She was excited but he wasn't. "I don't know."

"Hi there my cherry blossom, hey bro!" Itachi greeted from inside the car he was driving and parked it at the side of their house's gate. He was still wearing his school uniform so the two younger teens assumed that he just came from school. "Good afternoon itachi-senpai." She greeted back at him with a sweet smile and a slight blush. She added the senpai after his name because after all, he is really a senpai. "When you say senpai it really makes me feel old." Itachi returned a sweet smile at her which made her blush a darker shade of pink. "He is really cute! Aaah!" She squealed inside her.

"Bro, I'm staying over at her house tonight. Just tell mom and dad about it if ever they'll go home tonight." Sasuke told itachi. "Yup no problem. Come on, let's go inside for a while." They went inside their house and stayed at the living room for a short while. "sakura, stay here for awhile. I'll go get some clothes." The younger uchiha spoke and went up the stairs leaving itachi and sakura alone. "So sakura," Itachi started as sakura turned her head to face him. "Do you have a boyfriend right now?" Itachi continued. "ummm.." sakura can only say this. Even though she's comfortable with itachi since they grew up together when they were young, sometimes she can really be shy. After all, she likes him. "I see, that's good." Itachi smiled. "What do you mean?" Sakura asked back but his smile only turned into a smirk.

"Well do you like someone?" He didn't answer her question, instead he started a new topic. "I guess so." She answered as if she was uncertain. "I see. Do you like my brother?" He asked again making her a bit surprised because of his questions all of a sudden.

"Bro, stop harassing her." Sasuke who just went down the stairs said. "did I do the right thing? Or I'm just afraid to know the truth." He thought. "Hey, I'm not harassing her." His brother protected himself. "Let's go sakura." Sasuke called and went to the door waiting for her. "Yup, bye itachi-kun. See you!" Sakura bowed and left. "kun is better! Bye and make sure you take care of yourself." Itachi said in a flirty tone.

It's almost night time when they arrived at her house again. "I'm going to take a dip in the tub first sasuke-kun. As always, feel free to do whatever you want." She went to her closet to get some clothes. "Ok, I'll take a shower too after you. Be sure you won't make the water too hot or else you'll faint again." He reminded her and she nodded and went inside the bathroom.

"No matter how I try, I still can't think of a reasonable reason why girls should stay long on the bath." He sighed. He was so bored that he was already talking to his own self. He already did plenty of things but still, she wasn't finished taking a bath. She looked at the clock and noticed that it was already one hour since she went inside the bathroom. He lied down and sat back down when suddenly, his eyed widened. "Could it be?" He quickly ran to the bathroom door and knocked continuously. "sakura! sakura!" He knocked some more but no one is answering him. "Crap!" He was already panicking. "Sakura!" He yelled from outside the bathroom door but still, no one was answering him.

He ran downstairs to get the key to the bathroom door. Good thing he knows where it was. He immediately unlocked the door revealing an unconscious sakura lying down on the tub. Bubbles were covering her undressed body and her face is a bit red. She fainted because of the hot water. What happened awhile ago at the mall was also a bit the same because every time sakura feels so hot, she faints. "Damn what will I do?" He panicked. She was undressed and she's a girl, he's a boy. "I cannot wake her up, she's unconscious!" He doesn't know what he'd do.

"But she's naked! I cannot just carry her like that."

"But I cannot leave her here!" He was contradicting his self. "No matter what, I have to do it!" This time he was quite sure of what he should do. He reached for a towel and a robe at the towel rack and went near her. He stood there for a short while eyeing her and thinking about the next thing he should do. "I'm sorry sakura." He grabbed and carried her out of the tub. He tried to close his eyes and he put on the bathrobe around her unconscious body. "I never expected that this would happen." He thought. The moment he put on the bathrobe around her, he went out of the bathroom and put her on the bed.

He wiped her face then her body and he gave out a loud sigh. "damn it!" He cursed again. "I'm sorry." He apologized to her sleeping body.

After an hour, sakura sat up and scanned her surroundings. "You're finally awake! I already told you not to make the water too hot sakura! You weren't listening." Sasuke scolded. For a second she was still a little out of her mind but when he spoke, everything registered inside her. "what?" She yelled and looked down at her body. "You fainted in the tub." Sakura immediately stood up, her bathrobe wasn't tied neatly and her breasts were nearly showing. She fixed her robe in an instant and she began to panic. Sakura was holding the tie of her robe and her eyes were still widened. "Sasuke did you see?" She asked. He took note of her face which has a very worried and nearly crying expression in it. "What are you saying?" He pretended as if he doesn't know what she was talking about though deep inside he wanted to scream so badly and say his sorry to her. "please tell me." She asked again but he still pretended although his a little obvious. "I don't know what you are talking about. Sasuke looked away. "I can't believe this! This is so embarrassing! Kill me now! Ah!" She cried and sat at the bed while covering her face with her two hands. "Sakura" He spoke and began walking towards her. Without thinking twice, he hugged her knowing that somehow it might comfort her. "I'm really sorry! I have no choice because you fainted and I cannot leave you there like that! Please understand." Sasuke hugged her tighter.

For sakura, somehow when her best friend hugged her, she felt like all the anger inside her got washed away and instead, she hugged him back. "Thank you for always saving me sasuke. Can you still remember the time that you saved me from bullies when we were still a child? Let us just forget what happened and let's just look at the bright side that it was you and not anyone else. Thank you!" She gave her best friend a reassuring smile which made him feel safe. "though still, I'm very embarrassed!" Sakura playfully slapped sasuke on his cheek, a blush still not leaving her slightly pale cheeks.

"You go and change. I'll take a bath for awhile. Drink your medicine later ok? And don't worry, I won't faint." He smirked at her and went inside the bathroom making her smile at her best friend. Sasuke closed the bathroom and leaned on it. He closed his eyes and recalled what had happened that day. "First the kiss and now this? What's happening?" He sighed and opened his eyes. "damn it."

Meanwhile outside the bathroom, sakura just kept on staring at the bathroom door and sighed after a few seconds. For some reason, she found herself smiling again. "Sasuke is really sweet and kind and I can say that I am the luckiest person in the whole world for having him by my side all the time." She thought and went to her closet to grab some clothes but this time, her smiling face turned to a frowning look. "But what happened just now and at the school was really something not normal. I'm really embarrassed, humiliated, ashamed, shy or whatever you want to call that feeling. I can't believe this!"

She grabbed some undergarments, a black short shorts and a black sleeveless and she put it on. She blew dry her hair and when she finished it, sasuke went out of the bathroom. Again, a blush appeared on her face when she saw sasuke half naked because a towel was only covering his lower body. She doesn't know why but she really blushes when she sees his body. "geez. I don't know why but this always happens." She thought and did not leave his figure. "what are you staring at?" he asked because somehow he felt conscious when he saw her looking at him. "I forgot to bring my clothes inside the bathroom so I'll get it." He continued but she just kept on staring. "Hey sexy what are you staring at?" He raised a brow and it startled her. "I don't know why but you're so hot sasuke!" She frankly said with a smirk and it made him blush. "I knew you would say that. I already know sexy." He mocked and she threw her blower to him which he dodged easily. He laughed and ran inside the bathroom carrying a dark blue shirt, a white shorts that reached his knees and his undergarment. "Quit it sasuke!" she yelled.

When sasuke finished changing, he went down with sakura to cook their food for the night. "What do you want for dinner sasuke? Do you want Japanese or Italian? I just learned how to make lasagna and I was planning on cooking chicken too." She asked and checked some supplied on their kitchen. "I had Japanese yesterday." He answered. "Ok then." She grabbed some ingredients needed and readied them. "Can you do it by yourself? Do you want me to cook the chicken?"

"Yes thank you! You know how much I love cooking sasuke." She giggled.

"Wow! The lasagna is delicious!" sasuke complimented and chewed his food. "thanks and so is the chicken." She smiled at him and he blushed. "hehe, I only know a few dishes. Thanks anyway." He smiled back at her.

When they finished eating, the two helped each other in washing the dishes. "Come to think of it, we're like married couples." He joked but he remained silent. "what's wrong?" She asked but lied that it was nothing. Truly, it hurts him everytime she says things like that. "Anyway, what are we gonna do next?" Sasuke asked. "Want to watch a movie?" She replied and he nodded. "But hey, it's my turn to pick a movie now. We watched an action movie last time and it makes my head hurt!" She said and he just sighed. "yeah yeah. Fine."

When it comes to movies, they're really opposite. She likes drama, chick flick and feel-good movies while he likes actions, fantasy, horror and mysteries. They took some chips and drinks and went upstairs again to her room. Sasuke positioned the chips and grabbed some blanket and pillows and placed it on the couch which is in front of the television while sakura checked some cd's that they can watch. "Let's watch this." Sakura showed him the cd and he just gave her a i-knew-it look. Of course, she picked romance drama.

After almost two hours, the movie neared to its end. Sasuke was sitting down on the couch, one hand resting on his side while the other hand was hugging sakura who was lying on his lap. He looked so bored and uninterested while she was sobbing so badly. Looking at her made him want to laugh. Honestly speaking, every time they watch a drama love story, he finds her more interesting than what they are watching. He finds her cute whenever she gets too emotional on movies. "why does he have to leave?" she spoke in between her sobs. She sat up and wiped her tears away when the movie ended. Obviously, it wasn't a happy ending and it made her feel bad as if she was the character in the movie. "Who knows?" He answered blankly and handed her a hanky which he readied awhile ago. "I still can't understand why girls cry on movies." He sighed.

"Sasuke"

"what?"

"I wonder what it feels like having a boyfriend?" she asked all of a sudden. He thought for a second and tried to look for an answer but for some reason, he just couldn't say anything. He may not look like it but he has never been into a relationship before. "If it's the same as having sasuke by my side then I don't need one. Even if I grow up old without a husband, as long as sasuke's there for me, I'll be the happiest." She smiled a little at him with a slight blush on her face. What she said made sasuke very surprised. "saying those things all of a sudden, what's with her? is this the effect of watching a drama movie?" he thought and felt a blush rushing on his cheeks.

"come here." sasuke commanded and spread his arms wide to grab her for a hug. She did not hesitate to lean forward and bury her face on his chest, a smile forming in her lips. "I don't need one, as long as I have you." He whispered, his voice was so soft yet deep. She tightened her hug upon hearing his words. They parted slowly looking at each other's eyes, a smile not leaving both their lips. Sakura placed her right hand on his left shoulder and leaned forward slowly closing her eyes, giving him a gentle kiss on his lips. For a second it touched then again, it parted so fast. His eyes widened, surprised at her sudden action. She stood up and smiled again at him. "I just want to change the not so good impression of our kiss awhile ago. It's better if it's not stolen, right? Thank you my sasu-kun for always making me smile." She grabbed his hand and pulled him up. His once wide eyes turned to a soft one, a smile answered her. He did not even bother to say anything, a smile was enough. Truly, what she said made him so happy that he couldn't express it in words.

They crawled into the bed and laid down. They don't mind sharing in one bed, not at all. "goodnight sasuke!" she faced him and he did too. "Goodnight." He responded. "Oh! I forgot something." Sakura sat up and got out from the bed. She went towards the big paper bag he handed her awhile ago and pulled the bear out of it. She hugged it and went back to bed. "goodnight sasu-chan!" She talked to the bear but earned a protest from him. "sasu-chan? What kind of name is that?" He sat up and pointed the big bear. "No way." She stuck out her tongue. "Hn. Whatever." He laid on his back again and turned around letting his back face her and it made her giggle. "sasu-kun is so cute sasu-chan." She told her bear and hugged it, closing her eyes.

Minutes later, she opened her eyes again. She eyed sasuke's back, blinked a few and opened her mouth. "sasuke, are you still awake?" she whispered and he faced her in an instant. "yeah, why?" He replied. "I'm cold." She wore an expression of a child longing for a hug. He smiled a bit and positioned himself. "come here." He told her and she did after placing sasu-chan on the chair beside the bed. She used his arm as a pillow and she buried her face on his chest, smelling his scent which she knew very well because it seems that he's always freshly out from the showers. "you really smell good." She looked up at him and buried her face again in his chest wanting for some more of his scent. "so are you." He always knows her who has a strawberry smell which he finds addicting. He pulled her closer, her hand was securing her waist and she was hugging him back.

"I don't know why you really want to wear very short shorts when you're at home. Why don't you change so you won't feel cold?" He looked down. "no need. You're already making me feel warm." She smiled and looked up at him. Their faces were only inches apart. He looked away and she took note of this so began to worry. "what's wrong?" she wore a worried look on her face but he did not look back. "everything.. it just pains me more." He answered and gave her a reassuring smile. "Let's sleep." He closed his eyes and suddenly, a tear fell down from his eye. "I will bare all the pain if it's the only thing that I could do to keep our relationship because I don't want to leave you. If destiny just wants us to be friends, I'll accept it whole-heartedly." He tightened his hug and closed his eyes. "I'm sorry." He closed his eyes and fell asleep as the two of them slept in each others arm.

To be continued..

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