chapter six is finally here. (sigh) It took me so long to finish this, I dont know why. hehe Anyway, hope you'll like it! I made it longer compared to the last chapter. Reviews please! :)
"nii-san uchiha itachi, are you serious?" Sasuke's eyes widened. Ever since, he never thought that asking sakura to be his girlfriend will ever enter the mind of his big brother. "though he sometimes show interest in her. But what? He couldn't be serious!" sasuke thought and continued to eye his brother in disbelief. "quit joking." Sasuke spoke again but itachi just laughed at him.
"look at this face? Does this look like it's joking? Oh men." He pointed his face and smiled a teasing one to taunt his brother some more. Sasuke gave him a death glare and after noticing this, itachi turned serious. "I'm serious." He said in a plain low tone. "you can't be." Sasuke kept his gaze at his brother. "I told you I am, that's why I'm asking for your help little bro." Itachi crossed his arms.
"Damn it Itachi!" The younger uchiha yelled all of a sudden. "why are you getting mad? Is there something I should know?" Itachi raised a brow but sasuke didn't answer. Smacking his brother in the face is the only thing that would make him lighten up but of course, he is his brother so unfortunately, he cannot do it. "Sasuke, you're the only one that can help me and you know it." Sasuke didn't answer again. He clenched his fists and closed his eyes. "Do you even love her? Why didn't you tell me if you do?" He asked his older brother. "you don't know anything." The older uchiha answered. "remember, I once saved your life when we were still kids and I'm the one who took care of you most of the time because you don't like the maids that I even mixed your milk and changed your diaper and I'm the reason why you met sakura and I'm also the reason why-" He was cut off when sasuke shouted an "enough." Itachi smirked at this while sasuke left without saying a word. "Thanks bro!"
BETTER THIS WAY
Chapter six- the truth about us I
"sakura! A new cake store opened near the park, want to check it out before going home?" Tenten asked sakura. "cakes? Wow sure! sasuke, want to come?" She turned to her side to face sasuke but he was too lost in his thoughts to even hear her. Sakura looked back at tenten then turned to sasuke again. She leaned forward and kissed him on his right cheek. It startled him so he faced her. "What are you thinking?" She asked and he blinked a few times before he answered her. "nothing." He answered blankly. "I just asked you a question." She raised a brow at him. "You're spacing out and awhile ago when kakashi called you, you didn't even notice it." Sakura continued. "Sorry." Sasuke muttered. "Is there something that's bothering you?" She asked again but he just shook his head and gave her a reassuring smile. "I'm just sleepy." She smiled back at him.
Flashback:
"I'm telling you teme! Do NOT do it!" Naruto emphasized the NOT and pointed sasuke. He did not say anything and instead, just eyed his loud friend. "Don't you think it's a little all of a sudden?" Shikmaru asked him, receiving a nod from neji. "what's on your mind?" Naruto questioned.
"maybe he's planning something or something like that?" He put his arms at the back of his head and closed his eyes. "that's impossible." Sasuke said. "that's too troublesome sasuke."
"actually besides that, just to make you more puzzled, I'm telling you, again. That you should tell her as soon as possible or you'll regret it." Neji told sasuke remembering what ino told them the past few days on their house. "you're not helping." Sasuke said to neji. "I think you should do it so everything will be over and it will not be troublesome anymore." Shikamaru said and muttered a troublesome again. "No! do not do it!" Naruto protested. So they all eyed neji and waited for his response. "it's up to you." Sasuke sighed at this.
"Sometimes, it's really better to consult a girl if you have problems instead of boys. They're not helping!" Sasuke thought.
End of Flashback
"If I do it, does that mean I'm giving up?" he asked his self and sighed. "hey sakura" He called her who was just sitting next to him, talking to tenten and hinata. She faced him and gave him a questioning look. "Umm. Are your free this Saturday?" At first, he wasn't sure what he's going to tell her. "Let me see, hmmm.. I think so. Why?"
"can you remember the restaurant near the beach that we own?" She nodded at his question. "can we have dinner there?"
She looked puzzled at first but nodded anyway. "I said it. I cannot take it back anymore."
"Why aren't there any people here sasuke?" Sakura asked her bestfriend and scanned the whole area. He held her hand and tightened his grip on it. "sasuke? Your hands are cold." She looked up at him with a concerned look on her face. "you go inside first. I'll follow soon." He said and with the look on his face, she can tell that something's bothering him in that moment. "why?"
"I'm going to call someone first." He just said whatever came to his mind first. "can't you do it inside?" She asked again, seemed to be worried to go inside alone. "no." he let go of her hand as she nodded in reply and went inside, once in a while glancing back at sasuke who just gave a warm smile.
"it's over."
She went inside and walked slowly as candles started to light at her entry. Sooner, she heard violins, cellos and pianos and saw petals of red and white roses all over the place. She smiled at the scene before her and continued walking on the marbled floor of the five star restaurant. "sasu-kun" She thought and smiled some more, admiring the place and the calmness the violins bring.
"do you like it, cherry blossom?" She heard a voice from behind spoke. "it's not." She turned around and suddenly, her eyes widened in surprise. "itachi-kun!" She muttered and just eyed him as he walked closer to her. He was wearing a really decent semi-formal attire suitable for such an occasion. The moment he reached her, he offered a hand at her. "let's eat?" He smiled sweetly at her making her blush a deep shade of red. She shyly took his hand and nodded, at the same time, forcing a shy smile on her lips. They went towards a small round table for two with a candle at the middle and petals of roses around it.
Itachi, being a gentleman, pulled the chair for her as she muttered a 'thank you' and sat down. He went to his own chair in front of her and signaled the waiters. Seconds later, two waiters went with trays of food and drinks on their hands. "do you have a song request?" Itachi asked her and she timidly shook her head and he nodded, telling the mini orchestra to play canon. "I know you want that song." He smiled at her making her blush again.
They started to eat and for a while, silence surrounded them. "what's all these for?" She managed to ask despite the fact that she's really embarrassed for no reason and at the same time very shy. "Do you want to take a guess?" Itachi asked back. "there's an occasion?" She answered hesitantly while he retained his smile on his face. "in a way, maybe, but not really. I just cant believe that sasuke agreed to help me." He chewed his food after and drank in his glass of red wine. She just watched him and kept on staring at him. "don't melt me sakura." He joked while she blushed. "just forget about the real reason, let's just enjoy the night first okay?" He told her but she returned him an uncertain look. "dont worry, i'm going to tell you the reason later too." She nodded and they began talking on random topics.
Later on, she became a little more sociable around itachi. They just talked and talked and enjoyed the night. When they finished eating, itachi stood up on his chair and went towards sakura. For the second time that day, he stretched out his hand and offered it to hers. "care to dance?" he asked and she shyly nodded since she cannot say no anyway. She took his hand and they walked towards the middle of the restaurant hand in hand where a spotlight seemed to be lighted.
She wrapped her arms around his neck while he did the same around her waists. They swayed with the music as silence surrounded them again. "sakura" Itachi spoke first. "hm?"
"I want to ask you to be my girlfriend." He said plainly. She got shocked at his question that she parted with him and just eyed him with disbelief without saying a word. "hehehe. I'm sorry if it's sudden. If it's not okay with you, it's ok." He scratched the back of his head and laughed nervously. Sakura looked for the right words to say but no matter how hard she tries, she just can't. "No.. I mean.. umm.." She started while drops of sweat went down on her cheeks. "itachi-kun I.."
"It's over naruto." He told his other bestfriend on his cellphone and sighed. He was sitting outside the restaurant on the bench beside the big entrance door. "what?? didn't i told you to not do it? you are crazy sasuke!! what the heck are you thinking? go inside and stop your brother!" he yelled over his cellphone and it made sasuke groan because of his loud mouth. "you know i can't do that." he sighed again and looked up at the sky. "damn it sasuke! you are such an idiot! will you just let it end like this?"
Sasuke silenced for a while and asked his self the same question naruto asked him. "i guess so." He spoke blankly, retaining the calmness in his voice. "damn it sasuke i cant believe you damn it! damn!" Naruto yelled louder. "probably now, he is already asking her to be his girlfriend." Sasuke stared at the door and frowned. "that's it! i'm going there!" Naruto said and cut the line. "hey naruto! dobe! damn!"
"I..." tears started to flow down from her green emerald eyes. She backed off a bit and bowed down at him. "I'm sorry itachi-kun. thank you for everything but.." she cried some more and did not raise her head. "but.. i'm sorry." she continued. He held her chin and raised it. "Have you found someone who you really love?" He smiled weakly at her and wiped her tears. "i.." She hesitated for a while and continued. "I don't know. I'm sorry itachi-kun! i'm really sorry!" She bowed again and ran towards the outside. Itachi, instead of frowning, he smirked at this. "just as i thought." He smirked some more and eyed sakura's figue as it slowly faded from his sight.
Sakura opened the door and found sasuke who was turning his back at her, walking away. "sasuke!" she yelled, voice slightly shaking. Sasuke immediately turned back with a somehow cold expression on his face. She forced a smile at him but he turned away and started walking again. "sasuke!" She ran after him but he did not think twice to look back. "what's wrong with you?" She asked in a weak voice. "what?" He turned his back, finally and faced her. "what what? why are you acting this way?" She looked at him with a troubled expression while he returned it with an expressionless one. "It's nothing."
"what do you mean it's nothing? You know that i know you and you're telling me it's nothing?" She stayed calm despite the fact that she really wanted to cry. "I said it's nothing. Just leave me alone." He started to walk away again and she catched up. "wait sasuke!" He did not answer. "Sasuke!" She started to shout. "Sasuke!" She shouted louder but still, he's not answering. She yelled again and she got surprised when he faced her teary-eyed. "sasuke." She whispered. "I love you sakura! are you happy now? I love you more than friends, can't you see it? I'm sick and tired of this. I can't take it anymore." He said as tears went down on his face. This time, he doesn't care anymore. It won't change everything he has done wrong anyway. She took two steps backward, eyed wide. "what?" Tears went down on her face as well.
"I'm sorry." That's the only thing he could say that moment. "since when?" Sakura asked, the tone of her voice slightly shaking like before. Tears didn't stop from flowing. She cannot believe everything, everything that she is hearing. "Since I met you." He answered straight and it made her get even more shocked and at the same time, angry. "I'm sorry." He spoke once again. "Do you think a sorry can fix all of this?" She muttered, trying not to shout as he looked down. She clenched her fists and tried to control her anger. "All this time sasuke. All this time you were lying to me?" Anger can be identified in her tone of speaking. "I got afraid! I'm sorry! I dont know how to tell you this. Fear enveloped me sakura! i'm afraid that everything will change between us!" He yelled as they start to get attention from other people.
Her eyes widened again. "Is this really my part in your life, sakura?" He asked. "I dont know! I dont know sasuke!" She ran away as tears went out from her eyes non stop. "sakura-chan!" He passed by naruto who just arrived at the area but she did not mind him or even look at him.
"I'm right again bro!" Itachi spoke from afar. He was secretly watching the two since awhile ago.
She continued to ran towards her house and went inside, running and just even passed by her mom without saying a word. "sakura-dear what's wrong?"
Sakura went inside her room and threw herself on the bed. She cried and cried on the pillows as memories started to come back.
Flashback: (when they were freshmen)
"Ino, I can't do it! I can't!" Sakura kept on telling Ino repeatedly that she cannot do it. "Sakura, you cannot just hide it forever! There will be a time that you will be needing to tell sasuke-kun the truth." Ino told her as they continued to force sakura. "I'm scared! I'm scared to tell him the truth! I'm scared to tell him I love him! I don't to lose him! I'm sorry." Sakura looked down while Hinata gave her some of her encouraging words.
"Sakura-chan, courage is just what you need. Don't forget that we are always here for you no matter what happens. Don't you think that if you make this longer, it will make the situation worse? And besides, you'll never know unless you try." Hinata smiled at her. "Thanks guys but i'm happy this way." Sakura said. "But will you be forever?" Tenten raised a brow at her. Sakura wasn't able to answer. "you dont even know how he feels for you and you're already giving up?" Tenten tried to change sakura's mind but it seems like she already made a choice and that she will not change it anymore. "I'm sorry if i'm putting you guys in a lot of trouble, but I already made my mind. Whatever happens, whether my decision is right or wrong, I will deal with everything." Sakura gave a reassuring smile.
"I can't believe you're this hard-headed sakura!" Ino poked Sakura in the forehead. "Yes I love sasuke-kun more than friends, but losing our friendship is the worst of all. I cannot stand that! I will try my best to be contented in everything."
"Sakura."
"Thanks for everything guys! I know you'll be able to understand me whatever my decision may be." She hugged the three of her friends. "sakura, we're always here."
"Thank you."
"i hope when the time comes that sasuke will know, he will understand me too."
End of Flashback
"sasuke, I'm sorry!" She continued sobbing. "..Whatever happens, whether my decision is right or wrong, I will deal with everything." Her own words kept ringing into her ears. "If this is my pay for doing the same to you, I will take it! I'm sorry sasuke. Sorry for lying to you! But right now, I cannot return the same feelings I once had anymore." She stood up and wiped her tears. "Sakura dear, are you alright?" Her mom knocked. She's really worried, sakura can tell. "I'm alright mom. I'm sorry for making you worry." She lied and went to the bathroom to wash her face. After that, she checked her phone and saw plenty of missed calls mostly from sasuke and naruto. She put her phone back at the bedside table and went to the balcony of her room to watch the sky as it slowly pours tears.
Sasuke and Naruto went to a coffee shop nearby since rain started to pour. "She's not answering her phone and her mom said that sakura cannot talk to the phone at the moment." Naruto told sasuke while sasuke just kept on staring straight at one direction without saying a word. "Oi teme!" Naruto called and snapped sasuke out of his own world.
"I shouldn't have told her." Sasuke spoke. "what are you saying? doesn't it feel great that you were able to tell her finally?"
"Damn. I got carried away because i know that she said yes to my idiot brother. I really shouldn't have told her. "teme, i know one thing that will lighten up your problems." Naruto smirked at sasuke. "I dont want ramen naruto." He said. "Oh men!" Naruto complained. The moment sasuke sat up, hi phone rang. She was expecting that it was Sakura but unfortunately, it wasn't. His brows twitched when he saw that it was his brother. He clicked and read the message.
My dearest little brother, unfortunately, she dumped me. :)
"what?" Sasuke yelled. "i thought.."
"who is it?" naruto leaned forward and checked sasuke's phone. "she dumped itachi?"
"what will I do now?"
to be continued..
Sakura learned to love sasuke when they were freshmen and like sasuke, she got afraid to tell him because he doesn't want their friendship to be broken just because of it. (ohh love!) And itachi somewhat planned everything so this will happen. He's so kind. haha. The next chapter's title will probably be the truth about us II.
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