A/N: So school will be starting for me next week. Which means…me not updating as much :(

Rich Boy, Poor Heart II

Chapter Fourteen

000

JULY 21

Sakura was panicking. After eating breakfast, she had rushed back into her room and had stayed in there ever since. She was currently pacing her room frantically.

"What do I dooooooo?" She said loudly. Sakura stopped pacing, and collapsed onto her bed.

"Sasuke-kun's birthday…is the day after tomorrow…" She whispered sadly as she glanced out the window.

A face peered back at her, and she screamed.

"S-Sai!" She breathed out as she opened the window. He smiled back.

"Did I scare you?" He asked calmly. She glared at him in a half serious way.

"Well, yeah! Why didn't you just knock on my door?" Sakura asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"I was, but you weren't opening the door," Sai replied. She blinked.

"Ah, really? T…that's how spaced out I've been, I guess…" The pink-haired girl said, laughing lightly.

"So…there's something bothering you?" Sai questioned. Sakura sighed and nodded.

"Pretty much. Sasuke-kun's birthday is in two days and I…" She glanced over at Sai and widened her eyes.

"If it were your birthday, what would you like to get as a present?" Sakura asked intensely as he cocked up an eyebrow.

"New pens for drawing," He replied. He continued, "I suppose each person has something different they like, so there wouldn't be any point in asking me."

Sakura nodded slowly. "Right…"

She sighed and rolled around on her bed in frustration.

"What's something Sasuke-kun would like though?" She asked Sai, looking towards him. He shrugged.

"Something that has meaning between the both of you," Sai replied, quite bluntly. Sakura smiled softly at him.

"You're beginning to give really good advice," She told him truthfully. He blinked at her in confusion.

"…Not really," He muttered, slightly embarrassed. Sakura finally stood up from her bed.

"I should probably go ask Sasuke-kun now," She told him awkwardly. Sai smiled and nodded.

"Yeah."

000

Sasuke was currently sitting at the table with the rest of the boys, playing a seemingly intense game of cards.

Suddenly, Shikamaru smirked and pounded a card down onto the table. The rest of the boys groaned in defeat.

Sakura approached them curiously. Naruto was the first to notice her, and nudged Sasuke sharply in the ribs. He scowled at him until he finally noticed Sakura was walking towards him.

"Ano…can I talk to you for a while…?" The pink-haired girl asked carefully. Sasuke cocked up an eyebrow coolly at her, but nodded and stood up.

They went outside in the back, where it was peaceful, quiet and empty.

Sakura was twiddling with her fingers nervously and Sasuke was sneaking quick, confused glances at her.

"Um…what's something that has meaning for the both of us?" She blurted out. He blinked at her in confusion.

"Uh…?" He merely said back. Then, he suddenly smirked.

"This is about my birthday, isn't it?" Sasuke questioned. She blushed lightly.

"Y…yes…" Sakura admitted. His smirk widened, and he moved his face closer to hers, startling her.

"Sakura, I don't really need anything for my birthday," He told her. She blushed. She could feel his hot breath against her skin.

"But…that's"—

"It's alright," Sasuke said with a note of finality. She frowned.

"Sasuke-kun, it wouldn't be right if I didn't get you anything," Sakura said sadly.

"You," Sasuke muttered.

"E…eh?" She asked, confused. He reached over, grabbed her elbow, and pulled her closer.

"You. You're enough," The Uchiha told her. She blinked, and blushed.

"Nothing's better," He said and she smiled, leaning in to hug him.

But she knew, she still had to get him something.

000

"Sasuke-kun said he doesn't want a present," Sakura told Mikoto, sighing loudly. Mikoto smiled.

"He's always been like that. I've been thinking about his cake though," She replied while scribbling on a piece of paper.

"Sasuke-chan hardly ever eats cake…" She continued.

"Maybe there's a different dessert he likes besides cake?" Sakura suggested. Mikoto put a finger to her lips thoughtfully.

"How does a giant cookie sound like? I've seen it done at parties before," She pointed out.

"Does Sasuke-kun like cookies?" Sakura asked curiously. Mikoto smiled.

"Well, I suppose he likes it a lot more than cake," She replied.

"Now…what kind of cookie? Chocolate chip?" Mikoto continued, beginning to scribble on the piece of paper again.

"Chocolate chip sounds good!" Sakura chirped happily. Mikoto beamed.

"Well, I'll get started on buying the ingredients! I'll see you later, Sakura-chan!" She said happily.

000

'Giant…cookie…'

Sakura swayed as she walked. She knew Mikoto was amazing when it came to baking. Imagining the taste of a giant cookie Mikoto made was…nearly unbearable.

'Mm…giant cookie…'

Her footsteps slowly faltered when she heard the sound of a piano playing. She rose an eyebrow up curiously.

Ever since she was here, she had never heard a piano being played.

Quite stealthily (or so she thought), Sakura tip toed over to where she heard the music. It was leading to a room where Sakura had never been in.

Almost silently, she nudged the slightly open door and peered in through the small crack. She was surprised at what she saw.

There was Sasuke, eyes closed in a peaceful concentration, sitting in front of a grand piano, playing a pretty melody.

'Kya…'

Sakura was so mesmerized by his playing, that she had unconsciously opened the door wider, causing a loud creaking sound.

Sasuke's eyes flew open and he looked towards the door. He smirked.

"Hn?" He asked lazily. Sakura blushed.

"I…I didn't know you played piano," The pink-haired girl whispered.

"I play guitar too," He said, still smirking. She rolled her eyes.

"Oh, now you're just showing off," Sakura told him playfully, taking a seat next to him.

"I haven't played the piano in a long time…" Sasuke muttered randomly as he touched the keys thoughtfully.

Sakura began tapping the keys, creating a simple tune of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'. She grinned up at him and he ruffled her hair.

Silently, he brought his hands back up to the keys, looked at her, and began playing.

She didn't know the name of the song, but concluded that it was amazing.

"Sasuke-kun, we should go out today. You know, just you and me!" Sakura chirped happily. Sasuke smirked back.

"Where?" He asked simply and she looked up at the ceiling, thinking. His piano playing was distracting her though. After much thought, she sighed.

"I don't even know…maybe we can just all go out today," She suggested. She giggled when Sasuke stopped playing the piano and turned to frown at her.

"Ramen," He muttered.

"Ramen? Sure!" Sakura said back, leaning against him.

They stood up to leave the room. Sakura glanced reluctantly at the piano, but followed him out quickly once he called her name.

000

"Ramen! Can I go too?" Naruto asked, jumping up and down. Sasuke glared lightly.

"Didn't you hear? Just me and Sakura," He replied coolly, watching as Naruto pouted.

"Damn…you're just keeping her all to yourself," The blonde said unhappily.

"She's mine, not yours, dobe. Have my mom or Iko cook some ramen if you really want some," The Uchiha said back, causing Sakura to blush slightly.

She glanced around the room, and caught Sai's eye. She smiled at him brightly. He returned her beam with a fake smile. She knew it was fake, but if she looked closely, she thought she saw some bit of longing there too.

Sakura suddenly felt someone tugging on the long sleeve of her sweater, turned and saw Sasuke glancing down at her, and pulling her with him.

"Let's go," He muttered, quite impatiently. She smiled and nodded, grabbing his hand and now leading the way.

Naruto watched them with a look of disappointment. Sai was calmly walking up the stairs, thinking.

000

"So, what made you want to go out somewhere? With me?" Sasuke asked, almost teasingly.

"Ne…I guess I was just a bit hungry," Sakura admitted, smiling at Sasuke's slight look of disbelief.

"Whatever. We're together. That's what matters," He said, his voice growing close to a mutter. She blushed.

"Oh, we're here!" Sakura said quickly, to wave away the awkward moment.

They both sat down at the counter, ordered, and began talking.

"Sakura, wait here, I have to go to the bathroom. Don't go anywhere," He said sternly, standing up and walking away.

Sakura pouted and swung her legs back and forth on the chair, since they couldn't even reach the floor.

"Hey, look at that girl."

"Wow, she's pretty!"

"I know, right? Plus, she's alone."

"Should we…talk to her?"

"I'm course, stupid."

Before the pink-haired girl knew it, two teenage boys had approached her with grinning faces. Sakura frowned lightly.

"Hey, sugar cakes. You alone?" One of them, a boy with dusty blonde hair, asked. Sakura bit her bottom lip nervously.

"Actually…"

"Aw, c'mon. No need to be so tense," The other one, a boy with plain brown hair, said, touching her shoulder. She tensed even more and looked over to the bathroom, waiting for Sasuke to step out.

"I…I'm here with my boyfriend, actually," Sakura said, quite boldly. Their smiles faltered, but they walked closer to her, now leaning against the counter to speak to her.

"Then ditch him. We're probably a hundred times better than him," The blonde one said. The other boy was nodding dumbly behind him.

"Ano…please stop bothering me," Sakura whispered now. They grinned again.

"We don't mean to scare you. We just want to hang out, that's all," He continued.

"I can never leave you alone for a minute."

Sakura and the boys whipped around to see Sasuke standing there, looking very much annoyed.

The boys exchanged nervous glances before rushing out of the ramen stall. Sakura let out a sigh of relief.

"Seriously?" Sasuke asked, annoyed. But there was a tone in there that sounded a bit amused. Sakura grinned sheepishly.

"Whenever I leave you alone, some guy always goes up to you," The Uchiha continued and Sakura thought he was going into a full out rant.

"If I left you alone right now, I'm sure some girls would go up to you," The pink-haired girl pointed out, smiling. Sasuke smirked.

Before he could talk back, their ramen was laid out before them.

The owner grinned at them happily and said, "Eat up!"

Sakura quickly turned away from Sasuke, broke her chopsticks and began eating.

When they were done, Sasuke paid for the food (ignoring Sakura's loud protests), and the couple left, once again, hand in hand.

"You know…we only have nine days left," Sasuke suddenly reminded her as they both watched little children crowding around a man selling balloons.

Sakura frowned.

"Don't say that now. We're supposed to be having fun," She whined quietly.

"Yeah…well, a lot can happen in nine days," He pointed out.

"What are you talking about?" She asked, getting worried. Sasuke shook his head slowly.

"Nothing. Let's head back now."

000

Sakura peered anxiously at Sasuke, who was at the table again, playing a card game with the boys.

"Hey, Sakura, we're having a movie night tonight. You should come over!" Rain said, suddenly plopping down next to her on the couch.

"You know, just a calm girl's night out?" She added, smiling happily. Sakura smiled back.

"Sure!" She chirped.

After a while, Sakura followed Rain into her room, where the rest of the girls were already waiting.

"So…we were thinking horror, but then we didn't really want to…then we thought cheesy romance…but…not really in the mood…" Ino began explaining as she tossed DVD after DVD into a box.

"So, we decided on Up, WALL-E and Spirited Away. Sound good?" Ten Ten asked, picking out each DVD as she said the names. Rain grinned.

"Ahh! I love WALL-E! Let's watch that first!" She cried out as she flopped onto her bed. Sakura giggled and followed suit, squishing herself between Ino and Hinata.

As the movie was put into the DVD player, Rain grinned with joy.

But suddenly, the TV shut off, and lights clicked off. Ino screamed loudly and clung on Sakura's arm tightly.

The door was thrown open and this time, all the girls screamed. A flashlight pointed towards them and behind the flashlight, was Naruto.

"Uh…?" He started uncertainly.

"W…was that a black out?" Ten Ten asked, a little shaken. Naruto grinned and nodded.

"Yup!"

"Dobe, here you are," Sasuke said as he walked towards them with another flashlight.

"Anyway," Naruto spoke.

"Sasuke's dad's down at the basement trying to find the problem and Itachi's down there with them. So until then, there's not much to do," He explained, shrugging lightly.

"Actually…there's a lot that can be done in the dark…" Ino said slyly.

"Where's Shikamaru?" She suddenly demanded.

"Like I would know," Naruto replied. Ino sighed before taking his flashlight and walking away.

"Is everyone okay?" Mikoto asked loudly as she and Iko came up the stairs. The girls all finally stood up from the bed.

"We're fine, Mikoto-san," Sakura said.

"Well…Fugaku said the power probably won't start working again until tomorrow morning," Mikoto informed them.

"Ah, what the hellllllll," Naruto began complaining.

"Well, I guess there's nothing to do but sleep now. I'm out," Ten Ten sighed and yawned as she left the room. Rain fell back onto her bed.

"Yeah…goodnight," She mumbled before snuggling into her covers. Hinata and Sakura slowly walked into the hallway, afraid of tripping over anything.

"C'mon Hinata, I'll lead you to your room!" Naruto said happily. She blushed.

"Ano…you don't have a flashlight anymore…" She pointed out shyly. Naruto grinned.

"No problem! I'm the great Naruto! I can get us there in no time!" He said loudly before grabbing Hinata's hand and dragging her with him. Sakura sweat dropped.

"Shouldn't we stop him…?" She asked Sasuke. He shrugged.

"That's up to Hinata," He replied.

There was an awkward pause.

"Ah…well…I guess I'll go to sleep now," Sakura finally said, smiling and beginning to walk away. But a hand pulled her back.

"Sasuke-kun…?"

The flashlight was turned off and his lips were slowly pressed onto hers. Sasuke pulled back quickly and even in the dark, Sakura had a feeling he was blushing.

"Sorry," He mumbled. Sakura smiled softly, took the flashlight from his hand and turned it back on again.

Her smile widened when she saw that he actually was blushing. He glanced away quickly, embarrassed.

"I'll walk you to your room," Sasuke stated, still blushing slightly.

The two silently walked back towards Sakura's room, which was a bit close to Rain's.

Sakura reached out for the doorknob.

"Sakura, that isn't your"—

The pink-haired girl cried out when she saw Rain and Itachi making out on the bed.

"…Room," Sasuke finished, sweat dropping.

Rain immediately blushed and pushed Itachi away, who grumbled moodily.

"I…I'm sorry…!" Sakura shouted, bowing down repeatedly. Rain forced out a nervous smile.

"I…it's okay, Sakura-chan," She said.

Sakura quickly nodded and bowed down again before slamming the door closed. Her cheeks were red and she was clearly embarrassed. Sasuke smirked in amusement.

They walked down a few more doors until they reached Sakura's room. Sasuke was ruffling the girl's head in farewell, before she grabbed onto his shirt.

"Um…" She trailed off, avoiding his stare.

"I'm scared of the dark," Sakura mumbled, finally looking up at him.

"Want me to go get a night light?" He asked jokingly. She pouted.

"Okay, okay, I'll stay," The Uchiha said smirking, ruffling her hair again as he entered her room.

Sasuke pointed the flashlight at her as he watched her snuggle herself into the blankets. He followed in after her and when he clicked the flashlight off, she squeaked.

"Hn…" He merely said as he wrapped an arm around her.

She giggled and a few minutes later, she was asleep.

Sasuke lay there quietly, thinking about the few days they had left.

END JULY 21

A/N: Thank you for reading!