fantastisk

title: mad man sasuke
pairing: SasuSaku
prompt: #16: purple, Nora Roberts' Rebellion.
word count: 537
rating: T
summary: SasuSaku. "Who hurt you?" he growled, eyes flashing red. There was no one scarier than Sasuke when someone hurt what was his.
a/n: I've written so many AUs. In fact, ever since I started writing again, all I have been writing/reading are AUs! Time to come back to original Naruto world! And also, gosh, I love Nora Roberts. She makes the best books eveeeeer. I'm currently reading Rebellion and a scene in the book inspired me. This will probably turn into my English assignment. (:

Sasuke sat quietly on their couch, looking at the clock. Sakura was due home from her two day mission in a few minutes. Mentally, he admitted that he missed her terribly. He worried about how she was feeling, who she was with and although the mission is simply to go to Suna to heal a few people, he was worried some rogue ninja would attack. Not that Sakura was incapable of handling them, of course. It didn't stop him from worrying about his long-time girlfriend.

When the long hand on the clock struck five, the sound of the door unlocking was heard. Though you couldn't see it, Sasuke's eyes widened a fraction and his heart sped up. With a seemingly calm façade, he walked to the door.

He leaned against the wall, his arms crossed and a smirk donning his face.

She walked in and his smirk disappeared. He ran to her side, catching her when she stumbled through the door. His arm wound around her waist and the other one gently pushed her head towards his chest.

"What happened?" he murmured against her hair. He wondered if she could hear his heart beating. "Did you lose footing on a tree?"

Sakura smiled against his chest. He always knew she did clumsy things like that. She could also hear the beating of his heart, and was happy knowing she caused it.

"I was attacked," she said hesitantly. "when I was coming back."

She felt the aura turn menacing. Unbeknownst to her, his eyes flashed red. "Who was it?" his grip on her tightened a bit. "Who hurt you?"

Her slender arms slowly wrapped themselves around his neck, and she pulled herself up to nuzzle her face into his neck. "Sasuke-kun, you can't always think about revenge.."

His reponse was a growl. "Sakura," he said in a warning tone.

"Shh," she replied. "I'm fine – just tired. I didn't have too much chakra when I was coming back so I took a few hits here and there. I'll live, sweetheart,"

Sasuke nodded grimly. He moved to pick her up and bring her to the bed.

"Sasuke-kun," she said in a weak voice. "what are you doing? I don't want to have sex right –"

He glared at her. She resisted the urge to laugh and instead brought her head in the crook of his neck again. He laid her on the bed and left the room.

He came back with a bucket of water, a towel and a change of clothes. There was blood caked on her cheek, and he could see bruises forming on her forehead.

"Come on," he urged. "Lift yourself up so I can change you,"

She grinned at him. With all the reasons she loves Sasuke, this is one of her favourites. He was so sincere when he wanted to, and when he knew what to do, he would do it well.

After changing her, he passed the wet cloth over the dried blood, erasing any residue. Then he tucked her in – even though it was incredibly cheesy – he watched over her until she fell asleep.

In that moment, he decided that Sakura was only ugly when purple splotches covered her forehead, arms and legs.

a/n: so that sucked. But I hope you enjoy it cause I like the idea a lot. I didn't have school today, and I worked all day on my chinese homework – so I thought I could reward myself with a small, fluffy piece like this. (: