It was now Friday afternoon. Sasuke and Sakura still hadn't talked to each other since Monday with the incident at Sasuke's house with Sasori. Sakura hadn't been home much and still didn't go to school ether, she was ether hanging out with Sai or sleeping over at Temari's hotel room. Sasuke was still cold as ever to everyone around him, he just didn't give a damn about anyone anymore. Naruto convinced Sasuke to come home with him today after school because today was Sai's birthday and he was having a party at a club and invited all of Naruto's friends to come. When the two friends went to the apartment, they saw Sai sitting on the couch, watching tv.
" Hey birthday boy. Excited about your big bash tonight?" Naruto said as they went over and hung out with him on the couch.
" Hey dickless, hey hag." Sai greeted them while Naruto was used to his nickname, Sasuke was not and he was still uncomfortable hanging around Sai since he found out him and Sakura were sleeping together again. Then Sai's phone went off and picked it up.
" Hello."
" Hello Sai? This is Dr. Tsunada."
" Hi Dr. Tsunada, is everything alright with Sakura?"
" Well I was hoping you would answer that, she had her check up appointment yesterday but she never showed up so I was wondering if something happened or not."
" What do you mean she never showed up?"
Sai said in a stressful tone of voice while Naruto and Sasuke were listening to their conversation.
" She never showed up. She didn't call or anything. Is there something I should know about?"
" No, she probably forgot, I'll reschedule for her next week and this time I will make sure she gets there."
" Good okay I will see you next week then."
" Thanks Dr. Tsunada, good bye."
" Bye."
Sai closed his phone up and sighed, having Naruto and Sasuke wondering what that was all about.
" Is there something wrong Sai?" Naruto asked.
" Sakura didn't show up for her doctor's appointment yesterday. I told her yesterday that she had to go and she said Temari was going to take her so I figured they went."
Sai explained as he got up from the couch and went into the kitchen. Meanwhile the front door opened and Sakura walked into the apartment and noticed Sasuke and Naruto sitting around watching tv.
" Hey Sakura!" Naruto yelled out.
" Hey Naruto..." Sakura said while not even glancing at Sasuke which he took noticed.
' Well I guess she still hates me. Damn.'Sasuke thought then saw Sai come out of the kitchen and watched Sai walk towards Sakura.
" We need to talk right now."
Sai said with a slight tone of anger and grabbed Sakura's wrist and pulled her into his bedroom, leaving the two guys behind. Sai closed the bedroom door and gave Sakura a glare.
" What's wrong Sai?" Sakura asked, not knowing what this was about.
" I just got a call from Dr. Tsunada, she said you didn't go to your doctor's appointment yesterday. Would you like to explain to me why?" Sai asked.
" I forgot." Sakura said as she looked down at the floor.
" How the fuck could you forget? I reminded you yesterday?"
" I know I know but after I got off the phone with you, me and Temari started taking pills and I completely forgot about it. I'm sorry Sai. This week has been hard for me."
" I know but you need to take care of yourself, you don't want to end up in the hospital right? So I will be taking you to the doctor's next week."
" Are you still mad at me?" Asked Sakura
" No. Just don't ever forget again okay?" Sai said and she nodded and went over and gave him a hug.
On the other side of the door, Sasuke and Naruto were still sitting on the couch, watching tv.
" Hey Naruto, I'm going to head out now." Sasuke said as he got up from his seat.
" Why are you leaving so fast? Is it because of Sakura?" Naruto asked but knew his answer when he didn't respond or look at him.
"Don't worry man, hey at least she let you give her a ride home the other day so I think there is hope for you two but just come tonight for Sai's party okay?"
" Hn." Sasuke walked out of the apartment leaving Naruto to himself. Then he saw Sai's door open and him and Sakura walked out of the room. Sakura looked to where Sasuke was sitting at and noticed he was no longer there.
" Hey Naruto, did Sasuke leave already?" Sakura said and he nodded his head.
" Yeah but don't worry Sakura, he said he's coming to the party tonight so you can see him there." Naruto said with a grin on his face but was interrupted when there was a knock at the door. Sakura went over and opened up the door to see Itachi and Sasori on the other side.
" Hey Itachi... Sasori why are you guys here?" Asked Sakura.
" Sakura, can we talk?" Sasori asked and it took Sakura a minute to think about it but then she agreed and they walked into her bedroom while Itachi walked in and sat in the living room with Sai and Naruto.
" Hey Itachi! How's it going man?" Sai asked as the two men shook hands.
" Good, hows the life of the rich and famous?"
" It's pretty good, yo dude I'm having a birthday party tonight. You should come, don't bring Sasori." Sai said.
" Well happy birthday man, naw I won't bring that asshole." Itachi said.
" Then why did you bring him at our place?" Naruto asked.
" Because he's leaving today and I brought him over here to say sorry to Sakura for being a dick the other day also it gave me an excuse to come over here because I wanted to talk to you guys about the situation with my brother and her." Itachi explained.
" Yeah I heard about that. But hey if he wasn't there then Sakura and Sasuke probably wouldn't had talked to each other." Sai said.
" About those two... we need to come up with a plan to get them together." Naruto said.
" Wow dickless, you are using your brain for once. I know what you mean. I hate the fact that Sasuke hurt Sakura but I can tell he cares about her. Itachi you should of seen your brother's face when me and her had finished having sex and I walked out of the bedroom, he was giving me the most evil and hurt look." Sai said.
" Yeah he's been so depressed. He doesn't even go out anymore, he just stays in his room and gets drunk by himself." Itachi said.
" Okay well I got an idea guys." Naruto said as the guys listened to Naruto's plan for tonight.
Meanwhile Sakura and Sasori were in her bedroom sitting on her bed next to each other.
" So Sasori, what did you want to talk to me about?" Asked Sakura.
" I'm leaving tonight to go back home and before I do that, Itachi made me come over to apologize for the way I was behaving the other day. I'm sorry." Sasori said.
" Are you really sorry or are you just here to waste my time?"
" I really am Sakura, you are a very nice girl and I was drunk the other day when you came over and it pissed me off that you were acting like a bitch towards me."
" How the fuck was I suppose to act different? You were the one that broke my heart. Do you know how much it had hurt me when you told me that I was just a fuck to you?"
" I know I did but hey I'm just here to say I'm sorry for the other day, nothing more." Sasori said as he got up from the bed and walked towards the door. Sakura stood up and followed him.
" Why are you such an asshole?" Sakura asked but she wasn't going to cry this time. Deep inside, it really didn't hurt her.
" Because that is just the way I am." Sasori opened up the door and walked out as she followed him and saw the three guys in the living room watching tv.
" Itachi, let's go." Sasori said as he opened up the front door and walked out without saying another word.
" Okay well I guess I will see you guys later on tonight."
" Bye Itachi." Sakura said as she watched Sasuke's older brother leave the apartment.
" So did Sasori say he was sorry?" Asked Sai.
" Yeah he did but he's still a jerk. Anyways I'm going to go get ready for the party." Sakura said as she walked back into her room.
" Do you think she suspected anything?" Naruto asked but Sai shook his head.
A few hours later, Sakura, Sai and Naruto got dressed for the club and left in separate cars. Sakura went with Sai while Naruto took his car so he could pick up Hinata and meet them there. When Sai and Sakura got there, they immediatly was greeted by Ino and Shikamaru inside the club.
" Hey Sakura! How have you been? Iv'e missed you so much at school." Ino yelled out as she hugged her pink haired friend.
" It's only been a few days Ino." Shikamaru said then he sighed over the excitement of his girlfriend. Sai took noticed of this and started to make small talk with him while Sakura and Ino walked over to the bar.
" So Ino, how are things with you and Shikamaru?" Sakura asked as she took a seat at the bar and her friend did the same thing.
" Things have been pretty good I guess. What about your love life?" Ino asked.
" Ha what love life? Hey let's do some shots!" Sakura replied and her blond haired friend agreed. Sakura ordered 2 shots of straight vodka and when the bartender came back, they down the shots like it was water.
" Well Sakura maybe you will find a cutie at the club tonight! If you look around there are a ton of hot guys here." Ino said as she winked at her.
" Naw I'm good, tonight it's all about celebrating Sai's birthday and hanging out with my friends. Ive been such a horrible friend lately." Sakura explained.
" Listen we understand why you haven't been going to school this week, Naruto told us but don't worry we won't hold it against you. Just please come back to school soon okay?"
" I will don't worry." Sakura said then spotted Hinata walking up to the two girls.
" Hey girls." Hinata said as she stood infront of them.
" Hey Hinata, where's your boyfriend?" Sakura asked her.
" Oh he's hanging out with Sasuke, we met up with up at the entrance when we came in." Hinata explained.
" I didn't think Sasuke would show up here." Ino said.
" Why is that?" Sakura asked with curiosity.
" Because he never hangs out with us after school. I guess Naruto threaten him to come or something." Ino said.
" Who did I threaten?" A voice was heard and everyone turned around to see Naruto standing behind them.
" Oh hey Naruto. Ino was thinking that you threatened Sasuke into coming here tonight." Sakura said then turned around and asked the bartender another shot.
" Yeah, I'm here to get some beers for us, he's over at a table right now." Naruto explained.
" Cool... anyways I guess I should go find Shika, I'll see you guys in a little bit." Ino said as she got up from her seat and walked off to find her boyfriend while Sakura, Hinata and Naruto kept on talking to each other.
Sasuke was sitting on the couch around the table, waiting for Naruto to come back with their drinks. He was looking around, hoping he would be back soon when he saw Sai coming up to him and taking a seat beside him.
" Sup hag, enjoying yourself?" Sai asked.
"Hn." Sasuke said while taking another sip out of his beer.
" You must really hate me."
" Why do you think that?" Sasuke asked, not even looking at the male.
" You can't hide your emotions from me, I know it hurted you when you saw me and Sakura together but I assure you Sakura would had rather been with you than me."
" Yeah right she hates my fucking guts."
" She just wants you to think that. She is use to guys treating her like shit like Sasori and when she met you, she put her wall down and then when you had fucked up, she put it back up and she's been acting like a bitch towards you so she won't get hurt anymore." Sai explained.
" I never ment to hurt her. It kills me everytime I think how I made her cry."
" I know man. Don't worry though, I can tell you still have a chance."
" What makes you so sure?" Sasuke asked.
" She let you drive her home the other day and I have known her since we were kids so I know when she is slowly putting her wall back down."
" She didn't say a word to me today."
" Well when you left and she noticed you weren't there anymore she asked where you had went to so that means she was worried about you." Sai said
" And she did ask me if you were going to be here tonight." Sai continued to talk.
" Hn."
" Well I am going to go mingle, but hey man I do think you are a cool guy so I hope there aren't any hard feelings between us." Sai said as he stood up from his seat.
" Naw we are cool." Sasuke said as he watched Sai leave the couch, having what Sai said to him sink into his head. Sai on the otherhand, while he was walking he thought to himself.
'Phase One complete.'