A/N: Long story short, I got kicked out of my house that has internet, moved to a place that didn't have internet until today. I'm super sorry for the wait :/
But it did give me loads of time to think ;)
Title: Trapped
Summary: Sakura has been in an abusive relationship with Neji for 4 months now. She can't find it in herself to get the courage to break away from him. She loves him, she doesn't want to leave, or be left. Sasuke Uchiha transfers to their school in the middle of the year. Sasuke may be an asshole, but he knows the proper way to treat a lady, and he takes an immediate disliking to Neji due to his own abusive family history.
Rated M for physical and sexual abuse, future sexual content, language, and the over all mature nature of the story.
Chapter Nine
"I don't know why I'm doing this." Sasuke mumbled to himself as he slid into his car and started the engine.
Not a moment passed before a small smirk crossed his face and he began backing out.
"Might as well get this over with."
He drove for a good three hours before he finally approached his destination. His old house. He could feel that feeling of uneasiness settle in his stomach and he forced himself to ignore it, only focusing on what needed to be done.
Sasuke parked the car on the side of the road, not ready to be on the actual property just yet.
This was turning out to be harder than he thought. Especially since Sakura was currently spending the day with his mother and Itachi at the shopping mall.
Thank God this was his last day with them. Every time Itachi so much as glanced at Sakura, which he actually seemed to do often, Sasuke had the strongest urge to rip his head off.
He sighed, finally forcing himself to get on with it. The sooner he got this over with the sooner he could get back to her.
One Month Later
Three days had passed since the official restraining order had been passed. Sasuke was glad the court bullshit was over. He hated seeing Sakura so close to tears. Of course there was more than enough evidence in the report she filed to get the restraining order. It was what was going to happen to Neji after all of this that was on Sasuke's mind. He was sure he had someone out there who could bail him out, if not himself.
If Sasuke so much as saw that Neji bastard at the same time that Sakura was in eyeshot, he was going to tell Sakura to sue the hell out of him.
Or just beat the shit out of him again. Preferably both.
Sasuke tightened his grip on the steering wheel at the thought.
It had also been a little over a month since Sasuke had asked his dad for that favor.
According to Fugaku, with the 4 thousand dollars that Sasuke had given him, he would be able to track down and buy back just about anybody.
It still bothered him that his dad didn't ask him where he had gotten it.
Then again, it wasn't something he was proud of. He was just angry at the fact that his dad didn't expect more of his son.
It was fine with him though, because he didn't think Neji would miss it anyway.
"Dude, you're freakin' me out."
Sasuke's gaze snapped to the side before quickly focusing on the road again.
Naruto had somehow convinced him to go out on a lake with a few other people. He figured it had something to do with that excited twinkle in his moms eyes when she heard the invitation and the fact that Sasuke was even comfortable enough to let one of his friends have dinner with them.
"You wanna come out on the boat with us?" was the sweetest music to her ears.
So naturally, his mom shoved some swimming trunks that he wasn't even aware that he owned, into his arms and shooed him out of the door.
"Man, you've got it bad." came Naruto's voice again when Sasuke didn't say anything to his previous statement.
He scoffed, "Whatever."
It was painfully true that the pink haired girl that cleaned his house always seemed to be on his mind. What made it even worse was the fact that the feelings he kept having around her were different from all of the other times he had liked a girl. He was sure he really liked Sakura.
They seemed to change day after day. Evolve. Maybe he had never really liked a girl. He closed his eyes for a moment, trying to rid himself of the thought.
Of course he had. There was just something different about Sakura that made him feel nervous. Where the hell had his Uchiha game went?
He was notorious for it back in the city he lived in before.
There was so many things he could say to her, but just couldn't make the words come out of his mouth. He could invite her to play videogames with him, but she had never been in his room before and she might feel uncomfortable. More like he would feel a bit off. He could have invited her to go out on the boat with Naruto and some of their friends, but they had never done anything like that before.
He rolled his eyes at himself. He was just making up excuses. And shitty ones at that.
He just had to suck it up and think of something.
He was sick of lying through his teeth. Besides, Naruto Uzumaki seemed to have these weird people reading abilities. He was an idiot when it came to common sense situations, but when Sasuke was trying to hide something he figured it out like he had a 6th sense or some shit.
"You should invite her to that party tomorrow night."
Sasuke's expression remained impassive but this suggestion was exactly the kind of opportunity he was looking for.
Naruto grinned so wide Sasuke could see it in his peripheral vision.
"Knew you'd like that idea." he said enthusiastically as he punched Sasuke roughly on the arm, causing him to swerve into the other lane and cut someone off.
The person behind them honked their horn and Sasuke gladly returned the favor, speeding up as Naruto gave the angry old man behind them the finger.
Sasuke didn't even try and control the smirk that tugged at the edges of his mouth.
The joys of being a blissful teenager.
Sort of.
"Do you wanna come to a party with me?"
It took loads of supportive words from Naruto, which was actually just putting him in a foul mood, to convince Sasuke to ask Sakura the second he saw her.
"Okay." she replied softly, as she continued to scrub one of Mikoto's favorite plates.
Sasuke felt like a ton of bricks had been lifted from his shoulders, just as his chest swelled with something he couldn't place.
He had a strange feeling that it was possessiveness, because as soon as she agreed he went over a few scenarios in his head on what he should do if another guy tried and put the moves on her. He was sure they would.
Neji and Sakura's breakup was all the school population could talk about, even though it had already been a month.
High school kids really had nothing better to do, did they?
Sasuke hated it when Sakura had started getting a lot of attention. Of course Sakura, being who she is, accepted all of their compliments kindly, and politely declined all of their date requests.
Sasuke also had the suspicion that this was one of the reasons Naruto seemed to figure out that Sasuke had a thing for Sakura. He cursed the fact that he had a momentary second of weakness and allowed a scowl to grace his features when a certain persistent boy just wasn't taking no for an answer.
Naruto had probably seen it at lunch, since Sakura had made a habit of sitting with them.
"What time are we going?"
Sasuke didn't hear her and continued staring at his empty plate. Not even nerves could take away his appetite.
"Sasuke?" she turned to face him, leaning against the counter as she wiped her hands on a cloth.
"Hn. Yes?" his heart started pounding violently in his chest as he got up and strode over to her, placing his plate in the sink. He grabbed the edge of the counter on either side of her.
"I'll pick you up at 8:30." he looked down on her with a smug expression, waiting to see her reaction.
She backed up a bit, which was difficult since she had no more room left between her and the sink to begin with.
He could have sworn he saw her glance at his lips momentarily before looking back up into his eyes.
It had also been a month since they kissed for the first time.
The pounding in his chest seemed to come to a complete stop.
He honestly couldn't remember a time he wanted to kiss someone more than he wanted to kiss Sakura right then.
The sound of foot steps made him pull back. He acted casual, pushing his chair under the table, which he realized was a mistake when he saw the pained expression on Sakura's face. Though he could have sworn there was a hint of amusement in there somewhere.
She quickly busied herself with wiping down the counter.
Fortunately for them both, Mikoto had her head buried in some crafts magazine. She walked straight over to the trash can, sighed, and then threw the booklet hastily on top of the garbage that was starting to pile a bit too high.
Mikoto tied the trash bag and hoisted it over her shoulder before smiling in Sakura's direction and walking out the door.
A small wave of relief washed over Sasuke for some reason, even though he knew his mom probably wouldn't care, he just wanted to wait a while longer before she got the hint.
He turned to face Sakura, but before he could say or do anything more he found himself backed against the cupboard, being kissed by Sakura.
He immediately kissed back, grabbing her biceps and switching their positions. He got closer, only allowing a small space to come between them.
His thoughts became foggy, forgetting that he was still in the middle of his kitchen waiting for his mom to return.
But even as those small worries crossed his mind, he really couldn't give a damn.
"You're free to go Hyuga, your bail has been paid. Although I have no idea how." the man seemed angry and reluctant to release the prisoner.
The prisoner however, didn't seem to be satisfied just yet. He might have a restraining order against Sakura Haruno. But he could go as close to that Uchiha bastard as he wanted.
It was time for revenge
A/N: Dunn dunnn dun dunnnn, sorry for the cliffy, again, but this is where I wanted to stop this chapter. And there's definitely going to be more chapters than I said there were going to be haha. I just needed to get some ideas together :P Also, sorry if this feels rushed, it's going to slow waaaay down in chapter ten don't worry (;