Holding out.
Chapter 4. Protect me.
Sakura woke at six am, she left a small thank you note to the sleeping Uchiha, her emotions were still jumbled and a confutation with the angelic and jerky boy could set her in over drive.
He looked so peaceful while he slept like a serene baby. She decided against waking him, she left a note informing him she went home, and her number. She also told him that she'd be up at the speedway at noon.
She rode around town for an hour before returning home, she decided to skip school today, Ino would bring her the missing work. Sakura slipped into black leather skinny jeans and a tight red strapless top that showed some cleavage. She grabbed her black sunglasses and her crop leather jacket, she slid on her leather wedge boots, with white fur and got back on her baby.
Sakura slipped through the busy traffic in the chilly air. She drove to the speedway, after eating breakfast at a small coffee shop. When she arrived it was ten, she decided to check on her other cars parked in her garage, and check in with her supervisors.
She went to her garage and checked her precious machines. They were all polished and as good as new, tonight's race would take place here, the first stop of the tour, and then in Daytona beach in Florida.
She polished her black Mercedes Benz. Then walked to the supervisors office. She was about to enter when she heard the ear catching conversation.
"Neji she could easily use this break up to get out of our contract. Fix things with her!" The head of the office demanded.
"You don't think I've tried that I want her more than anything. She'll never go back to me not after i did this twice... dammit I'm an idiot" Neji cursed and swore viciously.
Sakura knew very well if she wanted to be with another team she could use this "dramatic" moment and switch teams, she had no intention to do so unless Neji was constantly bothering her. She made her presence known and walked into the office.
"I happened to overhear your little conversation." She started coldly "But i have no intention of switching teams, were the best and I'd like to keep it that way, it was only a break up not the end of the world. I'm sure were both mature enough to deal with it." She said and took a breath before continuing.
"The only reason I would switch teams was if Hyuuga would continuously ask me out and bother me with the topic." Sakura said her emotions staying in check not giving way, her face remained blank. Like when she raced, she allowed no emotions to take her logic.
"See to it as done...!" The pathetic Supervisor worshipped, he would do anything to keep her on his team.
She nodded and walked out of the office, Neji following behind her like a puppy. the Supervisor yelled after Neji to stop that he didn't want to scare me away!
I turned around and addressed both males. "I will have this talk with you once, after that the matter is dropped. No more after today." Sakura said very hard before she ended softly.
Neji nodded slowly and gestured out towards the track. He followed behind her. Her long pink hair flowed behind her and glinted in the sun. She moved swiftly towards the park that was behind the large track, she thought it would be best if they stayed close.
He followed her without protest towards the park, she climbed over the small four foot wall and he followed suit, neither noticed the two teenage boys following them, or the paparazzi vans slowly going towards the same park.
They sat on the bench together. Sakura finally began. "I think we should break up." there it was official, she said it... surprisingly it didn't hurt as much as she had expected it to. It wasalmost like a weight releasing her chest, or maybe... Pressing it down farther.
He stayed silent for what felt like an eternity. "I'm not going to lie to you any longer... I cheated on you." Neji said a frown on his face.
"No shit... thats why im breaking up with you, beside that there's nothing else." Sakura said and started to stand to leave again.
"This is not you Sakura... You would yell your head off at me...why are you reacting so calmly towards this?" Neji asked confused.
"Do you want me to tell you how i really feel?" she asked skeptically. He nodded.
" Your a total dick an very convincing and deceiving little bitch that doesn't deserve me, but I'm not sorry that I loved you and that I spent seven months with you, I'm not sorry for yelling at you and for telling you how bad you screwed up because you screwed up really bad Neji... and this time their is no second chance." Sakura said before breathing and continuing.
"Your so stupid it drives me insane! You never talk and your a cold hearted asshole! UGH! I cant believe I loved you, but I did... but...(she closed her eyes and then opened them in determination.) I don't love you anymore, you destroyed that, you destroyed me. Your smart Neji you knew you would be caught eventually.. I hope you got what you wanted." She rasp as she felt the tears sting her eyes.
Paparazzi started surrounding them and she felt enclosed and overwhelmed, she felt the tears pricking her eyes begging to stream down. She fought back her emotions and let her pink hair cover her face while she blocked her face from the bright flashes of the cameras. She wipped the few tears that escaped, she would Not cry again.
She stumbled around in the small circle, everything was dizzy she felt like she was going to faint. Neji was trying to ward off the annoying Paparazzi, but there was to many and only two of them. Finally Neji turned towards Sakura and said.
"If you really don't love me... prove it." His face gave no emotion but his eyes swirled with hurt, love, regret, fear, and anger. She moved forward and kissed his lips with her own emotions.
She showed him anger, fear, distrust, reluctancy, pain, but she also showed him helplessness, how unuseful she felt. The Paperazzi ate up the kiss and long conversation they had. Sakura quickly tried to find her way out but was roughly pushed back while loud questions were shouted at her, microphones were shoved to her.
She backed up as far as she could before she felt a rough and solid body, she looked up and saw his dark spiky hair she never felt so glad to feel one of her competitors in her life.
She dazedly spun in his arms and hid her face from the people, few tears rolled out of her eyes. She felt the world spinning, and she couldn't focus but she did see spots of white and black.
"S-Sasuke...i'm dizzy..." She whispered as the nausea hit her and her knees buckled. He held her up without much effort, she looked normal to everyone else, like a damsel in distress... like a teenage girl not knowing how to deal with the pressure around her.
Only Sasuke knew she was about to faint and needed to get out of here before a bigger scene was caused. He leaned down to hear her, but when he did he understood, he swiftly let her go and grabbed her wrist firmly, before he pushed threw the media. Naruto yelled insults and helped get the two out.
In minutes he was free of the annoying privacy racking people and he scurried up the wall, taking Sakura's hand and helping her over as well with Naruto's small step up. When they were safe in the racing area, he turned her around and looked at her she looked normal and then she let a small laugh out.
"You...You were eavesdropping...Why is it that every time I'm around you... I look like a weak little girl?" She asked with confused big emerald eyes.
"I know your not weak... you just need help from others... plus you against thirty media members no doubt they're going to win and your going to be overwhelmed especially after a break up." Sasuke pointed out.
"As for the Eavesdropping... well it was hard to resist, so I didn't." Sasuke said with a sexy smirk.
"Well i'm officially single now... so what do i do?" She asked. He raised an eyebrow.
"Why are you asking me?"
"Because you've been single forever... actually you've never had a girlfriend... and you've never been hurt by the opposite sex... thats what i want to flirt but no risk of falling Inlove or being hurt..." Sakura questioned.
"Easy don't do anything, don't worry about it and things will fall together." Sasuke said inwardly thinking about what she said; it was very true he hadn't been hurt by the opposite sex... he hadn't had a girlfriend nor did he want one... none were as interesting as besides the pinkette standing in front of him.
She scrunched her eyebrows up in confusion and anger. "What'd you mean don't do anything?"
"Things will fall together on their own accord, just enjoy being single and flirt with the guys that flirt with you... if their up to your standards not every guy." He said with a sigh and let her waist go.
"Sakura! what are you doing talking to the other Competition... you know thats against rules!" The Suzuki head racer said angrily.
"Oi... Shut up! What are you going to do... fire me... go for it, the season starts tonight and i'm in the top five best racers, i could be on another team in two hours. your choice." Sakura bitched at him and Sasuke smirked enjoying the sight almost as much as he enjoyed Sakura telling Neji she didn't love him.
Wait what?... he enjoyed... Neji and Sakura's break up fight? what is up with my conscious. Sasuke thought.
"Plus he saved me from the Media where were you and my two body guards? Nowhere so i suggest you SHUT Your Stupid Mouth!" She growled angrily before storming past the shocked producer.
"phew... shes PMS-ing." he whistled and didn't notice Sakura had stopped and thunderclouds hung around her head. she punched the director in the face before Sasuke pulled her away, she pouted as he carried her back to the track.
She huffed all her breath out before struggling against Sasuke to release her. After a minute he finally did, they walked back towards the track and started to put on their gear.
Sakura slipped her black leather gloves on, and her black helmet on, she gathered her hair into a high ponytail before she made it all stay in the helmet. Her and Sasuke took off down the track, they raced three times Sakura won twice, and on the third time Sasuke had beaten her.
"FOREHEAD!" Ino screeched while she ran in the middle of the track. Sakura pulled on her brakes as much as possible and stopped three feet away from Ino. She was breathing rapidly she thought she might actually hit Ino.
She pulled her helmet off and looked at her best friend. "What?" She asked confusion and curiosity laced in her voice.
"You and Neji broke up!" Ino screamed her mouth hanging open. Sasuke zipped past them, cocking his head slightly almost asking Sakura who this girl was. She ignored him and continued the Ex conversation.
"Yes..." Sakura said and looked at the Magazine Ino was holding.
"When! Details! Get off that bike and tell me everything! How are you not crying?! Oh my god... Seven months!"Ino rambled and Sakura sighed before she pulled her bike to the side and talked to her best friend.
"Listen because I'm only saying this once... I was at the Uchiha's when I saw a news report, Neji kissing another girl. The tornado thing happened and I was left alone with Sasuke, I bawled my eyes out and slept over at his house. He talked to Neji over the phone and... Comforted me." Sakura said warily not quiet sure how Ino would take this information.
"... After I got all my emotions out I talked to Neji this morning and Ended things, the Paparazzi crowded us and Sasuke helped he jumped in and got me out of the overwhelming mess. I'm really thankful for Sasuke right now... The asshole helped out.. A lot." Sakura said with a smile.
"Details about the sleepover!" Ino said with enthusiasm.
"I cried myself to sleep... In his bed... With him... H-H...olding me..." She chocked out nervously.
"Sooo... Do you like him..." Ino asked.
"N-No!" Sakura said quickly to Deny it.
"Oh common Sak... Whenever you break up with a guy, you have something or someone in mind, face it you like a guy before you break up with the old one." Ino said smartly.
"I don't like Sasuke... I don't! Your wrong Ino I don't like Sasuke and I don't like any guy right now!" Sakura said with a knowing smile.
"Whatever... So how are you not crying or screaming... Over Neji!?" Ino asked.
"Easy I cried my eyes out for a night and I'm good now... Plus I'm focused on my race tonight." Sakura said with a happy smile.
"Well if your over him or not I still say ICE CREAM!" Ino proclaimed happily and brought out a box of chocolate ice cream, and two spoons from her bag.
Sakura squealed and ran to the middle of the green grass field and plopped down, Ino sat beside her and they picked at the ice cream, both Carrying casual conversations, Neji came up here and there.
Sakura and Ino left after they ate one forth of the ice cream. They went to Sakura's and got dressed for the race tonight. Tenten and Hinata joined them.
Sasuke and Naruto watched the two girls leave, and went to the garage. Sasuke's brother and his blue friend were there.
"Hey... You ready for tonight's race?" Itachi asked.
"Yeah... We're racing Sakura-chan and Neji-bastard." Naruto said happily.
"I can't wait to beat Neji-bastards ass and then Sakura-chan can see how awesome I am, then we'll ride off to Hawaii or somewhere like that!" Naruto babbled as the three other guys glared at him.
"Do you think the girl can take third or forth tonight?" Kisame asked.
"She's racing us four, and the Hyuuga... She'll be lucky if she takes Fifth." Itachi said with a small smirk.
"It's the first Race of the Season. Last year she was lucky... But she didn't race half the people shell be racing this year." Kisame said with a smile.
"I think she'll do just fine, she'll be first or second." A guy with white blond hair, and green eyes said with a smirk while he passed the garage.
"I haven't raced her in two years, but hey she beat me then. We've both gotten better... Tonight will determine whose best for the season." The man continued.
"Sorry to eavesdrop but the girls a pretty... Interesting subject. I'm Kin." He said while he stepped in their open garage.
"I'm Naruto... This iceberg is Sasuke, and this Emotionless bastard is Itachi and that blue guy is Kisame." Naruto said with a smile while Sasuke grunted at the insult, Itachi scolded and Kisame laughed.
"So how do you know Sakura?" Sasuke asked.
"Oh... Well you could say we're engaged... " The blond man said, as everyone's eyes widened and Naruto dropped to his knees with a frustrated cry.
Sakura: Review!?
Sasuke: Yeah let's!