"Sasuke, dear, I really hope this won't jeopardize my daughter's future," Mrs. Haruno told the boy kindly as the three stood outside the restaurant. "That's all I ask for. And her safety."
"Don't worry, Mrs. Haruno, I'll be sure to have it all under control." Sasuke had maintained his cool demeanor throughout the entire meal, unlike Sakura who Sasuke could tell was having a mini panic attack throughout the course. He had fed her mother with countless compliments and talked smoothly throughout the entire meal, and Mrs. Haru seemed to have no problem whatsoever with the boy.
"And please do keep her out of trouble," Sakura's mother requested.
"Yes, ma'am." Sasuke slightly smiled.
"Okay, well thank you for dinner. It was lovely meeting you, Sasuke."
"You too, Mrs. Haruno. May I have your hand?" The elder Haruno held out her hand, and Sasuke gently took it, and kissed the back of her palm. "Have a safe trip home."
"Thank you, dear," Mrs. Haruno blushed slightly and turned to her daughter. "Sakura…oh, Sakura. There was no need to be nervous! You're in good hands."
Sakura didn't want to say goodbye to her mom. "Oh ma!" She hugged her mother with all her might and buried her face in her shoulder. "I'm gonna miss you so much." She pulled away and sniffled. "Sorry, I got tears on your shirt….But yeah, I know. I'll take care of myself, won't get into any trouble, yadda yadda..I know the drill." Sakura sniffled once more.
Her mother sighed, looked at her daughter worriedly and smiled. "I love you, Sakura." She opened her car door and paused to look at her daughter's face once more.
"I love you, mom." Sakura teared up again, this time Sasuke putting his arm around her.
Mrs. Haruno got into the car, and in three seconds she was off.
Sasuke and Sakura stared at the red car going in the distance and walked back to the campus in almost complete silence, with Sakura's sniffs in between seconds. Sakura walked towards the water fountain in the middle of town and sat down miserably, and put her face in her hands.
"I miss her already," she said, her voice muffled.
Sasuke stood in front of her, baffled. He nervously sat down beside her, and pulled her into a hug.
"Your mom's real lovely," He said quietly as he rested his chin on her head. He stroked her hair gently, noticing how pink it really was. "Christmas break is just around the corner." He muttered.
Sakura took time to compose herself and broke the embrace, looking Sasuke in the eye.
"You know, I meant what I said to Itachi." She said. Sasuke gave her a questioning look. "You're not that much of an asshole…when you want to be." She laughed and wiped her nose with a handkerchief. "Thanks, Sasuke."
Sasuke put his hands in his pockets and looked at the night sky. "Yeah…whatever."
"You don't need to walk me to the dorm, it's literally just right there," Sakura said as they entered the school grounds.
"If someone kidnaps you, I'll be the one to blame, and they'll answer all these questions," Sasuke insisted. "I'm walking you to your dorm. It'll be a pain in the ass if I have to face the government."
Sakura frowned at her classmate. "So much for not being an asshole, huh?" She looked to the side and rubbed her foot on the ground. "Do what you want."
"Hn," Sakura could practically feel the smirk growing on his face. The two walked together silently to the girls' building, Sakura a few behind Sasuke. Even from the back he was beautiful.
The two approached the front door, where the two could see a handful of students studying.
"Well, uh, goodnight." Sakura said rather abruptly after seconds, minutes, hours, of just standing and a staring contest with the Uchiha. She turned and began to reach out for the handle when he grabbed her wrist (again).
"Sakura," Sasuke began. He gave the pinkette another long stare as he intertwined his fingers with hers.
Slowly, he leaned down towards her face.
What is he doing, Sakura's mind and heart began to race. It's just for show. It's just for show, Sakura, you have to do this. His forehead just touched mine. My forehead burns. His nose just brushed against my cheek. My cheek burns. Should I close my eyes? I can feel his breath. My whole body stings. His lips are just half a centimeter away. I can't breathe.
"G-g-g-g-goodnight, Sasuke!" Sakura stammered after she jumped back slightly and, not wasting any second, hastily turned the handle and ran into the dorm building.
Sasuke stood motionless, his face in disbelief.
Calm down, Sakura thought. Her head felt like it would burst open anytime soon. Did anyone see that? Those people studying might have…What just happened? Her legs trembled as she walked towards her dorm room, attempting breathing exercises as she did so. You've kissed before, Sakura..Why did I chicken out?! She exhaled deeply as she inserted her keycard. She opened the door, her hand shaky.
"Oh hi, Sakura!" Tenten greeted cheerfully from the book she was reading. She was the only one in the room, Ino nor Hinata nowhere to be seen. Her grin wavered as she took a closer look at Sakura. "A…are you okay?"
"Tenten…." Sakura said weakly, forcing a tiny smile on her face. "I'm fine….yeah.."
"You look really red," Tenten stood up and headed over to her roommate. She put a palm on her head. "Sakura, you're burning! Oh my god," She helped Sakura to her bed and layed her down.
Sakura shivered violently and closed her eyes. She felt her roommate put her blanket on her and a hot towel on her forehead. "I'll get help, okay?"
"Th..thank you, Ten..te…" She caught a glimpse of Tenten hurriedly walking out the door before all her surroundings turned to black.
Sakura opened her eyes slightly to see that it was day. She grabbed the warm towel which had gone its way from her forehead to her cheek. She used the towel to dab her whole face with it, and looked at her clock, seeing it was two o clock in the afternoon. She took note of her roommates' and the post it note on her nightstand. She could tell it was Ino's handwriting, big, round, and swirly; We bought you food, they're on the table. The meds are there too. Feel better soon! Tsunade has excused you from your classes tomorrow. We're out for today, text or call us if you need anything, though you should be fine ;) Xoxo
"Huh," Sakura questioned what they meant by "though you should be fine winky face" but mentally thanked her roommates nonetheless and slowly got up. She went over to the table and began to unwrap the food provided. She grabbed a plate, putting the food on it, and put it in the microwave. She began walking to the bathroom across their mini kitchen when she completely froze at the sight which answered her earlier question.
On their couch was none other than Sasuke Uchiha, lying down fast asleep his arm over his eyes. He looked so peaceful….it was like a scene out of a movie.
What is he doing here? Sakura slowly regained memories of the night before, a possible source to why she was now ill. Sakura could feel her body shaking again, but tried to fight it. It was for show, don't worry. You got this. Besides, he's not awake, and so long as he's not doing anything, you'll be fine.
Sakura did her business and ate her lunch and took her medicine without disturbing the Uchiha. She took this opportunity to take a shower and do a little studying. She wondered whether Sasuke was really asleep because (not that she was observing him that much) he did not move in his sleep at all. He didn't even look like he was breathing. Slightly worried, Sakura took a deep breath and carefully walked over to the sleeping beauty. Although a little shaky, she managed to wonder how a boy could be handsomer than any other boy, or prettier than every other girl. Wow, my self-esteem is like level negative 6000 just seeing his sleeping face. She looked down at him, wanting to punch him, but at the same time could not stop the pounding in her chest. I'm just sick is all. She put her arms on the tiny space on the couch, where Sasuke's body wasn't in and rested her head. She closed her eyes still soaking in the events of the night before.
When she opened them, Sasuke was awake, looking down at her.
"Hn," he grunted and got up. A flustered Sakura backed away immediately.
"You looked like you weren't breathing," she said (breathlessly, to add). "I ended up falling asleep too, I guess." She sat down on the coffee table, avoiding the Uchiha's gaze.
"Did you eat?" He asked.
"Yeah," she responded, trying hard to keep her speech from stuttering. "There's still some left, if y-you want to eat." She was nervous now.
"Did you take your meds?" He simply questioned.
"Yes, mom," Sakura said a little aggravated. What was he doing here anyway? The Uchiha replied with a subtle glare, something Sakura caught a glimpse off before she looked away.
What the fuck is this, I can't even look at him, Half of Sakura's brain was going into a state of panic. Stay calm.
"I can take care of my-" She began as the Uchiha walked towards her. Still avoiding eye contact, she swiftly walked back to her table and sat down, trying to immerse herself in her books. It felt like only a millisecond before Sasuke grabbed her shoulder so she would face him. She still wasn't meeting his eyes, but she could feel the fire in her face again. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Sasuke raising his hand which made it's way to her cheek. It stayed there for a few seconds before he raised it up again to her forehead.
"You're still hot. Go back to bed." All right, when did he become Sakura's parent all of a sudden?
You bastard, I'm probably sick because of you, Sakura mentally cursed at him. Well, he was coughing a couple times the day before…
"No, I think I'll s-study." Sakura said. "I'm fine, you can go back to do whatever Sasukes do now." His hand was still on her forehead. She grabbed her books and stood up. "I'm going to the study room."
"No you're not," Sasuke said sternly.
"Who are you to tell me what I can and can't do?" Sakura said hotly. Her cool was fading now, but one look at the Uchiha and it had all melted. "Fine, I'll go to bed. Only if you leave."
"I'm not leaving," Sasuke said. Sakura knew she had lost but continued anyway.
"Why not? I'm not a baby!" Her voice was raising now.
Sasuke moved towards her. She was inches away from her now.
"Sakura," he said and that was when Sakura realized she loved to hear her name in his voice. But that was also when she realized she hated to hear her name in his voice.
They were now only an inch apart but Sakura still refused to look at him. She never realized how short she really was compared to him, who now put his hand under her chin. She felt his thumb stroking her chin softly, and once again their foreheads were pressed together.
"Don't do this," Sakura said. "There's no one here." She was still looking away, her body now trembling.
Sasuke stopped and looked at her. His hand made its way to Sakura's back and then the other, and he was now embracing her.
"I'm sorry," he said. Sakura knew he meant it. "I'm sorry." He repeated. "I don't know what got over me. I'm sorry."
The embrace lasted forever, and although Sakura wasn't hugging back, she didn't want Sasuke to let go, and she knew.
A/N: I don't know what went on in this chapter, tbh I don't even know what's going on anymore lol but I'll try to make it work ;_; I also edited the past chapters, nothing big, just writing stuff..but I took out the fanclub thing and a couple other things (I forgot orz. I do remember changing the bookstore scene a little though?) I'm kinda trying to make this fic as realistic as possible and quite frankly I don't think legit fanclubs for a hot schoolmate of yours really exist? If your school has that then wow take me to your school lmao.
I'll also try to get into the side pairings soon!
I'm trying not to be a little dick and updating as much as I can, bc I absolutely HATE waiting for an update it is literal torture not even kidding (a lot of my fav stories haven't been updated in so long and it's killing me)
Feedback is good:D Thank you guys for being so nice! xxx