Sorry if Sasuke might get OOC here, especially the cheesy parts. I don't want it either, but I guess I can't help it at times. Sorry!
Also, I want to thank those who reviewed!! Thanks thanks thanks!!! Thanks to –'purple dots'- for helping me with her suggestions and for continuously (and patiently) listening to my rattles about everything! :)
Just one kiss…
Robot Love
Chapter three- First Love
I've been staring at my closet for 30 minutes already and I still can't decide what to wear. Tonight's the time when I'm finally going to introduce Sasuke to my friends and as much as possible, I want to look as perfect as I can be. Sometimes, being with Sasuke is quite intimidating you know.
I glanced at the clock and panicked when I saw that I only have 30 minutes left to prepare!
"Shit!" I cursed and started to storm my closet for something pleasing and nice to wear. I'm sure I have something here somewhere…
I heard someone knocking at my door and before I could respond, Sasuke opened it and went inside. "Sasuke!! What are you doing?!" I clutched my robe tighter since it's the only thing covering my body right now, besides my underwear.
"I was… worried. It's been an hour already since you went here to change."He scratched his head. He looked a little embarrassed.
I didn't know that an hour had already passed! "I'm sorry. I can't find anything to wear, actually." I looked around and felt embarrassed at how messy my room is.
Sasuke raised his brow at me. "You have so many in here," he said, looking around my room.
I sighed. "You wouldn't understand. It's a girl thing. Girls want to look perfect." I said and he looked confused.
"You look perfectly fine in whatever you wear.." He was so honest, I can't help but blush.
"Uhmm, well, thanks. Uhh," I stammered, and the way Sasuke looks at me didn't help my nervousness either. "Please go out for a bit, Sasuke. I'll go change now." I tried to keep my voice steady. Sasuke nodded and went out of the room without saying anything else. When he got out, I gave out a sigh. For some reason, having Sasuke in my room is quite uncomfortable.
"Fine, anything…" I sighed again and went to my already ravaged closet and grabbed something that looks kind of party-ish.
"This looks fine," I talked to myself again. Finally, I decided to wear this short black tube cocktail dress. I paired it with red pumps and some accessories. Actually, after I heard Sasuke's words a while ago, I felt confident.
When I was finally done preparing, which was surprisingly 15 minutes after the one hour of staring, I went out of my room and saw Sasuke waiting on the couch. He was wearing a dark blue long-sleeved polo shirt with some almost-invisible vertical stripes in it, jeans and black leather shoes. He turned his head to me when I stepped out of my room.
"What?" I asked when he didn't stop staring at me. "Sasuke?"
"You look perfect, as always." He stood up and smirked and I blushed again, wondering why Sasuke was acting that way. Why does he have to compliment me? It wasn't fair.
"Thanks. So do you." I looked down to hide my blush and just stood there.
"Let's go. Kakashi's waiting outside. He said he'll let me use the car." He started walking closer to me.
"What? You know how to drive??" My eyes beamed with excitement, I haven't actually ridden a car without Kakashi driving it.
"I think so," he paused. "Come on," Sasuke offered his hand to me and I hesitantly took it. I'm not really sure whether it's alright for two persons like us to hold hands even if they're not together.. But this is Sasuke-kun! This is the first time he did this. Damn, I'm blushing again!!!
Sasuke and I went out of the house and Kakashi was there, leaning on his favorite black Mercedes. "You two look like a real couple," he chuckled while I yelled at how idiotic he can be at times. Suddenly, my phone rang. It was Ino.
"Ino?"
"Everybody's here Sakura!" She yelled over the loud music at the bar.
"We're on our way Ino!" I made my voice louder too so she can hear me.
"Ok Sakura! See ya!"
I hanged up. "They're already there," I told Kakashi and Sasuke.
"You go now. Sasuke, take care of my little girl," Kakashi said and patted my head. I gave him a peck on the cheek and went inside the car. After a few seconds, Sasuke went in as well and he drove off.
I was surprised at how smooth he was at driving but I guess Sasuke was even more shocked than I was. Since it was his first time to drive, both of us weren't expecting something like this.
I gave him the directions while he memorized street by street. Again, Sasuke never ceased to amaze me with his amazing memory.
"We're almost there." I began to become nervous as we got closer to 7th heaven. I know that I have already memorized everything that I will tell my friends about Sasuke. I wonder though, maybe I'm not nervous because my friends might not believe what I will say. Maybe I was nervous because this is the first time I will bring Sasuke to somewhere 'wild' and crowded… I kind of figured that he doesn't want crowded places but still, he came with me. I didn't push him to come, he just wants to.
When Sasuke parked and turned off the engine, none of us moved. "Sakura," he murmured and all of a sudden, I felt his warm hands on my cold ones. "You're nervous," he continued.
"Yeah, a bit," I confessed and gave out a sigh.
"Why?"
"I don't really know."
"I'm not going to do anything weird or crazy Sakura. You know I hate crowded places. I'll probably just sit down. And I don't get drunk. I'm a robot." He assured me and I was a little surprised at how long he spoke. And for some reason, I felt something hurt inside of me when he said he was a robot. Not that I didn't know what he was, maybe I just don't want to believe it.
"I know," I stared at our hands for a few seconds before I gave him a smile. "Let's go." We went out of the car and went inside 7th heaven hand in hand. I still didn't know the reason why he always offers me his hand and I can't understand why I take it either. It's just weird.
The moment we entered Seventh Heaven, it didn't take me a long time to feel uncomfortable. Just like when we went out shopping, people stared, stared and stared. What the hell is wrong with a gorgeous guy?
I frowned at the sight. The hungry look on all the bitches' faces is giving me the creeps! Some people even stopped dancing, some whispered like old ladies and some even left their mouths hanging open! Now, I'm starting to think that I will regret it if I leave Sasuke's side tonight.
"Don't let go of my hand," Sasuke told (yelled at) me. When I glanced up to him, I saw the clear annoyance on his face. He said he doesn't want crowded places, and what could be worse than a crowded place and almost all the people are staring at you?
I held Sasuke's hands tighter and began looking for my friends. "You know, the way other boys are staring at you is annoying," Sasuke said monotonously over my ear. For a second, I was surprised at what he said. I guess I was too busy being protective over Sasuke to even notice other things. But I don't care, as long as I'm with Sasuke, I know I'm safe.
"Honestly, I hate the way the girls are staring at you hungrily either," I told him straight and despite the lack of bright lighting here inside, I think I just saw him smirk. I think I'm starting to get used to Sasuke's company and his never-ending compliments and unbelievable sweet words. Sweet, in his own way. Sasuke's arrogance, cool attitude and romantic side just match perfectly. But when I think about it, I'm not yet even his girlfriend and he's acting that way already. If I kiss him again, what could possible happen next?
"There they are!" I pulled Sasuke over the crowd and we went towards a room where my friends were. Finally! A place less noisy and less people feels good.
I opened the sliding door to a small private room and smiled. My friends are all here. Naruto, Ino, Hinata, Shikamaru, Kiba, Shino, Tenten and Neji are present.
"Oh my god, Sakura!" Ino stood up and gasped. I first let go of Sasuke's hand and grinned at them. They were a bit surprised, I guess. I wonder, does Sasuke appeal to them the way he did to me?
Hinata and Tenten were gasping too. Kiba and Naruto were grinning. I have a feeling that there's something behind those sheepish grins. Believe me, I know it! "Yo!" Naruto greeted with his playful grin.
Shikamaru looked bored while Neji was… Neji. Shino? How would I know?
"Hey guys! This is Uchiha Sasuke. He transferred here from France and will be studying in our school starting next week," I announced. Sasuke bowed with pure politeness and tried his best to smile even the slightest bit. It was funny how he tries hard to act real human emotions..
"Hey Sasuke, nice name. I'm Ino." Ino winked at Sasuke and got out of her chair to shake Sasuke's hand while I gave her a disbelieving look. Sasuke nodded and I nearly laughed at his lack of response towards Ino's flirty introduction.
"Gotta tell you, you found yourself a super hottie, Sakura. It's the same as winning a lottery!" Ino whispered to me after she gave me a peck on the cheek and giggled.
"He's not mine!" I whispered back and gave her a disbelieving look again. Well, technically speaking, he's mine and I own him but of course, Ino was talking about something else.
She waved her index finger in front of my face. "Yet!" She said and giggled again. I sighed. No way. Sweet words are enough for me. I'm not planning for serious things…
After Ino, my friends started introducing themselves to Sasuke, shaking his hand one at a time. They handed me their belated birthday gifts after that. We can call it a tradition since for the past few years that they have been my friends, they give me their gifts late since they know how I can get cranky during my birthday every time I receive gifts.
We talked for a while and after that, the real party started.
"Whew! I'm exhausted!" I wiped my forehead and went back to our little private room with Naruto, Kiba, Tenten and Ino following. We danced, and it was really fun.
While the five of us partied and danced, there are also five boring people who preferred to sit, drink and have conversations… one was sleeping. Guess who?
Sasuke refused because he's a stubborn man. Deep inside me, I honestly didn't want him to go out there either, and be ravaged by other people but I'm glad that he seems to be getting along with my friends. Neji and Shino weren't any different from Sasuke. Also, the overprotective Neji didn't allow his cousin to dance because…well, he's overprotective. And I doubt that Hinata wants to have dirty dancing with people either.. And Shikamaru, really, that guy is hopeless.
"Let's drink!" Naruto yelled even though it's not as noisy here as it is outside. As if we weren't drinking already. Obviously, he's tipsy already.
Naruto suddenly went out and when he came back, he was already carrying a tray full of alcoholic beverages. "Let's drink!" He repeated.
"Sakura, that's enough." Sasuke grabbed the glass of tequila away from me and sighed.
"But I'm not drunk." I pouted. Even though I drank quite a lot, I wasn't feeling any signs of being drunk. Just like Sasuke said, he didn't get drunk either.
"I know," he sighed again.
"..but our friends are." Shikamaru continued. I guess he just woke up from his sleep.
"Shit," I said and panicked at the sight before me. "These idiots!"
Ino was having a drinking contest with Naruto and Kiba and these three loud-mouths are already drunk! Luckily, Shikamaru and Shino were still 'awake' but Neji… Neji is gone with Tenten and Hinata's drunk! This is bad! Really bad! Everytime Hinata gets drunk, she turns completely different. Really different from her own self.
"I told you Naruto, Hinata likes me!" Kiba shouted and we four only sane people turned our heads towards the three fighting people and the sleeping Hinata.
"What are you saying Kiba? Sakura likes me!" Naruto yelled back. HUH?
"What? I just told you that Sakura likes me more!" What the hell, Kiba?
"Idiot, Hinata likes me!" Naruto fought more.
"Shitheads! I told you Shika-kun likes me better than the two of you!" Ino shouted at the two. What's happening here? They're fighting over different people and they don't even know what they're saying!
"Idiots!" I hit the head of the tree drunkards. "Come on Ino, go wash yourself." I pulled Ino up while she muttered other words I didn't even bother to understand but followed me anyway. "Shikamaru, Shino, please take care of the two idiots. I'll go look for Neji and Tenten too." I sighed and the sensible people followed.
"That's why I hate drinking with these 3. They're too troublesome." Shikamaru said.
"Should I come with you?" Sasuke asked.
"I'm fine, Sasuke-kun. Just please don't let Hinata wake up. Come on Ino." Sasuke nodded at me.
I pushed Ino to the bathroom and tried my best to keep the two of us balanced. We went to the girl's bathroom so Ino could freshen up a bit. When we came back, Sasuke and Hinata were gone. "Where's Sasuke and Hinata?" I panicked.
"Hinata woke up and and went to the bathroom. Sasuke accompanied him." Shino said after he punched Kiba to sleep. Crap! I need to look for them!
"Ino, wait a minute. I'll go look for them!"
Where could the two be?? Most importantly, where is Neji? I squeezed through the crowd and looked for Hinata and Sasuke.
I went to check the bathroom first but Hinata wasn't there. I looked everywhere inside Seventh Heaven but Hinata and Sasuke were still nowhere to be seen. I sat on a stool on the bar to think. I told Sasuke not to let Hinata wake up… but then again, what could he do? "Yeah, outside!"
I went out of Seventh Heaven and lucky enough, Sasuke and Hinata were at the corner just beside the entrance of the bar. "Sasuke! Hinata!" I called.
Hinata was sitting down while Sasuke waited patiently. "Sakura. Hinata said she wanted fresh air.." Sasuke explained while I went to them.
"It's fine, Sasuke. Did Hinata do something wei—" Oh. My. God. Did Hinata just kiss Sasuke?!
"Hinata-chan!" I caught her when she collapsed after she kissed… I can't say it! But why didn't Sasuke catch her?
"Sasuke, what are you—" I trailed off. What's happening to Sasuke? He's completely motionless and he's staring blankly in space.
"Naruto-kun," Hinata whispered before she totally passed out. I knew it, she thought that Sasuke was Naruto. I sighed.
"Sasuke-kun, please help me." I looked up at Sasuke but he didn't hear me. He was completely still like a doll. "Sasuke?" I said again, and thank god, he blinked.
"Move out," he said and shoved me away and carried Hinata. What? What's his problem?
"Sasuke, what's wrong?" I touched his arm but he looked at me with cold eyes that I suddenly felt like I wanted to cry. "Sasuke-kun?" No, this is not the Sasuke I know! No!
"I'll take care of my girlfriend," he told me in a tone as cold as his stare. Girlfriend? What? Could it be…?
"Sasuke, wait!" I stopped him when he started walking away and was heading to the car.
"What?"
"There's something wrong with you! Just please wait for a while! I need to call Kakashi." I almost sounded like I was pleading. If I let Sasuke go, who knows what will happen?
"Don't make me wait long," he said and stopped walking. Hinata was still in his arms and he carried her with no effort. Even though he changed completely, he still followed. Maybe this was what Kakashi was telling me about Sasuke being attached to me no matter what.
I immediately dialed Kakashi's number and thank goodness, he answered on the second ring. "Hey Sakura! Are you having fun?" he said.
"Kakashi!!!"
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"Sasuke! He.. he.. He changed! What will I do? "
"Huh? Wait, calm down. Tell me what happened."
"Hinata… she was drunk and she thought that Sasuke was Naruto so she.. she kissed Sasuke! Now Sasuke's acting weird and cold to me! And he called Hinata his girlfriend!" I said without pausing.
"Hinata kissed Sasuke?" Kakashi said with a disbelieving tone over the line.
"Yes. What happened to him?" I asked, hoping that Sasuke wouldn't lose patience and go.
"I told you didn't I? When you kiss him, he would think of you as his girlfriend."
"What? I thought that it was supposed to be the second kiss?"
"That's only for you Sakura," he sighed. Idiot! I'm such an idiot! Why didn't I think of that?
"What will I do?"
"Put Sasuke on the line." I did what Kakashi told me and put the phone on Sasuke's ear since he was still carrying Hinata. He nodded twice before he said a "fine".
"We'll go home," he told me. I don't know what Kakashi told Sasuke to make him follow.
"What about—"
"Hinata!" Finally, Neji's here! He ran to us with Tenten following him. "What happened?" he asked.
"She fainted. She was drunk," I explained.
"Please take care of her. Sakura and I need to go home." Sasuke handed Hinata over to Neji and he nodded.
"Already?" Tenten asked.
"It's an urgent matter, sorry. Just please tell the others about it." I pulled Sasuke away immediately before they could ask any more questions and before Sasuke could do anything weird in front of Neji and Tenten.
"I can walk by myself," he said when Hinata, Neji and Tenten were out of sight. I couldn't do anything about Sasuke right now. I never wanted him to be this cold to me, it really hurts. We went went back to the car, and he didn't hold my hand anymore or even talk to me.
When we arrived home, Kakashi was waiting outside the house. "Go inside," he instructed and we followed. Sasuke never said a word to me anymore.
"Sasuke, do you love Sakura?" Kakashi asked the moment we arrived at the living room. What the hell is Kakashi's problem? Asking that question out of nowhere!
"No," Sasuke said plainly. I wanted to punch him, but I know I had to fight the urge to do so. Sasuke isn't Sasuke right now but it's still annoying how he was able to answer it so quickly with me around. He could atleast lie for my sake...
Kakashi sighed. "Well, I didn't expect this but Sakura, you have to kiss Sasuke if you want him to return back to normal," he said.
"What?" Both Sasuke and I said at the same time.
"Or else, Sasuke will continue to think that Hinata is her girlfriend." Kakashi addressed it to me but Sasuke interjected.
"She IS my girlfriend," he said.
"You have to do it." Kakashi told me and I bit my lip. If I kiss Sasuke, he will be back to normal but.. that means I have to be his girlfriend too. I'm not sure whether I want that at this moment…
"But…" I stopped and thought about it again. I never expected it to come this quick. "Fine, but go away." I told Kakashi. He nodded and went to his room and I think I heard him say 'good luck' with a chuckle. That pervert man!
Sasuke only looked at me with a big 'NO' written on his face. "I guess I have no choice," I whispered and grabbed Sasuke's shirt, just in case he goes away.
"What are you doing?" He backed away but I kissed him swiftly, he had no time to push me back. The kiss was short, and Sasuke was back to being motionless.
"Are you alright?" I asked but he was still not moving. After a few seconds, Sasuke smirked. He grabbed my wrist and kissed me again. This time, I don't know what urged me to kiss back. I had to admit, Sasuke was really a good kisser…Damn, I'm such a pervert. "Sasuke, wait." I pulled back and sighed. At least, this time I was able to pull back unlike our first kiss...
"What?"
"Do you love me?" I asked, just to make sure that he's back to normal.
"Hn," he said, with his familiar smirk again. I can't help but smile too, then Sasuke pulled me back to him and we continued to where we left off.
Maybe love really is a mysterious thing because even I, didn't see it coming.
To be continued…
…and I fell in love in an instant.
Aw, sorry if the events happened too fast. I was planning to make it longer but I'm going on a long vacation tomorrow and I really wanted to post this already. I still hope you liked it! Also, the name 'Seventh Heaven' is from Final Fantasy VII. I'm too lazy to think ;)
Fluffy moments await you for the next chapter! Haha :) And the real story will begin....
