Ahh finally !! I'm sorry for the delay and now the chapter is even so short -.- Well the forth will be longer.
Still everyone belongs to Kishi-san ^^

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Still, there was this little voice in my head, which started to ask the questions I abandoned.

Why was he nice to me? Why now? What happened?

I had to ask. I released myself and this time he let me. I turned around; I couldn't look into his eyes. "Why?" My voice was still a bit broken. "Why are you suddenly so nice to me?"

"I know how you feel." I could have killed him for this calm voice.

"How could you possibly know my feelings?" I snapped.

"My parents were murdered." My head jerked round sharply at these words.

"What?" I covered my mouth with my hand. "S… Sasuke I'm so sorry, I didn't know…"

"It's okay." He stopped me with a wink of his hand. "It was long ago."

I knew it wasn't tactful, but somehow this question just came out of my mouth. "Where you… I mean did you see…?" I rejected it immediately.

His eyes became cold like on the day we first met, but this time his voice was cold, too - And frozen calm. "What? How they were murdered? Yes, I saw it."

"I'm sorry… I shouldn't have asked." Then another question came into my mind. "But… why does nobody in our class know about it?"

A grin appeared on his calm face and I nearly stepped back - It was almost insane. His voice was deridingly. "I'm rich you see. It's not difficult for my parent's people to hide this… problem." This time I really winced back. To talk like this about your dead parents is just so… As if he knew my thoughts he started laughing. "I'm not so cold, Naruto. I just never had such a good relationship with my parents like you had." His face warmed up again. "We shouldn't talk about something like that now. It seems like someone is waiting for you."

"Sakura…" I couldn't help, but hang my head. "What will she think about me now? Running away like this…"

"Who is this Sakura? Your girlfriend?" Back then I thought the sad sound of his voice was because of the memories of his parents.

"No! No, she's my best friend. Sai, my other best friend is her boyfriend." I misunderstood the spark of relief in his eyes as interest, so I told him about my time in the orphanage and how nice the two of them were to me. A small smile appeared on his face when I finished.

"Well then… come." He offered his hand to me. I took it without thinking, but somehow it was a weird feeling to hold hands with him – but it felt nice as well so I didn't broke the contact.

I was nervous as hell when I entered Sakura's room again; Sasuke waited outside for me. "S…Sakura. For just running away… I'm sorry, I…"

"It's okay." She stopped me and reached out for me. "I understand you." Then she smiled – this warm smile of her, which always gave me the feeling to be a part of her family. I felt my tears running over my face again, but this time I went to her and hugged her instead of running away.

Sai, who till then sat on a chair next to Sakura's bed stood up and hugged us both. I turned my head and saw Sasuke leaning against the door – he smiled.

A warm feeling went through my whole body and my heartbeat skipped. I was so happy to know that he was right beside me and I wasn't able to imagine how I could have hated him so much. I smiled back to him.

It was the day I've started liking him.