Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Or 'Nolita Fairytale' by Vanessa Carlton, or 'You Are The Music In Me' by the HSM 2 Cast. But the songs have been altered to fit the story just as usual.
c h a p t e r . s i x
Sasuke's POV
I got shoved into Sakura's closet. But because Naruto was coming and I didn't want him to see me. Sakura and I were a secret. Naruto would make me stay here but I still had to kill my brother. And he would murder me if he knew because he probably still had a crush on her and would think I'd hurt her.
I heard him knock at the door and Sakura got up.
I heard her mumble while running down the stairs, "Why didn't he just use his key to get in? He usually barges right in…"
I wondered why he even HAD a key to MY cherry blossoms house. I had been gone for over 2 years, so they probably were just best friends. I was getting jealous for nothing probably. I deactivated my sharingan because that made my chakra detectable.
I heard Naruto say loudly, "Sakura-chan, can you get the alcohol out of her before she jumps my bones?"
I heard a loud WHACK!
"OW, Sakura-chan!" I heard Naruto yelp.
"Why'd you let her get drunk? Where were you at? Did you go to Cali Love? BAKA! Why did you let Ino talk her into it?!" Sakura tiraded on about Naruto's seemed-to-be girlfriend.
Who would that have been? It couldn't possibly be the quiet girl. He couldn't have possibly figured out that the Hyuuga heiress loved him. Could he?
"Hina-chan! Wake up sleepy head. How many fingers am I holding up?" Naruto asked.
I heard a soft, "4" and I almost gasped.
It was the Hyuuga girl! I couldn't believe Naruto had acknowledged the obvious.
"Naruto-kun, what happened?"
"You got drunk again. Come on, we need to go home and talk. Thank you Sakura-chan. See you tomorrow," Naruto said oddly serious.
"Bye Naruto. Bye Hinata," Sakura said awkwardly.
I walked up to her and met her halfway for our first kiss. It was so meaningful, full of trust, and passionate. I deepened the kiss, ignoring my lungs that were screaming for air. But after a while I had no choice but to stop. We parted and just stared into each others eyes. She lay down on the bed and patted the spot next to her. I lay down next to her and inwardly smiled at the irony. I could finally sleep with the real Sakura in my arms.
"How long can you stay?" she asked quietly.
"2 days," I replied simply.
I slowly and gently placed my arms around her and she fell into them. When I was half asleep I heard her sweet, but sad angelic voice begin to sing.
Sakura's POV
I was taken into Sasuke's warm embrace. But I couldn't sleep soundly. There was so much to talk about. When I was restless I sang songs. And there was one forming perfectly in my mind.
"I know, you
know
We don't see
We sow our truth, wait patiently
I used to
Hover
outside my truth
Always worry of what I'd lose
Take away my
chuunin vest
Go on, I don't need it
Spent the last 2 years
getting to what's real
And now I can see so clear
I hope you
feel just like I feel
I found some kind of fairytale
Want a hospital
by the ocean tides
Because I loose my way searching for a love
life
Well, Hina knows and I thank her so
Cuz it's your seeds
I sow
And now I want to know"
I felt a lot better and would write it down in the morning. I was quickly drifting off to sleep. I knew Sasuke-kun wasn't a talker, but I had thought that would want to make an exception. Just because we fell in love over time, apart. But I closed my eyes to let sleep overcome me. But Sasuke turned me around.
"Do you want to talk now?"
I gasped. I had thought he was dead asleep.
"I-I don't want to push you. We could talk tomorrow, really. Or whenever you're ready," I stuttered.
He grabbed my chin, making me look into his eyes.
"I'll do anything for you. I love you remember?"
I was shocked.
"I knew I had fell in love with you as I was leaving After a while I felt the hole that you left in my heart as time went by. Over time, the hole was filled with lust for power, though I still felt that hole from time to time.
SPOILER!! If you haven't read manga 306, then don't read this little passage! Avert your eyes!!
Then when I saw you in that battle a while ago, I felt a sting where the hole was.
You came at me and did you notice that I didn't come at with the intent to kill? I knew that your leader would protect you.
From then on, the need to see you became even stronger. I came to see you a couple times before on missions when you were asleep."
I laid there, staring at him in shock.
"W-well you already know my story," I managed to stammer out.
We sat in silence for a while, absorbing everything.
"So what went on while I've been gone so far?" he asked hesitantly.
I smiled and began to tell him about the past 2 years.
END SPOILER!!
Hinata's POV
When Naruto and I came home he sat me down, looking at me really serious like. I knew we were going to talk about my drinking habits, but he was sort of drop dead serious about this.
"Hinata-chan. This is the second or so time you've gotten drunk this month. I really don't think you should continue to drink constantly. You could get addicted and I really don't want to see you get hurt long term, or ever."
I slowly nodded. He was right, yet a bit overprotective. But that showed he loved and cared for me.
"Hai, Naruto-kun. I'm sorry. What did I do when I was drunk?" I asked curiously.
He blushed deeply and quickly said, "Do you want some ramen? I'll go make us some."
I grabbed his arm and turned him around to face me.
"Tell me now," I seethed.
"Y-you said you wanted to...um...take me to bed," he mumbled, blushing deeper.
I blushed in embarrassment.
"Um, yeah, ramen would be nice now right now," I mumbled back.
I sat there, thinking about how drunken words were nonsense. But there was a saying that drunken words were the truest.
Shikamaru's POV
Temari and I got to my apartment and started to plan for our wedding. After we made our separate invite lists, she stopped and crawled into my lap. I turned my head so she wouldn't see my blush.
"What, troublesome women?" I asked trying to sound annoyed.
"Can't we forget about planning for today? Please?" She asked sweetly as she nuzzled my neck.
I blushed as my hormones created a perverted alternative of what I thought she wanted.
"Fine," I mumbled back, blushing harder.
She kissed my cheek and went to lie on my bed. I walked to the bed, my face still burning and lay down next to her. She put her head on my chest, quickly falling asleep and I relaxed greatly.
I softly chuckled at our similarities of wanting to sleep constantly. I quickly fell asleep after my fiancé, holding her closely.
Sasuke's POV
Sakura had just filled me in on what I had missed while I was at Otokagure.
It felt weird talking about my relationship with the dobe when she asked. Our bond was unspoken, but I told her what it meant to me as best I could. When we were done, I hugged her tightly.
I then asked her, blushing a bit, "What was that one song you sang to me before? We should make it a duet."
She smiled at me and pulled out a thick composition notebook. She gave me the book with a specific page open. She began to sing again with the same intro:
HS: Na na na
na
Na na na na yeah
You are the music in me
You know the
words once upon a time
Make you listen
There's a reason
When you
dream
There's a chance you'll find
A little laughter
Or
happy ever after
Both: Your
harmony
To the melody
It's echoin' inside my head
HS: A single
voice
Above the noise
And like a common thread
US: Hmm,
you're pulling me
HS: When I hear
my favorite song
I know that we belong
US: Oh, you are the
music in me
Yeah, it's living in all of us
HS: And it's brought
us here because
US: Because you
Both: You are the music in me
Na na na na
US:
Ooo
Both: Na na na na
US: Yeah, yeah, yeah
Both: You are the
music in me
HS: It's like I
knew you before we met
Can't explain
US: Oh oh
There's no
name
US: No name for me
Both: I'm saying
words I've never said
US: And it was easy
HS: So easy
US:
Because you see the real me
Both: Because I
am you understand
And that's more than I've ever known
HS: To
hear your voice
US: Hear your voice
HS: Above the noise
Both:
And know I'm not alone
HS: Ooo, you're singing to me
Both: When I
hear my favorite song
I know that we belong
You are the music
in me"
I felt so happy. It was so natural to sing with her.
I put the book down and kissed her with a bit of force. She wrapped her arms around my neck and deepened the kiss almost immediately. After a barrage of wild, hot kisses, she began to feverishly lift up my shirt. I caught her arm and stopped her, breaking the kiss.
I looked at her questioningly. This seemed unlike her. She looked down at the floor, her bangs hiding her eyes.
So I gathered up all my courage, cleared my head and said, "Sakura, we shouldn't. If you got pregnant, I wouldn't be here to help you raise him or her, and I would hate myself. Uchiha's should not be raised without both parents. Plus," I choked on my words a little, but pressed on, "my mother wouldn't have wanted me to do it out of wedlock."
I almost looked away when I mentioned my mother because pain and loneliness would flash in my eyes and linger for a moment.
But I caught myself, remembering that Sakura was going to be my wife in the future. She would be my number one, my one and only, so she'd see this anyway. She would be there to help. She hugged me tight to her.
"I'm sorry Sasuke-kun; I know I shouldn't have let my lust get to me like that."
I nodded and held her closer. She shivered slightly as the wind blew in through the window. I pulled her under the covers, closed the window and got in next to her.
"Good night, my Sakura-chan."
"Good night, my Sasuke-kun."
This time it would be real and she would be there in the morning no matter what.
I kissed her on the cheek and saw in the rising sunlight that it was still her and not my clone or the pillow, a bad experience.