Chapter 9 – Trapped
"You don't understand! I've not fed today!" Sakura shouted in panic. The words echoed through Sasuke's mind, slowly registering the importance of that last comment. He stared blankly into the darkness as the dark shadow of Sakura began to frantically fidget.
"What do you mean?" He asked, still confused slightly. He knew what she meant, but couldn't she just hold it in until morning? Sakura frowned, irritation slightly coming through her panic, although it was hard to tell.
"What do you think I mean you idiot? I need blood! And we're stuck in here! I'm stuck in here with you! Someone who happens to be filled with the stuff!" Sakura yelled, throwing her arms out. Sasuke's eyes widened, finally realizing the complications, she could attack him at a moments notice if she was thirsty enough…
"Can't you hold it in?" Sasuke asked, slight hope etching through his tone. Sakura huffed, deep in thought. She wondered if maybe she should stay in the opposite end of the building but shook her head, it wouldn't work.
"I don't need to pee Sasuke! I can't exactly 'hold it in'! Plus there would be no point in separating cause I know you're here, when I get desperate enough I'll come looking." She whispered the last part, not knowing if she wanted to let him hear. Sakura knew he'd had some sort of experience with Vampires before; the look on his face when he found out what she was had been enough to tell her of that.
Sasuke felt his heart beat speed up in hidden panic, the thought of a blood thirsty Vampire searching the halls for prey wasn't exactly very comforting. Couldn't she just catch a pigeon from the window ledge or something?
"How much did you get last night?" He asked, wondering if maybe she'd had enough the night before to stay away from his neck. He unconsciously moved away slightly from Sakura, heading back in the direction of his office, hoping he might be able to get a signal from his Blackberry. Sakura stayed where she was and looked down even though she knew he couldn't see her, she didn't want to worry Sasuke more than she already had with her words.
"I didn't hunt last night, I was too angry to think of that." She mumbled. Sasuke caught every word and the panic increased inside of him. Instead of showing his fear however, he did the next best thing, he shouted.
"You idiot! How can you be so careless! What the hell am I meant to do now eh? Wait for you to jump me and drain me dry!" He yelled, for once showing the emotion behind his mask. Sakura didn't move, taking everything in stride, she knew she deserved it and didn't blame Sasuke at all for yelling. She would do the same after all.
As Sasuke shouted at her he couldn't help but think of what he had to look forward too. He'd sworn to himself that he'd never allow himself to be attacked in this manner again, yet here he was, the helpless sheep once again. The thought made him want to cringe.
Once he ran out of things to say he backed away from her, wanting to get enough distance between him and his future attacker. Sakura felt a sharp jolt of pain through her chest when she saw the outline of Sasuke's retreating form. She hated that sight; she didn't want to ever see someone who accepted her back away in fear from her. Especially Sasuke, for some unknown reason she hated that idea even worse than anything said already.
"S-Sasuke." She stuttered, stepping forward and reaching for him ever so slightly with her hand, but it went unseen by Sasuke.
Sasuke heard the worry and fear in her voice that brought him back from his own fear. He straightened his back and calmed himself down, there was nothing he could do and he knew it, the only thing he could do was get a hold of someone like the Fire Station to maybe get them out. He looked over at the woman in front of him, he still couldn't see very well but was willing to cope for one night, after all, what choice did they have?
"Come on, I'll try to contact someone to get us out of here." He spoke in a calm and soothing voice that shocked Sakura, the fact that he was the one doing the comforting seemed a little odd. She was the scary monster, not him.
Sasuke didn't wait for a reply; he simply stalked off in the other direction, heading back the way he came, knowing that Sakura would follow. He touched the walls with the tips of his fingers as he felt every bump and curve in the wall that led back to his office.
Once he felt the doorframe of his office door he stopped, Sakura, not expecting it or seeing it for that matter walked right into him with a low 'oof' coming from her throat. Sasuke simply looked back at her and raised an eyebrow into the darkness, he saw the faint outline of Sakura rubbing her nose but didn't question it, and instead he just opened his office door and walked in.
The moonlight and the odd lightening strike flooded into the room, producing little light but enough to see. The office looked cold and haunted, like it had been empty for years. Sakura entered and sat on her knee's by the window, her forehead leaning against it as she gazed down at the ant sized people from the floor. Sasuke watched her for a moment before digging out his Blackberry from his pocket and dialing the number of the Fire Station.
The dead tone was the only thing that could be heard from the other end of the line and Sasuke concluded that their power was also out. With an irritated sigh he hung up and tossed his phone onto the table and crashed onto his chair, leaning back, closing his eyes and bending his head back against the headrest.
The thought of his impending doom didn't help much but forced the thought out of his mind, Sakura seemed to be doing the same as she stared out the window so he would do the same.
8:21pm
Sakura was starting to feel the effects of her thirst, her fingers had been twitching for about fifteen minutes and her back was ridged. She stared out the window at the dark city, refusing to look in the room. The slight eco of Sasuke's heart was beginning to make itself known and Sakura didn't know how long she'd last.
They'd hardly said a word to each other because of the dangerous situation they were both in. It had just been under and hour and a half since the power had gone out and already Sakura was feeling her thirst raging in the back of her throat. She was weak, she knew it, but for once Sakura wanted to prove to herself that she wasn't like every other blood thirsty Vampire out there. Because she was part human, and that human side of her was the part she liked. Sakura refused to give in to her inner beast.
Sasuke had turned his chair around to face the night sky a while ago and had noticed how stiff she'd become and the odd sniff here and there. He was beginning to wonder how long she'd last. The thought of having to wait for her to bite him wasn't all that appealing but at least he had time to mentally prepare himself, unlike last time he knew what was coming…
"I'm not going to bite you." Sakura whispered. She could see his reflection in the window and knew that he had his brow furrowed between his eyes in what she thought was worry. Sasuke opened his eyes and looked at her, she was looking at his reflection and he did the same, both gazing into the ghost like eyes the glass had created.
Sasuke considered her words carefully, he had no idea what she was going through right now but he hoped she was telling the truth, even if he didn't believe it.
"How can you be so sure?" He asked, doubt clear in his voice. Sakura turned around to meet his gaze for the first time since the power went out, emerald clashed with coal as they simply held the gaze, neither one wanting to look away.
"I'm not. I just know." She stated simply, still looking into his gaze. Sasuke could see the determination in those eyes that were almost luminous in the dim light, they glowed with colour and Sasuke was sure he'd never seen anything quite like it before. Those eyes were even more incredible than the wild red ones of his fiancé.
He wasn't sure whether or not to trust those words, they weren't solid proof that she was going to last, but the look in her eyes showed her determination. His expression relaxed, trusting her to keep that pride she possesses right up until morning.
12:45pm
It had been just under six hours since the power had first gone out. And in that time Sakura was convinced she was going insane. Sasuke had moved to the other end of the room a while ago to 'make it easier' for her but it made no difference, he could have been on the other side of the building and she still would have heard his heart beat. It had gotten so bad that even the people about thirty odd floors down could be heard, there hearts all beating from the buildings opposite and the streets below.
Her thirst had never been this bad before, her hands shook like she was having with drawl symptoms and her fangs refused to disappear once they came out. Her breath was coming out in strained little huffs as she stared out the window with a newly lit passion.
Sakura was going to make it till morning! She was stubborn enough to try even though every single odd there was, was against her. Sakura's instincts were fighting to take control but she bet them down every time they attempted to surface. She wouldn't allow herself to become a monster in front of Sasuke; she refused to let anyone else ever see that side of her again.
Sasuke sat on the sofa on the other end of the room in silence, not wanting to make things harder for Sakura than they already were. Sasuke had made an attempt to leave about two hours ago when her shaking had started but Sakura had insisted that there was no point. So here he was, sitting on the other end of the room and watching the pink haired girl with interest. He was surprised she hadn't gone for him yet; he could see the hungry look in her eyes that were poorly hidden through the reflection on the glass. He couldn't help but notice how stressed she was, her fangs were out for everyone to see and her shaking was only getting worse as each minute went by.
Sasuke wondered what would actually happen to her if she refused her body what it so desperately needed. Would she shrivel up and die? Turn to ash? Or simply go on a killing spree? Either way he didn't like the thought of her suffering.
The woman may be a pain, but she was something that made Sasuke's life more interesting and he didn't want to let her go any time soon, even though it would take a hell of a lot to get him to admit it out loud.
She was so different from every other woman he'd met. Unlike everyone else, she didn't try to impress him or seduce him at all, she wasn't like that, all she did was be herself. That came with a lot of lip, anger and stubbornness, something he loved about the woman. Even Karin didn't compare to her, and he was starting to wonder why he was with her at all.
Karin was exactly like everyone else, she didn't stand out of the crowd like Sakura did. The only thing that made him notice Karin was the fact she was very good at getting rid of her competition. And because of that he thought there was no one else who would love him more, so he proposed. It was only now that he was realizing the complications of that act. Only now was he realizing that he should have waited longer. Now he was stuck with the woman for the rest of his life, because Uchiha's never go back on their word.
The sound of Sakura giving off a pained groan brought Sasuke back to the present as he looked at the shaking form against the window. Her forehead was still placed firmly against it but this time her hands were pressed firmly at either side of her head, fingers bunched into fist's as she tried to hold back the urges to attack.
Her shoulders were shaking and her eyes were squeezed shut in an attempt to drown out the nose of beating heart's and the pain of her own heart as it begged for the much needed sustenance she refused it. Sakura hated this, she'd never felt pain like this before, heck, she never felt thirst related pain. Her own blood was slowly becoming diluted from the lack of red blood cells and she was edging on the danger zone of life or death, but she didn't care, Sakura refused to feed from Sasuke, she told him she wouldn't and she kept her promises. She bit her lip as a rather painful thump of her heart sounded and her fang broke through the skin of her lip. She liked up the small drop of blood it produced but found no good in it what so ever. So she simply licked it to heal it and continued to hold in her pain, not letting Sasuke in on it.
1:09am
Sasuke hated this; he could hear everyone of Sakura's muffled groans of pain, yet he could do nothing. He knew she'd just refuse him if he offered his blood, not that he really wanted to. But he knew that it might just be the case, he didn't want her to be in pain, it wasn't fair that she was the only one hurting.
Sasuke hated the thought of going through that again, he was terrified in fact, but he knew it would be different with Sakura. He didn't know how different it might be but he knew it would.
He looked over her form once again and couldn't help the bubble of worry that rose in his chest. She looked so weak, her face was pale and her hands on the window had loosened and her lids covered half her eyes as she slumped down. He could still hear the pained huffs coming from her, which were no longer groans from lack of strength.
Sakura's body was slowly failing her, he knew it, but he also knew that she would still refuse his help, she was just stubborn that way.
With one last huff Sakura fell to the side, she landed on her side and stayed motionless, even her shaking had stopped. Sasuke was up like a shot and over to her in a second.
He placed his palm against her forehead and shied away at the cool temperature of it. He then felt for a pulse and was shocked to find it was so weak and slow. He needed to do something! Sasuke ripped his suit jacket off along with his tie and shirt, not even thinking about what he was doing, the only thing going through his mind was the need to help her.
Sasuke picked up her limp form and sat down against the window, shivering as the cool glass hit his bare back. He held Sakura against his chest and leaned her head against his neck. He slapped her cheek lightly a few times to bring her back. She twitched weakly before moving closer, placing her cool hands on his bare hips and moving her mouth to his neck unconsciously.
Sasuke squeezed his eyes shut as she found the strength to bite down; he guessed she was only working on instinct, her mind being to weak to even function anymore. His neck was sore, but he put up with it. She weakly sucked at the wound she made on his neck as her tongue would sometimes make a pass, the pain he felt would evaporate at each pass until there was none at all.
Sasuke held her firmly against his body, one arm around her waist and the other held her head in place incase she came to. As she sucked his neck he couldn't help but feel how right her body felt against his, it fit every curve and dip perfectly. He and Karin never held each other like this; with her it was all about sex, she hated intimate closeness unless it had some sort of erotic theme attached. But right now Sasuke felt as if he could hold Sakura like this all night.
He felt blood dribble down his front but left it alone, he could clean it up later, plus it for this reason that he'd removed his top half of clothing. Sakura pulled away before licking the wound again so it shut. Her head flopped forward into his chest and Sasuke couldn't help but feel a little woozy at the whole event also.
He forced himself up on shaky legs however and moved over to his desk were he knew he would find a packet of tissues and a bottle of water. Taking the items he began to look himself over, he wasn't actually that bad, his chest had a few red dribbles down it but he knew his neck would be pretty bad. He took a hand full of tissues and dapped some water on it before wiping all traces away. As he moved over to his neck he braced himself for pain but instead was met with smooth skin, he then remembered that it had happened the last time and shuddered. He had to remove more blood than expected but he didn't care, as long as it was gone.
When he moved over to clean Sakura's now sleeping form he couldn't help but notice the colour her cheeks had gained and how her breathing was so much more even and healthier now that she'd fed. Sasuke felt a little pool of relief in his chest knowing that she was no longer in danger.
He began to wipe away the blood that covered her chin and mouth, wiping right down to her own neck where a few dribbles had escaped. A few pools of red had managed to find there way onto her jumper but it was black anyway so he paid no mind.
When he finished he noticed the thunderstorm was still going strong and wondered when he'd forgotten about its existence. The lightening was still dancing across the sky like a ballerina.
With a shake of his head Sasuke picked up Sakura and moved over to the sofa that looked so inviting right now. He sat her down with ease and watched as she automatically curled up into a ball. Sasuke felt sleep suddenly hit him as he watched Sakura and moved over to his chair, lowering the back as to make it more comfortable, put his shirt back on and sat down before going to sleep as well.
5:52am
When Sakura awoke her muscles where stiff from the sofa she was lying on and she couldn't help but feel confused. Hadn't she collapsed? Wasn't she suffering from intense thirst? Why was Sasuke asleep in his chair with nothing but his shirt on? And why was that shirt wide open and showing his well-toned stomach?
These questions buzzed around Sakura's head as she groggily sat up and looked out of the huge window wall. The sky was a complete contrast to the dark, gloomy and hellish obis of yesterday, today it was completely empty except from a few white fluffy clouds here and there, the sunlight shining into the office and illuminating it.
Sakura looked around for signs of what might have happened last night, trying to figure out why she wasn't dead yet and why she couldn't hear every single bloody heart beat in Konoha. With stiff and sore legs she stood up and walked over to the window, passing Sasuke's sleeping form and peering down at the people below. There weren't that many people out walking yet but give it an hour and Sakura would bet that they'd be entering the rush hour.
Sakura turned back around and walked over to Sasuke's desk, wondering what he'd been up to. The desk was just as he'd left it before the power had gone out the night before. It seemed like a lifetime ago now, before all the pain of intense thirst. Sakura shivered at the memory, she never wanted to go through that again.
Sakura scanned the desk again and noticed Sasuke's Blackberry sitting on the desk. She picked it up and turned it on, noticing the low battery. Peering sneakily at Sasuke to see if he was conscious yet she began to skim through the menu, looking to see what sort of stuff he had on it, it was all business crap, loosing Sakura's interest straight away. She looked into his recent calls and couldn't help but gawk.
There were fifty-four missed calls from the Uchiha Mansion home phone, and all from last night. Sakura could only guess who sent them; Mikoto wasn't exactly called mother hen for nothing. Sakura chewed her lip, wondering if she should phone them, it was still pretty early but then again she doubt they would mind. So with a sigh Sakura walked out of the office and into the hall, pressing the call button. Sakura only had to wait for two rings before someone picked up.
"Hello, Uchiha residence." A tired sounding butler answered. Sakura felt the need to yawn again but fought it down.
"Hello, it's Sakura." She said in a rather sheepish tone. She heard rustling and whispers on the other end of the line before he spoke again.
"I'll put you through to Mrs. Uchiha, Miss." He said politely. Sakura gave her thanks before the panicked voice of Mikoto filled the line.
"Sakura? Good heavens are you all right? Where are you? Is Sasuke with you?" She gushed all at once, Sakura felt bad, she sounded like she'd been up all night, poor woman.
"Sorry, the power in the company went out and we couldn't get out so Sasuke and I ended up camping out in his office." Sakura explained. She heard Mikoto sighed in relief and shouted a 'there fine' to whom she could only guess was Fugaku. Sakura began to pace the hallway as she listened to Mikoto talk to her in a relieved tone.
"Well thank god that was all that happened, Fugaku was thinking of phoning the police if you hadn't phoned, why didn't you phone earlier? It would have put my mind at rest." She complained. Sakura smiled nervously, even though she knew Mikoto couldn't see it.
"I guess it just sort of slipped are minds." She replied nervously, biting the skin of her lip and being thankful her fangs had disappeared at last. She wondered why Sasuke hadn't phoned her, she thought he had enough sense and cared for the woman enough to not let her worry over them, then again he was probably too worried over whether or not she was goanna have him for dinner.
Coming to think about it she still needed to ask him about that. The fact that she woke up thirst free and to Sasuke with an open shirt was a little weird if not slightly hot, yes she would admit it, Sasuke looked hot. She didn't need to say it out loud however.
"Sakura? You still there?" Mikoto inquired, pulling Sakura out of her little dream as she continued to pace the hall.
"Yeah, I'm here. What were you saying?" She asked, chewing on her lip as she waited.
"Okay well I was saying that Itachi was even worried, he was out looking for you and everything. He was mumbling something about alleyways. Weird right?" Sakura's eyebrows shot up. Did Itachi think she'd attacked Sasuke in an alleyway? Well, that was her guess, what else would he be mumbling about?
"Yeah, it is." Sakura asked with barely restrained sarcasm. If Itachi actually thought she'd do that Sasuke she was going to rip him a new one.
"Anyway, where are you now? You still locked in?" She asked. Sakura let out a sigh and pushed her violent thoughts from her mind.
"Yeah we're still locked in. Sasuke's still asleep though." She sighed, getting fed up with the whole situation. She heard more rustling, like someone was passing the phone over.
"Sakura?" Came the low, tired yet still firm and commanding voice of Fugaku. Sakura instantly straightened at the voice; the man had a habit of bringing out Sakura's inner manners, if he was simply in the same room as her she found herself somehow becoming overly polite, something that was still a mystery to her.
"Yes." She answered, being sure not to use any slang.
"I'll send some people over in a couple of hours to open the place up, do you think you can hang on till then?" He asked. Sakura nodded into the phone, not caring that he couldn't see it.
"Yes. We'll be fine, I'll tell Sasuke when he wakes up." Sakura replied. She heard the man on the other end yawn before he spoke again.
"I'll give the two of you a day off to make up for it, it's the least I can do." He informed. Sakura let out a yawn and thanked Fugaku for the day off before he hung up.
Sakura walked slowly back to the office, being carful not to wake Sasuke up when she entered. He was still out cold, his pale chest rising and falling in even breaths. Sakura walked over and placed the Blackberry on his desk before moving over to the sofa and sitting down. She wondered if maybe she should move Sasuke over onto the sofa instead but dismissed the idea. She may be strong, but she wouldn't be able to carry a sturdy fully grown male without waking him, and Sakura wasn't in the mood to deal with a tired, pissy Uchiha right now.
With a sigh Sakura lent back and stared at the ceiling in complete boredom, counting down the seconds until she was rescued.
7:30am
When Sasuke woke up he was surprised to realize that he only had the ability to see the colour…white? With an annoyed huff he pealed off the two post-its that had been stuck over his eyes and read the small note on each one. The first one stated that Sakura had gone away for the moment and the second one said that she'd gone to the vending machine to get food.
His stomach groaned as he read the words again, wondering why she felt the need to stick them to such a place on his body. Sasuke stretched and felt every single bone in his body click and burn in pain; he was starting to regret sleeping in his office chair. As he stood up Sasuke did up the buttons of his shirt, feeling slightly self conscious that Sakura had seen his bare chest, though he couldn't think why, it wasn't like he was a shy virgin or anything.
With a sigh Sasuke walked out of the room and headed to the lunch hall a couple of floors down. The staircase was dim, but Sasuke was able to see just enough to get down the sixteen floors needed to reach the lunch hall. He was glad that neither Sakura nor Sasuke had attempted to go down the stairs yesterday night, it was dark enough just now in broad daylight and he hated to think of what might have happened if they had attempted it at night.
Sasuke walked down the stairs at a slow and normal pace, taking his time and not seeing the need to rush, these stairs were the closest to the lunch hall so if Sakura left before he got there it would be this stair case she would take. He was sure of it.
He exited the staircase and marched down the hall, noticing how the early morning sunlight would shine through the windows and illuminate the entire building, he began to wonder why they had lights at all. The white walls had turned a warm yellow and orange from the sunlight and warmed Sasuke's skin as he walked past, his white shirt allowing the warmth to flood through.
Sasuke had been walking for about two minutes when the two glass double doors of the lunch hall came into view. He swung open the doors and was met with another huge ray of sun light from the wall windows that layered the entire room. Sasuke scanned the space for a flash of pink and found it in the corner.
Sakura had turned around to face the noise that had interrupted the silence she was working in and saw the sight of Sasuke walking over to her. She watched him closely as he grew closer and noticed how he looked at her, like he was checking for wounds or something.
"You look better." He simply commented before sitting in a near by chair before raising a brow and spoke again.
"What are you doing?" Sasuke looked at her crouched form in confusion, she had a clip in one hand and had bent it in some weird angle. Sakura looked back at the lock she was attempting to pick open in confusion, wasn't it obvious, she was attempting to open the door in the vending machine since the lock, for once, wasn't electronic. Sakura looked over at Sasuke and raised a brow, copying his expression perfectly.
"I'm baking a cake. What do you think?" She said, her voice dripping in sarcasm. Sasuke made a face when he noticed the machine was full of nothing but sweets, did she honestly think he could eat that for breakfast.
"I'm not eating chocolate for breakfast. Go pick another vending machine or something." He moaned. Sakura glared; did he think she wanted to eat 'choco-chom' or 'rainbow drops' for breakfast? No way! If it were up to her, she'd have a plate full of Bacon right now.
"Put up with it. This is the only one with a manual lock." She snapped. Sasuke rolled his eyes as Sakura turned around and began to work again. Sasuke watched her again before his mind began to wonder.
She looked a hell of a lot more healthy than she had last night; her sharp tongue and short temper were back. He was glad she was better, he would never admit it out loud but when she'd collapsed last night he felt proper fear for the woman. When he felt her pulse slowly fade he thought she was going to die. He would never admit it out loud or even to himself but the thought of her leaving him for good was too much to be to be considered normal.
"Where did you get the clip?" Sasuke asked, taking his attention away from the subject of Sakura dying on him. He watched as she worked away, not even turning around.
"Your assistant's drawer." She stated simply. Sasuke frowned; did she seriously just go through someone else's stuff? He thought she had more manners than that.
"You can't just go through people's belonging's Haruno." He scolded, making Sakura's eyebrow twitch. Was he aiming for a slap?
"Would you rather starve?" She threatened through clenched teeth, stopping to give him a glare, she was perfectly serious about not giving him any. At that moment she heard the very loud grumble from Sasuke stomach, a small smile of victory edging it's way onto her lips.
"I thought as much." She stated in a toneless voice, she turned back, trying to pick the lock and they both sat in silence. Sakura listened carefully to Sasuke's movements, she wanted to ask him something, but wasn't sure if she should bring up or not, eventually she just thought, ah stuff it!
"Why did you let me do it, Sasuke?" She asked, not wanting to be to obvious yet hoping that Sasuke had enough brains to figure it out.
Sasuke looked at her back in confusion as she worked away. He had no idea what she was referring to, was she still talking about the clip?
"You'll have to add more details than that Haruno." Sasuke deadpanned. It was at that moment that the lock on the vending machine clicked open. Sakura busied herself with opening the door and digging out all the food she deemed 'worthy' of the great Uchiha cockatoo head.
"I meant last night, I obviously attacked you. I'm sorry, I thought I could control my self but apparently not." Sakura looked down at her feet as she dumped her findings on the table Sasuke was sitting at. She felt ashamed of herself; she'd given him her word that she wouldn't drink from him.
She had found the bloodied tissues in the small bin when she'd stuck the notes to his face. She'd been horrified beyond belief, even though she had suspected something along those lines to happen. Her thirst couldn't have just disappeared over night.
Sakura still felt horrible though, to think she'd attacked one of the only people who accepted her, but to have them act like nothing had happened was even worse. She attacked him! She drank his blood even though she knew he didn't want her too. And him covering for her was not helping!
"There was no helping it, I thought you were about to die." Sasuke shrugged. Sakura felt her eyes go wide, how could he be so calm about this! Sakura met his cool gaze with her shocked one.
"How can you just say that? I could have killed you! I was probably acting on instincts! I could have ripped your throat out!" Sakura yelled, not caring how loud she was, nobody but Sasuke would be able to hear her. Sasuke however scoffed at her and raised an eyebrow.
"I don't know what you think happened but it certainly wasn't like that." He stated calmly before motioning for her to take a seat across from him. Sakura felt numb as she did what she was told. She reached over grabbing a packet of cookies and began to eat.
"What happened then?" She asked slowly before popping a cookie into her mouth. Sasuke looked up and took the other packet of cookies Sakura had salvaged.
"You collapsed, I went over to see if you were okay and found that you barely had a pulse so I gave you my blood, there was no attacking, you couldn't even sit up, I had to hold you up the entire time." Sasuke explained. Sakura's eyebrows shot up, he gave her his blood, and he held her up while she sucked him dry? Was the guy crazy? Sakura swallowed her cookie before speaking in complete bewilderment.
"Are you serious? You actually gave me your blood? You, um… held me up?" Sakura asked. She could see the amusement in his eyes, why did he not get creeped out by that?
"How can you do that? If it was me I'd have just left them there." Sakura breathed out. Sasuke smirked at her before placing a cookie into his mouth.
"What else could I do? I thought you were dying." He stated simply. Sakura just sat there; she couldn't believe that Sasuke would do that for her, that he would give up his blood for her when she needed it most.
"T-thank you, Sasuke." She stuttered. Sakura's cheeks warmed as her own blood rushed to fill them. Sasuke smirked again before replying.
"Your welcome Haruno." He couldn't help but chuckle at her expression; she looked like a little kid again, what with her bed head and everything.
"Call me Sakura, please." She blurted out without thinking. Sakura's cheeks turned a brilliant red and watched as Sasuke raised his eyebrows.
"You sure?" He asked, not sure what brought that on, then again she called him by his first name so he guessed it was only fair. He watched as Sakura nodded her head firmly with her bright red cheeks and he couldn't help but smile. It was a small one, but it was there.
"Okay Sakura."
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well, that was longer than i expected... oh well. and just so you know my updating will probably slow down a bit because i'm trying to finish my art port folio so i don't have as much time as i would like. But anyways i hope you liked it! Thanks for reading and REEEEEEVEIW! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HYPER I GET WHEN I GET A REVIEW, especially a long one 0.0! THANKS FOR READING!