Chapter 12 – Something for the Make-Believe Lovers

Sasuke closed his eyes, swallowing his nerves and licked his lips before he leaned forward. His lips gently touching hers…

Electricity flew through out his entire being, it left even the tips of his toes tingling as he shot back into his seat. Never in all of his wildest dreams had he seen that coming. Never in all his life had he ever had that reaction from kissing someone. Never in all his life had his heart beat so fast from a simple touch. It wasn't normal, plain and simple.

Sakura seemed completely oblivious to what had just happened however as she just shifted to get into a more comfy position. Sasuke sat in shock, wondering if he'd just imagined that feeling, even though his lips were still tingling from that simple touch. That couldn't have been him, could it? Could it have been Sakura?

Maybe it was some Vampire thing, some technique they used to seduce their prey. Sakura just didn't have control over it because she was asleep. That must be it. Sasuke wouldn't have reacted like that otherwise.

But what if? The thought only crossed his mind for a second but it was enough to throw his resolve down the drain and take everything out of perspective. Not that he really listened to that part of himself anyway. Sasuke was too caught up in what he believed was rational thinking, or he just didn't want to step out of his comfort zone.

What had he been thinking? He never acted like this! And the subject of love? What the hell? Sasuke was over tired, he was sure of it, now that he was thinking straight again maybe he could try and put this little incident behind him. After all, it was only him that was aware of it at the time.

But even if he did try and forget, he didn't think it would be possible. The feel of her lips were forever burned into his memory and his own lips were still tingling from the mere touch.

But one thing was sure, at least he knew now that Karin was the last thing he wanted. Now he didn't know what he wanted. That simple touch had confused him more than anything could, did he want Sakura? As far as Sasuke knew he didn't, but that could always change.

Sasuke looked out of the window, trying his best to distract himself from the woman in front of him. It was a full moon, he noticed, Sakura had said something about liking the night sky, he couldn't remember when, it was probably during one of those times where she thinks out loud. Something he'd forever be amused by.

The night sky was completely clear, there were no clouds and the stars were shining bright in the sky in their own little clumps. It was beautiful, he realised. Sasuke never really paid much attention to the sky before, but from the top floor of the hospital and through a rather large window it look very spectacular indeed. He'd have to get a picture or something, maybe one for Sakura too, she'd like it, he thought.

Sasuke really needed his sleep, he was changing topics like a yoyo, one minute he's thinking about kissing Sakura and the next he wants pictures of the sky? With a small mental shake he threw the stupid thoughts away, preparing to simply stare out at the night sky until morning came.

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Sakura sat up in bed with a book in hand, sniggering every now and then at how ridiculous it all sounded. Ino had more or less forced her to read this book a couple of days ago and Sakura was finding it hard to not laugh out loud. Seriously though, who has ever heard of 'sparkling Vampires'! Some people really had no taste.

Sasuke had been quiet since the moment she woke up, which was fine with her, he was normally quiet after all, it was the way he would sometimes 'subtly' sneak glances at her every now and then. But she simply ignored it and continued reading so completely untrue story of 'Twilight'. Sakura once again laughed out loud, causing Sasuke to look over at her with a mild frown, then quickly looked out of the window when Sakura met his gaze.

His hand brushed lips for the a thousandth time that day and huffed, every time she laughed or snorted he'd find himself looking up at her, and every time to looked at her his lips would begin to tingle again. Sasuke didn't know whether to growl at himself or the woman in front of him, so instead he settled for touching his lips to ease the sensation.

Sasuke wondered what it was that made Sakura find that book so amusing, he'd never read it personally but he knew enough to know it wasn't a comedy. Although he did find it rather amusing to read about Vampires, seeing as she was part Vampire herself.

"Why are you laughing?" Sasuke found himself asking. Sakura wiped a tear from her eye as she giggled and looked over at Sasuke, her cheeks reddened from laughing so hard and a huge grin on her face, showing her pearly white teeth. He actually found his heart beating slightly faster, even though she was still dressed in that horrific hospital gown and had a huge white bandage around her head.

"Because I have never in all my years ever heard of so much tripe. Honestly, you have to admit it's pretty bad." She giggled. Sasuke only let the tiniest of smirks dress his still tingling lips as he looked at her. He found himself enjoying her company, and liking the thought that for once they weren't arguing.

"What does it say?" He asked, leaning forward as he said so, Sakura only rolled her eyes as she sat up in the bed. The reason she's so happy was most likely because she has a constant flow of painkillers, Sasuke thought.

"Oh common! They sparkle! They don't have fang's, which would make it impossible to hunt without ripping the entire throat out, and the fact that they all have 'gifts'. I mean fair enough with the mind reading but nobody can predict the future. Full stop. Or control emotions for that matter." Sakura explained. She then set the book to the side and leaned back, looking over at Sasuke as she did so.

"Is that so?" He stated simply, also leaning back in his chair and folding his arms.

"It is so. It's wishful thinking on the Author's part, no body can turn into a blur." She joked and gave him another grin, her eyes crinkling shut from the size of it. Definitely too many painkillers.

Sasuke had never received a smile this big from Sakura, the full force grin she was able to create was so bright that Sasuke felt the urge to squint as his lips tingled. He was acting so weird today, mind you, so was Sakura, but that was mostly due to the constant flow of drugs, the funny thing was that she hadn't even had that much. It wasn't even a big enough dosage to get someone high, she'd only had a couple of pills every so often, not enough to get high on. Sakura would never act so cheerily with him otherwise, not that he was complaining of course, Sasuke was rather enjoying Sakura's knew found mood.

"Have you been taking over the suggested dose?" Sasuke asked, he couldn't help but ask, he was a curious person by nature. Sakura looked back up at him again with that big grin, the one that nearly blinded him every time.

"Vampires are more sensitive to that sort of thing, I kind of inherited that part too unfortunately." She chirped, not at all bothered that she just admitted to having no tolerance to something as simple as medicine. Then he remembered that time she came back completely gazeeboed, was that the same? Did she have a headache and took to much painkillers?

"Is that what happened last time? When you came back high?" Sasuke asked in subdued tones, it may have been a private room but there where still people walking about outside. Sakura's brow creased for a moment as she thought about what he meant before it suddenly disappeared and an enlightened expression came over her.

"Oh! That wasn't painkillers. I was hunting and I didn't notice that the guy I'd nabbed was drunk and high, very high." Sakura added the last part in as an after thought before continuing.

"I can't really remember much but the next morning was crap. The pig was convinced I was near death actually." Sasuke frowned at the word 'Pig', he thinks he remembers Sakura calling someone that before but he couldn't quite remember.

It was at that moment that Itachi decided to come through the door in a much calmer State than his younger brother had the previous night. He looked around, his eyes fixating on Sakura and Sasuke as he walked over to them, offerings in toe.

"How are you feeling?" He asked casually and perched on the end of the bed, watching out for Sakura's feet. He handed over the box of chocolates he'd been carrying and Sakura actually raised an amused eyebrow, taking the box with caution.

"I'm fine. And what do you want? I'm guessing this is bribery." Sakura stated, then grinned and opened the box to begin munching on the heavenly treat.

"Wow, Belgian Chocolate too, you really know how to bribe, don't cha'" Sakura grinned around a mouthful. Itachi merely frowned, offended that she had come to such a conclusion.

"It's mostly from Taya, I practically had to chain her up so she wouldn't come with me." He stated. Sakura simply rolled her eyes before in hailing another mouthful of the chocolate.

"Why is she so happy. I was half expecting to walk into world war three, not an overly happy hospital patient." He asked Sasuke who was not to far away from him. Sasuke merely gave a soft snort before answering.

"Apparently she doesn't have much tolerance to drugs." He joked, causing Sakura to give him a dirty look that only lasted about five seconds before another smile broke out. Itachi merely raised an eyebrow before he decided to get to business.

"Sakura, I was meaning to ask you something? How the hell did you get injured so badly? Aren't you much stronger? And faster for that matter." He inquired. Sakura looked up from the now half empty box and addressed him.

"Well yeah. But all that's pretty much useless if you can't see. It was pretty dark, plus I was distracted" She stated simply before popping another chocolate treat into her mouth, savouring the flavour.

"That's a pretty bad excuse considering you have better senses than the rest of humanity." Sasuke observed dryly, earning a quick glare from Sakura.

"My senses may be better but I still have human eyes. Green isn't exactly a colour you'd find in a Vampire. Their eyes all turn silvery white after their first year of transformation." Sakura explained in a huffy manner. Sasuke remembered the Vampire that attacked him, remembering that it had white eyes too. He shook the thought away however, not wanting to dwell on it any longer than necessary. Itachi noticed his downfall in mood and quickly changed the subject, he didn't like to see Sasuke in these moods.

"Still, you got quite a few injury's. The hospitals probably going to be checking out for any previous medical records too, plus the fact you have no insurance." He stated, causing Sakura's mood to hit rock bottom. Humph, kill joy… She thought.

"I didn't really have much of a choice. I got hit by wood, ironically enough." She said with deep sarcasm that didn't go unmissed by the two Uchiha brothers. They merely ignored the tone of the comment, concentrating more on what it was she actually said.

"So the whole wood things not a lode of bull?" Sasuke asked, raising an eyebrow. Sakura snorted and returned to her chocolates, preparing to give them a lesson in Vampires 101.

"Yeah, but we don't turn into smoke or ash, what happens is more or less the same as what might happen if a human got stabbed, plus it doesn't have to be in the heart. Most of the rumours about Vampires are untrue though, like that whole reflection shite, mind you I think I was made up so it was easier for Vampires to hide in." Sakura said, pondering over the last part. Both brothers watched with interest. Itachi sat there with a gleam in his eye, he loved new information.

"What about the whole immortal thing?" He prodded, pulling Sakura out of her thoughts to answer the question.

"Jeeze, I'm like some bloody teacher! Anyways, um… yeah, they do live forever, the 'old ones' were around when the bible was written for god sake!" She grinned. Sasuke's eyes widened at the prospect at someone being that old, was it even possible?

"What about you? Are you even nineteen?" Itachi asked, he'd never actually thought about the prospect of Sakura being older than him, she looked so young, in his eyes anyway. Sasuke had also pondered over that question at some point, he didn't think she could have been very old, after all, she still acted like a teenager, well, at times she did. Sakura let out a very loud snort before stuffing her mouth with more chocolate, she'd been expecting this question.

"Nope. I don't know if I'll live forever, I grow like anybody else so I'm gather that I'll just keep going until I turn grey." She shrugged. Sasuke let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding before turning around to the nurse that had just that minute walked through the door with a clipboard in hand.

"Miss Haruno, how are you feeling today?" The middle aged woman asked, her dark brown hair swishing as she walked. Sakura smiled up at the woman as she began to change the bandage that still covered most of Sakura's head. The feeling of cool air hitting Sakura's still fresh wound stung a little before turning into a light tingle, Sakura didn't like it very much, she was used to having things like this heal over in no time, and it still hurt, despite the medication.

"I'll go get some cream for that before covering it up again, it might reduce the chances of scarring that way." She informed. Sakura nodded happily and watched the woman walk out the door with her old bandages. Itachi and Sasuke stayed quiet, waiting until the nurse left for good before talking again.

She returned pretty quickly with the same equipment that was used to clean her wound off the night before, the only difference was the small tube she had instead of the bowl of water. Sasuke moved so the nurse could get better access to Sakura's head and watched casually as she began to dab the cream onto Sakura's head with the cotton bud and tweezers.

"So, are the two of you together?" She asked suddenly, looking at Sasuke as she did so. Sakura sputtered as a response and caused the nurse to smudge cream all over her hair. Sasuke just turned a bright crimson colour and gapped like a fish. Itachi simply raised an eyebrow at both Sakura and Sasuke's behaviour, it was almost painful to watch how blind they were sometimes!

"We're not together! Trust me, just good friends." Sakura said in a rush, her cheeks were not as bright as Sasuke's but that was probably because of the nature of the comment, not because it was Sasuke the nurse was referring too. However, it was clear to Itachi that Sasuke was reacting because it was Sakura.

The nurse gave an amused chuckle and shook her head lightly before continuing.

"Too be young again, eh?" She joked, glancing over at Itachi when he gave a small chuckle. Sasuke took control of his warm cheeks before he even thought about replying.

"I'm engaged." He simply stated, like it explained everything, which it did really. The nurse rolled her eyes and smiled at him, not once pausing in her dabbing the cotton wool with her tweezers.

"Yet you stayed the entire night and all morning? I wonder what your betrothed would think?" She joked. Sasuke paused, thinking over what the nurse said. What would Karin think? He was meant to be marrying the woman, even though he really didn't want to anymore, and he almost had a panic attack when he heard Sakura was in the hospital? It really did look like he had a thing for her!

Oh well, for all he knew he did. But if anything it was a little attraction, nothing else, or at least that's what he would like to think.

"Why do you have to put that stupid bandage back on! It's annoying!" Sakura moaned as the nurse began to wrap a fresh white bandage around Sakura's head. Sasuke was pulled from his thoughts and watched as Sakura pouted and began to swat at the nurses attempts to hold her hands down and wrap her head at the same time.

Sasuke watched the display with a small smirk that could maybe be described as a smile. Sakura had the smallest of pouts on her lips and her eyebrows were almost touching in a V shape, but he could clearly see the amusement in her green depths. It was rather cute, he realised, then almost snorted, the word 'cute' didn't seem to fit into Sakura's personality very well if not at all. If she heard him call her that out loud she'd probably kick him where it hurts.

"I have to put it on because otherwise it might get infected! So put up with it. And don't scratch it!" The nurse warned as she slapped Sakura's hand away from where she was about to scratch. With another huffy pout from Sakura the nurse finally waved good-bye and left the three in the room. Sasuke regained his seat and watched with interest as his brother began to question Sakura again.

"Do you know who it was that attacked you?" Sakura plopped the last chocolate into her mouth before turning around to Itachi to answer.

"I don't know. Couldn't find anything on the guys that I took down. But it wasn't random I know that much. It was too organised for that." She answered, looking Itachi right in the eye. He thought everything through for a moment, wondering who had a grudge against her, he was coming up blank.

"Was it Vampires?" He asked, his voice hinting at scepticism. Sakura frowned at him, her smile vanishing completely from her face, much to Sasuke's disappointment.

"I don't think so. They wouldn't hire thug's, they do thing's themselves. Plus the guy that seemed to be in charge of things wasn't exactly willing to talk either." Sakura answered, she looked over to the lyric's she'd written earlier, not wanting to make eye contact right at that moment in time.

"Did he say anything at all?" Itachi probed. Sakura nodded, with her eyes still fixated on her lyric's she answered in almost a whisper.

"He said I'm in the way of what someone wants." Sasuke's eyebrows rose at that comment. He couldn't think of a single person who had a problem with Sakura, as far as he knew she wasn't blocking anyone.

"We'd better start asking around. What did the guy that attacked you look like?" Itachi asked, getting up as he did so. Sakura finally made eye contact again, and nobody would ever be able to miss the anger behind those green irises.

"He has silver hair. I couldn't see his face very well, but his hair wasn't hard to miss." She said, knew found strength in her voice. It surprised both brothers, seeing as she'd been whispering a moment ago.

"I have my pride to think about here, whoever thought they could get away with this clearly have another thing coming if they think I'm going to back down." She said, her voice solid and showed that it was not open for discussion. Sasuke smirked, he preferred her with the fire in her eyes compared to the overly happy girl from before, here she seemed more real and not someone who was high.

Itachi also let a smirk cross his lips that was identical to his brothers, so, with both Sakura and Itachi's mind made up he said his good-byes and headed out, preparing to start his personal investigation.

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Sasuke swerved around the corner and followed Sakura as they snuck out of the blood bank. It was about eleven at night and Sakura was ravenous from the amount of blood she'd lost the night before. Sasuke didn't even think she'd lost that much until she told him that she'd been stabbed. To which Sasuke had turned into a mini version of his mother.

So there he was, following Sakura around the hospital like a thief with three packs of blood sitting inside his jacket. It felt wrong, the thought of stealing something that could have saved someone's life wasn't the most comforting of thoughts but Sakura had assured that if she didn't get any blood then she'd probably go and drink her weight in patients blood, be it critical condition or not. That was enough to make Sasuke change his mind and tag along as the pack mule.

Sakura was focusing everything she had on her surroundings, avoiding every single person she knew might be out there. When they'd first entered the blood bank Sakura actually had to hold her breath from the smell of it all, even now she could smell the scent of the thick, rich substance oozing from Sasuke's pockets. They causally walked along the corridor as they entered one of the main halls that were pretty busy before turning off into another smaller one. Sakura had tried her best to memorise the route they'd taken to get there so she wouldn't get them lost. Luckily Sakura had a good sense of direction anyway and she had a pretty good sense of smell, the area that they'd come from had smelt strongly of disinfectant so all she had to do was find and follow that scent if they did happen to get lost.

Sasuke sped up when he noticed he was falling behind, this place was like a maze and Sasuke had no idea where he was going; every corridor just looked the same to him. He watched Sakura's back as he moved, idly wondering where she got all this energy from, she'd been sleeping most of the afternoon and had looked exhausted once the x-ray's had been done, yet here she was running around the hospital playing mission impossible. It was probably some Vampire thing.

Sasuke was suddenly thrown in a near by medicine cupboard by Sakura as a group of Doctor's walked by. Her open palm was pressed firmly against his mouth to keep him from giving the small 'manly' squeak that was planning on escaping his mouth. Her body was also pressed up against his as they both squeezed into the small space. Sakura was staring off to the side as she listened for them to leave, apparently they'd decided to chat right outside the door…Great…

Sasuke could feel every dip and curve in Sakura's lean form, his hands grabbed a near by shelf to stop himself from grabbing her by the waist. He looked at her profile and saw the serious look in her green pools that seemed to almost glow in the dark. Her mouth was pressed into a firm line as she concentrated and her brow was pulled together, it was an expression that he felt familiar with. Of course it also helped that he thought she looked amazing with it too.

Sakura's hand slipped from her grasp and Sasuke's head ducked without him realizing and brought it closer to Sakura, she remained oblivious as she listened to the conversations going on out side. Sasuke stopped moving his head forward and simply kept it there, not wanting to draw attention to himself, he was just glad that he hadn't been spotted and that he'd noticed his own head moving.

"What are they doing out there?" Sasuke whispered, being sure not to be to loud, Sakura turned around to face him and spoke in an equally low voice.

"Sora apparently is having an affair with Kenta." She smirked, amusement shining in her eyes. Sasuke tried not to snort but failed, causing Sakura to give him a burning look.

Both of them stared into each other's eyes, not looking away, their heads slowly closing the distance between them. Neither realised what was going on, they had both seemed to fall into silence after the last comment was said.

They were no more than an inch away from each other now and Sasuke felt his breath hitch and heart rate speed up. His eyes slipped shut and he licked his lips, waiting for the contact. He had no idea what he was doing, he only knew that he wanted it, and he was almost sure that Sakura was the same. He could hear Sakura's steady breathing now and felt it brush and tickle his lips and cheeks; he loved the heat coming from it.

Then there was a loud bark of laughter coming from outside and the moment they'd just shared was shattered. Sakura jumped back from her position and attempted to put some distance between them. Sasuke looked down at the ground and moved his hand up to his mouth were he began to rub it lightly, trying to erase the feeling of her breath on his face. His cheeks were burning hot with what he could only guess was a bright crimson colour and peeked up at Sakura through his Indigo locks.

Her face was equally red as she looked everywhere but at him, a sheepish look covering her pretty features. Sakura had no idea what had just happened, one minute she's whispering to Sasuke and the next their faces are barely and inch apart? What the hell was wrong with her? Sakura quickly turned around, pressing her ear against the door as a way to distract herself from Sasuke's presence.

There was no sound coming from the other side of the door so Sakura opened it and peaked outside before practically diving out. Sasuke looked around in confusion wondering if what had just happened, really happened, but ignored the thought as he walked outside, following Sakura's fast retreating form.

Sakura really didn't know what was happening right now, the last thing she wanted was to have him that close, it wasn't safe. She was thirsty, didn't he realize that? She could have easily bitten him yet he acted like it was nothing. Sakura shook her head and slowed her pace, she'd pretend like nothing happened, it was only a few seconds anyway, and it was probably nothing to him anyway. He has Karin, the last thing he need's is a monster like me, Sakura thought.

Sasuke caught up to her when she slowed down but they didn't talk again for the rest of the walk. His lips were aching for that touch, to make contact with hers once again and light up his body with that electricity. But he wouldn't, Sakura seemed to be a little shell shocked from the whole event and seemed to be acting natural, so he would so the same.

Sakura opened the door to her room and walked straight into the bathroom to retrieve a small cup. Sasuke pulled out the three bags of blood and sat them on the bed and sat down in his usual seat by the bed. Sakura came back and picked up one of the bags, brought it up to her mouth where he fangs were now puncturing her lower lip and bit down on the plastic. Sasuke raised an eyebrow as she causally ripped open the bag and poured the blood into the cup. He wanted to cringe as she glugged it all down after getting back into the small bed. He was surprised when she started to moan slightly as she drank, he'd never thought that she'd do that, she'd never done that when she bit him, then again she was barely conscious at the time.

"What's with that look?" She said as she picked up another bag of blood and began to chew it open with her fangs. Sasuke hadn't even realised that he'd been pulling a face.

"I'm not making a face." He stated simply and Sakura snorted before letting go of the bag to face him.

"Oh really, does this ring a bell." Sakura then proceeded to scrunch up her nose and pulled her lips into some sort of discussed pout. She was over doing it a little though, there was no way Sasuke looked like a prune, he didn't pull faces like that, he thought so anyway.

"I don't look like that." He huffed, leaning back in the chair and folding his arms over his chest. Sakura simply snorted again before continuing to chew the plastic bag open. Once she did so she poured it expertly into the cup in her other hand and glugged it down in the next, letting out the odd moan or groan here and there.

The third one went down in more or less the same way, Sakura ripped it open, then glugged it down within seconds of it hitting the cup. Something that actually amused Sasuke, she was like some ravenous animal. When she placed the cup on the side and looked at him, he couldn't help but chuckle when he noticed her face.

She had some blood on the corner of her mouth; she looked so child like, it was very unusual. Without thinking his hand moved up and whipped the blood away with his thumb, only his thumb stayed put against her mouth. She looked surprised by the bold move but said nothing, only watching him with her big green eyes. Sasuke smirked as his thumb began to travel up her cheek, across the bridge of her straight nose and onto her other cheek before he began to trace her jaw line with his fingers. Sakura couldn't help but melt into his touch, it felt so nice against her skin, nobody ever touched her like this, it was so gentle. Her eyes slowly slid shut.

"What are you doing, Sasuke?" She whispered. His fingers moved around to the back of her neck as he leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers.

Sasuke didn't know what he was doing exactly, he just wanted to, so much. Her skin was so soft and silky that it was almost criminal. His lips hadn't stopped begging for attention ever since that almost kiss earlier and he couldn't help but obey. That electricity flew though out his body once more and he felt Sakura shudder slightly and he knew she was feeling that same electricity he was.

His lips brushed hers again and again, he felt no need to deepen the kiss, it was enough just like this. It felt so right, like everything was finally fitting into place, like a jigsaw puzzle. Everything was so perfect at that moment. It didn't matter that Sakura was dressed in a hospital gown and had a huge white bandage around her head, or that she'd just feasted on three bags of blood. All that he cared about was this feeling and the person in front of him.

The hand that was on the back of Sakura neck began to play with a few strands of her pink locks as the other came up to cup the side of her face, holding her head secularly.

Sakura began to finally react to his touch as she met his gentle brushes with her own. Her hands came up and rested on the base of her neck and shoulders, pulling him in closer. The electricity refused to stop between them at the extra contact they both had now.

Sakura's mind was foggy at best, as soon as his lips touched hers she'd frozen, not knowing how to react. Sakura had never really kissed anyone before, unless you counted kisses over the fence at age seven. She didn't know what to do, and the tingling feeling that was surrounding her entire body wasn't helping, it only made her more nervous. But she liked it; the feeling of his lips brushing against hers was so wonderful that she could hardly even believe it herself.

Sakura hadn't even realised that she'd pulled him closer and began to kiss back; her whole attention was on the kiss alone, not the consequences. Sakura felt her fangs lengthen but she didn't care.

Sasuke's lip brushed over something hard and smooth when her mouth opened slightly, it was only then that he realized it was her fangs. He gently placed his lips back onto hers and added more pressure, his breath hitched as the electricity only intensified thought out his body. How could this one woman bring so much satisfaction from something as simple as touching lips? He never knew that it was possible to feel this way about someone, to feel so complete and so… What? There was something else there that he couldn't put his finger on. It was warm, right in his chest; it surrounded him and made him warm, filling him with happiness and comfort.

He kissed her again and felt her fangs against his lips, but didn't shy away like he thought he might, instead, he rather liked it. It showed him that she wasn't hiding, that she trusted him enough and it made the heat in his chest increase. Sasuke opened his eyes slightly and noticed hers where still closed, she looked so content, her eyebrows were relaxed for once and her eyelids covered his eyes almost lazily.

Unfortunately the kiss couldn't last forever. With a sigh Sasuke leaned away from her, letting go of her face and neck. Sakura seemed a little less willing to let go however, her arms only tightened when she felt him move away. Sasuke let a small smile light up his face as he pulled her away.

Sakura laid back on the bed and stared up at him, her eyes clouded over with something that neither could understand. Sasuke leaned down and pressed his lips firmly against her fore head before whispering something.

"I'll see you later, Sakura." Was all he said before slowly retreating out of the room. Sakura watched him in an almost dazed state.

Sasuke traced his lips with his fingers once again as he walked through the halls of the hospital, his mind only producing one thought as he went.

Crap, I'm in love with Sakura Haruno. And that thought alone was enough to terrify him.

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YEAH! finally! eh? =] anyways... thanks for reading! Please review and i swear i shall hunt you down and HUG you... anyhoo, thanks for all the great reviews for last chapter! Heck i was offered cookies for christ sake! Which by the way i would love but it wouldn't let me reply back =[ plus they'll probably look like moon dust by the time i get them... Anyways... THANKS FOR READING!