Chapter Thirteen: Sasuke's First Date

Hey guys, just a quick heads up,.. a lot of the upcoming storyline is just made up. It didn't really happen in the original roleplay, but it sort of goes together with another roleplay of mine and I figured that it worked well with the story and that way I can show a little bit of conflict between Sasuke and Keiko. Also, Keiko's Halloween Party short SHOULD be posted on October second if all goes according to plan. It is my own completely original plot and it's all currently coming together as I post this. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the next chapter!

The next day Sasuke and Sakura were so excited about their date that they completely forgot about everything and everybody that was in the rest of the world. Including poor little Keiko. However, Keiko was very excited to learn that her big sister would be taking her with her to that mall that day to go clothes shopping. Sakura bought a purple sparkly sleeveless dress while Keiko bought a tiny blue dress with a white lacy collar for herself and then replace the ribbons that kept her pigtails up with blue ones instead so that they would match her dress.

Unfortunately for Keiko, that was all the attention that she received that day from her brother and sister. For they spent most of the day texting back and forth, and when the big moment arrived for Sasuke to pick Sakura up, all he saw was how beautiful she looked inside her new dress. After they left that evening Keiko closed her eyes and drew a deep and heavy sad sigh. She wasn't really mad at them because she loved them and all she wanted was for them to be happy, but she was sad about the fact that they had seemed to forget her.

With another heavy sad sigh she fell back down on the top of her bed until her mother called her and told her that it was time for her bath. "Coming Mommy!" she exclaimed before her eyes quickly shot open and she leapt off the top of her bed and hurried back down the hallway.

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Sasuke pulled his car into the parking lot to the restaurant and then helped Sakura out of the car before escorting her inside. When they had gotten in there Naruto and Hinata were already there waiting in line. Naruto could hardly believe his eyes as he widened them and blinked a few times before rubbing them. Sasuke chuckled.

"What!?" he exclaimed.

"Oh nothing." He began. "I just thought that I would never see the day where you two would be going out with each other that's all." He told him when all of a sudden a waitress walked over to them.

"Uzumaki?" she questioned as Naruto grinned.

"That's me!" he cried. "Come on Hinata, let's go." He told her before he took ahold of her arm while the waitress turned around and walked away. As Naruto and Hinata followed her another waitress walked over to Sasuke and Sakura,.. and that waitress just happened to be Ino Yamanaka.

"Ino?" Sakura questioned her with incredibility and disbelief.

"Sakura?" Ino questioned her back while both women widened their eyes and stared at each other.

"Sasuke." Sasuke began. "Great, now that we've all been reacquainted with each other, can you show us to our table now?" he asked her.

"Umm,.. yeah,.. sure." Ino replied anxiously since she knew that no matter what kind of tension remained between them, she still had to do her job. "Right this way." She told him before she turned around and led them to their table. Sasuke and Sakura sat down on opposite sides of each other before Ino presented them with their menus. "Can I start you off with something to eat?" she asked them.

"Yeah." Sasuke began with a grin while he gazed dreamily over at Sakura. "Give me a bottle of your finest champagne, I don't care how much it costs. My girlfriend deserves the best." He finished while he continued smiling at Sakura while both of the girls gasped and felt their eyeballs nearly escape their sockets.

"What!?" they exclaimed together.

"G-G-G-Girlfriend?" Ino questioned as Sakura giggled and held up a peace sign.

"Yep, eat your heart out you Ino pig!" she snapped as Ino simply just scowled at her and placed her hands upon her hips.

"Grr! I'll get you next time billboard brow!" she growled before she quickly spun around on her heels and turning her nose up into the air stormed away.

Sasuke chuckled. "You know, I just got finished telling your sister not too long ago that revenge isn't always the answer." He told her. "Don't you think that you should work things out with Ino? You used to be best friends after all." He pointed out.

"Used to be are the key words here." Sakura said while turning her own nose up in the air and refusing to look at him but Sasuke just simply rolled his eyes at her.

"Honestly Sakura, we're together now and nothing's ever going to change that. Keiko really looks up to you and you should really try to be a good role model and the better person and apologize to her." He told her.

"Nope!" Sakura began while placing her hands upon her hips. "If she wants to be friends again, she's the one who is going to have to apologize to me!" she snapped as Sasuke groaned and rolled his eyes again.

"Women." He thought to himself before Ino returned to their table to take their orders.

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Later that night Sasuke took Sakura back home. "Is Keiko still awake?" he asked her mother.

"I'm not sure, but you can go ahead and check if you want to say goodnight to her." She replied.

"Alright, thank you." He told her before he planted a kiss on Sakura's cheek and then headed back down the hallway to her bedroom and then quietly knocked on the door. "Keiko, it's Sasuke. Are you awake?" he questioned her before he waited a few moments for her to answer him. "Can I come in?" he wondered and when she still didn't answer him he grabbed ahold of the doorknob and slowly started to open it. "Keiko?" he whispered through the dark as he looked in on her.

She had been rolled over onto her facing away from the door, so Sasuke couldn't tell whether or not she was truly awake or just simply faking it. He quietly walked over to her and sat down on top of the bed beside her and with a quick glance down at her he could tell that she was still awake. "Are you mad at me?" he whispered while placing a hand on top of her shoulder. Keiko shook her head and sniffed. "Listen, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings by making you feel ignored today. I was just so excited when I saw your sister in her new dress." He explained before he grabbed ahold of her and pulled her inside his arms for a tight embrace.

"That's alright Sasuke-Kun, I forgive you." She told him with another sniff before he softly kissed the top of her head. "I promise you that I will have more time to spend with you tomorrow alright?" he questioned her.

"Okay Sasuke-Kun." She told him as he smiled down at her before kissing her again and tucking her back into bed.

"I love you. Have a goodnight sleep and see you in the morning." He whispered before he planted a final kiss on her forehead and left the room.