Friendship lasts Forever

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto even if I wish I did.

This chapter is a bit early (I decided to set the publish date for the chapters to Saturday) but this is a present for taking a day longer to publish chapter 4. Again, sorry for the delay, I hope you're not too upset!

Chapter 5

Chakra

Sasuke POV

So after we got out of the movie we all gathered in the hall and waited for the ladies to 'fix themselves' so that we could all say goodbye properly and ask Ino about the 'incident' with Shikamaru which had yet to be discussed. After the movie ended we all stood up and walked out like nothing ever happened and Sakura said that because we didn't know anything we shouldn't say something about it to Ino or Shikamaru while Naruto and Hinata were with us so that's mainly why I was waiting here.

The Door of the toilet opened and revealed Hinata, she smiled to us and said her good-bye and told Naruto to do the homework this time and told me not to give them to him if he didn't do him, I just shrugged.

After Sakura and Ino came out of the toilet too, Sakura seemed to have spoken to Ino, she was blushing madly and both were trying not to giggle. I noticed that both girls already washed the colour off of their hands and off their face, but it was still on all our clothes.

"Okay, thanks for waiting, guys." said Sakura, greeting us with a smile, Ino did the same.

"No problem Sakura!" exclaimed a happy Naruto, folding his hands behind his head.

"Well, let's go then, we still have homework to do." commented Ino. Naruto and Shikamaru groaned.

"Sakura should I drive you home? Your bike is still at the school." told Naruto.

"Thanks bu-" Sakura was about to answer but I cut her off, which I seemed to do quite often even if I knew she didn't like it.

"No need, my Mum organized a job interview for her with the manager of 'Chakra'. So I'll drive her there." I muttered, Sakura looked at me, giving me this 'I-could-have-said-that-alone-glare'.

"But what's with Hinata, did she already go?" she asked, looking more to Naruto then to me.

"Yep, her house is not far from here, so she decided to go home." answered Naruto grinning like an idiot.

"Were going then, Sakura." I said.

After saying our good-byes to the group we drove with the motorcycle to Sakuras apartment so that she could change clothes for her interview. It probably wouldn't seem so good if she got there with a white blouse which had two green coloured hands on it. Which made me remember the 'Uchiha-Fan' (or whatever Sakura painted on my back) was still there and I didn't know if it was dry already, but I didn't want to paint Sakura's white couch, (she'd probably kill me anyway) so I took off the shirt and inspected the back of it. Well, she really painted an Uchiha-Fan, it wasn't perfect but well, she painted it with bare hands and all, not that it mattered anyway.

As I was about to touch the colour to see if it was still wet Sakura entered the room again, dressed in a black denim with a dark blue blouse (What a coincidence that dark blue my favourite is and that it looks good on her) and looked at me sceptically, raising her brow in a silent questions.

"I was about to-" I was about to explain but she cut me off, like me earlier.

"Sasuke-kun, please just put your shirt on. I don't care why you took it off. We should go now." she huffed, the nervousness well hidden but still detectable in her voice.

I put my shirt on again, knowing better than to be persisting on explaining the situation to her, she had something important to do.

"Okay, I'll take you there. Come on." I said and took her hand, guiding her out to the motorcycle.

The ride to 'Chakra' was mostly silent, except for the roaring of my good motorcycle.

Sakura clung to me like a lifeline. I knew she was nervous, even if she tried to hide it.

When we arrived at the Bar, Sakura smiled while looking at the club. I didn't exactly knew why, I just assumed it was because it looked like how she imagined it to be.

She turned around to, she lifted her hand a bit, I took it as a sign to take it.

She sighed. "I hope I'll get the job, I really need it."

"You can do this, I'm sure of it. But you don't need t-" I was about to retort that she could still stay with me and my Mum, in the Uchiha Mansion but she stopped me, knowing what I wanted to say. I was silenced by her soft finger on my lips.

"Gosh, I know that. But I already told you that I at least want to have this job, I know that I'm not able to hold the apartment for long and when that time comes I'll move to you if you still want it by then, k?" she said with a bright smile on her face.

I was happy that she agreed to moving in with me (even if it could still take up a few months), it was a chance for us to learn more about each other again, I wanted our relationship so damn much to be like it was 10 years ago, I've never had such a strong bond with anybody before, not even Naruto's and mine (who was like a brother to me, even if he annoyed me to no end) relation could compare to this. I shook my head and cleared my brain of these distracting thoughts and came back into reality, Sakura needed some self-esteem.

"Let's talk about this later, they're probably already waiting for you." Sakura looked me happily, smiling broadly.

"Ah, thanks again Sasuke-kun. Can you wait for me?" asked Sakura. Did she really doubt me?

"Ah." It was my only reply but it seemed to be enough for her to know that I was going to wait.

She smiled at me and turned around, walking into her future workplace, I was sure of it.

Some time later.

Still at the 'Chakra'

Sakura laughed and stormed out of the bar, running into me and hugging me to death – still laughing and smiling.

"I got the Job! I got the Job!" she yelled happily. After she ran at me I caught her and and twirled her around, smiling too.

"See, I told you!" was everything I could say, I kinda felt happy for her, even if I expected this.

Sakura sighed and I let her down on her own feet again. I suddenly remembered that we still had to learn for the history test tomorrow.

"Sakura, you wanna come over to me, we could do the learning for the history test together."

I saw Sakura's eyes widen with realisation, it was late already, after all.

"Damn, I totally forgot about that. Sure I'll come over, I don't even really know where you- ehh we are in history." said Sakura, sheepishly scratching her cheek.

"Thought so." was my answer before leading her to my bike, once again driving to my house.

A bit later

At the Uchiha-Mansion

As Sakura and me entered the Uchiha-Mansion, my Mother and Sakura instantly began chatting about her Job interview, completely forgetting about me. Well, I just shrugged my shoulders and got everything we needed for the learning into my room.

I ate some tomatoes after that because I saw that my Mother and Sakura had sat down in the living room, so it could take an eternity for them to realize that I was still pretty much there and for Sakura to notice that she didn't come over for chatting with my mother, well I atleast thought so.

Not that I mind though, I liked her company and her presence in the house, everything seemed much more vivid and bright with her here, even if she wasn't talking to me.

After sometime Sakura lazily walked into the kitchen, yawning when she saw me, what a statement. I stood up and took her and as I lead her up the stairs to my room, muttering a bored: "Come on, we gotta learn for history."

About an hour later

Sasuke's Room

"So what about the-" I stopped in mid-sentence, because I saw a sleeping Sakura resting her head on my shoulder, she had been sitting like this before and I didn't mind but was she really this tired? Surely her day had been exiting but I hadn't thought that she would be this sleepy. Well, I had to wake her up, she would be mad if I didn't. So after shaking her shoulder for her few seconds and whispering her name she woke up, yawning. She complained and laid her head down on my shoulder again, hiding her face in the crook of my neck – I can't tell you how nervous this made me, but I kept my cool on the outside, I was an Uchiha afterall.

"Let me sleep, baka. I'm tired." came her muffled voice.

"Sakura, you gotta wake up."

"No, I don't wanna...Can't I sleep here?" groaned Sakura, she could be such a stubborn child sometimes.

"Sure, but you gotta change into something, if not, your cloths are going to be all wrinkled."

"Hm, just gimme a shirt of yours." was Sakura's still sleepy reply. I stood up, entangling her from me, and taking a shirt out of closet. I gave it to her, walking out of the door for her to get changed. When I went in my room again, Sakura was already asleep, curled up like a ball in my bed. I walked over to her and pulled up the sheets a bit, took off my shirt and pants and took a blanket from my closet and walked over to my big couch which I then used as a bed.

Next Morning

Kitchen

Mikoto POV

I was so happy when I found Sasu-chan with dear Sakura-chan sleeping in his room. I concluded this due to Sakura's lack of going home last night but it was another thing seeing it. Sakura was still cuddled up in Sasu-chans sheets (I coud clearly make out the Uchiha-Fan on her shirt, I smiled at this) and, the nice boy that he was, he slept on the couch which was a little bit to small for him but he didn't seem to mind a bit. I was happy that I wouldn't have to wake them, Naruto called some minutes ago, his aunt Tsunade-sama said that she heard that there'd be a big storm coming so she closed the school for the day, not wanting to risk her pupils. I sighed before going into the kitchen again, starting to prepare breakfast.

Sakura POV

When I woke up, my first thought was that it was way to dark for it to be morning but that I was way to well rested for it to still be night, and that it smelled good.

I sat up in Sasuke's bed (I only remembered frankly getting there) and walked to the window. I saw dark clouds in the sky, there was going to be a big storm, you could practically feel it in the air. I looked over at the black alarm clock sitting on Sasuke's bedside table, it was 8:26 am! I was in panic for a few seconds until I heard a loud rumble. Thunder. So there was going to be a storm. I concluded that Mikoto didn't wake us because Tsunade closed the school 'cause of the oncoming storm. It sounded good enough to calm my nerves, I wasn't in for school today anyway.

Sasuke still slept peacefully on the couch, what a gentleman. I smiled as I straightened Sasuke's shirt - or better mine, yes I intended to keep it, - and walked into the kitchen, seeing Mikoto preparing breakfast.

"Hello Mikoto-san."

"You're up already Saku-chan?" she asked smiling brightly, she's such a morning person. Well, I'm not.

"Yes, Can I help you?" She seemed to be preparing a big breakfast, so might as well help.

"Thanks, sure you can. Naruto called an hour ago, the school is closed for today." she told me after pointing to some bacon and eggs.

"Thought so, the sky is really dark and I heard a thunder some minutes ago." I started preparing the bacon, chatting away with Sasuke's Mother.

Sasuke POV

What a sight, Sakura and my Mother preparing breakfast in the kitchen, happily talking about everything of even the slightest interest. I don't know why, but the sight of Sakura in my shirt, Uchiha Fan on her back, was make me feel happy.

So this chapter is a bit longer than the last, and it was on two days early, what a present!

Sorry, the last part was something I wanted to add but I didn't know where, so I just put it at the end, little Sasu-chan woke up and saw Saku-chan in his shirt and felt happy.

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Next chapter is up at the next Saturday, so you gotta wait a bit.

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