title: 7:31
prompt: SASUSAKU MONTH ON LJ! 2012
rating: T-M

summary: o10: Sasuke finds out that Sakura's afraid of thunder. And he'll help her overcome her fear, because she needs to know that he's always going to be at her side.

REVISED 6.30.14

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Thunder

It was raining harder than it ever had in Konoha's recorded weather history. The weathermen predicted that the rainfall would be at least seven inches. At least.

Citizens were warned to stay inside for a while, and to make sure to ration their resources in case the rain pour kept on for more than a week.

"I'm scared," Sakura said as she huddled close to Sasuke. He wrapped an arm around her while adjusting the blanket so that she got more of it than he did (after all, he was already pretty warm from her body heat). "Do you think everything will be alright?"

"It'll be fine. Don't worry." He put a comforting hand on her back and rubbed her in circles. "You're with me. Nothing bad happens when you're with me."

She smiled at his cheesy words and put her head in his chest. He sighed, not knowing what to do since the power was out and there was no form of entertainment to keep them occupied like the TV. Candles were lit on the coffee table in front of them and they were both feeling tired, but didn't want to go to bed.

The small pitter-patter of the raindrops hit the glass windows and the roof in synchronization. Sasuke sighed, pulling Sakura closer to him, and she clicked her tongue to the beat of the falling rain.

"Now you're a musician," he joked as she tried to make a little song out of it.

She laughed. "I wish."

Sakura looked up at Sasuke, who stared straight forward at the blank TV. She always felt so fortunate that he had chosen to be with a "plain Jane" like her when he could easily have any girl he wanted. Sakura noted that he looked especially handsome when he had on a blank stare, accenting his solemn but passionate dark eyes, his ski slope nose, and his thin lips that curved into an orgasmic smirk.

She put a hand on his neck. He turned his head, wondering what she was doing, and before he could say anything, Sakura kissed him. At first, it was just a simple kiss, but Sasuke immediately pulled her down so that she was lying on top of him and his hands were tangled in her long hair.

"I love you," she murmured. "All of you." She motioned down to his jeans and he understood what she meant. He pulled her off him for half a second to work the buckle on his belt and unzip his jeans before she took off her red turtleneck, leaving her half-naked in a pretty lace bra.

Aroused by his girlfriend, she squeaked as she felt something poke her between her thighs. He chuckled, pulled her back down to him, and kissed her roughly as she put her hands under his shirt.

"Sakura…" he moaned. "I need you."

He slid off the bottom half of her clothes and positioned himself under her, putting his hands on her hips and leading her down on him until…

BOOM!

Sakura shrieked, pushing herself off Sasuke and onto the floor. She wrapped the blankets around her and began shaking, rocking on the floor.

"Sakura, what's wrong?" he asked, covering himself. "Are you scared?"

"I—I don't like thunder," she admitted. "I've always been scared of it since I was a little kid. And the noises. I'm so scared, Sasuke-kun," she said.

"Oh, Sakura." He lifted her back onto the sofa and put his arms around her. "I told you, you don't need to be scared when you're with me. Because I'll protect you from everything."

"How can you protect me from thunder?" she asked, looking up at him with scared eyes.

"When I'm with you, I can be anything you want me to be. If you want, I'll be Thor. And control the thunder."

Sakura made a nervous giggle, holding Sasuke tighter to her. She was still practically naked, and he was still turned on, but they tried to ignore it as they embraced each other. "Thunder's just the noise."

"It's scary."

"It's okay." He kissed her forehead. "Thunder isn't scary. It doesn't hurt you."

"B-But…"

Another clap of thunder boomed, and Sakura shrieked, burying her face in Sasuke's chest, soaking his shirt with tears. "Sasuke-kun," she cried.

"Shh," he said, rubbing her bare back, avoiding her bra clasp. "I'm here, remember? Now, can you look at me?"

It took a moment, but she unclenched her fists from his shirt and looked up at him with teary eyes.

"Good girl." He took her hands in his own. "You don't have to get over it now. I know that you can't get over your fears overnight. But this storm looks like it'll last a week or so, and you'll have a week with me to learn how to overcome this fear."

"It'll be hard," she whispered.

"Of course it'll be hard. Nothing's easy." He kissed her cheeks. "But when you're with me, you can resolve this twice as fast. Now, can you smile for me?"

Her face remained frightened, but he gave her one of his smiles—the ones he only gave for her—and she began to smile back, the corners of her lips turning upwards.

"Good girl," he repeated. Then, he brought her back down so that she was on top of him, and he fiddled with the clasp on her pretty white bra.

"Are you still in the mood?" he asked. "Or do you not want to do it right now?"

Sakura paused as she felt Sasuke's fingers brush her skin softly. "Right now, I'm still scared of thunder," she answered. "But when I'm with you…I'm always in the mood."

He kissed her again, bringing her down so that he was inside her. Her bra clasp fell apart, the straps sliding down her shoulders. Leaning over, she blew out the candles—the only light source.

BOOM!

Sasuke felt Sakura jump, but instead of cowering in fear, she clung onto Sasuke until the sounds were gone.

"See?" he said. "You're almost there."

And she was, quite frankly, in both overcoming her fears, and in…

BOOM!

Slight changes!