AN: Hi guys! Time for chapter 3!I know I'm not the fastest updater, but I have 3 other stories that need to be updated too and loads of classes from APs, I'm so sorry! Please enjoy, review, favorite, follow and all that good stuff! Thank you so much!
"Pardon me, but Earl Sasuke Prince Naruto what are you both doing here? This is the ladies room." I ask, I would very much like the both of them to vanish, me being ambushed outside of the ladies room is not my idea of entertainment or fun.
"Sakura there is an after party for all the younger guests, my father planned it for me, I wanted to know if you would like to come? I know staying up pass your bedtime could be overwhelming, but it will be fun I promise!" Naruto announced rather loudly, while Sasuke just stood there not adding to the conversation like usual.
"Well..." In all honesty I have no desire to go to a second party, I have dancing tomorrow and I am always rather awkward around people my age. I become so nervous, especially around Sasuke who is just staring at me with no emotion. I can feel my breathing become heavier causing my chest puffing out exposing more cleavage (making me more awkward). I see Sasuke raise an eyebrow as his eyes wonder, making me breathing only harder. I am so pathetic I can't even control my breathing to calm down something that is so simple.
"Well is not an answer." Sasuke said, his voice demanding and deep.
"Of course she will come! Sakura is my friend and she will show up for me! Am I wrong Sakura?" Naruto stated as he grabbed my arm and pulled me in between Sasuke and him.
"I will. Ino will have fun at least." Sasuke and Naruto both looked at each other and stopped walking.
"You can't bring Ino. Are you two physically connected? Is she all you worry about" Sasuke said harshly. Ino and I are best friends, I am always with her or in charge of her for that matter, so I always consider her with things of this nature.
"No, I just need to keep an eye on her. She can become...wild." I say, trying to avoid any harsh words against her, it is hard to describe our relationship without using certain profanities. Ino is one of those people were you either love her or hate her; it takes a special type of person to appreciate her.
"Don't bring Ino Sakura she will just suffocate Sasuke. Besides do you really want to look after her all night have some fun! All she seems to do for you is put you farther in the corner." Naruto declared, hurting my feelings. I don't just sit in the corner all the time and Ino may be a hand full but she is like a sister to me. I guess later I have to tell Ino Sasuke is aware of her intentions and wants no part of them. That is going to be a bother. Ino has a tough time understanding sometimes people don't want her. We are the exact opposite I have a tough time thinking people would want me.
"Honestly she just tries to hide you. It's a shame, you can hardly mutter a word without her becoming jealous." Sasuke said rolling his eyes with Naruto joining in and laughing.
"She does that all the time! Sakura can never even state her name without that blonde vixen stealing the conversation away. Such a shame Sakura is funny when she actually gets to speak." Naruto proclaimed, making me feel awful. I have to not say anything, the last thing I want to do is say anything disrespectful about Ino.
"The party is once the ball ends, only certain people are going so do not mention it to anyone. Its outside in the garden you will see all the lights." Sasuke pointed to the direction of the gardens to indicate its general direction.
"Ok. I will go."
I'm not sure how I feel about this, but it's Naruto's birthday if he wants me to go I should go. I have no clue how I am going to be able to slip away from Ino at the end of the ball. She is going to want to talk about her new obsession Sasuke. I guess I will have to break the news Sasuke is not her biggest fan. Or I can ask him to let her down gently?
"Sasuke do you really not like Ino?" I blurt, out it came out much more demanding then I was prepared for. I start blushing, that was very out of character of me.
"Why do you care?" Ssuke smirked at me, and then he stopped walking to face me. Naruto laughed, but then his mother called him away leaving Sasuke and I alone.
"I want to know so I can tell her." I don't want him to think I'm asking for me, I can already tell liking Sasuke is dangerous and I am trying very hard to stay away from those feelings.
"Hn. No I don't, she is beautiful but not beautiful enough that I can ignore her personality." Sasuke stated proudly, Ino is the prettiest girl in court our age, who has Sasuke seen to compare her to, goddesses? Not pretty enough? That insult to Ino was an insult to every girl here.
How do I even respond to that? "Oh?" Was all I can mutter, I have no clue what to say about Sasuke's standards, but I am not going to agree to them.
"Oh?" Sasuke started coming closer to me and pushing me further and further in the wall, finally after I hit the wall and there is no space to move he come and pushes himself right against me to the point he is blocking me in.
"B-but Ino is the prettiest girl here." I try to say to make the current situation bearable. My face must be red and I must be breathing ridiculously hard.
"No she isn't." Sasuke said pulling in closer, I honestly have no clue with what I should do, so I push Sasuke off gently trying to create some space between us. I'm not sure what he is trying to do? If he is trying to make me nervous, he did it.
Sasuke once being pushed off looked down at me with no emotion, like usual, but there seemed to be a bit of something that I can't place. He looked down at me and grabbed the tips of my dress that is by my chest and lifted it up causing my breasts to pop out more. I just stare at him with shock, I can't even move.
"Hn. I thought it would cover them, but I guess they are too big to cover fully with that dress. Too bad they are distracting." Sasuke said backing off more then turning to see face the ball. I didn't say anything about my chest or dress; I knew wearing it was going to backfire. I am frozen with embarrassment, I just want to disappear into the wall.
"I guess you just like wearing little clothing." Sasuke said not even facing me. I knew he remembered me in my nightgown.
"Oh please the nightgown was an accident!" I begged trying to make him face me. Fuck, excuse my language, but fuck.
"I know. I won't tell. If I told on every woman I saw like that I would be the one in deep shit." Sasuke said confidently, making me feel more uncomfortable. So the rumors are true?
"So the rumors are true?" I ask without even thinking, now I am the one in "deep shit". I should have kept my mouth shut, lord I am so sorry, that was disrespectful. I should have learned my lesson from before.
"I am so sorry! I'm sorry I should not have asked that was disrespectful!" I almost go up to touch him, but then I remember whom exactly I am talking.
"Some, but not most.. I have slept with women, but they knew exactly what they were getting themselves into. They weren't innocent I can assure." He looked at me with a frown and just looked to the floor with disgust. "Which rumors did you hear? They are different every time." He asked.
"That you are a...father to bastard son." I say trying to avoid his stare.
"Hn." Was his response, not giving me any indication if it was true or not.
"I will see you at the party Sakura Haruno." With that Sasuke, the one who put me in this corner left me in this corner. I liked him before, on the level of every woman would, but now I am stuck.
"Sakura what was that!" Ino came running to me, right on queue, to probably nag me about what just happened. Dear God please have not let her see him grab my dress that will not go over well.
"What was what Ino?" Smooth, that is by far the guiltiest sounding answer.
"Don't play koi with me Sakura Haruno. What were you doing with Earl Sasuke? Was he talking about me?" Ino brought the topic right back to her, thank goodness for her being so self-centered.
"Uhhh for a bit." I do not want to tell her he straight up can't stand her, but I don't want to lead her on for him.
"Really? Sakura what did he say?" Ino grabbed me and started jumping like a ten-year-old girl.
"Uhh well, he thinks you are pretty." It must be a good system to cushion the hurt; he does think she is beautiful I am not lying.
"Should I go talk to him? Is he going to try to win me over?" I feel so bad.
"I didn't finish Ino..." I have to tell her, a good friend will tell her the truth and I am a good friend.
"Oh? Well what?" Ino now is looking at me with the widest smile, why can't Sasuke just like her? I mean I don't want him to like her, but why can't she like someone else.
"Sasuke doesn't really...like you? He feels your personalities don't match up?" That sounds about right, it is much nicer then how he put it. Better me then from him for sure, Sasuke clearly is not the most considerate person regarding feelings.
"What? Did he really say that?" Ino is turning red; I nodded my head in response. With that she stomped away from me looking for Sasuke. She walked right to him and planted herself right behind him. I ran after her, but what am I going to do? Ino fixed her hair popped out her chest and tapped on his shoulder.
Sasuke turned around to see us, I can't imagine our faces, well mine anyways.
"Sasuke I would like to have a word with you." Ino declared pulling on his arm. He looked to me and raised his eyebrow. I couldn't say anything with Ino so I mouthed the words "I'm sorry". He just rolled his eyes.
"Hn." With that Sasuke and Ino were away in the distance. Naruto came to laughing, since he finds almost anything funny.
"She found out he doesn't like her eh?" Naruto smiled putting his arm around my shoulders and continued to laugh.
"Unfortunately I had to tell her for the sake of both parties. If she continued by tomorrow night she would be hiding in his closet." I said causing him to almost cry from his laughter.
The night went on, and Ino and Sasuke didn't come back for a longtime. I have no clue what they could have talked about, but I don't like that it took so much time. Ino rejoined me, but did not say a word about Sasuke the whole night, she just ran her mouth about the usual things. The music, clothes, men (besides Sasuke) were all topics of conversation. People danced, laughed, got drunk. By the time the ball started to slow down Naruto was out of his mind, I can only imagine what the after party is going to be like.
"Sakura I am going to my room now. The ball is practically done and I am tired." Ino said as she walked away without any further conversation. I have to say that is the first for Ino, she is always the last one to leave events. You have to pry her out, and the whole process takes around an hour.
Once I was sure Ino was gone and out of sight I looked for Naruto or Sasuke, whoever I find first. I saw Naruto in a huddle with a few other boys laughing about some women's body or something stupid from what I heard. I looked through the huddle, but Sasuke was nowhere to be seen.
"Sakura! Come on time to go outside to the gardens!" Naruto ran to me and grabbed my arm pulling me outside with him.
The garden was illuminating, there were candles and lanterns causing it took look dim, but still bright. The flowers and bushes of plants all had tiny lights causing the flowers to shine, and there was music and little trays of food and huge barrels of alcohol. It was amazing to say the least, and everyone there is someone I am comfortable with on some level. I saw Tenten, Hinata, Neji, Shikamaru, and our friends from the Sand Kingdom. All in all it was just a bunch of kids getting drunk and dancing.
"Sakura!" I heard Tenten call me over, and she pulled me into a small dancing circle. As I twirled I looked for Sasuke, who is still nowhere to be seen.
I dance for a bit, nothing extravagant just some silly twirls with all the girls. Finally after some time I see Sasuke walk into the gardens. He walked to Naruto smirking and Naruto started to laugh. They both joked and laughed about something, I couldn't hear the topic because of my distance and music.
"Sakura you there?" Temari asked shaking me back to reality.
"Oh yes, I was just looking at the flowers." I said trying to cover up my little daydream.
Once all the girls stopped dancing and left to go get food, I decided to go farther away from the party to just dance with myself to clear my head. I just don't want anyone to see me so I go behind the rose bushes that are farther away and that would cover me.
I kick off my shoes lift up the skirt of my dress and I just dance for a bit. I did this for a while, until finally I started falling to the floor from laughter. My body makes contact with the ground and I just lay there laughing and rolling around. This is the most fun I have had all night to be honest. I have to enjoy it, now because of the new law there will be a limited amount of times I will go outside.
"What the hell are you doing?" I look up to see Sasuke smirking and almost laughing at me. I look at myself with my dress dirty and my legs out of the skirt then I jump up, trying to fix myself, he has a pattern of always catching my worst moments.
"I was just uh dancing." I said trying to cover up my embarrassment.
"If that's what you call it." He walked over to me to take some of the flowers and such out of my hair.
"Everyone is looking for you it is time to go back. The party is ending and Naruto doesn't want anyone out too late. The idiot doesn't want to get in trouble."
"Sasuke where were you the beginning of the party? Why did talking to Ino take so long?" I have to ask it has been bothering me the whole after party. I feel if before I asked all those absurd questions I might as well ask these.
"Hn. Are you worried?" He smirked and looked at me as he put all his weight against a bench.
"I was wondering because I told Ino you didn't well...like her?"
"I never said I didn't like her. I said I can't stand her personality and her looks don't balance it out. You don't know how this game works do you?" I could feel the tears starting to rise up, I don't know if they were because Ino got what she wanted or more likely because Sasuke likes her.
"I don't understand if they don't balance out?" I ask. I'm so confused.
" Let's go back it's getting late and we are going to get in trouble. " Sasuke said guiding me back to the castle. I pull away from him leaving him walking a direction. I don't want to look back, but I was hoping for some sort of reaction. I heard no words so I just left to my room.
"Lady Sakura you look startled, are you alright?" One of my servants asked coming to help me into the bath.
"May I be alone? I can wash and change myself." I ask.
"Lady Sakura your father wants us to take care of you."
"Please, I promise I will say nothing and do nothing. Just let me be alone I need to calm down, the party was too much for me tonight."
"Yes Lady Sakura, good night and sweet dreams." All the servants left my room allowing me for once in my life to be alone.
I went into my bathtub and just sat there. I washed, but mostly just sat there. No tears, just sitting there in by the time I got out cold water. I changed into my nightgown and just then sat on my bed. I didn't even have the energy to dance to calm my thoughts, so I just went to bed.
In the morning for once servants were not crawled around my bed, nobody was waking me up for dance and nobody was lifting me up to squeeze me into a tight corset.
I get ready; I put on a random dress and leave my room to see the hallways of the castle for once empty. There is not one person so I just decide to walk around, the emptiness of the rooms and corridors may be something I never see again. Everyone's rooms are next to each other, all family members close to each other except for the men of the houses. The main men sat far away from their families because of their nighttime activities. No daughter, wife, or son wants to hear his or her father or husband sleep with a random woman (or man in some cases from what I've heard).
I see a random girl leave Naruto's room, and I have to say I am surprised. I don't see Naruto as a real male, so whenever I see him do something manly it always makes me wonder. Since Naruto was up late last night I do not want to go near Sasuke's room, god forbid I see Ino walk out of it.
I travel around for a bit until finally everyone starts exiting his or her chambers to go eat downstairs. All the guests from last night's party will be staying for Kushina's celebrations for the next week or so. Some of the festivities only certain ages or guests will be allowed and tonight is just the adults, so I will not be joining them, but I can join everyone downstairs for breakfast. I'm surprised none of my maids or nurses have been looking for me...or my father. He was talking about a suitor or marriage last time I've seen him and I have no interest in anything of that nature. As in the words of Juliet it is an honor I dream not of.
"Sakura what are you doing?" I look to see Ino calling me as she yawns.
"I don't know to be honest...you look tired, long night?" I ask, I want to know if she was with Sasuke but then again I don't, but if I never find out it will haunt me.
"You look like you are the one who had the long night. Do you want me to do your hair and give you a new dress you look like you just walked out of some guy's room?" Ino laughed pushing me back into the direction of her room.
"Sure, but how was your night?" We make it to her room and she pushes me in and goes into her closet to find me a dress or something.
"Fine." Ino comes back out with a green dress and a brush for my hair; I guess I didn't make it as neat as I hoped.
"You usually have so much more to say Ino, was last night really that boring? What happened when you talked to Sasuke that lasted for such a long time?" I ask as I change into the new dress.
"Sakura don't worry about it, I am still a virgin if that's what you mean. Don't be so silly, but I will still chase him, if anyone is going to be able to catch him it's going to be me. Last night was a set back, but I know he wouldn't mind sleeping with me and lust is always the first step to an actual marriage."
"Ino you are being so irrational, Sasuke told me he wants nothing to do with you." It just slipped, but better out than in.
"Oh? That's not what he told me Sakura." Ino laughed as she came over and played with my hair.
"Oh well I guess all I can say is be careful." After that there was no more talk of Sasuke for the morning. She didn't want to say anything else and I didn't want to hear anything else. We both just walked down to breakfast late talking about how annoying it is we aren't allowed to go to tonight's party.
We made it to breakfast and everyone was loud and when I closed my eyes Ino snapped right back to Sasuke. The two of them were sitting next to each other and the rest of the girls our age just gossiped.
"Does Ino know what she is doing? Earl Sasuke is well known for being a bit of a...teaser." Hinata exclaimed.
"Well she is a bit of a teaser so I guess it works." Tenten declared.
"I guess you are right, Sakura aren't you nervous? Last night you worried about Ino." Hinata whispered.
"I am, but I can't control them." In full honesty as the table continued to gossip about Sasuke and Ino's sudden attraction I have to think a part of Ino loves this type of life. She loves being talked about and being looked up to, and what better image then being the woman who contains Sasuke Uchiha? Sasuke hates the attention, but Ino she thrives in it. Whatever makes them happy, I shouldn't be so upset he is not even talking to her, it's her grabbing him he looks his same distant self. Not only does this upset me because of him liking her, but the fact he likes her of all the women. It's not like I like Sasuke, but it bothers me. It had to be Ino, the perfect blonde who is everything I'm not.
"Sasuke is something huh Sakura? I never understand how he does it." Naruto came to me pulling me to come talk to him, Sasuke, and Ino.
"He sure is something Naruto, but I am leaving I'm going to my room. I have a dance rehearsal and I really can't miss it. " That was the only lie I have ever told Naruto.
"Ahhh I'm sure you do, but Sakura it would be more fun if you stayed. If you have to go I'm having another party, just people of our age, the adults can have their lousy celebration while we party in the music wing. You will come right Sakura?"
"Of course Naruto, but now I have to leave I will see you then Naruto." With that I left to my room.
AN: There is the third chapter of Caged! I promise this is a sasusaku story I just need to develop it a bit. I hope you enjoyed it and please review, favorite, and follow! Thank you so much!