We somehow managed to leave without questions of what happened. I also got roped into being driven home by Itachi.

"It's too dangerous at night Sakura!"

"Not if you drive me back to your house! I can just drive myself home, Hinata!"

She pulled me by my collar and whispered in my ear. "You live right next to him. Think of this as another opportunity. Don't waste it!"

I sighed in defeat. "Fine."

"Perfect! I'll come get you for school tomorrow and you can go get your car after school. Thank you Mr. Uchiha!"

He smiled professionally but there was a glint in his eyes. "No problem at all Ms. Hyuuga. Get home safely everyone."

He escorted me out to his car. It was a smaller black car, with four doors. He opened my door for me. It was hard to get down into the car without exposing too much from the slit. I took my fan out, since I had tucked it into my ribbon. I fanned myself with it slightly. It had suddenly gotten a bit warm.

The ride home was silent. I rubbed the spot on my collar that he had bruised. What were supposed to talk about after that happened?

That was a confession right? Well maybe not confession but…

Confirmation?

Yeah.

I peeked sideways at him. His eyes were focused on the road. I took a chance and decided to speak up.

"I-Itachi!"

This seemed to surprise him. He glanced sideways at me. "Yes?"

"W-Well I…" My courage quickly deflated. "Never mind." He just smiled.

I stared at the ground as I followed him up to our floor. I peeked up at his tall frame a couple of times. He walked me to my door. In the process of pulling out my key I felt slim fingers under my chin. I felt my head being tilted. Before I could blink I felt warm lips touch my cheek bone softly. He pulled away and I touched the spot gingerly. I turned towards him, turning my key in the lock. He smiled at me and turned to go into his own apartment.

"Goodnight, Sakura."

"Goodnight." He closed his door. "Itachi."

I fell back on my bed and squealed. Did that really just happen? Somehow I was able to shrug off my kimono and fell asleep in the sheer pink slip.

My eyes snapped open the next morning to a soft knocking on my door. I tossed the blanket aside and my feet tapped across the floor as I went to answer it. Opening the door widely, I saw it was Hinata.

"Good morning?"

"Morning," she seemed kind of embarrassed. "Um, you might want to let me in quickly.

"Why?"

I heard a slight choking sound and looked past her to see Itachi leaving his apartment. His face seemed slightly red. I cocked my head to the side but didn't have too much time to think. Hinata grabbed my shoulders and pushed me inside.

"Sakuar!"

"What?" I asked groggily.

"You're wearing the slip still!"

I looked down. "Oh no," It was completely see-through and both my lace pink bra and underwear could be seen. I laughed extremely embarrassed. "Class is going to be even more interesting now."

"Yeah." Hinata gasped.

"What?"

"Go look in the mirror!" Raising an eyebrow I checked. "You might want to wear I higher raised collar today."

I blushed deeply. The hickey he had left was a deep purple and burgundy color. "I-I didn't know he bit down that hard."

"Hurry! We're going to be late!"

By the time we got to school we were almost late. One of the last bells had rung. Luckily this time our seats weren't that close to his desk and were even still able to sit by each other. His lesson as usual didn't last that long and we had most of the time to ourselves. Hinata and I couldn't help but giggle every time we thought of the previous night. I whispered to her what had happened when he dropped me off and she squealed much like I had. I had noticed throughout the class that he would suddenly look away from me. I brushed it off due to the fact of what I had been wearing this morning. He never once came to talk to me. The day went on mostly uneventful.

I was happy to have my own car back after school. I very much liked driving myself. I didn't see Itachi when I got home.

I didn't even see him on Sunday, the day there was no class. When school resumed again Monday it was as if we'd never talked at all. I began to notice that he stopped looking my way, stopped saying hi in the hall, and we constantly kept missing each other at home. On Thursday I sat by Hinata again in class.

"What happened between you two?"

"I'm not sure. He won't even look at me anymore."

"Hang on, I have an idea. Mr. Uchiha!" She called.

He walked over with his usual professional smile on his face. "Yes Ms. Hyuuga?"

"Can you help me with this part?"

He helped her for a moment. I sat there, just watching, curious what she was trying to do.

"There you go."

"Thank you! Oh by the way, how did you like the festival Sir?"

His figure stiffened. "It was quite a lovely night."

"It was, wasn't?" Hinata nudged me. "Wasn't it Sakura?"

I felt a little nervous. "Yeah, it was."

The bell interrupted us, ending class.

"Well, have a nice day Ms. Hyuuga, Ms. Haruno."

I was a little taken back. Ms. Haruno? I stood up quickly, slightly angry. "Goodbye Mr. Uchiha." I stormed out of the room.

Hinata tagged along after me. Placing a hand on my shoulder. "You alright?"

I pressed my palm to my forehead, pressing back tears. "It's so lonely." She leaned her head on my shoulder.

I skipped the thought of going home. Taking a walk around the city would clear my head. Unfortunately, I ran into someone I really didn't want to even see at the moment. Sasuke. I sighed, aggravated.

I tried to walk past him but he stopped me.

"Hi."

"Hey." When I saw he wasn't going to let my wrist go, I jerked it away from him. "Listen Sasuke, I'm really not in the mood today."

"Let's just go get coffee, okay?"

"Just coffee?"

"Just coffee."

"Fine."

What are you doing?

What?

What do you mean what?! This is Sasuke remember? Itachi's brother?

Itachi? Itachi who?

I blocked out all other thoughts and continued along the path to the café. We were sat in a quiet area outside. There weren't many people there.

"So, did something happen between you and Brother?"

I almost choked on my tea. "What? No! Why?"

"He's been going home too much and he seems troubled. I know he likes you, Sakura."

I chuckled sadly. "He doesn't Sasuke. There's nothing going on between us. He's my teacher and neighbor. That's all."

He gave me a sad puppy look. I couldn't help but laugh. We chatted for a short bit. He told me what Suna was like and how the others were doing. It was the first nice talk we'd had since high school.

"Feels like old times, doesn't it?" He asked looking towards the street.

"Yeah," I smiled. "Except Naruto isn't here complaining about wanting to be at Ichiraku."

"Yeah," he chuckled.

"Sasuke?"

I looked up to see Itachi. I guessed he couldn't see me, I was positioned behind a tree.

"Brother?!" Sasuke peeked at me nervously.

"What are you doing here?" He smirked. "Date?" He leaned forward slightly.

Sasuke quickly put money down on the table. Standing up he grabbed my wrist. He stuck his tongue out at Itachi. "Yup."

He seemed quite surprised to see me there. "H-Hi sir."

The look on his face scared me slightly. I wasn't left long to dwell on the look. Sasuke pulled me forward and we ran out of café. Itachi yelled after us but that only made us run faster.

"What are you doing?"

"I don't know, but you looked like you were about to cry."

I was shocked. "We're going to be in a lot of trouble if we get caught."

For one of the first time in years, Sasuke beamed at smile at me.