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Chapter 5

Sasuke

Sakura challenged him. She wanted to test her theory that he was the emotionless monster he had always been towards her. But enough was enough. She had made him feel a way no one had ever made him feel, she even put a smile on his face brighter than any smile Naruto gave him. She was something to him, he knew that for sure now. Something far more than a teammate, than a friend, and she most certainly wasn't like a sister. He figured this was a best time as any. He could also use it as a little payback, for making him so vulnerable while they were beneath the compound. He forgot the torture, the pain he had put her through. When he was with her, he forgot about all those things. Her smile and scent surrounded him, making him forget all things. He could hear the pain in her voice, the horrible things he had put her through was making her second guess his motives. And he didn't blame her.

"NO JUST SHUT UP. I'm done playing games with you! You know how I feel but I have no clue how you feel about me. It's unnerving. It makes me want to scream. You keep doing these things..that make me so happy. But, but you're just playing with me aren't you!? Sasuke!"

Her outburst didn't surprise him, he had been toying with her. Without his own consent, he had been playing with her since that first night in the estate. He just couldn't help it, the way he felt around her was uncontrollable. And it was growing worse every day they spent together. And when they were alone..it was unbearable. Watching tears swell up in her eyes made his chest ache. He hated when she cried, he hated more than anything that he himself made her cry more than anything on the planet. Her tears almost made him stay that last night in the village, and this time he would make it up to her for choosing to leave.

Sakura

Sasuke's kiss was hard, he had done it absentmindedly and collided with her mouth almost painfully. After she responded to the kiss, he calmed down and became seductively gentle. The kiss lasted so long Sakura forgot to breathe, and her head felt like it was going to explode. But she ignored it, she wanted this to last forever. He tasted almost sweet, a smile played at her lips while they continued. Funny, the man with such a distaste for sweets tasted like candy. Then the fire went out.

Their kiss broke out of shock. Sakura had not gathered enough wood to keep the fire going long enough. She blushed in the dark from her incompetence.

They could see a small outline of each other's silhouettes from the moonlight creeping through the cracks in the boulder. The storm had stopped, but she could still smell the rain.

Sasuke walked towards the boulder and pushed it to the side a few inches to check their surroundings.

"The storm has subsided, I don't sense any enemy chakra. Do you?"

Sakura was still in a girlish daze, barely seeing what was in front of her. She snapped out of it when she noticed Sasuke's questioning stare.

"What?! Oh, no no I don't' hehehe" Sakura quickly tried to recover, but failed. Sasuke could always see right through her.

He closed the boulder door again.

"It's going to get very cold in here, very quickly." Sasuke told her.

"I guess you're definitely going to need this back.." Sakura started slowly pulled down at his shirt she wore. If they were playing games, she was going to win.

Sasuke thanked the darkness for hiding his blush.

"No, it's fine. You can keep it."

"You'll catch cold if you don't take it..Sasuke."

"Sakura, stop."

"Why?"

He closed the distance between them and brought the sleeve of his shirt back up on her shoulder.

"I want you alive."

"I think I'll be okay, you'll just have to keep me warm. Unless you don't want to.."

With that last sentence, she knocked his hand from her shoulder and drifted both shoulders of the shirt off her own. The shirt fell to the ground with a small rustling sound. Sasuke had been averting his eyes by looking at the ground, when he saw the shirt now lay there, he had to look up. With the moonlight's help he saw Sakura's bare upper body for the second time. This time it was even more beautiful, his breath audibly caught in his throat.

Sakura noticed.

She took his hand that once attempted to stop her and slowly placed it on her chest between her breasts.

"My heart..my heart has always belonged to you..Sasuke."

She was asking him how he felt about her. She wanted an answer, and he was too frozen to give it to her. His head screamed at him to move, to yank his hand away so he could think clearly. But he couldn't. and he didn't.

He quickly moved his hand resting on her chest towards her neck and lifted her chin with her thumb so his lips could meet hers. If this doesn't give her an answer, he doesn't care at this moment what will.

Sakura immediately wrapped her arms around his neck and twisted her fingers in his hair. A small growl escaped his throat and she trembled with excitement. He picked her up in a swift movement and she felt her naked back hit a cold cave wall. They were both breathless, the cave was filled with their short heaving and her small moans.

Sasuke's hand travelled dangerously close to her lower backside, he decided to rest them around her thighs. Cupping it instead. The wait was killing her, she wanted him to touch her everywhere, in every way he wanted. But he wasn't giving in anytime soon to that. Irritated, she upped her antics. Sakura deepened their kiss, and made her hands travel from his hair down his chest. Carefully digging in her nails on the way. He growled again, his hands on her thighs tightened almost painfully. She was definitely going to have bruises, and that excited her. She slowly let her tongue challenge his in his mouth, and that was it for him. He quickly drew back, letting her down quickly. She was gasping for air, leaning against the wall he slammed her against in such a passionate way just a moment ago.

He took off his shirt again, and excitement welled up in her stomach once more. But he simply put it over her shoulders, urging her to put it back on.

"We've got to save our strength, we don't know what's going to be out there tomorrow." His voice was like ice, all passion gone from it.

Sakura fought back her displeasure, she felt her heart sink to her stomach. Why did he stop?

Sasuke laid down on the other side of the cave, ready for sleep, and waved her over.

"You're going to die if you stay over there by yourself."

"Sasuke..that just now.."

"Don't worry about it, right now I care more about us dying from hyperthermia."

So that was his game. She tightened her hands into fists and stomped over next to him. She laid down beside him, and turned her back. She didn't want to touch him.

She heard him sigh, and his arms found her. In an unbreakable embrace, he pulled her into him. Instantly warming her. Sakura didn't realize how tired she really was and with Sasuke's scent swarming around her, she quickly fell asleep.

Sasuke

Sasuke couldn't sleep. He didn't even attempt to close his eyes, he knew sleep wasn't coming for him tonight. What he did was too far, if he let his body get the best of him he would've done far more. He couldn't allow himself to do that. Sakura deserved words. She deserved an explanation from him before he did such a thing to her. They had to talk, and soon, or he wouldn't last much longer. Another slip up, and he'd give in.