Disclaimer: CHAAAAAAAAAAAA Naruto is not mine.

It was as if she wasn't afraid of anything. That was the impression Sakura was giving Sasuke, while she was walking on the thin banister next to the road. She was balancing like she was in some kind of circus, with a big smile on her face as if it was the most fascinating thing in the world.

But the raven haired boy couldn't help but worry that she would fall, clenching his fists as he was trying to keep himself from grabbing her and putting her back on her feet on the freaking road.

"Get back on the road" he told her and shot her a death glare, which immediately faded when she turned her face and smiled at him with happiness.

"Come on Sasuke it's not like I'm going to fall or anything!" she answered and that moment her body moved dangerously on the right, triggering his protection instincts as his hands moved on their own grabbing her waist.

Shit, he thought as he felt his palms burning on her thin T-shirt. He could still feel the warmth of her body underneath it.

Sakura looked at him with her cheeks slightly red. "Eh Sasuke, it's okay, I'm not gonna fall!"

But Sasuke's eyes had frozen on her own that were brightening under the moonlight. His hands weren't moving from her waist, while a hundred thoughts were flying inside his mind.

She's damn annoying, but fuck, she is beautiful.

"Sasuke…?" her small, shy voice snapped in his thoughts and he started realizing what he was doing. He took his hands from her waist immediately and looked away, while he was actually pouncing himself to death inside his mind.

"Just fucking walk on the road" he muttered and the girl groaned, jumping from the banister on the road next to him.

"Grr…okay…" he heard her groaning next to him and he put his hands into his pockets. Almost ten minutes had passed since they had walked out of the metro station and Sakura seemed like she was enjoying herself a lot, something that made Sasuke feel nice. Seeing her smile like that…it felt great.

The silence grew between them as they were walking at the suburbs of Konoha under the night sky. Sasuke had never been the person who loved talking, but with her, it was different, he just wanted to hear her voice.

"That night" he started and she turned around facing him. "when I found you."

She frowned in confusion. "What about it?"

"Why were you vomiting?"

Sakura's face darkened a bit and she looked away. "Well…it must have been something I ate. Heh" she looked at him again and smiled shortly.

He stopped walking and turned around to face her. "If…I hadn't found you" he said quietly "what would you do?"

She sighed and looked at the sky. "I can't see the stars from here" she whispered and Sasuke only gazed at her. "It's sad isn't it? Not being able to see the stars" she said and turned her gaze at Sasuke. "Have you seen them?"

"What?"

"The stars."

"You can see some from here."

Sakura shook her head. "I mean…you know, like seeing the whole sky! The Milky Way! All those stars in the sky!" she moved her hands on the sky like she was showing them right away. "Have you seen them?"

Sasuke thought a bit. "Only once."

Her face brightened. "Really? I haven't, ya know" she stated sadly and looked back at the sky. "I have never travelled away from Konoha and everywhere here is just full of street lights so…"

Sasuke preferred not to say anything, but decided to let himself stare at that pink haired girl with the complicated personality. She turned around and looked into his eyes with her own big green ones. "Come on" she told him "let's keep walking."

He looked at her back while she started walking in front of him, before following her. The thought of her not answering his question was bothering him.

Her heart was pounding like crazy, while at the same time, it was sinking. 'If…I hadn't found you, what would you do?' Sakura closed her eyes and looked away so Sasuke wouldn't see the watering in her eyes. Truth was, she had no idea what she would do. Probably, she would stay there until she would gain consciousness, something that wouldn't happen until the other day. Or worse someone else would find her unconscious, maybe someone who wouldn't be as kind as Sasuke. Her eyes darkened and tried to keep her mood on the usual cheerful level, but it just seemed to be hard. She could feel Sasuke's gaze on her back, she took a breath and licked her lips, trying to find something to break the silence.

"Isn't your family going to worry if you stay out too late at night?" she turned around and asked him. He blinked and he seemed confused from the sudden change of the subject.

"I think they are used to it" he simply told her and shrugged. "What about you?"

Sakura froze and the wind blew into her pink air. The pain in her stomach grew and her eyes watered uncontrollably. Sasuke's expression changed, he must have noticed the sadness on Sakura's face.

"Sakura…?"

She shook her hand. "It's nothing, just something got in my eye" she excused and looked away. A hand grabbed her wrist and she turned her head around surprised, only to find Sasuke's big black eyes stared in her own green ones.

"What's wrong?" he asked her and she felt her vision going blur. "Tell me."

"Why?"

His face froze and he kept looking in her eyes. What is going on in your mind Sasuke?, her green orbs were asking him We are pretty alike…you can't understand what is going on inside me…and I can't understand what is going on in yours either…Why then…?

Sasuke looked at the ground, his bangs were covering his eyes. "I…want to help." The grip on her wrist loosened.

'I want to help you, so…don't run away! I care about you!'

A teardrop ran on the soft complexion of her cheek. Those words…like Gaara…

Sakura lifted her hand and swept away the tears on her eyes. "Thanks Sasuke…" she whispered and her lip trembled, her eyes looking at the ground. She lifted them and looked at his face. "Maybe some day…I will tell you about my problems" she whispered and smiled at him sadly. Because right now…I just can't.

Sasuke looked at her with a blank expression, while his lips were making a thin line. He nodded at her slowly. "Let's go then" he told her and looked at her. She nodded in response and walked next to him.

"Where are we going?" Sakura asked him trying to sound as casual as possible.

With the tip of her eye she saw Sasuke shrugging next to her. "Then…" Sakura started, smirking a bit, "mind if I show you my own neighborhood?"

She had no idea why she had suggested such thing. She hadn't put much thought on it. Her "neighborhood"…why would anyone want to see it? What was it anyways, a group of half-destructed, mold covered buildings.

"Hn. Sure."

Sakura lifted her face and looked into his eyes with her own green ones, mixed with surprise and confusion and she stopped walking. He looked at her too, stopping walking too.

She slowly observed his beautiful characteristics, his raven bangs, his onyx eyes. What's behind this?, she thought as her eyes were frozen on his face. Who are you, Sasuke?

It felt so…dream-like. All that. The way he was speaking to her. The way he seemed to actually have a slight feeling of worry. The way he was such an obvious bastard, but still being nice to her, and it felt so great to her.

It was a dream she didn't want to wake up from.

"Sakura…" her name slipped from his lips in a whispering tone. Her limbs were paralyzed from the atmosphere around them, her mind was filled with thousand thoughts.

Bzzz…Bzzzz…

Sasuke's phone started vibrating in his pocket. Sakura felt her face turning tomato red, at the recalling of the moments earlier, and she quickly looked at anything, but Sasuke.

"Shit" she heard him muttering as he slowly picked it up. What was all that for?, she screamed inside her mind thinking of the way they were looking at each other.

Her hand went spontaneously on the place over her heart. It was pounding like crazy.

"What?" Sasuke's voice snapped into her thoughts and Sakura turned around to see him. There was a frown on his face, and he seemed irritated. He sighed. "Fine…I'm going. Bye."

He hung up and put his phone back into his pocket and ran his hand through his hair. "Fuck…I got to go" he told her and Sakura felt her heard sinking, as disappointment filled her mind.

"Oh…" she replied and looked at the ground. What did you expect? Staying with you forever? Tch…foolish…. She lifted her head and smiled at him. "It's okay!"

Liar.

Sasuke itched the back of his head and seemed puzzled. " Aa."

She looked away. "So…are we going to meet again…?" Afraid. Such simple words, yet she was afraid of asking it. She was afraid of any other possible answer than yes. He remained silent and Sakura turned her eyes at him.

"Of course" he told her looking into her eyes. "Of course we will."

His hand moved and stayed in the air just a few centimeters away from her arm. Sakura stared at it confused and then looked at Sasuke. He swallowed hard and pulled it back looking away. "Tch. I have to go. Bye."

He turned around and started walking to the opposite direction, and Sakura was about to ask him again, when he stopped walking.

"At the train station in two days" she heard him saying "At the same time as today. I'll be there."

And Sakura felt a brightening feeling rising inside her, while watching him walking away from her.

The thought of her meeting him again had given her a feeling she hadn't felt for a long time now.

Hope.

It's not that I don't trust Itachi, Sasuke, don't be silly! I just don't trust him when he is with his friends…

Damn you, Itachi…, Sasuke thought at his way back home. Acting all mature and great and now I have to go back to babysit you and your friends…

He sighed. He knew his mother's worry was no unreasonable; there had been many times when Itachi and his crew had almost burned up the Uchiha mansion.

Thanks Itachi, he thought sarcastically as he entered the garden of his house. Thank god, it seemed like he had no signal before his mother's last call, since there were two other ones that hadn't been answered, and ten calls from Naruto.

He started unlocking the door and his hand stopped. Green orbs flashed inside his mind and the feeling of looking at them made him feel unease. He took a big breath.

That girl is gonna be the death of me.

It was like he was a pilot in a plane called Sasuke Uchiha, screaming "Mayday, Mayday!" while it was falling. He wasn't acting like his usual self, fuck. He had to get his shit together, that was for sure.

"Hey Sasukeee!" he heard a voice as he stepped into his house.

"Yo" Sasuke greeted a very drunk Deidara, one of Itachi's best friends. He was standing in front of the kitchen, smiling at him goofily and holding a beer bottle. Seems like mom was right….

"Where's Itachi?" he asked the blond bluntly. He itched his chin and looked at the ceiling, before yelling "Itachi get your ass here!"

Sasuke was losing his patience.

A drunk Itachi walked out of the living room holding a bottle of beer. "Ototo" he greeted smiling at him. "It's nice to see you today."

"Why are you drunk?" Sasuke asked putting his hands on his hips like an angry mother. Talk about mature adults, he thought at the sight of his brother and Deidara. The blond wrapped his arm around Itachi's shoulders smiling.

"Come ooon Sasuke-chan" Sasuke's eyes twitched. "Were you out with your pink haired girlfriend?"

"Uhh who's got a giiiirlfriend?" Kisame's voice was heard and the other one from the crew came, with the same drunken expression.

Sasuke felt his cheeks burning, along with the anger boiling inside him. He sent a death glare at Itachi which was clearly telling his older brother 'I'm ashamed of you, Aniki'.

"Look" Sasuke started holding the edge of his nose in irritation. "I will say this once-"

"It's soo unfair!" Deidara whined interrupting Sasuke "even Sasuke got a girlfriend, Nagato and Konan ditched us today to go on a date alone and- Ughhh I need more beer!" The blond walked into the kitchen disappearing from Sasuke's sight.

If looks could kill, Sasuke would become a murderer in just a few seconds.

He walked to Itachi looking at him into the eyes, opening his mouth to say something, but the expression on Itachi's face made it clear that his brother was going to listen to him the same way a wall would do. "Fuck, just don't fucking burn the house got it?" he told him angrily.

Itachi gave him a thumbs up and smiled widely, creepily actually. Whatever I'm out of here, Sasuke thought and ran up to his room, throwing himself on his bed.

The same bed Sakura had slept the night before.

He closed his eyes, and lost himself in a world of dreams filled with a certain green eyed pink haired girl.

I know I'm late T_T. High school started so yeah... :/ Btw it sucks. I'm like alone in my class, all of my friends are in the other classes and I know no one in there ._. I feel like a monkey or something. Anyway. Thank you for the kind reviews!1 :D They made me so so so happy! Please tell me your thoughts about this chapter too! :)