I Don't own Naruto.
"Sakura, these are some of my best friends from back in high school. Guys, this is Sakura, my fiancé." Sasori introduced her.
"Nice to meet you." all 3 guys greeted her. "Thanks, you too." she replied.
"This is Deidara, Itachi, and Pain." Sakura nodded to say 'nice to meet you' again.
"We couldn't just stop by and miss the opportunity to meet Sasori's girl." Pein said while messing up Sasori's hair. "Ya, it's about time he finally one." Itachi teased, earning a scoff from the red head and a giggle from Sakura.
"Well, as much as we would love to talk to you guys all night, it's getting late and we actually have to get going. We have a lot of paperwork to do for our boss." Deidara said in truth. "It was very nice meeting you Sakura. Congrats on your engagement."
"Thanks! And it was very nice meeting you guys as well." She smiled back. With that, they all exchanged their goodbyes and the 3 men were on their way.
"They seemed nice. You guys must have been really good friends." Sakura turned to Sasori and smiled up at him. "Ya, we were all best friends. How I miss days like that." he chuckled. Sakura's face turned from a bright smile to a pouting expression, "Hey! Are you saying that I'm not you friend?" Sakura playfully punched him in the shoulder.
"Noooooo. Not at all." His voice dripping with sarcasm as he smiled down at her again. She just shook her head but couldn't keep herself from laughing.
"Oh, guys, there you are," an exhausted looking Naruto approached them, "I've been looking for you two."
"What's up Naruto? Are you alright?" Sakura asked concerned for her friend. "Ya, I'm feeling alright now. I just need to borrow Sasori for a little while. Can I?" he begged. "Why?" Sasori asked, pretty terrified of what the blonde's response would be. "Because there are some guys here that want to talk to him about the match in two weeks. So can I Sakura, pleeeeeeeease?" Naruto begged. "Naruto, you're acting like your five. And of course you can." Sakura replied.
"Alright, well I guess I'll be back in a couple of minutes." Sasori told her before being drug away by an every-so-happy Naruto.
"I found you at last." Came a deep voice from behind her. Sakura turned around to find none other than Kiba. "Hey. What's wrong?" she said after seeing him nervous about something. "Do you have any breath mints?" he asked Sakura with his hand behind his head. Sakura raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Ya, here. Just don't get to crazy." Sakura winked as she handed him the mints and laughed. "Thanks, I owe you one." he said and dashed off to find Hinata once more.
"Should've saved some for yourself." at the sound of that voice Sakura whipped around. Standing right in front of her once more was the ONE man she had not planned on running into tonight.
"Gaara, listen, I…" "Why did you leave me?" he cut strait to the point. Face completely serious once more. "Was I not good enough for you?" he continued while squinting his eyes at her. This is totally the Gaara she knew. "Did I do something to hurt you?"
"Gaara listen, I don't want to talk about it right now." Sakura said as she started to walk away. Gaara decided to follow her.
After a few minutes of him following her, she decided that he want going to leave, so she lead him out onto one of the empty balconies and closed the door behind them. Then she walked over to the nearest edge and waited for him to start talking.
A deep sigh came from her left and she glanced over to find him standing right beside her, staring down at the garden below them.
"I didn't know what to do when you left." his voice rid of it's icy coating, and replaced by a hurt and disappointed tone.
Sakura looked down at the garden too. How she missed nights like these, when they were lone together and talking.
"I looked for you for so long, until I finally had to give into defeat. You were nowhere to be found." He closed his eyes.
"It wasn't your fault. It was mine." Sakura broke the silence and looked down as well.
"What do you mean?"
"It was my fault, Gaara. I only left because I had no other choice." She continued but turned her face away from him so he couldn't see the tears starting to build up in her eyes. But she still fought off the urge to cry.
Gaara walked over to her and put his hands on her shoulders so he could turn her around to face him. She still would lift her face up to look at him.
She knows that he hates repeating himself, but she knew her silence wouldn't satisfy him as an answer.
"Gaara," Sakura started with a sigh, "I left….. because I knew how much boxing meant to you….and I didn't want to be the one holding you back."
"Sakura." he replied angrily, "What are you talking about? You were never holdi….." "Yes I was. You turned down the world championship match for me. You said that you wouldn't be one of those people who join something like that, go out on the road all of the time, and rarely ever get to see the people that you love. So I made it so you didn't have to sacrifice your biggest dream. I made it so that you could find your true happiness." she was looking up at him by now. She couldn't help but let the tears cascade down her face. She felt so weak once again.
Gaara just stared at her in complete shock….almost disbelief.
Instead of continuing to argue, Gaara decided that he had enough. He wasted no time in grabbing Sakura's face in between his hands and crashing his lips against hers in a powerful, yet sweet and passionate kiss.
At first Sakura didn't know what to do. She hadn't realized what was exactly happening.
Without her knowing it her natural instinct when it came to him kicked in and she returned the kiss just as powerful.
Their kiss would of gone on much longer, but Sakura's conscience finally kicked in and she realized that she had to stop this now.
She forcefully jerked away from Gaara and backed up five steps in less than 2 seconds. She grabbed her head and started panicking. This startled Gaara even more.
"Sakura, what's wrong? Did I really become that bad of a kisser?"
"Sasori's gonna KILL me if he finds out! He's gonna kill YOU if he finds out!" Sakura started pacing back and forth nervously while biting her lip, a habit she always had when she got this way. It always made Gaara chuckle at how cute and innocent she looked.
"What? You mean your over protective boyfriend? He's nothing to worry about."
"Gaara. You don't understand. He isn't my boyfriend!"
"I'm sorry, he's your lover then. Still doesn't change anything." Gaara stated in amusement and threw his hands into the air.
"HE'S MY FIANCE GAARA!" Sakura finally screamed at him, her blood boiling. That's when Gaara's face dropped.
"What…"
"He's my fiancé." Sakura stated while looking away from him once more. "Sakura, why didn't you tell me earlier? Why didn't you just tell me at the match?" he stared at her in confusion.
She turned towards him, but couldn't look him in the eye. "Because I didn't want to talk to you. I was too afraid like the coward I am."
"Sakura." Gaara walked over and took her into his arms.
'Man, did it feel good the be in his arms again.' Sakura thought to herself. 'Wait, shut up. You have a fiancé. But still…..'
"You never have to be afraid of me. I should be the one afraid of you." Gaara whispered in her ear.
Sakura couldn't help but sinking further into him after hearing those words. She knew she missed him more than anything. But he was her past. Sasori was her future. She needed to get out of there, and fast.
As if on cue, her cell phone rang. She quickly pushed away from Gaara and looked at the text she just received. It was from Ino.
Sakura, where are you. Are you okay?
Sakura gave a sigh of relief. "I got to go." was the only thing Sakura said to Gaara before disappearing back into the party's crowd of people.
'There she goes again. Another chance to make her mine again gone.'
"Sakura, are you alright? Where were you?" Ino asked her pink haired friend as Sakura reached her.
"Ya, I was just out on the balcony."
"Did Gaara find you?" Ino asked again.
"…..Nope. Looks like I outsmarted him again." Sakura lied and put on a fake smile.
"That's good, I feel more relieved now. I think I'm gonna go home. You should go find Sasori cause I think he mentioned something about going home soon as well." Ino stated, then hugged her friend and started her way towards the exit.
"Alright thanks. See you tomorrow Ino." Sakura called after her.
Now she was alone again. But it was at this time that she heard the song that was playing in the background. And it just happened to be one of the songs that she always listened to after she left Gaara. It was "I Don't Love You" by My Chemical Romance. It helped her move on as much as she could. That's why it was one of her favorite songs.
When you go
Would you even turn to say
I don't love you
Like I loved you
Yesterday.
There you go guys! I have no clue why, but this was the hardest chapter I think I have ever written so far in ANY of my stories. And yes, I threw in an MCR song that didn't really have ANYTING to do with the story, I was just kind of listening to it while writing this. Anyways R&R please! Thanks! :}