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Tenten was listening to her iPod as she walked to school. Her mom had caved and let her walk today, so Tenten was listening to her workout playlist again. "'Cause I'm trouble… yeah trouble now," Tenten sang under her breath as she got to school. As per usual she met up with Neji and they walked into school together.

Sakura, Ino and Hinata were already in homeroom when Tenten came in. "Hey Tenten," Ino said. "Have you seen Temari?"

Tenten frowned. "No, I haven't. Maybe she's just running late."

"Speak of the devil," Sakura said, as Temari stumbled in. Gaara was behind her, and both looked annoyed. Temari also looked tired. "Hey Temari," Sakura said.

Temari looked up, and they saw bags under her eyes. "H-hi," she said, stifling a yawn. She threw Gaara a look and he went back to his seat.

"Jeezus Temari, you look like shit," Tenten said.

"Three hours of sleep will do that to you," Temari said.

"W-what do you m-mean, Temari?" Hinata asked.

"Well, I snuck out last n-night," Temari said. "Then Gaara found out. I am going to be so screwed if he tells dad."

She sat down with a sigh and put her head on her desk. "Wake me when class starts," she said, before she drifted off. Sakura sighed and shook her head.

At lunch…

"Could you give this to Temari?" Tori had asked Shikamaru, holding up a black ribbon.

"How do you know Temari?" Shikamaru asked, sighing.

"I met her at Goshikku Kanpu Nightclub last night. She forgot this," Tori said. Shikamaru took it and stuffed it in his pocket.

"Oh, and tell her hi for me."

Shikamaru had forgotten to give it to Temari in English, so he decided to do it now. She was asleep at her table at lunch, but he walked over anyways. The other's stared at him as he walked up, and he shook Temari on the shoulder.

"Fuck! What is it?" Temari snapped as she woke up. Shikamaru held her hair ribbon out to her. "Where did you get this? I thought I lost it!" Temari said, taking it.

"Tori asked me to give it back to you," he said, sounding bored.

"Oh… arigato," she said, looking tired. He raised his eyebrow.

"How long were you out there anyways?" he asked.

"Until 5:20-ish," Temari said, sounding annoyed.

He rolled his eyes. "Troublesome…" he said, before walking off. Temari blushed, remembering what Tori had said to her last night.

"What is it?" Tenten asked, looking amused as she sucked down her drink.

Temari told them what Tori had told her and Ino clapped her hands together looking thrilled. "This is fantastic!" she said, causing a few people at nearby tables to throw her a look. Ino quieted her voice. "I can't believe all my plans for you girls are working out so well," she said, her voice filled with glee. She turned to look at Hinata. "Now we just have to get you together with Naruto, which is already working out fine."

Hinata blushed a little, but just kept eating. "So Sakura," Temari said. "When are you going out with Sasuke again?"

Sakura smiled. "We're going out tonight… I don't know where though."

"Niko Bento is good," Temari commented, taking a bite of her sandwich.

"Oh, I've never been there," Sakura said.

"I've been there a couple times with Shikamaru."

Ino sat up. "Wait, you were out on a date with him and you didn't tell me?!"

"It wasn't a date Ino," Temari said, rolling her eyes.

"Were you two alone?"

"Um, yeah," Temari said, sipping her drink.

"Did he pay?"

"He paid the last time," Temari said, crossing her legs.

"Then it was a date!" Ino said, looking triumphant.

"Oh please. I seriously doubt he thought of it that way," Temari said, raising an eyebrow.

"He's a guy. I've found, there is one thing guys think of when they see a sexy girl that makes them want to think of every time like that as a date," Ino said with a smirk

"What, dateable?" Sakura asked.

'Fuckable,' Ino mouthed, winking. Sakura choked.

"You've obviously not been with the right guys," Sakura muttered. Tenten started chuckling and Hinata blushed.

"Oh really? Are you saying Sasuke hasn't thought about having sex with you yet?" Ino said, a little to loud for Sakura's liking.

"I-I don't know what he is thinking!" Sakura protested. "But there is no way every guy is like that!"

"I'm not saying every guy," Ino said, rolling her eyes. "But Sasuke seems like the type that would think about that." Sakura blushed. "Don't worry, it doesn't mean that's the only thing he thinks about."

"I sure hope not," Sakura said. Tenten kept laughing.

"That goes for you too Tenten," Ino said with a sly grin.

Tenten stopped laughing.

That night…

Sakura was wearing a pink skirt and light green leggings that ended mid-calf. She also had a grey sweater on, and she had kept her hair down as per usual. They had agreed to meet at Niko's seeing as Sasuke's car was still being repaired and his wrist wasn't completely healed. She sat on the bus, watching everything go by outside the window. She liked watching the scenery. It was peaceful.

She got off a few blocks away from Niko's and found Sasuke waiting for her. "Konichiwa, Sasuke-kun," Sakura said, smiling.

"Hey."

They walked together towards the restaurant, Sakura unconsciously looping her arm through Sasuke's after a little while. They walked in silence again, but they were both completely comfortable with it. "So, have you been here before?" Sasuke asked Sakura. Sakura shook her head.

"Nope. Temari told me it was good. What about you?" Sakura asked. He shook his head. Sakura grinned. "Well, Temari has high standards of food so it can't be that bad," she said as they arrived.

They walked inside and took a seat at a table by the window. "Konichiwa," the waitress said, putting down two menus. "Can I get you two started with something to drink?"

"Um, could I have a Sprite please?" Sakura asked.

"I'll have some green tea," Sasuke said. The waitress nodded and walked off. Sakura opened the menu.

"Ooh, they have anko dumplings in syrup!" Sakura said, taking a peek at the desert page. She continued flipping through. Sasuke had decided on what he wanted and watched her drool over the various dishes with an amused expression. "Ok," she said, closing the menu and smiling at him. "What are you getting?" she asked him, taking a sip of her water.

"The beef bento," Sasuke said.

"Oh that one looked good… I'm getting the tofu bento though. I love grilled tofu. Almost as much as anko dumplings," she was starting to babble. She knew it, but she was still thinking about what Ino had said about men and sex. She fiddled with the paper napkin on the table, absentmindedly tearing little pieces off as she kept talking about anko dumplings and grilled tofu. Sasuke looked at her with one eyebrow raised.

This continued, except for a short break when they were ordering, and then Sakura started up again.

"Sakura," Sasuke interrupted, partway through her profession of her love for the syrup you put on anko dumplings. "What's wrong?"

Sakura blushed. "Um, nothing. Why do you ask?"

"Because you are babbling," he said, quite bluntly even for him.

Sakura turned redder. "I am? I didn't notice."

"Sakura," he said, giving her a look. She sighed.

"Ok… I am going to ask you a question, that hopefully you won't answer truthfully." She took a deep breath. "Do you want to have sex with me?"

Sasuke blinked, his face slowly turning red. Sakura stared at him, so embarrassed by what she had blurted out she thought he would die. It was when he didn't answer that her face flushed like a tomato.

Sakura squeaked. "Omigod… Ino was right. She was right," she moaned.

He blinked again. "Among other things…" he said.

Sakura raised her eyebrows. "What do you mean 'among other things'?"

"I mean, wait, what exactly did Ino say about me?" he asked, looking annoyed.

"She… she said that you were the type of guy who when he saw a hot girl he thought he would like having sex with her…" Sakura said, taking a sip of water to cool herself off.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Listen, I am not going to deny that I think that way, but only with some people."

"Like me?"

"That's not the reason I asked you out or kissed you."

"You never kissed me," Sakura said.

"I know," he said, before leaning over and kissing her on the mouth. The fact that most people in the restaurant would most likely be staring at them didn't seem to compute in Sakura's mind. In fact, the only thing she could concentrate on was kissing Sasuke back. And he was a very could kisser. He put one of his hands up on her cheek to pull her towards him and deepen the kiss more.

An 'ahem' from the waitress bringing them their food made them break apart. Sakura gulped down most of her water, her face brick red. "A-arigato," she said to the waitress as she set her bento down. Sasuke chuckled.

"Embarrassed?" he asked, taking a bite of his bento.

She threw him a look. "A little."

"Huh."

"Um… not that I minded," she said quietly.

He chuckled.

An hour or two later…

They got a cab to get back to Sasuke's house, with a stop at Sakura's to drop her off. They spent most of the time in the backseat of the cab kissing.

They arrived at Sakura's a little too soon for Sakura, but as she was getting out of the car, Sasuke pulled her towards him and kissed her again. His tongue slid into her mouth, and Sakura gave a small squeak, before kissing him again. They kept the kiss going for a minute or too, finally breaking apart when the cabby looked back, confused, and snorted.

Sakura stumbled back a little, still tasting the kiss in her mouth. "G-good night," she said, before walking up to her house. She grinned as she got inside and took the stairs three at a time.

"Ino!" she exclaimed after she called her friend. "You are about to have your ambitions for me fulfilled."