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Chapter 19

Grumpier than usual, a long and tiresome groan came out of his throat as he got up on the sofa in his room.

The fuck… He hissed in annoyance while trying rotate his sore neck from sleeping in the same position the whole night. He looked around with his drowsy eyes as if trying to remember why he ended up in the couch. When he recalled what had happened, he sighed before running his hand through his messy hair, a clear sign of annoyance.

Laying on the floor next to him was the shirt he took off last night when it was way too hot to sleep. Lazily, Sasuke reached down to grab the cloth before pulling it over his head. Yesterday night was a hell of time for him, there was no way he was going to fall sleep when she was so damn close and when he was so busy staring at her sleeping face. In middle of the night nearly 4 in the morning, he ended up on the couch just to get that few hour of sleep. He couldn't handle it any more.

It bothered him to another level of extent.

After pulling over his shirt, he turned to find Sakura still sleeping quietly on his bed. Eyes unconsciously traveling up her figure, he stared for a second before rubbing his nose bridge in a tedious manner. Without a word, he walked over and pulled the blanket over her exposed legs.

"Sasuke! you pervert!" The Uchiha's eye twitched with irritation when his loud mouth friend budge into the room, loud enough to wake up the whole house.

"I know you are but you can't just sleep with Sakura-chan!" He pointed accusingly at him as he witness Sasuke being so close to the bed where she was sleeping.

A small sound escape from the blanket and Naruto immediately covered his mouth noticing he was a bit too loud.

"Naruto… Sasuke…" A sweet drowsy voice filled the room as the girl sit up slowly rubbing her tired eyes.

"Y-yo… good morning." Ah… shouldn't have woke her up, she must be tired. A little guilt hit him for suddenly showing up when she need the rest the most. Though he couldn't help it when the butler told him she was in Sasuke's room, he just couldn't sit and wait.

"Good morning." She smiled warmly at both of them. The Uchiha only grabbed the blanket and threw it over her before telling her to go back to sleep.

She needs all the rest she could get.

Naruto resisted the urge to look away from her adorable sleepy face but he just couldn't. "I-I am here to drag teme to go to school." Finding a random excuse, he looked over at his buddy.

"Go yourself." He wasn't planning to go anywhere today, not until she gets better.

"Oh yea, today is Monday right?" Naruto nodded when she looked at him half hidden behind the blankets. " I need to go too." She proceed to get up but Sasuke trapped her down before she could even sit up.

"Stay here. You are not going anywhere." He looked at her with disapproval eyes, clearly meaning what he said.

"But-"

"No buts." She knew that was the end of the conversation, the Uchiha left no room for argument.

"Then…." she puffed her cheeks at the unfairness, why can't I go….

"Then you have to go, you can't skip class." If she can't go when she want to, he have to go even if he doesn't. And she felt the need to get them to change this bad habit of not going to class all the time.

Sasuke smirked at her attempt to get him to go, not that easy. "Do you know why I ended up in the couch yesterday?" He pointed out something he knew she could care.

His smirk deepens when he received the expression he wanted from her. "This morning, I felt like shit and my head hurts." He lied openly watching her closely. Almost teasingly playing with her hair.

Naruto standing by the door watched the scene with a half- expected outcome considering who Sasuke is dealing with. It was obvious to him that he's not going to get far.

"Are you alright?!" He suddenly felt her warm hands on his face and her forehead pressing on his. It was way too sudden that he nearly jumped back from her touch.

"Did you catch a cold?" She had a worry expression, a very worry one, and it scared him to think that she would start blaming herself for everything.

"Sasuke I think you have a fever." She closed her eyes feeling his temperature on his forehead. It wasn't obvious but she was sure it was higher than usual. When she opened her eyes again, his eyes were wide open, staring into her own.

She blinked a few times before pulling her head back.

"Sasuke?" At the sound of her voice, he snapped himself out of his thoughts and quickly got away from her. For a second, he was sure his face was burning.

"…. No… I don't… " He glared at the blonde standing by the door giggling at his reply. Damn it…

"Whatever, just stay here. Naruto let's go." He grabbed the Uzumaki by the back collar and dragged him out before slamming the door close. School might actually be better than staying around her, it was too tiring.

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"Ummm, seems like Sasuke and Naruto is pretty fond of her." Orochimaru took a seek of his wine as he sat in his office chair listening to the maid report their interaction.

"She might be the key then." His lips curved up into a smirk. Rotating the dark red wine inside the glass cup, he grinned evilly before pouring it into his white rabbit pet, soaking the bunny fur in a dark shade of wine color.

Sasuke and Naruto,there are powers within those two, the kind of power that went above human expectation and he desperately want to control recently, they weren't as willingly to take his order to kill anyone he ordered as they would like before. Even if most of the time, they only kill for fun. Those missions were great experience to nurture their skill. He was reported their change came about after that girl entered their school.

He wants Sasuke's crimson eyes and Naruto's loyalty. He wanted so bad to experiment his unusual eyes, it was said to be extinct long ago in that lineage but for reason, they appeared again and he's not letting this chance go.

Uzumaki Naruto was born to kill. He was like a killing machine in his eyes. He has the instinct to avoid all possible death, though there was no theory explaining how he did it. He just did. His mission always succeed perfectly with no trace of evidence he had been there before. His sole presence is equivalent to 100 of his men. His skill is undeniable.

He run his hand over the wine soaked fur and stop it where he reached its soft and small neck. The hand wrapped around it before increasing its force. The bunny squeaked ,twisted, and turned desperately trying to get away but Orochimaru only smiled before giving a final hard squeeze snapping its neck. The animal then lied there motionlessly, without a twitch or a sound. It was such a satisfying sound of the animal dying before his hand. It would be much better when the prey is a human.

He threw the unmoving carcass on the floor and reached into his drawer before taking out a small bottle of liquid.

"Put a small drip in her drink each day, make sure she drink it." He handed the bottle to the maid who carefully tug it into her dress.

"And you know what to do, give her some small lessons for trying to get so close too Sasuke and Naruto." After all, they are like 'sons' to him. When a bad influence is getting on them, he need to give that person a small surprise.

"Hai, Orochimaru-sama." The maid exited and closed the door softly behind her.

She will be the best bait. He licked his top lip feeling the excitement running in his veins.

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A few days has passed with her ankle getting better each day and now it is nearly completely cure. Sakura was thankful that she can finally get out of bed and work without Sasuke and Naruto complaining how she needs to rest. It made her felt helpless for sitting on the bed all day and do nothing. She wanted to pay them back as soon as possible.

"Hi, I am Haruno Sakura. I will be working here for a while. Nice to meet you all." She bowed slightly introducing herself to the maids and butlers.

She had said hi to them multiple times when her ankle was restraining her movements but none had ever reply to her. She had expected the same for right now, but it's alright. It will just be the same as school. There is no need to make friends, though in truth, she really wanted someone to talk to and share moments like what friends would do.

She longed for those kind of relationship. The word friendship reminded her of Hana and her lips formed a small sad smile. It was painful to remember that day under the bridge where she told her the truth. Though she told her they weren't real, Sakura was still content to have the short flashes back of what it felt like to have a friend after Naruto and Sasuke.

"Get your damn clothes in the drawer, we don't have all day for you to stand there." As if snapping back to the present, Sakura thanked the maid for telling her where the maid clothes were.

When she reached the drawer, she heard the girls behind her giggling something she couldn't really make out, but decided to ignore it.

Her hand held onto the drawer handle and when she opened it, something jumped out and crawled onto Sakura's hand. The maids laughed, expecting and waiting to see her horrified expression at the lizard they prepared for her.

'she will probably cry'

'crawl on the floor and beg us to get it off for her'

'faint like some weak ass girl'

'maybe scared the shit out of her'

Those were all the possibility they could think of and now all they need to do is wait and see.

They waited but received no reaction. Sakura merely held onto the small creature and blinked a few times, only surprised why this little guy would be in the drawer.

"I found a lizard in the drawer." She took it over to the group of maids and show them the creature that was the size of 2 hands. Some screamed and some backed up before running out away from the enormous lizard. Though they did prepared the idea, they only paid someone to do it. They, of course wouldn't touch something like that.

"THROW IT OUT, GET IT AWAY!" One maid tripped and fell on her face as she brought it near.

Sakura quickly went over to help her up, but only to receive a horrified expression. "DON'T TOUCH ME WITH YOUR FILTHY HAND!THROW THAT THING OUT!" She was screaming now, tho the pinkette doesn't understand why they are so scared of the lizard. It looked rather cute to her.

When she lived in the mountains with her grandma, she had more companies than just 1 lizard. Growing up in the woods, she loves playing around and talk to them. They might not understand nor they would reply, but it was enough to make her feel someone by her side. They make her forget about the loneliness she felt when her parents died and when her grandma passed away.

As Sakura reached the garden, she held her hand out with the lizard inside and kneed down on. "Bye." She smiled at the little creature in her hands before put it on the grass. The lizard looked around for a second as if sniffing the air before disappearing into the watched it go and wished it will reach home safely.

"Why the hell are you still standing there? Get change and go to work." A maid snarled at her before she threw her a dirty towel and a dented bucket, almost hitting Sakura but the girl simply caught it with ease.

The maid cursed loudly clearly frustrated she didn't hit the target.

Before she could leave the pinkette alone, she turned around and glared at Sakura one more time, "don't think too high of yourself just because you know Uchiha sama and Uzumaki sama, trash." She made sure each of the venomous words sounded clear before turning her heels to leave.

Sakura sighed at her behavior, why were the people always so hostile towards her? She thought of the possible things she did that might made them hate her as she held up the maid outfit she took from the drawer. Having no idea, she let the thought slide.

As she held up to look at the uniform, she blushed a little at the thought that she is going to wear a dress. She had never wore one before, if the school skirt counts, and this dress looked really expensive.

Without wasting anymore time, Sakura took off her top( which was a long sleeve dark shirt Sasuke lend her) and examine how to put it on. Since there is no where to change, she will just put it on here quickly.

"S-Sakura-chan?"

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