Chapter Eighteen
A/N: Hello there again! Yup, I'm alive! YAY! Sorry for the delay, school started and it's driving my crazy! But oh well, I'm happy that I got to type this chapter up on this wavier day :) As for any of my readers that are also FHF readers, I will try to update that story sometime in a week or so...hopefully -_- But thank you AyaArmyLove for being my 300th review! Whoo! And thanks for all of the birthday wishes! :D
P.S: I didn't beta this, so there might some errors.
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"I leave for a week and I come back finding you sick like a dog on the bathroom floor vomiting your inside out," Sasuke clasped his hands together beneath his chin, "pleasant."
"Oh, shut up Sasuke." Sakura glared at the raven head while spooning the hot beef stew into her mouth. It wasn't her fault that she got sick, in a sense. How was she to know that her co-worker was still contiguous from the god awful flu that seemed to creep up upon everyone in town like the plague? And that she decided to take a drink out of the Sayuki's water? In conclusion, it wasn't exactly her fault! Plus she's getting better, kind of. "Why do you have to be such a jerk when I need you to be nice and soft?"
"Soft?" He raised an be an eyebrow at the word.
"Yeah, soft."
"Hn, when have I ever been soft?"
"Well sir, the list goes on and on." Sakura smiled. "Like the time you took me to your aunt's frozen yogurt shop, the night at your house when Kami decided to rain on us, the sleepover in the teacher's lounge, the sunrise breakfast, the meeting -"
"Alright," Sasuke huffed in annoyance. "I got it, I'm soft."
"Nuh uh, you're a big, fat softie."
"Sakura, be quiet."
"Softie."
"Sakura."
"The all mighty Uchiha Sasuke is a big, fat softie." Sakura sang, her voice cracking.
"Sakura, I'm not kidding."
"SOFTIE! -" Sakura voiced squeaked and cracked on the ending as she grasped her throat in pain. Groaning, Sakura plopped her head down against the cool marble counter in agony.
Moving the bowl of stew away, Sasuke too laid his head on the counter so that they we're in opposite directions but facing each other at the same time. Reaching over, Sasuke brushed the couple of pink strands out of her face revealing her unusually dull eyes. Normally, they were bright emerald green but at the moment they were a dull forest green. And that was when he realized that he was too a big softie, which agitated him for some reason. Uchiha men weren't suppose to be soft; they were suppose to be quiet, judgmental, intimidating, cold, but never soft. But here he was, wrapped around the pinkette's pinkie and whipped.
Even with her eyes closed, Sakura felt the sigh that was to come out of Sasuke. His hot breath fanned against her cheeks and lips, making her lips twitch upwards slightly. She knew it that Sasuke knew that she was right. 'Damn right she was! We girls know it all man!'
"Jeez Sasuke, quit being a pain in the ass and just hold me already." Sakura rasped out. "You can complain and rescue your pride another day."
"Hn," Sasuke slid his arms underneath her knees and lifted her up bridal style. Walking to the couch, he sat down with Sakura on his lap before draping a blanket over the both of them. Being the stubborn and independent girl she was, Sakura decided to reached out for the remote on the table that was about two feet away. Let's just say, it wasn't a smart idea since she nearly lost her balance and crashed to the floor -face first- if Sasuke hadn't been there to be her superman. He handed her the remote with an amused smirk. "I could have gotten it."
"Said girl nearly face planted in to the floor. Yeah, you totally had it Sakura."
Sakura threw a playful punch into his arm, "Said boy will find himself beaten up into a bloody pulp if he doesn't shut up."
"Hn."
About half way through the movie, Sakura suddenly muted turned it on mute and faced Sasuke. "How about a game of All About Me Questionares?"
"Why?"
"Well...I mean we only know each other for about seven months or so. Since we're going out shouldn't we get to know each other more?"
"Didn't we already do that during the vacation two, three months ago?" Sasuke sighed. This was not how he wanted to spend his evening after a plane ride from all the way across the world.
"Oh, come on. Don't be such a sour-pus." Sakura commented. "Here, I'll start. What's your favorite color?"
Sasuke stared at her with an expressionless face, "Really? You're going for 'what's your favorite color' question?"
"Yes. And just answer the dang question Sasuke."
"Navy."
"See, it wasn't that hard now was it? Your turn."
"Biggest fear?"
Sakura stared at him in slight shock, she surely didn't see that one coming. "Hmm...biggest fear...thunderstorms."
Sasuke couldn't help but let a small chuckle escape his lips, but her answer wasn't exactly surprising one bit. Her fear of thunderstorm was something he kind of knew -guessed- from the beginning. "The toughest girl on the block is afraid of thunderstorms. That's totally hot Sakura."
"Alright seriously. Quit making fun of me and joking around. Just go back to your jerk phase."
"Hn, so now you want me to be a jerk? Alright, sounds good to me." Sakura eyes widen at the smirk on Sasuke's face. In a second's time, she felt the air whooshing past her and found herself facing the ground, falling. But, her lips were a mere inch away from the ground when gravity seemed to stop and she found herself snuggled deep into a hard chest that was rumbling under her.
Beating her fists on his chest, Sakura wheezed out, "What in the world Sasuke?"
"Did you seriously think that I was going to let you fall like that? Sakura, have some faith in me." Sasuke murmured into her pink locks as he rubbed her back soothingly. "No matter where you are, I'll be there to catch you when you fall."
"Promise?"
"Aa," Sasuke was about to kiss her forehead when the doorbell rang obnoxiously. Pausing in mid-kiss, Sasuke shot Sakura a questioning look. Never less, Sasuke got up and made his way towards the door. Upon opening it, he was shocked -which was skillfully masked- to find two redheaded brothers standing on the other side of the door panting like they just ran a marathon. Clearing his throat, Sasuke greeted the two. "Gaara, Sasori."
The two brothers sent him a curt nod of acknowledgement before turning their attention to the better but still feverish looking rosette sitting on the couch, wrapped in a blanket like a piece of sushi. In a calm manner, they stepped inside the apartment and approached the girl. Taking a seat on either side of her, Gaara asked, "How are you feeling?"
"Sick but better I guess." Sakura replied after the shock went past. She searched for Sasuke's onyx eyes and gave him a confused look. "So...can we help you guys with anything?"
"No, just here to visit since we hear you were sick." Sasori told her as he gave her a pat on her head as if she was a child.
Sending the red head a weird look, Sakura coughed. "Okay, but wait, how did you know I was sick? Oh that reminds me. Sasuke did you send the roses?"
"Roses, what roses?" Sasuke sputtered unconsciously. "Who gave you roses? It was the Dobe wasn't it? His stupid big mouth got to the fanboys. That Dobe is so dead."
"But seriously, those roses where nice." Sakura sighed dreamily. "There where like a dozen bouquets, with little teddy bears and chocolate and love notes. So KAWAII."
In the mist of Sakura's pensive state, a certain Uchiha's jealousy was went by unnoticed minus for the smirking Haruno brothers. It was practically radiating off his body as he narrowed his onyx eyes on the slightly hidden roses in the back corner of the room.
Gaara placed his mouth beside Sakura's ear and whispered, "You might want to stop before that boyfriend of yours get out of hand."
"Huh?" Sakura stopped her rambling and turned her attention to the sulking Uchiha sitting on her arm rest. Smiling, Sakura reached over and tackled him into a bear hug. "Oh, cuddly bear, don't be sad!"
The scowl on his face deepen at the nickname that Sakura managed to give him. "Sakura, stop it. You're even more annoying when you're sick."
Now it was the brothers' turn to scowl at him before slapping him on the side of the head. "Uchiha, shut it. The girl's sick, show her some love will you?"
"Hn."
"That's it?" Gaara growled. "No 'I love you Sakura'?"
"Hn."
"Uchiha, say it." Gaara pushed him farther. Meanwhile, Sakura was trying to maintain her laughter as Sasuke was being placed in a head-lock by the brothers. After quite some time, Sakura decided that she should put a stop to the nonsense that the three boys were in charge of. "You guys, stop it."
She got out of her seat and began tugging and pulling on Gaara's arm, which was unfortunately around Sasuke's neck. "I'm serious guys, stop."
Just as Sakura managed to release Gaara's hold on Sasuke, Sasori went in for a tackle. "Sasori!"
Then the door bell rang. Sakura sighed, "Oh I give up."
Walking over to the door, she found Akame on the other side holding a box of chocolate and teddy bear. "How are you feeling Sakura? Heard you were down with the flu, so I thought I would drop by just for a moment."
"Oh, hey Akame." Sakura smiled.
"Here, a little something to make you feel better." Akame said as she shoved the care items into Sakura's arms. "Well if that's all, I better get going. I have a meeting in a hour. Bye!"
Sakura raised an eyebrow at Akame's weird actions but shook it off. Looking down at the box of chocolates in her hand, Sakura smiled as she cracked it open. "It's been forever since I had chocolate." Plopping one into her mouth, she savored the sweet chocolaty goodness. "Gosh, this is so good."
The chocolate may have been good but what Sakura failed to notice was the three numbers printed on the box. The expired date; 09/14/1998.
A/N: That's a wrap! Hope that was good enough for you guys. Sorry for the *extremely late update. School kind of taken over my life -_-" Yeah...but if I don't update for a long time, it's just because I'm busy or school caught up with me. Don't worry though, I will update when I can, it just might not be as soon as what everyone wants it too. And I will not abandon any of my stories, I promise I'll continue them 'til the end :) Alright, you guys know what to do. The little grey box down there is just waiting to be reviewed in!
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