Sakura woke the next morning a little later than she usually slept. She usually woke up at dawn, but she could see the morning light pooling on the floors underneath the curtains. Everything was so calm to her. She was about to get out of bed before she felt a weight across her waist and remembered exactly where she was. Sasuke's arm was wrapped around her, and a warmth at her back. She was surprised he hadn't gotten up yet.

She smiled to herself as she hugged the pillow she was using and let out a deep breath. She was so comfortable she didn't want to move, but she was sure she already woke Sasuke up if he wasn't already awake. He was such a light sleeper.

His eyes opened slowly, looking at her. He smirked, and instead of letting go of his grip around her waist, he pulled her closer. She could easily say she was relieved when she saw him move, glad that she wouldn't have to put in anymore effort into waking him up. She was so comfortable she didn't want to have to move an inch. She could probably stay here all day if she wanted to without a care in the world.

"Good morning," he said before giving her a kiss on the lips, this one longer than the one she'd just given him.

She smiled at him, the smirk on his face all to welcoming to her. He loved her. She was on cloud nine right now, that was for sure.

Then he pulled away, eying her curiously. "You slept in late. I thought you were going to sleep all day."

"Well I was testing you. Seeing how long you'd stick around before you got bored and got out of bed. You passed."

Sasuke smirked once more. "Is that so? All because I haven't got out of bed yet I passed."

"Yeah, you passed because of that. I figured I would of woken up and you'd be gone. I think waking up next to you is probably almost one of my favorite things to do."

She threw the almost in there to tease him. Waking up next to him was definitely something she could get used to. She had never slept so well in her life or woken up with such a feeling swelled up inside of her. She was happy and nothing was going to get in the way of that.

"I'll wake you up before I get out of bed next time then."

Sakura laughed. "Don't get mad if I go back to sleep on you, then."

"That sounds terrible. You know how much I hate being near you," he said sarcastically.

She laughed quietly as she looked over to the clock on the bedside table. It was only eight in the morning. They both slept in. She really didn't feel like rubbing it into his ego right now though. Oh no, she had to make sure she hadn't been hearing things last night first.

"Reminds me why I love you," she added.

Turning with her back towards him again she hugged the pillow to her as she let out a yawn.

"I love you too," he said, pretending it was nothing, as if he said it all the time.

She grinned to herself. She was plenty sure she was awake now and she definitely wasn't dreaming. She had never thought she'd hear him say that. It had been a shock enough just when he admited to liking her. She felt like she accomplished something though. It had been her goal when she was twelve to get him to say that to her and it was like she was finally finishing that part of her life. Sasuke Uchiha loved her.

He yawned and sat up. "We should get up."

Sakura didn't turn to look at him though, a frown crossing her features. Unless he was going to get breakfast, she was definitely not ready to get out of bed yet.

A smile spread across her face as she turned around completely before pushing herself to sit up. She moved quickly, wrapping her arms around his upper torso before pulling him to lay back down beside her. Sakura moved to where she was hovering over him, raising an eyebrow in question.

"You really wanna get out of bed? Ugh, fine."

She was teasing him as she climbed over him before making the move to get up. His hands quickly caught her waist, stopping her from moving any further.

"You didn't have to climb over me to get out of bed." He smirked. "And if you really want to stay in bed, we can. I can make that sacrifice."

She started laughing. She placed her hands on his chest to balance herself as she looked down at him with a raised eyebrow. She was practically straddling the guy and he was calling staying in bed with her a sacrifice.

"Well, your side is closer to the door. It just seemed a way to save time."

"So it just has to do with how close my side is to the door?" He smirked. "Maybe we should sleep on opposite sides of the bed next time so that I don't have to put up with you being all over me like this."

"I can completely see that. I mean, you broke into the bathroom I had locked myself into cause you just can't stand me being around you."

Sasuke smirked. "I just wanted a shower so badly that I had to break into the bathroom and put up with you being around."

"Well that sounds like a really bad case of you hating me then," she teased right back.

"Yes, I hate you. Last night in the shower was the most disgusting experience of my life," he said, looking happy for once as he teased her.

"I bet. I'll make sure you never have to go through it again."

She mocked a serious expression, nodding along with herself as if she was coming to a decision.

"Yeah, I think I can live with that."

She couldn't hold herself to that if she even wanted to. Sasuke, the spoiled brat, could probably get what he wanted ninety-nine percent of the time when it came to her. It wasn't that she had a problem saying 'no' to him, it was just that the majority of the time, she didn't want to say 'no.'

Sasuke actually looked like he might laugh. "Good. Because I don't want you anywhere near my shower."

"You don't want me near your shower, fine. I'll never use it ever again."

She rolled her eyes at him playfully. This was definitely amusing to her. She knew Sasuke liked challenges, and she guess he saw this as such even though it was more just like a game to her. She could only recall one fight she'd had with him, and they hadn't even argued all that much. She couldn't imagine being so mad at him that she wouldn't talk to him or even so much as be around him. She could barely go ten minutes at a time without thinking about him at least once.

She smiled down at him, obviously enjoying herself. She loved it when he would do this. He'd just joke around with her, have fun with her. Sakura couldn't get enough of seeing him so at ease and just happy.

She laughed. "If that's what you want though, me not being 'all over you,' and all, I can always just sleep on the couch."

Sasuke frowned. "The only way you're sleeping on the couch is if I'm there too."

"But I thought you didn't like being near me?" she asked, pretending to be hurt.

Sasuke was being serious about that one. He wasn't going to let her sleep anywhere in his apartment unless it was his bed. Sure she could probably get away with a nap or two on his couch, but if Sasuke planned on sleeping, too, it was going to be in his bed. She wasn't about to sleep on the couch with him tough. Sure she'd be comfortable for a little while, but she doubted it would be for long.

Sasuke smirked. "I don't want you ruining my couch by sleeping on it. You'll give it cooties."

She started laughing. She wasn't necessarily laughing at him, just at the main fact he was implying she had cooties. She had never thought the day would come where she would hear such a word come out of his mouth, let alone a seventeen year old's mouth. God, she really did love him.

"Too late. I've already slept on that couch once. It contracted them."

He was always surprising her, even if it was just a choice of his vocabulary.

"I burned that couch. The one I have now is new. I didn't want to infect the rest of my apartment."

"Well your bed has cooties I guess. So I guess you'll have to burn that too. I'd hate for you to have to keep replacing furniture, so maybe I'll just stop coming here altogether." She smirked.

Like she could honestly stay away. Besides his apartment, they could only really be alone together at the training grounds. She needed to get her own place. The apartments only a block away were leasing places out... Finally.

She smiled down at him before she placed her hands on his shoulders, just so she could keep him from leaning up as she closed the distance between them, her lips only a few inches from his as her hair fell down and brushed against his cheeks.

"Staying in bed with me is a sacrifice, huh? I should thank you, then." She sat up with a yawn, making sure to stretch her arms above her. "Breakfast?"

"No breakfast yet."

When she finished stretching she placed her hands on her knees, careful not to touch him as she did. Sasuke was better with the words and charm for sure, but she had a hunch she was getting better at this flirting thing. She had started asking Ino about it, claiming she wanted to know how to flirt in case she ever had to on a mission. It was a lame excuse but the blonde went along with it, probably under the suspicion she was going to try something on Ronan or something. Ino said always leave the guy wanting more, and that was what she was trying. She was making as little contact with him as possible all the while just making her attempt at being casual.

"Well, if no breakfast, than what?" she asked.

Sakura raised an eyebrow at him as she drummed her fingers on her knees. She was curious as to what he had in mind. She certainly couldn't sit like this forever. She wouldn't object to just relaxing in bed with him though. She could easily go back to sleep, or simply just talk to him. Either way she was set but she was still wondering what he'd suggest. Or what he'd do if she dared to tease him again by leaning down again and keep him from kissing her.

He looked her up and down. "You should come down here and find out."

"Oh yeah?"

She slowly leaned down to where she was just out of his reach, still be so very careful to keep her hands on her knees.

"Okay, now what?" She had a tone that she was unimpressed, clearly still teasing him.

Sasuke would probably take that as a chance to get back at her. He seemed to be always looking for something that he could 'make her pay for later' but frankly, she didn't have a problem with that.

He frowned but then after a moment his eyes widened and Sasuke smirked. "Now I can see down your shirt."

He continued to surprise her still. A blush spread across her face and she sat up quickly, holding the shirt against her. She was self conscious, the reaction was completely instinctive. She had to stop herself from going so far as to apologizing to him. Sakura narrowed her eyes at him, he was obviously pleased with himself. She was definitely going to win this one... Or at least try to.

Sakura slowly leaned forward, still being careful not to touch him as she kissed him. It was soft at first and then she deepened it. The kiss was still short, her pulling away quickly and raising an eyebrow at him.

"I hope you enjoyed the view, cause that's all your getting. I don't want to disgust you further seeing as how you hate me and all," she taunted.

He looked at her curiously. "Why are you blushing? I've seen your chest before. I've seen much more of you than that even."

She smiled at him as she rolled off of him and laid down on her designated side of the bed as far from him as she could. She turned on her side with her back to him and she started to pretend she was going back to sleep.

Sasuke smirked, thinking up a plan. He snuggled up behind her, wrapping an arm around her waist and kissing her neck. He obviously didn't like her moving so far away from him.

"If you're going to give me the silent treatment then you might not be so bad to be around. You do look good in that shirt," he teased.

Sakura continued not to speak but did turn back towards him. She slid his fingers along the edge of his pants, just teasing him even as she pretended not to be interested. She thought she had him for a moment. He had at least looked surprised, and then he seemed to be actually thinking over what she was implying.

But Sasuke still was one step ahead. He leaned down and kissed her, this time longer and with more passion. She wasn't really caught off-guard by the kiss, she was half way expecting it, but what really got her was when he rolled her over and was suddenly on top. Before she could react to anything he was kissing her and she couldn't help but return it.

All she could do was drop her hands from his waistline and put them down at her side. If he wanted to do it that way, fine. She'd go back to not touching him, and her plan was to drive him absolutely insane. She was careful to enunciate every movement of her lips, and then she even went so far as to bite his bottom lip. He was playing dirty, so she definitely could, also.

When she pulled back from the kiss she laid her head down on the pillow and smirked at him, giving him a coy look like she still had a trick up her sleeve. She honestly didn't know what else to do besides not touch him and try to turn him on at the same time. That was difficult enough just by itself.

He chose not to kiss her anymore, instead his mouth moving down to kiss her stomach which had been exposed earlier when he pulled up her shirt some. He seemed to confident, which wasn't a good sign. Before she could change her tactics though she knew she was going to lose.

His hand had found her way between her legs and that was something that had worked on her every time before. His touch was unpredictable and it felt amazing. She closed her eyes tried to focus on anything else, but the second his lips touched her stomach she let out a moan. That was all it took for her to surrender.

Sakura slowly slid her fingers through his hair, enjoying his every touch. She was halfway glad she had gone through the motions of at least putting on the bottom half of her underwear last night, giving him at least one obstacle. She wasn't going to stop him though. He won, so the least she could do was let him do what he wanted for a little while before she started up another challenge.

He placed another kiss on her stomach, slowly trailing kisses down until he finally reached between her thighs. He kissed there too, followed by a gentle lick, before looking up at her face for a reaction. She could only lean her head back, her lips parting as she moaned softly. She spread her legs a bit more, the only gesture she could possibly comprehend on doing to keep him going.

It felt so good to her she could barely control herself. She wanted more. She had never known she could want someone so badly. Sure she had wanted Sasuke for a long time, but if it was possible, her want for him, her love for him, had increased tenfold. She had come to learn an entire new side of him and she couldn't get enough of him. She wanted to always be around him, and when she wasn't she missed him like crazy. She didn't care who knew anymore, or how people would judge her.

The only thing that had stopped her from telling the world so far was Sasuke. He wanted it secret and she'd respect that. Regrettably.

He continued exploring her with his mouth. He went slowly, just testing for now. He always had to know everything, something that could be both good and bad. Moans and gasps would escape her, each louder than the next. What he was doing to her was unlike anything she had ever felt before and she couldn't get enough.

Before she knew it she felt the knot tying at her core and then it exploded in a feeling of pleasure not soon after as she toppled over the edge. It was an amazing feeling and she had a feeling Sasuke was just getting warmed up.

Sakura smiled as she pulled him back towards her, sitting up as she did. She kissed him, hard, as she wrapped her arms around him. She waited a few seconds before placing a hand against the bed and pushing forward, causing him to roll over. She smirked when she was on top of him, much like the same position as before.

She leaned down and kissed his neck gently before she started trailing kisses down to his chest. Sasuke closed his eyes, clearly enjoying it. She stopped when she came to the waistband of his pants, looking up at him with a raised eyebrow as if she were expecting him to do something. He opened his eyes and looked down at her.

He removed his pants, looking slightly unsure if that was what she wanted. He was now the first one naked, while she still had a shirt on.

Sakura smiled. "I guess I did win after all. You're the first one naked for once."

She smirked up at him as she kissed his stomach one more time. She wasn't going to give him a chance to argue with her, especially considering the curious look he was giving her, instead, moving down farther. The only other time she had done this he had seemed to enjoy it, but she wanted to do something he wouldn't forget anytime soon. She certainly wouldn't be forgetting this morning for a long, long time.

Sakura kissed the tip once as she trailed her fingers down the length of him. He leaned his head back at gasped, surprised at the touch. She didn't hesitate to take him in after that, being precise with each movement on her part. She experimented with it for awhile, only looking up every so often to see what kind of reaction she was getting out of him.

She wanted him to forget everything for just a little while. He had to have a lot on his mind, she never did find out what was bothering him so much. She just wanted him to be at ease, even if it was only for a short while. Anything she could do to bring him just a little bit of peace she'd be up for. She wanted him happy, no matter what.

Sakura ended it all the way she had started, kissing the tip and trailing her fingers down the length of him and then across his hips down to the bed. . A loud moan slipped from his lips, clearly surprised.

She looked up at him before kissing her way up his chest to his neck and then to his lips, giving him a tender, short kiss and smiling at him.

"Don't move," she demanded.

She kissed him one more time as she moved to where she was over him, slowly lowering herself down until he was completely inside of her, seeing him watching her closely with lust filled eyes. She gave herself only a short moment to adjust to him before she placed one hand on his stomach and used the other to push the hair out of her face before she began to move her hips. His hands gripped the sheets and then he started to move, keeping with her hips to let her control the pace.

She knew he wouldn't of been able to sit still for long, but she had been curious as to how long he'd wait. He hardly lasted ten seconds. That was all the motivation she needed though to put her entire focus onto what she was doing as she began to move faster, rolling her hips with each thrust.

It felt amazing to her, as if he were touching places she didn't even know she had. She let out a loud moan as she continued on, her breathing heavy. His breathing was getting heavier as welland he continued to thrust harder into her, keeping up with the way she moved her hips. She could already feel the pressure growing for a second time and she knew she wouldn't be able to keep this up much longer, not when she was so close.

She felt herself reach her limit only moments before he did. It was until he stilled that she stopped herself, taking deep breaths to try and find some balance. Sakura felt like she was floating, but at the same time she was tired out. All she could do was lift herself off of him and collapse next to him. She was still slightly pleased with the fact he hadn't even accomplished taking her shirt off. That had been her chance to be in control, and she had loved every minute of it.

She pushed herself up only enough to kiss him softly before she lay her head down on his chest, listening to his heart beat as she finally started to regain her breath. She could easily lay there forever.

"I'm pretty sure you have cooties now, too," she joked, watching as Sasuke continued to try to catch his breath.

He opened his eyes and looked at her, watching her closely before he wrapped his arms around her, holding her close.

"I can live with that. It's a small price to pay," he said with a smirk.

She smiled. She slid one arm around his waist and squeezed gently to hug him to her as she closed her eyes, relaxing against him. Sakura listened to his heart beat, was very aware of the rise and fall of his chest and the way his scent filled her nose. He was slowly taking over each of her senses and she just didn't care. In fact, she preferred it.

"Oh really? Well thanks for 'paying the price' then."

She smiled softly to herself as she closed her eyes, putting her attention back on what he was doing. She couldn't get over what it was like to lay next to him, to trust him and to have him trust her back. It was one of the best feelings in the world and she never wanted it to go away. If she had anything to do with it, it wouldn't.

Before too long, she felt his breathing slow and his hold on her slackened a bit. Sakura was careful as she looked up at him, a smile crossing her features at the fact that he was asleep. Reaching down slowly she pulled up the blanket of his bed, covering them both as she nestled back into Sasuke's chest. She could nap now too for sure.