Chapter 22
"I'm so sorry Sasuke-kun."
"…"
"Do you want some ice?"
"…No."
"Does it hurt a lot?"
"…" Depressed.
"Awww." Sitting on the edge of the sofa, Sakura groaned helplessly. Hair damped from the previous heated session of the shower and … well…Sasuke preferred never to mention it ever again. Plump face sulked in to the softness of the cushion. Emeralds looked up to find Sasuke subdued in recovering mode. Sitting with his legs 'spread' on the sofa, he leaned his elbow on the sofa arm.
Afraid of coming near, she kept a distance. "I'm really sorry. I was just shocked from the cold water. It was too abrupt-" "Sakura, you don't have to explain it again." His voice unintentionally came out in a harsh tone.
Green eyes widened, scared, because she had upset him. "Oh. I'm sorry! I won't do it again!" She bowed her head in apology.
"!" Straightened his back at her statement, he suddenly grabbed the girl, pulling her to his chest. "It's fine. No major damage was done."
Blush. Her face was crimson red from his touch.
"It's your first time after all. You just simply need practice, more practice." He leaned down to whisper, teasingly licking the shell of her ear.
Major blush rushed at the thought of her … and him … with her hand…. BLUSH!
Sasuke was purely amused seeing the girl burned in his arms. Her temperature rose to a boiling heat.
[…]
The tranquil silence filled the comfort zone of the couple's residence.
"Aw. It probably doesn't taste the same anymore." Hand gently placed the last reheated dish on the table. They took too long in the shower.
"Hn. It doesn't matter. Anything you make tastes good." Obsidian glanced up from his seat.
Blush.
Smirking at the cheekie form of the girl, Sasuke slowly filled his appetite with the warming homemade meal just for him.
"Hm. I think I didn't put enough spice in this. Oh. This is overly cooked…" Babbling as her mind focused on the newly learned meal. She was too distracted to notice the pair of eyes watching her.
"Sakura." He calmly called for her attention. "Did Hana say anything to you?" Even though the girl made it back home mentally unharmed, Sasuke wanted to make sure, she stayed safe and not mar by them. Wanted to discuss with her earlier but they were distracted.
Stopping her rant, Sakura looked up. "Hana? Oh. We were just simply greeting." Head looked up toward the ceiling, index finger tapping her chin cutely. "Then." A light hue rushed across her cheek, "Sasuke-kun!" She began her whining rampage. "Why did you announce that I'm your girl friend? It was really hard trying to explain. Especially when she asked me how we met. I can't tell her I'm an Angel and other stuff." Her face pouted.
"So what did you say?" He intrigued with her answer.
"I didn't really get to nor did I know what to say. Sasuke-kun. You know I can't lie. Luckily, Ino called that moment so the subject got brushed off."
Dissatisfaction quietly flashed thru his eyes. "Really. But you're so good at bending the truth Sakura." Teasing her, he knew she often only tell part of the truth and leave out the rest, this sneaky Angel.
Blush. "No I don't!" Pouting her lips, her cheeks were red.
"Then you're saying this is all a lie?"
"!...No. I … Well … you… and I… we're …" Lowering her head. Sakura didn't have enough nerve to face Sasuke. 'You never properly asked.'
Sasuke raised his brow at the girl, knowing her mind must be a blundering mess. He let it pass his mind because he was sure she was being too paranoid. "Well think of it this way Sakura. What would the other people think if they know that we're living together? You're always close by, visiting me during work. You and me, people see us as though we're the same as Hinata and Naruto. A bad couple to compare to but they can tell how important you are to me. You, Sakura. Is the only one." As if a confession, not realizing his wording and neither did the angel, but his sincere voice was good enough. The fact that he actually started a conversation was good enough. "We can always create a little white lie. It doesn't hurt anybody. It's for your safety. So it's good." Hand reached out to give her a pat on the head.
"Ah." Shyly nodding her head as Sasuke recoil his hand to tuck on the side of his plate. He returned to his meal.
Sakura still wanted the discussion to continue. She wanted him to talk more, more importantly, about him. She opened her mouth to talk. "Then how did we meet?"
"?" That was unexpected. "Hn?"
"I'm pretty sure they'll be more people asking that."
"True."
And Sakura was successfully getting the man to speak with actual words. Never would Sakura have thought the raven hair man with the cool attitude to have such a range of imagination.
[…]
Clean dished were racked. Jasmine tea aromas hovered in the air.
Sakura was occupying herself to clean the simple final thing. While…
"Yes. Include that too." Sasuke walked toward the glass doors with a phone against his ear. "I want you to complete that forged profile soon."
-"I got it."- A matured feminine voice, velvety replied.
"Remember-"
-"Nothing better leaked out to the media. You don't have to remind me all the time Uchiha."- She mocked him.
"Hn."
-"Don't worry. Mind if I ask the reason, not that I care, I just want to make sure, I'm not increasing the chance of losing my head."-
"Then don't ask."
-Chuckle. "Sakura Tenshi, your little so call girlfriend?"-.
"You've heard."
-"There's nothing in this world that I don't know. So, where did you catch her?"-
"Very well then, I'm sure you will do a fine job. Bill me."
-"Alright. I didn't get my answer. Rude. But just to remind you. This will not cost cheaply."-
"Do you think it matters?"
-"Just reminding you. Ciao!"-
Beep. 'Arrogant woman.' Walking back inside to the kitchen, Sasuke settled himself at the counter. Taking light sip, Sasuke sat on the stool, propping his elbows on the counter. Eyes kept a close watch. Just watching … for now. It was a Friday night. And that meant he didn't need to wake up early tomorrow. He would take his time slowly.
"I got so many books today. Gah sorry Sasuke-kun. I can't help it. I over spend." Nervously laughing.
"It's nothing. I gave you the card. It's yours to use freely." Eyes following her hands as she stacked the books together. Seeing the girl appeared to be clueless about a certain book, she just randomly piled.
"Aw. Thank you! Do you mind helping me put this up to that empty cabinet?" She pointed to the vacant shelf on the side.
"Hn." Standing up, Sasuke stalked his body behind the girl. His arms reached out to her side. Sakura only thought he was getting the books. Until his hand pulled out a book. "What do we have here?" That aura returned.
"?" Confused, she answered him, "Cook book?"
"Really. What kind of cookbook named The Naughty Bits? I'd love to try those dishes?" Showing emerald the cover of the book, a woman cladding barely in anything was hiding her body behind a big red sphere.
BLUSH. That title sure implied a lot. Then the description caught her pure eyes.
"The steamiest and most scandalous sex scenes from the world's greatest books"
'...' Sakura turned in to a stone statue.
Hands opened up the book. Sasuke teased. "Let's see. Why don't we try … this. Beloved." Pointing to one of the title on the index list, he continued his torment.
Sakura was nervous. 'How did I get that book? Ooh. It must be a mistake.'
Reading excerpt from the page. "…It had been hard, hard, hard, sitting there erect as dogs, watching corn stalks dance at noon … How loose the silk. How jailed down the juice… As soon as one strip of hush was down, the rest obeyed and the ear yielded up to him its shy rows, exposed at last. How loose the silk. How quick the jailed-up flavor ran free…"
This was unbearable. Her mind couldn't take it much longer, hearing those words.
"…he led her through the wall of prickly trees… put his coat and waistcoat over them, and she had to lie down there under the bought of the trees, like an animal… he broke the band of her underclothes…"
Sakura began to fidget, clawing the edge of the counter.
Liking her reaction, he continued. "She felt his naked flesh against her as he came into her. For a moment he was still inside her… as he began to move, in the sudden helpless orgasm… thrills rippling inside her… clamoring for him to come in again and make a fulfillment for her." Fuck it. He was getting hard, painfully hard.
Feminine hand kept a tight claw of the counter. Her head was blank. Those actions that lovers do were running through her mind.
"… She felt the soft bud of him with her stirring, and strange rhythms flushing up in to her with a strange rhythmic growing motion. Swelling and swelling till it filled her … deeper through all her tissue and consciousness…crying in unconscious inarticulate cries. "
BLUSH.
A quick turn, she took the book away and closed it before he resumed. "Sasuke-kun! Don't read it any more. Someone must have misplaced it. I'll return this book to the store." Taking a pile of books, Sakura escaped from his arms.
"Hn." Chuckle haughtily; wanting to push her further over the edge but the girl seemed a little upset so he stopped. He stood pondering as Sakura paid him no attention, continued to put her books on the shelf. Her hand appeared to be shaking. "Sakura." His voice was soft.
"…"
His eyes narrowed.
The last book was set. Sakura turned to walk to the light switch, shutting off the main lights of the kitchen. The rest was left unbothered since it was automatic.
She called out to him. "It's late. You must be tired from work." Another step further from him told Sasuke something was up.
"What's wrong?" Grabbing her wrists, Sasuke wanted an answer. "Did I do something wrong?"
"N-noo." Sakura kept her head low. Her eyes shied away from him.
"?" Noticed her suppression, he worried. "Look at me." He released one of her hand to grab her chin and lift it up. From the looming light of the living room, he clearly made out well what was covering her eyes. Her beautiful pure emeralds were glazed with lust. It was something that was about to spread to him very quickly or perhaps already had taken toll on his mind. Her cheeks flushed deeply red.
Flimsy, her body was boiling. She could feel how hot her own breath was. Even though her face was lifted to him, Sakura was afraid of what making eye contact would do to her. Her body was weak by passing moment with Sasuke near. That unknown feeling was coming back to haunt her.
"Sakura." Was he hallucinating? The girl in front of him looked appetizing enough to eat. Damn that sheered material that was covering her body. An oversized tee shirt of his that she loved to wear over her PJ. It had been making him screamed in frustration seeing her taking it off to reveal her choice of sleepwear on certain nights. And tonight he would make sure find out by himself.
"I…I…m…" Stuttering, she didn't know what to say when the idea of what was happening within her body seemed so hazy.
"Don't speak." I know. He hushed her with a kiss, a very light and innocent filled with fluttering butterflies kiss. Hands covering her chest as Sasuke brought his hands to soothe her back. Running it up and down, he was massaging her tense muscles.
Moaning in to the kiss, her head felt lightweight, overwhelmed. "Mmmh…mm…" Feeling her knees about to give out, Sakura ran her hand and flung her arms around his neck as much as possible to keep her body from falling.
His blood was running rapidly, hormone was a pain. At the touch of her fingertips running his chest. He was frail.
"Chu…" Ending the kiss, Sasuke bend down a little to lift the girl. The bedroom was their destination.
[...]
"Don't blink Sakura." He smirked against her skin. "Or else." Fondling, sucking, pressing.
'What else can he do?'"Ah. Ah….hah…Ah…" Heavily breathing, her chest was heaving as his head bobbing up and down. "Sasuke-kun!" Her lungs were exploding again. She arched her chest to her limit, pushing up to deepen his face. Sasuke was thrilled with the liquid pouring down his hand.
Exhausted, Sakura fell helplessly on to the mattress, breathing nonstop, catching for oxygen.
Delighted. Satisfied. He dropped on the side, releasing the girl.
"Hn." Obsidian glued his gaze to her face. She was in gratification. Slowly letting sleep rushed over her. Sakura was breathing normally. Her eyes were shut. A smile was presence on her angelic face. He lay quietly watching his Angel sleep. His hand brushed the damped bang clinging to her forehead aside.
Rinngg…Rinngg… A distance ringing of his cell phone broke the tranquil silent.
"?" 'What is it now?' Carefully he covered the girl's ears out of reaction.
Riing. Riiiinng. It was getting louder due to his setting of ring tone.
'Damn.'
Jolting his body quickly out of the bed, his eyes searched for that stupid piece of communication device. 'Where is it?'
Beep. "What?" He roared his silent tone of death.
-"Did I interrupt something?" Snickering in revenge.-
"It's fucking midnight. What do you think?"
-"Not in England."-
"Hn. Shikamaru. If you are calling to tell me what you are having for lunch. Then forget it."
-"I found her."-
[...]
Vrrom..vrrrom…vrrromm.
'So fast.' "Ahahaha."
'Wow. I can feel the breeze of the ocean.'
Clutching tight to the back of a man wearing a leather jacket.
Sakura felt security.
She hugged tighter, glancing up to see him in his helmet.
Zooming down a highway of a secluded beach,
They were going against the wind.
"WAHH!"
She screamed in delight
[…]
"I love the beach!"
Sakura took off her helmet, letting it dropped on the sand.
Kicking off her boots, she dashed to water line.
"Sakura! Be careful!"
A familiar manly tone called out to her.
"Uhm!"
She turned around to meet the man that was driving her earlier on the motorcycle.
Giving him, her signature smile.
Waving her hand for him to join her.
"Come!" She dug her feet in the wet sand.
Seeing the man, reaching up to take his helmet off,
She reached out for him
BANG!
Gasp! Green eyes dilated. Sakura was sweating. Her hand extended to the air as if reaching for something. Someone. 'What was that?' Chest heaved, she felt constricted. The last disturbing image of her dream… was of blood.
It was seeping the sand.
'Who was that?'
"O-oww…" Clutching her head in pain as her mind tried to dig for memories. Her eyes blinked to let trails of tear running down the side of her cheeks. Wanting to sit up to shake the pain away, she stopped. Sakura felt suppression over her body. Looking to the side, she met him.
'Sasuke-kun.'
Being hug tightly Sakura felt better with his warmth. Nudging deeper in to him, she felt safe from his hold. Letting him helped her wash away the image of her dream.
But, it was a different feeling she experienced from her dream. That feeling of security, it wasn't the same. Looking up, Sakura pulled her hand up to touch his cheek, his chin.
"Sasuke-kun."
'Who am I?'
[...]
"Ooh… Where is it?" Looking through her messed up room, "I can't believe I misplace it already. ARGH!"
-"What are you looking for Ino?"-
"A book." Clutching the phone between her shoulder and head, Ino searched recklessly through her room.
-"A book? What the helz are you doing looking for a book two am in the morning?"-
"Oh. Shika-kun. You've been away for a few days now. I wanted to read to you."
-"Read? … *sigh* Instead of asking how well I am doing. You want to read to me." -
"Yep."
-"Really Ino."-
"It's a good book. I need to read it to you to fill in the void of me not being with you."
-"What kind of book is it?"-
"Heh Heh … The Naughty Bits."
-"Ooh."-
Ino was amused hearing her boyfriend groaned over the phone.
o-o-o-o-o
Birds were singing. Sky still covered with the morning layer of fog marked the day to be blistering with heat. Calm, it was a Saturday morning. The third Saturday she was with him.
Green eyes opened wide, blinking to adjust to the darkness of the room safely secured from the rising dawn with the help of the closed curtain.
Blink Blink
'Six am?'
Glancing at the clock on the wall, she was used to the time she had to wake up.
Nudge. Nudge. She nudged the adjacent body to wake up. He responded with a tighter hug. Sakura laughed lightly at Sasuke, who looked like a child hugging to its favorite teddy bear. Fearing it would be taking away during sleep.
Poke Poke
"…"
Poke Poke
"Sakura." The sleep deprived man groaned from behind her head. "Go back to sleep."
"Sasuke-kun. Are you awake?"
Poke Poke
Sigh. "What now?" He indirectly begged her to make it quick. His consciousness was about to drift away again.
"Let's go for a morning walk today."
"I don't want to." He muffled into her hair.
Quickly turned around to face him in his arms, Sakura cupped the masculine face. "Please." Using her sweet tone.
"Sakura. It's Saturday. The only day of the week I get to sleep in."
"You can still sleep in tomorrow."
"We can go on a walk tomorrow."
"But I want to go today."
Groaning, he released his hold and turned around to bury his head under the fluffy pillow.
"Wah. Sasuke-kun!"
o-o-o-o-o
'What am I doing here?' Face darkened. Sasuke was grimed, but nothing marred his perfect charismatic poise.
"Sasuke-kun! Ahahaha… Look!"
"
He looked up. Thump. Yea that was his heartbeat. This girl, she was unbelievable. Obsidians took in the scene of her playing freely with the branch of the nearly full-bloomed blossom tree. Sakura was pulling on the branch to make the petals swirled around them. "Hn."
Unconsciously letting out a smile, Pink tresses pulled back in a ponytail. Her body adorned a pastel yellow and pink dress. Her smile brightened up the whole morning. "Isn't it pretty?" She ran up to him and hugged his waist.
…
"Come here Sakura." Waving for her to walk to his side under a tree, he calmly stood then mischievously pulled on the branch he knew was full of morning dew when she neared.
"Wah!" A piercing cry yelped out from the water droplets pouring from the branch above. "That's not funny." She gave him a couple of poundings.
…
"This is nice!" Stretching her arms high above her head, she leaned back, nuzzling her body in to his chest. "Isn't it Sasuke-kun?"
Wrapping his arms around her, "I guess." He placed his chin over her head.
Viewing the beautiful scenic in front of them, it was purely serene. The two kept their warmth, sitting on the park bench. Their sight overlooked the center lake of the park, not caring at all at the occasional runners or walkers passing by. And because of that, they carelessly not knowing there was a camera focused at them from afar, capturing their moment.
"Argh!"
A rupture cry of a child disturbed the tranquil of the two. Sitting up, Sakura found a little boy trying to reach something.
Feeling his shirt was being tugged, Sasuke knew what to do from her glance. Ruggedly standing up, he walked over the boy with midnight hair as dark as his. The tiny thing was trying to climb up the bark tree.
"Do you need any help?"
Stopping his struggle, the little guy turned around and took in Sasuke's towering form in amazement before he spat a reply, "No." Brilliant hazel eye narrowed. A tint of tiger was in his glare.
"Hn." No caring, Sasuke turned back to Sakura. "Sasuke-kun!" Hearing the girl's protest, he turned back to the boy. "I don't take order from annoying brat." Then he proceed to look up to see a kite stuck on the branch. Hand reached up to grab the fragile thing easily. "Here." 'It's broken.' Giving the boy his kite, Sasuke noticed at first glance how one of the sides was misplaced.
"Ah." The boy looked up to Sasuke in awe.
"Sasuke-kun. Did you get it for him?" Sakura got near. "Hey there." She waved to the boy.
"Wah." In trance by Sakura's hair color, he pointed at her."Your hair is pink. Just like a Sakura tree..."
"Uh. Yea. That's my name." She laughed at the boy's cuteness.
"Hn."
"So what you got there?"
"A kite." He lifted it up to show Sakura. Then he too noticed. "The side is out." He recoil his kite to examine the damage. Seeing the boy at the verge of tear made Sakura sad. This didn't go unnoticed by the man.
"Give it." Sasuke reached out his hand and took the kite from the boy. He sat down on the pavement walk and began fixing it.
Awing. Sakura and the little guy stared in amazement.
"Ryu!" A calling yelp from afar made the two heads turned. Except for the one who was too occupied with the kite.
"Gramma. Grampa." The said boy ran to the two elders walking to them. Sakura smiled gently as the boy carefully grabbed his grandparents' hands and walked them over to where Sasuke were.
"Hello there." The elder lady smiled a toothless grin at her. "I'm sorry if Ryu is causing you any problem."
"Oh no." Sakura shook her head. "We were just helping him. It's nothing at all."
"Yes Gramma." Ryu cried out from behind his Grampa.
Bonk. A hit on the head was placed on the boy by his Grampa, "That doesn't mean you can run away."
"Ow. My kite was stuck. Now it's broke and that dude over there is fixing it."
Sasuke cringed on the side, hearing the boy addressing him. 'Dude?' "Hn. Done."
"Wow Sasuke-kun. You're the best."
"Hn." He smirk his arrogant grin as he handed the boy the kite.
"Yes!" Ryu was grinning madly, happily. "Miss. Would you like to fly the kite with me?"
"Uh." Looking over to Sasuke, seeing his 'I'm not going to join'. "Okay. But you can just call me Sakura and that is Sasuke. Kay?" She introduced them properly to the boy and his grandparents.
[…]
"Such a cheerie girlfriend you got there lad." Sasuke glance his eyes up to the man. "I'm Masaki. And this is my wife."
Feeling uneasy, seeing the two elders settled themselves next to him, but he brushed it aside. "…I'm Sasuke." He grimly replied.
"Ah. We're truly sorry for Ryu's rudeness. But. He's a very sweet boy." Mrs. Masaki informed him.
While Mr. Masaki was occupied with the newspaper that he brought along, Mrs. Masaki was telling him about the brat. Keeping his attention focused on the moving pink blob. He inwardly was mocking the two idiots from not able to fly the kite.
"…His parents died not along ago. The poor boy is still mourning for his lost."
That got his attention. "How did they die?"
Surprised by the man's sudden interest, Mrs. Masaki got into telling him further. "Ah. His parents are part of the special police force. They were killed during one of the criminal chase a month ago. Leaving Ryu in our hands." Shifting her wrinkle hand, she moved to cup her husband's palm. "And we have no idea how long our old age can support him. We're the only family he has left in this world."
"Ah."
"Luckily for us. Ryu is a smart boy. He understands his parents heroic sacrificed. But it just made me worry more. The boy hardly shows much emotion after the day of his parents' funeral."
"…"
"I fear for his future."
Having heard enough, he found it hard to continue listening to her words. "I'm sure he'll suffice. Excuse me." Standing up, he made his way toward the idiot kite flyers.
[…]
As Sasuke was showing off his awesome kite flying skill, he glanced at the free spirit boy. Envied of him, even though his lost was greater than Sasuke's. Ryu's world was pure. He was untouched by the truth of the human, also surrounded himself with warmth from his family; the one thing that Sasuke never experienced. Then his eyes made contact with the two loving elders at the sidewalk. The man, even with his cold attitude and lack of speech, was showing affection to his wife. Looking at the aging couple, he wondered as he looked toward the pink hair angel.
o-o-o-o-o
"Teme." Naruto grimly hung his head on the desk. "Here are the proposals from Tokyo."
"What going on this time?" His eyes mocked the blonde man.
"Uuh." Fox face looked as if all energy had drained from him. "Food poisoned."
"I thought I heard you had a cold."
"I got everything. Must be the swine flu."
Taking the document from his hand, Sasuke revealed his injury.
"?" Naruto was curious with the big bandage on his palm. "What's with your hand?"
"Flying kite."
"#$%^?!"
J-kiwi: Sorry for not updating yesterday. Had something went on...but I'm good now. Blood still pumping. Ha. Sorry for not replying to you guys, I'll work around spamming your inbox soon.
Disclaimer: The bits and pieces of what Sasuke read were not by me. It was taken from the actual text of the Book. The Naughty Bits!