| Sakura Haruno |

Our tongues danced in eachother's mouths. Sasuke pulled me closer to him deepening the kiss. I couldn't stop it.

Flashes of Bryan came swirling into my head. No, this is wrong. I have to stop this.

I quickly found my energy to pull away from the kiss. Sasuke stared deep into my eyes and I quickly looked down at his bare chest.

"We can't do this." I breathe out. "You have Aiko; a-and I have Bryan."

"Leave him." He whispers before he caresses my cheek and places sweet kisses in the corner of my mouth.

"I-I can't." I huff. Everything about this feels so right. But the circumstances are so wrong. "I cant hurt him, Sasuke. Just like you shouldn't hurt Aiko. She really likes you, I can tell."

"Aiko isn't my real girlfriend Sakura." He says as his grip on me loosens. He takes a few steps away from me and uses a hand to run down his face. Once he got to his lips, he used his fingers to trace them as he stared at me. "She's an old friend that agreed to pretend to be my girlfriend to get you jealous."

He then looked down at the floor. I couldn't help but do the same. Why? Why was this happening?

"Sasuke.." I called out to him and stepped closer only for him to take another step back. That alone broke me.

He then turned away from me. I looked down.

"I-I'll just go." I say turning to leave.

"Don't bother, I dont want you walking anywhere this late." He looked over his shoulder at me. "You can stay here."

I shake my head. "I can't stay here." I tell him. "I'll end up doing something I shouldn't." My chest heaved when he fully turned towards me. His eyes staring into me.

"And what is that exactly?"

I shook my head and looked down.

"Sakura." He calls me name forcing me to shut my eyes and bite my lip. After a few seconds he huffs. I hear shuffling and I open my eyes to see him reaching over me and into his closet. He pulled out a sweater and threw it on before putting on his Nike slides and grabbing his keys.

"Let's go."

| Itachi Uchiha |

Hearing the door slam woke me from my wonderful slumber. Working a whole double does that to you. I pushed myself off the couch and rubbed my eyes looking in the direction the noise came from.

Sasuke tossed his keys on the table and removed his sweater as he sat in the recliner next to the couch I was sleeping on. I yawned.

"Sakura's in your room." I tell him. He frowns.

"I just took her home." He spoke bitterly.

"Oh, she wasnt staying?" I ask.

He huffs. "No."

"What's wrong?" I finally sit up fully and give him my undivided attention.

I watched as my brother chewed on his bottom lip. His eyes moved around quickly as if he was searching for a way to tell me what happend.

"I did it." He says. "I let my guard down and told her how I felt. I even kissed her! And you know what I got in return?" He chuckles bitterly. "She told me she couldn't leave Bryan because it would hurt him!"

I looked down. Damnit. Ino called it. But this wasn't how it was suppose to go.

"I'm not putting myself out there again." He says staring off into space. "I'm done."

"Sas-"

"-NO Itachi." His eyes dart to me. "Everyone's been telling me to just tell her. To put myself out there and she'd reciprocate my feelings. And did she do that?! Hell no! She pulled away from the kiss and told me she didn't want to hurt that cheeky bastard!" Sasuke shot up from his seat and began pacing back and forth.  "Fucking idiot! What was I thinking listening to you guys?" He chuckles bitterly again. "Why did I kiss her?"

"Sasuke." I call out to him but he ignores me.

"I even told her me and Aiko wasnt really dating." He continues.

"Sas-"

"-And I told Naruto I love her! How could I be so stupid?!" He ran his fingers through his hair and gave a frustrated grunt.

"SASUKE!"

My brother stopped in his tracks hearing me yell. I never yell. After clearing my throat I motioned for my brother to sit next to me. He did.

"It's not the end of the world Sasuke." I tell him while placing my hand ontop of his head. "Knowing you, you probably didn't even bluntly tell her how you feel as always." I crossed my arms as I sat back on the couch. Sasuke's eyes never left me. "Try again and this time, actually tell her how you feel."

"I'm not putting myself out there again." He says.

I stand and stuff my hands in my pockets before giving a yawn.

"Then I'm afraid you just lost the love of your life little brother." I tell him. I began walking to my room. "Love is about taking risks and putting yourself on the line no matter how many times it takes to get through to them. You of all people should know that." I look back at him. "Hinata did it for Naruto. So if she can do it, I know you can."

| Sasuke Uchiha |

I watched them. I watched her mostly. She faked it. She faked her smile, she faked how she looked at him. She faked her hug. Everything she did with him was fake. She was lying to him.

I took a puff of my joint as I sat on the rooftop observing everything. Last night was not a good night. And now here I was avoiding her. Even in class I always made it seem like I was too busy doing something else to talk to her.

She rejected me and they expect me to go along with it like nothing happend? Like I just didn't spill my guts out to this woman? You've gotta be kidding me.

"You okay?" A soft voice says from behind me. I look over my shoulder seeing Aiko standing there. She slowly walked up to me and stopped shortly. Looking over the railing and following my gaze. She smirked.

"She's pretty Sasuke." She says again. "I don't know why you're doing this to yourself."

"She doesn't want to hurt the guy and I have no choice but to respect that." I answer.

"Of course." She replies. "As expected from someone who loves her."

I clenched my jaw.

"Stop saying that." I grit.

"Stop saying what?"

"That I love her."

"You do."

"You dont have to remind me." I go to put the joint to my lips but Aiko takes it from me and smashes it out. I glare at her.

"You've got alot of nerve to be smoking on campus Sasu." She says. "Lady Tsunade can smell marijuana from her office, you know that. You could get expelled!"

"Good, maybe I dont have to look at Pinky and her white haired dog."

Aiko giggled. "You're so bitter its actually kind of cute." She crosses her arms. "It's not the end of the world Sasu. Look at her." She motioned for me to look so I did.

"She regrets what she did." She says. "I could see it in her eyes."

"You're so deep." I tell her. "You should be a poet. Aiko Allen Poe."

She snorted and slapped my arm. "Shut up." She says. "Im serious. She doesn't want to be with him, but she also doesnt want to hurt him. She can't just dive into another relationship head first Sasuke; that'll make her look like a slut."

I was becoming bored of the conversation already. I looked down at her once more. The wind blew her Pink hair out of her face as she smiled brightly at whatever it was she and Ino were talking about. Naruto came behind the both of them and threw his arms around their shoulders. The three of them smiled brightly. My chest panged. Her smile. Those dimples. The way her green eyes sparkle. It's her. Everything about her I love. I love her. I love her so much.

| Naruto Uzumaki |

We all sat at the tables engaged in different conversations. I was almost sleep when the whole table became quiet. I opened my eyes seeing that Sasuke was leaning over the table directly in front of Sakura. They started at eachother. Sasuke's hand was pressed firmly on the table holding him up. His lips pressed into a thin line. He never blinked and neither did Sakura. Bryan, who sat next to Sakura looked between the two.

"Sakura." Sasuke spoke her name. Something he never did. He'd always call her Pinky, or Monster. To hear him say her name was weird. Specially talking directly to her.

Sakura took in a deep breath as she watched him. Her brow furrowed in confusion.

Sasuke grunted. His eyes traveled around the table seeing that the attention was on them two before his eyes locked back on his target; Sakura.

"What is it Sasuke?" She says lowly.

"I-I have to tell you something." He says. My eyes quickly found Ino and Hinata who looked back at me then the two before us.

"Okay." Sakura went to stand but he stopped her.

"No." He says. "I-I have to say this in front of everyone."

Sakura eyed him as she slowly sat back down. "O-Okay. What is it?"

Sasuke took in a deep breath. And so did I. What was he going to say.

"Sakura," He starts. "I love you."