Sharingan… It was blood red but there was only one of them.
"Sensei?" Sakura questioned under her breath. Her forehead still pressed against the glass. Seems he had been walk by that late at night and had lost himself staring at Sakura and Naruto's apartment.
"Prevert…" Sakura muttered under her breath shaking her head. No she knew he was not trying to get a quick peek at them. But he must have known Naruto's plan because he would have not been.
"He must be as confused as I am…" She said in a hushed voice.
They made eye contact and Sakura nodded her head and she turned from the window picking up on of Naruto's issued Jounin sweaters pulling it over her small frame to cover herself after she removed the thin robe that she had previously just put on. It was too big for her and hug off her shoulders. The sleeves swallowed her arms and she had to pull at them in order to see her hand. A pair of shorts followed and after she gathered her hair into a pony tail she picked up a set of their apartment keys and made her way to the front door. Naruto would not even notice that she had left the room. He usually slept soundly after they made love.
Sakura opened the door carefully and quietly to their apartment, slipping out. He would be waiting at the bottom of the stairs. And he would offer her some sanity and direction. He always did after all he was their mentor. He had lived through so much that Sakura swore beneath his lazy, carefree exterior Kakashi had enough life experience to last him several life times. She made her way finally to the top of the stair case and stopped for a moment turning back to look at the humble little door of Naruto and hers apartment. It never looked so small to her before. But it held many happy memories, right?
Yes it was an apartment their home sweet home. They both had such busy lives at this point in their lives that a house or a mansion as Naruto had promised her was on hold until they made the jump into parenthood. But sometimes Sakura had wished that they did live in a house. Naruto seemed to have a habit of collecting things. He sure was a pack rat sometimes. And every time he came back from a mission he would carry some trinket back with him. And they always would be the most unpractical object Naruto could find on his travels. It was getting a bit tight on space their little apartment.
Sakura gripped the railing of the stairs and let out a sigh.
But there were so many happy memories there. Especially their first night there in their little "love nest" as Jiraiya had called once he first heard the news that Sakura and Naruto had made the leap into living with one another. Because at the time there were not even engaged. She should have never trusted Naruto with the job of setting up the electricity.
"Naruto…"
"Yes my little blossom?"
"Why did the lights just go out?"
"OH… um… That… Well you see… "
"Naruto… Sweety" She gritted her teeth together and she stressed the endearment. "You did remember to talk to the electrical company about us moving in a day earlier right?"
But there was no comment from him. Instead he turned his back to her and started to slink around the corner of boxes marked. 'kitchen ware.' But because of the lack of lighting his escape from Sakura was not so successful and Sakura heard a large crash followed by a quick response.
"I didn't do it…"
Sakura sighed, "Hold still Naruto before you wreck more things… I'll try to find where we packed some candles."
She felt her way through the dark room and just before she was going to reach one of the box piles in front of her a hand jumped out and grabbed her writs roughly pulling her to a strong chest. She felt Naruto nuzzle her neck with his face.
"Naruto?" Sakura questioned in a shocked voice.
"Hush Sakura-chan," was all she could make out from the mumbling she felt. "We don't need candles." She could feel a kiss followed by the last comment. "At least… we don't need them for what I have planned." Naruto's hands started to make their way up Sakura's thighs.
Sakura could feel her face burning from a blush. When Naruto wanted to he could always bring a blush to her cheeks with such bold statements about intimacy. It was such a change sometimes from the spunky little boy she used to know. Sure Naruto was still the light hearted idiot from her childhood but now he could take her breath away with one stoke of her thigh. There were no words after that just the sound of clothing rustling as they were being removed from their bodies. They also knocked over a couple boxes as the stumbled to get into the bedroom. But they never made it. Sakura had pulled them down to the ground in their living room.
Sakura still held onto the railing and then straightened herself out. The sudden memory had washed through her. Kakashi was waiting. There was no time for remember the good times when she had to start preparing for the bad ones that were most defiantly going to come.
"What you doing out her perverted sensei? Hoping to catch a glimpse of a married women."
"Last I heard you were on the market again. Or at least that's what I was informed." Sakura eyebrows creased immediately. "I didn't think that you would actually agree to it. So I was very surprised when Sasuke kept going on about his plans with your relationship. A quick marriage, children, clan restoration."
Sakura bowed her head when she heard what Kakashi was saying and sat on one of the stairs she had just came down. "It was his decision…"
"Not yours?"
"I support my husbands decision…" Her head was still bowed.
"Who are you trying to convince with that statement… Youself? Because its sure not conceiving me. Why Naruto would ever suggest such a thing for you to do it insane." Kakashi's hand scratched at the back of his head.
"Its not in his character I agree… And Naruto should not be doing things like this because it might just end up hurting everyone in the end. But I honestly believe that Naruto and Sasuke have always had something that was much stronger then my relationship with them. Marriage or no marriage, I believe that Sasuke's and Naruto's relationship bordedlines family. If Sasuke wants to remain in the past Naruto will try to give it to him. After all we have all wanted the past for so long. It seems that just when we are just about to escape it… it comes back to hurt us."
"So that's why you agreed?" Kakashi questioned.
"Yes…I love him to much not too…" Sakura hugged herself.
"You students will be the end of me I always knew it… From the day that I first brought out the three bells." Kakashi sat next to her now patting her on the back.
"Thank you sensei…" She whispered.
The rain was fairly hard now and Sakura could no longer escape his grasp.
"Sakura…" Sasuke whispered. He placed his hands on Sakura'a face and pulled her into him. "Don't run from this… please… I beg you…"
"Sasuke… I can't"
"Yes Sakura…" She whispered as he brought his lips closer to hers. They were just hovering now over hers. She could already taste him on her lips. "You can't tell me that your heart is not racing right now… Because I know it is. I can feel it." Sasuke pushed her roughly against the front door of the aparment and she gasped a bit. "Its excited and the sound of its rhythmic pounding is just maddening to me…" But it was not love that it was racing from.
He closed the distance between them. All Naruto could do was watch and then something inside him kicked. It made his heart lurch and Naruto knew this was a mistake. Jealousy started to build within him.
Sasuke started to deepen the kiss and Sakura was allowing it. She did not know what else to do. That little voice inside her that had held her feelings for Sasuke safe for so long was allowing her to continue. If not for closer.
Sasuke threw Sakura to the bed quickly removing her clothing. He was so experienced… Too experienced. Sakura slinked away from him on the bed.
"Sasuke…I don't know about this."
"I can fell it buring within you Sakura… Don't deny it any longer."
His lips fell upon her skin and then he ripped at her button shirt. The sounds of the buttons hitting the wooden floor made Naruto cringe. "Your beautiful Sakura…"
His mouth was down again assaulting her body.
"Naruto…" Sakura gasped out loud. Just then…
Naruto shot up from the bed. He was covered with sweat. It was too real. It was all too much for him. He rubbed at his face trying to clear his mind of the memories of the dream or rather the nightmare. He looked to his left but found the sheets next to him in bed were unoccupied and cool.
"Sakura?" He questioned stumbling out of bed. A moment of panic. Where was she was he could think about.
Just then Sakura walked through the bedroom door.
"Whats wrong Naruto?" She questioned to see her husband with a pair of his pants half on and his arm through one arm hole. He moved forward hugging her tightly.
"Naruto?" Sakura questioned. He looked worried and it scared her. She needed to be strong for him now.
"Sakura… I know I asked you to do this… But…"
"Its ok Naruto… I'll be ok." She said stroking his cheek. She need to comfort him.
"But Sakura…"
"Hush… We will be ok."
Naruto's eyes widen. She seemed so sure of them. She seemed so sure of it. Little did Naruto know that Sakura was just as scared as she was of the future.
A.N.
Yeah… I'm still alive but I bet that a lot of you thought I was just another author lost in the sea of the interweb. I really appreciated all the people how commented on my last chapters. I know this one is short but I was struggling with it for a while and I was busy with my personal life that I was not able to update it for so long. Hopefully you guys have not forgotten the story. I am trying my best to get the Saku/Naru moments in there as much as I can. But with a storyline like this its kinda hard to have them be all lovely dovey thus why I added the flash back. I will try my best to satisfy the Saku/Naru fans. But I am going to keep you guessing on how this story is going to end and remain on the boarder. Hopefully this will not upset you guys.