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I walked out of the small bathroom dressed in the clothes that Sasuke brought for me. He stood outside patiently looking like a attractive statue with his eyes closed and a guitar back hanging from his back. Sasuke's onyx eyes saw me coming out and observed me in the outfit, he smirked approvingly but it disappeared when he noticed my hair, "Tie your hair up in a bun." he demanded.

I frowned and glared at him, "What? I like it down!"

Sasuke shook his head, "The judges will deduct points if they find you're not in appropriate attire."

Screw the judges. I don't really care about this prestigious school anyway. I huffed angrily as I crossed my arms. No fucking way I was going to put my hair into a bun. It was just way to girly for me. Totally not my style. When I felt hands gently grabbed all my hair and combed it out with it's fingers I nearly slapped the person behind me.

When I found out it was Sasuke since he wasn't in front of me I tensed and asked him what in the fucking world what he was doing when there was just so much people around. His long fingers massaged my scalp and gathered all my hair gently. He replied that he needed to do what he needed to do and suddenly I found my natural pink hair in a high bun. How he learned to make it so neat and perfect I have no idea.

Pulling out my compact mirror I stared at my reflection. It wasn't bad at all. The only thing out of the bun was my two shorter strands of hair framing my face, "Where did you learn to do this?"

"Hn." he grunted shrugging before unzipping the guitar from behind his back and handing the acoustic to her, "Do you know what you're going to play."

I'm pretty sure I lost all the color on my face when I realized I didn't. God. This audition was a pain in the ass and I haven't even entered the room. In the back of my mind ditching this joint was becoming an amazing idea every second that ticked by. "Where are you going?" asked Sasuke when I was about to take my fifth step towards the door, but of course he gripped my elbow halting me.

"Oh you know. Just gonna go home." I said as if it wasn't a big deal at all.

Sasuke rose an eyebrow and shook his head, "You're not quitting."

My eyes stared at him in a look like screamed 'you've got to be fucking kidding me' look. "Face it. I don't have a chance. I go in there in about five minutes and I have no idea what I should play. This was such a bad idea." I groaned feeling helpless.

Sasuke gripped my shoulders and shook me, "Listen to yourself. You can do this and you will. Finding a song to play isn't that hard if anything you could just play a song from your favorite band. Or you can make up some bullshit on the spot." Seconds passed and before I knew it I was shuffling into my small tiny bag for a scrunched up little piece of paper hoping to find the song I worked on the other night. Praying to god that it was stuffed in here I unwrinkled the last piece of paper in it and beamed a smile.

Found it. I felt Sasuke's eyes trying to peek over to get a glimpse of the paper but of course no way in hell did I want him to see it so I hid it from him. Just when he was about to ask my name was being called.

Sasuke wished me luck, gave me a quick hug and then I strode to the room where all the judges sat.

This was it. All or nothing.

Nervously, I walked into the room with the guitar over my shoulder. As I faced the five judges they smiled and asked me to introduce myself and what would be playing. Awkwardly I forced a smile on my face, "My name is Sakura Haruno and I'll be playing and singing a song I recently wrote called 'My Heart'."

The judges scribbled some notes down on a piece of paper which made me even more nervous. Without another word I took a deep breath and strummed Sasuke's acoustic guitar.

Walking back into the lobby, I felt as if I did something right. Like I accomplished something. Sure, I fucked up a few times but it wasn't anything major - in fact I don't even think they noticed. This might sound cocky but I'm pretty sure I would probably get accepted in this school. Probably the only down side is being away from my friends. What in the world would I do without them?

Sasuke noticed the huge smile on my face so he smirked a bit, "Guess you did well?"

I chose not to respond so I just hugged him and I whispered a thank you in his ear. Much to his surprise. If it wasn't for Sasuke I wouldn't have came to this audition. I wouldn't have discovered that little cafe place thing that he took me to. And I wouldn't have overcame my fear of preforming in front of people. Sasuke hugged me back and chuckled. After a few moments Karin popped into my mind and quickly I pushed him away, "Sorry! I totally forgot about Karin."

He shook his head.

Somehow just that shake of the head I figured out everything.

They weren't together anymore? Why? How? When? What happened?

Questions kept on swarming in my head and I desperately needed an answer to ease my thoughts, "Uhm. I hope you don't mind me asking but what happened? How did it happened? When did it happened and why?"

He did not respond, he just shook his head. Looking into those eyes I could tell that he was partly sad about it that much was obvious but I wanted to know the whole story. Onyx eyes dazed off as sadness took over him. Hesitantly, I placed my hand on his shoulder and gave him a reassuring squeeze. I didn't like Karin one bit but Sasuke seemed so sad. It almost made me a bit sad and depressed.

Fortunately he shook it off and smirked at me.

God. That smirk. Those eyes. That body. His everything.

Without a second thought I gave him a hug - much to his surprise - and pulled back just as fast. Smiling foolishly I played with my fingers, "Sorry. I just.. I don't - "

"It's fine." said he with a smirk once again.

My heartbeat began to beat faster as he stared at me with those onyx orbs. Before I just thought it was a crush but as I walked behind him to his car I felt sudden happiness fill me. I gripped my chest where my heart was and smiled widely before jogging to catch up to him. That day I knew Sasuke Uchiha has stolen my heart.

I don't know when or how. At first it was a simple crush. Soon it developed into something more.

"Since Karin got kicked out of the band we need a lead guitarist. Know anyone?" said Sasuke looking at me er from the corner of his eye as we sped back on the freeway to go home.

I looked at him clearly shocked but nevertheless I tapped my chin in wonder, "Hm. No one comes to mind." I joked but then I turned serious for a moment, "How is everyone doing anyway? I haven't heard much from them."

"Not much has changed. It's barely three forty, you wanna come to the band practice?"

A millisecond later I agreed with a stupid bright and large smile on my face that when I looked in the mirror it kind of reminded me of Naruto and his obnoxiousness. Inwardly giggling I stared out the window as Sasuke turned on the radio and then played a CD of a band that I wasn't really aware existed. I ignored the noise and drifted into my thoughts as the soft mellow tune lulled me to sleep.

Slowly I opened my eyes and yawned, stretching my arms in the small car. Looking to my left I saw Sasuke still there driving looking as if he was about to pass out. Gr, I wish I hadn't fallen asleep. This pain in my neck is killing me and Sasuke looks like a zombie, "How long was I out?"

Sasuke was kind of shocked that she was awake but nonetheless he answered her question, "Almost a hour. We're almost at the practice room." A comfortable silence arrived and I closed my emerald eyes in peace, "You snore like a cow." he commented. My eyes then snapped back opened and shoved his arm, "Hey hey hey! Easy now. Don't want to get in an accident do we?" he smirked.

"I do not snore!" I hissed. Which was a total lie, I knew I snore. My mother teased me about it from time to time and so did my friends when we had a sleepover. But he didn't need to know those details unless he becomes my boyfriend of course. That thought brought another to my face. Sasuke Uchiha my boyfriend? Now there's a wonderful dream.

"Let's play 20 questions." He stated out of the blue.

"Eh?" I asked kind of unsure but when Sasuke stared at me with those onyx orbs I couldn't really refuse him so with a sigh I replied, "how bout 10?"

"15."

I glared at him, "10. Take it or leave it."

Sasuke shrugged, "I'll take what I can get." I smiled at my victory but before I could celebrate even further his question caught me off guard, "Do you like anyone at the moment?" Briefly biting my lip I nodded, "Is it one of the death by dawn members?"

"Isn't it my turn?" I asked questionably. He chuckled and smirked then apologized, "Do you like anyone?"

"Stealing my questions?"

Glaring at him, "Just answer it."

"Yes," confessed he as his face turned softer as Sasuke focused on the rode. I wondered who it was, he seemed pretty attached to Karin when I first met him so that would mean he probably met someone when I was temporarily part of the band or when we had lost contact for a while. That mere thought constricted my heart. There goes my shot with him, "Is it one of the band members?"

Swallowing the lump in my throat I nodded. "How long have you known this girl that you like?"

Awaiting the answer, I clenched my fists. "I met her that day you showed up to class and disrupted our practice." he stated calmly. I winced remembering that day, I got a bruise from jumping off that building. That was a pain in the ass.

"Would you tell me who you like if I guessed right?" asked Sasuke stealing a quick glance at me.

I pondered for a moment. Would I? If he guessed himself would I actually tell Sasuke that I have a crush on him? Maybe if I agreed he would just let the subject drop but then that would be pretty much non-Sasuke like, "Hm. Probably not.." I said truthfully. "Who's your best friend?"

His answer came the second that question left my mouth, "Naruto... Most of the time. What's your favorite type of food?"

"Anything sweet. Who of the band members gets on your nerve the most?"

"Naruto." he said which made me laugh once again. "Who was your first kiss?"

"His name was Sai in middle school. It was a dare so I don't think it counts.." More questions were thrown and we both down to our last and final question. I better make this one count, maybe if I word my question right I would find out who Sasuke liked.

Sasuke smiled at me, "Last question. Make it count."

Nervously I pondered for a few minutes, "Will you tell me who you like?"

"Eventually." he answered, "Would you?"

I grinned, "The game's over." Thankfully, he let the subject drop and I stared at my clothes, "Can I change before we see the guys? I feel old in this.." I commented lifting up the black bottoms. Sasuke grunted and I immediately took that as a yes.

"We're here." stated Sasuke calmly cutting off the engine of the car they were both in. Gracefully, I stepped out of the car and stretched once again as the soft breeze blew my locks out of my face. Damn, it felt good getting out of the stuffy car. Inhaling a large breath of the fresh air I grabbed my duffel bag and walked straight to the nearest bathroom so I could change in my previous outfit.

Naruto and the rest of the band members of Death by Dawn sat on large bean bag chairs as they drank their soda. They were discussing about another gig and it was irritating to Naruto that his best friend wasn't there to settle everything, "Where the hell is Sasuke?"

Shikamaru sighed and shook his head, "We told you a million times that he had to take Sakura somewhere. When are you going to finally listen?"

The blond man sighed and leaned his head back and shut his bright blue eyes, "We need to think of a new song and we have to find another lead guitarist who will actually be on time. It's pretty stressful."

Neji crossed his arms and stared at the white piece of paper observing the notes they wrote down, "Deal with it. Hopefully Sakura will be our new lead guitarist but we could never be too sure so just in case we need a back up plan, Shikamaru?"

"I'm pretty sure Sakura will agree." said Shikamaru honestly analyzing the paper.

"Of course I will!" said a female voice from the doorway. The three males turned to look and found the girl they were previously talking about with Sasuke behind her. Immediately Naruto shouted her name and ran up to give her a long bear hug she was smiling the whole time. Sakura also smiled when she gave Shikamaru and Neji a small and quick hug, "What's that?" asked Sakura eyeballing the white lined paper on the small circular table.

Her question was ignored when Naruto said, "So you're really going to be joining the band?" his voice was excited and loud.

She nodded her pink hair falling to her face as she grabbed the paper, "Are you guys writing lyrics for a song?"

"Yeah! But it isn't really going smoothly." commented Naruto nervously laughing.

Sakura then reached into her bag and pulled out the paper from before. Three pairs of eyes studied her movements. She then unfolded it and laid it on the paper as the three pairs of eyes turned to look at it, "It was meant to be an acoustic song but if we work on it a bit then .. " her voice trailed off. Shikamaru and Sasuke were the first ones to read the paper.

"Was this the song you preformed today?" asked Sasuke. She nodded, "It's not bad at all. But I think it's best if Sakura sings it," Sakura was about to yell and scream that, that idea was just crazy and insane but the he continued, "it's her song and she knows it best. Plus, it seems to relate to you."

Shikamaru and the rest of the men agreed and she sighed sadly. Sakura then shook it off and plopped herself down to the bean bag Naruto was sitting on until he got up to fetch her a refreshing soda. As they discussed even more Naruto handed her a soda and less then five minutes the can was empty. Naruto and Sakura then engaged in a small innocent conversation about the oh so innocent Hinata.

"So let me get this straight, you won't ask her out because her father is.. strict?" asked Sakura giggling slightly.

Naruto nodded viciously, "Have you seen the old man? He nearly wanted to tear me to shreds when I accidentally broke one of his vases when we all slept over Neji's place. A fucking vase! The man's filthy rich and he makes a big deal of a vase!"

"The vase was the last of its kind, you couldn't find another one like that anywhere." interjected Neji.

Naruto rolled his blue eyes, "Last of its kind? Bitch please! Can't he make like a replica thing of it?"

Neji then sighed, "It was valuable."

"It's a vase!" argued Naruto clearly annoyed. Being Neji, he dropped the subject.

Sakura then took this time to continue what they were talking about, "That shouldn't stop you from asking her on a date. You never know, you could lose your chance and you could lose her. Do you really want that?" He shook his head with a pout, "Then go out there and fucking do something about it! Don't sit here and just talk about it!" she encouraged. His eyes brightened up instantly as he stood up and raised a fist.

"Get to your places. We're about to practice." said Shikamaru as he lazily went to his place.

They rehearsed until the sun had set, during that time Sakura forgot all about her family problems. It was wonderful while it lasted.

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