Sakura had not anticipated for those words to escape Sasuke's mouth at all. She stood there stunned and couldn't move, until she saw Sasuke narrow his eyes.

"Something wrong?" he calmly inquired.

"Oh, n-no… Just… Let me get you a blanket and pillow then…" Sakura shyly stammered while averting her eyes away from him, her face growing tremendously hot.

Sasuke said nothing as he watched Sakura carefully get up and struggle to walk over toward the closet. Her heart wouldn't stop going pitter-patter and it seemed that her fever was only increasing now. She walked by Sasuke and stood in front of the closet door. Her head was starting to spin as she opened the door slightly and gripped it. She started shaking somewhat as her vision grew foggy.

Just as Sakura reached out her arm to grab a lavender color blanket on the top shelf of the closet, she abruptly felt herself losing balance and was falling backwards into midair.

Stopping her fall, Sasuke agilely appeared behind Sakura without making a sound and caught the pinkette by putting his arm around her, which only reminded her of what happened during the war once again.

Silence filled the room as Sakura slowly looked up at him and their eyes met as his arm still protectively remained around her. They stared at each other for what only seemed like a few moments, but to them it felt like an eternity.

Sakura felt her heart pounding even harder with each beat as she struggled to keep her eyes open and the more she stared up at him, the weaker she felt. Her face was burning up, but not just because of her fever... Maybe her being sick wasn't so bad?

"Sorry… Sasuke-kun…" she whispered before lightly fainting onto his chest.

-The next morning-

Sakura awoke neatly tucked in her bed as the sunlight stung her eyes and she felt a white cloth placed neatly on her forehead. Perplexed, she took off the cloth as she sat up and looked to her side to see a pillow and purple blanket lying on the floor next to her bed. She stared at the floor for a few moments in a daze, until she realized that Sasuke had slept on the floor last night in her room and that he was now gone… She almost screamed as the blood rapidly rushed to her cheeks.

Panicking, she dashed out of her room and down the stairs, and came to a halt when she saw Sasuke nonchalantly washing his hands in the kitchen sink. Her mom was also standing right by him, a big smile plastered onto her face.

Faintly panting, Sakura calmed down and saw that her mother had now noticed her presence.

"Oh, Sakura! I'm glad that you're awake! Your Sasuke friend told me you were sick and that he took care of you while your Father and I were gone! He just ate the breakfast that I made him!" Sakura's mom excitedly explained.

Sakura just stood there in shock and couldn't believe that her mom had actually made Sasuke breakfast, and that he was actually still here…

Sasuke then calmly turned toward her mother and bowed in a polite manner.

"Thank you for the hospitality."

The pink haired medic's mouth opened slightly in utter shock at hearing him thank her mom. She totally wasn't expecting that at all.

"Oh, anytime! You don't need to thank me! Thank YOU for taking care of my little Sakura!" Mebuki loudly announced in a jolly voice and she did a tiny twirl.

Sakura glared at her mom for calling her 'little' but her anger soon vanished once hearing Sasuke's next words.

"No problem. Your daughter is precious to me."

Sakura's mouth opened in undeniable shock and she felt her heart stop for a moment. Did Sasuke really just say that?

Her mother then said the unexpected.

"Oh yeah… Sakura, your yaio poster came in the mail five days ago! Are you going to take it already or what?!"

The pinkette's face immediately turned a thousand different shades of red from both anger and embarrassment. She couldn't believe that her mom had just said that… especially in front of Sasuke out of all people!

"M-MOM!"

Sasuke, who was looking as aloof as ever, slightly raised an eyebrow and mumbled to himself, "Yaio? Hn… Never heard of it."

"I-It's nothing! Don't worry about it!" Sakura frantically told him as she was waving her hands around, her cheeks a blushing mess.

"CHAAA! DAMN IT! IF SASUKE WATCHES YAIO HE'LL PROBABLY TURN GAY FOR NARUTO OR SOMETHING! I CAN'T HAVE THAT! NO, NO, NO, NO!" Inner Sakura yelled ferociously while punching the air nonstop in an absolute state of panic.

Sasuke then let out a sigh and stated as he was placidly approaching the door, "I've got to get going. Thank you again."

Concern and fear easily made it's way to Sakura's face as soon as she heard him say that, and she briskly followed him out of the house.

"Sasuke-kun, wait!" Sakura yelled frantically, immense desperation in her voice.

The two stood on her doorstep and Sasuke was looking at her with an unreadable expression, now waiting for her to speak.

"Are you… Are you really leaving the village again?" Sakura sadly asked with a frown.

"There's still something that I have to take care of. I'll be back soon."

As sadness still lingered on her face, she also furrowed her brow in slight anger. "And what do you mean by 'soon'? How long is 'soon' going to be?! I… I don't know how much longer I can wait, I-"

The words stopped flowing out of her mouth as soon as Sasuke began to gently wipe away tears that were coming out of her emerald green eyes. She didn't even realize that she was crying.

"Don't cry."

For a second Sakura froze in shock by hearing his calm order, but then she shook her head as she looked away from him and her eyes got even more watery.

"I just… I just don't get why I can't go with you." Her voice was trembling with pain. "I don't want you to be alone out there, I really don't… Sasuke-kun, I-"

"I said it before… You have nothing to do with my sins."

She looked up at him in complete shock and was at a loss for words as they stared into each other's eyes. The pinkette didn't really understand what that statement meant, but for some reason it sure did make her heart thump.

She frowned and felt herself blushing. "T-Thanks?"

Sasuke then caught Sakura off guard by letting out a small laugh as he tried not to smile and just like that one time before, he poked her forehead.

Sakura felt her heart almost launch out of her chest due to his mere touch and the icy wind started to grow stronger as she widened her eyes. What he said next had shocked her to pieces entirely. She was breathless.

"Sakura… Wait for me."

And just like that, he had vanished.

Sakura stood there as still as a stone, her cheeks as pink as a flamingo, and she felt like that idiot Naruto.

"What… What did he mean by that?"

Author Note: Sorry for the delay, but please tell me what you think by reviewing and I'll update when I can!:D thank you;3