Today is my birthday!
Or well, I'm typing this part on my birthday. My birthday is November 1st, and I am now 18 years old. An adult on paper, I'm now able to buy smokes, porn, see rated R movies, go to strip clubs and VOTE! I really don't care about the other stuff; I only like the voting part. It's gonna be great.
I can't wait to vote in two days.
Also, this is the last chapter…just saying.
"Come on Sakura, we're almost there." Itachi says, pulling her by the hand.
Sakura doesn't say anything, just stares at the sky.
Itachi takes her to a nearby restaurant, where everything will be fixed…or get even more messed up. Anyways, Itachi has finally realized his wrong doings and now it's time for him to right the wrong. He doesn't know how it took him this long to come to his senses, when all their other friends had already come to terms with Sasori and Sakura's relationship. Those dummies should've told him they all approve Sakura and Sasori dating!
It's not his fault he's so over protective.
It's Sakura's fault for being so adorable and easy to take care of.
But he doesn't like blaming his daughter for anything so he'll just blame himself.
"Here we are." Itachi opens the door for her. "Your favorite restaurant."
Sakura gives him the smallest of half smiles then goes-
Sasori?
Sakura stops in the doorway, her eyes widening.
Sure enough, at the farthest table in the back is Sasori. He's sitting alone, looking very tired and grumpy. Itachi steps up beside her and sees her reaction. Please let this work…
"There's our table." Itachi puts a hand on her shoulder, taking her farther in and over to the table.
Sasori looks up and sees them, his frown turning into a hard shocked face when he notices Sakura. He looks so baffled to see her that he doesn't say anything until they're both sitting with him at the table. Sakura has a very similar reaction, totally speechless.
Well, at least they're not yelling at each other. Itachi looks at Sasori. "Have you been waiting for a while-"
"What are you doing here?" Sakura snaps, her tone covered in ice.
"Itachi invited me to lunch." Sasori mumbles, looking away from her.
"What?!" Sakura glares at Itachi. "You did?"
"Yes." Itachi prepares himself. "I invited you both to lunch."
"Why?" Sakura and Sasori say at once, then shoot looks at each other.
"Because you both have to stop this. You're in a funk, it's ruining your lives." Itachi explains, "Everyone's worried about you. You have to get over this."
"I can't get over it!" Sakura says, super pissed off. She points at Sasori, practically yelling at him. "Not after what you did to me!"
"What I did to you?" Sasori says incredulously.
"Yes! You left me with no explanation, no reason, nothing!" Oh god, now she sounds on the verge of crying hysterically. Itachi starts to say-
"Don't pull that crap! You cheated on me!" Sasori sneers, not buying her tears. "So sorry I sucked it up and let you go be with someone else like a good person, how unfair of me."
"WHAT?!" Sakura stands up, slamming her hands down on the table.
"Uh excuse me…"
They all look up at the waitress who is awkwardly standing by the table. Sasori and Sakura shoot her a conjoined hostile glare. Itachi looks at her apologetically, wondering how things got this bad so fast. The waitress tries to keep her front. "I'm sorry, but you're being very rowdy. It's disturbing the other-"
"Don't worry, I'm leaving." Sasori gets up.
"Leaving is his specialty." Sakura humphs, crossing her arms.
"Sorry for the trouble." Itachi stands up, looking at his two friends. "You two, come with me."
Lord knows why Itachi thought they could do this in public, obviously they have to do it where no one will get super freaked out by their yelling and such. So Itachi takes them to the farthest part of the restaurant's parking lot. Itachi stands between the two quarreling teens, who refuse to look at each other. This is going to be harder than he expected.
Since the waitress is gone, Sasori and Sakura turn their frustration on Itachi himself.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Sasori snaps.
"Yeah, what made you think this was a good idea?" Sakura pouts, which would be scarier if she wasn't so adorable.
Itachi sighs; time to face the music.
"Sakura didn't cheat on you." He says to Sasori. "I…tricked you into thinking that so you would break up with her."
"What?!" Sasori snaps, beyond furious.
"What are you talking about?" Sakura blinks, confused.
"I put your underwear in Hidan's room."
"WHAT?!" Sakura screams, her face hot red with embarrassment and anger.
"Sasori found it there and then I told him you were cheating on him. That's why he broke up with you." Itachi explains, looking back and forth between his slowly erupting friends. "Sasori, Sakura would never cheat on you."
"How could you do this?" Sakura is so angry, she starts to hate-cry. Hot tears fall down her red cheeks; it's a good thing she hasn't been putting on makeup for the last week, cause her face would be a mess. Still it looks really bad.
For a moment, Sasori looks like he might move in to comfort her but he holds his ground because he's super pissed off too; but no way is he going to cry like Sakura. Nope, he's going to do the man thing and beat the hell out of Itachi.
Sasori grabs Itachi's shit, pushing him back onto the ground. "This is all your fault!"
"S-Stop!" Sakura cries just as Sasori swings his fist into Itachi's jaw. She grabs Sasori, pulling him back. "Stop it or I'll beat both of you up!"
Itachi and Sasori get really quiet. Sasori looks at Sakura's hands that are holding his arm, restraining him from hurting Itachi. They're very cold. He remembers that they were always warm before. Sasori looks at Sakura closely, realizing that she is a huge mess. She's not wearing makeup or those pink clothes she loves and she looks so tired Sasori thinks she might pass out any second. Sakura's so skinny, she's hardly eaten anything all week. Sasori looks at her, then at himself and knows that he's also a giant mess too.
"I can't believe you did this!" Sakura cries, yelling at Itachi. "I trusted you! You're my friend…why?!"
"Sakura, I'm so sorry." Itachi gets up, going over and putting his hands on her shoulders. He has a huge red bruise on his jaw that's slowly getting purple. Sakura slightly pulls away from him, looking at the ground and crying uncontrollably. "I never wanted to hurt you. I just thought Sasori was never going to be good for you…but I know that you're in love with him, so I know I was wrong. I have to let you do what you think is right."
"I hate you." Sakura says, pushing away from him. "There's no reason good enough to explain all this! Do you know how hurt I have been?!"
"I know, and that's why I had to fix this." Itachi says, looking back and forth between the two of them. "You guys have to be together. It's for the best. You really love each other."
Sasori and Sakura look very unconvinced. After all the pain they've been feeling, it's hard to just turn it all around and pretend that everything is ok. Itachi realizes this and knows what to do. He pulls out the letter Sakura wrote for Sasori. Sakura notices it and is surprised, and partly embarrassed, when Itachi puts it in Sasori's hand. Sasori looks at it suspiciously.
"You have to read it." Itachi says.
"What is it?" Sasori frowns at him.
"It's from Sakura."
Sasori's eyes widen. He looks at Sakura who blushes underneath her upset fit. He looks back at the letter and reads it slowly.
Sasori,
It's super embarrassing to say all this to you, so I had to write it down. Don't laugh! I have to say that I love you more than I ever thought was possible. It's beyond crazy how much I care about you, because I never thought it was possible to care this much about another person.
Sometimes I can't sleep because I just want to spend more time with you. I can't imagine life without you. I hope that you're always with me and that we can always be together.
I know that we're really different people and sometimes it's weird to think that we love each other, but I think you're amazing because you're so different from me! You're so smart and calming, I love it. You're gentle and quiet, you don't care what other people think. I know there aren't a lot of people you like and trust, so I'm happy you took a chance with me.
I could never be happier with someone else. Adults are always saying that you can't fall in love when you're young but there's no one else for me, I know it. When I'm with other people, it just doesn't feel the same. All my life I've been trying to find love, but those other guys couldn't give it to me. It's you. It's always been you. You accept me and I accept you.
I love you,
Sakura
Sasori stares at it.
He stares and stares, trying to process it. Then he looks up sharply, turning to Sakura. "Do you still feel like this?"
She turns beat red, mumbling. "I never stopped…"
Sasori's throat gets really dry and for a moment he thinks he might actually do the unmanly thing and cry, but he restrains himself. Even holding back, he can't help the smile that comes onto his face. Itachi is shocked, because he's never seen Sasori smile in his life, but Sakura feels something different. It's that smile. The smile that's just for her. The smile that makes her heart melt into warm goo and her stomach tickle, because she's the reason he's smiling.
"Look, I made a mistake and I can't ask you to forgive me." Itachi says, mostly to Sakura because he really, really doesn't want her to be mad at him. "But you have to be together. You love each other. I see that now."
Sakura looks at him, her tears already gone and her heart (that she was sure had died) beats happily in her chest.
"I can't say that I trust you anymore." Sakura says to him. "But I forgive you."
Itachi gives a small smile. Sakura hesitates before going to hug him. Itachi holds her close and knows that she's going to be ok. He doesn't care if she ever forgives him but as long as she gets better, as long as she's happy, he doesn't' care. When she pulls away, he touches her cheek softly, then walks back to the school campus.
His job here is done. Now it's time to leave them alone.
Sakura watches Itachi leave but turns when she feels Sasori touch her hand, holding it in his own.
She looks back at him, the light slowly coming back to her eyes. Sasori looks at her, his smile still in place. He can feel his heart again and knows that everything is going to be alright. She's not pulling away from him, she only wants him, she loves him. He loves her.
"I missed you." He whispers.
"I missed you too." Oh god, don't cry again. She holds it back, a smile lighting up her face for the first time in a week.
Sasori looks into her eyes, the eyes he loves so much. He sees her beauty and once again she looks like art to him, beautiful art. Perfect. She's the perfect girl for him, and he's never going to let her go again. Never. Sasori moves his hand to her cheek and pulls her close…
He kisses her.
It's the best feeling in the world. Like the light at the end of the tunnel, nothing else in the world matters. She slowly presses into him, wrapping her arms around his neck. All at once, everything comes back intensely. Her heart flutters and so does his. Sasori holds her, trying to warm her cold body. It's crazy how much they love each other.
"I'm never going to leave you again. Ever." Sasori says to her, pressing his foreheads against hers. "I love you. You're the only one for me."
"I love you too." Sakura smiles, nuzzling his nose adorably.
They stay like that for a moment, content with the fact that they're together and in love. The other people in the parking lot give them looks, but they don't care. All that matters is they're happy, happy with each other.
But yeah, eventually they have to leave.
Sasori takes her hand, entwining their fingers.
"When Itachi gets his next girlfriend, we have to give him tons of crap." Sasori says.
"You're amazing." Sakura smiles, giving his hand a squeeze.
(THE END)
I just saw the weirdest of weird Adventure Time episodes.
Not that the rest are normal, but this one was even weirder than the others. Like, there was this giant frog thing and then Finn kissed it and it turned into this huge prince guy…yeah…
Anyways! That's it folks! I hope you all loved the story! Thank you so much for reading this and for staying with me till the end.
I really love Sasori and I love Sakura. I love the 'Opposites Attract' factor. Sasori and Sakura are as different as day and night, so I like the idea of them together.