SELCOUTH

Do or do not.
There is no try.
~ Dumbledore

CHAPTER 6

I opened my eyes and squinted at the blinding white lights from the ceiling. I adjusted my sight for the moment and looked around me. The walls, bed and furniture made me realized that I was in my room. My throat felt dry and instincts made me kick the covers from my legs and swung it over the bed. I groggily stood up and heard the door opened.

"Good. You're awake." I recognized the voice and turned my head to look at him. Now I recalled about last night when he died on his brother's bed.

"Yeah." I blinked a bit faster than expected, "I fainted."

"No shit. My brother carried you by the way." He replied with a small smile gracing his handsome features and seated himself at the edge of the bed.

"Tell him my thanks then." I replied before taking a swig from my bottle of water kept on one of the tables.

"I'm sure you'll meet later anyway. You tell him." I eyed him blankly before changing the topic,

"How are you feeling?" I asked him as I moved to sit on my bed, knees tucked under my chin, "Do you feel cold or something? Normally it would."

He gave me a short nod, "I can't taste anything and I feel hungry and thirsty all the time."

"It's normal." I replied, "You're lucky you were not an hour dead before I revived you, otherwise you won't feel anything for a week. Give it three days." I gave him a small smile and took a small box from my nightstand to reveal a small glass of potion bottle to him, with green liquid inside, "Two times a day."

"What's your plan?" He asked when he took the small bottle from my hand.

"Plan?" I looked at him skeptically.

"You're going away soon, aren't you?" He asked in a low voice I barely caught up.

I looked anywhere but him. "I don't have any." I sighed deeply, "I don't want to leave Sasuke."

He looked at me with the same blank face I can't still comprehend. I cleared my throat and continued,

"It's selfish, I know. But I have to leave soon, I can't drag all of you in my problems and Kabuto will surely know I'm here if I stay long."

"The war – "

"I know of the war and I stand my place to remain neutral."

"We can protect you, if it slipped your mind. Sasuke can." He glared at me this time, his onyx eyes piercing through me, "I'm very certain my possessive brother won't let anything happen to you."

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After Itachi left the room and received no response from me, I decided to take a bath. I stripped all of my clothes when I entered the bathroom and turned on the shower. There were already different oils and shower gels prepared when I first came in. It was complete, there was a bath tub as well but I don't feel using it today.

"Sakura?"

I heard a familiar voice inside the room and wondered what does he need now. With haste, I cleansed the remaining conditioner from my hair and grabbed the towel near the shower room, securing it around my waist and gladly it ended mid-thigh. I loved how the white towel was so soft and fluffy. I let my hair damped and down on my shoulders as I emerged from the bathroom.

"I was taking a bath. What is it, jerk?" I asked before looking at him. He was clad in his training uniform, black baggy pants, combat shoes and sleeveless shirt that showed his biceps. And his sweat caused for his shirt to cling to him like a second skin. Oh my.

His onyx eyes traveled from my figure, sending shivers down my spine when I realized I'm only using a towel to cove rmyself. I felt my cheeks fire.

"Why did my brother come here." He demanded after eyeing me for a good moment. He looked anywhere but me.

"Well, he asked how was I feeling." I replied half-truth and looked at him with a confused expression on my face.

"Really?" He was looking at me now in disbelief with a frown gracing his good-looking face.

Is he jealous?

"Yes, really." I replied with a small smile, "I asked him to tell you my thanks. He told me you brought me to my room after I fainted." I happily explained to him and stop myself from laughing.

"Then why did you take a bath?" His eyes were calculating and piercing as he gazed at me. The question caught me off-guard,

Is he honestly thinking of that, me and his brother? Oh hell no.

"I just woke up and I stink." I tried to calm him down but my body betrayed me when I laughed and he glared at me. Right at me. It took me a whole ten seconds to calm down and talk to him once more. He still bore the same jealous expression when I calmed down.

"You're jealous. I was about to ask you for lunch." I decided to give his sweaty body a hug and felt him sigh before calming down to hug me back. He's big and warm that made me feel so secured.

"He didn't try anything, did he?" He asked once again, refusing the topic to slip. I smiled at his jealousy against his chest,

"No. Why would he?" I let go of him and decided to pick my clothes.

"No reason." I heard him took his long strides before I felt my shoulders turned and my lips captured by his soft ones. Gasping as he took me by surprise, I felt his tongue entered my mouth with haste as he passionately explored my mouth with fierceness, desperation and possessiveness. His tongue roamed around my mouth so skillfully had he not put an arm around my waist, I would have melted. I don't know how long he had kissed me or me kissing back but when we broke apart,

"You shouldn't parade in a towel." His lips turned into a scowl as he still held me with his other hand on my cheek. I gave a sheepish smile at him as he continued, "Your room wasn't locked, what if it wasn't me who came inside? It could be Naruto, or Sai, or Shishui… or much worse Lee."

I gave a light laugh, "I'm glad it's you then. You looked drained, you should take a bath."

"Get dressed, or we might not make it to lunch but dinner instead." He gave a devilish smirk before making his way to the door when I realized what he implied. The last thing he saw was my beet red face.

Dear Readers,

I know it's not much, but hey! They kissed. It's a good sign.

I know it's short but I'm preparing for a long chapter and probably lemon? yah I'm trying that out.

Sorry if it's late, college life is fucking me up. It's a miracle when I can browse the net.

Please let me know if I'm horrible at the kissing scene, I never written a very detailed stuff like that and I'm willing to learn.

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