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Promise

by: asianangelgirl

Chapter 15: Realization

Last time on "Promise":

'Sakura.......'

'Sasuke......'

Sakura tilted her head up and neared her face t owards Sasuke. Using her hands, Sakura slowly brought Sasuke's face down to hers. Inch by inch, Sakura got closer and closer to Sasuke's face. Sasuke inched forward as well, deciding to meet her halfway. Soon, the two shared a chaste kiss.

Let's gather round the campfire
and sing the campfire song
The C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G song
If you don't think we'd sing any faster well you're wrong
But it helps if you just sing a long
BUM, BUM, BUM.......

Sakura was sitting on Sasuke's couch watching Spongebob Squarepants; the episode with the sea bear. It had been an hour since Sakura and Sasuke kissed, and it was really awkward between the two of them.

Sakura pulled away and stared into Sasuke's onyx eyes. Both had an evident blush adorning their faces and were flustered from the previous events. They quickly got away from each other and both sat on opposite sides of the couch, away from one another.

"Um....."

"I gotta..."

"Yeah.. you go do..."

"Okay..." Sasuke quickly got up, walked towards his room, and into his bathroom for a cold shower. The door slammed shut and Sakura took this moment to run into the kitchen for a cold glass of water.

'I can't believe I kissed Sasuke....'

'Daaaang he was such an AWESOME kisser.... let's do it again!!'

'No! We will NOT kiss him again, do you hear me? We will not kiss him!'

'Sure, sure.. that's what you thought BEFORE, and you still kissed him!'

'That's a DIFFERENT story.'

'How? You kissed him when you said you wouldn't, and I bet you'll kiss him again. You know you want to!'

'I DO NOT!!'

'Lies! LIES LIES LIES!!!! LIEEEEEEEEESSS!!!

'...... I hate you.... '

'Aww don't be like that Sakura!!!'

'I'm not talking to you....'

'Saaaaakuraaaaa!'

'.....'

Sasuke stood in his shower, drenching himself in cold water. The raven haired teen tried to rid of all bad thoughts he had in his head and failed at stopping his blush from growing.

'Ugh... I kissed her. I KISSED her...'

'It's not like we haven't kissed her before. We did yesterday a few times if you don't remember. Like when she was talking too much and we silenced her, and then in the hallway. Oh yeah, we also teased her quite a bit too!'

'I know that. I mean I kissed her while showing emotions. I'm getting attached to her... She was just supposed to be the girl I used to get my fangirls away.'

'My god... I thought that you forgot about that! Just admit it, you don't want to use her anymore. You, WE, have feelings for her.'

'No... I shouldn't HAVE feelings for her... I would be breaking my promise to her.'

'Her? You bring her up NOW when you have a hottie, McHottie sitting downstairs on YOUR couch?'

'Yes... I made a promise to her, and I am not going to break it.'

'Have you ever thought that Sakura MIGHT be her?'

'... What? That can't be!'

'Think about! Remember when she saw the picture of you and her? In fact, now that I think about it.... that ISN'T us in the picture. IT is her and=2 0HIM. How could I not notice it sooner?! STUPID... wait... why DIDN'T YOU realize it?'

'What the hell are you talking about?'

'Okay get ready for the long explanation... when we were young we had a best friend, and it was a girl with pink hair (coincidence with Sakura I think not). One day she told us that she was moving and we were seriously angry that she was leaving us. This other kid was making fun of her and she got all angry at him so she yelled at him. Kaa-san thought that it was US and not him so she took a picture of them. (HOW could she mistaken us for HIM?) She was20leaving in a few minutes too so we got so angry we stole that picture of HIM and her. (1)But she followed us and then that was when we made the promise. Then she had to leave, and we bidded our goodbyes...'

'Phew... that was the longest I ever talked... so now do you get it?'

'I still don't get how Sakura fits into this.'

'MY GOD! Do I have to spell it out for you? Okay, SAKURA is the pink haired girl we made the promise to. Sai is the stupid guy that Sakura was yelling at back then but that doesn't matter. SAKURA IS THE GIRL!

'......... It can't be..... Sakura is her???'

'DING DING DING GENIUS!!! Sakura is the girl we promised that we would never fall=2 0in love with anyone else and we would love ONLY her!!!'

Sakura continued to watch T.V. even as she heard Sasuke descend down the stairs. Sasuke had just finished his long, long cold shower and he was hungry.

'I still can't believe that Sakura was the girl we made that promise to...'

'You can believe it!!! Daaang, we have very good taste in women even back then. Who would have known that little Sakura would grow up into this beautiful blossom?'

'Wait.. we might be wrong.. We haven't heard it from her side so we aren't a hundred percent true.'

'... Are you seriously saying that? I mean seriously, do you really think that there is another pink haired girl in the WORLD that we could have made a promise like that to?'

'She might have dyed her hair'

'Do you really believe that?'

'... No....'

'Then there you have it!'

'I say we confront her about it...'

'NO! If you do it now, RIGHT AFTER THE KISS, things are going to get even more complicated. Trust me okay... DON'T do it.'

'Fine...'

Sasuke grabbed a few tomatoes, cheese, ham, turkey, and mayonnaise from the fridge and placed them on the counter next to the knife, cutting board, and sliced bread. Remembering that there was a pinkette sitting in his living room, Sasuke walked out of the kitchen and leaned against the pillar.

"Sakura, what do you want on your sandwich?"

Sakura looked up from the T.V. and turned towards Sasuke, only to look away with a blush on her face. "Go put on a shirt first. No one wants to see your flabby stomach..."

'FLABBY? He has a freakin' 6 pack! Flabby is a LIE!' The inner Sakura accused.

'Whatever...'

'6 PACK!! I do like abs on my man –drools-'

'SHUT UP!'

Sasuke just smirked as he realized what the REAL meanings behind SakuraE2s words were. He casually strolled over to Sakura and grabbed her wrist, bringing her up from the couch. Sasuke kept his hold and dragged Sakura towards the kitchen. "This is MY house, so I can do whatever I want, and that includes not wearing a shirt. Heck, I could walk around naked if I wanted to, but I'm not gonna do that. You might try and ravish me like a fangirl."

"Hell no. Who would want to bed the biggest egotistical, jerky, bastard of the millennium?"

"Apparently the whole female population, and some gays and bisexuals." At that thought, Sasuke shuddered, causing Sakura to laugh. Sasuke looked at her out of the corner of his eyes and smirked.

"Whatever... They're probably on drugs or something. No one in their right mind would want to do something so stupid."

"Sure, Sure... Now what do you want on your sandwich?"

Sakura smiled, walked over to the supplies, and began making her sandwich. The two actually felt happy for having each other around; it was nice having company with a normal person. Fangirls and Naruto weren't always the best have around (mostly fangirls). Sure, they would be teasing and shouting comebacks back and forth, but at least they were having fun. No feelings of hatred were pent up between the two anymore.

'I enjoy having Sasuke around... am I starting to like him?'

'I think so.. but what about Sai, the guy that broke your heart?'

=0 A

'Maybe Sasuke won't be like that... Maybe...'

'How about the promise we made with Sa-kun?'

'That promise? I'll still keep it, but it might change if I keep spending time with Sasuke...'

'We'll just have to wait and see don't we?'

'Yeah.....'

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'Sasuke Uchiha.... I think I'm falling for you...'

Author's Note: Whew.. that was a nice chapter don't you think? Even though it was kind of shorter than normal... Still, you're learning a lot these past few chapters aren't you? XDD But don't worry, I still have some surprises in store for you, and the only way to know them is to keep on reading this story!! –hinthint- I think that this chapter cleared the air a bit and allowed you to understand more... but it leaves many possibilities in the future!!! We will just

have to wait and see now don't we :]

(1) So Sasuke stole the picture because he wanted to be the last person to be in a picture with Sakura. Weird, I know, but he wanted to be the last person to have the final memory before Sakura moved. But Sai stole that from him and he got so angry that he stole the picture so that HE has a momentum.

So that's it for chapter 15 of Promise! I just hope that I will gain back some readers somehow.. but for those who read this, I am happy that you read it!!! At least some people still like reading this :]

Thanks,

asianangelgirl