Okay okay gosh, I'm updating calm down xD
I know how much you guys LOVE my cliffhangers, they're so fun aren't they?
Anyway, I know one of you asked for like three updates to make up all the time I've spent away, so here you go cx enjoy! I know I've been horrible at frequent updates but it's summer so fuck yeahhhh
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'What the fuck?' Inner blushed madly.
Same here.
I kissed back eagerly, letting my emotions cloud my logic. This was wrong, really wrong. I knew that. I could be hurting his fiancee if she found out. But it just felt right.
Maybe it was all this time I spent without him, craving him, maybe this is why I'm not fighting against him.
When he playfully bit my lip, I regained my wits.
No.
I loved this so much, but I can't. I can't do this to his fiancee. I can't do this to myself.
With a lot of inner strength, I found it in me to push him away.
"Your're engaged, Sasuke. This is wrong," I backed up, looking away.
He seemed to realize my words before cursing under his breath.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to-"
"Go home Sasuke."
He gulped and nodded before making his way to the door. He met my eyes once before ducking his head and closing the door.
I sat down, pulling at the sleeves of my hoodie.
He'd just cheated.
"Hmm...I feel like I wasn't supposed to see that..." Ashton smirked, leaning against the doorway.
I jumped before glaring at him. He raised his hands in defense before sitting next to me.
"I take it you're a confused mess right now?"
"You would be correct," I suddenly got depressed, knowing that he regretted his decision.
"Don't worry about it so much," he said while checking his watch, "It's late."
I narrowed my eyes at him, "How are you so nonchalant about this?"
He shrugged, "How are you? Wouldn't most girls be crying right now as they mull over their conflicting emotions, pondering what on earth could've caused him to do what he did?"
"Tch, my life isn't that cliche..."
"Oh honey, it's as cliche as it can get. Just watch, it'll get better," he winked.
"Whatever, did you enjoy the show?"
"Yeah it made me miss my bae," he held a hand over his heart.
I grimaced, "Why do you feel the need to call him bae, isn't boyfriend enough?"
"Probably, but you forget who you're talking to," he laughed.
"I guess."
"Hey, listen here you lil shit. Don't worry about it so much."
"How can I not? I mean he randomly kisses me after he calls me a friend, we've already broken up and he has a fiancee!"
"I see your point," he said, "but you don't seem to see mine."
I rolled my eyes before getting my teacup and going to the sink. There was a knock on the door, and both of us quickly glared at it in suspicion.
"You get it," I said.
He did as told, grumbling along the way about how he'd already done it before.
I held my breath as he opened the door. He sighed in relief, stepping aside to show a confused Carolyn (not Crayola). I let out a breath and smiled.
"Care to explain why I just saw Sasuke Uchiha sprinting out the apartment building?" she set her camera stuff down on the dining room table before sitting on a bar stool. Ashton closed the door and sat next to her.
"Well...uh-"
"Sasuke kissed her," Ashton said.
"What?"
"And he has a fiancee," he said bluntly.
"What?!"
"Also he got jealous of me and thought I was straight," he shivered.
I blushed furiously and silently put the teacup on the dish rack.
"I'm gone for five measly hours, and this happens?! What the fuck guys, Sakura you have some explaining to do."
"Ashton, you said you'd do it," I mumbled.
He let out a sigh and began explaining everything from the beginning.
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"Why didn't you tell us sooner?" Carolyn asked me softly.
Talking to her about stuff made it more serious, since she was actually the one who gave comfort. Ashton helped me by being facetious and getting my mind off the subject. Ashton wasn't usually one to get all mushy and sentimental.
"I didn't really wanna talk about it..."
She hugged me, "I get it. But still, if I had known you were like this...Honestly you're so dumb. You always know that talking to someone makes it feel a hell of a lot better, so why keep it to yourself?"
I leaned my head against her shoulder, "I don't know, it just felt kinda embarrassing."
"It doesn't matter! It's unhealthy to do stuff like that. It only builds up the stress and depression."
Ashton left earlier to give us our privacy and we'd just walked to my room. We were currently sitting on my bed.
"I'm sorry," I muttered.
"It's cool. But seriously. This time you should follow Ashton's advice and not worry about it. Everything's gonna work out, I swear," she smiled.
I glared at her, "How do you expect me to do that when he's practically always on my mind?! I even fucking dream about him, I can't get him out of my head and it's fucking killing me! Seriously, what is up with you people brushing off my feelings like this? How do you know it's gonna get better, because it sure as hell doesn't seem like it is anytime soon."
"Sakura-"
"No, and you know what else? I'm so fucking sick and tired of this shit. My friends still talk to him and pretend that everything's okay when it's not!"
"You're being self-centered. How do you think Sasuke felt when you practically forced him to break up with you? You're not the only one here that has feelings! And then to top things off you completely ignore him for like five years while you kept in touch with everyone else? He spent five years in hell, probably wondering what he did wrong. He felt the same thing you're feeling now. You need to sit the hell down and contemplate that it's your fault too."
With that, she walked out of my room and left me to myself.
She was right.
I need to fix this.
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I hadn't seen the twins since Saturday morning when they said they had to go to Nagoya for their magazine. They said they'd be back by this afternoon so they could get ready to go for their actual road trip around Japan. They would leave at around two and they'd be gone until next Sunday. Heaven knows how they'll make it since the only thing they know in Japanese is what they learned through anime, which really won't get them anywhere unless they're looking to yell "notice me senpai" to hail a "sugoui doki doki kawaii" cab heading to "dango daijoubu."
I'm sure they'll be fine...
This weekend had been productive though. I got the pictures Sasuke emailed the group and I posted them everywhere I could. Today would be a day dedicated to putting up wanted posters and asking around.
I hadn't even had the chance to apologize to Carolyn.
I wasn't looking forward to go to work today. We were gonna be out of the office all day though, so I guess that's kind of like a field trip.
I put my lanyard on my neck, and grabbed a piece of buttered toast to eat on the way. Locking the door on my way out, I bumped into Shikamaru, who was also heading to work. He laughed before complimenting my choice of breakfast.
I rolled my eyes before walking down the sidewalk with him until he took a different route and bid me goodbye.
"Ah crap," I facepalmed before taking my phone out and dialing Carolyn.
It went straight to voicemail right when I walked into work.
I dialed Ashton, and he picked up on the 4th ring.
"Ghh what is it?" he answered groggily.
I laughed, "Hey now, I thought you and Carolyn were supposed to get up early to take pictures of the sunrise."
"We did and then went to take a nap at the inn we're staying at. What do you want this early in the morning?"
"I wanna tell you to be careful," I turned serious and walked in my office.
"Hmm, how come?"
"I told you about the case we're working on?" I waited before he mumbled a positive response. I put it on speaker and sat down to log into the desktop.
"Well we know the guy that did it, his alias is Ichigo Hara. He's still on the loose somewhere in the country hopefully, I'll send you and Carolyn a picture, so look out for him wherever you go today and this whole week."
"I feel threatened now. Alright, I'll hang up so you can send it and I can continue to dream. See you next week."
"Okay, bye, make sure to tell Carolyn when she wakes up," he hung up and I pulled up the picture of him I'd saved on my phone before sending it to them in a group message.
I locked my phone when the door opened, revealing Neji.
"What's up?"
It was kinda weird for him to come in here, since he was the least close of all my friends.
"We'll meet in the upstairs break room at nine. We'll go over the plan for today with everyone there," he said before checking the time, "It's seven fifty now, be there at least five minutes early, if not more. If everyone gets there early, then we'll be quick with the briefing and we can spend more time looking for the suspect."
Neji always had an authoritative persona. He's the head of the company since Hinata didn't want the attention. He'd be a good leader if he wasn't so scary. Naruto was chosen to lead this case because of his charisma, but Neji was appointed second leader. If Naruto should fail in getting information through a suspect the easy way, then they'd bring in Neji to the questioning room to seduce I mean threaten I mean ...yeah I meant threaten. No use in sugarcoating it.
I nodded before flashing him a smile.
He only said "Hn." before leaving.
How does Tenten deal with him, honestly.
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I twirled in one of the spinny chairs of the breakroom, stopping every now and then to take a bite of the Kit Kat I'd gotten at the vending machine.
It was 8:51, and so far the only one missing was Hinata. I figured as much, since she was co-head of the company and had a bunch of errands to run.
She burst through the door seven minutes later, apologizing for her tardiness. Neji nodded before speaking.
"We're gonna separate into groups, there's six of us so we'll split into pairs. Group one, Sasuke and Sakura, have to go around the northern side of Tokyo. Group 2, Tenten and I, will go to the south side. Group three, Naruto and Hinata, will be in charge of the east side. We'll meet up at about four in Shibuya and we'll all go from there to the west side. Afterwards we'll come back here and go over the information we received. It's gonna be a late night, so be quick and be thorough. Your jobs are these: Put up the wanted posters you see in the center of the table, but keep one to yourselves. Ask around to each passerby if they have any information. One of you will be the interrogator, while the other will take notes. This pair method makes things more efficient. Does everyone understand what they have to do?"
Everyone was silent. I was freaking out on the inside, but said nothing; I knew this case was bigger than Sasuke and I.
"Good, now let's go and solve this."
Everyone cheered, making their way out the door and heading to the parking lot. Hinata and Naruto always drove to work together, so did Neji and Tenten. I walked since my house was extremely close, but Sasuke drove. Before we went to our cars, Hinata passed out a large stack of the posters, and two rolls of duct tape for each group.
I silently and awkwardly got into his dark blue mustang before buckling in my seat belt and putting my stuff in the back seat.
I set the posters and tape in my lap when he got in the drivers side.
'Ooh boy this is gonna be an awkward day,' Inner snickered.
Shut up.
He revved the engine and drove out the parking lot. I glanced at him through my peripheral vision before bringing my hands to my lap and fidgeting like Hinata used to do in school.
I could feel his stare on me.
"Eyes on the road, punk," I mumbled before staring out the window and blushing.
He chuckled softly, recalling the memory. Once he'd taken me shopping around downtown Tokyo, and wouldn't stop staring at me. I told him the same thing back then and then he pulled a Paul Walker from the second movie on me, and scared the shit out of me in the process.
"I still don't know how I managed to do that," he smiled.
"Do what?"
"Not kill a citizen in my fast and furious attempt that day."
I laughed, "No you almost did, remember that guy-"
"Oh yeah! He looked so terrified oh my god, you slapped me so hard," he said while covering his mouth to stifle the laughs.
"Yeah, and you kept laughing! You were basically rocking back and forth in the middle of the sidewalk crying with a face redder than the tomatoes you used to eat."
"I still do," he muttered.
"With salt?"
"Maybe..."
I grinned, this was nice. No awkward air, sexual tension, anger, pain. Just happiness. It felt good.
I still need to fix this. It's too late for us to ever date again but...I could be his friend.
"About yesterday..."
I bit my lip, blushing. Goddammit, way to ruin the moment Sasuke.
"Sorry about the whole Ashton thing, it was out of line."
I raised an eyebrow.
"Is that all you're sorry for?"
He stared out at the road before pulling into a parking garage.
I sighed, knowing he wasn't going to answer my question.
I did feel a twinge of happiness though. Sure he didn't apologize for cheating but he doesn't seem to regret the kiss. Maybe there was hope for me after all.
Who am I kidding, he's freaking engaged. This shit only happens in books and movies.
My life isn't that cliche.
We'd both kept our promise. We'd broken up as soon as I got on the plane.
But why did I suddenly feel hope?
After finding a parking spot, we both got out. I handed him the stack of posters.
"Alright," I said, changing the subject, "Let's do this shit."
He laughed at my enthusiasm and mumbled something he thought I didn't hear.
Cute.