Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Of Kunai, Shuriken and Shinobi Love ❯ Sasuke's Apology ( Chapter 7 )

Sakura wasn't too sure why they had made her stay in bed for two days. Maybe it was because of the shock. Either way, she was confused, because she felt perfectly fine.

She had had a nightmare the night before, where the Gaara-clone hadn't caught her and she had fallen to her death. Sasuke's inhuman shriek was still ringing in her ears when she had woken up.

Sakura turned over, looking at her clock. 7:45, she thought, yawning. I wonder if Mom would let me come downstairs and watch some TV? She was just about to roll out of bed to ask when she heard a series of very loud thuds on the stairs, as if someone was coming up them very fast and not caring about the noise. And since her mother wasn't screaming about the noise, she was either out or she knew the person.

Sakura listened to the thuds, the television forgotten. The person clattered down the hall, then stopped at her bedroom door. Not Naruto, then, she decided. HE would have just come barging in, and besides, he'd already visited her today. Not Hinata either, she's too quiet. Ino would never come here. She roughly shoved who she hoped it was from her mind. His chances of coming here to check on her were about as great as Ino's, even if she'd been asking for him. She sighed and waited for whoever-it-was to open the door and enter.

It took a few seconds, as if whoever it was was working up the courage to enter the room, but finally the door was pushed open and he entered.

Sakura gasped. “What do you want!?” she snapped.

Sasuke bit his lip and inched a little further into the room. “H-hey, Sakura,” he said. He seemed nervous, but Sasuke never got nervous. Sakura blinked. “How are you doing?” he asked. “Um,” she said. “Not bad. Ok, I guess.” “Good.”

There was a long, awkward silence. Sasuke fidgeted. Sakura stared at her hands and blushed. This is so awkward! she thought. Why is he here? He seems… I don't know, different, somehow. Not as… cold. More human than ice.

“Sorry,” he said suddenly. “Um,” Sakura said. “What?” What's he talking about? Why won't he just go? “Sorry I couldn't do anything about you falling,” Sasuke continued, blushing. Sasuke never blushes! “Sorry I froze up like that. I could've made a clone to catch you, but I didn't. And… sorry I've been such a bastard to you over the years. It didn't really matter when we were twelve, because I was like that to everyone. But now we're seventeen… and it's after Itachi and the Orochimaru thing… I've been better to most people, except you and Hyuuga and a few other people.

“I don't give a damn about Hyuuga. He's a jumped up arrogant asshole. You, though… Sakura, I've been doing a lot of thinking lately, and I've realized that you and Naruto are my best friends. I shouldn't be such a bastard. You've done plenty to save my hide and I don't deserve it. Sorry.”

Now he was looking at her, and his expression was miserable. Sakura sat there; she was shocked by more than the fact that he had an expression on his face. Did he just… apologize? she thought, stunned. For being a jerk? Sakura could only stare at him blankly. His face went expressionless, and he turned back to go out the door.

Sakura's mouth began working again at this point. “Wait!” she said, and smiled. “A-apology accepted, Sasuke-kun.” She blushed. Sasuke looked back at her, saw her smile, and grinned widely. His face was rather pinkish. Sakura's heart fluttered.

Wow, he's even hotter when he smiles. And he's especially cute when he's blushing!