| Sakura Haruno |

"See you later?" I say to Bryan as he towered over me. He smiled.

"Of course." He says. "Just text me and I'll come get you." He pulls me into his arms and places a kiss on my lips. I really like him. This is amazing.

Bryan isnt like Sasuke or Naruto. He's more so like a male version of myself. He understands me.

We pulled away from eachother.

"Are you done saying your monologues of goodbyes Romeo and Pinky?" I cringed hearing Sasuke's voice from behind us. I turned towards him and frowned. He looked me over slowly making me blush.

"Let's go." I say pressing my lips into a thin line. Sasuke stepped aside and outstretched his arm before letting it fall back to his side.

"Lead the way." He says. I looked back at Bryan who seemed nervous in Sasuke's presence. After saying goodbye again, I walked away with a nonchalant Sasuke in tow. If you ask me, he was too nonchalant.

I looked over at him.

"What?" He asks.

"What was that about?" I say. "Why are you so mean to him?"

"When have I ever been nice Sakura?" He spoke my name so fluently I felt butterflies in my stomach. He'd never call me by my name. It was always Monster, Pinky or "Your Friend" when he's talking to Hinata.

"Hm, so I'm Sakura now?"

"Isnt that the name your mother gave you?" He looks over at me. I frowned.

"I'm just saying." I shrug. "You usually call me Pinky I assumed you just didn't know my name."

He sighs. The both of us made it to his car greeted by Naruto and Hinata who were talking to Ino as she leaned against her cherry red Toyota Camry.

"Yeah so whatever it is, we need to make a move and fa-HEY GUYS!" Ino smiled at us cauing Naruto and Hinata to look our way. I raised an eyebrow.

"What were you guys talking about?"

"Ah about college apps and all that boring stuff." Ino waved me off. "Stuff that we should be doing but too lazy to do."

I raised an eyebrow. Something was definitely off about them. We filed in Sasuke's car as Ino did hers and we took off. We arrived at Sasuke house in thirty minutes.

Walking in, Itachi was in his usual spot on the couch. He looked over at us and stood to his feet.

"Hey!" He says. He huggs everyone and when he gets to me he hugs me tighter. I let him go and he ruffles my hair. I've spent alot of time here that no one knows about. Would I say that me and Sasuke's bond is strong? Yes, I would. I could tell him anything. But I just couldn't bring myself to tell Sasuke about him.

"How's my little cherry blossom?" He spoke. This is why I loved Itachi. He gives me better nicknames.

"I'm fine, how are you?"

"Im great now that my sunshine is here." He smiled causing me to giggle. Ah Itachi and his small flirting.

"Easy boy." Sasuke patted his brother's shoulder. "She's got a boyfriend now."

Itachi's eyes widened and he placed a hand on his chest.

"Y-you're cheating on me?!" He says.

I smile. "I'm sorry Itachi." I tell him as I hug him again.

"It's okay." He says. "As long as He knows I'm number one."

I giggled. "Of course."

Before long everyone arrived and we got to studying. Sasuke and I sat across the table from one another. Every now and then he'd look up and smirk at me. I didn't understand why he was doing that. My phone binged and I picked it up hoping it was Bryan.

From Bryan💕:
I don't think your friends like me.

To Bryan💕:
What makes you say that? They like everyone. If Naruto's pet pooped on the floor, they'd be friends with it.

From Bryan💕:
Well, I understand Sasuke & Naruto are protective over you, but Sasuke told me if I hurt you He'd kill me. I wanted to tell you earlier but he popped up.

My eyes quickly shot up to Sasuke. He rested his cheek on his fist and writing in his notebook with his left hand. I kicked him under the table. His eyes quickly landed on me. I jerked forward letting him know we need to go somewhere to talk. He complied and the both of us stood and walked into his room.

| Sasuke Uchiha |

I closed the door behind us and stepped closer to her. She looked furious as she crossed her arms over her chest. It was a certain intent to kill that was written in her eyes, and it honestly turned me on I couldnt lie. 

"What's up?" I say after licking my lips. I was trying not to undress her with my eyes but I was finding it rather hard in this moment.

"What's up?" She repeated before stepping closer to me with her arms unfolded. "What's up?" She raised her voice a little. "You tell me Sasuke, you're the one threatening my boyfriend and it hasnt even been a full 24hrs yet!"

Threatened?

"When did I threaten him?" I ask.

She huffed. "I don't know." She says. "But you told him that if he hurts me, you'd kill him."

I blinked. "Did I scare him?" I placed my hand on my chest showing mock sympathy. "That was the last thing I wanted out of this." I dropped my hand and shrugged. "Good. He needs to be terrified."

"Sasuke, Naruto didn't say anything so what made you tell him?"

I stepped closer to her to where she craned her neck back to look up at me as I looked down on her small frame. Confused emerald orbs staring at me.

"I told him because I would." I tell her. "If anyone was to hurt my Pink Haired- Green-Eyed Monster, I'd kill them."

I could see her face turn red as she avoided my gaze. She cleared her throat and took a step back before looking at me again and turning away.

"Can you not be hard on him?" She asked. "He's a great guy once you get to know him."

"I cant make any promises." I reply to her. "It's something about him that I don't like. So I have no intention of getting to know him."

"Is it because he's my boyfriend?" She narrowed her green eyes at me.

"You really need to stop flattering yourself like that." I tell her. I flick her on the forehead. "Look, just be careful around him okay?"

"Just dont threaten him like that again." She replies rubbing where I had flicked.

"Yeah whatever you say Monster."

She frowns at me as I turn to open the door. Once I opened it, Naruto, Hinata, Ino and the others came falling through.

"Really?" I say to them as they struggled to get up. "Just couldn't mind your business could you?"

"I told you they were coming." Shikamaru says as he turns to leave. "Anyway, I'm leaving." He throws a lazy wave and exits with Temari in tow. Soon the others left and it was only Sakura, Naruto , Hinata , Ino and I.

I laid across my bed with my eyes closed as the other spread out in my room watchhing television.

"Okay guys, I'll see you tomorrow." Sakura's voice fell upon my ears. I opened my eyes and turned my head to see her heading for the door.

"Where are you going?" I ask her.

"Home?" She frowns.

"I'm dropping you off." I tell her.

"Uhm, no." She looks at me. "Bryan is."

Im getting sick of Bryan and it hasnt even been a full day.

"Whatever." I say turning over and throwing a wave her way.

My door opened and closed and I felt someone push me. I turned over seeing Ino.

"What now?" I groan.

"You couldve walked her to the door you asshole." She says with a frown.

"So I can see Snow White?" I scoffed. "I'd rather not."

"So you really threatened him?" Ino smiled. "I knew I heard you say something but I couldnt make it out."

I sighed. "Shut up Ino."

"So, do you like her?"

"That doesn't matter."

"The hell it doesnt!" She yells. "You practically defended her honor! You put your feelings out there when you told him that. Oh God Sakura is so lucky to have two guys fighting for her love."

"No one is fighting for anything." I tell her. "I definitely wouldn't waste my time fighting over Sakura."

"But you sure would waste your time telling her boyfriend if she were to hurt him you'd kill him." Ino smirks knowing she backed me into a corner.

"Shut up." I tell her. "You're annoying."

"You know, you say that alot when people tend to call you on your bullshit Sasuke."

"Shut up." I say again. She giggled then stood to her feet.

"Well I see you guys tomorrow." She says. "I'm gonna go spend time with Sai. I just wanted to stay a couple of minutes longer because you guys are my favorites."

"How flattering to know." I say.

"Oh Sasuke shut up you love me."

"Barely."

She hits me on my chest and grabs her things. After saying goodbye, she was gone.

Silence took over my room. Good, I needed it. Untill I heard Naruto clear his throat.

"What Naruto, What?" I say opening my eyes once more and turning over to face him and Hinata. He shook his head.

"Nothing man, I'll just call an Uber." He says. "We'll let you sulk in your own sorrows And go talk to Itachi in the living room. See you later dude."

"Yeah yeah." I say wavin him off.

I heard the door close and I sighed settling into my bed. My mind wondered and I couldn't help but think about everything that's happened to me. My parents, the drastic change in my behavior. Meeting Sakura and trying to stay away from her only for me to want to be around her so much. We started this secret friendship when she ended up being the only one in my car from leaving Shikamaru's house. Something in her was scared to go in her home and me being me, I assured her nothing would happen. From then on, I've been inviting her to my house and we've been spending alot of time together; only for her to get a boyfriend and spend her time with him. It wasn't fair. I deserved that time. He doesn't know her favorite ice cream. He doesn't know how much she loves pineapples on pizza. He doesn't know about her dimples. About the pet fish she had when she was 12 and it died while she was cleaning out the tank. None of these things about Sakura he knows. He has to learn her. He has to understand her in ways only I can.

I groan and turn over in my bed. I hate this. I really hate this. My door opened and I heard a shuffle before there was a shift in my bed. I felt hands in my hair and it didn't take my long to realize that it was my brother. I sighed.

"What's wrong?" He says.

"What isn't wrong?" I say turning my head to face him. He sat in my bed indian style with a hand in my hair and the other sitting in his lap. Strands of his hair fell in his face as he looked over at me.

"Is it Sakura?"

"No, it's her stupid boyfriend." I mumble. "He told her what I said to him and now everyone pretty much knows I like the girl."

Itachi chuckled. "It's okay for you to like her Sasuke." He says. "For right now, just be her friend."

"I don't wanna be her friend." I say honestly. "And I don't want anyone to know how I feel either. I jus- I don't know. I'm such a fucking loser!" I hide my face in my pillow again and groan. Why am I talking to my brother about this?

"One of these days you're gonna be okay with putting yourself out there." He says. "If she's really worth it, wait it out. But if what you feel isnt something you want to put your all into, then let her go."

"What's the point of doing that when she doesn't feel the same way I do?"

"Did she tell you that?"

"She doesnt have to." I say. "She has a boyfriend."

"That means nothing." My brother sighs. "To be a straight A student you sure are dumb."

I shot him a look and he shrugged as if telling me he meant what he said and he wasn't taking it back.

"Look Sasuke," He says. "Some girls hide the way they feel. Especially with guys like you by occupying their time with someone or something else. I see the way you two look at eachother when it's just you two here. It's something there. And if the two of you dont stop fooling around and do something about it, I'm putting the both of you on blast in front of everyone and not just Hinata and Naruto; who isn't standing by the door listening to everything because they're worried about your heart being broken." He smiled at me and I frowned.

"Darn it!" Naruto's voice sounded from outside my door. His head rounded the corner as he smiled and Hinata came into view.

"I hate all of you." I say. "Don't say any of this to anybody. I'm warning you."

"Your secret is safe with me dude." Naruto says shooting me a smile.

Great just what I needed.

| Naruto Uzumaki |

Itachi🍡 has been added to the group chat.

From Ino🐷: ^ What?

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
We have another fellow shipper to the fan club.

From Itachi🍡:
Is this what you guys call it? Operation: SasuSaku?

From Ino🐷:
YES! This is something we all cherish.

From Ino🐷:
We all know that Sasuke been in a funk but eversince Sakura came around he's been more social. They're relationship towards one another is......Idk. Cute? They're totally hot together and whatever it is that Sasuke saw in Sakura's eyes we need to make happen! And as Shippers we need to do our best to make sure SasuSaku becomes a thing!

From Itachi🍡:
Very inspiring words Ino. 💯👏🏾

From Ino🐷:
Thank you. 😁

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
Okay guys I added Itachi because Sasuke tells him everything. Literally EVERYTHING. He's jealous of Bryan...

From Ino🐷:
I KNEW IT! 👏🏾

From Ino🐷:
And you said it wouldn't work. 🙃

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
That's not the point I'm trying to make here!

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
My point is, Sasuke is definitely thinking of something and whatever it is, we need to prepare for it. We have to make sure that when all of this is over SasuSaku is standing tall.

From Itachi🍡:
This is..... really a thing?

From Ino🐷:
Kick him out he's a nonbeliever.

From Itachi🍡:
I'm sorry maybe I'm just too mature to be calling this Operation SasuSaku. 😅

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅: GUYS ! 😫

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
This is serious! Sakura has a boyfriend and it threw our plans into a different direction. Anything Sasuke does from this moment on can officially make or break us. We have to come up with a counter attack.

From Itachi🍡:
We can always let him be stupid and have him realize his feelings sooner or later. 🤗

From Ino🐷:
...You have way too much faith in your brother Itachi..

From Ino🐷:
This is Sasuke we're talking about. By the time he comes out about his feelings Sakura would be married with Children! We have to push this. You of all people know that he deserves to be happy.

From Itachi🍡:
I do. What if he find out about this?

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
I doubt that would happen. I'm texting this group from the passenger side of his car as we speak. 😌

From Hinata💏: That is true. 🙃

From Ino🐷:
Now you say something Hinata? 😒

From Hinata💏:
😅🤗

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
Look, All I'm saying is that we need to stay on our toes. Never let your guards down. Itachi, get as much information as you can about how Sasuke feels and we'll meet back up in this chat to discuss it.

From Itachi🍡:
Ay Ay Captian 😆

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
We have to do this guys. For love.

From Ino🐷:
For love ! 💕

From Hinata💏:
For Love! 💕

To Operation SasuSaku🙄🍅: Uh.......Itachi?

From Itachi🍡:
Oh, was I suppose to say it too? 🤔Is that like...a thing? 😳

From Ino🐷:
GOT DAMNIT ITACHI LMAO !😂😂😂😂

From Itachi🍡:
Inquiring minds would like to know. 😌

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅: 
😂😂😂 i hate you guys.

Sasuke pulled up at Hinata's home and she exited the car. Once she was safely inside her home, Sasuke drove away. He was quiet and the only thing heard in the car was the binging of my phone and the low music that played. Sasuke reached into his secret compartment in his car and pulled out his rolling tray handing it over to me. Already knowing what to do, I began rolling a joint.

"You alright?" I ask him as I lit one side of the joint and took a pull. I slowly blew out the smoke and turned on Sasuke's vents in the car so there wouldn't be a lingering smell.

"Yeah." He says as he chews on his bottom lip.

"You know you could talk to me right?" I tell him again.

"That's not why I'm not talking." He says taking the joint from me and taking a hit of his own. "I'm just thinking that's all."

"About what?" I ask him.

"About everything." Was his only reply.

He crept up to the curb in front of my house and the both of us continued to smoke. Once we was finished we sat and talked about random things before I decided to get out of the car.

"If you need someone to talk to I'm here man." I tell him before I close the door.

| Sakura Haruno |

From Sasuke🐣:
Come back...

I stared at the message as I walked alongside Bryan. He and I were at the park walking and talking. I wasn't too far from Sasuke's house. Why would he want me to come back all of a sudden?

"What's wrong?" Bryan asked me as he wrapped his arm around me. I quickly locked my phone so he wouldn't see the message. I looked up at him and smiled.

"I have to go." I tell him. His eyes softened as he became sad.

"Really?" He says and I nod slowly.

"Want me to drop you off at home?" He asks.

I agree. We head back to his car and get in. He drove me to my home and I kissed him before getting out of the car. Pretenting to open the door, I watched as his car disappeared down the road and made my way in the opposite direction towards Sasuke's house.

Once there I knocked on the door. After a few moments the door opened and I was greeted by Itachi who smiled warmly at me. He stepped aside letting me in.

"He's in his room." He says lowly. I smiled and walked down the hallway to Sasuke's room. I turned the knob and pushed the door open seeing him sitting on the edge of his bed strumming an acoustic guitar. He looked up at me and froze. I guess he didn't exspect me to really come back. I walked in his room and slowly closed his door. He watched me as I made my way over to him and sat down. He stared at me so closely and I couldn't help but squirm.

"I didn't think you'd come back." He says setting his guitar aside.

"You play guitar?" I ask ignoring what he said.

"Yeah." He says lowly. "My mom bought it for me for my brithday before she died."

I looked up at him as he looked down at such a sentimental object. He chewed on his bottom lip as his raven colored hair fell in his face.

"How come you never talk about it?" I tell him. "The more you talk about it, the more you'd be able to cope."

His head slowly rises up and he turns to me. "Because everytime I talk to someone about it they give me that look." He says.

"What look?"

"That look of pity or sympathy that's in your eyes right now." He says as he stands and takes his guitar to place it on it's stand. I stand as well and walk behind him. I wrap my arms around his torso from behind and placed my head on his back.

"I'm sorry." I whisper. "I just want you to open up to me that's all."

He chuckles.

"I've been doing most of the talking, sometimes I just want to listen."

He exhaled a deep breath. I could feel his warm hands touch mine and I couldn't help but jump slightly. I wasnt expecting him to touch me.

"M-My dad." He starts. "He was having an affair with his work partner. My mother found out and confronted him. Things took a turn for the worse and she pulled his gun from his holster and shot him before killing herself." His voice began to shake. "Itachi found them before I did but the pain is still there. Seeing her laying on top of him covered in blood. Her mouth and her eyes were open. Brain matter all over the carpet. I couldn't sleep or eat for days. I became mute. I-" He paused as he took in a deep breath. He squeezed my hands and I shut my eyes trying not to cry. But then, he walked away from me; from my embrace. I watched as he walked back over to the bed with one hand on his hip and the other pushing his hair out his face. He turned to me with tears falling from his eyes and it broke my heart.

"I neglected my brother." He says. "The only person who was dealing with my same kind of pain. I never spoke a word to him. I skipped school. I smoke weed. I fell off of my grades for a long time. I just didn't care whether I lived or died and that's not what she wanted. That's not what my mom wanted." Tears continued to fall from his eyes. "This is why I never want to talk about it." He sniffled and used a hand to run down his face. He sat on the bed and his head fell in his hands. "Fuck.."

"I became an asshole." He continues. "I-I pushed my best friend away. I hated him for being so happy. I hated everyone for being happy."

I walked over to Sasuke and sat indian style on the floor in front of him.

"Hey," I remove his hands from his head and grab his face in both my hands. Together the both of us looked at eachother with tears streaming down our faces. His eyes grew wide looking at me as I cried with him. I pursed my lips into a small smile. "I get it."

"I get why you're so angry." I tell him.

| Sasuke Uchiha |

"I get why you're so angry." She says. "Your dad caused your mom to make a selfish decision in taking her own life. She still had alot to live for. Two kids as a matter of fact. You hate your dad for cheating on her, dont you?"

Slowly, I nodded.

"You were hurting." She says. "You felt alone even if you had your brother to grieve with you; you still felt alone. Empty."

Again,  I nodded. "Y-yeah."

"I get it Sasuke." She says with a small smile through her tears. "It's okay. No one is ever gonna leave you because you're grieving. You need someone. You need your brother, you need Naruto. And I'm willing to be someone you can lean on as well. As long as I get to hear you call me 'Pinky'." The both of us chuckled. "I know where depression like this leads to and I'd hate to see it come to that."

She knows. Sakura knows my pain. She understands me. She knows what I've been thinking this whole entire time. Something I've never bothered to tell anyone.

"Don't you dare do that Sasuke." She says furrowing her eyebrows. "I wouldn't know how to act if I lost you. You're the only one out of anyone who understands me. I've told you things not even Hinata knows and she's my best friend."

I continued to stare at her. She pursed her lips together.

"Promise me something."She says looking me in the eye. "Whenever you feel like that again, you'll call me."

I stared at her some more. I turned away from her only for her to snatch my head back in her direction. We locked eyes. Her eyebrows furrowed together as she bought her face closer to mine and pressed our foreheads together.

"Promise me Sasuke." She tells me. "I'm not leaving here untill you promise."

"I-I don't want you to leave." I tell her. "So I can't promise you that."

"I promise you Sasuke, I won't leave if you don't want me to." She pleads. "Just promise me you'll call me when you feel like that again."

I stared at her.

"Please." She whispers as helpless tears flow from her eyes. I never realized how much I hate to see someone cry untill I watched Sakura. She wasn't crying out of pity or sympathy. She was crying because she understood my pain.

"I promise." I tell her. I promise I'll never be the reason you're crying. I promise to always be there for you. I promise to always be the one you can call on if you need it. I promise to always cherish such a person like you. "Promise me you'll never stray from me."

A small smile fell upon her lips as she let out a chuckle through her tears and nodded giving me a closed eyed smile.

"Yeah." She whimpers. "I promise."