| Ino Yamanaka |

"Shes not even cute." Karin says pushing her glasses up. "And she's so small she's like 12 years old!"

Sakura snorted and nodded in agreement.

"She is tiny." She says. "You can step on her."

"I'd do it just because she's my Sasuke's whatever."

"Girlfriend." I press. "Aiko is his girlfriend."

We stood outside of the movie theatre waiting for the others to arrive. So far it was Naruto, Hinata, Neji, Tenten, Bryan , Sakura , Karin , Sai and I. We just waited on Shikamaru, Temari , Choji , Sasuke & I guess Aiko too.

"Why did he even invite her?" Karin crossed her arms over her chest. "I'd rather hate Sakura for dating Sasuke then anyone else. At least she's familiar."

"Wait what?" Sakura looks over at Karin as a blush formed. Bryan was too busy talking to the guys to pay attention to us.

Karin scoffed. "Come on Sakura its no secret the two of you like eachother."

"Karin do you ever just know when to stop talking?" I say as I glance over at the boys. They were still engaged in their own conversations. I sighed and looked back over at Karin. She shrugged.

"I'm just saying." She says.

"Im just saying too." I reply with a shake of my head. "What if they would've heard you? Her boyfriend is literally two steps away."

She huffed. "Geez my bad."

Before long everyone was here and we stood in line to buy our tickets. Sasuke and Sakura stood side by side and to me it looked like they were the couple if you looked at them. Ignoring the fact that they're holding their significant others hand. They looked at eachother and talked amongst themselves. I smiled.

To Operation SasuSaku 🌸🍅:
Guys they look so cute 😫

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:

Look at them ! 😫😻😩💕

From Hina🐭:
kyyyaaaaa 😻💕

From Itachi🍡:
you should become a photographer Ino. 🙂

From Naruto🐺:
the way he's looking at her.. 😩💙

From Itachi🍡:
I thought i was the only one who noticed that. Good job Nard. 👍🏾

From Naruto🐺:
Yeah i couldnt help but notice it. This is killing me man. I want them together!

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
We all do honestly. We need to persuade one of then if not both of them to confess to the other.

From Hina🐭:
But how?

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
I wish I knew.

I closed the group chat and went to Sasuke and I text messages.

To Sasu🍅:

From Sasu🍅:
DELETE THIS IMMEDIATELY!

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:

Welp, I tried 😅

From Itachi🍡:
Did you actually think sending him a picture you took of the two of them would make him say "okay sure i'll tell her regardless of her boyfriend and my girlfriend standing RIGHT HERE"

From Itachi🍡:
Give me a break...i got this when He gets home

From Itachi🍡:
you three just focus on Sakura.

| Sasuke Uchiha |

I stuffed my phone in my pocket.

"I hate your friend." I tell Sakura as we waited for the others to buys their tickets for the movie.

She looked over at me. "Who?"

"The blonde girl." I reply.

"Why?" She furrows her eyebrows.

I show her the text messages between Ino and I. She stared at the photo for longer than I expected before handing me back my phone. She looked up at me as I put my phone back in my pocket.

"Why were you looking at me like that?" She says lowly.

"Like what?" I ask her.

"Like, I-I mean something; to you." She stammers.

I watched her fidget. I lean down to her ear. "You do." I say before standing upright and walking away towards the movie theater.

For the remainder of our time I coukd feel Sakura staring at me, but I avoided her gaze for as long as I could. As everyone got ready to part, my eyes locked on her. She looked at me before slowly tearing her gaze away from mine.

To Sakura👫🌸:
I'll stay up for you. Let me know if you can cone over tonight.

I pressed the send button and watched her dig in her pocket. She looked at her phone before quickly looking over at me. She looked back at her phone; all while goingg unnoticed by the others.

From Sakura👫🌸:
When he drops me off, I'll be there..

I couldn't help but smirk.

| Naruto Uzumaki |

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
You guys see them texting eachother right?

From Ino🐷:
Yeah, i also saw how Sasuke completely ignored Aiko for the past five minutes.

From Hinata 💏:
I saw everything.

From Itachi🍡:
No, I cant see anything. 😅

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
Sorry Itachi 😂😅

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
Okay guys. We have to put our best foot forward and push the two of them together. It's time to stop fooling around.

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
Ino, Hina. Im trusting you guys to gut as much Information out of Sakura as you can. Itachi and I will do the same with Sasuke. Hopefully if we put our information together we can come up with a plan.

From Ino🐷:
I'm on it. We'll start first thing tomorrow. We have a spa date anyway.

From Itachi🍡:
Yes. Sounds like a plan. I will talk to my brother as soon as he gets home.

I put my phone away and walked over towards Sasuke since he was my ride home. I quickly got in the back seat as Aiko got in the front with Sasuke.

"That was fun." She says. "Your friends are really cool."

"They're a bunch of losers." Sasuke says starting the car.

"Wouldnt that make you a loser for hanging with us?" I say from the back seat. Sasume raised his head and looked at me from the mirror frowning.

"Get out of my car."

I chuckled. The ride back home was awkward. I couldn't wrap my mind around anything that was happening betweeb Aiko and Sasuke. They acted more like friends than a couple.

"Okay babe see you tomorrow." She tells him as she gets out the car. "Bye Naru."

I cringe. "See ya."

I crawl into the front seat and look at Sasuke. He looks away from me with a smirk on his face as he continued to drive.

"What Naru?" He says trying to hold back a laugh.

"You two arent really dating are you?" I narrowed my eyes at him and he chuckled.

"Why would I fake a relationship Naruto?" He asks.

"There's plenty of things about you I'm not sure of so this doesnt count at all." I reply.

The smug look on Sasuke's face never changed. The asshole.

"I don't know what you're talking about?"

"Is this to make Sakura jealous?"

"Why would I waste my time making someone who has a boyfriend jealous of me having a girlfriend?" He looks at me briefly. "Do you see how much sense that doesn't make?"

"So what is going on with you and Aiko then?" I ask. "How do you let her leave without getting a kiss or anything? Come to think of it, I've never seen you two kiss at all!"

"We're not a big fan of PDA." He says simply as he turns a corner.

"Would you kiss Sakura in public?"

"No."

"But you kissed her nose today."

He hit his breaks and shot me a look.

"Yeah, I saw." I say. "Give it a resr Sasuke. You can't hide this anymore and The others and I are gettinf tired of these fake relationships you guys are in to stay away from eachother. One of you have to stop running and start chasing. Preferably I'd like it to be you."

"Why me?"

"Because it shows a different side of you." I answer. "As your best friend I want to see you happy. You've been avoiding this girl and now the two of you have this weird connection thingy going on and everyone sees it. Sure you guys try to cover it with insults but we; well at least me, see right through that. You love her, Sasuke. Own up to it."

I took in a deep breath as Sasuke pulled up to my home.

"What are you planning Naruto?" He asks me as he stared out the windshield.

I watched him as his eyes stayed glued in front of him. His hands pressed firmly on the steering wheel.

"I'm planning your happiness Sasuke." I tell him. "We see it. We just need you and Sakura to stop running from it. She's only running because you're running."

"Pft." He finally blinks and looks out the drivers side window. "Like I'm gonna believe that."

"At this point Sasuke, you dont have to." I shrug. "I know how you feel. You're my best friend and there's nothing you can hide from me ever. Remember that. I know what you're gonna say and do before you even know."

He then looks down at his lap, chewing on his bottom lip.

"Do you love her Sasuke?" I ask him. Just to see if he'll answer me.

"......Yeah." He answers lowly. "I-I love her."

I reached over and placed my hand on his shoulder. "Then stop being an emo and go get your girl dude. She's waiting on you."

I then unbuckled my seatbelt and got out of the car. I pulled my phone out and stopped the recording. I quickly sent it to the group.

From Itachi🍡:
I have nothing to say... i cant say anything to follow that up.

From Ino🐷:
He's gonna do it guys! Sasuke is gonna get his girl! 😫 TEAM SASUSAKU ! We did it!

To Operation SasuSaku🌸🍅:
Let's not celebrate yet. Untill he actually does it. We have to hope what I said gets to him. This is the last push guys.

| Sakura Haruno |

The door opened startling me slightly. I quickly looked up seeing Sasuke step through. He froze.

"I-I got here before you and Itachi let me in." I tell him avoiding his gaze.

He removed his shoes and jacket before he walked into his bathroom. I heard the shower going and I decided to continue my homework. Sasuke then exited the bathroom in dark grey sweats and no shirt on. My eyes grazed over his body slowly. To look as small as he did in his clothes, he eas actually really fit. Never played a sport in his life but his body spoke otherwise.

Sasuke sat next to me on the floor and scooted next to me.

"Y-you looked, nice today." He says as a blush begins to form on his pale face.

"Thank you." I say slowly closing my book. I turned to him. "So, w-what did you want me hear for?"

Without a second thought, Sasuke wrapped his arms around me pulling me to him. We were so close to one another than any movement would cause us to kiss. I've never been so nervous. I almost trembled.

"I just wanted you here." He says looking me in the eyes. "I became so comfortable in your presence that I never not want to be in it."

His eyes stared into my soul, trapping me. Entangled in everything that spilled from those lips of his. My heart began to pound in my chest. This stare down was driving me completely insane. Our lips were so close. So close.

"Am I making you nervous Sakura?" There he goes saying my name again. Something about the way my name rolls off his tongue makes me want to hear it over and over and over.

Slowly, despite how I'm feeling, shook my head no in response. His lips brushed against mine as he smiled.

"Good." He whispers.

The anticipation is driving me crazy! Why is he so close? Is he going to kiss me? Oh god. Why? Why is this happening now of all places.

I felt something wet brush against my lips before realizing Sasuke was just licking his lips. His eyes never left mine and I was determined not to turn away either. I tried to steady my breathing as my heart thumpped in my chest. I was forsure Sasuke could either hear it, or feel it.

"Sa-ku-ra." He broke my name down pausing on each syllable, making sure our lips touched in the process. He's teasing me.

"Why are you doing this?" I ask him, my voice shaking.

"Is it driving you crazy?" He pressed himself closer using his hand to support me from falling back onto the floor. His lips brushing against mine with every word.

Yes. Yes, this is driving me crazy.

"Hm?" He continues. "Do you want me to kiss you Sakura?"

I couldn't stop myself from biting my own lip.

"Hn." The noise escapes his lips as they curled into a smile. What is he doing?

"Is this turning you on?" His voice becomes one of a lower volume. Something like when he's sleepy, or just waking up. The butterflies in my stomach went on a rampage.

"If you want to kiss me then do it." He challenges. "I wont stop you."

Is he saying that because he know I wont? Is he calling my bluff?

"Do it Sakura." He urges. His eyes not leaving mine. I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath.

My lips pressed against his. And his pressed back. I kissed him. I kissed Sasuke.