[modern AU, fluff]

Will Sasuke get the pretty girl?

Will the pretty girl continue lying?

Was the girl his girlfriend?!

FIND OUT NOOOOOOOOW!

(Lol I'm such a corn ball 😂 )

Pretty Girls Lie pt. 3

"Sakura huh." She says with a curl of her lips. We stood in line at the grocery store paying for the inessentials we wanted.

I looked over my shoulder countless times, just so I could see her one last time.

"What about her?" I ask her looking over at her. I furrowed my eyebrows together in fake confusion.

"You know what." She flips her hair over her shoulder. "You used to sleep with her didn't you?"

I frowned. She couldnt be even more wrong. I've never slept with Sakura. Never felt the need to. She stimulated my mind. Made me think with my head more than with my manhood.

"Absolutely not." I shake my head from side to side.

"You looked like you saw a ghost when I walked up." She crossed her arms. "She's pregnant or something?"

"Jesus no." I say more sternly. "Look, we used to talk; that's it. We never made any sexual passes at eachother—we never felt the need to. We understand eachother on an intellectual level."

"So why'd you break up?" Ino tossed her hair to the side. "She's beautiful."

"She runs from love." I answer paying for my things. "Just didn't work out."

"Is that the one that had your brother and I cleaning up your drunken vomit for two whole days?" She crossed her arms. "I should've said something."

"Look, you're my step-sister, not my mother Ino." I tell her. "I don't need you defending me or trying to get me out of situations. And no one asked either of you to clean my drunken vomit. I could've done it myself."

"Well, it looked like you needed my help." She turned on her heels once I grabbed the bags. We began walking out of the store. I looked up and I got a glimpse of pink hair, loading groceries into her blue Toyota Camry.

"Well I didn't." I say staring at the pink haired woman shove the cart into the cart rack and proceed to her car. She slipped in and slammed the door shut. I could see her. Running her hands frantically through her hair, resting her head on the steering wheel.

My heart dropped in my stomach. I had to look away. I reached my car and popped the trunk open with my keys. I placed the groceries in the trunk and walked to get in the car.

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I knocked on the door before me. Feels like deja vu. Everything in me was shaking nervously as I heard the heartbreaking sounds of Jhene Aiko playing on the otherside of the door. I smiled to myself remembering the first time I heard the song. She played it loudly as I sat in her living room drinking wine. She sung the song completely off key; but it was beautifully sung because it was her, in her element. Comfortable enough to sing at the top of her lungs in a horrible made-up key she invented while I'm sitting on the couch of her home.

Her body swayed to the song; which had a story of a girl, who's in love with a guy. She feels the guy is a brave individual—or even crazy—for loving someone who's as damaged as she is; hoping he'd stay in the end.

I could tell this song told her life from how passionately she sung the song....off key. But to her, she was singing it the same way Jhene did. She was making spaghetti that day. With ground turkey. I didn't even know shit like that existed.

The door swung open and I was greeted by Naruto. He frowned seeing me.

"You've got some nerve." He says leaning against the door.

"Hear me out please." I tell him. "L-let me see her." I breathe. "Please."

He stared at me as if he was going to tell me no but he wanted to at least give me a fair chance to plead my case. He knew I had to be here for a reason considering that I know Sakura told him. She had to have told him everything that happend no more than a few hours ago.

Finally after five exhausting minutes he heaved a sigh. He stepped aside and allowed me entrance.

"C'mon dude." He says. "But the moment this gets out of hand, you gotta leave."

I nodded thanking him before proceeding through the door. He closed it behind me and I stood there like an idiot, wiping my sweaty hands on my jeans. I glanced around the spacious apartment like it was my first time.

"She's in the kitchen." He mumbles leaning against the door. "Singing awfully might I add. Just go around to the island and talk to her."

I chuckle at his mention of her horrible singing. I could hear her of course.

"Thanks again Naruto." I tell him with a small smile. I couldn't help it. He didn't have to let me in. He could've simply told me to fuck off and slam the door right in my face. But he let me in.

"Just go get your girl dude." Naruto smirks casually. I nod and continue on. I round the corner and see her from the door frame of the kitchen. She were still in those jeans. I mean those jeans I bought her as a "whatever." Gift. More like a "Just because I wanted to see how her ass looked in them" gift. She tried them on of course, and I bought them right then. I smirked remembering how I slipped my hand in her back pocket that day just to touch her ass. She didnt mind. She smiled.

God, I'm such a fucking idiot. Just watching her sway to the music and sing was so mesmerizing.

I walked around to the island. Listening to her horrible, yet angelic voice sing the song.

"But you're so brave, stone cold crazy for loving me. Yeah, I'm amazed. Hope you make it out alive." She sung.

I swallowed the lump in my throat. I can do this. I can do this.

It's okay.

Just breathe and make your presense known.

"She wasn't my girlfriend!" I blurt out. Sakura's head shot up and quickly landed on me. Panic and shock mixed in her stare.

"Wh-What are you doing here?" She asked.

"I-I came to clear the air." I say after clearing my throat. "I swear she isn't my girlfriend. She's my step-sister and she only approached us like that because she thought I was looking for a way to avoid talking to you. It wasn't like that I promise you Sakura. I-I didn't and don't want to be that guy that turns a pretty girl like you into a ruthless heartbreaker; I wanna be the guy that made the previous heart break worth it because now you have something real."

"How do I know this isn't a lie?" Sakura asked. She placed her hands on the island and stared sternly at me.

Just as I went to open my mouth, I heard a voice.

"Hi, I'm Ino." The blonde stuck her hand out from my right side. I looked at her and frowned.

"Naruto." I looked at him and he shrugged.

"She said she was plan B so I let her in." He said. "Looks like I'm not the only one who wants the two of you together."

Ino smirks and nods at me, causing me to roll my eyes.

"S-Sakura." My girl extended her hand to shake Ino's.

"I know who you are, my older brother and I spent days cleaning up Sasuke's drunken vomit after you shu-"

"-ALRIGHT." I spoke over Ino. She was getting out of hand. "You need to leave. Sakura, can I talk to you in private please?"

She looked between the two of us and raised an eyebrow. I knew she was arguing with herself on wether or not she wanted to listen to what I had to say. I pleaded with my eyes as hard as I could. I couldn't loose her. Not again. I refused this time.

We stared at eachother for what seemed like forever. My hands gripping the countertop of the island like I was clinging to hope. Hope that she'd say yes. Hope that she'd forgive me and we can move on from this together.

"-I'm not leaving this house untill I know for sure you're mines, Sakura." I blurted out. Word Vomit. It happens when I feel myself losing all hope. Again, my sick and twisted ways of coping.

"Ah Sasuke, pretty girls lie." I could hear my brother's advice to me that day. I was so shook. "That lipsticked smile makes you want to believe everything she says. She's damaged and she knows that she is incapable of being loved. But she lures you in and damage you, just so she can prove how emotionally fucked up she is. Someone broke her heart traumatically. Either that or she doesn't have a father figure.

They're cold, Sasuke. They're so emotionally dead on the outside that you'd think her touch was genuine, right?"

I nodded.

He chuckles bitterly. "No, Sasuke." He says. "It never meant a thing. You'd get real lucky if she ever shows you the real her. But she'll auickly shut you out after that because that means she's falling for you. She'd rather hurt you and run from it rather than staying and possibly being happy. I hate pretty girls. They never apologize, they just—smile." He pushes his hair out his face and scoffed bitterly. "She fucking smiles. And you know? You wouldn't even be upset. Why? Because you love her. Like a fucking idiot. You love her so much you allow her to do that. You just want her there. Even if it makes you look like a pathetic fool. You're her pathetic fool. A pretty girl will never give in to you Sasuke, no matter how bad she wants to. She doesn't want that hurt again. She's gonna run forever. That's just who they are."

I stared at my brother for twenty minutes that day after he spoke those words. I was sixteen and he was twenty-one.

I'd just felt like an idiot for writing a love letter to the hottest girl in our class; Tenten. Hot little blasian brunette. Athletic and petite. She was gorgeous and I had the biggest crush on her. And what made everything better? She liked me too.

I knew she liked me. We used to pass notes to one another. Stuff em in eachother's locker like the childish bullshit you see on television. God, I was crazy about Tenten.

We developed a relationship and only seen eachother passing through the hallway. We never sat next to eachother in class and we always hung out with our friends.

Our three month date-aversery was approaching so I thought I'd do something special. I wrote a letter. It wasn't the typical letter we'dnwrite eachother; it was a letter filled with my deepest emotions towards her. Instead of stuffing it in her locker, I walked up to her, handed her the letter and flowers and kissed her cheek. She didn't like that at all.

She told me to stay away from her and called me a creep. She didn't want anyone to know about us sad to say. It hurt honestly. She text some time after apologizing and trying to make me feel better but the damage was already done. I couldn't even look at her the same after that. She just seemed like an attention whore after that. It turned me off.

My relationships were always a hit and miss before I just said fuck it and started sleezing around. Then I met Sakura. She showed me what it's like to live. What it feels like to actually have genuine affection. Regardless of what Itachi ever said, I know Sakura's touch, her smile, and everything towards me was always genuine. She was just scared, that's all.

"We can talk." She finally says and I exhale quickly, mentally thanking whatever higher power there could possibly be that she agreed. She stepped away from the food and motioned for Naruto to finish it. He nodded and walked into the kitchen taking her place. He and Ino soon began talking. I followed Sakura to her room and she closed the door behind us before leaning against it. I turned towards her and I couldn't help but look like a pathetic fool. I know I do.

"I-I'm sorry Sakura." I stress. She cringes slightly. "I-I promise I'll never hurt you just—give me a chance—please. You're not the pretty girl you're trying to be. You're hurt too. I-I love you, Sakura."

She trembles. It breaks my heart to see her trembling. She's really scared of me. I take a step forward and she takes one back, forgetting that she's already against the door.

"Why are you so afraid of me?" I ask her.

"Because Sasuke," She turns her gaze away from me. "You're a successful bachelor and women and throwing themselves at you. But everytime you always looked at me. Your eyes never wandered and that bothered me. Ass backwards right? I'm so used to giving my love away and getting nothing in return that when I finally have someone who's capable of loving me, I push it away. I dont know how to accept it."

I step forward again, closing the gap between the both of us. I took her chin and tilted her head up.

"I'm just as scared as you are Sakura." I tell her. "Let's be terrified together."

She stared at me. Probably searching for any kind of lie she could find.

"Stop running from me." I whisper and I see her eyelid slowly filling with water before a lone tear slipped down her face. I used my thumb to brush it away and I leaned forward, placing a kiss on her forehead. She shuddered and her arms instinctively wrapped around my torso. Her face burried into my chest. I hugged her. I hugged her so tight I almost forgot how delicate she was.

"Aren't you tired of lying?" I ask her.

She nods.

"Is this what you want?"

A sniffle, then a nod.

"I love you, Sakura."

"I love you too, Sasuke."

I smiled. I finally got a pretty girl to stop lying.

By: hoekahgay 🎋