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A pink haired girl tapped her foot as she waited outside the car. A grouchy black haired guy came and spared her a glance before opening the car door and sitting inside.


Sakura scoffed inwardly. What was she expecting, after all? For him to be a gentleman? Yeah, her ex-boyfriend didn't, why would this one?


She opened the door that he had shut and entered. She slammed it close and stared right out the window.


Sasuke raised an eyebrow at this behaviour, not knowing what to make out of it. Well, this was his first date, and this was the first girl he had felt something for, so...


"Right," he cleared his throat. "To the closest movie theatre, please."


Sakura just stared out of the window. It was evening, and she wondered where the other girls were.


The streets weren't really crowded and everything seemed slow and tranquil. She smiled softly at the sight of a little girl laughing in the arms of her mom.


She didn't notice that Sasuke was staring at her. The calm and serene look on her face, reflected their surroundings.


They reached the movie theatre.


"Wait a second, I need to wear disguise stuff," Sasuke said. Sakura rolled her eye, still not looking at him. "Alright, let's go."


She glanced at him, and tried to stifle a laugh. He was wearing round red sunglasses, a muffler and a beanie.


"Alright, rapist, let's go," she went out of car before the Uchiha could comment on her choice of words. He followed her. "Um, let's watch Just One More Week. It's a new movie. I hope you don't mind romantic movies."


She smirked and he said nothing. Sasuke shrugged, but he was slightly groaning inwardly.


He went to buy tickets. Sakura stared at the poster of the movie. The story was written by a famous writer, who wrote amazing sad stories.
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"Alright, let's go," Sasuke grabbed her hand and they went to the man at the theatre door. He gave Sasuke a suspicious eye and looked at their tickets.


"3rd row from the back," he said simply and the pair went and sat on their seats.


"The movie still has some time to start," said Sasuke. The ads and movie trailers were going on, to entertain the early audience. "Wanna do something?"


"Like what?" Sakura asked.


"You want popcorn? Or something?" He asked.


"Well, let's share it," Sakura suggested. Sasuke paused for a second before nodding.


"I'll come in 2 minutes," he said and disappeared. Sakura sighed.


What was wrong with her?


Just when the movie was about to start, Sasuke came back. He kept the popcorn on the seat handle.


Sakura stuck her hand in it. The movie started. Everything was going amazing, except whenever Sasuke's hand touched Sakura's, she pulled her hand away and he got a strange feeling in his stomach.


'Should I grab her hand?' thought Sasuke. His hand acted on his own. Sakura froze for a second.


His hand was rough and cold, unlike his... His hands were soft and warm, but Sasuke's hands had a sense of loyalty in them. She smiled and let her head fall on his shoulder.


Sasuke was shocked by this. He didn't expect Sakura to actually do something. In fact, he thought she would pull back her hand again. Unknown to him, he smiled at her, his cheeks red for some out-worldly reason.


They saw the movie till the end, and Sakura had dried tear stains on her cheek. When the cast was about to roll up, the girl beside Sasuke suddenly screamed.


"SASUKE UCHIHA!!!!" And then it was chaos.


Sasuke grabbed her hand and pulled her through the rush of people, trying to go as unnoticed as possible, but the outfit was making it difficult.


Somewhere between that chaos, the couple managed to run away, without any followers.


The two stopped in a nearby alleyway, where they paused to catch their breath. Sasuke was waiting for the pinkette to show her dismay, but he was surprised to hear the giggles.


"That was fun," Sakura said with a smile. It was her first smile that night. Even Sasuke smiled. She looked really pretty when she smiled. "Now what?"


"There's a bar... Let's get drinks," Sasuke said. Sakura grabbed his hand this time and they entered the noisy bar.


Drunken men swayed around, as music played in the background.


Young girls and boys danced to it as they weaved their way to the table.


"What will you take?" Asked the bartender, a pretty girl in her late 20's. She looked kind and generous. "I know you're underage, so, I am not going to give you anything alcoholic."


Sakura smiled as she slid into the seat. Sasuke sat beside her.


"Just some water will be fine for now," said Sakura. The girl gave them two glasses of water then went away to attend other guests.


"There's food at that section," Sasuke pointed to a stall a few feet away. "I'll just go and buy us some dinner."


"Let's just sit there then," Sakura suggested. Sasuke shook his head.


"There's no place, the bar is packed," he said. Sakura looked around and realised he was right. "Save me a seat."


Sakura just blinked and he was gone to get them food. She turned back around to face the table. She stared at the colourful bottles that were put there.


"Hey cutie," a boy slid into Sasuke's seat. Sakura looked at him. He was handsome.


"Hey~" she said flirtatiously, forgetting that she was on a date for a moment.


"Here, have a drink," he picked up two glasses from a tray that a waiter was moving around with. She took it. She sipped it.


"Hmm... Not bad," she said, before drinking it down. The guy smirked. Sakura suddenly swayed. He grabbed her shoulder.


"Oh, is it your first time drinking alcohol?" He asked with an innocent face that deceived everyone but a fired up Uchiha. "Let me help you to a room."


He was about to pick her up when a hand came between them. The boy looked up to see Sasuke glaring at him furiously. He couldn't tell how furious he was, because he had... weird? clothing on.


"Hands off my girl," Sasuke growled. The guy gulped, and ran away before the fearsome Uchiha could do anything. "Oh no."


Sakura was singing with the song while have a sad face on.


Is it cool that I said all that?
Is it chill that you're in my head?
Cause I know that it's delicate.


"You're drunk, aren't you?" He mumbled. "C'mon let's get you to a room and I'll call for the car there."


She said nothing and let him drag her to one of the available room. Sasuke tuned out the moans and groans from the other rooms and entered an empty room.


He made her sit on the bed. He pulled out his phone.


"Right... In 5," he said into it, when Sakura suddenly started crying. Sasuke's eyes widened. "I- I'll see you. Bye."


He ran to her and sat beside her.


"Hey, um, what's wrong?" He asked her, putting a hand on her shoulder. She slapped him away.


"D- Don't hu- hurt me!" She said slightly loudly. Her tears continued down her cheeks. "I- I am sorry... I didn't do it... It wasn't m- my fault... No, no!...no, please don't do it, Kevin!!"


Sasuke froze. Who's Kevin? Was she remembering something from her past?


"H- Hey, it's okay, nobody's going to do anything to you," he said to her softly. She sniffed but the tears stopped. "I will protect you from whoever hurts you."


"R- Really?" She asked, looking at him. "But you behave just like him!! How do I know that you aren't like him?!"


"I don't know about that," he said seriously, "but what I know, is that, I love you. And I will never let anyone harm you or come near you. You're a beautiful flower, Sakura. And I want to protect you."


Sakura smiled sadly.


"They all say that," she whispered.


"Huh?"


"All of you say that," Sakura said, a bit louder this time. "You promise to be with us, and then leave us. I hate boys. They broke my heart; so I have every right to break theirs!"


"Maybe, but you know what?" Sasuke turned her body towards him. "It hurts me to see you so broken-hearted. I want to pick up your pieces and hug you so hard, that they will all join back again."


"T- Thanks, Sasukeee~," she slurred and then suddenly fell down. Sasuke kissed her cheek.


"Rest for now, you need it," he said with a smile. He picked her up, bridal style, and went down and out, to find his driver there. "To their house."


The driver nodded and took them to her house.


She was broken... And she needed him to fix her.


-TBC-


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