In Love With My Best Friend |Uchiha Sasuke|

~chapter 18~

Chapter 18: Garlic Taste

"What?! You want me to come over now?!"

"Y-Yeah..." Sasuke muttered over the phone. On the other side of the line, Akane curved her brows, however, she can detect the depressed tone in his voice.

"Can you wait a little? I'm still out with Arai," she told him. "I promise I'll go straight to your place when I'm done."

"Sure."

As she hit the end button, Arai stole a glance at her while they sat at the across from his parents in a restaurant. "Who's that?"

"Just Sasuke. I think he's having one of those mental breakdowns from Momo again," she half joked while putting her phone away. "Are you going to eat that?!"

He watched as Akane pointed at his side mashed potatoes, then shook his head and pushed it for her to feast. Arai's parents laughed heartily.

"Boy! I've never seen a small girl like yourself eat so much!" The father boasted. Of course, she took that as a compliment.

Meanwhile, Akane managed to arrive at Sasuke's house as soon as she was done mingling with Arai and his family. Just thinking about his voice on the phone made her worry about what happened to him.

"Sasuke! Are you alright?! Were you hurt?! Did Momo break up with you?! Did she find your collection of Icha-Icha magazines?!?! Oh my god!! IF SHE DID, I SWEAR TO GOD I SHOULD'VE BEEN HERE TO SEE IT-"

Clamping his hand over her mouth, Sasuke stopped her from saying any more before Itachi or whoever comes through the door with a gun.

"One more word and I'll make you eat sugar-free jello cups everyday for a month." Horrified, Akane almost formed tears in her eyes by his threat.

If there's anything that she dislikes in food, it would be anything that has a dissatisfying taste, or just oatmeal cookies.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" She pleaded as he fiercely glared into her eyes while holding her collar.

Losing his grip, Sasuke rubbed the back of his head and saunter his way over to his bed. Chuckling nervously, Akane followed him.

"If it's not any of those, then what's the reason for that urgent call?" She watched him sigh deeply and then pout if he was embarrassed to say so.

He slightly blushed. "We kissed."

Akane's eyes sparkled, gasping and approached his body eagerly to hear more. "Hallelujah! You finally made it pass first base!" She cheered, poking his arm. "Tell me. Was there some action?! Tongue?! Boob grabbing?! There's gotta be boob grabbing, and I'm not talking about yours!"

"You really think I'm that type of guy?" Although, it wasn't like he didn't think of all those things. He shook his head. "Nothing like that. It's just... For some reason, it felt weird kissing her."

Raising her brows, Akane looked at him questionably. "Weird? But aren't you happy that you kissed her?"

"Of course I am, but... I imagined it to feel a whole lot... more," he explained. "It doesn't feel like, you know, I'm in love."

She laughed while rolling her eyes. "Maybe it's because you're just a bad kisser, am I right?" Sasuke didn't approve her jokes, forcing her to be serious. "Well, it's probably too soon. Love doesn't happen so quickly. It needs to build."

"Maybe I expected it too much," he mumbled with his chin at his hand. Patting his back, Akane smiled widely to lessen his grouchy mood.

"Aww, not all first kisses meet expectations, especially with their first lover. I mean, mine with Neji was horrible! We were so unsure of ourselves." He scoffed seemly as he recalled the memory of Akane complaining.

"Did you kiss Arai yet?" Puzzled by his question, an embarrassed blush came over her face while shifting her eyes away.

Akane mumbled, "Unfortunately, not yet."

"Good." Astonished, an irksome yet curious vein planted the back of her head.

"What does that supposed mean?!" She questioned but Sasuke had a thinking expression once he searched at her profile.

His stoic expression didn't change when he suddenly stated with no emotion, but boldly. "Kiss me."

Akane frozen as her eyes widened. A few seconds later, an abrupt laugh seeped from her while she holds her stomach. "You're pulling my leg, aren't you? Nice one, Sasu!"

"Akane." She stopped chuckling. "I'm serious." Looking at his determined face, his sharp eyes remained hard, speaking the truth through his black pools.

He can't be serious, is he?

Realizing his command, Akane's hands flew up in defense mode as an uneasy feeling twisted in her stomach. "H-Hey now! You can't go around kissing other girls when you have Momo!"

"But you're not like the others," he simply answered, making Akane blush miserably in her position. Somehow, when he said that, her heart skipped a beat.

She stammered. "E-Even if it's me, wouldn't that still be cheating? You can't kiss me, Sasuke! It would be weird if we did! I don't see you that way!"

But he silenced her by approaching his body close to hers with unmoving eyes, causing her to look away from him. "You're my best friend," he said flatly. Akane glanced up. "I trust you. It wouldn't count as anything, and no one is going to know about it except us. I just want to experiment something."

Weakly glaring at him, her shy face still didn't face his but her eyes kept wondering back and forth to his visage and the wall. She still couldn't believe her ears. Kissing Sasuke - her childhood friend - her best friend, she only sees him as a brother.

Is this even right?

"...Just one kiss?" She reassured and he nodded.

"Just one."

Will it change anything?

Reddening horribly, Akane finally faced him with her head hang bashfully. There has been numerous times she blinked before Sasuke noticed her girly demeanor. A teasing smirk displayed on his lips.

"You know...," he started. "You look kinda cute just now."

She socked his arm despite his comment, earning a light chuckle from him. "If you think that's going to make me hormonal, think again! Just shut up and kiss me."

Lowering his smirk, Sasuke repeated his previous moves with Momo and skim his thumb over Akane's chin. She caught off guard as she hitched a silent breath between them. Shutting her eyes impatiently, she felt the raven's hot breath tickling her pink cheek.

When Sasuke gently placed his lips over hers, he kissed her sweetly as he felt his chest start to melt. It was a different feeling from his kiss with Momo, and it's not as empty and unusual when he kissed Akane. It felt more hypnotizing, adrenal.

Tilting her head, Sasuke gave himself access to her lips and he deepened the kiss with his hands holding her face. Akane was surprised by something wet protruding her mouth and flick before drawing out, making her sigh in ease.

She clung onto Sasuke's shirt as she was swooned by his daring actions.

Compare to Momo who tastes like nothing, however, Akane's taste is...

"Garlic," he said after pulling away. "You taste like garlic." Akane gaped her mouth in awe while putting her hand over mouth.

"I HAD GARLIC FRENCH FRIES, OKAY?!" She glared as a massive blush colored her face. Softly pushing him and turning her head around, she began to search his room. "Where's your mouthwash?!"

Combing his hair with his fingers, Sasuke sighed and pointed to the direction at his door. "Bathroom." Before the brunette can storm out of his room in fury, he spoke, "and Akane?"

She paused. "What?"

"You're a good kisser." Luckily her back faced him due to her indescribable blush surrounding her face, bothered.

"You too."