In Love With My Best Friend |Uchiha Sasuke|

~chapter 20~

Chapter 20: "If only..."

"Momo was mad at you?"

Sasuke sat across from Akane in her room, nodding and leaning his cheek on his hand. She sighed.

"What did you do now?"

"I didn't. I mean...," he trailed shyly. "I don't know. She went on about me not having fun with her. Then she talked about how I am with you, and I'm not giving her the same treatment."

The brunette quirked a brow questionably as she knitted them. "Huh? What's that supposed to mean?!"

Should he say it?

Sasuke thought carefully to himself before telling everything what happened with Momo. Not even he can figure out what's the deal with her.

"Like... She said something about how I don't smile with her."

"And you do with me?" She finished and Sasuke nodded. A laugh broke out from her, causing the raven head eye her suspiciously. "Come on! You made it seem like she's jealous of something! That's a good one!"

"Perhaps, she is," he told her.

"And why would she be jealous of me?" she questioned angrily. "Jealous because I'm your best friend? She's crazy if that's the case."

Sasuke looked warily at her as if he's doubting her assumptions. He wished he could say the same thing. "I know, it's stupid. I don't know why that's a big deal for her."

He saw Akane shaking her head dubiously at him with arms crossed. "You're an idiot, Sasuke," she said, making him caught off guard. "If you think about it, would you like it if Momo smiled around other people except you?"

"Obviously, no," he retorted. "So what, are you saying that it's my fault for making her upset?"

"It sounds like it!" He didn't understand why, furrowing his brows irritatedly and covered his forehead with his hand shamelessly.

"Seriously... Why do I always have to be at fault?" he asserted in frustration. "I don't think everything is entirely my problem."

"Well, if you want to be a good guy, Sasuke, then you have to man up and take responsibility!" Akane demanded while she stood abruptly from the floor. He doesn't seem motivated by her instructions. "Hey, are you listening?!"

"This is so stupid," he muttered, propping his arms back for himself to lean. "If you say so, then what should I do?"

"It's obvious, isn't it?" Sasuke still made a wondering face, blinking. "You just have to smile more! It's time to wipe that ugly,gremlin face of yours, and look happy! Like how you are with me!" He was stunned by her explanation, looking a bit worried.

"I hope you are aware that I can't be that comfortable around her as much as I am with you," he warned. "I've known you for how long?"

"Thirteen years!"

"You just proved my point. I don't think I can match that if I only knew Momo for two months." Akane didn't oblige to accept it, patting his shoulder and laughed.

"You just have to deal with it! Momo is a delicate flower. She's impatient! She can't wait for you forever. You have to keep her happy!" Sasuke just turned his head away at another direction boredly, uneasy about the idea of it. 

That's like... forcing me to do things I'm not comfortable with.

"What about my happiness?" Akane looked at him in bewilderment. He continued, "As far as I know, she doesn't seem to understand me. I'm always trying to do things out of my comfort zone just to impress her - things that are not me."

Hesitant, the brunette try to see pass him and his depressed attitude. She's starting to make sense in him as she felt empathy. Relieving her shoulders, a subdued smile stretched on her lips while she sat next to him, gaining his eyes on her.

"I'll talk to her if you want," she impelled. "I get what you're saying. It takes two to build a relationship, doesn't it? Just imagine yourself telling this to her!"

"I prefer sharing my thoughts only to you," he added. Enlighten by his words, Akane's smile grew wider and let out a happy breath, blushing slightly. Sasuke avert his yes back to her as he thought to himself attentively, then his kiss with her flashed in his mind.

"You always understood me, huh?"

Akane's smile faltered curiously, but immediately sprang up. "Uh, of course! I am your best friend."

Those lingering words almost felt nothing to him, as if he's trapped when he hears it coming from her mouth. Instead, he managed to smile back at her and brushed his fingers pass her face gently, catching her off guard.

"Yeah, I guess." An undeniable blush crept to her face while her hand touched over the spot where Sasuke laid his fingers on. Her heart pounded slowly through her ears as her sparkling brown eyes fell to the floor.

"You and Arai haven't fought yet?"

She hummed. "There's no reason to, so nope. We haven't." Trailing his eyes down, Sasuke frowned deeply as he recalled the moment when she and the blonde were interactive back at the arcade. A green monster was knocking at his chest.

"It must be nice...," he said lowly, drawing Akane's orbs to him in concern. His head faced hers bravely with solid eyes. "Remember when we kissed?"

Her scarlet blush reddened, pressing her lips together when he asked that. "W-Why are you bringing that up now?!"

"It felt nice," he commented with another small smile. She was fazed by him being calm and collected. However, she pondered why he would attempt such a thing to her when they both know he has a girlfriend.

Sasuke leaned back more against her bed with head staring up at the ceiling. "I kinda want another one right now... from you."

Shocked, Akane didn't think twice and threw her pillow at his face. Sasuke didn't seem affected by it with his expression unchanged. "DON'T SAY STUFF LIKE THAT SO EASILY! KNOW WHAT KIND OF POSITION YOU'RE IN!"

The Uchiha laughed as he tried to defend himself by blocking her pillow with his hand. "I know, I know. I just want to make fun of you!"

"You're an asshole!" While he continued to laugh at her embarrassment, Akane examined his cheerful face, thinking how different it looked a few moments ago when he talked about Momo. She felt almost content to see him this way.

If only Momo can see this side of him...

"If only neither one of us are in a relationship," Sasuke said suddenly, "I would gladly kiss you about now... with no hindrance."

Her pupils trembled by his idea and gaped at him in awe. Puzzled, Akane instantly became flustered and didn't no how to respond back correctly. It was unsuccessful to process it.

What is he saying?

"Uh, I think you should be buying Momo flowers now!" she interrupted, then she saw how his eyes narrowed darkly. "Try to apologize to her! Let's see what I can do after that!" He mumbled something under his breath, added with an effortless sigh and stood up from his seat.

"Fine," he gave in and headed towards out of Akane's room. She followed him out until he reached to her front door of her house. "I'll see you later then?"

She nodded assuredly and waved. "You know it! I'll be here eating chicken wings when you need me!"

Sasuke chuckled and turned his back to her. When he was about to exit through the front gate not too far from she is, he looked over his shoulder with an adoring smile. "I love you."

Akane stiffened, but kept a composed expression and matched his smile. "I love you, too!"