Chapter 1

Unfair. That's how Sakura would describe life in one word if she were asked. Why? Well, just a decision she made after all the shit that has happened to her lately. She has been working her ass off and she wasn't accepted in the summer medical academy. And Ino was. She has been trying her best to make guys notice her, but they didn't. However, Ino was able to succeed in that one, too. She was trying to be nice to everybody, but there were people, who were treating her horribly. Ino didn't have such a problem, although she was a total bitch sometimes.

She, as a good best friend, should have been happy about Ino, that was now jumping around joyfully, that she had received a car for her birthday. But she wasn't. She was simply hit by a new wave of jealousy towards the blonde girl and the fact, that Kiba hurried to lift the girl and plant countless kisses on her face and neck, didn't help.

Sakura looked away with a very sorrow expression on her face. She didn't want to spoil the perfect moment of Ino. But her inner self kept on shouting, that it wasn't fair, that she should have been in her place, in the hugs of a boy, even if it were Kiba, with the keys of a car in her hands, with the thought of the upcoming summer at the academy for future doctors. But she wasn't and she had to accept that fact. She was a miserable, plain girl, with a milkshake in her hands, with a chair behind her back and the thought of a very, very, very sad summer, far away from nice.

" What is it, Sakura?"

Ino was looking at her, as well as the other people from her company. Sakura immediately felt like snapping something nasty at the blonde, but held it back, by biting her cheek. And then she felt her stomach tighten and a flush appear on her face. Of course, the only thing Sakura had and Ino hadn't was the fear from having everybody's attention on her. That was something, that Ino loved and Sakura loathed. It's not that she hated it, really...actually, she liked people to watch her, it was the only time she felt like she was having somebody's attention on her. It only just happened so, that every time she was surrounded by people, it was because of something she really couldn't brag about. Not like Ino, who was always showing off with her body.

" N-nothing..." she hurried to say and stood up from her chair. " Restroom..."

Nobody said anything else, when she headed towards the wrong direction in the mall. Ino bit her lip, looking at the rosette with a sad expression on her face and guilt in her eyes.

" Shouldn't have bragged that much, right?"

" Ya' think?" Naruto sighed and stood up. " I'll go...''

" You can't go to the ladies' restroom..." Kiba reminded, which Naruto frowned at.

" The restrooms aren't even there!...Besides, after Ino and Hinata, I'm her best friend!"

" H-how about this..." Hinata stood up hesitantly. " You all sit down here and let me deal with this..."

The two boys looked at each other and in the same time, they shrugged.

" Fine. That would be beast..."

" I'll come, too..." Ino said, but Temari held her by her hand, before she could even make a step.

" No, girl, you've done enough..."

Hinata stood up, before she would become a witness of the next series of dramatic events that were about to happen between her friends. She had to find Sakura in the crowd. She could understand her friend's pain. And she could also understand the reason for her sorrow. Sakura didn't have a dad and her mother was always drunk. The girl simply couldn't seek comfort from her, since she was always either unconscious or in a state really near to that. And Hinata knew, that Sakura never let that fact hinder her. One of the reasons, Hinata really admired the rosette... She was always studying, aiming for the top. And although she was the best student, the best one in biology and chemistry, with the most potential of becoming a doctor, she wasn't accepted for that summer camp for future doctors. Just because, as the director there has said, ' she lacked conviction'. And Hinata felt really close to her, when she decided on sharing this information with her only. Of course, she couldn't understand these feelings of Sakura, the feelings of jealousy, because Ino was also her friend and Hinata was happy for her. But now, even she had to admit, that the blonde has gone too far with her tactlessness.

It was easy to find the girl, since she was unique, in her own way. Not every person out there had pink hair. As she spotted her, Hinata sighed and started making her way through the crowd, trying to reach her friend.

" Sakura..." she said and noticed, that the other girl stopped and turned around, giving her enough time to stand next to her and place a hand on her shoulder.

" Yes?"

" The restroom, my dear, is in the opposite direction..." Hinata smiled sadly, when she noticed the expression of Sakura. The expression she knew too well. The rosette was on the urge of crying, but she was trying to hold it in. The result was a bitten lower lip, teary, but confident eyes and furrowed pink eyebrows. " Oh dear, I have a proposition...me, you, my car, cafeteria far away from here, hot chocolate..."

" I prefer me, you, at home, hot chocolate..."

" Sounds good to me..." Hinata smiled and decided not to tell her that she'd drive her at her home, the mansion, because she knew, that Sakura's mum would probably be dead-drunk over there, which would break the girl in front of her. She embraced her by the shoulders and headed towards the elevators of the mall, that were closer than the stairs.

" Eerm, what about Naruto?"

" Oh, I can live one day without gawking at him..." Hinata smiled. Right now, Sakura was more important than her crush. Although she was broken, Sakura was still worried, that Hinata wouldn't be able to fangirl silently over Naruto and the Hyuga appreciated this. But as she already thought, Sakura was more important.

'' I'm sorry for being such a...such a pain in the ass..." Sakura sobbed, when they were finally in the shiny car of her friend, who smiled comfortingly at her and took her phone out, typing a text message, for Ino, probably.

" You're not a pain in the ass, Sakura...I understand you..."

No. No, she didn't. And Sakura perfectly knew it. Nobody could understand her. Even though Hinata was one of her closest friends, she couldn't understand her. Hinata had everything Sakura didn't. She had a father, a loving mother, a little sister and a very close cousin, who she considered a brother. In other words, she had a family. And Sakura could easily say, that she didn't. Hinata had people who loved her, while right now, Sakura felt like she had nobody. One thing Sakura had in common with the heiress of the Hyuga family and company, was the lack of confidence. Maybe Hinata was even worse than her in that one...

" Thank you.." the pink haired girl muttered after a while and noticed how her friend smiled weakly, but didn't let her eyes wander off the road.

It was a dull day. A really annoying and a really long day. Sasuke wanted to go home, to forget all of his surroundings, to only lie in his bed and hopefully, get to sleep for a while. But he couldn't, because he had to reach the auto service and get his car. It really was bothersome, he'd prefer leaving the vehicle in there, but he would need it the next day. So he simply couldn't get home, but instead, had to stand up from the bench and walk towards the bus stop.

With a sigh, he leaned against a tree and waited for the stupid bus to arrive. He hated traction. There were always too much people in there. And Sasuke didn't like people. Why? Because there was a story behind every person. There was a reason why they were the way they were. Something in their past has created them and it was sometimes impossible to fix it. He couldn't understand that. Nothing could change a person. Even the death of a close person...once you become somebody, you couldn't change...Yes, he had money and friends, and yes, he did have a family...kind of. He had a rather selfish father, an overly caring and extremely annoying mother, a sadistic brother, and a crazy uncle, who was trying to steal the company of his parents...and maybe just because of them, Sasuke was what he was. Somebody, that most people either feared or worshipped.

Sasuke sighed. He didn't want to think about that right now. Car...That's right...

At some point, the bus finally arrived and Sasuke entered. Of course, he immediately started observing the people, trying to define their life-changing events. Some people were like open books, but others, very few of the passengers, were really hard to read...they were actually the ones, that were able to catch the boy's attention. And that was the reason, actually, he was always ignoring the girls at his last school, who were always following him, trying to impress him. But they were all the same to him. Nothing intriguing...the same stories everywhere. Happy families, spoiled daughters, insane detective skills and the same, annoying, boring attitude...As he said, each and every one of his stalkers was the same in his eyes. Simply tedious.

As he was walking from the stop towards the service, he was thinking about his 'hobby'. Why did he actually do that? Why was it so important for him to know and understand the stories of people? Why? Well, unfortunately, for that, he couldn't find an answer. He was so good at reading other people, he was always almost 100 percent accurate in his assessment, but he couldn't always understand himself. Which for a person like him, was irritating.

" I guess you don't mind, right?"

Sakura smiled, indicating, that she didn't really care whether they'd pass by the auto service for something about Hinata's car. She really and honestly didn't care. She couldn't tell, that she was feeling better, but at least she wasn't that angry anymore. Maybe she could define her current state as ignorant.

" Sure...let's go."

Hinata was a good company. She was quiet, she was always giving precious advices, she was a good listener and support. That's why Sakura liked being with her only. Ino, on the other side, was loud, cheery, self-loving, very egoistic and sometimes really tactless...like that day, for example. Sakura didn't know how it turned out that exactly that blonde became her closest friend over the years. As much as she could remember, Ino and her used to be sort of rivals from first to fifth grade, when the rosette was pretty much abused because of her larger than the usual forehead and of course, Ino was the core of the group of anti-Sakura-kids. But back then things weren't that hard for her. Her dad was still with them, her loving, caring father. And her mother wasn't like that. Her mother was really kind and lovable...just after the death of her father, she broke and never looked at the world the same way. She found out, that alcohol was taking her to other places, different than their world and she decided on using it as a cork-vest. That's when she completely forgot about her daughter, that was when Sakura completely realized, that life was far, far away from fair. And somewhere around that moment she started getting closer to her ex-nemesis.

Sakura was completely enwrapped in her thoughts, that she didn't realize what was going on, until she felt the bump, that threw her against the front window, causing her to hit her head in it, and heard the creaking and that awful sound, that made you shiver. She felt metal against her foot, shoving it between the seat and the door. That's when she realized, that Hinata has hit something. She opened her eyes and searched for her friend with panic in her heart. Hopefully, Hinata was almost unharmed, there was only a scratch on her hand, not deep...just a harmless scratch...

" Are you alright?!" the Hyuga was first to talk and Sakura felt how every syllable was filled with worry and was able to nod briefly, before looking at the thing they've crushed into. The car has hit Hinata's BMW from Sakura's side...that was the reason for the metal against her foot probably. It was a dark, modern car with dark, already cracked windows, that was just getting out of the garage, where Hinata was about to enter.

" Shit..." Hinata hissed, when she saw the crumpled side of the door, where the driver was supposed to sit there. She tried to escape her car, to check what was going on, but there were already mechanics from the auto-service, that were pulling the carrs away from each other. And then, Sakura felt a hand on her waist, pulling her out of the vehicle. She turned around to face a man between thirty and forty, with a moustache, that made him look fatter, than he was and concern on his kind, round face.

" Are you alright, miss?"

" I-..."

She was just about to say she was fine, when Hinata arrived next to her, holding her hand tightly, looking at the car in front of them, where the workers were trying to open the door.

" Shit..." Sakura muttered too and turned her back to the kind old man. She and Hinata hurried to the black car, that some of the workers obviously pained to see broken. She couldn't see anything through the windows. Her heart started pounding too hard. She hoped that the person inside was fine. She wouldn't be able to bear the guilt and neither would her friend.

" Move away, please..." the same old chubby man appeared with a picklock in his hand and proceeded to dislodge the door at the driver's seat.

" Shit, shit, shit...please be OK..." Hinata was muttering in her panic beside Sakura. The rosette felt the need to tighten her grip around the hand of the other girl. Her inside tightened, when the people managed to somehow open the door, without getting it out of its place. She first saw, how the person got his feet out of the car, she then noticed his hand on the door and then, he finally stood up. Sakura froze and almost broke Hinata's fingers. It wasn't because the boy was the most beautiful creature she has ever met in her pitiful existence of seventeen years. It was because of the expression on his face. When he got out of the car, he looked around with a mixture from annoyance and rage. No hint of worries. Sakura shivered. The raven locks were falling from both sides of his snow-white face, the black eyes were looking around, and Sakura couldn't help but notice, how beautiful and charming they were, although the only thing one could read in them at the moment was 'I'll kill the fucking idiot who did this to my car.'. His perfect lips were twitched at the end in something like a frown, a pout from annoyance and disgust.

And then he noticed her and Hinata, two girls, who were holding each other's hands with despairing expressions on their faces, and literally shut the door with the loudest bang Sakura has ever heard. He started making angry, quick steps towards them and Sakura also noticed the slender, but muscular body, covered in dark jeans and a T-shirt, revealing strong biceps. Now that was a boy she'd give her all to get his attention on her...but now that she had it, for totally different reasons, she wasn't totally sure whether she still wanted it. the boy reminded her of an angel. A dark, enraged, ravaging angel.

She couldn't do anything now, although she really wanted to run away, when that mysterious boy was only a few feet in front of them. He looked at her first and furrowed his brows. He raised his hand and for a second, Sakura thought that he'd hit her. But he didn't. He brushed his finger gently against her forehead and then looked at his hand, where Sakura noticed a red substance-blood. Immediately, her own hand flew to her head to find the source of her bleeding. She must have hit her head harder than she had thought, because her right side was covered in blood, also dripping to her hair and from there to her shirt.

" Are you alright?" he asked and for a while, Sakura thought, that she wouldn't be able to answer, because of the melodic, deep, but in the same time hoarse and dark sound that came out of the boy's lips. She nodded and sighed nervously.

" Are you?"

He investigated his body for a mere second and then nodded, before turning to Hinata, to see if she was fine. But then his expression changed once again. There was only a hint of surprise, the rest was suspense and anger.

" Hyuga! What are you doing here...?!"

" I-I..." Hinata stuttered and Sakura watched, as her friend blushed.

" And I was just thinking that I'm glad everybody was fine..." the boy said in an ironic, full with sarcasm and loathe voice and proceeded to turn around. Sakura narrowed her eyes, as Hinata stepped in and caught him by the elbow.

" Wait, Sasuke...are you...I-I...I mean...I am s-s-sorry...and...'

" You know each other?" Sakura asked, interrupting her friend, who had difficulties with speaking.

" Unfortunately..." the boy, whose name was obviously Sasuke, answered and glared at Sakura, as if she were contagious from something. But then, there was only a nanosecond, when he narrowed his eyes, trying to figure something out, something that Sakura didn't understand. However, as fast as this glance had come, even faster it went by, since the moment turned around with a grunt and left for his car.

" Who's he?!" the rosette asked, when he reached his own car, inspecting the damage that has been caused, no, when she was sure that he wouldn't hear them. Hinata sighed and looked at her own car, that reminded of a junk at the auto-graveyard right now.

" He's the son of the Uchihas. The heads of the..."

" Uchiha corporation. Right, I know...Naruto has mentioned it a few times." Sakura snapped and Hinata, taken abak from the quick response of Sakura, nodded.

" Exactly. Well, they are kind of partners with the company of Naruto's parents and they are kind of the rivals of my dad's company..." Hinata sighed heavily, looking away from her car with a twitch on her lips.

Rich people's problems, Sakura thought sarcastically, sorrow once again, I feel so sorry for both of them now...

" Wait a second, Naruto is the child of your parent's rival and you still like him?"

" I know...W-weird...but you know, that I don't care about that stupid company and he also doesn't care about business...however, Sasuke is Naruto's friend. He's a really...a really..."

" Nasty guy." Sakura muttered, because that was the impression she got from her encounter with that boy. Well, after he was so nice to ask about her condition and to 'show her' that she was actually pretty bad injured. Hinata didn't chuckle, but tried to. It ended as a cry.

" Yeah, you could say so..."

Sakura didn't bother to speak to Hinata about him anymore. She wasn't really interested because all her interest in him has vanished, when she found out he was a prick. Basically. Well, the first impression is really important, after all. This and the mechanics started to bustle around them,, bringing them cold water to drink, ice in towels and some of them, attempting to dial 911, but being reassured by both girls, that there was no need for such drastic measures.

" Hey, Hinata, you aren't going to get in trouble because of this, are you..."

" I hope so...but...if I tell dad, that it was Uchiha Sasuke, that I crushed into, he'd probably start a process against them...I don't want that, really, I don't care about the conflicts between those stupid families of ours."

" Then it's a deal..." the same soft, yet harsh voice said and Sakura turned around to see him a few feet away from the girls.

" What do you mean?" Hinata asked with narrowed eyes.

" It wasn't me who crushed in your car. I don't seek for conflicts, either...Besides, I really will get a scold if my father finds out, that you didn't die in that accident..." he said and Sakura opened her hands, ready to scratch his eyes, because of the way he talked to one of her closest people.

" So...just an accident...and we forget the names?" Hinata asked coldly.

" Yes..." the Sasuke guy answered and looked at Sakura. " And you...not a single word to anybody...savvy?"

As a reply, she narrowed her eyes and was now sure that she wanted to tear off that smug smile of his, but he was already walking away, talking to one of the mechanics, obviously asking how much time would it spend to get his car repaired. Hinata dared to exhale the breath she has been holding in.

" That jerk...h-he's right, though..."

" I don't get it...why do you have to hide each other's names?"

" It's...it's...complicated. Kind of...In a few words, our parents hate each other and if we dare to mention each other's names in front of them, the World War three will begin, b-basically..."

Sakura jerked away, losing interest in the conversation at once. She didn't like when Hinata or Naruto were talking about companies. Or when Ino was talking about shops. Or when Kiba was talking about veterinary clinics. She didn't like it, when her friends were talking about the things, that their parents possessed. Mostly because they after that turned to her, awaiting an answer and all she had was a drunk mother, who was barely able to find money for her alcohol and a really awful life, consisting in studying, suffering and working all day to earn enough money for her daily needs.

Sakura looked at her reflection in the mirror in Hinata's bathroom. What she saw there was a not bad looking girl with spiky, weird bubble-pink hair, big emerald eyes and a really awful, but already clean and disinfected, wound on her pale forehead. She sighed. She was going to look like a freaking monster for two weeks at least. Well, that wasn't the worst that has happened to her, so she kind of accepted the fact and turned around, unable to stare anymore.

She was in a clean, warm pajama, which she received from Hinata and was feeling extremely tired after the whole day. It was obvious, without even saying any words, that she was going to have a sleepover at Hinata's. After that stressful day, she really didn't feel like an intruder. She sighed once again and decided, that she has already spend more than enough time in the bath and she didn't really want to explain, that she has been thinking.

In the room, Hinata was sitting on her enormous bed, hugging a pillow and looking really depressed.

" What is it?" Sakura asked and sat next to her.

" What if that jerk lured me?" she almost hissed and Sakura narrowed her eyes. It wasn't really typical for Hinata to be speaking like this. Before she could ask her what she meant, her friend started talking again. " What if he actually tells his parents about the accident, and that it was me who crushed into his car..."

" Oh, that jerk..." Sakura nodded with a sigh and immediately, the image of the beautiful, slender stranger Sasuke appeared in her mind. " Don't worry, Hinata...It doesn't really matter, does it? If he tells anything, you can tell that it was him who crushed in your car and actually, that's right. The idiot should have watched, that there were people coming...Besides, that's something that can be proved with the video records of the service...they should have cameras, right?"

After a while, Hinata nodded.

" Yeah...I guess, that's right...You see, I just didn't want to cause my father any problems, not that I care what will happen with the stupid company..."

" Mhm...I understand." Sakura lied and looked at the watch. It really was later than she had expected and she should have already been sleeping, because she had to bet up early the next day. Stupid job. " I guess we could go to sleep now and forget everything, right? Your car will be ready in a week and I hope you won't meet that Sasuke guy in the near future...so, let's forget, alright?"

" Y-Yeah..." Hinata smiled at last and stood up. She turned the lights off, leaving only the neon lamp on the counter next to the bed, that was shining in a mysterious orange.

Orange, Sakura smirked in her mind, no wonder she chose that colour.

However, the smirk fast disappeared, being replaced by a frown. She was so bad at giving advice that it was almost taunting. Forget? Bitch please, now the only thing on her mind was that stupid boy and his stupid car and the stupid accident and the stupid companies. Stupid! Sakura turned to the side opposite of Hinata and stared at the neon for a while, trying to get rid of the annoying thoughts about the accident. And the awful sensation when she remembered the way he looked at her when like he was trying to understand something. She felt weird back then and she felt the same way now, that she remembered it. She didn't sink in some deep thoughts and assumptions, because it was really a cliche. He probably was just staring at her like that, because he hasn't seen her on the meetings of the 'I-am-so-rich-and-fabulous-that-I-only-know-people -as-selfish-and-arrogant-as-me' club. That thought made her shiver for a second and she hit herself mentally. What was she thinking?! Naruto and Hinata were definitely not selfish and arrogant! Well, maybe just a little, but they definitely weren't what Sakura would expect from some of the richest people in the country. She has asked Naruto once and what he answered was that his parents were rich, not him. Then he grinned and told her that he was living on his pocket-money just like everybody else. It didn't matter, that his pocket-money were probably more than Sakura would earn for a month... She frowned once again. Why was she thinking like this of her friends? She was supposed to sleep. She had to sleep. Otherwise she'd lose her job and she'd have to search for another one and that would totally kill her off.

She covered her head with a pillow and tried really hard not to think anymore. She even tried counting from one to a thousand and than backwards, but she got bored at about three hundred. At some point, she felt how her eyes proceeded to close themselves alone and she smiled. And with that comforting thought, the look of Sasuke Uchiha, that curious look in his eyes, when he glanced at her at the service, appeared again in her mind and she cursed quietly.

So there wouldn't be any sleep for her that night...

Sasuke's dad was the first one to question why he was that late. And after he had explained about the accident in front of the service, his dad kindly asked if he wanted to sue the manager for damages caused because of inadvertence. Sasuke denied with a grunt and then was to be found in his mum's arms, who was almost crying that 'her baby has almost been killed'.

" Fugaku, we have to sue them!"

" Mum, no means no! It was...my mistake!" Sasuke said after he got tired of his mother's persistance and broke out of her arms with rage. He didn't stay longer, because he didn't want to deal with them. He headed towards his room. At least there he could relax, finally.

When he got to lay down and at last, close his eyes, the image of the two girl appeared in his mind. One of them, he knew. Hinata Hyuga. The girl was incredibly shy, but also really persistent. She was to be seen with her father very often, because, judging by the rumors, she was going to be the one to inherit the company. Which meant, that she was his future rival, since he, himself, was going to receive the rights over his parent's corporation, since Itachi was simply a douchebag, who totally declined the proposition of his parents. And then there was the other girl. Short, thin, with a determined expression. And pink hair. Pink, for God's sake! That was one of the things, that annoyed him in her. The other thing, was the way she looked at him, when he was walking towards them. She looked ready to run away. She was afraid of him...Another thing, that surprised him, was the fact, that she wasn't staring at him dreamily like the rest of the female population on the planet. Another thing about her that made him frown, was that wound she had received on her head. He found the fact annoying, since now he was thinking, whether she was alright or not...And most of all...he couldn't find out anything about her. She seemed interesting, troubled and hurt in lots of ways, that had nothing to do with the car accident. But he couldn't understand why was that.

In a long time he hadn't seen a person that intriguing before. He needed to know the interesting stories, because, it was like a source of life for him, a person, who had nothing interesting in his life. He needed the rush, he relived the emotions of the people in a way...But he hadn't seen anything like this in a while. And now, just at the time he had been more desperate than ever, he found that pink-haired girl. He found himself a story.

Hello there, girls and boys!

I hope you liked this first chapter of my new fanfiction :)

I started writing this, because I was bored, to be honest, but I happened to like where this was going and new ideas appeared in my mind and so I decided, that I was going to share it with you and keep on writing it :)

I just want to tell you, that I probably won't be able to update it very fast, due to the fact, that I have three other ongoing stories...but I'll do my best to write the next chapter sooner!

I really hope that youll share with me what you think of the start of this! So please, review!

So, I guess that's it...Until next time! xox