Title: Reflection
Chapter: Pink's Complementary
Author: ahzheejhei
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: K+
Pairing: Sasuke Uchiha / Sakura Haruno
Spoiler Warning: None; I'm pretty sure I covered my booty (and yours, too!) about little/no spoilage. Pre-Massacre. Drabbleshot.
Disclaimer: Masashi Kishimoto is the owner of Naruto, not me. ;^;
Summary: Despite the glare in Ami's eyes, Sakura was in absolute bliss on the first day of fall term.
Word Count: 603
Author's Notes: Written for SasuSaku Month on LJ. Week 2 is Chance Meetings and Day 1 is Satisfaction. As always, comments and constructive criticism are welcome!
It wasn't that the first day of school was terrifying. Sure, there were the germs, the tantrums, the fights, and the really sad cliques that Sakura thought were pointless, especially when the groups were formed solely to be on opposite teams in hide-and-seek, but that wasn't what made her fear leaving her house every morning.
"Oi! Pinky come back here!"
"…ACK!"
It was Ami.
"Come. Back. Here. Pinky!"
And unfortunately, Ino was nowhere to be found on the school grounds. That meant one of the three things have happened to her:
1) She overslept because she didn't slowly adjust her wake-up time to 6 o'clock instead of 8 o'clock.
2) She received a lecture for something she did the day before.
3) …or Ino-chan was just that slow in getting to school.
Either way, Sakura's hair (and lunch) were at stake, and she hadn't even reached the classroom yet!
"If I'm not there and those idiots somehow beat me to walking to school with you, Sakura-chan, head straight for the classroom. They can't be that dumb to harass you there!"That's what Ino had told her when they were strategizing on how to keep away from Ami and her friends and find some way to set their revenge plans into motion…
"I MEAN IT; COME BACK HERE!"
But now was NOT the time to plan revenge on the fly – she had to get out of the situation now. As fast as her legs could carry her inside the building, she could have sworn that she was…
"Ow!"
"Itai—Sasuke-kun!"
"SASUKE-KUN! ARE YOU OKAY?"
…home free.
Sasuke and Sakura laid there, sprawled on the floor and rubbing their respectful bruises. For Sakura, it was her nose and back. Her new kapris were a bit on the soiled side, but her shirt was definitely torn on the sleeve. As for the young Uchiha—
"Sasuke-kun! Your mouth is bleeding!" Ami cried out, whipping a tissue from her pocket. She glared reproachfully at her pink-haired prey while trying to help Sasuke stand up. "Haruno, you and your stupidforehead caused this!"
"B-but Ami—"
"You should apologize to him for your stupidity!"
"E-eeh? But you were chasing me and threatening me because Ino-chan wasn't with me!"
"Does your forehead reach over your eyes? You can SEE where you're running, can't you?"
Sakura stood up, tearfully looking at both her enemy and at her crush. "Sa—Sasuke-kun, I didn't mean to—I hope you're—I'm so—"
Sasuke shrugged, brushing the dirt off of his slacks. "It's 'kay, Sakura. You should probably head over to Suzume-sensei to get your shirt fixed."
"I… I should?"
He nodded, pointing at her right arm. "It looks like you were playing with kunai. I heard from Nii-san that Iruka-sensei doesn't take hoisery… horse-playing… and stuff very well."
Sakura's cheeks burned brightly while waving her small bento box in front of her. "H-Hai. Could you tell Iruka-sensei I'll be late then?"
"I'll walk you there."
"What…?"
"WHAT?"
Sasuke took her hand and tugged her along. "C'mon. If we're fast enough, we might not even have to explain what happened. It was my fault too for not looking ahead, and Nii-san wouldn't be happy if he heard what I did today for not honing my shinobi skills enough or holding up the Uchiha name."
And that is how—ten minutes later—Ami glared at Sakura from the highest seat, Ino looked at them with her mouth open like a goldfish, Sasuke remained oblivious to the girls around him, and Sakura smiled in satisfaction of having her favorite shirt fixed… and sitting next to Sasuke-kun.
Fin