A/N: Thank you so much for all your support! I really appreciate it! I thought that the previous chapter one was way too short and not really that informative, so I decided to re-write the whole thing! I never knew that you'd like it so much, so thanks to all your reviews, I will continue it and I won't remove it from this site. Promise. I actually have a real plot for this fic and I do intend to finish it and possibly make a sequel to this fic. No promises yet! The first chappie was really empty, so I had to add in more details. Enjoy!
You and Me
Chapter 1 – Him
Why would almost every girl at Konoha fall for him anyway? Ok, just because he's rich, handsome, the most popular guy in school yet the coldest, rudest and most obnoxious one, that's no reason to faint or act stuck up whenever you see him!
Let's just start off with the basics. My name is Sakura Haruno and I'm fifteen years old. I currently attend Konoha South High School. I have three best friends; Ino, Hinata and TenTen. And my family, well it only consists of me and my uncle. My parents died in a tragic accident years ago and I've lived with my uncle for as long as I could remember.
My uncle might not be the best guardian in all of Konoha, but he's family. Sometimes, I do wish that I could be whisked away by my prince charming and taken away to live with him. Why you may ask? Because, my uncle is the town drunk. Most of the time, it seems like I'm looking after him instead of the other way around. It does get embarrassing at times when he's drunk and I have to help him out, but it's either that or let him waste his life away and become an orphan. To tell you the truth, sometimes I'd rather be an orphan instead of put up with the crazy things he gets himself and me into. The last time, I think, was a drug scandal.
Anyways, I won't get into a whole life history of myself. It'll just distract me from the present.
So, Sasuke Uchiha. I don't know that much about him. Besides the fact that he's the hottest, smartest, richest and did I mention that he was single? Wait a minute. Why am I even thinking this? I hate him. It's people like him that turn girls bitchy and slutty. Guys these days man, they don't have any control.
But I do have better things to do than fantasize about him.
"Miss Haruno? Are you still with us?" A voice asked coldly.
I immediately stopped gazing out the window and turned around slowly to face my History teacher.
I bit my bottom lip. She was the toughest teacher of Konoha High, but somehow I had managed to get into her good books. Now, what was she going to think of me?
"Uh, uh…," I mumbled weakly.
Mrs. Tsuno however was not so impressed with my lame response.
"Sakura, I know that History is a pretty boring subject, but it's not like you to just drift away into your own world and ignore the little people around you. We can't help it that there are some cute boys in this class and you have to stop in your tracks to daydream about them rather than think about what we are learning right now which is the Renaissance and Henry the Eighth," said Mrs. Tsuno harshly.
I sunk even lower into my seat. Doesn't she have anything better to do than humiliate me?
I heard several people sitting in the front of the classroom snicker. Probably all the do-gooders. They're always looking for an excuse to look down on people who aren't as good as they were.
"Now, back to Henry the Eighth. He was considered a very charming and handsome man of his time. He was fit and athletic when he was younger, but as he aged, he got fatter and lazier. He did have six wives, as we all should know by now…" lectured Mrs. Tsuno.
We all listened to her drone on. History was one of my good subjects and Mrs. Tsuno favoured me in the beginning but she probably wasn't going to now.
She continued to talk about Henry the Eighth and write notes on the blackboard. All of us had to quickly pull out our pens and open up our notebooks. Everyone knew that she couldn't summarise well and often wrote long passages on the board.
"For homework, I want all of you to answer the questions in your textbook on page 86 and 87," She continued and then dismissed all of us.
TenTen stopped by my desk and walked with me to our next class, which was English.
"What was that all about Sakura? Normally you're the only one that can actually calm Tyrant Tsuno," said TenTen with a sly smile.
I smiled back. "I was… just thinking about stuff, that's all TenTen,"
She smiled mischievously. "Yeah, probably about Sasuke!"
I poked her. I don't think about him! Well…not in that way!
"Shut up TenTen! I don't like him or even think about him!"
TenTen waved to several people passing by while we were walking to our English classroom.
She turned to face me. "I've known you for six years already Sakura. You can't lie to me. Besides, you're blushing," said TenTen and pointed to my cheeks.
I put a hand on my cheek and felt it burn up. It's true though I can't lie to my friends, but the only person who actually believes my stupid, lame lies is my uncle.
"Am I right or what?" asked TenTen cheekily.
Then we took a left in the hall way and walked into our English classroom.
We unpacked and took out our English notebooks and our pencil cases. Not that many people were in class yet. They liked to dawdle and waste time. But this was the only class where they could actually get away with it. Our teacher, Anko as she lets us call her, always comes to class late.
The people that were in class now are Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, Lee and several other girls.
The guys were the most popular in our grade, possibly even the most popular in the whole school! But why wouldn't they be? They're all very good looking, they have irresistible smiles, they're smart and athletic. Why wouldn't they be popular?
"So I told her that I didn't want to go to a fancy restaurant for a first date," said Naruto.
Sasuke, Neji and Lee were somewhat deeply interested in what Naruto was telling them. Or rather Neji and Lee were interested and Sasuke only looked interested.
I know that it's rude to listen to other people's conversations, but TenTen and I couldn't help but continue to listen on to them.
"What did you tell her then Naruto?" asked Lee curiously and raised a thick, black eyebrow.
Naruto grinned like a fox. "This is the best part. I told her that I'd rather have a date with her at a ramen bar than some fancy restaurant. Then she whacked me real hard,"
Sasuke smirked, while Neji and Lee sighed.
TenTen and I both smiled at each other. We both knew that our other friend Hinata had a big crush on Naruto and if she found out that he had a thing for someone else, she'd be…stunned.
And then, at that moment, the mean girls of our grade made their grand entrance. They walked into the classroom, as if it were a fashion runway. I couldn't help but snort.
All four of the mean girls that is. The three of them think that they're smarter, prettier and better than all of the girls in our grade put together. They also think they're God's gift to all the popular guys. You can bet that that makes me want to throw up.
Mai, Kaya, Shina and Hisa are their names.
Mai immediately walked over to where the guys were sitting and sat on Sasuke's lap. I saw the look of disgust on his face. It was totally priceless. I wished I had a camera with me. It was definitely a Kodak moment.
Kaya sat near Naruto, refusing to talk to him.
Shina was engrossed in a conversation with Lee. Out of all the popular girls, Shina is the nicest. She's not mean or slutty; she just goes with the flow. But she's unaffected by what her other three friends do.
Hisa was trying hard to flirt with Neji, but he kept on brushing her off.
Don't get me wrong or anything. I'd never want to be a popular girl. I mean, you spend half your school life trying to suck up to hot looking guys, being bitchy to others, making a fuss over everything, always trying to look pretty and try to succeed at everything when you know that you can't. As Hinata said, what's the point of trying to be a person someone wants you to be, when you can be yourself?
Then, everyone else in our class walked in at the same time.
"Sometimes, I don't believe what Mai would do, just to get Sasuke's undivided attention," whispered TenTen.
It's true though. She's been focusing all her attention on Sasuke, now that she got rejected by her last crush which was Neji. Hinata told me what he was like. He'd rather learn more about fighting than learn about dating girls. She knows lots about him, because they are cousins and live together in the Hyuga Estate.
"Get…off…me Mai," said Sasuke gasping for breath. Was she really that heavy? I thought that long hours of sports practice had given him muscles and abs.
"Sasuke-kun, you promised me that I could do what I like!" pouted Mai as she folded her arms.
Sasuke gave all his friends a look which read 'Help me fools!'
Sasuke, who was now really fed up with what she was doing, stood up and let Mai drop down onto the ground and complain about her so called 'aching' ankle.
He grabbed all of his things and made his way over to the opposite side of the classroom and to where TenTen and I were sitting and talking.
He dropped his things on the table next to me and sat down.
"Sasuke, Sasuke, what did I do?" called Mai from the other side of the classroom.
Sasuke could only roll his eyes and give her a look of disgust.
"Sorry I'm late students, but I was busy photocopying your latest assignment," said Anko while walking in and placing her things on her table.
Everyone groaned.
Anko laughed. "It's not that bad. I know your last one was about poetry, but now its autobiography writing!"
It was like her words cast a spell or something, because then everyone was quiet.
"I'm passing out a sheet that will have everything you need to know about this assignment. That's why I was so late," continued Anko and sat down on her chair.
"Look what it says on the sheet Sakura," whispered TenTen and passed the pile of sheets of paper to me.
I took one and passed the sheets of paper onto Sasuke. He didn't reach out to take it or anything. His dark, onyx eyes were focused on the ground.
"Um…Sasuke?" I started.
Sasuke mumbled, "Just leave it on the table, if you can manage that,"
I was a bit startled by the roughness in his voice, but I left it on his table anyway.
"Read it yet?" asked TenTen.
I quickly skimmed through the sheet that she was holding in her hands. TenTen was probably annoyed that I hadn't read it yet, so she pointed to it instead.
"Have you ever had a crush? If so, state their name and write all details," I read out in horror.
"Oh my god!" I mouthed to TenTen.
TenTen burst out laughing. "Took you long enough to realise Sakura-chan!"
"What do we do now Anko?" asked Lee after he had read the paper.
Anko looked at him and smiled. "You can go on the computers and start writing your autobiographies now,"
We all logged onto our student computer accounts and started writing for around an hour.
"You know, this might not be a hard task for you," TenTen told me.
I was typing and replied "Why's that?"
She held up the sheet and smiled sweetly at me. "For the questions, all you need to do is answer Sasuke for every one. My crush is Sasuke. My childhood mainly revolved around Sasuke. My most embarrassing moment was in front of Sasuke. My most memorable moment was when I talked to Sasuke. My favourite person is Sasuke and so on Sakura,"
I tried hard not to blush. She was totally unbelievable!
"Hey guys, could you help me on this?" asked Shina.
"Sure Shina, what do you need help on?" responded TenTen and rushed over to help her.
I stopped typing and was a little lost in my own thoughts.
I didn't really want to put my life into words. It was unbearable. I ran a hand through my cherry blossom pink hair and sighed. Everything we did in Anko's class would also go towards our reports. I didn't want to get a bad one, since I love English. But I also didn't want to write my life story down either.
I stared into space. A million thoughts revolving around my mind.
"You know, I thought that last period would never end!" groaned TenTen.
Ino and I laughed. The three of us were walking home together. We all lived close to each other and we enjoyed walking home, rather than have TenTen's older sister pick us up. Once in a while, Hinata would also walk home with us, but today she had to pick up her little sister Hanabi.
"Why was that TenTen?" teased Ino.
TenTen smiled and shifted her math textbook to her left hand. "I just want to get home. My grandma's sick," said TenTen quietly.
Ino was about to speak, but instead placed a hand on TenTen's shoulder. "How is she?"
"Is it serious this time?" I asked worriedly. When I was younger, TenTen's grandma used to look after me as well. I loved her like my own grandma.
TenTen shook her head. "I'm not sure. She's been aching all over and her cold got worse,"
Ino gave her a sympathetic hug. "Tell her that I want her to get better soon, k?"
TenTen nodded with a teary smile.
We continued on walking, until we reached TenTen's house. She walked inside and forced a smile on her face.
Several moments after TenTen walked inside, Ino was questioning me about Sasuke.
"So, TenTen tells me that you're secretly lovey-dovey with Sasuke,"
I shook my head. "Nope, you heard wrong,"
Then, out of nowhere, Sasuke was walking towards us.
"Look, here he is now, Sakura-chan," whispered Ino.
She smiled happily and waved at him. "Hi Sasuke-kun!"
Sasuke looked at Ino and grunted. Well, that was rude. The least he could do was say hi back to her.
As he walked past me, I gave him a cold, hard stare. He could stare back at me, his onyx eyes shining in the sunlight.
"You could've said hi," I pointed out.
"Never mind Sakura," murmured Ino.
He glared at me and then brushed past me, his shoulder pushing against mine. I stumbled back, but I didn't fall over. Now that was really rude!
I placed a hand onto my shoulder, where Sasuke had rudely pushed it. It hurt. Ok, now I know that he really does do some serious workout during his sports practice.
"Are you alright Sakura?" asked Ino with a worried look on her pretty face.
I nodded at her. "I'm fine,"
And that was him.
