JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW
Sasuke Uchiha sat on the windowsill in his room, gazing off to the horizon. The sun was setting and it gave the sky a beatufiul color. It started out an orange shade as it was closest to the sun, then it slowly turned into red. A little farther from the sun, the red slowly turned into a slightly darker shade of pink, as it turned into a light blue, while the top of the sky was already a dark blue.
The young Uchiha averted his eyes from the burning sky and looked at the picture frame in his lap.
Looking at your picture from when we first met,
It dated from 10 years ago. He was still a young 6-years-old shinobi in training. The boy from the picture and the young man holding the picture looked almost the same (minus the age and height difference) if you weren't paying attention and didn't know him well. But, if you did know him, you would see that the 16-years-old Sasuke's eyes were dull and somewhat empty; while the little boy from the picture had eyes that shone with happiness. You could even say that they were laughing. The boy gave a small smirk to the camera as he held a fried fish on a stick in his right hand.
The other person on the picture, however, was smiling brightly to the camera while winking with her left eye, holding onto the stuffed pink bunny with one hand and latching onto the boys left arm with her other one. She had short pink hair and emerald green eyes that shone under the moonlight. They were both wearing traditional clothes, as the fireworks were lighting the sky above their heads. Behind them was a street full of laughing people who seemed to enjoy the annual festival in their village.
You gave me a smile that I could never forget.
Sasuke remembered how he met the little pink-headed kunoichi-to-be. He was six and it was his first year at the Academy. It was the fifth month. Of course, he did excellent, as expected from an Uchiha. He always stayed after class for some extra training and today the time got away from him. He was running back home and didn't have time to get distracted by anything, considering his father would be furious if he was late, no matter what's the excuse. It was already nightfall and he knew that he was going to be late for dinner, so he picked up his pace. He quickly turned around the corner when he bumped into someone as they both fell to the ground. He glared up at the person who dared get in his way when he realized who it was. It was that little girl who was in his class today. Sasuke usually isn't the one to socialize, but he remembered her beacuse of her pink hair that sticks out so badly. There was another thing that separeted her from other girls. It was her giant green eyes. If he was someone else he might have thought she was from another planet. But Sasuke Uchiha never thinks such stupidities. It crossed his mind that he never actually learned the girls name, because they haven't formally met. He then realized that the girl had already gotten up and started picking up the scrolls that she dropped at the impact of the hit. Apparently, she was hurrying somewhere as well. It seemed that he had forgoten that he was late, as he stood up and started picking up her scrolls as well.
„You don't have to do that. It was my fault we bumped into eachother. I wasn't paying attention. I'm sorry.'' He heared the girl speak to him as he nearly dropped the scrolls at the sound of her voice. He looked up at her and saw an apologetic look in her eyes.
„Hn.'' He didn't want her to think it was all her fault, he was careless as well. He noticed she was still watching him and realized she didn't quite get waht he meant by his usual grunt. „It's alright.'' He reasured her. He wasn't going to apologize or admit that it was his fault as much as it was hers. Pfft. He is an Uchiha. But he wasn't going to make her feel bad either.
And that's what struck him as odd. He usually didn't care about how people felt about him or wether they were hurt by something that he said or did. Even the people that he knew didn't interest him much, but this girl, whose name he didn't even know, made him feel guilty that she felt bad. He didn't get it.
Sasuke Uchiha was dumbstruck.
Wow.
That's a new one.
The pink-haired girl stood up as he handed her her scrolls. She gave a small 'thank you' as she began walking away.
„Hey.''
The girl twirled backwards at the unexpected call, but stood firmly anyway.
„Yes?''
„What's your name?'' He wasn't going to let the only person out fo his family he has been nice to walk away from him without telling him her name. Psh.
„Excuse me?'' The girl looked dumbfounded as she raised one eyebrow at him.
„Tch.'' He grunted in annoyance. He hated repeating himself. „Are you deaf?''
She looked at him with her brows furrowed. Apparently, she didn't like his arrogance.
He sighed, „I said, what's your name,'' and repeated.
Pause.
The pinkette just stared at him for a moment in disbelief before she burst out laughing.
What?
This girl dared laugh at him-
THE SASUKE UCHIHA!
-And think that she was going to live?
Psh. Ridiculous.
Ludicrous.
ABSURD.
He was about to make a retort for laughing at him, before he realized how beautiful she looked as she laughed. He didn't even know her and the picture of her was already stuck in his mind.
Tch.
Twitch.
His brows furrowed.
She was stuck in his head.
And that's when he concluded:
This girl is irritating.
And he wasn't going to let her go without telling her that.
„You're annoying.'' He said in the coldest voice that he could manage in that moment.
And it seemed to work.
Why, you ask?
Because she stopped laughing.
Good, you got her attention.
Though it didn't last long because she plastered a giant grin that split her face in half.
Twitch.
His brows furrowed even further.
This girl is really irritating.
„I'm sorry for laughing at you.'' She quickly regained her composure and apologized, though a small smile still quirked at the corners of her lips.
„It's just that you don't seem like the kind of person to ask something like that.''
„Oh?'' He looked at her in surprise. „And what kind of person do I look like?''
„Well, like a cold-hearted kinda guy. I expected you to yell at me for crashing into you, not help me out with picking up my scrolls and then asking me for my name.''
Sasuke stayed silent for a moment as he looked at her surprisedly.
Was he that easy to read?
„Hn.'' He didn't really have an answer for that, but he wasn't going to let her know.
„But I guess I was wrong.'' She smiled at him again as she turned to walk away.
„Oh, and by the way.'' She turned to him one last time. „I'm Sakura Haruno.''
Sasuke looked up at her again before smirking. „Hn.'' This girl sure was something else. „Sasuke Uchiha.''
„Nice to meet you Sasuke.'' Sakura said as she walked away.
Sasuke stood there, watching her walk away before she turned at the next corner and dissapeared from view. It was then that reality hit him as he sprinted off to his house.
He just lost 20 minutes talking to Sakura.
And Fugaku was probably madder than ever.
Sasuke stood in the middle of the living room as he watched his furious father pace around the room in front of him. Sitting on the couch in the corner were Sasuke's mother, Mikoto, and his brother, Itachi. Mikoto gave him a worried look as Itachi watched the scene unravel in front of him amusedly.
Finally, Fugaku came to a stop right in front of his younger son.
„Sasuke.'' He said cooly but his voice was laced with anger.
„Yes, otou-san?''
„Do you know what time it is?''
„Father, I can expl-''
„IT'S 9.30 P.M. THAT'S WHAT TIME IT IS!'' His father lost his temper and yelled out at him, but quickly regained his composure and cooled down.
„How many times have I told you that a shinobi must always be on time?''
Sasuke stayed silent.
„Now. Explain to me why exactly were you an hour and a half late.''
The boy took in a deep breath as he began talking.
„I was doing some extra training in the Academy backyard, and I didn't realize how much time has passed. I apologize, father.'' Sasuke bowed his head down and stared to the ground. That was the truth. Well, not entirely, but what his father doesn't know won't hurt him, right?
There was a long moment of silence as Fugaku looked over what his son has just told him.
Right.
„Well, Sasuke, you were always an obedient son. You were always on time. This is your first slip and considering you did it for something usefull I guess-''
„Just one moment father.'' Sasuke snapped his head up at his brothers voice and looked at the other side of the room.
Surely he didn't-
„Sasuke, why don't you tell father what else got you sidetracked on your way home?''
-of course he did.
„Aniki, I don't know what you're talking about.'' Sasuke feigned innocence trying to cover up his unexpected meeting with the young pinkette knowing his father wouldn't understand.
„Oh? You don't?'' Itachi got up from the couch and walked over to his little brother. „Because I'm talking about something you bumped into on your way home after your delayed training.''
Fugaku stared at his two sons, not understanding what Itachi was talking about.
Sasuke still stared at him as if he had no idea what he was talking about.
„Still doesn't ring a bell? Let me describe. About your height, pink hair, green eyes, soft laugh, goes to your class...''
Fugaku's face finally lit up as he realized what his elder son meant.
„Sasuke.'' He looked at his younger son.
Sasuke gulped and he already knew Fugaku had caught on. After all, he wasn't stupid. So he looked up at him, ready to face his punishment.
„Yes, father?''
„Is this true?''
...
„Yes.''
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„Go to your room, son.''