A/N: Yes, I edited this one.^^

It's more in depth and all that.

Oh, and definitely longer. HAHA. This was supposed to still be a oneshot, but I think I overdid, and it became SOOOOOOO LONG. LOL!

So yeah, now it gets to be multi-chaptered, but all in all, main story's still the same.

Some wanted me to write a sequel, but I thought about it, and I really couldn't see how I can continue it.

So, I hope I somehow satisfy you with this instead. =)

Summary: [AU, Sasusaku] Sasuke's been avoiding Sakura until finally, she had enough of it. She decided to avoid him too, totally not aware of how it will affect him. How did Sasuke react to her sudden change of actions? Read and find out. Reviews are definitely welcome.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, although he's not in my story. LOL!!

"Words spoken"

'Thoughts'

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Are You Mad at Me?

Chapter 1: The Complication

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Haruno Sakura was in love with Uchiha Sasuke.

Said person was aware of her feelings.

Hence, he started avoiding her.

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It wasn't that he didn't like her...

It was just...complicated.

Sasuke was hoping she wouldn't notice, but one day, she just knew about it.

He wasn't really surprised about it though. He tried not to, but no matter how hard he tried, he was too obvious. Even the dumbest creature in the world would have known he was avoiding the young girl.

The first time he did it was when they were out with a couple of their friends. They had all decided to chill out at a mall, and as they were eating at a restaurant, Sasuke somehow ended up sitting beside Sakura. Though the others surrounded them, he found it rather...awkward. He didn't mean to show it so obviously, but before he could think of another way to get out of the situation, he had found himself standing up and asking one of their friends to exchange seats with him.

Though the others looked at him oddly, Naruto, the one he asked, agreed to what he wanted. He avoided meeting Sakura's puzzled eyes, and immediately sat in the seat Naruto had been occupying; the farthest seat from Sakura.

Since then, his actions just flowed like that. He never sat near Sakura, or stood next to her, or even walked within a 10 feet radius near her. Nearly every one of their friends asked him what the matter was, but he only always told them there was nothing wrong. At first, Sasuke tried not to focus on how Sakura was faring with everything. However, after some time, he couldn't keep himself from noticing the hurtful glances she gives whenever he does something to avoid her.

"What the heck is up, Sasuke?" he remembered Naruto asking, when the guys had gathered up at his place.

"Nothing." Sasuke answered automatically, without having to confirm it was about Sakura.

"What do you mean 'nothing'?" Neji pushed on. "You're avoiding her."

"No, I'm not." he replied, not looking up from the book he was reading. The others were about to drop it, when the genius decided to speak.

"But we're obviously hitting a spot, seeing as how you already know who we are talking about without having to mention her name." Shikamaru drawled out lazily.

Sasuke froze a bit, before slowly lifting his gaze up to meet those of his friends. He said nothing, only looked at them.

"Just remember," Shikamaru continued on, turning serious. "We're all friends, and we all belong to the same circle. A fight between one affects everyone."

Beside him, Chouji and Kiba nodded as Shino looked at him knowingly. Lee was about to start a whole lecture about youthfulness, but Neji immediately shut him up before he could.

Sasuke sighed.

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Sakura was well aware of Sasuke avoiding her...

..and it HURT and ANGERED her at the same time.

The first few times it happened, she tried to ignore it, thinking there was probably a reason behind it. But then it got to the point of happening almost everytime they see each other. It left her confused, wondering if there was something that she did wrong.

Sasuke and she, as well as their other friends, had been friends since they entered High School. There were few exceptions like Ino, who had been friends with Sakura since Junior High, and Naruto, who was Sasuke's childhood friend. Then there were Hinata and Neji, who were cousins, but all in all, their deep friendship started in High School. Now on their second year in school, Sakura just can't understand why Sasuke was acting the way he was to her.

For all she knew, she's done nothing to cause Sasuke to avoid her. Sure, they weren't exactly as close as best friends are, but still, they were friends weren't they? She somewhat knew Sasuke knew about her feelings but so what? She didn't expect him to stay away from her. It's not like she's done any advantages towards the guy that says, "I WANT TO BE YOUR GIRLFRIEND".

She treated him as her friend. That was all. So why the heck was he avoiding her?!

That night, Sakura made up her mind. She laid down on her bed, staring up at the ceiling.

'Fine…' she thought bitterly, trying very hard not to let her emotions get the best of her and start crying. 'If you want to stay away from me then go nuts. I'll stay away as well. Then, that will make everything easier for the two of us…I wouldn't have to wonder why you're doing this to me and you don't have to avoid me because I'm no where near you anyway.'

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Haruno Sakura was in love with Uchiha Sasuke.

Said person was aware of her feelings.

Hence, he started avoiding her.

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He didn't think it would backfire though.

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The next day in school, Sakura started her day like always, greeting every one of her friends, except Uchiha Sasuke. Now that she thought of it, Sakura didn't see the reason for her to greet him anymore. He never went to greet her, anyway, so why should she do it to him?

The sudden change was not really seen by the other people. It wasn't like Sakura always greeted them everyday anyway, especially since they didn't all belong to the same class. But Sasuke did, and he noticed the change with a slight pang in his heart that he didn't understand. He tried to shrug it off, thinking it was nothing anyway.

But then things definitely became a different story by the end of the day.

The guys had suddenly wanted to play a game of soccer, so they borrowed the school grounds once school was done. The girls, with the exception of Tenten, only sat down on the benches and watched, occasionaly chatting.

By that time, Sasuke had already experienced a great change in Sakura, and was distracted of it. She hadn't spoken a word to him, even when they ate lunch with the rest of their friends. Sasuke couldn't even remember her giving him so much as a glance. Nothing.

Too caught up in his thoughts, Sasuke didn't notice the soccer ball coming his way. The next moment, all he knew was his face hurted, and that the ground underneath him was too hard to be called comfortable. The others immediately ran to him, including the girls. Chouji came the quickest, apologizing again and again. Apparently, the ball that hit the Uchiha's face was his fault.

All of them asked if he was okay, some calling his name. He knew all of them said something, because he recognized each of their voices. He simply grunted, covering his face with a hand, slightly embarassed but not showing it. Then realization hit him and he jolted up into a sitting position, surprising everyone.

Sasuke recognized every one of their voices, and so he knew all of them spoke, but there was a certain voice missing. The most harmonic among all his friends'. He scanned the crowd, looking for the pink-haired, and couldn't believe what he saw, and where he saw her.

She was still sitting on the bench, her cellphone pressed to her ear, seemingly speaking with somebody. Some caught up to his actions and directed their attention to the pink-haired as well. The smart ones immediately knew what was happening, but decided to say nothing.

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Sakura was well aware of the gazes she got at that time, most especially from the dark-haired man, but chose to ignore it, pretending to talk to someone. There really wasn't anyone on the other line. She just pretended to notice her phone was ringing and flipped it open, the minute Sasuke got hit by the ball.

Talk about being mean.

Deep inside, Sakura felt soooo bad for acting the way she did, but she couldn't help it. Right now, anger at being ignored for a reason she couldn't understand was taking over her, and all she could think of was to prove him wrong...whatever it was he was thinking of her.

Haruno Sakura was not madly in love with Uchiha Sasuke.

She will not cry about the fact that he is avoiding her.

She will not beg for his attention.

She will not at all falter just because he is ignoring her.

No, Haruno Sakura was not weak. Not for him. NO.

Sakura went on pretending she was talking to someone on the phone, and did not stop until the game went on again. Hinata and Ino came back to their seats, both of them eyeing her knowingly.

The pink-haired deduced that they really didn't see through her cover, but they probably knew she was avoiding Sasuke. A few of the boys, definitely Shikamaru and Neji included, eyed her similarly as well. Sakura said nothing, and only smiled at them innocently, before turning to the girls, asking if Sasuke was okay, pretending to be worried.

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As she had expected, the girls weren't going to let it pass so easily. Though Tenten appeared clueless, the poor girl was dragged by Ino and Hinata.

"So?" Ino asked, as if that one word alone was enough to ask everything.

Sakura was stubborn though, so she feigned innocence. "So...what?"

"Why didn't you check up on Sasuke-san a while ago, Sakura-chan?" Hinata beat the irritated Ino, before the blonde could give the pink-haired girl a piece of her mind.

"Oh yeah, why didn't you?" Tenten supported, finally catching up somehow.

"Because I had a phone call??" Sakura returned. Gosh, she was such a good actress. Maybe she should consider going to Hollywood...

"And who is it, may we ask, that you chose that rather than your beloved Sasuke-kun?!" Ino snapped, taking a rather big piece of her cake and shoving it in her mouth.

Sakura glared at her, not being able to help it. What was her best friend so mad about?

"Yes, who was it, Sakura?" Tenten asked, curious as well. She finally managed to grab the main topic of their conversation: Sakura DID choose to pick her phone up rather than to go check up on the guy that she has harbored feelings for for quite a time now. Since they first met, Sakura already had a crush on Sasuke, merely for his looks. But as they became closer, Sakura found so many parts in him to like. Not the outer, but the inner, and eventually, she fell for him.

She tried to stop it at first, because Sasuke and she were friends, and she was hesitant to break that friendship for her feelings. Their other friends, those who knew, anyway, were not at all against her liking Sasuke. Ino was dating Shikamaru, and Tenten was with Neji. Hinata had strong feelings for Naruto, and said guy seemed to feel the same. Though it would be a problem if arguments arose between the couples, since it would affect others, they all trust each other to be matured enough not to bring matters between their relationship to the whole circle. So far, nothing bad has happened, and people actually encouraged Sakura.

Look at what happened now.

Focusing back on the question at hand, Sakura blurted a name that they might believe was the one who called.

"Sai."

"Enogu Sai!?(*)" Ino exclaimed, standing up. "That creepy-looking, full-of-art, pale dude!?"

Sakura rolled her eyes, though she felt bad for having to bring Sai in the argument. They all had enough reasons to hate the poor guy already, and she just made it worse.

"That guy who feels like he's so good, and insults everyone else EXCEPT you!?" Tenten joined in, equally surprised.

Hinata remained calm, but her expression changed to those of disbelief. "The one who likes you?"

Yes, Enogu Sai has always hitted on her, and majority of her friends didn't like him at all for so many reasons. Well, fine, all of her friends except Sasuke, who seemed to not care at all.

Now they found another reasons to dislike the artist.

Again, poor guy, right?

"And you chose him over Sasuke?!" Ino screeched, annoyed.

Sakura had enough of Ino getting mad for something meaningless. "Look, Sasuke is not my boyfriend, and what I want to do with my own life does not concern him!"

The other girls stared at her, knowing she was right, but not expecting her to ever say so. Sakura huffed, anger taking over her. Curse Sasuke for causing all of these.

Ino took a deep breath, calming herself.

"Look, Sakura, we're sorry for overreacting, but it's just..." Ino trailed off, rubbing her temples. She let out an exasperated sigh before continuing, "We have no idea what's happening between you and Sasuke, and the two of you suddenly have a cold war which affects everyone."

Hinata and Tenten nodded, though they kept their eyes on their food. There was silence after Ino's explanation as Sakura took in her words.

"Forehead, enlighten us." Ino finally probed on, eyes focused on her bestfriend. Hinata and Tenten raised their gazes as well, laying them on Sakura.

Sighing, Sakura explained what was happening.

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"We've all noticed Sasuke avoiding you, but..." Ino started.

"I didn't really think it was connected to you having feelings for him." Tenten finished the blonde's sentence, earning a nod from Hinata.

"Well," Sakura started, resting her head on her hands, tired of everything concerning the raven haired boy. "it's the only reason I see...unless you guys can think of something else..."

There was a short silence indicating that there was none.

It extended a bit longer, before Sakura heaved a sigh and stood up, "Come on, guys. Let's go home. It's late."

"Sakura..." Ino said, before the pink-haired could turn around. "I'm going to repeat it, but this fight between you and Sasuke is affecting all of us."

Sakura stayed silent for a while. Finally, she shifted her weight to her other foot, and opened her mouth to speak.

"It's not like we're fighting, Ino..." she spoke slowly. "It's just...maybe we just need space or something."

The three of them looked at her confusedly. Sakura sighed, placing a hand on her hip.

"He might be avoiding me because he doesn't want me to feel the way I do for him....or because he doesn't like me. Either or. If that is the case, then we both need space." Sakura explained. "I need space so that I can get over him, and he needs space..." she trailed off, not really knowing why Sasuke needs space. "...he just needs space." she finally ended with a shrug.

"Sakura-chan..." Hinata started, but Sakura stopped any more conversations from starting.

"Enough, guys. Really. It's fine." Sakura sighed, rubbing her temples. "Just...please...I'll try not to bring it to the circle anymore...just...really."

The three looked at each other, before nodding and standing up as well.

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And so their days continued.

Sakura still avoided Sasuke, making sure to keep away from him and barely speak to him as well.

As she slightly promised, she tried her best not to bring it to the circle and affect everyone else. That night Sakura had a talk with the girls, she realized how much childish Sasuke and she were acting. The others, who were actually together, don't even bring their problems to the circle, because they're matured enough. However, she chose to avoid Sasuke back, something that could be called, 'revenge'. To be honest, just the mere fact that she let his actions get the best of her was childish and stupid enough.

Even though she knew all this, Sakura still couldn't help but act the way she's doing.

As much as she could though, she tried to keep their silent argument between the two of them, and not do it while their friends were there. She never missed any gatherings, but spoke no word to Sasuke, unless necessary. She refrained herself from ever repeating her "mean acting" too, like when she pretended to pick up a phone call when Sasuke got hit by a soccer ball.

Even so, the girls still found it hard to leave the matter alone. One afternoon, after shopping, the girls were sitting in their favorite cafe once again. Sakura didn't want to discuss the matter any further, but the girls insisted.

"Is avoiding him the correct answer though?" Hinata asked.

"..." Sakura said nothing, thinking. The other girls kept their attention on her, waiting for any kind of answer. Finally, Sakura let out a sigh and said, "He won't notice anything anyway. He doesn't care."

Ino decided to answer, "Oh for sure, he'll notice that. You talked to him before and now you're totally not talking to him."

The other two agreed.

"No, he won't." Sakura insisted, shaking her head in disagreement while crossing her arms.

"Yes, he will, Sakura." Tenten returned, speaking out of experience. "You think boys are that dense, but in reality, they're not, and they actually know when something's up."

Ino nodded, "Believe it. Shikamaru's like that."

"And so is Neji." Tenten added.

"Naruto-kun is the same." Hinata included shyly, since Naruto and she were not even dating to begin with.

Sakura still disagreed, "I know that already, but still... I just really think he doesn't care."

The three girls shared looks, slightly crestfallen. So much for trying to get Sakura to stop.


A/N: Errr…well, yeah. As I explained up there, this was still supposed to be a oneshot but I overdid, and now it gets to be a multi-chaptered fic. HAHAHA!

Yeah, whatever.

I let my imagination flow and this is what happened. –sweatdrop-

Hope you still love me though. =P

If not, then at least the story.^^

Reviews please~!

I kept the part with Sasuke getting hit by the soccer ball.^^ People seemed to love that so much. LOL!
Just keep on imagining it people.

THE UCHIHA SASUKE getting hit by a SOCCER BALL.
Yup, it is soooo hilarious.

(*) Oh, and I totally made up Sai's last name. LOL!

'Enogu' means paint in Japanese, and I thought it suited him.

Until the next chapter,
Kaze no Shoujo