Chapter 1;
Sasuke sighed. This school was nuts. He had come back for, what, a day? He was already begging to get out of the place.
Of course not out loud. That wasn't Sasuke's style.
He hid it. Did what he was told and never said more than was needed to.
At least there was one good thing coming from this: Naruto was assigned a different classroom to assist.
There was always the bad side though. Sakura had been chosen with him to assist his current classroom.
It's not that he wasn't good with kids or anything. Actually, it was quite the opposite. Frankly, he enjoyed small children most of the time. He felt they should be nurtured and cared for, who knows, they might be the ones protecting him someday.
He scoffed silently at that. He wouldn't let some kids protect him. Of course, he'd help them protect the rest of the village.
Anyway, he was growing tired of Sakura's constant harassment. You'd think the girl would take the hint and figure out that she was annoying, but no. She wasn't quite that smart.
Sasuke's lips turned up slightly. She didn't have much common sense. He didn't know how anyone got along with her. She was intolerable. Almost as bad as Naruto.
No, wait. Not that bad.
"What are you doing after we're finished up here, Sasuke?"
He winced. That voice was just too high pitched. He couldn't help but want to cover his ears and run.
"Going home." was his curt reply. He didn't know why he bothered to answer at all.
"Oh. Want to…uh…get dinner or something?" She blushed slightly.
He wondered why no matter how many times she asked him out, she always managed to blush. He silently laughed at the idea of finally asking her out after she settled down with someone else. He sighed, like that would ever happen.
"No. I've got things to do." Like stay the hell away from you…
"Oh."
At least her sad tone of voice wasn't as annoying. He rejected her almost everyday. She should get used to it. It was all she would ever get from him. Rejection.
He should have known Naruto would bug them sooner or later. He had just been hoping for later.
The idiot had come crashing through the hallways like a tornado. Sasuke could hear various shouts from teachers and kids alike.
"Sakura! Sakura!" He was shouting, even Sakura winced at his volume.
Sasuke saw the frantic look in her eyes and the way she looked around desperately trying to find a way out, without being suspicious. Sasuke almost felt sorry for her.
While she was searching around he casually slid out the side door. He heard Naruto greet Sakura a few moments later. Sasuke felt sorry for leaving them there, but he just had no desire to be near them.
The light was slowly fading away and giving way to the darkness that creeped in every night. He sighed.
But that's when he noticed her for the first time. She was standing at the end of the path. Just standing. He wasn't even sure if she was breathing, or being held up by something. Heck, he wasn't even sure if she was real.
He kept walking as if nothing was wrong, but his heart sped up. If this was who he thought it was then she should be dead. He looked up from the ground.
She was still there. He couldn't tell if her back was to him, or if she had moved. He shook his head. She was dead. He wasn't going to get any of his hopes up. He would keep walking and not say, or do, anything to acknowledge her.
And that's what he did. Walked right past her and didn't even glance up. He turned back once, but couldn't make out her form. Sasuke scowled. If it really was her, then she would have said something to him. It was probably just someone out on a stroll.