Promise me
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A promise must be never broken - Alexander Hamilton
Two years ago
"Promise me, promise me that…you'll never, never, never ever betray me…never leave me alone. Promise me." The young girl held the boy's hand tightly.
The young boy smiled, "I promise…but you must promise to me that you'll with me forever and ever, Sakura."
The young girl named Sakura, nodded, "I promise, Itachi-kun. Because you're the person I love the most."
Present day
"Wow, she's beautiful. I wonder if she has a boyfriend already."
"Hey, ask her."
"No way, she surely dumps me."
Sakura walked around the corridor. Class 1-2, class 1-2.
"Hey, wait." Someone approached her. She turned around and saw a boy at her age. He had a funny hairstyle-like a pineapple, a pairs of lazy eyes and good looking face.
"Do you know where class 1-2 is?" He asked. "I think I lost or something."
Sakura looked at him, "Actually I was looking that class too."
The answer made the boy face changed, "A-Are you the same class as me? I'm sorry, I really thought that you're the senior. Well, you looked matured and I'm kind of-"
"Why don't we go looking the class together?" Sakura cut him off.
"Well, okay." The boy replied.
Then the both of them walked aimlessly around the corridor. They didn't meet any student as they suspected that the homeroom already started. It took them almost an hour when they reached their destined. The class was at level three of their building.
"Sorry we're late." Sakura said after she opened the door. The entire class looked at them then the whispered started.
"She's beautiful."
"She's like a porcelain doll."
"Look at her hair, it's pink and her eyes were green. It's weirdly match.
"I take you as Haruno Sakura and the boy over there is Nara Shikamaru, right?" The masked-gray-haired teacher said, making the whole student turned into silent.
"Yes." Both of them said in unison.
"Both of you were late for the introduction." The teacher said."I wonder why?"
"It's not my fault. It's like, who's the idiot one to place first year student at the level three?" Sakura said, glaring at the teacher. The entire class started to whisper again.
"She's scary despite her looks."
"That's why they invert a proverb; don't judge a look by its cover."
"Do you mean, don't judge a book, right?"
"I like your personality. It's confirmed then, you'll be the President and Nara will be the Vice. Any objection?" The entire class turned into silent again. No one raised their hand except Sakura.
"Yes, Haruno-san." Said the teacher.
"Isn't it quite unfair? It's like you just chosen me because I'm late. If anyone other than me is late, are you going to make them the President and Vice too?" She asked him.
The gray-haired teacher looked at her thoughtfully, "Actually, it's not me. The entire class voted on you."
"What?!"
"Look, no one raised their hand. So in other words, they just voted you as a President of their class. Is that right, students?"He said and asked at the same time.
This time the entire class, chorused, "Yes!"
Shikamaru only watched as he muttered troublesome several times. It does take several minutes before he looked back at the girl named Haruno Sakura. He admitted that the girl was beautiful but is that only he sees the loneliness deep inside her green forest eyes. Then he looked back at the entire class, giggling and blushing, yes, only he saw it.
-x-
"Haruno, you'll sit next Uchiha Sasuke." Then her faces turned pale. Her eyes were darting around the class when she met the onyx eyes. She took a step back.
"Y-Yes." She said to no one but it's like her own foot not compromised with her when it's not move at all. It's like her foot glued on the floor when the boy named Uchiha Sasuke looked at her, making her uneasy.
"Haruno-san, are you okay? You look pale." The teacher said after gave Shikamaru where his sit was.
"I'm okay. Don't say anything unnecessary." She said and walked across the classroom, stopped at the middle of it where she should sit. With a huge sighed, she sat down, still not looking at the boy at her left side.
Shikamaru still glued his eyes on the girl that has pink hair. It's not like he attracted at her or what, but it's bothering him when how her faced turned white as a ghost when the teacher instructed her to sit beside Uchiha Sasuke. She even tried to cover it but it's useless because it's like her eyes betrayed her face. What a pokerfaced.
"So, let me tell you again…before certain people interrupted, I'm Kakashi. Hatake Kakashi. Your homeroom teacher forthe whole your first year." Kakashi said after the class settle down. He looked at everyone eyes before continued, "That's all. If you need me, I'll be at the teacher room. Bye."
Everyone looked at him with dumbfounded faces. It's he really their teacher. That's was fast!
"Oh, by the way Haruno-san. It's your duty to make the roster, the duty and don't forget the meeting at 3 this evening." Kakashi said before he disappeared behind the door. Sakura remained silent.
Then, she looked back where Shikamaru was, "You, Vice!"
Shikamaru looked her under his arms. He still had his head on the table all this time, "What?"
"Do what he said." Sakura said and flew out with her bag from the class. Her classmates looked at both of them with blink of eyes.
"I thought she's just scary but she's cold too. I wonder if any boy will get close to her if she acted like that." Lee said. He was one of student in class 1-2, he had funny eyebrows thought. Beside him was TenTen. She had a twin bun that made her face looks cute.
"Not just the boys. I'm afraid the girls also scare at her." She commented. "Right?"
"I wonder…" The boy in front of them said. It was Inuzuka Kiba. He looked like a happy-go-lucky person but in different way. Shikamaru didn't like him as much he cared. Then Shikamaru took a look the person beside Kiba, oh, it's Shino. One of students from his Junior. He didn't talk much with him. He wondered what kind of person is he.
"Err, Nara. Nara-san." Shikamaru looked at his right. It was a girl with timid attitude. What's was her name again. It's goes like Hina, oh, it's Hinata. She was from all girl Junior school. It's not surprised to see her so shy like that. But thanks to her, he already remembered half of the class names.
"Yeah, what's wrong?" Shikamaru asked as he straightened up. "You can call me Shikamaru, you know. It's not a big deal."
The girl lightened up, "R-Really? I-I can call y-you that?" Hinata asked as she played with her fingers. Shikamaru only nodded before walked towards the front of the class.
"Hey, guys." The entire class was ignoring him. He scratched the back of his neck. This is really troublesome. It's not only his classmates ignoring him but he's the Vice. I can't even get their attention!
"Hey, you idiots. Listen what the Vice tried to say!" Then the entire class looked at the furious blonde girl at the back of the class, "It's annoying, you know."
If he not in that situation, he would probably going to her and says thank but he was in completely different situation. He hated when everyone so focused on him. It's like everyone in the class judged him.
He coughed, "Excuse me, well, the duty will start tomorrow so before the class end for today, I will place it on the board. The roster too. So, I hope we can cooperate together."
"How can we going to cooperate when the President not here?" The blonde boy said. He was at the front seat. Uzumaki Naruto! Several students started to whisper and some others just remained silent but they nodded their head indicated that they agreed what's Naruto said.
"She…well, I'll go to talk with her. So all of you, please do not worry." He said while looking at the clock on the wall. They still have another thirty minutes before the next teacher come. Then, he glanced at the Uchiha Sasuke who looked didn't care what happened and looked up at the sky from their window. He sighed.
-x-
Shikamaru sighed. It's not his fault that he didn't find Haruno Sakura. The school was big and there've three building. What do they expect? Find her every corner of the school. Like hell he'll do that. It was already 4.30 pm when the committee meeting finished. He walked back to his class and opened the door.
There, Uchiha Sasuke still on his seat. Reading some book. You got the face but you're too nerd. What a waste. He ignored him and collected his book before jammed it into his backpack. It's look like everyone already going home. He pulled out the paper and walked back towards the board before placed the paper on it.
"If you want to find her, she'll be on the roof." Shikamaru looked around only to see Sasuke already behind the door. Then he closed it. Shikamaru looked at the door before sighed….again. Why it's always me?
He walked through the narrow corridor before stop at the junction between the stairs, up or down. Then there he was, on the roof with the best scenery he ever saw. He looked around and saw something, someone lying on the ground. He immediately recognized the pink haired. It was her!
"Yo!" Sakura looked up and saw Shikamaru greeted her. Then she pretended that she didn't know him. She was used her bag as a pillow while both of her hands on her forehead. She looked calmly, staring at the blue sky.
"You know, it's annoying." Shikamaru said still glaring at her.
Sakura mouthed, "Thanks."
Shikamaru took a seat beside her, it's like that he wanted to know her. He didn't why. It's not her beautiful face or her body. It's just, it felt that it's fine for him to talk to this girl normally.
"It's not a compliment, you know." Shikamaru said after several minutes. He looked up at the sky. It was clear and really beautiful that he wanted to absorb everything into his eyes.
"What are you doing?" The girl beside her asked.
"Same as you." He replied.
"You must come here with a reason." Sakura said back.
"Yes, I came here to watch the sky." Shikamaru said and glanced at her.
Sakura closed her eyes, "I'm not come here to watch the sky. So, we're not the same."
Shikamaru stared at the young girl beside her, "So, why you came here?"
When she didn't answerer his question, he started to feel annoyed, "Hey, this is you works!"
He took a book and some paper before placed it near her. She didn't move or say anything that he might mistake that she was sleeping. He glared at her. What's wrong with this girl anyway? First, she scolded the teacher, then she didn't come to the class the entire day and next she was ignoring him even he did all the works. She even didn't thanks to him. Few seconds later, he smirked. So, the thanks earlier were for me.
"Hey, Shikamaru." She called him. Her eyes still closing but Shikamaru could see it behind her voice.
"W-What?!" Shikamaru asked. It's not he was blushing or not but she was calling him by his first name. Even someone like him will surprise if the girl as beautiful as her did that.
"What you do if someone you care…..die?" Shikamaru looked at her rather quickly.
"What's the connection between this and your works anywhere?" He asked her. Sakura looked up at him and he could feel the heat spread up to his cheeks.
"Nothing. It's just a question."
Shikamaru looked back at the sky, "As a normal person, I'll cry and sad. Well, I never experience it but I pretty sure that everyone will cry if someone they care die. It's sad when someone you love or care suddenly diassapeared from you. And you can do nothing about it."
"Not everyone." Her voice was cold.
Shikamaru turned his head to her, "Why, do you have someone you care died?"
It took a moment before Shikamaru realized what he said. Crap!
"I'm so s-sorry, Haruno-san. I never know th-"
Sakura stood up before looked down at him, "Like I said, it's just a question."
Then Shikamaru watched her collected the papers and book before get it into her bag. She walked towards the door when Shikamaru called her. He frowned when Sakura stopped walking and looked at him sternly.
"You know, I, well, most of us, think that….you're beau- great and…kind. So, please. Come to the class tomorrow. I, no, we, expect you to come over." Shikamaru said while scratched his nose several times.
Sakura only looked firmly at him, "Who tell you I'm at here?"
"Ohh, it's Sasuke. Uchiha Sasuke. The person who sit next to you." It's like all blood drained out from her body. She turned all white. Her lips trembled. Then she ran, she ran away quickly from there and leaved the clueless Shikamaru.
thanks for the read.