Bad Habits are the Hardest to Break
Chapter One
"They're psycho when it comes to one another. They are always competing or arguing. It's annoying." Kakashi crossed his arms, thinking of his two students.
"And you expect me to handle it?" Tsunade raised her eyebrow at the masked man before her.
Kakashi gave his best smile, squinty eyes and all. "Only because you give the best punishments."
Tsunade grinned. "While I know that that's true, I also know you are just too lazy to deal with it." Kakashi's expression did not waver. "Alright, send them down."
"My pleasure," Kakashi said before disappearing.
"Why in the world would she want to see us?" Sakura grumbled, crossing her legs and arms as she huffed in the waiting room chair.
Sasuke shrugged, scowling at nothing in particular. As per usual.
"I bet it's your fault," Sakura said. After speaking the thought aloud, it seemed to make even more sense to her. "Yeah, it's gotta be your fault. I haven't done anything wrong."
Sasuke shot her a look. "I haven't done anything. Obviously it's you."
She shook her head, snorting. "Whatever. I know it's not me."
They turned away from each other, both glaring at pieces of furniture to avoid looking at the other.
"Sakura Haruno? Sasuke Uchiha? Lady Tsunade will see you now." The secretary, Shizune, smiled at them as she peered out of the dean's office. The two students stood simultaneously and walked forward. As they tried to enter the room, they bumped shoulders. Sakura growled while Sasuke scowled.
"Move it," Sasuke bit out.
"You move! I was here first," Sakura argued.
"Both of you idiots just get in here!" Tsunade barked as she took in the sight of the arguing duo.
The students shot each other death glares before Sasuke moved aside to let Sakura go inside. She quickly entered and sat down in the chair farthest to the left. Sasuke took the seat on the right, leaving an empty seat between them. Seeing this, the blonde dean rolled her eyes.
"You two are ridiculous. I've never seen such attitudes before you." Sakura blushed in embarrassment. Her own mentor was insulting her! In front of her sworn rival! What a disaster.
Sasuke too, looked annoyed by her words. He grimaced at her nametag.
"So you're probably wondering why you're here. It's been brought to my attention by your professor Kakashi that you two are unruly fighters. So I've decided to punish you."
Both Sakura and Sasuke sat up straighter in their seats. Sasuke had a look of disbelief on his face. Sakura gasped and exclaimed "What?!"
Tsunade grinned. "Uh huh. It's not so much a punishment as a way to bring you together and make you cooperate."
"What do we have to do then? Clean the cafeteria? Clean the courtyard?" Sakura couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"No, no. Nothing like that. You'll be running the radio show."
"We don't have a radio show though?" Sasuke, for once, didn't sound too sure of himself.
"Well that's because nobody was running it. But now that I have the excuse to start it up again, the student-run show will start again! All thanks to you two." The grin Tsunade was giving them was basically the most malicious look she could have given them.
Sakura and Sasuke shared a look. Neither of them wanted to do this.
"But Lady Tsunade, I can't possibly do this. With all of my classes and my extracurriculars, there's no way I have time." Sakura thought her excuse was good enough to get her out of this mess.
"Well either you find time, or you quit some clubs and sports. I don't care. I'll have some kids join you two just to make running it a little easier. I'll have someone tell you when the room is cleaned out. You are dismissed."
Sakura was determined to fight her way out of this situation, just like every other situation. But she knew that going against Tsunade only meant more trouble. Sasuke looked ready to argue, so Sakura grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the room. She kept her grip on him until they were in the hallway.
"What the hell?" Sasuke barked.
"Look, I know you were ready to like fight with Lady Tsunade back there. Don't even try it. That won't get you anything but a worse punishment. Not that I care about you though," Sakura decided to add so that her feelings were clear. "I just know that whatever you do will affect my punishment too. And I already am not happy with our new job."
The boy in front of her grunted, before turning his back on her. "Whatever."
Sakura rolled her eyes. "Whatever," she agreed.
A/N: this is super new as in I just came up with this idea today. there really was no actual inspiration behind it tbh but I'm sure it came from something. I hope anyone who reads this enjoys it! originally it was just gonna be like a one-shot but then I got to actually writing it & it turned into a multi-chapter thing. this chapter is really short bc I just felt like ending it there so sorry about that. also its not edited bc as I said, I just started writing it today. sorry if theres any mistakes & if there are I will find them when I check this later. anyway, enjoy!
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