Author's Note: Second Naruto fan fiction. Enjoy. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

WARNING:
AU: Everyone here are just normal, people. No ninja things or whatsoever.
OOC: Characters may be different from the original characters

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Chapter 1: The Pink-Haired Girl

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Despite being a mere sophomore, Uchiha Sasuke was one of the most popular guys in his grade--in fact, one of the most popular guys in the entire school. The thing is, he has an attitude. But that's part of why everyone thinks he's so cool in the first place--especially the girls. They liked him for his good looks, his intelligence, his attitude, and so on. They practically kissed the ground that he walked on. But he could care less about all those mindless drones that fawned over him.

Because of that cold attitude of his, the rest of his fan girls just backed off: because he scared them. But there were two girls two who were obsessed with him enough to stick with him, no matter what he did: Yamanaka Ino and Karin. He got tired of continuously telling them to "get lost," so he just let the two of them follow him like dogs. To prove that he wasn't the least bit interested in either of them, he didn't even know Karin's last name, and he didn't bother to find out what it was either. It was early in the morning and the two girls beside him were already babbling annoyingly.

You would think that he would actually turn gay out of pure annoyance of all those irksome fan girls, but he didn't. He was actually somewhat interested in one girl; he was even staring at her at the moment. At least, he was staring at her long, pink hair that swayed back and forth and bounced up down with each step she took. She passed by him just like that, not even bothering to pay the slightest attention to him. The first time that he saw her was when they were freshmen, at the entrance ceremony, but he never bothered to take notice of her until lately.

About a week ago or so, they just came back to school and were sophomores instead of freshmen. He then saw her pink hair sticking out among the rest, and realized that she was a girl. A girl who didn't look at him with big eyes as if he were some kind of precious item or weird specimen on display. He also never saw her look at him, at least for a few seconds. He found that somewhat... Peculiar, and has been watching her since then.

He didn't know who she was since they weren't in the same class.

"Karin," he said, immediately getting her full attention. She smiled widely, happy that Sasuke actually bothered to say her name and talk to her. "You're in the same class as that girl right? That pink-haired girl over there." He moved his head, as if pointing toward the direction where the pink-haired girl was.

Karin's huge smile soon turned into a frown. "Oh," she muttered. "Yeah, she's in my class. Her name is Haruno Sakura. Why do you ask, Sasuke?"

Sasuke shook his head. "Nothing in particular."

Haruno Sakura, huh, he thought, his lips curving into a smile. He always wondered why she didn't even glance at him at least once when he always made other girls turn their heads when he passed by.

"Sasuke, I'm going to head to class now, okay?" Karin said, smiling again. "I'll see you later."

She was expecting the raven-haired boy to say something, but he didn't reply so she left in disappointment. He began to walk to his classroom as well, not wanting to be late. Ino had the same class as him, so she tagged along behind him.

As soon as he walked through the doors of class 10-A, "Good morning, Sasuke" and "Hi, Sasuke" and other greetings could be heard. He ignored them all, like usual, and continued to walk to his seat all the way in the back of the classroom, next to the window. Of course, Ino was the one who sat next to him.

"Mou, Sasuke-kun, can't you at least just say good morning once? Or hi or something," Ino complained.

He looked at her, his black eyes staring at her blankly. He grunted and just looked back out the window.

Ino sweat dropped. Eh, I guess Sasuke just isn't a people person... Or something...

"Everyone settle down, settle down," the black-haired teacher ordered shortly after entering the room. It took him a while to get them to calm down and he had to begin smoking in class so that everyone would shut up.

"Asuma-sensei, you're going to make us have lung cancer one day!" The students cried.

He laughed and put out his cigarette saying, "You won't get lung cancer if you listen to my instructions the first time I say it."

Sasuke looked at the teacher with another one of his blank stares. What a weird teacher, Sasuke thought. Class began shortly afterward.

Time seemed to pass by so slowly for Sasuke. He got bored easily and yawned a lot in class. Ebisu-sensei, the history teacher, got annoyed of him yawning so much that he asked him a difficult question. Of course, being the genius that he is, Sasuke answered it easily, also humiliating the teacher in the process. But Ebisu-sensei was lame, so no one was surprised that their sensei had been embarrassed yet again.

Sasuke stared at the clock in front of the room. He couldn't wait for classes to end already. Finally, the long awaited lunch bell rang, he was the first to get out of the classroom. He started walking to the cafeteria. It wasn't because he was hungry. It was because he wanted to see that girl, Haruno Sakura and talk to her for some time. In class, Sasuke was thinking of reasons why she didn't pay much attention to him and decided to go straight up to her and "ask" her.

Some of the reasons that popped up in Sasuke's head were:

1) She's a lesbian.

2) She hates all men for some unknown reason.

3) She isn't allowed to date.

4) She is actually a guy who dresses like a girl!

5) She does like me and pays attention to me but pretends she doesn't so that I'll pay attention to her for not paying attention to me. (A/N: XD )

Upon entering the noisy lunch room, Sasuke looked for her flaring pink hair right away. His eyes darted around the room for a while, and he eventually found her. He started walking to her in a slow pace to show that he wasn't interested in anything; he was making up excuses to himself saying that Haruno Sakura wasn't interesting and that he's curious and just wanted to know why she always just passes by him when she sees him.

Sakura was sitting with two people at her table; one was a blonde haired kid with blue eyes and the other was a guy with black hair and eyes and pale skin. She was quietly eating her lunch but she seemed annoyed for some reason.

"Sakura-chan, come on, make a bento for me! At least as a sign of our friendship!" Naruto said, grinning widely.

Sai on the other hand, took another bite into his apple, not taking his eyes off of the book that he was reading.

"Yo," Sasuke said when he reached the table.

All three of them (Sakura, Naruto, and Sai) stopped what they were doing and looked at the person who disturbed them during their lunch time. Sakura and Sai looked uninterested and resumed doing what they were doing. Naruto looked at the guy with annoyance but said nothing and just continued to bother Sakura for a bento.

What the hell, Sasuke thought, a vein popping in his head. Did they just ignore me? That was a first for the high and almighty Uchiha Sasuke.

"What rude people! Sasuke-kun, let's go," Ino exclaimed, wanting to go somewhere else already. But Sasuke just ignored her and sat across Sakura.

"You like me, don't you?" Sasuke asked, sounding more like he stated that Sakura liked him rather than asking her.

"Excuse me?" Sakura raised an eyebrow at him. What the hell is he taking about? What a conceited asshole.

Sasuke smirked. "You heard me," he continued.

"Like I would like someone like you," Sakura said with disdain. She looked at Sasuke coldly. "Can you leave? You're obviously unwanted here."

"Yeah, yeah," Naruto agreed while bobbing his head up and down.

Ino was about to say something to back Sasuke up, but he motioned for her to keep quiet. "Do you know who I am?" Sasuke asked.

"Everyone knows who you are," Sakura said and continued to eat her lunch, not bothering to look at Sasuke. It seemed as if she found the food more interesting than Sasuke, which really made Sasuke annoyed. But he managed to keep his temper under control to seem cool.

"Then?"

"You're still here?" Sakura said, ignoring him and treating him as if he was some kind of pest. "Can you leave? I'm trying to eat my lunch peacefully and I don't need another annoyance here," Sakura repeated.

"Tch," Sasuke grunted and left, as Sakura had wished. "I'm getting some lunch." He was annoyed by the fact that someone actually thought of him as an annoyance instead of having the usual "godly" and "perfect" image that most people had of him. He didn't understand why that girl didn't go crazy that he himself bothered to talk to her and even sit at her table. He was also mad at the two guys that were at her table, who also paid no attention to him.

"Sasuke-kun, don't mind them, they're a bunch of nobodies," Ino tried comforting the angered Sasuke while they were eating lunch. She just received the cold shoulder from Sasuke, like always. And now Karin had to comfort the crying Ino.

Let's see what I did wrong, Sasuke thought about what he did wrong. He picture himself in Sakura's shoes and picture Sakura as himself. If she did what I just did to her right now, what would I have done? he thought about himself sitting down at his table, and Sakura suddenly coming to his table, not welcomed. On top of that, she kind of stated that Sasuke liked her. Then she didn't leave when she was directly told when she was unwanted. If that happened then... I would think how much of a b-tch she is! He froze at his conclusion. So she thought I was like a b-tch or something?

I seemed like a conceited bastard, huh, he thought to himself. I guess I just did whatever, since I'm used to being the one who treats others coldly, not the other way around. I didn't know how to react to her attitude. That's a first, someone who isn't drooling over me. Heh. Sasuke sat with a more relaxed stance. But now he had to think of a way to clear things up with the girl. He didn't want to be hated by the one girl in the entire school who didn't act like a brain-washed Sasuke fan. She was kind of good-looking, too. I guess I should apologize... He chuckled. The mere thought of him apologizing to someone was funny since he hasn't apologized to anyone in a while now. As for the girl, he thought he would make her his first real friend; that she did seem interesting after all. Maybe he finally found someone who can actually talk to him like a regular person, not like everyone else who talks about crap and keep gossiping and talking on and on and on about nonsense.

It was decided. When the school day was over, he would wait for her either outside of her classroom or near the gates and apologize.

School ended soon enough, though it still seemed like it took more hours than it actually was for Sasuke. The sound of the bell that signaled the end of the last period of the day was like a melodious, angelic sound to Sasuke's ears. He packed his things into his bag as quickly as he could and waited for Sakura outside, at the gates. But what--or rather who he saw made him angry; angry enough that he completely forgot that he was supposed to apologize to Sakura for his behavior earlier.

There she was, smiling in her white and red school uniform, walking beside someone. That someone was Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke's brother. Itachi was a senior, and Sasuke disliked him for some personal family reasons. (A/N: I made Itachi just two years older than Sasuke; it's not his real age.)

Sasuke forced himself to calm down. He closed his eyes briefly and remembered that he was supposed to apologize. The fact that Itachi was with her didn't matter. ...Right?

"Hey," Sasuke said when Sakura finally reached the gates. He looked at her stoically, "Sakura, I'm sorry about earlier."

Sakura stopped talking to Itachi for a while and looked at Sasuke. "Y-Yeah, it's okay," she forced a smiled on her face. She didn't want Itachi to see her being mean or rude.

"Sakura, this is my brother," Itachi said, smiling at her gently.

"Aah, is that so," she let out a nervous laugh. Shit! He was the person who I treated coldly earlier! Please, don't tell Itachi what I did... The pink-haired girl faced Sasuke and sent him a pleading look. Her jade green eyes were full of expression.

He unconsciously averted his gaze, feeling his cheeks become hot. "Yeah..." He said in a faint voice.

"See you at home, Sasuke," Itachi told his brother. Sakura shot Itachi a puzzled look. As for Sasuke, the instant that he heard his brother's voice, the hot feeling in his cheeks disappeared and he looked back at Sakura and Itachi.

"You're not going home together?" Sakura tilted her head, her soft, shiny hair moving in the same motion.

Itachi placed his arm around Sakura's shoulder and drew her closer to him. "No, I'm walking you home."

Sasuke's eyebrows furrowed, annoyed and angry at his older brother once again. He couldn't let them go together alone. He didn't trust his brother one bit. She's MINE. I already decided to make her my 'friend.' I won't trust you with anything of mine, he thought childishly. "Actually, onii-san," Sasuke said, interrupting them. How he hated calling Itachi onii-san or aniki. "Dad wanted you to come home early today. He said he had something to talk about with you," Sasuke lied.

"I'm sure that it's not that important. He can tell me when I get home after I walk Sakura home," Itachi retorted, a smile still plastered on his face. He could see right through Sasuke's lie. Nice try, Sasuke. I'm no idiot.

"No, he said it was really important. You have to go home right away," Sasuke lied again. He was determined to keep his older brother away from Sakura.

"Sasuke-" Itachi began to say but was interrupted by Sakura.

"I'm sure that you're dad has something really important to tell you. You can walk me home some other time. I can go by myself today. It's really okay... Well, ja ne!" Sakura ended the conversation by running away to the direction of her house. I really wanted Itachi to walk me home... She sighed heavily, saddened by the fact that she was about to get her wish but had to give it up. She didn't want to be a burden to Itachi, so no matter how much she wanted him to walk her home, she still told him that she was perfectly fine with walking home by herself.

"Way to go, stupid," Itachi smacked Sasuke's head and started to walk home.

"What did you do that for?!" Sasuke fumed.

"You're a horrible liar."

The younger brother's cheeks turned a bit pink out of embarrassment. "Shut up."

"Don't interfere with what I do, alright? I don't bother you with your crap so don't bother me with mine."

Just when Sasuke was about to tell him that Sakura was "his" and how he "saw her first," Itachi was already gone. He took a different route home from Sasuke, since they didn't want to be seen together. Sasuke sighed. I hope she really forgave me for what I did earlier... As for Itachi onii-san... A scheming smile formed on his lips. Just you watch...

Author's Note: How was it? Hope you liked it. :D Review please! Tell me any way to make it better, or what you don't like, or any suggestions that you have, etc. That's basically all for now. My favorite pairing is Sakurax_____; who's yours? ;D

Ja!

-Aimee