Back Then You Hated Me(2nd edition, originally named the Annoying Girlfriend.)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Chapter 1: Lunch in the Cherry Trees

"He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals."
-Benjamin Franklin


Ahh...Finally, I could have a break from being chased by Sakura...A young boy around the age of thirteen rested himself comfortably on a wooden bench behind a cherry tree, where he was sure that the annoying pink haired kunochi of Konoha wouldn't find him.

His skin was pale, which made his dark, mysterious onyx eyes stand out a lot. His hair was dark as his eyes, which formed large spikes on the back of his head.

The hottie felt like a spool of thread being chased by a cat.

Sakura had been stalking him for half an hour. She followed him through every part of Konoha screaming "Sasuke-kuuun! Wait!!!" How annoying. By now, Sasuke could hardly walk. His whole body was exhausted.

The pinkhead had been doing this since they were little. Every morning, Sakura would go into town and see Sasuke walking down in the streets with his hands in his pockets.

Whenever Sakura greets him with a "Good morning, Sasuke-kun,'' Sasuke would take off faster than anybody could say "Slow down, Uchiha." Eventually, Sasuke got used to it-being chased every morning for 30 minutes, running 5 kilometres, and finding a new decent place to hide every day.

He lied on the bench, looking up at the bright, morning sky. The air was rigid and the cool breeze felt amazing. Countless cherry blossoms fluttered away from the cherry blossom tree and landed peacefully onto his skin. They reminded Sasuke of how annoying Sakura was so he put his hand on his forehead, and brushed off the cherry blossoms as if they were Sakura's feelings.

Sasuke had just started to get some rest from running so much when-"SASUKE-KUUUN!!!"

Sasuke's eyes widened and he almost puked. Ugh. Got to run.

But there's no time for escaping. Sakura was already standing beside the bench that Sasuke was resting on, with a giant smile on her face. She was wearing her original ninja clothes, and started to run around the bench like a brainless idiot. Her glossy, pink hair was floating in the air and her eyes were like emeralds, glittering against the morning sun.

Sasuke couldn't take it. He stood up and glared at Sakura."Okay, what the hell do you want?"

"I just wanted to ask if you want to eat lunch with me tomorrow...If you don't mind," She told Sasuke sweetly, placing her arms on her back.

Sasuke had to think. No way is he going to eat lunch with Sakura!

"I don't mind but, I don't have a lunch," he replied, shoving his hands in his pockets and turning his back to Sakura. Oh no...That was a dumb lie...Never mind! Just let the conversation end!

"Ehh? Then, I'll just make you a lunch."

Sasuke let out a deep sigh, still keeping his back towards Sakura. "Hn...Meet me here tomorrow at 12 pm."

Sakura beamed. "You mean it, Sasuke-kun?!"

"Yeah, yeah...Whatever."

"Yay!!! Thank you!!!"

Sasuke turned around and watched as Sakura darted joyfully out of his sight. Heh. She could be cute too. He smirked, holding on to that idea, and walked away.


Sakura settled on the bench that Sasuke had told her to meet him. She arrived twelve p.m sharp, like her crush told her to.

She was holding two bento boxes that were wrapped in different coloured fabrics in her hand, waiting for Sasuke. Sakura got in the habit of wrapping bento boxes that way when she started to have a crush on Sasuke. She wrapped them in kawaii fabrics, glittery fabrics, and even emo fabrics to show her love for him. (Not exactly.)

The day before, Sakura had mentioned to her rival, Ino that Sasuke agreed to eat lunch with her. Ino would be sooo jealous of me! She'll never get to do something like this with Sasuke-kun! I bet the little piggy face of hers is crying right now! Shannaro!!!

The conversation went something like this:

"You've got to be kidding me, forehead!"Ino said, stomping her feet.

"When did I ever lie to you, loser?"Sakura fired back, playfully grinning at her."Let me give you a warning:Mind your own business or you'll be sorry as the pig in The Three Little Pigs who built a straw house.!"

"Forehead!"

"Pig!"

"Forehead!"

"Ino-pig!"

Oh well, at least Hinata-chan is on my side. TenTen probably sided with Ino because they're both ugly blood type B's. Ino will be sorry when I become Sasuke-kun's girlfriend!

Ever since Sakura and Ino became rivals, their whole circle of friends broke up. Hinata decided to go on Sakura's side and Ino had TenTen as her sidekick.

The airhead was so busy thinking about her darned rival's piggy face to know that Sasuke was sitting right next to her.

"Hey," he said.

No response. Usually, Sakura would ask him a bunch of pointless questions right away and glomp all over him.

"Sakura...?"

No response. Sheesh! What the hell is wrong with her? She's usually so cheerful.

"SAKURA???"

Sasuke had forced Sakura into reality but, too bad he startled her.

"Kyaah!" she squealed, wrapping her arms around Sasuke. Sasuke reached for her large forehead and flicked it.

"Hn...It's about time for you to wake up, idiot," he snapped.

Sakura linked her bulging teary eyes to Sasuke's scary (in her opinion), onyx eyes.

"I'm s-sorry, Sasuke-kun," she said, trembling.

To her surprise, Sasuke responded with a "Make sure you're lazy brain don't daydream next time."

"And by the way, those damn eyes don't work on me," He added.

"Here," Sakura said cheerfully, holding a bento box in front of Sasuke. "Um...Let's dig in!"

Sasuke accepted the bento box and started to eat. The food that Sakura made was great...Wait! Great?! Wasn't she the most horrible cook of Konoha? Didn't she mistake salt for sugar and sugar for flour once?

Sasuke turned to Sakura and glared at her. "Did you make this?"he said, holding the bento box up.

"Yeah," Sakura said, blushing. "I spent hours trying to figure out the recipe"

Sasuke hesitated. What the hell was she thinking? She could've just...

None of them said a word for a long time. Sasuke couldn't believe it. Now, he was the one who's daydreaming. Sakura made a good bento...bento...bento...

"Sasuke-kun," Sakura finally said in a compassionate voice. "Is there something wrong with the food?"

Sasuke stood up. "No... thanks for the bento." For the second time, he hesitated, not knowing what to do.

"See you..." he said, taking off to nowhere.


Sasuke tried to get away from Sakura as fast as he could before she had a chance to say anything. His feet were already worn out but, he kept running. Everywhere he went, there was always a girl who admired him of his good looks and a boy who was jealous of how 'cool' he was. But, nobody knew the real Sasuke...The vengeful and uncool person he was inside.

Finally, Sasuke stopped behind a building where nobody could see him. The Uchiha just wanted to be alone.

"Dang!" he yelled, crunching his hand into a fist and slamming it on one of the building's concrete walls. The concrete of the building felt really hard on his skin. Why...why did I accept her offer in the first place? Why does she always work so hard to do something good for me? Somehow, she's just different from other people. Dammit! What am I thinking?

"Hey!" a voice called out of the blue. It was Naruto with a big smile on his face. "What's up, Sasuke?"

To be continued...


Next time...on Back Then You Hated Me:

Neji turned and walked away. He spotted Sakura, who was secretly listening to what Sasuke was saying, and tapped her on the head.

"Kyah!"she cried, turning around. "Neji...?"

Neji snickered. He grabbed Sakura's chin with his icy hands and dragged her face towards him.

"Before I let you go, let me warn you. You better run for your love life.

This chapter will be released on next Saturday if not,a day look forward to it!Minna arigato!