Moving In!

Chapter 2:

Friday

Sakura switched channels again. Barney… She switched again. Spongebob Squarepants…. She switched again. Bleach… Smallville… These are all old episodes!! She turned off the tiny TV that was hung at the top corner of the wall and slammed the remote beside her 'food' tray.

She picked up the phone to her right and dialled the number for the Konoha Café. "Moshi Moshi." She heard.

"Um… Hello. I'd like to order a…"

"Sakura-chan?!" The person yelled as she held the phone away from her ear. "OH MY GOSH!! I heard everything!! Are you going to be able to get to work?!" The girl, whose voice Sakura recognised as Ino's, said.

"W-Well, I don't know. Hopefully I'll be ready to leave by then." Sakura said and sighed.

"Oh, okay. I have to tell you something." Ino said quickly.

"What is it?" Sakura asked.

"It's… Well… Nevermind." Ino stuttered.

"Any news that you could possibly tell me?" She asked.

"Oh, yeah. Sasuke was asking about you too."

"R-Really? What did he say?" Sakura asked and felt a blush creep onto her cheeks.

"Yeah, he asked when you were coming back. He said that he wanted to make your life a living hell." She said sweetly. Sakura frowned.

"I didn't do anything to him!" She said angrily.

"Don't worry; it's like an event we have here. We make the first day of the newcomer really shitty, and see if they're worthy of being in the team." Ino explained.

"Oh… Okay… Aren't you not supposed to tell me that?" Sakura asked.

"… Wha- OH-OH-CRAP!!" Ino yelled and hung up. Sakura put down the phone and stared at it blankly. She turned her head to the door, someone was knocking. It slowly opened and in came Gaara. She beamed.

"Teddy!" She said and gave him a big hug when he came closer.

"You know, I'm satisfied with just 'Gaara'." He said and sighed. She frowned at him.

"Teddy suits you better." She said and smiled. He sweat dropped.

"Anyways, how are you feeling?" He asked.

"I'm feeling okay, actually. I think I'll be able to get to work really soon!" She said happily. "So, how was school?"

"I have Sasuke in my art class, with Deidara-sensei. The arrogant bastard just got rewarded by Deidara-sensei. His painting is hung outside the class room on the door." He said grumpily. "Sai was complaining that his was so much better…"

"Where are Sai and Hinata?" Sakura asked, trying to avoid any conversation involving Sasuke. Gaara shrugged.

"They're studying. I also got your homework." He said and took out textbooks from his bag. Sakura glared at the books.

"Why couldn't you tell them I was dead?" She asked and crossed her arms. He chuckled.

"Yeah… right. Anyway, the doctors told me to tell you that you can leave today." Gaara told her and got up.

"What? Really?" She asked and threw off her covers. He quickly stopped her from jumping out. "Lemme go!!" She whined and tried to jump out of her bed.

He managed to push her back onto her hard mattress and made sure she stayed there. "Not… Now…" He said though long breaths, "They'll come and do a last check-up and then you can leave." She quickly nodded her head.

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As soon as Sakura had left the hospital, she ran outside. "Ahh… Fresh air at last!" She sighed and took a deep breath. Gaara had left earlier and she only had and hour and a half until her curfew of 10 o'clock. Of course… not her curfew at home… She had decided to stay in the dorms at school until she found her own place to live. She wanted to get to school right away, but decided to tell her boss, Itachi, that she'd be ready to work soon.

She walked inside the Konoha Café and walked to the cash register. "Sakura-chan…?" Neji asked and led her into the kitchen, "Where you really at the hospital?" He asked. Sakura nodded her head.

"I kind of well… got in a car accident." She said and slightly lifted her shirt. She still had a thin layer of bandages wrapping tightly around her stomach and some stitches on her other larger cuts. He looked quite surprised as she showed him all her cuts. She suddenly sensed someone approach her.

"What the hell did you crash into?" She heard and instantly recognized her boss's voice.

"Oh, Itachi-san! I came to tell you I'd be ready to work on the date you told me." She said exitedly, feeling slightly intoxicated by the good smells from the food cooking near her.

"You don't look fine to me." He said and frowned.

Oh, how sweet…He's going to let me get better first!!

"I'm fine." She said sweetly.

"Fine. You start tomorrow." He said and disappeared again into his office.

"W-Wha…? Tomorrow??" She asked herself as she stood there, gawking at the door.

"Don't underestimate Itachi-san, he can be truly cruel…" Neji said quietly. Sakura slowly nodded her head. "Anyways, let me introduce you to the crew before we have to close up." He said and walked into the kitchen.

"Sakura-chan!" Ino screamed and ran to her as quickly as she could, "Oh my god, are you okay?! What happened to, like, you car??" She asked.

"W-Well… I kinda… don't know?" Sakura giggled nervously.

"Well, you've met her right? You know Ino-chan. Everyone does…" Neji said. "This is Lee-kun, and Shikamaru-kun." He said and the two waited for a reaction.

"Oh… Hi." Sakura said and did a short wave. Lee's eyes bulged in their sockets as he ran up to her and grabbed her hands in his.

"Oh, sweet cherry blossom. Your beautiful, sweet voice accents you're amazing complexion. My name is Lee, Rock Lee." He said in awe. Sakura wondered whether he was for real; those big round eyes, the weird hair… those fuzzy eyebrows…?!

"Umm… T-Thank you?" Sakura stuttered and quickly put her hands in her pockets. "Oh, you must be Shikamaru-kun, then?"

"Hn…" He said and yawned. "Another girl in the café is… troublesome." He said in his bored tone and walked away. Sakura just stared at his back as he walked. Neji ignored this and pulled her to the cash registers.

"Tenten-chan… you've met her, right?" He asked, before she could answer, he continued. "Naruto-kun, Deidara-kun and Karin-chan." He said and the three turned to her.

"Hey, Sakura-chan!" Naruto said and put on a huge grin. Sakura knew him, he was Hinata's boyfriend- but that's a secret! None shall know (especially Neji)! Sakura smiled and waved.

"Your hair is such a work of art, yeah." Deidara said plainly and looked at her pink hair. Karin glared at her as soon as she set her eyes on her. Sakura did the same. Feeling the sudden heaviness in the room, Neji butt in.

"Hey, here come the waiters." He said and made both of them divert their attention from each other. Sasuke and Sasori came, both wearing the same tired expression. "Sasuke-kun, Sasori-kun." He said and yawned.

"Hi…" Sakura said nervously. She could feel Karin's eyes on her.

"Hey." Sasori and Sasuke said at the same time. Sasori walked away and Sasuke approached her. "When do you start?" He asked indifferently.

"Er… Ah!... um…" Sakura hesitated, glances back and forth from Karin to Sasuke. "I start here tomorrow."

A few words couldn't hurt!

"Ah. I'll be waiting." He said and nodded his head. As soon as he left, she turned to Karin, who was growing angrier by the minute, and smiled at her.

"Is something wrong…?" Neji asked, watching the two.

"Oh, no! Nothing's wrong." Sakura said and smiled. She bowed to them and bid them good bye before exited the café.

The school was very close to the café, so Sakura only needed to walk for a minute of two. She stopped when she spotted a bubble tea store, got some, and continued walking.

She arrived at the school, and walked towards the front doors calmly with her tea in hand. She walked inside and swung her keys in her fingers. As she walked down the hall she noticed that they were quite crowded. Some people turned to look at her as she walked down put then turned away.

"Sakura!" Hinata called and poked her uninjured side, making her jump up and yelp.

"Oh god… I almost had a heart attack, Hinata!" Sakura gasped as she put her hand on her chest. Hinata giggled. "Why isn't everyone in their dorms?" She asked. Hinata shrugged.

"I don't know. I was wondering that myself." She said in her quiet and sweet voice. Sakura looked around again. No one was paying much attention to her; she had suspected that they would at least ask how she was feeling.

Geez. Sai was right, these people have no feelings.

She followed Hinata to her dorm room, which they had to share with another girl named Temari. They entered inside, but Temari was absent. Sakura unpacked her bags; Hinata had brought them there for her. She had once been in the dormitories, but needed to stay with her mother when her condition worsened. Now that she was gone, Sakura was forced to stay there.

I hate the dorm rooms. The guys are on the bottom floor but you never know when they could sneak up here…

The boys and the girls were once mixed together, but after Tsunade, their principal, caught Sai trying to sneak into the girls' change rooms she made a permanent change. The boys were still able to go into girls' rooms, but with permission only, and vice versa. She stuffed her clothes in her drawer carelessly and threw her large bags in the closet. "All done?" Hinata asked. Sakura sprinted and then jumped onto her bed.

"Yes, all done!" Sakura said and squeezed her face into her clean pillow. "What do you want to do?" She asked and rolled off her bed and onto the floor.

"There isn't much to do at this time… You shouldn't move around so much. Those wounds are still…"

"Yeah. Yeah, I know. But I didn't get out of the hospital so I could rest more!" Sakura said grumpily and crossed her legs. Hinata sighed.

"If I go get some pizza for us to eat will you stay calm?" She suggested. Sakura thought for a bit.

"Okay, fine." She said and glanced at her alarm clock, "You still have forty five minutes!" Hinata nodded her head and grabbed her purse.

"See you in a bit." She said and quickly left. Sakura sighed; now she was all alone. She changed into her pyjamas and began to reread her favourite book "Twilight" for the umpteenth time. She soon got bored and shut it. She looked at her clock again and Hinata had only been gone for fifteen minutes.

I guess if I'm alone…

Sakura had one of those crazy hobbies that seemed stupid, yet fun. Every day, before going to bed, Sakura would turn on her radio. When she heard a song she preferred, she would dance through the whole song, without stopping. If she did stop, then she'd have to do two songs the next night, and so on.

I'm too crazy for my own good…

She turned it on and waited a while for a good song to start playing; sometimes she switched stations, but usually didn't have to. She has wearing her silk purple and pink trim night gown, which was basically a long T-shirt that ended about two inches over her knees. She hopped off her bed as the song "Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance began to play.

"Because the drugs never work, they gonna give you a smirk… cause they got methods in keeping you clean…" She whispered quietly as she danced in her gown. She heard a click, but ignored it. It was probably her 8 year old radio messing up again. She spun with a broom in hand and sung more.

"They say all teenagers scare the living shit out of me. They could care less as long as someone'll bleed. So darken your clothes, or strike a violent pose! Maybe they'll leave you alone… but not me!" She had to stop spinning, since her head began to hurt.

She found herself facing the door. That is… the open door. "Sakura, Temari needs to finish her…" Hinata mumbled with a large pizza box in her hand, looking as though she might drop it any moment. Sakura froze and her eyes widened. She would normally have burst out laughing, this had happened with Hinata and Temari the last time she had been in the dorms with them. But…

Sasuke was with them.

Sakura screamed and tried to back away, but tripped… over the broom.

Damn it!! Why am I so clumsy?

… and fell onto the heater. It was… hot. She quickly rolled off of it, feeling slight pain in her wounds. She rolled onto her stomach, her face in the smelly carpet. "Shit…" She hissed under her breath.

"T-Temari… needs… to… finish her project… with… Sasuke." Hinata finished nervously. Temari smirked as she walked inside and switched off the music; making it even more awkward. Sakura stared at her feet as she walked quietly to her bed, and covered herself with her blanket.

Sasuke obliviously sat down at their desk and pulled out his textbooks. Temari slowly joined him; she knew that Sakura may be scarred for life. Hinata put the box of pizza on the table, and took out two big slices. She then slid them under Sakura's covers for her to eat it piece.

Sakura P.O.V.

Oh, shit. You might have noticed that I love that word. Yes. Shit. Maybe it's like… the definition of my life? Well. I'm trying to unmake-it shit.

SHIT

Sasuke just saw me dancing like a crack head… and now he's acting as though nothing happened!! That idiot, he could at least feel awkward.

Damn him- that stupid 'NoEmotion' man.

Wait… I don't even know this guy. Who cares, right? It's not like I… see… him… every day…

SHIT.

I should really stop. I swear too much, do you think so too? Damn. Not as effective as the previous swear word, but sufficient. UGH!! This is so embarrassing. I hope he doesn't tell anyone… Wait… I'll have to ask Sai if he thinks he might tell.

After all, Sai knows everything.

Sai is never wrong. Yes! He is my saviour!! Ooh… Pizza, thanks Hinata.

…

Sasuke is so mean! He's totally off my wanted list!!

I quickly grabbed the pizza and gulfed it down. Hopefully, no one noticed. I lifted the covers up just a tiny bit. Good. Sasuke's butt is facing me. I quickly removed more of the blanket to stretch my hand towards the floor and let it wander. Temari and Hinata, who could see me, gave me quizzical looks. I ignored them and my fingers finally gripped my cell phone. I froze when Sasuke's chair squeaked.

"Look, I found the answer." Temari said, putting emphasis on the 'look'. Sasuke, who had tried to turn and see what I was doing, turned back to Temari. He looked down at her finger, which was pointing to the answer. He nodded his head and wrote it down.

I quickly threw the covers back on top of me. I was like some horrible detective. What was the point in avoiding him if he had already seen me? He didn't care. I pushed the thought down the tunnels of my mind and quietly dialled Sai's phone number. Of course, the phone always makes beeping sounds when you press buttons, so they must have heard it.

Normal P.O.V.

…

"Sakura?" Sai said, not bothering to say hello.

"Yeah, it's me. HELLO." She said a little too loudly. Everyone turned to look at the bed, listening curiously.

"Where are you…?" He asked.

"I'm under my covers, duh…" She said as though it was the most obvious thing.

"What are you wearing?"

"Sai!!"

"Sorry… Geez, it was a joke, Sakura."

"That's Sakurasama."

"Whatever… What did you want?"

"I was wondering if you could tell me if…" Sasuke pulled off the covers and Sakura looked up to them.

"What are you doing?" Sasuke asked and frowned at her.

"Er…" Sakura quickly shut her cell phone closed and sat properly on her bed. "T-That's none of your business." She said and looked down to her feet as her face began to heat up.

"Well, since we're done, I guess you'd better leave, Sasuke-kun." Temari said quietly.

"Hn." He said and turned to the desk and picked up his things.

"I've never seen you around here before…" Sakura said bravely. Sasuke's eyes wandered to her again.

"I just moved here to live with my brother, Itachi." He stated. Sakura quickly nodded her head.

"Why'd you move here?" She asked curiously.

"That's none of your business." He suddenly said coldly. "I'll see you tomorrow Temari-chan, bye." He said and shut the door behind him.

"What did I do wrong?!" Sakura asked with her hands on her head. Hinata climbed up to the bunk bed and Temari rolled her eyes.

"Sasuke isn't the type to talk about his personal life. He always shuts everyone out." She yawned and crawled onto the bottom bunk, under Hinata's bed.

"Someone's a little touchy." Sakura said and grabbed the last slice of pizza.

"I'm warning you, you shouldn't try anything with Sasuke-kun." Temari said as she took out the elastics holding up her hair. "He only arrived in Konoha a week ago and nearly everyone here is in love with him."

"What do you mean?"

"Everyday he gets chased around by the girls. The café is always full of them, and some girls even tried changing to his schedule. I'm telling you, you should stay away." Temari said and began to brush her hair. Sakura sighed and got under her blanket.

"It doesn't matter. I've changed my mind." Sakura said and closed her eyes. "Sasuke can kiss my ass."

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Saturday

"Why'd you hang up on me yesterday, Ugly?" Sai asked, frowning at her.

"Because I did… It doesn't matter anyway." Sakura said and shrugged. They walked into the cafeteria and walked to their favourite table, the one they always sat at.

"Um… Sakura... Why are there a bunch of people sitting at our table?" Hinata asked. Everyone sat at their designated table. It was the rule. Besides, the tables were small and round, why were so many people standing around it?

"I think I know who's sitting there." Sakura huffed as she quickened her pace and stopped behind the circle of people. "Excuse me…" She said loudly.

Everyone turned to her, staring at her like she was the bravest person on earth… or the stupidest. "This is our table." She said, waiting. The group began to laugh.

"Sasuke-kun is sitting here! It's his table now!" Karin's voice said; the loudest of them all. The group slowly dispersed, and Sakura, Gaara, Sai and Hinata were able to see Karin standing near Sasuke, watching him. "You're too late, anyway. All the seats here are taken, you can't sit next to your beloved Sasuke now, can you?"

Sakura felt her face flush. "What are you talking about?" She snapped.

"I saw Sasuke come into your room last night! You must have disappointed him, since he left the room so fast!!" She said and screamed out her laughter. Sakura felt her ears tingle from the loud noise.

"He wasn't there to see me, you idiot." Sakura said, "He came to do an assignment!"

"That must have been the lie you told him to get him in your room!! HAHAHAHA!!" She said loudly, her laughter a haemorrhage. Sakura felt her face grow an even deeper red. Gaara grabbed her arm and stepped in front of her.

"Move it." He growled to Karin, who immediately stood up. Gaara was just like that, he could scare anyone. She gave Sakura one last glare before walking off.

"It's not fair to threaten a girl, Gaara." Sai noted. Gaara ignored him and sat on a seat opposite to Sasuke, who was staring at his sandwich. If she didn't know any better, Sakura could've sworn that he looked relieved. She quickly sat down, followed by Hinata and Sai.

"I aced my math test! It was pretty easy, if I may say so myself." Hinata said, trying to shift the attention from Sasuke.

"What are you talking about? It was absolutely horrible. I spilled ink all over my correct answers." Sai said, stabbing his chicken. Sasuke listened carefully as the conversation continued. They weren't like the other superficial people in the school, or the ones that loved being the center of attention.

"Itachi-san is my boss, and he wants me to start working today!! My injuries haven't even completely healed yet." Sakura said and rolled her eyes. "Plus, I have to double as a waiter and cook!" She whined, and took out her container with grapes in them.

"Hey, Hinata!" They heard and watched Naruto sit down beside her and pecked her on the cheek. "Huh? Sasuke-teme?" Naruto said and glanced at Sasuke, who looked up from his tomato to see him.

"Dobe, what are you doing here?" Sasuke asked, furrowing his eyebrows.

"… I'm in your dorm." Naruto said.

"I mean at this table, idiot."

"I'm Hinata's bo- I mean- I'm Hinata's friend, I stick with her all the time. W-What are you doing here?" He asked quickly. Sasuke shrugged.

"What he's doing is sitting at our table." Sakura said under her breath.

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Sakura burst out of the changing room. "Sakura-chan, we need some orders from table 12!" Itachi said as he walked past her, patting her back, as he was checking the café's condition. "Deidara, try to get those cash registers to calculate faster! Hey! Stop flirting with the costumers and listen to me!" He said loudly as he checked up on everyone.

She ignored the racket going on in the back and walked to table 12. "May I take your order?" She asked, almost intoxicating herself from the mix of the smell of fast food and her candy apple perfume.

"I'd like one vegan salad with extra peas, please." The girl said, the boy next to her just stared at Sakura though fully. "Ginta, take you order!" She said, jealous of his staring.

"I'd like a chocolate chip muffin, with whipped cream and hot chocolate sauce." He said and licked his lips. Sakura stared at him wide eyed.

"Ginta!!" The girl yelled, getting up. He just turned to her slowly and raised his eyebrows.

"What are you going to do…? Rip my eyes out?" He asked and gave an obnoxious smirk. Sakura frowned.

"Excuse me, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave. I don't like the way you're treating our costumers." Sakura said firmly. The girl nodded her head stiffly.

"Aren't I a costumer as well?" He asked, slowly standing up.

"No, you're not. Why? Because we don't have chocolate muffins with whip cream and hot chocolate sauce. Now, I thought I told you to leave." She said, more firmly this time.

"How about you make me?" He asked, still smirking. The girl, probably his girlfriend, slapped him. He looked somewhat shocked, but didn't pay much attention to her; pushing her away for more effect.

"If this continues, I will call the police, please leave." Sakura said, now getting angry.

"Come on now…" He said, approaching her. She backed away with one step and glared at him. He reached out to her, but his hand was slapped away.

"Don't touch me!" She told him as he tried to grab her wrist. People were at their tables, watching curiously as she slowly kept backing away before he finally grabbed her wrist.

Once again, Sai proves that people just don't care.

She was just about ready to kick his crotch when Sasuke butt in and pushed back the man.

"She told you to leave." He said, and led him outside. Sakura stood angrily against the wall and watched Sasuke come back. "You shouldn't have led him on." He said and walked past her.

"I wasn't!! Why'd you have to butt in anyways? I could've taken care of him myself." She said as she walked quickly behind him.

"Sure you could have." He said sarcastically and turned around. She nearly rammed into his chest and stopped right in front of him, talking a step back. His hand suddenly rested on his back and pushed her closer to him. Her face became a deep red as she glared at him.

Ahhh!! Sasuke is touching me!!

"What are you-?!" She was cut off as he ripped off a paper, which was apparently stuck on her back, and shoved it in her hands. "Keep trying… I'm just playing hard to get?" She read on the paper. "What the hell is this?!" She asked angrily.

"It's Itachi's first attempt at making your life miserable… I'm disappointed you didn't notice." He said and kept walking towards the kitchen. Sakura crumpled the paper in her hands.

"Whatever." She mumbled and dumped it in the recycle bin as she followed him. "I'm disappointed that you work for your own brother, it's pathetic." She laughed. His face quickly changed to a cold expression.

"You know nothing." He snapped and left.

Definitely touchy.