Sasuke was not in a good mood, he had gotten in a fight at school again, and he was sure that the principal had already contacted Kakashi. He cringed remembering the way Kakashi's voice had lowered and sliced though the air. That's the fourth time this week; don't make this an issue again. Fuck, he wasn't going to be happy about this.

Vvrrt vvrrrt Sasuke growled and looked at his phone, what did the dobe want now?

From: Naruto

Hurry up.

"You can't add the variable to only one side" Sakura huffed felling slightly peeved

"I just did" Naruto leaded back in his chair and pushed his arms out stretching luxuriously. Sakura turned her head to him and narrowed her eyes "you are insufferable" she hissed. He shrugged and smiled "I'm hungry too" he stood and tossed his pencil carelessly onto the small desk in his room. Sakura let out a groan "fine we should take a break, maybe then you'll actually do something" Naruto grinned and left the room.

Sakura closed her eyes for a moment and leaned her forehead on the cool surface of his desk. This was torture, never in her life had she felt so frustrated. She knew he was smart, she just didn't know how to harness that genius and put it into a productive student. Everything she tried Naruto met with nimble resistance. She sat up and looked around the room, searching for a possible clue as to what this boy had going on in that elusive head of his. The room was small and plain, only a bed and a dresser inhabited the room besides his desk. The walls were an obnoxious orange and his single window had no curtains. His floor was covered with white carpet and piles of clothes. Not a single thing caught her attention. She had a feeling that if she were to search through everything in the small apartment nothing of value would present itself, the thought did nothing to sooth her frustration.

She heard a knock at the front door. "It's open" Naruto yelled form the kitchen. Sakura stood and walked into the living room, curious to see who it was. The person at the door knocked again, with more force this time. "I said its open!" Naruto yelled again. There was a pause and the person kicked the door, startling the both of them. Sakura frowned and stepped around the old couch efficiently and made her way to the door. She stretched her arm out and swung the door open indignantly "He said it was open" she snapped. The man at the door was tall and she had to tilt her head up to look him in the eye, his eyes were narrowed at her. He was handsome, breathtakingly so. He had dark unruly hair that stuck up in the back; it was a harsh contrast against his pale skin. His features were structured and aristocratic, his appearance was relatable to that of a vampires. He's like Dracula, she thought.

"Who are you?" the sharp irritation was still audible in her voice. He adjusted his weight testily

"Sasuke" he grunted. She looked at him for another moment before walking into the kitchen and leaving the door open. She wanted to look at him again. But in her mind she had already decided that she was only allowed to look at him 5 more times, each time was limited to 3 seconds. If she hadn't set that boundary Sakura knew she would end up staring like a fool. She hated to admit it but she was a sucker for a pretty face.

"Naruto" she asked "what's he doing here? We need to actually get something done" She looked at him without blinking. He was sitting on the counter slurping from a cup of ramen noodles. Naruto took his time to finish and then made a mock basketball shot into the trash with his empty cup. "Sakura this is Sasuke" he said "he's my friend"

Sakura rolled her eyes and took a moment to deliberate using one of her three second glances. She indulged and shifted her eyes towards him. He was leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed. She dryly noted that he was wearing all navy and black. They made eye contact for a split second before she turned her gaze to Naruto. "Can we just finish up this worksheet so I can go home?"

He raised an eyebrow quietly surprised by her lack of enthusiasm. This was new; he thought I've never seen a girl disregard Sasuke so completely. "Sure" he replied sliding of the counter top.

Sakura exhaled a breath of relief "thank you" she said. Sasuke gave Naruto a look of muffled surprise, since when did Naruto agree to do things so easily? Naruto caught the look and shrugged following Sakura to his room. He figured if a girl could hold her own against Sasuke, she had earned a little respect.

The two of them sat down at his desk and smoothly began to work on his homework. Sasuke was slightly unnerved by the sight of it but shrugged it off and lay on Naruto's bed. It wasn't too soon after though that he started thinking about the strangeness of the situation. How did this girl even manage to get his books out? Not in the history of his friendship with the blonde had he ever seen him succumb to academics so readily. Nobody, not even Kakashi had managed to accomplish this. He frowned and slyly looked at the pink haired girl sitting at the desk. Naruto dwarfed her in size, His shoulders were hunched awkwardly to make room for her and one of his legs was squished underneath the table while the other stretched out to the doorway. She looked pocket size next to him, like a little doll with her pink hair and tiny stature. He wondered what she would look like standing next to him, probably even smaller than she did now, since he was taller than Naruto. He closed his eyes again and put his hands behind his head. He didn't want to think about it anymore, it was too weird.

Things went well after Sasuke had arrived. Naruto had surprisingly agreed to work with her and they finished his homework in an hour. He was a quick learner and solved almost every problem on the math sheet without her. A few times he had gotten stuck but it only took a minute of explanation to get him going again. He wasn't as bad as she though he was, she found herself almost enjoying her time with him. She was only bothered once because she felt that someone was staring at her, but when she had glanced at Sasuke through the curtain of her hair, he had his eyes closed.

"Okay that's all for today" Sakura chirped, closing the text book and slipping it into her backpack.

"Cool" Naruto stretched out contentedly "oh, your helmet is in the living room Sakura-chan"

Sakura smiled at the new endearment "thanks Naruto" she slipped her arms through the straps of her bag "So let's meet on Wednesday again?"

"Yeah" Naruto's face fell a little "Wednesday is good" he nodded.

Sasuke sat up on the bed and pulled his phone out "Fucking finally" he mumbled. Sakura glanced at him and he looked up to meet her eyes. Her stomach did a flip. "bye" she mumbled. Sasuke cocked his head back guardedly "Hn"

Sakura forced herself to look away towards Naruto "Bye Naruto see you at school" she smiled and walked to the front door. God damn him. She thought bitterly. She didn't like him at all, he was handsome and uninterested, and she couldn't help but be drawn to him. It was like a curse, she always fell for the bad boy. She gripped the door handle with extra force and stomped down the stairs as she left. Maybe if she let off her anger in little actions all the way home she would have calmed down enough for her mother not to notice her foul mood. Not likely, she grumbled as she slipped the helmet over her head and revved the engine loudly, not likely.

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Naruto took his time to put away his books and school supplies, he knew there was no way to avoid the harsh and prying gaze of the Uchiha, but he wanted to put it off a little longer.

"Naruto" Sasuke finally said "who the fuck was that" Naruto sighed and swiveled around in his chair keeping his characteristically nonchalant demeanor in place. "Just some tutor I got assigned at school" he flickered his gaze to match his friends "why?" he grinned "you interested?"

Sasuke snorted "no" he stood up "let's go already"

Naruto let out a silent breath of relief, good; he had said the right thing, Uchiha's and their pride. Not in the history of their clan had any of them acknowledged any interest in a girl, they were too cool to chase after anyone. "yeah alright let's go"