Actafoo: I am absolutely ecstatic about having a real chapter story. I cannot even express my excitement in words, well, except for these. I thank you all for your wonderful reviews. They definitely made my day. Sorry about the delay, by the way. I had a huge test that I had to study for. EW…

"Farewell, all my friends in textbooks, I'm going home."

-'Dear Vienna' Owl City

Chapter Two

The staring (or glaring) contest was starting to get on Sakura's nerves. She didn't even know this boy! Why the heck was he trying to stare her down?

"I'm pretty sure I asked you a question," Mr. Attractive rolled his eyes. "Do you have hearing issues?"

Well, that was rude. "Uh…" If he wasn't so pretty, Sakura probably would have told him off. "Well…"

The boy looked really pissed. Almost as if he was going to set a pit bull on her or something.

"Spit it out!" Yup, the dog whistle was out.

"NO! Uh, are you Itachi's grandson?" Sakura finally burst out.

The attractive male before her looked surprised for a moment before bursting into paroxysms or laughter. Funny, that wasn't the type of thing that Sakura had pegged this guy to do.

"Wait 'till I tell Naruto this one. And Kisame will have a laugh…" The boy muttered to himself while smirking. That seemed to fit his face better.

"Um…" Sakura tried to feel like she wasn't out of place. "My name is Sakura Haruno. I'm looking for Itachi Uchiha. He's the one who wrote that local math book, right?"

"Yeah," The boy nodded. "My name is Sasuke. He's my brother."

"WHAT?!" Sakura gaped. "But you're so young! And aren't people who write math books supposed to be old and nerds and…"

"That's an awful bias to have. He's only twenty or so." Sasuke deadpanned. "Why do you need to see him, anyway?"

Sakura calmed down and cleared her throat. "I want to inform him that there is a problem with his books. I can't seem to understand the concepts, so now I'm failing…"

"Sounds like you need a tutor. I guarantee that there are no problems in his books." He explained.

"That's what the pig said…" Sakura grumbled to herself.

The look Sasuke was giving her reminded her of how one might look at an alien species. (She never said the right thing in front of the masculine population.)

"Uh," Sasuke appeared to be irritated. "Look, it would be a waste of time to wait around for Itachi to come back from his job hunt. You should probably go home."

"Job hunt?" Sakura didn't care if she was overstaying her welcome. She wasn't going to go home unless the trip had accomplished something. "I thought that he wrote textbooks."

"The job hunt isn't for him." Sasuke explained while glancing at his watch. "We need a cook for dinner time. He can make breakfast for me, and I get lunch at school, but he's at work during the evening. I can't even make cereal, let alone a decent meal for myself. He's so picky, though. I doubt anyone will be good enough for him."

Sakura saw her opportunity. "Are you good at math?"

"What?" Sasuke gave her a suspicious glare. "Yeah, I guess it runs in the family…or something…"

"Can you tutor me, please?" Sakura clasped her hands together tightly while trying to appear pitiful.

"Uh, no." He shook his head. "Why can't you get someone else to do it?"

"I don't have enough money for it." Sakura pleaded with her eyes.

"What makes you think that I'll do it for free?" Sasuke glared angrily.

"It won't be for free." Sakura elucidated. "I'll cook dinner for you after we study! I might not be great at math, but I'm an excellent chef. I really need this."

"I'm not about to tutor you every day. What would I do when we didn't have a study session?" Che, he was finding all the loopholes.

"I'll teach you how to cook." Sakura promised. "Please?"

It was at that moment that Sasuke's older brother stepped out of his sleek, black car an approached the driveway.

"Sasuke!" It was at that moment when the man took off his sunglasses and coat that Sakura realized that math skills weren't the only things that ran in the family. Talk about hitting the genetic jackpot!

His dark hair was much longer and pulled into a ponytail that reached about halfway down his back.

"Who's this lovely young lady? I thought you still believed that girls had cooties."

Did that mean that Sasuke was single…? Sakura was surprised.

"This is Sakura Haruno. She wants me to tutor her." Sasuke cleanly left out the details of their almost-deal. "Did you find a cook for me?"

He sounded a little too hopeful for Sakura's tastes. Ungrateful bastard, ignoring a perfectly good deal.

"No." Itachi sighed. "I'm afraid that none of the beautiful young ladies were qualified to be cooks at all. It's quite unfortunate, but I'm sure that the next modeling agency will have more hopefuls."

Sasuke groaned in annoyance. "I don't want a model to cook for me. Even a guy would be fine."

Itachi's eyes glistened brightly as he smiled. "Why, Sasuke, I didn't know that you were that way inclined. If you preferred, I could start searching in bars-"

"Not what I meant. I don't care who cooks for me, as long as it's edible." Sakura immediately latched onto this logic.

"Then why'd you deny my request?" Sakura glared. It was time to introduce whatever-I-want-I-will-get Sakura.

"What request?" Itachi looked intrigued.

"The one that Sasuke-kun so conveniently left out." Sakura stated and then proceeded to explain her deal. "I offered Sasuke a chance for me to teach him how to cook him dinner in exchange of tutoring."

Itachi grinned. "Great. Sasuke, this seems like a fair deal. I have no idea why you haven't accepted this yet. Sakura, you're hired."

The pink-haired girl jumped with delight. What luck!

"It's not like you have anywhere to go at night." Itachi scolded Sasuke when he groaned, and then began to talk to Sakura. "You see, he never hangs out with anyone, girls in particular. That's when I began to suspect that he was-"

"Itachi." Sasuke glared. Sakura wondered if it had become involuntary for him to do that because he did it so often. "I hang out with Naruto all the time. Don't say I don't do anything, Mr. Home-on-a-Saturday-night."

"Hanging out with Naruto was my 'Exhibit A'." Itachi grinned. Sakura laughed.

"Would Monday, Wednesday, and Friday be okay with you?" She asked. "School ends at three, so we could do it at five…"

Itachi nodded. "Sasuke's school ends at four, so that would be fine. See you later, Sakura-Chan!"

Sakura grinned. "See you later, Itachi-san, Sasuke-sensei!"

As Sakura walked away, she could have sworn hearing Itachi say that she was cute, but it must've been her ears playing tricks on her. Especially since she didn't hear Sasuke argue in return.

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