Accidentally In Love

Chapter One, There's Small Choice In Rotten Apples

Sakura POV

Ok, try and be nice... Try and be nice...

"I can't believe it, my first day in a new school and I have to sit next to the pink haired sugar plum fairy." He goaded, I could literally feel the bite in his voice .

He wanted to start up something for his own amusement.

Screw being nice. This asshole is annoying me already!

"I'm surprised a bad tempered idiot like you was able to get into this class." I answered.

"What was that, pinky?" He growled.

"I said-" I growled.

"It was a rhetorical question!"

"Oooh! Breaking out the big words now! You actually do have a brain!"

"I have a rule about not hitting girls, but for you I might make an exception."

"I'm so honored!"

I heard the static of our glare crackling between us.

"Sorry I'm late class. I had to..." Kakashi said as he walked in, stopping when he saw me and the new guy having a dangerous glare off.

He sweat dropped as did everyone else in the class. Once everything calmed down -the fact I hadn't killed the red head was a miracle- we started class.

"Alright, just to avoid confusion, among other problems, you'll be working in pairs with the person beside you for the rest of the year." Kakashi-sensei said.

I just about exploded, steam almost flying out of my ears from my rage and annoyance.

Aw come on! Does Kami have a vendetta against me? Why me!

The red head beside me looked ready to kill something, but was instead taking his anger out on his unlucky pencil, snapping it in two and silently cursing my existence.

"Oh yes! We have a new transfer student from Osaka in our class. Subaku-san, please introduce yourself. Tell us about yourself, interests, things you like, things you dislike." Kakashi said.

He stood up, a completely bored expression on his face.

"I'm Subaku Gaara. I have no particular interests, I don't particularly like anything. I don't like people." Gaara said and sat down.

"Wow, what a personality, your overflowing with charisma..." I muttered.

Gaara sent me a sharp, menacing glare. I smirked at him in return.

Hah! Idiot!

"Alright then. Turn to page two hundred and seventy of your text books and complete the experiment." Kakashi-sensei said.

I did as I was told and moved to turn on the Bunsen burner.

"Alright, let's get started, baka." I said and turned to him.

"My name is Gaara, pinky." Gaara said.

"Baka suits you better. Now get your butt in gear. Put two grams of carbon sulfate into the beaker." I said.

Gaara turned to the mutitudes of lab equipment and chemicals infront of him and stared blankly at them.

"What's a beaker?" Gaara asked.

I felt a vein in my forehead pulse.

He really is an idiot...How in the hell did he get into this class!? I'm so going to fail now because of him... Goodbye my beloved A+.

I sighed. I spent most of the lesson teaching him different lab glasses and chemicals, then finally we were able to continue with the experiment. Once the bell went, I gathered my stuff and walked out the door, not wanting to be near the infuriating red head any longer.

...

The morning classes passed by normally, but I couldn't get that annoying red head Gaara out of my head.

"Finally, lunch time." I sighed, taking out my bento from my locker.

I decided to go somewhere quiet, instead of the loud halls and class rooms of the main building and then began to make my way to the literature club room. It's always vacant since nobody is in the club, bar me. I massaged my temple, giving another tired sigh as I made my way upstairs to the club room.

Only the middle of the day and I'm this tired... Jeeze.

I was only a few steps away from the club room door when someone bumped into me, no scratch that, nearly trampled over me. I was about to turn around and give the person a good piece of my mind, but the mystery assailant held me from behind and covered my mouth, then quickly ran inside the club room, closing and locking the door.

From outside I could hear quick foot falls and high pitched, girlish voices.

"Yuka! I can't believe you let him get away!"

"Me?! It was you! You should have been watching him!"

"Come on girls! We have to find him! I made him some chocolate in home ec! I hope he will accept them!"

My heart beat loudly in my chest. The person behind me still had his hand over my mouth. He leaned forward and whispered in a husky, deep voice,

"Just stay quiet and don't struggle."

Of course, me being me, I freaked out.

That's what a rapist would say! I'm going to die!

I struggled in his arms again.

Ok, calm down Sakura, Sasori and Deidera taught you how to defend yourself in times like these, they even used Hidan as the punching dummy. Now I just have to move my leg and...

I bit the man's hand as hard as I could and hammered my heel down on his foot, freeing myself from his arms. Whipping around, my eyes shut tightly, I was ready to do a number on him.

"HENTAI!" I screeched

I brought my arm back, curling my fingers into a fist, I let my arm shoot forward. I wasn't expecting him to catch it. He held my wrist in a vice grip with his large, warm hand. But, it was only then did I stop to see who the assailant was.

Gaara!?

"What the-"

He covered my mouth again with his other hand.

"Shh! They will find us if you don't shut up. Those fan girls have been chasing me all day." Gaara whispered.

...

After all the commotion was over, we were able to speak civilly. Well, as civilly as two seriously stubborn and annoyed people could.

"You didn't have to bite me." Gaara mumbled.

I growled as I put the bandage around his injured hand.

"You didn't have to act like a big rapist." I snapped.

"I was not-!... Ok, I'll give you that one." Gaara muttered.

I sighed as I finished up with his hand.

"Ok, so let me get this straight. Those girls had been after you all day because they fell in love with on sight. They found you at lunch time and wanted you to eat their home ec cooking and see who would be the best wife for you. You, not wanting anything to do with their overly 'lovey dovey-ness' made a run for it. You knocked into me, held me hostage so I wouldn't make a scene and draw their attention, then proceeded to hold me captive like a big pervert until they left." I rationalized.

"Hai." Gaara answered.

"You're still a big hentai." I huffed.

Gaara sputtered and glared at me.

"Whatever." Gaara grumbled.

I began to put away the first aid kit and put it back into the top shelf. I had to use a small step ladder to reach it though.

Gaara snickered. I felt a vein in my forehead pulse.

"What! We can't all be big giants like you!" I snapped.

Gaara rose up from his chair and took the first aid kit from me and placed it in the small medical safe on the shelf. Even though I was standing on the top step of the small ladder, he was still several inches taller than me. Gaara patted my head.

"Kogata." Gaara snickered.

I blushed and smacked him upside the head.

"And you're a pervert!" I retaliated.

Gaara growled and messed up my hair. I poked him in the forehead. He then continued to mess up my hair and I continued to poke him relentlessly.

"Kogata!"

"Hentai!"

"Kogata!"

"Hentai!"

"KOGATA!"

"HENTAI!"

After our childish banter we sat down again. Not speaking to each other.

"I've actually been meaning to find you." Gaara said.

"Eh?" Now I was confused.

"I... I'm not really that good a science, as you already know." Gaara explained.

"Not really good, I'd say that's the understatement of the century." I remarked.

Gaara growled in warning.

"Whatever. But, as I was saying. Because it's only Sophomore year, I have time to get better. I have to. So, I want you to tutor me." Gaara stated.

Ok. Let it sink in, think about it...

"EHHHH!?" I yelled.

"Look, I really need a good tutor, and from what I heard, you're a scholarship student, so you should be really great at all that kind of stuff." Gaara explained.

"B-but, there are other people you can ask!" I said.

"I'm not a people person, and I sort of already know you. Look, I really need you to do this!" Gaara pleaded.

I scowled at him.

"I'm rich. Name your price." Gaara said.

I rolled my eyes.

"I'm not so easily bought." I snarled.

Gaara gave me a confused look.

"I can give you three hundred thousand yen per lesson." Gaara said.

"I wouldn't care if it was three hundred million yen!" I yelled.

"I can go that high if you want." Gaara stated blandly.

I blinked at him.

"How rich are you?!" I screeched.

"Enough to own my on island. Look, I'm trying to be charitable here. Just agree to the terms."

"If you're so rich then get some high class tutor from England or something!"

Damn rich people! Think everything can be solved with throwing money in someone's face!

"I want you to tutor me."

"Why, pray tell, does it have to be me?"

"No one has ever talked back to me. Even when you found out how rich I was, you still continued to fight with me tooth and nail. You probably know I could easily own someone of your financial stature just by waving some big cash in their face. But here you are, not budging, even though we're talking about a lot of money. I find you... Fascinating." He said.

I felt a vein pulse in my head, red hot rage flooded threw my body. And before I knew what I was going to do, I had landed a hard punch on his gut. The air was knocked out of him and he stumbled back in surprise at my action.

"People of my financial stature. You ass, you have no right to say that. People aren't just your little play things had will jump the second you pull out some money. I don't care how rich you are, or how much money you throw in my face! I'm not that kind of person! So if you ever say that again, I'll rip your tiny dick off, shove it down your throat and throw your soulless carcass into boiling oil!" I screamed.

I picked up my bento box and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind me.

Gaara POV

I watched the girl storm off like a tiny angry kitten, she amused me to no end. Her defiance. Violent behavior. But most of all, the thing about her that captivated me the most was her fearless emerald orbs.

At first, she was an annoyance, but now, when I look more closely at her, I see her true colors. Her anger, her kindness, her violence, her gentleness, her fear. All of it in her defiant, burning eyes. She truly was something else, and I felt something I had never felt before around another female. She interested me. I wanted to know more. I wanted to know every detail about her. She was a puzzle, one that I badly wanted to piece together.

I looked down at the counter top in the empty club room. There in the middle of the table was a copy of The Taming of the Shrew. I smirked to myself, lifting up the book. On the inside cover, written in kananji was the name, Haruno Sakura.

I felt myself smile. The bell went and I tucked the book away into my school bag, throwing it over my shoulder and leaving the room, having the intention on coming back and returning the book tomorrow.

There is something about you Haruno. Something I can't quite piece together.

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