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"Stressed. Depressed. But Well Dressed."

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Chapter 2

She plopped herself down in her seat next to the window at the second to the last row of her Homeroom class. As usual, the teacher was nowhere to be found. During this time, most students would go to where their friends were and gossip. Some would do unfinished work for upcoming classes and some would bring out their gadgets such as cellphones, PSP's or iPods. Sakura, since she had really no interest in socializing so early in the morning, preferably sat alone and mind her own business.

"How was your weekend, Sakura-chan?," she heard someone say, breaking her silent reverie. Jun was scratching his head like he barely got out of bed.

She did the best that she could to keep her composure and let out a half smile. She tilted her head up a bit to look at him.

"As usual."

Another person approached and greeted Jun then turned over to her. "Ken," She nodded in acknowledgment, but really just wanted to use this time to admire the pouring rain, the crystal drops of liquid violently crashing to the earth. She turned her head back to the window.

"Usual, meaning you went out to party, neh, Sakura-chan?"

She nearly cringed at the term of endearment used, but just shrugged.

"Yeah, pretty much," she forced to be a bit more cheerful but ended up sounding sarcastic.

"Why don't you ever invite us? We'd be down to party with you, Sakura-chan!," Jun yakked. He then started talking about his favorite brands of alcohol and how he could bring some of his boys if she wanted him to.

The teacher walked in and everybody scurried their way back to their proper seats. Some of the students muttered a "Good morning Hayate-sensei," which he returned with a dry cough.

After letting out a few more coughs, the said teacher cleared his throat which caught the attention of the entire class once again.

"Class 4-B, I have an announcement to make."

Cough.

"We have a new transfer student attending this class as of today. His previous school was Suna Private Academy."

The students began murmuring about how Suna Private Academy was incredibly expensive and was only for geniuses and that it was really hard to get into. Some of the girls were getting excited since the student coming was going to be a guy.

She jeered. "A guy."

The murmuring grew louder when the transfer student stepped inside the room. The girls swooned. Some of them wouldn't stop shifting from their seats, "whispering" across the room about how hot he is. Some flipped open their compact, some fixed their hair. Some tried to contain themselves but were blushing insanely.

Sakura rolled her eyes.

"My name is Akasuna Sasori. Nice to meet you, please treat me well."

Though she had to admit, this guy was quite a catch. She examined him from head to toe. His hair was a dark shade of red. It gave the impression that he hopped out of bed and didn't bother to style it, but somehow, it still looked attractive. His height was shorter than average, probably just a couple inches taller than her. He had bright, brown eyes, a perfectly sculpted nose and a pretty boy smile. He wore black converse, dark jeans and a white hoodie. He seemed to be a charming kind of guy.

He studied the room. The class was way bigger than what he had in Suna, and it looked like the majority of students were from the middle class. His eyes then landed on the pink haired girl sitting at the back with glossy lips pulled into a smirk. The redhead smiled.

"Now then, take an available seat so I can include you in my logbook," Hayate instructed. Sasori walked slowly and calmly to the back of the class, right behind Sakura.

Sakura shifted about on her seat uncomfortably. It seems like he's boring holes into my body. Why did he have to take the seat behind me?!

I'm gonna be late! Sakura gasped as she stood up and started sprinting down the stairs.

She lost track of time during lunch and had to run. After her traditional makeup retouch session in the girls' restrooms with Ino, Sakura decided to spend the rest of the break at the only peaceful place in Konoha High – the rooftop.

"It's not raining anymore," she sighed in relief.

It was a restricted area, but she would go there anyways. Nobody really checked and if I got caught I can always just jump down, she once said. The memory made her chuckle bitterly.

She was never really the type who would stay alone on top of rooftops and sulk. In fact, she wasn't the person who discovered such a place. She found the place when she had followed a person that she used to know there.

"What do you need?," he asked. "Why did you follow me? Go back inside."

She cringed at this and bit her lip. "Anou, Sasuke-kun," she timidly looked up at him. Slowly, she reached for a box from her backpack and offered it to him with both hands. "I never see you eat during lunch and–"

"Thank you," he said, cutting her off, taking the food and turning away. She smiled nonetheless.

That place is nothing now but a run down area where she can look at the clueless people from above or look up at the sky, whichever she felt like doing, as long as she could be away from everybody for a while, not for too long however, for the memories will resurface.

Just long enough until she can pace herself to be the Sakura-chan everybody wants once again.

Sakura was relieved to find out that Hayato-sensei haven't arrived in Art yet. She made her way inside and sat next to Sai, the top student in the class. To her surprise, new guy, Sasori was there as well, standing in the middle of a legion of girls who mostly weren't even in that class. He seemed to be most welcoming about it since he even had one arm wrapped on a girl's shoulder and the other taking all of their numbers into his phone.

She took this as a challenge. He shouldn't be paying attention to other girls while she's in the room. All of the guys would pick her over them, anytime. She stood up and made her way to the redhead. As she walked, the big crowd parted like the Red Sea. She stood right in front of him and flashed him a sweet smile.

I'll show him.

"Haruno Sakura," was all she said, her eyes met his while extending her hand gracefully.

He gently took her hand in his and instead of shaking it, he gave it a kiss, causing some of the girls in the room to squeal. He put her hand down and leaned closer.

"Sasori."

She was pleased by the fact that she did catch his attention. Letting out a soft giggle, she rested a hand on her waist. "Nice to meet you, Sasori."

Impressive, he thought. It was fascinating that this girl merely chuckled at his gesture. Given if it was any other, she would have cried or fainted. She wasn't even nervous at all. He smirked in amusement.

His eyes traveled all over her body before looking back into her eyes before getting caught. "The pleasure is all mine."

"Saying is one thing, doing is another," she playfully mumbled, then snickered. He was checking me out.

"Alright Haruno, new guy. Enough flirting for now, today we are going to learn about sculptures!," A voice from behind interrupted. It was Yamato-sensei, finally present.

I almost had a heart attack to see him right behind us,ogling. Man, that teacher is creepy!

After the long period of art class, Sakura will finally be done for the school day. It will be five minutes until the last bell rang and everybody in class were done with their work. She previously made an engagement with Sai to work on their class project after school.

"Sai!," she called, bothering him while scribbling on his notebook.

He sighed. "I know Sakura. I'll pick you up in the parking lot in ten minutes."

This caught Sasori's attention. He pretended not to listen to the conversation between the pinkhead and the paleface.

"Why in ten?," she asked, a bit of anxiety in her tone.

He shrugged. "I just have to do something real quick for art club."

"Better not keep me waiting for long," she whined. Sai tonelessly muttered a "yes" and headed off. Walking out of the classroom, Sakura noticed that Sasori was being bombarded again by an army of girls from all levels, they were surrounding him like vultures. She shook her head. Poor guy.

Sakura started stepping away from the scene and made her way to her locker when she heard footsteps behind her. She turned to check who it was.

"Oh hello," she chirped. "Where did your fan club go?"

Sasori chuckled and leaned against the locker next to hers. "You're the one to talk, you're the rage all year round," he pointed his head towards the direction of the group of juniors that were bidding her goodbye.

As they walked towards the exits, students gaped in admiration. Most greeted them, some introduced themselves to Sasori, some bowed their heads, and a few glared.

They finally reached the parking lots where Sakura was supposed to wait for Sai. Sasori asked if she'd be okay then pretty much left her alone when she said that she would. Right after him disappearing from Sakura's sight, a heavy rain started falling down from the sky.

"Chikusho!,"Sakura clicked her tongue then wrapped her rain jacket around her purse. My notebooks are going to get wet!

The cold rain slowly ran down her face. Smoke came out of her mouth as she slowly breathed. She looked up at the gloomy sky and smiled. Somehow this feeling was comforting, it was like the tiny droplets of moisture were there to bond with her, then when she had thought about it, she wasn't really so alone.

Sai appeared and unlocked his car then the duo finally headed out. He earned a punch in the gut for having her wait and she said that if she gets sick he will pay for all the hospital bills.

The Next Morning

Sasori arrived at school right on time. His locker exploded with a landslide of millions of love letters, chocolates and other sorts of trinkets that he almost fell. He merely smiled at this then entered homeroom. Half of the class wasn't there yet and were going to come by the second bell, he presumed. He decided to gaze upon the gray storm cloud that looked like it was about to pour out any second.

Oh, that's right.

He snickered.

I left right before it rained hard yesterday. I wonder if she got wet.

And why did she have to go home with that Sai guy anyway? Don't tell me he's her–

"-sori. Akasuna Sasori?," Hayate-sensei repeated impatiently. He had called his name for three times already. The red head found himself pondering deeply and long enough that he didn't even hear the tardy bell.

"Present."

Sasori's eyes landed on the unoccupied seat in front of him. She's not here.

"Haruno Sakura?" Hayate announced, mixed with a cough. Inaudible footsteps from the hallway grew louder and faster before the door swung open, revealing a panting Sakura.

"Present," she gulped and took a little more air into her system before stepping to her seat.

"Not much of a morning person?," Sasori teased.

She sighed. "I'd say an answer to a postcard," she turned her head, flashing him an exasperated facial expression. "I had to run to school!"

"Where's Sai to give you a ride?"

The pink haired girl raised a brow. "Excuse me?"

"That guy who looks like a corpse that you had to wait for yesterday."

"He's not my boyfriend," she giggled while waving an arm in front of her. "We had an art project due and we agreed on working on it together!"

"Aah, I see," he leaned closer to her and rested his head on his palm. "You're single then."

Sakura just chuckled. "Nani, why are you asking this?"

"A party." He then took a piece of paper and started scribbling. "On friday, for the newcomers. I don't know if you've already heard about it from the mobile invites but," he handed the piece of parchment to her. It had an address and number.

"I wasn't going to invite that Sai that's why."

"Neh, Ino," Sakura was holding a pair of denim shorts on each hand, one a little shorter than the other but was a little looser, while the other was a tad bit longer but would probably make her look curvier. Ino and Sakura decided to go shopping with their friend Hinata after school.

"Hm," Ino acknowledged while fixing her boobs under a dress she had tried on.

"Do you know about the party they were having for the new guys?"

Ino twirled around in front of the full size mirror and struck a pose. "Yeah, I got the invite on my phone yesterday. Did you, Hinata?"

The girl with long black hair shook her head sideways. She was covering herself consciously while slipping into a blouse, regretting to agree going into the same dressing room as Ino and Sakura.

"I don't think Sasori wants to invite taken girls," Sakura shrugged. "And since Hinata is dating Naruto..."

"Yeah. Wait! – " Ino approached her best friend and pointed to the zipper behind her back. "You know one of them?"

Sakura nodded. "Yeah, he's in my homeroom, English and Art."

The blonde's jaw dropped. "What?!"

Sakura was admiring the reflection on the mirror while holding a pose. "So should we go?"

The duo pondered for a while before smiling slyly.

"Why not?"

What do you guys think? Just a little spoiler: Deidara is going to be here too : I love me some Dei-chan X)) cant wait cant wait!