A/N: OMG! Haha. Wow. I updated. Isn't that cool? Here it is!
Disclaimer: I don't own 'Naruto.'
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Chapter 3: Friend
The dismissing bell finally rang, signalling the end of the last class.
"Okay, so on Monday, I expect for everyone to have their assignments done. Mr. President, I want all assignments on my table after the assembly, got it? If one didn't pass or the papers are late, everyone gets a deduction of 5 points on the next quiz." That was Asuma-sensei's last instruction before exiting the room.
I obediently scribbled the notes on my diary, together with everyone else packing up their things.
"Finally! Friday!" Tenten exclaimed.
"Yeah, so where will we go?" I asked while arranging my books.
"I don't know. I want to eat. Maybe we can watch a movie or play volleyball."
"Sounds good enough for me."
I went to my locker, and Sasuke was there.
We're neighbours.
But why is he leaning on my locker?
"Hi?" My tone was unsure, what does he need?
"Hey." He greeted with a half-smile. Ugh, why does he have to do that? It's really hard to conceal a blush when your skin is pallid porcelain white.
"So, uhh, excuse me?"
"We've got a chemistry test on Monday." Okay, straight answer much.
"Yeah?" Oh. He needs tutoring.
He was about to speak when I interrupted him.
"Where will I tutor you?" I cocked my head to the side.
"Hehe, my place?"
"I don't know where that is." I haven't been to his house, he should know that.
"I know. Let's meet at Ichiraku's, say, lunchtime?"
"When." I inquired.
"Is Saturday fine with you?"
"'Kay. Can I get to my locker now?"
"Oh, sure. Thanks." He went to his own locker, which is by my side, and got his things.
"Is it okay with you if we're 3 or more?" He asked. Facing me. Gosh, if I could just block his face with a book or something…
"Sure. If you still can pay attention with a few friends." I really don't want to look at him. So I made myself look busy as if trying to search for something. I concealed my face.
"Cool."
He walked to his seat, and told his friends with the tutoring session.
I breathed out, relieved. I am going to tutor guys? Can I handle that? In the confines of a guy's home?
Sure, I can. I'll just bring Ino too. That'll help me.
It will help me see that he is head over heels for her, it will help him to be inspired, it will help her to…
Okay, I can't think of anything that will be her advantage, but there will be.
I checked my face on the mirror, and thank goodness, the blush has subsided.
Although the day is ending – in the school, that is – I'm pretty sure that things are going to slow down when I sit beside him.
You know the feeling that everything around you seems to move in slow mo? Yeah, it's like that when we're sitting together.
Ugh, this really is downright silly. I thought I was supposed to kill this crush? To cease its existence, to not make this harder in dealing with school.
But of course, what fun is school if I don't have some love action going on?
Maybe I can have a love interest, just not someone who's impossible to be interested in me. Not someone who absurdly adores your best friend and tells his stories to you about how he likes her, how feels for her, how he gets his stomach full of freaking stupid butterflies when he's facing her.
Definitely not that kind of someone. Not someone who's already emotionally taken.
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I was contemplating on ways how to get Ino to accompany me on his house for tutoring.
Surely, Doritos and barbecue-flavoured Lay's are not an aid. Not to mention Coke.
And a really hilarious chick flick. Our laughter can be heard in the whole house. I mean, mansion. And it's really hard to concentrate when you're with my friends.
With Ino and Tenten and their funny jokes and crazy imaginations, with Hinata and her all-too-innocent sniggering with pearl, wide eyes, and last but not least, with Temari and her keen yet comical observations.
The door opened and closed, and Hanabi's gem eyes were focused on the screen as well as ours, and also laughing her head off.
So in the end, it was a happy ending. So cliché. But I'm still laughing
Anyway, now that that's done, time to think of how to persuade Ino.
Hmm. I could pay her? Hahahaha.
I snigger at my joke, and Ino notices me.
"Hey, are you on crack laughing all by yourself?" Blondie taunted and chuckled.
"No, I was just thinking how to convince you to accompany me to Sasuke's."
Whoops. Gentle much.
She stops chuckling.
What the heck.
Why did I blurt that out? Goodness, I should practice shutting up.
"You see, he asked me to tutor him to his house…" I explain.
"And I said yes…"
"And I was wondering…if you could come with me?"
Oh God. Shut up.
"If it's okay with you but if it's not then that's fine with me."
Shut up!
"I can ask other chemistry geniuses out there."
Oh gosh, why am I not shutting up?
What is wrong with me?
"Sasuke's bringing, oh I don't know, maybe Naruto and Shikamaru…"
Why don't they have a tape in here?
It should be on my lips right now.
…
…
…
…
"Can you please say something?"
Oh good, all eyes on us now.
Not that I'm shy or anything, okay maybe a little.
Know why?
Because she simply does not like her admirer.
Sasuke.
Sasuke.
Sasuke.
Oh, should stop thinking about him.
Focus.
She's still thinking.
It sounded like I asked her out on a date. Hehe.
Eww. I'm not lesbian.
Gosh, if it takes her this much time to think about the answer for one question in a test, I swear she wouldn't reach half of my reviewers online.
Not that I get them perfectly.
Not that much of a smarty-pants too.
Anyway, gosh. I think I have short attention span.
I get too lost in my mind easily.
Is this normal?
Most of the time I think there's a glitch in my brain.
You know.
And I'm the only one person in the world who has that.
And scientists would study my brain and I'll become a lab rat.
Unless, I don't speak up.
And live the rest of my life normally.
Or try to.
But who knows, maybe in the other side of the world, unbeknownst to all the other living creatures out there –
"Hey, Saki, don't you want food?"
Huh?
Uh- oh.
One of my lovely best friends asked, with a mouth stuffed with Chicken ala King and then went back to the dining room.
I spaced out way longer than I thought.
I went to where everyone else was eating and got my own food. And there they were, minding their own business, eating.
Oh, and it looks like Tenten is on her second round.
"Thanks for calling me." I said as I take a seat across Ino.
"You spaced out." Thanks Hinata, I know that.
"A little longer than the usual." Piped Tenten.
"You are sooo weird. I mean, I just choose not to interrupt your moments."
"Yes, we all know I'm a little weird. Thanks, Ino."
Okay, enough with my peculiarity.
Everyone has his or her own oddness, right?
Right.
"Why didn't you guys call me?"
"Like I said, we choose not to get in your way when you're thinking."
"You said 'I' not 'we.'"
"Whatever."
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Okay, so I'm not really good in sports. Hehe.
Not everyone in the world is athletic.
It's just that I fall into the category that's less sporty, you know.
In other words, I kinda suck in volleyball.
But I really really want to learn.
You know, it seems like it feels so good to hit the ball when all of you are playing and you can return the ball back to the other team.
Oh well, we're playing now.
Tenten's good, she knows how to play.
It seems me and Temari are the ones who are having a little difficulty.
Hehe.
"So, I was thinking about what you said earlier before you spaced out, Cherry." Said Ino as she passed the ball to Tenten.
"And that would be?"
"About your tutoring."
"Oh. Well, just forget 'bout that."
"I'm in." She says mid-sentence.
And I wasn't able to hit the ball back because of that.
"Thank youuuuuuu!!!" I squealed as I darted to her and hugged Blondie.
"Hehe, I think it would be fun. Besides, you said Shikamaru was going to be there." She winked and we laughed.
Aww, I'm still not that used to our teasing but heart-warming friendship.
That was unexpected for her to say yes.
Oh well, Sasuke will surely like my little sweet surprise! (Not really little, she's kind of chubby. Hehe.)
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Dear Diary,
Hi! Haha. I kinda feel weird today. Is being happy weird? Yes. Because I'm not supposed to be happy. I'm supposed to be ceasing a pathetic existence called 'crush' but I can't since I'm going to be tutoring my crush tomorrow. With his crush. Irony much. I mean, c'mon. The heck. Something is definitely wrong with me. I've recognized that certain option but I just didn't want to choose it when I was thinking about my mental issues. So, I, Sakura Haruno, whole-heartedly embrace the fact that I am undeniably mental. There you go. So uhm, I'm supposed to be sad. I guess? I really just don't know what to do anymore. Can I just have a second to be a hopelessly normal teenager who is head over heels for someone who is clearly out of my league? I mean, you don't always end up liking the one who passes your standards right? It was an accident to have a crush on this person, okay? An accident. Accidents do happen. They happen all the time. You just don't know when because who knows the future? No one. So yeah. I am normal. These experiences are normal. I think? Oh well, enough of this. I'm getting a headache. Anyway, I got to go. So, bye and night! ;)
Love,
Saki
P.S. Oh, and I read my last entry again, and I just realized how funny I sounded. Stupid stupid stupid. Haha. I will get over this, okay? Just not now. It's complicated.
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