A/N: Hey all, thanks for the follows and favorites. ^_^ Feel free to R&R as well. I am trying to come out with a new chapter every week, at least that is my goal for now. I'm going to ACen next week so no promises tho.
A couple days had passed, it was Wednesday now. Class had just ended, students scurrying out of the classroom with their selective friends. Before Sasuke stood up to walk out with Naruto who was waiting outside the class, he turned to Sakura as she gathered her things, stuffing it all in her backpack.
"Hey Pinky, we should do our project today, or at least start it." He let a small grin pull the corners of his lips as she turned to him, a slight scowl on her face.
"I can't today." She said briefly before leaving the classroom with Ino. Sasuke just let out a long sigh before grabbing all his things and meeting Naruto outside the classroom.
"Hey teme! I forgot to tell you I have basketball practice today, so you're gonna have to wait since you are my ride." Naruto rubbed the back of his head and gave a nervous chuckle, hoping Sasuke wouldn't get mad that he forgot to mention it until the end of the day.
"Whatever, dobe." He stuffed his hands in the pockets of his shorts, and started walking towards the gym. "I'll just sit and do some homework while you practice." Naruto ran up next to him and they made their way to the gym.
After school:
Sasuke sat on the bleachers, finishing the last of his homework and listening to Naruto and the basketball team practice.
"Good job, Sai! That shot was good." Naruto grinned wide and then looked up at the bleachers. He noticed Hinata had come to see him practice and waved at her. "Hina-channnn!" he shouted, causing the whole team and Sasuke to look at her, and causing poor little shy Hinata to turn beet red all the while waving back at her boyfriend.
She took a seat next to Sasuke who was just putting away the last of his assignment that he just finished before she came in. He looked at her and nodded as if to acknowledge that he noticed her.
"W-what are you doing here?" Hinata asked with a soft smile gracing her lips.
"I'm the dumbass's ride home. So I have to wait for him." He leaned back on the bleacher, eyes watching as the team practiced. "What about you? I can't imagine you're here to just see him practice." He tilted his head just slightly to see her face from the corner of his eyes.
"I'm waiting for Sakura. S-she's my ride today. V-volleyball practice." Hinata turned her head to watch her boyfriend who was running from one side of the court to the other.
'Hm so that's why she couldn't do the project today.' Sasuke thought to himself. He started to stand up, grabbing his backpack and looked at Hinata. "Be back later." She looked at him and nodded in response to his statement. Sasuke started walking out of the gym and made his way to where the volleyball team practices, which is the gym across the courtyard of the school.
As he approached the gym he hears loud music, a song he is very familiar with. Now Sasuke had a wide variety of music he enjoyed. Practically everything except for country music. He couldn't stand the sound of it. Although if he had to say what he liked best it would be a wide variety of rock music. Anything from the 80's to current times.
He walked up to the door and opened it slightly to take a look as he listened to the song 'Panic Room' from Theory of a Deadman blare loudly. The next thing he saw was Sakura practicing her spikes on one side of the net with a bin full of volleyballs next to her. She wore her school gym shorts that stopped about halfway up her thigh, and her school gym shirt that was grey and said Konoha High across the front in black lettering. She had the sleeves tied up with rubber bands to make it appear more of a tank top. Her pink hair stuck to the back of her neck from the sweat as she hit another ball over the net with decent strength.
Sasuke made his way in once he noticed that she went to the other side of the net to collect the balls, throwing them back in the bin. Had the music not been so loud, she might have been aware that the male who entered made his way to where the speakers played the semi-obnoxiously loud music. He turned it down just enough so he could talk to her without yelling.
She picked up the last ball when she hear the music volume lower. Her heart jumped a bit before she turned to see who it was. When she saw who was standing by the speakers, her scared face turned into a scowl. "What the hell are you doing here?" She spat at him with an irritated voice. Sasuke started walking towards the other side of the court opposite of her. He just looked at her and smirked.
"Well I heard from a little birdie that you had volleyball practice." He snickered and brushed his fingers thru his midnight locks. "Didn't think you would be all alone, tho." He glanced at her waiting for an answer. But instead she spiked a ball over and him, having the reaction time like no other, received the ball easily, hitting it back to her.
She caught the ball in her hands and blinked a couple times, staring at the ground then looking up to glance at Sasuke. "Team left, I stayed to practice more." She scoffed and then hit a serve again over to him, and again he received it with ease. This time she bumped it back over the net to him, allowing him to set it over the net with a high ball. Sakura backed up then ran up and spiked the ball as hard as she could. It hit the ground hard next to Sasuke, leaving him a bit intimidated by the pure strength she had in that spike.
"Not bad, for a girl." He casually made his way up to the net and ducking under, only to make his way towards her. And before she could protest he spoke up. "Seems I learned something for our project." She just stared at him with a furrowed brow as if to question what the hell he meant by that. "Sakura Haruno, scary as hell with a volleyball in her hand." A quirky smirk crept up on his lips before he picked up the ball at their feet and holding it out to her.
For some stupid reason this made Sakura blush. She wasn't the type to do so, but the way he just smiled at her not only annoyed her but, made her blush? She was confused as why until her inner self decided now was the right time to say something. 'Ugh that smile is so sexyyyyy. Say something you idiot.' Instantly she snapped out of her daze that seemed long but really was only about five seconds. Her cheeks returned to normal as she looked down at the ball in his hands. 'Maybe he isn't a douchelord after all.' She thought to herself before speaking. "Is that supposed to be a compliment or..?" she questioned while looking at him now, grabbing the ball from him.
He looked at her, that smirk still set on his face. "Depends how you take it, I guess." He took a step closer making it so their body's were almost touching, nothing but the ball she held was between them. He leaned his head in, putting his lips next to her ear. "Sa-ku-ra-chan," He almost sounded as if he purred her name. "You're cute."
With that he moved past her and headed towards the door to the hallway, grabbing his bag. He did not look back at Sakura to see her expression, but her silence told him that she was probably blushing and shocked at the sudden statement.
He walked all the way back to where Naruto and the team were at. They all stood in front of the gym, chatting amongst one another. Naruto waited for him, talking to Hinata in the meantime.
"Where'd teme go?" Naruto asked his girlfriend, tilting his head and blinking his ocean blue eyes at her. And as if on que, Sasuke walked up behind him before Hinata could get a word out.
"Shut it, dobe. I'm right here. Lets go." He grabbed Nartuo by the back of his orange hoodie and started dragging him to his car. Naruto squirmed at the movement and then growled lowly at Sasuke.
"TEME! Get off me!" Sasuke let go after the statement and kept walking forward. Naruto turned around and scowled at his best friend. "Jerk. Where'd you go anyways?" Naruto raised an eyebrow in a questioning way.
"None of your business, moron." Sasuke didn't even look at Naruto, he just kept his attention ahead of him. As they approached the car, Sasuke noticed a head of pink about five spaces down from where he parked. Naruto looked where he did and a big grin spread across his face.
"Sakura-channn! Hi!" Naruto yelled and waved at her. She looked over and saw him, giving a warm smile and a wave back. Then she looked at the raven-haired boy next to the blonde. Her expression changed suddenly, he swore he could see her cheeks turn a faint shade of pink before she escaped into her car. Naruto just looked at Sasuke after she got in her car. "The hell was that all about?" Naruto sneered at Sasuke in accusation like he had done something to her. Sasuke just shrugged his shoulders and made his way into the car. Naruto went in after and looked at Sasuke with a scowl on his face. "Tell me, teme." He said firmly, demanding his best friend tell him what the hell was going on.
"Like I said, none of your business." Sasuke faced him, onyx eyes staring into cerulean before looking away once more.
"You like her, don't you." Sasuke widened his eyes momentarily then brought his eyes back to his best friend. "Admit it! You like Sakura-chan!" A foxy grin went from ear-to-ear, Naruto letting out a hefty laugh thru his teeth.
Sasuke just stared at him. Thinking if maybe his best friend had guessed right. 'Do I like her?' The thought crossed his mind before he answered his moron of a best friend. "Dobe, shut up." Was all he could say to avoid the question any further. With that Sasuke drove Naruto home and then went home himself.
At Sasuke's House:
Sasuke walked thru his front door of his huge house. As soon as he closed the front door he heard his phone go off.
'I bet it's the idiot, guarantee he left something in my car.' Sasuke thought to himself before he pulled his phone out and looked at the lock screen to read the message. To his surprise it wasn't Naruto. It was a number he didn't recognize. All the message said was:
Unknown: We can start the project tomorrow. My place or yours?
Sasuke had to think for a second before he realized what project it was, and who the unknown number must be. He answered back.
Sasuke: How did you get my number?
Sakura replied fast, not wanting to dance around the conversation she was trying to get at.
Sakura: Hinata. Now answer the question.
Sasuke: Yours is fine. I'll pick you up tomorrow and we can ride together.
Sakura: Fine. But if you're late I will kill you. (:
With that Sasuke put away his phone and smirked to himself. Seems his little act one the volleyball court was paying off.
