Sex Ed
Chapter 3: Acacia
Sakura put her red bento in front of herself. She turned her head toward the clock. It was noon; their only break time. "I thought we always went out to eat." said Sai. "I know we usually do. But their not letting us out for security reasons." Sakura rolled her eyes. The kunoichi heard a small grumble coming from Sai's direction. She knew where this was going. Damn her kind nature.
"I'll share my lunch with you Sai." Sai smiled. "Thank you, Sakura." Sakura gently placed the bento in between them. "Thank you for not calling me ugly." His smile quickly went away. "Don't push your luck ugly." Sakura's eyebrows scrunched together. Her smile took a turn in the opposite direction. "I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that."
Sakura untied the plaid cloth containing her bento. Opening the top lid of the bento she took out a pair of chopsticks. The top of the wooden chopsticks were carved with a few round flowers that had some huge thorns near it. The flowers type was unknown to her.
"Acacia. I remember seeing some of those on a mission once." The pink haired teenager raised her eyebrows and held up the chopsticks in between them. They looked just like some mediocre flowers to her. "Your body language tells me your not familiar with Acacia. It means hidden love or beauty of withdrawal." "Flowers have meanings?" "Your best friend is Ino. I'm surprised you didn't know that." "But their not even pretty." "A hidden love isn't always a beautiful thing." "And how would you-"
Before Sakura could finish her reply, Sai rudely pulled one of the sticks from her clenched hand. "It's okay, I can just stab my food to grab it." "What about the rice?" "Your right. That is a problem." Sai pulled out a kunai and used it to scoop up some rice. Sakura just looked at him in awe. "Some table manners he's got there." "He turned from his new meal to her. "In ROOT we were taught various survival techniques." "I'm not grossed out. I just wasn't expecting it." The pink haired ninja watched the painter eat."At least he doesn't talk with his mouth full."
Sakura put her elbow on the table and rested her other hand on her face. "You can just eat half first and then I'll eat." "Well, what do we have hear?" Aloud thud of two hands slamming on their table caught her attention. Once again, Anko Mitarashi was in front of their table to make their day full of sunshine and rainbows. "Why aren't you two feeding each other?" They both shrugged. "I suggest you start if you want to pass my class." Sakura clenched her fist under the table. "You have no idea how lucky you are right now Anko Sensei. Wait till this is over and I'll feed you my fist."
Sai grabbed a piece of food with the chopsticks and held it up to Sakura's lips. Blushing, she grabbed it with her mouth.
"Pedophile!" Sakura quickly turned her head to a stunned Sasuke. Her quick action caused Sai to miss her mouth; leaving a chunk of rice as decoration on her cheek. "I hope you know you just made a mess on your face." said Sai. "Ewwww." Sai turned to see what Sakura was looking at with such a disturbed look.
Anko had her tongue pressed to a scrape on Sasuke's cheek. The boy looked as if he had been flashed by Orochimaru. "At least it's not me this time." Naruto put his arms behind his back and leaned into his chair. "Don't push your luck." Anko smirked. Inner Sakura fumed inside of the cherry blossoms head. "What a slut! Thinking she can go about touching Sasuke!" "Now children, what was that considered?"
"Rape?" said Kiba. "No but close enough. You can have a piece of candy from the jar on my desk." Anko pointed to an old pickle jar full of candy on her desk. Naruto raised his hand and spoke. "What's up with the reward system?" "American schools do this often. Since this curriculum is technically American, I thought I'd try it out and see if it gets progress."
"What the heck is a tootsie roll?" Kiba sniffed it, scrunching his nose. He then held it up in the air with with a look of disgust. "It's the poor mans chocolate. Now take it and go back to your seat." Anko pointed to his designated spot. "Now everyone open your books, turn to page 18, and reread the symptoms of mental retardation."
The sun almost seemed to burst through the door as Sai opened it. "Finally! Freedom!" Sakura smiled to herself and tightly hugged Saia to her chest. Sai used his back to keep the door open. He stuck his arm out, as if to direct Sakura out of the door. "I'll be the one to be humiliated first." Sakura strapped Saia to the front of her chest. "How about we go get some ramen ugly? I mean Sakura." Sakura sighed and put her hands on her hips. "Sure."
"Sai, we just passed the ramen stand." Sai gently brushed his hand against Sakura's. The pink haired girl felt as if Gerotora or another one of Naruto's smaller toads were stuck in her throat. "I didn't say we were going to eat Ichiraku's ramen." "But what other ramen place is there? The only other restaurant in Konoha is Shushuya and Shushuya doesn't even make ramen."
Sai gave a smile. "There is none." Sakura quickly grabbed Sai's shoulder to put their walking to a halt. She gave his shoulder a tight squeeze, her feet planted firmly to the ground. "What do you mean there isn't one?" "I'm taking you to the next town to a nicer restaurant." "Then why did you just lie to me?" "But I thought women liked surprises." "It's not a surprise if you tell them."
Sakura put a hand on her hip and one palm on her face. "You really need to stop reading those books."
Sai's smile faded to a look of concern. "Which ones?" The kunochi signed, sometimes she couldn't help but think Sai was a hopeless case. "Let's just go to that restaurant or whatever it is already." Sakura handed Saia to Sai and the family went off.
"CLOSED FOR APRIL FOOLS"
"Closed for April Fools? What's that supposed to mean? I just walked two hours carrying a sack of flour for nothing!" The pink haired kunochi almost seemed to be bursting with anger. Sakura put her forehead against the window of the restaurant to peer inside.
The restaurant seemed to have a classy antique look. A sign on the inside indicated the restaurant was called Scarlett. The table cloths were a deep green that matched the chairs and curtains. On the walls were silver candle operas that were... lit? "I thought this place was closed!" Sakura thought to herself.
What really pissed her off were the smiling faces of the young couples in the restaurant enjoying candle lit dinners. Sakura's cheeks and forehead almost seemed red with her anger. The cold glass of the window seemed to have no affect on the heat radiating off of her face. Sai put a hand on her shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze for comfort. "Get your hand off of me before I rip it off."
He took his hand off of Sakura rather quickly. Almost as if her shoulder had burned his hand. The Uchiha look alike was not in the mood for being hit tonight, nor was he any other night for the matter. But tonight his pink haired teammate looked especially pissed.
"I don't get it! What kind of holiday is this? Is this just for locals?" Sai pried Sakura away from the window. He stood in front of her, blocking her view of Scarlett. "It must be. This is a different village with a different culture after all. I give you my sincere apologies Sakura."
Sakura grabbed Sai and slammed him against a brick wall that was apart of the restaurant. "Give me one reason to not hurt you right now Sai." A look of puzzlement was placed on Sai's face. "There's a hotel called The Hamilton that has a hot spring a few blocks away from here. It's a bit late in the night to turn back now. How about we just stay the night there?" Sakura gently placed Sai back to his feet. She gave him a big smile. "You are forgiven."
He gave no reply, the look of confusion still graced of his porcelain face.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Naruto to become the next Hokage?" "I doubt that's ever going to happen anytime soon." "Well duh! Take me to that hotel now!" Sai linked his hand with Sakura's and began to walk towards The Hamilton.
Sakura opened the redwood door to entrance of The Hamilton. "I could have held that open for you." Protested Sai. "I can take care of myself Sai." The pink haired teenager scanned her surroundings. The floors appeared to be marble, along with all of the counter tops. A crystal chandelier was in the middle of the entrance. The walls were painted a warm cream like color. The entire building seemed to have a simplistic style. But in a good way, yet it didn't wow her. Sakura was never one for simplistic style.
An elderly man behind the reception desk pointed a shriveled finger at Sakura and Sai. "Look Aya! It's Bella Goth and Edwardo Cullen!" His voice seemed to shake. Sakura's eyebrows raised to a look of confusion. The painter took a step forward.
Before Sai could make the correction, a teenage girl wearing a simple yukata with light brown hair walked up to them. "I apologize for my grandfather's comment. Please forgive him. He is very old." Aya gave them a respectful bow and then turned toward her grandfather.
"Grandfather! Edward Cullen sparkles! This boy does not!" "Oh my! You are right Aya! I'm sorry young man. What would be your name?" The black haired boy gave the old man one of his signature smiles. "My name is Sai. My girlfriend and I would like a room here for two nights please. " Sakura put a hand on her face and looked at the ground. Pink locks fell to covered her matching pink cheeks.
Sakura did not look directly at Sai as he handed some money over to the old man. Instead, her attention was focused to his reflection on the marble floor. "He just reminds me a little to much of Sasuke. That's all. "
I'm not going to lie to you like most fanfiction authors do. I've not been that busy throughout these past 6 months or so. But I don't want to give up on this story for the sake of wanting to improve my writing skill. I hope to write novels someday and I think this makes great practice. I'm thinking about revamping a bit of this story so it might be a while till I update again. But not as long as it took last time of course. Yeah, from my previous chapter I did take a joke from Mean Girls. I typically hate stealing jokes but I thought it was appropriate for that scene. In case I don't update before Christmas, I want to wish all of my reviewers and readers a Merry Christmas. Thank you so for your reviews!
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