Here's the third instalment of my Sasuke high school love story. Please review and tell me what you think of it so far. I would dearly love feedback!
The day dragged on but the end of school finally rolled around and Yuki reluctantly made her way to detention, a pout on her lips and feet practically dragging against the floor. As she opened the classroom door, a barrage of noise hit her ears.
"Kiba you stupid mutt, this is all your fault!" Naruto yelled as he faced off with the hot-tempered dog loving boy.
"The hell it is!" Kiba retorted, glaring at the blonde. "You started it!"
"Yeah and it looks like I'm going to finish it as well!" Naruto declared, getting ready to pounce.
"Just shut up and sit down, both of you." A voice sighed from behind them. Yuki craned her neck around Naruto and was surprised to see Sasuke sitting in one of the chairs, rubbing his temple in exasperation.
Naruto turned to look at the raven haired teen, a pout on his lips. "But Sasuke!"
Sasuke glanced up and pierced his friend with a dark look. "Sit. Down." The blonde teen reluctantly obeyed his friend, his pout deepening as he made his way to his desk.
"Ah, is this all there is today for detention?" Yuki turned her head to see Iruka standing behind her. "Naruto and Kiba. Here again eh? Well, that's no surprise. But I didn't expect to see you here Sasuke."
"Hn. I was trying to break these two idiots up but Yamato-Sensei decided to give me a slip as well." Sasuke replied. He really didn't look happy being there, and it made the brunette smirk a little.
Iruka clapped his hands together. "Right! Yuki, if you'd please go find a seat we'll then get started." He waited until she was sitting down before perching at the corner of his desk at the front of the room. "No phones during detention. If I see them I will confiscate them until the end of the week. You are to do your homework until I tell you to go."
Yuki raised her hand and Iruka motioned for her to speak. "Iruka-Sensei, I don't mean to sound rude but you do realise this is going to make me miss my bus, right? I got a detention for being late to class because I missed the bus. Isn't this kind of hypocritical?" Ha. She inwardly fist pumped herself for her smart thinking. How is he going to reply to that?
Iruka pinned the girl with a look. "No Yuki, it is not. You managed to walk to school fine, I'm sure you'll manage the walk home. Maybe this will help you to remember to be outside on time for the bus from now on." So much for my smart reasoning. Yuki pouted and rested her head on her desk. Maybe she could sleep the time away. "Yuki," Iruka warned. "Homework." The girl groaned but pulled out her equipment. The sooner she got it over with the better, she supposed.
Iruka finally dismissed the four of teens and Kiba and Naruto immediately raced out the door, pushing each other as they went. Yuki took your time in packing her schoolbag before standing up and saying goodbye to Iruka. Sasuke was already waiting at the door and he opened it for her, motioning for her to go through first.
Yuki glanced up at him as she passed, surprised by this thoughtfulness. "Thanks," she mumbled.
"Don't need to sound so excited." Sasuke retorted, smirking at the girl. He started walking beside her as she made her way to the front of the school.
"Sorry, was that not enthusiastic enough for you?" Yuki asked, looking up at him once again. She plastered on a fake grin and said in a fake, high-pitched voice, "Thank you so much Sasuke, you're so kind! Just let me swoon at your feet!" Yuki fluttered her eyelashes and pressed the back of her palm to her forehead dramatically.
Sasuke shook his head, chuckling. "That's going a bit too far, don't you think? Girls don't actually swoon over me, do they?"
Yuki raised an eyebrow at him, ignoring the shiver coursing up her spine at the sound of his laugh. "You know girls swoon over you. Don't play dumb."
"You don't." Sasuke stated, looking at the brunette pointedly.
Yuki smirked up at him before increasing her pace. "No, I'm not taken in by your handsome, mysterious ways. Besides, you're a… well, I just don't see what the big deal is."
"But you do think I'm handsome." Sasuke smirked.
"N-no, I never said that!" Yuki stuttered, flushing at her foolishness. Did I really just say that?
Sasuke's smirk widened at seeing her flustered. "I think you did."
The brunette glared at the Uchiha, marching forward to get away from him. "Whatever Sasuke, don't be so full of yourself! You're not that great." She made it outside and started towards the stairs, sighing. She really didn't feel like walking home.
"Yuki," Sasuke called from behind her. "My brother is coming to pick me up. We can drop you home on the way."
Yuki turned to face him, still glaring. "Why would I want a lift from you? I don't like you!"
Sasuke's eyes pierced her. "Because I'm an arrogant, conceited jerk. Right?"
The brunette's eyes widened as she stared at him. Did he overhear the conversation she had with her friends at lunch? Why did Yuki feel bad knowing that Sasuke knows how she feels about him? And was that… hurt in his eyes? Why would he be hurt?
Yuki's eyes hardened, ignoring the guilt flowing through her. "What? Am I supposed to say sorry? You shouldn't be eavesdropping on other people's conversations."
"It's not eavesdropping when you're speaking loud enough for me to hear it clearly." He retorted, glaring back at the girl.
"Whatever." Yuki turned her back on him and started walking away. "I'm going home. Goodbye Sasuke." She forced herself not to turn back to look at him. Why did he have to look like at her like that? Surely she had imagined it. Sasuke Uchiha would not care what I think of him. So why did Yuki feel so guilty now?
The week passed slowly without any more encounters with the young Uchiha. Yuki still felt guilty over what he'd heard but she couldn't figure out why. So what if he knows that the brunette didn't like him? She shouldn't care. So why did she?
Friday rolled around, and with it the rain came. Sports was moved inside for the day and Yuki hoped Asuma-Sensei would be lenient and let her have a break from the class for once. Physical activity was not her forte.
"Oh come on Yuki," Tenten laughed as she changed into her sports clothes, her voice echoing in the girls' locker room. "Don't be such a stick-in-the-mud. Where's your youthful spirit?"
"Augh, you sound like Gai-Sensei," Yuki groaned, begrudgingly changing her clothes as well. Hinata just smiled at her two friends and made her way out, already changed.
"Hurry up in there or you'll be doing laps around the auditorium!" Asuma called.
Yuki sighed, stuffing her feet into her running shoes. He was definitely not going to be lenient today. The brunette glanced at Tenten who was bouncing on the balls of her feet, grinning at her. "Ah, cheer up Yuki, you'll have fun." Making a face at her now retreating back, Yuki hurried to catch up with her.
"Right," Asuma boomed when everyone was out and standing in a straight line in front of him. "Because it's raining today and we can't go outside to play soccer, I've decided on something you should all enjoy inside. Dodgeball!" The whole class whooped at this, which hid Yuki's groan of disappointment. Dodgeball was so not fun. Not when you had people like Naruto, Kiba and Tenten in the class who took the game way too seriously. The last time Yuki played this she got a bruise on her back that lasted for two weeks!
"Shikamaru and Sasuke, you'll be team captains today." Yuki heard Shikamaru's grumble of 'this is such a drag' as they made their way to the teacher and she smiled. At least she wasn't the only one who disliked this class. Asuma held out a penny when the boys were next to him. "Alright, call it in the air Sasuke." Asuma flipped the coin and Sasuke chose heads. "Heads it is. Sasuke, you choose first."
Sasuke scanned the crowd, looking bored. "Naruto." He decided, looking at the blonde teen bouncing up and down as he waved his arms in the air. Naruto whooped and ran over to Sasuke, punching him lightly in the arm as he went to stand next to his friend.
"Tenten," Shikamaru sighed, not at all enthused about being team captain.
Yuki figured Sasuke would choose Kiba, seeing as though he and Naruto were two of the best at dodgeball, but she was surprised when his eyes stopped to focus on her. "Yuki,"
The brunette was shocked. She was never one of the first ones picked. Usually the brunette was one of the last as she had no natural talent at sport. Frowning, the teenager made her way to stand beside Naruto, ignoring his questions to Sasuke as to why he'd picked her.
The rest of the teams were picked one by one. At least Hinata was on Yuki's team, though she was probably worse at this game then the brunette was. She didn't like hitting anyone, even though it was the object of the game. As soon as the bell went off, Kiba pegged his ball at the poor girl, almost knocking her over.
Yuki turned to glare daggers at the mutt, furious. "What the hell Kiba?"
Kiba just grinned at her. "What? It's how the game goes. The weak get picked out first."
"You don't have to be so violent about it, you prick!" Yuki pegged her ball at his face with the intent of smashing his nose but he ducked away, laughing.
"Oi, calm down. It's just a game!" He chuckled.
"Oh, I'll give you 'it's just a game'." The brunette growled. "You are so going down for that!"
Yuki felt pumped now to play this game. She was going to take that mutt down no matter what! The opposing team's numbers quickly dwindled as Yuki and the others took them out and she smirked triumphantly when she managed to smack Karin between the shoulder blades.
"You're out Karin!" Asuma announced from the sidelines. Karin glared at Yuki but the brunette just grinned back, pleased with herself. Out of nowhere a ball came hurtling to her, only to be knocked away by another ball in mid-air. Yuki glanced over to see Sasuke, two more balls at the ready.
"Focus." He stated, before turning and lobbing a ball at Sakura.
Yuki huffed in annoyance before finding Kiba and sneaking up behind him to deliver the winning blow. She smiled to herself and lifted her ball to strike when Kiba ducked. She didn't have time to duck at the ball speeding towards her face.
The brunette's eyes widened, too late. "Oh sh—".
Gasp! What's going to happen? Stay tuned to find out! :D
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