A/N: Hi everyone! Sorry I couldn't update sooner, but it's here now so please enjoy! :) Oh and before I forget, thanks to those people who reviewed the last chapter. ^^
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
::My Pink-haired Neighbour::
Chapter Three: Difference
"I wonder what my new school is like..." The beautiful teen thought out loud, rubbing her wet, pink hair with a towel softly. She walked over to the balcony and looked out. "Dad said all of the rich people attend this high school..." She groaned and dropped the towel on her bed. "I just hope they're not too bad... I can't stand arrogant people."
Her thoughts came to a sudden halt when her eyes landed on spiky, jet-black hair (which was oddly shaped like a chicken's butt at the back!). The corners of her mouth curved up in a small smile as she watched Sasuke's back disappear from sight. It was obvious he hadn't seen her because he had been looking at something (or someone) in his room.
"Sasuke... He was rather strange last night, but I can tell he's a nice guy." Her mouth lifted up in a cheeky smile. "Not to mention he's kinda hot!"
"Sakura! Are you speaking to yourself again?!" Sakura's mother - Mebuki Haruno called out from downstairs, causing Sakura to make the -_- face. "Hurry up or you'll be late for school!"
"I AM hurrying!" The pink-haired teen called back, rolling her eyes while rummaging through her clothes. "Hmm, where did I put my uniform?" She placed her hands on her hips, pursed her lips in a thoughtful manner and eyed her messy wardrobe with a small cringe. She would have to tidy it up this weekend...
"Sakura, be ready by another ten minutes if you don't want to be late for school!" Mebuki yelled again, causing said girl to sigh and slump her shoulders.
"I'm coming!" Sakura yelled back while shoving her clothes aside to reach out for her uniform. She quickly changed out of her pyjamas, ran the brush through her long pink hair and pulled it up in a messy bun (making sure to leave out her bangs). She took out her favourite pair of shoes along with her black shoulder bag, making sure to drop a few writing equipment inside.
The pinkette walked over to the mirror to check herself out. She rolled her navy blue, pleated skirt so that it ended slightly above her knees, tucked her short-sleeved white shirt under her skirt and wore a navy blue cardigan on top. She smiled and ran her fingers over the cute little pocket on the left side of her shirt (with the school's logo sewn beautifully with navy blue and black thread).
Her hairstyle made her seem lazy somehow, but she was satisfied with her look. The other girls who styled their hair and hid their true faces behind tons of makeup could ignore her for all she cared!
On the way out of her room, Sakura stopped by her dresser. She picked up an eyeliner and was about to apply it, but then dropped it back down and decided she wanted to look natural.
"Mom!" Sakura yelled, skipping down the stairs hurriedly. "Is breakfast ready?"
Mebuki's head popped out of the kitchen. "Yes Sakura, be quick! You only have five more minutes! Your dad is driving you to school and he'll be late for work if you don't hurry!"
Sakura nodded and sat down on the table, stuffing her mouth with food quickly. She gulped down a glass of orange juice, stood up and grabbed her school bag. "Bye mom, love you!"
"Love you too sweetie." Mebuki smiled brightly, pulling her only child in a hug and kissing her cheek lovingly. She pulled back to look at Sakura's smiling face and grinned. "Have fun at school!"
"I will mom, trust me..." Sakura rolled her eyes sarcastically and jogged up to the front door. She gave her mother a quick wave, turned around and walked out.
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The car stopped, causing Sakura to face her father with a bright smile. "Thanks for dropping me off to school dad!"
A smile formed on Kizashi's mouth. "No need to thank me my cherry blossom, I am your father after all!" He said, noticing his daughter's smile widen. "Now then, have fun in your new school, make new friends, but remember not to get too involved with boys... You never know if they are what they appear to be... Or what they really want!"
Sakura couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Thanks for the, uh... Fatherly advice and all, but dad! I'm grown up now! I think I can handle myself and tell good from bad and... You know."
"I know my princess, but I had to warn you again. Well, have a nice day, I have to go to work now." Kizashi glanced down at his watch with a small frown.
Sakura wrapped her arms around her father. "Thanks dad, I hope you have a good day!" She kissed him on the check, to which he responded by kissing her forehead affectionately. She opened the door and stepped out. "Bye dad, love you!"
"I love you too." Her father smiled before starting the car and driving away.
Sakura followed her father's silver car until it disappeared from view, before spinning around on her heels slowly and glancing up at the writing over the school gates:
'Welcome To Konoha High School'
'Great.' She thought. 'I hate being the new student at school.'
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Sasuke ignored the girls surrounding his table and tried to focus on his finished homework instead. He clenched his teeth in annoyance when their squeals and useless talking cut through his concentration. He looked up with a glare, causing them to stiffen.
"Leave. Me. Alone." He emphasized each word, hoping they would do as he said at least for once. The handsome boy kept his blank face on when they walked away one by one, although he felt surprised inside. It was the first time they had listened to him... Why? Was it because this time he sounded more threatening than those other times? Or was it because-
"Sasuke-kun."
The Uchiha scowled. That's why... It pissed him off to know that his stupid fangirls feared this slut over him. He hated this girl so much that he would rather have all the other fangirls come back and for her to disappear. At least the others knew not to cross the line...
Sasuke's jaw tightened when he felt hands snaking their way from his arms to his shoulders and around his neck from behind. He looked back with a death glare and pushed them off.
"Don't touch me." He snarled with an angry scowl.
"You know you like it Sasuke-kun!" The purple-haired girl cooed and moved to stand in front of his desk since the Uchiha refused to look at her. She grinned flirtatiously and leaned down, batting her mascara-coated eyelashes at him.
Sasuke simply ignored her by turning his head to the side. He frowned when he saw two girls staring at him with red faces.
"Naomi! Ayame!" The girl in front of his desk screeched, causing the two other girls to jump and snap their heads in her direction with wide eyes.
"What's wrong Ami?" They both asked at the same time, gulping in fear when said girl stomped up to them.
Ami glared. "What have I told you about ogling at Sasuke-kun?!"
"W-well it's n-not really our fault! It's his fault for being so incredibly ho - Ow!" The blue-eyed brunette's face twisted in pain as she clutched her side where the blonde had elbowed her.
"What Ayame means to say is that we were actually staring at Kiba who happens to be sitting right beside Sasuke-ku - Sasuke's desk. He's really cute isn't he?" Naomi explained with a calm face, relaxing when Ami rolled her eyes and strutted back to Sasuke's desk.
"Whatever, so Sasuke-kun..." Ami grinned, sitting up on top of his desk and running a manicured finger down his chest and tugging at his tie seductively.
Sasuke scowled and pushed her hand away. "I told you not to touch me."
"Aw, don't be like that Sasuke-kun!" The purple-haired girl pouted, making puppy-dog eyes at him. The Uchiha gave her a disgusted look, before standing up from his seat and walking to the front of the class. Ami nearly fell from the desk in shock as she stared after him. "Wha - Sasuke-kun! Come back! How could you just leave me like that?!" She whined, frowning when said boy simply ignored her and sat down in front of the teachers desk.
Sasuke usually liked to sit at the back of the class, but since Ami had taken his place, he was forced to sit in front of the teacher. 'At least listening to the teacher drone on and on is better than dealing with a pest like her.' He thought grimly, resting his chin on his folded hands.
"Hey, bastard! Why is it that whenever I see you, you're always gloomy? Why can't you be happy for once, eh?" Naruto asked loudly, slumping down on the seat beside his best friend/rival.
"If you were chased by stupid fangirls all day long, you'd be 'gloomy' too loser." Sasuke muttered in his cool and smooth voice, causing the girls (who were sitting close enough to hear him) to swoon dramatically.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at the raven-haired boy and winked at the girls staring their way (well, more like Sasuke's). "You're wrong Sasuke, totally wrong. If I were you, I wouldn't scare them away if they threw themselves at me like that! In fact, I would take turns dating and dumping each one of them! I mean, they're all so hot and it's such a shame to push all those beautiful girls away when they practically beg a cold-hearted asshole like you for one date! One date! What do they see in you anyway? They should all come to me instead, I'll make sure to give them a good time!"
Sasuke lifted his head from the table to give Naruto a glare. "Why am I so surprised? I should have expected an idiot like you to say something like that. I didn't know you were such a player Naruto..."
Naruto (who was swinging on his chair back and forth) nearly toppled backwards at Sasuke's remark and shot the Uchiha a small glare. "What?! Did you just call me a-" He stopped mid-sentence and grinned, causing Sasuke to give him a suspicious glance. "Of course you wouldn't like girls! I mean, how could you if you're gay?! Why hadn't I thought of it before?!"
Sasuke choked on his spit and snapped his head towards the blonde to give him a sharp glare. "Don't you DARE utter that word again..." He murmured darkly.
"What? That you're gay?" Naruto asked innocently, completely ignoring Sasuke's glares. "You don't want people to find out, right Sasuke? Oops! I meant Sasgay!"
"Naruto..." Sasuke warned, looking around the room. Thankfully, everyone was occupied and no one seemed to be listening to their conversation. It would be so embarrassing if some idiot heard and misunderstood the loud-mouthed loser!
"Sasgay! Sasgay! SASGAY!" Naruto chanted childishly, earning a punch on the head from the raven-haired boy. "OW!"
Before the boys could get into a fight, a silver-haired man walked through the door and stood in front of the class. Most of his face was covered by a dark cloth, leaving only his right eye exposed. He rubbed the back of his head, and Sasuke could tell he was smiling sheepishly under his mask with the way his dark eye crinkled. "Good morning everyone, sorry I'm late. I was helping an old woman cross the roa-"
"Liar!" Naruto stood up abruptly, sending his chair on the floor. He narrowed his blue eyes and pointed an accusing finger at their teacher. "You've been saying the same thing for the past few days Kakashi-sensei! We might have believed you if you had said something new today. Notice the 'might' sensei?"
"I truly am sorry class, it won't happen again-"
"You always say that-"
"-so if you're all here, I will now take attendance." Kakashi ignored Naruto and shuffled some papers in his hands. The blonde picked up his chair and sat down with a small glare directed at the teacher for being interrupted. Sasuke smirked slightly and sat up straighter.
The teacher had just finished calling out everyone's names and was writing on the board when the classroom door opened. Sasuke didn't bother to see who it was and began taking notes, writing in neat cursive letters.
"Sorry I'm late sir, I had trouble finding the classroom." A feminine voice apologized softly, causing all eyes to turn to her curiously (except Sasuke of course).
Kakashi stopped writing. "Aa, you're the new student, aren't you? No need to apologize, I was expecting you to show up sooner or later." He smiled and motioned for her stand in front of the class. "I'm your teacher, Kakashi Hatake. Why don't you introduce yourself?"
"Hm? Oh, okay... Good morning everyone, my name is Sakura Haruno-"
Sasuke's hand froze on the paper as he looked up at the familiar name, his eyes widening the slightest bit when he saw his neighbour standing there with a bright smile on her face.
"-and I'm happy to join your class." She finished, glancing down at her shoes and tucking a loose strand of pink hair behind her ear.
"Good, now that you've been introduced, why don't you sit down? You may sit next to anyone you'd like." The teacher turned back towards the board and began writing again.
"She's pretty, isn't she?" Naruto whispered (or tried to), nudging the dark-haired boy next to him.
Sasuke ignored the blonde and focused on the pinkette instead. Last night, when he had seen her, he had not been able to make out her features properly for lack of light, but now... His onyx eyes trailed from her unique (pink) coloured hair, down to her bright green eyes, over her cute little nose and rested on her full pink lips (with her lower lip being slightly more plumper than her top).
She was dressed in her school uniform with not a single wrinkle to be seen on her clothes, which made Sasuke think she was a clean and tidy person like him (although her hair was pulled up in a messy updo, not that it made her look bad or anything, but she had probably been running late since she hadn't spent much time doing her hair unlike other girls he saw...).
Sasuke couldn't help, but like what he had seen in her so far. She seemed different from other girls somehow... Maybe it was the fact that she had not blushed or tried to flirt with him when they met last night. Or maybe, it was the fact that she didn't bother with her appearance too much and went with her natural look. That was very rare to find in girls nowadays. But most of all, maybe the thing he liked about her most was the fact that she had treated him indifferently last night (something he never got from the female population, excluding his family and friends of course)...
He broke out of his thoughts when he realized he was staring at her, and was startled to see her looking his way with a small smile on her lips. She nodded a little in greeting, before continuing walking towards the back of the class and sitting down on the only empty chair (which, unfortunately for her, happened to be next to one of his jealous fangirls who most likely had seen him staring at Sakura).
Sasuke turned back towards the board and felt the corner of his mouth twitch up slightly. Yes, he decided, Sakura really was different from other girls...
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