Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away

by les-belles

Sometimes, all we need is a kindred spirit. "Sakura wanted to scream at him, confront him fully with her anger and betrayal right there in the hallway, his neighbors be damned, but a part of her noticed the slump of Itachi's shoulders, the dark circles beneath his eyes, and it tamed her — for the moment." ItaSaku drabble-esque series. AU.

4. Thunder

Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away

Title: Thunder

Author: bleu-bella

Word Count: 369

Created: April 28th, 2009

Completed: May 1st, 2009

Updated: January 1st, 2011

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Uchiha Sasuke was too tired to deal with Uzumaki Naruto today. He had not slept well the night before, and he hadn't even eaten anything substantial yet. Alas, the two had put off their over-the-summer AP Government project for too long.

How did the dobe even get into AP Government?

It was a downpour outside, the thunder drowning out any other sound and the lightning blinding, so it didn't come as a surprise to the young Uchiha when the doorbell rang before he even heard Naruto's ancient orange truck coming up the road. Trudging down the stairs, he was rather surprised that the dobe didn't have his face pressed against the window- or had rung the bell repeatedly to hurry Sasuke up. Maybe today wouldn't be that terrible.

He opened the door.

He decided he was definitely not looking at Uzumaki Naruto.

"What?" he said, rather irritably, to the drenched pink haired- pink-haired- girl… Thing standing on the porch. She smiled at him. He returned it with a blank stare.

"Hi, I'm Haruno Sakura. Is Uchiha Itachi-san at home?" she asked politely, her voice light and smooth.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the girl. She didn't seem like a typical rabid Uchiha-loving female, but one could never be too careful…

"Sasuke." he turned to look at his brother, who was standing at the foot of the stairs, a folded blue towel in hand. "Naruto-kun is pulling up. Please allow Sakura-san to come inside." The younger boy shrugged his shoulders, stepping to the side so the Sakura girl could enter. He watched her skeptically as she slipped out of wet shoes and took the towel from Itachi with a quiet "thank you," following him into the kitchen.

"Hoy, teme!" Sasuke's attention returned to the outside of the house, where Naruto was running towards the front door. The tall blonde crossed the threshold, running his hand through his slightly damp hair. Sasuke shut the door behind Naruto and headed back upstairs, pausing slightly so Naruto could catch up.

"Sasuke, who was that girl that came in here?" the blonde asked. The dark-haired teen rolled his eyes. Typical Naruto and his one-track mind.

"Dunno," he responded. "Let's just get this project done."