"Hurry up Sakura, you're going to miss the bus !" The pink-haired girl quickly threw her toothbrush in her bag. "Yeah I know, I'm coming !" She closed her bag with a quick tug before checking herself in the mirror and running downstairs. Her parents smiled at her while she barely kept herself from tumbling off the stairs, then widely opened their arms to give her a family hug.
"Take care of yourself" She heard her mother mumble in her hair, and Sakura grinned as she pulled back.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." After a kiss on the cheek to both her parents and a quick stroke over her dogs head, she was forced to leave and pulled her heavy bag behind her while she walked out of her cozy house. Emerald Beach, here I come !
"Ah, Sakura ! Are you ready for a trip full of boys, boys and more boys ?" Sakura smiled at her friend, who shook her head in playful disapproval.
"Yeah, you're definitely going to flirt up every boy you see on that beach" She grinned while she threw her bags in the bus trunk. Ino scoffed dramatically. "Not every boy ! They have to at least have a six pack, and a pretty face. Dark hair is preferred, but that's still negotiable."
Sakura chuckled and the blonde quickly followed. Her eyes fell on a certain 19 year old leaning against a wall a few feet further, and Ino grinned when she saw her staring.
"I guess you're not going to follow my example in that, since you only have eyes for our beloved Uchiha Itachi" Sakura blushed when she saw said man look up, and hoped he hadn't heard her friend's words. Although that was probably impossible, with all the noise from their laughing classmates surrounding them.
"Shush, you !" She mumbled through her teeth and Ino grinned even harder. "Go talk to him, I'll entertain myself." Ino said with a wink before she pushed Sakura in his direction and turned on her heel, on her way to Tenten and Hinata.
Sakura shyly approached him, and he smiled when he saw her coming.
"Itachi-kun" She simply said when she stood in front of him, the small smile that she couldn't hide around her lips.
"Sakura." "Here to say bye to Sasuke ?" She asked, and Itachi nodded. "Yeah, but I already saw him. I was waiting for you, but you didn't notice since you were with your friend."
Sakura blushed, he could be so charming with such normal words.
"Ah, thank you" She muttered as she looked up at him, he was a lot taller. Itachi chuckled. "No problem, I wanted to. You're leaving in a few minutes I guess ?" She smiled wider. "Yeah, when the teachers come out we're leaving. That'll-" "Come on, guys ! Everyone's ready, yeah ? Okay, to the busses, we're leaving !"
Sakura turned to look at the teachers who were gathering everyone, and sighed. "Yeah, I guess I have to leave already. I'll see you next week, ne ?" "Sure, bye !" They both smiled before Sakura turned around. She was about to reach her friends when a hand grabbed her wrist and she turned around, surprised. Itachi looked her in the eyes.
"I- Itachi-kun ?" She asked and Itachi smiled, before he lowered his hand from her wrist to her hand and loosely entangled their fingers. Sakura blushed heavily from the intimate contact.
"Sakura-I.." He paused and rearranged his sentence. "When you come back, would you want to go out sometime ? Just the two of us." Sakura felt her heartbeat increase tenfold and the sudden urge to scream on the top of her lungs, but complimented herself in her mind when she didn't.
"Yeah, I'd love to" She responded with a happy smile which Itachi immediately returned. "Okay, I'll be waiting. Now go ahead or they'll leave you behind" He chuckled as the pink-haired girl turned around in shock, and yelled a 'Bye-bye !' before she barely made it to the bus on time.
Arriving at the hotel, Sakura got the key to her room and immediately went hoping Sasuke wasn't there already. He was.
She sighed heavily when she saw him unpacking, but felt relieved when she noticed that the school at least had the decency to give them separate beds. Which was normal, but considering everything she had went through with this brat she didn't dare think of anything as 'normal' anymore. There was only one closet, one desk and one bathroom, so she assumed they had to share.
Sasuke glanced at her while she sat on the other bed and threw her bag on it. "You're still talking to Itachi." He asked, more like stated, while he got up and put his clothes in his side of the closet. Sakura looked up from her bag that she was opening, and stared at his back.
"Yeah, in fact: He asked me out on a date just before the bus left." She said it carelessly, but laughed evilly in her mind and anticipated his reaction. The pink-haired girl turned away and filled her nightstand, as if she hadn't just said something she knew angered him.
"What ?!" He hissed and he threw the closet door closed as hard as he could. He turned around and stared at the seemingly oblivious girl. "Are you fucking kidding me ?"
Sakura couldn't hold back a mischievous grin as she tried to look up innocently. "Is there something wrong, Sasuke-kun ?"
Sasuke clenched his fists in anger. "And what did you say ?" He asked through gritted teeth.
"Yes, of course. I was really happy" She smiled at him for added effect, because it would definitely piss him off even more.
"You, seriously" He angrily began but held it back and turned around, to walk into the bathroom. "I don't get him at all, what the fuck is wrong with him" She heard him mutter before he slammed the door closed. Sakura laughed darkly, she was extremely satisfied with the outcome of things.