Sasuke quickly grabbed Sakura's hand and pulled her next to him. He let go of her hand and wrapped his arm around her waist. Sakura blushed.
"Sasuke…what are you doing?" She asked, staring him down, terrified.
"Just go with it." He said, staring at Karin. Sakura knew Karin was going to target her, now. Ino's words echoed through her brain.
"Who the fuck are you?" She demanded from Sakura. Sakura glared, but didn't speak. "Hey, bitch, I asked you a question." She demanded again.
"I'm not obligated to answer any of your questions." Sakura replied. Sasuke's face was leaned against her's, trying to look intimate. She could feel him smirk against her cheek. This made her blush again. Karin opened her mouth to yell but Sasuke cut her off.
"Karin," He began "Fuck off." Karin's face went red with anger but she didn't dare test Sasuke. She stormed off, shoving a shopper out of her way. Sakura giggle. Sasuke leaned away from her face but he left his arm wrapped around her waist. Sakura stared at his hand holding her side. Sasuke realized he was still holding her and quickly pulled away, blushing. Naruto had been staring at them the whole time.
"Teme, you really shouldn't use Sakura-chan like that. Just to piss off Karin, I mean." His expression was serious. Sasuke glared.
"It's fine, Naruto! I don't mind. Really!" Sakura said, trying to break the tension between the two of them. Sasuke broke his stare and stared down at the table, looking guilty.
"He's right. I'm sorry, Sakura. I shouldn't have dragged you into this." He said, and looked at her expressionless.
"It's fine, Sasuke-kun! Really! I don't like her, anyway!" She exclaimed.
"Kun?" Naruto and Sasuke asked at the same time. However, Sasuke didn't mean to say it aloud. Sakura's face turned red.
"Um, I have to go!" She said. She sprang from the table and ran down the aisle.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto exclaimed after her. "But I was your ride here! How are you gonna get back!?" Sasuke leaped from the table after Sakura. "Sasuke! Where the hell are you going!?" Sasuke didn't respond. He caught up to Sakura and grabbed her arm.
"Hey! Wait!" He said. He pulled Sakura back, a little too roughly and she slammed into him. They both blushed. Sasuke regained his composure. He sighed, as if irritated with her. "I'll take you home." He said.
"You really don't have to! It's not that far of a walk." She said.
"Why are you rushing off, anyway?" He asked. She looked at the ground.
"Ino-chan said she wanted to hang out more." She lied. He stared her down. There was an awkward pause for a couple of minutes.
"Mn." He said. "Come on." He walked passed her and headed for the doors. She followed. They didn't say anything to each other almost the whole ride back to the dorms. As they arrived at the campus, Sasuke stared at the steering wheel. "You referred to me as 'Sasuke-kun' earlier. Why?" He asked.
"It-it was an accident." She lied, blushing. He sighed.
"Mn." He opened up his car door and got out.
"What are you doing, Sasuke-" She stopped herself from adding "kun" to the end of his name. "Aren't you going to go back to the mall?" She asked.
"I figured I'd walk you to your dorm room. I have to ask Ino something, anyway." He said. Sakura nodded. They walked quietly, to the floor of Sakura's dorm. "Mn…What dorm number are you?" He asked, with a sense of urgency.
"Um…15B. Why?" Sakura replied. She gave him a confused look.
"Mine and Naruto's dorm is three rooms down…" He said, and smirked. Sakura didn't know the dorms weren't segregated by sex.
"Oh. That's cool." She smiled. They entered her dorm room and Sasuke studied it, mainly for some reason her bed. Then he walked over to Ino.
"Hey, I need you to spend any of you unoccupied time with Sakura." He said.
"Ano, why?" She asked, looking slightly upset by the demand.
"Because Karin is going to be after her now." Sasuke said. Ino's temper flared.
"What the hell did you do to Sakura! It's only her first day here! What did you do!?" She screamed. Sasuke blushed for an instant.
"I didn't do anything." He glared.
"Fine." Ino steamed. Sasuke smirked at Sakura then left the room. Ino stared down Sakura, studying her every move.