Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. At all. Nope. Not me.

A/N: I've noticed that people have been commenting on how my chapters are too short. Well, as I've told some of you, I am sorry, but I just cannot seem to make them any longer. I'll try, but please, stop yelling at me about that. Also, I've changed some of my chapters a smidge, so you can check that out later if you want to. Also, this is the chapter where SAKURA SHOWS UP!!!!!!! WOO!!!!!!!

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Haruno Sakura snuck a peek at the boy a few seats away from her. She had heard about him as being the good-looking, gentleman-like, tough, new student at Konoha High.

She buried her face into her notebook as she blushed. They were right about one thing; he was good-looking. But what was with the sunglasses?

She shrugged it off. Who cares as long as the rest of him is hot?! She sighed a little sigh.

"Sakura? Sakura!"

Sakura looked up to see the teacher standing over her, looking impatient.

"Um, yes?" she asked, blushing sheepishly.

"Look, I don't care how cute the boys in this class are, pay attention," the teacher said.

There were some laughs from the other students. All except for the cutie in the sunglasses. He just looked at her, but as soon as she looked back at him, he quickly turned away.

Sakura raised an eyebrow. Was it possible that he was also the shy type? She doubted it, considering that he had been followed around all day, and then took out a quarterback and a front liner.

She returned to her textbook. She made up her mind; she had to meet him after class.

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Lee left the classroom, feeling very troubled.

All through the class, Sakura, his long time crush, kept looking at him and blushing. It seemed that she liked him - no, she liked Hideaki Takuto. She didn't even know that he was really Rock Lee.

And that was the reason why he refused to get into a relationship with her at this time.

Even though Naruto had told him that psychology was about tricking people into thinking something else, he didn't like the idea one bit, and the last thing he wanted to do was trick the girl he loved into thinking that she was going out with somebody else instead of him. If he couldn't win her heart honestly, then he wouldn't try to win it at all.

He sighed. I hate one-sided love.

"Hello."

Lee turned around. It was none other than Haruno Sakura. Speak of angels, he thought.

"I'm Sakura," she said.

"Hello, Sakura. My name is Hideaki Takuto," Lee replied.

Sakura cocked her head. "You look familiar. . . ."

Lee desperately wanted to tell Sakura everything, but he knew that if he did, it would ruin the boys' project, and according to Naruto, they would haunt him forever if that happened.

"I do not think that we have met before," Lee lied. For every time I lie to Sakura, it is one hundred laps around Konoha, he told himself. I am already up to two hundred.

Sakura shrugged her shoulders. "Anyway, I was kind of wondering if you want to go on a date with me sometime?"

"No, thank you," he answered.

"But why?" she asked, looking upset.

"I am sorry," Lee replied. "I just cannot."

"But you're totally cool!"

"And you are as beautiful as a newly bloomed flower," Lee replied, "but I cannot date you. I am sorry."

"But-"

"I am sorry, but I cannot go out with you," Lee said again. He took Sakura's hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. "It is not you, it is I."

Sakura stood there, looking upset. She let her hand slowly slide out of his. "I see." ( I would like to point out that Inner Sakura's throwing a fit at this time.)

She began to walk away. "Goodbye, Takuto," she said over her shoulder.

"Goodbye, Sakura," Lee replied.

Sakura stopped. "Oh, I wanted to ask you something else!"

"What would the question be?"

Sakura blushed. "If you don't mind me asking . . . why do you wear sunglasses?"

"Uh, well, my eyes are very sensitive to light," he answered as he adjusted them.

"Oh, thanks!" Sakura then ran off to her next class.

Three hundred laps around Konoha.

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A/N: There's a switch for ya! And just so you know, Takuto is pronounced with a silent "u". Please review!