World Turned Upside Down
Chapter 6
Forget about all the reasons why something may not work.
You only need to find one good reason why it will.
-SAKURA HARUNO-
I rolled my eyes at him as he walked to my lunch table with both of our lunches. I mean, what the hell does he want with me again? I'm supposed to eat with Ino and the girls...
He's trying to irritate me again, I guess. I glanced at Ino's table and then realized that all the girls were gawking at me. I instantly shifted my eyes back to our table.
Great. Now they think we're dating.
I bit my lip at the thought.
"Hey," He greeted when he sat in front of me and handed me my tray of food which consists of chicken barbeque with rice, milk in a tetra pack with an apple.
"Hey," I greeted back, glaring at him.
"What?" Uchiha asked innocently.
"What are you implying?" I raised my brow at him. "Are you playing games on me?"
"No," He returned my death glare with a smile. I almost vomited. "I just wanna talk to you."
"About...?"
"Just some random stuffs." He shrugged.
"I won't sign the contract with you playing nice."
"Whatever." The Uchiha rolled his eyes.
He's insane. I mean it. He changed. Big time. It all started yesterday when he fetched me home. I should've declined his offer. But, this wasn't the time to regret. It was over. That was done.
I looked down on my food as yesterday's happenings flooded on my mind.
"Here, dear." My Mother put his tea down our small table and gestured for Sasuke Uchiha to sit down in front of the table. He politely obeyed.
I almost facepalmed myself. What on earth was that guy thinking? Going in our small house and drinking tea with us?
I bet he'd laugh his ass once he gets out of here and then spread the word to our other classmates. Which sucks. Though I know everyone of them knows my status, but still... I don't wanna be behind every joke of them.
My parents then asked him about school and such, interviewing him with questions... This was the first time I brought a guy to our house. No. that sounded wrong. This was the first time a guy cared enough to drive me home.
That was new... And somewhat... sweet.
"So, how's my daughter doing at school?" My father asked which made me blink.
He stared at me for a short while and his eyes shifted back to my father. He can't say anything bad about me. I've been doing great.
"She's a smart and responsible student. Everyone simply adores her..." He smiled at me. His smile was something to look at. It was mesmerizing. "...Even me."
That made my eyes widen. It took almost a minute before I composed myself. My Mother laughed and my Father smiled at me.
"We're actually partners last week for a couple project." He admitted.
It was actually quite surprising to see him talk casually with my parents without even looking bored. His face doesn't even show the slightest hint of chagrin. Had the world gone mad?
Maybe I'm just not seeing him the way he really is.
But...
I sighed. It wasn't 'til almost sunset that I was the one to cut their conversations. "Mom, Sasuke's parents must've been looking for him, now." I pointed outside our mini window.
"Oh," My Mom exclaimed. "Sorry, dear. I didn't know we were chatting for so long."
"It's fine, ma'am." He laughed lightly. His laugh was mellow and pure. "I actually enjoyed it. Thanks for the tea."
They all stood up and we went to the door and watched him go inside his car and he waved. "Thank you, again." He then looked at me in the eye. "See you tomorrow, Sakura."
"Yeah, I guess." I smiled a little and waved. "Bye. And thanks."
"No problem." He smiled and started the car and sped away.
I closed our door.
Dad was already washing the tea cups and the teapot. "That was the first time we had fun with our teatime, right, honey?" Mom asked Dad.
"Yes," He nodded while washing. "He's polite and speaks straight to the point."
"Bring him again sometime eh, Sakura?" My Mom smiled at me and her eyes were quite sparkling.
I gulped and nodded. "U-Uh, y-yeah."
"Hey,"
I blinked. I was back to reality and I saw him wave his hand at me. "What?"
"Are you sick?" He asked, his voice seemed nervous. "Or you don't like the chicken barbeque? I could still refund it and exchange it for other food that you like..."
"No, no." I shook my head. "It's fine. I just can't take things through my brain."
"What?" He laughed.
"I mean, seriously? ! Why the hell are you doing this? If you're doing this for the contract, your efforts will be wasted. Trust me. I know what's right and what's wrong. And why do you have to pay for my food? I can buy myself one. And what's with you saying you wanna talk to me when you're not saying anything at all?" I can' believe I said that all in one breathe. I sighed.
He was staring at me. "I only understand the the's and the and's." He raised his brow at me. He looked like the young version of Zeus.
I sighed. "Just tell me what you're going to say so that we can get this over with."
"Won't you have something to say first?" He checked.
"Me?"
He rolled his black orbs. "Who else am I talking to?"
"I don't have anything to say except ask you what you want from me... Or maybe do you want me to say, get away from me?"
He shrugged and then looked serious. "What did your parents say?"
That was out of the blue. Unexpected. I looked down on my food and began eating 'til I heard his throaty laugh.
"You hate me that much?" He asked.
"Not really," I tried to smile. "Thanks for the food, though."
"You didn't answer the question."
"Well, they did say you're nice." I shrugged.
I won't tell him that my parents want him to come back. No way in hell.
"Nothing more?"
"Nothing more." I replied and took a spoonful of rice in my mouth, followed by a biteful size of chicken barbeque.
"I thought they want me to come back..." He stated and that made me almost spit out the food inside my mouth.
I quickly covered my mouth and was choked.
"Hey," He looked alarmed. "What happened to you?"
I swallowed hard and exhaled gusts of air. "N-Nothing." And shook my head hard.
-SASUKE UCHIHA-
I sneaked behind her as she walked her way to our next class. Glad she was alone, though.
"W-What? !" She was angry and startled.
"Nothing." I smiled as she fumed silently and sighed.
"Why don't you leave me alone?" She asked. "I won't sign that damn contract whatever you do."
"I just wanted to talk to you." I repeated. For the umpteenth time.
"And just get to the point already." She rolled her eyes.
I tried to say it. "Uh... I uh..."
"Wow." She remarked. "The famous Sasuke Uchiha stammers in front of me." She rolled her emerald eyes.
Now that I'm walking beside her, I could clearly see her face. She was beautiful. Not that beautiful as the other girls I dated. But she was beautiful in her own way.
Natural pink hair color. At first I thought that was a dye. But I heard it's natural. Green eyes. Thin lips. Nose of the right size. I mean, those girls might've already tried having a nose-job. Rosy cheeks. Just don't mention the forehead.
It just doesn't seem right.
"What are you looking at? !" She asked, pissed.
I grabbed her hair.
"Hey, what are you–?" She protested.
I just brushed her bangs in a way that her forehead won't be shown too much.
She now had one-sided bangs.
"There." I smiled. "Better."
She touched her hair out of boredom, I guess.
"Uh... It's weird to be polite..." She laughed lightly. "But... Thanks...?" Her voice was unsure which made me laugh.
I now noticed those passerby's. They looked at us like we're some kind of candy that was displayed on a candy store. Like they were those children outside the candy shop that had pressed their noses on the glass just to see what's new.
"So," She faked a cough. "What do you really want to say?" She felt odd, always touching her bangs.
I stopped walking and so did she. She stared at me quizzically.
I stared at her emerald orbs. "Will... Will you be my date for the Prom Night?"
Some passerby's around us gasped. They're eavesdropping. Great.
She looked so shocked. It took her two minutes to brace herself. "Um... I'm not going." She shrugged and started walking away.
"Why not?" I quickly walked beside her.
"I don't like... parties and stuffs like that." She made a disgusting face. "And I don't have a–"
I cut her off. "I could buy you a dress just for that night. Just be my date." I tried to look at her eyes again, but she's just staring in front of her, trying her best to ignore me.
Well, who on earth would ignore the handsome Sasuke Uchiha?
She would. That sucks.
"I said, no." She repeated and sighed. "I wasn't the girl who wears dresses and high heels. I'd rather die." She rolled her eyes.
"That was exaggerated." I pointed out.
"I don't care. I said, no." She shook her head once and looked at me. "Done." Then sped away.
God, what a girl. She was the first ever to get away with my pheromones at full blast. I mean, seriously, who wouldn't melt when the handsome Sasuke Uchiha will ask you to prom with his eyes staring at yours?
She wouldn't. Which sucks.
That girl...
I smirked. I don't have to rush. She's going to be mine soon enough, I know she'll accept the contract.
I like challenges.
-SAKURA HARUNO-
How dare he? How dare him ask me to the prom in front of so many people? Did he really think I would fall for that trick? I mean, seriously? !
No way.
I won't. I won't. I won't.
A palm waved in front of me.
"W-what?" I blinked.
"Sakura, you're still sitting there in a daze. Classes are over. Sir Gai just dismissed us." Ino rolled her eyes. "Are you even listening to him? Or were you just thinking of someone who has chicken-butt styled hair?" And she laughed.
"What?" I asked. "Chicken-butt... What?"
"Oh, nothing, dream girl." She tsked. "Come on, let's go."
"Uh, yeah." I nodded and gathered my things, throwing them to my bag, not caring if it looked like a giant pile of trash. I zipped my bag and threw it to my shoulders and walked out of the classroom, earning some stares from the boys and some glares from his fangirls.
"What, now?" Tenten asked out of the blue. She asked me, I think. Because they were all looking at me now.
"What?" I asked back.
"I heard he confessed to you..." Tenten checked. "If my sources are true..."
"Confessed?" I immediately shook my head. "He just asked me to prom."
They gasped. "Oh."
"What did you say?" Ino squeezed my shoulders.
"I declined, of course." I gave them the you-know-why expression.
"Right." Ino snorted. "But he kinda changed, you know... and I wanted you to be together." She squealed.
"Gimme a break, Ino." I sighed.
"O-kay." She mouthed.
"W-where are you going now, Sakura-chan?" Hinata asked.
Oh, maybe they'll walk me to my house.
"Home."
"No duties today?" Tenten questioned.
"Nope. My off." I shrugged.
We're near outside our gigantic school gates when a black car parked on my side and the owner of it, rolled its tinted windows down.
Not to my surprise, he's there again to bug me.
"Want a ride?" He offered with his freaking killer smile.
"N–" I wanna say no, but Tenten pinched me on my waist. I looked back and glared at her. She grinned.
"No." I finally said and walked ahead.
I heard him mutter to my friends, "Is she having a bad day?"
"I guess," Tenten whispered back. "Go."
Sometimes, I even think, Are they really my friends? Why are they pushing me to that player?
UGH. But I still love them to pieces.
His car stayed by my side, slowly moving with my pace.
"Just get in." He offered.
"I said no." I strongly argued.
"Okay, then. I'll just stick to your side like this 'til you reach your home." He snorted. "Or do you want me to get ahead of you and tell your parents that you're coming home so that they could prepare something for you?"
"No!" I yelled and the people around us stared at us. I saw him smile a little. "Okay, okay. I'm riding with you."
I glanced back and mouthed the words Sorry to my friends. They just smiled and nodded. I took a glimpse of him before going to the other side to get in. I saw him smile his devious smile.
He's such a creep.
I slammed the door shut.
"Careful."
"You could buy one again, if the door gets broken."
"Right." He nodded. "But I couldn't afford you to get hurt."
I stiffened at his words and glanced at him. I saw him smile a full-toothed smile at me.
"Right." I sarcastically remarked and he laughed.
It was a short ride. We reached my house within fifteen minutes. And I hopped out and my parents opened the door when they heard a car. My Mom's face broke into a smile. She's gaining weight. Her cheeks were wider than before. That's due to her pregnancy, I guess.
"Welcome back, Sakura honey." My Mom greeted. "And you brought him again." He smiled at the ever-feeling-handsome-and-very-egotistic-and-annoying Sasuke Uchiha. "Welcome back, Sasuke-san."
"You can just call me, Sasuke, ma'am." He smiled widely.
"Dear, bring out that small cake."
What? They prepared a cake for this bastard? Oh, my gosh. They were seriously bitten by Sasuke's tricks.
Oh, my.
We walked towards our door with my Mom still opening it. Sasuke let me in, first.
He was staring at me. I don't know why. And then, he shifted his eyes to my Mom.
What he said next shocked me.
Important question:
I changed the other genre of this fiction to "Family" because this all began 'cause of Sasuke's family matters. I just realized that "Hurt/Comfort" doesn't fit this. =.=
I actually wanted to put "Humor" but this wasn't even funny. XD
So, suggestions? I think "Romance/Family" was the best option I have. :)
Kindly leave it in the review. Thanks. :)
Author's Notes:
Yaay. I updated. I was actually planning to continue this tomorrow. But then, when my fingers started typing, I just couldn't stop. -.-
So... There. :)
I was actually a bit down these past two weeks. I did some bad thing at school, and I ended up "almost" suffering. and I really don't want to suffer. I regretted it. Seriously. Countless nights that I cried because of it.
And to make matters worse, within the same day, I saw a note. His note in facebook. About me. Obviously. I cried. I wonder what's wrong with this stupid heart. I thought I was over him already. UGGH.
So... Yeah. I was still having a bad week. and I think this'll last 'til I could see my grades. My grades were so precious to me. Because my Mom's expecting me to get high grades. And I always fail her. Ugh.
^ I sounded ranting. =.="
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~ LunarChan (09-13-11)