Tuesday

Sasuke, Naruto, Neji and Shikamaru were sitting on the grass, smoking a little bit before class.

"That thing yesterday was sick! Karin exceeded the limits," Said Naruto, as he picked up the cigarette.

Neji and Shikamaru agreed silently. While Sasuke… well, Sasuke react on his own different way.

"Can you stop talking about her? I'm sick listening things about Sakura," He said, in a very rude way.

"Hey, buddy. Take it easy. Why you are reacting that way?" asked Naruto, concerned.

"Why people insist saying that I'm acting strangely? I'm fucking Sasuke. I'm still the same," With that, and leaving space for no conversation, he got up and started walking away from his friends.

"He is so strange…" Whispered Naruto.

And again, both Neji and Shikamaru agreed silently.

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While that happened

Sakura had just arrived to school. Today she was meeting with her new friends, Temari, Tenten and Hinata.

"Hello Sakura! Good morning!" greeted Tenten.

"Good morning girls. How are you doing?" questioned Sakura.

"We are good. But… what about you?"

"Oh… Don't worry, Temari. I'm… fine…" Answered the pink hair girl.

"I'm s-sorry to say this, Sakura-chan. B-but I can see that you're not that okay." Stuttered Hinata. She was right. Sakura wasn't fine. Yesterday was so emotional for her, that even a day after she couldn't stop thinking about what had happen.

Temari, seeing how sad Sakura was, said: Girl, don't worry. We got your back. And if that bitch wants to do something to you again, she has to beat us first.

"That's right!" Confirmed Tenten.

"Thank you… You're so awesome… But, do you hate Karin?"

"Do we hate her? That stupid girl made our life a living hell a couple years ago," Said Temari.

"Really; Why and How?" Asked Sakura.

"She just likes to h-hurt the other people. With n-no reason whatsoever," Hinata said shyly.

"Yes, she made fun of us every single day. Until one time that she had no such luck."

"What did you guys do to her, that time?"

"We just stood up for ourselves. We understood that she is the bitch."

"Whoa, that's… impressive," Stated Sakura, admiring her friends.

"That's right. And we," Said Tenten "are going to 'teach' you everything about beating up Karin's ass." At first, Sakura didn't know what to say. But then, she smiled. A pure and genuine smile.

"Thank you so much. I will make sure that I learn everything that you teach me about how to kick her ass."

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Another school day was over. All the students were heading to their homes. But, Sakura, decided to stay a little bit more at school. She just hated to be at home.

Her life was hard… Her mom passed away when she was 5 years old. And her dad… well… her dad was drunk, psycho and stupid. When Sakura comes home, her father is already drunk. And, when he is on that state, he loves to yell at her, saying that she is a bitch and useless. He has never beaten her up, but sometimes, he looks like he wants to kill her. That's the reason why Sakura wanted to stay here, a little bit longer.

She closed her eyes, trying to forget about how her life sucked. But, she heard something that caught her attention: steps walking on her direction.

She opened her eyes, to see Uchiha Sasuke standing in front of her. She literally jumped.

"Ah… Hey… Sasuke," she gasped out. He didn't say anything. He just stood there, looking at her. She got up, and looked at him too. They didn't say a thing, they were just locked on each other's eyes.

"Why…?" He asked "Why… are you like that?"

"What? I'm sorry... I didn-," but she was cut.

"Are you trying to make me think?" He continued, without hearing what she was saying.

"Make you think? No, I-," but she was cut, again.

"Are you trying to make me mad?"

"Sasuke, I don't under-,"

"Are you trying to make me… confused?" Now, he wasn't looking at her. Sasuke had his eyes locked on the grass, and he was clutching his books.

"Are you okay? I've never seen you like that…" She asked.

"What?" He almost yelled, now looking at her, with a look of hurt. "Do you think you know me? Do you think you can say something like that, to me? You. Are. So. Wrong." Sasuke had so many emotions inside of him. He just didn't know what the hell was going on with him. He was hurt. Sakura just couldn't stand seeing him like that. So, she followed her instincts: she hugged him. At the beginning she put her arms around his waist, very softly. Because she didn't want to scare him or to be rejected. But, his actions surprised her: he hugged her too. But his embrace was so strong, like he was afraid of losing her, or something. Sasuke put his head on her neck. He was so embarrassed for his actions, but right now he didn't give a damn.

Sakura began stroking his hair, and then she whispered directly to his ear: Shhh. Don't worry. Everything is gonna be okay, Sasuke… Believe me.