(Ok, well this is mostly an explanatory chapter of why Sakura puts up with everything Sasuke pulls on her. I am sorry if holy nice characters arent of your likes, but her character is that way. and the Sakura in this story have the same fetish. The desire to turn jerks into good guys. xD Classical girls, if you want. Anyhow, it is a slow and boring chapter, the plot doesnt move much in it. Either way, hope you enjoy it!!)
Chapter 7: When Love And Hate Collide
Sakura was wondering why Sasuke found such a sick pleasure in torturing her heart and mind so codly.
The agony of the unknown reason poisoned her more than the hurt itself.
If she had done something bad to him, or he was treating all girls like that, she could get it somehow, and even justify his actions.
But no, he didnt even go close to other girls, so it was impossible that he had similar affairs with others without her knowing.
It drove her crazy. She needed to know why, why , why.
Although she had talked with friends in the past around the fact that people were jerks and she always tried to find a reason for someone to be mean and cruel.
But her friends would always repeat to her that people didnt need a reason to be bad. They were pricks, like that.
But even till now, her mind couldnt figure this out.
She always thought that for everything you do, you must have a reason. Even if it is a stupid one.
But she couldnt believe such actions could be caused without a motive, without a factor behind it, enforcing all the cruelty coming out of a person.
It just wasnt possible in her mind. But that was probably because she had a good heart, as she had been told many times by the people who got to know her well in her 15 years so far.
And in all of her insanity to find out the reason he was being a mean jerk to her, she drawned her pride and allowed herself to assume he was being like that because he had strong personal problems in his house or in his life in general.
And she felt the worry feeling kicking in, the saviour complex all girls have, the need to help him out of this situation. To change him and make him a better person.
To help him overcome his issues.
Yes, she would try and help him and in the end he would love her for it.
She would go through all the torture hed impose her to, and she would make it victorious, having given to him the good example of how to be a good person.
She loved him that much, at least thats what she thought in her teenage foolishness.
She slowly walked out of her room, trying to smile again as she had promised to herself a week ago.
She went down the stairs only to find her mother in the kitchen, drinking a glass of water.
She still had her coat on, so Sakura thought she must have just got back from work.
Once her mother saw Sakura, she fast let down her glass and looked at her in a deadly frustration.
''Where the fuck have you been this weekend? Huh? You ungrateful brat!!!I should have kicked you out long ago instead off working my ass off for you. Just to give you everything you want!''she said in disgust as she started walking towards Sakura, anger leaping out of her glare.
Sakura had left a note at the fridge, saying to her mom how shed be with the girls, for two days but apparently she hadnt seen it.
Sakura looked over at the fridge, the note was still there, untouched.
She focused her glare back at her mom.
She had been away working for the weekend too, but she had dropped by the house a few times, during the work breaks only to find Sakura missing each time.
Sakura gave her a pissed look.
''I left a note, okay? And why do you even care?Werent you busy with your work, all the weekend? ''Sakura asked rolling her eyes in frustration.
''And by the way, I had my cell phone with me the entire time and I didnt see bothering to call and check me out.''she said, bitter.
She knew deep down that her mother didnt care she had been away all weekend long, but she had her nerves from work and she just needed an excuse to get them out on Sakura.
She knew her far too well to fool her.
''Just shut up, you spoiled kid!!!I am stuffed with your irresponsible behavior. Next time, this happens, I am going to cut you off the pocket money, entirely.''she said, shaking her hand in awe.
Sakura rolled her eyes.
Talk about responsibilty, she thought but she didnt let it out as she was in no mood for a bigger fight right now.
''Like, I'd care.''she only said stubbornly and she turned around, running up the stairs pissed.
She entered her room and slammed the door behind her in nerve as she locked it and took on doing her homework to get her mind of her personal troubles.
God, that woman really had a way to ruin it for her. She never bothered her or annoyed her.
She let her do her famous dating crazy life and night hang overs without meddling or complaining as any other sane kid would do and still she had the nerve to talk to her about responsibility.
She had a bad day at work. So what? Every time she was having a bad day, Sakura was the one to confirm it.
Tears of frustration started bottling up at her eyes. Why was she everyone's punching bag.
Her mom took her own issues out on her. Sasuke did too. Why did everyone like so much pushing her around till she broke?
She felt like she really needed her nice dad , right now. He was the only person in her family that she felt like he understood her and love her in an unconditional way that he showed in an adorable manner whenever he came to visit her.
It wasnt the big amounts of pocket money hed give her, nor the ice creams and the infinite strolls and rides at the theme park. It was his smile, his laughter, the caring embraces he'd gift her with when everything else seemed so dark and dry in her teenage life.
It was his soft voice, always calm and soothing. It was his kind, concerned eyes and the bitterness at the side of his smile, whenever she talked about mom and how she wanted them to be together again.
It was….it just was that she needed him.
The only man in her life so far, that had loved her trully and would kill anyone that hurt her, as he had promised her when she was 6.
She smiled at the memories of him. She slowly wipped her tears away from her wet cheeks and closed her eyes, lying on her bed, in blank.
For an unknown reason, she came to compare her loving dad to that jerk of Sasuke and she felt like it would be a hard way to go and teach Sasuke how to love her.
She didnt know if she was willing to go through all that suffering, but its not like she had any choice. Her heart would still stay like glued to the mention of his name, either she did a move on him or she stayed passive and away, in the safe.
Her dad had done a good job raising her…not.
Sure, he would have done if they were living in a perfect society where all people were pure and good and they had innocent minds and none wanted to harm the other.
But real life is hard. And in order to survive you need to be a worse jerk than the jerk that is annoying you. Or else you simply dont make it. You reach a point where you break and you will never be back the same. If you dont kill yourself before, that is.
But good or bad, Sakura had been taught by her dad, who was a higly moral and ethical person with good values himself, that if she didnt have a good soul in her life, nothing else would matter.
He wasnt a fanatic religious, just a good man. With an incredibly strong and big heart.
Thats why he quitted the company back then. He hated seeing unfairness around.
He told her that she didnt need to worry about revenge. That revenge would only make her weak and vulnerable. He had told her that for every bad thing we do, there is a rule of nature that has no exception, unlike the others, that has always a base and a grip and applies to every single being on the planet.
And that was the karma.
Karma is a bitch, as many said. And you get back what you give, sooner or later.
It can take years, it can take seconds, or it can take an eternity in next life.
You choose whether you let this happen or not.
You can choose to be weak and pathetic and let bad take over you, or you can choose to be strong and smart and forgive everyone and everything that is done to you.
You dont have to expect a reward for it. The only reward that you are certain to get is the ethical one.
That inner satisfaction, that gut feeling you get when you have done something good and it cant compare to a million of revenge satisfacted feelings, you would get, not in a million years, not in a million sins.
The power of good was bigger than the one of bad. And thats almost all her dad had taught her around this.
And Sakura had been molded to believe strongly in this. And not just cause she had been grown up that way by her dad, but also because those thoughts were part of her personality, of her own heart. So it made sense to her. It applied to her own frustrated confused teenage feelings.
And she always looked up at her dad. She considered him a great man and it was hard not to as all the neighbors in their quartiers wouldnt stop banging her or her mom's ear about the wonderful of his person.
He was popular around, and people apreciated him greatly for his good motives and righteous mind and doings.
Hell, even now, when she'd meet an old neighboor here or there, from their previous quartiers, they would still recognise her as the Aaron Haruno's little daughter and would stop her to talk to her about how much they admired her dad.
So for her that was a reason more to follow his path and become like him.
A right person.
She almost felt stressed of how much time she had spent thinking of that stuff.
She slowly got up and away from her bed and sat on her chair in front of her desk and put out the history project.
Great, she was bored and upset as hell and she had to start on that stupid infinite project their stupid teacher had imposed to them due Christmass.
She flipped open her note book and took on reading the notes she had taken for the project on the history lesson.
She grabbed the pencil in her fingers and started writting the first lines she phrased, after she flipped the pages of an informative history book for a while.
She kept in that pace, but faster and she quit the project after one hour of intense writting.
She had written two pages. Not bad, she thought for a start.
She did the rest of her homework and went down to eat something, hoping she would be alone at the kitchen now.
Her mother had left so she sighed relieved and sat on a chair, grabbing the soup plate close to her.
She took a sip. It was cold. Of course. She drunk some water and drank the rest of the soup, out of mood.
She got up and washed the plate on the sink, looking out of the window bored.
She paused to look down at the street, as the rays of sun had began fading, giving their place to a light shade of soft pink the noon savored.
The apartment was very high and looking down made her dizzy at times but whenever she felt sad and drawn by her bottled up emotions, she enjoyed looking out of windows, letting her mind travel around with the passers by, making absent thoughts.
She stayed like that, lost in her thoughts some more, before she finished the dish washing and walked out of the kitchen to go clean her room.
Ino had texted her that she was at the park with Hinata and asked her if she wanted to go. No more, like she demanded her.
She was worried about how Sakura felt and wanted to face her about it and make her feel better.
But Sakura wasnt in the mood for something like this so she never replied to the text.
After what had happened with Sasuke the last days, she noticed she didnt feel much in the mood for anything.
Damn, that guy. It was like he was sucking life out of her slowly.
She wanted to stay alone, lost in her thoughts.
She thought she'd have a bath.
She slowly let her clothes fall on the floor as she put them out.
She put off her shoes and walked in the bathroom, opening the shower's tap.
Hot water ran down and the drops that fell on her by the fall made her shiver.
She took a deep breath and she positioned herself under the water flow.
The hot water now surrounded her, relaxing her muscles and letting her dive in her own little happy world that no Sasuke could enter and shatter.
After she was done with the bath, she went to her room and picked some new underwear that she put on. She threw her robe on her and dried her hair with the hair drie and she sat on her bad for some minutes, calming down.
Then a thought crossed her mind. It was about her dad. She hadnt seen him for a long time. Since last spring and she felt like she missed him terribly.
He had called her at the house phone, cause her mother wouldnt give him her cell phone number and they had chatted but it was brief. He had told her that he missed her and that he would come soon to meet her.
Now after 4 months they had made this chat, he still hadnt fulfilled his promise.
She poutted angry at this thought.
He didnt have a right to neglect her, she loved him so much.
If only he had taken her custoudy, she would be more than happy to go live with him in France.
Her mother though, kept her out of ego. She wanted to be the one considered the responsible parent and so she did everything to achieve custoudy.
Sakura laid back on her bed and read a book to keep her mind busy, then she fell asleep.
Sasuke in the same time, was sitting in his room, completing a difficult puzzle game.
But he couldnt manage to focus. His mind was always on that girl.
Damn her. Why did she confuse him as much? His revenge would be far more sweet if he didnt feel the slight regrets everytime he hurt her.
He wondered with a stun why she hadnt still pushed him away.
He had already done enough to her. Didnt she plan to just break away any time soon?
It didnt make sense. He had been an ass to girls before but after a while they wouldnt put up with it anymore.
Sakura was different. He got up pissed and kicked the almost completed puzzle away, causing the little pieces to scatter around, ruining it.
He went down to the kitchen. His mother was away at some make up appointment and his brother Itachi was watching tv in the living room.
He had the volume too loud, and he was watching an adventure movie, probably.
Sasuke sighed as he caught him with the corner of his eye, as he got down of the stairs and rushed into the kitchen.
He opened the fridge and put out an orange juice carton.
He opened it roughly and poored some juice in a glass.
He brought the glass on his lips and took a long sip, closing his eyes tightly.
He left the glass on the table with a noise and walked out of the kitchen, shoving the keys in his pocket.
He needed to take some fresh air and clean his head.
He felt so intensely the need to touch that pink haired moron again.
This had turned into his own suffering. His hatred was poisoning him.
Damn it, no matter how much he didnt want to admit it, he had a twisted crush on her.
And he was doing his best to not let himself see this.
Itachi gave him a sly look as he made his move to the door.
''Where are you going, little bro?''he asked him, raising an eye brow.
''Watch your movie, Itachi and let me do my own stuff.''Sasuke said in a bitter tone.
Itachi chuckled amused by the anger in his little's brother's voice.
Sasuke rolled his eyes on him and turned around, opening the door and getting out of the house.
He put his mp3 on his ears and he started walking long side the pavement.
Naruto had texted him he had planned a secret date with Hinata on the park.
Ino would be there too to cover them, in case her parents decided to show up.
Sasuke couldnt understand why Naruto would go that far for a girl.
Girls werent all that special. They only brought troubles.
He shoved his hands in his pockets and looked down at the road as he walked, listening to Linkin Park songs.
His mind walked over to his father again and he clenched his fists inside his pockets.
Tears welled up to his eyes but he pushed them back.
He missed him. He couldnt forget the nice memories they had together.
When they were a poor family, but happy. Now they werent happy. Just scattered.
He remembered the nice white christmass they had spent together as a family, when he was alive.
All by the fire place, him and Itachi opening gifts, his father dancing with his mother a tango, flowers, biscuits, soft christmass music and snow ball fights the next day, with his brother and his dad.
Back then, when his life was normal.
Now he felt so alone. Even if he had Naruto by his side, they were so different.
He doubted he could ever understand him if he opened up to him.
And he was forced to refrain from talking to Naruto about his cruel past.
He couldnt, his mother had told them to never speak about it to anyone.
To protect them.
But Sasuke wasnt afraid of the Haruno's. If he was, he wouldnt be messing with his daughter right now.
He chuckled, comparing Sakura to her father.
In his mind, her father was a ruthless criminal, that plotted terrible plans to keep his company dirty doings away from public sight.
His father was the proof of this.
Oh, how he hated that Haruno guy. Who acted like he was some little god, sacrificing everything for money.
He didnt know how far that all was from the truth though.
His steps had taken him to the park.
He saw from afar Ino sitting in a corner talking with someone on the phone, overexcited and cheery as usual.
Naruto was sitting on a bench with Hinata, kissing tenderly.
He rolled his eyes, disgusted. He wasnt in for that love shit, what was Naruto thinking?
That dobe was too stupid.
He turned immediately around and walked back home.
The night passed.
Next day, at school, Sakura managed to get there right when the bell rang.
She slipped in class fast.
Gladly the lesson hadnt started yet, their history teacher was always late to come into class.
She sat on her desk and put out her notebook.
Sasuke was now in architexture class with Kiba.
They were sitting next to each other in this class.
Kiba had started talking about football to Sasuke when the teacher entered the class and interupted them.
The class silenced and the lesson started.
At the break, Sakura walked out of the class, glad it was over and found Ino sitting with Hinata by her side, talking excited.
When they turned around to look at her a meter away, Ino jumped from her surprise.
''Saku, come over here, silly. We got things to tell you about the girl here!''she said pointing with her head at Hinata.
Sakura smiled faintly. She was glad Ino wasnt mad at her for how she had reacted to her yesterday.
''Oh, what's that?''she asked trying to seem excited.
''You should have been yesterday at the park! Gosh, you should have seen how Hinata was kissing so passionately with Naruto. They were so freaking cute!!!'Íno giggled.
Hinata turned red as a tomatoe.
Sakura looked at Hinata and flashed her a bright approving smile.
''Hinata, I am so glad for you!'''she said, tears welling up her eyes in the comparison of Hinata's loving bf and her sadistic indifferent Sasuke. But she pushed them back.
''Th…thanks, Sak…Sakura-chan.''Hinata said, the stattering had improved and it was obvious which made Sakura smile.
Sakura walked over Hinata and hugged her.
The shy girl shocked hugged her back.
Sakura let some tears fall down as she squished Hinata strongly.
Hinata softly pulled her back to see her face when she felt her shivering from light sobs.
''Wh..what i..is wrong?'''she asked in curiosity.
''Nothing, hun, I am just glad for you, thats all.''Sakura said, swipping her few tears quickly away as she noticed Hinata's worried look.
Ino just remembered of whatever had happened the other day with Sakura and walked up to them, making Sakura look at her.
''Ok…so I had forgot about that, but you owe us an explanation for your moody behavior lately, Saku-chan. What is wrong with you? Dont tell me these are joy tears, we are not stupid here.''Ino said in an annoyed tone.
Sakura gave her an apologetic look. She wasnt still ready to tell the girls about Sasuke and her.
She smiled, her cheeks dry anymore.
''Ino, I am sorry about yesterday. I was just…uhm you know I have told you my parents are divorced, right?''she said, nodding.
Ino nodded her head in doubt.
''Well, I was missing my dad, badly. And this affected my mood apparently but lets not let this get in the way, please.''Sakura said with puppy eyes. Her excuse was partially true, though.
Ino seemed to believe her as her expression became softer and she hugged Sakura.
''You know I will always be here for you. And if you need to talk, I will listen. So please, dont close up to me again.''she said, her voice was moved.
Sakura smiled, guilty.
She hugged her back hesitantly but then she slowly pushed her away and looked at her.
''I know, Ino. And I apreciate that. Thanks. And same goes for you and Hinata.''she said.
Hinata smiled unsure.
The bell rang and they went to their class.
Math. How boring. Sakura almost fell asleep during it.
At the next break, she went down to buy something to eat.
Sasuke was there, with Naruto and Kiba waiting for their turn.
Sakura froze as she looked at him.
He looked back at her, he seemed confused but he fast retook his emotionless face.
''Hi, Sasuke…'''she said.
''Hn.''he said moving away from her.
Naruto noticed her and squeeled.
''Hey hey, Sakura!!!How are you, today?''he asked, moving closer to her.
''Oh I am fine, Naruto. about you?''she asked smiling.
''I am great.''Naruto said, rubbying his head. Sasuke rolled his eyes and walked to the woman at the shop, where he ordered three cups of coca cola and chips.
''So I heard you are moving on with Hinata?''Sakura said, winking at Naruto.
Naruto blushed, and Sakura found this cute.
''Yes!It is going great!!''he said, chuckling and Sakura placed a hand on his shoulder.
''Yeah she is a great girl. And I know you wont hurt her. You are such a nice guy, unlike the majority in this school.''she said sighing and gave Sasuke a sly look.
Sasuke took notice of it and returned the look to her, in a cold glare.
Naruto grinned.
''I'd never hurt her!!''he said, then he caught with the corner of his eye, the look Sakura had given to Sasuke.
Kiba interrupted in, scolding closer to Sakura.
''Hey, next hour is music. Did you do the project that moron took up on us?''he asked Sakura, grinning.
''Oh…yeah that one…Uhm, no, I still havent found which song I would like to sing. He said to choose one that expresses us. And…well…I havent yet, somehow…''she said looking down.
Kiba gave her a light smile.
''Oh well, dont worry about not that hard actually. I have already found mine!!''he said, in a proud secretly gave him an annoyed glare.
God, that Kiba guy was getting on her nerves sometimes.
In the mean time, Naruto had moved closer to Sasuke and started questioning him about Sakura.
He felt like he was hiding something.
''Teme, I forgot to ask you, what happened between you and Sakura at the party?She doesnt seem so happy around you!''he said keeping his voice low, so Kiba and Sakura couldnt hear.
Sasuke gave him an annoyed look.
''Nothing happened at all. So mind your own business and go be stupid with your girlfriend.''Sasuke said breaking out of Narutos'grip.
''Listen here, teme. You may be my friend, but if you hurt Sakura, I will kick your ass hard.''Naruto said.
Sasuke gave him a frustrated impatient look and gripped him by his shirt, giving him a menacing look.
''And what do you care for?''he asked.
Naruto pulled out of his grip and gave him a stunned look.
''Ok, well, the thing is that my Hinata-chan told me Sakura's parents are divorced. And that she is an only only ones she has here is Ino and Hinata. And her economic status isnt the best one. So to put it shortly, she isnt having the best of a life. So I just dont want to make it harder for her. Hinata asked me to take care of her. So this is one reason more for me to worry, I suppose.''Naruto said, with his good heart, giving a warning glare at Sasuke.
Sasuke felt disgusted and rolled his eyes.
''So what?!!!My father…''he was ready to spill out that his father had been murdered by her family but he remembered how he wasnt supposed to talk about had told Naruto so far that his father had died and that was it. No details.
Naruto's look turned to curious.
Then he swifted his eye brows together, trying to seem mature.
''Just cause your father is dead, it doesnt mean you have a right to hurt others.''he said and Sasuke gave him an enraged look as he pushed him harshly on the floor and walked away from the two guys and Sakura.
Naruto gave him a confused look and rubbed his head as Sakura helped him stand up, watching as Sasuke walked away.
''What got to him?''she asked in surprise, at Naruto.
''The hell I know…''Naruto said getting up.
''You shouldnt get on his nerves.''Kiba said looking at Naruto and the two guys walked away, sitting down on some table to eat their snacks.
Sakura stayed there, watching as Sasuke walked away.
After Sasuke's rage had calmed down and he was in class for the next hour, he thought of what Naruto had told him.
So, Sakura's parents were divorced? And she was poor? But why? He could get it that her parents had split up, not all people can pull it through. But poor? This he couldnt explain.
Her father had a whole company for god's he send his family big amounts of money, to help his daughter out? So what was the deal with it?
Well, for the mean time, he pushed the annoying thoughts away. If he couldnt find an answer to them then the best he could do would be to ignore his questions and focuse on his revenge. So what if she was poor and her parents had called it an end?She was still his daughter. And he would still hurt her for that.
Sakura was in class with Kiba.
The teacher was asking each pupil about their music selections and everyone would say the song they had chosen to sing in the concert and to whom they would devote it at the prom.
Their school every year did two proms. One in the christmass and another one later, towards the end of the school year.
Those in music class had an option of singing songs during them. Not in both. But they chose at which prom they would sing and which song.
Sakura still hadnt found her song. She didnt have anything good in her life to sing for.
And hatred songs or racist and so on werent allowed in the prom.
She rolled her eyes in that thought cause hell, not everyone had a perfect life or a good thing in it.
When the teacher asked her, she was honest about it and told him she wasnt ready yet to choose the song.
He seemed annoyed at it, cause time was passing and told her that she had to hurry.
She complied embarassed and looked over at Kiba who was grinning for his own selection.
He had chosen a stupid song that made no sense, well to him, it would but then again he was crazy, Sakura thought.
Sasuke was at arts class and he was getting pissed,clenching his fist as he felt angry at Sakura that had caused that episode with him and Naruto on the previous break.
How did she dare hint things to his best friend?
He would face her about that. She wouldnt make it harder for him, no way.
When the bell rang, he hurried down at the yard, in a pissed mood.
He found Sakura, talking with Ino and Hinata and looked around for the dobe. He wasnt there, gladly.
He walked up to them and without hesitation, grabbed Sakura's wrist in his left hand and dragged the shocked girl away from her company.
Sakura flinched and looked at him stunned.
''What the damn are you doing?''she asked, as Ino and Hinata looked at them equally stoned far behind.
''You are coming with me. We need to talk.''he said coldly and Sakura complied.
He took her in the building, in a corner where not many pupils went.
He pushed her on the wall and he stood in front of her, eying her pissed.
Sakura swallowed hard and walked backwards till her back united with the wall.
''What is your problem?''she asked him, clenching her fists.
''Dont you dare pretend you dont know.''Sasuke said, moving closer.
''I have no idea, really!''Sakura said, pissed in her turn.
He put a hand on her hair and dragged it violently as she felt her head hitting against the wall.
She let out a scared frustrated moan.
He leaned his head closer to hers and whispered.
''Next time you will try and get me in trouble with my friends, I swear you wont be happy with the results.''he hissed, slowly, in her ear.
''I didnt do anything..''she said, in a pleading wondering tone.
She felt him pinning her against the wall with his body, and she gasped for air, in the smothering gesture.
''Shut up and just do as I say.I need no excuses.''he said, trying to refrain himself from doing anything worse to her.
''Sasuke,I have no idea what you are talking about.''she said then her mind flashed in the memory of the betraying look she had given Sasuke when Naruto was talking to her.
''Oh…you mean that.''she whispered in satisfaction.
''Well, if you werent a jerk to me, you wouldnt have to be afraid for that.''she said pushing him away.
You could have a change of heart, if you would only change your mind
Instead of slamming down the phone ,for the hundredth time
I got your number on my wall, but I ain't gonna make that call
When divided we stand baby, united we fall
Sasuke placed his hand on her chin, gripping it tightly and forcing her to look at him.
His face only inches away from hers.
''You deserve it for being a pathetic scum. So stop complaining and stop trying to put me in trouble cause you cant deal with it on your own.''he whispered as their breaths mixed.
Sakura couldnt focus her glare anywhere but on his alluring lips.
''It is ok, Sasuke. You dont have to worry about that. I wont cause you any trouble anymore.
I love you, remember? And I will love you no matter what.''she said remembering of the promise she had given herself yesterday.
If with hatred and resistance she couldnt bend him, she would do it with love. As her father had taught her.
I don't wanna fight no more, I don't know what we're fighting for
When we treat each other baby, like an act of war
I could tell a million lies and it would come as no surprise
When the truth is like a stranger, hits you right between the eyes
She slowly raised her hand and carressed his cheek in affection.
Sasuke gave her a pissed disgusted look.
Her love declaration had the opposite result of what she intended to.
''Hypocrite.''he spitted out, in hatred.
Just who the fuck that little girl that knew nothing about him was, to come and say that she loved him?Did she even know the meaning of the word love to use it so deliberately? To someone that had suffered as much as him.
That little moron.
Tears rolled down her eyes, but she gave him a defeated smile.
''I wonder what things you have been through to make you believe that a being cant love you ever been shown love, Sasuke-kun?''she asked, caressing his cheek deeper.
Sasuke gasped mentally. How did she dare play it a shrink to him?
So that was it? She was trying to understand him by being patient to him and try to question him about his life and what he had been though? Just how arrogant could she be to think she had such power over someone's life?
Tears welled up at his eyes. But he pushed them back, his cheeks flustered with rage.
He caught her hand that was on his cheek, tightly in his hand and slammed it again the wall over her head, harshly.
He kept it in place with his hand and he leaned in again to her ear.
''Dont you think you are a tad bit way too pathetic to be preaching to me?Instead of meddling with my life, I'd suggest you take a look at yours, since you are nearly homeless, forehead girl.''he said anger staining his voice.
Sakura's mind hurt at the insult he had just thrown at her.
How did he know she was poor? Damn, that Hinata had opened her mouth to that Naruto and now Naruto had told Sasuke.
Tears ran down her eyes, as she tried to hold back her rage. She never let anyone call her poor, but with Sasuke she would make an exception. She would be superior by teaching him about love.
She didnt want to anger him but he seemed to get irritated when she opened her mouth and tried to be understanding with him.
She pushed his hand away from hers, and placed it on his chest as she pushed him back lightly to look at his eyes, unstably.
''I may be poor, but I have dignity. This doesn't matter. And no matter how bitter you feel against me for me trying to help you, I wont give up.''she said, in decency.
Got the time got a chance gonna make it
Got my hands on your heart gonna take it
All I know I can't fight this flame
You could have a change of heart, if you would only change your mind
Cause I'm crazy 'bout you baby, time after time
Sasuke smirked ironically and moved his face closer, so that their noses touched.
She shivered at the closeness.
''Listen girl, you are good to waste my time around with, but you dont stand a chance with me, really, besides that. And you will give up, either you like it or not. Cause I wont let you pester me anymore. Also, dont come talk to me in public again.''he said pulling away from her and turning his back.
Now that he knew she was poor, like once was he, he found another way to humiliate her.
Sakura looked at his back hurt.
''Why is that?''she said.
''I dont want people to see us together.I dont want them to think I hang out with the homeless girl.''he said even though he didnt really mean it. He just wanted to hurt her by showing her how far down he looked on her.
He walked away fast as Sakura wipped away her new coming tears and cursed him silently.
No, no matter how harshly he pushed her away, she would change him. She would bend him and shape him…with her love.
Without you
One night alone Is like a year without you baby
Do you have a heart of stone
Without you
Can't stop the hurt inside
When love and hate collide
And she just couldnt handle to break, not before that.
And even though, this was a paranoid reason, she couldnt get out of the situation and look at the consequenses for her own self, since for an unknown reason, her whole world had started spinning around Sasuke Uchiha. The one boy that hated her so much.
She was determined to show him, what could happen when her love and his hatred would collide. She was determined to show him, that love is stronger. That she would put out his burning hatred, for reasons she didnt know, and she would turn his hatred into love.
There's a time and a place and a reason
And I know I got a love to believe in
All I know got to win this time
But being too absorbed on him, her heart influenced her so much that she didnt predict the other possible consequenses of such a mixture:
She could turn to hate him in her turn, and that would make them two,
Or she could be broken completely out of her own denial to fight back and she would let his hatred swallow her and ruin her soul.
When love and hate collide, the outcome can be very dangerous.
Coming next to chapter 8: Using Her, Abusing Her
''This time I want you to do something different for me.''he said, emotionless, as she gave him a patient but curious glare.