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Yuki lay in bed Monday morning, not at all ready to get up for school. She had no idea how she should react to Sasuke when she saw him. Yuki blushed, remembering the drive home on Saturday evening. It wasn't like something had happened between them—they had just talked—but it felt like they had grown closer. Yuki pretended she wasn't scared out of her mind at that notion.

Sasuke's jumper lay across Yuki's desk chair and she turned her head to look at it. She wouldn't admit it to anyone but she had fallen asleep while wearing the jumper after she had gotten home, the smell of it soothing her to sleep. Yuki had washed it since and now all it smelled of was detergent, ready to be given back to the young Uchiha.

Yuki gazed up at the ceiling, her mind turning to Karin. She was sick of feeling nervous when it came to that red head and Yuki was determined to stand up for herself again. She and Sasuke were friends—though it was a little strange to admit that—and Karin would have to put up with it. Yuki wasn't going to avoid Sasuke just to make that cow happy.

"Yuki, come down for breakfast!" Her mum called from downstairs, no doubt getting ready for work. Yuki sighed and steeled herself for the day ahead.

A honk came from outside half an hour later while Yuki was watching the television. She switched it off and frowned before moving to the window to check it out. Yuki's eyes widened and a small gasp escaped her lips when she saw Sasuke's jeep sitting in her driveway. What on earth was he doing there? Yuki rushed to grab her schoolbag before making her way out to the jeep.

"Ah, good morning?" Yuki gave Sasuke a questioning look as she opened the passenger door.

"Good morning." Sasuke replied, a faint smile on his lips. "I thought you might like a ride to school." He added with a shrug, like it was no big deal.

"Oh. Thank you." Yuki smiled and slid into the passenger seat. "I brought your jumper for you. It's in my bag."

"Thanks,"

The rest of the drive was quiet, which just made Yuki even more nervous. She spent the majority of the drive fidgeting in her seat, unable to keep still. She wondered why Sasuke would go out of his way to pick her up and then not talk to her on the drive to school. What was up with that? Was he just being polite? Did he still feel bad about what happened to her on Saturday? He could at least talk to me a little bit. She huffed inwardly. We got along so well Saturday night. Why is he so distant today? Yuki concluded that it must have been his mood swings acting up again.

They finally made it to school and Yuki let out a breath of relief as she hopped out of the tension-filled jeep. She dug into her backpack and pulled out his jumper, unceremoniously shoving it into his arms. "Here. Thanks again for letting me use it Saturday night." Sasuke nodded, giving Yuki a weird look as he took the jumper from her. "Um yeah. Thanks as well for the ride to school."

Sasuke's lips quirked up into a half smirk. "You've already thanked me for that."

Yuki willed herself not to flush at his amused gaze. "Yes. Well, I didn't know if you heard me or not. You weren't very talkative on the drive here."

It was Sasuke's turn to look uncomfortable. His eyes darted around the area, avoiding Yuki's. "Sorry, I was just thinking." A frown pulled at his lips that made Yuki wonder if everything was alright. She decided not to ask him however, since he tended to snap at her when she pried into his personal life.

"Well I better go find my girls. I'll see you in class, yeah?" Yuki was torn. She wanted to be as far away from Sasuke as possible but at the same time she wanted to stay with him, especially when he looked that vulnerable. Yuki chickened out though and decided that retreating was the better option. With a final wave goodbye, Yuki turned and made her way into the building.


"Gah! Seriously, what is wrong with me?" Yuki asked her friends while they got changed for sports. She was frustrated and confused and she didn't like it at all. "He's messing up my head so much and I don't know what to think."

Tenten and Hinata looked over at the brunette, struggling to get her legs into the sport shorts and gave her a sympathetic look. "Do you like him?" Tenten asked after Yuki had finally managed to get her shorts on.

Yuki let out a loud groan and banged her forehead against her locker, letting it rest on the cool metal. "I don't know." She admitted softly. "I mean, it's Sasuke Uchiha, of course I shouldn't like him but… but he's interesting and I find myself thinking about him so much more than I should."

"So you do like him." Hinata pressed, smiling at her friend.

"But it's Sasuke!"

Tenten walked over and patted Yuki on the back, a grin pulling at her lips. "So what? You can't help who you fall for. Sasuke isn't so bad, is he?"

Yuki shrugged in response. "Sometimes we can get along really well but then he has these mood swings and becomes a real douche. I just don't understand him at all."

"Hey, chin up girl." Tenten smiled warmly at the brunette, all humour gone from her face. "It's going to be fine. Even if you still don't know what you're feeling towards him now you'll work it out soon enough."

"Yeah, I hope so." Yuki replied. "We better get out there or Asuma will make us do laps."

Outside, the trio made their way to where Asuma and the class were waiting. Karin sneered at Yuki from her spot beside Sasuke, her eyes mocking. Yuki ignored the red head, instead deciding to stand far away from her. Karin stuck her head out to continue to sneer at the bruntte.

"You're late Ewki," Karin taunted. "What? Did you spill something on yourself again? You're such a klutz."

Yuki turned to smirk at the cow, feeling strangely calm. "I'm sorry Karin, how old are you? If you think you're insulting me then you are sorely mistaken. I am so far above you I don't even care what you think anymore."

Karin fumed, her face turning red. "Sasuke is mine you tramp! Keep your filthy paws off him!"

"Sasuke is nobody's you stupid cow. He's a person. You can't claim him." Yuki willed herself to stay calm, though it was hard.

"You're just saying that because you're jealous that Sasuke likes me more!" Karin taunted, sticking her nose in the air like a snob.

"Really? Because where I'm standing it looks like he isn't to impressed with you at all." Yuki smirked at the enraged teenager, amused at how angry she was getting. Obsessive much. She mused inwardly.

Karin stomped her foot on the ground, furious. "You think you're so great, don't you? But you're nothing but a loser. I second rate, flat chested loser. No wonder your dad left you." Karin cackled to herself but didn't have time to gloat over her little speech because Yuki launched herself at the red head, tackling her to the ground. Karin shrieked and lashed back, scratching Yuki on the cheek. A fist found its way to Karin's eye before the two girls were pulled off each other. Sasuke held Yuki back by the waist while Asuma-Sensei was holding Karin at bay.

"Detention for a week, both of you!" Asuma yelled. "You're lucky I don't suspend you both for that type of indecent behaviour! Now go sit to the side, I don't want to see your faces at the moment."

Karin huffed, visibly holding back tears from the pain. She stomped to the side of the court, throwing herself to the ground and folding her arms obstinately.

Sasuke pulled Yuki back slightly, turning her around to face him. He brought his finger to her chin, lifting her head to inspect the cut on her cheek. "Are you alright?"

Yuki could still feel her hands shaking in fury. Or was it sorrow? She didn't know. All she knew was that she desperately wanted to run away somewhere and cry. But if she left the class now she'd be in even more trouble and she didn't want that. But how dare Karin use her father against her. He didn't leave her. He—

"Yuki," Sasuke was shaking her shoulders lightly, his face looking worried. "I asked if you were alright."

"I'm fine." The brunette managed to get out. She couldn't lose it here. Not with so many people watching on.

"Are you sure? I can take you to the infirmary if you want. You don't want that cut to get infected."

Why did he care? Yuki's misery turned to anger and she glared at the young Uchiha. "I said I'm fine!" She snapped, shaking him off. Yuki didn't know why she was getting angry at Sasuke when he was being nothing but nice, but she didn't want him to look at her right now. She spared a glance at her friends and almost lost her battle to not cry. Tenten had a hand to her mouth, her eyes filled with grief for her friend, while Hinata was openly crying, her beautiful heart breaking for the brunette. Yuki turned away from them and made her way to the sidelines, far away from Karin.

After about ten minutes her friends approached her, helping her up. Without a word, they led Yuki to the infirmary where the nurse cleaned the scratch on her cheek before leaving them so Yuki could cry with her friends.


Sorry if this chapter was a little bit short. To be honest, I had a lot of trouble writing it, so I hope it turned out ok. I'm not going to have internet for a week or two so I may not be able to update. I'll try to when I get a chance though, so please bear with me.

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