The next day at the beginning of school, Sakura went to her locker before class to get some books out that she would need for the rest of the day. She opened her locker and started foraging for the right books when she saw some feet approach and stop behind her locker door. She couldn't see who it was because her locker door was swung open. She put her books in her bag and closed the locker. It was a guy she recognised from her maths class, but she'd never spoken to him before. She didn't even know his name. She politely smiled and tried to walk past him, but he stuck his arm out to stop her from passing.
"Uh, can I help you?" Sakura said.
"You're unique." The boy said.
"Excuse me?" he was starting to get on her nerves. If she didn't leave now she'd be late for her first class. And Ibiki-sensei didnt have sympathy for students her were late. Quite the opposite.
"You're pink hair; it makes you stand out from the crowd. I like that." He said.
Is he trying to chat me up? Sakura thought.
"Anyway, I've lost my phone number, may I have yours?" he said.
Oh. My. Days. He is. And that is the oldest line in the book! And sooo cheesy! But cute… Sakura's inner self said. Sakura looked up at the boy and he was cute. She started to reply, letting him down gently, when the guy got pulled back and smashed against the lockers.
"Stay away from her." It was Sasuke. He let go of the front of the boy's jacket and threw him behind him. Sakura saw over his shoulder that the cute guy walked away, rubbing his back where Sasuke had slammed him against the lockers.
"Uh-?" Sakura said.
"Sasuke Uchiha, detention, my office, now! And Sakura Haruno, you can come along too." Great. It was Anko-sensei. She was just as bad as Ibiki.
"I thought you had a big temper. Unless you were actually considering his offer." Sasuke said.
"You didn't give me chance! I could have handled him." Sakura said holding her fists up and pretending to punch him.
They were both sat in detention. It was Sakura's second detention since she came to this school. In her old one, she didn't get one detention. Her mum was mad at her first one, she's going to be fuming now.
"Anyway, what was that all about? There was no need to pin him against the wall."
"Yo, Sasuke, I need a lift, I'm missing my favourite programme, and I need my weekly fix of scrubs!" The blonde knucklehead said, waling into the office, not seeming to notice that they were in detention.
"I have to miss programmes I want to watch when you're in detention." Sasuke countered. "I'm surprised you didn't get one today with that big mouth of yours."
"Teme!" Naruto yelled. He was opening his mouth to say another comeback to the Uchiha when Sakura interrupted.
"Break it up guys! You're just wasting each others breath! Are you always like this?"
"Hey, Sakura! Didn't see you there!" Naruto shouted. Sakura sweat dropped.
Sakura decided to take a long-cut back to her house, but it was more scenic. The houses down this estate where massive, almost like mansions. They had enormous front gardens and big electric gates. The cars in the driveways were all Jaguars, BMV's and convertibles. There was even the odd polished motorcycle and caravan. Sakura would love to live in a community like this.
She came across a park which was deserted, so she decided to have a little swing. When she was little she'd never go on the slides or the sandpit, always the swings. She could stay on them for hours. She sat down on one of the swings and started swinging it a little bit, not too high though. Something dug into her hip and she stopped the swing and fished inside her coat pocket. She felt a metal frame and pulled it out. She froze. It was a picture of her mum, dad and herself. Her dad was in the middle of the photo, holding a basketball, and her mum was clinging onto his arm. Sakura had a big cheesy grin on her face, reaching up for the ball. She was only about eight. If only she could go back to them times.
A little tear escaped her eyes and rolled down her cheeks. She started crying softly and then it started raining. It had reported rain this evening, and Sakura had lost track of time. As she was about to leave, still crying, a figure came and sat on the swing next to her.
"You're going to catch a cold if you stay out here."
"S-Sasuke-kun!" She said, shocked. Then she covered her mouth. She'd just added the suffix onto his name. However, all Sasuke did was smirk. Then he noticed her eyes and wiped away a tear from her cheek. Sakura froze. "S-Sasuke-kun?"
"What's wrong?" He said. She noticed that he had brought his black Labrador with him. Junko was his name, Sakura remembered.
"Nothing." Sakura replied a little too quickly.
"Normal people wouldn't sit in the rain and cry if there wasn't something wrong." He noticed the picture frame in her hands, "Is that your mum and dad?" All Sasuke could do is nod.
"Sometimes it just hits me how much I miss him." Sakura said between sobs. She decided to spill. "He was murdered." She couldn't look at Sasuke, but she could feel his eyes on her. She looked at her feet. "They found the people who did it, but they made me witness it. They held me so that I couldn't run, I closed my eyes but I could still hear his screams…" she couldn't say anymore, she had started crying even harder than before. Sasuke didn't move for a couple of minutes, but then he got up from the swing and hugged her. Sakura stood up with him and buried her face in his chest.
"I'm so sorry." Sasuke kept saying. His strong arms kept her warm and sheltered from the rain. She looked up and sasuke was looking down at her. Was that… sympathy in his eyes? The Uchiha, being sympathetic. Well, that's not something you see everyday. Sakura's lips quivered as she tried not to cry anymore, and that's when Sasuke lowered his head and put his lips on hers. Sakura's eyes widened in shock but then she started kissing him back.
Eventually they both pulled away. "You want a lift?" Sakura nodded. She was soaked.
"Where's your car?" Sakura said, noticing that he was probably taking his dog for a walk.
"I live on this estate. My house is just up there." He pointed. Sakura's jaws dropped.
"You live… here?" She said, shocked.
"Yep, now I'm just going to drop Junko off and I'll get my car. You can come if you want." Sakura looked to where Sasuke had pointed and she could see his black Jaguar and Itachi's BMW in the driveway. She could see another car, probably his parents.
Sasuke's house was massive, easily one of the biggest on the street. And that was just the outside. The inside must be humungous. She swallowed. She wasn't used to being in an expensive estate. Everything was so perfect that she was scared to move. Sasuke went inside the house for two seconds to take Junko's lead off and then he came back outside with his car keys. He got inside the drivers eat and Sakura sat in the passenger seat. Sakura was going to remember this day for the rest of her life.
At her front door, Sasuke gave Sakura another quick kiss and turned to go in his car.
"Wait, your jacket!" Sakura said, starting to shrug it off.
"Keep it. See you tomorrow." He said as he got back into his car. He waved as he drove off and Sakura went inside into her nice dry house, which seemed quite small now that she had seen Sasuke's. Now she was going to have to explain the jacket and Sasuke to her mum.
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Please R & R, it makes me write! :) The last chapter will probably be the last! And I'm starting college next week so I probably won't be writing as often :( I'll try my best though :)