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Chapter 9:Reach
Out of reach
Out of hand
Too far away
And too immense
You're someone I can't handle
You're someone I don't know
Yet why can't I ever
Seem to let you go
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SLAP!
"Ami!"
"How dare you?" Her lavender orbs glinted in mischief.
"I didn't do anything," she replied timidly, rubbing the sore spot in her face and taking a few steps back to avoid any more physical contact.
But Ami was persistent and she walked toward Sakura and grabbed her shoulders. "What the hell did you say to Uchiha Sasuke?"
"Who," she asked in real confusion, trying hard to ignore the burning effect of Ami's touch.
"Don't play innocent! You know Uchiha Sasuke."
She tried to recall an Uchiha Sasuke. She might have heard that name before then her eyes widened in realization. Ami raised a brow in disdain.
"Remember," she asked acidly. "Why was he looking at you at lunch?"
"Nobody looks at me Ami," she replied wisely. Ami took this the way Sakura expected, she calmed down.
"Of course, how silly of me. Nobody would take a second look at you," and with that she walked away.
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Uchiha Sasuke
"What an intriguing man."
She sighed as she mulled over her towering textbooks, distracted by the thought of the too-handsome man her sister was unhealthily infatuated with.
"What an intriguing man," she repeated to herself.
He looked at her, for one; but then again everybody looked at her. She was too weird to just be invisible. She was an irresistible prey to the vulture eyes of the forces that moved the school's social kingdom. But Uchiha Sasuke, he looked at her- without the cruel glint she was so accustomed to.
And second, he looked great. Even she can attest to that. She may be a freak but she was not blind. Sometimes, if you looked too long at him, the sight just reinforces what is already common talk.
But, speak of the devil, said man walked, no, glided inside the library and she cannot help but notice the silent uproar of whispers. It was no longer the ideal place to study.
Uchiha Sasuke.
"What a troublesome man."
She gathered her things and walked out.
--
Ami couldn't stop pacing.
Her thoughts are wild and the unexpected surge of jealousy within her is disconcerting.
Uchiha Sasuke and Sakura- the thought made her blood boil.
Finally, she stomped her foot and sat on her bed, trying to calm down. She closed her eyes and cursed the heavens and everything else because things are not going her way.
She knew it was building up, that lovesick look from Sasuke was enough to make her puke and simultaeneously shiver at the possibilities.
She finally opened her eyes, cutting off the unwelcome images coming to her.
"Sasuke is mine."
And maybe, she thought, if she worked hard enough, it will become completely true.
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Uchiha Sasuke.
As she looked at him, alone-yes, surrounded by girls but still so alone- she wondered what they saw in him. He rarely talked. He rarely smiled. He rarely even looked at someone.
Then slowly, slowly, he looked at her. The emotions she saw there were striking-all the more because it was directed at her.
There was interest and pity and concern.
She looked away before anyone could see them. But at the end of the day, she understood what those girls might have seen in him.
Uchiha Sasuke was kind.
And for a minute, she thought, what would it be like to be a friend of such a man? Is his influence, his looks, enough to protect her?
But her thoughts are flying-foolish thoughts. She can never allow herself close relationships with others. She repels them and it will always be awkward around her. She will not subject anyone to such a complicated life.
She sighed and turned her attention back to her food. This one man was ressurrection all those desires that she had, back when she was normal.
And then, as she looked up again, she saw Ami walking towards him, her hips swaying and her gaze seductive and Uchiha Sasuke just raised a brow and moved away.
Well, she thought, there is one man who could resist Ami.
"What an intriguing man."
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Out of reach
Out of hand
Too far away
And too immense
For someone that's so fragile
For someone beauteous so
Just a hint that you'll reach for me
And I won't let you go
AN: here's the next chapter preview
Dating.
He chokes with satisfaction at the mere thought of the word.
Finally, after years of waiting and fruitless longing, she is his. And he feels like the world is finally moving right.
And he just can't stop staring.
"Sasuke," she says timidly, " do you really need to…" she trails off.
"Do I need to what Sakura," he asks her as a smirk graces his features.
Her look is pleading as an unwelcome blush creeps to her cheeks. She shakes her head and goes back to reading.
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