A/N: Hey guys ! :D

As you can see, I'm having a great time. Just watched ECLIPSE ! It was so friggin' awesome ! Though some parts were cut and edited, it still turned out great. The fighting scenes were so cool ! All hail Jasper! All I hated was Bella gets to kiss both of them ! Ugh, then after kissing the steamy werewolf she just leaves him alone. Poor Jake. Don't get me wrong, I also love Edward but as most of us are, we belong to TEAM SWITZERLAND! Yeah, just let me ramble, okay? I have to get it all out or I'll burst later. :) Anyways, here's the next chapter. Enjoy!

P.S. Twi-haters that have read my rant, please don't send me flames. Not my fault I fell for Edward and Jake. Couldn't help it, really. :)

PREVIOUS CHAPTER RECAP:

Now that you think about it, almost all of the events she had concerning the Uchiha was him saving her.

First: their collision on the hallway. If he hadn't caught her in time, she was positive that falling on her rear end would hurt.

Second: the retrieval of her uniform. If he wouldn't have returned the uniform back to her, she would've gotten scolded all the more by the demon coach. And that wasn't such a beautiful sight to behold.

Third: the wink he sent her was to reassure her that everything would be fine. And it turned out well, as he assured her. Her frail self-esteem and the little bits and pieces of her infinitesimal dignity were saved. All thanks to him. Oh, and it just wasn't her dignity and self-confidence that were saved, probably her physical state as well. She wasn't sure if she could prevent herself from not spraining her wrist or anything else if she was forced to play badminton.

Fourth and the most important of it all: He saved her from those perverts last Friday night. She couldn't even think what would've happened if he arrived a minute too late or if he hadn't arrived at all… She shuddered delicately as a flash of dread coursed through her spine.

All in all, he couldn't really get too angry at Sasuke. No matter what angle you would look at it and despite his now-known intentions, he was still her knight in shining armor.

Annoyed at the conclusion she'd just drawn; she frowned then let out another sigh. Still, she couldn't deny the fact that what she just concluded was true. He was her savior too many times now.

She was startled out of her thoughts when the bell suddenly rang. She cringed in her seat and the red pen she was using to scribble unthinkingly on her notes slipped out of her hand and rolled to the end of the table then clattered as it fell to the ground.

She stood up from her seat to grab her fallen pen. Just a few inches before she could pick the writing implement up, a high-heeled foot with French manicured nails stepped down on it. Startled, she looked up. It was Ayaka Tachibana and her friends; Ami Ibuki, Yuka Hidomi, and Mio Tsuma. (A/N: These are my OCs)

Ayaka Tachibana had chin-length olive hair and dark blue eyes. Ami Ibuki had blue hair reaching the middle of her back and amber eyes. Yuka Hidomi had long black hair tied up in a high ponytail with a purple ribbon matching her amethyst eyes. Mio Tsuma had wavy brown hair and turquoise eyes.

Still unresponsive, Ayaka mock-apologized in her high-pitched shrilly voice,

"Oh, sorry." Then her face twisted into a scowl when Sakura remained impassive to her display of rudeness.

Sakura, already reaching almost the edge of her patience, gripped the edges of her table to stop from hitting something, especially the bitch's precious face.

Ayaka thoroughly ignored, snapped.

"You'd better stay away from Sasuke-sama if you want to survive middle school." She hissed.

Unable to hold back, Sakura snapped back,

"Or what?"

Shocked at the girl's outburst, she glared and grabbed a handful of Sakura's almost waist-length hair and jerked her head toward her.

Before Ayaka could hiss threats and insults to her again, someone spoke in a deep, baritone voice,

"What are you doing?"

Surprised, they whipped their heads toward the direction of the voice.

There, just by the doorway of the classroom, was Sai. (A/N: Thought it was Sasuke, didn't you? XD)

Then Ayaka's hand released her pink tresses. Her scalp stings, it was scraped by Ayaka's long nails.

Ayaka and her friends stuttered for an excuse at being caught.

"Um...Uh, we were just –"

Before she could finish, Sai said,

"Spare me your excuses, get out of here before I report you to Tsunade-sama."

The four scurried out the classroom, their high-heeled shoes clicking on the hardwood floor of the room.

As Sakura was massaging her throbbing scalp, Sai trudged toward her and picked up her fallen pen.

As Sai looked up, he saw small drops of moisture soaking Sakura's school skirt. He immediately put his hand on her chin to lift it up. Sure enough, Sakura was crying.

"Oi, Ugly. Stop crying, you'd get much uglier."

At that statement, the girl swiped the tears with one shaking hand.

"Oh. Sorry."

She stood up, Sai as well.

Right at the moment that Ayaka-bitch grabbed her bubblegum pink hair, her patience snapped. It was just so unfair; none of this mess was her fault. It was their entire fault! They're so narrow-minded to assume that such things happened between her and Sasuke.

She was snapped out of her thoughts when Sai wiped a solitary tear sliding cross her cheek using his blue handkerchief.

"Thanks."

Sai grabbed her right hand and gave her the handkerchief.

"I think you should hold on to that."

Then, he grabbed something from his table and left.

Noticing she was almost late on her next subject, she grabbed the red pen lying on her table, stuffed it in her bag then left.

Sasuke trudged along the hallway heading to the school cafeteria. Currently pissed off, he glared at every person meeting his furious onyx gaze.

I hope the dobe stays in there for a while.

Sasuke thought grimly. Naruto was presently in the school infirmary after receiving a punch from a certain Uchiha demanding an explanation about the school paper front page fiasco.

Growling under his breath, he didn't know what made him so riled up about this. Or maybe he knew, just not wanting to admit it even to himself. The furious but hurt glare he received this morning from a pink haired girl was certainly it. Seriously, he wouldn't have minded if every girl in the school loathed him and gave him piercing glares, hell, he'd even prefer that than drooling and ogling fangirls. So what made that all change?

He knew the answer perfectly well. Just not keen about it, again. A single girl, who he didn't even notice since last week, changed his perspective. A pink haired girl who made him feel everything he hadn't felt in all his life. A girl who was fragile and defenseless which made him save her the last time she was in a dire situation.

Despite his Uchiha pride, he certainly didn't know what to do about Sakura. It should be simple. Just walk up to her and apologize. Easy and simple. Why make it so complicated?

Not that he wanted to make everything difficult and downright complicated, there was just one tiny little problem. He wasn't sure on exactly how to apologize.

He didn't even know what to apologize for, since it was all his stupid supposed bestfriend's fault for misunderstanding and jumping to very erroneous conclusions, misleading the rest of Konoha High's populace, as well.

Being the Uchiha he was and being praised by every single girl in school, he never had the reason to apologize, ever.

So, how to do it? Willing himself to think positive, he tried to use the words needed to apologize.

Even just thinking about it made him feel weird, what more if he tried to say it with his own lips and tongue?

I'm sorry.

Two words, three syllables, and seven letters. That's what it all is.

Just say it!

He hissed to himself in irritation.

Not deciding yet on what exactly to do, he reached the cafeteria. Chatter was buzzing right through his ear just as he reached the double doors of the school canteen.

Walking in, he heard the customary squeals and giggles courtesy of his dedicated fangirls. Not really in the mood today to even tolerate the shrieking and screeching of his admirers, he glared at one girl who attempted to approach him to invite him into joining their table. The reaction was immediate; the girl was close to tears in seconds, her bestfriend placating her as they walked back dejectedly to their table.

Satisfied with the result, he continued to trudge off. Still undecided, he closed his eyes briefly in exasperation. Just a half second after closing his eyes, he collided with something, or rather someone.

About to open his eyes to glare and snap at the person, he stared for another second to do a double take. He just bumped with Sakura Haruno, again. He wondered briefly if it was a tradition in the making.

Apparently, the collision caused Sakura to stumble back to steady herself and avoid falling flat on her back side.

As she looked up to apologize, she was captured in the depths of very familiar black pools. Staring at each other for another few seconds, Sakura was the first to recover. She sent him a brief but venomous glare then whirled around to storm off in the other direction.

Sasuke, still unused to harsh treatment and cold shoulders, was left stunned at Sakura's glare. Then as the pink-haired girl turned, long pink hair swirling behind her, Sasuke was momentarily distracted by the sweet strawberry and cherries scent wafting off to his nose. But remembering what he had to do, he ordered his body to move.

A/N: Er, so what do you think? Too random? Too cliche? Tell me whatcha think, okay? :) And sorry about any grammar or spelling mistake cause I don't have a beta reader yet. Please give me some reviews to know what you readers think about my story. Honestly, the rate of my reviewers went down this past week and so I'm doubting if I'm doing any good at all. Just click the little button down there. Not a hard thing to do, right?

Authoress WatashiNoTenshi07 out! Peace y'all ! :)