Tada! I new update. -giggle.- I had a bit of hard time writing it. But eh.
Tell me whatcha' think, 'kay? -heart.-
The next day felt… awkward. It was as if she had stepped into the twilight zone. Sasori had shown up at her house, with the usual expressionless face, to offer to walk her to school. Of course, she was use to her friends walking with her to school, or even meeting them at their house. But this time, the atmosphere seemed different.
They didn't hold hands, barely even acknowledged each other. Just walked in silence. It was uncomfortable. Even for pretending, it just didn't feel right.
"Hey guys, what's up?" The unusually perky voice of Rentaro drew them out of their somber thoughts.
"Nothing," Hikari's voice seemed oddly tedious to Ren's ears. Sasori didn't even bother to acknowledge the question. Ren's dark orbs glanced back and forth between her two friends. "Something's wrong," She spoke with a grave tone to her voice. "What happened?"
Hikari was about to answer with her usual 'nothing's wrong, you're imagining it', but the invading Uchiha appeared with a conceited smirk upon his lips.
"Good morning, Hikari." He mused, his eyes dancing with intrigue.
Hard to believe he had felt any remorse for his actions just the other day.
Hikari ignored him, eyes falling off to the side.
A fake frown appeared on Itachi's lips as he stepped closer, his arm snaking out to wrap around her waist. However it was quickly intercepted by Sasori's hand, "Public Displays of Affection, or the like, are prohibited."
Itachi's slick brows shot up, "Oh? You never stopped me before, President."
"I'm stopping you now," Sasori continued to hold a blank expression as he let go of Itachi's forearm.
"Why?" A smirk spread across Itachi's lips.
"No particular reason. I'm just tired of letting it slide," He shrugged in shoulders in a casual manner.
Before Itachi could retort, Sasori motioned with his head towards their classroom, "We better get going before roll call."
Hikari agreed with an eager nod of her head before proceeding after him.
"Well that's kind of strange," Ren mumbled, scratching her chin.
"It couldn't be…" Itachi frowned.
However it was anything, but fake.
The morning went along as usual. But it couldn't stay that way. No, things had to take a turn for the worst. And it all began at lunch.
"Do you want my apple?" Hikari held up the ripe red fruit.
Sasori eyed it with a blank stare, debating over the situation as if it was life changing.
After what seemed like a few awkward, or agonizing, moments of silence, Sasori politely declined before turning back to his own lunch. The disinterested boy fiddled idly with his sandwich.
Hikari, on the other hand, had seemed to have her mood lifted since the morning. She hummed quietly to herself as she polished the apple with the sleeve of her sweater.
Rentaro went on a rant to Kimiko about how Calculus should be illegal and the gym teacher needs to be hit by a bus. Kimiko just nodded in meek compliance. Who knew what was going through the timid girl's head as she stared at her lap.
However, this oddly tranquil atmosphere was soon to change. Like an abrupt summer storm. And it changed with the appearance of certain blond jock.
"Hey, Jungyaku." A smirk slithered across his lips, "I heard you napped yourself the Student Council President."
Rentaro snapped her gaze from Kimiko to Hikari, Kimiko looked up with a baffled expression, Hikari went as pale as a ghost, and Sasori glanced towards Deidara with an uninterested face.
"What the Hell is he talking about?" Rentaro's eyes jetted back and forth from the two 'secret' lovebirds.
Hikari's breath was caught in her throat. She couldn't fathom any words. The girl knew this was going to come to light, she just hadn't expected it right then and there.
So it was upon the impartial red head to take the lead, "And what of it?" He had brushed passed Rentaro's question and decided to take Deidara's head on.
Deidara had to think of something to say, of course. He hadn't thought they'd confirm it. In fact, the cocky jock thought he could get a rile out of them. Make them flustered and deny it. Needless to say, it backfired. "W-Well… Prove it!" He growled, "Kiss her or something."
Hikari's face went from white to red in less than a second. She was the color of her shiny apple.
"We don't believe in public displays of affection," Sasori retorted coolly.
He scoffed at the calm composure that Sasori retained, "I'd like proof that you two are together."
"And why is that? Is Uchiha Itachi jealous?" His question hit dead on the mark, just serving to irritate the blond.
"Why the fuck would he be jealous?" The infuriated man growled.
"Defaulting to cursing," Sasori's lips twisted up into the faintest of smiles, "A sign of frustration."
The blond's cheeks glowed a faint red as he scoffed again, turning his head to the side. "Whatever," He muttered before retreating back to his table.
"So it's true then?" Rentaro piped up after the brief confrontation was over.
"Uh…" Hikari stammered, her embarrassment rising to the surface.
"It's a private matter," Sasori, once again, chimed in.
Rentaro sent him a glare, "Shut up, Red." Her eyes snapped back to the uneasy Hikari, "So is it?"
Her eyes fell to stare at the apple in her hands, "Yeah…" She murmured, looking off to the side, "We just started going out yesterday."
"Congratulations!" Kimiko's sudden outburst made, almost, everyone jump. Sasori was the excluded party member.
"I'm so happy for you," She smiled, her eyes gleaming with enthusiasm from behind her thick frames.
The excited eruption from their usually silent friend almost dumbfounded them. "What?" She blinked, a cute baffled expression falling to her soft features.
"Nothing," A smile cracked on Ren's face.
"Cuutee…" Hikari let a dreamy sigh slip pass her lips.
Ren chuckled with a goofy grin on her face as Kimiko tilted her head to the side.
"What's wrong with you guys?"
Ah~ Kimi, you're just too cute.