Chapter Eleven

Sakura.

"You're kidding!" I wailed as I stared at him, waiting for him to break into a smile, swing open the door and say, 'I got'cha, didn't I?' But he didn't. He just stared, wide-eyed, at the door, his hand still frozen on the knob.

Impatiently, I shoved him over as I tried to open up the door, myself. Sure enough, it was locked. It wouldn't budge open an inch.

"Oh – oh my God!" I panicked. "Now what?! I don't want to spend the night.. here!"

Aren't these sort of situations only supposed to happen in movies?!

"We're not! Do you have your phone?!"

I beamed. "You're right! I do! I'd never thought I'd say this, but you're a genius!" I excitedly jammed my hand into my pocket and took our my phone which was off. I turned it on, only to find that my cellphone... was out of batteries. It instantly turned off as it gave me the: "no more batteries" sign.

"No! Don't do this to me, cellphone!" I wailed. "It's out of batteries! ...Do you have your cellphone?"

"I don't have a cellphone, damn it!"

"Augh! Now what?!"

Pause.

I soon started pounding my fists on the door desperately. "Open up! Open up! There's still people on the rooftop, damn it! Open up!!" It was immature and idiotic but, but I was desperate.

He followed me and soon we were screaming and kicking and pounding on the door, begging for anyone to come and save us.

"Is anyone there?! Is anyone out there?!?" I yelled.

Pound! Pound!

"Let us out!! People are still in here, you know!!" He shouted.

Thump! Thump!

Kick! Kick!

Pound!

After a while of useless and hopeless kicking and pounding and screaming, we both gave up as we both trudged our feet to the edge of the rooftop, our throats burning and hoarse from all the yelling, begging for water. Unfortunately, we had no water supplied with us and we already finished our only source of drinks a while ago – which were our coke.

"I can't believe this!" I wailed. "Don't tell me we got to spend the night here and wait the next morning until someone comes and unlocks the door! Please tell there's a Plan B!"

"You can jump off and die," He suggested sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

"Shut up!" I growled as I kicked his shins. "Be more serious here, please!"

"Ugh... " He winced as he rubbed his shin. "Did anyone ever tell you that you had monstrous strength? 'Cause you do and when you hit or kick someone, it hurts like hell."

"Shut it," I growled.

Silence fell upon us as I grew calmer and calmer.

Even though it was spring, the air was starting to chill as the evening grew darker.

I suddenly heard a loud stomach growl.

I turned to Naruto in surprise who was clutching his stomach and groaning about how hungry he was.

Now that I thought about it, I was pretty hungry too.

The thing was, we had no food.

–

Naruto.

"Ah, I'm hungry!" I whined as my stomach pleaded for some food.

A pair of emerald eyes shot a quick glare at me. "Shut up."

She sat down, leaning against the wall and brought her knees up to her chest as she hugged herself and shuddered a little. She looked cold.

It was pretty chilly considering that spring had only just arrived and winter was only starting to depart so during the nights, it wasstill pretty chilly.

I groaned. I can't believe I'm doing this... it's so cheesy but hell, I'm not even cold... that's right, I'm doing this because I'm not cold at all and my sweater's only serving me as a nuisance.

After assuring myself that this of course not at all for Sakura, I took off my hoodie and wrapped it around her shoulders.

Her head snapped up as she glanced at me then quickly started taking off the hoodie.

"Leave it on. You look cold," I muttered.

"I'm not cold!" She snapped stubbornly. "Besides, I don't want to wear your stupid sweater."

"Don't be dumb. You're shivering. And besides, I'm not even cold."

She didn't say anything and this time. She kept the hoodie on obediently for once.

My stomach growled hungrily as I sat down next to her.

Night was falling pretty fast.

I glanced at my watch. It read 8:50 pm.

No wonder I'm so hungry.

"...Hey, forehead," I said, my voice slightly hoarse.

She didn't bother to even glance at me. "What?"

"Let's play a game.."

She stiffened as she shifted her eyes at me. "What game? And how can you think of playing a game at a time like this?"

I shrugged. "It's to keep our minds off hunger and the cold. Okay now.. do you know how to play Poker? ERS? Spoons? BS?" I asked as I took out my deck of cards from my pocket.

She raised an eyebrow. "You keep a deck of cards in your pocket?"

"Eh," I said as I pulled the rubber band off the deck of cards. "Just for emergency issues... in case I'm with someone and fall terribly bored... or become trapped on the school rooftop like this."

She giggled, starting to loosen up. "You carry a deck of cards for emergency issues? You should carry around food and water and a blanket for 'emergency issues' like these."

"True. But hell, that's too much to carry. Anyways, answer my question already. What card games do you know?"

She smiled. "I know how to play all... and Goldfish."

I snorted. "Goldfish is for little babies. Everyone knows how to play that. Let's play BS then since it's a pretty long game."

The night and school rooftop were filled with our shouts, laughter, and arguments as our game proceeded. Nevertheless, it was actually a pretty interesting and fun experience especially since we both kept accusing each other of lying by screaming out, "BS!" at each other and then argued that we didn't actually mean to say BS when the other wasn't lying. Or that we didn't even say it.. and that the other person heard wrongly.

A few hours rolled by, and our game finally finished. (She won. Though, I swear she cheated like ten times. She claimed that she would never do such a thing. Yeah right.)

We were lying on the school rooftop on our backs, gazing at the sky.

There were hardly any stars since they were all blocked from all the lights from Konoha but nevertheless, it was still beautiful.

"Sakura.. " I said aloud unconsciously. I quickly slapped my hand over my mouth once her name slipped from my lips.

Shit, I thought as my eyes slowly shifted to her.

But I found that she was sleeping already on her side, facing towards me.

I turned to my side too as I gazed at her.

She was breathing softly and her hair was a mess. Her long pink hair was tangled and draped like a curtain over her shoulder.

She's still beautiful.

Her cheeks and nose were rosy.. she was still probably cold. But there was nothing else I could take off of myself for her warmth.. (If I took off my shirt, she'd scream and call me a pervert or something worse and if I took off my pants...all Hell would be loose.)

I was tempted to reach out and stroke her face but I quickly bit back the temptation as I glanced away.

My heart beat quickly.

This is impossible. I can't be... possibly... falling for her... I'm not the type to fall in love. I swore to myself that an idiot like me would never – no scratch that, should never fall in love. And besides... she has a boyfriend, already! A boyfriend...

I gritted my teeth frustratedly.

A boyfriend who's starting to love someone else... when she loves him... so much.

The thought of it hurt.

My eyes shifted back to her, and traveled down to her lips, her glossy lips that were tempting me, daring me to kiss them.

I quickly looked away again before my temptation was too strong.

This isn't real... it can't be. Besides, I've only known her for.. what? A few months? A few months of just knowing her can't change anything. It's just a stupid crush... maybe.

I swallowed.

But Sai and Ino... they've only known each other for a few days, and yet – yet, I can already sense that they've got a thing for each other. And besides.. this... this doesn't feel like a crush..

I knew because I've had at least three crushes in the past. It wasn't many since I was never too into love and all that crap but I did have at least three crushes. And the 'love' I had for them quickly went away.

This feels... stronger than a crush.

I sighed.

Besides... she'd never fall for me... an idiot like me. That's impossible. She's too... good for me.

And secretly, I actually enjoyed being stuck on the rooftop with her...

–

Sakura.

My back ached as my eyes slowly fluttered open.

I could see the sun and the sky (what the hell?! What happened to my roof?!) and my back was aching like hell and this bed – why was the bed so hard?!

Then I remembered. It all came back to me like a flash as I remembered that I was stuck on the school rooftop. Oh joy.

Groaning a bit, I sat up as I massaged my aching back.

I looked around and saw Naruto still sleeping next to me. He was sprawled out, his mouth hanging wide open and drool drizzling down from his mouth.

I snorted as I got up and walked towards the door, testing to see if it was unlocked now.

It opened!

Excitedly, I shouted with joy as I quickly ran back towards him and shook him awake.

"Naruto, Naruto, wake up! The door's open! We can go now, we can – "

But suddenly he pulled my wrist and pulled me in. I soon found myself on top of him as he wrapped his arms around me.

"Just... a little bit longer..." He mumbled, his eyes still closed.

Pause.

I twitched as I felt my face heating up.

What the HELL is he doing?!

"Naruto... " I said steadily, my voice shaking with anger. "If you don't let go RIGHT NOW, I swear I'll – "

"AH!" He suddenly screamed as his cerulean eyes shot open and he quickly let go of me, pushing me away from him.

I staggered back as he quickly got up to his feet.

"S-s-sorry!" He stammered, not daring to face me. "IwasjustdreamingandIdidn'trealizewhatIwasdoingand- and... yeah.." He said all way too quickly.

I flinched as I brushed myself and sniffled.

"Whatever," I mumbled as I combed my hair with my fingers. "Anyways, the door open! Let's go already, let's go!"

He turned to me, his face a little red. "What?! Really? Alright!"

And then, we charged through the door and flew down the stairs, racing neck to neck.

My heart thumped loudly as we finally reached the bottom and pushed open the door of the school.

"YES!" I cheered as I punched my fist into the air.

We both jumped up and down and cheered for a bit like little kids and after we finally calmed down and settled down, we headed towards a restaurant to eat. (I skipped literally.)

We laughed, and joked along the way, feeling good.

Ever since I saw Naruto the day before at the cherry blossom tree, I laughed and felt better than I had for the past few days.

I frowned. The past few days when Sai was out somewhere all the time.

I shook my head, I didn't want to think about Sai right now.

So I quickly glanced back at Naruto, smiling, but then saw that he suddenly stopped at his tracks. His expression was mixed with horror, confusion, and disbelief as he stared at something in the distance.

Frowning a little, I matched up with his gaze.

My heart stopped for a moment.

He was staring at two people... kissing.

One of them was a blond girl with a ponytail... the other was a pale guy with dark hair.

They had their arms wrapped around each other.

And they were kissing.

Kissing.

Kissing.