Hey people. Just finished this up today. I must say, writing about high school is making me feel kind of old. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy it :)
Sakura looked at her phone when she thought no one was looking. Ino was finishing up her date with Sasuke now. The two had made an agreement the day before that since Sakura had set them up, Ino would meet with her afterwards to talk about it. Or rather, Ino had wanted an excuse to gush about the date to anyone who would listen and demanded that they talk about it.
She quickly tucked away her phone in her pocket. Trisha didn't care all that much about phones, as long as no one saw them. However, Trisha wasn't here today and it was a different supervisor, one who did care.
The pinkette had fifteen minutes left of her shift, just enough time to get the table full of sweaters she was standing at straightened out. Well, better get to it.
The time past by quickly and Sakura soon found herself walking out of the store.
They had agreed to meet a coffee shop that was located quite close to the mall. The pinkette was just leaving the mall when a blond bombarded into her.
She struggled to regain her footing and looked down to see that it was Ino. What the heck? She was about to ask the girl why she ran into her instead of walking like a normal person when she heard sobs coming from the girl. Ino was crying. "Ino?" she asked hesitantly. "What's wrong?"
Ino just balled into Sakura's shirt. "Date," Ino managed to croak out.
That bad? "Come on," Sakura tried to steady her. "Let's go to the coffee shop so you can sit down." Ino nodded and they left.
Soon they were sitting at the coffee shop, each with a low fat latte.
"So what happened?" Sakura asked before taking a sip of her drink.
"It was horrible!" Ino exclaimed. "Sasuke was a complete dick! First he shows up fifteen minutes late and offers no explanation as to why. Then I try to flirt with him, and he completely shoots me down. And not in a nice way; in a 'you're gross and that was pathetic' sort of way. He also flirted with the waitress in front of me. And to top it off, while we were eating at the end, I casually asked if there was a chance of us ever doing this again. I mean, I know he was being an ass, but I was hoping that it was because the date was set up. He looked and me and told me that he would never go on a date with me again, but told me that if I ever wanted to hook up one night, he'd be ok with that. I ran out after that."
"Oh Ino, that's horrible." Shikamaru had been right. She felt horrible now. At the time she truly thought that it would be a good idea. That backfired. "I'm sorry."
Ino shook her head. "It's not your fault." She shrugged. "In a way, I'm almost glad it happened. Now I know what I jerk he is."
Sakura had to stop herself from saying 'I could have told you that before this'. "So you're over him now right?"
Ino nodded. "I mean, I'm not going to start declaring to the world that I hate him or anything, but I doubt I'll be going after him anymore."
Sakura smiled. "That's good."
"Yep," Ino agreed. "Now, with that over with let's move onto something else. Say," the blond suddenly grinned, "your love life."
Sakura fought the urge to groan. Nothing romantic was going on right now with her. "Non-existent," she informed the blond.
"Oh come on," Ino insisted, "There must be something. What about with that guy you hang out with? What's his name?"
"Daichi?"
"Yeah, him!" Ino exclaimed. "He's really cute. And you're the cutest person he hangs out with, so you two must feel something for each other."
Sakura shook her head. "No. Besides, I think Leyna has a thing for him."
"Who?"
"A girl I'm friends with. I think she's in one of your classes. She's thin, pale blond hair, kind of shy."
Ino shook her head. "Don't know." Her eyes narrowed. "Now don't change the subject. Is there anyone else that you think is cute?"
Once Sakura finally got Ino to believe that she wasn't secretly in love with anyone, the two decided to call it a night and head home. Sakura still hadn't touched her homework, and she had to prepare for her, ugh, tutoring session with Sasuke tomorrow.
Plus, she did want to go spend at least a little time at the spot tonight. She was going to the spot nearly every day now. Something about the spot helped her get rid of her stress and think about things going on in her life.
Having Gaara there was also a reason she enjoyed going to it.
She had to admit that when she first discovered him there she felt a little mad, like her space was being violated. But after venting to him about her worries for setting up the date, talking to him was becoming a common occurrence.
The girl wasn't just telling about everything bothering her, she also told him anything exciting that happened that day, or something she was looking forward to. Gaara never really got involved in the conversation. He never replied or asked a question. In fact there were times when he never uttered a work for their entire meeting. But he always gave her his attention and she got the feeling that he didn't mind her speaking to him like that.
Soon she arrived at the spot and, not surprisingly, Gaara was already there. "Hey," she told him as she plopped down beside him. He looked at her and nodded.
She stretched out her legs and leaned back on her arms. Her gaze was directed in front of them as she began to talk, "So the date was today." And what a horrible date it was. The girl found herself looking down as she continued, "It didn't go very well.
"To put it simply, Sasuke was a dick to Ino. I know that's probably not a surprise to you, but I was hoping that he would act at least somewhat decently." She sighed. "I feel really guilty about it. I mean, I know that I wasn't the actual person causing Ino misery, but I was the one who set the date up. So it is partially my fault. Ino assured me that it was fine, but I still feel really bad about it."
Not surprisingly, Gaara was silent when she finished. She looked back up. "Ino seemed ok, at least after we talked about it, but I know that it will be a while before she's finally over it."
She glanced over at the redhead, who just had a blank stare on his face. Was she boring him? She guessed that hearing her rant about a date wasn't that exciting. Usually when she talked to him the topics were a little more interesting. At least, she hoped they were. The date was important to her, but she highly doubted that he cared one ounce.
"I'm sorry," she started, "Is this boring to you? Because I can stop talking about it if you want."
He blinked. "You're right, I really don't care." She was about to apologize again, but he cut her off. "But if I wanted you to stop talking about it, I would have told you."
Oh. "Ok," she replied, not quite sure how to respond. So he didn't care about it, but apparently it didn't bug him too much or he would have mentioned it. Fair enough.
Sakura stood by the door, trying to mentally prepare herself for her next encounter. It was now Tuesday, and she was about to tutor Sasuke. She was getting angry just thinking about it. But she should try to control herself. After all, he technically fulfilled his side of the deal, even if he acted like a total douchebag doing it.
Alright, she needed to control herself. Getting angry wouldn't help anything now. Ok, breathe. Now, get this over with. She walked into the room.
Sasuke was already there when she entered. Just looking at him reignited her rage and before she could stop and think about it, she called out, "What the fuck was that?"
He looked up at her and raised an eyebrow, waiting for her to explain.
Since he clearly wasn't going to speak, she continued, "You acted like a total asshole. Ino was crying after it."
His voice was smooth. "It wasn't part of our deal for me to nice."
"That doesn't mean that you had to be a dick!"
He didn't even flinch. "I had not specifically wanted to go on a date with her, so why would I act like it?"
She opened her mouth to reply, but he stopped her. "Would you rather me lie to her and pretend that I'm interested and turn her down at school when she asks me out again?"
She was about to retort to say yes, she did, but stopped herself. She knew that might have turned out worse. He smirked when he saw that she agreed with him. "But still," she added. "You could have just let her down nicely."
The smirk grew. "I'm not a nice person."
"Really?" She replied sarcastically. "I never knew that. In fact, when I was walking here, I was thinking to myself 'oh I'm so looking forward to tutoring Sasuke, he's such a nice person'."
"You still want to tutor me?" He asked, looking genuinely surprised.
"Well ya," she stated, staring at him with her head tilted to the side. "I agreed to it didn't it?"
"But I turned down your friend," he insisted.
What was he getting at? "Do you not want me to tutor you?"
He shook his head. "I still want you to."
"Well then, I will," Sakura insisted, walking towards him. When she got to the table he was sitting at she sat down on a chair beside him. "Anything else you'd like to discuss before we start?" He shook his head again. "Alright," she said as she took out a book from her bag. "Let's begin."
