Note: I will focus on the minor characters later, I just have to get this part finished first. Thanks!
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Turning away, he said, "Sakura looks so cute."
He smirked. Sakura angrily turned her head to look at Sasuke, who was walking away.
"Enjoy the concert," Sasuke held up the scarf, "Don't forget. I ruined your date."
Neji angrily stared down at the ground in front of him.
The stage was lit up in brilliant colors and the instruments were all set up on the stage. The club looked fantastic.
Sasuke was tying the green scarf around his bleeding hand when his friend Kankuro started to speak.
"Sasuke, thanks for creating a dream stage for us today," Kankuro thanked Sasuke.
"Don't give me that crap. Tonight, give me good music. Not bull," Sasuke commented harshly, obviously still angry.
Kankuro ignored Sasuke's comment, "Remember when we started out playing together? It wasn't easy starting the band, but you sacrificed your spot for another enthusiast. Otherwise, you'd be up here with us tonight."
"I sing horribly. I'm the first to give up," Sasuke smirked.
The band positioned themselves on the stage, when Kankuro looked over at Lee, who was grabbing his stomach, leaning over his guitar.
"Lee, are you okay?" he asked.
"I'm fine," Lee grunted.
The band jumped and the crowd cheered.
"Ladies and gentlemen, tonight we welcome to you…The Sound!!" a voice boomed.
The crowd went wild, waving glowsticks and posters, screaming at the top of their lungs as the band went straight into their opening song.
Sakura and Neji awkwardly stood in the front row. Sakura looked over at Neji, who was trying to get into the music but the fact that both of them were not really into the concert was fairly obvious.
When the song finished, the crowd roared. Suddenly, Lee collapsed. The crowd immediately fell to whispers as the band gathered. Sasuke ran up to Lee.
"Are you alright?" Sasuke asked, obviously worried.
"I can't let The Sound down…but I can't play…Sasuke, you need to take over. It's up to you now…" Lee said weakly before passing out.
Sasuke nodded.
"Sound! Sound! Sound! Sound!" the crowd chanted.
In the back room, Sasuke looked at his injured hand, at the guitar, then back to his injured hand.
Out at the concert, Neji and Sakura looked around, waiting for what was going to happen next when they saw Sasuke run out, hand bandaged with the bright, green scarf.
The second Sasuke came on the stage, Sakura's eyes never left him. The band began a heavy beat to a slower song. The crowd cheered and shouted.
The entire concert, Sasuke played for Sakura, his eyes always on her. To Sakura, it was like they were the only two in the room.Sakura got lost in the beat of the music, and was enchanted by Sasuke's mesmerizing onyx eyes.
As the song ended, Sasuke smirked, kissed his injured hand and pointed out to Sakura. She could feel her heart beat ten times faster.
Sasuke looked at the green scarf tightly wound around his hand, and smiled.
Sakura and Neji walked down the street next to each other, Sakura smiling.
"Thanks for inviting me to the concert today. It was exciting," Sakura smiled.
"I wanted to tell you something, but Sasuke beat me to it," Neji said, as they stopped walking, "You look very cute today."
Sakura beamed.
"Thank you," she said.
"One more thing…" Neji started, "you misunderstood Sasuke. He didn't mean to bully that kid. The kid was being very mean and doing harmful things. I witnessed it."
Sakura felt an instant pang of remorse.
"Actually…I didn't…really want to tell you that," Neji said honestly.
"I think you're very kind. Thank you," Sakura gave him a small smile.
"Bye-bye!" Sakura started to walk ahead.
Neji nodded, "Bye."
"Honestly, was that the right thing to do?" Neji wondered as Sakura walked away, "Why can doing the right thing sometimes feel so bad?"
Neji sighed, turned and walked away.
Kankuro walked up to Sasuke, who was sitting on the stage stairs and grabbed his shoulder.
"Hey, is your hand ruined?" Kankuro asked.
"Is Lee okay?" Sasuke asked.
"He's so stupid. Still tried to play, even though he had acute appendicitis. They called from the hospital to say they're cutting it out," Kankuro explained.
Sasuke nodded, "That's good."
"What about you?" Kankuro questioned, "Why were you going all out on stage?"
Sasuke smirked and got up.
"I'm going all out…for the heart of a listener," he said, walking away.
"I'm home!" Sakura called out as she walked through the door.
"Mom?" Sakura shouted, looking around the house.
After finding it empty, Sakura sighed, "Out on another date…"
Sakura hopped into the shower, letting the cool water run down her face.
"So I misunderstood him today. And I even called him the worst type of person on Earth. Ever since the concert, my heart's been beating so fast. I've never felt this way before. It feels like…not being able to breathe." Sakura took heavy breaths, in and out, weakly shutting her eyes.
Her eyes shot open when she heard the phone ring. Groaning, she put on a towel and stepped into the living room to get the phone.
"My heart's racing, I must've soaked too long," Sakura thought, "I'm thinking too much."
Sakura's vision blurred as she fell to the ground, everything blacking out.
