SupremeOverlordLetters: I'm glad you like the choice of music ^~^ and I will be updating the story, just not as fast I was hoping to in the beginning.
Filipinochick: I was planning on using him actually. Along with a few others such as Neji, but that's probably because I like Sakura with him too
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"You tell me that you love me; then you go and leave me. Oh, I'm lovesick."
~Lovesick~
Never Shout Never
First period was actually a lot more entertaining than Sakura had imagined it would be, despite the fact that her, Itachi, and Hidan did not fit in with everyone else. It was strange to her that so few people dressed the way that she did now. She had moved to a bigger city so she was used to being one of several students in class that looked the way she did.
The pinkette also found it strange that she knew practically nobody in that class; well until she remembered that this was a senior class that she had been able to sign up for. Honestly she was glad that they had all the classes she had been taking. Well, they didn't have AP Government exactly. They had the normal government class for seniors though, so principal Tsunade just put her in that and called it AP Government on her schedule.
Her government teacher didn't like her, she could tell. It was because she couldn't keep her opinions to herself. Apparently, the week before she had gotten here, the class was supposed to have come up with reasons as to why they believed that women should, or should not, be allowed to participate in wrestling. The last day of the assignment, though she had done no research, he was still curious about her opinion on the matter.
"Sakura, would you care to share your thoughts on this issue?" the teacher had asked.
The Cherry Blossom glanced over to Itachi, who was sitting right next to her, and smirked before responding with an affirmative. Itachi knew she was going to say something to get herself in major trouble and it was only her first day here. It was such a Hidan thing to do… though he supposed now it could also be labeled a Sakura thing to do.
"I don't think that they should be allowed to be in wrestling." The pinkette had responded, with an overly sweet smile.
"And why would that be?" the teacher asked, approval of her answer lacing his voice. Little did he know that approval was going to turn into a detention for her in just a few moments.
"Well, it has always been my belief that guys who joined wrestling were homosexuals—with the whole spandex suits and sweaty men all over each other. I feel that it wouldn't be right to make it so they had to "grope" a girl because they would feel very uncomfortable about it." Sakura stated, with a straight face the entire time.
Hidan and Itachi had laughed their asses off (Itachi laughing quietly of course), along with a couple others in the class. Unfortunately no one else found it too funny because everyone else was either a wrestler, friends with a wrestler, or was dating a wrestler. If not dating a wrestler, they at least had a crush on one of the wrestlers. The worst part about it all was the pinkette didn't find out until after she got her detention slip that her teacher, Senju Sensei, was the wrestling coach.
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Itachi had taken it upon himself to show Sakura where her Food, Family, and Finance (or 3F for short) class was. The cherry blossom thanked the older Uchiha before bounding into the classroom, finding her two best friends, and sitting in the desk that they had between them. Already she could feel the hateful glares of quite a few girls in the class. 'Oh yippee, another school where I don't get along with many females.' The pinkette thought with a low sigh.
Sakura was awoken from her brooding by an elbow in her side. She turned and glared at Sasuke before hearing the teacher cough and ask, "Can you repeat to me what I just said Miss Haruno?"
"No, sorry to disappoint you but I haven't been listening to a word you said this entire time." The pinkette supplied with a smirk that was more characteristic of an Uchiha.
The whole class was glancing back and forth nervously between Sakura and the teacher, expecting the worst. You can imagine their surprise once the teacher laughed and said, "Thank you for your honesty, but try to pay more attention. I don't want you failing my class."
The cherry blossom nodded slightly in understanding and started to partially tune into what was happening around her for the rest of the period.
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"Hey Sakura!" Suigetsu called down the hallway as he jogged up to the pinkette.
Upon hearing her name, the cherry blossom turned her attention to the panting speaker and raised her eyebrow in question.
"Wanna skip math with me?" the silver haired teen suggested with a wide smile.
'Now this is the kind of person I need to be chilling with.' Sakura thought with a grin before nodding in acceptance.
"Where are we headed exactly?" the pinkette questioned once they were able to slip out of the school undetected.
Suigetsu just gave a mischievous smile in response and continued walking. The cherry blossom rolled her eyes in annoyance while muttering, "Douche nozzle..." under her breath, but she didn't press the issue.
After about 5 minutes of walking and dodging hall monitors, the pair ended up at the Park across the street from the school. 'Elite Park, not too much of a distance but that's probably for the best since we have 3 more classes to attend.'
"I used to play here all the time when I was little; kicked Naruto's ass at tag." Sakura said absentmindedly, remembering one time in particular when Naruto tripped over air. Literally, it had to have been air; there was nothing else there for him to trip on.
"Not me, I grew up in Root for awhile and then we moved to Sound City. We moved here when I was 14. Sasuke and Naruto talked about you constantly, and from what Shikamaru says… or more complains about… they haven't shut up about you since you moved away. Actually I was pretty excited to meet you." Suigetsu explained.
The pinkette smiled before responding, "Sounds like something Shikamaru would do. Actually Sound City is where I had moved to. How come I didn't see you around? We were in the same city for 2 years."
The lavender eyed teen shrugged and said, "I was home schooled and didn't get out much. I hadn't really lived there long before I moved anyways; so it's a good thing I didn't get out and meet a lot of new people. I would have just lost more friends."
Sakura gave the boy a sympathetic look and nod of understanding. She knew how it felt to lose close friends. She would have bet her life that while he was telling her about losing more friends, he had a person or two specifically in mind from his first move.
Suigetsu shook his head to rid himself of the image of his best friend from Root. Short Dark hair and black eyes set on skin pale enough it could almost blend in with the snow slowly faded away. That last image of him, waving goodbye with a fake smile plastered on—a fake smile that hid the real emotion that was bubbling just underneath the surface—it was burned into Suigetsu's memory; he was, however, able to keep the image at bay most of the time.
"So Sakura," the silver haired teen smiled a lecherous smile and raised his eyebrows before continuing, "are you a virgin?"
"No my good sir, I am not." Sakura responded very honestly. She was so glad to meet someone that was upfront about everything.
"Oooh, when and to anyone I may have been acquainted with?"
The pinkette smiled at him and said, "Just a second, I'll text him to see if he minds people here knowing."
Heeey there ol' buddy ol' pal ;)
Hey Sakura. Wats up?
I gotz a question for ya… actually 2
I have a feeling I'm going to regret this. Wat r the questions?
First off, what class are you in right now? Cuz you, sir, are responding very quickly. Which I appreciate btw
I'm a TA this period. You're answering fast too. Class?
Skipped math with one of my new buds
You brought your weed to school with you Sakura?
Bud as in friend smartass. And I still gotz 1 more question
Alright… *sigh* shoot
Suigetsu wants to know who I lost my virginity too. Can I tell him?
Sure, it's not like I'm ashamed of it or anything. I just haven't told anyone cuz no one asked
Kk. Prepare for glares from a certain best friend of mine tho… maybe both actually
Lol I can handle myself Sakura, don't worry
Finally, the pinkette looked up from her phone and responded, "He said it was okay. I was 15 and it was Gaara; one of the times he came up to visit me during the summer."
Suigetsu was stunned and honestly didn't know what to say. Gaara being physical like that with anyone was almost beyond comprehension. The only female contact that Suigetsu himself had ever seen the red head allow was when his older sister forcibly hugged him in the hallways. And allow was being generous. The proper word, after witnessing the sight, would be tolerate.
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Gaara, for his part, wished he could be there to see the look on the silver haired teen's face when he heard Gaara's name come out of Sakura's mouth. It was well known that the red head was not an affectionate person, but Sakura was different. The pinkette was in a category all her own. They confided in each other. He had been there for her many a night back when she used to cry herself to sleep.
She had missed Naruto and Sasuke to the point that it hurt and would cry until she could barely breathe and Gaara himself could feel her heart racing. There were a few times where she could manage to gasp out "My heart hurts" and that was the end of it; her sobs took over once again. Two hours of this every night. It was hard to watch. It was even worse when he had to leave, knowing that she now had to deal with the pain all alone every night for another year.
After her emotional breakdown, the pinkette would always apologize. She felt horrible that she was leaning on Gaara. She knew of his awful childhood, one of the many things he had confided in her, and here she was—a total wreck just because she missed two people. It hadn't been long after one of those apologies that the red head ended up showing her just how sorry she shouldn't be; just how much he cared for her. No, he didn't love her and she didn't love him—not in the romantic sense—but they were two friends who had grown very close over the past 3 years and they had both needed that reassurance you can only acquire through the intimate tangle of bodies.
Gaara was snapped out of his reverie by the teacher he was the TA for talking to him. He really needed to quit thinking about his intimate moments with the pinkette because being that turned on in the middle of a class was not good for his focus.
While accomplishing the tasks given to him by Gai Sensei, he removed his phone from the back pocket of his jeans and texted the object of his newly acquired lust.
Sakura… wat r u doing after school?
Um idk. Nothing that I know of.
Well now you have plans. At my house this time
Oooh that's a first. Kk, I'll meet ya there
Right after school
Well someone's a little anxious ;)
Ya anxious. That's the word we'll use
See ya then. Headed back to the school. Lunch should be starting in like 2 mins. Let's chill. Wat lunch u have?
First. I'll meet u at the stone tables by the back entrance…
We don't have to wait until after school ya know. There is this place called under the bleachers
So there is… I might take u up on that
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And we are to the sexual themes. It's rated T so no lemon for you…. But it's implied. And yes it's still SasuSaku but I see no reason to stick with the ever popular "I'm a virgin… take me Sasuke. I only want you" bullshit. This right here, is realistic. And I shamelessly add in there my GaaSaku fix while still being able to pair her with Sasuke eventually. Anywhoo… Chapter 14 for ya.