I don't own Naruto!
Sakura felt like the new girl all over again. But it wasn't the same as last time, where should could be the inconsequential new kid who just snickered at the rest of the idiots, no. She was now the new girl who everyone knew everything about (or at least, as much as google would allow them to know). She felt herself getting progressively more and more annoyed at the stares and whispers that she was receiving walking the corridors of the school as she had down for months, and had to keep reminding herself that it was really to be expected that they were acting in that way. The girl that they had ignored the most had turned out to be one of the most loved idols in Japan. That's got to be a kick in the teeth.
To be honest, that wasn't the only reason that they were staring, she just refused to acknowledge the other reason, just as she refused to look down at her and Sasuke's joined hands. To weird. Don't think about it. Don't think about how much you like it. Stupid chicken butt haired boy.
"I don't like this much." Sakura muttered as she got her books out of her locker, Sasuke leaning against the wall looking much to casual, and much to attractive.
He smirked. "Told you so."
"Shut up smartass." She mumbled, slamming the door of her poor abused locker and walking away in a huff. She was quickly stopped by two strong hands around her waist, his breath tickling her ear. She hated how much he affected her. And loved it at the same time.
"For the record Sakura-chan I don't like it that much either. I hate not having you to myself." She felt his lips on hair, and concentrated really hard on not going weak at the knees.
"God, the sexual tension is palpable." A haunted voice announced dramatically. Both teenagers turned to see their homeroom teacher leaning against the wall a few meters away from them, eyes in that annoying sex book.
"Your an hour and a half early Kakashi-sensei" Sakura muttered, irritated as she stepped away quickly from the prying hands of her boyfriend.
"Hmm yes, their were surprising lack of black cats to impede my journey to work this morning." He said chuckling lightly, shutting the little book and putting it in his back pocket. He walked past the two teens, stopping to look over his shoulder when they didn't follow.
"I must say Sakura-chan, I much preferred your other look. It made class with that bunch of idiots a lot more interesting." She saw a crinkle under the surgical mask he always seemed to wear.
"You knew the whole time didn't you." Sasuke said softly
Kakashi chuckled once again. "You give me far to much credit Sasuke-kun." He replied waving carelessly over his shoulder as he walked away.
"I don't understand the world" Sakura sighed as Sasuke grabbed her hand once again and lead her towards the classroom.
"It would be boring if you did."
They walked into their usual classroom together, though Sasuke dragged Sakura up to the back seat when she tried to sit in her own.
"I like it down there Sasuke." She whined as he forced her into the seat next to him.
"And have everyone stare at you the entire lesson?"
"...Fine."
"UZUMAKI IS IN THE BUILDING" Naruto bellowed as he walked into the classroom, though is happy grin quickly turned to that one of horror.
"MY SEAT. YOU THIEF SAKURA-CHAN! YOU FILTHY THIEF."
"...Soz.."
"Naruto, sit down on a free chair right now before I make you sit on the floor." Kakashi drawled, not looking up from his book.
Sakura and Sasuke both snickered as Naruto took the front seat, next to Lee and Shino. Lee nearly fell of his seat with excitement and Shino pulled out his cockroach collection out of his back pocket.
"How did you survive.." Sasuke whispered to Sakura as she tried to control her laughter at the look of absolute dispair on Naruto's face.
She grinned, cracking her knuckles. "The exact same way I deal with you."
An annoyed look passed across his handsome face.
"Hn." He crossed his arms and leant back on his chair, legs propped up on the desk, his usual look that sent the ladies wild.
"Emo boy." She said grinning, knowing it would piss him off.
He looked at her from the corner of his eye. "Your the one dating me.." He said, smirking.
"Shit." Was her only reply. He rolled his eyes at her response, moving his attention to the window next to his seat in which he always seemed to be gazing out of when he should have been paying attention, though unknown to anyone else his hands entwined with hers under the desk. He leaned back on his chair casually, refusing to acknowledge the voice in his head that was telling him that this was the happiest he had been in years.
They filed into the cafeteria as the lunch bell rang, Sasuke pulling Sakura along by the wrist as she attempted to reach the lonely table in the corner that she had always been sitting on.
"No point sitting by yourself anymore, a lot has changed." He reminded her as she sat down next to him, feeling incredibly out of place.
She regarded him for a second, remembering less than a month ago she would have rather gnawed off her own foot than have to be within twenty metres of him. And he had regarded most girls as pathetic tools for his amusement. Yes, alot had changed.
He noticed how her brow furrowed slightly, a sign that something was upsetting her. "You okay?" He asked in a low voice, as to not stir the others curiosity.
She thought of the airplane she would be on that night, the months of touring and how much more insane her life was about to come. A life where there would barely be a second to spare for months on end.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He didn't look convinced, but didn't get a chance to push further as her phone rang.
"I'll be back in a sec" She told him, standing up and walking quickly out of the noisy room.
"What is it?" She said into the receiver, leaning against the wall of the hallway.
'We need to talk now. I'm parked outside. It's important."
She heard something in his voice that she never heard. Fear.
"I'm on my way." She hang up, walking outside to the front of the school, quickly sliding into the passenger seat of the porche parked on the curve.
"What is so important Itachi that you had to pull me out of school?"
"It's Yuka. She's planning something big, and all I know is it's got something to do with this." He slid his phone over to her.
Sakura's eyes widened in shock. "But that was like a year ago.. What could she possibly do with this?"
"I don't know." He ran his hands through is hair, something he only did when he was really stressed.
"She wrecked my relationship with my brother once, I can't let her do it again. I can't stand Sasuke's hatred again." He clenched his hands in his lap. She reached out and squeezed his shoulder, eyes full of concern.
"Again?"
"Yeah. You May have your own dealings with this girl, but she seems to have quite the fascination with the Uchiha's.."
Sakura swallowed, trying to understand what she had just heard, but not wanting to register it.
"Just tell me Itachi."
He sighed, pulling away from the school. "It's really not my place to tell Sakura, and I do not wish you to think any less of me."
She sighed. "How long have we been friends for Ita-kun? Nothing will change."
At that a small smile appeared on his face.
"She is the reason Sasuke is, well was, such an asshole with girls. Because when he was in junior high, never had a girlfriend, she made him fall hopelessly in love with her for fun. And then she broke his heart."
He paused, eyes full of regret.
"How did she break his heart Itachi?"
"This seat taken?" Sasuke looked up to see his worst nightmare slide into the newly empty seat next to him.
"Yes it is actually!" Naruto growled, glaring from across the table.
"By who?" Yuka smiled back in. "I don't see anyone."'
"Sakura-chan, who is coming back, so If you don't want her to whoop your ass into next week, MOOOVEE" Naruto replied, spitting noodles everywhere as he emphasized the last word.
"That's funny, I just saw Sakura get into a car out the front of the school." Yuka replied, examining her nails.
Sasuke clenched his teeth. "What?"
"You don't believe me, go look outside."
Sasuke rose from his chair and stormed out of the cafeteria, his blonde friend hot on his heels.
"Your a crazy bitch, you know that right?" Tenten stated, shaking her head in anger.
"I know. Makes things more interesting."
Sasuke shoved open the doors of the school just as a silver porche pulled out and down the straight. The same silver porche that was parked next to his car every night in the garage.
"What the hell." He growled, pulling out his phone and dialling Sakura, typing in the number wrong several times due to his anger. She answered on the first ring.
"Taking your sweet time. When are you coming back to lunch." He all but growled, trying to quash the rising anger.
"Hey Sasuke-kun, was just about to call. Somethings come up at home, so Gaara sent a driver over. Ill see you this arvo."
She hang up almost straight away, which did nothing for his temper.
"What she say?" Naruto asked as Sasuke stormed back into the school.
"Gaara sent one of the family drivers over." He spat, almost knocking two younger classmen over as she pushed through the crowd.
"And whats wrong with that?" Naruto asked, having to jog to keep up with him.
"Unless Itachi has picked up a part time job she is lying to me." He answered, clenching his fingers in his hair.
"Hey, hey Sasuke slow down." He grabbed his friend and forced him to stop stomping through the hallway.
"Listen to yourself man! This is Sakura-chan we are talking about! Why would she lie to you!" Naruto reminded him, tryin to calm him down.
"I know, I know!" Sasuke snapped back frustrated. "But that's what I just saw, Dammit! I don't know." He pushed Naruto to the side and stalked off into the crowd, making it almost impossible for Naruto to follow.
"I didn't know what she was doing, I had no idea she was even talking to Sasuke. I had met her a year ago at one of those stupid rich parties and all I knew was that they were friends. I thought she was pretty. Stuck up, though not bad to look at."
Sakura tried not to notice how high the speed was getting, or how hard Itachi's hands clenched the wheel. She just willed him to go on.
"Foolish little brother, she had insisted on coming back to our house, took him up to his room, told him how much she loved him, how much she wanted them to take their relationship to the 'next level'." He snorted.
"After that, she came down to my room. I had no idea why she was here, what she had just done, all I remembered was the bottle of vodka I had consumed to myself that night."
He glanced over at her. "This is why I never get drunk. It makes you do stupid things. Clouds your judgement. Not worth it."
Sakura didn't want to listen to the last bit, what she knew was coming.
"Naturally he walked in. That's the way the universe works right?" He gave a humorless laugh.
"She then told him that the whole time that they had spent together was just to get closer to me. That it was all one lie." He swallowed."I don't remember much of that night, I have the vodka to thank of that, but I will never forget the look on his face when she told him no one would ever want such a meek shadow of his older brother. It was dad all over again."
Sakura felt the pools that had been filling her eyes slowly slide down her face. Words could not describe how much she hated Yuka at the moment, how much she wanted to rip her face off. Or how much she wanted to be with Sasuke at that moment. Let him know that he wasn't worthless.
"He took off for a month. We couldn't find him anywhere. I thought I would go insane. The only thing that kept me grounded were our lessons." He smiled softly at the memory. "Then he was found, and home, and I was happier than I had been in a long time. But he didn't speak a word to me. Wouldn't even look at me. It was the worse feeling. I never want to feel that way again."
"And she did it all for a bit of fun." Sakura whispered, quickly wiping away the tears from her eyes. She hated crying.
"We'll get her buddy, don't you worry." Sakura squeezed his shoulder once again as they pulled into the Uchiha mansion.
A/N
SASUCAKES :'(
Sorry If this is all rushed and shit, I just really wanted to get it out! I feel so bad for leaving it for so long. In truth, it's probably more at the anger at this website deleting my second biggest (and the first I ever wrote) story, because someone reported it (for what I will never know)
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