Chapter 3: Ino
Sakura thought she was dreaming. Sasuke liked her. The guy that she had had a crush on for so long liked her. Sasuke turned is head and caught a glimpse of some girl watching them.
"Sakura." Sasuke whispered. "Someone's spying on us." He motioned his head toward the window. Sakura turned and saw her.
"INO!!!" Sakura got up and stormed over to the window. "You bitch! Quit spying!" With that, she closed the curtains. Sasuke wanted to help, but Sakura had closed them all before he could say anything. "..." She sat on a chair and placed her head on her hands. Sasuke walked over to her.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke." She whispered. "I should never have started to treat you like a friend, then this wouldn't have ever happened." She closed her eyes. "I think Ino wants you more than I do."
"No. " Sasuke protested. "She only likes me the way everyone else does. Always for looks and popularity." Sakura looked at him. "You don't. You respect me. When you started to avoid me, I realized that I liked you too."
Sakura felt a tear roll down her cheek. "Do you...really mean that, Sasuke?" Sasuke nodded. She jumped up and hugged him. "Maybe... we should keep this a secret."
"That's probably a good idea." Sasuke laughed. Sakura let go just as the door burst open. There was Ino, as mad as ever.
"Sasuke!" she snapped. "What are you doing with Sakura?!" She tossed her hair back in annoyance (and to show it off to Sasuke).
"I-"
"I invited him over." Sakura interrupted. "He's a friend and so I invited him out if the rain." Sasuke then realized where she was going. "Can't I have a friend over every once in a while?"
Ino was speechless. "Well then," she said. "I guess you won't mind if I take him with me."
"Why would I go with you?" Sasuke snapped. "I don't even like you." He watched as Ino stepped back in shock. "You expect me to like you because you think you're hot? Well think again!" He turned his back on her and walked away. Ino glared at Sakura and stormed off.
"How rude." Sakura joked. She turned around to Sasuke. He sat in one of the chairs, listening to the rain as it hit the window. It always made him feel calm.
"Sasuke..." She wanted to go over to him, but something told her to stay back.
"Sometimes... I just wish that I were like any other kid...invisible, friends that treat me like a friend, treat me like any other person in the shinobi classes. I want to be called Sasuke Kun and not my Sasuke, like that stupid Ino does." Sakura felt that this was the time to go over to him.
"At least they follow you." Sakura commented. "I just get teased for being so smart. People avoid me." Sasuke had to smile. He stood up and faced Sakura.
"Maybe we could go out sometime." Sasuke started to blush again.
"Sure." Sakura smiled.
"I guess things will go back to normal tomorrow." Sasuke sighed.
"Yeah...But no ignoring me. You want that ramen, don't you?"
Sasuke shrugged. "I guess I do."
Sasuke and Sakura sat back down and talked about some of the strange happenings that had gone on in the past week; like Naruto sneaking into Sakura's house.
"Oh, that's why Naruto was running from your house." "Yeah...Was Ino trying to follow you again?" "Yep. I hate that girls guts." Sasuke finished the tea and stood up. "I'd better go now. Thanks for the tea." He went to hug Sakura when he noticed that Ino was still watching them through a hole in the curtains. He hugged her anyway. What did he care? Sasuke opened the door. The rain had gotten worse and bolts of lightning flashed around madly. Sasuke stepped out of the door and down the steps when a giant fork of lightning shot down right in front of him. Sasuke jumped back and tripped over his feet. He fell onto the ground and rolled over as another bolt shot down at him. "Sasuke!" Sakura ran outside to help him out. She dodged lightning as she ran over to him. She helped him up. 'What a crazy storm.' Sakura thought. "Sasuke. Are you all right?" He nodded and started to walk away, but then turned around. "Thank you, Sakura." He then turned and ran down the path to is house. Sakura smiled and held herself in the rain.
Sakura thought she was dreaming. Sasuke liked her. The guy that she had had a crush on for so long liked her. Sasuke turned is head and caught a glimpse of some girl watching them.
"Sakura." Sasuke whispered. "Someone's spying on us." He motioned his head toward the window. Sakura turned and saw her.
"INO!!!" Sakura got up and stormed over to the window. "You bitch! Quit spying!" With that, she closed the curtains. Sasuke wanted to help, but Sakura had closed them all before he could say anything. "..." She sat on a chair and placed her head on her hands. Sasuke walked over to her.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke." She whispered. "I should never have started to treat you like a friend, then this wouldn't have ever happened." She closed her eyes. "I think Ino wants you more than I do."
"No. " Sasuke protested. "She only likes me the way everyone else does. Always for looks and popularity." Sakura looked at him. "You don't. You respect me. When you started to avoid me, I realized that I liked you too."
Sakura felt a tear roll down her cheek. "Do you...really mean that, Sasuke?" Sasuke nodded. She jumped up and hugged him. "Maybe... we should keep this a secret."
"That's probably a good idea." Sasuke laughed. Sakura let go just as the door burst open. There was Ino, as mad as ever.
"Sasuke!" she snapped. "What are you doing with Sakura?!" She tossed her hair back in annoyance (and to show it off to Sasuke).
"I-"
"I invited him over." Sakura interrupted. "He's a friend and so I invited him out if the rain." Sasuke then realized where she was going. "Can't I have a friend over every once in a while?"
Ino was speechless. "Well then," she said. "I guess you won't mind if I take him with me."
"Why would I go with you?" Sasuke snapped. "I don't even like you." He watched as Ino stepped back in shock. "You expect me to like you because you think you're hot? Well think again!" He turned his back on her and walked away. Ino glared at Sakura and stormed off.
"How rude." Sakura joked. She turned around to Sasuke. He sat in one of the chairs, listening to the rain as it hit the window. It always made him feel calm.
"Sasuke..." She wanted to go over to him, but something told her to stay back.
"Sometimes... I just wish that I were like any other kid...invisible, friends that treat me like a friend, treat me like any other person in the shinobi classes. I want to be called Sasuke Kun and not my Sasuke, like that stupid Ino does." Sakura felt that this was the time to go over to him.
"At least they follow you." Sakura commented. "I just get teased for being so smart. People avoid me." Sasuke had to smile. He stood up and faced Sakura.
"Maybe we could go out sometime." Sasuke started to blush again.
"Sure." Sakura smiled.
"I guess things will go back to normal tomorrow." Sasuke sighed.
"Yeah...But no ignoring me. You want that ramen, don't you?"
Sasuke shrugged. "I guess I do."
Sasuke and Sakura sat back down and talked about some of the strange happenings that had gone on in the past week; like Naruto sneaking into Sakura's house.
"Oh, that's why Naruto was running from your house." "Yeah...Was Ino trying to follow you again?" "Yep. I hate that girls guts." Sasuke finished the tea and stood up. "I'd better go now. Thanks for the tea." He went to hug Sakura when he noticed that Ino was still watching them through a hole in the curtains. He hugged her anyway. What did he care? Sasuke opened the door. The rain had gotten worse and bolts of lightning flashed around madly. Sasuke stepped out of the door and down the steps when a giant fork of lightning shot down right in front of him. Sasuke jumped back and tripped over his feet. He fell onto the ground and rolled over as another bolt shot down at him. "Sasuke!" Sakura ran outside to help him out. She dodged lightning as she ran over to him. She helped him up. 'What a crazy storm.' Sakura thought. "Sasuke. Are you all right?" He nodded and started to walk away, but then turned around. "Thank you, Sakura." He then turned and ran down the path to is house. Sakura smiled and held herself in the rain.