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A/N: This takes place before even the Haku arc, because I actually care about consistency. Yes, it's weird. Keep reading and maybe you'll get it. Maybe not. I have a strange sense of humor, and this really proves it.
A Moment
Why the hell did he keep doing this to himself? He would show up fifteen minutes early, and be the only one there for a while. Blessed silence. Then she would show up, and annoy the hell out of him with her nervous little sidelong glances that she didn't think he noticed. Although it was getting better. At least she didn't ask him if he wanted to go on a date with her every day any more. Then the moron would show, about five minutes after their supposed meeting time, managing to look sleepy and disgustingly cheerful at the same time. Then, anywhere from a half an hour to three hours later, their sensei would finally grace them with his presence. What a fine model for behavior he was. Sasuke wondered again why he had ever decided to become a teacher before coming to the same conclusion that he always did: it wasn't worth his time to think about it.
Sasuke frowned. Something felt...off. Although he had kept his gaze focused on his feet for the entire walk to avoid conversation, he was still paying attention to his surroundings. Sasuke looked up at the bridge that was team seven's usual meeting place...and froze in shock.
He wasn't the first person at the bridge. He wasn't even the second person. Sakura had apparently arrived before him this morning...and so had Kakashi. But that wasn't what had caused his eyes to open wide and his mouth to drop open.
Kakashi and Sakura were having what could only be described as 'a moment.'
He was sitting on the ground with his legs stretched straight out and his back up against one of the supports for the railing. Sakura had her legs tucked up to her chin and was sitting on one of Kakashi's knees.
Sasuke blinked, hoping to dispel the vision in front of him. No. It was still there. Sakura was still sitting in Kakashi's lap. She was still giggling and talking animatedly to Kakashi. She was still...she had just...she had just reached up and run her fingers through his hair.
Sasuke cursed under his breath and wished that he had already developed the ability to use the devastating ability of his bloodline. Because this had to be genjutsu. Because Kakashi would never let Sakura sit on his lap, or touch his hair, or...or gently move his own fingers through Sakura's hair in return, and give her a smile from behind his facemask that even Sasuke could tell was genuine.
Sasuke realized how ridiculous the entire image was. There was no way any of this was real. In fact, if Naruto wasn't so inept, Sasuke would have said that this was the exact sort of thing the idiot would try if he learned how to perform a genjutsu. Sasuke told himself firmly that Kakashi and Sakura were not sitting on the bridge having an intimate conversation, and that Naruto was most likely sitting in the bushes just behind the slope of the hill laughing his ass off at Sasuke's expense. He opened his eyes.
They were still there.
Sasuke opened his mouth, then shut it. What the hell was he supposed to say? He was turning around to go home when his shoulder was jarred hard from behind.
"Hey, Sasuke, you bastard! Watch where you're going! Why are you leaving?" Naruto's loud voice cried out as Sasuke winced.
"Keep it down, moron. I'm going back home. There's no way I'm staying around just to watch that," Sasuke growled in a much quieter voice.
"Huh? What?" Naruto jumped up and down to look over Sasuke's shoulder. Sasuke smirked slightly. It should be amusing to see the idiot's reaction to the little scene down on the bridge.
Sasuke was shocked again as the normally loud blonde simply scrunched up his nose and said, "Oh, that again?" And started to walk down to the bridge, as if nothing out of the ordinary was happening.
Sasuke grabbed Naruto's shoulder and asked calmly, "What do you mean, again?"
"Oh, I was at the ramen place last night and I saw them in there," Naruto said matter-of-factly. "She was sitting on his lap, and he was feeding her. It was kinda gross."
Sasuke began to wonder if the entire world had gone insane. He also began to wonder if he would be staring at people in shock for the rest of the day. He couldn't remember the last time he had felt so out of control of himself, after...
He turned his head sharply to one side to discontinue that line of thought. Then he looked hard at Naruto. "And you didn't find anything wrong with that," he stated tonelessly. Naruto was stupid, but he was most certainly not that dumb. "And Sakura doesn't even like ramen," he added as an afterthought.
Naruto looked back at the bridge. "Well," he rubbed the back of his head nervously, "it is a little weird."
Sasuke almost sighed with relief, until Naruto continued.
"I mean, what if they get in a fight or something? I don't wanna be stuck in the middle of that! Sakura-chan's scary when she gets mad!"
Sasuke's mouth fell open just the slightest bit, then he snapped it shut. He quickly pulled his restraining hand off Naruto's shoulder, turned back to the village, and started walking away. He could feel Naruto's questioning gaze on his back. "You're all insane," he stated, and kept walking, staring at the ground with his hands in his pockets, looking completely unaffected by the situation.
Until he walked straight into the side of a nearby house.
He shot a glare over his shoulder at the oblivious couple and the wildly laughing Naruto before shoving his hands deeper into his pockets and walking away again. This time, he kept his gaze on the path in front of him.
This idea came to me because for some reason, the phrase "Kakashi and Sakura were having what could only be described as 'a moment.'" popped into my head and wouldn't leave me alone. Which is why I'm writing this instead of studying for my linguistics final.
Do you think I took too long in the middle there, dragging out Sasuke's reaction? I'm trying to decide...