1ST PLACE ISN'T EXACTLY THE BEST

-CHAPTER TEN-

PSYCH!

Before she knew it,Sakura was fully crying and Sasuke was…hugging her?

"Sa…Sasuke-kun?"

"What?"

'He's using his annoyed voice again,I better watch what I say…'

"…thanks."

"You owe me one,okay?I'd prefer that other piece of cake that you hid from me."

"Fiiiine…."

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Sakura and Sasuke seemed to be completely oblivious to what was happening around them.Almost everyone on campus was watching them in their warm embrace while Sakura was crying her eyes out and Sasuke was just patting her on the back and stroking her hair while trying to comfort her.Then Ino and company finally saw them outside.

"What the hell is that jerk doing to Sakura-chan!"

"Naruto!SHUT UP!Some people wanna hear!"

Every female surrounding Naruto gave him a punch to the head as they stood back and watched.

"I don't think that this is right…"

"Baka Nara!I know what is right and this is it!"

"Ino-chan…"

"Yes?"

"I hate you!"

TenTen almost knocked out all of them,

"SHHHH!"

Back to Sakura and Sasuke…

Sasuke let go of Sakura once she had stopped crying,he looked at her in the eye and did nothing else but stare.

"Uh…Sasuke-kun?"

-This guy is getting to be kind of freaky.-

'You're right.Do you think that we should run away?'

-I don't know!-

'…'

-Sakura!-

Sakura was staring at Sasuke with interest as she thought out her options.

'Hm…do you think that he would forgive us if we ran away laughing at him?'

-Nope…no chance.-

'Then I guess that we'll be standing here doing nothing for a while.'

But before Sakura's statement could be carried out,Sasuke began to lean in towards her with that empty yet pitiful look fixated upon his face.

-Oh my GOD!He's gonna kiss us!What the fuck are we going to do!-

'I don't know…I DON'T KNOW!'

Now,she could feel his breath tickling her now pale skin.

-Sakura…he's gonna kiss us…DO SOMETHING!-

'I'm thinking!I'm thinking!'

-Well…THINK FASTER DAMMIT!-

Sasuke's face were so close to hers that she panicked…So she did the only thing that had come to her mind….she punched him square in the face ((LMFAO!)).Sasuke fell to the ground covering his face.

"Sasuke-kun!What the hell were you doing!"

-Uh…Sakura?-

'Yup?'

-We're dead.-

'Thank you captain obvious!'

Sasuke looked even more pissed than she had seen him before as he sat up on the ground.

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING!SO…DON'T ASK EVER AGAIN!"

"Okaay…?"

Sakura held out her hand to help him up as she began rethinking what had just happened in her head.

Where Sakura's friends are…

Everyone had been holding their breath as they had seen Sasuke leaning in to steal a kiss from Sakura.But they all burst out laughing when Sakura punched Sasuke right in the face.

"That's our Sakura-chan!"

TenTen was laughing as hard as Naruto and Ino.

"HAHAHAHAHA!That Sasuke-teme!He deserved that!"

"Naruto,shhh!"

"They're starting to talk again!"

…

"Yeah…so,are you okay,Sasuke-kun?"

Sasuke took Sakura's outstretched hand and brushed himself off as he stood up.

"I am.But don't think that I'll forget this!"

That was what came out of his mouth.What he was really thinking was,'I TRY TO KISS A CUTE GIRL AND I GET A FUCKING PUNCH TO THE FACE!WHAT THE HELL HAS THE WORLD COME TO!'

"I don't expect you to forget (smirk)."

It was quiet for a while until Sasuke decided to make up for his bold actions.

"Do you want to go to the arcade later?"

'Damn…he still might be trying to make me confess that I'm my brother…better say no…'

Sakura looked at Sasuke's face that was yet again,filled with hope.

"I'm sorry Sasuke-kun.Maybe tomorrow?"

Sasuke's face now became emotionless again,except for a hint of sadness that Sakura could see mixed in with his facial expression.

"Yeah,whatever."

The lunch bell rang and they both became silent for a while.

'I can't take it!Someone has to say SOMETHING!'

Before Sasuke could react,Sakura grabbed his hand and dragged him back to the school.

"We'll be late Sasuke-kun!Come on!We'll go back to class together!"

Inner Sakura: Me holding your hand just has to cheer you up!

And to Sakura's surprise,it did,because when they walked into the class late and holding hands in the doorway,Rika was about to yell at Sakura,and Sasuke had defended her.

"Sa…Sasuke-kun?Why are you defending that stupid pink haired bitch!"

"Just leave her alone…"

Kakashi didn't even complain about them being late because he had heard about what happened in the cafeteria ((that's really surprising because teachers don't give a hoot about what happens in the caf)).Sasuke and Sakura sat down at their table and to Sakura's surprise,Sasuke didn't let go of her hand.

"Ahem…"

"What,forehead?"

'So,he's back to being mean,is he?'

"My…my hand…"

"Oh..right."

Sasuke blushed a bit and let go of Sakura's hand.

-Does that prove to you that he likes you?-

'No,it doesn't.Plus,he has a girlfriend…'

-Yeah,and he doesn't care about her!Did you see how he defended you?-

'Hey,he knew what happened to me in the cafeteria,he should defend me!'

-Yeah,whatever.I just know that you like him!-

'(blush)Sh-shu…SHUT UP!'

"Eh…Sakura-chan?"

Sakura looked over to Sasuke.

"Yes,Sasuke-kun?"

"You owe me that cake still!"

"Uh..gomen.I forgot."

Sakura reached into her bag and retrieved the piece of cake.But before she could hand it over to him,he grabbed her arm to stop her.

"Actually…I don't want it."

"Huh?I thought that you loved extorting stuff off of me!"

"I do…but I love you more."

'What the hell!'

Sakura looked over at Sasuke with a blush on her face.It was silent until Sasuke grinned and grabbed the cake form her and yelled,"Psych!"

"(asd)SASUKE!"

"Hey,you should've seen the look on your face!"

'I can't believe that I actually like this jerk!'

-AHA!You fully admitted that you liked him!-

'SHUT UP!'