Chapter Two: "I never forget…"

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"Uchiha-kun! Gosh, you scared meeee!" I yelled so loud, I guess, he had a weird feeling about it.

"Huh?" he was startled, "That's odd. Did I just hear my counterpart in seriousness yell out like that?"

I was surprised in what I have done. He had given me a near heart attack. By now, my heart is beating wildly, guess what? He had spoke to me and noticed me!

I backed myself up, "And that's odd too. Have you said 3 sentences or it was just my imagination you spoke like that?"

He chuckled then smirked. "Does that mean we're both odd?" HE was looking at me in a rather peculiar way. His eyes were staring at mine.

I rolled my eyes. "Are you insulting me or what?" I turned a few degrees just to meet his onyx eyes. His stunning onyx eyes… his jet black hair blown against the cold breeze… his cute face, and…

"I said what's going on with you." He replied casually, and retaining his benevolent stance. And it was unusual. He had repeated the sentence twice now. I was busy staring at him. Darn.

"Were you listening… hey, are you sick?" he was somewhat concerned!

"I was just thinking for an answer, and I'm checking myself now." I was replying haughtily, I knew he noticed that I was very far from my façade. So as he is. I just hope no one watches us.

"And now we're talking after 10 years,"

"I guess it is because you are busy with your swooning fan girls and stuff like---" I was blabbering. Really now, I noticed that I was becoming more of a mad girl. It was nonsense to say those things to him. Maybe he'll just shrug it off, leave it like that how I feel…

"No."

His voice was still, cold and clear. The way he looks at me tells me that he's honest about it. I cringed.

"Fine, I guess I'll keep walking now." I told him, trying to bring up my courage and walk out on it. He stood still behind me, and I couldn't help but look back. Some sort of curiousness crept on me, haunting me and prohibiting me to go on the sidewalk.

I need to spit it out now. Now that we have the full chance to talk.

But… if that happens, will I regret it? Will he discover that I am not the cool gal, loved by everyone?

I gulped. I am beginning to feel tensed. As I stare at him, I began to speak softer than I used to.

"Well, why… was it not… I mean…" I cannot put to words what I wanted to tell him.

"I never forget…" He said once and for all. 3 words; 3 short words, and that were enough for me to hear. Quite satisfied with that, I turned my way and said:

"Don't try to remember this incident…" I said softly. I hope he did hear it. I want to remain as he wants it---as far as I know that he'd want me to be like this. We're distant to each other, and that's it.

As we parted ways, I think I heard him say: "I wouldn't."

Next morning, I was really hurrying to get off our car and ran down the sidewalk to school. I really hate to create a riot in case I step out in front of the school with our car. I always choose to live a normal student's life, and hurrying before the school gate closes is actually exciting.

I guess I was too late. The gate was closing. I was losing strength in getting on time, only to find Uchiha-kun hurrying too.

I stood frozen. He is running so fast, and then suddenly, I felt that a strong force was pulling me to run. It was him, grabbing my right hand.

"C'mon! What are you standing for?"

"Well…" I have no time to explain, and I just followed his lead. In a short time, I suddenly knew I was standing beside him, and everyone was around us… clapping?

"What the…" I began.

"They did it!" Everyone was murmuring. Did what? That gate adventure? Oh gosh! Everyone's eye is on us! Am I supposed to be flushed by this?

He was silently finding a way on how we can get off that crowd. He was continuously looking around, till I found my friend Hinata over there, signalling me to come over.

"There's a way here!" she was telling me in action. I smiled, then I subsequently grabbed this time his wrist and dashed away the people.

"Why did you draw a crowd over there?" Hinata asked me. I simply pointed to the guy next to me.

"Oh," Hinata said with her soft voice. I can say that she's weirder about it. Me going with Uchiha Sasuke, what the hell…

As I gazed onto Uchiha-kun, he was silently standing. I guess he noticed me looking at him that way. I suddenly turned away from him. He noticed that and he walked away, as if nothing happened.

That was too close. He acts totally weird yesterday, and I think I was too. But my hopes of him liking me once more seemed to be gone. I was getting weirder after that incident. It's as if I wanna know what he thinks about me. No, no…

The rest of the day passed by so quickly. It is now dismissal. I hurried to get out the classroom, to avoid my classmates… yes, even him. I crossed the road and went to the place I used to go.

That's the playground where Uchiha-kun and I last stayed when we were children. Memories flooded me as well, and I just smiled at it. That was long gone. I suppose he remembers this place--- recalling to the words he said yesterday.

Great.

I gazed at the other swing. I was surprised to see someone except me who was standing there, swinging. As I tried to zoom out my vision:

Uchiha Sasuke?

He was… there. And then… looking at the direction I was standing too. He stopped swinging and then…

Argh! I guess he noticed I was here!

Darn it, he's going here.

He was walking casually and then greeting me with the same manner.

"Haruno-san, konnichiwa."

What am I supposed to do now?

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