Behind Those Eyes
Summary: Sakura is a strong and spirited sixteen year-old college student, working as a nightclub waitress. Becoming someone's mistress wasn't what she really wanted. All she wanted was true happiness. She doesn't want to pretend and lie anymore. Love seeks her but is it true love?
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Chapter Five: Goddamn Two Weeks
Sakura and Gaara reached their school shortly. They were not really having any conversations along the way. Sakura had a troubled look on her face but as soon she spotted Ino being dropped off at the gates, she immediately rushed off to catch up to her, leaving a disinterested Gaara behind. She watched as Shikamaru drove away.
"Sakura? Is anything the matter?" Ino looked at Sakura, worry for her friend evident on her flawless face.
Sakura looked shakily at Ino; I don't know to say this. Then she recalled something and said loudly, "I saw Shikamaru…" She knew she was acting like an idiot but she did not know whether this was the right time to tell Ino since they were currently in the middle of the school compounds.
Ino didn't look nearly as concerned from before and rolled her eyes, "Erm… yeah… I know…"
Sakura was shocked at how calmly she was responding, "You mean you know that he works for Itachi?" Ino had a mischievous smile on her face; she poked her finger at Sakura's waist and whispered, "How was the sex yesterday? Was it painful?"
Sakura immediately looked down. She never expected her best to find out so fast. Her cheeks turned into a deep tone of pink. She shut her eyes and shook her head; I can't believe that bad news travels so fast. She tilted her head up and stared at the Ino who was laughing cheekily.
"I didn't have sex with him or anything…" Sakura blushed again and began pulling at her just-ironed uniform in nervousness.
"Really?" Ino inspected Sakura closely to detect any untruthfulness, "Shikamaru told me this morning that he saw you entering his bedroom and you guys even took a bath together…"
Sakura shook her head furiously, "I swear we did not do anything… how can I do it with someone who is a few years older than me… and why do you say that it's painful?"
Ino couldn't hold the laughter bubbling inside her, "Well, you will know when you do it and pop it…" Sakura had question marks flying around her head. She had an I-know-you-have-already-done-it-but-please-make-it-simpler-for-me-to-understand expression.
The both of them dismissed the private matter and Sakura returned to her serious mood. "Anyway, why is Shikamaru working for Itachi when he is good friends with Naruto and Sasuke?"
Ino frowned at the question, "You will know someday… anyway; we are going to be late if you keep talking…" She hurried off to class. Sakura looked at Ino as she disappeared into the classroom.
"Excuse me; you are blocking my way…" A new girl that Sakura had never noticed before said sharply. She had nice blonde hair with brown highlights. Sakura bowed down and mumbled politely, "Sorry." She watched as the girl walked into her classroom. Is she a new transfer student? Realizing that everyone was rushing into their classrooms, she rushed in too.
Ms Butaki glared at her as she entered the classroom, "Haruno Sakura, you do have the nerve to come in late as usual."
Sakura froze in her steps. The blonde girl from previously smiled wickedly at her. Ms Butaki cleared her voice, "Anyway, as I was saying. This new girl, Temari, will be joining us for this semester!" Everyone clapped in welcome. Sakura sneered at her.
"Sakura, for being ultra rude, you shall be the buddy of Temari since she's new here and she will also be sitting in front of you," Sakura groaned, refusing to accept her evil teacher's words. This girl seemed liked she had an evil ulterior. Sakura went to her seat bitterly. Today is the worst day of my fucking life.
"Class, there are two more weeks to your major exam. This exam will determine your stream next year. Better study hard."
Sakura pouted her lips. She hadn't even started revising and she still had to work at night. But was she still a nightclub waitress? After what she did to Naruto and Sasuke, their new attitude against her now could clearly mean one thing. She was fired again.
She looked at Gaara who was staring into space. "Hey…" She nudged him. He was startled and gave her a mean look.
"What do you want?" He seemed annoyed and rested his head on his palm. Sakura acted worried, "…It seems that I have no job again…"
Gaara stretched his legs and yawned, "What do you mean? You are Itachi's mistress…" Sakura's mouth hung open, "Dumb ass, who said I am?"
The red-head blinked his jade eyes and explained, "Once you enter the nightclub with him, once you spend one night with him even without doing anything, you are his mistress…"
Sakura kicked her table, she felt like kicking herself. "I remember what Tayuya said last night… I guess I shouldn't have entered with him…"
Gaara folded his arms. "Then what can you do? Naruto and Sasuke were getting injured."
"That's right… but I thought they had a gang… what happened to their gang?" Sakura pondered on her own question and began playing with her pen.
"It's just that most of their gang members are gathering secret information or just acting as undercover… oh what am I saying?" Gaara stopped himself before he revealed too much. Sakura dropped the pen she was fiddling with and shook him like a desperate child, "What did you just say? Don't stop… why do you know so much?"
"HARUNO SAKURA, is there anything interesting to share today?" Ms Butaki's words reached the entire classroom. Sakura, in an attempt to regain her reputation, shook her head in a lady-like manner. Gaara took a peek at her and then stared into space again. Temari turned behind to get a good look at the pair.
She gave Sakura an annoying giggle and then she used a mysterious stare at Gaara. Sakura dared not ask anymore about Naruto and Sasuke's gang in case Gaara got really mad. But I'm really curious… maybe I should ask Naruto and Sasuke myself.
"Tomorrow is the weekend, make sure you guys take the time to revise as you only have 2 more weeks to your major exam… don't forget it…" Ms Butaki collected her books neatly in two arms and left the room.
Before Sakura left her seat, she turned to look at Gaara and said softly, "I will probably come by Zero nightclub tonight… see ya…" She did not know whether Gaara had heard her or not. Temari walked past her with a smirk on her face. Sakura thought she was nuts then she slapped Ino hard on her shoulders.
"Oh hey Sakura… I have duties today… sorry… you have to go home yourself…"
Sakura smiled. "Ok… bye… call me when you get home…" Sakura waved at her friend and then walked away. She thought she could have gotten Ino to tell her more stuff.
She looked up at the sky; it sometimes felt great to be alone. She hopped outside the school compounds and came across the pavement where she had hugged Naruto and Sasuke before. She stood there, re-enacting the precious moment in her mind. It didn't rain this time. Must be because there is no one to accompany me.
She looked away and reached the "Happiness" building, which was rather ironic in a sense, that the building didn't appear remotely happy on first impression. She walked up the stairs at her own pace and passed A-15, the door was ajar. Naruto and Sasuke were inside, with their clothes on. They saw her peering in and smirked.
"Isn't that the exposing girl from this morning?" Naruto looked at Sasuke with a mouth that was half curled into a daring smile.
Sasuke smirked back, "I wish she would show us her features again."
Sakura tried to retaliate to keep her face but Temari appeared beside her. "Hey Sakura, do you like my boyfriends? You don't have to drool, you know…" She laughed in a prissy manner.
So she was one of the girls this morning in the room, Sakura thought. Another girl came out of the bathroom, wearing a short dress that only covered half her thighs.
"Oh, this must be Sakura… I'm Kin…" She had long black hair and she looked about the same age as Naruto and Sasuke.
Oh my god, I'm outnumbered, Sakura thought anxiously. Naruto and Sasuke proceeded to the front door. Temari pinned her to the wall and grasped her neck tightly with two hands. Sakura struggling for air to circulate back into her lungs, gasped, "Get your dirty hands away from me!"
Kin delivered a hard punch at her stomach. She grinned a malicious smile. Temari let go and Sakura slipped to the floor, her back pressing firmly against the wall. She spilt some blood, crimson fluid dripping down her jaw line.
Without waiting for Sakura to recover at least a little from the attacks, Kin held up Sakura's face with one hand and used her other hand to slap her face. Hard. Sakura's left cheek swelled an ugly red. Temari lit one cigarette and used it to burn Sakura's thigh. She winced in pain and retreated from them, her hands feeling around her. She was losing blood.
"Have anything to say now, Sakura?" Temari spat on her with disgust. Sakura tried to stand up but Kin had extracted a whip and went for her legs. Sakura fell down immediately.
Naruto saw what was happening and pushed both of them into a room and said sternly, "I will take care of the rest…" He slammed the door on them and locked it.
Sakura got up and sat cross legged on the carpet. She looked down at her thigh. The cigarette caused a bit of her skin to come off, it oozed out blood. Sasuke sat down next to her and asked, "Does it hurt?"
Sakura looked away. Naruto sat at her right side and asked softly, "Must hurt… huh?"
"No! Instead, I love it. I don't mind receiving some more punches!" Sakura shouted with a hurt tone. She uncrossed her legs and stood up. She tumbled a bit before falling into Sasuke's arms.
"I'll carry you to your room…" Sasuke carried her in a bridal style. Naruto followed closely behind and muttered, "That whip was made from snake skin and leather."
Sakura wanted them to fuck off and leave her in peace. She jumped off from Sasuke's arms and quickly opened her door. Just as she was about to shut the door, Naruto and Sasuke prevented it from closing. Knowing that she was no match for them, she let go of the door knob with an exasperated sigh. They appeared in front of her with looks of confusion.
"Fuck off," She screamed and then turned around. Naruto dropped her school bag and went forward. From behind, he hugged her, forcing his weight on her. Sasuke closed the door.
"Let go!" Sakura turned her head to face Naruto's. He landed his lips on hers, causing her to melt.
Sakura stopped struggling and closed her eyes. Naruto tasted her sweet mouth; he nibbled on her bottom lip. She became aroused from his embrace. She did not want him to stop halfway. Naruto forced his tongue into Sakura's mouth and he wandered his hand around her body. Sakura moaned and entangled her tongue with Naruto.
Naruto untied the ribbon on her uniform, allowing the outer pinafore to slip off. He slowly unbuttoned her uniform and he stopped in the middle. He trailed his wet kisses along Sakura's neck. He let one of his hands wander inside her uniform; he touched her bra and was about to slip his hand inside but Sakura pushed him away.
Sakura pulled up her uniform and glared at Naruto, "What did you do that for?"
Naruto smirked, "Your eyes tell me you yearn for it. Didn't Itachi do a good job?"
Sakura snapped, "You pulled me into it, you bastard! I… I never had sex with Itachi for the hundredth time!"
Sasuke raised his eyebrow. "Last night… you and him…"
Sakura folded her arms. "I just slept with him with my clothes on… he didn't do anything… except…"
Sasuke shook his head, "Can't believe Itachi is such a gentleman…"
"Jerk, she hasn't finished," Naruto snarled. Sakura blushed, "He… he… stole my first kiss…" They both laughed. Sakura looked irritated. "It's true…"
Naruto smirked, "I'm your second?" Sakura looked away, not wanting to answer Naruto's question. Sasuke walked forward and pinned Sakura to her bed. "And I will be the first one you bed with…" He murmured.
"Sasuke, let go of my wrists!" Sakura looked at her wrists which were becoming red. He blew cold air towards her face. He slowly positioned his lips on Sakura's ones. He patiently waited for Sakura to take action but she was too stunned to do anything. So he forced her mouth to open and let his tongue in, playing with Sakura's one.
Sakura tried to push him away but he was forcing himself on her. He let go of her wrists and unbuttoned the rest of her uniform. He bit at Sakura's lip which caused Sakura to lose concentration as she wiped away the blood. He began to unhook her bra and while he was about to slip it off, Sakura kicked him in his private part which made him growl in pain.
She hooked back her bra hastily and buttoned her uniform. "Sasuke! I hate you!" She sat up.
Sasuke smirked, "I'd love to make out with you anytime…"
Naruto sat down on the edge of the bed, "Too bad, her features are not what we wanted." He shook his head.
Sakura snarled at him, "At least I'm a decent girl, not like you guys who bed Kin and Temari…" Sakura paused.
Sasuke looked at her which caused her to shiver. "We did not bed them yesterday…" His eyes seemed to show a deeper depth of his emotions. He sounded serious, "They were kinda irritating us…"
Sakura asked, "Who are they?" She straightened her uniform.
Naruto smiled, "You will know soon…"
"Why can't I know now?" Sakura pulled her skirt.
"That's because it's none of your business…" Sasuke lit his cigarette.
"But you will know soon…" Naruto got up, "They are kinda jealous of your special attention from us, sorry about those injuries…"
Sakura used her puppy eyes, "Sorry… about what I did last night… I admit I was…" Sasuke silenced her with a mellow kiss and then he broke the kiss.
"Don't worry about that… all will come to an end soon…" He stood up and closed the door. They probably were heading back to A-15. Sakura wondered, what did he mean by all will come to an end soon?
Sakura looked at the clock, it was getting late. She took a bath and changed into a plain summer dress. She began to fiddle with her textbooks; she lacked the energy to do any revision. Besides, tomorrow was the weekend; she could wait till tomorrow to revise. She jumped up and danced around. (Listen to the tide is high by atomic kitten)
She decided to go to Hero nightclub. As she walked out of her room, Hinata was there.
"Hi Sakura…" She said softly, sweeping her hair behind her ears.
"Hi Hinata," She shined her teeth. Hinata smiled back, "I'm sorry to hear that you were fired…"
Sakura shook her head, "Nah… I got another job…"
Hinata looked stunned, "So fast? What job is that?"
Sakura mentally punched herself, she slipped out information again. Hinata grinned, "I heard about it… you are Itachi's mistress…" Sakura blushed. Bad news travels damn fast. She wondered whether the whole school knew about it.
"Well, anyway… I've got to go now… my boyfriend is here… bye…" A tall guy stood next to Hinata. He flashed his million dollar smile. "I'm Lee, Hinata's future husband."
Hinata blushed under his steady gaze and waved goodbye to Sakura. What a weird couple, Sakura thought. She looked at them with a sigh. Hinata who is a nightclub waitress too can find someone so decent, not those bad boy kinds. She hurried off.
Hero nightclub was already open for business. Gaara was outside, smoking and looking around. Gaara, I don't really know him but he sure creeps me out by appearing in places where I happen to be, Sakura wondered.
The red-head threw the cigarette down at the cement and extinguished it with his shoe. He then waved at Sakura. Sakura waved back in greeting and walked nearer.
"I don't understand why you would be back here…" His voice was harsh. Sakura folded her arms, "Why can't I be here?"
Gaara placed both his hands on Sakura's shoulders and said, "You will be disappointed, that's why…" Sakura looked at his crimson eyes. They stared at each other for a while then Gaara looked away, blushing a bit.
"Anyway, I don't really care…" Sakura looked at her shoes. She turned around and walked into the entrance and into the upper levels. Shikamaru was there, drinking some vodka and chatting with that tall masked man. Sakura still couldn't figure out why he, Ino's boyfriend and Sasuke and Naruto's friend was with Itachi and his gang.
Just as Sakura was about to enter Itachi's room, she was stopped by that masked man. "Hey bitch, you can't go in…"
The door opened suddenly and Itachi interrupted, "It's alright, I have something to tell her…" Itachi lifted Sakura's head to his eyes and said softly, "I will be gone for two weeks so… behave yourself…"
The other half of his speech pierced through Sakura's skin. He turned his attention away from her and said, "Kakashi, please come in."
The door was closed again and she could hardly hear anything. Sakura looked at Shikamaru who was looking at her lazily.
"Why are you here?"
Shikamaru narrowed his eyebrows, "I'm here because… I like it…"
Sakura muttered, "But you are Naruto and…"
He interrupted fiercely, "That's enough for one night, don't ask so much…" He poured himself some more vodka. Sakura looked puzzled and went out of the building. Gaara was still there.
"Are you going with them?" She asked.
"What?" He replied.
"The two weeks… thingy…" She said.
Gaara shrugged his shoulders, "Yup…"
Sakura looked at him with concern, "What? What about your exams?"
Gaara snorted lazily, "It's not like I will miss it or something as I have already taken the exams…" He mumbled something else.
"What?" Sakura couldn't catch the last of his words.
"Nothing…" He muttered. Sakura looked down. There was so much more to know about Gaara. He seems so mysterious. Everytime, you think you already know him there will be some parts of him you have not figured out yet.
"Sakura…" The way he says my name makes me… melt?
"Ya?" She glared at him.
"Those two weeks… will be an ordeal…"
"What are you talking about?" Sakura was annoyed.
"Nothing… just enjoy yourself…" He smiled then turned from her, "I need to go and pack, bye… help me tell Ms Butaki, thanks…"
Sakura stared after him, wishing he would tell her everything that the others were keeping from her. She strolled back home, enjoying the night views. Her long pink pigtails danced with the wind.
Naruto and Sasuke were waiting for her outside the hostel.
"What's up? Done fucking with your girlfriends?" She smirked.
"Idiot! They are just our fan girls…" Naruto shouted.
"Fan girls?" Sakura had question marks flying around her head.
"You know, stalkers… except these two are so madly in love with us…" Sasuke shook his head. Sakura gave him a pathetic look.
"Sometimes, you can't blame God for giving us such good looks and us totally having the bad-boy image and being sex Gods…" Naruto smirked.
Sakura rolled her eyes, "Eww…"
Sasuke looked at her, "Our purpose today is to…"
Naruto continued, "Ask you to spend two weeks with us…"
A/N
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