A Day In life
By: Sweet Bliss
Summary: Sakura, seventeen year old girl going to a new school, just can't help falling for the wrong people. First her cute science partner, Gaara, nicknamed "Panda-boy" by her inner self, turned toward the evilness and went out with Ami. Then she got caught in her room making out with Hyuuga Neji. Now she has a fan club filled to the brim with guys. And her hot literature teacher just doesn't seem to notice her!
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Pairings for the "Effect": SasuSaku, SasuIno, NejiTen, NejiSaku, GaaAmi (don't ask), GaaSaku, InoShika, ShikaTema, NaruHina, LeeSaku (one-sided), ItaSaku (one-sided; crush)
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Chapter Five: Alcohol is Not Your Friend
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Ten-Ten shut her locker door gently, careful not to knock off the pictures on the side. Shifting the books from her right hand to her left, she dug into her pocket for her car keys. Without realizing it, she bumped into someone. "Oh, I'm so sorry… Neji," Ten-Ten said looking up at the person. He stooped to the ground to help pick up the books they dropped. The brunette girl thought back to this morning in the bathroom where some girl with lopsided hair was talking about Neji and Sakura. It wasn't like she believed it at first, but then more people starting talking and it really got to her.
"Neji? Did you really go to Sakura's home yesterday?" the girl asked hesitantly. Silence followed and Neji had a shocked/thoughtful look upon his face. He was about to answer when she cut him off, "Oh. Well, I guess I'll see you later then." Before the tears could fall from her face she ran off, leaving one of her folders behind.
The Hyuuga boy looked at the white folder and opened it. A sheet of simple, white paper lay in one of the pockets. There was a note on the back of the paper. It read: "I don't know if I'm going to give this to you yet. There are so many things running about my head right now, and you'd be surprised to know they were all about you, Neji. I know you probably wouldn't say the same about me, seeming as though I'm just a nobody. I just needed to tell you and if you don't feel the same about me I hope we can remain friends. Your friend, Ten-Ten." Turning the paper over he looked at the picture on it. It was a painting of a night sky and there in the center of it was him. White eyes glanced over the picture before putting it back into the folder.
The pink haired teenager walked down the empty sidewalk to her light haired friend's house. Ino said to come over and help her get ready then they'd go. For some reason, though, she couldn't keep her mind off Sasuke and focus on the party. It was driving her insane. She had already talked things over with Neji, and they cleared up the whole mess, they'd just talk it over with their friends later. But Sasuke had avoided her since the confrontation and whenever she wanted to apologize he'd start talking to someone, even if he didn't know who it was. She'd tell him tonight.
Knocking softly on the door, she crossed her arms waiting for her friend to answer. Ino's head popped out shortly afterwards, flashing the green eyed girl a bright smile. "C'mon, 'Kura, you can't wear that to where we're going!" A slim hand grabbed hold of Sakura's and dragged her inside the empty house. Ino's parents were on a business trip, so they had no idea as to where Ino and her friends were going. But everyone promised to look out for each other so everything was going to be fine.
Ino threw out a few skirts and tops once they were in her room. Ino picked an orange halter top and black mini skirt for herself and handed Sakura a red spaghetti strap shirt and white pleated skirt. "Perfect. Now we better leave. We're meeting everyone at the bar where my cousin will give us the IDs, okay?" Ino explained to her friend as they headed out the door.
"I never pegged Sasuke to be the goody-two-shoes type," Kiba stated raking a hand through his disheveled brown hair. Sakura turned to him and snapped, "Shut it! He's probably running late." The dog-boy raised his hands in defeat and started talking to his bug loving friend, Shino. Neji leaned against the wall beside Rock Lee, looking bored, "Let's just go in now. This is boring waiting for the no-show." Green eyes glared at the dark haired Hyuuga and when Ino noticed she said, "Yeah, we'll go inside. We'll call him in a few minutes."
Taking one look around the bar, Sakura immediately regretted coming here. Already her friends went in opposite directions leaving her beside the door. Walking passed the drunken men on bar stools she flinched when one of them pulled on her arm jerking her onto the man. "Where the hell is my lap dance, girlie?" The old man said running his fingers along the girl's spine. She slapped the man, and made her way into the crowd, looking for the light haired friend of hers.
Naruto and Kiba were yelling and making bets on who could drink the most. Neji stood protectively beside Hinata, sending glares in every guy who dared to look at her. Choji was already shoveling food into his mouth and flirting with a random waitress. Shino looked like he was begging for help as Rock Lee kept talking about the power of youth. Ten-Ten sat in a corner talking happily with some guy. Shikamaru then bumped into her, "Hey, Sakura, have you seen Ino?" The pink haired teen then told him that was who she was looking for. Their faces paled when they neared a back entrance and heard a scream.
"Ino!" Sakura yelled as she ran out the door. Her friend was cowering in a small ball. Her clothes were slightly torn. Sakura lowered herself to the ground and hugged her friend, who was shivering either in fear or from the cold. Shikamaru took his jacket off hastily and placed it over the girl's shoulders. "It'll be alright, Ino," Shikamaru comforted, lifting the girl off the ground. He then turned to the other girl and ordered her to tell the others to leave immediately. She told Naruto first, then spread it to the Hyuugas, Choji and Rock Lee told the others.
Shikamaru shifted Ino in his arms, the girl was still shaking uncontrollably and was whimpering in his grip every time he passed some strange person in the bar. "I'll take her home," the brunette cradling her offered. Sakura shook her head and said, "Her parents aren't home." Hinata walked up to them and spoke up, "She can spend the night with me until her parents come back." Neji tried to take her into his own arms, but Ino held onto Shikamaru tighter. "I'll carry her to your house," the teen said softly. Sakura waved goodbye to everyone else, after declining Rock Lee and Naruto's offers to walk her home.
She opened the door to her house, later that night,and took off her (Sasuke's) black jacket. Walking into the kitchen, after smelling the aroma of her favorite meal, she stopped dead in her tracks at the sight. Standing there was a middle aged woman with short brown hair and grey-blue eyes was at her mother's stove, using her mother's pans, in her mother's apron. And who was beside her cooking and laughing? Her father. "Good, you're home, Sakura. Meet your soon-to-be mother, Setsuna Mitarashi," her father introduced smiling brightly. Sakura backed away from them. Tears formed in her eyes when the soft orbs spotted the diamond engagement ring on the lady's finger.
Turning on her heel, she grabbed the jacket and slammed the door. Stomping her way down the street, she found a worn out bar that wasn't overly crowded. She thanked her luck for not throwing away her I.D. Sitting down in an empty corner of the bar she got herself a regular beer and sipped it. It was bitter to taste but she gulped more down her dry throat. "Excuse me, Miss, but we're closing now. You'll have to leave," the bartender said cleaning up the mess on the counter. She grabbed the bottle and made her way out of the door.
Taking sip after sip, the bottle was now half way empty, and the pink haired girl was staggering. Her vision was blurry and she had no clue where she was going. Bumping into someone, the bottle dropped from her hand and shattered onto the ground, spilling the contents within it. "Damn it!" she cursed, eyes glancing down at the mess. "Sakura, you're drunk?" she looked up and met onyx eyes with her jade ones. She shook her head, speech slurring, "I'm nosh drunk, I'm jush not shober." Sasuke rolled his eyes heavenward and picked the girl up. After much struggling Sakura calmed down and fell asleep in her friend's arms.
The black haired boy awoke to the sound of rustling sheets. He cracked open his right eye and stared at the girl. Her shirt was rather revealing and he couldn't take his eyes away from her chest. He wasn't normally a pervert, that was Naruto's job, but something about her right now was just calling out to him. 'Damn hormones,' he thought turning onto his side, hiding the blush that spread across his cheeks. 'You're going out with Ino, Sasuke. You're not supposed to be checking out your girlfriend's best friend. Even if she's incredibly hot with a killer ass, nice legs, and a chest to die for,' his thoughts really did creep him out sometimes. "Sasuke, are you awake?" she asked, her voice soft and silent. He turned back around, now that she had disturbed his sleep. "What time is it?" he asked groggily. He turned to look at the blue alarm clock. It read 3:00 a.m. Sasuke groaned and stared at the girl as if she were crazy. She was already laying beside him, snuggling into his covers. "What are you doing now, Sakura?" he grumbled closing his eyes. "My head hurt and I didn't like it in there," she answered, yawning and stretching. She closed her eyes and absent-mindedly put her arm across his chest. He thought nothing of it and drifted off to sleep.
Tossing and turning in the bed, Sasuke woke up, black hair sticking up everywhere ( not that it wasn't normal) and clothes a mess. He turned to the figure beside him to find the spot blank and cold. 'She must've gotten up when I was moving around,' he thought remembering his dream. His pale face turned red at the instant replay of it. Puberty was taking a toll for the worst giving him all kinds of dirty images. For the past few nights he'd been having 'inappropriate' dreams about the cherry blossom. And this one was worse. He ran a pale hand through his raven colored hair and sighed. Getting up he went downstairs and into the kitchen.
Hearing laughter inside he stopped beside the doorframe and listened in on their conversation. "I can't believe this little boy is Sasuke! This is so cute!" he heard the guest squeal. He smirked upon hearing all the compliments he was secretly given. "And this was the day you, Naruto, and Sasuke went on that field trip to a pumpkin patch. You three came here and tried carving them," Mikoto said smiling fondly at the memory. He waited a few more minutes before hearing Sakura speak once more, "Do you want me to go and wake him up?" This was the perfect moment to make a grand entrance. He walked in slumping and tiredly. "Good morning, Sasuke!" Sakura greeted happily. Sasuke yawned and opened the fridge and making a disgusted face before closing it again. "Hi." Okay so it wasn't a nice way of wishing someone a pleasant morning but at least he said something. "Sweetie, Sakura made us some breakfast this morning," the dark haired lady said, taking out plates from the cabinet she smiled softly at her son. The dark-haired teen glanced at the bacon and eggs then at Sakura.
Underneath the table, Sakura's fingers were crossed. Mikoto had already told her about her friend's meal skipping routine and how he'd already went down a size in clothes. Her eyes widened as she watched him put some eggs and two pieces of bacon on hit plate. Sitting down across from her, he lifted a brow as she continued to watch him carefully, "Can't I eat without you staring at me like I'm a crazed nut who committed murder." The pink haired seventeen year old quickly took her eyes off him and stared at her own food. Mikoto looked at her watch and frowned, "I've got to get to work now. Sakura stay as long as you want. And Sasuke be polite!" The green eyed teen watched the lady quickly exit and shut the door.
Sakura turned to her friend and asked, "What do you want to do?" Sasuke shrugged swallowing the food. She got up out of the chair and dragged Sasuke out of the kitchen. Tripping over her own feet she fell onto the couch with Sasuke tumbling after her. "Ow," Sakura moaned rubbing her head. "My moughts exactly," Sasuke's muffled reply came. Sakura looked down to find Sasuke's face on her chest and her legs wrapped around him pinning him in place. She quickly broke away from him, her face turning a deep shade of red. "I'm so sorry, Sasuke," the seventeen year old apologized drooping her head. Rubbing the back of his head sheepishly, Sasuke stammered, "I-It's alright." Silence invaded the room and the two secretly loathed the stupid quietness of it all. "This is stupid. Let's do something!" the girl whined.
She closed her eyes trying to think and then decided to call Hinata to ask about Ino's condition. She grabbed the phone and dialed the number. "Hey, Hinata, how's Ino?" Sakura asked and placed the Hyuuga on speaker phone. The shy reply came out silently and the two had to strain to hear it, "Shikamaru had to stay, too. She wouldn't let go of him." Sakura could imagine how frightened her friend was last night. "Well, can I talk to him or her?" The two waited for a second before hearing Shikamaru's voice. "Hey, Sakura, Ino is doing fine. She fell asleep a few hours ago after crying her eyes out…" His voice trailed off and Sasuke decided to speak up, "What the hell happened to Ino last night?" His question was met with silence from the brunette and the pink haired girl. Finally, Shikamaru chose to answer, "Ino was raped last night at the bar. She wouldn't talk to anyone and wouldn't allow Neji to take her to his home to stay with him and Hinata. She's been attached to me ever since. And… she said last night that… never mind. Bye."
Soft jade eyes landed on the boy who's face had gone extremely pale. His onyx orbs were unreadable at the moment and his fists were tightly clenched. "Did anything… happen to you?" That was not the response she had thought of but she quickly dismissed the thought of him caring for her. She was about to tell him about the man who had pulled her onto him but then shook the question off with, "No, if they did you would've heard about it on the news." Sasuke narrowed his eyes at her and she flinched under his steely gaze. He shook her by the shoulders and asked again, "Are you sure no one touched you?" Her jade eyes enlarged when his obsidian orbs flickered red. "Some guy might've touched me but I got away, Sasuke. Now calm down," She told him. His eyes went to normal and he let go. Sakura flashed him a smile and said, "See? I'm okay. I'll kick their asses if they mess with me!" He smirked at her announcement and then furrowed his brows. Out-of-the-blue he then said, "If you think about it, Shikamaru really has a thing for blondes." Raising a delicate brow, the cherry blossom hit her friend with a pillow. "You're an idiot."
Naruto wrote down a new pattern for his drum and smiled at his piece. He really should start a band. All he has to do is get some members. Sasuke, was a great writer, could sing and play bass. The blonde himself could play both drums and electric guitar, and he could sing. Shikamaru could play lead guitar and back-up sing. And from his special source (being Hinata) Neji could play guitar, too. The icy blue eyed boy smiled and dialed the three boys' cell phone numbers. "Hey, Sasuke, meet me tomorrow at the school's old gym." After hanging up, he told the other two boys the same thing he told his best friend.
Ino awoke on a bed other than her own and immediately screamed. Shikamaru rushed into the room, skidding to a halt before he ran into the book shelf against the wall. "A-are you okay, Ino?" he asked breathlessly and Ino hugged the pillow tight against herself. "Where am I?" Shikamaru stood up straight and sat down on the bed beside his friend. "Your at Hinata's house. Hinata invited you to stay here while your parents are gone." The blonde nodded and hesitantly placed her head on Shikamaru's shoulder. Her sky blue eyes filled with tears as she remembered last night's events. "Shikamaru, what will happen if I end up pregnant?" The brunette sat silent for a minute and then responded, "Then I'll help you raise the baby." Ino smiled sadly and hugged the brunette.
He tried calling her home numerous times but all he got was the answering machine. He threw the phone across the room and didn't mind that it broke. Ten-Ten wasn't the type to get mad easily, is what he assumed, but when she was she really held a grudge. He wished he wasn't so smart in math and science and that Sakura was sitting on the other side of the room. Neji didn't have anything against Sakura for asking for help, he did however blame her for the kiss. Then again he could have easily told her to stop the whole time, so he was partially to blame. A knock on the door knocked him out of his silent blaming. He answered it to be greeted by the bunned brunette, Ten-Ten. Her chocolate colored eyes avoided his pearl orbs as she requested to speak with Ino and Hinata. He allowed her entry and he closed the door after she stepped foot into the foyer. "They're in Hinata's room. This way," He motioned for to follow him and when they reached his room he stopped and informed, "Her room is the next one down and, Ten-Ten, thanks." The girl looked confused then she spotted the sketch she'd drawn Neji. Before she could say anything, he had closed the door with a soft clicking sound.
Sakura opened the shower door and grabbed a towel. Wrapping it around herself, her foot made contact with the cool, wooden floor. She jerked on the door to find it was locked. "Sasuke! The door is locked!" She cried out and in a few minutes the door opened. "Hey, Sakura…" his voice trailed off as he took one look at the girl. He accidentally let go of the door and didn't realize it shut on them until it clicked shut. He turned and twisted the door until he gave up. "Oh, crap, it really is locked," Sasuke stated slowly, afraid to look at the girl that was clad in a towel only. Well, his plan would've worked if she hadn't stood beside him and tried herself to open the door.
She sighed and leaned against the white wall of the bathroom. The towel really didn't cover up much and she was turning red from his staring. "This is… awkward," Sasuke pointed out the obvious. Sakura nodded and sat down on the bathtub's edge. She avoided his eyes every time they landed on her.
Tugging at the collar of his shirt, he started fidgeting from nervousness. This was like that one book his old perverted teacher, Hatake Kakashi, had given him for his sixteenth birthday. Having a life size version of it happening, and him and Sakura starring in the scene made him… how shall we put this? Horny. He kneeled in front of her and closed his eyes. Man, this is what he got from hanging out with Naruto and Kakashi for so long. "Maybe we should try kicking the door down," Sakura suggested staring at the door. Sasuke shrugged and stood up. He kicked a few times and then sighed. "This is no- Ah!" He leaned against the door and the door finally gave way and slammed against the ground.
"Sasuke, are you okay?" Sakura asked, bending down to check on the raven haired boy. "Yeah," he groaned, his back ached from the impact. She offered a hand and tried pulling him up, which was difficult since she was holding up the towel. Once he was up, Sakura excused herself to the guest room to change into some clothes. Sasuke nodded and went off into the kitchen.
Sakura hadn't brought any clothes with her, which sucked, but she was thankful Mikoto wore the same size as her and had given her some clothes to wear. She slipped on the red t-shirt and blue jean pants and glanced over her reflection. "Sasuke, let's go see Ino!" She called out of the room and after hearing a reply of 'yeah' she smiled. Ino would feel better with the comfort of Sasuke. She hoped…
To be continued…
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A/N: Here's this chapter ( Got it out faster than expected)! Hope you like it ( I don't like it that much but I tried!) ! Yeah, Sasuke is a naughty, naughty boy. He always ends up seeing more than he should, doesn't he? That's why we love him though! And yay! My birthday is a few days from now! I'll probably be the only person who wishes myself happy birthday (sad isn't it? Everyone's forgotten!) Well, hope you liked. Read and Review! Love you all!
Sweet Bliss