A Day in Life

By: Sweet Bliss

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Summary: With a swarm of boys on your trail, you would think you were the luckiest girl in the world, right? WRONG! Especially when it's the guys of Konoha High! From the geeks to the jocks, Sakura's got them wrapped around her finger. Her teenaged life containing; lies, betrayal, love, friendship, posers, and the hottest guys you'll ever meet!

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Chapter 9: Feel

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"Do you need anything? I can get something for you, just ask."

"I'm so sorry about your mother, Sasuke!"

"Sasuke, are you sure you're alright?"

"Going on a date with me will surely make you feel better, cutie."

"Sasuke, practice is canceled today. So you can be alone, you know?"

He hated the feeling of people feeling sorry for him. It had been like that since the news spilled about his mother. It was everywhere in Konoha's media, seeming as though his mom was a beloved person in Konoha along with his dad. He remembered the news station's report today clearly:

"Uchiha Mikoto, being cursed with severe breast cancer, died last night on Thursday at 11:28 p.m. The woman was found face-down on her floor breathless, reported an anonymous source. When we confronted her son earlier about the incident and her sickness, he declined to tell us anything…"

He'd turned the station off afterwards and didn't really bother paying attention to the rest of it. He didn't need others' empathy. Sasuke walked, head lowered, passed the office where he was stopped by his older brother. "Sasuke, Dad wants to see you. He is in the office. Come on." Sasuke reluctantly followed the older of the Uchiha sons. He heard the kids around him whisper, trying to conceal their words, but they underestimated his hearing abilities. The raven haired boy heard each word. How sorry they felt for him. They didn't even know him. They were clueless idiots in his eyes. Instead of wasting their sympathy on him, they could be giving it to someone who needed it.

Spotting his dad in the office, sitting up straight and tall as usual and having no trace of grief on his face, Sasuke came into the small room and slumped into the chair. "Sit up straight, Sasuke," his dad ordered as usual. The principal, Tsunade, sat in an oak desk across from them, her face a crimson color from her argument with the group of kids just in there. Leaning back in the seat, the dark haired teen stared hard and cold at the woman.

"Sasuke, due to your mother's 'absence', shall we say, your father has offered to let you move in with him," Tsunade spoke calming herself down a bit. Offered? That was a stupid way of putting it. "If you agree, you'll finish out the week here at Konoha High and then be transferred to the Ama-Suna High School in Sunagakure where your father lives." He'd have to move and never see the others again. But then again would he stay at Konoha if he declined the invitation? "If you decline, you'll be put into an orphanage until either someone adopts you or you reach the age of eighteen, which is a year away since you're seventeen now." For a minute he swore the hag was a mind reader. But back on topic, it was a lose-lose situation no matter what. If he lived with his dad, he could quite possibly still see his friends every so often.

"Now, Sasuke, make a good choice," his dad instructed. "Your mother would want you to make the right decision." By that, he knew, his dad meant 'if you don't come live with me you'll lose everything and you know it'. But Sasuke wasn't in the mood for a lecture on good choices, so he answered, "Okay, Dad, I'll move in with you." Fugaku nodded at his choice and replied, "I'll come by Sunday and pick you up. Today is Friday. You've got two days, today and tomorrow, to pack and say goodbye to your friends. "

Sakura stood out side the office door, her ear against the wooden surface. She wasn't eavesdropping by any means because that would be morally wrong. She was just 'over listening'. Moving aside when she heard the desks scratch against the polished- or used to be polished- floor, Sakura watched as Fugaku exited first then Sasuke. His shoulders were slumped and his face held an expression of… sadness? "Sasuke, what's the matter?" she queried, green eyes staring intently at him. His gaze averted hers as he replied, "I'm leaving Sunday. I'm not gonna see you again." Sakura stepped back not believing his words. "B-but you can't leave!" she screamed ignoring the stares others gave her. "S-Sakura… I," he tried to reason but she wasn't listening, "Get away from me! You're a liar, Sasuke!"

"Damn it!" he screamed punching the closest locker to him. "Shit, I'm always screwing things up!" He leaned against the dented locker and sank onto the ground. Right now, it wouldn't have mattered if he was skipping class or not. All that mattered now was the hardest thing to do: let go. Say goodbye to everyone in two days was something he never wanted to do, but if he must he might as well. At lunch he'd tell them, and then he'd spend the rest of his time hanging out with them.

Art wasn't her thing at all and she wasn't one of the most experienced people at all, but today was different. She was every emotion she could think of mixed. The art teacher, Mitarashi Anko, had once told her she might as well give up. Art just wasn't her thing and it wasn't worth trying. The light haired girl decided not to give up. So today she was going to listen to Ms. Mitarashi for once and paint what she felt. That was when she felt the presence of her harsh teacher.

"Miss Yamanaka, I take back what I said before. This piece of art is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen!" Ms. Mitarashi Anko said in a tone of voice she rarely used. "Th-thanks," Ino whispered embarrassed by her art teacher's praise. Watching from afar, Shikamaru smiled slightly. The girl had managed to put the pieces of her life back together and move on, but… Shikamaru thought back to her words just a few days ago. She… loved him? He really didn't know what to say at the time but just smile. Ino didn't say anything about it or bring it up at all, so he was assuming she meant every word of it. That was what he got from being so smart. A headache. But his IQ couldn't do anything with his emotions. He didn't know what he was feeling. From dates with Temari to taking care of Ino the past month or so. But who did he really like?

The dark haired Hyuuga kept his eyes glued onto the girl's every movement. How could she be enjoying herself with that Oto kid while he was being miserable? It was stupid that some kid from Sound could just barge in and take what was his! Whoa… did he just say that Ten-Ten was his? Way to possessive, wasn't he? But it was the truth! Neji saw her first and now Dosu thinks he can just have her. Not if he could help it.

"Okay, Dosu, I'll see you then," she pecked the boy on the cheek and went back to her seat behind the Hyuuga. "what was that about?" Neji asked bitterly. Ten-Ten blinked and then answered, "Dosu is taking me to the movies tonight at seven and then we're going out to eat!" Furrowing his brows, the pearl eyed teen spun around in his seat and queried, "What? Are you to dating or something?" The brunette rolled her chocolaty eyes and replied, "Yes, Dosu asked me out just this morning. He's really sweet!" Glaring at the Sound citizen Neji muttered darkly, "Sweet my ass."

Rock Lee sat beside his beloved pink haired angel. Spring was usually a happy bubbly season but by the looks of things winter has left a lot of damage. "It's Sasuke, isn't it?" Lee inquired startling the girl. Shaking her head no the boy cocked his head to the side saying, "Don't lie, Sakura, because you're not very good at it." Surprised the girl raised her head and looked into his charcoal eyes. "I-I…What makes you think I'm lying?" Lee took a seat beside his friend and answered truthfully, "You let your emotions show more when around him. I think he's the only person you've really opened up to. And the same goes for him." The cherry blossom rolled her jade eyes heavenward. Incredulously she said, "Don't be ridiculous, Lee. The bastard is the last thing on my mind." The boy shook his head and once again stated, "You're lying again." Fed up with Lee's accusations, the female turned to him and said, "Do you wanna know what's wrong with me? Sasuke is leaving soon and I won't ever be able to… I-I want to say goodbye so he can move one, but… I'm the one who can't move on. I think… I know it's because… I'm in… no that's silly." Sakura placed her head down on the table and groaned. This was just Sasuke for crying out loud. The conceited bastard who didn't care what others think. Nothing to get worked up about. Lee patted her back and left the table to get him something to eat.

Jade orbs stared off at the dark stain on the wall of the cafeteria. Nobody ever sat over here and she was thankful for that. If she just avoided Sasuke until he left, she wouldn't be hurt. She wouldn't have to say good-bye to him. It was immature but she didn't want to risk getting hurt by this one person she'd known since she was three. The others would be here soon and they'd worry about where she was. Lee would most likely tell everyone about the little talk they had before the others arrived. Ino would stop her in the hall later and tell her that she was selfish. Naruto would probably insist on her at least seeing him before he left, but that was way out of the question! She'd brush them off and not pay attention to them as usual.

The lunch table was unusually quiet after Sasuke's speech. And Sakura was absent so they all assumed she'd already heard. Ino sat beside Shikamaru swirling the peas in her plant around and knocking a few into the potatoes. Naruto sat by Sasuke drumming his fingers on the table and it looked like it was slowly pissing Sasuke. "Damn it!Would you just knock it off already!" Sasuke yelled at the blonde. Naruto's blue eyes held a mix of shock and sadness and the raven haired teen immediately regretted what he did. Naruto slumped his shoulders and picked at his food. The school's chicken nuggets never looked more disgusting. The female Hyuuga sat next to Naruto finding his hand with hers and giving it a slight squeeze. It looked like the only one at the table depressed by their friend's soon departure was Neji. He was glaring at Dosu and Ten-Ten sitting at the table with other gothic teens. Choji had already stopped him in the halls before anybody saw the Hyuuga lose his cool. Standing up, taking one last look at Ten-Ten, Neji decided to talk to her that afternoon.

"Sasuke! Sasuke! You're leaving, please sing to me!"

"Sasuke! Please, sing me a song!"

"I'm going to miss you with all my heart Sasuke!"

"I'm sure to die without your heavenly voice singing to me."

"You will always have us to look back to, Sasuke!"

Fan girls cried as Sasuke left the school that evening. They were everywhere it seemed and it wasn't like it would hurt to sing them one song- or line of a song. Give them a little parting gift, seeming as though they wouldn't see him over the weekend at all. "Okay, one little line then let me go home." The girls screamed and fought to get closer to him. Thinking of a song on the top of his head he said, "I found the cure to growing older, and you're the only place that feels like home." The girls all looked as if they were going to faint, which Sasuke used this for his own advantage and left. But little did the Uchiha know that around the corner of the school sat a very depressed cherry blossom that heard the whole thing.

Neji walked aimlessly through the small part of Konoha. If his uncle caught him here, he'd be in serious trouble. Coming from the rich Hyuuga family living in the better part of the city his whole family would be displeased to find him walking around in West Konoha. The Hyuuga teen wouldn't have cared anyways. He was determined to fix things for the better with Ten-Ten. She was cute, funny, smart, talented. So many things he wanted a girl to have but never did. Then finally he finds that type of girl he screws things up. He thought back today when he discovered the brunette was already dating that Dosu guy from Sound. Oh, Neji was so pissed that if it weren't for Choji he would've murdered the boy. What the hell was up with him lately?

"Neji? Is that you?" The Hyuuga spun around to find himself face-to-face with the girl he'd been thinking about since the day they met. She gave him a small smile and asked, "What are you doing here?" Shrugging the Hyuuga answered, "Not much. Just came to see you." Ten-Ten tilted her head to the side and inquire, "Why would you do that?" Neji sighed and replied, "I needed to talk to you." Nodding and slightly confused Ten-Ten told him to follow her so they could talk without interruptions.

"So what'd you want to talk about?" Ten-Ten asked taking a seat on a bench in the isolated park. Neji looked around and noticed how trashy the park looked compared to the one on his side of Konoha. "About your date with Dosu," the white eyed Hyuuga said. He averted her gaze as she stared at him completely puzzled. Letting go of the breath he'd been holding he continued, "You can't go." The West Konoha native titled her said and repeated, "Can't go. What do you mean by that?" Pearl orbs bore into chocolaty ones as he stated, "You can't go… because I don't want you to. Maybe because I've fallen hopelessly for you."

…TBC…

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A/N: Okay so kind of a cliffy because I know you want to see Ten-Ten's reaction. Not much romance and fluff in this chapter but I promise you that the next one will be fluffier. The little line of song Sasuke used was "I Slept With Somebody in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me" by 'Fall Out Boy'

Um… let's see. Oh, yeah! Thank you reviewers who've supported me and this story up until this point and those who've just now read it! Even if you don't leave a review, I still appreciate you reading (or skimming through) this story!

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Love you all!

Sweet Bliss