Friend or Foe

Summary: Sakura and Ino are best friends forever. Will a guy as hot as Uchiha Sasuke break their friendship? Various pairings.

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Chapter 2: Bad Little Things

"My love for you is just an endless story. It's full of tension, grief, agony, patience and love. I love you. I therefore ask you to marry me; I will make you the happiest bride in the world. We will ride our youths to the moon and we will live happily ever after, happily ever after……"

"I do…I do…" Sakura mumbled ridiculously in an unconscious state as she had fallen asleep on the flight to Tokyo. She revealed a big grin on her face as she continued to say, "I do" repetitively, the dreamy expression seemed somewhat permanent. Ino who sat next to Sakura was examining her with a frown upon her face and wondered what on earth she was dreaming about. It was not a really long flight and yet, Sakura managed to find some time to sleep and daydream about silly things.

"Sakura…" Ino said in an exasperated state and shook Sakura furiously. Her "I do's" were beginning to grate her nerves and the blonde was just about to reach for a glass of cold water when Sakura sat up straight and groaned, "Hey, I was about to kiss him you know…it was so romantic and I forgot to ask for his name…damn…" The pink-haired girl sighed like the typical teenager in love and slumped down comfortably into her seat.

Splash. Ino, before she had time to stop herself, had accidentally thrown the water over Sakura's head. She gasped in a mixture of apology and shock, watching the droplets of water rolling down Sakura's cheeks. She gave Ino an are-you-happy-now glare. Ino grabbed a towel and wiped it all over Sakura, focusing mostly on her face where she began wiping at it earnestly like a mother. She apologized frantically, "Sorry, sorry…I didn't know you were half awake…honestly…but we will be reaching Tokyo soon and then you may take a bath later in the dorm."

Sakura perked up instantly at this lovely thought and spoke cheerfully, "Finally, this four hour flight is going to be over real soon. Why did you arrange for a flight straight after the fireworks display anyway? I couldn't get the opportunity to say goodbye to my mother, father, relatives, friends and my belongings, you must have packed everything. There's going to be so much junk. Oh poor me, I am going to die later while packing them away nicely in the dorm…"

Ino sighed wistfully and interjected her friend, "Sakura." The cherry-haired girl seemed surprised but paused and looked at her.

"School starts on the third and I want us to be extremely prepared for it. Why care about them when you will be a superstar soon. They will start fussing about you and ask for your autograph. I just packed whatever was nice and useable, don't you trust my taste?" The blonde gazed at her with a questioning look, a teasing smile playing upon her lips.

Sakura nodded dumbly and flipped open the Konoha College information booklet and began reading intently while Ino wiped her best friend's hair dry from the "accident". Sakura was running across the description of the school curriculum when she noticed there was nothing about what Ino had said about the college previously. She frowned and said uncertainly, "Hey, this booklet doesn't say anything about grooming college students into potential superstars and what is that crap about the route to stardom you were going on about?"

Ino dropped the towel on the floor and laughed nervously while avoiding Sakura's even stare. She snatched the booklet resting on Sakura's lap and stuttered, "T-That is not the point. The main point is that this school is known for having gorgeous males and females. Acting, modeling and vocal schools are all keenly eyeing this school and their students. Hee…" Ino retrieved the towel from the ground and hurriedly folded up the booklet to place it in her handbag.

Sakura rolled her eyes and muttered in a coherent voice, "Oh so that's what you meant. Sounds interesting." Then she turned away and stared out of the window to meet the large expanse of sky and abundance of clouds. She secretly grinned eye to eye to herself. Did Ino just say that? Gorgeous males? Oh man, I am so going to find a guy who is going to take my breath away and beg for my attention every second and and…

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"What do you mean we can't sleep together? Why are the two rooms so far apart from each other?" Ino slammed the table loudly with her palm. The impact of the table was beginning to cause a throbbing in her hand but the blonde chose to hide it by crossing her arms. It was early daybreak while Ino and Sakura were in the dormitory next to the college. They were politely told that they couldn't sleep together due to some privacy problems and that they only had two rooms vacant with a long distance between them.

The staff member stared blankly at the computer screen and said for the final time in a cold tone, "We don't encourage students to share a dorm room together as we expect the students here to study hard, work hard so one room is vital. And there is no other room vacant so…"

Ino turned to Sakura with a sober expression and Sakura looked at Ino sadly. They embraced each other like it was the last time they would ever see each others faces and went into the act of pretending to cry out loud. Ino even took out some tissues to blow her nose and Sakura threw a fit, exclaiming in an angered voice that she wanted to jump down if they weren't allowed to share a dorm room.

"I want to jump down; I don't want to live anymore. What is the point of living if I can't share a room with my best friend?" Sakura argued as she sobbed uncontrollably into her hands.

"I will ask my Daddy to burn down this building, he promised me we would have the same room," Ino said to the female staff indignantly and threw her floral tissues all over the place to attract her attention.

The staff rolled her eyes and shook her head in discontent. Ring, ring. The sound of the ringing phone had never sounded so welcoming to the staff member. She swiftly picked up the phone and said cheerfully, "Vacant rooms?" She nodded in reply with an, 'ok' and she slammed the receiver down into its cradle.

"You are lucky; we just have two rooms…" The staff said in a tone that told them that they should be grateful. Ino rushed over to the counter and slammed her hand down the table again, "Give us our keys please."

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"Wow, the first room is at the top level and the second room is at the fourth level. What a long distance!" Ino wailed as she stared at the keys in resentment; she had the urge to dispose of them out of anger. Ino suddenly looked at Sakura with glinting eyes and gave her a fishy smile, "I will take the top one and you will take the bottom one okay?"

Sakura narrowed her eyebrows and wondered what was up with Ino. One moment she was depressed about the predicament of the rooms, the next moment she had replaced her frown with an odd smile. The suspicious Sakura took the key and said slowly, "E-erm…okay…" Must be because she thinks most guys live on the top floor… The lift came to a queasy halt and Sakura stepped out.

She waved to Ino and said, "Good night or rather good morning. I'll go and have a quick bath then we can meet up for breakfast, bye."

Ino pressed the button and waved back cheerfully, "Alright, bye."

Sakura turned down the hallway and began making her way towards her designated room. There were only a couple of rooms on the fourth level because there was a study room and a reading room. So appropriate for students. Sakura reached her room and discovered there was another room adjacent to hers. She prayed that a girl was residing in there.

Surprised at what she would see behind the door, she opened it slowly and went in. Sakura squealed at the sight of a balcony with its glass panels reflecting everything. She ambled over to it and admired the city lights and the mountains near the school. The elated teenager slid open the balcony door wide and allowed the cool wind to rush into the room. Sakura inspected the room with a smile of satisfaction. It was ten times better than her bedroom back home.

She jumped onto the bed and switched on the television, but was disappointed to find that only the news channel was available for viewing; the entertainment programs had been disabled. She shrugged and decided that this would be for the best and it also seemed that dorm life wouldn't allow much time for television anyway. She picked up her oversized bags and chucked it into the walk-in wardrobe. Sakura had no desire to unpack especially after the flight. She was tired and wanted to sleep…again? She unzipped a small bag to take out some clothes and a towel.

Sakura opened a door to what she wanted to believe was the bathroom and to her delight, discovered there was a bathtub. She couldn't believe that the students here were treated like royals, almost. My own personal bathroom. She gazed at the polished marble in awe. There was soap, shampoo, a toothbrush, toothpaste and some bathing things provided. She skipped towards the bathtub and filled it with relaxing warm water. The steam from the steady stream of water began to fog the room and Sakura poured in some bath foam, hoping there would be lots and lots of bubbles.

She took off her clothes and slipped into the bubbly water which also smelled of a sweet-smelling perfume. She hummed a little tune and poured the water all over herself. Sakura smiled happily as bubbles rose up the ceiling. Her humming ceased immediately when she heard loud splashing sounds outside and heavy wind blowing. Is it raining? She remembered the sight of her balcony door wide open and gasped.

Sakura got up from the tub which was slippery from all the foamy water and loosely tied a white towel around her body. She unlocked the door and rushed out to the balcony. She heaved a deep sigh of relief as she quickly looked up and down; there was no rain yet. She surveyed the dark clouds in the distance and sighed again. She turned her head to the right of her dormitory; there was no balcony in sight. She looked to the left and was dumbfounded.

A guy was staring straight at her with a dumb look on his face. He narrowed his eyebrows as he noticed Sakura's flushed face and her embarrassing attempt to flee away hurriedly. Then he looked up at the overcast sky to find droplets of rain dripping on his face. "Oi!" He shouted.

Shit! I only have my towel around me and no way, am I going to be drenched. He'll see everythingSakura dashed back into the safe confines of her room but wasn't aware that she had forgotten to close the balcony door. Sakura panted as she reached the bathroom door, she took a quick look at the balcony and realized that the sliding door was wide open.

Damn it, it's going to rain inside my room. As soon as that thought crossed her mind a dark figure leaped into her balcony, startling her. He entered her dorm room and casually slid the door to a close. Sakura was paralyzed on the spot, dripping wet with a mere towel covering her body as the boy stared at her coldly. How did he get in here? I'm so dead, don't look here…my face is all red…why do all the bad things happen to me?

A/n: Cliffhanger. If you can guess who that guy is, tell me. Review and the next chapter will be up soon. Cheers.