Friend or Foe

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Chapter 3: So Dead

Sakura hung her head down, wondering if it could go down any lower. There she was, in a numb state to avoid stares from the crazy stranger that had previously jumped into her balcony and made himself so comfortable in her dorm room. Maybe she should inform the lady at the reception counter about this obnoxious-looking guy who suddenly appeared in her room. Why did she let Ino have the top room in the first place? Why?

Sinking lower into her misery a thought struck her with an effect like lightning. Maybe if I go into the bathroom, he will just leave me alone. Good idea, go Sakura! Sakura smiled at her ingenious plan and nervously stretched out her hand, but it seemed like the doorknob was miles away. Before her hand was within reach of the doorknob the stranger called out to her, sending shivers down her spine.

"Open the door."

She was frozen in motion and processing his seemingly nonsensical words, it was like she was listening to a stuck record and his arrogant voice was pissing her off more and more. What? What door are you talking about? Bathroom? Yuck, such a sick pervert. Ah, I think he means the front door. Why can't he open it himself, baka?

"R-right, all right…" Sakura blurted out before she could even stop herself, all of a sudden she was under the impression that she was his loyal servant or something along those lines. She was eager to kick his ass out the door but when she caught sight of the stranger she couldn't prevent herself from blushing madly. Damn hormones! She was in horror then and she was not in the physical and mental condition to recover when she abruptly remembered she was still in her bathrobe. The blush on her face spread throughout her body.

She walked a few hesitant steps towards the direction of the front door, unable to calm her pounding heart as she heard his footsteps following behind her. Is he planning something? As she was reaching the front door, she paused. Ring. Someone was outside; could it possibly be the lady at the reception counter? Or was it…Ino? Ino!

Devoid of thought and filled with strange panic as she carried a heart that was working over-time, Sakura quickly rushed to the bathroom and flung open the door. She shouted at the perplexed male in the room while looking anxiously at the front door and jerked at the bathroom violently with two arms, "Get in, quick…"

To Sakura's utter dismay, he didn't budge but continuing staring at her. Sakura jittered and resorted to her last attempt and shoved him in as hard as she could. Closing the door, she muttered softly, "Sorry…please stay in there for a couple of minutes…"

The pink-haired girl managed to feign a look of calmness and pretended that no one had ever jumped into her dorm room as she sucked in a deep breath and opened the front door. It was Ino. Ino examined Sakura up and down, wondering what on earth she was doing with her bathrobe still on, "Funny, I thought you would be ready by now…" Ino scrunched her face into confusion and invited herself inside her friend's dormitory.

Sakura, still standing next to the door, laughed nervously while glancing frantically at the bathroom door. She prayed that the stranger wouldn't dare do anything silly. "Do you mind if you wait…outside? I haven't finished bathing…" Sakura said and gently pushed Ino out the door.

Ino smiled widely and didn't question her friend as she said happily, "Then go do your thing, I'll wait." I am so dead.

"No, really. I will take the whole day and I probably won't even finish by night time!" Sakura grimaced at the lame remark but still laughed to herself as she clutched tightly at her robe; she was running fast out of ideas to stall Ino. By the time I'm done bathing, my skin will be wrinkled. I don't even smell that bad.

The blonde stared wide-eyed at her, thinking who in their right mind would bathe for such a period of time. And then, suspicion rose within her. "Gosh, Sakura, do you really want me out of your room or what?" Ino raised a plucked eyebrow as she made herself comfortable by jumping on her bed. Every time Ino landed on the mattress to be repelled by it again gave Sakura a massive headache.

What should I do? This is driving me mad. Reception lady…yes her…how can I ever thank her… Sakura couldn't have been more grateful for her appearance and she exclaimed to Ino in announcement, "Ino, t-that reception lady is heading here!" Sakura panicked while looking outside the room and back.

Ino ceased her jumping and she landed on the inflated mattress with both legs out. She slid down and crawled under the four-poster bed gently, ensuring that her head did not bump against anything, "I will hide down here in the meantime…" She held her breath and nose, "What a strange smell…"

Sakura panicked even more as the approaching of the reception lady drove her predicament off the scale of "what the hell?" Cold sweat was forming on her forehead, but she was becoming too tensed in the bathrobe outfit to care and then there was the fact that the guy was still stuck in her bathroom. Sakura was more than willing to hit her head with a frying pan repeatedly as she realized she hadn't exactly locked the door to the bathroom so that meant, he could easily get out, anytime.

"I-Ino! Ino! She seems to be heading towards your room, what if she sees you not in your room? You may face expulsion and your dreams of stardom will be tarnished and what about me, how can you leave me?" Sakura exclaimed with the dramatics much similar to a 'damsel in distress' in your typical male-orientated movie. Sakura pretended to cry and used the sweat on her forehead to form tears around her cheeks, she couldn't have felt anymore stupid but it was all she had.

She opened one eye and discovered that Ino was already gone. The pink-haired girl got into an uncomfortable position on the floor to look under the bed just to make sure. She smiled cheekily to herself and slammed the front door closed. She had just managed to handle this all on her own and then her pride deflated like a balloon when the bathroom door opened at the worst possible time. The stranger emerged from the steamy bathroom and he crossed his arms in front of him to say coldly, "Such a bad actress. I can have you sued, did you know that?"

I forgot about him for a mere minute. Sakura re-opened the front door quickly and almost beckoned him with her eyes to leave her room immediately as she put her hand out. "Please, this is my pleasure. Hope you have fun…erm…visiting here…" Sakura faked a smile as he walked past her and brushed hurriedly past her shoulder which sent her stumbling a little. She glared daggers at his back.

Under his cool breath, he said condescendingly, "You're annoying."

The minute he stepped out of the room, Sakura's mood took a complete change. "Ya, ya. Call me whatever you please. I didn't give you the right to come into my room and close the stupid sliding doors. Jumping into other people's balcony unannounced, just who do you think you are? A hot…I mean hot-blooded stranger? You should be grateful that I hid you in the bathroom and not have pushed you out onto the balcony when it's raining cats and dogs and idiots like you!" She called after him and huffed.

He simply gave her a soothing death glare which pissed Sakura off even more as she gripped the doorknob so tightly that it was on the verge of snapping off, "Pray that you will never see me again or I will make you pay." He disappeared into his room and bid her goodbye without so much of a slam of the door.

Sakura angrily mimicked him under his breath and performed a silly dance outside, "I am not scared of you! Pray that you will never see me again or I will make you cry!"

Then she quickly slammed the door and crept into the bathroom. Please, don't let me see it. Phew. The bathroom was just as it was, he hadn't made it messy. Noticing the pile of dirty clothes on the table, with her flowery bra on top, she groaned and blushed in embarrassment and humiliation. He definitely had seen it. Sakura shook her head, "Just great." It was another reason to hit her head with a frying pan.

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Sakura was walking with Ino, listening to her talk endlessly like water gushing uncontrollably from a pipe. The school facilities were so high class. The students were so cool that they even redefined what cool was. Sakura looked left and right, still couldn't believing that she was here, on the grounds of stardom.

"Sakura, are you listening to a single word I am saying?" Ino looked irritated as she noticed her friend was too absorbed in the environment to have paid attention to her.

Sakura stuck her tongue out and said apologetically, "I'm sorry…man, this place is just so cool! I could take ages to explore the school…"

Ino rolled her eyes and continued her speech anyway, "So as I was saying, my real reason for coming to this school. It's not the crap about stardom or whatsoever shit…"

They stopped outside their first period classroom. Ino's eyes were swimming with delight. "It is for a guy."

"Ahh…" Sakura nodded stupidly, not entirely paying attention to Ino as she examined the décor of the spacious school corridors.

"Oh my god…he is coming towards us…" Ino gripped onto Sakura's arm for support as the blonde stared in a dazed manner ahead of her. Sakura looked at Ino's expression and smiled. She turned behind, following Ino's eyes and Sakura knew then that she hadn't prepared for the worst as her smile turned upside down in devastation.

"Uchiha Sasuke, my dream man."

Sakura gulped and turned in front quickly, hoping she hadn't caught his attention. She was still partially scared about the empty threat from yesterday. Without thinking, Sakura pulled Ino as fast as she could into the classroom.

"That's why I chose all the classes he attends for us. We will be seeing so much of him."

Now, I wish I didn't pull Ino in so fast. Every class? Please, expel me!

A/n: Thanks for reading and remember to review! The year's ending so fast…