Chapter 11
Sakura felt the wind knock out of her. There, in front of her, stood Morino Idate, the cause of her alteration. She narrowed her eyes and tried to think of a way to get away from the position. Walking away is not wise, considering that she doesn't know the place, plus it would seem rude to Shikamaru, who was forced to let go of his 'troublesome' attitude for awhile. Shouting is not good too; she would only embarrass herself in front of world-class people, not to mention world-class good-looking models.
"Surprised, my little cherry blossom?" Idate said. Sakura felt the blood rush to her head and she felt odd, bearing in mind that she isn't standing upside down to feel this way.
When Sakura didn't reply, Idate continued, "My, my, you haven't changed one bit. Petal hair, stunning bright green eyes, except you've grown a bit taller. Splendid, now, will you go out with me?"
"Go out with yourself, dunce." Sakura muttered, while Idate chuckled slightly.
"And with striking personality. Nara-san, she signed the contract earlier, neh?" Idate asked, putting his hands inside each of his pockets.
"Yeah," Shikamaru sighed inwardly, and thought. "Troublesome…"
"Good thing Ino-chan mentioned something about Haruno Sakura being a classmate of hers. That's how I found you, if that's what you're wondering…" Idate saw Sakura's right eye twitch. He smirked as he continued, "She also mentioned of how you became a close friend of Hyuuga-san and Uchiha-san."
At this, Sakura's head shot up.
"Hmm…interested in Sasuke-san, huh? He's a good guy, that Uchiha. Always…" Idate inched closer to Sakura, and Sakura backed off a step, "cool, silent."
Sakura glared at Idate. Shikamaru, noticing how uncomfortable the situation goes, broke the unnerving silence with a fake cough and said, "Haruno-san, you will be Morino-san's co-model for awhile." Shikamaru regretted he said it.
"WHAT!" a director shot up his head and walked angrily towards their direction.
"What do you think you are doing, miss! My photographer has a very weak heart and all the pictures he is taking are dumb! All dumb! So please, will you give him something to thank you for?" the director, who seems to be in fifty-something years, startled Sakura.
A man came towards their direction, wearing a pair of black sunglasses with unmistakably well-toned body came in their direction.
"Direct, there is no need for that." He said.
"Sasuke, finished doing the pictorials?" at the sound of the name, Sakura's head shot up, away from her deadly glare for Idate.
"Yeah, we're still not able to finish it. We'll return next week. The duo the director asked for you to send is still not there. So we just started on my solo pics." Sasuke replied, as a matter-of-fact.
Shikamaru widened his eyes at the director, who is looking at him with deadly eyes. "It's Haruno Sakura-san here, and Morino Idate-san." Shikamaru said, pointing at the other two.
Sasuke smirked. "Nice seeing you here, Sakura."
The director looked at them. Then he turned around and walked away from them, muttering words they could hear. He says, "a loud-mouth bitch and a boastful ass-faced. How thick could you get?"
"So, congratulations, you've just partnered with a brat." Sasuke said to Sakura, irony clearly seen. He had agreed to drive Sakura home in his car and they are both in the backseat, the driver, turned on the radio.
"I know," Sakura replied, sighing audibly. "He's my ex-boyfriend."
Sasuke looked inquiringly at Sakura. "He's your what?"
"My ex-boyfriend…" Sakura replied, looking through the window.
Sasuke didn't reply. He remembered seeing the picture of Sakura and that Morino Idate. So he was the reason why Sakura is…cold, before. Ino told him when she was still his girlfriend.
"…I really don't care. I mean, I could quit if I want. It's not like I've been begging my mom for actually letting me in that modeling company. It's like—" Sakura was cut off by Sasuke.
"Will you shut up for a moment? I'm trying to think here…" Sasuke snapped. Sakura looked at him with wide eyes. Uchiha Sasuke never yells, especially to a girl. She heard him mutter, 'you're so annoying.'
Sakura glared at him. "Stop this car. Now." Sakura said to the driver with a threatening voice. At once, the driver stopped.
"Where are you going?" Sasuke asked, slightly standing from his seat.
"Anywhere but here." Sakura replied, closing the door behind her with a bang while deciding to walk the way.
"I mean, he actually screamed at me! Can you believe that?" Sakura said to Neji later on, on the phone. They have grown close and now, Neji is like a big brother to Sakura.
Neji didn't reply at first. Sakura thought it was a good sign. Usually, when Neji doesn't reply when you ask him advice, he is thinking. Some people who lack patience actually walk off, so whatever they asked for was not said to them. And man, Neji advises so well.
"Maybe, he has another mood swing. I mean, the modeling. His co-partners didn't show up, right? So maybe he want the modeling to end but he's upset because instead of being finished, you, guys, have to continue next week. For all we know, Sasuke has a very hectic schedule right now." Neji took Sakura's silence as a sign to go on. "He is a guest at Naruto's show this week. The concert is coming up and—"
"Oh no! I'm not yet studying for the competition! Why is it that I always forget? Grrrr…" Sakura technically screamed on the phone.
"I think you need to study for a while. In two weeks, your competition and the band's concert will be on the same day, but different time, right?" Neji asked on the line.
Sakura blinked. "Yeah…so?"
"We'll try and encourage you back there." Neji replied.
"No! I mean, the place might go down…"
Sakura could almost feel that Neji has his brow furrowed. "Go down?"
"Yeah, you know, when people sees you…they will, you know, not pay attention to the program and ask autographs to you. Anyways, the people will be on one side, the side in which you're in and you would be in trouble."
"Trouble? Trouble is Bad Luck's doing. Bad Luck gives 'trouble' a whole new meaning, so it can't screw us up."
Sakura pouted on the line. "Alright, call you later."
"See you."
Ah, another lame chapter. It's just that I've been getting so hooked up with Battle On. I've got a Level 43 bitch there.
Also, I've gotten hooked up with writing 'We're Here to Play it Cool.'
Anyway, enjoy!
