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I just love SasuSaku so... I wrote this…

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Chapter 1

Who's That Girl?

Riiing! Riiing!

Sakura was awoken by the ringing of her phone.

Who the heck is calling me at this early morning?

When she looked at her phone and saw that it was Sasuke calling her, she immediately got up and was happy just to see his name.

"Hey! Morning," Sakura said while still sitting on her bed.

"Saku? Are you still there? Get up now or you're going to be late," Sasuke informed her.

"What are you talking about?" Sakura turned to the clock on her bedside table. "Oh shoot! I'm gonna be late!" she immediately went to her drawer and got some clothes.

"Why didn't you came here and picked me up?" she said to Sasuke angrily while holding the towel.

"I'm sorry, there was something important that I had to do," he said. She heard a small laugh at the other line.

"Well, is it more important than me?!" she shouted.

"I'll tell you the reason when you get here. Hurry up!"

"Wait! Wha-" he cut off the line.

Argh! Stupid Uchiha! Didn't even think of me! I wonder what the reason is behind this thing. If it's not valid, I'll kill him. So much for my record of being always early or on time.

Sakura closed her phone and threw it to her bed. She went to the bathroom, took a shower then got dressed and took her bag. She immediately went downstairs and ate her breakfast as fast as she could.

"Slow down, honey," said her mom.

"Mom, I'm running late and stupid Sasuke didn't even bother to tell me yesterday that he was going to school early today," she said after she ate her bacon, still upset at Sasuke for leaving her behind.

"Well, maybe he just forgot to tell you or maybe he has important things to do," her mother said, defending Sasuke.

"Mom, stop defending him! He lives next door and he didn't even inform you to at least tell me! And where's dad anyway?" she asked, hoping that her dad will at least give him a ride to school.

"Oh, he's early for work. He said that he should be earlier now since Sasuke's the one who's been picking you up for school since he got his license." Her mother explained.

After hearing that, he was all the more upset with Sasuke.

I just wish the reason was something that could be forgiven. We were best friends since we were babies! How could he forget me? Argh!

She quickly finished eating, drank water and hurriedly went for the door.

"Bye, mom!"

She took the bus. Good thing there was no traffic today or else, he's gonna kill Uchiha.

She ran to her classroom, she was panting but thank God she arrived on time, just in time for the bell to ring. Good thing their first teacher was Kakashi because he was always late. If it was Tsunade, she will be hearing a lot of thunder and seeing a lot of lightning. She doesn't want to mess with her, like what happened to Naruto last year. Poor Naruto. Also, good thing Kakashi was their class adviser.

She immediately went to her seat, next to Sasuke. And she saw him grinning while staring at her. She showed her angry-not-caring face.

"Hey!" He said, grinning.

What was he happy about?

"Saku! Hey!" he was now poking her arms but she just ignored him. After many poking and still Sakura ignored him, Sasuke went for his ultimate weapon of taking Sakura's attention – tickling her sides.

"Okay, so you're ignoring me. I will use this then…" then he started to tickle Sakura.

"Hey!" Sakura held her laugh because she didn't want to bother the whole class. Good thing Kakashi-sensei was not around yet. Of all the people, only Sasuke knows about her ticklish area and that was one of her weakness.

"Okay Sasuke, enough!" she snapped. "What do you want? You're so childish!"

As a matter of fact, they were now in their junior year in high school.

"You're the one who's childish! Ignoring me for some unknown reason."

"Excuse me, you're the one who forgot to pick me up! I thought I was going to be late!" she exclaimed.

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry," he apologized, holding his hand in praying style.

"Okay, never, and I mean, never do that again," wagging her pointing finger at him.

"Sure. And sorry again," he said making his apologetic face.

Sakura sighed. "Okay, just stop that. So, what's the reason?"

Sasuke was about to tell her when their teacher appeared at the door.

"I'll tell you during lunch," he said and got to his seat. She too got to her seat.

"Sorry I'm late class." Kakashi-sensei said while holding a book on his right hand, the same book he holds everyday and it's not even their subject's textbook.

I wonder what that book is.

"Kakashi-sensei! You're always late so don't apologize because you do it every day. And also, you're doing us a great favor!" Their classmate said aloud and they all laughed at the comment of the blonde haired boy who's always making comments on their teachers. She's thankful that he's in their class because he's the reason why the class is not boring.

"Thank you for that, Naruto." Kakashi-sensei said, already bored even if it's only early in the morning.

"Anyway, class, we have a new student who will be joining our class as of this day."

Everyone looked at the new girl at the back of the classroom. She had red hair and is wearing glasses and she looks beautiful. Sakura didn't notice her before because she was busy panting from all the running and she was also busy talking, or rather arguing, with Sasuke. And maybe because she was sitting in the second row and this girl was seated at the back.

"Okay, please give your welcome to Karin. She's from Sound and her family just moved here to Konoha."

Karin stood up and went in front of the class. She introduced herself and went back to her seat. Everyone was mesmerized, if you may call it that, at the new girl.

Sakura looked at Sasuke and saw his eyes brighten at the sight of her. Sakura can't help but feel jealous of this girl.

Who the heck is this girl?

After Kakashi's class, came Tsunade's then their last teacher before lunch, Iruka.

The bell rang.

"Okay class, assignment's on page 63, bye." Then Iruka left the room after the students said goodbye.

Lunch time

Sakura was fixing her things when Sasuke asked her, "So, ready to go to the cafeteria?"

His voice startled her, "Uh, yeah… wait."

She stood up and faced Sasuke and before she could yell at him for startling her, she noticed the new girl standing beside him. So, she just kept quiet and followed him to their school cafeteria, feeling uneasy with the new girl.

Why is Sasuke with her?

When they arrived at the cafeteria, the whole gang was already there in their usual place – the table at the far right side of the cafeteria. Sakura was about to take her seat when someone sat down before her.

What the?!

Sasuke didn't even notice that she was there and he let Karin take Sakura's usual seat, right next to him. Sakura didn't have a choice, because she was pissed, she sat down far away from Sasuke, and she sat down next to Hinata. She was really pissed because Sasuke didn't tell her about this girl and he still didn't tell her about the reason why he didn't pick her up this morning.

Could this day get any worse?

"Uh... Sakura... why did you sit here?" asked Hinata almost in a whisper.

"Don't ask me, please." Sakura was really pissed, not with Hinata but with the new girl and she's not in the mood to talk right now.

"Hey, Sasuke! Please introduce us to your new friend over there," Naruto said, grinning to Sasuke then looking at Karin.

"Shut up, dobe. Uh… guys, this is Karin. She's my... uhm… my mother's godchild. I mean… our mothers were friends and my mom was her godmother," Sasuke said stuttering.

"Wow! I've never heard of an Uchiha stutter like that!" Naruto again.

"Shut up, will you?" Sasuke hit naruto in the head.

"Owww!" Naruto whined while holding the part where Sasuke hit him.

The whole gang laughed at Naruto, except for Shikamaru who's always bored, and they all excused Karin because of Naruto's behaviour.

Sasuke introduced the gang to Karin one by one, and the guys welcomed her like she was an old friend.

"Thank you for making me feel at home, guys," Karin said humbly.

"No problem. A friend of our friend is our friend, too," said Tenten.

The whole lunch was pretty much all about Karin. The whole gang interviewed her, well, except again for Shikamaru who looks bored as always and Sakura who is not interested because she cannot explain why she hates her and she is still pissed at a certain boy. She just ate her lunch quietly.

The bell rang and marked the end of school for the day.

Sakura was awfully quiet because she is still pissed and it did not go away so smoothly, it only increased because Karin proved to be a smart girl. She answered all the questions the teachers threw at her and it made the class more impressed with her and the worst part, Sasuke was also impressed, smiling a lot and looking at her all the time.

She was now on her way to catch the school bus when someone grabbed her arm. It was Sasuke.

"Hey! What gives? Leave me alone!" Sakura yelled at him.

"Where do you think you're going?" still grabbing her arm.

"Gee Sasuke, where do you think?" she said sarcastically.

"Come on. You're taking a ride with me." And Sasuke pulled her to the parking lot. Sakura struggled to break away from Sasuke but he had a tight grip.

When they arrived at the parking lot, Sakura noticed that Sasuke opened the backseat door instead of the front, that's when she saw Karin sitting in the front seat. She had no choice but to seat at the back.

When they were on their way home, there was awkward silence inside the car. No one spoke a word.

Sakura tried hard not to cry because she doesn't know what she's feeling. She just stared at the window for the whole trip.

Sasuke broke the silence.

"Saku, I'm dropping Karin first because her house is the nearest from the school."

"Huh? Yeah, sure," she said without energy.

After how many minutes, they stopped and she suspected that they were already in front of Karin's house.

"Bye, Rin! See you tomorrow!" Sasuke said with so much endearment that Sakura wanted to burst into tears.

Why am I feeling this way? Why am I acting like this?

After saying goodbye to Karin, Sasuke drove again but before they could reach their houses, he stopped and parked on the side of the street.

He sighed. "Okay, Saku, I know you're upset-

Sakura glared at him.

-but I was going to tell you. Okay, so the reason why I left early this morning is because of Karin. Mom said that I should show her the school first because she just transferred and she just moved to Konoha yesterday. She doesn't know the places here, so mom asked me to help her precious godchild. Saku, she doesn't know anybody except me, so I accepted mom's request plus, I haven't seen her in years. Last time I saw her was 10 years ago." Sasuke explained to her. "And I'm so sorry. I was going to tell you, but... I'm sorry I forgot," he said with sincerity and smiled sheepishly at that.

You forgot? How could you? I'm your freakin' best friend! How could you forget me? And she's the one who's important that you were talking about? I hate you Sasuke! But… I can't...

"It's... okay…" she said sadly then she made her fake smile.

"Thanks, Saku! You're the best! I knew you'd understand." He's smiling now.

"Sure…" she said. Not sure if he heard that because she didn't hear herself say it.

That night, Sakura was lying in her bed still thinking about Sasuke and the Karin girl. She couldn't sleep knowing that there's something going on with Sasuke. And she couldn't help but feel... jealous… of the new girl. That's when she knew the answer on why she was acting that way.

She was in love with Sasuke. Yes, ever since.

She took the picture on her bedside table. It's a picture of them when they were in kindergarten, smiling and arms on each other's shoulders.

"Sasuke... I... love you. I love you, so much."

Tears filled her eyes.


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