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Chapter 3

Jealous

Even though it hurts her, she still helped, and is still helping Sasuke in courting Karin.

"Saku, please give this flowers to Rin. Naruto texted me, he needs help, please?" he said, handing a bouquet of tulips to Sakura, which is Karin's favorite flower.

They were both at the parking area of the school, waiting for Karin. It was after class.

"Where are you going?" she's not gonna give those flowers to that girl.

"Naruto asked me to help him with his Chemistry Project. You know Naruto, he's the only one who hasn't finished the project yet. I'm gonna help him, please?"

Pissed, Sakura still took the flowers. "Oh, alright!"

"Thanks Saku! You're the best!"

"Yeah, yeah."

I wish I was her.

"Oh, wait for me, okay? Please tell Rin to wait for me, too. I'll be back as soon as possible." Then Sasuke took off.

Sakura waited for Karin. Even though she despises her, she doesn't want to hurt Sasuke by being rude to the girl of his dreams, so she started to act friendly to her.

When the girl who's the subject of Sasuke's affection arrived, Sakura gave her the flowers courtesy of Sasuke.

"Here, Sasuke wants to give this to you," handing the bouquet to Karin.

"Thanks, he's really cute, isn't he?" Karin giggled.

She was mad, actually jealous, but she didn't want to sound rude and she wants to be friendly so she answered her in a friendly manner.

"Yes, he is. So, when are you going to answer him?" she asked, even though it hurts, she still smiled.

"In time," she answered simply.

"Why? Don't you like him?" she asked, wanting to know if Karin likes him back.

"I do. I love him, even. But I want to answer him at the right time; after all, he just asked me if he could court me. He didn't ask me yet to become officially his, so I'm just waiting for that moment. I just wish it's romantic." She said matter of fact.

Her answer made Sakura feel a lot more jealous of her. She loves Sasuke too! She didn't want to yell at Karin because of her pathetic excuse to not answer him yet.

If I were you, I would answer Sasuke right away because I love him.

But then again, she realized she's not the one Sasuke loves but this girl, this red headed girl, who's so perfect in every way. Karin makes Sasuke's life more colorful so he chose her. Red over Pink.

"Where is he by the way?" Karin asked.

"Oh, yeah. He said we should wait for him because Naruto asked for his help. Don't worry, he'll be back soon," she smiled at her.

They waited inside the car.

After 30 minutes, Sasuke arrived and sat on the driver's seat.

"Sorry I was late. Helped Naruto," he said.

"Thanks for the flowers, Sasuke," Karin said, blushing.

"Uh… sure," Sasuke replied, blushing also.

Sakura couldn't help but feel jealous. She's jealous of Karin, making Sasuke blush like that that she can't make.


It had been a month since Sasuke started courting Karin but still Karin has not said yes to him yet. Sakura's still helping Sasuke and she hurts every time but acts as if nothing is going on with her.

"Hey, Saku!" Sakura was surprised at the sound of the voice of a person who appeared out of nowhere beside her. She was in her locker trying to get a book for her next class.

"What, Sasuke?" even though she's pissed, she asked him calmly as she closed the door of her locker slowly.

"Another delivery you want me to do?" she continued asking him.

Guiltily, he replied yes.

She didn't want to give something to Karin from Sasuke anymore. She refused to become his messenger-slash-delivery person but she couldn't, so she did it anyway.

So much for love. Sigh.


Sakura is walking down the hallway filled with students who just can't wait to go home. She's excited to go home because to her, this was a tiring day. They made so many class activities and the teachers gave a lot of homework so she couldn't wait to finish doing all of it and rest.

She was on her way to the parking lot to take a ride with Sasuke since it was a routine, but when she got to the usual space where Sasuke's car is supposed to be, she found an empty parking space.

Sasuke didn't tell me he parked somewhere else. I wonder where he is.

Sakura looked from side to side, left to right, front to back but she couldn't find Sasuke's car anywhere.

"Hey, Sakura! Are you looking for something?"

"Oh, Sai, did you see Sasuke? Or his car?"

"Sorry, haven't seen him or his car," Sai said, leaning against his car. Sai is parked on the other side of Sasuke's parking area that's why she didn't see him earlier.

"Oh, okay."

"Is there a problem?" he asked.

"Nothing. It's just that… he didn't tell me he was going out early so that I can take the bus," she answered, disappointed.

She was about to go when she saw Ino and Lee coming towards them.

"Hey, Sakura!" greeted Ino, waving at her.

"Hi, Ino. Oh, by the way, did you happen to see Sasuke?" she asked, hoping for a good answer.

"Yeah, she was with Karin earlier. I think I saw them coming out of the school. Heard they're going to the mall, why?" Ino answered. Not the kind of answer she was hoping for.

"Nothing. He didn't inform me," she said, hurt. But she didn't let the others know what she felt.

"You wanna take a ride with Sai and me?" she offered.

"No, it's okay. Don't wanna ruin your date," she smiled at her. She's so happy and at the same time jealous of her friend. She's happy because Ino and Sai are together and they're happy together, she's jealous because she wished she was with someone, too.

"Okay, suit yourself." Ino said while she got into the car when Sai opened the door for her. She sat at the front. Sai too got in the car and sat in the driver's seat. The couple waved goodbye and went away.

She sighed. Wondering why Sasuke forgot her again and what time she will arrive at home.

"Uhm… hi, Sakura."

She was surprised. "Oh! Hi Lee, sorry, I forgot you were here," she said apologetically.

"It's okay. Wanna take a ride with me? I know it's not much but I can take you to your house if you want," he offered.

"Really? Maybe you have something to do," she hesitated, thinking that she might interrupt Lee on his plans.

"No, it's okay," he chuckled.

She sighed and smiled. "Okay, if you insist."

Sakura took a ride on Lee's motorcycle. She never really liked motorcycles but right now, it's all she has, plus, it's free. She never felt so free. Maybe it's because of the wind.

"Thanks, Lee."

"Sure thing, Sakura. Anytime," Lee said. He smiled then drove away.


Sakura started on her homework after dinner and she was about to finish when her mother called her.

"Be right there, mom!"

Ugh! I was about to finish my assignment in History. Who's interrupting me? I'm so tired already.

When she got downstairs, she took notice of the person with the black hair sitting in their sofa. Her temper went up, remembering what this certain person had done earlier.

"What are you doing here, Uchiha?" she asked, hiding the irritation.

"Just want to talk to you," he said happily.

"What? I'm busy. Can't you see I'm trying to finish my homework to get some sleep early since I'm very tired? And didn't you have the same workload as me?" she asked irritably, couldn't hide the irritation anymore.

"Sorry, I just want to ask you something," he said, ignoring her irritated look.

"What is it? Get to the point already."

"Okay, Okay," he took a deep breath. "What's better? A necklace or a bracelet?"

"Why are you asking me this anyway? A necklace," she answered him anyway.

His face brightened up. "Thanks, Saku." Then he took off.

That's it? That's what you came here for?

"Wait!" she forgot to ask him why she forgot about her earlier. She needed to hear an explanation. But she decided to ask him tomorrow. She has to finish her homework first because she was very tired, too tired to even ask Sasuke something. She needed to rest because tomorrow's another day.


Sakura was awoken by the ringing of her phone. She wiped her eyes with her hands and she walked over to her bed where her phone was because she fell asleep on her study table. It was Sasuke calling her, she looked at the clock on her bedside table and saw that it was 11:45 in the evening.

"What?" she answered, yawning.

"Sorry, I just want to let you know that I can't pick you up tomorrow. I have something to do." He explained.

"Wait, what?!" she was fully awake now because of the what Sasuke told her.

"Sorry, Saku. Can't pick you up tomorrow." Sasuke reiterated.

"Why?" she demanded. She wanted to know the real reason why.

"Well, Rin's mother is going back to Sound tomorrow to get something and she asked me to drop her mother to the train station first before going to school. I don't want to bother you on the early morning so I figured I should tell you this moment. I already said yes. So sorry, Saku," he explained.

"O-okay," she answered with a cracked voice, tears flowing freely out of her eyes.

I should've known. It was for Karin. Karin's always the first now. What happened to the great best friend? Left out. Forgotten. Set aside.

Hurt, she went back to sleep on her bed, tears still flowing.


Sakura arrived early in school the next morning. Her dad dropped her off since Sasuke was with Karin.

That jerk.

She was now sitting in her seat, waiting for the teacher to come to class. She saw every one of her classmates go in the room. Their classroom was beginning to fill up and the last ones to enter were, right, Sasuke and Karin. Sasuke looked so happy. The bell rang and just as always, Kakashi-sensei was late.

"Good morning, Saku," he greeted her.

"What's so good about the morning?" she asked, pissed, without looking at him.

"Hey, what's the matter?" he wondered why she's acting that way.

"Oh, nothing. It's just that, you forgot about me yesterday and left me in the parking area and you didn't even inform me that you were going out so that I can ride the bus. I had a lot of fun, really," she said sarcastically.

It must've struck him since he didn't reply.

"S-sorry," he said, apologetically.

Then Kakashi-sensei arrived.


Sakura was getting her food at their school cafeteria with Sasuke right behind her, carrying his tray of food.

"What, Uchiha?" she asked while carrying her tray, annoyed at his presence.

"I'm sorry. I'm really sorry," he pleaded.

She sighed. "Oh, alright," she smiled at him. She just couldn't stay mad at him for so long. It's so easy for her to forgive him.

When they arrived at their table with the whole gang there, she sat, again, next to Hinata because some new girl took her seat from her and it has always been like this since that girl came. She was now used to being with Hinata in the lunch table.

She ate silently and laughs when Naruto made funny jokes, answers when asked questions, but she really doesn't pay attention that much. She paid her attention to Sasuke and Karin who participates and laughs heartily. She couldn't help but feel jealous, but, she has no right to. She was just Sasuke's best friend and she was expected to support him whenever and wherever he's happy.

"Sakura, are you okay?" asked someone. She was aware it was someone close to her as she couldn't hear the others because of the laughs and the noise that Naruto was making.

"Oh, Lee. Yup, I'm okay," she answered. She totally forgot Lee sat beside her. Lee was on her left side while Hinata was on the other.

"Thanks for the ride the other day," she thanked him.

"Sure, if you need anything, I'm just here." He smiled at her.

"Thank you," she smiled at him also.

Then she went back on eating her lunch and she couldn't help but look at Sasuke.

He really loves her. Just by the way he looks at her. I wish I was in her feet right now. I really love you, Sasuke. I will do anything to make you happy, even if it means sacrificing my feelings for you. I will be the best friend you want me to be.

She paid her attention into eating again so that she can hide her feelings and the want to cry.


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