The Red Herring
Sasuke´s eyes followed the playful gaze of his date across the room, his aura darkened, eyes partially closed. Face twisted into a frown at the sight of a blonde being gawked at head to toe by the pink-hair girl he´s been courting for a few weeks now.
He knew what he was getting into when he asked her out. It was not a secret that Sakura had been hit on, many times, during his entire time knowing her-none of it was new to him. Not the people that courted her in the past, he knew he was better than them. Not the people flirting with her now, he knew the competition was weak. He never expected to find competition in the person who knew Sakura best.
He seemed apparently unfazed by the times she was unavailable to go out with him claiming she was having "girl time" with her best friend. He didn't know what that meant. It wasn´t until he went to Ino´s home himself to retrieve Sakura from one of these overnight stays that he realized there could have been more than what met the eye.
He got to the blonde´s house. Waiting to finally spend the afternoon with Sakura after days of being ditched for Ino. She had yet to notice he was already there. Standing there in his car watching as the two best friends said goodbye to each other. Ino´s playful eyes looked right at him as she hugged her, lowering her hand to touch the side of Sakura´s hips, then lowering more and more. Sakura hiding her face in the crook of Ino´s head making her best friend roll her eyes in pleasure. Ino then continue to look at him with a conceited gaze. That look told him all she wanted to say.
"Whatever you want with Sakura. I already had it first".