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"Should we wake her up?" Hinata peeked into the room where Ino still lay fast asleep in a make-shift bed on her floor. The blonde had been polite enough to allow Hinata and Sakura to sleep in her bed, while she and Tenten shared a blow-up mattress. Temari had insisted on sleeping on the couch.

"Leave her be," Temari called from the kitchen as she hurriedly popped the toast before it could burn. "Could somebody help me please?!"

Hinata quickly scrambled to the kitchen to help prepare the tea. Tenten walked into the kitchen and glanced around the room, "You're making tea?" she asked, pulling a face.

Hinata turned to her and nodded, "W-Would you rather have something else?" she asked courteously.

"Some coffee would be nice," she leaned against the counter next to Hinata and watched her prepare three mugs of tea and one mug of coffee.

"Sugar?" she asked.

Tenten shook her head, "No sugar and no milk." She watched Hinata pour the boiling water before adding, "Thanks."

Hinata nodded and wrinkled her nose slightly at the smell of the caffeine. It smelt so bitter.

"Nothing for Ino?" Tenten asked as she helped Hinata carry the mugs to the small table in the living room, which sat in front the couch. Because it was a college dorm, it was uncomfortably small for all five girls. Ino's dorm was divided into two rooms. Her bedroom, which had a bathroom attached to it, and the kitchen and lounge, which was basically one room. The kitchen was small, only consisting of a fridge, a stove with an oven underneath it, a microwave and a basin for dirty dishes. Ino had brought the toaster and the kettle with her own money sometime at the beginning of the third semester.

"Nah," Temari shook her head as she walked over to them, placing a plate of pancakes and another of toast down on the table. "She can make something for herself when she gets up."

"O-okay," Hinata agreed.

"Wow!" Tenten ogled at the delicious-looking pancakes. "They look delicious! There are so many!"

Temari chuckled, "Thanks, Tenten! There's like, three each."

"I'm back!" The three girls heard Sakura call out as she opened the door to Ino's dorm and stepped in.

"Did you get it?" Temari asked, looking at Sakura, who nodded, smiling brightly. The pinkette walked over to the three girls, placing the butter and syrup on the table. "Mm! Smells delicious!" she said, sitting down on the couch.

"Where did you go?" Hinata asked, blushing ever so slightly, realizing that she hadn't even noticed that Sakura was gone.

"I went to get some butter and syrup from my dorm," she stated, "because Ino doesn't eat butter and she doesn't have syrup because of her diet."

"Ah." Hinata nodded.

"Speaking of which," Sakura said, glancing around the room, "Where is she?"

"Still sleeping," Tenten shrugged.

'Not anymore!" Sakura grinned, jumping off the couch and making her way over to the blonde's room.

"D-don't wake her!" Hinata started, "It's impolite…" Temari and Hinata followed Sakura to Ino's dorm, however, only the pinkette went inside.

"She'll be fine!" Temari laughed. "She's our friend. Besides, her pancakes are getting cold."

Hinata nodded, unsure. "Well, I guess it would be rude if we all started eating without her…"

"Exactly!" Temari smiled at the Hyuuga.

Inside Ino's dorm, Sakura made her way over to the sleeping blonde on the mattress. She reached out her hands, ready to give her a shake to wake her, but before she could, Ino's voice filled the room, "Don't. You. Dare." She warned.

"Oh good!" Sakura smiled. "You're awake!"

"Whatever," Ino grunted, yawning as she sat up.

"Come on," Sakura beckoned her to follow, "breakfast is ready."

"Breakfast?!" Ino asked excitedly, "Is it carb-free?!"

"No ways!" Sakura smirked. "It's pancakes!"

Ino grunted, trying to hide her excitement. She loved pancakes.

Only a few moments later, Sakura walked out with a tired Ino following behind her. Temari and Hinata smiled at their blonde friend, who only yawned in response. Even though Ino had just woken up, she looked like she had just come back from the beauty salon. That was the thing about Ino. She always looked pretty.

"Alright!" Tenten cried, "Let's eat! I'm starving!"

Sasuke turned the page of the book he was reading, trying extremely hard not to let his irritation show. He had been waiting since ten that morning, and now it was nearing two o'clock. He inwardly hissed. Who did his date think she was to schedule to meet and not choose a time?! He couldn't even ask her, because she hadn't left any contact details in her message. Not even her name! So he couldn't email her or text her or anything! Was she an air-head or something? He hated air-heads!

He'd had to hurriedly get dressed that morning, after he had woken up late. But that was only because Naruto had come over to visit Sasuke the night before and the blonde had the full intention of keeping him up until three the next morning. He scowled. Sasuke had only had enough time to shower and quickly put on a pair jeans and a tight black long-sleeved shirt. It was quite cold, after all.

Growing frustrated with every second, he glanced up from his book, looking around at the people who were in the park. He was very patiently waiting for someone- anyone- to approach him and say, "Hey! I'm here for the date!" but no-one did!

The Uchiha was beginning to have second thoughts about this. What if this was a prank? What if nobody was actually planning on seeing him? With that, he sighed, agitated.

Just then, he glanced toward the entrance of the park, where he saw-

'Wait!' Sasuke nearly choked on his oxygen. 'Isn't that girl in one of my classes?! Sakura?!' The Uchiha seemed to pale. He immediately glanced back down at his book, trying desperately to hide himself from her. He couldn't just jump up and run because then she would surely spot him. 'SHE rented me!? How did she find out that I was on that 'Rent a Boyfriend site!?''

Haruno Sakura. He knew her name because she sat right in front of him during calculus, but he didn't actually know who she was. He'd never cared. And he still didn't. Sakura was just another girl to avoid. He always avoided girls at college. He didn't know why, but he never had the intention of dating any of them. Girls who were from other colleges, yes. But never had he ever thought that he might date her.

Sasuke knew she was best friends with that annoying blonde fangirl, Yamanaka Ino, and he also knew she was friends with that Tenten girl and the Hyuuga. Temari didn't matter to him either. She was practically three years ahead of him.

Sakura was one of those girls who worked hard and it showed. She always had the second-best grades in the class; first being him, obviously, but he'd never really cared. He didn't think she'd ever catch up and he hardly paid her any mind. No. Haruno Sakura was just another girl he didn't care about.

'Maybe it's not her-' Sasuke inwardly tried to calm himself down. She was definitely not here for him. She was probably meeting one of her friends or something. Yes. That was probably why she was here.

Looking up once more, Sasuke saw how the pinkette searched around, obviously looking for someone. There was another lady walking behind her, and Sasuke couldn't help but hope that it was that other person that he was supposed to meet. However, his heart sank as he saw her head off in another direction, going up to hug some other random guy.

Then finally, Sakura caught his eye and smiled brightly. He inwardly cursed. He was doomed.

He watched, dreading every step the girl made towards him, though he tried to force himself to be at least a little polite. Standing up and placing his book down on the bench where he had just been sitting, he folded his arms across his chest and waited for Sakura to approach him.

"Hey!' she greeted excitedly.

"Hn." The Uchiha glared at her. This was so embarrassing! She was from his college! She knew him. They were in the same calculus class! Why had she decided to rent him?! 'She's probably just messing with me!' He thought angrily. 'This is probably her just mocking me for being on that site!'

'Jeez! I thought he wanted a girlfriend!' Sakura thought to herself. Why was he so sour!? Pretending not to notice him glaring, she excitedly smiled and said, "Hi! I'm Haruno Sakura!"

"I know. Don't pretend we just met for the first time," the Uchiha stated dryly.

Sakura scowled, 'Ugh! Why was he so difficult?!' She just wanted to slap him! They were silent for a long moment, both clearly not sure what to say. Though, Sakura knew she was probably the only one trying think of what to say! This made her inwardly growl. He had such an attitude! 'I can't believe I'm doing this! Why did I listen to Ino in the first place? All because of a stupid dare… And a nice reward if I win! Maybe he thinks this is just as awkward as I do!'

"You didn't mention a time."

"A what?" Sakura was caught off-guard. 'He said something?! Sasuke broke the silence?!'

"A time. To meet."

"OH!" Sakura blushed, inwardly cursing Ino for her mistake and making a mental note to herself to chew the blonde out about this later. "S-sorry… Did you wait long?"

The Uchiha only shrugged.

'What was I thinking!? Of course he waited long! He probably waited the whole morning for me!'

"Come on." Sasuke sighed, picking up his previously discarded book. "Let's go grab a smoothie."

Taken by surprise, she nodded and followed after Sasuke as he led the way out of the park and towards the smoothie café that was just opposite it.

Sakura took this time to think about her stupidity. She couldn't believe she was doing this. She was going on a date. With Uchiha Sasuke. The Uchiha Sasuke! 'How silly of me to think that this could actually ever work.' Maybe she should just give up. Maybe he wasn't actually looking for a girlfriend. Sakura sighed as they approached the café. Sasuke opened the door for her, letting her enter first, after following behind her.

"What do you want?" he asked, nodding towards the giant menus on display. The café had quite a lovely interior and Sakura couldn't help but smile at the cute décor. Sasuke noticed her smile and couldn't resist taking that opportunity to consider her appearance. Sakura was wearing black tights with a cute red jersey that was a tiny bit too big for her, and which he noticed brought out her emerald eyes really well, along with a pair of beige boots.

'Cute,' he thought, watching her subconsciously pull the long sleeves of her jersey over her hands, leaving only the tips of her fingers visible. He smirked, figuring it meant she wasn't sure what to order. "I like the berry one," he stated. "Though it's a bit too sweet."

Sakura looked at him and nodded. "O-kay then. Thanks. I think I'll try it," she smiled and the two of them headed over to the counter to order.

"Two berry smoothies," Sasuke said, pulling out his wallet. The beautiful, ginger-haired cashier nodded, repeating the order and asking if there was anything else they wanted. Sasuke shook his head as he began to look through his wallet after being told the price. He pulled out enough money to pay for the two smoothies.

"I can pay for myself, you know." Sakura said to him, raising an eyebrow at his sudden gentlemanly act.

"That's not necessary," he said, passing a note over to the smiling cashier and taking the smoothies in both hands after pocketing his wallet. "Here," he said, handing the girl beside him a one of the berry drinks.

"Thanks," Sakura mumbled, accepting the cool treat. She didn't understand. His attitude always seemed to keep changing. In the park he was so sour, and yet, now he was acting like a gentleman. She knew he was said to be quite rude by the other students at the college, and the comments on the website only confirmed it. However, he was still the most desired guy in their year. And maybe even in the whole college. Sakura shook her head, 'Maybe he was just trying to impress that cashier…'

"Let's go," Sasuke said. It was more of an order.

Sakura made a face. 'Now he's bossing me around. What a jerk.' Though she couldn't help but feel slightly happy. She and Sasuke were on a date and he'd actually paid for her drink! It almost felt like a real date and not just some random, online, spur-of-the-moment thing. It felt like they were two lovers who had met in college and developed strong, bitter-sweet crushes on each other. And Sakura sort of wished that was true.

They seated themselves at one of the café's many cute tables, sitting opposite to one another. Sipping at their smoothies, they sat in silence, both not really intent on making conversation. Sakura was too worked-up trying to think of what to say, while Sasuke was absorbed in his own thoughts.

'What am I going to do?' Sakura mentally screamed at herself. 'What should I say? We can't just spend the rest of our date like this!' she sighed. She didn't know why she was even trying. This was Uchiha Sasuke. Sasuke treated every girl the same. She wasn't any special.

Sasuke inwardly grunted in annoyance when he heard Sakura sigh. 'Now what?!' he hated this date. It was awkward and they'd see each other again on Monday. Every day after that, to be exact. He was so embarrassed that she had seen him on that site. She probably thought he was so desperate for a girlfriend and to find love. But he was not! Why did she even decide to rent him? For fun? To laugh about it later? To see The Uchiha Sasuke feel awkward and embarrassed about dating one of his classmates?! Sakura couldn't possibly want to date him. She had never shown remotely any interest in him before. So why now? He clenched his fist around the smoothie he still held. Maybe this was Ino's doing. They probably made a bet. To see which one of them could make him fall for them first. Countless fangirls had done that to him in the past. It was always like that. No girl looked at him and wondered who he really was. They always looked at him like he was some prize. Nobody looked past his appearance.

Sasuke felt his blood begin to boil. If Sakura thought she could just joke around with him, then she was dead wrong.

They were silent for a few moments before Sasuke spoke, his voice as calm as ever, never showing emotion.

"Why?"

Sakura was shocked, to say the least. She hadn't expected him to initiate conversation. However, she wasn't sure what he was talking about. "I'm sorry. 'Why' what?"

"Why did you do it? Why did you rent me?"

The girl before him raised her eyebrows in disbelief. Of all the things to ask on a first date. "What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean. Why did you have to do it?" his voice was surprisingly calm for his growing anger.

"What do you mean, "why did I have to"? I wanted to go on a date with you!" Okay, so that wasn't entirely true. She had been completely against the idea the night before. But now, she was glad she was on this date. She was more curious now than ever to figure out the mystery that was Uchiha Sasuke. She wanted to see what made him act the way he did and she wanted to see what girls found so amazing about him. Sure, he was gorgeous and intelligent, but that was about it. There was nothing else that was really admirable about him. He was rude and cold. So why was everybody drawn to him?

"That's a lie," he said blankly. "You could have just asked me. In person."

Sakura was growing frustrated with every word he said. Standing up she pointed an accusing finger at him, "No ways! If I had asked you in person you would have said 'no!' And don't deny it! You know how you are! I know you turn down every girl that you see! So I had no choice! I had to rent you if I ever hoped for a chance to get to know you!"

Sasuke scoffed, refusing to admit to himself that she was right. He looked her straight in the eyes, knowing what was coming next.

"But fine. If you don't believe me- that I actually wanted to date you- then I might as well leave!" and with that, she picked up her smoothie, ready to dash straight out of the door, before something stopped her.

Sasuke held out his hand to her, palm showing, as if he was waiting for something.

"What?" Sakura couldn't bite back the anger that showed in her voice.

"Money."

Sakura was visibly fuming, "For what?!"

"The date. You rented me. I charge. Now you have to pay."

The pinkette's cheeks were turning a shade of red, showing her frustration and extreme embarrassment. "I don't have money for you! How much was it anyway?!"

"3000."

Sakura couldn't believe what she was hearing. '3000 yen!?' She didn't have that kind of money! Not right now, anyway.

As if reading what the expression on her face meant, Sasuke looked her in the eyes, black onyx meeting grass green. Sakura could see the anger and frustration in his eyes that was hidden so well by his features, as she was sure he could see hers. "Monday then." He said plainly.

"Sure! Whatever!" the girl spat as she stormed off, out of the café, and headed straight for her dorm on the college campus.

Sasuke could only stare at the spot where the pinkette had sat just a moment ago. Ignoring the looks that the other customers in the café were giving him, he continued to sit and sip at his smoothie.

"Okay, Sakura. I can see you're frustrated. Calm down and tell me what happened," Ino pulled one of Sakura's pillows onto her lap as Sakura sat back down next to her on the bed.

"He's just so difficult!" Sakura burst out, handing Ino the can of soda she had just retrieved from her fridge. "He doesn't trust anyone! It's like he tries to shut himself from others. I mean, the only friend he has is Naruto!" Sakura complained, opening her can and taking a sip of the fizzy drink.

They were in Sakura's dorm, much to Sakura's dismay. She had been intended on getting to her dorm and just forgetting about it, but Ino was waiting for her, clearly excited to hear how everything had gone.

"Tell me everything!" Ino had chirped.

Sakura had offered her a weak smile and had led her friend into her dorm. "Nothing amazing happened, really."

Ino had pouted after hearing Sakura's sour tone. She'd noticed how stiffly Sakura was moving and how she was gritting her teeth. She shook her head as they made their way into Sakura's small bedroom and she took a seat on Sakura's bed, while Sakura had made a quick trip to her mini-fridge.

"Okay, Sakura. I can see you're frustrated. Calm down and tell me what happened,"

This led to their current situation and Sakura had to admit that she was touched that her friend was always there for her and knew exactly when to come through.

"You know what I mean Ino?" the pinkette asked, glancing over at her blonde friend.

"Mm hm," Ino answered absent-mindedly, turning the can over in her hands and eyeing it suspiciously.

"Its diet," Sakura smiled, playfully rolling her eyes at her friend's actions.

"Thanks," Ino smiled sheepishly, popping the can open and taking a sip. "So what happened anyway?"

"Well," Sakura stopped for a moment, biting her lip nervously, "We sort of argued."

"On the first date?!" Ino asked, clearly shocked.

Sakura only nodded, looking down at the can she still held in her hands. "He asked me why I had rented him. He said I could have just asked."

"But he would have denied!" Ino interrupted her friend, frowning.

"I know! That's what I told him!" Sakura exclaimed, almost exasperated. "I mean, if I just turned around in class and said, 'Hey! You wanna date?!' he would not have said 'yes!' I can't believe he thinks I'm not sincere. He probably thinks I just rented him as a joke! He thinks I didn't actually want to date him! I mean, I'm not that kind of person. I can't believe he thinks I would be that shallow."

Ino nodded, urging her friend to continue.

"And at the end of our fight, he had the nerve to ask me for 3000 Yen!" Sakura said, the anger from before flooding back.

Ino chuckled nervously. "Yeah…" the blonde had known how much the Uchiha had charged, but she'd just decided not to say anything.

Looking over at her friend, the pinkette gasped, remembering something important that she'd almost completely forgotten about. She glared playfully at her friend and crossed her arms over her chest.

"What?" the blonde shrugged, trying to look nonchalant, hiding the worry she was feeling.

"You didn't mention a time, by the way!" Sakura said.

Ino smiled sheepishly, "Oops?"

Sakura only laughed, "Sasuke had been waiting since this morning for me!"

"Serves him right!" Ino laughed. "Maybe he got what he deserved!"

The two girls continued to laugh as Ino tried to make her mistake seem like a positive.

"Well," Ino said, finally calm, "you two can't just leave this how it is."

"So what should I do?" Sakura asked, grabbing a pillow and hugging it to her chest. "He doesn't like me."

Ino gave her friend a sad smile, "Talk to him, okay? Come on girl, on Monday the two of you can talk about it. I mean, how complicated would it be if you two just left today how it was. You'd never date him again, talking would be weird, and remember, you'd lose the bet. Plus, class would be so… awkward."

Sakura nodded, smiling, "Yeah. I'll try to talk about it with him."

"Great!" Ino smiled widely, hugging her best friend.

It was nearing five o'clock, and the sun had already begun to paint the sky with pinks and oranges.

Sasuke sighed, still sitting in the café where he and Sakura had had smoothies. He pinched the bridge of his nose, remembering the argument they'd had clearly. He hadn't been able to head off back to the college. He had too much to think about. And he didn't want to bump into Sakura.

'Did I really start an argument with her on our first date?' he thought to himself. This was probably their last date, too.

The Uchiha sighed. He knew he didn't mind Sakura as much as he minded most other girls. But he didn't know why. Maybe it was because she didn't suck up to him. She didn't swoon or flirt with him.

Sasuke bit his lip as he immediately felt a wave of guilt wash over him.

"Whatever," he muttered to himself, forcing the feelings down. Cursing under his breath, he dumped some money on the table to pay for the other smoothie he had bought and enough for a tip. Finally heading back to the college, he couldn't help but remember Sakura's fiery eyes and extreme anger. He clenched his hands into fists. Maybe he had been a bit… much.

He inwardly groaned. Calculus was going to be so awkward.

A/N: I wanted to make this chapter longer and continue with the next day, but I think this is a good place to end it.

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