Yeah, I really need to get that essay done sometime soon...

Pairing: SakuraxSasuke

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the pickup line.

Can I have directions? [To where?] To your heart.

I'm often told that I'm aloof, never the type to care, and always the type to disappear on you halfway in our conversation. Then again, that was if we even had a conversation. Point is: I rarely spoke. I'm not shy; I just find no point in talking about useless crap. The only things that would come out of my mouth are insults anyway.

But when I see a girl with pin- freakin' pink hair, it's hard to just turn on my heel and disappear as usual. I look around her and see no friends beside her. How can someone with that shade of hair be by herself? If it were me, I would stay around her and stare at those rosy locks all day.

That would be out of character of me though. So, I won't do it.

My best friend beside me notices what, or who I'm staring at, and suddenly he screams. Yes, screams. And mind you, Uzumaki Naruto screams like a girl.

"AHH! Sasuke! Look at that girl over there! She has pink hair!" Naruto's annoying voice yelled right besidemy ear.

"Shut up, dobe. You're so loud, I swear that girl over there heard too." And as if to confirm what I had just said, the girl turned around and my ebony orbs were met by a pair of innocent, emerald orbs. She didn't seem angry; in fact, she waved us off as if we were something she was used to in her everyday life.

That fact hurt me a little. Here we were, practically making fun of her, and there she was ignoring us.

And suddenly, I did something totally uncharacteristic of me, and stepped forward.

"Oi, Sasuke?" I heard Naruto speak behind me, but I ignored it. This isn't the first time anyway.

I was walking a few metres behind her, and if I don't speed up my pace, it'll look like I'm stalking her. The ribbon around her collar was definitely the second year collar, so she would be on a different floor from me. A first year on a second year's floor was, without a doubt, suspicious.

"Hey," I called out, speeding up a bit. I watched as she paused, but didn't turn around. "Yeah, I'm talking to you." Then, her head turned towards me, her body following suit. The whole action was so graceful and befitting of her that I was left speechless. And if I didn't know that those were cherry blossom petals gathering around her body, I would have thought she was a goddess summoning some kind of beautiful beast.

Those charming, jade eyes looked at me, scanning me from head to toe twice before her rosy lips parted to speak.

"Do I know you?"

"No," I blurted out. Silence ensued, and things were getting more and more awkward by the second. Uchiha Sasuke, feeing awkward? Haha, funny.

"Then what do you want?"

I noticed how her tone was as cold as my tone, if not colder. I wondered how such a beautiful lady could spout such lonely words. And suddenly, I wanted to know more about this girl. I wanted to see what kind of expressions she could make if she were by my side.

Without thinking, I answered. "Can I have directions?"

I watched as she pondered for a moment and her expression seemed to lighten up a bit. She wasn't smiling, but I knew she trusted me more now. "Oh, you're a first year. Sure." She smiled, and it was the sweetest smile he had ever seen. "Directions to where?"

"To your heart."

She seemed to freeze for a moment, and I wondered if I said anything wrong. It wasn't until her eyes narrowed dangerously at me that I realized I had said everything wrong.

Asking directions to a woman's heart wasn't an Uchiha thing to do. I don't know how my father swooned my mother centuries ago (okay, maybe I exaggerated a little bit), but pickup lines? No. That was not an Uchiha thing, at least not a Sasuke thing.

"From where?" Her soft voice inquired.

I blinked, puzzled. "What?" A mere girl was making me confused. Oh, I was totally losing it today.

"Well, you need a starting point," she explained logically.

Somehow, I knew where this was going. "No, I'm not talking about the thing that's pumping in your chest right now." And it better be pumping hard for me.

It was her turn to blink in confusion. "Then what are you talking about?"

"Teme!" Just my luck, I sighed, not Naruto. Of all times, why now? "Oi, teme! Why did you leave me there all by myself? I was so lonely! And here you are, trying to pick up a pretty girl!" Naruto whined, then noticed said pretty girl looking at him. "Oh, hi pretty girl!"

The girl in front of me backed away a bit. Wait, was she scared of Naruto? "Dobe, go away. We're having a conversation right now."

"WHAT? SASUKE? CONVERSATION? HOW…" His expression was horrified, and I resisted the urge to punch him in front of the rosette. I wanted to talk to her for a while longer, but even I know (from experience) that once Naruto barges into a conversation, it'll never get anywhere.

So, I settled with getting her name. I turned back to her, "hey, what's your-?" to see that she was already gone.

"Teme, who are you talki-?"

"DOBE!" I punched him real hard.

And boy, did it feel good.

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