Last night was awful. I have swollen eyes from crying and it's hard to hide it. How can I hide my eyes? I don't wear glasses...wearing of shades is prohibited... I don't know what to do.

A guy noticed me and almost ran to catch up on my fast walking. I feel really scared that I couldn't think clearly.

"Sakura, what happened to your eye? Why did you cry? What is that thing that made you cry?" said Hatake Kakashi, my sensei in Chemistry. I think he is so cool but I don't feel his coolness this time. I know it's so pathetic, but I feel so alone even though I know that there are many people that feel so concerned on me.

"Huh?" I pretended I haven't heard something.

"Oh, sorry for entering your private life. I think I'm overdoing it." Kakashi-sensei said while hiding away his face. I wonder what he felt so ashamed for. I know that he really is a caring guy so I think it's just normal to him.

"Uhm, no. That was not what I meant. I meant that..."

Ting Ting Ting

"The bell already rang so it is better for you to form your line for the flag ceremony, if you've forgotten..."

"Oh...sorry Kakashi-sensei ." I bowed as a bye and ran to the flag pole area.

"Guys, form your lines immediately." I cried for the whole class to hear me despite the noise around made by the students who are forming their lines, too, because it is my responsibility for I am the class' president.

"Haruno-san surely is bothered today. I can hear the trembling of her voice." I heard someone told his friend. I'm not really sure if that person cares for me or just purely gossiping.

"Guys, the ceremony will start in exactly a minute. If you still don't line up, Kakashi-sensei will punish us later so I wish for your cooperation and silence." I cried louder to make sure that the whole class will hear it. The students hurriedly ran to their places and the ceremony finished in peace.

When I reached for my envelope and bag on the floor, someone bumped on me. I fell straight to the floor and the papers in my envelope scattered on the dusty school grounds. I immediately sat shamefully and started arranging the papers. When I stood up, I saw someone staring at me and I stared at him, too, wishing that I could remember whose face is that since I know I have seen him before. He gave me a smile and walked in front of me.

"Have we seen each other before?" The guy laughed and when I heard that voice, I remembered Sasuke.

"Can't you really remember?" The guy said with a smile.



"Are you that g-g-g-guy be-be-before?" I can't help but stutter. I couldn't stop my emotions overflow.

"Yes, I am, Haruno." I felt the sudden coldness of the atmosphere when he said that. He didn't call me by my name. I felt so far from him yet he's just a step away from me.

Ting Ting Ting

The bell rang, it means that next class will start in two minutes.

"We've got to go, Uchiha. Bye." I also called him by his surname and didn't even try to look at him straight on the eye. I ran as fast as I could.

I couldn't sleep. The thought of him talking to me gives me the creeps, the fact that that was the first time we talked. I can still see his face and hear his voice while my eyes were closed. Temari crawled to my bed. Hinata has already fallen asleep.

"What bothers you, Sakura-chan? I felt that you're not yet asleep because you can't stop moving from place to place." I couldn't see her face because the lights are off and the curtains hide the moonlight behind itself.

"Uchiha is here. We've finally talked." Just then that I realized that everything I remembered about him are already known by her and Hinata. I carelessly spilled them since I can't live without telling my besties what I feel and it will feel useless if I say something without them understanding a thing. Luckily, they are really trustworthy friends and I trusted the my secret.

"Really? Nice for you! For how long and where and what did he say?"

"Just greeted me since the bell rang."

"What?! I don't get it."

"For some reason, I wasn't able to catch up on the retreat of the class from the early ceremony and I saw him. He greeted me and I greeted him, too. The bell rang and then it was over."

"Really?! That's all?"

"Yeah, that's all."

"Pathetic! Anyway, he gave you the signal that you can talk with each other, too. From friends to close friends to couples and to...Sakura-chan, what's next?"

"Shut up, bitch!"

"Sorry, that was a joke."

"Then pick your jokes seriously."



"That doesn't make sense. You're serious that's why I want to cheer you up. Do you think "serious joke" makes sense?"

"Fine, I lose."

"That wasn't my intention."

"Anyway, about that conversation...was what you said earlier has fifty percent truth in it.?"

"What part? The couple thing?"

"Shut up! The fiends thing!"

"Of course yes! I mean, that's one hundred percent true. I'm sure of it."

"I wish it really is."

"Goodnight."

"Why so suddenly?"

"I'm sleepy."

"Fine, then sleep. Goodnight."

"Sweet dreams with Uchiha-guy."

"Shut up!" I heard her laugh then after a minute it was a total silence again. I really wish what Temari just said will come true, I mean everything, from the friends thing until the couple thing and...