"Sakura." Ino said, her eyes narrowing suspiciously at her pink-haired, troubled-looking friend. "What's up with you? And the plaster on your neck?" Sakura stared at the whiteboard, her eyes glazed. But she responded. "Nothing. I hurt myself at home."

"…" Ino's eyes narrowed even further. Then she had an idea. "VAMPIRES IN SCHOOL!" She shrieked, making Sakura jump up from her seat.

"VAMPIRES? WHERE?" Sakura yelled, looking around frantically. Everyone in the class blinked at her in shock. After realizing that Ino had played a trick on her, she sat down, looking embarrassed. "Ino, why in the hell did you do that?" Sakura said angrily. "You know this is a sensitive topic to me, don't you?" Ino crossed her arms, raising one eyebrow. "Yes, but now your reaction is not the same." She observed.

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked, surprised. Ino snorted."Well, your eyes used to shine at the word vampire, but now you look… scared."

Ino leaned closer to Sakura, her eyes still filled with suspicion. "What are you hiding from me, Sakura?" She said in a dangerous voice. Sakura gulped, but—

"AAH! SASUKE-KUN!"

All girls started calling Sasuke's name, fan-girl style, as he strolled into the class. Ino joined in too, and Sakura heaved a sigh of relief. Sasuke turned and looked at the crowd fan-girls calling his name, frowned, and went to Sakura's desk.

"Hey. Let me see your wound." Sasuke said casually, but his expression seemed annoyed. Still, he always looked annoyed at school. (Probably because of the amount of noise pollution he have to put up with, and fan-girls stalking him and all.) Sakura stared. Am I dreaming? Sasuke's talking to me. Me. But then again...

"Um, I don't think this is a good place, S-Sasuke…" She stammered. Sasuke, without a word, pulled her out of the class and into a dark corner of the corridor before anyone could say or do anything.

Sakura blinked nervously as Sasuke slowly peeled off the plaster on her neck. He-He's so close to me… I can feel his breath…

"…These things can't wait." Sasuke muttered to her as he leaned closer to look at the wound. "I treated you yesterday, but…" He gritted his teeth as Itachi came to mind. "…But… I need your wound to heal quickly. Vampires' fangs secrete a kind of substance that keeps your wounds open, so that they identify you the next time and… and suck you dry." Sakura hardly dared to breathe as Sasuke replaced the plaster on her wound. "I-I don't understand." She stuttered. Sasuke blinked, and turned away, his back facing her. "Teeth marks are unique to each vampire." He said softly, but his voice was full of hatred.

I staggered away, feeling the pain of my broken skin

You took a step forward

And held out your hand

I hesitated

Will you be like the others?

You grabbed my hand

I noticed how your expression was

That's when I knew

You're on my side

"Class, we have a new student today." The teacher said. Everyone sat up straight on their seats. "His name is… Naruto."

The blue-eyed boy stepped into the class, looking rather tired. "Hi." He said, stretching. "Pleased to meet you." The girls, who had been glaring at Sakura for the past few minutes, gazed at the newcomer with sparkling eyes. "He's cute." "Yeah. A blond." "Sasuke's cuter though."

The raven-haired boy sat up straight in his seat, his teeth sinking into his bottom lip hard, but not because one of the girls had mentioned his name. It was the boy. The new boy had caused this response. Naruto did not appear to notice, though. He grinned and walked to Sakura. Sakura swallowed. The guy is good-looking. She thought to herself.

"…I really enjoyed it." Naruto whispered in her ear, then went and sat down on an empty chair.

I really enjoyed it.

Sakura whipped around and looked at Naruto, her eyes wide. He reminds me of someone… I've met him before… That… he's…just so… familiar. The boy looked back at her, and licked his lips, his face mischievous… as though he knew something that Sakura didn't know. Sakura blinked and quickly turned around. The way he licked his lips disturbed her.

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