Title: From Different Worlds.
Summary: "What? You're too good for us cupcake?" he made a quick move to the left when she tried to dodge him, failing once again in getting away. She never got away, not from them, not from him. How much more bullying can one particular girl get from one particular guy?
Author's NOTE: gaaaaaaaah after a long time I've finally came back! Im really sorry this took so long, I've been trying to finish some late uni stuff so Ill be completely free at the end of November and can give this story the attention I want to! YAAY.
Author's Note 2: guys if you check on my profile every once in awhile I update what few things I've written from the chapters and I sometimes let you know when I will probably update or not. So check it out sometimes for any news I may have on the chapters!
Again ANY questions are welcomed.
Warnings: Dark, mature and dark.
CHAPTER 2
a fire to put out.
"Sakura-chan!" a voice snapped her back to present, Sakura found it very hard to stay focused during class this morning, considering she saw a dead body lying in the sidewalk where she used to buy ice cream when she was eight nobody could really blame her.
Sakura gave Sai a warm smile reassuring everything was okay.
He mouthed something she understood as 'are you sure?', she nodded with a big smile, he turned her eyes away and she found herself starring still, he was everything she liked in a boy, sure she could say that, he was always looking out for her and intent in helping her out, making sure she was okay and with her feet on the ground, and he wasn't bad in the eyes either, she gotta admit: Sai has become someone very dear to her in the small time she's known him.
With a blush of her cheeks and a shake of her head she turned her eyes back on the teacher, why was she spacing out over…Sai?
Sure it was nice, people caring about her, friends.
Strictly friends. Sure.
She enjoyed every minute she spent on Hosei University's grounds, everyone was so polite and welcoming here; they never tried to stick their noses on her business let alone grab her ass whenever she walked by, it was definitely different from what she was used to.
It was what got her so attached to the place in the first place, the peaceful air she could breathe even if it was just for a few hours made up for the turning in her sleep every night.
One day there wont be more of that, one day she'll get out of Konoha for good.
"Sakura" a little voice came from her side, she turned around to be met with silver-white dove eyes.
"Hinata-san!" Sakura greeted with a smile. "Where were you? I was waiting for you this morning."
Hinata looked down, her gloomy eyes showed more sadness than ever, it seemed she had some trouble in finding a convincing answer this time. Sakura didn't know for sure what was wrong with this girl, but something was up. The bags under her eyes seemed to get heavier every time they met, and she was only getting paler and thinner, it concerned Sakura, she didn't mean to be an intruder in her friend's life but after trying too many times to get a straight answer from the silver-eyed girl and not getting anything but 'Im okay' she kinda gave up trying.
"Im sorry Sakura-san I was late so I missed the first lesson." She blushed, with her eyes casted down to the hands on her lap.
Sakura furrowed an eyebrow together and couldn't help to ask.
"Is everything okay?"
"Everything's fine" Hinata confirmed.
Sakura gave her a nod with a small smile.
"Have you seen Ten-Ten? She's been texting me all day, she said something about a party?" Sakura sighed not really in the mood to hear any of it, wondering if by chance Hinata knew something about it.
"Mayra's party?" she asked "She said something about going to Chidori's for her birthday."
"And both of you are going!" a voice cheered from behind.
"Oh no!" Sakura shook her head defiant, like if she had the time to go to a night club. "Im sitting this one out"
"M-me too and …I really have- t-to go now, Im so behind today…I'll catch you guys later" Hinata agreed stumbling out while coughing a little.
Sakura starred at Hinata's retreating back when shouting an 'Are you okay?' only to get back the same answer.
"Isnt that a surprise now?" Ten-Ten shouted so Hinata could hear while giving both of them accusing looks. Sakura starred worriedly after her friend but didn't have time to think much about it because Ten-Ten was really doing her best to annoy her this morning.
"Why are you always refusing to go out with me? I don't want to date you woman! I simply want to put you in a cute dress and see you banging some cute guy on a Friday night! That's not asking too much!"
No, no…that was not Sakura. Can you blame her? She didn't exactly live in the Upper East Side, the mere thought of crossing sidewalks after 6 pm sent creepy shivers down her spine, let alone coming home in the middle of the night after a party! That was not Sakura.
Rapists would make a feast out of her.
"Oh c'mon Ten-Ten you know Im not exactly two steps away from home"
"Babe you can always stay at mine's!" Ten-Ten whined, leaving no room for arguments "Besides you know Sai's going to be there" this was followed by two eyebrows raising suggestively and a light push that made Sakura stumble two steps back, cheeks turning red.
Was this supposed to work on her?
And why was she blushing anyways?
"I don't know what's that-"
"Oh c'mon! You know the guy's been trying to get a date out of you ever since he transferred!" she rolled her eyes.
"Sorry, maybe next time" Sakura said quickly before Ten-Ten could go on forever, this surprised the brunette, Sakura was usually subtle when she tried to shut her up, one look to the right and she knew the reason.
She smirked to Sakura, so she liked him too, she just proved her point.
Sakura gave her a look before she could comment on it and Ten-Ten settle for a laugh.
"Hello Sai, goodbye Sai" she giggled while walking away and shouting a'8 PM' to Sakura.
Sai smiled to the brunette while getting closer to Sakura.
"What was that all about?" he asked with a laugh taking a look at Ten-Ten's retreating back.
"Just Ten-Ten being…Ten-Ten" Sakura smiled glaring at her friend without getting caught by Sai.
"So are you going to Mayra's party?"
Sakura sighed.
What was that word she used with Ten-Ten and why wasn't it coming out right now?
By the time she stepped out of the bus, Sakura didn't even remember a dead body had been lying in her sidewalk this morning, or that Riko's place crashed and burned, she didn't even remember the intense glares she was receiving from one particular boy with spiked bangs till she saw him again when she was trying to get safely back to her flat.
It all came back to her, the way his signature cold glare was directed at her in that creepy way of his, like if he were sending a message saying 'get the fuck out', usually she ignored them and they ignored her so she didn't know why she was getting this from him lately she just figured it was part of their bully standards.
But he should have gotten bored by now.
So it didn't make any sense. What reasons could he possibly have to be this intolerant over here?
Maybe:
a) he was trying to prove who was the boss in this shit-hole (which would make no sense because Sakura never tried to confront him about anything or instigate a fight with him, she just let him be, not really caring what they did or stopped doing.)
or
b) he was pissed about something else and addressing his anger towards her.
Since that was the only option she found remotely possible she opted for that one.
There they were in their usual place, he had his shoulders propped against the wall holding his weight, one hand in his blue jeans pockets while the other held a cigarette nearly spent, his eyes seemed to have some trouble trying to stay focused on Naruto who was across from him sitting in his bike laughing about something but the humor didn't reach his friend, Neji was on Sasuke's right side his back to Sakura who was coming their way, his shoulder propped against the railing talking to Gaara who was across from him sitting on the sidewalk with a cigarette on his mouth while texting on his phone, Shikamaru was on Sasuke's other side mumbling something about how troublesome Riko's investigation would be, two other guys were in the group, two guys she recognizes as Kiba and Suigetsu.
Sakura could go round them, of course she could, now would that be awkward?
Hell yes.
Would that show weakness? Fear?
Hell yes.
Was that the first thought that came to her mind when she first saw them?
Hell to the fucking yes.
Was that what she was going to do?
Hell no.
Why would she want to give them more reasons to hate her? She wrapped her arms against her chest and kept walking when she was finally acknowledged, it was Sasuke who pushed Neji lightly to make room for her so she had no other way but to cross them, all eyes intent on her now.
She ignored this fact and the whole sniggering going on and just kept walking, being the better person and mumbling a polite 'hi' when she neared them only followed by a 'check out that ass'.
They were utterly and disgustingly obnoxious and still she never backed down, Sasuke didn't 'seem' to have noticed her because he pushed himself off the wall with his foot and bumped to her while she was crossing making her stagger a few steps back.
She sighed her eyes still avoiding them.
Sasuke kept his stance closely by her, he looked so intimidating from this stance: his muscular shirt made room for his toned arms to show: long as days and hard as rocks, abs flat and back wide, he served his reputation right being the number one stud in this town, girls worshipped his ground and would pretty much throw themselves left and right, Sakura? She knew he was hot, yes maybe the hottest one in the bunch but she wasn't one to inflate his ego – or something else - like the rest of the girls here.
"Sorry" he mumbled "Did I hurt you?" he asked but she was already –all too quickly, before something else came up - resuming her walk, good thing she did cause Sasuke didn't know how much more time he could stand there with that ass in front of him and do nothing, he was close on her trail taking in every step she took till she finally left small stifled laughs and Sasuke behind.
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Fucking asshole!
Sakura locked her door and leaned against it, taking in a long breath of air and letting it out.
What the hell was that? And why was she so shaken up?
Shaking it off she decided to take a bath she had better things to do than to analyze a sociopath's behavior right now, she had 15 minutes to get to class and she did not intended to put them to work on Sasuke, she will not think about the way his strong arms showed off in that muscular shirt that even showed the small bulge in his right nipple suggesting the existence of a small nipple ring, his rock hard body bumping towards her almost knocking her out of her feet in the process or the way his eyes glinted when he smirked down at her, it was so malicious and filled with so many promises of what he could really do.
It terrified the living shit out of her.
But she will not sit and think about it.
When she was done dressing in black sweat pants and a light pink top she took her sports bag and rearranged it with her CDs and the things she was taking with her to work when her cell phone rang an unknown number was displayed. She took it anyways.
"Hello?"
A brief pause later the girl with the bright pink hair had a shocked look upon her face and was stuttering something that went along the lines of:
"Sa-"
"That ass man!" Suigetsu huffed loudly taking a cigarette from Gaara who was already slumped on the floor seeing all kinds of different colors.
Sasuke heard his friend loud and clear, oh he knew! He didn't need to be reminded.
"What are you up to now?" Shikamaru was very aware of Sasuke's intentions, he knew when his mind was set on something he would put it into action, and seeing Sakura was the first girl that never crossed his bed in this place he would most definitely get to it and soon. And seeing it will always involve the whole group and with that – himself- he will need some heads up on what he was dealing here.
But Sasuke just stood there against the wall with that arrogant smirk on his face, not revealing anything because he didn't know per say what he wanted to do with her, well of course he knew what he wanted – it will involve a lot of sex and submission- but he didn't really have any plans.
Naruto was one who wouldn't even want to hear about it, leaning on his bike with both arms crossed and his head resting in them he pretended not to pay attention to the conversation but he was, of course he was.
"Sakura's different…" the words finally came out of the Uchiha "So she needs to be treated different."
And by 'different' Naruto knew he didn't mean the VIP treatment, or at least not in the good 'VIP' kind of way.
She knew this because Sakura unlike the rest of the girls in Konoha was not throwing flowers every step of the way he took, or throwing herself at him, and she will likely never do so.
Willingly anyways.
It shocked the hell out of her when Sai called, shocked turned into fear when he wanted to stop by over her house and give her some books she forgot in Hosei's. There was no way he could ever step in Konoha and come out of it alive, considering this was the guy she really really liked she stuttered a lot when tell him out of it, making some lame excuses about how she was in work and would take awhile to get to her house so it was the better choice if he just stayed with the books and handed them over tomorrow morning.
He sounded a little disappointed about this, and she hated her life, but it was the way it had to be.
Her world froze over when he said the words she really didn't want to hear:
"I would really love if you would go to Mayra's"
"Sai" she sighed. She could almost see him smile at the end of the line. "I just don't think I can…"
"Okay…don't worry, im sure an other party will come along sometime soon" he said lightly.
"Of course" she –surprisingly- encouraged.
The boy smiled content and with a quick bye he hung up.
The girl smiled content the boy she liked; called her.
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"Okay girls lets pick up where we left off last time" Sakura clapped once to get the girls aligned in position when they were all settled she turned the music on.
"And one and two, and one…"
The girls did the steps every number represented, following the music and some of them looked left and right at each other to not make any mistakes.
"and two, and three and four"
They were planning a presentation of the Swan Princess for December following Sakura's own choreography but each one of them had to do a piece of their own thing they learned while being in Sakura's classes, so she could tell how nervous they were to do so, its like they didn't want to let her down.
The girls were moving a lot in this piece so when Akane missed a move and got confused in the choreography she had to run towards the girls to get back in line and try and follow the piece.
"Wait up guys wait up!" Sakura turned off the music.
"Akane I noticed that" she grinned "If any of you by any chance get lost in the routine, remember: don't just walk towards the spot you were supposed to be in…" she explained carefully "Akane when you got lost, and didn't know how to fit in back in the routine instead of walking you could just do this" gracefully she did a reverse to show her how to get back in a particular spot.
"Got that?" Sakura asked nicely, everybody nodded in comprehension when the sound of the door closing got her attention.
Shock came over her but she replaced it quickly not showing any signs of weakness.
The infamous Sasuke Uchiha strode in with his lackeys, like if he were casually taking a seat for a class, his hands both hiding in his pockets while crossing the room to sit on the bleachers getting the whole attention of the kunoichi, she could swear his presence darkened the whole place, the boys didn't mind to keep it quiet either stealing glances and throwing kisses at the pinkette who looked kinda bothered and a whole lot of scared.
"Can I help you?" she asked a little irritated but not enough to show. Sasuke met her glare and stared after her intently not breaking the gaze in any way, he simply slumped his shoulders against his seat and pulled his feet on the seat in front of him, not giving her an answer.
"It's a free country" Gaara finally mumbled after awhile.
Now if she had her own private studio she would snap a witty comment but seeing she didn't she was forced to stay back and let them be.
Like it always seemed to occur around here.
She sighed and turned around not paying them any attention, ignoring the sniggering going on behind her back.
Tension was palpable in the room, it was like a dark cloud had dampened the whole gym all of the sudden, hell even the whole block. Sakura was waiting and anticipating the moment for them to make a move, but it never came.
It was just that uncomfortable, she was even afraid to look over her shoulders. Every time she made a step she felt awkward, like if she were stumbling around nowhere, she had lost her zen, her focus.
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"She's gonna be grinding like that against my dick soon" Sasuke mumbled when Sakura did a particular move that made both boys stir a little, Suigetsu let out a loud laugh while shaking his head.
A tune rang in between the crowd, Gaara was the one to smack Sasuke's shoulders after reading the text.
"Its done dude, we just gotta pick that thing up" he mumbled looking very anxious, Sasuke was really not paying attention he didn't wanted to leave so soon: the pinkette's pry had not crumbled yet.
He nodded without even turning around. He was aware Gaara took it as a 'go ahead' and began to leave it also didn't go unnoticed by Sasuke how Naruto very much willing followed Gaara and Shikamaru out of the gym.
"What are you up to with the little one anyways?" Suigetsu asked from his right, very much interested in knowing where were Sasuke's intentions going.
He knew he wanted to fuck her, that much was understood, but there was a menacing aura about Sasuke right about now, the way his eyes never strayed away from the pinkette, watching her every move, how her luscious body could stretch so easily, the way her legs could reach the sky without her knees bending, or how graceful her arms looked in a simple stance it made Suigetsu wonder if Sasuke had some business with this girl, it was not every day a girl caught his attention this much.
"Bye guys" Sakura smiled back to the few girls that were waiting inside the gym for their parents, while holding the door to get out and go straight home.
Coming out she found none other than Sasuke Uchiha smoking with his shoulder leaned against the wall of the gym, same direction she had to take to go home, he had yet to acknowledge her presence though so before he did she was going to take the other way, she had already seen enough of him for a day.
"Hey cupcake" she heard him call out to her.
She didn't pay him any attention, hoping he would just go away if she ignored him.
"Im talking to you" he pulled her back by the shoulder sending her to lean on the wall for support. It was like a jolt of electricity what Sakura felt, he had never in her entire life made this much contact before, she was shocked he wasn't even graceful about it, not even remembering he was at least 5 times her size or that she was a woman, the message was clear:
He wanted her to stop…
She didn't…
So he made her.
It was that simple.
It was the shock that kept her leaning on the wall frozen for a few seconds when she finally had the decency to snap and look at him with a glare.
He wasn't looking at her, he kept a few feet away from her but not enough for her to try and walk away that easily, he took a drag from his cigarette when he kicked an empty can of beer casually, his body movement mastering any room showing who had the upper hand.
"What do you want?" Sakura snapped when she managed to snap out of it enough to glare at him.
"I don't like that tone" he furrowed his eyebrows with a stupid grin on his face irritating her further.
"I don't like you" she said instead, that made his grin wider and his eyebrows to lift.
"Ohhh you grew some balls all of the sudden?" he snapped raising his voice a little, surprise evident in his face she had the attitude to step up to him.
She wasn't fooled by the grin on his face, she noticed the tone of surprise in his voice and the way he looked at her like she was a total different person from what he knew, like if she weren't that girl that just bow down to his words or let it be anymore that's why she didn't push it any further, she didn't want him on her ass 24/7, comebacks and an attitude just put her on the spotlight and she didn't want that.
"Look I don't want any trouble…" she started to say while trying to walk away rolling her eyes figuring if she paid him no attention she would just drop it.
But he was persistent in annoying the hell out of her, he took her by the wrist and spoon her around one more time to face him, she reacted quickly this time though shaking her hand out of his grasp growling a "Get off" and taking a step back when the force of him spinning her around took her a step closer to him.
Her fierce eyes were set on him and he returned the stare amused with that sick smirk on his face.
So Sakura wasn't the little kitty he thought she was, she was actually pretty fierce, she had it in her. It only stirred his excitement further.
A lioness to tame.
A little fire to put out.
He was definitely gonna have some fun with this one.
When he did nothing she glared at him for the last time and brushed past him to walk to her building, leaving behind his amused gaze that was starring after her and wondering, simply wondering.