Fear and Panic!
Chapter 2
'Oh god, I'm late!', Sakura thought all in a panic, almost tripping over her own UGGs as she ran down the solemnly vacant halls, clutching onto one mechanical pencil that she'd made sure beforehand had a whole piece of lead in it. She flew into the exam room, where countless students looked up from their various exams at her. Tsunade stood as the teacher-in-charge-of-watching-for-cheaters and turned to see Sakura huffing and puffing from running the long way.
"Um, Japanese", was all Sakura could blurt out, what her exam was on, still slightly gasping for air, hoping the nice lady could direct her to the grade 10 Japanese row of tables in the room.
Tsunade blinked, "It's in room 24, dear".
Sakura stood unmoving for a moment. She'd never bothered to remember the classroom numbers. Who did?
Tsunade (the lovely lady!) somehow understood her confused expression and reworded, "Kakashi's classroom".
"...Oh, yeah, yeah okay", was all Sakura could utter with a small smile of understanding before pivoting her heel, turning, "Thanks!".
And again she was off. Running like the wind, hoping she wouldn't get in trouble for being at least 10 minutes late for her exam. Turning around corners, down the twisty-turny hallways...
Until she threw the door of room 24 open, and was greeted by the empty stares of the other Japanese students. Then there was Kurenai, who mumbled flatly "You're late". Without bothering to make eye contact, she huffed "I know", and casually went to her seat, ignoring Sai's quieted yet irritating giggling as she seated herself next to him, as it was (unfortunately) the only seat available.
She clicked the lead to an appropriate length and printed "Sakura Haruno" neatly at the front page of her exam booklet. Then she took a great big breath and that was when it hit her.
The almost addicting smell of Kakashi's room that she loved. It was a manly smell, but it wasn't disgusting like sweat; it was absolutely alluring, and it amazed Sakura how the very smell of his classroom could describe Kakashi himself almost exactly. Whenever she could smell it, Kakashi was always right there, looking angelic in a rough, tousled way.
Then she mentally shook her head wildly and told herself to concentrate on the exam.
Sakura brushed her hair lazily as she stood in front of her washroom mirror. It crackled with static shock the more she combed it, and it was frustrating; she might just be late for another exam. She fumbled with the taps and soaked the hairbrush in water, as she heard that combing with a wet brush helped with static a great deal.
She munched on her breakfast, an egg and ham sandwich, while reviewing her notes on the bus. Today was her visual arts exam, which she wasn't thrilled about, but she had always been quite adequate with art. She knew Kakashi indulged in perverted comic books from time to time, and sometimes she wished she was just a bit better at art so she could publish her own comic book for Kakashi to read (although once she thought about, she'd have to make it quite perverted for Kakashi to even take a glance at it).
As the bus arrived at her stop, she clapped her binder close and crumpled her sandwich wrapping paper into a ball. She briskly hopped off the bus, looking at her watch as she did so. "Oh, I'm earlier than I thought", she thought out loud and chucked her wrapper into a nearby garbage can.
"Guys!", Sakura exclaimed cheerily as she met with Ino, Tenten, and Hinata. "Sakura!", Ino called back and waved. They joined the crowd of students gathered in front of the not-yet-open exam room door. Ino made a comment about wanting to poke the fluffy part of Sakura's shirt, and Sakura was in the middle of elaborating about the fluffy part when someone caught her eye.
Silver hair.
Without thinking, she emitted a small gasp and waved happily at Kakashi, who was trying to make his way through the crowd of students whilst still keeping his eyes glued on his book. "Kakashi-sensei! Sensei!", she called out excitedly, completely forgetting she was in front of almost the entire school.
When she caught him glance at her for a split second and she knew she saw the outline of a small smile behind his mask, she mentally exploded into rainbows. "Sakura!", Ino exclaimed, "You sound like a monkey!". Sakura looked back at Ino with the realization of how loud she'd been and gave a bit of a nervous giggle.
Seated in the exam room, she saw Tsunade walk up to the front of the room and announce the rules about no cheating, no talking, etc. which Sakura swore she'd already heard about a gazillion times. Her eyes swerved from monotonous Tsunade to Kakashi leaning against the wall, eyes on his book.
She blinked and stared. Never had a human ever looked so perfect. Even though Kakashi was such a pervert, and such a rough teacher, somehow whenever Sakura laid eyes on him, all she saw was an angel. Perhaps a somewhat violent angel who liked to read hentai, but still an angel.
And then she snapped out of her trance when she realized everyone around her had begun writing. She quickly began on her art exam as well.
Sakura sighed contentedly and fell back in her bed.
"Exams are over...and in just a few more days the new semester starts!
That means math, which only means Kakashi-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, and more Kakashi-sensei. It's going to be an eventful semester..."
And with that lingering thought, she drifted to sleep.
Still short chapter. Damn it. Oh, quick question! Do you guys wanna see more of Sasuke and his drama with Sakura in this? Or do you just want KakaSaku all the way? Thanks for the input!