Chapter Three
Sakura Haruno rarely blushed. Unless it was in front of Itachi Uchiha, who seemed like he was on a constant life mission to make her blush every time they came in contact with each other.
However, this was a different story. Seeing a teacher had never made her cheeks grow as pink as her hair before. But she just couldn't help herself. As soon as she saw the tall slender, white haired, and obviously young, teacher, her stomach was doing weird flip flops. 'Maybe it's the mask' she thought, eyeing the fabric that covered almost his entire face.
"Sakura Haruno." he called lazily over the low chatter of students. She walked forward. "Second to last desk, third row."
It did seem a bit odd to be putting them in alphabetical order even though they were clearly Juniors. Surely the students at this school weren't that immature were they?
A fleeting image of her new blond friend flashed through her head. 'Maybe they were.' she thought. Though she had to admit, the guy was kind of funny. Seemed like the kind of person who added that special oomph to your day.
Sakura sent a sympathetic glance his way. He seemed to be very disappointed with the seating arrangements. He was all the way in the back on the last row all the way in the corner.
"I know you're all probably wondering why I gave you assigned seats. I've never had a disciplinary problem before, so I won't go worrying that you won't get along with whoever you sit by. We're all young adults here." he started explaining what sounded like the beginning of a short introductory speech.
"It's just easier for me to give you your graded papers this way." he admitted guiltily as he rested his hand on the back of his neck.
"Anyway-"
His speech was interrupted just as the door opened, revealing a very pissed off looking Uchiha. Sakura couldn't help but smirk at his mental pain. 'Probably got lost.' she thought blissfully, basking in the thought of his unhappiness. Today was just getting better and better. She had earlier discovered that the girl he had been pinning to the floor had actually attacked him.
At least the person who had tackled her wasn't a real crazy person. She could also list Itachi spilling coffee on her under the 'good events of the day' list on an account of it got him to check her out.
Plus it dried pretty quick so it didn't really cause any problems. She just smelled like coffee now.
Now Sasuke was late for first period, and by the looks of it, it was for a reason that was probably worse than the tardiness. Her good event list wasn't ever going to end.
"Name?" the teacher asked him, doing his best to make Sasuke feel welcome. "Sasuke Uchiha."
"Well Sasuke Uchiha. For now you have to take the wobbly desk behind.." his eyes scanned the room before they landed on Sakura.
"Miss Haruno." he finished with a smile.
"What?" Sasuke and Sakura asked in unison. "It's only for a day or two." he informed them, sensing their obvious discomfort.
They both grumbled, deciding to do their best to ignore the situation.
Sasuke walked down the aisle, receiving a few appreciative look overs from a few girls as he did so. His facial expression grew smug as he scanned their faces.
'Pretty cute selection here if I do say so myself.' he thought, his mood lightening ever so slightly.
He plopped down in the uncomfortable seat behind Sakura before taking out his notebook and pen.
"Like I was saying," the teacher continued like he hadn't missed a beat. "My name is Kakashi Hatake. You can call me Mr. Hatake."
He then proceeded to pass out work sheets. "This is to test your math skill level. Physical Science involves some math after all."
The class was quiet. Almost too quiet. Sakura could tell that having this class first thing in the morning was going to be hard.
She looked back at Naruto who had slid his chair back and propped his feet up onto his desk. He had fallen into what looked like the hardest slumber Sakura had ever seen in a classroom. She sighed out of boredom and faced forward, waiting impatiently for the bell.
Click.
It took her a second to figure out what the noise was. 'Just Sasuke's pen.' she thought. It was sad how little she had to think about in school. But it had always been that way hadn't it ?
Click.
Sakura held her breathe, determined to hold in the annoyed sigh that was building within her. 'Don't let him know it's annoying or he won't ever stop.' she reminded herself.
Click. Click.
Sasuke Uchiha stared out of the classroom window. That worksheet had been a breeze. This class was going to be a piece of cake. The only problem he had now was the unbearable boredom of sitting quietly in order to give the students who needed the whole class period the silence they needed to finish up.
So he stared out of the window at nothing in particular. He clicked his pen absentmindedly when he heard a light thumping noise.
He looked ahead of him to see Sakura's fingers tapping repeatedly on her desk.
He smirked. He knew what that meant. Something was working her nerves. He looked around the room, determined to find the culprit and give him a pat on the back for a job well done. After scanning the room three times over he gave up and returned his gaze towards her strumming fingers. He clicked his pen again, not really paying attention.
Her fingers stopped suddenly just as her hand clenched into a fist. Sasuke's day had officially just gotten a million times better.
Click.
His smirk deepened as she tensed, an obvious sign of anger.
Click. Click.
The Uchiha had finally found something to entertain him for the rest of the class period. Which wasn't that long, fifteen more minutes at the most.
Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click.
Sakura's hands slammed onto her desk as she stood so abruptly Sasuke was surprised her chair hadn't fallen over from the force that she had pushed it back with when she shot to her feet.
"AH!" Naruto yelped, as he lifted his feet in a hasty motion before falling over backwards, startled by the sudden loud bang that had echoed in the class.
Sure, most of the students in the classroom had all jumped because of the noise, but now all of them were snickering at Naruto who stood and brushed himself off, looking defiant.
He sat back in his chair and stuck his nose in the air as he faced the wall, trying to hide his red face.
"MR. HATAKE." Sakura called out to him loudly while the classes laughter started to die down and they all started giving her strange looks.
Sasuke's eyes raked her up and down and froze when he saw the tiny string poking out of the top of her shorts. A thong. A bright yellow one. His eyes were glued to the fabric for what seemed like forever before she began walking up towards his desk. He ripped his gaze away.
Most of the males in the room also noticed the visible undergarment.
'Dammit. She needs to stop wearing such provocative clothing. How the hell am I supposed to act like she doesn't exist when she keeps looking….looking…' he abruptly stopped his current thought before it could go any further and laid his pen down before resting his chin on his palm and looking back out of the window.
He could hear Sakura faintly in the background as she argued with Mr. Hatake about moving him way from her this second. He heard him reassure her it would only be for the rest of the class period.
As she made her way back an idea popped into his head. Without thinking of the possible consequences, like Sasuke Uchiha always failed to do when it came to causing displeasure to Sakura Haruno, he slid his foot in front of him just enough.
Sakura began to sit back down, clearly not pleased with how her recent conversation with the teacher had gone.
But instead of sitting gracefully back in her chair like she had planned, Sasuke's foot slid the chair from underneath her at the last second, leaving her to fall not so gracefully to the floor.
Now it was Sakura's turn to get laughed at for falling on the floor.
She twisted her body around to glare at him.
"WHAT ARE YOU, TWELVE?" she yelled at him with fire in her eyes.
Sakura hoisted herself up on her knees as she placed her hand on Sasuke's desk before sliding her arm across it, causing all of Sasuke's notebooks and pens to fall to the floor.
Sasuke scowled, opening his mouth to insult her when they were suddenly interrupted.
"I uh, don't think I've ever had to do this before but." Mr. Hatake began as he scratched the back of his head with an awkward look on his face. "I'm gonna have to give you both…..detention."
Muahhahahahahhaha! Sasuke and his evil pen clicking make me love this chapter!
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