A/N: Hey, Hey, Hey. I'm so tired I've been gone from my house for three weeks and I'm back to update! Here We Go!
How I Hate High School
Chapter 3
It has been two days since auditions and that same weird feeling remained in my stomach. The first reason was because the callbacks list was being posted today and I didn't know whether Sasuke would approach me again. I haven't seen or heard of him in two whole days. It's so freaky because frankly after having a good conversation with him he just disappears. I even noticed some girls already staring at me oddly like I'm suddenly being noticed for once. I don't like it but…at the same time I do.
The scene of us still played in my head like one of those movies you constantly see on TV. (cogughParent Trapcoughcough). He seemed sort of different when you actually have a conversation with the guy. He totally acted like there was no social chart. Come on, who doesn't see that there are clearly like, seventeen different cliques. I wouldn't name them all 'cause it would take forever.
And besides this movie playing in my head, Ino, Tenten, and Hinata have been harassing me almost every day. Wow, big deal Sasuke Uchiha talked to me….well, okay I see their point. But that doesn't mean I'm giving the full play-by-play of what happened. I don't work like that.
The bell rang for fourth period to end and as soon as it did the intercom came on.
It says, "All kids who have participated in the Talent Show Auditions callbacks are now being posted in the main hall.
Some people discussed this as we filed out into the busy hallways. A big sigh escapes my lips, this is it, I would finally know if I made it…or not.
The main hallway is a traffic jam. It's the in the direct center in the school. When sports start the volleyball, basketball, lacrosse, soccer and football cuts are all posted on the wall. Also it's the hang out spot. It's where the Lacrosse team's captain Toby was banked because of the three girlfriends he tried to date at the same time found him out. Yeah, that was chaos and lucky me, it happened right in front of me. Front row seats, dudes. It's also where the school president Cho revealed that she was secretly gay and practically shouted that she cheated on her boyfriend. It's not just the main hall but the hall of history.
There were two bulletins on the left side filled with papers of clubs and fundraisers that no one ever even pays attention to. I see one of the judges, the one with the bald spot and he's posting three papers up. Behind him are who knows how many people, from all different cliques, and they look anxious and excited. Even the Goth kid in the corner with an impassive face seems to be holding it in. The bald guy/judge doesn't pay any attention to what's awaiting behind him. And once he's done and three feet away there's a race to the board.
There is shoving, pushing and people walking away with angry/sad/confused faces. I wait patiently a good distance away from the scene watching calmly. Once the crowds left I walk up and slid a finger on the list, searching for my name. I find it as second on the list…right under Tsuki Haruka. I gulp and shift my small bag, which is slipping, farther up my shoulder.
"Well, I did it." I say.
"I told you that you were good." A voice says from behind me.
I jumped back and turn around, facing the opposite wall. And there's Sasuke Uchiha leaning against it, giving me a teasing look.
"Yeah, well beginner's luck." I say and begin walking. I hear his footsteps fall into step with mine.
"Why must you be so modest?" He says looking down at me as we walk.
Break period has begun and right now I didn't care if Ino, Tenten, and Hinata were probably waiting for me.
"I'm just being truthful." I reply honestly.
"You're being hard on yourself." He lectures nodding at one guy who passed. A group of girls swoon as he walks by. He's so used to it. I try to imagine him ugly, but it doesn't work.
"Maybe." I say and face forward. I don't even know where I'm going. But he keeps walking with me, keeping up with my pace, with his long graceful strides.
"So." He stuffs his hands in his pockets. Only then do I look at his attire. White button up shirt, rolled up sleeves and a few buttons unloose revealing a black undershirt. Topping it off with jeans that hang loosely off his narrow hips. "How do you feel about getting this callback?"
Wow, he wants to know how I feel. I contemplate, trying to place the correct words in my answer. "I feel fine, I guess. I'm a little surprised maybe but okay." I crossed my arms safely around my chest feeling the cozy fabric of my white shirt.
"Fine. Okay. Surprised." He repeated, he tapped his chin before sliding his onyx eyes to me again. "Why did you even sign up in the first place? It you're not excited and happy about it." He says and a group of guys burst out laughing as we passed. I have a feeling that they're laughing at me. Or I'm just paranoid, psh yeah. I watch them and then turn back to him.
" I signed up because a friend asked me to. And why are you criticizing on how I feel? What, you want me to be all happy?" I answer.
He holds up his hands in defense. "So I get it, you're different."
I looked at him. "But the question is…why didn't you sign up for the talent show?"
"Well, that is a good question. Let's just say that I didn't feel like it." He shrugs. His eyes hit mine. "I'm just not into school functions. If it was more sport..ish then maybe I would try it."
"So the jock, I see." I added.
Sasuke cocked his head to the side and then pulled up his sleeve up further showing his lean muscle. "You could say that."
I don't know if he's trying to impress me or what. When it comes to guys I'm not all that talented and think that I think too much when I'm talking to one. Like, I remember this one time when this really hot guy in middle school asked me to pass him a fork. I froze up and babbled about how he should use a fork to eat his soup. He made a joke with his friends about how I wasn't his mother. Embarrassing, hell yeah.
But with Sasuke, I don't know, I don't think, I just do. And it seems to be working because he keeps coming to me to talk. It feels pretty awesome.
He's smirking at me and as we pass and girls stare at him but he doesn't notice because he's watching me. And I get this feeling to just reach out and touch him to make sure it's true.
"You know, I thought your talent fell along the lines of being an annoying stalker…?" I teased.
He stopped, utterly appalled, it was kind of funny. "Ouch, that hurt." He placed a hand on his chest. " You don't even find me accommodating at all?"
"I might." I reply and continue walking. I feel him grinning at my back and he appears beside me again.
But when I turn he's right there, so close, staring down at me. He's stopped me, his warm hand resting on my forearm, rising goose bumps on my skin and butterflies in my stomach. I'm looking up at him and I just have to say this no matter how dorky. He's so hot I wanna bake cookies on him. I mean, who wouldn't want to? Guys included.
We've stopped in front of a window looking over the soccer field. The hallways are currently emptied and there's just us.
"You're eyes." He says taking a step closer, our bodies so close to touching. "Why haven't I seen such beautiful eyes before? Why haven't I seen you before?" He's talking to himself, which is kind of creepy, but hey, he said I have beautiful eyes.
The sunlight is hitting his eyes and they are this gorgeous shade of light blue.
"Maybe… you saw me but you didn't really notice me." I say. I can hear him breathing, softly and the same pace as mine.
I pull away. "Uh, could you hold my bag for a few minutes? I've got to go to the bathroom." I handed it to him and he took it.
Just so you know, I'm not doing this to have an excuse. Dude. I have. To. Go.
His words playing in my head again and again. I was sure that my face matched my hair by now.
But I have seen Sasuke in the hallways before, in fact there was one time when I was walking with Ino. She'd waved but he just looked at her and kept moving. And for a split second he glanced at me, but it was super fast so I could've imagined it. But now, what am I supposed to do? Say he has beautiful eyes too?
My pace to the bathroom is quick and I don't look back. When I enter it smells of smoke and toilet water. There are two girls in front of the mirror and I don't think they notice me as I slid in a stall. I try not to listen to their conversation but it's impossible because they're talking abut Tsuki and….me.
-
"Did you hear?" A girl asked her friend with bright red hair.
"About what?"
"About Sasuke. He's been hanging out with this dorky chick." The girl rubbed one finger under her eyelid, wiping off some eyeliner.
"What's her name?"
"Sakura something. Everyone's talking. Oh, did you know she has pink hair?"
The girl scrunched up her face. "Ew, you mean that freak? Who dyes their hair pink?"
"Anyway rumor has it that she's in the talent show. She made callbacks and was right under Tsuki Haruka on the list."
The other girls' eyes widened. "Oh my god. Remember what happened to the girl last year that was in the same position?"
"Yeah how could I forget? She like got busted for crack, compliments of Tsuki and her gang. Expelled and shipped to another school."
"Too bad no one believed her. She was a nobody anyway. Oh, and I heard that this girl is messing with Tsuki's man, Sasuke. She's doing a good job 'cause she's furious."
"Ohmehgawd. Sasuke's so hot I wanna bake cookies on him!"
"Who doesn't?"
The girls checked their looks in the mirror one last time before sashaying out the bathroom.
Sakura slid down to the floor in her stall. She really felt like crying right about now.
-
I walked out the bathroom feeling dizzy and sick. After slashing water on my face and replaying what just happened I still felt like crap. How could Tsuki be mad at me for talking to Sasuke? I mean, he came up to me. I didn't even dye my hair pink it's oh so natural. And I knew I wasn't the only one to say the cookie analogy, thing.
Right beside the bathroom door Sasuke leaned against the wall. He had his hand in my bag, shuffling through.. My eyes widened as he pulled out a notebook. The notebook. My notebook. I feel a vein pop in my head.
"Didn't people ever tell you that curiosity killed the cat?" I take my bag from his hands.
"Curiosity is a common human trait." He recited.
"Yeah, right." I mutter. As we walk in silence for a few seconds I can't help to think about what those girls say. My stomach is turning and I'm losing my appetite. I have to get out of here.
"Hey, uh, well I'll see you later. I have to go." I say.
He looks at me. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah." I look down at my converses. "I just have to meet Ino somewhere."
I rush off draping a hand around my stomach. As far as I knew I won't be heading to Ino any time soon.
-
"Hey guys." Sasuke greeted in monotone while taking a seat beside Neji at the lunch table.
"Oh, so now he decides to sit with us!" Naruto says sarcastically.
Sasuke furrowed his eyes in confusion.
"Dude, thanks to you some losers took our table." Naruto cried throwing his hands up and chips spilled on the table.
"What?"
"It was no big deal. We sat with these girls." Kiba added popping a fry in his mouth. "Naruto was like head over heels for one girl as soon as her saw her."
Naruto's face reddened as the others chuckled.
"Hey, that girl just happens to be my cousin so Naruto, back off." Neji stared darkly and Naruto who shrank in his seat.
"Well, Neji was having a good conversation with the girl with the buns. Right Neji?" Kiba stated reaching for one of his fries.
Naruto pointed. "Hah!"
Neji looked away.
"You guys are so very troublesome." Shikamaru slurred putting his head down.
"Aw, Shikamaru like we didn't see you sneaking glances at the blonde chick." Kiba said and Shikamaru twitched and put his head back down.
Sasuke shook his head as all his friends put their heads down in shame.
"So Sasuke where were you yesterday since you just decided to abandon us." Kiba asked reaching for Naruto's fries. Yes, he is one hungry dude.
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Nothing."
"You were looking for that girl in the talent show weren't you?" Kiba guessed pushing his trash aside.
Sasuke smirked. "So… did you get her number? Make out? Or what?"
Sasuke shook his head, half smiling. "Nah, dude it wasn't like that. We just talked."
Kiba gasped, clutching his neck for more effect. "Just talked? You are losing your touch man."
"I mean, I don't know. She's not that kind of girl, she's…different, you know?"
"So, she's different than these hot chicks here?" Kiba flashed a smile at a girl walking by with her tray. She swooned, almost tripping.
"Yes, she's actually worth your time." Sasuke watched as the girl regained balance and glanced back at Kiba with a seductive look.
"Whoa, that's harsh coming from the guy who dated four girls at once." Kiba said.
Sasuke ran a hand through his hair. He looked across the cafeteria, spotting Ino and the other girls he didn't know the names of. But there was no Sakura at the table.
"So you must like her." Kiba said.
Sasuke slid his eyes back to his friends, a smirk on his face that says 'What do you think?'
Kiba shook his head. "Well good luck with that, my good friend. But now I must depart. Gotta apply for a tutor. Teacher's recommendation." He stood up giving his still-sulking friends a wise look before leaving.
Sasuke glanced back over to the table but Sakura still wasn't there.
-
Kiba whistled to himself while he walked down the empty hallways. Lunch would be ending in another ten minutes.
He stared down at the slip his teacher gave him. TUTORING REQUESTED! In capital letters, it was kind of insulting. He wasn't that much of a dumbass, it's only English.
Just then as he turned the corner someone bumped into him making him stumble backwards. The sound of books hitting the floor echoed.
"Hey watch where you're--
The person looked up at him and the aqua eyes narrowed. It was a girl. A beautiful girl. The most beautiful girl he's ever seen. His eyes widened. It was the girl he'd gotten dissed by the other day. He didn't know why but she was like a goddess up close. She has deep aqua eyes and black hair with these blue streaks. She had on a blue and white baseball tee and jeans. Kiba watched as she scoffed and picked up her books. Her eyes flickered up to him.
"You're supposed to say I'm sorry."
"Oh." He mutters bending down and picking up on Geometry textbook. He stared at her and for the first time he was speechless. "Uh…" Suddenly he just couldn't use complete words, he's never experienced this with a girl before.
"Whatever." The girl said and brushed past him and he stared after her.
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Bring!!
"Oh, looks like you're free to go Mrs. Sakura."
Sakura opened her eyes and saw the soft white ceiling. She groaned and sat up. After walking away from Sasuke she made a beeline for the clinic. The clinic had the nicest nurse she'd ever met and when Sakura wasn't feeling good she'd always let her stay as long as she needed. So when she came, she laid down on a free cot. The clinic wasn't too busy today so it was quite peaceful. It gave Sakura time to think of some lyrics for a song she'd been writing lately.
The nurse, brown hair and soft hazel eyes smiled. "You'd better hurry before you miss your bus."
Sakura nodded and picked up her bag. "Have a good day Mrs. Takashi."
"You too Sakura. Take some Tylenol if you have more pain." She called and Sakura left through the blue door.
The halls were almost empty and all of the kids headed to either their buses or expensive cars. Sakura wrapped her arms around herself, she had no intention of getting on her bus. Lyrics had been running through her mind and she felt some inspiration after being totally stumped for the past couple of days.
But as she turned the corner her face drained. Tsuki and her crew were walking towards her. As they passed Tsuki bumped Sakura as well as her back-ups.
She toppled backwards, landing on her butt. She groaned.
"Loser." Tsuki snarled. "Don't get your hopes up in the show. We all know who's going to win."
They laughed and swing their hips all the way out the door.
"Ino?" Sakura called opening the choir room door. Today they were supposed to be rehearsing for the callbacks, Ino insisted, but her loud friend was no where to be seen.
"Hello?" A voice called back. To Sakura's left a door opened revealing a lazy looking but hot guy. Sakura recognized that he was one of the three judges at the auditions. He always seemed to have a toothpick in his mouth. His dirty blonde hair messy but stylish. He looked in his early twenties.
"Uh…hi." Sakura greeted.
"I remember you from the auditions. Good performance by the way. You have a good voice." He scratched his chin and smiled.
"Er…thanks. But I'm-I'm not as--
"But you are. Listen, don't let those others get you down. At callbacks we're looking for people to step it up. And me and the others have faith in you." He picked up a brief case off the floor in front of him. Sakura didn't speak.
"Well, I'm off. Have to go home and cut the grass." He walks to the door and pauses, but then he looks back. "Oh, and I'm Genma by the way." He smiles one last time and is gone.
While letting out a sigh Sakura sat herself on a stool and pulled her guitar onto her lap. She'd just have to practice by herself….again. She pulls out her notebook and gets a flashback of Sasuke pulling it out. The only people to look at her lyrics were Ino and her brother Sayoran. Through the pages she flips for a page titled Conspiracy. Her hands grip the guitar and she opens her mouth to sing.
Please speak softly
Or they will hear us
And they'll find out
Why we don't trust them
Speak up dear
'cause I cannot hear you
I need to know
Why we don't trust them
Explain to me
This conspiracy against me, yeah
And tell me how
I lost my power, oh yeah.
Where can I turn
'cause I need something more
Surrounded by uncertainty
I'm so unsure of…
"Of…of what?" Sakura pulled out her pen and put it to her notebook.
"You can't just stop right there. It was getting good."
Sakura looked up to find Sasuke coming through the door. She looked down again. "I'm beginning to think that it's not just a coincidence that you keep finding me."
"Maybe or it could fate."
Sakura shook her head. She heard his footsteps get closer and he pulls up a stool in front of her.
"What happened to you today?" He asked, his hands clasped together.
"What are you talking about?"
"Like, you weren't at lunch." His hand gestures to her.
She sighed. Now he was wondering where she was all the time. "I was in the clinic with a stomachache, happy?"
Sasuke eyes her curiously and there's a silence. "Are you pregnant?"
Twitch.
"Do I look pregnant to you?!" Sasuke holds his hands up to calm her down. "Sorry." He looks down at her stomach, yeah it's too small to have a baby.
"Now I think you should leave. I have some stuff to do." She scribbled a few things in her notebook. Sasuke noticed the notebook and remembered what happened earlier.
"Did you write that?"
"What?"
"That song."
"…yeah." Sakura tapped her pen searching for another word.
Sasuke just watched her. Not only did she have a great voice but she also wrote her own lyrics.
Sakura put her pen down and looked out the window. She had only had a couple of lines left until this song was finished. But then her lyrics were taken from her hands.
"Hey!"
Sasuke flipped through the pages. "Wow. This is amazing. You wrote all of these songs?" She just shrugged. Sakura thought it was cute how he was totally fascinated and how his face got even more intrigued with every page. Sometimes he read through some of it.
"Sing me one." He demands setting down the notebook.
"Excuse me?"
"Sing me a song." He smirked. Sakura blushed.
"What song?"
Sasuke flipped a page. "For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic."
Sakura adjusted her guitar and looked over at him. "One song." He nods and she takes a breath.
Just talk yourself up
And tear yourself down
You picture one wall
Now find your way around
Whoa, what's the problem
You've got a lot of nerve
So what do you think I would say
No you can't run away, no you can't run away
So what do you think I would say
No you can't run away, no you can't run away
You wouldn't!
I never wanted to say this
You never wanted to stay
I put my faith in you
So much faith and then you just through it away
You threw it away
I'm not so naïve
My sorry eyes can see
The way you fight shy
Of almost everything
Well, if you give up
You'll get what you deserve
So what do you think I would say
No you can't run away, no you can't run away
So what do you think I would say
No you can't run away, no you can't run away
You wouldn't!
You were finished long before
We had even seen the start
Why don't you stand up
Be a man about it
Fight with your bare hands about it now
I never wanted to say this
You never wanted to stay well did you?
I put my faith in you
So much faith and then you
Just threw it away
I never wanted to say this
You never wanted to stay well did you?
I put my faith in you
So much faith and then you
Just threw it away
Sakura played the last chord and tucked a pink lock around her ear.
"Amazing." Sasuke said.
When Sakura sang, it was another side of her. She wasn't hesitant or shy about it. It just came to her. Just like that.
"Thanks." She said. "Now, if you don't mind I'd like my notebook back. I have a song I'm working on."
She held out her hand.
"If I give it to you then let me see your guitar."
Sakura rolled her eyes and handed it over. For a few minutes Sakura brainstormed more lyrics as Sasuke experimented with the musical device. She recognized a little riff he played which sounded like Led Zeppelin. So, he didn't totally suck.
"Who taught you to play?" She asked.
"Ah, my mom. She always said that guys that played guitars attracted more girls." Sasuke laughed and plucked some more strings.
"Do you still believe that?"
"Sort of." His hand fell from the guitar to his knee. "But I also think it can be the other way around." He looked at Sakura who just grinned and looked back down.
"Who taught you to play?"
"Myself."
"Really."
"Yeah, I went through this whole music obsession stage. And I wanted everything to do with it." She stared at her hands. "I don't think I'll ever outgrow it."
There was a silence.
"What's Conspiracy about?"
"Well I saw in a dictionary that a conspiracy is an act of evil. So I just thought that since I experienced it then I should write a song about it." She shrugged.
"Someone's committed an act of evil against you?"
"Well yeah kind of."
"Who?"
"It's just this whole talent show thing and…Tsuki." Sakura shuddered.
"I heard about that." He ran a hand through his hair and stretched. "But don't worry I have your back." He smirked. Sakura raised her eyebrows. "You're….going to protect me?"
Sasuke flexed his arms. "I don't have these for no reason."
Sakura laughed. "Really."
Sasuke smiled.
"Are you done yet?"
"Hm, yep pretty much." She over looked it. "Now if I can play it through one more time I'll be done." Sakura held out her hands for her guitar but Sasuke didn't give it up.
"Why don't you just focus on the lyrics and I'll play it?"
"But you don't know how to play it."
She still had out her hands but Sasuke refused. He leaned closer. "Teach me." He smirks.
Sakura rolled her eyes. "Fine, you are so pushy."
She stood up in front of him and leaned down to put his hands in the right places. And after a few attempts Sasuke had the whole thing down.
"Ready?" Sasuke asked as Sakura looked at the lyrics one more time. She nodded.
Sasuke played and Sakura sang.
La la la…
Sasuke played the final note and the song was finished. Sasuke looked at Sakura and they smiled. But a sound interrupted them and filled the room. Sakura grabbed the phone out of her bag and pressed it to her ear.
"Hello?"
"Sakura?"
"Yeah, Ino where are you?"
"I'm at the Smoothie Shack. Where are you?"
"At school, remember we had to practice after today?"
"Oh! Shit! I forgot! Sorry!"
"It's okay Ino."
"Do you have a ride home?"
"No, not exactly."
"I'll be there but it'll take me a while. I'm on the other side of town."
"No, it's okay Ino. I'll walk, I'll be fine."
"Sure?"
"Positive."
"Well, I'll make it up to you tomorrow. I promise."
"Sure Ino."
"I will! Bye!"
"Bye."
Sakura shook her head and sighed.
"So you need a ride I hear." Sasuke stood up and put his hands in his pockets.
"I don't need one. I can walk."
Sasuke shook his head. "Come on. Sakura I'll give you a ride."
Sakura knew that no matter what he would keep on insisting.
"Fine." Sakura gave in.
-
Sakura walked by Sasuke's side quietly. The halls were empty except for a few teachers who roamed around. They all smiled and waved at Sasuke.
"Teacher's pet." Sakura mutters.
"Jealous?" He raised his eyebrows and Sakura looked away.
Sasuke and Sakura walked into the parking lot past the cars with the cool kids around it. Sasuke didn't stop to chat but just nodded and kept going. Sakura walked a little closer as the teens eyed her with curious faces. Occasionally they bumped each other, arms brushing against each others. Although they didn't acknowledge it.
When they reached his car Sakura's eyes widened but still not all that surprised. A guy like him had to have a nice car. (Since, I know nothing about cars, let's just say that it's black and shiny.)
Sakura climbed in and breathed in the new car smell. She looked around: leather seats and a brand new shiny stereo system. The ashtray wasn't filled with buts but cleaned and filled with nickels and pennies. Sasuke climbed in and watched as Sakura looked around.
"What?" She asked once she turned to find him staring.
"Nothing."
Sasuke started the engine and music blasted out of the speakers. Sasuke quickly turned it down and apologized .
"Hey I know that song ." Sakura said turning it up a little bit. "Here I Stand by Madina Lake right?"
Sasuke stared at her. Most girls will probably turn to some pop-beat station or insist on talking about themselves. Sakura never seizes to amaze him.
She hummed along and mouthed words and bobbed her head to the guitars. As he pulls out the lot the song fades to another upbeat slow rock song. It was one of his CD's he burnt off the computer.
"Seven Years by Saosin right?" Amazing, he thought.
"Which way?"
"Straight…for a while." She replied. She tapped her fingers on her knee.
With every song Sakura named it by song and artist no matter what genre. Sasuke sometimes changed it up trying to test her, but she passed every time. Sasuke found himself constantly glancing at her in amazement, one time she noticed.
"What?"
"You're dazzling me again. You know. Every. Single. Song."
She shrugged as another song came on with intense guitars. Blindfolds Aside by Protest The Hero.
"I wasn't joking when I said I entered the music obsession phase. I am hooked."
The song faded and a silence filled the car. Sasuke looked over to ask the next direction to take when he noticed her rifling through his glove compartment.
"Hey! Anyone ever tell you that curiosity killed the cat?"
"Curiosity is a common human trait." Sakura mimicked. She looked through the stack.
"Madina Lake, Linkin Park, Hoobastank, Green Day….Lil' Wayne?" She observed the CD in her hands.
"What, you don't like him?" Sasuke looked at her through his peripheral vision.
"Nope."
"Why not?"
"Because his music is all about sex. Come on, the song Lollipop…please. His lyrics don't mean anything." (No offense to people that like him.)
"Really." Sasuke said. "Now what?"
"Take our next right."
"Okay." He put on his signal. You're really deep abut music aren't you?"
"Well, yeah I just think that every artist needs creativity and respect for good music. And especially women." She scoffed a picture of the rapper surrounded by all nationalities of women in bathing suits. "I don't know, Ino says that having this kind of passion for music will never get me a social life." She sighed. "Well I'm talking to you aren't I?"
Sakura half-smiled. "Because you came up to me first. I would've never done that."
Sasuke ran a hand through his hair.
"But to me music has a social life of it's own." She flipped through some more discs. "I'm not in need of someone's constant chatter in my ears."
"I feel the same way." Sasuke agreed.
"Take a left here."
"You were planning to walk this far?" He asked looking in his rearview mirror.
"Well yeah I do it all the time when Ino doesn't pick me up."
"It's dangerous being by yourself." He lectured.
"Ah, well I know how to protect myself." She smiled and flexed her arm like Sasuke. "I don't have these for no reason."
Sasuke laughed and she smiled. And slowly, this is how their friendship began…
-
Sasuke pulled up to an apartment/condo complex just on the outskirts of town. It was peaceful and filled with blooming flowers and kids. Sakura told him to stop in front of one tall dark blue building. She turned back to him.
"Thanks for the ride."
"No problem."
She opened the door but looked back at him. "Oh yeah, and maybe one day I'll show you a real music store. With real music." She raised an eyebrow at the Lil' Wayne CD that was now on the floor.
Sasuke chuckled. "One day."
Sakura retrieved her bag but before she could put her foot out. She was pulled back in. She looked down at Sasuke's hand wrapped around her wrist. Their were inches apart. Sasuke dug in his pocket and found a pen and wrote down something on her hand. Once he was done he smirked and let go.
"For any other time you need a ride and don't feel like walking two miles." He winked.
Sakura blushed. "Okay…t-thanks."
Sasuke watched her walk to her floor and she waved before stepping inside. Through her window, she watched him drive off. And when he was gone she looked down at her palm.
Sasuke
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A/N: Okay so very long chapter! Like it? I do! I spent two days typing it. I'm on this rock-music fetish now. Yeah, random. Anybody like D. Gray-Man? I do! Oh, and Paramore is so awesome live. Just sayin'.
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