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♥ Chapter X: Lies ♥
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Sakura rubbed the sleep out of her eyes as she brushed her teeth and hair, and then walked out of her room, when she saw Sasuke, and blushed.
Damnit! she swore. Can I stop blushing!
But she couldn't. He looked really hot standing there in his black t-shirt and white shorts and his ruffled hair (he always slept like that, wearing a t-shirt and a pair of shorts). Then she saw he was blushing too. Right? Or maybe he was just red on his cheeks because he was warm.
"S-S-S-Sasuke-kun", she stammered. Damnit, now I start stammering too! "Y-you h-h-have a fe-fever?"
"Eh? NO!" he exclaimed, looking terrified, before coughing: "I mean, no."
"Ah… okay…", she replied, staring down at the floor. Sasuke-kun is acting weird…
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Sasuke glanced at her across the kitchen table. Damn, she's hot!
He hadn't dared look at her yesterday during PE – hearing his friends say she had 'nice clothing', he knew she was looking not only pretty, but downright hot, but now he couldn't take his eyes off from her. So beautiful…
"N-n-ne, S-Sasuke-kun? D-d-do I have something on m-my f-f-face?" she stuttered, as she noticed his glance.
"Wha? Ah, no! Um… I mean… yeah, you've something on the cheek", he responded. Damnit! I'm getting nervous!
"M-m-my ch-cheek?" She's acting weird too…
Sakura reached up to her left cheek hesitantly, but Sasuke arose and leaned across the table. "No, the other one", he said, wiping away a bread crumb from it, when they both noticed their faces were an inch from each other, and blushed.
Sasuke quickly stared down at his breakfast instead, and chewed on his toast, trying to act normal, but he kept looking at her as much as he could. Her perfectly shaped shoulders, waist… everything…
"S-S-S-Sasuke-kun?"
He looked up again. "Aa?" he tried to say normally, but heard his voice sound weird, cursing himself for acting strange.
"Ne… w-w-which me-metro train g-g-goes from h-h-here?" she stuttered.
"Stupid", he muttered. "Of course you'll ride my car to school."
"But w-w-what if t-t-the others s-see it?"
"Eh… just say you lost your metro card. I can drive you home, too", he quickly added. "Then you can just say you found it at home."
"U-u-um, o-okay."
An embarrassed silence fell, before Sasuke blurted out: "You look nice today, by the way."
Sakura looked up in surprise, her cheeks red. "A-a-ah? O-oh, a-a-arigatou, S-Sasuke-kun. You… you look n-nice t-t-too", she flushed.
"Ah… arigatou." Sasuke felt his cheeks burn. WHAT THE HELL, IS MY FACE ON FIRE OR SOMETHING? OR AM I HAVING A FEVER!
No, you're just blushing.
What the…! YOU AGAIN!
I love you too.
Ew, that sounded gay.
Whatever. You think she's hot, ne?
WHAT! I JUST THINK SHE LOOKS CUTE!
Don't lie. She looks hot. Her Inner Self too.
Eh! She has an Inner Self too?
Yup. I had a conversation with it last night when you both were asleep. Kinda funny that she had one too. Not many people have that.
Don't tell me. You flirted?
Nah. I just told her she was damn hot.
WHAT!
Hey, you should thank me for helping you get future babies!
WHAT THE… YOU ARE THE ONE BEING A PERVERT, DAMMIT!
Hehe. Thanks. Do you wanna chat with her Inner Self?
No thanks.
Okay. Whatever.
"Ne… Sasuke-kun?" Sasuke looked up at the shyly smiling Sakura. "You have an Inner too?"
"Eh!"
"Yeah. My Inner told me."
"Um… yeah. I have an Inner Self", he muttered, embarrassed to admit such a thing.
"That's so cool! I heard they were talking yesterday."
"Don't tell me your Inner recited what my Inner said."
"No, she didn't. She said she had promised your Inner not to."
Sasuke sighed out of relief, and then yelled to his Inner in his mind: DON'T EVER SAY SUCH EMBARRASSING THINGS ANYMORE!
Fine, fine, I get the point.
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"OH MY GOD, NEJI! DID YOU REALLY DO IT?" Tenten exclaimed in his face as soon as the black-haired guy entered the main corridor.
"What the hell are you talking about, Tenten?" he asked in annoyance – never make Hyuuga Neji mad when he's in a bad mood. Which he certainly was. But Tenten never bothered about that rule – she knew Neji would never hurt her anyway.
"I'm asking if you if you really dated Freya!" she giggled. Neji's face became deep red.
"What the hell!" he snapped. "I've not dated Freya!"
"Oh, really?" she chirped. "Hey, Freya! Isn't it true that Neji asked you out on a date?"
"Yeah, it's true", the girl named Freya said with a serious voice as she stepped forward. Neji made a grimace – she really was ugly. Her makeup looked as though it had been put on by a baby, her hair long and dirty, her clothes unfashionable and not going well with each other, and she was the fattest girl he had ever seen. "You did, Neji. Have you already forgotten we were out yesterday?"
"What are you talking about?" he snarled.
"I saw you guys, too", Sasuke added with a smirk as he appeared beside Tenten. "Sakura did, too, and Naruto. Right?"
"Uh-huh!" Naruto agreed with a smirk, too. Sakura merely smiled.
"Whaaat…! I was with Hinata yesterday, her parents told my parents that we could go and eat dinner together! Right, Hinata?"
"Yes, but then you went out. You said you had business to take care of", she giggled.
"Hinata!" he wailed. "Why are you lying!"
"She's not lying, it's the truth, Hyuuga Neji! So what happened on your date? Stop denying it!" Tenten sneered.
"Tenten! You should believe me, at the very least! You've known me since we were kids! You should know I wouldn't go out with Freya!"
"Oh, really?" Tenten practically sang. "But people change, you know, Neji. Back when we were kids, you were a stubborn little boy who had a lot of glaring contests with Sasuke, and never cared about what others thought…"
"TENTEN!"
"Yeah, it's true", Sasuke grinned devilishly.
"SASUKE!"
"I thought you said Freya was a witch?" Naruto smirked.
"NARUTO!" Neji took a deep breath. "WHY DON'T YOU GUYS BELIEVE ME!"
Complete silence. Then…
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"YOU FELL FOR IT!"
"Idiot."
"WHAAAAT!" Neji stared at them.
"We were joking, of course!" Freya laughed. "I know you hate me, Hyuuga, so Tenten came up with this prank and we all agreed to help."
"EEEEH!"
"Are you stupid, or what? We helped her do the prank", Sasuke sneered. "You really are an idiot, Neji."
"And you fell for it!" Tenten giggled delicately.
"TENTEN! YOU EVIL LITTLE…"
"Yeaaaaah?" Tenten sang again.
"DON'T MAKE ME…"
"Make you do what?" she smirked. "Take my book? Oh, what a threat, Neji!"
Then, a devilish sparkle appeared in Neji's eyes. "… kiss you…"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!" everyone just gaped. Tenten blushed furiously.
"What the…!" she snapped.
"Just kiddin'. And you fell for it!" Neji grinned and began laughing, and was then chased again by Tenten, as usual.
"Where's Kari-chan, by the way?" Sakura asked, as she realized her friend wasn't around.
"Look, she's over there! Let's go talk with her!" Naruto suggested. "Ohayou, Kari-chan! Ohayou, teme", he greeted with a smirk at James, who stood next to Kari, and who had apparently had a conversation with her. Sasuke shot him a death's glare, but Sakura put a hand on his shoulder without the others knowing.
Sasuke, surprised, looked at her, but she only smiled, and then whispered: "No need to overdo it all, Sasuke-kun. I appreciate that you're angry because of what he did, but…" Her smile widened. "… it's enough. Arigatou, Sasuke-kun."
His cheeks turned slightly red as he muttered "Yeah, yeah, whatever". Kari, noticing all of it, just narrowed her eyes…
Tsukiko: Well, guys, the next chapter is coming August 8th! About the time when my friend comes home... geez, I really must go and meet her and her cousin sometime soon... we've been talking about it all summer and we haven't done it at all...
Inner Tsukiko: I don't think anyone's interested in your random rant.
Tsukiko: OK, OK. I'm still stuck at the twenty-fifth chapter if anyone wants to know, due to not knowing what I'll do with Ino and Shika next, because I really want to insert some ShikaIno in that chapter because they're just a minor couple throughout the story and right now I'm in this ShikaIno mood because of a friend of mine and I had this argument whether ShikaIno was better than ShikaTema (which he insisted absolutely wasn't because Ino and Shika didn't fit together, to which I disagree, ending with that I feel extremely ShikaIno-ish.). Well, anyway, I wanted to insert ShikaIno and maybe do ShikaTema some other day in another fic, so right now I'm being stuck how to mix KakaKure and ShikaIno. Note to myself: get a fanfic blender, put KakaKure and ShikaIno in, mix water and sugar and stir. Voilà and bon appetite. Just kidding, I got to eat something soon 'cause I'm hungry. Ja ne!
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Guys, it's 91 reviews now! I think my family was surprisedwhen I told thembecause first when I got this fic published I started dancing out of joy (well, not practically DANCING since I can't dance) when I got 5 reviews! Thanks for all the reviews, you don't know how happy I feel whenever I get a new one! Hey, we're almost near 100 reviews now! Thanks thanks thanks THANKS and keep on reviewing! ;D
Sneak Preview of Next Chapter: The New Girl
"Okay. Um, guys..." Ok, here goes, Tenten thought. "... I'll go back to Japan."
Fanfictions Coming Up!
Hi guys:D I'm glad that you like This Is (Not) My First Time so much, and I'm grateful for all the reviews I've gotten :) Anyway, to the topic... I want to ask you guys of a favor; can you please vote on which fanfic you want to see written next? I've a couple of ideas, but I don't know which one I should begin with...
Replacement - Obito asked Kakashi to take care of Rin in his place, and to grant his best friend's death wish, he obeyed. But what happens when Rin runs away because she thinks Kakashi's protectiveness is only for Obito's sake? And what happens when they meet, seven years later, both successful and skilled jounins and teachers of two teams, both called Team 7? KakaRin Minor SasuSaku
Genre: Romance
Don't Forget Me - During their last year in high school, we meet funny, kind and always late for class Haruno Sakura with her four friends, Naruto, Tenten, Neji and Ino. Then a new student arrives, ice prince Uchiha Sasuke, who Sakura's friend Ino immediately claims to be 'hers', and warns them not to try to 'steal' Sasuke. Then, to everybody's horror and surprise, something throws (well, roughly expressed) Sasuke and Sakura together, and just as suddenly as they're announced to be a couple, just as suddenly they're torn apart.. and once again thrown back together, in a cruel game of Hide-and-Seek, guessing and tag. Based on the Korean TV series, Dong Ji Lian Qu (I don't know its original title, tho, only the Chinese translation), which can be translated into something like 'Winter's Romance Tale' or 'Winter's Romantic Tragedy' or something similar (I suck at Chinese). NaruSakuSasuIno Slight NejiTen
Genre: Romance/Drama
Forbidden Memories - In order to free Sasuke from his curse, Sakura finds Orochimaru's henchmen who possess the power to granta wish for a high price... your memories that you must regain in order to make the wish come true, but you have a time limit... thus, Sakura becomes Orochimaru's test for Sasuke (who is forced to take care of her) to prove his loyalty and the fact that he has broken all bonds. But will Sasuke be able to pass the test? SasuSaku
Genre: Romance (mostly, it's slightly angsty here and there but it's mainly romance)
NEW! Dance With Me - When tough guy and hiphopdancer Uchiha Sasuke and bittersweet ballerina Haruno Sakura were thrown into a wild dancing tournament where they were forced to cooperate, they never knew what awaited them. SasuSaku, minor NejiTen, NaruHina and ShikaIno
Genre: Romance(maybe angsty?)
NEW! Princess Sakura - She's a princess who has just run away from the castle. He's a normal guy who looks like any girl's dream prince. She's cheerful and talkative. He's cold and quiet.So how the hell did things get like this? SasuSaku
Genre: Romance (mostly, a little bit humor here and there, but..)
(A/N: If you find errors such as words pasted together likethis, sentences that are in bold or italics when they shouldn't be or sentences that are repeated even though they're not supposed to, please tell me. This happens a lot out of some unknown reason, and it isn't because it was like that from the beginning - no, when I edit the chapters after uploading them, they get like that. I don't know why, maybe it's my dad's computer being weird. And also, do the symbols ' and ... look weird? Because on dad's computer, it does.)