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♥ Chapter XIII: Friends? ♥
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As Sakura explained the situation to him, her smile widened. Deciding to turn away from her gorgeous smile, Sasuke instead stared at the sunset in front of them as he leaned back towards the fence.
"And that's all", Sakura finished gleefully. "Sasuke-kun, will you help us then?"
Sasuke was silent. A breeze ruffled their hair, and a bird's wings flapped as it flew past them.
In other words, complete silence fell upon the two of them.
"… Sasuke-kun?" she repeated with hope in her voice.
"What makes you think I'll help you?" he asked emotionlessly.
"Ne, if we're really friends, then we should help each other, right?" she smiled.
Sasuke wrinkled his forehead. "And who said we were friends? I've never been your friend. You've never been mine."
The smile faded away from Sakura's face, slowly. Sasuke didn't notice, since he didn't look at her, but Sakura's face expression suddenly looked as blank as his… if not even glum.
"Oh", she uttered so indifferently that Sasuke looked at her in astonishment, but couldn't see her face because she was staring down at the floor. "Gomen. I thought we were. Sorry for my misunderstanding."
Sasuke began to think, hard. Normally, Sasuke would never bother to think fast. He always had the time to think. During emergencies, his instincts just took over, but now it came to strategies, not instincts. Strategies…? For what?
It's so strange. I want to say we're friends. Why? We're not friends. I'm not friends with any girl. I swore that day by her name that I'd never befriend a girl again… so we're not friends. But why do I want to say that we are?
Because you like her, Inner Sasuke smirked.
I don't. I think she's annoying. I mean, hell, she has broken all my 'normal' routines! Like not needing to think of strategies when talking. C'mon, strategies are used for games, not for talking.
Love is a game.
What the…! I'm not in love with her.
Maybe not, but you're at least friends, right?
Hn.
Stubborn ass.
Dobe.
HEY! I'M NOT NARUTO!
Whatever. So what should I do?
Like I care. Your business, not mine, isn't it? You're the one doing stuff. I'm the one thinking.
Yeah, so give me some damn advice then, damn thinker!
How the hell am I supposed to know? You're so damn stubborn about everything anyway, so it's not like I can convince you to do anything smart like tell her that you're still friends! Oops, did I just give you my advice?
But she's not my friend! Why lie, then?
She is. Why else would you react the way you do? Protective, kind, all that stuff that you're not to other girls. You know she's special, that's why you like her. Not like-love if that's what you're fussing about, but like as a friend.
Hn. You've got a point in that.
Duh. Admit it, Super Genius Sasuke Uchiha, you're her friend and you damn well knows it. So go on and tell her it now.
But just as Sasuke decided to talk, he noticed he couldn't do it, because… Sakura was gone.
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DAMN SASUKE! DAMN SASUKE! DAMN, DAMN, DAMN! Sakura thought angrily as she marched down the empty corridors. She didn't even bother to go to her locker; why would she need to do that? They had no homework today, and it's not like she couldn't get her bag tomorrow. Besides, her keys and metro card were in her pocket, and she was already wearing her jacket, so why would she need to go to her locker?
Hey, chill it, Outer. You seem angry. What happened when I was asleep? Inner Sakura asked curiously as she stifled a yawn. Oh, let me guess. Ino put slime in your locker? Or… Her Inner smiled mischievously. You're being jealous of one of Sasuke's fangirls?
NO! Sakura bellowed in her mind at her Inner as she stomped out of the schoolyard and towards the metro station. Lucky for her, the metro train home just arrived. I HATE SASUKE!
No –kun? Inner Sakura said in disbelief. Hey, hey, Outer, what's going on?
NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS! IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IT SO MUCH, WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO AND DIG IN MY MEMORIES?
Whoa, no need to be so mad. Unless my memory is failing me, I remember you forbidding me to go and search in your memories archive without your permission?
YEAH, BUT NOW YOU HAVE THE PERMISSION, SO JUST GO AND DO IT!
Sakura felt hot tears start to trickle down her cheeks as the train began to go. A French boy in her own age sat down beside her and put his arm around her shoulders.
"Hey, beautiful, don't cry! I'm here for ya." He flashed a grin at her after his speech in lousy English, but Sakura only punched him in the face and cried in Japanese:
"PERVERT! MORON! GET OFF ME, YOU BAKA!"
With these words, she stomped away further down the train to find another seat.
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I wonder how she reacted? Sasuke thought as he sat in his limousine home to his pretty mansion. She probably smiled and understood my nature. She knows how I am, right? Cold and unemotional. Yeah, that's the Uchiha Sasuke everyone knows.
Sasuke shrugged the thought off as he arrived. I bet she doesn't mind about what happened. I'll just apologize tomorrow and everything will be back to normal. I've just to make sure the dobe doesn't get to know what's going on; he'd probably scorn me 'til death tears us apart. God, that sounded gay.
(A/N: Guys, don't misunderstand me now. I don't have anything against yaoi, in fact, I even like NaruSasu slightly, I don't hate it, but this is a SasuSaku fic and in this fic, Sasuke is NOT gay, and since that sentence made it sound NaruSasu-ish… yeah, you get the point, don't you? XD)
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"Sakura?" Cecilia looked up in astonishment as the pink-haired teen stormed into the apartment without even a greeting. "You seem pretty angered. The way you shut the door almost broke it; you must be careful with things! Mending is not cheap, you know."
"Yeah, yeah, aunt Cecilia", Sakura muttered as she went towards her bedroom, and shut the door again – this time more carefully, but all the same pretty violently.
Cecilia sighed. "What's with her today?"
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And I thought… I thought we were friends! I'm an idiot. I really am a big idiot.
Sakura flopped down on her bed and threw her bag carelessly at the wardrobe, and didn't even care about the noise it caused.
I thought… I really thought he'd be a special friend. He was. But apparently, I was not the same to him. I was not even a friend. So that's what he does, eh, playing around with girls like that? No wonder he has a bunch of admirers. Bet'cha he's a playboy.
Why am I so concerned anyway? It's not like he managed to play with my feelings. Or well, he did, but he never made me fall in love with him. Ha, take that, emotionless bastard.
I HATE YOU, SASUKE! YOU'RE JUST A BIG MORON WHO LIKES TO PLAY WITH OTHERS' FEELINGS! YOU PLAYED WITH MINE! YOU… YOU MADE ME FEEL SPECIAL! YOU ACTUALLY DID, YOU COLD-HEARTED TEME!
Suddenly, Sakura heard the phone ringing downstairs. She cursed herself for not staying in Cindy's bedroom today – she liked switching her bedroom back and forth so she spent one night in her own room and one night in Cindy's super-comfy room – because there was a phone there. If aunt Cecilia told her friends that she was in a bad mood, they'd nag her forever about what was going on, and then she'd never get any peace. Then she heard her loud aunt speaking.
"… Sakura? Oh, she's upstairs. But I think you should be cautious, she's not in a good mood."
Sakura swore under her breath as she went out of the room and to the living room. "Is that for me?" she asked with a bitter smile as she eyed the telephone.
"Yeah." Cecilia handed the receiver to Sakura. "Here. Seems like it's a multiple-connection, though, so don't be surprised if there're several people talking at once." (A/N: I don't know if this really works, but I've seen it once in some TV series – forgot which one – that the main character talked with two or more persons at the same time on the phone.)
"Hi", she muttered in the receiver.
"Hi!" answered three voices in chorus.
"Well?" Temari's voice said impatiently.
"Did Sasuke-teme say yes?" Naruto demanded to know.
"How did it go?" Hinata asked excitedly.
"No."
Silence.
"What? He said no?" Temari repeated, startled.
"Well, he didn't exactly say no, but he meant no."
"What do you mean? Tell us!"
"It's nothing. He just asked me why I asked for this favor, and I told him the truth, and then he just said that he didn't want to. He didn't exactly say 'no', but he said he 'didn't want to'", Sakura swiftly made up, feeling too uncomfortable to tell them about how Sasuke had said they weren't friends and all that.
"Really?" Naruto said in disbelief. "It's hard to believe. But then again, Sasuke-teme can be surprising at times. I thought he'd say yes. After all, it's you who's the one asking."
"And why would that make a difference?" Sakura asked.
"Because… well, we all know he's a bit attached to you", Naruto said in this singsong voice.
"He isn't. He has never been", Sakura retorted expressionlessly.
"Sakura-chan? Are you alright? Your aunt said you were in a bad mood", Hinata asked worriedly.
"Oh, that. Well, you see, a dog attacked my halfway home and totally ruined my clothes, and then I slipped on a banana peel and I also forgot my bag in my locker. Besides, it's that time of the month", Sakura lied.
"Eh… okay", Temari said, and Sakura could've sworn she sweatdropped. Not that it mattered to her anyway.
"Anyway, I'm in a hurry, I've got to do some grocery shopping, so – ja", Sakura finished and hung up. She then stared at the receiver, her hand still on it. I'm lying to my friends, while they worry about me. What kind of a friend am I, really? I'm no better than Sasuke-teme…
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At last, for what seemed like an eternity, the next day came. Sakura dragged herself miserably out of bed, changed clothes, brushed her teeth, and went to the kitchen to get some breakfast. Seeing the not-so-happy Sakura, Cecilia raised an eyebrow.
"Sakura, what's with you? You've been in a bad mood the entire day and now you get up early. You hardly ever get up in time, unless I go and wake you up. Have you argued with one of your friends?"
Sakura mumbled something hardly audible.
"What?" Cecilia repeated, cocking her eyebrow further.
"I said, 'no'", she muttered. Cecilia sighed. She didn't believe her niece, but if she really was that secretive about it, then better leave it to be.
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Sasuke walked in the corridor towards his locker, stalked by fangirls as always, when he caught sight of Sakura. Putting on a smirk, he walked towards her, but -
"Sasuke-kun! What do you think you're doing?" a girl who looked very much like Ino whined as she quickly stopped him in his tracks as she stood right in front of him. Before he realized what was happening, his entire fanclub had encircled him, and he found no way out. Shit.
"I'm walking towards my locker", he replied, irritated.
"But Sakura is there!"
"So?"
"You two will talk! We won't let you to. We're jealous!" a girl pouted.
"Yeah! She doesn't deserve your attention!" another one added.
"Let me get out of here!" he hissed and tried to get out of the crowd, but the girls only came closer.
"Ooh! Sasuke-kun touched me!" a fangirl squealed.
"And me!"
"And me!"
Sasuke looked at Sakura desperately, just to find her giving him an icy glare, before turning her head and walking away.
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"Sakura? Sakura! Sakura!"
"Ah? Nani?" Sakura stared at Temari, who raised an eyebrow.
"What's with you, Sakura? You seem so distant. I was just talking about what we should do about Tenten."
"I don't know." Sakura shrugged. "I've absolutely no idea. But if I can think of one, I'll tell you."
"You seem kind of… dozed off. What's up?"
"Uh, nothing."
"Nothing? Yeah right", Temari remarked sarcastically. "C'mon, tell me. You know you can trust me."
"And me too!" Naruto grinned.
"And me", Hinata smiled shyly.
"No, it's nothing, I promise", Sakura said, forcing herself to smile.
"Hi, guys", Neji said darkly as he flopped down on a chair next to Temari's. "What's up?"
"Nothing, except that Sakura won't tell us what's wrong with her", Temari sighed. "And you?"
"Nothing either. Tenten refuses to listen to me."
As Sakura saw Sasuke heading their way, but was stopped by fangirls, she stood up abruptly. "Uh, guys, I've gotta go to the library. I just remembered I had to get a book for my aunt", she lied and went for the exit.
"What's up with her?" Temari frowned. "She's so weird today."
"Y-yeah", Hinata stammered. "M-maybe… sh-she argued w-with S-S-Sasuke-kun?"
"That teme! I really can't stand him", Naruto snorted. "Any idea what we should do, guys?"
"Nope. Not at all", Neji replied sadly.
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"Sakura?" Tenten looked up from her book as she saw the pink-haired girl sit down in front of her. "If you're going to convince me not to go away, I'm not going to answer."
"No, it's not that." Sakura sighed. "I just wanted to accompany you." She did a gesture at her book, Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian.
"Really?" Tenten's eyebrow perked up. "I never knew you liked to read during breaks. I sure know you love reading, but didn't you say it was at home?"
"Hai… but I just felt for doing it today…"
"Sakura? Is there something wrong?" Tenten looked pitifully at her friend. She wasn't exactly in the mood of hearing about others' problems, but at the moment she really felt sorry for Sakura. The joyful nature of hers seemed gone.
"Ah? No…", Sakura lied as she tried to read, without succeeding. Her mind was just concentrating on Sasuke. Damn that Sasuke anyway! He's just a… feeling-less bastard!
But then images of their night at Versailles, how she had woken up in his arms, appeared, and when he carried her home to his mansion, how he rescued her from James…
He… he was just playing around! she tried to convince herself.
No. You know he wasn't, Outer.
He was! Why else did he say we weren't friends?
Why are you so concerned about it anyway? It wasn't like you were in love with him or something.
Yeah, I know… Sakura sighed inwardly. I don't know why I care. But I do. I do… a lot…
He WAS special, I admit it. But still… he's just a boy, right? And it wasn't like you – we – had a crush on him anyway…
Mm. That's true.
"Sakura?"
"Ne?" Sakura looked up in surprise to saw Tenten staring at her.
"Is it about Sasuke?"
"What?"
"Whatever you're so depressed about."
"Uh… no", she lied again.
"You're lying."
"I'm not."
"You are."
"Not."
"Are."
"Not."
"Are."
"Not."
"ARE!"
"NOT!"
The two girls giggled, before sighing deeply again.
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"I love you!"
"I love you too!"
The fangirls screeched as they crowded around Sasuke. Sasuke groaned loudly. They had followed him everywhere all day, and though he had desperately tried to reach Sakura a few hundred times, he had failed because of their presence.
"Sasuke-kun, I love you!"
"I love you the more!"
Sasuke struggled towards Sakura, but they immediately stood in his way.
"And where do you think you're going, Sasuke-kun?" the Ino-like girl wailed as she threw her arms around his neck. Sasuke tried to push her off, but more fangirls pounced him.
"LET GO OF ME!" he yelled and threw them off angrily.
"Sasuke-kun! Don't be so violent!" a fangirl sobbed as she threw her tiny hands around his legs to stop him from going away.
"You're annoying!" he snarled and kicked her off.
"Stop it, Sasuke!"
Sasuke turned around at the source of the voice, ready to find another disturbing fangirl, but instead saw a glaring Temari.
"What?" he snapped at her.
"You're hurting them", she scolded. "Stop it."
"They're annoying!"
"Leave him alone now, girls", she said with a deadly calm to the fangirls. Some pouted and went away, but some stayed and glared back.
"You don't own Sasuke-kun! You've no right to –", one began but was interrupted by Temari standing in front of her grabbing hold of her collar.
"If you don't shut up now, I'll lose my temper and make sure that your pretty little Calvin Klein shirt will be ruined", she grinned mischievously in the girl's face before letting go of her collar. The girl sulked and walked away with the rest of the fanclub, but the Ino-like girl remained.
"I want to listen!" she whined. "Sasuke-kun is my boyfriend!"
"No, I'm not", Sasuke growled.
"Ino…", Temari started warningly.
"I'm not Ino! And don't be so mean!"
"Fine." Temari turned back to Sasuke. "What've you done to Sakura?"
Sasuke blinked, dumbfounded. "What?"
"I asked what you did to Sakura. I know you've done something to her. She acts all weird, and whenever your name is mentioned, she's acting even weirder."
"I haven't done anything."
"Yes, you have! What did you say when she asked you yesterday if you could help us? I know she's lying when she said you've just said you didn't want to do us a favor!"
Sasuke just stared blankly at Temari, but his inner self was shocked she had lied to her friends about what he had said. "She said so? Well, it's true."
"No! There's something wrong!" Temari snapped and stomped on the ground out of rage.
The Ino-like girl just sat on the ground and looked confounded. "What're you talking about?"
"She's not acting normal!" Temari continued, ignoring "Ino". "And it's all your fault, Sasuke! You've said something or done something! You must have!"
"I have. How so?"
"What? What have you done?" Temari hissed threateningly.
"Not anything special", he responded uncomfortably.
"And you've got to help us! If you're still our friend, then you should! Tenten has already packed her bags, according to Sakura! So hurry up and help us NOW!"
There it came again. Sasuke winced as he remembered that Sakura said exactly the same thing yesterday, just lesser frustratingly. "…"
As Sasuke didn't even open his mouth to speak, Temari swore under her breath and stomped away, Sasuke watching her retreating back. If we're still friends…
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"Hi, Sakura!" Ino beamed as she sat down beside the pink-haired girl in the library.
"Eh? Ino?" Sakura looked astounded at the blonde's sudden appearance. "Hi…?"
"How're you?" she asked cheerfully.
"Uh… I'm fine…", Sakura responded unsurely. "What about you?"
"I feel great! You know, Shikamaru just asked me out! I'm really happy, you know…"
"So you've given up on Sasuke?" Sakura smiled teasingly.
"Yeah, you can have him", Ino replied casually.
"I don't… want to", Sakura answered, hardly audible.
"What? You don't… want to?"
"Yeah." Sakura flipped a page, avoiding Ino's stare.
"Have you two… argued or something?"
"No… I just… realized something."
"Like what?"
"…"
"Sakura…?"
"That we're not friends."
"Eh!" Ino looked stunned.
"Yeah. We're not friends. We've never been."
"You're kidding me. He has never treated any girl this way. Except…" She hesitated, and Sakura looked up from her book. "… a girl who used to be in his and Naruto's team…"
"I see. Maybe he sees me as… her."
"No, he doesn't."
"Has he said so?"
"No, but…"
"I'm sorry, Ino. But I'm in a hurry", Sakura interrupted her and arose from her chair. "I must go… ja!"
Sakura felt tears stinging in her eyes as she quickly walked away from the library. What she didn't know was that Sasuke had overheard everything from behind the bookshelf behind the table.
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"Teme? You ask me of a favor? You sure you haven't got a fever?"
Naruto stared in disbelief at his best friend and rival, the ice prince Uchiha Sasuke who was leaning against the locker next to Naruto's.
"Yes, I'm sure I don't have one", Sasuke snapped irritably. "I'm perfectly fine."
"Then why do you ask me if I can help you? I thought you said you never needed help?"
"Okay, but now I need some."
"Really?" Naruto began to laugh. "That's a first! Let's see. What do you want? Advice about Sakura-chan so you two can get together?" he teased jokingly.
"Yes, actually", Sasuke muttered through clenched teeth. "Not so we can get together, but…"
"What?" Naruto gaped at him in pure shock.
"I need advice", Sasuke said through gritted teeth.
"What!"
"I need advice."
"WHAT!"
"Do I need to repeat myself!" Sasuke snarled as he glared at Naruto.
"OK… no… I just thought you were… joking", Naruto said, still shocked. "Uh… okay. What do you want advice about?"
"Sakura. She seems a bit mad… with me."
"We've noticed", Naruto remarked. "Did you two have a row?"
"Not exactly, but…" Sasuke felt doubt arising. Should he really tell the dobe? Sure, Naruto was his best friend, but…
"What happened when she asked you about helping us, anyway?"
"How did you know about that?" Sasuke asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Uh, well… we were deciding who was going to ask you about it and she got the note that said 'You do it'."
"What note?"
"Well, uh… Temari kind of parted a paper in four pieces and on one she wrote 'You do it' and Sakura-chan got it."
Sasuke groaned. "So that was why she asked me."
"What? What happened?"
"Well, uh… I asked her why she thought I would do it, and she said that if 'we're friends, you should' or something like that, and I wondered what made her think we were friends."
Naruto slapped his forehead. "You teme!"
"What? It's a fully normal question – why does she think we're friends?"
"Don't you get it? She thought you said you weren't!"
"But we aren't."
"You're really dumb, aren't you?" Naruto said sarcastically.
"Dobe...", Sasuke hissed warningly.
"OK, I get it. But you're really a beginner with girls, aren't you? And I thought you'd learnt something from Cindy –" Naruto stopped when he saw Sasuke's stern face, and instead swiftly added: "I mean, you shouldn't say such things to girls. And you are friends with Sakura-chan, whether or not you want to deny it. Everyone can see it. It's so obvious."
"OK, so what should I do now?"
Naruto shrugged. "It depends. Do you reckon you guys are friends, then?"
"Well… I guess so."
"Then you just apologize."
"How?"
Naruto grinned mischievously. "I just came up with a great idea…"
Tsukiko: -gasp- Oh my god! Sasuke-kun, you bastard!
Inner Tsukiko & Sasuke: HEY!
Tsukiko: Just kidding. –grin- So… what to do now, what to do now? Seems like Naruto has an idea there!
Naruto: 'Course! I rock, man! –pose-
Sasuke: -raise one of his eyebrows- You suck.
Tsukiko: Well, anyway… see ya in next chapter, which is published July 17th! (Oh no, school is beginning soon! T.T)
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Sneak Preview of Next Chapter: Plans!
"'Course not! They're planning to go to Gabrielle's party or something like that. Anyway, I said I just had two unused tickets, didn't I?"
"Okay, then I'll come." Tenten strained her lips to smile.
"How 'bout you, Sakura? Busy?" Ino tilted her head innocently.
"Yeah, actually. I've got some plans for tomorrow", Sakura replied. "Gomen, Ino."
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This Is (Not) My First Time: STILL working on the twenty-fifth chapter. o.x I know I've been doing it a while, but it's going to be a long chapter and I've Writer's Block (sorta, I'm writing much slower but I'm still writing). Waiting for HeartAngel's response about the bonus chapter, and on the 200th reviewer (whoever that might be! ;P). Also, I've decided that I might take requests for bonus chapters further on in the story, but not at the moment.
Don't Forget Me: Um... major Writer's Block. I've no idea whatsoever how to begin, and I haven't even been able to rewatch the series I've based the story on yet.
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