So the first chapter was bit short. I tried to make this one longer. Anyway, who's ready for chapter two? If you are then please read on!
Disclaimer: I'm sorry for those who thought I owned Naruto. Okay nobody thought that but still sadly, I do not own Naruto.
Italics – someone is thinking.
Sasuke switched his books and closed his locker shut. When he walked into his next class, he sat all the way in the back again. The teacher this time was already in the classroom but she paid no attention to the obnoxious students walking in. As Sasuke waited patiently for class to begin, he put on his headphones and listened to the I-pod that was stashed inside his pants pocket. He pulled his beanie farther down his forehead to cover his eyes and then closed them. As the music began softly playing into his ears, Sasuke began to relax and once relaxed he drifted off to sleep. But his nap didn't last long because that's when Sakura walked in. Luckily, none of her friends were in that class with her so she could sit anywhere she wanted to. Sakura looked around and spotted Sasuke. She decided to sit next to him. He could feel a presence nearby but he was too tired to see whom it was. Sakura sat there, waiting for him to wake up but he didn't. So she touched the end of the beanie and pulled it up a little so she could see his eyes. As soon as she did that, Sasuke fluttered his eyes open immediately and was followed by an intense stare. Damn it. She's in this class too.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"Hi to you too." Sakura smiled.
"Don't touch me. Ever." Sasuke stared daggers towards Sakura but she acted as if he wasn't doing anything. Surprisingly, he didn't intimidate her.
"So, looks like we have another class together."
"Hn." Sasuke took down his headphones and put it in his pants pocket.
"How come you don't talk much?" Sakura asked.
"Why should I?"
"Why shouldn't you?"
"How come you talk too much?" Sasuke replied, exaggerating the too. Sakura giggled.
"I dunno. I guess it's just 'cuz I want to. I like having conversations with people and I like getting to know them."
"Aa." Sasuke didn't really feel like talking. He meant to ask as a rhetorical question but she answered it. Although he had to admit, Sakura did intrigue him. And if he weren't so stubborn, he would've wanted to be her friend. But this was Uchiha Sasuke; he didn't let just anybody be his friend. Even if he wished he had more friends, he wasn't the type just to accept anybody because they were nice to him. So it was going to take Sakura a lot more effort to get Sasuke to be her friend. Which she didn't mind at all.
"Uchiha Sasuke, you are one heck of a challenge." Sakura whispered to herself as she turned to face the teacher but Sasuke heard her. A smirk spread upon his face and he spent the rest of the period trying not to glimpse over at Sakura. Which by the way was pretty hard for him.
Two more periods passed by and Sasuke was relieved (and a little bit disappointed) to find that Sakura wasn't in any of them. It was now lunchtime and he searched through the perimeter of the lunchroom. The normal place where he usually sat was occupied by a couple of freshman. Feeling too lazy to tell them off, he walked out of the doors that led to the outside area and spotted a bench nearby. It was shaded under a weeping cherry tree. He walked over to it and sat down, opening the paper lunch bag and dumping its contents on the space beside him. While he grabbed a sandwich with one hand, his other hand took out his headphones and placed them by his ears. As he began taking a bite out of his sandwich, he noticed a frustrated Sakura pace towards him. She exigently sat next to Sasuke and crushed a bag of chips along with. Not noticing, she covered her face with her hands and grumbled loudly. Sasuke, angered that Sakura had crushed part of his lunch, tapped her on the shoulder roughly. She lifted her head up, hands still covering her face, and made an opening in her hand to peer through. Realizing it was Sasuke; she casually slid her hands from her face onto her jeans.
"Hi."
"You're sitting on my chips." Sakura stood up and glanced at the spot where she was sitting. There it was. A bag full of crushed chips. She grabbed it hesitantly and smiled nervously.
"Um. Here you go." Sasuke contorted his face in disgust.
"You can have it." He turned away, taking another bite of his sandwich. Sakura sat back down and opened the chips. She forgot to bring her lunch today and she disliked eating the school's food so she was stuck eating chips that her butt had recently been sitting on.
"Yum. Ass. My favorite kind of chips." Sakura muttered as she popped a chip in her mouth. Sasuke glanced towards her and smirked.
"Really. I prefer the liver kind." Wow that was really lame. I'm better off without talking. Sasuke thought to himself. Sakura couldn't help but laugh.
"Was that an attempt to make a joke?"
"Hn."
"It's okay. I thought it was funny." Sakura smiled reassuringly. Sasuke just finished off eating his sandwich and changed the subject.
"So why were you mad earlier?"
"I have a project due Friday. You'd think they'd let us off easily because it's the first day of school but noo they just had to assign us something."
"That sucks for you."
"Yah it does." Sakura patiently waited for Sasuke to say something else but he just adjusted his headphones and closed his eyes. She poked him and he replied with his eyes still shut.
"Hm?"
"So why are you sitting here?"
"What, I'm not allowed to sit here?"
"No no you can. It's just that I've always sat here in previous years, and I've never seen you over here until now." Sakura watched Sasuke open his eyes and shrug his shoulders.
"My usual seat was taken by some freshman." Sakura nodded her head.
"Well, you're welcome to sit here anytime you'd like."
"Would you be sitting here too?"
"Erm. Yah."
"Damn." Sasuke blurted out. Sakura looked at him with distress.
"You don't like sitting by me?" Sasuke feeling guilty, sighed and decided to apologize. Well not exactly apologize but something along those lines.
"I.. will let you sit next to me in the next class we have together." I really need to stop talking.
"Oh-kay?" Sakura mumbled.
"I'm going." Sasuke got up from the bench and walked back into the cafeteria. Sakura waved halfheartedly to his retreating figure and went back to finishing off the rest of her chips. She smiled to herself hoping that she would get another class with Sasuke. Luckily for her, the period after lunch, she had Chemistry (the subject) with him. As she walked into the room, she saw Sasuke sitting all the way in back like usual, staring at her. She walked over hesitantly to the desk beside him.
"So you promised that I could sit by you."
"I didn't promise."
"Oh." Sakura frowned and turned to walk away but Sasuke grabbed the strap of her messenger bag and pulled her down to the seat next to him.
"I said I'd let you."
"Oh yah. Heh. Thanks." Sakura grinned. Sasuke rolled his eyes and took out his I-pod, shuffling through it for a song to listen to. Sakura watched in awe.
"I wish I had an I-pod. But my parents won't buy me one."
"Hn."
"So when'd you get yours?"
"Last year."
"What kind is it?"
"A nano."
"Is that expensive?"
"I guess."
"How much is it?"
"I forget."
"Do you carry it with you everywhere?"
"Yep."
"How many songs does it hold?" Sasuke looked up from his search and gave a cold glare at Sakura.
"Stop asking me dumb questions."
"Sorry." Sakura sweat dropped and Sasuke returned to looking for a song to listen. Just then Ino walked into the classroom. She went to sit at an empty desk near the window when she noticed Sakura sitting next to Sasuke. Ino walked up to Sakura and cleared her throat.
"Ahem. Sakura, What do you think you're doing?" Alarmed, Sakura lifted her face to see Ino staring indignantly at her.
"I'm sitting down?"
"Why?"
"Because that's what you do when you're in a desk."
"No I mean why are you sitting," Ino looked venomously at Sasuke, "with him."
"I'm allowed to sit wherever I want to."
"Yah wherever there's NOT a geek."
"Just go away Ino. I don't care."
"You will when your reputation is ruined." Ino hissed as she walked away. Sakura rolled her eyes and turned to face Sasuke.
"She's retarded."
"She's right."
"Huh?"
"Why do you like sitting next to me?" Sasuke stared intently into Sakura's emerald eyes. She blinked a few times before answering.
"I just.. I think you're interesting." Sasuke scoffed at her reply.
"You're wasting your time."
"How?"
"Just go sit by your popular friends and leave me alone."
"But you let me sit by you?"
"I changed my mind." Sasuke closed his eyes resentfully. He was clearly annoyed about Ino calling him a geek. Not like he hasn't heard that before but it irritated him so much. He hated labels and everything about the whole social class. Why did it matter? It was pointless. Sakura opened her mouth to object but no words came out. Instead she sadly glanced at Sasuke before getting up to sit by Ino. He opened one of his eyes and watched Sakura glumly sit next to Ino. Sakura glimpsed at Sasuke and he immediately shut his eye. He pulled his beanie down to cover his eyes and succeeded in avoiding Sakura's glances. The teacher walked in and smiled brightly at the students.
"Good afternoon! Welcome to Chemistry class. I'm your teacher, and my name is-" Someone knocked on the door and interrupted the teacher from finishing. He opened the door and Shikamaru walked in indolently.
"Hey look it's the chess freak!" Ino exclaimed. Shikamaru ignored the rude comment and gave the teacher a late pass.
"How about you sit next to the young man in the.. hat?" The teacher insisted. Shikamaru walked to the desk where Sakura once sat and grunted as if asking permission to sit there. Sasuke with the beanie still covering his eyes, nodded. Shikamaru sat down idly and crossed his arms.
"School is so troublesome."
"Hn."
"That Ino girl is pretty troublesome."
"She's a bitch." Sasuke replied blatantly. Shikamaru nodded in agreement.
"Girls these days."
"Yah." Sasuke tried to drown out everything the rest of the class period. He wasn't in the mood. Well he barely ever was but right now he was pretty pissed. Sasuke thought about how different it would be if he weren't at the bottom of the social pyramid. Maybe school wouldn't be as shitty as it was. Then his thoughts strayed to Sakura. She was the only one this whole school day, that tried talking to him. Even the teachers disregarded Sasuke. He wanted to be friends with Sakura but she was friends with Ino which equaled trouble. He didn't want to ruin anything for her just because he decided to accept her as a friend. And like I said before, Sasuke didn't let just anyone be his friend. So it was extremely odd having Sasuke just consider of having Sakura be his friend. What the hell am I thinking? Why would I want her to be my friend? She's weird. But somehow a little voice in his head was telling him that he should just let Sakura be his friend. And though Sasuke didn't realize at the moment, he made a life-changing decision. Okay barely, but it was a decision that would change everything from here on out.
Sorry if that was a boring chapter to anyone. Don't worry; it will get exciting later on. Patience is a virtue lol. And if anyone noticed, there was a bit of foreshadowing in there. Also sorry if any character (mostly Sasuke) seems OOC. I'm trying! Heh. Well anyway, please review! I would greatly appreciate it.