Chapter 5 now guys! Updates are bit slow, and I'm sorry for that as always. But home was pretty busy thing for past week!
In many stories, Sakura is not a strong person and is beaten up, or weaker than Sasuke and all, but I like her to be Strong as she is. So, this is how I want and like Sakura to be.
Anyways, enjoy the chapter and lots of love for all.
And yes, the start is Sakura's POV.
Disclaimer: Regret signing off the contract.
I sat on my bed, laptop in front of me, still furious about the event earlier. I cursed him every time I recalled the event. I wasn't going to forgive him easily. Not till I had made him pay for it. But now, all I wanted was to divert my mind on something else, focus on other things.
I switched on my laptop, and the screen lit up in front of my eyes. The system was starting as I waited for the image of my wallpaper to appear on the screen.
The screen glowed with the image of floating orbs ascending upwards from smaller to bigger, starting from white, and darkening towards the top to get a perfect black shade. I stared at them blankly, noticing the whirl of orbs getting bigger and darker.
I blinked in surprise as two black orbs flashed in front of my eyes. This one's a bit more deep, more complex and different from the ones on the screen. I shook my head to get the image out of my head., though I felt like I didn't want to.
I connected the net and opened my account, to get mind away from it. I saw a name in my chat window and smiled to myself as I opened the chat box, forgetting about the earlier.
'Hey, there!' I typed, waiting for reply.
'Hie Sakura-chan', the words came and I smiled at the non-stuttering reply of my best friend.
Sakura: You know Hina, next time people complain about you stuttering, ask them to chat with you on net.
Hinata: I guess that would be better than facing people too.
Sakura: YUP!
Hinata: But can't bring it in use.
Sakura: Don't worry, the future is all Internet baby!
Hinata: Yeah.
Sakura: So, what are you doing now?
Hinata: Oh, just the usual.
Sakura: Wait, let me guess. Probably staring at Naruto's profile, debating whether to send him request or not.
Though I couldn't see her, I knew she had blushed.
Hinata: Oh, Sakura-chan! No. Actually, not today. As a matter of fact, he had sent me request already, and um, we are friends now.
I was surprised at the reply I read.
Sakura: Oh my gosh, Hina! That's a start!
Hinata: …
I smiled at speechlessness of my best friend, watching the alert on my page.
Hinata: So, what were you doing?
Sakura: Nothing in particular.
Hinata: Let me guess, finding ways to kill Sasuke.
Sakura: LOL, bingo!
Hinata: Hehe!
Sakura: And you win a Crore rupees!
Hinata: I'm waiting for that one.
Sakura: Spend a life!
Hinata: Yeah, yeah.
Sakura: Hehe!
I smiled at screen and imagined my best friend had one on her lips too. There was a moment's silence till the chat box blinked again.
'Spare that guy, Sakura-chan', came her reply.
'Sasuke?' I asked.
Hinata: Yes.
Sakura: You think?
Hinata: I hope.
Sakura: Hmfh!
Hinata: It was an accident.
Sakura: And he wasn't sorry.
Hinata: What should I say now?
Sakura: Kill him?
Hinata: No!
Sakura: Kidding!
Hinata:
I smiled weakly, glaring at the screen, when the eyes flashed again in front of my eyes, deep and dark as before. I felt uneasy.
Hina? I typed, wanting to express the confusion in my head. Wanting the reason of the mixed emotions I wasn't able to interpret.
Hinata: Yes Sakura-chan?
I hesitated over what type, fingers finding the words I wanted to say.
Sakura: Why do you join 'chan' after my name?
Hinata: ?
It wasn't the first time I had kept my feelings away from my best friend. I was so confused with myself that I couldn't make out what it was I wanted to ask her.
Sakura: Bye Hina, gotta go. I typed, truly, wanting to escape the guilt.
Hinata: Bye Sakura-chan. See you tomorrow at school.
Sakura: Yeah, bye.
I logged out, trying my hardest not to think of anything. Blocking my mind from any possible thought, afraid I might see those eyes again.
I tidied up my bed as I was getting ready to go to bed, dusting it with a big napkin. I crawled in the bed, pulling up the blanket up to my chest. I set the alarm on my cell for 6 in the morning, with two back up alarms at every five minutes so that I don't oversleep.
I breathed out the exhaustion of the day, inhaling up the night air as I closed my eyes.
As soon as the lids shut, the dark eyes flashed again and I opened mine with a start, sitting up in my bed. They were the same like always, this time though, more appealing. It felt like I had waited for them since a long time. Like I had waited for the feelings with which they looked at me. Like, it was something I had wanted since a long time. The thing that to whom they belonged made me feel worse.
Why was I seeing his eyes? Why was I thinking about him so much? I was confused. I massaged my forehead to get rid of the slight headache rising in my head.
Maybe it's just because he has done what no one dares to do to me, I comforted myself, trying to figure out the reason of this confusion. Maybe I'm just so determined to teach him a lesson for what he did, being a new kid. I exhaled out some air, trying to cool down myself.
Ofcourse, that's it Sakura. Don't panic now. Get some sleep and forget about him for the time being. He is going to pay. You are going to make him pay.
I comforted myself, breathing deeply, and lay down again. I closed my eyes again, and hopefully, no eyes stared at my soul again.
I packed my bag and left for school, still thinking about yesterday as I pedaled.
"Good Moring, Sakura!" a voice called out and I stepped out of my thoughts, noticing that I had already reached the school.
"Daydreaming?" Temari called.
"No, just locking up my bike." I lied, smiling fake.
She smiled as she left the cycle stand, and I once again returned to the pool of my thoughts.
I entered the class, only to notice his perfect body leaning against his desk, staring out of the windows as usual. Anger burned up inside of me as soon as I saw him. I controlled myself and cautiously made my way towards my desk.
The classes went on and I was successful in keeping my anger on the side till the recess. I had made my mind on confronting on the first chance I got, and I chose the first recess.
The bell rang and I hurried up the books in my sack, keeping an eye on the door.
I looked up to his seat, and saw him keep his bag on the side and get up to leave the classroom. I stood up and followed him out.
"Sasuke!" I called out as we reached the school gate. He stopped and turned to see who had called him so harshly. He looked at me once and continued walking.
"Wait! I want to talk to you!" I said, catching up to him.
"I'm not interested." He replied.
My anger boiled up, but I fought myself to keep calm.
"But I am. So you better stop or I will have to make you." I threatened him.
He sensed the truthfulness in my voice, and stopped, looking at me annoyingly.
"Make it quick." He said, leaning at the gate.
I had a sudden urge to punch the annoyance off his face, but I controlled it.
"You owe me an explanation about yesterday." I said calmly, and he could make out my difficulty at controlling my anger.
"It was an accident." He said, closing his eyes as if he wasn't involved.
"And you are not sorry?" I asked.
He narrowed his eyes at me as if I was the biggest bother, which made me even more angry. I tilted my head as to confirm that he understood me.
"You're not even sorry about it!" I said, anger getting the better of me.
"I told you, it was an accident, and not at all my fault. I don't think I need to be sorry." He said blankly.
I was shocked to hear the words come out of his mouth. I was furious.
"What do you mean by that!" I spat angrily.
"Just what you heard. Now leave me alone."
"You fell on me! Almost breaking my legs and my back! Not to mention damaging my bicycle!"
"If 'sorry' is all you want, then fine. 'I'm sorry'. Okay? Now leave me alone." He said, turning away from me.
I tried my hardest not to kick him in the gut and saw his figure leave to the ground.
He's not even sorry for it! Damn it how can he even exist!
Sasuke's POV:
I saw her as she made her way to her seat, obviously struggling not to charge on me. I remembered every moment from yesterday as I saw her eyes from my seat. I looked away as I remembered her soft skin and her green emerald eyes.
I knew that she wasn't going to just let go of what had happened yesterday. Her eyes said it all. But I wasn't going to bother about her anymore. Thinking about her was making me more confusing, and I wanted to close the chapter there and there. I had two options left, ignore or face it and I chose the former. There was no way I was going to chose the latter, which had already drove me mad.
I slipped inside as Naruto crept slowly towards our shared bench.
"H-Hello, S-Sasuke." He stuttered, eyeing me cautiously, and keeping a safe distance between us.
I looked at him once and Hnned, which, I thought, made him think that I had forgiven him, as he hopped beside me. But he still kept a distance between us. I looked at him confused, and saw a figure sit on the opposite bench.
"So that's why you sit on this bench every year?" I asked him, raising one eyebrow.
Naruto looked at me and pouted.
"Ofcourse! What did you think?"
I looked at the figure he was cautiously staring at, not to give himself away.
"Why don't you ask her out?" I asked him at last.
"What?" he said as if I had said a taboo word.
"You don't know her brother." He said, looking at me wide eyed. " Not that I care, actually." He said later holding his chin, "The real reason is, I'm too shy to do that."
To hear that Naruto would be shy for anything itself made me want to puke. And he admitted that too. Did that guy even know what that meant?
'Hn' was all I said, and let him continue with his staring.
The classes went on and the recess bell rang. As always, Naruto sprang up and left the classroom before everyone else. I packed my things and left for the school grounds to join Naruto and others. Naruto had said he was going to introduce me to some awesome player of the team.
I reached the school gate when I heard someone call out my name loudly. I stopped and turned to saw who it was and wasn't amazed to see Sakura standing there, trying her hardest not to punch me. I wasn't interested in whatever she wanted and I decided to ignore her, which probably, wasn't a good choice, as she caught up to me, threatening me to stop.
I don't know what made me think it, but she was looking cute although anger showed off her obvious face. I was annoyed about it and tried to ignore her, but it was making her angry by every second and I chose to hear her out, aware of the anger she was trying hard to control.
"You owe me an explanation about yesterday." She said.
"It was an accident." I said truthfully.
"And you are not sorry?" she asked, expecting me to be startled.
I narrowed my eyes at her. Why did she think I should be sorry? It was Naruto's fault and his fault alone. It should be him who must be sorry.
"You're not even sorry about it!" she said, getting more angry as I didn't reply.
"I told you, it was an accident, and not at all my fault. I don't think I need to be sorry." I said blankly and truthfully. She was being such a bother.
She looked at me in disbelief and I could tell she wasn't expecting this one.
"What do you mean by that?" she asked disbelievingly.
I wasn't interested to chit chat with her the whole recess.
"Just what you heard." I said annoyingly, "Now leave me alone."
She started off with the injuries I had almost caused her yesterday and the only thing I wanted was to get away from her.
"If 'sorry' is all you want, then fine. 'I'm sorry'. Okay? Now leave me alone." I spat and left for the ground. I had wished to end the subject, but she wasn't helping.
I guessed it had worked as she didn't follow me again, and I brushed the thing off my mind.
I headed towards the ground where the boys had already gathered.
'Hey, Teme! Come here!" Naruto called out, waving at me from the ground. I walked up to the ground, trying to forget about Sakura.
"I told you I would introduce you to another of our amazing player didn't I?" he said, getting excited. "Well, here he is. Neji Hyuuga." And he spread his arms in dramatic style to display the new face.
I would have not believed it if I hadn't seen it for real, but that guy had white eyes.
Well, anything can happen, I thought to myself. What with annoying pinkettes and troublesome blondes, anything can happen.
"Neji." The boy said, long brown hair falling up to his waist. He held his hand in front of me for a handshake.
"Sasuke." I replied, shaking his hand, smirk following up both our faces. I could feel the strength in his hand and assumed him to be one of the strong points of the team.
"Neji, here, is my partner! He plays forward with me!" the overexcited Dobe called out to me.
He was completely opposite to Naruto and I could see why Kakashi teamed up them both.
"And Teme is centre forward!" he said to Neji, "We're going to make an awesome trio!"
For the first time, I knew Naruto was right.
The bell rang and Naruto sprang up from his seat.
"Soccer time!" he called out, being the only one standing up.
"Naruto, at least wait till the teacher has left the class." Iruka sensei said looking annoyingly at Naruto.
"Oh! Sorry sensei, my bad." Naruto apologized, scratching his head. His head automatically turned to his side and his heart felt warm as he saw a small smile forming up on Hinata's lips.
"Well, anyways, you all can leave for your sports class." Iruka said, picking up his things.
"Yeah! Let's go Teme!" Naruto called out excitedly to Sasuke.
"Hn." Sasuke said and put his books inside the desk.
As they lined up for their next class, Sasuke's eyes met Sakura's and they turned their heads in opposite sides as soon as they looked at each other.
Hinata sighed behind Sakura, as she saw that Sakura hadn't solved the problem yet. It wasn't a surprise though, as she was expecting it to be like this.
Sasuke noticed that whole of his team was missing in the line and he wondered where it would have gone.
The line started moving and Sasuke left his worries on the side.
The class reached the grounds and saw Kakashi leaning against the monkey bar.
"Well, I guess there's nothing new that I need to explain. So, head off." He said to his students and they rushed towards the different pitches and courts.
"Sasuke," Kakashi called out as Sasuke was moving towards the soccer ground. He turned his head towards Kakashi.
"Just wanted to inform you that your new jersey is here. I guess you would like to pick it up?" he asked.
Sasuke smiled in acceptance and followed Kakashi to the sports room.
Kakashi opened the door and was shocked to see the mess caused in there. The cupboard doors were open, papers were lying on the floor, plastic bags sticking out from nowhere, boxes turned upside down.
Although he had seen Kakashi's office before, this time, Sasuke thought, it was way more messy.
"Just look at the mess they have done!" Kakashi exclaimed picking up some of the papers off the floor. "Damn that Naruto! I'm sure it's him!" Kakashi cursed Naruto, absolutely sure he was the cause of the mess. "Just look at this place! It looks as if a hurricane has been here!"
If it was Naruto, Sasuke expected nothing less from him. He saw Kakashi make his way to one the cupboards off which most of the mess was coming out. Kakashi fumbled in it, trying to find, possibly, Sasuke's jersey.
"Sorry Sasuke." Kakashi said panting from the struggle to hold up the things falling from the cupboard. "Looks like it's not here. Maybe somewhere in the mess. I'll give it to you after school or at practice in the evening." He eyed the heaps of papers and what not, sighing heavily.
"Okay." Sasuke said and left with Kakashi, disappointed a little as his jersey wasn't found.
He reached the school grounds and saw his teammates near the soccer ground, all forming a circle. He went up to them, curious about what they were doing.
"Geez, I suggest you keep it where you found it, Naruto." Sasuke heard Shikamaru say.
"Hey, Teme!" Naruto called out from the middle of the circle and Sasuke looked at him.
"See what I got! I'm pretty sure Kakashi sensei was trying to hide it from you!" Naruto said and held up the blazing white shirt with blue linings on the sleeves and neck, with big prints on it saying, 'Uchiha 9'
Sasuke couldn't help but smile at the look of his new jersey.
"I don't see a reason why I would hide it from Sasuke, Naruto, seeing that it is meant for him." Kakashi's voice came from behind Naruto, and he sweated.
"So it was you who took it, and, without my permission."Kakashi said, "I also believe you caused the mayhem in my office, eh Naruto?"
'Ehe.. Ehe.." Naruto gulped.
"Hm Hm HM" Kakashi hummed slowly.
"Oh man!" Naruto called out as he and Sasuke were pedaling back to their homes, "Who would have guessed Kakashi sensei could be that dangerous over a jersey!"
"You still don't get the point, do you?" Sasuke said, watching the red faced Naruto, who had suffered Kakashi's anger.
"What point?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke sighed. Naruto hadn't realized that he was the cause of the mayhem in the sports room, even when half of his punishment was to clean it.
As it was, Naruto would have got away with the cleaning if he hadn't misplaced important papers in the mess, made Kakashi chase him round the school, twice and jump on every possible bench in the class.
"Didn't your pea-sized brain even realize what you had done, Fishcake?"
"I guess I- Hey! Who are you calling Fishcake, huh!" Naruto exclaimed, "And what's with Pea-size? I have a brain bigger than that!"
"Tch. Dobe."
"Whaddya!" Naruto exclaimed again.
They had reached home now.
"You are a mean Bastard, Sasuke." Naruto said climbing the stairs, as their bickering continued.
"Watch your tongue, Naruto!" a female voice called from above.
"Oh, sorry mum." Naruto said, scratching his head, watching his mother upstairs.
"How many times do I need to tell you that?" Kushina Uzumaki, Naruto's mom, said.
"I said sorry, didn't I?" Naruto said, pouting.
"Welcome back, Sasuke." Mikoto greeted her son, as Sasuke made his way upstairs ignoring Naruto.
"Hi, mom." Sasuke replied, not so interestedly.
"Yo, so she's your mom Sasuke!" Naruto exclaimed.
" Congrats, you figured that out." Sasuke said.
"Hi there, ." Naruto said ignoring Sasuke, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" he called out, pointing his thumb at his chest. "Nice to meet you!"
Mikoto smiled at the cheerfulness of Naruto.
"Nice to meet you too, Naruto." She said.
"I must say, Kushina, your son is pretty energetic." Mikoto smiled. "Well, this is my younger one, Sasuke." She said to Kushina.
"And Sasuke, she's Kushina Uzumaki, Naruto's mom and our neighbor."
Sasuke gave a smile for formality.
"I suppose you already met Itachi?" she asked Kushina.
"Oh yes, I did." Kushina said, "I must say, Mikoto, you have pretty handsome guys as sons. They so look like you."
"Oh yes! Many people say that to me." she said smilingly. "I guess Naruto has got his dad's looks?"
"Totally!" Kushina replied.
And the women started their chatter, and sweet laughs. Sasuke wasn't interested in any of that and decided to enter the house.
"Oh my gosh, look at you Naruto! What have you done this time?" Kushina exclaimed, as Naruto walked past her.
"Nothing, seriously!" Naruto lied trying to make his way in the house.
"I can already guess what your 'nothing' means Naruto."
Naruto stopped in his tracks, eyes wandering here and there, finding ways to escape from the doom.
"Oh, !" he exclaimed, changing the subject, "Do you know Sasuke got his jersey today!"
"Oh is that so! That's really nice!" she said joyfully. "Sasuke, I would love to see it."
"Yeah, it's hell nice!" Naruto continued, watching his mother out of the corner of his eyes.
"I hope you are not trying to change the subject." Kushina said, over innocently.
"Ehhe…." Naruto said.
"Come on in Naruto. I think we should have a short chat." His mother said, over sweetly, placing a firm grip on Naruto's shoulder. Naruto noticed the hell that was hiding behind the sweet innocent face.
"NOOOO!" he exclaimed as his mother pulled him inside. "Teme! Help me!"
"Kakashi's going to call anyways Naruto, so it's better if you face the consequences." Sasuke said.
"Ohhh, so your teacher is going to call. It would be very nice. Very pretty indeed." Kushina said, in the same dangerously sweet tone.
"I hate you, TEME!"
"So do I, Naruto. So do I." Sasuke replied, smirk perfectly placed on his face.
Sasuke woke up with a start, puzzled look on his face. He rubbed his eyes to adjust them in the dark surroundings. For a few seconds or so, he could not remember what he had dreamt of. And then it came into his mind again, in a flash.
For some reason, kami knows what, he had dreamt of Sakura. The worst part was that he was kissing her.
Now, that was awkward, mostly because he had liked it. Not now, of course. Now he was shocked. Why in the world was he dreaming of Sakura? And that too, kissing her?
He remembered the dream . Though he couldn't recall the surroundings, he remembered other things perfectly well. Sakura was standing in front of him, her back facing him. He called her name softly, and she turned, a little startled but happy. They walked towards each other, slowly, admiring each other as the distance became short. They looked in each other's eyes as they stood in front of each other. He remembered her gaze very well. Green sparkling eyes, full of happiness, looking inside him through his eyes. He ran a soft hand through her cheeks as they came more closer, later running it in her pink and silky hair. She closed her eyes slowly, coming closer to him. He did the same. And before he knew, he felt her soft lips meet hers and he suddenly felt the sense of happiness he couldn't explain. His heart thumped a thousand times than normal as he moved his other hand on her waist. She held his head tightly, running her fingers in his chick-butt hairstyle. "Sasuke," she whispered softly, their lips still touching, and that's when he had woken up.
He was utterly and truly confused. Nothing like this had happened to him before. But then, no one had done what Sakura did to him. At least not girls. Sakura was the first one.
Maybe that's the reason. Sasuke was comforting himself.
But then, you don't dream of kissing the person you hate. I've never dreamt like that about Naruto. Nor would I like to. Sasuke thought and was dazed over what he was actually thinking.
Seriously, Naruto? NO Way! But where did Naruto come from? He wasn't part of my dream, as much as I remember.
He massaged his forehead to focus clearly on things. Kami knows what the hell was happening.
Yes, Sakura. My dream was about Sakura, not Naruto. Sasuke thought coolly. But it did not make him feel any more better.
He grabbed his cell phone lying beside his pillow and unlocked it to see the time.
4.30am.
He sighed. He felt his brother move on the opposite bed, but Sasuke knew he wasn't awake. He didn't get dreams of kissing girls. At least he didn't wake up startled when he got one.
Tomorrow's going to be way too awkward, Sasuke thought trying to imagine things at school and then remembering his dream.
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