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Chapter 8: Confronting
There blarring sound of the doorbell burst into Sakura's ears as she awoke with a start. Over and over again, her doorbell flared off and on. Glancing at the clock, Sakura leaped out of bed, through on her bed robe, and jogged down the hallway, now wide awake.
"Jeez,", Sakura huffed, almost to the door, "It's 11:30, how the hell do I keep sleeping in this late!--I'M COMING!", Sakura snarled as the doorbell continued to sound off.
Grasping the doorknob, Sakura thrust the door open. Ino stood there in front of her, her arms crossed over her chest.
Sakura's eyes narrowed slightly, but she slapped on a happy face and said, "Ino, hi! What are you doing here?"
"Oh Sakura don't give me that!", Ino replied, her eyes also narrowed, but she was frowning upsetly, "You know why I'm here. What were you doing with Kakashi last night!"
Sakua put her hands on her hips and chuckled, "Ino, it was just a date..nothing more. And plus, it's really none of your buisiness."
"The hell it isn't!", Ino cried, her voice filled to the brim with envy, "Sakura, Kakashi was your sensei! Your teacher! How the hell could you go out with him!"
"Easy.", Sakura smirked, "He asked me, I said yes."
Ino looked stupefied, and before she could reply back, Sakura continued, "And plus Ino, that was so long ago, put it behind you, because I'm not a little girl anymore. I can do whatever the hell I want."
Sakura stood back to shut the door, but Ino suddenly spat, "Sakura! Stop this idiocy! Kakashi wouldn't ever like you that way! He's too much older then you! You're the one who needs to put him behind you!"
Sakura stopped and looked Ino in the eye. Then she replied, "He's not that much older then me Ino. And another thing…you have no idea about how I feel about Kakashi, nor do you know how he feels about me, so back off Ino. You have Sasuke now, and I wont hold it against you. If he has accepted your love, then congratulations, you were able to do one thing that I couldn't do."
Ino didn't say a word, but her mouth was open slightly and she glared, as Sakura added, "But, I was able to do two things that you couldn't do."
Ino looked puzzled, annoyed, and angry.
"I went out on a date with Kakashi, and got to see his face.", and after that last word, Sakura shut the door quietly into Ino's shocked, furious, and jealous face.
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"78...79...80...81...82...83.…", Kakashi mumbled quietly every time his chin lifted above the metal bar he grasped in his right hand…and in the left hand he held book 37 of 'Come Come Parodise'.
Upon reaching 110 with his right arm, Kakashi switched his hands so that now his left arm was doing the pull ups, and the right was holding his book. Kakashi had turned one of the three rooms of his apartment into a home-gym.
It was a simple one. A treadmill was in the far corner of the room, there was a complete weight machine in the center of the room, a couple of mats were stacked by the back wall, and Kakashi himself had input a long metal pole into the wall, and connected it to the other wall. The pole was for pull-ups, ect.
Succeeding in 110 pull-ups with his left hand, Kakashi sighed. He hated this part.
Tossing his book to the side, Kakashi grasped the metal bar firmly with both hands, and continued with his pull-ups.
"I really should get some sort of stand when it comes to both hands..", Kakashi grumbled as he lifted his chin a good 3 inches above the bar with every pull-up, easily.
He sighed, "65.….79..", but as Kakashi was counting, he heard a harsh knock on his front door.
"Damn.", Kakashi sighed, releasing the bar from his grasp, and falling the two feet of empty space down to the floor gracefully.
Walking casually to the door, Kakashi opened it, and with a curious masked face peeked out. Kakashi chuckled, "Sasuke, it's good to see you again!"
"Kakashi.", Sasuke nodded quietly in 'hello', his hands in his pockets.
"So what's happening?", Kakashi asked, smiling.
Sasuke grumbled slightly before saying sternly, "Kakashi why were you out with Sakura last night?"
"Because I asked her.", Kakashi chuckled.
"Kakashi this isn't a game.", Sasuke glared, "Were you two really on a date!"
"Yep."
"But, Kakashi how! Why did you take Sakura our on a--"
"Because I wanted to, she wanted to, and we could."
Sasuke seemed rather annoyed at Kakashi's answers, "She's too young for you.", he snapped quietly.
Kakashi blinked and scratched his head, "Not really.", he shrugged.
Sasuke clenched his fists in his pockets.
Kakashi continued, chuckling, "Well I gotta continue with my workout if you don't mind, so see you later Sasuke!"
And Kakashi shut the door into Sasuke's furious face.
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Sakura was dressed and now paying her bills on the dining room table. It was now 3:45 pm.
"Ok, so that's the electrical...and I already finished the water…", Sakura whispered to herself, rubbing her temples with her index fingers. Sure, her parents got her the house, but she had to pay for the bills on her own.
Just licking and sealing the last envelope, Sakura then planned to walk over to the post office to mail them. Grabbing the keys to her house, Sakura exited, closed, and locked the door, and then turned and began to walk down the road, humming "Breaking the Habit", by Linkon Park.
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Turning a sharp corner, Kakashi's car wheels squealed just slightly. He was on his way home from the book store…book 106 of 'Come Come Parodise' had just come out and he had reserved a copy. He couldn't wait to get home and read it.
But just as Kakashi was about to make a left turn, he noticed someone walked down the sidewalk. Kakashi smiled, he would know that light pink hair anywhere.
Rolling down the passanger side window, Kakashi called out calmly, "Sakura!"
Looking rather shocked, Sakura turned her head. She blushed the color of her hair and smiled, "H-Hi Kakashi!"
Kakashi noticed the letters in Sakura's hands and asked, "You need a ride anywhere Sakura?"
"No, I mean! Yes! I mean, if you want to! No wait, I mean if it's not too much trouble!..", Sakura felt so stupid.
Kakashi smiled thoughtfully, "Hop in."
Sakura blushed redder as she sat next to Kakashi once more in his car, as they made their way to the post office.
"Sasuke paid me a visit today.", Kakashi said from out of no where, stopping at a red light.
"He did?", Sakura asked, a bit surprised. Kakashi nodded, looking into her emerald eyes, making Sakura's insides birst into flame.
"W-Well Ino..came by today t-too.", Sakura said quietly, forceing herself to brake Kakashi's heated stare.
"Really? Huh, what are the odds of that happening?", Kakashi laughed, Sakura joined in timidly.
Of course both Kakashi and Sakura knew why Ino and Sasuke had come to confront them both, but neither of the two in the car really wanted to go over details. So Sakura brought up the subject that there was a 'Come Come Parodise' book by her feet.
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After Sakura dropped off her bills, Kakashi offered to drive her home. Not wanting to be a burdon, but also not wanting to decline his offer, Sakura answered, "Kakashi, only if it wont be any trouble for you."
"Sakura, don't be silly, anything to do with you wouldn't be any trouble for me at all!", Kakashi smiled warmly, melting Sakura's heart as the image of Kakashi's maskless face entered her mind.
Sakura sat in the passangers seat once again, as Kakashi drove off in the direction of her house.
They were there in a short amount of time, and before Sakura could make a mad dash for the front door to hide her cherry red face, Kakashi spoke up, "Sakura..this Friday, do you have any plans?"
Gasping slightly, Sakura's green eyes shimmered, "N-No I'm not.."
"Then would you like to go out with me again?", Kakashi looked at her with such an intense, handsome, and hopeful stare.
Sakura smiled, her heart felt as though it were soaring, "Y-Yes I'd love to."
Kakashi smiled, "Alright then, 7:00 pm, Friday then?"
Sakura nodded, her face and insides on fire, "Th-Thanks for the ride!", Sakura exploded from the car door, flew up the walkway to her house, and pounded through the front door.
Kakashi chuckled, his face felt warm underneath his dark mask, as he drove away, to anxiously wait for Friday night.
PLEASE REVIEW! XD Lol I hope everyone liked this chapter! I'll update as soon as I can! And don't worry, the next chapter will be long, good, and...exciting? Sure let's go with that lmao. XD Alllllrighty then! Ttyl! Hugs&kisses! XD
