Author's Note: Okay. So many perverted ways I could go with this...But I won't. I was stupid enough to watch that one scene from the High School of the Dead OVA...Ugh. And that stupid song I was listening to didn't help either. Anyway, so here we got some NaruHina action. And some SasuSaku action. Anyway, NaruHina is going to be the first pairing I focus on for right now. Gym class is gonna be amusing. I've got some ideas for it, and I'm tossing them around. But anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter, because it took me a long time to finish due to lack of inspiration. I wanted to work on my Sasuke/Kyouko crossover instead of this, but I finally put my nose to the grindstone and finished this. Regardless, I will update this story a lot more consistantly, because I kind of like this new Sakura. And Sasuke's just...Sasuke. Whatever. Fluff is coming eventually, so hang in there guys. I'm still sketching that out right now.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. There, done.
When we walked through the double doors, everyone stopped and stared. Even the freshman, who had no idea who we were, or the extents of our reputations of being the hottest guy in school and the fieriest bitch in the sophomore class, they still stopped texting on their cellphones and turned toward us to gape with slackened jaws and wide eyes. And those who knew who we were, they gave us knowing smirks and nodded one single time in affirmation.
The sophomores, on the other hand, weren't as accepting of Sasuke and I's entrance. They fluttered around hopelessly, blushing like the cherry blossoms I was named after, fanning their faces that reddened with anger. They were jealous of me. They were jealous of the fact that I had been able to walk to school with the hottest guy in all of Konohagakure. And all of their energy was focused on how to destroy me.
Their beady little eyes showed it in each and every one of the crevices and cracks that sliced through their discolored irises. Among them, I spotted the ruby eyed Karin and azure eyed Ino, both of whom were smoldering in anger and jealousy. I knew what they were thinking. Their thoughts were sharp and clear, as if they'd whispered them in my ear. How had I wormed my way into Sasuke's heart deep enough to let me escort him to school.
But they didn't get it. I hadn't been trying to get him to walk with me to school. I hadn't even wanted him to find me. I wanted to arrive at school before he did. I wanted to fix my hair, and regloss my lips before he saw me. But that didn't happen. And despite the fact that I had the same stick of pocky in my mouth as the one I'd popped through my lips earlier this morning, I couldn't help but seethe in discomfort. I hated drawing attention to myself. But then again, I was a hypocrite.
I held my black ribbon out from myself, and chomped down on the stick of pocky in my mouth. "God, paparazzi or something? They follow you everywhere."
"Just ignore them," he suggested irritably, as the light breeze ruffled my skirt and hair, my fingers threading through the pink strands as I tied my hair back.
"There goes that good mood," I muttered back, turning toward him. Onyx eyes met my gaze.
"Whatever," he answered, averting his face. I sighed, and crossed my arms over my chest. He was such a fool. A stuck up, selfish fool. He glanced at me out of the corner of his eye. "What?"
I sighed, and looked back at him slyly. "You don't understand?"
"Isn't that obvious?" I sighed again, and smirked, rolling my head.
"Dumbass," I muttered back, before turning back to him. His head jerked backwards in surprise at my sudden intense gaze. "I'm not asking to make sure you don't understand. I'm asking because I'm mocking you."
"Whatever," he muttered, turning toward the hallway that led to his locker. The East Wing. Like mine. I swung my head toward him, and dropped my jaw.
"Hey! Wait up, Sasuke!" I cried, running after him. The girls watched me begin to run and started after me, the entire sophomore female student body running after Sasuke, clearing out the entire lobby.
I heard their footsteps behind me, but I wasn't concerned. I wasn't trying to beat them to his locker, for mine was right beside his. And there was nothing they could do about it. I wasn't going to push and shove through the crowd that was going to gather around our lockers. I didn't care, because I wasn't fighting for him. I wanted to be friends, and nothing more. That's it.
"Sasuke, wait up!" I turned around, seeing nothing but swaths of red hair shimmering through the air as she front flipped over the entire crowd of girls. Karin. Of course. And judging by the line that her straightened leg and the floor created, I was in the way.
"Out of the way, Dred Head!" Ino. Just perfect. The ground began rumbling behind me, as I turned around, struggling to see through my strawberry curtain that clouded my eyes. All I knew was that I was about to get crushed.
Sasuke managed to make it to his locker in one piece, as Karin landed from streaking toward the ground. The impact of the sole of her shoe slamming into the marble floor rocked the entire building, my balance suffering from the "earthquake". I staggered forward as I was enclosed in the aftershock, losing my balance as I tripped over my own feet, my jade eyes wide. The red and white plaid tie swung in front of my face as I swallowed the piece of pocky in my mouth, distracting myself from the incoming impact of slamming into the floor.
But I didn't hit the floor. Softness met my closed eyes, my jade irises flashing open in surprise. Black shirt, and smooth chest. I lifted my head, my pink hair sliding back from my face, as the rest of my pink hair slammed into the back of my skull. Sasuke's even and onyx eyes softly gazed down at me as his hands cupped my upper arms, my breath flying out through my parted lips as the rest of my body caught up with me.
But his face didn't change. Didn't smirk or anything. The gentleness on my arms remained, soft and tender as it had been. I watched him through throbbing eyes as the girls thundered toward us, Ino and Karin screeching and clawing each other while the rest looked on as Sasuke awkwardly held me on my feet, looking down at me. I shut my eyes limply, and sighed, leaning up against his chest, smiling slightly as I panted.
"Sasuke…" I murmured quietly against his beating heart, as his grip loosened in surprise. Once he relaxed, his hands held my shoulder blades lightly, as Ino and Karin seethed from the background. "Sasuke…"
"Are you alright now, Sakura?" he asked, slightly annoyed, yet softly.
My arms didn't move from my sides, as I enjoyed leaning on him to the best of my ability. There was nothing in the world that could justify being denied this. His embrace, though embarrassed, was warm and gentle, and kind. He'd caught me, even though he didn't have to. Well, I'd stumbled into his arms, to be completely honest. But the fact that he was letting me lean on him despite the fact that I got under his skin was kind of him, to say the least. I smiled against his heart, an action that didn't go unnoticed by the girls or Sasuke.
"Just a little longer," I softly whispered, as he caught his breath in irritation. His heart was beating so fast under the curve of my lip. Was he nervous? I closed my eyes, and smiled softer. There was no way he was nervous.
"Get off of my Sasuke, Forehead!" Ino shouted, startling me. I jerked my head up, and swung around, watching them with wide eyes. The girls were smoldering with jealousy. All of them. Karin tapped her toe impatiently.
"I'm waiting," Karin chorused in an off-key tone of voice. Sasuke gave her an annoyed glare, and I glanced up at him, his hands unmoving against my shoulder blades. At his burning onyx eyes, I bit my bottom lip, and brushed his arms off my shoulders.
"Thank you," I murmured humbly, in a voice loud enough for him to hear it. His eyes widened at the size of my voice before I shut my eyes and swung around, pulling my right hand back as I took a deep breath. Blue fire flashed across my face as I tossed my head angrily when I faced them, my eyes white with rage. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? I'M TRYING TO STAY OUT OF IT, AND BECAUSE OF YOU TWO RAISING HELL, I'M GETTING DRAGGED INTO IT! SHANNAROOO!"
Ino lifted her palms up, and shook them innocently. "Sakura, Sakura, I didn't do anything! Don't hit me, don't hit me!"
"Well, you certainly don't want to hit me. I'm the prettiest girl in-" My fist flew forward, my knuckles slamming into the side of her cheek, denting her face in just a touch. Blood flew from her mouth as I sent her flying.
"I COULDN'T CARELESS ABOUT HOW PRETTY YOU THINK YOU ARE, IDIOT!" I exclaimed, flinging my right fist back to my side as I stormed toward the trembling girls, Karin lying sprawled across the floor with stars flashing in and out above her head, her arms and legs splayed about herself. "SHANNAROOOO!"
"W-Wait Sakura, don't have a freak out session here before homeroom! I just got my hair done!" Ino begged as I stomped toward her, snarling all the while. Sasuke snorted from behind me, and judging by the sound he made, he seemed to be enjoying this. But that didn't calm me. "Sakura, please!"
"AS FOR YOU, INO-PIG," I started, pulling my fist backwards, not wasting time in dredging up the chakra needed to actually critically damage her, I attacked her with swift right hook over the top of the head.
"Sakura…I told you not to hurt me…" Ino complained from the floor, her entire front side thrown across Karin's chest, Karin's dazed expression oblivious to the fact that a girl was on top of her.
"YOU TWO!" A vein popped out from the side of my head as I swung around, snorting steam from my snarling mouth as I crossed my arms over my chest angrily. Sasuke's amused smirk sparkled in the sunlight that glowed through the window.
A girl that stood on the sidelines as I stalked back to my locker lowered her voice to a hushed whisper and turned to the slight raven-haired girl beside her. "Jesus Christ, could she be any fierier? There's no way any guy is going to even be remotely interested in her at this rate."
"And she had to have a temper tantrum in front of Sasuke. How embarrassing," the raven-haired girl answered. The girl beside the raven-haired girl nodded in reply.
"It makes me ashamed to be a girl in this school. I mean, if I were Sasuke, I would-" I narrowed my gleaming emerald eyes as a shadow fell over my fake smiling face, my head swinging toward the girls.
"COME AGAIN?" They trembled and shook their heads, falling silent as I stopped at my locker with an arrogant huff and toss of my head. "Damn girls…"
"Your attitude scares me," Sasuke muttered as he turned back to his locker, my jade eyes flashing toward him. I scowled.
"It looks like your good mood's back," I started, Sasuke blinking in surprise. Once he relaxed again, I continued. "Only…It came back at my expense."
"Whatever," he answered, smirking again. I grinded my teeth together as I turned toward him, my temper boiling underneath my skin once more. He sure knows how to piss me off.
"DAMN JERK!" I shouted, my voice echoing down the hallway and back. The girls that I had threatened to assault all sprang backwards out of shock and fear, as I mechanically turned my head toward Sasuke, snarling all the while. He smirked back, clearly enjoying this.
"What's wrong, Sakura?" he asked playfully, as I took one single step toward him, my fists clenched at my sides. He glanced down at my fists and rested his hands on them as he smirked. "Can't take a little teasing? Like a woman?"
I tossed my head and snorted. "Do me a favor, and shut up!"
"Whatever, this is lame. I've got class in five minutes so I'm out of here," he muttered, turning and walking past my locker right into the mass of girls, who ultimately dove on him.
I tensed my arms and fists at my sides as I heaved my bag into my locker, glaring back at him crossly from the corner of my eye. I had to admit, I was a bit jealous. Not of the girls, obviously, but of how much attention he received. Sure, I was considered to be the prettiest girl in the school, but I hardly ever got any attention anymore. Was that because I was too rough and tumble on the outside? But if that was the case, then surely Sasuke would avoid me as best he could.
I watched the raven-haired boy take a few steps down the hall, before turning around. The mass of girls swooped in for the kill, blocking his view of me before his onyx eyes could lock with mine, my hand hovering on the edge of my locker door as I waited for him to say something. But the girls prevented him from saying anything. Karin and Ino screeched as they realized their situation, the two of them wailing on the floor as Karin kicked out at Ino, only to miss her entirely.
"Get off me, you pig!" she cried, shaking her head and banging it against the carpet under it. I lifted an eyebrow, pulling out a second stick of pocky from my pocket, and sticking it into my mouth, as I often did.
Ino jolted up to her feet without a second of hesitation, and looked back at Karin angrily, pointing her index finger. "You're the pig, you stinky little troll!"
"Stinky little troll, am I? I'm the one closest to Sasuke, so ha!" I grabbed my clothes that I used for training with Tsunade-sama, and shut my locker door, taking a few steps toward the two girls as calmly as I possibly could. I was going to shut those two up.
"You're not closer to Sasuke! I've known him since he first arrived here yesterday!" Sasuke gave them crooked looks, as I approached, and smiled shyly as I locked eyes with him.
You know me the best, Sakura.
I jerked my head back as his timid smile reached me, the thought that it carried drifting across my mind sweetly. The words stretched across my vision in loopy, swirling script as my heart fluttered in my chest, my jade eyes widening. What did he mean, I knew him the best? I'd only met him once, and that was back when we were children. This was high school. Something completely and totally different.
But I couldn't resist the surge of happiness that welled up inside me at his unspoken comment. It bloomed on my cheeks, my face flushing bright pink as I smiled back at him, tilting my head slightly. His answering smile was modest and small, but still a smile. And when he smiled, his face grew brighter. He was the most beautiful person I'd ever seen when he smiled. And then it began to hit me. And I began to hit it back.
"Well, at least I'm prettier than Forehead! She's the ugliest bitch in this entire school!" I let my head drop, as I took a few more steps forward.
"Ugly?" I shot back calmly, Karin watching my expression change from icy calm to one of utter anger and rage. "SHANNAROOO! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLLING UGLY, YOU STUPID LITTLE TROLL!"
Sasuke sighed, and face-palmed. "She had just settled down, too. So much for a quiet morning."
"Sasuke, it'll be quieter if you walk alone with me!" A few girls suggested as he turned and walked off. I settled for snorting into Karin's face before I started running to keep up with him.
"Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke," the girls chanted over and over, the poor boy trembling in annoyance. I sighed, and shrugged through the throng of girls, waving my fist in the air as I swung around on one foot.
"QUIT YOUR DAMN COOING, DAMNIT! I'M SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING IT DAY AFTER FREAKING DAY!" I pounded my right fist into my left hand. Sasuke turned toward me, widening his eyes. I turned my head back toward him slightly, and curled the side of my lip up. "Thank you…Sasuke…"
He jerked his head back in surprise. "What?"
"GODDAMNIT SASUKE! MOVE YOUR ASS!" I shouted, giving him a playful wink when I swung myself completely around, putting my index finger to my lips as I leaned forward. Sasuke's cheeks began flushing, and he snorted, turning away before I could catch his blush.
"Just be quiet, Forehead," he muttered, giving me a crooked smirk in response. I chomped down on the stick of pocky in my mouth, and gave him a smirk of my own. "Thank you…Sakura…"
"What the heck is your problem, Chicken Butt?" I replied, taking a step toward him, our faces growing closer. The girls fumed in jealousy, but at the moment, I wasn't affected by it. I didn't even care. Until he moved.
"What the heck is yours, Forehead?" Distance was scarce at that moment, his warm breath billowing over my face.
My face began flushing as his lips hovered centimeters away from mine, his smirk taunting me to make a move. A rash one. It was almost as if he was begging me to close the distance, to take that one step that would satisfy the both of us. But I couldn't do it. I wasn't entirely sure fi that was what he was thinking. I couldn't read his mind, after all. But his face was so close…
I clenched my right hand, as our faces hovered closer, our noses nearly touching. What the hell was going on with me? Was I getting soft? The urges to move forward were unbearable. They ripped through my stomach, the core of my soul. They ripped my heart to shreds, colliding with reason inside of my skull. It was losing fight. Our lips were going to touch sooner or later. And the sweetness that blew off his was agonizing.
Abstaining was hopeless. But surrendering was pointless too. If I gave in to myself, then all of the girls behind me would tackle me to the ground and rip my hair out. But the taste of his lips was killing me. My tongue whipped back and forth behind my pursed lips, begging me to move forward, to drown myself in those lusting onyx eyes. I closed my eyes, and tumbled over the edge.
My foot slid forward a half step, as I kept my chin facing downward, trembling all the while. I didn't want to do it just as much as I wanted to. I didn't want to succumb, and yet I wanted to give myself over to this darkness in my heart. But I wanted it so badly. My other foot slid forward, as my forehead bumped up against his face, burying his lips into my pink hair as I smiled gently. This was nice. I could live with just this.
"Sakura, Sasuke? What're you guys doing?" Sasuke's eyes widened as I lifted my face, and turned my head, a thick blush covering his cheeks.
"Oh, Hyūga! How are you today?" I asked, oblivious to Sasuke's inner struggle to stop blushing. She jerked herself to a stop just as Misaki had done earlier and clapped her hands together, smiling brightly.
"You'll never guess who I like!" I straightened up, and smiled, lifting my chin playfully.
"Oh yeah? Try me," I answered, Sasuke's breath rippling my pink hair gently. I hadn't forgotten about him. I was just ignoring him for the moment so that I didn't do anything stupid. Hinata bounced up and down on her flip-flops.
"He's so cool! And he's got blond hair, blue eyes, and he's just all around-" A bright yellow flash burst on the scene, ruffling Hinata's long black hair in the wind it created.
"Are you, Haruno Sakura?" I cocked my head, as the yellow flash turned out to be none other than Uzumaki Naruto, the boy who'd relentlessly asked for my hand in marriage every time I even took a breath of fresh air. Regardless of my annoyance, I nodded.
"Hello, Naruto. I'm not marrying you, for the last time," I replied, Sasuke's form stiffening behind me.
"Naruto, you inept loser!" he exploded, staring Naruto in the face, onyx and sapphire eyes locking angrily. "I told you she'd turn you down!"
"Well, since you're too chicken to ask her yourself, I figured I'd do it in your place, since I'm more attractive," Naruto replied smoothly. He stiffened once he registered what Sasuke had said. "WHO'RE YOU CALLING A LOSER, MORON?"
"Why're you such an idiot?" Sasuke jabbed, giving Naruto a half-interested glance. I pressed my hands firmly upon their chests and shoved them apart, giving them both equally angry glowers.
"Knock it off. This isn't a playground, you know. Brothers shouldn't fight." The two of them pulled their fists backwards at my comment, and snarled.
"HE IS NOT MY BROTHER!" They shouted, as the two fists flew toward me. I smirked, and reared up, blue fire flaring around my own fist, as I sent mine on a crash course that was bound to collide with theirs. My fist collided with theirs, stopping the two of them from dealing any damage to my face.
"Just relax guys, I'm here," I soothed, Naruto and Sasuke leaping backwards. I smiled, and put my hands on my hips, and smirked. "Easy…I am a girl."
"An annoying girl," Sasuke muttered back, his eyes narrowed. Naruto smirked, and took a few steps down the hallway, leaving Sasuke and I next to each other.
I glanced over at Sasuke, as Hinata raced past me, desperate to reach Naruto. "Sasuke, about earlier…"
"What now?" I leaned toward him, my index finger lying on the spot below my left eye as I blinked shyly, unsure of how to word my thoughts.
"Did you…want me to kiss you?" Once I'd spit those words out, I willed for them to return. Sasuke widened his eyes, and jerked his head back in surprise.
"S-Sakura…" I balled my right hand, and slammed it against my thigh as hard as I could without breaking my femur. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I'd went and done it anyway. I was so stupid. Idiot, idiot, idiot. I just went and ruined everything.
I narrowed my eyes, struggling against the urge to cry, and turned away. "Forget it. I'm leaving."
"Saku-" I started running, not sticking around to listen to what he had to say.
He'd probably just mock me anyway. I couldn't believe that those words had blurted from my mouth. That was the stupidest thing I could've ever done. And I'd surely pay for them. The tears began falling, much to my annoyance. I hated crying. But most of all, I hated being vulnerable. I hated being weak. And crying was a sign of weakness, in my eyes at least. I hated it.
"Why did I have to screw it up?" I murmured to myself as I ran, my pink hair sliding across the sides of my face, wiping at the tears. "Why did I say something like that?"
"I don't know. But running away isn't going to help you," For the second time that morning, my face fell into something soft and warm. Only this time, instead of enjoying it, I reacted.
I jerked my head up, smooth and calm onyx eyes staring down at me. "First of all, how did you catch me?"
"I took a shortcut," he replied as if that explained everything. I snarled.
"I didn't want you to follow me, Sasuke," I muttered back. He blinked.
"I know. But…" I widened my eyes.
"But…?" I echoed, as he turned his face away in embarrassment. My heart pounded.
"I…Don't know…How to get to the Gym…" he answered, keeping his voice low so that I was the only one who could hear him. My face broke out into a smile, as I nodded.
He'd put it behind him already. He'd forgiven me for my unexpected outburst. Or he hadn't heard it in the first place. There was no way he couldn't have heard it though. But it didn't matter. He wasn't too creeped out to talk to me. He actually cared to exchange words with me like I was a normal person. Because in truth, I actually was. I made mistakes, and I learned from them. And what I learned from this was to never let him get that close to me.
I smiled, and leaned my face against him once more, allowing myself to breathe in the scent of his presence before I abstained for the next few months. He lifted his hands away from my arms in surprise, before lying them across my shoulder blades. I limply lifted my arms up to hold him lightly, as I smiled against his beating heart. I could hear his eyes throbbing as he looked down at me warily, cautious and shocked. Just like the first time.
"Sasuke…" I breathed, clutching my hands around his elbows gently, as I rested against him. He watched my smile curl up against his heart, the muscle fluttering against the side of my cheek. "Sasuke…"
"You're…So…Weak," he murmured back, as I dropped my hands from his elbows, my eyes falling shut. He lowered his eyes down to me, watching as I slowed my breathing. I was sleeping. Half-way. His embrace felt so good.
"Sasuke…" My voice trailed off faintly. Sasuke's hands trembled against my shoulder blades, the entirety of my weight leaning on him. He was supporting me, keeping me from falling. His heart kept pounding under my ear, as he awkwardly embraced me. "Sasu-"
"HARUNO SAKURA! GET OFF OF MY SASUKE!" Ino shouted, startling me once more. My eyes flashed open, but Sasuke's grip on my shoulder blades didn't allow me to move. I was trapped. Trapped in his arms.
"…Sasuke?" God, I sounded pathetic. He looked down at me, and nodded his head.
"Yeah." He let me go, and I took a step back, fumbling for words.
How to put this, how to put this. I hated showing weakness, and yet, I loved it when he held me. I hated being a girl. And most of all, I hated being weak. It was natural for a girl to fall weak at the knees when it came to anything sexual, but I wasn't flustered. Sasuke didn't hold that much power over me. My fantasies flashed in front of my eyes. That was a lie. He did have power over me. So much so that it felt like I wasn't even myself at all.
"Sorry, for…Um…" He shook his head, and began turning around.
"Don't worry about it. We've got Gym right now, right?" I nodded, and hurried after him, Ino and Karin seething behind me. I smiled as I started jogging toward the gym, leading him down the hallway.
"Hey moron, Sakura!" Sasuke swung his head around angrily, as Naruto and Hinata ran through the mob of girls behind us carefully. Naruto blinked and smiled. "Wait for us!"
"You've got Gym this block too?" Sasuke asked dully, as Naruto stopped in front of us. Hinata slid to a stop beside me, swinging around with a smile on her face.
"Yeah! Isn't that great?" I smirked back, and nodded. Sasuke glanced over at me, his face twisted in a pout. I rolled my head back, tilting my chin toward him as I raised my right hand beside my head.
"Aw, don't cry, Sasuke. I'm there with you…" I soothed, resting my right hand against the left side of his face flirtatiously, shutting my right eye playfully as I smiled the sweetest smile I could muster. Thankfully, Karin and Ino's fighting created a nice soft breeze to ripple my hair across my pinkish face. Naruto's mouth dropped open at the sight of my coy smile, Hinata's eyes sparkling with admiration.
Sasuke swung his head toward me at my touch, then widened his eyes slightly. "D-Don't touch me, Forehead!"
"Are you sure…?" My fingers gently brushed his black bangs from the side of his face, smoothing over his temple lightly. Teasing him was a lot more fun than fighting myself. I could satisfy my starving heart while I got enjoyment out of his embarrassment. It was a win-win situation at his expense. "You like it, don't you?"
"W-Whoa, Sakura…That's…" Naruto's voice trailed off as he watched Sasuke's onyx eyes flicker. Over and over again. My smile was evil as I leaned forward, Naruto's sapphire eyes wide. "…Kinda hot…"
"N-Naruto…" Hinata murmured in surprise, as she watched me torment Sasuke. His eyes throbbed as his onyx irises flickered, my cruel smirk nearly touching his parted lips gently.
"So, Sasuke…" My voice trailed off as I flattened my palm against his cheek, cradling his face in one hand. "Are you ever going to answer me?"
"What a freaking temptress…" Karin muttered from behind me. Seething alongside her, was the blonde haired Ino.
"She told me that she was going to stay out of it. And now she's flirting with him!" Ino complained, as my face drifted closer to Sasuke's. His expression had softened, onyx eyes slowly drifting closed. Boys were supposed to be strong…Was he showing weakness? My power only grew.
"Sasuke…" I breathed softly, my forehead coming down on his gently, his eyes widening at the sudden contact, before the flickers of vulnerability returned to his irises.
"So…Hot…" Naruto muttered, trembling as he smiled brightly. Hinata glanced at me, then back at Naruto, holding her finger in front of her lip.
"N-Naruto…" Hinata's small and meek voice drifted toward my intolerant ears. I wasn't focusing on anything else other than causing Sasuke the most excruciating pain I possibly could. The second dose boiled under my skin, my limits about to be breached. But my mask never wavered.
"It's impolite to make a woman wait, you know that…Right?" He lifted his throbbing onyx eyes to meet my blazing jade ones. So, so weak. And it only made my lip curl up further. "And further more…"
"I can't believe he's just standing there, letting her touch him like that," Karin whispered to Ino, who nodded.
"If I were Sasuke, I'd slap her across the face. I wouldn't take that crap," Ino answered, flipping her blond hair back.
"S-Sakura…I think you've tortured him enough…" Hinata suggested, taking a step forward. Naruto grabbed her shoulder, shaking his head.
"Let her keep going. I'm enjoying this. The moron deserves it," he answered, as I slid my fingers across the side of Sasuke's jawbone lightly, my fingertips whispering across his lips softly. One flicker responded to my tracing fingers. Just one hollow flicker. Followed by trembling breaths.
"When a woman asks a gentleman to do something, a good one is obligated to do it," I whispered, my fingertips resting against the side of his jaw as he watched me helplessly. "So…Are you going to answer my question, Sasuke?"
He blinked once, his flickering eyes denying the strength his voice seemed to carry. "I'm not obliged to answer."
"Didn't you hear what I just said?" I asked softly, my pink hair carrying the sweetness that blew off his lips around my face, the gentle breeze making it even stronger. "You are a gentleman, aren't you?"
"I don't have to explain myself to you, Sakura. It's none of your concern," he answered, looking me deep in the eyes. I only smirked, and slid my face closer, my lips moving against his. Just barely.
"That's where you're wrong, Sasuke," I murmured. His onyx irises pounded, power flowing through my veins. Served him right. Naruto shook from his place behind me.
"Sakura's…So…Hot…" Hinata flinched. "What I wouldn't give to be Sasuke right now…"
"Back off, Sakura. Don't get so close," Sasuke ordered suddenly, peeling my hand from the side of his face. I smirked heartlessly, before taking a step backward, his hand gripping my wrist.
"You're going to be fun to play with, Uchiha Sasuke," I answered, my voice callous and sinister. He cocked his head, having seemingly recovered. But the beating of his heart in the depths of his eyes gave him away. "And I'm going to enjoy every minute of it."
"Play? You mean…You were teasing me?" he answered, his grip on my wrist tightening ever so slightly. I lifted my left index finger to my teeth before turning my head slightly.
"I guess you could say that," I replied, his sudden glare filling the room with smoldering anger. His chakra rose, brushing the edges of my dancing aura. His temper had finally exploded. So temptation is the key to making him lose his mind. I'll remember that.
He huffed, turning away as his face flushed beet red. I lifted my hand back to the side of his face, and smiled. "Don't you scoff at me. I was just paying you back."
"For what?" I narrowed my eyes as I smirked. For foiling my plan, dumbass.
"For making me have to run to Gym class. Do you still want me to lead you there?" Naruto and Hinata exchanged glances, as I lifted my hand from the side of Sasuke's face, his hands falling to bury themselves into his pockets.
"I, uh, guess," he muttered quietly, before looking back at me. I smiled, and nodded.
"Got it!" I turned around, and gestured to Naruto and Hinata. "You two coming?"
Naruto nodded and leaped for me immediately, leaving Hinata to gasp as he left her behind. "Of course, Sakura!"
"Let's go," I ordered, waving my hand toward myself as my lip curled up, giving Hinata no opportunity to refuse. She sighed, and ran after us, Hinata and me chasing down Sasuke and Naruto as they raced each other to Gym class.
"Where do they get their energy?" I couldn't help but smile.
"Boys are boys," I answered, as I picked up the pace, not willing to lose. Hinata looking back at me before picking up speed as well.
"Wait Up! Guys! Sakura! Sasuke! Naruto!" The three of us were too far gone. She wouldn't reach us until we'd made it to the Gym.
I looked over at Sasuke as we ran, the hallways gradually emptying out as we continued. Had he truly been showing weakness back there? Or was he just playing with me too? I shook my head, and shut my eyes. There was no way he felt the same way for me, as far as getting amusement out of teasing me. I loved torturing him. I got so much enjoyment out of it. And yet, this lingering sentimentality that I bore deep inside my heart longed for him to make the next move. I smirked in Sasuke's direction. That would be impossible. He didn't have the guts.