Mannequin's Plastic Heart
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Chapter Three! My Lab Partner!
"Sakura-chan! You wanna have lunch with me?" the blonde-haired boy with blue eyes asked.
Sakura flashed him a small smile before raising her two hands as a sign of rejection. "No,no. I'm fine here. Thanks by the way."
Naruto dropped his shoulders after hearing her answer but then his expression changed as he saw a familiar small girl with a pair of white eyes.
"Hinata-chan!" Naruto called, approaching the said girl. "I want to introduce you to someone." he said before dragging her towards Sakura.
"Hinata-chan, meet my newest friend—"
"I'm Haruno Sakura." Sakura said, cutting him.
"H-Hyuuga Hinata. I'm pleased to meet y-you." Hinata said while smiling a bit.
Sakura nodded and returned the smile. "Can I call you Hinata-chan?"
"S-Sure,"
"Great!" Sakura grinned and gave her a thumbs-up.
"So, Sakura-chan. You wanna go with us?" Naruto asked silently, trying hard not to piss her for interjecting.
Sakura shook her head. "No. Thank you. I think I would be fine here."
"Are you sure, S-Sakura-chan?" Hinata asked.
"Yeah."
"Well then. I guess we would be going now, Sakura-chan." Naruto waved his hand and said, "Ja ne for now."
Sakura sighed for the third time. Her History class was over…finally. She never wanted History even in her elementary days. Never.
She frowned at the slight pain she felt for a second.
Elementary days?
She didn't even remember studying when she was a little. Why can't she remember of her past anyway? Why can't she remember anything? She shook her head and rested her head on top of her desk.
Tsunade told her not to think about her past. But it's annoying that she wouldn't tell her the reason why. She said that she should wait for her memories to come back patiently. She said—
'Don't force yourself too much, Sakura.'her inner self muttered in low voice, snapping her.'Kami-sama knows how much I wanted to help you. But you know that I can't.'
"I understand." Sakura whispered slowly. "That's why I'm not asking you to help me in the first place."
That made her inner self shut.
After 30 minutes…
Sakura looked up when she heard her classmates greeting their teacher. She fixed herself first and gazed at the teacher in front of them. She frowned when she saw the big scar on the teachers face but her thoughts snapped as the teacher greeted back.
"Good morning." He looked straightly at her and smiled. "You're the new student, aren't you?"
She smiled back before standing up. "Hai, sensei. I'm Haruno Sakura."
"You can just call me Iruka-sensei. And oh yeah, I'm your chemistry teacher. You may now sit down, Sakura."
"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto called out, raising his left hand. "You told us that we'll have our lab partners today!"
The other student nodded in agreement.
Iruka scratched the back of his head and faked a laugh to cover up his embarrassment. "I know, I know. I'll tell you now the instructions. Only the girls would write their name in a 1/8 sheet of paper and then pass it to me." He searched for a small container inside his back pack and showed it to the whole class. "If you're finished, put it inside here."
All the girls stood up after writing their names and followed he instructions. When Sakura passed beside Naruto's chair, the blonde boy whispered, "I really do hope that you'll be my partner, Sakura-chan. It's a good idea, don't you think so too?"
"Ehe-he…" was all can she said and continued her way in front.
"Alright!" Iruka flashed them a big smile and said, "And now, for all the boys…fall in line and pick the name of your lab partner-to-be.
Naruto was the first one to stand up and rushed to his sensei cheerfully and picked a paper inside the box. As he was about to unfold the paper, Iruka stopped him.
"Hep! Don't open it yet, Naruto. I'll just tell you if you could open it."
"Argh…Hmp!" Naruto turned to his side and walked back to sit down, fuming. "Teme! What're you still doing there?!"
The raven-haired guy shrugged, "I'll just get the last one."
Naruto nodded.
"Sakura-san! I'll assure you, you'll be my lady, little flower!" Lee screamed in delight while flashing Sakura a big smile and walked in front.
She shook her head and continued being silent.
'Just let him be!' her inner self shouted.
"I know." She whispered.
"Sasuke?" Iruka looked at him questionably, showing him the last paper.
"Hn." He stood up, getting the piece of paper.
"Now, open it!" Iruka announced happily.
Naruto took a deep sigh first before looking at the name written on the paper.
Hyuuga Hinata
'Owww… I'm actually praying for Sakura-chan to be my lab partner. Oh well, Hinata-chan's not bad anyway.' He thought cautiously.
"Now, tell me the names of your partners, boys." Iruka ordered after the moment of silence. Again, he scratched the back of his head. "C'mon."
All of a sudden, his gaze flew to the blue-eyed boy who stood up and muttered, "Hinata-chan! We're partners! Look!" and showed them the paper with the name of Hinata written on it.
"Isn't it great?!" he cheered. In return, Hinata tried her best not to faint for being so damn happy. She looked around to see if someone noticed her expression, better to make sure, she thought. Her gaze stopped on the pink haired girl who was looking back at her meaningfully and gave her a thumbs up secretly.
"Neji, who—"
"Tenten." He muttered as if the name's a disease, cutting Iruka.
"Hey! That's rubbish!" a girl student protested.
That must be Tenten.
"Iruka-sensei! My paper only contains the number two but not the name of Sakura-san! What's up with that?" Lee asked worriedly.
'If I won't be her partner, all of my plans will be destroyed! Oh man! All I did this whole morning was to think about our future lives and wonderful babies! And now, this?!' he thought problematically.
"Oopsss… I forgot to tell you, guys. I put four more papers inside the box. Since there were more guys here in your class, there are four male students who would be divided into two. Who got the other number two?"
"I am." A boy suddenly exclaimed. Now, it's obvious that he's a weird looking guy since there's a dog on top of his head which was barking continuously.
'A dog?' she thought uncomfortable.
'What a weird guy.' Her inner self commented. She nodded in response then shrugged.
"Hey, I got the number one!" a fat boy stood up while eating some potato chips.
"Okay then. Akimichi Chouji and…?"
A student wearing shades raised his right hand then grunted to himself.
"…and Aburame Shino. The two of you were partners."
"It's not fair!" Lee whined so much like a baby. His cries stopped suddenly when he saw Shino giving him a glare.
"You should accept it. That's the rule." Shino muttered, emphasizing the last word her said.
Sakura sweat dropped. "I'm inside the weirdest classroom ever." She said to herself.
"Sasuke-teme! Who's your partner?" Naruto called out loud as he snatched the piece of paper from Sasuke.
Naruto's eyes widen. "Heeey! Why do you have to be the partner of my Sakura-chan?!"
Sakura stiffened and her ears perked up as she heard her name being called. She even heard some students whispering to each other.
"Bitch."
"Sasuke-kun should be my partner!"
"How sad!"
"Lucky her."
"Hn." Sasuke growled in a low voice, ignoring the blonde's protests.
"Enough. Now that you all know your lab partners. I shall give you the first rule! Iruka announced in a high-pitched tone.
"What is it, sensei?" a student asked.
"All the boys would transfer their seats next to their partners for them to be able to work with one another. That'll be your arrangements until the end of this school year!"
Lee's thick brows twitched. "Kami-sama, why do you hate me so much?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes upward in irritation before sitting down beside his lab partner. "Whatever."
"Kawai!!!!!!!!!!" Inner Sakura screamed in happiness while waving her hands upward.
Sakura faked a cough first before trying to smile to her snobbish partner. "Hi, you're Uchiha Sasuke-san, right?"
"Aa."
"U-uhmm… well then, I'm Haruno Sakura by the way. Nice meeting you Uchiha—"
"—Sasuke." He interjected, looking straightly to her big green eyes. "I'm not used of formality." He reasoned.
'Gah! I love him now!' her inner self declared proudly while staring at the silent Uchiha day dreamingly.
Iruka cleared his throat to catch their attention. "Okay…for your first assignment. You have to observe the reactions of a rabbit in many different surroundings. Give me some of your observations tomorrow. At least five numbers. You can find the rabbits inside the laboratory." He explained carefully. "Any questions?"
The whole class groaned in response.
Naruto raised his right hand and asked, "Iruka-sensei, you said and I quote, Observe the behavior of a rabbit in many different surroundings. End of quote. Does it mean, like a park, mall or something?"
"You got it right there, Naruto. You can even take it to the forest if you want. Or at the park, at the river, anywhere you want. So, any other questions? None? god, class dismissed.
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Sakura looked at her wrist watch which tells 5:08pm. Sasuke told her to meet him at the school gates at exactly 5pm. he said he'll be doing something important first. She looked at the white rabbit inside the cage for a moment then sighed.
'Feh! You're in the same room anyway! What's taking him so long?' her inner self rambled.
"Let's just wait him, okay?" Sakura exclaimed, trying to calm her inner self. To be frank, her temper was about to lose if he'll not show up in ten minutes.
"Oi." A familiar voice called.
"Sasuke-san." Sakura greeted dryly. "Shall we go now to your place?"
"Aa."
'He's not even apologizing for making me wait!' she thought angrily.
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"Sasuke-san, I thought we're heading to your place?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah." He answered briefly.
Sakura's brows furrowed even more at the moment they stopped in front of their house.
"We're here." Sasuke informed monotonously.
"Are you kidding me?" Sakura asked in a quiet voice. She was amazed by the size of their huge house in front of her...or is it a mansion? "You live here?"
"What's with that look?" Sasuke asked blankly.
Sakura pointed the store in front of Sasuke's house. "That's my home."
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A/n: yey! Decided to upload two chapters in one day! How was it?! Please tell me your comments about this story so I could realize if I am just wasting my time on this story or something.
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