Sakura sat impatiently on her chair waiting for sasuke and her friends to arrive in the school

Sakura sat impatiently on her chair waiting for sasuke and her friends to arrive in the school. She hates coming to school this early but she doesn't know why, in the first place, she still went to school early. She sighed; thinking about this just makes her head hurt. Sometimes, she can really be weird, that is what she herself says. When sasuke arrived, she immediately approached him glad that there will be someone whom she can talk to. Well, some of her classmates are already there but she doesn't feel like talking to them.

"Why are you so early?" he asked the moment he saw her. "I don't know either." Her frowning look changed into a smirk making sasuke raise a brow at her. "I've been thinking about this all night." She started and continued right away. "How come you never told me you love or at least like someone?"

BETTER THIS WAY

Chapter two- stolen

He was quite surprised by her sudden question. Yes he does agree that they touch that subject very very often. We all know why but of course, sakura doesn't. He knows she likes his brother but sakura never heard about sasuke's love life. All she knows is many girls are dying to get his attention but heck, he never told her he likes anyone of those flirtatious girls. "I like you." He said in his usual calm tone. "That's not what I meant sasuke, you should grow up and start to love or just at least like someone more than a friend." She looked at him as if she's an older sister or as if love can come anytime if you want. "If only you know." He thought. At that moment, he was beginning to think if he will just tell her about everything.

"Are you saying that I'm still a kid and I should grow up?" But he changed his mind. He tried to make his tone a little angrier if that is the only way so he could get out of the situation or at least make the topic change. "Yes, and I'm telling you to listen to your older sister." She mocked. "Hey, who do you think is a kid? Talking to a bear, clothing it and if I remember, someone just told me SHE wants the very big bear she saw in the mall just a couple of days ago. Can you still remember that, OLDER sister?" He countered emphasizing the 'older'. "Hey, don't be so proud! Who's the one who has a room in his house filled with his car collections with different sizes, different brands, colors and whatever. Gosh, that guy can even make a car show with his collections! And if I remember too, didn't someone just tell me the day before yesterday that a new limited edition Ferrari car will come out this week, did he?" She smirked but he didn't give up. "If that is so, can you tell me someone older than you who collect bears?" It was his turn to smirk this time. She thought for a while but when she can't think of someone,she brought back the topic awhile ago again. "Why are you changing the topic? You still need to tell me the reason why you never talk about any girl you like. I can't stop thinking about my own reasons why unless you tell me your own. Are you gay?" She nearly laughed but that was good enough to end their childish fight just a minute ago. This made him want to choke. Gay? That's stupid but still, he remained silent for awhile.

Little did they know that Naruto and Shikamaru are watching them. I guess they're too busy with their childish fight for them to not notice the two arrive."tell her damn it!" was what the two guys are thinking, nothing else but that. "What if… it was you that I love?" he asked and he's serious this time. Sensing this, she just smiled and asked him back. "Do you?" She opposed though she knows he's joking, (but he's really not) looking at him that serious makes her don't want to joke around. He was a little shocked when she told him that. He thought that she's going to laugh or something like that. "Of course I do." He told his self but why can't he just tell her? Those simple words seem really hard for him to say. Meanwhile the two unnoticed (by sakura and sasuke) supportive friends on their back were already excited for sasuke. Shikamaru thought this would be a good timing since only a few are around, meaning no interruptions. "I-" Sasuke tried to say it. He was about to say it. Close, but someone interrupted. I guess Shikamaru was wrong.

"Sakura-san, Uchiha-san, excuse me but Kurenai-sensei told me to give a message to sakura-san." Sai interfered. Was it intentional? Who knows? "SAI!!" Naruto and shikamaru yelled ready to kill him. On sasuke's part, he was half relieved and at the same time half irritated.

Sai is one of the guys who make sasuke's blood boil. The reason why is that ever since they were freshmen, he started hitting on sakura which sasuke disliked. Meaning, sai is one of sakura's eager suitors. He can still remember the time when sai tried to kiss sakura and the time when he asked sakura if he can call her sakura-san instead of haruno-san. (names are important because it indicates how close you are) On some point, Shikamaru also hated him because Ino once told him that she liked sai even for just a short period of time. Shikamaru might not look like it but he can really be jealous at times.

"Shika, naru, since when did you arrive?" Sasuke asked looking at the two teens wondering why he didn't even notice it. "We just arrived." Naruto lied. The truth is, they were listening to their talk since awhile ago. "What is it sai?" sakura brought back the conversation awhile ago. "Ah yes, we will have a meeting later after dismissal at the conference room. If I can remember, it was about a charity program the school is preparing. She said she'll explain all details later." The mentioned guy gave the details. "Charity program? That's new. Since when did the school start to care about that kind of stuff?" They never had that before so it's quite new to them. "Why her and you?" Sasuke irritably asked expecting someone else to be a part of this. It should be him or neji, something like that but not sai. He became cranky all of a sudden. Seeing sai's face makes him want to kick it.

"Actually it's supposed to be you uchiha-san and sakura-san but when Kurenai-sensei saw me and asked me to give you the message, I just felt like volunteering and asked sensei to maintain sakura as representative. Sorry uchiha-san." Sai gave them his smile. He always smiles in the wrong situation that you can't tell whether it's a fake or not. But isn't it rude for him to do that? Sasuke being so observant concluded that his smile was a fake making him more irritated. Sakura, sensing the bad aura, pulled sasuke away from sai and bowed at him saying her thanks for giving her the message. "come on sasuke." She said. "I'm going to kill him." sasuke cursed.

"Yup and hey, I discovered a new store at the mall and I heard that they sell pretty dresses and shoes there. Want to check it out? Hinata and tenten are coming." Ino told sakura who willingly agreed. They were heading to where their friends were on the cafeteria. When they reached their destination, sakura noticed sasuke staring straight at the wall and it seems like he's spacing out. Sakura looked at tenten and pointed sasuke using her lips and at the same time raised her brows. Tenten understood what sakura is trying to tell through her actions which is 'what's wrong with him?' Tenten raised her shoulders which is also the same as telling 'I don't know.'

Even though sakura is there, sasuke didn't stop staring blankly and uninterested at the wall and his friends noticed this which makes them want to laugh. Sakura giggled softly and went beside sasuke. She leaned closer to him and kissed him on his left cheek.

Shock. Shock. Shock.

So there it was. She was just suppose to kiss him on his cheek but sasuke, seeing a glimpse of a pink haired girl beside him, looked at his left making him, her and everyone be in a tremendous shock. His and everyone's eyes widened (since it's a cafeteria, many students are there) at the accidental kiss. "They kissed." They heard a girl say. Sakura's very surprised to move or even think of what's happening. Their lips touched. Yes it did. They felt it. Naruto laughed so loud he nearly fell in his seat making the two best friends be aware of what had happened. Sakura quickly stepped back, a blush on her face as she held her lips with her right hand. "Aaaaahhh!" she yelled making everyone look at her. She sat beside sasuke and covered her face with her soft hands. "Sorry." She heard sasuke mutter but she did not answer. Everything registered in his mind just now. They can still hear whispers, cries and curses. "That's so troublesome." Shikamaru complained while naruto was still laughing, hinata nearly fainting and the others smirking. "That's not funny naruto!" Sakura whined while ignoring the looks the students, boys and girls, are giving them.

"What are you whining at? That was just a kiss." Sasuke raised his head and looked at sakura, still have a slight blush on his face. "You don't know how much a kiss means to a girl suke! Specially the first one." She whined some more getting a nod from the girls. She doesn't call her suke much that's why he knows that she meant what she said. Yes he remembered, it was her first and his first, their first. "What a very beautiful setting of a first kiss don't you think?" Kiba joked making sakura want to punch him. She looked up and eyes the crowd. The scene made her shake a little. Some girls looked like they were ready to charge at her anytime. She sighed. "It's alright sasuke." She said in reply of his sorry awhile ago and she smiles a little making him sigh in relief. "I thought she's gonna kill me for that." he said in his mind.

"Bet? That's going to be a headline in our schools first newspaper issue this week." Neji told his friends so confidently. "I couldn't agree more." Tenten giggled making sasuke and sakura blush again. "Quit it." Sasuke said, louder than the usual but not a yell. He brushed off some strands of his hair using his hand and closed his eyes. "what was that?" he thought cursing his self for he finds it clumsy and so not like him. sigh (again)

Lunch was finished and it seems like rumors or should I say 'facts' really spread so fast. "sasuke!" shino and chouji shouted and went immediately to sasuke. "what?" he said in an irritated tone sensing what they're going to tell him. "congrats! we promise we'll give you a treat!" the two congratulated and gave sasuke a pat on his shoulder. Sasuke only groaned at this. "Too bad we weren't there. Details my friend." Shino muttered making the whole class look at them seemed to be very very curious about the rumor.

When dismissal time arrived, sakura went right away to the meeting sai told her that morning. She entered the room and saw students from other sections. Eyes all on her, it seems like they got the news too. Somehow, being popular has disadvantages too. When she saw sai, she immediately went to him and sat beside him ignoring the stern looks the other students, especially girls, are giving her. "So is it true?" sai asked her in an instant. She only eyed him and didn't speak but it was enough for him to conclude that a yes answered him. "So it is true. I feel bad for myself and the other guys and girls too." Sai smiled. "what's with him?" she thought.

Kurenai entered the room, greeting everyone a good afternoon. She explained everything right away so that, according to her, they would not waste time. "This charity program is something we planned to do to increase the reputation of the school since Leaf University is no ordinary University. I find it ironic but we all know that only students who can pay much can enter here, except for some scholars though. Back to the topic, it will be a show or a concert where students will participate in. If you would like to watch it, you shall need to buy a ticket. All proceeds will go to the charity. Now, the teachers are thinking of some ways to increase the audience since teenagers today, as I observe, would prefer to go to a club than attend this kind of program. It's just simple but you need to inform your class tomorrow. Further announcements will be given in the next few days. Questions will be answered during homeroom by your assigned teachers, Understood?" She explained as detailed and as fast as she can. "Hai." The rest answered. "Okay, dismissed."

"There you are uchiha!" Kakashi said who was a few meters away from him. Sasuke looked back to see the one who called him. Seeing it was his sensei, he gave him a 'what-the-heck-do-you-want' look. "I'm still your sensei sasuke." The older man reminded. "what do you want?" He asked impatiently. "There there, so.." Kakashi smirked. "How was the kiss?" He grinned from behind his mask which made sasuke gave him a look like 'here-we-go-again.' "If that's the only thing you will tell me then go away." He said rudely as if he's not his sensei. "I was just kidding. Take it easy." Kakashi laughed and he's starting to get into sasuke's nerves. "old pervert." He cursed.

"I'm just going to ask you a little favor if you don't mind." Kakashi's smirk still did not leave his covered face. "Have you heard of the charity program?" He continued while sasuke gave him a nod. "it's a show, concert, program? Or whatever you want to call it where the students will participate in. Tickets will be sold to everyone who are going to watch it. All proceeds are going to charity." He paused for a while.

"And what do you want me to do?" Sasuke questioned his sensei. "You sing." Sasuke raised a brow at this. "No way." He refused. "Come on sasuke, when everyone knew that you will perform, the audience will surely increase a wide wide wide number. It's for charity." Kakashi begged. "I'll just donate as much as you want. That's simpler. Why does the school needs this kind of program anyway? The students can give as much as they want." Sasuke sighed. "Come on, we need to show the other schools that donating is not the only thing we can do. We need to show them that we can do something to earn money." He tried to beg some more but sasuke just ignored him. "you leave me no choice uchiha." Kakashi threatened getting something from his pocket and put in front of sasuke's face making his eyes widen. "what the fuck. Where did you get that?" Sasuke cursed seeing a picture of him and sakura's kiss awhile ago in the cafeteria.

"I will not give this to the students in charge of our weekly newspaper in our school if you agree to sing." Kakashi sneered but sasuke only sighed. "I hate to say this but I know they have their own copy of that and.. even if you tell them to not put it in the newspaper, they will still do it. I will not sing. Never." He started to walk away. "Then," Kakashi started. "I will tell your best friend that you love her more that a friend." Kakashi grinned some more and his statement made sasuke stop. "what did you say?" sasuke said followed by cursing words. "I know everything and I mean it when I told you I will tell her. Everything. So, are you going to sing?" Kakashi just wanted to roll there and laugh out loud. Sasuke just stood there not answering Kakashi. "Come on, music is the language of love sasuke. You sing anything you want. Just one song won't kill. And besides, everyone knows you can sing very well."

"What if I kick you out of this school?" He countered knowing that his family is one of the most influential family in the school.

"You can't do that. I'm a dear and trusted friend of your father."

"Fine. As long as you keep your mouth shut." Sasuke gave kakashi a death glare. "Deal."

"What the heck was that? That old hag aged elder pervert is going to pay." He smacked his head. He was going to sakura to the conference room where the meeting was held but when he reached the venue, she wasn't there anymore. He called a boy who just went out of the room. "hey" He called making the boy who was a freshman look at him. "Do you know where sakura is?" He asked the boy. "He already left senpai." The freshman bowed at him. "alright, thanks." Then he went away. "Why did she leave first? Geez." He thought and started to go home by his self when he recalled their childish fight that morning. "bears?" He smirked and went straight to the mall instead of going home.

When sasuke finished buying his huge present, he went straight to her house but when he reached her house, he saw something unexpected. Sai was with sakura. He thought that maybe sai accompanied her to her house and it seemed to him that they went somewhere else because sai handed her a paper bag which she took. Sasuke decided not to show his self for awhile and watch the two.

Sakura bowed at sai and the said guy did the same. She thanked him and he said his welcome. When sai was already out of sight, sasuke went immediately to sakura. "Sasuke?" She said. "What the heck was that? Why is he with you?" He was mad and she should know why. "You shouldn't be too hard on him sasuke." She was still calm despite of his angry attitude. "And why not? You know how much that guy is a pain. I don't want you to come near him!" He argued. "You don't know what happened suke, don't talk harsh."

"Sakura you should know why I'm talking harsh."

"And do you know why I'm being nice to him this moment? I don't get you." She said angrily and went inside the big gates of her house. "Fine." He uttered and looked away instead of following her.

Meanwhile inside her room she was lying down on her bed. An hour already passed but she's still mad because sasuke concluded things right away without asking her and she was mad in a way because awhile ago, he didn't follow her and she was expecting that he would. She gave out a loud sigh and went towards the window. Her eyes widened when she saw him sitting at the side of the gate with a very large paper bag on his side. She laughed at this realizing that he looks like a heartbroken suitor. She reached for the medium sized paper bag beside her bed and ran her way down the stairs.

She opened the gate but sasuke did not look at her and kept his head down. She knows he's just playing around so she threw the paper bag on his head which made him grunt in pain. "Ow! That hurts!" He cried out. "It's because you wont look at me." She answered. "What is this?"

"Open it."

"Sakura, this is.." Sasuke stood up and eyed her. She just gave him the Ferrari car he was talking about. "Listen to me," She started. "Sai accompanied me to the mall to buy this and I nearly fainted because I don't know why. Maybe because the mall was too crowded so he walked me home to make sure I'm going to be alright. And let me tell you, I didn't know that those toys are really expensive. Geez." She sighed after her explanation. "Here, I'm sorry. I jumped into conclusions. But are you alright now?" He asked and handed her the big paper bag making her jump in joy. "It's alright I understand. And I'm okay now." She jumped unto him and hugged him tight. "Thanks for the bear sasuke." He hugged her back. "Sometimes, childish things can be sweet too." She continued. "Come on, let's go inside."

To be continued..

The bear and the car idea was a little, uuhh? Anyway, I'm glad I finished a chapter! :)

i promise i'll update as soon as i can. I'm just a little busy right now but i'll find time to finish my story. :)