Hey-o, how is everyone..? I have so terrible news about my life that I would like to share with you all. I feel that you all should know that my grandfather passed away on July 23rd. It's still hard to talk about and my parents have been crying. It pains me greatly, he was the father of my dad and his family - our family were gathered at my cousin's house hugging each other just comforting each other. This was my first experience on losing a family member so I'm not sure how I'll cope with it. Anyway, the show must go on! The birds don't stop chirping, the sun doesn't stop shining, and the moon doesn't stop glowing, and neither will I. So here it is!
Once again I typed that so long ago. I feel so bad, hopefully I'll finish this story before school starts but those chances are looking thin...
Later on tonight would be the big show that Death By Dawn will be playing in. Holy crap. It scares me just thinking about the fact that I could mess something up. I shook my head, I still had to go to school before I start stressing over the show. I was glad that I finally got a shirt for tonight - thank you Ino! I was so confused when she was giving me the no to the shirts I picked out. I learned what color goes best with my hair and which don't. Not that I really care anyway, I have other things to worry about. The fact that my friends will be meeting Sasuke is one of them. Probably the only one besides trying not to fuck up.
As I walked to the school I didn't really pay attention to what was in front of me. But with my cool skills I dodged every object that crossed my path. My emerald eyes studied the sheet of music in front of me, memorizing the notes, pauses, and little strips of lyrics here and there. Along with that, I checked when would be a good time to throw in some cool moves and when not. I made sure that I was that sure. No need for mistakes, right?
The set list was already handled which was a great relief. Walking to my desk was a complete failure, I tripped and almost fell -dropping the papers I held in my hands - on my face but someone caught me - their hands around the area just below my breast. Sakura turned her head quickly to thank the person behind me. When I realized who it was the blush flooding my cheeks made me stop. The man smiled at my shyness and straightened my body up, "T-thanks, Gaara-kun." I nearly slapped myself in the forehead because how could I forget that I had class with Gaara?
"No problem." He bent down to retrieve the paper I that was laying on the floor and read over it, "Music sheets? A setlist? What's this for?" He handed it to me gently, our hands brushing with one another.
Gaara was so cute! I laughed lightly, "Oh, I'm - I guess you could say 'filling in' - for this band and we have a show tonight.."
"With your boyfriend right?"
"..Uhhh, yeah.." I was getting nervous and I could see that he knew that I was because he had lifted his eyebrow, "I'll see you around, Gaara-kun.." He smiled once more and nodded and I walked to my desk which was thankfully across the room from him. Sighing, I leaned back against my chair and pulled out my notebook just as our teacher walked in. Glancing around the room I noticed that none of my friends were here. I was curious but didn't show it. Maybe they shared a bottle of water again and Tenten was sick. Speaking of the devil, my Burnette friend entered the room smiling at our teacher saying that she was apologized and walked into her seat in front of me, "Where's Ino and Hinata?"
"They ditched to go shopping.." she whispered quickly, just loud enough for my ears to hear her. I sighed and I should have known although I really couldn't care because on my mind was last night, the night Sasuke kissed me. I day dreamed about me and him. Holding hands, kissing each other, cuddling, having hot sex. That's the life, "-Well, did you?"
"Huh? What? Sorry, I was thinking about the concert thing."
"I asked if you got your outfit.."
"Yeah. Remember? The sparkling shirt?"
"Oops, I forgot.."
"Yeah. No shit." I commented as she laughed loudly.
"Haruno! Yamanaka! Shut it back there!" We glanced at each other secretly and laughed before turning back to our notebooks. The conversation will have to hold until break or lunch.
When school was over, I went directly home to get ready. As I came closer to my household I heard screams. Opening the door quietly, I heard my mother and father screaming loudly at each other. Sadly, I couldn't make out any words but as I shut the door - making sure it was loud - all the shouting died. My mother came rushing down the stairs and then she hugged me as I stood frozen, "M..Mother..?"
"I'm going to the store for a while. You're father is unbelievably UNREASONABLE." she said loudly, "Is there anything you want?"
"...No. No I'm fine.. Will you able to come tonight..?" I said blankly, staring up at the staircase. Wondering if my parents were on the verge of splitting up. The thought was frightening and it sent shivers up my spine.
"I'm afraid not, sweetheart..."
"You and father don't really have to sit together... or stand next to each other.."
Deciding to ignore that possiblity for the moment I waited until she replied, "Don't you think that'll be far more worse than us not going at all..?" Her soft hand placed itself on my cheek and she kissed my forehead like a real mother, "Good luck, okay sweetie? Tell one of the girls to record it for me." As the door slammed shut I walked up to my room to gather my clothes and to take a quick shower. I looked at myself in my mirror that reflected my face, "Well Sakura, what do you see...?" she asked herself.
Emerald eyes narrowed before answering her voice fierce, "I see a lying selfish son of a bitch who doesn't deserve the man she might love..." I sighed turning from my reflection and stepped in the shower. This was going to be a long night and I could already feel it. Stepping out of the shower with my favorite white towel wrapped around my body, I slid myself in my underwear, bra, and black - comfortable- leggings. Glancing at my very gold sequenced shirt I smiled and tugged it on. Wait until Sasuke saw me in this outfit! He would absolutely die. Looking around my blue-ish paint on the walls I tapped my chin as I searched for Ino's pair of silver heels she said she would lend me for tonight. Being the same shoe size as your best friend has their advantages.
As I finished putting on my outfit, my hair slightly dried. Using a blow dryer to dry the rest of my short pink locks I was debating wheather to put it up or just leave it tousled and down. In the end, I just placed it into a high ponytail with a skull clip on the side of my head. It gave me that rocker look. This has got to be the first time in my entire life that I tried to look good. If I hadn't met the very talented - and sexy- Sasuke Uchiha then I would probably end up leaving the house in a pair of dark washed jeans and a black shirt. Not eye catching.
Sasuke was supposed to pick me up soon since my parents weren't going to show up. They piss me off sometimes, why couldn't they just listen to one song? Oh, that's right. They had a fight. The thought dimmed me from my happy mood. If they really loved me they would put aside their differences and just come to the one show that meant a lot to me. I stared once again at my reflection and bit my cheek. Hopefully everything would work out, I didn't really mention that I had this audition that could alter my life. It was an audition for the top music program in the world. Thousands would die for it, but I on the other hand could care less.
Again, I didn't tell my parents. I hope that they would never find out. It'll just add more problems that we didn't really need. A very loud honk came from outside and I knew that, that was Sasuke. Obviously, there was going to be a celebration afterward and my gut told me to bring an extra set of clothes. As I zipped open my black backpack, I dumped its contents on my bed promising myself that I would clean it later and looked inside my closet. I was gonna bring my black skinny jeans but my hand flew to my yellow ones. I didn't really care but I took it anyway. I got made fun of them once. I never thought I would touch them again. Searching for a shirt was like looking for a diamond in a mine. I threw my shit around and found my black and white thick striped shirt.
Shoving that also in my bag, I placed my favorite pair of black and white nikes in there too just in case.
I ran down the staircase as I shouted a goodbye to my father who locked himself in his room. I shut my front door and nearly ran to the car, Sasuke was drumming his pale fingers against the top of the steering wheel as I arrived. Without say a word I slid into the front seat as he took off. The awkwardness was building up and the feeling of his lips against mine kept on filling my mind. He slowed into a stop as he turned and raised an eyebrow, "What the hell are you wearing?"
"What do you mean what am I wearing?"
He motioned my outfit I had on, "This. The band is called, Death by Dawn. We're not some Spice Girls type of thing you know. Didn't Naruto tell you what you should wear?" I looked at his outfit and saw that he had on some red skinny jeans with a black button up shirt that had the first two buttons left untouched. His hair was at its usual style and it was too dark for me to see what he was wearing on his feet.
But I still wanted to punch him. I tried to look so good for him and he wants me to change. Who the hell does that? I crossed my arms together as he made a left turn, "Well no one really said anything about a dress code okay?"
"You don't actually think that you could do those flips and tricks with those heels on, do you? C'mon Sakura.. I thought you would have more common sense than that. What's with the back pack anyway?" He inclined his head to the backseat which had my stuffed pack.
I then remembered that I stuffed some clothes in there I smirked at my cleverness, "What exactly is the dress code?"
"Well for you, it's a bright colored jeans, preferably skinny, and a black and white shirt of your choice. Nothing special. Karin usually wore a bra like thing and a pair of pink skinny jeans." I nearly gagged. The thought of Karin half naked on stage made me barf. His voice, although, was surprisingly hard and disgusted.
I coughed to clear my head and smiled at him, "We got lucky. I packed a pair of yellow skinny jeans and my striped shirt. And it's in black and white.. Everything is working out fine! Do you think I have time to change though?"
"Well, we're already late as it is but I guess I'll tune up your guitar for you when you get ready.. Tsunade is probably already here.."
If I was drinking water I would have spat it all over his pretty face, "WHAT?"
"Tsunade is coming... of course she is. This is like your final exam.."
"I know for a fact that I'm going to mess up now! Her eyes are like a hawk! Waiting to claw my eyes out with her talons she calls her fingernails." The image was frightening and Sasuke chuckled at my childish acts then parked into a space in front of the place we would be playing in called, 'Liquid'. He stepped out of the car and so did I right after reaching to grab my backpack.
He stopped me right in front of him and looked deeply into my eyes, "Naruto and I asked her to be on her best behavior. So you're fine. She'll probably just be by the bar. Don't worry about a thing. Now let me fix your hair.."
I pulled back as his hands tried to touch my ponytail, "Now what's wrong with my hair?"
He smirked, "It's not sexy enough. Trust me, it is attractive but leave it down." His voice was deep and sexy as he pulled out the hair tie and took off the clip and tossed it onto the ground, "That clip was ugly. You won't miss it. Now just flip your hair a bit everything will be awesome.."
"Is this 'sexy' enough?" I asked rudely shaking my hair side to side.
Sasuke smirked and took a strand of my hair and placed it behind my ear, "Perfect.." He cleared his throat, "Let's go. You still need to change remember?"
I finally changed and Sasuke tuned my guitar for me which I was extremely grateful for. As Sasuke said, the guys were wearing the exact same outfit as him only it had something that made it more like their personalities. Naruto's was wrinkled and it was all left unbottoned with his white T-shirt showing. Shikamaru had sewed some patches onto his shirt - one was their band logo. Neji on the other hand just placed a chain coming from his front pocket to the back.
Sasuke's was just plain. Showing how neat he was. Although there was a picture of the Uchiha symbol on the collar corner. I peeked out the thick red curtains secretly. The stage was so close to the people who were standing ready to dance. I nearly gagged again. How was I supposed to do this? Just before I could make a run for it a hand landed itself on my shoulder and I turned, "Sasuke... I don't think I could do this.."
"What're you talking about? You know every note. You know exactly what you're doing."
"There's so much people, though!" I complained truly afraid.
"Just picture them in their underwear."
I did for a moment and I nearly barfed once again, "That's just down right fucking nasty. Any other suggestions?"
"Listen. Forget that they're watching. Forget that if you fall they'll all see it. Fuck them! If you fall just laugh it up! But you won't fall. You'll do great. And just because Tsunade is here doesn't mean you aren't good enough, just pretend that we're back in the practice room. Just this time without any breaks. Simple enough?"
"..." I just bit my lip and didn't respond.
"Sasuke-teme! Sakura-chan!" Naruto called us over. We walked over and huddled up like a highschool football team, "Here we go guys! The curtains are gonna rise in like three minutes. We all know what we're gonna do right? Sasuke first, then me, Sakura, Shika, and then Neji. The set list is taped on the floor so we should all know what songs to play at what time. Hey Sakura, you ready to rock their socks off?" he asked loudly grinning like a mad man.
I smiled weakly, "Not really. But I'll try.. I'm not really good in front of crowds."
"That's the spirit! Not what I was expecting but it'll do!" We all smiled. Quickly, we said our prays.
"Death by Dawn! You're up!" Sasuke left us and sat on the stool with his drums in front of him. Briefly, his onyx eyes met mind and a small message was passed through it. Right when I decoded what I knew he was trying to say I knew that I could go through with this concert. Sasuke started making a beat as we slowly came in one by one Naruto walked onto stage holding a beat that was a bit faster than the drummer's but nonetheless dance worthy. It was my turn shortly after. As I stepped out I looked onto the crowd. Tsunade was looking at me with an approving glance.
Ino and the girls were nearly at the front just meshed together with surprisingly, Gaara. I groaned in my head, tonight was not going to be fun.
A/n: I'm seriously way to lazy to type this part so below I'll just place the link on YouTube. And if you feel like you like that music than by all means make your own concert in your own little head. The song link below is the song called Save The Cheerleader by I See Stars. Therefore, doesn't below to me - no shit. Anyway. That's the introduction number. It's from YOUTUBE so just copy that link and paste it just type Youtube (.) com in front. Mkay?
(.com/watch?v=fqhWSP-Vank&feature=related)
I was having so much fucking fun. Naruto and I danced around each other but when Naruto told me that I was going have to take over the vocals and Neji was supposed to take over my playing the guitar I was terrified. I demanded to know why but then he quickly explained - when we were head banging no less- that it was their signature thing they do. They promised that it was an easy song called, That's What You Get. When the song, 'The Common Hours' ended Neji took the mic once again and spoke into it, "How's your night so far?" he asked. A bunch of screams and cheers, "This next song is called That's What You Get. and it won't be sung by me. It'll be sung by Sakura Haruno! So let's give her a warm welcome!" Many people cheered for me which I was really surprised at.
Gulping, Neji took over my guitar as I took the microphone. My emerald eyes caught sight of the set list and saw that it said That's What You Get in bold letter and her name next to it in blue ink. She was so glad they went through this one. She knew this song backwards. As the beat started, Sakura danced around in her shoes - thank god - like and idiot. She head banged and held the mic to her mouth.
"No sir, well I don't wanna be the blame, not anymore. It's your turn," I pointed to people in the crowd, "so take a seat we're settling the final score. And why do we like to hurt, so much?"
I tugged onto my hair a bit, "I can't decide, you have made it harder just to go on. And why, all the possibilities where I was wrong.." I smiled and then head banged while singing the chorus that I loved to much, "That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa. That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa. I drowned out all my sense away, with the sound of its beating. And that's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa." I let the last note linger.
"I wonder, how am I supposed to feel when you're not here. " I held my chest,"'Cause I burned every bridge I ever built when you were here. I still try holding onto silly things, I never learn. Oh why, all the possibilities I'm sure you've heard." I urged the crowd so start jumping with be and thankfully they did. Feeling like they deserved it I let them sing the first line to the chorus this time. Many people sung and it was surely heard throught the parking lot, "That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa. That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa. I drowned out all my sense away, with the sound of its beating. And that's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa."
"Pain make your way to me, to me. And I'll always be just so inviting. If I ever start to think straight, this heart will start a riot in me, let's start, start, hey!" I held my fist up and started fist pumping and let the beat take me away as I finished the rest of the song. I saw Karin in the crowd glaring at me as I finished.
When the big 'exam' ended, my friend lunged at me. They started talking about how great I was until Ino brought up my outfit. I laughed and Gaara smiled at me kindly. Ino went to Shikamaru and Tenten and Neji were having a interesting conversation and I had to introduce Hinata to Naruto. Maybe everything wouldn't be ruined. That was until Sasuke pulled up Karin onto stage and started to heavily make out with her. Ino was the first to snap as she pried them apart and gave Sasuke a loud slap on the side of his cheek, I was obviously wrong about the whole night not being ruined. Sasuke glared at her, "What the fuck was that for, huh!"
"How dare you make out with some whore in front of your girlfriend! That's a big no-no! You do know that your girlfriend is right there, right?" she said pointing at me. Oh shit.
Gaara placed an arm around my shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Sakura. I'll take care of you.."
I covered my face from pure humiliation. Why couldn't my life be normal? Seriously. Fuck my life. Sasuke who was still rubbing his now red cheek, looked directly at me with cold eyes. He knew what was happening he just needed to assure his thoughts were correct, "Sakura? Care to explain?"
Karin stepped forward to face me, "Oh. I know what's going on. I'll gladly explain it to all of you." This whore was actually wearing a bra - in black - like shirt but it was bedazzled with some jewels. Black short shorts hugged her thighs, "This boyfriend snagging biatch here named Sakura told her loser friends that Sasuke - who is my boyfriend - was her boyfriend. What a lying biatch." I was about to punch her. I really was. But then I stopped when I looked at the hurt eyes of my friends.
And the eyes of Sasuke. So much confusion, "Is this true..?" he asked.
"...I..I didn't know what I was thinking. I panicked and.. I'm sorry. I really am." There was a heavy weight on my chest and I couldn't help but sniff back tears. Before they could even respond, I ran. I ran from my problems. I should have known that they would be biting me in the ass soon but I'd rather hold that off for a while. I ran pass the doors leaving my backpack behind. Honestly, I have no idea how I would get home but I thought that my best shot is to run home. Burn off some steam. And so I did. I ran. Ran like there was no tomorrow.
Did I know that the next day that my life was going to change? Yes.
Did I know that Sasuke will probably never talk to me again? Possibly. That answer hurt the most.
Oh my god. Why lies next? Do you know? Any guesses? Actually I'm asking you guys what you want to happen next and I'll take the best one. Cause I totally am lost now. Hahahah. Ja.