~*Sexiest Ninja of Konoha*~: hurray for chapter 12 :D
Sarutobi High School
Chapter 12: What Did You Say To Me?
"For the last time, no!" Sakura said exasperatedly, escaping the questions of her curious classmates for the fifth time that day. Now, instead of talking about her and her friends Sunday night pool party, they were talking about how Temari threw a book at Ino and broke her nose. She sighed. High school sucked.
"Hey gorgeous," Naruto grinned at her, walking over to her as she opened her locker from the other side of the hallway. Sakura smiled weakly.
"Hey Naruto," she said, not wanting to go to science class that day. Naruto leaned against the locker next to hers.
"Did you see the volleyball and cheerleading results on the bulletin board?" he asked slyly, obviously pleased that he knew something she didn't.
"No, I've been busy fighting off the whole school," Sakura whined, shutting her locker and walking towards the bulletin board. Naruto followed. Sakura looked over the papers, searching for her name.
"Yes! I made the volleyball team!" she exclaimed, punching the air. Naruto only grinned at her.
"Check out cheerleading," he teased her. Sakura frowned and looked. She made the squad too.
"This is cool!" she grinned. Naruto shrugged.
"Not until you see practice times," he said, pointing at the designated paper. She looked them over, groaning as she reached the bottom.
"Cheerleading and volleyball at the same time," she bit her lip. Naruto nodded.
"Bingo, one or the other babe," he said as Sakura frowned, looking from one sheet to the other.
"If it helps, me and Sasuke are on the football team," Naruto put in. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"So I'm supposed to pick cheerleading, right?" she asked, raising an eyebrow at him. He shrugged,
"I don't know, if you want to," he said. Sakura huffed at him. She hated it when he played mind games with her.
"Well then, I choose volleyball," she said, poking him in the nose. Naruto frowned, his grin finally gone.
"Fine, your choice," he grumbled, walking to math. Sakura laughed and walked up the stairs to her science class. She met with Shikamaru half way up.
"Hey Shikamaru, what's up?" Sakura asked, falling into step with the brooding Nara.
"Nothing," he mumbled. Sakura smiled at him.
"I've been flagged by people all day, it totally sucks, but it isn't that bad," she said, hugging her books to her chest. Shikamaru shrugged.
"It's not, but... well..." he trailed off as a couple of giggling girls walked up to them.
"Uhh, Shikamaru, since you're single now, do you want to go to the dance with Yuki?" the leading girl asked. Shikamaru sighed, sticking his hands into his pockets.
"Well, he's not single, so that will kind of be a problem," Sakura cut in smoothly, grabbing Shikamaru's arm and rushing into the open classroom door, leaving the giggling group open-mouthed.
"Thanks," Shikamaru muttered, sitting down next to Sakura. She nodded, motioning for him to continue with what he was going to say.
"Right, well, this week has been so... stressful, you know? Like, I'm... confused, I guess," Shikamaru said, sighing. Sakura shrugged, looking at her desk.
"Confused about who you like, or who likes you more?" Sakura supplied, smiling crookedly. Shikamaru scratched his head.
"Pretty much," he said, looking at Sakura. She shrugged again.
"I can't help you, if that's what you want to ask me, Shikamaru; this has to be something you find out on your own," she said apologetically. Shikamaru frowned.
"I was really hoping you wouldn't say that," he said, rolling his pencil up and down on the desk. Sakura smiled encouragingly.
"But this Saturday, after Naruto and Sasuke are done with their detentions, everyone's coming to his house, and you don't know how hard we had to beg everybody, and we still have to have a chaperone there twenty-four seven," Sakura said, rolling her eyes. It was their second week of school, and their first week of punishment, and she was already over it. Not that sharing a bedroom with Sasuke was all that bad, but she was tired of having to call her mom at lunch every day, and she could tell that the punishment was taking it's toll on her friends too.
"Cool, I'll be there," Shikamaru said as Gai entered the classroom. Ino and Temari were probably in the office again, so Gai didn't even bother to ask.
"Good morning my youthful class," Gai said energetically. Sakura and Shikamaru grimaced. Didn't that man ever run out of energy?
"Today, we will just be studying out of the textbook, because your first test is next Tuesday," Gai said, writing the page numbers on the board. Sakura sighed, dropping her textbook heavily on the table. She just wanted it to be Saturday already.
-X-
"Sasuke, would it kill you to clean up after yourself?" Sakura chided, picking up shirt after shirt and tossing them into the laundry bin. Sasuke was sitting on his bed, throwing a ball at the wall continuously. He looked at Sakura upside down.
"Well you don't have to pick up my stuff," he said, raising his eyebrows. Sakura rolled her eyes, throwing a pillow at him.
"Well I'm going to go do the laundry again," she huffed, picking up the bin and exiting the room. Sasuke threw the pillow back on Sakura's bed, shaking his head and resuming his wall ball game. Sakura poked her head back into the room.
"And I would change into some clothes if I were you, Sasuke, the guys are gonna be here soon," Sakura said, eyeing Sasuke with distaste. His crumpled shirt was next to the bed. Sasuke shrugged.
"I thought you liked me better with my shirt off," he grinned at her, still upside down. She giggled, shaking her head and closing the door with her foot as she dropped the load of clothes into the washing machine. She shut the door of the machine and set it for warm and left the bin next to it. She walked back into the room, Sasuke in the same place where she left him. She put her hands on her hips.
"Sasuke, didn't I ask you to put a shirt on?" she asked sweetly. Sasuke groaned, sitting up. He had a baseball-sized bruise on his chest from football practice the other day, and it was starting to turn a yellowish-black color.
"You're worse than my mom," he grumbled, pulling his t-shirt on. Sakura glared at him.
"I heard that," she informed him, grabbing her book and jumping on his bed. She leaned against his pillow, crossing her legs in midair and opening her book. Sasuke stuck his tongue out at her, lying under her legs and continuing his game. With five minutes, she shut her book.
"Sasuke, that's really annoying," she poked him with her heel. She grimaced.
"That was my bruise, and I was here first," he rubbed his chest. Sakura sighed. This punishment was going to be harder than she thought.
"Hola jailmates," Naruto called, knocking on the door and poking his head into the room. Sakura put her legs down, catching Sasuke's bruise again.
"Hey Naruto," she grinned. Sasuke rubbed his chest again.
"Oww," he muttered, sitting up. Neji followed Naruto into the room, tossing a bag of chips at Sasuke. He sat down on the couch in Sasuke's room and dropped some DVD's next to him.
"Brought some movies and chips," he said unneccessarily. Sasuke rolled his eyes and grabbed the movies from him.
"Terminator two? What's wrong with you?" Sasuke asked, disgusted. He looked at the other two.
"I swear, you two have the worst taste in movies; I'm bringing them next time," he grumbled. Naruto rolled his eyes, sitting down next to Sakura on the bed.
"I brought a scary movie, perfect for a nice cuddle," Naruto said in a high falsetto voice, lying down across Sakura's lap. She giggled, kicking him off.
"You are such a flirt, I don't know how Hinata puts up with you," she said, crossing her legs. Naruto shrugged, grinning mischeiviously at her. Sasuke threw a pillow at his friend.
"If I were you, I'd move away from the girl," Sasuke warned, turning back to the movies. He looked up as Tenten bounded into the room, pulling a glum Shikamaru in with her.
"Hi guys!" she said brightly, plopping down next to Neji.
"Hey Tenten," Sakura said, tossing the bag of chips at her. They were definitely going to need more.
"Where's Hinata?" she frowned.
"Out here, where you left me," Hinata said, closing the door behind her. She rolled her eyes at Tenten.
"Hey beautiful, I saved you a seat," Naruto grinned at her, pushing Sakura out of the way. She fell off the bed, blowing the hair out of her face.
"That was gentlemen-like," Shikamaru frowned. Sakura shook her head, walking over to her own bed. She sat down heavily, but jumped back up.
"Oww! What the hell..." Sakura dug Sasuke's cell phone out of her sheets, rubbing her back. She raised her eyebrows at Sasuke.
"Hey... you found it," Sasuke said, grinning nervously at her. She was always nagging him to clean up his stuff, and this was why.
"How many times--?" Sakura asked angrily, tossing his phone at him. Sasuke caught it, checking his messages.
"Are you listening to me Sasuke Uchiha?" Sakura yelled at him. Sasuke looked up.
"I already know what you're saying," he mumbled. Neji snickered.
"So how's the punishment going?" he asked, trying not to laugh. He had never seen Sasuke cowed by a girl before.
"Shut up," Sasuke hissed. Sakura sat down gingerly, making sure nothing else was hidden in her bed.
"Sasuke, if you keep leaving your stuff everywhere, one of us is going to be hurt, or worse," Sakura was saying, crossing her arms. Naruto bit his lip.
"Yeah Sasuke, you need to listen to her," he said, covering his mouth. Even Shikamaru was smiling.
"Alright alright, can we just watch the movie?" Sasuke asked, glaring at his friends. He popped a random movie into the DVD player, leaning against the foot of Sakura's bed. She huffed, folding her arms as the others were getting comfortable. This whole living situation was not helping Sakura and Sasuke's newfound relationship. Sasuke's mother checked in on them constantly, making it hard for anyone to get "comfortable." But, by the end of the movie, half of them were asleep anyway. Sakura was curled up under her covers, and Neji was snoring on Tenten's shoulder. Shikamaru was nodding off, but was trying hard not to fall asleep. Only Naruto and Hinata seemed fully awake, because they were half-hidden from the door on Sasuke's bed and in a full-on lip lock.
"Well this is boring," Sasuke said. The sky was getting dark, and the others would have to leave soon. Tenten sighed, rolling her eyes at the still-snoring Neji.
"Well, I gotta get going," Shikamaru said as the movie finished. It was the most uneventful Saturday the gang had had in a while. They would be more than happy when this punishment was over.
"Me too," Naruto said dazedly from the bed. His hair was a mess, but he looked content. Sasuke glanced at Sakura's sleeping form before shaking the bed. She sat up.
"What?" she asked tiredly, rubbing her eyes.
"We gotta go," Tenten said, pushing Neji off of her shoulder. She let his head fall so that he was jolted awake.
"Damn, it's over?" he asked quietly, yawning. Tenten nodded, folding her arms. Sasuke got up, stretching.
"Alright, everyone out. If you miss curfew, we're all in even deeper shit," he said, grabbing the empty chips bag and tossing it into the trash. They filed out, yawning and stretching. Mikoto was downstairs, washing the dishes.
"You kids leaving?" she called from the sink. They nodded and murmured, grabbing shoes and bags.
"Thanks for having us, Mrs. Uchiha," Tenten called as they piled into various cars.
"Pleasure," Mikoto called back. Sasuke trudged back up the stairs. Sakura was leaning on her elbow, running her hand through her hair.
"Well that was boring," she said sleepily. Sasuke nodded, falling onto his bed. He flipped his phone open, looking through his missed calls.
"I'm sorry I went off on you Sasuke," Sakura said from her bed sheepishly. Sasuke lowered his phone, looking over at her.
"Nah, I shouldn't have left my stuff around," he said, glancing back at his phone. Sakura got up and sat down next to Sasuke, laying her head on his shoulder as he shut his phone.
"Now what?" he asked. The two leaned back, staring at the TV, which was replaying the movie. Sasuke made a note to bring the movies back to Neji.
"I don't know, wanna just watch TV?" Sakura asked, playing with a string on Sasuke's shirt. He shrugged, grabbing his remote. The two watched MTV for all of ten minutes before they were asleep. Mikoto looked in, frowning at the two before she closed the door. She couldn't believe that her punishment wasn't working. They seemed to be enjoying this! She sighed.
"Oh well," she whispered to herself, walking to her own bedroom and closing the door behind her.
-X-
"Face it man, she's totally controlling you," Neji said, setting his lunch tray down on their usual table. It was lunch on Monday, and Naruto, Neji and Shikamaru were making fun of Sasuke and how easily he gave into Sakura's demands.
"She is not! I'm the boss in this relationship," Sasuke insisted, toying with his ketchup.
"Yeah, we can tell," Naruto snickered. Sasuke threw a french fry at him.
"I mean, no offense, I like Sakura, a lot, but this whole living with you is not doing wonders for you guys," Naruto said, eating the french fry Sasuke threw at him. Shikamaru nodded.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say she wears the pants," he said, making Neji and Naruto laugh. Sasuke rolled his eyes at them, glancing at the girls table.
'Maybe they're right, and she's controlling me. What if we get married? Is it gonna be like this? I've gotta do something about this,' Sasuke thought. He gave his friends one last glare before he stood up, walking over the girls table. The grins on their faces froze. They watched in awe as he tapped Sakura on the shoulder.
"Sakura, I've gotta talk to you," Sasuke said loudly. Sakura looked up, the traces of a smile still in her eyes.
"Yeah?" she asked brightly. He folded his arms.
"I don't think this is gonna work," he said. Sakura raised an eyebrow, her smile evaporating.
"What?" she asked confusedly. Tenten and Hinata frowned. They did not like where this was going.
"I don't appreciate you bossing me around all the time! You're worse than my mother, and I don't want to date someone who's like that," he said, even more loudly. The others in the cafeteria started to quiet down as Sasuke's voice got louder. Naruto was gaping at him. Sasuke knew he should stop, but he couldn't.
"You're really annoying, and always nagging at me to pick up my stuff, and-" Sakura stood up, putting her finger to his mouth.
"If you were tired of me 'hanging around,' you could have just told me," she said quietly, her emerald eyes brimming with tears. Hinata gasped. Sakura pushed past him and walked out of the cafeteria. It was silent. Tenten and Hinata both glared at him, running after their friend. The silence was replaced with the usual hum of conversation. Sasuke sat down robotically at his table. Shikamaru blinked at him.
"Why the hell did you do that for?" Neji asked incredulously. Sasuke slapped his forehead.
"I don't know, you guys were getting to me!" he said miserably. Naruto shook his head at his best friend. Sasuke knew he had probably made the biggest mistake of his life.