Sakura walked with Sai to their first class. Was God punishing her for smashing his fingers into the door? It seemed like they'd go their separate ways after that, but now that their in their each other's first hour. Sakura thought that maybe things might not go so well.

Sai was thinking about what is he going to do with this girl. She's only going to be a burden. She's going to want to be 'friends' and I don't think I can handle someone that happy. Sai hadn't shown emotion in a long time. For good reason too. Sai had been hurt one too many times. But in his old school cheerleaders were whores, and mean to him just because he was different. Yet here was one of the most popular girls and she was being kind and sweet. Something seemed off. What did she want?

"I can explain to Iruka-sensei why we're so late. I'm 30 minutes late everyday because of student council. And if I explain things to him, I'm sure he'll let us slide." Sakura said as she smiled toward Sai. But he just gave her a blank stare back. Geez, Sakura knew this wouldn't be easy. He seemed so quite. How is he going to react to the people here. How are the people going to react to him. That'll suck if everyone's mean to him on the first day. I hope that everyone treats him well..

"Sai-kun. I'm a little worried about how things are going to go down today. Maybe if you hung around me today, you might get to know more people." Sakura said trying to be sincere.

"Listen. I understand that your trying to be nice. But there's no need to. I can take care of myself. I've gotten used to new schools before. I used to move all the time when I was little. I'm good." Sai said without even making eye contact. He couldn't risk being caught in her eyes again. Although it was so tempting to not get lost in them.

"Okay. I understand." Sakura said as she looked at her feet. How come he won't just open up a little? I fear for him. He seems like the kind that will explode suddenly. I just don't want him to get hurt.

Sakura opened the door that read "Iruka-sensei History 101" and began to walk in

"Sorry Iruka-sensei. We had some trouble with a door and me being a klutz" Sakura lifted up Sai's hand to show off his battle wound.

"Welcome new student. Why don't you introduce yourself to the class. And when your done you can take the seat next to Ms. Haruno." Iruka said with a smile that would melt anyone's heart.

Damn Iruka sensei. The guy already hates my guts as it is. Lets make him stuck with me more. Sakura looked at Sai's face to see if there was a look of horror. She was surprised when she saw a smile.

"Understood. I am Sai. I like to draw various things. The thing I enjoy the most is drawing most abstract art and people. I've moved countless times, and I am very used to meeting new people. So I am excited about staying here the entire four years. I hope that we'll all have a great year together."

Sai ended the speech with a noble bow. Sakura's deep green eyes glimmered when she saw how smooth Sai-kun had been. Was she worrying for nothing. Maybe he might be more popular than her. But the one thing that interrupted her thoughts was silence. Awkward silence. Not a peep came from the entire class room. And with that Sai and Sakura took their seats. When Sakura sat down she heard Sai whisper

"Okay so what's your next class?"

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Lunch finally came around for poor Sai. The day had been incredibly awkward. If it hadn't been for him meeting Sakura he might've not made it through the day. Thank God he had almost every class with her. Which was a coincidence to say the least. But they were on the same IQ level so really it wasn't all that weird. Sai was starring at his food that he got from the local lunch line. It was disgusting. Truly atrocious. He didn't know that kids could swallow it. It looked alive.

"I can make you lunch and bring it for you to eat. That's what I do. The food is disgusting. I learned that the first time I came here too. The middle school food wasn't that bad, but it got worse everyday." Sakura stared at him with worry. God is he really going to eat that?

"Thanks. I'd really appreciate that if you could." Sai said as he poked the food with a fork. He grew more comfortable with Sakura having two long classes with her, and being stuck on every project with her. Which wasn't so bad. She was really smart. I was just so hard to stay away from the eyes. They were warm and welcoming, plus they just didn't seem like a color at all. They seemed like a fantasy.

Without missing a que, Ino and Hinata came to Sakura's side. Ino striding in all her glory, and Hinata following right behind her.

"Hey Guys. This is Sai. Sai this is Ino and Hinata. I grew up with Ino, we've been friends since Pre-Kindergarten. And Hinata is a recent addition. But she's quickly become one of my closest friends." Sakura said with a newfound joy to see her friends.

"Yo." Ino said casually.

"Hello Sai-kun" Hinata said very properly.

"Hello. My name is Sai." Sakura could tell Sai's worry. He probably couldn't handle meeting another person.

"Hey guys. If you don't mind. I'm going to sit with Sai today. You know I wanna' make sure he's Okay." Sakura said with a warm smile. Sai noticed that she was worried about him. He would've liked to say I'm fine go ahead with your friends. But the football team had been giving him weird looks, and he figured he was safe with Sakura. He wasn't scared. He just didn't want to get into a fight with the jocks on the first day of school.

"Okay." Ino said with a raised eyebrow. She didn't like Sai already. She knew something was up. She didn't know what, she just didn't like him taking away Sakura like that.

"Hey Sasuke. Isn't that the new kid sitting with your ex?" Shikamaru pointed out Sai and Sakura together.

"So." Sasuke said focused on something else. Naruto was being stupid like usual and rustling up Chouji for some lunch money.

"Well. It'll look bad if she's not still broken hearted about you. If she's not. Then the other girls are going to notice something fishy." Kiba said as he put down his sandwich.

"Your right. We've gotta' do something about it" Shino said.

"Fine. We'll sweet talk him into leaving her alone." Sasuke said with a cynical smile on his face.