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"She said no?"
Sasuke said nothing. His hands laced together, he stared down at the table beneath his elbows, taking deep, slow, deliberate breaths to calm his annoyance. He could hear the giggles rising in his friends' throats. Do not yell, Sasuke, be the better man…
That was when Naruto broke. His laughter filled the room, uncontrollable and loud and annoying as hell, and Kiba followed suit. Sasuke drew a long, thin breath before letting it go again. Neji smirked in the background, observing the apparent hilarity with a quiet amusement.
"I – why, man?"
"She's obviously got poor taste." Sasuke shrugged a little. "It wasn't even like I asked her out-out, I just offered food."
"No, no, I mean," Naruto caught his breath, clapping his hand around Kiba's shoulder to keep balance. "Why did you ask her out when you barely even knew her name?"
Sasuke said nothing. Then he just shrugged again. "She's different."
"She's different?" Kiba howled in response. "Dude, Hyuuga Hinata's 'different'. Tenten's 'different'. But you don't see guys asking them out before introducing themselves."
Sasuke shook his head. "It's not the same."
"How?"
…Silence. Kiba just shrugged, Naruto frowned, and Neji remained amused. Conversation turned to how messy the room was already, and Sasuke's love life was long forgotten.
Sakura lay awake that night, unmoving. Her eyes refused to weigh themselves down, her brain wouldn't shut down. Even when she almost drifted off, thoughts would swarm in her mind once again, and her mind would go into overdrive.
Perhaps it wasn't just being asked out that had her mind stirring. Perhaps, the stress of moving in, homesickness, and the looming cold on Sakura's chest was just making the whole thing seem so much worse. But still…
She shut her eyes, and pictured dark hair, dark eyes, pale skin, and soft lips on hers.
omg omg I'm so sorry ;; this is so short, and it's been so long, you're probably thinking "omg Mina what are you doing, you make us wait like 2 weeks and you give us this crap?!". weeeell I have no excuse, it would be longer but I didn't want to make you wait more ;;;;;