A/N: I am trapped in the library listening to Karmin's cover of "No Scrubs". It is beautiful :'D And because my English class is such a joke, I decided to write this chapter instead of my two page paper on Avatar Aang. Oh yes.

Star Struck
by: kirei na yukki

Jovian (planets) - The larger planets of the outer solar system; these planets are not at all solid, but contain an overwhelming amount of gas. Such examples include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

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'When there's trouble you know who to caaaaall -'

"TEEN TITANS!"

'From their tower, they can see it aaaaaaaaall -'

"TEEN TITANS!"

Sasuke couldn't help but notice how unbearably adorable Sakura was when she was wrapped up in something. Particularly the Teen Titans. Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sai sat on the floor in the middle of Sasuke and Naruto's dorm suite.

The four had decided to meet up to study together together, but there was a marathon of Sakura and Naruto's favorite childhood cartoon and well -

"IT'S THE MAD MOD EPISODE!" Naruto and Sakura yelled at the same time, shaking their neighbors roughly by the shoulders. Though Sasuke and Sai had no idea what the hullabaloo was about, they remained silent and allowed Sakura and Naruto to continue their childish festivities.

The entire episode, Sasuke kept his stare fixed on the rosette seated next to him. He inwardly enjoyed how her expressions would change from being excited to being angry (and he actually thought she was cute when she grew angry). As the episode ended, Sai stood up and yawned, commenting on the time and that he had a midterm to study for.

Sakura agreed, and stood to leave as well. On impulse, Sasuke grabbed her wrist and nearly flushed when Sakura gave him a questioning glance. Sasuke couldn't bear to hold his own against the weight of her stare; he looked away and grumbled something incoherent to everyone but Naruto, who fully knew what Sasuke was meaning to say.

"Ne, Sakura-chan. It's dark outside, Sasuke should take you back to the dorm," Naruto translated, grinning wildly at his friend's embarrassed glare. Sasuke struggled even more to fight the blush creeping on his neck when Sakura's mouth slightly fell open, expressing her surprise.

"O...Oh," she stammered, "...um, it's okay, Sasuke-kun! You...you don't have to...really!"

Looking up at the girl, Sasuke was equally surprised to see Sakura pink in the face; he found it even more alluring than her angered expression. Standing up straight, Sasuke shook his head at the girl and pointed at the window. The sun was sinking.

"It's late; we wouldn't want you walking around on campus in the dark, Sakura." he explained quietly. Sakura paused and appeared to analyze the situation. She agreed with a bright smile. Grabbing his wrist, Sakura waved to Naruto and Sai before dragging him out the front door in the direction of her dorm. When the door snapped shut, Sai looked over to Naruto, who was snickering behind his hand.

"I could have taken Sakura-san home, you know," Naruto shook his head and glanced over at his clueless friend.

"I know that, but Sasuke wanted to."

"Oh..." Sai paused, letting the information settle in his mind. Naruto could hear the 'ping' of the lightbulb going off in Sai's head, "Wait, Naruto-kun...Sasuke-kun likes Sakura-san?"

"What do you think, Sai?"

Sai placed his hands on his hips, deeply in thought, "Well, I honestly thought that Sasuke-kun was gay, but I think he might like Sakura-san."

Naruto laughed loudly and clapped a hand against Sai's back, "You know what, Sai? You might be on to something..."

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"Thanks a lot, Sauske-kun."

He looked away, embarrassed and managed to grunt in acknowledgement. Sakura grinned again and they walked together underneath the settling sky. Sasuke could barely hear anything around him, only the thumping of his heart against his ribcage. Just the sight of the small pink-haired girl walking next to him warmed him inside; how she was able to make him feel like that was beyond him and yet, he welcomed it.

Sasuke knew what had become of him in the presence of this strange girl, but strangely enough, he actually liked the feeling. He couldn't exactly label it as 'love' or anything like that, but his fondness of Haruno Sakura seemed to grow with everyday.

Sakura stopped in front of Sasuke and turned around, grinning and pointing to a convenience store. Wordlessly, Sasuke followed Sakura as she entered the building and pick a steamed nikuman* to buy. Very swiftly, Sasuke stopped her from pulling out her wallet.

"Sasuke-kun?"

Still silent, the Uchiha handed the proper amount of money to the cashier and handed Sakura her dumpling. Sakura didn't say anything; she merely gaped as Sasuke smirked at her and exited the store. The cashier, an elderly woman, beamed fondly.

"My, what a nice boyfriend you've found!"

Sakura blushed darkly and clutched her steamed bun against her chest, "Eh? O...Oh, no oba-san*, you see, he's not my -"

"There's no need to be so shy about it, sweetheart! Now, you don't want to keep your boyfriend waiting, right?" the older woman winked at the young girl, who's face now resembled a tomato. Sakura, still very much flustered at the cashier's comment, bowed respectfully and exited the store where Sasuke was standing, waiting.

He held two bottles of tea he had bought from the vending machine next to the door. Sakura smiled softly and took the offered bottles, snapping the cap open and taking a sip at the cool contents.

"Thank you, Sasuke-kun."

"Aa."

Her eyes twinkled softly at the boy and she held out her bottle to Sasuke, silently asking him to hold it for her; Sasuke complied with her request and Sakura opened the package where her dumpling was held. She tore the bun down its middle and withdrew a napkin from the plastic bag it had come from, handing one half of the dumpling, wrapped in a napkin to Sasuke and wordlessly took back her tea.

Sasuke blinked at Sakura. She smiled brightly, "We can share it!"

Sasuke's lips twitched upwards and the two began to walk again towards Sakura's dorm, eating the steamed dumplings bit by bit. Their pace had slowed down noticeably, to the point where they dragged their shoes against the gravel. Sasuke cast another glance at Sakura, whose mouth was full of dumpling. His mouth twitched again in a crooked smile when he spoke up.

"Sakura?"

She looked at him, swallowing her food. She answered with a lighthearted, "Mmhmm?"

Sasuke's dark eyes softened very lightly at her perfection. The moonlight was now cast upon her coral pink hair and her skin glowed in the evening light. Sakura's eyes glowed brighter with every passing second she spent giving the Uchiha her undivided attention.

"...arigatoo," Sakura beamed at her companion and the two began walking again, this time aimlessly, neither wanting their time together to end.

"Anytime, Sasuke-kun."

Author's notes:

1. A nikuman is a steamed bun stuffed with meat.
2. Oba-san (lit.: "Aunt") is a respectful term used to address older woman. It is different from obaa-san, which means "Grandmother".
3. Jovian can also refer to a happy, joyful emotion; which is the set tone of this chapter.

Thanks to all who reviewed, favorited, and alerted this story! I'm still kind of going for that "slice of life" shojo feel, so I hope you're liking it so far!