Notes: Hi! :D I've got nothing to say today. o_o Just that Kim doesn't appear in this chapter, &that I´m stupid. Why am I stupid? Well, because I thought Sakura was the last one to lend her body to Kim! &she's not! It's TenTen! DD: Now I have more to write :L But good thing I remembered it, right? ;D
Disclaimer: Go ask your mom who owns Naruto's characters.
Chapter eleven
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Doubts
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The next day, Ino arrived early to school. Her next class was Math, and the classroom was on the third floor of the school's building. But she wanted to see Sai; she had missed him so much. So she went to the art classroom, which was on the fourth floor.
Sai used to spend his free time in the art classroom, like during lunch time or before classes started, drawing or painting. Since Ino became his girlfriend, she also spent a lot time there, with him. The classroom had became their favorite place to spend time together.
Ino entered the classroom with a huge smile on her face, expecting to see her boyfriend in a desk, drawing on his notebook. But he wasn't there.
Ino's smile disappeared. "Sai?" she called, but the classroom was empty.
She was really worried. Sai was always there before classes started. Maybe he didn't come to school, Ino thought, but that didn't calm her. If he didn't come to school, then something was wrong.
Ino turned around and ran downstairs. She had to find someone that knew Sai and ask them if they have seen him or if they knew if he wasn't going to come to school or something. She needed to know.
As soon as she reached the second floor, she saw Suigetsu, who was in several of Sai's classes, opening his locker and taking out some books. Ino gasped a "There you are!" and ran towards him.
"Suigetsu!" she yelled, grabbing his shoulders and turning him around.
Suigetsu stared at her with surprise for a moment, and then his expression turned smug and he smirked. "Oh, hey there, babe," he said.
Ino rolled her baby blue eyes. That idiot always flirted with everything with a pair of breasts. "I have no time for that, Suigetsu," Ino told him. "I need you to tell me if you have seen Sai."
"Sai?" Suigetsu repeated. Ino nodded and he shrugged. "No, I don't think so. Why? He's not in the art classroom?"
"No." Ino sighed, putting her hands in her waist. "And that means nothing good."
"Well, maybe he's just late for school," Suigetsu suggested. "It can happen, you know?"
"I guess, but still…" She shook her head. "Anyways, thank you."
"Yeah, okay, bye," Suigetsu said. He turned around, closed his locker and walked away, waving goodbye to Ino.
Ino sighed and leaned against Suigetsu's locker. Maybe he's sick, she thought, really trying to believe it. There wasn't a concrete reason to be so worried, but it was like if she had a bad feeling. Ino had always thought it was like a gift; when she had a bad feeling, something wrong was going to happen. And she was always right.
Ino was staring at the floor with sadness, when suddenly she heard footsteps coming to her. Hopeful, she raised her head and expected to see Sai standing in front of her. However, it wasn't Sai; it was a young boy with red hair, probably two grades above her.
"Are you Ino Yamanaka?" he asked. Ino nodded, confused. The boy raised his hand and handed her a piece of paper. "This is for you."
"Uh?" Ino made a face. "What is this? Who gave it to you?"
"A guy," he said, rolling his eyes. "Hey, just take it, okay? He just paid me for delivering this. I don't know anything."
Ino stared at him doubtfully, but then nodded. "Okay. Thank you," she dismissed him, taking the paper. The boy walked away as she started reading.
Ino,
Meet me in the football field. We have to talk. And you probably will need to skip class.
-Sai.
Ino raised a blonde eyebrow. Of course Sai wrote it; she could recognize his neat handwriting perfectly. But… what the hell did he mean? Why did she have to meet him there? Why was everything so mysterious?
Well, I'll have to go and find out, she thought, sighing tiredly. At least now she knew he was okay.
Ino took out his cell phone and sent a message to Sakura, telling her where she was going to be, and then she made her way to the football field.
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Sakura's bag vibrated as her mother's car stopped in front of her high school. She took out her cell phone and read Ino's message.
Hey, forehead. I'm meeting Sai in the football field and I'll probably skip class. We're just going to talk but… I have a bad feeling. Anyways, I'll tell you later, okay? ;D
A bad feeling? Sakura thought, frowning. She knew about Ino's "gift", as she called it. Every time Ino said "I have a bad feeling", she knew that something bad was going to happen. Sakura couldn't help but think that maybe Sai was going to break up with her, but she hoped that wouldn't happen. Ino was really in love with him; she was going to be shattered. Besides, she didn't want to stand a depressed Ino.
"What was it?" Sakura's mother asked her.
Sakura turned to her and smiled weakly. "Oh, it's nothing. It's just Ino gossiping, as always."
The woman sighed and shook her head. "You girls can't think of anything else, can you? Gossip, boys and shopping is everything inside your little heads."
"C'mon, mom," Sakura laughed. "Don't tell me you weren't like me when you were my age."
"Okay, you win," her mother replied, smiling, as Sakura opened the door.
The girl stepped out of the car and made her way towards the entrance. As she walked, she wrote a message to TenTen and Temari.
Girls, Ino's in the football field talking with Sai. She told me she has a bad feeling. I don't wanna think of it but what if he's breaking up with her? D: I hope not, but prepare the tissues and the chocolate just in case.
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"A depressed Ino is even worse than an angry Ino," Temari said, shaking her head, after she read the message Sakura had sent her. She was sitting over TenTen's desk, swinging her legs like a little girl.
"Maybe he's not breaking up with her," TenTen said, crossing her arms over her chest. "I mean, he's kind of in love with her. Kim made sure of that. Or did he break the spell or something?" She gasped, putting her hands over her mouth. "What if the spell has expired? Oh my god, Temari, is Neji going to stop loving me soon?!"
Temari sighed. "Of course not, TenTen, calm down. Maybe Sai is just giving her a romantic present or showing her a place or something. Why do you guys always think of the negative stuff?"
"You're right," TenTen murmured. In that moment, the bell rang.
"Crap, I have to go," Temari said, jumping from the desk. "See you later."
"Make sure to get the tissues and the chocolate!" TenTen yelled at her.
"Yeah, okay!" Temari responded. She exited the classroom at the same time that Neji entered it.
Neji's pale eyes met TenTen's, and he smirked. TenTen's body froze as she watched him walk to her. He put his backpack on the desk in front of hers and then leaned down to kiss her cheek.
"Why do you look so upset?" he asked her, sitting down on his seat.
"Um, it's nothing." She shook her head and smiled. "I'm fine."
"Okay then," he replied.
"Um… Neji?" TenTen said sheepishly, blushing slightly. Damn, she hated to blush; it was too girly for her. Good thing that just happened in front of Neji.
"Yes?"
"Do you… do you like me, like, a lot?" she started, feeling her heart beating faster. "I mean, like, you would never leave me, no matter what, right?"
Neji smirked, holding her hands. "Of course not. I'll never leave you."
"Never?" TenTen repeated, smiling. Neji nodded. "So you believe that love can be forever?"
"Yes," Neji answered. "That's why marriage still exists. There may be a lot of divorces, but just unlucky people that didn't find their true love divorce."
TenTen's eyes widened. "That's…" She paused and her smile grew wider. "So corny, Neji!"
"Is it?" He made a face but when TenTen laughed, he blushed (but it was unnoticeable, because Hyuugas males do not blush). "Oh shut up. It's just the truth."
TenTen stopped laughing. She caressed his pale cheek. "Yes, it is the truth. It's just weird that you said it."
"I can be romantic, you know?" he said, and then frowned when she laughed again. "Stop doing that, would you?"
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Ino spotted Sai sitting on the bleachers when she arrived to the football field. She walked to him and when he noticed her, she smiled. But her smile was replaced by a frown when he didn't return the smile.
She sat beside him, with her backpack between them. "I'm here. What's up?"
Sai didn't dare to look her in the eye. He looked worried. "Ino," he started, "I have something to tell you."
"It's a bad new, isn't it?" She smiled sadly.
Sai turned to her, with slightly wide eyes. "How did you know?"
"I had a bad feeling," Ino shrugged. "But I'll be strong, okay? So please be straightforward."
"I will."
Sai put Ino's backpack on his feet and moved closer to her. He put his arms around her waist and kissed her. Ino was surprised at first, but then she kissed him back. They made out for a few minutes, and Ino realized Sai had never kissed her that way. It was sweeter, slower, as if he didn't want to forget the taste of her lips.
When he broke the kiss, he suddenly said: "I'm leaving to Europe."
Ino thought she didn't hear well at first, but his expression was so pained that she forced herself to believe it. "Why?" she asked, feeling a lump forming in her throat.
"My mom, who lives in France, found a great art school there," he explained. "She wants me to move with her as soon as possible."
"And… do you want to go?" Ino asked, gripping the fabric of his shirt tightly.
"I don't know." He shook his head. "I mean, it is a great art school, it's a great opportunity, and I miss my mom. However… you are here."
Ino bit her lower lip, choking back her sobs. "And I'm not... enough for you to stay?"
Sai put his forehead against hers. "Ino… Could you please understand me? It's my mom, my only parent, and I really want to assist to a prestigious art school ever since I was a kid. Of course I want to stay, to be with you, but…"
"You prefer to go," she finished for him.
Sai nodded slowly. Tears fell down Ino's flushed cheeks and she clenched her jaw with anger. She pushed him away and stood up.
"Then leave!" she yelled. "What are you waiting for?! If that's what you want, I don't want to interfere!"
"Ino…" Sai reached for her hand, but she jerked it back.
"Don't touch me!" she yelled.
Sai stared at her with confusion and surprise. Ino took her backpack, turned around and ran away. She didn't want to look at him anymore.
"INO!" Sai yelled after her, but she ignored him and just ran away from him as fast as she could.
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Sakura didn't see Ino in math, but she wasn't surprised. Ino had told her, after all. However, she wondered what would be so important for Sai to make her skip class. Well, I just hope that when I see her again, she won't be crying a river because of him, Sakura thought.
The bell rang and the teacher dismissed the class. Sakura ran to her boyfriend, who was about to exit the classroom.
"Hey, Sasuke," she greeted him, smiling. "What's your next class?"
"Um, Biology, I think," the black haired boy answered.
"And then?"
"Chemistry."
"And then?"
"P.E." He crossed his arms and eyed her suspiciously. "Since when do you care about my classes so much, Sakura?"
"I don't know," she shrugged. "Why not? I mean, you're my boyfriend, aren't you?"
"Yeah," he nodded. "But you don't need to know about every move I make." He smirked and then leaned down to kiss her soft lips. "See you later," he murmured, and then walked away.
Sakura sighed sadly as she watched him leave with his still-depressed-because-of-Hinata best friend, Naruto. She wished for a moment to be in every of his classes, to make sure no girl would go too near him (because, yeah, Karin's plan was to put a boy between them, but Sakura was not easy to flirt with, so maybe Karin could think of putting a girl between them instead; who knows) because she really didn't want to end her relationship with Sasuke. Everything was perfect with him, he was the one, and of course she didn't want anything to change.
The classroom was empty when Sakura exited it. She turned to the left, making her way to her next class, Chemistry, but she saw Ino leaning against the wall right there, and Sakura completely froze when she saw her face. Tears rolled from her eyes and her black mascara was a mess; she was sobbing quietly and shaking slightly.
The blonde raised her head slowly and stared into her friend's green eyes. The pained look she gave her made something break inside Sakura's chest.
"He…" Ino started, her voice shaking. "He's le-leaving, Sakura. To Europe. He's- he's leaving m-me!"
Sakura bit her lower lip as she felt her eyes watering. She hated when that happened; every time Ino's heart broke, she always cried with her. Maybe it was a best friend's thing; she didn't know.
Sakura wrapped her arms around Ino's neck. "Doesn't he l-love me?" Ino asked between sobs.
Sakura didn't know what to say, because she wasn't sure. So she just whispered into her ear, "It's going to be okay. You're not alone." Ino hugged her waist tightly as a response and started to sob loudly against her shoulder.
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Temari and TenTen waited for Ino and Sakura in the school's garden. When they arrived, Temari and TenTen saw Ino's face with no make-up and her red eyes, and their jaws fell open.
"God, Ino! You okay?" TenTen asked her as they all sat in the grass, under the shade of a tree.
Ino just shook her head. "Sai's leaving to Europe to go to an art school. He's leaving me, girls."
Temari put an arm around her shoulders and handed her a tissue. "We're sorry. We're here with you for whatever you need. You know that, right?"
Ino nodded, leaning her head over Temari's shoulder. "Thank you guys. I really don't know what would I do without you."
"Oh, it's time!" Sakura exclaimed suddenly, glancing at her watch. "I have to go now."
"Where to?" TenTen asked, surprised.
"To find Sasuke. His P.E. class just finished," the pink haired girl replied. "I can't leave him alone, remember? If Karin realizes her plan won't work with me, maybe she'll try it with Sasuke."
"You mean, like, putting a girl between you instead of a guy?" Temari asked. Sakura nodded.
"But Sakura," Ino said, chewing some of the delicious chocolate TenTen gave to her, "If you wouldn't fall for another boy, why would Sasuke fall for another girl? Doesn't he love you too?"
"Yeah," Sakura shrugged. "But, you know, just in case. I really don't want something to happen. I don't need more bad news."
"Okay, fine," TenTen said. "Then go with him."
"Okay! Bye," Sakura said, standing up and running away.
"If she goes too far with this never-leave-my-boyfriend's-side plan," Temari commented, watching her friend leave, "I think Sasuke may get annoyed." And her other friends agreed with a nod.
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"I say the first thing I'd wish if I'd meet a genie, is a gigantic bowl of pork ramen," Naruto said proudly, with his tanned arms crossed over his chest.
Neji shook his head. "Naruto, can you stop being selfish for once? I'd wish world peace, or to end with the poverty, or the hunger, or I don't know, something like that."
"And since when you're so nice, Neji?" Naruto asked, narrowing his eyes. How could that idiot with eyes so similar to Hinata's (oh, his Hinata! How much he missed her!) call him selfish?! By the way, what the hell means "selfish"? Naruto asked himself. Sounds like something aquatic… Oh, anyways; I'll ask Shikamaru later.
"It's not that I'm nice," Neji replied, frowning. "It's just having a little of kindness with the world I live in. Besides, I also can't think of anything else to wish, because I have everything I want."
"Don't lie to yourself, Hyuuga," Sasuke commented. "No one is completely satisfied with their lives. We all wish to have something else or something less."
"How deep, Uchiha," Neji said, raising his eyebrows. "Did you read that in one of your emo books?"
"They are not emo," Sasuke corrected, glaring. "They are gothic literature, and they're art."
"Yeah, stop saying other people's likes are lame!" Naruto exclaimed, pointing a finger at Neji.
Said boy rolled his eyes. "Whatever." He looked at something behind Sasuke and Naruto. "Hey, look who is coming. It's future Mrs. Uchiha."
Sasuke turned around immediately and welcomed Sakura with a smirk. Sakura smiled back at him and threw her arms around his neck, kissing his thin lips.
"Oh, you guys, don't do that in front of me!" Naruto yelled. "Don't you realize any show of affection reminds me of my Hinata and then I got depressed?"
"I'm sorry, Naruto." Sakura smiled apologetically, and then turned to the brown haired boy beside him. "By the way, Neji, do you know something about Hinata? Do you know how she is?"
Neji shook his head. "I haven't talked with her, just with my uncle. He says they are both fine, but knowing my cousin since little kids, I can imagine how much she's depressed right now, being away from her friends, and from this idiot she chose as a boyfriend."
"Hey!" Naruto protested, but he was ignored.
"Mhh, I see." Sakura nodded. "Tell me if anything comes up."
"Sure," replied Neji.
Sakura turned to Sasuke, who was still hugging her waist. "Hey, why don't we go to a private place just the two of us?" she asked softly, smirking.
"Sure," he replied, nodding. He turned to his two friends. "See you later, guys," he said, and then he and his girlfriend walked away, holding hands.
Naruto sighed deeply beside Neji. Neji turned to him with a raised eyebrow. "What?"
"Nothing," the blond said. "It's just that… Man, I really miss Hinata. I feel like if half of my soul is gone!"
Neji smirked. "Did you get that from Sasuke's books too?"
"Oh, shut up."
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Sakura lead Sasuke to the garden. Without even noticing, they sat down in the same bench where Sakura found Sasuke that time when she cut his hair for the spell.
"Hey, we were here before," Sakura remembered. "The time when we were attacked by fangirls, remember?"
"Ah, yes." Sasuke made a face. "Bittersweet memories."
"Bittersweet?" Sakura asked. "Why bittersw-? Oh." She looked down sadly. "Because you were here with Karin, right? That was the sweet part."
Sasuke snorted and Sakura looked up, surprised. "Of course not," he said, "That was actually the bitter part, apart from being crushed by almost twenty females."
"Then what's the sweet part?"
Sasuke turned to her, smirking. "That you were here with me for a moment, just the two of us."
Sakura's eyes softened and she chuckled, resting her chin over his shoulder, so that her nose touched his lips. "Yeah, and you told me that you didn't love Karin," she added. "That made really happy, although you never really told why you were with her."
Sasuke sighed against her forehead. "I… really prefer not to talk about that."
Sakura raised her head to look him in the eye. "C'mon, Sasuke. I'm not going to get angry."
"Yes, you will," he insisted.
"Sasuke, please…" He shook his head. "Please Sasuke; we're not supposed to have secrets!" He shook his head again. "Come on, I promise I won't get angry!" He shook it again. "Okay, well, if you don't tell me, then I'll think something even worse!"
"Fine," he said reluctantly. "I'll tell you."
"Yay," she said softly.
"Well, you'll see… You know how I was before," he started. "I used to have a lot of girlfriends, not really taking them seriously. Karin was once one of them, and we, er…" He stopped.
"You what, Sasuke?" Sakura asked, raising an eyebrow.
He sighed tiredly and murmured: "We had sex." Sakura gasped. "But it was only once!" Sasuke said, panicking. "I promise it meant absolutely nothing. It was just a mistake!"
Sakura sighed and nodded slowly, but she looked sad. "It's fine; I know it meant nothing. It's normal for you men to do that, especially when every girl tries to do it with you. Guess you couldn't resist... I'm just sad that I weren't your, you know, your first one, like I wish you'd be my first one someday."
He put a hand on her cheek and forced her to look at him. "Sakura, you will be my first one. You already are. You're my first love."
You're first forced love, you mean, Sakura thought, and she couldn't believe she just thought that. She had never questioned herself about that before; she had never thought Sasuke was being forced to love her. But… was he? Would he, like, not love her if it wasn't because of Kim and the spell?
Sakura shook her head, clearing her throat. It was no time for think about that.
"Anyways," she said, "What happened then?"
"Well, she made me believe that she was pregnant," Sasuke continued. "But it wasn't true. That was why I was forcing myself to stand her and be with her, just because of the inexistent baby I thought she was carrying."
"Wow," Sakura said with her eyes wide. "How could she lie about that?"
"I know… But I decided that I could make my own decisions, that I could love someone else, and take care of my child and the mother at the same time. But just when I was breaking up with Karin, she confessed me she was just lying to keep me with her."
"Well, great decision," Sakura said, resting her chin on his shoulder again. "Either way, we wouldn't be together now."
Sasuke chuckled and kissed her forehead. But Sakura was suddenly feeling sad. He just made that decision because of the spell, she thought, He was forced to fall in love with me. He really didn't love me... did he?
Notes: Wow, Sasuke reads gothic literature! How awesome! :O I was supposed to update this on Sunday, but I had some problems with the Document Manager. It sucks. D: ...You're gonna leave your review, right? ;)