MONDAY…

Dang it. Kids are going to KILL us for the party on Friday. Aimi thought as she ran to class. Sure enough, when she got to school, she saw some signs posted with pictures of Sasuke and Aimi that said some annoying things on them. Kids whispered. People stared. Teachers shook their heads. DANGIT. Aimi walked to class, trying to ignore everything. She walked in her class. Everyone was silenced when they saw her. She clenched her fists and shut her eyes tightly. Everyone stared as she sat in a seat next to Naruto and on the other side was Miko (her best friend). Luckily, she was far, far away from where Sasuke was sitting. She wasn't into being near him at school.

Naruto leaned over. "I see you are sitting as far away as possible from Sasuke." he whispered. "Correct." Aimi said, staring at the floor. "Oh, we have a new kid… er… over there-" Naruto pointed to a brown haired boy with hair falling in his eyes- "I think his name is Ichirou. So you can talk to him without being annoyed because he knows nothing about Friday." Naruto said. "OK." she replied dully.

()()()()()FAST FORWARD, END OF DAY()()()()()

Aimi walked away from class bored and sad. She didn't like this day, it was full of annoying people bugging her about her and Sasuke. She kicked leaves as she walked away. Speaking of-- Sasuke walked up to her. "Looks like you need a friend." he said, walking next to her. She smiled faintly. "Hn, yeah." she said. "If it makes you feel better, I had to deal with the same thing…"

"Sasuke?"

"Yeah?"

"Can we make a promise?"

"Er- if I can keep it…"

"We'll never let anything come between our friendship."

"You got yourself a deal."

They shook on it.

"We'll never let anything come between us." Sasuke said calmly (so you think… oops sorry on with the story).

They continued their separate ways.

()()()()NEXT DAY()()()()

Aimi walked to school again feeling creepy about what was ahead. It probably had blown over… hopefully. Big fat NOPE. It was still going on. She sighed continued on her way. Sasuke met up with her and they walked together through the halls. In the 3rd hall, a figure jumped in front of Aimi. It was that new kid. What was his name? Ikro?

"Why hello, princess." he said. "Are you the famous Aimi? Naruto brags endlessly about you. Never heard about you anywhere else, though." he said. good. He doesn't know the rumors. "Uh. Hi." Aimi said. "Oh, I'm sorry! I haven't introduced myself properly. I'm Ichirou." he said. He kissed her hand. Aimi blushed. Sasuke tensed up and glared at Ichirou. "Er. Aimi. Lets go to class." Sasuke said coldly. Ichirou looked at the two of them. "Oh, I'm sorry. Is she your gal?" he asked Sasuke. "No!" Aimi and Sasuke said together. "Then you don't mind if I ask her out?" Ichirou asked, as if asking them both.

Sasuke glared at him again and got major tense. Sasuke went "green" so to speak (green…jealous…envy…ya know, not literally). "I don't think so…" Sasuke growled under his breath. Aimi heard. Sasuke… she thought warningly. "What?" Ichirou asked. "Oh no you don't…" he said in a low tone but enough to where Ichirou could hear. Aimi shook her head and jumped in to save them all. "Uhm. No thanks Ichirou. I'm not really a date person. But we could be friends…" Aimi faded out. Ichirou nodded. "I understand completely." he said. He gave her a major sweet smile. He bowed and kissed her on the hand again before jumping off.

"Sasuke!!" Aimi said. Sasuke didn't answer. He stared hatefully down the hall where Ichirou went. "Sasuke!!" Aimi yelled in his ear. He looked down at her. "What?" he asked. "What was that all about?!" Aimi said, annoyed. "He was making a pass at you." Sasuke said, again looking kind of mad. "I could've taken care of it!" Aimi pointed out. When Sasuke didn't answer, she continued. "I can take care of myself. I don't need someone-especially some like you-jumping in all the time! What if I wanted to say yes?" Aimi said, trying to look Sasuke in the eye. "You were going to say yes?" Sasuke asked, sounding…disappointed? "Well, no, but what if I did? What then?!" Aimi asked. Sasuke clenched his fists. "I'm protective." he said simply, trying to keep the anger out of his voice. "Sasuke, its my life!" she said angrily. Sasuke stepped back a bit. "I was involved." he said, staring at her angrily. "Not as much as you were acting!" Aimi said, flaring up. She shoved him. He banged his head on the wall. "Ow…" he said, rubbing it. "If I'm so in the way, why the heck are we even friends?!" Sasuke flared back, recovered. "I really don't know!" Aimi yelled back. "Then forget it! End of friendship!" he said. "Fine with me!" Aimi said. She kicked him and left.

I have made a huge mistake.

Yes you have.()()()()FAST FORWARD, LUNCH()()()()

Aimi avoided Sasuke at all costs. In class, she chose a seat very far away from him. When he spoke, she ignored him. When he walked up to her, she would walk away. When he managed to catch her and try to talk, she ignored him and turned away. When he asked her a question, she wouldn't answer. When he looked at her, she would look the other way. I really messed up… he thought every time he saw her.

Now at lunch, he walked up to her where she sat alone. She had finished. Sasuke didn't eat lunch. He sat next to her. She tried to get up, but he grabbed her by the wrist. "Aimi…" he said. She didn't look at him. "Aimi." he said again, trying to sound more sure of himself. Nothing. "Aimi!" he snapped. She didn't look at him but shoved him away. "Aimi! Please speak to me!" he said. She shook her head. "Fine. If you aren't gonna talk, then listen." he said. He took a deep breath. "I'm sorry already. I messed up. If you have a problem with me, you have to tell me, because I'm not leaving until you talk to me. All you have to do is say one word that might sum up how you're feeling." he said. She whipped around. "I hate you!" she said. She got up and left him there.

"I hate you!" Sasuke shut his eyes. He'd had enough of that word. Hate. His brother. Hate. His life. Hate. Naruto. Hate. Everyone's fear of him. Hate. Hate. Hate. And now Aimi. He opened his eyes. He hated hate. He clenched his fists.

"I hate you!"

No, not again.

"I hate you!"

Not Aimi.

"I hate you!"

This can't happen.

()()()()FAST FORWARD, END OF DAY, AIMI'S POV, AIMI'S HOME()()()()

Aimi walked through the doors of her house. I'll never speak to him again. Fake. Jerk. I hate him. She marched into the music room and sat at the seat of the piano. She didn't play anything, just sat there.

Akio and Emi sensed her anger and came running. Akio saw her and sighed. "Trouble with the replacement?" he asked. Aimi glared at him. "He isn't a replacement. I hate him." she said, her voice full of anger. Emi jumped in. "You cant hate him. He was one of your best friends. And maybe… er…" she glanced at Akio- "more." she said. She sounded concerned. "What happened?" Akio asked. "Sasuke freaked out when someone hit on me and we had a fight. We hate each other now. Everything's in balance." Aimi said. "That's not balance, sweetheart. That's hate, as you said. He was probably jeal-" Akio stopped short at the end when Emi shot him a look that said, "not yet, wait a little while." Aimi looked at them. "What?" she asked. Emi sighed. "Darling, nothing is in balance when hate comes in. All you have is anger. And if you have enough anger and hate, it becomes dangerous. It becomes almost deadly. It leaves a trail of debris where its tornado struck. What I'm saying is that you will make everything worse." Emi looked at Aimi in the eyes. "I told him I hated him and I'm sure he feels the same." Aimi said angrily. "You told him you hated him? Did he say the same?" Akio asked. "No." Aimi said. "There you go, darling. He probably doesn't hate you. You probably hit him right where it hurt. He's probably hurting right now." Emi said sadly. "He doesn't feel anything. He's numbed to feeling and emotion." Aimi said coldly. "Darling, listen. No one can be numbed to feeling. He probably just kept it down. He's had his share of pain in his life as you know. He probably kept it down because he might've gotten the wrong message. You know how I said if you had enough anger and hate it would get dangerous? Sometimes if you are hurt enough, that message is twisted and you begin to think every emotion will be dangerous if you have enough of it. Everyone feels those things, but if you have had enough pain you keep it down. Like I said, the message is twisted. He is hurting. You hurt his heart, girl. You blew it. Don't expect to see him as himself tomorrow. He'll be different. My guess is that you may be, too. Fix things while you can. If you wait too long, your chance will go." Emi said. Aimi was shocked by these strong words coming from Emi. Akio nodded. "He probably freaked out because-" Emi gave him a glare. He shut up. "Akio? Emi? Do you know something I don't?" Aimi said. Akio looked at Emi. Emi looked at Akio. They nodded. "We'll leave you with 3 words: jealously, him, and you." Akio said. He looked at Emi. She nodded as if to say she approved. They stalked away.

It was Aimi's time to think.