A/N: Hey Guys! Sorry for the long delay…I got super busy these days! As in homeworks everyday! Tests nearly every week! House chores to do and books to read! don't mind reading though… Anyway, here is the story!
Disclaimer: I do not…I repeat…I do not own Naruto! You already know that don't ya? –smiles-
Important stuff: Listen up guys! I just want to let you know that the one I said about what Sakura did that would be revealed on chapter 14 would be moved to chapter 15! That's all! Have fun!
"Words Spoken"
'Thoughts'
(Author's notes)
Love Can Change Everyone
Chapter 13: The Competition still starts!
Sakura woke up early today and she arrived at the meeting place first. They all agreed that they would meet each other here every morning before going to school, meaning they will all go to school together (except Naruto).
Sakura have been waiting for almost one hour now and nobody have arrived yet. Well, that was kinda obvious. She arrived there on 5:00 am while they all agreed to meet each other on 6:30 am since their classes starts on 7:00 am.
After waiting a little bit more, Sasuke arrived.
"You're early today." Sasuke said.
"I woke up early…" Sakura replied.
"Really? Had a bad dream, Haruno?" Sasuke said while smirking.
"Ha. Ha. Ha. Very funny Sasuke…" Sakura replied while getting close to Sasuke.
"What time did you wake up anyway?" Sasuke asked, not noticing what Sakura is doing.
"None of your business" Sakura answered while smirking. Then, she unexpectedly kissed Sasuke on his right cheek.
Sasuke blushed a little bit but shrugged it away. He looked at Sakura who was smiling at him.
"Good Morning Kiss" She said and winked at Sasuke who was shocked at the sudden change of Sakura. It was just like yesterday, she was blushing when he kissed her on the cheek and when he kissed her near the lips and now she is the one who kissed him on the cheek!
'Not like I don't like it though…' Sasuke thought.
"No Good morning kiss on the lips?" Sasuke asked while grinning.
Sakura blushed. She was actually trying hard not to blush in front of Sasuke again.
"Got ya!" Sasuke laughed. "Trying not to blush, huh?"
Sakura blushed more and then looked away from him. Sasuke smiled and kissed Sakura on her left cheek. Sakura looked at Sasuke, as if questioning him: What was that for!
"Good morning kiss" Sasuke said and winked at Sakura, who blushed again. After a long silence, Shikamaru came with Ino and Hinata behind him. Last came the new couple, Neji and Tenten (YEAH!).
They all went to school together, chatting, laughing, and teasing each other.
When they arrived at school, everyone's eyes were on them. I mean, Who wouldn't! The most popular girls (Did I say Hinata was popular too? Well…now you know –grins-) and the most popular boys were walking together while chatting with each other. Also add the fact that they were enemies or rivals before. You just have to look at that! However, they ignored the stares and continued walking. Not like they're snobbish or something, they were just too busy talking with each other.
The minute they entered their classroom, the first thing their classmates noticed was Tenten and Neji holding hands.
"Woah!" Chouji exclaimed.
"What's up with you guys?" Temari asked.
"Ask them." Shikamaru, Sasuke, Ino, Hinata, and Sakura answered, going away from the couple.
Everyone looked at Neji and Tenten. Tenten was blushing. 'What should I say? Oh wait! You're the great Tenten! You could just tell them to mind their own business! But wait! That's not nice! I'm not like that anymore!'
Neji pulled Tenten towards the front, which brought Tenten back to the real world and not in her La la la world. Tenten was surprised but followed anyway.
"Tenten and I are going out." Neji said. "So you guys should not touch her or make her cry, coz once you did…you'll be dead."
Everyone was silent. Tenten was too dumbfounded to talk and the rest of the Konoha no Shinobi were just smirking.
Then…."Congratulations!" Everyone yelled, yes…even the rest of the Konoha no Shinobi.
"Don't worry Neji we won't touch or make your girl cry." All the boys said.
"Yeah, don't worry" All the girls said.
Neji smiled and then he felt someone tug on his shirt. It was Tenten.
"Thank you…" She said and smiled prettily at him.
Neji smirked and leaned down (since Tenten is smaller than him) and kissed her on the lips. Tenten blushed but didn't push him away and everyone in the class cheered.
Sakura was smiling at them and was in her thoughts when someone wrapped their arms around her from behind. Sakura smiled. She knew well whom those arms belong to, so she relaxed.
Sasuke smiled as he felt her relax in his arms and pulled her closer towards him.
Ino saw this and was envying them. 'They're so sweet….' She thought. Shikamaru, who was sitting down on a desk, suddenly pulled her towards him and also hugged her from behind which caused Ino to sit on his lap.
"Well, aren't you sweet?" Ino teased. She felt really comfortable when Shikamaru wraps his arms around her.
"Of course." Shikamaru mumbled and hugged her tighter.
Hinata was looking at all of them and smiled. 'Who would have thought they would fall in love with each other?' Hinata knew that these six were rivals or enemies before, since the girls told her, and she was shocked when she found that out coz they looked like they were friends when she first met them.
"Woah! Now don't tell us you guys are going out too!" Kiba said as he looked at the four.
Sakura and Sasuke immediately let go of each other and stood up straight. Ino and Shikamaru did the same.
"We're not…" they all muttered.
"but soon…" Neji and Tenten added smiling at the four.
The four blushed and just sat down on their chairs. Everyone in the class was like…beaming. They were all happy that there was at last peace in their class.
Meanwhile, Kakashi was outside and he saw everything. When he did, he smiled. 'Ah…Love…'
He entered the class and put his stuff on his desk. Then he started talking.
"Well, since it looks like there's a new couple in our class…what about not studying and having fun for the first 3 subjects that I have with you guys?" Kakashi said smiling at all of them.
The class immediately cheered. (I hope my teacher would be like that…)
So, their whole class just chatted and played for the whole first 3 subjects they had with Kakashi. Some played cards and Kakashi joined them but he soon got bored and just read his book: Icha Icha Paradise.
Konoha no Shinobi joined with some games but most of the time they just chatted. Tenten and Neji cuddled with each other almost the whole time and the other couple, Ino and Shikamaru and Sasuke and Sakura, sometimes did the same. Hinata felt a little bit left alone but she was feeling very happy for the 6 that she just ignored it. She wasn't really left alone anyway.
"Sakura!" Ino called. "We'll go ahead of you, ok?"
"Yeah…go…" Sakura said. Ino left with Shikamaru, Hinata, Tenten, and Neji. Sasuke stayed to wait for Sakura.
Sakura continue in fixing her stuffs. When she looked up and stretched, ready to go to her locker, she noticed that Sasuke was waiting for her.
"You don't have to wait for me, Uchiha…" Sakura said and went in front of Sasuke, staring at him.
"I want to…" Sasuke replied. Sakura just shrugged. She went pass him and headed for her locker. She put her things in it and then kicked it closed.
"That's not nice, Haruno…" Sasuke said, smirking.
"Shut up before you're the one who gets kick…" Sakura replied while smirking back at Sasuke.
"I want to see you try, Sakura…" Sasuke leaned in and whispered in her ear, making her shiver again.
Sakura pushed him away gently and looked away as she noticed that she was blushing madly. Sasuke just smirked at her again.
"Scared?" Sasuke teased.
"You wish…" Sakura replied and then saw that she dropped one of her papers on the floor. She picked it up and looked at it. It was her test paper, the one they had, just weeks ago when she and Sasuke played 20…or actually 5 questions in the library.
Sasuke took the paper from her hands and looked at it. "What's this?"
Sakura quickly tried to snatch the paper from his hands but Sasuke used one of his hands and encircled it around her waist, hugging her so she wouldn't move.
"Sasuke!" Sakura said as she tried to get out of his arms and get the paper from him. She was ashamed of her score. This was only the second time she didn't get a perfect score in her test. She got 99.5/100 and she was ashamed for that score. (Dude! That's not bad at all!)
Sasuke stared at her paper. "hey! I'm higher than you…which means we win the first round of our competition, right?"
Sakura froze. Sasuke was higher than her! No one ever got higher than Haruno Sakura in all the test and she was beat by Uchiha Sasuke! Of all the people, Uchiha Sasuke! Her best friend! No way. That is so unacceptable for Sakura.
'And the Competition! I thought that was over since we were all friends now! This is insanity.' Sakura thought.
As soon as Sasuke let go of her, she snatched the paper from his hands and threw it in her locker.
"My score is none of your business…" Sakura said coldly. "I don't care if you won the first round or that rubbish…"
Sakura ran towards the cafeteria, leaving Sasuke alone.
"Did I do something wrong?" Sasuke asked his self, while walking to the cafeteria.
"I know that she hates it when I beat her in tests…but there's no need to be cold…she usually just pouts and tell me I cheated or something….at least that's what the old Sakura does…." Sasuke continued talking to his self. "I'll never understand her…"
When he arrived at the cafeteria, he immediately spotted his gang since their table was only reserved for them.
He sat beside Sakura who wasn't looking at him and ate silently. The rest looked at them, silently asking their selves what happened to the two. Finally, Neji decided to break the silence.
"What's up with you two?" Neji asked.
Sakura and Sasuke didn't answer and just continued eating.
"Did you two fight or something?" Tenten asked.
The two still continued ignoring their questions and continued eating.
"Is there something wrong?" Shikamaru, Hinata, and Ino asked.
The two finally sighed and decided to answer their questions.
"Nothing happened….we're fine…" They answered in unison.
"You don't look fine" The others muttered since they knew that they should just drop the topic right now.
They all continued eating silently. When the bell rang they all went together towards their classes since they have the same ones. On their way there, they accidentally saw something that they shouldn't have. A kissing couple, or actually they saw the couple kiss and then hug so now they are only hugging.
At first they decided to just leave silently but then Hinata noticed that the girl looked familiar. They stopped for a while and looked at the couple, even though they knew they shouldn't have. Shikamaru suddenly said that the boy was Shino and the girl was Temari. Oh and did I mention that he said it out loud? Well, He did.
Temari and Shino let go of each other and stared at the Konoha no Shinobi. They panicked as soon as they saw them and now they are like…frozen.
"Uh…E-Excuse us…" Tenten stuttered as he pulled Neji but Shino suddenly stopped them.
"Please….don't tell anyone about Temari and I going out…." Shino said.
"Please keep it as a secret…" Temari begged.
"S-Sure…b-but you kn-know…." Hinata stammered and let the sentence trail off.
"You shouldn't do those stuffs if it's a secret…." Sakura straightly said.
'At least she's still blunt…' Sasuke thought.
"We…were…just…." Shino and Temari said, blushing madly.
"no need of your explanation….by the way, you better hurry up…class started about 10 minutes ago….bye…" Sakura said and then went off.
"We won't tell anyone…" Sasuke said and then followed Sakura.
"Yeah, don't worry…" Ino and Shikamaru assured them before going too.
"Bye….and hurry up…before Kurenai kills us all…" Neji and Tenten said. Hinata silently bowed and followed the rest.
Temari and Shino sighed, relieved and then followed too.
"I do believe you all are late…" Kurenai told the Konoha no Shinobi, and Temari and Shino.
"I do believe you are right…" Sakura, Ino and Tenten replied. Although they have become kinder, it never meant that they would allow teachers to treat them like how they treat the other students.
"Miss Haruno, Miss Yamanaka, and Miss Ten…ten…" Kurenai said. "You are all 10 minutes late for class. Therefore, I think it is only right that you get detentions."
"depends on the detention…" Sakura muttered.
"If the detention is too troublesome and annoying to us…" Tenten said.
"Then we won't do it!" Ino finished, smiling sweetly.
"The detention would be cleaning all the classrooms you used this day…and I say you do it." Kurenai said.
"That's too troublesome for us…" Ino said.
"but what about you guys?" tenten asked turning her attention to the rest of the late people.
"That's too troublesome…" Shikamaru said.
"Agree…" Neji said. Hinata, Shino, and Temari nodded since they didn't want any detentions.
"If we have to do it then I'll do it…" Sasuke said.
"yes, you do have to do it ―" Kurenai said but was interrupted by Sakura.
"I have some things to do and I believe all of us does." Sakura said. "I'm not having detentions today, Yuuhi Kurenai. Am I clear?"
Kurenai couldn't do anything since Sakura owns the school. Kurenai nodded and let them sit down on their seats so that they could continue their class.
"Why so cold suddenly?" Sasuke asked Sakura. She just shrugged and replied with a simple: "I have some things to do…"
They all heard what they said and decided to leave her with what she wants to do.
During PE…
"Hello class!" Asuma greeted.
"hello Asuma-sensei…" The class greeted back.
"Okay, you all have to warm up so I say run 20 laps around this gymnasium. Go!" Asuma said and the students started running, some whining before doing so. (20 laps around a gymnasium is not over exaggerated coz that's only about normal for some Japanese schools…)
The Konoha no Shinobi finished running in about 10 minutes. Sakura and Sasuke being first and then the rest followed. After waiting for 10 minutes more all the students at last finished running 20 laps.
"Nice job guys! Well…today we'll play tennis…one on one of course…so I want you all to get a partner…" Asuma said.
They all started moving, looking for a partner.
"Except the Konoha no Shinobi, of course…" Asuma added. The gang glared at him but did not do anything.
"I want…Haruno and Uchiha…" Asuma said looking at Sasuke and Sakura. Sakura sighed and went towards Sasuke, who just shrugged.
"Yamanaka and Nara…" Asuma said pointing at Ino and Shikamaru. Shikamaru went towards Ino while shrugging too.
"Hyuuga…Hinata I meant…and…..let's see….Inuzuka…" Hinata silently went towards Kiba. (no worries! This fic is not Hinata x Kiba! He was the only one I can use for Hinata's partner…)
"and lastly, Hyuuga Neji and Tenten…" Tenten became pale. She has to play Tennis with her own boyfriend? Wow. That's annoying.
And the matches started.
With Sakura and Sasuke…
"I'm not letting you win over me even for PE, Uchiha…" Sakura muttered walking pass Sasuke. However, Sasuke grabbed her wrist and twirled her around so that she would look at him.
"Is that the reason why you are so cold suddenly?" Sasuke asked. Indeed, Sakura has been cold again, this whole day.
"…" Sakura said. "I have no idea what you are talking about…"
"Haruno, look…I've won over you in studies a lot of times already…what difference does it make now?" Sasuke asked.
"You don't understand anything about me, Uchiha. You don't know me anymore now let me go before I make you let go of me…" Sakura threaten. Sakura was being cold but in the inside this was what she was thinking: 'No! No! No, you stupido! Don't act cold towards him!'
Sasuke sighed and let go of her. She was right…he didn't want to admit it but she was right. He has no idea who this girl in front of him is anymore.
"Whatever Haruno but remember that we are not competing for sports. We're competing for Studies and you lost." Sasuke coldly said. If she was being cold there's nothing wrong with him being cold too right?
"Shut up." Sakura simply replied and their match started. 'Competition again! Is that everything he thinks today? He beat me…I lost…he won! Well that's so annoying!'
and the match between the suppose-to-be-couples started.
With Ino and Shikamaru…
"Hey! Warning! I'm not losing!" Ino told Shikamaru while smiling.
"I won't too…" Shikamaru replied while smiling back at her. "Let's have a good match"
Shikamaru put his hand out and Ino shook it.
It seems like this is the only couple that has no problem at all.
With Hinata and Kiba…
"Ano…let's have a nice game…Inuzuka-san" Hinata said and bowed down in front of him.
Kiba sweatdropped. "N-no need to be so polite with me, Hyuuga-san…"
"Ah…hai" Hinata replied.
"Let's have a nice match…" Kiba said and then shook hands with Hinata.
With Tenten and Neji…
Neji stood on his place while thinking of what Sasuke told him.
:.Flash Back.:
After the talk with Sakura, Sasuke went towards Neji.
"Remember the competition? You must win over her…" Sasuke told Neji.
"But why?" Neji asked. "Wasn't the competition over since we are all friends now?"
"I don't think it is…" Sasuke said and left.
:.End of Flash Back.:
Neji sighed. 'Why do we have to compete when we just became lovers?'
He looked at Tenten who, he didn't know, was doing the same as what he was doing.
:.Flash Back.:
After seeing Sasuke talking to Neji before the match, Sakura went towards Tenten.
"What's up, Sakura?" Tenten asked, looking at Sakura.
"You must win…" Sakura said. "It seems like the competition isn't over yet…at least that is what that Uchiha said…win Tenten…you have to win…"
"but― I'm competing against Neji! My boyfriend! How can I…" Tenten said. Sakura sighed.
"I won't force you, Tenten…the choice is yours…if you don't want to compete against your boyfriend…then don't…" With that said, Sakura left.
Tenten stood there, thinking about Sakura's words.
:.End of Flash Back.:
"Hyuuga! Ten…Ten! Start your match!" Asuma yelled, seeing that the two hasn't started yet. 'What's the last name of that Tenten anyway?' I know guys…Tenten has no last name. Her name is only Tenten
Neji and Tenten went towards each other and shook hands.
"I have to win…" They said at the same time. Tenten looked up at Neji while Neji looked at Tenten.
"Let's have a nice game…" Neji said, smiling. Tenten smiled back before nodding.
And their match started.
(okay, I won't tell the whole thing that happened coz that will take at least 2 pages and this part is already in the 10th page…I'll just tell who won and who lost…)
"Nice job all of you!" Asuma said. "Now, I bet all of you other students wants to know who won between the popular people so I'll tell you who won…"
"With Haruno and Uchiha…Uchiha won by one point…" Asuma announced.
"With Yamanaka and Nara…Nara won by two points…"
"With Hyuuga…Hinata…and Inuzuka…Hyuuga won by four points…"
"With Hyuuga…Neji…and Ten…ten…Tenten won by one point…"
"Nice job Konoha no Shinobi…" Asuma said and with that, left. The class cheered and soon left, following Asuma.
Ino, Shikamaru, and Hinata were happy too since they all didn't care about the scores anyway. But four people weren't so happy. Especially these two…
Sakura was stunned. She was so close in winning…but Sasuke didn't want to lose that's why with all his strength, he returned all Sakura's shots and somehow ended winning.
Sasuke didn't say anything for a while but when he pass Sakura, he said three words that even got Sakura angrier than she was right now. What was the word? 'You. Lost. Again.' And did I mention he emphasized the word 'again'? Well, he did. Oh! And he also muttered 'Pathetic' under his breath. Not knowing that Sakura heard him, he continued walking.
The gang saw and heard what happened and Ino nearly rushed to side with her best friend, but Shikamaru stopped her knowing this was something between Sasuke and Sakura and it's the two's job to solve it…not theirs.
Surprisingly, Sakura did not say anything. Her eyes were glued to the floor and her bangs were covering her eyes. For the others it seemed like she was crying, but she wasn't. Although that was what she was doing in the inside, she did not show it in the outside.
Feeling uncomfortable with the silence, Sasuke turned around to see what was happening. The gang was looking at him. Ino and Tenten with anger, and Hinata seemed to have the same expression in her eyes. Shikamaru looked at him as if he was insane and Neji looked at him with a look that said: 'Why are you putting yourself in trouble again?' Then there was Sakura. As soon as he looked at Sakura, Sakura lifted her gaze and looked at him with an expression Sasuke never wanted to see again: Pain and Sadness. And he was the cause. He suddenly regretted what he said, but when he was about to apologize, Sakura left. Well actually…this was what happened:
Noticing that Sasuke saw her real feelings, Sakura immediately put her mask on. Her eyes and face suddenly held no emotion and she simply walked towards the exit of the gymnasium.
"Nice job, Sasuke…" Ino said. "You just did something that might return her to the old her…the cold and ever so cruel Haruno Sakura."
Hinata simply glared at Sasuke before leaving. Ino glanced at Shikamaru who silently, nodded and then the two left too.
Tenten and Neji looked at each other and before leaving, gave Sasuke a pat on the back.
Sasuke sighed. 'I'm insane…'
He stood there for a few minutes and then decided to go home. 'I'll just apologize tomorrow' was the last thought in his mind.
With Neji and Tenten…
"Neji, you ok?" Tenten asked.
"Yeah I'm fine…" Neji mumbled.
"You don't look fine…what's wrong?" Tenten asked.
Neji sighed. "Nothing, Tenten…I'm fine…"
"Please Neji…we're lovers now…let's not keep secrets between each other…" Tenten pleaded. "Is it the match a while ago?…If it's that then I apologize…I didn't mean to win…I―" Tenten was cut off by Neji.
"Don't apologize…it's not your fault I lost…you did a great job…I was just feeling…pathetic and…weak…" Neji said. "And I will be open with you…don't worry…"
"Neji you're not weak nor are you pathetic…I bet we were just too focus on winning because of what Sasuke and Sakura told us…believe me…I was too focus on that fact at first but then I thought…will a simple match break us? No…right?" Tenten smiled. "I love you, Neji and nothing will change that…"
Neji smiled back. "I love you too, Tenten…"
Neji leaned in and kissed Tenten on the lips making her blush for what seems like the one-hundredth time. When they pulled apart, Tenten smirked.
"Plus, if you were weak and pathetic…do you think I'll be your girlfriend?"
Neji laughed. "Whatever, miss girlfriend…now let's go before it gets dark…"
Tenten looked at Neji. "You're not disappointed about the match anymore right?"
Neji smiled. "I'm not disappointed anymore…"
Tenten smiled back. And the two went home together. (Don't get the wrong idea…Neji is just walking her home…)
Next day, Sakura was absent making Sasuke worried. Did he hurt her that much? He decided to ignore the fact that she was absent since she might be plain not in the mood to go to school. But what bothered him was that Sakura was absent again the next day. And the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that day…let's just say she has been absent for 1 week now. So, Sasuke decided to ask Ino, Tenten, and Hinata.
"…Sakura's fine…don't worry Sasuke…" Ino replied.
"But she's been absent for 1 week now…" Sasuke answered.
"That's nothing new…" Tenten said.
"She's really fine Sasuke, don't worry about her…" Hinata said, patting Sasuke on the back.
Sasuke was speechless. What happened to them? Honestly, Sasuke has thought that Ino and Hinata hated him now because of what he did to Sakura. But here they were talking to him kindly. What happened to the world!
The girls, of course, knew what was happening with Sakura. They had talked to her when they noticed that she has been absent for 3 days already. She said that she was fine and that she was just not in the mood to go to school. They were sure that it was because of what Sasuke had said so they asked her if their thoughts were right. She answered them by a simple 'no' and told them not to be mean to and not to blame Sasuke because he did not do anything bad to her. With that said, Sakura told them to hurry up and go to school before they get late. (They went to Sakura's house before going to their meeting place) They bid her goodbye and ran towards their meeting place to meet the boys.
Sakura was absent the next week too and now all the people in class was worried and they kept on asking the three girls what happened to Sakura or if Sakura was fine. They answered the same way as how they answered Sasuke.
When Sakura was still absent the week after that, the three girls got super worried so they decided to go see her again. They soon found out that Sakura was sick. They offered to take care of her but Sakura refused and told them to go to school because she was fine. The three girls, hesitantly, nodded and went to school.
Sasuke had asked them again if Sakura was okay. And this time they replied with the truth.
"Sakura's sick…" Tenten replied.
"But she refuses to let us take care of her…" Hinata added, sighing.
"I wonder what happened to her…" Ino wondered. Neji and Shikamaru joined the conversation.
"What does Sakura usually do when she was beaten by someone?" The genius, Shikamaru asked.
Hinata did not answer since she didn't know what Sakura does when she was beaten up. Tenten and Ino looked thoughtful.
"umm…well…as I remember…when she is beaten up by someone in studies…she studies harder…" Tenten said.
"And when she is beaten up in sport…she trains harder…" Ino added.
"Then there's your answer…" Neji muttered as he walked towards his girlfriend and wrapped an arm around her waist.
"She's probably studying harder since Sasuke beat her in studies…" Shikamaru said. Ino got jealous of the couple beside her so she went behind the seating-on-a-desk Shikamaru and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Why'd you bring up the competition anyway?" Neji asked Sasuke.
"I don't know…are we still competing?" Sasuke replied.
"No…" They all answered. Except Hinata of course.
"I mean…we have a couple in our group now and we are all friends…why still compete?" Ino asked. Tenten nodded.
"…Fine…my bad then…I'll go apologize to her as soon as she gets well…" Sasuke said.
"Why not apologize to her now?" Hinata asked.
"and take care of her too" Tenten said.
"Since she refused our offer to take care of her…" Ino added.
Sasuke did not reply for a while but they all knew what his answer is.
"What are you waiting for?" Neji asked.
"Go!" Shikamaru said as he pushed Sasuke towards the door of the classroom.
"But school's not over yet…" Sasuke muttered.
"We'll cover up for ya so go!" Tenten yelled at Sasuke who was now outside the classroom.
Shikamaru and Neji went towards him and grinned.
"I've got the girl I love." Neji started.
"And I'm close to getting the girl I love…" Shikamaru continued.
"Now it's your turn…" They said in unison.
"Before Naruto even beats you into doing so…not like he will get Sakura…but he might get Hinata before you even get Sakura…" Shikamaru grinned.
"And you'll be a loser…" Neji grinned too.
Sasuke simply smirked and told them to "shut up" before running towards Sakura's house.
DING DONG! (That's how the doorbell here in Japan sounds…)
Sakura groaned as she stood up from her bed and walked towards the door to open it. She was actually not resting. She was studying. She still can't accept that Sasuke has beaten her…and she still can't forget about what Sasuke had told her. He was right. She lost and she was pathetic.
Sakura tried to ignore her throbbing head and opened the door.
"Sasuke?" Sakura asked.
Sasuke looked at her. She was in her pajamas since she was sick…or actually she was wearing a black jogging pants and a plain black short sleeves as her pajamas…and her hair was kinda messy. Her face was all red. 'She looks cute' was the only thought that ran in Sasuke's mind.
Sakura immediately became cold as she realized who she was talking to.
"What are you doing here?"
"Checking on you…" Sasuke replied.
Sakura attempt to close the door but Sasuke stopped it with his hand. He stared at her and Sakura simply glared at him.
"Go away…I don't need a guy who calls me pathetic to go checking on me…" Sakura coldly said.
"Hn…Whatever, Haruno." Sasuke said as he opened the door and stepped in Sakura's house. He closed the door and locked it making Sakura nervous. Like…who wouldn't? You know what people usually think when a girl and a boy is alone in the same room.
Sakura stepped back. Sasuke stepped forward.
"Why aren't you resting?" Sasuke asked.
"Because I'm studying…"
Sakura stepped back again. Sasuke stepped forward again.
"Why are you studying?"
"None of your business…"
Sakura stepped back. Sasuke stepped forward.
"It is my business you know? Because I bet you were studying coz I was higher than you in our test."
"Shut up…"
Sakura stepped back but she accidentally stepped on a book that was lying on the floor. Sasuke still stepped forward since he didn't saw that Sakura stepped on a book. What happened? Oh…simple…Sakura tripped backwards so she fell on her back and since Sasuke stepped forward, he fell on top of her. See? Simple.
Sakura groaned. "Get off me Uchiha! You're heavy!"
Sasuke moved his hands and placed them beside Sakura's shoulder (not on her shoulders, ok?) for support and then looked at her and answered, "Of course I'm heavy! I'm a guy!"
"So? Not all guys are heavy!" Sakura answered.
"Those guys are what you call gay! Coz all guys should be heavier than girls!" Sasuke shot back.
"Oh just shut up and get off me!" Sakura said as she tried to push Sasuke off her.
"Why would I?" Sasuke smirked. "I like our position."
Sakura blushed madly. "P-pervert! Get off me!"
But Sasuke did the exact opposite. He leaned in and captured her lips with his. It was a simple kiss. After about 15 seconds, he pulled away and stared at her.
Sakura was too shock to move so she just stared back at him.
"I'm sorry for calling you pathetic…" Sasuke apologized. "I don't know what happened to me at that time…"
Sakura was silent. Then, after a minute or so, she replied.
"It's okay…you were right anyway. I suddenly turned cold just because you beat me…that's really pathetic..."
"…." Sasuke said. "Sorry for kissing you…"
Sakura blushed. "I-It's okay…I kinda liked it anyway…"
Sasuke stared at her.
"B-but that doesn't m-mean you can d-do it ag-again!" Sakura quickly added.
Sasuke just smirked. "Why not? I thought you liked it?"
"I-I…did…but….." Sakura tried to say but she was still shock from the kiss that she can't speak properly.
Sasuke laughed. "Whatever, Sakura."
He pulled himself off her and help her to her feet.
"Go rest…and no studying…" Sasuke said.
Sakura absentmindedly nodded. After a few minutes, she still stood there thinking things such as: 'Why did he kiss me?' or 'OMG! He kissed me!'. Sasuke, noticing this fact, laughed. To bring her back to earth, he suddenly lifted her up and carried her towards her bed, bridal-style.
Sakura blushed more, if possible. Sasuke placed her on her bed and smirked at her.
"Too dazed to move are you?" Sasuke said.
Sakura immediately regained her composure and looked away.
"Sh-Shut up! It's your fault anyway…" Sakura replied. Sasuke laughed again.
"Whatever…just get yourself some rest…" Sasuke said and then started picking her fallen books.
"What about you?" Sakura asked.
"I'll probably just clean around." Sasuke replied.
"Still a clean-a-holic?" (Was that a right term?)
"Hn…just sleep Haruno." Sasuke answered.
"Fine…will you leave me alone?" Sakura asked and she tried to make it sound as if she didn't care but Sasuke knew her too well.
"Don't worry…I won't go anywhere until you wake up." Sasuke smiled.
Sakura simply smiled back and after a while, drifted off. As said, Sasuke just cleaned around and stared at the sleeping Sakura.
TBC…
A/N: Oh my! I at last finished this long chapter. This seems to be the longest chapter guys, be happy!
For my readers, the next story I might update will be: 'Match Makers to the Rescue'.
Next Chapter: Dedicated to all the ShikaIno fans out there! The next chapter would be full of Shikaino and slight ShinoTema.
Recommended: My beloved readers…for those who are Hermione x Draco and Harry x Ginny fans…I recommend this story: "Forbidden Love by black-phoenix97". It's may not be that good but for me it rocks! The author of that story is my best friend and I'm going to help her revise it a little bit so please! Read and review for that story too! Do it for my best friend! That's all! Love you guys!
Honou no Megami