Disclaimer: Loveless- Yun Koga
Naruto- Misashi Kishimoto
Claimer: I own the plot and the OCs like Haruka, Sterling, and so forth.
Warnings: There MIGHT be some limes in the future, and no characters from Loveless are in this story.
Pairings: SasuOC, might be more in the future
I had taken my time in getting to class. When I do finally get there I'm met with a surprise. Everyone is sitting in different seats and even the seats had been rearranged into squares around the room. I look at the screen on the white board to see a new seating chart. I find my name and sit in front of Shino.
I admit I'm surprised to be sitting in front of Shino. I didn't even know I had any classes with him, beside gym, until now. I see another person I don't know sitting next to me. Then there's an empty seat beside Shino.
I look to the board again and notice that Sasuke is on the other side of the room. This is the only class that he had gotten to sit next to me beside English Two. That comes at fifth hour, though.
I take out a book and start to read but then I hear a thump in the empty seat. I look up instinctively and I cower a bit when I see Ino sitting and Sakura standing. They are both glaring at me.
"What were you doing with Sasuke-kun yesterday?" Ino asks with a hiss.
"Nothing." I have to choose my words carefully since I have to test their anger like you test how warm or cold water is.
"Oh, so Sasuke-kun walking with you was in our imagination then?" Sakura asks as she leans forward.
"Actually, he dragged me," I mumble.
"Yeah, whatever." Ino shrugged it off as if she "knew" Sasuke would do no such thing. "What did you two do before you ran off?"
"He told me off," I answer since I now know that I shouldn't give them more cause to be angry with me.
That answer seemed to satisfy them. They both gave me content smiles at the thought that Sasuke had been mean to me. At least I was telling them part of the truth, right?
I see them glance at the door. They get up and fight to get past each other. I then know that Sasuke has entered the classroom. I go back to reading as the bell rings and class continues.
DING DING
I grab my things and leave the classroom as fast I can. I don't want to face anyone. I'm not in the mood to face Sasuke, most of all. I go into my own world as I'm walking. I always do this because I need to get out of my math mode, science mode, and whatever-class-I'm-leaving mode.
"Hey Haruka!"
I jump a little at the call of my name. I automatically look back and first see a mass of dirty blond hair. I feel my heart sink when Sterling catches up to me. I keep looking back until he does catch up, but all I see are glares from older girls. I turn forward again when Sterling walks up beside me.
"Hey, where're you heading to?" he asks with a smile.
"Biology," I answer as simply as I can. "Where're you headin' to?"
"Chemistry. That's going to be fun what with the teacher lecturing and then giving us a worksheet or some book work. We all know that he doesn't really want us bother him," Sterling said. "But the best part is that we get to do whatever when we're done with our work."
"Sounds like fun," I say absent mindedly. I'm mostly keeping an eye out for Sasuke. "I like being a sophomore since I don't like growing up."
"But being a junior's fun so it'll be enjoyable. You can always have Nerf battles with coworkers when you get older anyway," Sterling says with a grin.
I look at Sterling with an incredulous look. I hadn't known this before. He nods to assure that what he's saying is true. I smile and chuckle as we both go up the stairs. When he gets to his locker he says good-bye to me and I do the same. I walk along with a small smile but then it drops.
I had completely forgotten that I wasn't supposed to talk to Sterling. He's not the other Timeless because Sasuke is. Sasuke honestly doesn't seem to like the idea of me getting closer to someone that I shouldn't be getting closer to. The only thing I'm happy about is the fact that I haven't talked to Sasuke much. I think during class he would glance at me every so often, but I didn't pay attention. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would do that so I'm going to say that he didn't.
I get to my locker and put my book away but keep my binder. I grab my biology book and then close the little area above my locker. I give a sigh and turn to my left and take a step before I feel a tap on my left shoulder. I look to my left to see Sterling grinning at me.
"That was fast," I state after a blink of surprise.
"I got my stuff before you did. Don't you think it makes sense?" he asks.
"I guess it does," I say mostly to myself as I put a finger to my chin in thought.
"Of course it does. Anyway, why did you leave the field-what the-!" Sterling shouts while rubbing the back of his head.
We both look back to see Sasuke walking with Kiba. Kiba is laughing while Sasuke doesn't look too happy.
"Sterling was just pawned by Uchiha," Kiba laughs.
I see both Sterling and Sasuke's ears lay flat against their heads as they give each other death glares. Kiba's laughing dies away and he notices the tension. We both back away and decide to walk together since we've both got the same class.
"Do you know what's up with Uchiha?" Kiba asks while pointing his thumb back at where we left the other two boys.
"Not really," I say with a shrug.
"So, why did you have to leave yesterday?" Kiba asks.
"Oh, I had to do homework. I forgot about it," I lied.
"Well we should do this again today," Kiba suggests.
"I come back to my house at six so we could start at six twenty in the same place," I say to make plans.
"Great! I can do that. I'll spread the word around," Kiba says with a grin.
As we go down the stairs Kiba and I talk about things that we can relate to. First it was the weather, then classes, then homework, sports, soccer, and such as that. I find it easy to talk to Kiba as if I was talking to Hinata or Temari. We both go into the class but then separate since we don't sit at the same table. I set my things down and get out a book and start to read since I've nothing better to do.
All I can hope is that this class takes it time because I'm not looking forward to English class. In order to make it go faster I tend to look at the clock every time I turn a page and it really does work.
Once it gets to fourth hour my heart is beating pretty fast and I feel stressed. I don't even take the time to look away from the clock. Instead I end up staring at it so that time goes by much slower. I don't know how it happened, but time seemed to go by even faster what with me counting every second to the point that I faze out. This is when I feel exactly as my name suggests.
When the bell rings I yawn and get up. I gather my stuff with a sad sigh and go on my way to English. I start to think about why I could possibly be afraid. Sasuke can't do anything bad to me in class, and telling me off is something I'm now used to. I'm just glad that we didn't have gym, and had class in the classroom today because that would've been a chance for Sasuke to tackle me in case he really is that angry at me for talking to Sterling.
Maybe I can tell him that Sterling talked to me… I don't think he would care, though.
Either way I end up taking my time to get to class. If I hurry I get there with about two minutes to spare out of a five minute break. If I take my time I'll barely make it with less then a minute to spare.
Unfortunately, this class is also changing seats. Every class of mine until now has changed seats except for one. In all of them Sasuke doesn't sit next to me—thank God!—but in this class we can choose our own seats. I look around the classroom and I spot Sasuke who's giving me a smoldering gaze. It's too bad for him, though, because all the seats around him are taken by his fans.
I find a lone seat by the wall and I take it. It's really empty on the left side of the classroom whereas the right side is pretty stuffed what with Sasuke being over there. I don't mind it, though, since I'm not too enthusiastic about people.
Unfortunately again this doesn't seem to stop Sasuke. I notice from the corner of my eyes that a spot of dark colors stands up with stuff in hand. I turn my eyes but not my head and see that Sasuke walks over to me. I get stiff once Sasuke takes a seat next to me as if this is the most natural thing alongside breathing in air.
I can feel the death threats in the death glares. I think I might be jumped later.
"You and I have a lot to talk about, Haruka," Sasuke says as he sets his stuff down in front of him.
The bell rings but I don't think that'll stop Sasuke either. The teacher prances in a moment afterwards and so begins class. I take out my notebook and open up to a page with things already written down since we have daily work before we start class. Quite suddenly a large dictionary is set down in front of me. I turn to Sasuke with a confused expression and he glances at me from doing his work.
"What's this?" I ask.
"Study up on your words. Since you're the Fighter Unit you're going to have to know how to work around spells," Sasuke explains and orders.
Something clicks on in me. I don't finish my work but instead I grab a thesaurus and start looking at random words. Sasuke's order of me to study up on words seems to be all that I want to do.
Stupid Fighter Unit instincts.
"I didn't mean right now," Sasuke says as he gives me a look. He seems to be looking down on me. I close both books and crinkle my nose as I retort, "Then watch how you say things because I can't help myself. I'm the Fighter Unit, remember? We listen to the Sacrifice's orders."
Sasuke shakes his head and I can tell that he isn't accepting the fact that he's the one who was at fault here. I go back to my work and I hear paper sliding toward me. I turn to Sasuke and he nods down to his paper which is already done. I shrug and copy down what he has since I'm lazy when it comes to daily work. I close my notebook once I'm done and put it under my chair.
"Didn't I tell you not to talk to Sterling?"
"Yeah…" I answer as I sit up straight again. I can feel my ears lay back against my head and my tail wrap around my leg. "It's not my fault, though. He talked to me. Do you want me to just ignore him?"
"Yes," Sasuke answers bluntly.
That causes me to flinch but I crinkle my nose and stick out my lower jaw in defiance. He hasn't made it an order so I'm safe for now. I end up replying, "Well that's too bad because I'm not mean like you are. Since we're in this together you're going to have to like me for who I am and not who you want me to be. I'm slowly learning to accept you for you, so you need to add something to this, too."
Sasuke stares at me with a look I can't quite place. I notice that the tip of my tail is twitching back and forth and that my ears are standing on end. After a moment I get self conscious. My ears lower against my head again and my tail wraps around my leg as I sink my head in between my shoulders and turn away from him.
"You're right," Sasuke suddenly says. My ears stand on end again and in surprise this time as I turn to him with some shock. This isn't something I thought I'd ever hear. "I shouldn't be so quick to assume. If we're going to make this work I'm going to have to try. Just… try not to talk to him, alright?"
"Alright," I agree.
I give a small smile and I see a very faint blush appear on Sasuke's face. He turns away, but I see his tail lay against his leg and his ears move back, but not go against his head completely. I take this into account since I now want to learn everything I can learn about Sasuke.
I suddenly want us to be very close like a complete unit. I don't know where this sudden warmth has come from, but I don't mind it. I think that this very moment, where Sasuke just blushed, is the REAL moment that I have learned to come to like Sasuke. I can feel our bond growing in strength because of this moment. I get a sudden thought and it makes my heart leap with happiness.
"Hey, Sasuke?" I ask for his attention. When he turns to me my smile grows bigger and I ask, "Do you want to come to my house for some dinner? You don't have to if you don't want to, though."
It takes a moment. I see Sasuke's face show an emotion, I think he's being thoughtful as his ears lift a bit in thought. I also can see from the bottom of my eyes that his tail is starting to move as he contemplates what he should do. I continue to smile until I see his face turn redder as he turns away. I tilt my head, tilting an ear as well as I wait for his reply, although not sure if he will answer.
"Sure, why not?" he answers.
My heart swells and my smile grows to probably the biggest it's ever been. My ears stand on end and my tail lifts itself and I feel like I'm about ready to burst with how happy I am. I feel like a dog that sees their owner after a while. It's odd since I'm a neko-gin.
Ah well, who cares? Sasuke's coming to my house for dinner!
I am SO sorry to those who have been waiting for an update on this series! I actually have the next couple of stories written out, too. I hope you enjoyed this story, since I added a tad bit more fluff that's more apparent.
THANKS FOR READING!