Disclaimer: Loveless- Yun Koga
Naruto- Misashi Kishimoto
Claimer: I own the plot, the OCs-like Haruka, Sterling, and Hideyoshi-nothing more, nothing less.
Warning: AU; no characters from Loveless; love... square?
Pairing(s): SasuOC
"Thanks for the ride," Sasuke thanks my mom.
"No problem, Sasuke! Make sure to come on over again anytime you want," my mother exclaims with a happily big smile on her face.
My mom drives away, leaving us by the school entrance. We watch her leave. She had to drop us off at the corner since she had to leave from dropping us off. We head to the school, but we've been silent ever since last night.
"So… how did you sleep?" I ask.
"I went to sleep easily enough. What about you?" he asks.
He doesn't remember, I tell myself. "Mm, I slept well, I guess. I got a midnight snack, although I lost some of it."
"That sucks," Sasuke mumbles.
I bite my lip because I don't like the fact that Sasuke forgot what happened. Then again, I'm not actually him, so he might've not have forgotten, but he just wanted to forget last night because he didn't like it. That creates a pang of emotional pain in my heart, which is weird.
I think the circumstance of last night just made me think I felt something much deeper than love for him.
When we get to the school, we walk along. I don't walk particularly close to Sasuke, and actually lag behind a little bit. I don't want people to think that we're starting to become friends or anything, because now that my slight sadness has disappeared, it's filled with anger and maybe even remorse.
I don't want to be Sasuke's friend.
When we have to separate to get to our lockers, I'm actually thinking to myself how I would much rather meet someone that Sasuke doesn't like so that'll make him be silently angry at me. I think that when he's silently angry at me, he'll leave me alone.
When I get to my locker, I put everything away and grab the stuff I need for my first class. I close my locker and stand there for a moment, deciding if I should go find my friends or go straight to class where Sasuke might be. Before I can make a decision, I feel someone slightly yank my tail from behind me.
I turn around to see Sterling smiling at me. I blink with surprise, since it's been a while since I've seen him. I can't help but notice that he's wearing dark blue pants, red sneakers, a red shirt, and a black jacket. I never noticed how he looked than from the first time I met him.
"Hello Haruka. Whatever happened to our date, hmm?" Sterling asks with a teasing grin.
"You never said when it was going to be, so that's not my fault," I retort with a smile, enjoying the teasing.
"How's about I make it today? I have some time to spare before a cousin of mine comes over. You can probably meet him, too," Sterling suggests.
I stare at Sterling. I'm hesitating, and he can see it. I'm not supposed to have anything to do with Sterling because Sasuke doesn't want me to. Then again, I don't remember Sasuke actually saying not to have anything to do with Sterling. I should be safe if Sasuke didn't say so, right? Right.
"Alright, we'll do that," I finally agree.
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A walk in the park and some ice cream is Sterling's idea of a date. To be honest, I don't think it's a lousy or cheap way to have a date. I actually like this sort of date a lot more than going to some dinner or having dinner somewhere expensive.
You're probably wondering why I'm not going to swim with the swim team, right?
All it took was a phone call to my mom and that was it. She believes that I deserve some breaks sometimes, especially on Fridays.
You're also probably wondering what's going to happen with Sasuke, right?
I haven't talked to him at all during school. In our first class, he went back to his normal seat. In the other classes, he just did his work and was quiet. It kind of hurt me, but I tried not to show it because Sasuke obviously didn't remember what happened last night. I then told him I might be busy and I might not be able to make it to our Spell practice today.
He accepted it too calmly for me to say it was okay that he doesn't remember.
"So my cousin comes to visit about twice every month, although most of the time it's only once. He's the only cousin I can actually stand," Sterling finishes.
"I have some family, but most of them went to live in America. Me and my mom are the only ones left living here," I say as I lick some ice cream afterwards.
"Well, maybe you can come to my house and meet my cousin and family then?" Sterling suggests. "Sounds like things tend to get a bit lonely when it's just you and your mom. Is it like the Gilmore Girls with you two?"
I laugh at what Sterling says. I do sometimes wish that it could be something like that, but it won't ever be. My mom aims to be my mom, someone who takes care of me and will be there for me when I need her. She doesn't necessarily aim to be my best friend because we both know that I would push her around and get whatever I want.
"No, it's not like that. I think that it's better that way, to be honest. I can ask my mom to see if I can come."
I whip out my cellular device and text my mom while Sterling watches curiously, seeing what kind of phone I have. I have the iPhone, which I really enjoy. My mom also has one. I don't always enjoy the auto correct, though.
"Hey Sterling, my dear cousin!"
Sterling and I immediately turn around. What we see is a guy. I have to focus on the quickly approaching teen to take in how he looks.
He has short orange hair. Surprisingly, he has orange cat ears and an orange tail that's pretty long. He's wearing red glasses, a black tank top, light blue pants with holes on the knees, and black sneakers. He has gray colored eyes, pierced ears with two black very small hoops for earrings, and he has two bandages on his cheek to where they look like an "x". On his wrist he's wearing a thin silver bracelet with a skeleton of a fish for a charm. He seems to be a tad bit feminine, although in a way that it could attract some girls.
He comes up beside Sterling and slings an arm around his neck. He looks at me, looking me up and down in such a way that makes me feel embarrassed and on my toes. He seems to be like he's a face-paced guy who loves to have fun. I've never really hung around people like that before and they give me whip-lash.
"Ah, so this is Haruka, huh? She's pretty adorable for someone her age," he says with a big cocky, arrogant and mischievous grin.
Sterling gives a slightly uncomfortable smile as he says, "Yeah, this is Haruka. Haruka, this is Hideyoshi."
"But I prefer that you just call me Hide (he-deh)."
"It's nice to meet you Hide," I greet with as nice and polite a smile I can give.
"So you and Ling-Ling are having a date?" Hide asks as he turns to his cousin with a teasing smile. Sterling shrugs away Hide's arm around his shoulder and almost mumbles, "Well, not anymore."
"Ling-Ling?" I inquire, looking at Sterling. Sterling shoots me a look and shakes his head.
"You know, Haruka, you look awfully familiar. I hope Ling-Ling doesn't get attached to you," Hide says with a sly smile at my direction.
This causes me to stiffen a bit. Sterling definitely doesn't seem happy with this mention of his first girlfriend. I'm not sure how to take Hide's comment either. In fact, I don't know how to take any of Hide at all. To be honest, his personality and quick change of subjects is kind of scaring me.
"Um…" I falter.
"Did Ling-Ling tell you that I'm starting school with you guys on Monday? My dad can't take care of me for a while. I've already been to Ling-Ling's school, though. I'll be able to see some old friends," Hide says with a happy smile. "I'll definitely look for you around the school. In fact, you should give me your cell number and we can tell each other what classes we have~!"
I was caught so unawares, that I hadn't noticed that I even had my cellphone out. Hide snatches it almost greedily and looks up my number. Sterling and I watch him take a few moments to put in my number into his phone, and then insert his number into my phone. When he's done, he's frowning.
"You don't have too many contacts, Haruka. We'll have to fix that. I see that you're friends with Kiba and Temari, though. I know them, so all's good."
"T-That's great," I stutter, not sure how to respond to anything Hide says.
"You know what? I like you Haruka. You're an okay person to me," Hide says as he slings his own arm around my own neck.
I feel my face get a bit hot. I don't even know what's happened since Hide came walking over here. I was having ice cream with Sterling—which Hide has now taken and is now eating—to suddenly having a friend who's eating my ice cream.
Sterling is twitching. I've never seen him get irritated for this long before. It's kind of weird that I get to see this side of him since he seems like such a calm, laid-back, fun guy. Hide hands me my ice cream back, but I'm not sure I want to eat it now that he's licked all of it. Hide turns to Sterling with another cock smile.
"It's a good thing I caught you guys just as you were leaving the ice cream parlor. Can you get me some ice cream, Ling-Ling?" Hide asks. He digs into his pocket and hands Sterling some money. "You know what flavor ice cream I like. We won't leave you, so don't worry."
I give Sterling a fearful look because I don't want to be left alone with this tornado of a guy. Sterling seems to hesitate, wanting to retaliate. Hide ends up nodding toward the shop, hurrying Sterling on. Sterling grumbles to himself incoherently as he goes into the shop. I'm trying my best not to shake at this point.
Suddenly, I feel Hide's hot breath rolling around my ear and neck. All I can assume is that his face is near my ear so that he can tell me something without anyone hearing.
"I'm beginning to like you, Haruka," he whispers.
Is this a good thing with the way he said that…?
Alright, I need ONE review before I update again. I REALLY need you guys to tell me how you like the new character, or if you want a new character at all. This is very important.
ATTENTION: idea of a new character goes to Raat-Din
ATTENTION: idea of Sasuke starting to go distant goes to VeelaSophia (there's more to this idea than Sasuke JUST growing distant)