Chapter 5: A new start?
With Suzume
After my third run-in with Sasori, I ran to my next class. I ran to rest of classes also. I tried to avoid Sasori and Deidara. I don't even know why I was so embarrassed by that. I loved my music and voice. So why did I act like that? No freaking idea. When the final bell rang, I ran to car-lane to wait for Neji. When he pulled up, I didn't even wait for him to stop the car. I jumped in and he pulled away from the retched school.
"Do I even have to ask how your day went?" He asked.
"I hate it. Take me home!" I whinnied. I rarely whinnied but I got some right this time. "This school is full of druggies, gangs and Kami only knows what else!"
"I'm sorry, Suzume, but it's up to my job. If it was up to me, I would have kept us in Konoha." He said. Neji reached over and ruffled my hair. I smiled and fixed my hair. I looked into my back-pack and noticed something.
"Oh no!" I whispered to loud. My sheet music was gone.
"What?" Neji asked.
"My sheet music is gone. I must have left it this afternoon in the music room." I said. "TODAY COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE!"
"You know better then to say that because karma's going to come and bite, Suzume." Neji said. "Want me to turn around?"
"Nah. No one goes in there so my music won't be found." I said. When we got home minutes later I went up to my room to unpack the rest of my boxes. Closer around six pm I decided to stop and went training. I pulled out some kunai, closed my eyes, and jumped into the air. My body went upside down. I was about to throw the kunai when Neji came out and yelled "Suzume! You have company!"
"What?!" I screamed, losing my concentration. I opened my eyes and I almost smashed my head into the dirt. Luckily, I turned my body and landed on my stomach.
"Suzume!" Neji yelled. Two sets of feet came towards me. I lost my sight for a few seconds but when it came back, I looked into the concerned faces of my brother and Sasori.
"Owww." I said. "Nothings broken! I'm fine! Let me up!" I stood up and stumbled a little. Sasori instantly tried to catch me in case I fell.
"Well, I'll leave you two alone." Neji said.
"Nii-san!" I screamed.
"He's your brother? He looks like your father!" Sasori exclaimed.
"He's 26 and I'm 16. We're ten years apart." I laughed but my guard instantly up. "Why are you here? To attack me again or to tell me you're going to put me on YouTube?"
"I came to return this. It looked kind of important." He said, pulling out a manila folder. Sasori pulled out it's contents and I realized it was my sheet music.
"My music!" I squealed. But when I reached for it but Sasori pulled it away. "Dude?!"
"I'll give it all back to you after you tell me why it's so important." He said.
"After you tell me why you guys were spying on me!" I snapped. We sat down on a log.
"We were told to. Our gang leader told us to spy on you and see if you'd be good enough to join." Sasori said, his eyes turned away. I was going to say something but he cut me off. "But I can see you don't want to join. I'm not stopping you. I don't want to be apart of it."
"Then why don't you just quit?" I asked. I don't know why but I was sucked into him. I couldn't pull away.
"The last guy who quit was found in a ditch a week later."
"Oh!" I said.
"Yeah but I'm going to lie and say you don't belong."
"Why?"
"Because I like you." He blurted out. Once he realized that he said that, Sasori covered his mouth.
Before he could say something, I did,
"I like you too." I blurted it out too but I meant to say it. I did like him. All except for the fact he tried to attack me this morning, Sasori was really cute, strong and really cool. And before Sasori could say some less, I did. "My mother was a great musician. She was an excellent pianist. Neji didn't have her talent but I do. It's the only thing I have of her."
"Oh. Two things: 1.) when did you realize you had this talent?"
"I was 4 and half. Mom had just passed and it was right before dad did.'
"I'm sorry about your losses."
"But Neji's an awesome guardian. What's you're second question?"
"It can wait." Sasori said.
After that, we talked for an hour. We couldn't stop talking. We discussed everything and almost anything.
Neji poked his head out of the back door. "Okay, love-birds, dinner's ready and you gotta leave."
"Alright, Neji-sensei." Sasori said.
"I'll walk you around." I said. I didn't want him to leave.
"Suzume, get in here quick. It's your favorite; steak ramen!" He said. I rolled my eyes. He was still buying my love. "I'm sorry but I didn't catch your name."
"Sasori." Sasori said.
Neji nodded and went back inside. Sasori and I went around the house, continuing to talk about "vampires verse werewolves; which is better?"
"Dream on! Vampires are so much better!" I said when we got to the front of the house. I saw his car was a big red, glittery truck. I wanted to comment but I didn't. "So, are you ever going to tell me what question number 2 is?"
"Yeah. 2.) You want to go on a second date?"
"What? When's our first?"
"I count this afternoon as number one. So is that 'what' a 'yes'?"
I thought for a moment. "Yeah and second date would be awesome. But what about you're gang?"
"I've got a plan. We act like we hate each other during school and after school we'll secretly hang out or date." He said. Sasori was at least three inches taller then me. Our eyes were locked onto each other, faces only inches apart, bodies almost but pressed together.
"Sounds exciting." I said. Our faces closed in on each other. A spilt second later, our lips met. Somehow, my arms found their way around his neck and his arms found my waist. We kissed for several seconds then we broke apart. He went to his truck and I went to the door. We turned to face each other to look at each other for a second. I smiled and he smiled. Then I went inside the house and he went into his truck.
"Here's to a new start." I whispered to myself and then went into the kitchen for dinner.
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