Chapter 7- A Scarred Heart
"Mum, it's Archie. And I promise I'm gonna study like hell when I come back. I promise." I pleaded, looking into my mum's eyes.
She put on a disapproved look. "Darling, you've got exams. How can you use up your study time doing this?"
"I know, I know. But mum, my class is going and so will all my friends. I promise I will study really hard." I begged.
She hesitated her next answer. My mum sighed. "I'm expecting good marks from you then." She spoke sternly before leaving the kitchen. I smiled brightly like I just won a medal. In a few hours, Ino showed up in my house, like she said she would. Using up the next 3 hours, we were finally ready. It took a while to choose the style and hair, but we finally got it. I wore a floral dress decorated with beautiful flowers on it. Ino curled my ends, and made me leave it loose lying. Whilst Ino, she wore a brown dress with black mesh overlaying it in different patterns. Her hair was beautifully curled too as I awed at them. She wore black matching heels, as I wore glossy pink ones. We were finally ready to go. Being dropped over by Kiba, the three of us approached Archie's large home. When we entered in, we saw many people. Archie's home was really big, yet splendid. His home was like a mansion, as we beautifully gazed at our surroundings. We walked in through the living room and out into the backyard where everyone mostly was. His backyard was amazing. It was coloured in with small lantern lights around everywhere and a lighted up swimming pool. This place was absolutely amazing. We spotted Archie by his pool talking some people I recognised from school. When he saw us, he walked over to us in open arms. We hugged and gave presents and wished him a great birthday. For about the next few hours we talked amongst all the people we recognised and knew. I could find almost everyone I knew, apart from Sasuke. Was he always so late? I soon had enough talk with the people I met and so I walked over to Naruto who was swimming in the beautifully ornamented bright pool.
"Hey Naruto!" I walked over to him. I bent down by the side path of the pool. I could see my sparkling reflection on the water.
"You look beautiful." Naruto smiled, swimming towards me.
"Thank you." I blushed slightly. "Where is Sasuke?"
There were some people swimming in the pools and others walking and talking or eating small snacks. But one main thing was the sound. Everything was so loud. I could've turn deaf out here if it weren't this loud.
"What!?" Naruto yelled, trying to get his voice across to me.
"Where is Sasuke?!" I repeated.
"I don't know…" Naruto said. "Anyways, I'm gonna come out now. Let's head inside. But first I've gotta change back into my clothes." Naruto said hopping out of the pool, shirtless.
"Okay, I'll wait for you inside." I said, standing back up and heading towards the door. I walked around the room, aweing each and everything. I waited patiently for Naruto by the stairs. My heart jumped when I saw Sasuke talking with a tall blonde chic I hadn't recognised. She must've never been in one of my classes before to make her look like such a stranger. The girl was really tall and pretty, her golden hair flowing down by her hips. Her hair was similar to Ino's but more yellow and golden. The two were talking; something I couldn't quite hear. Sasuke laughed at something the pretty girl said, and my stomach was rolling to know what she had said to make Sasuke laugh like that. Something rolled over me, and I hadn't known what. Was it jealousy? A part of me wished she would disappear and never talk to Sasuke again, and to never make Sasuke continulely smile like that. I loved his smile; it was priceless, but it somehow hurt to see that the person causing him to smile and laugh wasn't me. I stared at him for a few moments, before he met my gaze. Dammit, he felt my gaze at him and knew I was staring at him the entire time. Sasuke turned back to the girl and muttered a few words. The girl's gorgeous but razor sharp eyes looked at me vaguely, like she was trying to figure something out, or a flood of anger rushing through her. Looking a bit angry, she disappeared through the crowd.
Forgetting about the girl, I stared right into Sasuke. He had his gorgeous feautres once more but even hotter than usual.
Sasuke was so hot. I loathed a billion times.
He wore a loose black shirt with blue jeans. His hair stroked out as usual, creating this unusual wave. He had such smooth, soft skin I was itching to touch. I walked towards him slowly.
"Hi…" I spoke quietly.
"Is there a problem?" He asked, tilting his head smirking.
"Wha-?" I stuttered. "N-no," I cleared my throat. "I was just wondering who that pret… girl was."
"That was Yuri. She is in my business management class. I'm guessing you don't know her."
"I don't, and I'm happy that I haven't." I snapped, looking back at the crowd she disappeared into.
"Why so snappy? You jealous?" He asked, and then a small smirk rose up his lips. I didn't bother answering the question, and I still didn't turn back to meet his sharp gaze at me.
"You look beautiful today." He smiled. Those words made me instantly look right at Sasuke.
"Like I wasn't all those other days?" I huffed. He chuckled. "You look good too." I blabbered. Sasuke chuckled a bit. It was so sweet and melodious. It had a really sweet ring to it; I wanted him to laugh more. I knew, I positively, certainly knew that I loved Sasuke. My heart was all over for him, and I had wished it would stay like this. And one day, I hope for a chance that we might be together.
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Naruto popped out from the bathroom, dressed up in a cute red and blue checkered shirt. He saw me with Sasuke and approached us.
"Hey," Sasuke spoke, in a manly tone. Naruto smiled slightly and nodded.
"Wanna have a drink?" Naruto asked, leading me to the drinks area where a couple of members from our class were standing around.
"Sure." I smiled. "How about you Sasuke?"
I spot Naruto shoot an angry glare at him.
"Nah, it's alright." Sasuke murmured. "I'll just go talk with Kiba." He walked off without a goodbye or a 'see you later'.
"Okay." I shrugged, turning around and walking off with Naruto to the drinks.
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"It's a beautiful night." Naruto looked up from his drink. He looked up at the starry sky above us.
"I know." I smiled, taking a sip from my soda. "Naruto…about Sasuke…are you two still mad about that night?"
Naruto paused. "That doesn't matter anymore."
"You know, can I tell you something? It's about Sasuke…"
"Uh, yeah, sure, go ahead." Naruto cutely ruffled his hair then turned his head to look at me.
"You know Sasuke…I like him." I paused, choosing my words carefully yet not knowing what to say. "As in like from the first day I met him, he had bullied me like hell, but there was a part of me, that I really liked about him. And the thing is, we have the same past, we had felt each other's pain. And this was all proven by the social night. I had such an earning for him, I wanted to be with him for-"
"That's great. I'm gonna get some food. See ya." Naruto spoke sounding a bit hurried. He stood up from the edge of the swimming pool, and walked off.
What happened? Did I do something wrong?
As Naruto walked in, Sasuke came out. My worries were vanished as my thoughts sank into Sasuke's hot appearance.
"What happened with him?" Sasuke chuckled, walking over to me. "Wanna drink?" He asked, offering me a golden drink with foamy bubbles roaming around. He smirked, that cute smirk which always made my stomach flip. "It's alcohol, dumbass." He spoke, answering my silent question.
"No." I spoke back.
"What? Why? One drink, one sip?" Sasuke nudged.
"I said no." My eyebrows knitted together.
"Fine. Then these two bottles are mine." He smirked. Sasuke drinks? Since when? I couldn't expect much less since I've never seen him at a party.
"You never told me you drank." I frowned slightly, watching Sasuke pick the lid off and drink the golden liquid.
"Well," He said, sitting next to me, taking off the contact between his mouth and the bottle. "You never told me you loved me."
I stopped short, speechless. Did he hear me? Did he eavesdrop upon me and Naruto?
"How would you know?" I pouted, blushing slightly.
"It's all over your face. Awwh, so cute cherry." Sasuke smiled.
"Are you drunk?" The question blurted out of my head without me thinking.
He laughed, putting the bottles down. After a few moments, he looked up at me. "No. I only get drunk if I'm just…not feeling well. But I'm fine, happy."
"Okay you are right. I do like you." I said, not being able to make eye contact.
"I know." He whispered. I waited for his confession. Or wasn't there any? It somehow hurt that I confessed and all he said was an 'I know' and no confessions. A wet drop fell onto my nose. I crinkled it, as I looked up. Rain slowly pattered upon us, and everyone outside. I could hear moans and groans from people as they all headed back inside gloomily. We went along with them. You might've thought we all would've been packed into the house, but I'd say you'd be wrong. Archie's house was immensely large, and we were all thankful we were able to move around pretty freely.
"Where is that Naruto kid?" Sasuke asked, leaning his back against the wall.
"First of all, Naruto is not a kid, and second… I really don't know where he went." I said, looking around. Looking around from where I was standing was hopeless. There were so many people here in the living. Everyone was in crowds or pairs or just dancing on the dance floor.
"You'll never find him like this." He noticed my stares.
"I need some air." I said. "It's getting stuffy here." I spoke, walking outside into the side lawn. Although it was raining, I stood in the shelter. I was a bit surprised that Sasuke followed me here, even though I wanted him to. A calm breeze flew past our faces, as I loved the feel of it. In a way, I felt so alone and isolated. We were far off from others and I was just there alone with Sasuke.
"Are you alright?" There was concernment in his tone.
"Uh, yeah. I'm fine." I said, looking right at Sasuke. Sure I was fine. My mega crush is alone with me in the late of night and it is raining.
He looked right at me, his dark penetrating eyes sinking into my all so boring green eyes. He held out his arm to pull a strand of my hair behind my ear. He cupped my cheeks then extracted them.
"Sakura…" He spoke softly, unable to take our eyes off each other. He held his finger onto my chin, as I placed my hand on top. Oh his skin was so smooth and flawless. Sasuke slowly leant forward, and I lifted my head up slowly, following his hand. Our lips were an inch far, and I leant forward to close the gap. He kissed back; that prestigious moment flowing. He extracted his mouth away.
"Sasuke…" I said, looking right at him.
"Sakura, I can't do this." Sasuke said, looking away. "This can't be happening."
My stomach rolled and my chest started to flare up. "What?" I asked softly.
"I can't do this. Sakura, why? Why are you always with me? Why are you always around me? Why, Sakura!?" He raised his voice a bit.
"I always want to be with you." I spoke, heat scorching across my body to hear what was coming next.
"I had always bullied you and I had always made fun of you. And yet you are always nearby me? I was doing this so I could stay away from you. So I could be further away from you. I didn't want to be close with you." Those words burnt my chest, making it heat up and my breathing stop.
"What about this kiss?" I asked, resounded.
Sasuke turned away with no reply. "I don't want to know you anymore. I don't want to talk to you anymore, and I don't want to see your sweet face ever again. I'm sorry Sakura, but this cannot go on anymore. Bye." He walked away, into the darkness of night. Lightning echoed in the sky, as the amount of rain doubled. Rain poured down in buckets, and so did my tears. My tears were flowing down my cheeks rapidly, as my breathing became short. My chest sent a burning pain throughout my entire body. What was this I was feeling? Heartbreak…
The words he said pierced my whole heart I had for him. Had he not cared for what I had for him? Had the kiss meant nothing? My heart pounded hard in my chest. I sat down one of the concrete steps by my feet.
"Are you ok?" Naruto's voice made me jump. I looked up to see Naruto's face look down poorly at me. I remained silent. I hadn't notice he was here.
"I'm sorry Naruto." I sighed. He silently sat next to me.
"It's ok… So you do love him." Naruto spoke softly, wiping my tears away. I leaned forward and buried my head into Naruto's chest. I felt a bit calm, and a bit better. I shut my eyes and we remained silent.
A/N:
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