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Paranoid
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Sasuke's P.O.V.:
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The thought of having Sakura's goons bust into his mansion in the middle of the night was the only thing that turned Sasuke into a light sleeper. It had been weeks since the paint-balloon drama. Why was it taking her so long to get him back? Was this all a part of her plan? Was she trying to make him so paranoid that he'd embarrass himself?
'It's not gonna work, then.' Sasuke thought. 'Maybe she just needs a little motivation?'
He surely couldn't rely on others to do it for him, they'd probably rat him out. But he couldn't do it himself and risk her breaking his face, though Sasuke was sure he could take one of her punches better than Suigetsu had. Either way, it seemed like he was going to have to wait her next move out.
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Sakura's P.O.V.:
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Sakura and Hinata were at Temari's house, painting their nails as they waited for Tenten to show up.
Honestly, Sakura didn't see the point of this silly paint. It would only chip and make her hands look even messier the next time she got into a fight. She could only imagine the ridicule she'd receive for it. Hidan would probably never shut up about her "trading in her bat for a bra".
Shaking her head, Sakura wiped all of the polish off each of her nails. 'I am not going to sit through that for hours.'
"Uh, Sakura," Hinata said slowly. "You're supposed to be putting it on."
She smiled proudly at the indigo-haired girl. They'd finally gotten rid of that stupid stutter. The process had been long, and there were many failed attempts, but it was worth it to finally hear her friend speaking with such fluidity and confidence.
'Even Naruto had noticed the difference.'
• • • Flashback • • •
"Hinata, I can promise you that this will go well!" Sakura cheered her on.
The two of them were standing behind one of the bookshelves in the library, whispering excitedly. Naruto stood on the other side of the shelf, looking for a book for their English Lit. Report.
The plan was simple: Get in, split up, Hinata talks to Naruto, Naruto notices her gorgeous voice, and they go out on a date. It was a simple, foolproof plan. The only problem was that Hinata didn't know the plan that Sakura had sneakily conjured in her head, and now she didn't want to split up.
"Sakura, I-if I go alone I'll g-get nervous!" Hinata stuttered slightly as if to prove her point.
'Damn it!' She cursed her lack of thoroughness. 'How could I forget how nervous she gets around Naruto?' Sakura felt as if a light had clicked on within her brain as an idea crept into her head.
"Fine, Hina," She sighed and pulled the other girl along with her. "I'll go with you –but first, let's do something with this long hair of yours!"
The shy girl always wore her long hair down, causing it to form a curtain around her face, hiding it. Sakura had always been baffled by Hinata's purposefully doing this; the girl had an awesome facial structure!
Moving behind her, Sakura pulled Hinata's hair into a high ponytail that ended mid-back and then moved around to see her revealed face.
"Perfect." She grinned as she looked at the way Hinata's bangs framed her high cheekbones. "Alright," she continued, moving behind the blushing girl and giving a small push. "Let's go say 'hi' to your lover-boy."
After stumbling a few steps, Hinata began walking without Sakura's help and, before she knew it, she was standing in front of Naruto.
"Sakura, what do I–?"
Sakura was snickering from the other side of the library, having snuck away while her friend's back was turned.
'And now just sit back and watch the show.'
Within seconds, Naruto's loud voice rang throughout the library. "HINATA, YOU LOOK HOT!"
The girl's smooth response left her lips and the blond boy's eyes bulged. "AND YOU'RE NOT STUTTERING ANYMORE!"
'Mission complete,' Sakura laughed as Hinata blushed even more before the accomplished girl walked out, leaving them to talk privately.
• • • • • • • • •
She could still remember Hinata's radiant face, glowing with happiness as she ran towards the Cherry Blossom and told her about her plans with Naruto for the following Friday.
Hinata wasn't the only one getting dates, though. Tenten had been approached by Neji during P.E. later that week and Temari had challenged Shikamaru to a game of shougi, his favorite strategic game. Even I had a little love game going on.
Idate and I were getting really close to being official! We've been talking almost every single day and he's sat with us during P.E. too. I've been so busy with him and the rest of my friends that I haven't even thought about street-brawling with my boys or my revenge on Uchiha.
I'd say that the only people who weren't getting any sort of romance-or even flirting- were Sasuke and Ino, which was really ridiculous considering they were boyfriend and girlfriend.
'What kind of guy does that to his girlfriend?' Sakura thought as she watched him reject Ino multiple times at lunch. Hell, she just wanted to hold his hand or at least a hug, since everyone else around them was getting more than that.
Hinata and Naruto were whispering animatedly to each other with his arm around her; Neji had Tenten on his lap while he talked to Idate; Shikamaru was sleeping with his head on the table and Temari's on his shoulder, their hands entwined; I was leaning on Idate as he talked to Neji, his arm looped around my shoulder as I discreetly observed Ino's reactions to the rejection.
'Why does she stay with such a jerk?'
Ino's gaze met mine and she scowled, forcefully grabbing Sasuke's hand. Seeing the difference in her actions, the Uchiha gave her a questioning glance and followed her gaze to me.
"Can I help you, forehead?" she hissed, trying not to disturb the others at the table.
I scoffed before snuggling closer into Idate's chest, not missing the envy that flashed in her eyes. She probably wished Sasuke would be so affectionate with her in public, but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were her.
Switching my gaze to Sasuke, I noticed that he was glowering at Idate, who was too caught-up in his conversation with Neji to notice.
"I could ask your boyfriend the same thing, pig." I said after a while of watching Sasuke's one-sided staring contest. Seriously, what was his problem?
Ino glanced at Sasuke, who still trying to bore holes in the side of Idate's head, and sighed loudly for the millionth time that day.
'Poor thing,' Sakura couldn't help but feel bad at the other girl's pitiful state. 'She deserves so much better…'
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Sasuke's P.O.V.:
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Sasuke was so busy shooting daggers at the boy in front of him that he didn't even bother acknowledging when Naruto was talking.
"… Asshole, are you even listening?" he shouted across the table.
The onyx-eyed boy glanced at him before looking back to his food. Minutes went by before he broke the silence.
"No."
From the corner of his eye, he watched as Naruto's face reddened slightly and he sucked in a huge breath needed to shout his lungs out. Right as he opened his mouth, Sakura–thankfully–jumped in.
"Naruto was just saying that we should all hang out and go see a movie or something." She said shortly before turning back to Idate.
Sasuke glared at her, angry that she'd interrupted an argument-that did not include her- and only had that much to say. Who did she think she was?
'Oh yeah, she's a kickass thug.' He thought sarcastically as he eyed her discreetly. He took in her long, cotton candy-pink hair, lightly glossed pink lips, high cheekbones, perfect white teeth, shining green eyes– 'It's hard to believe someone so… pretty could be so dangerous.'
"What the hell are you looking at, Uchiha?"
Sasuke shook his head, trying to shake his thoughts from his head long enough to reply to whomever was talking to him. "Mind your own business, Morino." He growled, giving the other boy the famous Uchiha glare, known for scaring people shitless.
"She is my business, dick." Idate didn't look the least bit frightened as he sneered at Sasuke. Before their little confrontation could escalate, the very girl who he'd been studying decided to intervene. Again.
"You guys are so–" "Amazing?" Idate cut in, moving his arm around her waist. Sakura sighed, attracting Sasuke's gaze to a very… developed… place. It was then that he realized what she was wearing:
He knew that the school uniform was loosely enforced, but Sakura was really pushing her luck. She wore a pair of low–riding black skinny jeans; a pink, fitted off–shoulder shirt with a cropped, silver-studded leather jacket; on her feet, there were a pair of black and pink Jordan Spiz'ikes. She also had jewelry on; one side of her nose was pierced and held a silver stud. Each of her ears had a small silver hoop at the lobe.
Sasuke had to admit, she looked pretty hot, in a sinfully wicked sort of way. The leather jacket seemed to enhance her well-developed chest, and he was finding it quite difficult to tear his gaze away as she giggled, making the top of her cleavage flash in and out of sight.
'I wonder if she has any more tattoos.' He thought smugly as his gaze dipped to her partially visible stomach. He could see her slightly tanned skin and a flash of her tattoo as she breathed and found the room getting warm. 'That's … so … ho-'
"You better find somewhere else to rest your eyes before I rip them out, Uchiha." Sakura hissed so he was the only who heard.
Looking up to meet her gaze, Sasuke knew that he'd been caught ogling the goods. Her goods. And she was upset.
'She should be honored that I would even consider looking at her, let alone actually doing it.' He thought with a smirk. His gaze went to her neck as something reddish purple caught his attention. 'A hickey?' he glanced at Idate and smirked even more. 'Someone's been busy.'
"What the fuck are you smiling at, huh?" Idate asked in an annoyed tone.
The entertained Uchiha sat there as Tenten and Sakura shared confused looks while Neji smirked and Idate continued to scowl. His gaze drifted back to Sakura, who frowned at him.
He then remembered Idate's question and grew completely serious. "I don't smile." He said flatly, his face completely emotionless as he rose from his seat. "Oh," he said when he'd taken a few steps away from the table. "Nice hickey, Haruno." He gouged her reaction and swaggered out of the cafeteria.
'Sakura's got quite the body.' He mused thoughtfully. 'It's too bad she's so annoying.' He somehow felt like this wasn't the right word to describe her, but couldn't think of a better-fitting one, because that was the moment that red and blond blurs approached him.
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Sakura's P.O.V.:
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"What a tool!" I said loudly, hoping that that pervert, Sasuke, had heard me before he disappeared through the doors. "I can't believe he had the nerve to gawk at me like that!" I lowered my voice so only our table could hear me.
'He saw the mark! I knew I should've put on some concealor.' She mused inwardly before she heard a chuckle from the one who'd created the mark.
Sakura turned to Idate, who was grinning at her with mischief in his eyes. "What's so funny?" she asked, a small grin sneaking onto her face as well. She couldn't help it; his smile was so contagious.
"I like seeing you angry." His hand softly touched her knee. "It's really hot." His hands began tracing the skin there, tickling it, teasing her. It had just begun moving upwards when loud voices were heard outside the Cafeteria.
"…pay attention to me anymore!" a girl yelled in the hallway.
"..."
"Are you even listening?" the voice shouted angrily.
By now, students were crowding the hallway, trying to find out what was happening. Sakura found herself growing more and more curious when other students also filed out of the Cafeteria as the voices became angrier. Finally, Sakura and her whole table rose from their seats and scurried into the hall.
Pushing through the crowd, Sakura blinked when she saw none other than Sasuke Uchiha–looking as angry as ever– and his 'girlfriend' Ino crying as she stood next to a redheaded girl with glasses.
'That's the girl who slammed the door in my face when me and Sasuke got in that fight in geometry.' She thought as she watched the girl continue to yell at him.
"… You at least pay your girlfriend– and the president of your fan club– a little more attention?" she demanded, gesturing to the sobbing Ino. "You're breaking the deal, Sasuke-kun!"
The boy in question merely looked the blond up and down before turning back to the other girl, annoyance stamped on his face. "The deal's off, Karin." He said blandly. "She's just another fan girl."
Said fan girl gasped before bursting into a fresh batch of tears. "B-B-but, Sasuke-kun, I-"
"Sasuke-kun we had a deal." Karin said haughtily, stepping closer to him. "If you won't date her," she added in an I'm-trying-to-be-sexy voice, "Then you have to date the Vice President; Me."
Sakura felt everyone tense as whispers ran through the crowd, mostly female voices.
"No! She can't date him! Sasuke-kun's mine!" "It's about time he dumped that blond bitch!" "But now Karin's taking him!" "Ino's best friend is moving in on her ex!" "No, Sasuke-kun! Pick me!"
'What is with these girls?' she thought as she watched the girls panic and shout in distress. 'He's not even that great!'
"Karin, what the hell?" Ino cried as she watched her supposed best friend bat her eyelashes at Sasuke, who just gave her a very creeped–out look in return.
Karin turned to her crying 'friend' and sneered. "Sorry, babe," she said with her nose in the air. "Sasuke-kun is mines now. Go roll in the mud like the little pig you are."
Sakura watched, appalled, as she looked to Sasuke expectantly, waiting for him to say something–anything–that would prove that what the redhead had said wasn't true. "Sasuke?" she asked hopefully.
Sakura noticed that she'd removed the friendly suffix. The pinkette really hoped that he would say something that would spare the blue-eyed girl all of this humiliation, instead of just looking at her emotionlessly.
Letting out a heart-wrenching cry, Ino pushed through the crowd and disappeared through the doors of the girl's bathroom.
'She didn't deserve that.' Sakura thought angrily, her fists clenching as she stood there, waiting 'til all of the students walked back into the Cafeteria before she went after the heartbroken girl.
"Oh, Sasuke-kun, I'm so happy that you chose me!"
The rosette's head snapped up as she heard the voice and realized that Sasuke and Karin were two of the few students still in the hallway. She felt anger boil within her as she watched the girl shamelessly throw herself at that bastard.
"Go away, Karin." He said flatly. "I'm busy."
"Okay, Sasuke-kun," she continued, obviously not getting the hint. "We'll talk later!" she walked past the fuming girl, sneering and swinging her hips in a way too provocative to describe.
Sakura turned her gaze back to the ebony-eyed demon before her and gave him the most disgusted look she could manage without saying a word. His eyes narrowed then he smirked at her, as if he found that whole thing amusing.
"Do you think this is some kind of game?" she growled angrily, making his smirk dip slightly before he resumed to his cocky self. She saw his mouth open but cut him off before he had the chance to say a single word. "You disgust me." She moved forward until they were only two feet away.
"You are the most despicable human being I have ever met!" she shouted, attracting the attention of a couple of boys in the hall who immediately ran back to the Cafeteria and announced another fight. Within seconds, the halls were crowded again–not that Sakura cared.
"I can't even begin to fathom why such a gorgeous girl like Ino would put up with a self-absorbed, immature, pretentious asshole like you!" she yelled, green eyes blazing as she roughly pushed him and laughed inwardly as he stumbled and nearly hit the lockers.
Female gasps ran through the crowd and guys gave audible winces and chuckles. Sakura felt somewhat satisfied that at least the guys found it funny and were laughing at him.
"I don't see why you care, Haruno." He said, glaring coldly at her.
"I care because no girl should have to go through what you've put her through." She said just as icily. "Not only have you completely used and misled her, but you've also managed to destroy her dignity in minutes; and in front of the whole Sophomore class!"
The Uchiha snorted and crossed his arms indignantly. "She misled herself by thinking I would actually be in love with her!" his voice rose with anger and Sakura found herself glaring even harder at his spiteful tone, a glare that faltered slightly as he leaned down to her ear. "I'm a playboy; we don't get involved with feelings." He chuckled darkly, tauntingly.
"I think you're just mad that it wasn't you that I was 'dating', Sa-ku-ra." He whispered, his voice laced with desire as his hand slid down and grabbed her thigh.
'Why does he have to sound so sexy when I'm trying to be serious? Stubborn, conceited jerk.'
The fiery rosette felt her thin self-control snap as her face flushed and whispers ran through the crowd. Placing her hands on his chest, Sakura pushed him and heard the loud impact between the metal lockers in his back. Leaping forward, she landed one swift punch to his cheek and another to his gut, making Sasuke double over and clutch his face and stomach.
The still-infuriated pinkette grabbed the front of his shirt in her small fists and jerked him upright, staring into his obsidian-colored eyes with emeralds of bright fury. She could see right through his calm, emotionless façade and saw the pain in his eyes. Slamming him against the lockers again, she brought her face a hair's length away from his.
"I'm only going to say this once, Uchiha, so listen closely." She said slowly, but with a deadly clarity. "I am not one of your fan girls." She hissed angrily. "Do not expect any special treatment from me, because I will kick your ass. Do you understand?"
Sasuke just stared at her with hate-filled eyes, so she pulled him towards her, making their lips brush, before slamming him on the lockers for the third time.
"I said: Do you understand? " She growled and saw a flicker of respect in his eyes.
"Whatever." He snarled.
Releasing him, Sakura calmly walked towards the girls' bathroom without a second glance at Sasuke.
'I couldn't care less what he's doing right now.' She thought as she glared at Karin when the redhead passed her and ran to the injured Uchiha's aid.
•
Sasuke's P.O.V.:
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"Alright class, open your textbooks to page two-fifteen and read silently. I'll be asking each of you a question on section two in about… thirty minutes; you will be graded on your performance."
Sasuke just stared at Mr. Morino. How could he be expected to focus on the book in front of him when all he could think about was a certain pink-haired girl whose chair–the table next to his, two seats away–was still empty, thirty minutes into the class.
He was furious, as he had been when she'd walked away after practically beating him up like some little girl.
As soon as she'd left, everyone began talking about her. Some guys thought it was hilarious how she'd tossed the Sasuke Uchiha around like that. Others found it really hot; Sasuke's fan girls were infuriated that she'd dared to touch him, let alone hurt him.
He scoffed at the memory; as if he, Sasuke Uchiha, had been hurt by a girl– and the new girl no less. He had to admit, though. She packed quite the punch. And she looked good doing it.
Sasuke had gotten very turned-on when she'd stared at him with her bright, green eye blazing with anger and hatred. No girl had every resisted his charm before. This girl had done it twice and caused him some sort of bodily harm both times! He'd had her finger-shaped bruises from the Geometry incident on his neck for days and now he was sure he'd have these bruises on his cheek and abdomen for a week at the least.
'Man, she was seriously pissed-off this time…' Sasuke thought about the sexily furious tone he'd heard in her voice and felt his pants tighten. 'Whoa. Did I just–'
His confused thoughts were interrupted as a familiar face walked into the class.
"Miss Tsuchi," Mr. Morino called as she stood at his desk. "What can I do for you?"
Kin flipped her shoulder-length black hair and handed him a sheet of paper. "I've been transferred to AP." She glanced around the room, sizing-up the class, then her gaze landed on Sasuke and she winked suggestively.
The teacher looked–over the form quietly before scanning the room for and empty seat.
"Ah, Akamichi seems to be absent; you can take the seat next to Uchiha for today."
Looking beside him, Sasuke saw that Chouji was, in fact, missing from his side of the table.
'But he was at lunch…' suddenly, he chuckled inwardly. 'That fat ass is probably still in the Cafeteria, stuffing his face with potato chips–'
His thoughts were interrupted yet again when a hand touched his knee. He looked up and found a pair of dark eyes gazing at him teasingly. "Do you want something?"
She opened her mouth with heavy-lidded eyes; probably about to say something seductive, then they sprung wide open.
"Sasuke, what happened to your face?" she demanded, leaning a little closer.
"That's none of your concern." He said coolly.
He watched her hesitate before shrugging and putting her 'sexy face' on. "Okay… So, what's on the afterschool menu for today?"
Being the player that he was, Sasuke got the innuendo loud and clear, but decided to play dumb and see how far she'd go to make him respond. Her dark gaze fluttered to the front of the class before she raised her hand further up his leg, all the way to his upper thigh.
'Holy shit.' The very… warm Uchiha thought as his pants tightened a little more, causing him to groan quietly.
It wasn't his fault entirely; Kin had a way with… well, everything sexual. Sasuke knew from personal experience. He'd been with Naruto, at her house for a pool party their freshman year when he'd gotten his first taste of her skills. He had gone into the kitchen to get a beer when she walked in wearing her violet bikini and almost gave Sasuke a nosebleed.
• • • Flashback • • •
Sasuke had just walked into the kitchen to get a couple of beers for him and Naruto and was digging through the fridge when he heard a couple of girls laughing.
'Annoying idiots,' he shook his head and grabbed the beers, not even bothering to look their way.
As he closed the fridge and turned to return to the backyard, something–or someone– caught his eye. There, sitting on the counter in nothing but a deep purple bikini, was the host of the party.
Kin Tsuchi.
"Hey, Sasuke." She said casually as she swept her mid-back length hair and smiled. "How do you like the party?"
"Hn." He grunted uninterestedly. Why would she think he would want to talk about the stupid party when she was sitting right there, already half naked?
Without further thought, Sasuke moved in front of her and put each beer on either side of her before settling between her legs and running his legs along her thighs and up her sides.
She giggled as his fingertips tickled her back.
"Sasuke," purred Kin as she tickled the nape of his neck. "We can take this upstairs…" her voice trailed off as his hands cupped her butt and lifted her so that she was straddled against him.
"Which door is yours?" he asked gruffly, kicking open the door she pointed to.
"You animal." She murmured as he threw her onto the bed.
He began stripping them both of their clothes. That was another thing with Sasuke Uchiha, he took off his own clothes, and not the skank he did for the night. Sasuke chuckled as he removed her bikini bottom and heard her intake a sharp breath.
"What's wrong Kin?" he growled, positioning himself at her entrance. "Don't tell me you're tired already." Without giving her a chance to reply, he plunged fully into her, grunting as he pulled out and repeated the pattern.
Out of all of the girls, Kin had one of the tightest bodies he'd ever screwed, and she knew it.
Sasuke's stomach coiled with every thrust, loving the feeling of her heated cavern around his throbbing member. This girl was truly a pro. She knew how to keep things interesting. Every time he would be close to climaxing, she'd change their position or just tease him. After twenty minutes into the sex, she straddled him and finally let him release into her.
"You're on the pill, right?" he asked after they lay in a heap for a few minutes. He watched her nod and sit up, leaning over him.
"Yeah, I'm not stupid you know." She whispered seductively.
"Hn." You are if you think this is more than just a hook-up.
Smirking, he watched the ceiling and shut his eyes tightly when she ran her hands over his abs.
"I love your body." She licked from his pelvis to his neck, making the Uchiha groan and pull her down to start all over again.
• • • End of Flashback • • •
Now that Sasuke thought of it, he found himself shifting a little to try to accommodate the growing bulge in his pants. He hissed as his abdomen stretched, flexing his bruise and immediately filling his mind with thoughts of that pink haired minx.
'I need a new play toy,' he thought as he gazed at Kin. 'I don't like her, but it would really piss Pinky off if I got with another girl the same day I dumped Ino.'
"Sasuke," Kin called, drawling out his name and sliding her hand to his groin, making the boy inhale sharply. "I'm waiting…"
Hearing her whisper his name was like Déjà Vu, and for a moment, he thought about actually dragging her out of the classroom and ravishing her in the girls' bathroom.
'Yeah, right,' he chuckled darkly, making Kin grin. 'She'll always be available; no point getting in trouble now.'
Just as he turned to give one of his witty quips, the bell rang, dismissing the class. Gathering his things, Sasuke walked through the door to go to Mr. Hatake's class and was practically jumped in the hallway.
"Kin what the hel-mmph!" The dark haired beauty launched herself at him, pressing her lips to his in a long, passionate kiss.
"I'm your girlfriend now." She said confidently, taking one last nip at his bottom lip before she turned and walked into the class.
His class.
•
Sakura's P.O.V.:
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"Ino, please," she pleaded for what felt like the millionth time. "Come out and talk to me."
The blond haired girl was still crying and had taken refuge in the handicapped stall of the girls' bathroom. Sakura had spent all of her 6th period class trying to coax her into talking to the cherry blossom about what had happened, and that wasn't going well.
"You did this!" she cried from the locked stall. "He was so much nicer before you came!"
Sakura scoffed. As if she'd done anything to make his 'feelings' for her differ.
"Ino, I hate him." She stated matter-of-factly. "I hate him for what he did to you just now and what I've seen him do to you while I've been here. You deserve better, Ino."
Sniffles sounded from behind the green door and had Sakura leaning closer to it.
"You think so?" the other girl questioned, unlocking the bathroom door and slowly stepping out.
Sakura felt her heart ignite with flames of fury as she saw Ino's face. The poor girl's cerulean eyes were bloodshot and puffy. Her eyeliner, eye shadow and mascara were running and smudge along her face. Her nose was bright red and slightly swollen, as were her cheeks.
'Just when I thought Sasuke wasn't that bad, he ruins it all in one day.'
"I know so." She replied with a small smile. "C'mon, let's go get ready for P.E. so we can be the first ones there."
She saw Ino's smile falter and knew what was bothering her immediately. "Don't worry about Karin and her bitch squad," she grinned widely. "If they want to get to you, they'll have to go through me first."
"Thank you." She whispered, wiping a single tear from her cheek.
"No problem, but let's get you tidied-up first." Sakura took her hand and led her to the sink, giving her a damp napkin to place over each of her puffy eyes.
The rosette watched as Ino tipped her head back and rested the damp material on her blue hues, smiling the whole time. Within seconds of their comfortable silence, the blond started chatting away as if she was catching up with an old friend.
'She does seem familiar…' Sakura smiled back, jumping into the conversation with animated gestures and laughs.
As they walked out of the bathroom, Ino paused and grinned shyly. "I'm glad that we're friends now."
She smiled back at her old enemy.
"Me too."
• • • • • • • • •
"Are you sure about this, billboard-brow?"
Sakura nodded and slipped her work-out shirt on. "Relax." She told Ino when she began biting her inner cheek. "Just act like you couldn't care less that you'll be in the same room as him; it'll piss him off and confuse everyone else."
They continued to dress in silence. There was five minutes left of period 7, which Ino and Sakura had skipped, so they were sitting in the bleachers of the gym, talking, when the Sophomores started arriving.
"I don't think I can do this."
"Ino-pig, calm down." The pinkette demanded quietly. "You can and you will; how are you gonna to get a new guy if you act all pathetic and weak?"
The change of subject worked. Sakura watched as her sapphire eyes lit up as she grinned widely. "We should go guy shopping this weekend!"
By the time people began walking into the Gym, the two girls were deep into conversation and oblivious to everyone around them, so they didn't notice the group of students that walked in right about then.
"… So he grabs my ass again, right after I told him to stop!" she exclaimed, her jade eyes bright with laughter.
Ino shook her blond head. "I would've broken his face too, or at least tried to." She then gave a small, sad smile. "But it's nice that they had your back like that; the only one who's ever had my back completely is my mother."
"Oh, isn't this touching?" a mocking voice called out.
Ino's head snapped around while Sakura just turned warily.
"Done eating babies, Karin?" the pinkette asked, laughing at the redhead's screwed-up expression. "Or were you busy doing the football team favors?"
"Shut up you pink haired whore!" she yelled and took a few steps forward, her bitch squad moving like her shadow. "Or did you forget that Idate's on the football team?"
Sakura's heart plummeted. "What was that? Yeah, I thought so, bitch." She said coldly. "Idate would never be caught with trash like you!"
Karin's friends all busted into laughing fits as she cocked her head to the side. "Awww, poor, poor Sakura." She said patronizingly, pushing her glasses up the bridge of her nose. "Who says we've ever been caught?"
'I think I'm gonna be sick!' Sakura took deep breaths before she puked all over the basketball court. 'I kissed him and he's kissed Karin… and probably more than kissed! Who knows where she's been!'
"Sakura, you're turning green…" Ino whispered in concern. "I think you should go see the nurse."
"Yeah, I think so too."
'I've been stabbed without aid before, I think I'll live.' She glanced at the smiling Karin and felt her stomach churn. 'But I think I'll seriously throw up if I have to keep looking at her.'
She walked out of the Gym and turned the corner.
'I can't believe he's done Karin, of all girls.' She pulled the door open and found the office empty. 'Where the hell is the nurse…?' her thoughts trailed off as she saw light flooding from beneath a door frame.
"Hello?" she called out as she neared the door. Hearing no response, Sakura turned the knob and walked into the room, shutting the door behind her without really looking into the room. "Hello?" she said again, jumping slightly when she saw someone on the examination bed in the corner.
"It's about time you got here." The guy said. "Can you just heal me already, so I can get to class?"
The pinkette stood there with her mouth agape as the stranger stood and removed his shirt and kept his back to her. She gasped when she saw the purple bruises that seemed to glow in the light and stepped forward, out of instinct, to touch them. The lean boy flinched and spun around so quickly that Sakura only had time to blink before she was pinned on a wall with her hands above her head.
"Sakura?" he narrowed his eyes and glanced around. "What are you doing?"
Looking closer, the pinkette felt her eyes widen and a silent gasp escaped her mouth.
'Wait… Sasuke?'