The moment Sakura opened her eyes, she immediately remembered about the incident last night. "Oh my god, how am I suppose to face him now?" She hid her face behind her hands and groan.
She heard a knock on the door and she shot up from her bed. "Sakura, are you up? We need to go or you will be late."
"Y-yes, I will be out in a minute..!" She jumped out of bed and wash herself up quickly before she exits to the living room. She found Itachi holding his head on the couch while he tilts his head backwards with his eyes closed. She made her way towards him softly.
"Hangover?" He open his eyes slowly and look at her.
"Yeah… Drank too much yesterday, and thank you for getting me to my bed. I didn't do anything did I?"
"You mean you don't remember?" Sakura stares at him as if he had grew another head. "This is the second time you took advantage of me…"
"Took advantage of?" Sakura realised that she had spoke out her mind and she look down, embarrassed. "Weren't you the one who didn't want me to stop?" Sakura look up to find that stupid smirk of his.
"You tricked me!" Sakura glared at him as she hit him on his chest.
"Ow!"
"Serves you right! And how could you just leave me hanging yesterday…" Sakura trailed off again when she realised she has spoke out her mind again. "Me and my stupid mouth…" She whispered out angrily.
"Would you rather I go all the way?"
"Stop teasing me!"
She tries to hit him in the chest again but this time he was faster, he caught her wrist and pulled her towards him. Sakura fell onto his chest as he wrap his arms around her waist. She place her hands on his chest to pull herself only to find herself right against Itachi's face.
She has never realise how handsome he is, he has thick lashes and beautiful eyes, his nose looks like it was sculpted, and his lips. Oh how she wish she could get a taste of his lips again like last night.
"Thinking about last night now, are we?" She could see his smirk again as she blush furiously. "Not going to deny anymore?"
Sakura suddenly began to feel playful as she tries to suppress a grin. She repositioned herself so that she is straddling on him, all the while looking sultrily into his eyes.
She could tell that he is taken aback by her boldness as he grew tense under her touch. She grin and cup his cheeks before she slowly close in on his lips. She could feel that he was moving in too but she held him in place.
She could see the curiosity in his eyes. When she is close enough, she teased him by kissing the corner of his lips.
She could feel his frustration as he unwrap his arms from her waist but Sakura stopped him. "Getting eager now are we?"
"Is this your revenge?"
"I don't know what you are talking about." Sakura move her gaze away from him, the next thing she know she was underneath him, her hands still on his shoulder.
"You make me lose control, do you know that?" One of his hand swipe away the hair that was in her face. He lowers his face so that she could feel his breath on her. "And if I go all the way, I would turn into a beast."
He smirked and got off of her, pulling her up. "Let's get you to school, you're going to be really late."
Sakura turn to look at the clock hanging on the wall to find that she only have fifteen minutes to get to class. "Why didn't you tell me?!"
She got off the sofa and ran to her room to slip onto her uniform. She exits the room to find Itachi already at the door fixing his cuffs. Now that she thinks about it, she has never seen him out of his suit.
"Come on, let's go." Itachi spotted Sakura standing there looking at her and he signaled her over. Sakura snapped out from her thoughts and scurried over to Itachi.
He smiled and wrap a scarf around her. "Thank you." She could smell him on the scarf as she buries her face into the scarf. He ruffled her hair and they left his apartment.
Itachi stopped them in front of her school and Sakura thanked him. "Thanks for driving me to school!" She unbuckled her seatbelt and was about to open the door when Itachi stopped him.
"Are you forgetting something?"
Sakura look through her bag before shaking her head. "I don't think so."
Itachi sighed before signaling her to come closer to him. Sakura blushed a little when she know what will be happening.
Different from what she expect, he poked her forehead instead. "Have fun in school." Sakura felt a little disappointed as she rubs her forehead.
"Drive safely…" Sakura pout a little before Itachi gave her a soft kiss. She could feel him smiling against her lips.
"Don't show that face to any other guys okay?" Sakura blush and nodded absentmindedly before she got off the car.
When Sakura enters the school gate, she was indeed late for class. The hallway is empty as she ran to class. When she got to class, she could already hear the teacher talking.
Maybe she could skip this lesson and come in on the second one?
Sakura turn around and tried to leave when the door to the classroom open. "Well hello there Haruno-san."
Or maybe not.
She laugh awkwardly and turn around. "Hahaha… Good morning…" Standing there is a man with ash gray hair and circular rimmed glasses.
"Care to explain why you are late?" He asked with a smile plastered on his face. Sakura didn't know whether to feel relief of wary.
"I uh, overslept..?" Sakura tried to think of an excuse. She knows that he isn't convinced by her lie but let it go anyway.
"Alright, get back to you seat." He stepped aside from the door to let her enter. Sakura breathe a sigh of relief as he continues to call out their names.
"My name is Kabuto Yakushi and I will be your new teacher until Kurenai comes back from her maternity leave. You can just call me Kabuto." He address the class with the same smile as before, something Sakura felt oddly familiar and creepy.
"Let's start, shall we?" He adjusted his glasses before turning to the blackboard.
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Sakura sighs as she bites on her sandwich.
"You alright Sakura?" Tenten cam into her view. "You have been sighing for the past five minutes."
"More like five hours." Ino added in sarcastically before her tone changed into a higher pitch. "Was it because you left a bad impression on the new hot teacher?"
"What a-about Sasuke?" Hinata was shocked to learn that Ino has a crush on the new teacher.
"You know her Hinata, she changes them as quickly as those fan girls running around the teacher." Tenten pointed towards the entrance of the cafeteria where the new teacher enters along with a big group of senior girls.
"Ugh, those bitch are already swarming around him?! I found him first!" Ino threw her sandwich down onto her plate in frustration and she stood up to confront the group of seniors.
"Here we go again." Tenten quickly got up from her seat and ran after Ino while Hinata became flustered, not knowing what to do.
"S-sakura, do something..!" Hinata turn to look at the still absentminded Sakura. She shakes her to get her attention and she finally looks at Hinata. Hinata point towards the crowd and she finally realises.
"Oh no." Sakura drop her sandwich and stood up from her seat. She got to Ino before she could rip out the other girl's hair.
"Ino, calm down!" Sakura pried her off a senior before holding her back along with the help of Tenten.
"Alright girls, that's enough." Kabuto who has been watching from the sidelines finally spoke out. Sakura glared at him for not speaking earlier.
"You girls shouldn't fight, you will hurt yourself. I will be sad if you hurt yourself for me, be careful next time okay?" He gave the group of girls a warm smile.
He looked at Sakura and gave a mocking smile before leaving the cafeteria.
"Did he just laugh at me?" Sakura looks at the entrance with disbelief. "What a jerk, just because he's slightly popular."
"I-Ino, a-are you okay?" Hinata check the scratch on her arm.
"Did you see how dreamy he was?" Ino sighs as she stares at the exit.
"W-well I guess he is a little cool." Tenten added bashfully.
"Did you guys hit your head or something?" Sakura couldn't believe her ears. "Whatever, I'm going to go take a walk or something. See you guys in class later." Sakura said her goodbye and left the cafeteria.
As she walks around they school, her mind wondered to Itachi. Her face turn hot when she remembers about the time they spent together, she misses his voice already.
"Should I call him?" She took out her phone and scroll to his name, her finger hovering over the call button.
She was about to press on the call button, her phone rang. She almost drop her phone in surprise when she realises the caller. She was so eager that she answered the call immediately.
"Itachi!" She was surprise that her voice could go that high which made Itachi chuckles.
"Did you miss me that much?" Sakura automatically broke out into a smile listening to his voice.
"I was just thinking about you and you called…" She could hear him laugh as she replies coyly while biting her lips. They started talking about random things.
"I was just wondering if you will be free tomorrow since it is the weekend."
"Ah… I will be visiting a friend tomorrow. Will Sunday be alright?"
"I will pick you up then."
"Okay, see you on Sunday!" Sakura couldn't contain her excitement as she hangs up the call. As she holds her phone to her, she already couldn't wait for Sunday.
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Sasuke couldn't get what is the big deal with the new teacher. Usually when he walk down the hallway, countless of girls will be flocking around him but they are being unusually quiet today because of the new teacher. Well, except for Karin.
"Sasuke-kun!" The red head rushes towards him the moment he entered the class. "I've miss-"
She was cut off by a bunch of girls screaming. He turn towards the door to look at what the commotion is to find the new teacher. Even Karin is staring at the teacher.
What is even so special about him that the girls like anyways? He looks like a nerd with the round glasses on. Girls are so fickle minded.
He rolled his eyes and went to his seat, ignoring the flustered Karin. He sat on his table and shut out everyone with his earpiece.
He doesn't pay attention even when the teacher came in until he realise Sakura isn't at her table. His vision was cut off when the teacher walked in front of him. He signaled for him to take off his earpiece.
Sasuke sighs and rolled his eyes before taking out the earpiece.
"Thank you." The teacher smiled and went back to the blackboard.
"I will take the attendance now." He took out a pen and started calling out names.
"Haruno Sakura." He look up from his list when no one answered. "Has anyone seen her?"
He looked around the class and stopped his gaze at the door. He noticed a subtle smile on his face, he almost couldn't caught it.
The teacher walk towards the door and opened it. "Well hello there Haruno-san."
Sasuke stares at him suspiciously. How did he even know her name when he hasn't finish calling out their names?
He shift his gaze to Sakura, she looks fine. She has also brought her own scarf. He wonders if Itachi has brought her home safely, or did he bring her back to his apartment?
He felt his heart gave a squeeze when he realise she might have spend the night at his brother's house. What is wrong with him? He force his eyes to look towards the blackboard as he sighs quietly.
When class is over, Sakura was rushed out by her group of friends. Dallying here all day wouldn't help either so Sasuke decided to look for her and ask her about yesterday.
When he got to the cafeteria, there was already a commotion. Probably about the new teacher again, he couldn't understand why the principal would hire such a troublesome guy.
His eyes were scanning for Sakura when he spotted her in the middle of the mess holding down her blonde friend, he believe her name is Ino. Wasn't she obsessed him at some point? Now she switched over so quickly? How fickle minded.
He watches as Sakura pulled her off a senior. Sasuke also noticed how the new teacher is looking at Sakura before he spoke out.
After saying something, he headed towards Sasuke. Due to instinct, he hid himself within the crowd and watch as he exits the cafeteria. He turn his attention back to Sakura who was glaring at the teacher until he disappears. Finally someone who shares the same thought as him.
Not long after the teacher left, Sakura left the cafeteria too. Sasuke squeeze himself out of the crowd and followed after her, he plans to talk to her soon.
He followed her as she walks down the hallway. He decides to wait a little before going up to her when she suddenly stop in her tracks and whip out her phone.
Another thing that caught his attention was the new teacher standing ways ahead of her. He was busy looking at her that he didn't notice him.
Sasuke decided to hide so he could see what the teacher is up to. He opened up a random locker and looked at them through the hole.
"Itachi!" She answered her phone with a huge smile. "I was thinking about you when you called…"
He already knew that they have something going on between them, but to actually see it hurts a little.
"See you on Sunday!" Sakura ended the call and Sasuke snap back to attention. He look over to where the teacher was but he was already nowhere to be seen.
He could feel that something is off about him but he couldn't quite catch it. Spying on his student is very weird, even though he himself is spying on his classmate. He should warn her. He close the locker door and walk towards her.
"Ah! Sasuke, I forgot to bring your scarf." Sakura stuff her phone back into her pocket before looking up at him.
"You can return it to me some other day, I just want to tell you to be careful of the new teacher."
"You mean Kabuto sensei?" Sakura looked a little surprise before she nods. "Yeah, I feel something off about him too. Thanks for warning me."
"We should get to class soon. Come on." She reach out to grab onto his hand and pulled him towards the class. It seems that she is in a very good mood that she didn't even realise she was holding his hand and Sasuke could not shake her hand off either.
In the end he let her pull him to class.
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Itachi was just finishing up something when he figured he could give Sakura a call considering it might be her break now.
As soon as he called her, she picked up her phone with an excited squeal. He could tell that he is not the only one who is missing her as he chuckled.
"Did you miss me that much?" He couldn't help but tease her a little.
"I was just thinking about you when you called…" He was a little taken aback by her honesty, he would expect her to deny it as much as she could. But he like this side of her too.
"How was you day so far?" He stood up from his chair to stretch a little. Sitting down everyday is definitely no good for your health
"High school drama as usual." He could hear her sigh from the other side. "There was this new teacher and every girl in school is obsessed over him, but I feel that something is off about him."
Itachi feel intrigued by this new teacher. "What's his name?"
"I think his name is Kabuto…" Itachi felt his heart stop when he heard the name. Him being there, does that mean he already found her?
"Itachi?" Sakura called out to him worriedly after he had been quiet for a while. "Is something wrong? Are you busy?"
"No, no… I was just wondering if you will be free tomorrow?" He tried not to think about that for now.
"I will be visiting a friend tomorrow, will Sunday be alright?" He started to walk towards the big window in his office as he stares out towards the busy street.
"I will pick you up then."
"I'll see you on Sunday!" Itachi could never get tired of her energy. After he hung up, he slide it into his pocket.
Kabuto.
Are they finally making a move? Or is it just someone with a similar name? He sighs deeply as he look at people walking out of the building to get lunch.
There was a knock on the door. "Come in." Kou, his assistant came in and bowed a little.
"Uchiha-san." He greeted while Itachi turn away from the window to walk towards his desk.
"Kou, I told you to drop the formalities. Is there something you need?" Kou looks a little restless and whenever he's fidgety, Itachi knows that he bears bad new. "Is it about the new project?"
"No sir, the project is going alright. It just that your father just called."
Itachi sighs when he heard about his father. "And what does he wants?"
"You are suppose to attend a party on Sunday, I have already send you the information on email. And you are suppose to bring a date and uh…" Kou hesitated to continue.
Itachi look at him to get him to continue and Kou sighs deeply before continuing. "Your partner on Sunday is Asami-sama…" Kou knows exactly how Itachi is against the idea of his engagement.
"Tell him I will not attend unless I get to choose my own date."
"Uchiha-sama has made it clear that you will only attend with Asami-sama… He will not accept otherwise."
"Well then tell him I will not attend the party." He sighs as he pinches his nose bridge, clearly annoyed with the idea.
"You should come and tell me that yourself then, Itachi."
"Uchiha-sama." Kou bowed before professionally took Fugaku's coat before bowing again. "I will leave the both of you to talk."
After Kou left, Fugaku sat on the couch in a dignified manner. "I have heard that you got yourself involved with a girl when you are already engaged with Asami."
"She's not just any girl, I love her. It's not a political marriage just to expand your business."
"Love? How childish." Fugaku scoffs. "Do you think people of our status gets to marry for love? You are the heir, listen to what I say and that is final."
"I'm not using any of your money, you don't get to choose what I do." Itachi has had enough of having his life constantly plan out for him. Since Sakura disappeared suddenly, he has never felt so strongly for anything. "It is either I bring her or I'm not attending, and you can find excuses for my absence like you always do."
Fugaku looked grim for a moment before he finally sighs. "Fine, but you have to explain to Asami yourself." He stood up from the couch and left the room.
Itachi stared at the door where Fugaku left for quite a while. He had actually wanted to bring Sakura somewhere quiet for a break, not a party where people put on fake masks to get what they want.
He never wanted to take over the family business, he was never interested. He figured Sasuke would be a better choice but Fugaku insisted that since he was the eldest, he had to take over.
Sasuke has always been interested in the family business, but Fugaku has always brush past him which made him develop an inferiority complex. Their relationship slowly deteriorate, and eventually Itachi moved out.
His phone rang and the caller display Asami, she has probably got the news from his father. When he answered his phone, he expected her to lose her cool but she talked to him calmly.
"Can we talk about the party on Sunday?"
"I have already made myself clear." Itachi couldn't understand why do they keep bugging him about the party.
"You can't just bring another girl when you are engaged with me! I'm your fiancée, not her." Itachi could tell that she is slowly losing her cool.
"I have never agreed to our engagement." He fiddled with the pen on his table, he was getting bored of the talk.
"You can bring a date too if you like, I will see you on Sunday." He hung up the call before Asami could even protest. He can finally get some work done.
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Sakura ended school without meeting the new teacher again to her relief. Ino had actually plan for them to have a shopping date together but her math is so bad that their teacher had to hold her back.
As for Hinata and Tenten, they had their club duties to attend to. Thus Sakura finds herself walking down the familiar road, she had decided to pay Itachi a surprise visit.
As she was walking past a particular store, something caught her eyes. She decided to head into the store.
"How cute…" She picked up a small black cat phone strap. For some reasons it reminded her of Itachi. She decided to buy the phone strap.
"Can I get it wrapped please?" Sakura paid for the item and eagerly made her way. When she got to the lobby, she greeted the receptionist.
"Can I help you?" The lady at the reception, a very beautiful lady, greeted her with a smile.
"May I know where is Itachi's office?" Once she found out that she is looking for Itachi, her smile faded.
"I'm sorry but Uchiha-san will not be able to grace you with his presence." She gave her a hostile smile. "Would you please kindly leave."
Sakura became flustered by her sudden change of attitude. At that moment, Itachi came out of the lift and he was surprise to see Sakura.
"Sakura, what are you doing here?" Itachi bowed politely towards the person he was talking to before he walk towards Sakura.
"Uchiha-san! I was about to send her away." The receptionist stood up from her chair and greeted him.
Itachi gave her a smile to show that it is alright. "You don't have to, I know her."
"You do?! Ah, I'm so sorry Miss…" She look at her apologetically.
"You can call me Sakura, and it's alright." Sakura tried to stop her from bowing apologetically.
"I'm done for my work, I'll be leaving for today." Itachi told her before he took Sakura by her hand and led her out of the building. Sakura took a peek at the receptionist before they exit to find her stating at Itachi wistfully.
Itachi held onto her hand as they walk down the street. They walked in silence for a while before Sakura broke it.
"I bought you something on my way here." She took out the wrapped item and handed it over to him. "It kind of reminded me of you and I just bought it."
Itachi unwrapped it carefully and took out the phone strap before smiled. "So this is what you always see me as?"
"Kind of… I also got one for myself." She took out her phone to show him the pink fluffy puppy dangling.
Itachi thought for a moment before he switch their strap and returning her her phone. "Now you will think of me wherever you go."
Sakura felt her heart warming a little in this cold weather. These little interaction are one of the few things she cherishes in her life and she wish it will never be taken away from her.
"Let's go." He held out his hand to her and Sakura gladly took it. "Your hand is cold." He squeezes her hand and pulled her close.
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Sorry for the delay! I'll be posting the next chapter tomorrow! :D