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-Rei

Hinata and I chatted on our way back to the school. It was hard to find a parking space, there were so many people.

"Is Naruto coming?"

She blushed and nodded. I playfully shoved her. "Oh~! Going home together?" I winked.

"Sakura!" I planned to tease her more but she turned the tables quicker than I anticipated. "Just you wait until we find Mr. Uchiha."

"S-Shut up."

It wasn't until I slid a leg out of the car that I realized there was a slit right up the side of the dress.

"Hinata!"

"What?"

"What the hell is this?" I accused motioning to the opening.

She smirked. "The surprise I was telling you about."

"Oh my gosh."

"Don't worry, it stops at your thigh."

"That's already too much!"

She pulled me out of the car. "Oh shut up. Come on, Naruto and Ino should be here already."

"Ino came too?"

"Yeah."

We headed towards the back court yard, which was actually quite large. We found Naruto and Ino quickly, but unfortunately they were with Sasuke and Itachi. When I saw Itachi I couldn't help but blush. He was in black slacks and a nice white shirt that he unbuttoned slightly and left untucked. His hair was in its usual low ponytail. Hinata bounced up to them. I followed embarrassedly behind. I felt over dressed, even though everyone here was equally if not more dressy than me.

"Hello Ms. Hyuuga." I heard Itachi say.

"Hi Mr. Uchiha! Oh! Sakura! Get over here!" Smiling she grabbed my wrist and pulled me forward.

I stumbled in the heels a bit awkwardly. I looked up hesitantly at Itachi. I could see him swallow and he coughed into his hand. Rubbing the side of his neck, he looked away. I looked back down at my shoes. Maybe I didn't look as great as I thought. He won't even look at me. I looked back up to see Sasuke. He on the other hand was completely red in the face.

"Y-You look nice," he muttered looking at his own feet.

"T-Thanks."

Hinata beamed with pride. "I dressed her myself!"

"Aren't I pretty too Sasuke?" Ino demanded.

"Hn."

I mentally laughed when I saw Ino hanging off Sasuke's arm like she used to. I saw Itachi go to talk but I interrupted him.

"Oh cute! That stall has fans! I think I'm going to go check that out."

"You shouldn't wander by yourself, Sakura," Sasuke said.

"It's not wandering if I know where I'm going," I said sticking my tongue out at him.

I took one last quick glance at Itachi before hurrying to the stall. I found a black one that matched my bow.

"See one you like?" The guy asked, basically drooling.

"Yeah, I'll take this one," I said handing him the money.

"Hey, um, my shift ends in like um thirty minutes. Wanna, you know um, hang out?" He asked almost as if he'd rather being doing anything else but this.

I stared at him blankly. Did he seriously just ask me out like that? I looked up at the sky. Is it that hard to send me a guy with some brains?

"Sorry, she already promised me with some of her time," a deep voice said.

I turned around to see Itachi. I blushed again.

That is not what I meant!

I felt fingers intertwined with mine. I looked up at him incredulously. It was then that I saw he was wearing a black hoodie and the hood was covering half of his face. He pulled me away from the booth and we started walking around the booths together. I tugged on his hand, indicating for him to lean down.

"What the hell are you doing?" I whispered.

He chuckled. "I'm starting to wonder myself actually."

"You're going to get in so much trouble for this!"

"Only if someone finds out." His smirk clearly visible.

"What kind of teacher are you?"

He thought for a moment only to smirk again. "A bad one."

We passed by Hinata. She looked at me wide eyed. 'Who?' She mouthed. I tried giving her a look so that she'd understand, I don't think she did though. Itachi pulled me right on along again.

"What is with you?"

"What do you mean?"

"First you won't even talk to me and now we're doing this!" I said motioning to our linked hands.

"Well it's your fault."

"Excuse me?"

He looked in the other direction. "She made you to pretty," he mumbled.

I blushed and looked down at the ground.

"AH! SAKURA!" Naruto yelled. "COME HAVE RAMEN WITH US!"

I sighed aggravated at Naruto's obsession with the noodled dish. Itachi tugged at my hand. I looked back up at him. He really was quite tall.

"Can you run in those heels?" He whispered

"I-I think so."

"Good."

"Wh-"

Before I could finish he took off running. It was a bit of a struggle to keep up. I could hear Naruto's yells from behind me. I couldn't help but laugh as the cold night air stung my cheeks. I wonder where he was taking me. Once we were out of earshot I spoke up.

"Where are we going?"

"The classroom."

"What? Why?"

"The fireworks are about to start! It's the best place to see them! No one else will be there either," he turned to smile at me. "I've got the key."

The normal room seemed somehow very different at night. The lights from the festival lit up the dark room. The entire wall facing the courtyard was windows. I tried hopping up on the table, but to no avail. The dress restricted that kind of movement. I scowled at it.

"Mind if I help?" Itachi asked.

I felt my cheeks heat but shook my head anyways. Resting a hand on my back, he slipped the other under my legs and easily scooped me up and placed me on the table top.

"Thank you…" I trailed off.

He was staring at me. I shifted a bit. He sighed almost painfully. Pulling the hood down, he placed his hands beside each of my hips, wrapping his fingers around the edges of the desktop. I focused on his pale skin. He was so close that I couldn't dare to raise my head. I could feel his warm breath by my left ear. I dropped my gaze and saw his grip tighten on the edge of the desk, his knuckles turning white. I raised an eyebrow and looked up slightly. Professor? I thought following his gaze. It was then that I noticed the slit running up the side of my dress was opened a bit, exposing most of my right thigh and legs. I felt my face flush. His breath seemed more apparent. I looked back towards him and saw him swallow hard.

"I-Itachi..." I whispered, barely audible.

My lips were now parted slightly as I took deeper breaths. He moved his head to the side. We stared at each other for a moment. He lowered his head again and placed a chaste kiss on my neck. I jumped at the sudden contact, my face going even redder.

"Oh Sakura, what am I going to do with you?" He pondered resting his forehead on my shoulder. His voice was slightly raspy. His hands still firmly gripped on the desk.

I thought for a moment. I knew I shouldn't say this, but I was going to anyways. "That question's a little redundant, Sir." His mouth pursed slightly until softening into a smile. His widened eyes closed.

"You're almost too much sometimes," he chuckled.

He lifted a hand and ran it up my cheek into my hair. I lifted my head back up to meet his gaze. He let his other hand rest on the lower part of my leg. I brought my hands from my lap and rested them on his shoulders. He leaned forward and just before our lips met we heard a loud voice, voices to be exact.

"INO? HINATA? WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE?"

We froze in place.

"Naruto! Will you shut up! You're so damn loud!"

"Naruto…"

Our bodies relaxed a bit and we looked back at each other. I smiled and he shook his head grinning as well. He removed his hand from my hair; my body reacted and followed his touch. He reached again but drew his hand into a fist. He seemed to be in an inner war with himself. When he came to a conclusion he reached again, this time moving the top part of my kimono out of the way. Just underneath the collar bone he kissed forcefully. I winced at the sudden pressure. His lips left my skin and he readjusted the collar. I fixed myself, closing the skirt and sitting in the seat, instead of on the table. Resting my chin in my hand I looked out the window, faking interest in the stars, as if waiting for the fireworks show. Itachi discarded the jacket behind his desk, now back in his previous attire he walked over to the door and opened it.

"What're you guys doing out here? Come in! Come in!"

"Are you sure Sir?" Hinata asked.

"Of course! We've been waiting for you, I'm guessing you got Sakura's text?" The girls and I knew that was a lie. I didn't even have my phone on me.

I saw a star shoot across the sky, it's tail had a pink hue to it. I chose that one to wish on. Oh boy, did I wish. Ino and Hinata sat in the seats behind me. I could feel Hina's intense gaze so I turned towards her, facing my shoulders her direction. She looked at me for answers. I tapped my lips as if thinking and slightly shook my head. I then mock scratched my collarbone, pulling at the collar to reveal Itachi's promise. Her eyes widened but she quickly pulled back and just smiled. It was then that I noticed Sasuke was also there. I flinched a little but not noticeably. Itachi went on about some fact on stars before leaning against the desk table of my seat, casually. When I made sure everyone was focused on the now large display of fireworks, I peeked up at him; he was smiling.