Chapter 9
Meanwhile...
A wolf as black as leather yet wearing a coat as smooth as silk... Its blue eyes like the deep blue ocean... Walking graciously like a swan dancing in a lake. Leaving behind a trail resembling blue fire, illuminating its way through the dark night...
Until it approached the lake in Black Hill forest. Its eyes held loyalty as it watched the lake eagerly... Then something rose from the lake and the wolf knelt confidently and taking a deep breath, lifted its head towards the moon and howled, almost as if it was a call for distress for his master.
Sakura's eyes snapped open on hearing her alarm's beeping sound. Still sleepy, she rolled over to her side to face the alarm clock and turned it off. It read 6:00 am. Still early she thought. For the first time in her life, she was able to fight the urge to go to sleep again. Besides, yesterday she went to bed early. Sakura got up and headed to the bathroom, where she took a hot and relaxing shower. Then she did what she hated the most; brush her teeth.
She hastily went back to her room yet she never felt comfortable there. Sakura always felt as is she was being watched.
Admiring what she did not long ago on her side walls she felt proud. She loved the way she painted the branches crawling to the top, as of swallowing what was on their way. While the one near her bed was filled with epic abstract photographs one on the other leaving the impression that they were hiding something.
Sakura threw her weight on a chair near the window, she could feel her stomach tighten with the thought of school. She could skip school and go to Black Hill forest instead but she did not want to take any risk of being caught. She decided that she will have to resist the temptation and that the thing that lived there could wait until school was over.
As soon as the bell rang, Ino who wore a blue shirt and a pair of tight shorts, started towards a boy. Sakura never noticed him before. He wore glasses, his straight blonde was messy. The boy was smirked when Ino sat beside him. They started to talk and Sakura looked away.
Why did Ino hate her so much? What did Sakura do to her? Ino was remarkably gorgeous compared to her. She had a perfect curvy body, her hair was always shiny. Her eyes were piercing blue and absolutely beautiful. You could stare at them and get lost in oblivion and there's no coming back. Sakura was just a mess and nothing more.
"Are you alright?", Naruto was sitting next to Sakura and she did not even notice.
"Yep."
"Are you sure? You look a bit pale!"
"I. Am. Fine. Thank you for asking."
"Uhh... Yeah...whatever."
"What do you want?", Sakura was already bored.
"A friend... That would be nice. Do you want to be my friend?", asked Naruto eagerly.
"Sure but do you know what I do to friends after a while?... I push them away. And that is no fun."
"Why? Is it fun being alone?"
"I don't know but I enjoy my own company and I hate small talks."
"Fine. I-", without any hesitation, Sakura plugged in her earphones cutting Naruto off. Angry, he left the class without looking back.