Warning: OOC-ness! :3

-Itachi's Queen

Battling With A Hot Guy

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Food poison? Could I have poisoned Sasuke with my cooking?

As I help Sasuke reach the school clinic, I tried to think of the ingredients that could have poisoned him. I am so sure that all the ingredients I used are fresh. And even if I don't know how to cook, I followed the instructions. I can't believe my cooking poisoned the Uchiha. His fangirls will take my head for this. Especially, Karin.

When we reached the clinic, I immediately opened the door and called for our resident nurse. "Shizune-san?"

But Shizune-san wasn't the one who attended to us. "Hello. Nurse Shizune is with Tsunade-sama. How may I help you?"

The nurse looked at me and then her eyes went to Sasuke. She automatically smiled while I inwardly groan. Oh, dear Kami. This nurse is totally smitten with the Uchiha. I fought the urge to roll my eyes as I took Sasuke to one of the beds.

"What have you last eaten?" She asked as she sees Sasuke put his hand in his stomach.

"He... Uhm... Ate the fried rice I cooked." I decided to answer for him.

The nurse turned to me with a scary face, like she's ready to kill me. "What did you put in that fried rice?" She asked like we're in the crime scene and I am the main suspect.

"I put rice, carrots, sausages and eggs." I answered honestly.

She looked at me with that scary look again. "Are you sure?" She is like convinced that I put poison in the lunch I cooked for Sasuke. I nodded repeatedly, intimidated by her scary eyes. She walked towards the medicine cabinet and took a bottle of tablet then she walked towards Sasuke and gave him the tablet. "Here, take this and I'm sure you'll feel better. If you ever feel pain again later, come back here." She smiled so sweetly at Sasuke, like an angel, handing him the tablet and water.

Sasuke ate the medicine and drank the water. A few minutes passed and he looked better. His sweating stopped too. Makes me doubt if my cooking really made him feel sick or if he's just acting.

"Feeling better?" The nurse asked again with a sweet tone. I almost gagged in disgust.

Sasuke just nodded. "We should go." He turned to me. I want to give him a chop in the neck since he didn't even thank the nurse. But thankful that he wants to get out of there like I do. He must hate how the nurse flirted with him. Sasuke is known for his cold treatment for girls.

When we left the clinic, we started walking in the hallways. Then I decided to let my thoughts out. "How can you be so stupid? Why did you eat everything when you already saw how disgusting it looked?" I asked. "And were you even sick earlier or just faking so I'd feel bad?"

He stopped walking, which made me stop too, then he looked at me dead in the eyes. "I don't want Karin to embarrass you." He answered seriously, and that gave me a funny feeling in my stomach. But then he suddenly smirked that made me want to hit him. "No one can embarrass my girlfriend except for me." He just ruined the moment.

"Then you really just pretended to be sick to embarrass me in front of the nurse?" I accused him.

He chuckled lowly. "Is that what you think?"

"You are such a jerk, you know that?" I started walking again, now with a faster pace.

I heard his footsteps trying to catch up with me and then he was there beside me again. "I was not acting sick. I'm not that good of an actor. Maybe you just cooked the fried rice badly."

I looked at him in annoyance. "If my cooking is so bad, why did you eat them all in the first place?!" I retorted angrily. My steps going harder since I am getting mad.

He passed me then he stopped in front of me and put his hands on my shoulders to stop me. "That's the point. If I didn't eat it myself, you'll be the one to suffer the stomachache."

His words echoed in my head. For the first time in forever, in front of Uchiha Sasuke, I swallowed my pride. "Thank you." I replied in a small voice. To make matters worst, my stomach chose to grumble now, reminding me that I haven't eaten yet.

"Here." He pulled his hands away from my shoulders and took something from his bag. He extended his right hand towards me as he hold out a lunch box. "I figured that since you're going to cook for me, it is only fair that I cook for you too."

The thought of Sasuke wanting to make a fool out of me by asking me to cook disappeared. Maybe he wasn't as bad as I thought. "You can cook?" I asked in surprise as I took it from him.

"Almost everyone nowadays knows how to cook." He replied smirking at me like he's rubbing it on that I can't cook. And there he ruined the moment again.

"You know what, take it back. I don't deserve eating your food since I can't cook. I'll just eat my own cooking." I said, taking his hand, and giving the lunch box to him.

I took out Gaara's lunch box and showed it to him. He wouldn't know it was Gaara's anyway, right? He was looking at the lunch box but then he suddenly reached for my hand. "I never want you to cook for me again."

My eyebrows knotted. "Why? Because I cooked a terrible fried rice? FYI, I can still improve! But I will never cook for you ever again." I said angrily.

"It's not that." His fingers brushed at my finger that I cut earlier while cutting the veggies for the fried rice I cooked for him. "I don't want you to cut yourself again." He said as he inspected at my finger with a bandaid.

"I-I'm fine. I'll go eat my lunch." I was flustered and couldn't think of anything to say so I just started walking away but I heard him say something behind me.

"Don't blame me if you get sick too."

I ignored him and shook my head as thoughts of what he said linger in my mind. I checked my watch and I only have 10 minutes to finish eating. I run towards the cafeteria and hurriedly finish Gaara's food. I was done in 5 minutes so I went back to the classroom. When I got there, Sakura-chan approached me excitedly.

"What happened?" She asked and then noticed I am holding Gaara's lunch box since she knows what my lunch box looks like. "Did he like it?"

I shook my head. "He ate my cooking and then got stomachache."

"What? Why did you give him yours?"

"Are you saying I should have sacrificed myself so he won't get stomachache? If there's someone who should sacrifice, it should be him."

"If you like someone, you'd sacrifice for him, Hina-chan." She pointed out.

I shrugged. "That's just it, I don't like him so I don't want to sacrifice." Then I remember Gaara's lunch box is still in my hand. "Hey, I'll be right back, okay?" I told Sakura-chan.

"Where are you going? It's almost time for class." She reminded me.

"It'll be fast." I started walking to Gaara's table where one of his seatmates was trying to talk to him. "Uh, Gaara-kun. Can I talk to you?" I asked, trying not to sound friendly.

He stood up from his seat not minding the person talking to him. We walked towards the window. "What is it?"

"Don't leave yet after class, I'll just wash your lunch box then I'll return it to you." I said seriously.

He nodded and then walked back to his seat. I did the same and when I sat beside Sakura, she looked at me suspiciously.

"What did you say to him?"

"I just told him I'll return his lunch box later." I answered.

"Hey, you should stop talking to Gaara in public. What if Sasuke sees you?"

I raised a brow at her. "Weren't you the one who told me earlier that Sasuke is not a God? He couldn't possibly know."

Before Sakura could comment anything, the teacher finally arrived and immediately started discussing her lessons. We both listened intently since I've been getting to trouble these days. Once the bell rang, I rushed out of the room and hurried towards the girls' comfort room to wash Gaara's lunch box.

After I washed the lunch box, I rushed back to our classroom. When I got there, Gaara was leaning against the wall. His bag hanging from his shoulder, making him look very hot in the moment. I shook those thoughts away, I can't think about him this way.

I handed him the lunch box. "Here."

He took it and placed it in his bag. "I'm leaving then." He said and then started walking away.

I heaved a huge sigh as I watch him walk away.

"So you refused my lunch box because of Gaara." I heard from behind me. My eyes widen and I immediately spun then came face to face with Uchiha Sasuke. "Don't you know that what you just did broke one of my rules?"

I took a step back but he took a step closer. "W-What do you mean?"

He continued to move closer, and soon we are just inches apart, my back hitting the wall of the classroom and him looming over me. "You were talking to another guy, not just any other guy but Sabaku." He said as his face darken. "Are you ready for you punishment?"

My heart started pounded like crazy. Will he steal my first kiss now?"