My words from me to you: Hey! Chapter 2 is up! You know… Just to tell some of you. I’ve uploaded some of my other stories at the same time, so if you care, you can read them too. :) Oh, and also, I’ve drawn some fanart and have uploaded them online. So if you’re interested in seeing them, you can simply click on my homepage at my profile section! Hope you like it and enjoy! Without further ado, Chapter 2!

Chapter 2

Sakura went to school early next morning with a mixture of feelings. A mixture of excitement and nervousness to be exact.

Well, it’s all because of… you know… what happened earlier.

Sakura didn’t exactly have a clue on how to answer her best friend, Sasuke. Neither did she know on how to face that “rude” Hyuuga. Sakura heaved a huge sigh. “Why does it got to be me?” She questioned herself miserably as she dragged herself through the school corridors into the classroom.

It was rather quiet that morning, around 10 minutes before 7. She thought she was the earliest to be in class.

Just how wrong can she be?...

Her best friend, Uchiha Sasuke and her saviour, Hyuuga Neji were there. They were sitting at their respective places with ultimate silence, throwing each other with scary death-glares.

“Oh… Good morning, Sakura…” Neji greeted with his usual stuck-up tone. After which, he gave Sasuke a detestable smirk. Sasuke wasn’t stupid enough to yell at him like that. He simply rolled his eyes at him and turned to look at Sakura who stood at the front of the classroom. “Hi.” Sasuke whispered softly.

“Why did I even choose to come at this point of time?” She signed, slapping her hand on her forehead. She dragged herself to her seat and settled down with a loud ‘thump’. She could feel the intensity of the atmosphere around the 3 of them and she couldn’t feel anymore helpless being stuck in between the 2. The both of them were being hostile to each other.

Very hostile indeed.

“Today is going to be a bad one…” She thought bitterly.

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“Alright class! Today… we’re going to do a small history project that is to be handed up tomorrow. We only have a period and I don’t think it will be enough to finish up… So find yourself a partner and discussed what you’re going to do and do it at home. Let me repeat myself. It’s PAIR WORK. Not more than 2. Have I made myself clear?” Kakashi, their teacher said everything in a shot.

Everybody nodded to show they understood. The girls in class started muttering about themselves happily. They were wondering who Neji would choose to be the partner. He had taken over Sasuke’s position as a ‘heart-throb’ ever since he came here. But because Sasuke always use to hang around with Sakura, the girls in school had quite given up on him already.

Funny, I would say.

“Sakura! I’ll do with you!” Both Sasuke and Neji asked loudly together as they turned to Sakura. Everybody turned to look at the 3 of them while Kakashi raised an eyebrow. Sakura was feeling damn embarrassed and at the same time, pissed.

All the same, she still has to make a choice. She closed her eyes and took in a deep breath.

“I would do with…” One could see the tension in these two guys when Sakura was about to answer.

“Garaa.” She breathed finally.

The two guys turned to look at Garaa, who was looking at Sakura nonplussed. They looked pissed. “Will you?” She asked with an awkward smile. “What…Whatever…” He muttered back in a low tone. “Thank you.” Sakura smiled back, relieved in the face.

As for Neji, he got himself a girl partner named Ami. She was pleased to have him even though Neji was kind of ignoring every word she says with a pissed off look. And for Sasuke, he partnered up with a blond hair kid named Naruto who happened to be his childhood buddy.

“Eh… You’re like totally against that new guy… What’s up with you?” Naruto asked curiously in a low voice. “No-nothing. He’s just pissing me off…” Sasuke answered back, twirling a pencil with his fingers. “Over Sakura I bet. You like her, don’t you?” Naruto teased mischievously. “So-So what?” He shot back, red in the face. “Oh I see…” Naruto chuckled. “I guess that Neji-guy is going after her too if that’s the case.” He added thoughtfully.

“We’ll see about it then…” Sasuke whispered softly as he turned his head slowly to look at Sakura.

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Sakura thought it was best for her to avoid Sasuke and Neji for the rest of the day to stay out of trouble. She thought it would be fine if she were to just hang around with her female friends.

And she kind of did it.

But she couldn’t stop the boys throwing their hostility at each other. Once the school bell rang, she crept out of the classroom silently when they weren’t noticing. She didn’t want to invite anymore trouble. She have had enough that morning. She was walking down the corridor with a sigh of relief that she managed to escape them unknowingly when someone tapped her shoulder.

She jumped but registered what was likely to happen all the same. “I told you guys… Leave me alone for just one day… I haven’t got time to… Garaa…” She stuttered in surprise when she turned around. Garaa was half a head taller than she was. So to look at him, she got to tilt her head upwards a little.

He looked back at her. “What about the project? We got to finish it.” He asked her simply with an expressionless face.

“Oh… right. Let’s do it at my house then.” Sakura answered back joyfully.

Before Garaa could protest, Sakura started pulling him away. She was dying to leave that place so that she wouldn’t meet up with those two ‘sworn’ enemies.

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“Come on in…” Sakura smiled as she gestured to Garaa to come inside her house. He peer through the interiors and approached the house cautiously. “Don’t worry. My parents are currently staying overseas.” Sakura added, noticing Garaa’s behaviour.

“Whatever…” He muttered as he removed his shoes at the doorstep.

Sakura put down her stuff and turned to switch on the lights. “Please make yourself at home. I’ll go get you a drink.” She smiled warmly. Garaa nodded slightly and asked, “Where are we going to do the project? Can we do it in the living room?”

Sakura raised an eyebrow. Garaa fought hard not to blush when she stared hard at him. “Well… it’s not as stuffy here…” He muttered, trying to explain himself.

“Up to you…” Sakura replied casually as she made her way to the kitchen.

Sakura took her time to make a cup of cold honey-lemon tea for Garaa and herself. Holding the cups tightly in both her hands, she walked very carefully out of the kitchen to the living room. “Here… Garaa… Your drink… WHOA!” Sakura accidentally tripped and splashed the drinks all over him. Garaa stared down his front. “WHAT THE hell were you…” His voice trailed away when he turned to look at her.

Sakura had fallen onto him and their faces were only an inch apart. Each of them could hear each of their breathing.

Garaa’s eyes widened as he continued staring at her. He swallowed hard. He could feel his heart racing and the colour rising in his cheeks.

Sakura quickly picked herself up, embarrassed from all the staring that Garaa was giving her.

“I’m sorry…” She muttered.

“It’s okay…” Garaa whispered back, not looking at her. Then what followed were a few minutes of uneasy silence.

“You can go and wash yourself up in the bathroom if you want…” Sakura spoke timidly, breaking the silence. Garaa nodded lightly and stood up, making his way to the bathroom.

Sakura thought it’ll be best if he had a towel to dry himself up with. So she went to her room and fetched a white towel for him. Holding the towel in her hand, she made her way to the bathroom.

“A towel for you Ga… AHHHHH!” Sakura screamed covering her eyes dropping the towel on the floor.

Garaa laughed softly to himself. He picked the towel up from the floor and threw it over Sakura’s head. “I’m only topless…” He whispered into her ear. Sakura opened her eyes slowly and took a careful look at him. Sakura signed. “Damn… I over-reacted…” She cursed herself. Garaa smirked at her reaction and walked out of the bathroom.

This was when Sakura noticed that Garaa was pretty well-built. He was lean and muscular. He looked… pretty attractive…

Sakura jolted back to her senses when her phone suddenly rang. “How can I have such thoughts?” She reprimanded herself silently as she made her way to pick up the phone.

“Hello. This is Sakura. May I know who this is on the line?” She greeted cheerfully. “It’s me… Sasuke.” The other end replied.

“Oh… Sasuke-kun…” Sakura spoke softly, holding the phone tightly in her hand. “I just called to ask if… if you’re alright… you seemed to be avoiding me today…” Sasuke spoke, feeling rather unsure of himself.

“I… No… I’m fine… Actually I just thought… that you know…” Sakura didn’t know how to explain and phrase her words. Her expression was telling Garaa that she was troubled.

Garaa watched in amusement. But because he was topless, he shivered a little. This was when Sakura saw her chance.

Oh maybe not.

“Um… Sasuke-kun, hold on for a while…” Sakura spoke politely, pressing the phone lightly against her ear. “Yup… Sure…” He whispered in answer.

“Um… Garaa-kun! Do you need me to fetch you a shirt? You’re going to catch a cold if you’re going topless like this!...” She shouted to him. Garaa looked up at her, puzzled. Then he smirked when he saw Sakura mouthing several words silently. “Say YES.” She mouthed.

Garaa decided to play along. “It won’t hurt much anyway…” He thought, laughing to himself silently.

How wrong.

“YUP! THANKS! DO I GET IT FROM YOUR ROOM?” He yelled across the living room. “I can help you get it!” Sakura shouted back, mouthing a word of thanks and relief.

But before Sakura could even say goodbye to Sasuke on the line and fetch Garaa a shirt, the line already went dead. “What’s wrong?” She thought in wonder.

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Sasuke was grabbing his coat, picked up his keys and rushing out of the house. “Damn that Garaa kid! What the hell is he doing at Sakura’s house?” He cursed loudly, slamming the door hard behind him.

“I’m so going to have it out with him…” He seethed.

End of Chapter 2

Well… that’s chapter 2! Hope you guys enjoyed yourself. Oh, by the way, I’ve drawn some fanart and posted it online for Naruto. Click on my homepage to see it! Thanks! Don’t forget my reviews too…