Sakura tucked the (very, very late) videos into her shoulder bag and made her way out of Lysgar. Ino had pestered her all day about attending some crazy woman's Fourth of July party (apparently, Ino didn't care much about how dangerous fireworks were), but Sakura begged off, insisting that she had an errand to run.
She bit her bottom lip (bad habit, hard to break) and walked slowly toward the video store. God only knew what Sasuke thought about her now after that little Ichigo-hijacking-her-journal business. If he didn't think she was completely nuts before, now --
Yes. She and Ichigo were definitely in a fight.
Soon enough, the store came into view, along with Sasuke, who she spied through the window. He look exhausted. She thought that maybe she shouldn't bother him, but then, with a burst of courage she didn't know she had, strolled into the store, back straight, head high.
"Hi, Sasuke."
Compared to the board exams, the boy thing was going to be a piece of cake.
He was almost not going to answer, not bothering to look up as the store bell jingled, signaling a new arrival. It would just be. . .disastrous. Someone else to shove their 'assets' in his face and insist that he 'lighten up', the store is empty, no one will come, and even if they did would that be so bad because they'd look 'totally hot' together, 'you on top of me' and Sasuke was going to stop recalling every little bit of verbal crap that had come his way this evening. Just shouldn't respond to anyone else. . .
But then his name was spoken. Very few people knew his name. Unless of course it was some psycho stalker. . .Sasuke glanced up. Well, he wasn't that far off on that one.
Lips twitched into that characteristic smirk of his - part arrogance, part amusement. "Finally returning those movies?"
A short, awkward silence followed. Why did she never know what to say? She was usually never without words -- offering advice, showing off her superior intellect. What was it about Sasuke that made her so goddamn stupid?
"Better late than never?" she offered, smile shaking, heart racing. In two weeks, people were going to trust her with their lives and she couldn't even talk to the boy she liked without sounding like a moron. Wonderful. "I'm sorry I didn't realize sooner that I'd taken them home with me."
But she wasn't sorry, not really, because she had an excuse to be here to talk to him.
Naruto pocketed his list of things to do before the party started. He didn't like to go to things empty handed, especially with all the food he was planning on moochin'. He wished it wasn't so damn hot though.
He spotted the big glass window of the video store from about a block away and grinned. Sasuke was no doubt in need of some company and Naruto had every intention of harassing him to the fullest at every opportunity. Especially since when he was at work, it was that much more difficult for Sasuke to fight back.He felt the cool breeze of the air conditioner as he walked into the store. Yet another reason he should stay awhile and make himself at home. Sasuke seemed to be... chatting with someone? No way! He hardly liked to say more than "Thank you come again," and that was if you were lucky. Some investigation was needed
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Sakura wasn't too familiar with the mating ritual of man -- too much time spent buried underneath index cards and textbooks -- but even she knew a pickup line when she heard it, however rare one may or may not come her way. To her absolute horror, she flushed, eyes wide and caught like a deer in headlights.
That lasted about two and a half seconds before she threw a sharp elbow into Naruto's side. How dare he tease her like that -- in front of Sasuke, no less! "Don't be stupid," she muttered, not looking at Naruto or Sasuke or anywhere. "You're fine."
Naruto shot Sasuke a glare that might've burned holes right through him... If he were Superman. Unfortunately he was the anything-but-mild-mannered boy wonder, Naruto Uzumaki and his glares had little effect. He still had a secret weapon though... With skilled practice he flipped his middle finger in Sasuke's direction.
On the other side of the spectrum, and much to his pleasure, Sakura's cheeks turned pink and despite the elbow in the side, he knew she'd picked up on his oh-so-subtle charms. OH YEAH! WHo's the man? YOU DA MAN!
He grinned sheepishly as he rubbed his ribs. That kinda really hurt... "Oh I dunno," he continued, once again with blanant disregard for his personal safety. "Maybe you should come with me to the party tonight. Make sure I don't get all faint or something..."
Sasuke simply rolled his eyes in response to the glare. They might have been roommates, but that by no means meant he was going to be saving Naruto's ass. At least not consciously. If the blond wanted to make an utter fool of himself [Hey, for once he got to call someone else that], Sasuke wasn't about to stop him.
Instead, he took a seat on the bar stool behind the counter. Between Sakura's irritation? sisterly affection? pure embarrassment? over Naruto's comments and the other's all-too-obvious [and rather unwanted] flirtation attempts, Sasuke had found that ignoring them both was probably his wisest course of action.
A stack of recently returned videos, Sakura's not included, was pulled over in front of him. Cases were flipped open then shut with a sharp snap as he began methodically going through each one to double check that the correct tape/DVD was still in there.
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She bit her bottom lip (bad habit, hard to break) and walked slowly toward the video store. God only knew what Sasuke thought about her now after that little Ichigo-hijacking-her-journal business. If he didn't think she was completely nuts before, now --
Yes. She and Ichigo were definitely in a fight.
Soon enough, the store came into view, along with Sasuke, who she spied through the window. He look exhausted. She thought that maybe she shouldn't bother him, but then, with a burst of courage she didn't know she had, strolled into the store, back straight, head high.
"Hi, Sasuke."
Compared to the board exams, the boy thing was going to be a piece of cake.
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But then his name was spoken. Very few people knew his name. Unless of course it was some psycho stalker. . .Sasuke glanced up. Well, he wasn't that far off on that one.
Lips twitched into that characteristic smirk of his - part arrogance, part amusement. "Finally returning those movies?"
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"Better late than never?" she offered, smile shaking, heart racing. In two weeks, people were going to trust her with their lives and she couldn't even talk to the boy she liked without sounding like a moron. Wonderful. "I'm sorry I didn't realize sooner that I'd taken them home with me."
But she wasn't sorry, not really, because she had an excuse to be here to talk to him.
So, so sad.
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He spotted the big glass window of the video store from about a block away and grinned. Sasuke was no doubt in need of some company and Naruto had every intention of harassing him to the fullest at every opportunity. Especially since when he was at work, it was that much more difficult for Sasuke to fight back.He felt the cool breeze of the air conditioner as he walked into the store. Yet another reason he should stay awhile and make himself at home. Sasuke seemed to be... chatting with someone? No way! He hardly liked to say more than "Thank you come again," and that was if you were lucky. Some investigation was needed ( ... )
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That lasted about two and a half seconds before she threw a sharp elbow into Naruto's side. How dare he tease her like that -- in front of Sasuke, no less! "Don't be stupid," she muttered, not looking at Naruto or Sasuke or anywhere. "You're fine."
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On the other side of the spectrum, and much to his pleasure, Sakura's cheeks turned pink and despite the elbow in the side, he knew she'd picked up on his oh-so-subtle charms. OH YEAH! WHo's the man? YOU DA MAN!
He grinned sheepishly as he rubbed his ribs. That kinda really hurt... "Oh I dunno," he continued, once again with blanant disregard for his personal safety. "Maybe you should come with me to the party tonight. Make sure I don't get all faint or something..."
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Instead, he took a seat on the bar stool behind the counter. Between Sakura's irritation? sisterly affection? pure embarrassment? over Naruto's comments and the other's all-too-obvious [and rather unwanted] flirtation attempts, Sasuke had found that ignoring them both was probably his wisest course of action.
A stack of recently returned videos, Sakura's not included, was pulled over in front of him. Cases were flipped open then shut with a sharp snap as he began methodically going through each one to double check that the correct tape/DVD was still in there.
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