Windswept [ SASUSAKU - Modern AU ]

Chapter 8: Failed Confrontation

When Friday rolled around, I was relieved.

The rest of the week had passed with nothing really exciting happening.

Sasuke continued to walk me home and everyone continued sitting at the same lunch table everyday. Ino was doing well with Shikamaru, she was telling me yesterday that he had kissed her, but didn't elaborate on anything else. Naruto was doing really well teaching Hinata how to swim. The two had become really close over the week and I was happy to see that Hinata was happy too. TenTen was frustrated with Neji because she wasn't getting anywhere with him and she actually cried about it. TenTen never cries over anything as stupid as boys.

Sasuke had returned my clean clothes to me on Wednesday, and it was the awkwardest thing ever. The look Ino gave me made me want to run away and never look at her again. I had to explain to all three of them what happened on Monday, and to say they were happy with the 'progress' Sasuke and I were making, was an understatement. I had also gave Sasuke the clothes he let me borrow back too.

Everyday after school, when my homework and chores were done, I'd sit down on my Macbook and read over all the files on the Uchiha. Mainly Sasuke's though. I still felt bad for digging into his privacy, but it had to be done, and even though it wasn't really getting me anywhere, I had learnt a few little things about Sasuke. It wasn't really anything important that could help me uncover the secrets his family is hiding, but it was just quirky information I could surprise him with.

However, one of the things that kept bothering me, was the 'drifter gene'. I had no idea what is was, and every time I went back to view the family tree, those two words would be next to about half the names on the list. I tried googling it, but I had found nothing that would seem plausible. It was really starting to get to me.

So today, I had made sure I was free and that no one would disturb me, and I made my way down to the library after school, giving Sasuke some excuse about why he couldn't walk me home today. I felt kinda bad for lying to everyone, Sasuke especially, because I was actually looking into his life. I still held a fair amount of guilt. Half the time I thought I was just going to cry my eyes out.

I pushed the door to the library open, my Macbook and charger was tucked away in my messenger bag, and I still had my school clothes on. I walked over to a table towards the back of the library where there were tables upon tables of people all doing some form of studying. I chose an empty table and placed my messenger bag on the table. I pulled out a piece of paper from the front pocket, and after making sure everything in my bag would be fine, I set out to find the books I was looking for.

The first part of the library I went to, was the medical section. I had spent most of my time here in freshman year, just reading over and over all the books on interesting medical facts and stuff. I quickly found a small book on types of depression, and was happy to know that it also had two chapters on PTSD. The next book I looked for, was one on the human eye. After re-reading all of Sasuke's medical file, I came across that he had a recurring problem with his eyes. I wanted to read up on everything I could just in case there's a way I could help him.

After returning the four books that I had found to the table that still held my messenger bag, I made my way around to the history section. After scanning up and down the column four times, I went to one of the nicer looking librarians and told her what I was looking for. She directed me to one of the sub-history sections that had to do with supernatural occurrences, and I found a book on what I was vaguely looking for and made my way back over to the table.