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A few days after I'm sitting down, organizing my thoughts. So far:
-a weird flirty blonde kid bumped into me -we held hands (I still cringe at this) -I've made friends with Ino, Tenten, Temari, and Hinata -there's the quiet raven-haired kid in my class whom I can't figure out -I have a very extra Biology teacher
Just as I'm getting lost in my thoughts, my mom broke through.
"SAKURA"
I snap out of my thoughts and remember that I'm still waiting for my mom to find her keys. I'm suddenly brought back to the sofa that I've been waiting on for 10 minutes as my mom went rummaging around for the keys. "you're going to have to walk to school."
"What??"
Great, I'm speed walking again because my mom couldn't find her keys, except I'm walking to school this time. My dad left for his job at 6, and my mom lost the keys to the only other car we have. She said that she "sent an email letting my school know about my situation" but that doesn't make the situation any better!
By drive it's 15 minutes, and by walking it's about 40. I can feel my hair getting tangled from the wind while it sticks to my lipgloss, I'm going to scream.
I pull out my phone to check the time as I hear a car skid to a stop. It scared the hell out of me; I whip my head around to check the commotion,the car stopped right behind me.
Did my mom call an Uber or something? But no, that's suspicious as hell. A black car? It just stopped right behind me? I'm ready to dial 911 until I hear a voice call out my name,
"Sa-kuraaa Chan". I'd recognize that slightly annoying voice from anywhere, "Naruto? What are you doing?"
His head popped out of the car window with his hands cupping around his mouth to be louder, "I saw you walking by yourself and it's already 7:10, you'll be late at this rate, you want a ride?"
Without hesitation I give him a "yes please!" I say thankfully. Phew, Naruto's always coming to my rescue nowadays. I hop in the car, expecting it to be filthy, but it's clean? This might be the most unexpected part of my day.
The real shock was when a manly voice suddenly called out to me, making me jump. This wasn't Naruto's voice? I look up and see a man that looks strikingly similar to Naruto but with longer hair in the drivers seat, "So, your Sakura right?"
I'm in a daze for a second "Uh... Yep, are you Naruto's dad? Thank you very much for giving me a ride by the way" I say making sure to express my gratitude.
"I sure am, by the way, Naruto talks about you a lot, are you by any chance.. his girlfriend?" He said as he tilted his head to the side with a slight smile.
Before I can respond with a blunt "no", Naruto immediately interrupts me.
"Hmm.. uh huh yeah she's my girlfr-" Oh, he's so dead. I clenched my fist and shot him a glare through the car window, but of course he just grins like an idiot. He better take that as a threat. Naruto's dad dropped his head back slightly as he let out a chuckle at the silence and my annoyed face, "Wow, I have no idea where that boy gets his confidence from, sorry for assuming."
We both start laughing as his dad pulls into the school "it was a pleasure to meet you Sakura, you two have a good day" He says, unlocking the doors.
"You too, thank you Mr..?" "just call me Mr. Uzumaki , and if you ever want to visit Naruto, just know any friend of his is welcome at my home" he says.
"Okay thank you Mr. Uzumaki, I'll think about it" I say with a smile as he drives off.
"Oh you'll think about it huh?" Naruto says with a cheeky grin.
I give him a punch on the back of his head "Don't even think about it"
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Me and Naruto both appear gripping the sides of our first period door for the second time, silently thanking god that we weren't late yet again.
I sigh a breath of relief as I'm given a thumbs up and a point at the empty desk by Ino, showing an empty seat where Kakashi Sensei was supposed to be. I plop my bag down and practically melt into my seat.
I thought I was the late one until I heard a knock on the door, making my head look to the sound.
My breath stopped for a second as I looked at the image in front of me
It was Sasuke.
His eyes didn't waver, he didn't look embarrassed, he walked in like any other day and sat down in is assigned spot next to me.
He suddenly sat down with a thump as I stared at his beaten up face.
