|✔|Konoha Academy's Betrayal |Sakura x Kiba|

31.) Hidden Feelings

Blood drips down my face as I let Sakura drag me down a street. We're not by my house so we must be headed towards hers. I say nothing though, I can tell she's upset and quite frankly I'm still pissed. I should have kicked the shit out of that clown, but when Sakura begged me to stop I lost my fight.

I can taste blood as it starts to drain down the back of my throat. We venture into a part of town I haven't been in before, where the houses are expensive and larger than normal. Sakura pulls me through the gate and up the path of an older two-story house.

I can't get a good look at it but it looks really nice. "Whoa, I'm bleeding like crazy. I can't go in there Sakura." I say trying to pull my wrist out of her hand.

Sakura tightens her grip and drags me up the front steps and right into the house arriving in what I think is an entranceway that then leads into a large room with light blue walls and a dark wood floor. I guess this is why she isn't worried, wood floors.

She drags me up the stairs and into a good-sized bathroom. She flips on the light finally letting go of me to rummage around under the sink. She pulls out a small tote and opens it up to reveal medical supplies. She leaves the bathroom and comes back a few moments with a tattered towel.

"Here, for your nose." She says gently pushing me back so that I sit down on the toilet seat. She kneels in front of me and taking a cotton ball she drowns it with rubbing alcohol and starts to gently clean the scrapes on my face.

I watch her as she concentrates on cleaning the dirt and blood off my face. I can tell that she cares, not only by how gentle she's being but by the tears that slowly form in her eyes. "I'm okay, really," I say quietly.

She shakes her head and goes to clean my split lip. I wince as the alcohol touches it, causing Sakura to pull away suddenly. The threatening tears finally escape causing her to fold her arms on my legs and bury her face.

"That fool Naruto, what was he thinking doing something like that." She sobs quietly into her arms.

I haven't even begun to think of why he would attack me like that. All through junior high, we had been rivals in sports and that's where his idiotic obsession with me started. He had never come at me though. The only thing that had changed this year was that I was friends with Sakura.

That had to be it. Uchiha didn't attack me because he doesn't care, that or his self-control is impeccable. Namikaze, on the other hand, had come at me, which could only mean that he had feelings for Sakura and strong ones at that.

I gently smooth Sakura's hair, hoping that the gesture is one of comfort. I'm angry that Namikaze didn't think about Sakura when he attacked. Though if he knew that it would make her this upset, he probably wouldn't have.

Sakura sits up slowly and looks at me, her face now tear-stained. Fuck my life. I hate seeing her cry. I reach out and slowly wipe them from her face. "No crying, okay?" I say, trying to reason with her.