Bite The Bullet

He stares at me with a practiced glare, and I respond with a wide smile, only for him to struggle in holding his contempt in place before he smirks back.

"Exactly; don't fight a losing battle Uchiha - that's lesson one."

"You won't know unless you try, Kushina."

"Booooooo! Cliché!"

"You'd know a few, I'm sure."

My smile drops as I raise an eyebrow. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Sasuke declines back on the grass, glancing at the prohibition sign before leveling his eyes on me. "Hn. Annoying."

The bell saves him, is what I try to convince myself to calm down with.

Edit: I took this down and so I'm reposting it now. First published 2015 - 2018. On hiatus atm.