Chapter 2

I Must Be In Heaven, Because I'm Standing Next To You!

It had been only two days now since the last time 99 had came over, and Sakura was grateful to that. Usually, the guy would come and talk to Aruka every waking hour to try and get into her pants only to get pushed away as Aruka played the 'hard-to-get' role of a true 'virgin'.

Sakura stared hard at the book in front of her but still couldn't push away some nagging feeling in the back of her head. What the feeling was though, was beyond her. "C'mon Sakura, get a hold of yourself." She mumbled irritably to herself. All this thinking was distracting her too much for her to pay any attention to her study time.

"Sakura!" Aruka's voice shouted from downstairs, echoing in an unpleasant manner into her room and into her ears. Sakura sighed, placing her book down so as to stand up and make her way out of her room. So much studying time wasted!

She stood at the top of the stairs and looked down at Aruka, "Yes?" She asked questionably, noticing the fake smile on her sister's face.

Aruka motioned with a hand for her to come down, "Pudding pie wants you to join our game!"

Pudding pie...?, Sakura thought, absolutely disgusted. "Uh...Okay..." She said as she went down the stairs and entered into the living room where the mop of blond appeared above the head of the couch. Aruka grabbed her elbow (Hard enough to make her flinch), and brought her around the couch so that they were facing 99 in all his grinning glory.

"Hello again Sakura," He exclaimed, patting the spot next to him which was immediately taken by Aruka. "Fancy talking to you again, yeah." Sakura rolled her eyes.

At the sound of the ding from an oven, Aruka stood up and smiled at them both. "Looks like the cookies are all done, I'll go get them." She said before walking off.

Sakura's eyes trailed after her sister's back until she took the turn into the hallway. Sakura slowly let her eyes move back to the blond who had replaced his grin with a cocky smirk.

Sakura sighed, "Why'd you call me down, I was doing something..."

99 raised an eyebrow, "Oh...? And were you doing it while thinking of me, yeah..?" He asked, seemingly innocently. She looked at him blankly.

"What...? What do you mean thinking of...," When it finally dawned on her what he was implying, she glared, her face going a furious red in anger and embarrassment. "I was not doing THAT, you perv! I was fucking studying for fuck sake!" She shouted, not making any attempt to excuse her language as she felt the angry pound of her heart in her ears.

Aruka popped her head in, innocently, "Is something wrong?" She looked at Sakura, the threat burning behind her eyes.

99 turned slightly on the couch to look at her, "Oh, nothing's wrong. I just seemed to have made the little girl a bit upset is all, yeah."

"Oh...," She trailed off. "Well okay then." She gave one last threatening look towards Sakura before heading back to the kitchen.

Sakura closed her eyes, and took a few deep breaths to calm herself and stop herself from shouting again before opening them again, "Look...Let me get this straight and out in the open."

"You're a lesbian?" He asked, cocking his head to the side while holding in a laugh. She took another deep breath.

"I don't like you, no, scratch that, I DESPISE you from the very bottom of my heart." She stated, smiling a sickly sweet smile towards him. "I don't want you touching me, near me, or calling me things like 'cute' or 'pretty'."

He pouted, "But Sakura," He whined, resting his head on his palms and his elbows on his knees. "It doesn't take a genius to see how gorgeous you are! Well...Of course, if it did, I would be overqualified, yeah."

She sighed yet again, "You see, it's things like that, that are going to get me into trouble." She looked at the ceiling exasperate.

He paused, "Trouble...? What trouble-"

"Cookies are done and cool!" Aruka's voice pronounced, snapping the two out of it.

"Nevermind...," Sakura mumbled only loud enough for 99 to hear hoping that Aruka hadn't been listening in to the conversation. He raised an eyebrow in question, but chose to shake it off and turned towards Aruka with a calm smile.

"So Aruka, you can bake, yeah?" He asked as she set the plate down on the coffee table.

She giggled girlishly, "Of course, only for my pudding pie!" She exclaimed, sitting herself down next to him to hold his hand. Sakura rolled her eyes and stood, gaining the two's attention.

"I need to start heading to work," Sakura announced, turning to leave and not wanting to be around the sickening scene any longer.

99 also stood, grinning, "I'll drive her, yeah."

"You don't have to." Sakura and Aruka said, at the exact same moment. 99 blinked, and then laughed,

"But it's raining and cold outside, it's the least I can do for your little sister Aruka, yeah." He said, directing it towards Aruka.

She opened her mouth to speak, and then closed it not being able to think of a reason for him not to go. "Alright, its settled then. "He exclaimed, placing both his hands on Sakura's shoulders and leading her out of the living room. "See you soon Aruka, yeah!"

Sakura wasn't able to resist, and stared in horror ahead of her as she felt Aruka's burning gaze on her back before 99 shut the door behind them. "Now," 99 started only to stare curiously as Sakura walked ahead and started heading towards the sidewalk. "Where are you going? I'm parked right there, yeah." He said, motioning to his right at the only car in the parking space.

Sakura could feel herself shaking from a mix of the cold and the fear of heading back home later. She clutched her fists tightly and ignored 99 as he ran to catch up to her and walk beside her, grinning from ear to ear. "Alright then, if you refuse to go in my car I'll just have to walk with you instead, yeah." He said, opening up an umbrella he had most likely taken from his car.

Sakura hurried her pace and ignored him, not wanting to be any closer to him which prove to be a failure as he hurried his pace as well. He smirked at the sideways glare she gave him. She shut her eyes tightly against the cold, "Why are you doing this..." She muttered agitatedly.

"Why do you seem to have a problem with me, yeah?" He countered. He looked up at the rain falling and hitting around their circle of shade from the umbrella.

"I have a problem with you, because you're you." She muttered to herself. He raised an eyebrow and looked at her.

"What was that, yeah?"

"Nothing...," She sighed, taking an abrupt sharp turn on the sidewalk only to pause to address him. "Look, there's only a few more miles for me to walk so you can go now."

He rolled his eyes amused, "You can't get rid of me that easily pinky...Besides, if you don't have this umbrella with you, you'll most likely get a cold tomorrow, yeah."

Sakura turned to face him seriously, "Alright, then give me the umbrella."

He stared blankly for a few moments before he burst out laughing, "One wouldn't usually say something like that so rudely, yeah!" He bellowed, clutching his sides.

She narrowed her eyes, ignoring the slight heat that radiated from her cheeks and turned on her heel to continue walking. She already knew she didn't have the greatest socializing skills, he didn't have to blatantly point it out!

"Hey pinky wait!" He shouted a few yards away, realizing that she had ditched him. He ran up to her, attempting to place the umbrella above her soaking wet body. He pouted, "Why'd you walk off for? You're all wet now, yeah..." He mumbled.

Sakura stayed silent, why couldn't he just go away?

"Oh, I get is now," He said after a moment. "You're embarrassed about what I said..." He chuckled, "Pinky, I meant that as a sort of compliment, yeah."

Pointing out what she said as rude was a compliment? Yeah, right.

"I meant to say that you're interesting, yeah!" 99 exclaimed, grinning when she raised her head to look at him.

"...Interesting...?" She asked curiously.

"Yeah, I find you really interesting! You're...So much different from Aruka, yeah." He admitted, rubbing the back of his head.

"You have no idea...," Sakura mumbled quietly, shutting her eyes only to open them again from the glare of the lights illuminating the outside of the cafe.

They walked over and opened the door, signaling the chime to ring and gain Ino's attention from the front desk. "Sakura!" She shouted, shocked, running over to Sakura and shuffling her away from 99, "You're soaking wet!"

Sakura smiled, "I'm fine Ino."

Ino turned to glare darkly at 99, "Why did you go ahead and let her get all wet!" She shouted, standing on her toes and jabbing a finger into his chest.

Sakura placed a hand on Ino's shoulder, "It's fine Ino, I got myself wet. He just found me on my way here and walked me the rest of the way with his umbrella." She lied.

Ino leaned back onto her heels and turned her accusing glare to Sakura, "Why the hell did you walk out in this freezing cold weather! Jeez! It's as if you're trying to get yourself sick!" She ranted, as she made her way into the backroom to get a towel.

99 smirked, and sat himself down on one of the stools as Ino came out again handing the towel to Sakura. She frowned disapprovingly, "Go clean yourself up, and get in your uniform."

Sakura smiled apologetically and walked into the back letting the door swing shut behind her. Ino stared at the door for a few moments and then turned to look at 99 with her hands on her hips. "...Would you like something to drink?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

"A coffee would be fine, thanks, yeah." He said, smiling. She grabbed a cup from below the counter and placed it under the coffee maker before walking back and resting her elbows on the table.

"So...You and Sakura are friends?" She asked as the coffee maker behind her buzzed in its process. "Sakura doesn't usually hang around with the toys."

"...Toys?" He asked confused.

"Nevermind." Ino said, deciding it best not to tell him.

"You two are pretty suspicious, yeah." He muttered, grinning. Ino smiled back, turning to grab the finished cup and placing the cup of coffee in front of him. He stared at it, "Not going to ask if I want sugar or milk?"

She rolled her eyes, "Want sugar or milk?"

"No thanks, yeah." He laughed. She blinked, and then laughed, along with him.

"What're you two talking about?" Sakura asked, appearing from the back door in her uniform apron, her hair dried off.

"Oh, nothing much! Sakura, this guy isn't that bad!" Ino laughed, motioning towards the male sipping his drink. She turned to him, "What's your name again?"

"Deidara, yeah." He chuckled.

"Deidara...Deidara...," Ino muttered to herself as if testing the name on her tongue in an attempt to memorize it. "Well Deidara, you should be pleased to know that I decided to remember your name!" She exclaimed brightly.

Sakura stared at Ino, and shook her head sadly. 99 may have been able to fool her friend with his act, but she knew better. She continued to stare blankly when 99 raised his head to smile at her. There was no way she was going to trust him, if he was going to with her sister it obviously meant that there would be trouble ahead.

However, what she didn't know, was just how much trouble it would be.

Me: Okay, okay, I know what you're going to say...

Ino: ...

Me: ...

Ino: ...

Me: Well, Aren't you going to say it!?!

Ino: I know better by now...(sighs)

Me: Ugh! Alright, I know I haven't updated in 2 months! (falls to knees) I'm sorry! I've been so busy practicing my drawing skills, my writing has just been pushed into a side hobby!

Ino: (rolls eyes)

Me: I'll seriously TRY to update as often as I did before, but I can't make any promises.

Ino: What she's basically saying is not to expect another update for a year...

Me: No!! What I'm saying is I'll TRY TRY TRY...Oh! And Happy Holidays and Happy New Years!

Ino: Isn't it a bit late for the Happy Hol-

Me: Please Read and Review!

Ino: HEY!