Disclaimer: Naruto is property of Kishimoto Masashi. Not mine except for the plot bunny. End of story.

Green Bug

He wouldn't admit it. He wouldn't even begin to think about it.

But curse his prodigious eight-year-old mind; he kept seeing the image burned vividly in his head, making him irritated and annoyed.

Why?

Because the object of his affection had been nice to the school clown a few months ago.

Uchiha Sasuke turned his eyes towards the window and scowled at the harmless swing swaying to the beat of the wind. He remembered with a furrowed brow how five months ago in that same place, Sakura—his Sakura—had given Uzumaki Naruto—the idiot—a birthday present and a kiss.

And he had seen the event unfold right before his eyes. Here on this seat. In this room. At this exact hour.

God, how he had the worst timings sometimes…

Okay, maybe he was overreacting. After all, Sakura did just kiss the dobe on the cheek and she had done it to make him feel better.

But then, why the heck did she have to blush?

The scowl grew and his seatmate shifted farther away from him.

Inwardly, he grinned evilly. 'Coward.' He thought with an almost amused grin, but stopped as he remembered how his poor little sweet Sakura's lips were tainted by that blond idiot's dirty cheek.

Sasuke felt his anger rise even more… and the class felt the ominous rage of the Uchiha prodigy with a silent shudder.

"'Nii-san… Itachi-niisan…"

Said boy looked up from his mission scroll and found his younger brother staring up at him with the cutest scowl on his face—a clear indication that he was upset about something.

"What is it, Sasuke?" He asked as his brother sauntered over to his side and plopped down on the floor.

Sasuke remained quiet, then. He stared at the ground, seemingly admiring the wood panels of the floor. Itachi knew better of course. His little brother was ever so the curious runt he was. The question was just hanging on the tip of his tongue.

Itachi observed his brother from the corner of his eye. He noted the tense form of his brother's shoulders. He wringed his fingers before bringing one hand to run through his hair. The older Uchiha smirked. His little brother was agitated.

Now, he was interested.

Sasuke took a deep breath. "Itachi-niisan. What do you, uh, do when Keiko-neechan is being to another guy?"

Itachi blinked. Of all the questions his brother could've asked him, this was not one of them. At least, not now.

Slowly, he looked down at Sasuke with an inquiring brow. "And what is this about Keiko and another guy, Sasuke?"

"I didn't mean it that way, 'nii-san!" Sasuke pouted. "I mean, what do you do when Keiko-nee is paying attention to another guy… like you know, nice, nice?"

Itachi could practically taste the venom in his younger brother's words and knew that this was all-together a different topic from what his brother was insinuating. He knew that Sasuke was a focused and driven boy. His brother strived to be the best.

Hearing these words from him now made the older brother question just how much he knew his baby brother.

"Sasuke," He started slowly, easing the subject. He put the scroll down and gazed down on his brother. "Are you… jealous?"

Instantly, Sasuke looked at his brother, wide-eyed and his mouth agape.

"Huh?"

The older Uchiha smirked. "So, tell me, Sasuke… who's the girl?"

"What?"

"I'm asking you,who's the girl, Sasuke. Must be someone special for you to be this mad."

"W-what girl? There is no girl! N-no one!"

Itachi was amused to say the least. His brother was flustered and was hiding (very poorly at that) the blush adorning his cheeks. "So, there really is no one, Sasuke?"

The boy nodded eagerly, breathing a sigh of relief that his older brother was letting the topic slide about his prec—

"Must be someone really ugly for you to deny her this much."

—ious Sakura…

"EH! Sakura is not ugly! She's pretty and nice and… and…"

At the smug look etched on his brother's face, Sasuke knew he was caught. Just when I thought I was being sneaky…

"So, Sakura, huh? Cute name." Itachi smirked, staring straight into his brother's eyes. "What's this about Sakura that's got you all riled up?"

Because he had no other choice, Sasuke sighed and voiced out his problem to his ever cool, perceptive older brother, the pout on his lips never once disappearing.

The classroom was noisy that morning as students were walking from desk to desk and distributing messily wrapped packages to their friends. The chatter grew into incoherent noise as the excitement levels rose when the female students spotted the object of their affection enter the room.

Determinedly, Sasuke ignored them, clutching the straps of his messenger bag tightly before moving towards his assigned seat. He glared at the girls who were relentlessly trying to give out their packages to him, giggling and shouting.

He narrowed his eyes and sat down with a silent thump against the wooden seat. He placed his bag on his lap, seemingly protecting it from the foul clutches of his unofficial fan club as they tried to shove and push each other in an attempt to gain his attention.

Again, he ignored them and sighed quietly in relief as the instructor came, ordering the class to settle down as they were about to start today's session.

Sasuke eyed the wall clock situated above the chalkboard and braced himself.

Five more hours… He chanted. Five more hours before school ends and then… He tightened his hold on his bag, the neatly wrapped package becoming heavier as the minutes trudged on.

"And so that ends today's lesson!" Iruka said with a wide smile. "Ah! And Happy Valentine's Day, everybody! See you guys tomorrow! Dismissed."

But the words barely reached Sasuke's ears as he heard an all-too-obnoxious voice shout a very familiar name from outside.

"SAKURA-CHAN!"

Immediately, Sasuke snapped his head towards the window and found Naruto running towards the pink-haired girl who was on her way home.

He scowled when she stopped in her tracks and greeted the blonde. He narrowed his eyes before he ran out of the room. No way am I going to lose!

As soon as he stepped out of the academy doors, his eyes immediately went in search of Sakura. He caught sight of her saying goodbye to Naruto and stuffing a small package in her school bag. He watched as she smiled and waved at the blonde's disappearing figure.

Sasuke closed his eyes and inhaled deeply before he exhaled and started towards the swings.

"Sakura."

Inwardly, he gulped when Sakura spun around quickly and smiled shyly. "Hi, Sasuke-kun. Umm, what is it?"

He looked away as he handed her a medium-sized package, wrapped in blue and pink paper.

"Huh?" Wide-eyed, the girl blushed as she gazed at the package in Sasuke's hands. "Is that…?"

"It's for you!" Sasuke stubbornly kept his gaze at the swing next to them. "Take it before I change my mind!"

"I-I…" Hesitantly, she stepped closer and took the package from his hands. "T-thank you."

Minutes passed when the two of them stood there under the shade of the tree, doing and saying nothing.

Sasuke scowled. "Aren't you going to open it?"

"Huh? I-ah-I…okay." Sakura looked down as she timidly tore the upper part of the wrapping and found two beady eyes staring back at her. She blinked and lifted the offending thing from its place, letting the wrapper fall to the ground.

Sasuke felt trickles of sweat gather on his temple when she remained quiet and stared at the object in her hands.

Valentine's coming up, right? Give her something important to you and see how she likes it. And no, flowers and chocolates are out of the question. Chances are, if she's as pretty as you claim her to be, other boys are going to give her those. So make it special, make it count. And she'll always remember it was you who gave her that gift.

Faintly, he could hear his brother's voice echo in his ear and hoped this certain piece of advice wouldn't fail—'Nii-san is always right! He wouldn't lie to me… He wouldn't! Sasuke chanted stubbornly in his head. He held his breath.

Suddenly, a small giggle snapped him out of his internal battle. From his peripheral view, his breath almost caught in his throat when she smiled at him and blushed, holding her—his—green, stuffed dinosaur close to her. Once she caught his eye, she looked down, embarrassed.

Sasuke let out a sigh before he moved closer to her. He felt a small smile tug on his lips when she hugged it closer. Her gaze was planted firmly on her shoes but the bright red twinge on her cheeks had him grinning.

Feeling a small sliver of courage bubble in his gut, he leaned down, attempting to brush his lips on her cheek. But, at that exact moment, she looked up at him just so she could say thank you.

Her soft, petal-like lips were against his as they stared at each other, wide-eyed.

Immediately, they broke apart and looked at anything but each other. Sasuke felt some strange feeling forming in his gut but he didn't mind. Somehow, he felt proud… satisfied—triumphant.

On the other hand, Sakura couldn't fight the blush growing brighter and brighter on her cheeks. She felt an awfully weird sensation flooding her system and she found herself liking it. She buried her face on the stuffed dinosaur head in an attempt to shield her red cheeks.

"I-ah-um-I… THANK YOU, Sasuke-kun!" She exclaimed before she ran towards the playground where she knew Ino and the others would be.

Sasuke smirked after her retreating figure, not minding that she had left so suddenly.

When he couldn't see her anymore, he started running his way to the Uchiha district. He couldn't wait to tell his 'nii-san!

Take that dobe!

~End

And here is the couple fic to Someone Special! Dedicated to sadbird for giving me an idea to start this fic. Although it's not really what you asked but yeah.

Anyways, hope you enjoyed and thank you for reading! Leave a review if you like it.

Lots of love!

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edited. 11/05/12.