Chapter 1: The Green Monster

A/N: I am sorry if I committed mistakes in this chapter. Nobody's perfect? Lol. Enjoy! I'll update each time I get the chance.

Title: Distractions
Rated: T
Pairings: SasuSaku, NaruHina, ShikaIno, NejiTen, slight GaaSaku
Summary: When the girl you considered your best friend suddenly becomes all hot and sexy when you guys turn seventeen, would it be normal to pulverize every guy that dared to hit on her? Yep, definitely.

XxXxX

"A bright and sunny morning to you all, charming students! Don't forget to attend today's assembly at the auditorium, alright? Oh and let us all pray for our dear Anko-sensei's health. As you've all noticed, it's been bothering a certain teacher of ours. *cough* Kakashi *cough* Well, that would be all for now! Have a blessed day!" said the school announcer, Ino Yamanaka, also known as the school's loudest and most talkative female. Her job fits her, eh?

Blessed day, my ass!

Sakura thought as she adjusted her now broken glasses. She had just entered the school when some crazy sophomore decided to knock her over and trample on her only hope to be able to read Jenny Han's Summer Series that is if she would be able to grab even just the first book.

Now, the left side of her glasses was now slightly cracked. And to add more to a beautiful day, she had tripped and earned a bruise as she climbed up the stairs to the school's main door.

She walked grumpily to her locker ignoring all the looks she had gained as she passed by.

A young handsome man on the other hand was lucky enough to have a random girl at the gas station pay for his expenses and acquire this new book Sakura, his best friend, had been talking about for weeks.

As he didn't pay attention to his other best friend (though he would never admit it to him), Uzumaki Naruto, babbling about ramen, he watched his little pink-haired friend stomp to her locker and literally just stuffing everything in there then groaning.

He shook his head. She was obviously having yet another bad day. And it was his job to somewhat make it better.

He walked towards the girl ignoring the blond's complaints.

"Oh good morning, Sasuke-kun." She greeted, rather not so happily.

"Hn. What happened to your glasses?" he asked, raising a brow.

She frowned. "This guy bumped into me and stepped on them." He stifled a chuckle. He took out the book from behind him and placed it in front of the girl who beamed at said item.

OHMYGOOOOOD! SASUKE-KUN HAS A COPY OF JENNY HAN'S THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTYYYYYY! GAH!

"Sasuke-kun! Gah! I so love you right now!" she shouted as she grabbed hold of his neck, wrapping her soft arms around him. She was so happy she thought she was going to cry which actually happened.

The blonde girl watching the two could only smirk at Sasuke's tense composure and Sakura's obliviousness to what she was actually doing to the guy.

She cleared her throat.

Twice.

"Sorry to interrupt your little moment here, chicken-ass and forehead girl. But we're late for the assembly so chop! Chop! Enough with the snuggling and more with the power walking." She said as she pushed Sakura forward toward their destination.

The pinkette blushed mad at what Ino just said. She turned to Sasuke and said a thank you before she and her best friend went off.

XxXxX

"You bastard. You weren't even listening to me. I will never ever understand why girls would even fall for you. You're the most emotionless person in the world!" Naruto mumbled. Sasuke snorted.

"Doesn't matter. What you said was pointless."

"I BEG YOUR PARDON, MISTER? RAMEN IS NOT POINTLESS! IT IS IN FACT THE REASON WHY THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND SO DON'T GO SAYING IT'S POINTLESS AND NOT USEFUL, TEME."

To this, Kiba chuckled. "Seriously, Naruto, what is wrong with you?"

Neji and Shikamaru both shook their heads at the blonde. Sasuke ignored him yet again.

They were now ten minutes late for the assembly. As soon as they entered, probably 99% of the female student body's attention was focused on them. They were what most people would call 'hotties'.

The principal could only roll her eyes. "How nice of you to actually join us, boys." She said sarcastically.

Sasuke ignored the woman and proceeded to sit next to Sakura who was holding the book to her chest. She grinned at him. He only smirked.

"Thank you so so so so so so so—"

Sasuke had to cover her mouth with his hand as she wasn't planning on stopping with the 'so's.

"You're welcome. Now shut up, Sakura." It may have seemed rude, but Sakura knew him well enough to just giggle.

"Thanks, Sasuke-kun! But I still have a problem though." She pouted. He raised a brow.

"How am I going to read this with my glasses broken? Tch, stupid sophomore."

"Duh. Buy contacts, forehead. It's about time you got rid of those nasty old things!" Sasuke glared at the blonde. Did she mean Sakura did not look good in those glasses?

You see, Sakura here isn't much considered a hottie or sexy or even pretty. She was only in the level of 'cute'.

But to Sasuke, it was waaaaaay beyond that though he is having this little problem which their friends say is denial.

Sasuke and Sakura have been friends for who knows how long! Their families were pretty close even before they were born.

You can't imagine Mikoto's face after finding out that Akemi, Sakura's mother, gave birth to a girl! She had always wanted a baby girl.

At first, the two weren't really on good terms. Sasuke had said something about Sakura's forehead being scary huge and then Sakura went crying, flooding her whole bed.

They became true friends when they were 7.

Flashback

Sasuke's P.O.V.

Mom and Dad were arguing again. Nii-san was sulking in his room. I was left alone in mine, hearing their loud voices and cussing. I thought parents loved each other? How come they're fighting?

I stomped grumpily to the back porch and sat down on the bench. I suddenly heard a grumbling sound. I started looking around to see if someone else was making that sound. I was alone. Then, I looked down. It was my stomach after all.

I groaned. I was so hungry, but mom and dad were fighting in the kitchen, and I didn't want to go in there until they would stop.

"Hi there, Sasuke." I looked up to see the pink-haired Haruno standing by the small stairs. She was carrying that annoying bunny bag she always brought around.

"Hn." My stomach grumbled again. I tried to hold a blush. Why was I blushing? And more importantly, why did I always feel like this when she was around? Hmph, I don't like it one bit.

She giggled. "Sounds like someone's hungry."

I glared at her. "What are you doing here anyway?"

"Oh. My mom told me to visit your mom. I was starting to miss Mikoto-okaa-san anyways so I decided to come."

"Hn." Why does she always have to come here? I hate it when she's around! My stomach doesn't ever feel normal around her. I narrowed my eyes as I heard her footsteps nearing my bench.

She sat beside me. The annoying tingling feeling's back again! Make it go away D:

"Your parents are starting to get pretty loud in there." I saw her frown.

My stomach yet again grumbled.

She chuckled softly. "And so is your stomach, Sasuke-kun." She took out something from that little bunny bag she was carrying.

"Here." She said. I stared down at the square shaped thing wrapped in a napkin.

"It probably isn't enough to make you full but it's delicious. And you do sound really hungry."

I stared at her for a while then I finally decided to take it. The moment I finished peeling of the napkin, I looked at what was inside the two sliced breads. Inside were slices of tomatoes with some mayonnaise on.

I've never eaten a tomato in my life. Ever.

I took a bite.

I couldn't have eaten anything tastier in my entire life! I looked at her. She was giggling at me. Why?

"What's so funny?" I glared at her.

She giggled again. Leaning towards me, she licked her thumb and smeared it at the corner of my mouth. I don't know why, but the feeling of her skin against mine felt really nice. She had really soft hands. "You had mayonnaise there. It looked really funny."

From that moment, I had realized that she wasn't that bad. And that she was actually the best person in the world because she brought tomatoes to my life.

End of Flashback

"STUDENTS! YOU AREN'T LISTENING TO ME AT ALL! PAY ATTENTION OR ELSE I'LL MAKE YOU CLEAN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL FOR THE WHOLE MONTH, YOU BRATS!" Tsunade yelled, getting really impatient.

All the students became silent. She smirked.

"Now, I wasn't very pleased with how you behaved last month. That prank you pulled on Rock Lee. The school mascot had cockroaches inside his costume. And to top it off, students were seen drinking and smoking. Now, tell me. How am I going to keep you busy this month, hmm?"

Everyone sweatdropped. Sometimes, Tsunade would get carried away with their punishments.

Kakashi cleared his throat. "Uhm, Tsunade-sama, maybe you should go easy on them this month. There were a lot of complaints last time."

The blonde glared at him. "I know that. What, you think I'm stupid?"

He shivered then went back to his seat.

"I've decided that for this month, you will be doing a fundraiser. Each homeroom class must at least earn one thousand dollars. If even one class won't be able to reach the goal, your prom will be cancelled."

"WHAAAAAAAAT?"

"THAT CAN'T BE!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"YOU'RE INSANE!"

The female population had gone wild except for maybe Sakura. She disliked parties, so she never really attended the prom.

She groaned as Ino's loud shriek rang through her ears.

"Keep it down, pig!" she said, leaning into Sasuke as she was trying to get as far away from the girl as possible.

Sasuke could only smirk.

"QUIET! OR ELSE I'LL DOUBLE YOUR PUNISHMENT."

Silence filled the room once again.

"There will be a list posted in all classrooms of what you can do for a fundraiser. That is all. Dismissed!"

XxXxX

The class who earns the most money will be in charge of planning for the prom. All expenses will be charged to the school as promised.

Here are your choices:

Car Wash

Tutorials

Garage Sale

Bake Sale

Book Sale

Juice Stands

Photo Booths

Bike Rentals

Make-over Booth

Musical Entertainment

"So class any suggestions on which one of these we should do for a fundraiser?" Kakashi asked with his book in one hand.

Their sensei's eyes landed on a certain Uchiha.

"Eh, Sasuke, as class president, how about you be in charge here? This is a punishment for the students after all, not the teachers."

Sasuke sighed, but nonetheless, went up in front.

"How about we do more than just one fundraiser? That way we can earn more." Sasuke suggested.

Everyone else nodded. "Okay, class. Let's vote for three."

XxXxX

They ended up having to do a car wash, bake sale and a make-up booth which of course was voted by girls.

"Sakura, since you're vice president, you and Sasuke will be the ones to plan this fundraiser, alright? You two are close so I guess it wouldn't be hard for you two to meet up and stuff." Kakashi said.

Every fan girl groaned and glared daggers at the pinkette. To which, she pouted at.

"WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE HARUNO, SENSEI?"

"I'M WAAAAAAAAY SMARTER THAN SHE IS!"

"SHE DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE NEAR MY SASUKE-KUN!"

The Uchiha rolled his eyes at their stupidity. And that girl thinks she's smarter than Sakura? Tch in her dreams maybe. But no one is smarter than Sakura. She's ranked first in every class she has. She works under Tsunade at the General Hospital! Hell, Tsunade even said Sakura could surpass her. And they dare compare themselves to Sakura?

"I don't think it would be a great idea to compare yourselves with Sakura-chan, girls. She's obligated to do this. She is vice president after all." Kakashi explained, making sure he didn't sound like he was saying Sakura's the best and only girl for the job.

Sasuke smirked. He read through that. "Hn."

XxXxX

Same day (Friday), 3:00 pm, dismissal time.

Sakura hurried out of the classroom. She was more than thankful class was over. And she had to get new glasses too.

But at least, there was no more school work.

He leaned by her locker waiting for her smirking as he saw a wide grin plastered across her flawless face as she was nearing him.

"Sakura."

She looked up and frowned. She forgot they still had a fundraiser to plan. And here she thought there was no more school work to be done.

"My house or yours?" he asked.

"Yours. I really like your house since Mikoto-okaa-san is always around." She smiled happily.

"I hope she'll make us that really delicious strawberry ice cream." The pinkette said staring up at a smirking Sasuke. "What? Do I have something on my face?"

"Other than broken glasses, no. But you do sound childish right now." He chuckled. (In a totally hot Sasuke way of course.)

She pouted. "Well, at least I'm not trying to be..uh all cool and..uhm good-looking and—"

He leaned forward, closer to her face. "So you think I'm cool and good-looking, huh?"

She blushed a bright crimson. "No!" she answered, rather quickly. He shook his head and smirked.

"Fine then. Let's go."

XxXxX

Sakura's P.O.V.

That was it? He wasn't going to play jokes on me? Wow.

I skipped gleefully behind him, and to where he parked his car. It was a shiny Laurence blue. He walked to the passenger's side and opened the door for me. How nice. I could only smile at him.

Damn.

I'm soooooooo lucky to have him as my best friend.

He's really nice. To me that is.

And he's smart too. And he can be funny at times. And he always knows how to make me smile.

And not to mention he's ho—

Whoa. I did not just think that about him. I mean yeah he is pretty good-looking. Hell, he's as gorgeous as a god!

But, I'm pretty sure I don't have feelings for the guy. I mean, I am, right? Yeah, I definitely am.

But if so, why do I always feel agitated when his fan girls or any girl for that matter get near him? Why does my stomach feel heavy when I see him somewhat smirk or smile at me?

Why do I feel like there are butterflies in my tummy whenever we make contact or even just by being near him? Whyyyyyyyyy?

I glanced at him. Wait, more like glared. He must've felt me looking at him as he also stared back, raising a brow.

"What are you glaring about?"

"Oh just the fact that I hate that you're so handsome and hot and smart too and that every girl who sees you would practically drool which I find really annoying. I also hate the fact that you make my stomach feel really tingly all the tim—"

OH MY GOD. I DID NOT JUST SAY THAT OUT LOUD. I covered my mouth with my hand. Why do I babble so much?

I saw that famous smirk again. He shook his head. "You're so annoying, Sakura."

To this, I smiled. I was glad he didn't make fun of me for saying those things.

"Well, yeah maybe I am, but you love me anyway." I grinned.

XxXxX

Sasuke's P.O.V.

She practically jumped out of the car and crushed my mother with a hug.

I parked my car, switched it off and walked over to the two.

"I miss you so much, Okaa-san!" Yeah, she was more than close enough to our family that she calls my mom 'okaa-san'. I don't mind that, but what I do find annoying is when people tell me to act as her caring brother. Sure I'm fine with taking care of Sakura. Hell, I do that all the time with my own free will.

But to be her brother is pretty annoying. I don't want to be her brother for some reason that I myself don't know. I just don't want to be her brother.

To be honest, I find myself really lucky to have her as my best friend. She's perfect! Uh.. I mean she's a perfect friend. Yeah, that's what I meant. Definitely.

"Ne, Sasuke-kun, are you going to stand here all day?" she laughed, a bowl in her hands. The ice cream.

There are lots of stuff I know about Sakura. She loves sweets especially ice cream. She thinks my mom's ice cream is the best.

"Okaa-san, can you teach me how to make this? It's reaaaaally delicious, okaa-san! The tastiest ice cream in the entire world! And I know because I'm cool like that." She grinned.

Mom chuckled softly at her. "Ne, sorry Sakura-chan, but I can't tell you. This was my grandmother's recipe and she said it had to be kept secret and must only be shared to the next female in the family. She passed it on to my aunts and my mother and my mother passed it on to me and I will pass it on to Itachi and Sasuke's future wives."

Sakura pouted. Then, I heard the front door open and close. Nii-san just got home.

"You're early, Itachi-kun." Mother said, walking over to him and giving him a hug.

"Oh look. The brat's around." Itachi chuckled walking over to Sakura and ruffling her hair. I could feel my stomach clench. I always get this feeling that I just want to beat up any guy whenever they get near Sakura. I don't know why. What I do know is that Itachi's at the top of my list.

"Ne, Itachi. Can you marry me right now so that I could know the recipe to Okaa-san's ice cream?" she pouted at him, giving him puppy-dog eyes.

Okay that hit a spot. She's asking him to marry her? Hey, why didn't she ask me? If I marry her, she could still know! Wait, what?

I'm not thinking straight.

Itachi spared me glance and smirked. Now what?

"Why of course, Sakura-chan. Right now?"

"Uh-huh." She nodded quickly. "Oh. Well then, we're married now I guess." They weren't serious, right? They can't be. I could feel my blood boil. Itachi's so going to die. And you, Sakura, you better marry me or else.

What am I thinking?

"Really? Awesome! Okaa-san, can you tell me now?" she grinned at her. Mom chuckled softly and nodded a no.

"I'm sorry, Sakura-chan. I really can't tell you."

Sakura scrunched her nose. She pouted again. "Sakura, we really should get on with planning the fundraiser." I said through gritted teeth. I was still pretty agitated that she thought about marrying Itachi when she could marry me instead.

What the hell am I saying?

FINE THEN. I, UCHIHA SASUKE, HAVE FEELINGS FOR HARUNO SAKURA. NOW WHAT?