I was pacing in the hallway, on my way to my locker so that I could grab my books for the upcoming math class. But I couldn't stop thinking about what Sakura said.

Sasuke isn't fickle-minded when it comes to Love. He fools around, but he is serious when it comes to Love.

But.. What exactly is Love?
All this time.. Sasuke and I have always been carelessly chanting it to our girlfriends. But what does it actually mean to love?

My heart stopped when I caught a glimpse of Sasuke making out with another female student against the lockers.

Is this love?

I quickly turned away, ignoring him as I past the scandalous pair. I halted in my tracks as I realised they were against my locker.

Why?! Of all lockers?!
Really, Sasuke?!
He's definitely doing it on purpose!

I stormed towards them, "Move, you're getting my locker dirty." I snapped at the couple, glaring at them. They stopped french kissing, turning to look at me.
The girl raised her brow, shifting to locker on the right. Her arm was still wrapped around Sasuke as she tried to pull him towards her.
But he didn't budge from my locker, he continued to analyse me as if wanting to speak again.

It was just like how he were last night.
Except this time I paid no attention to it.

I was so irritated by the sight of them, I ignored his presence even though I decided last night that I would try to clear up the misunderstanding with him today.

I can't do it right now, not when I'm aggravated. I might say something out of anger that would only make things worse between us.
But he's being so petty and childish.

He clearly wants my attention.
All the more I shall not to give it to him.

Riiiiiing! The class bell went off and students slowly dispersed to their classes.
I rolled my eyes from the bitter girlfriend who was also walking away and landed my sights on my locker. I slid myself between the locker and Sasuke, continuing to ignore his existence.

I can be petty and childish, too!

With my back towards him, I opened the locker door. But his arm stretched out from behind me to slam it shut.
"...Don't.. do that to me again."He finally muttered under his breath. His low voice sounded cold and dejected.

I gritted my teeth, refusing to let him win and provoke me even further. "Do what?! You're the one that keeps annoying me!" I tightened my grip on the locker's handle and pull it forcefully towards me, determined to open it. But it was pointless to wrestle with Sasuke's strength, my grasp on the locker failed to match up with the amount of effort I used and it ended up slipping through my fingers.

I accidentally elbowed Sasuke in the stomach with the remaining exerted energy.
He groaned in pain and I turned around frantically to face him. "Shit! I'm sor-" I paused, realising how close we were. He still had one arm against the locker and the other hand now clutching onto his stomach.

I could feel his deep breaths against me, as he recovered from that sharp jab. He looked up at me, diving straight into my eyes.

"Last night, you chose to leave me for Kiba." Sasuke continued his sentence from earlier.

"You can hate me, blame me -You can even choose to never speak to me ever again. But don't leave me, especially not with someone else. That shit hurt." He leaned in, closing in on the spaces between us slowly.

I was at a loss for words.
Is this some kind of sick joke?
I'm hurting him?
He goes around making out with girls everyday in front of me, and now he's telling me not to leave him? What about me? Do I not hurt everyday seeing him screwing around?
I was boiling with anger.

Damn him, I don't even belong to him in the first place!

Fucking selfish piece of shit.

"I'm not yours to own, Uchiha! Don't tell me what I can or can't do!" I pushed him off me angrily and ran to class, leaving him behind once again.

I was fuming the entire time I was in my math class, unable to focus yet again. To make matters worse, I couldn't even retrieve my maths textbook in the end. I was just doodling the entire time, trying to get my mind off what happened.

Yet again, the bell rang and it was now time for lunch. I heaved a sigh of relief, closing my notebook and proceeded to meet up with my pals.
We were queuing for lunch with trays in our hand and I was spacing out again before I was rudely interrupted by an impatient lunch lady.

"What do boys want to eat?" She grumpily mumbled.
I blinked a couple of times, snapping out of it. "Uhh.. b-burger, please." I blurted out, choosing the first item on today's menu.
"And pasta for me!" Kiba added, slinging one arm around my shoulder with a wide smile to the lunch lady as he handed his tray over to her.

While she was scooping up the fusilli pasta to put into a bowl, Kiba muttered close to my ear. "Hey, little man. You good?"
"..Yeah."

The three of us took our seats on an empty table and we started to dig in. Sakura and Kiba were looking at each other, clueless on what to say. They could clearly tell I wasn't okay.

"..Did Sasuke say something to you?" Sakura mustered her courage to ask even though she disliked uttering his name.
I looked up from my plate while still in deep thought, "How did you know its love?"

She titled her head to the side in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"How did you know you loved Sasuke?"

Her eyes widen a little, before turning to look away. "What.." She sounded in disbelief before glancing at me to see how serious I was.
".. When it started to hurt." She gave up and mumbled softly.
"And he must have loved me too, because he completely fell apart when I left him. Then, he started to screw around to cope with his heartache." She sighed, pushing away her food tray as she didn't have the appetite to carry on eating.

Creases formed between my brows as I tried to process what she said.
Love is when you hurt?
And to deal with his hurt, Sasuke became this notorious playboy.

It was almost laughable, but I was in the same predicament. I messed around because I was lonely from my parents' passing.
We all find different ways to fill up the loss and emptiness within ourselves.

I wonder..
Is he hurting now?

If he is.. then it's my fault.

I stood up abruptly, surprising my friends as I dashed out the cafeteria. I was searching all of school grounds before I found Sasuke alone on the roof. He was staring at the sky, aimlessly focusing at the clouds.

"H-hey.." I panted, trying to catch my breath. Turning over his shoulder, he diverted his attention to me.
"What do you want?" He coldly responded. "Firstly, I just wanted to say.." I joined his side, leaning against the railing before taking in a deep breath. "I'm sorry about hitting you earlier.. It was a total accident."
"Oh? Seems to me like you did it intentionally."
He reverted his gaze to the clouds nonchalantly replying to my apology.
"What? I would never-!"
"Whatever helps you sleep at night."
"Listen here, Uchiha. I am here to clear the misunderstanding between us, so can you stop being an ass-"

"The only misunderstanding between us was that I thought you felt the same." He cut me off without even looking at me. His cold words sliced right through me.

"Sasukeee! You're here!" Ino and Karin came running up the stairs before both of them glued themselves to each arm before I could react.

Wait.. I wasn't done talking to him..
But I didn't know what to say to him.

After some hesitation, I decided to exit the rooftop silently, as the chaotic girls continued annoying the Uchiha.

School was completely ineffective against my controlling thoughts. I decided to ask Kiba and Sakura out to hang at nearby bowling alley. Hopefully that will help me relax.

The newly open bowling alley cafe was packed with students from near by schools. We placed our order and took our seats at the dining area. "Have you boys started studying for your finals yet? If you fail, you won't be graduating!" Sakura lectured us like a parent.

"Yeah, we did. Don't worry, we'll all be graduating together!" Kiba beamed, hooking one arm around me. "Right, Naruto?"
I nodded as the waiter came to our table with our food.
"Just so you know, if you guys are in need of tutoring, the student council has set up sessions to help students. I'm one of the volunteered tutors." Sakura proudly informed us as she sipped on her cola.

Tutor sessions, huh?

We moved on to bowling lanes after finishing our light meal. Kiba and I kept sliding our balls into the gutter. "Damn, this game is so rigged!" I complained, folding my arms angrily as it was now Sakura's turn to bowl.
"Sasukeeee! The ball's too heavy, I can't aim it well! It keeps going into the gutter." Karin was throwing a tantrum beside me, her piercing voice echoed the alley.
"If you can't bowl, you shouldn't have came." Sasuke walked up to her, taking the ball from her hands swiftly.

My eyes widen and my jaw dropped.
Are you kidding me? Why are they here?!
And why has their bowling lane got to be right next to us?!

Kiba, Sakura and I were eyeballing them. Shortly after Sasuke, Karin and Ino noticed our presence, gawking at us as well. "If you suck, don't whine about it. Work on it and improve." Sakura commented indirectly but loud enough for Karin to hear. The pink haired student tossed the bowling ball and made a strike. Hitting down all the pins in one smooth go.

Ino stepped forward, "We've worked hard enough. Won't be losing to anyone again." She swiftly rolled the ball, making another solid strike just as Sakura did. "I lost to you once, but there won't be a second time." She fixed her eyes on Sakura, glaring daggers at her.

"Before you declare a war, at least know who your enemy is." Sakura quickly retorted, as she pushed me forward encouragingly. It was my turn to bowl again.

Ino raised her eyebrows, not understanding what Sakura meant. I grabbed a ball from the rack, feeling unconfident as I got to the beginning of the lane. I could feel everyone's eyes on me.

My wrist was so tensed and stiff, I was freaking out internally.
I can do this! I can do this! I chanted to myself.
I swung my bowling arm back and let the ball go sliding onto the lane.

The ball was heading straight to the pins..