A/N: If you couldn't already tell from the title, this chapter will be centered around Sasuke (well, mostly his thoughts)! I hope you enjoy!

-Chapter 5-

Sasuke already wasn't having the best day.

First, he wakes up to his mother telling him that today he's going to summer camp, then his brother announces that he's going to branch off and work in something other than the family business, and then he finds out that he's stuck in a cabin with a loudmouth blond and an annoying girl with pink hair.

Seriously, who else on this earth would ever have pink hair? He sure didn't know anyone, which meant something, especially since he'd met a large crowd of influential people in the past.

Yet, the Uchiha heir sighed, he digressed.

It really wasn't easy being the son of the owner of a multi-million-dollar company. Especially when its former heir, your older brother, drops the news on you that "Hey Sasuke, now you're gonna be the heir to our company, laugh-out-loud. Try pursuing your dreams now!"

I mean, it's not like he had any other dream besides going to college, getting a degree in business ethics, and working under his brother.

And maybe, just maybe, he'd get married along the way, have a couple of kids, and then make them heirs of the company?

Nah, he scoffed, glancing around at the hearts-for-eyes girls who stood around him. Girls were too much of a liability at this point. Besides, his mother wouldn't start asking for a grandchild until he had finished high school. If he was lucky, his father would wait until he was out of college.

And then there was her.

Haruno Sakura. The girl with fiery viridian eyes and hair that reminded him of the cotton candy his mother always bought on festival days. She seemed just so girly, and yet she proved to be more than he'd first thought.

"Oi, hurry up," he'd said, irritated. "I swear, if this one is going to be a ditz, then I'm requesting leave early."

Then she turned and, pretty face twisting into a scowl, she hissed, "Fine. I choose the left."

Oh-ho, he was not expecting that.

Ignoring the heated glare the blond was giving him, he folded his arms.

"Now, Naruto, Sasuke," their cabin counselor had admonished, trying to intimidate them by leaning over them, "Play nice. We haven't even gotten to the classes yet."

He only scoffed at Kakashi-sensei's attempt to be the middle man and strode inside, fully intent on keeping as much distance between himself and Naruto as possible.

-

That girl was interesting.

He gazed in her direction as she introduced herself. She did seem like the person who would love sweets. He tucked the information about her away for future reference.

Then came Naruto. As Sasuke had expected, his introduction was everything and annoying. He scowled at his energy.

Of course, he didn't want to get chummy with them. As much as the girl intrigued him, he couldn't let her worm her way into his space.

So when it was time for his introduction, he closed his eyes and stated, "Hmph. I'm Uchiha Sasuke, eleven, heir of Uchiha Corp. My likes are none of your business. I dislike annoying people, high expectations, and comparing people. My ultimate goal is to surpass my brother and become the best leader for our business that I can."

Kakashi had sweatdropped, and the girl didn't seem impressed.

Hmph. That was all they were gonna get. If Kakashi could get away with his half-assed explanation, then he could too.

Of course, next was lunch. He walked away, trying to plan out his two weeks.

"I'll show him, I'll show Itachi," he sulked to himself. "Out of the blue shoving his responsibilities on me like that..."

He heard Sakura and Naruto talking, and he grit his teeth.

"That stupid Uzumaki... he's such an idiot."

-

He hadn't fully seen what happened.

He just so happened to look over when he saw Sakura falling. It looked as if she'd tripped on something.

Half of him screamed to go over there and catch her, but the louder half reasoned that he didn't know her that well, and it was way too far to catch her safely-

Luckily, the Yamanaka girl caught her with her leg and avoided a total mess by catching the tray at the same time. Silently, he commended her on acting fast, although that thought went away when he saw Sakura slump over.

Immediately, he saw - and heard - Naruto yell, jump out of his seat, and scoop their cabinmate into his arms. Ino put the two trays away and ran with him out of the dining hall doors.

"Most likely to the nurse's," he thought as he turned back to his own food.

"Man, talk about clumsy, huh?" One of the boys at his table snickered.

Most of them agreed, although Sasuke stayed silent.

"Who could have tripped her?"

He glanced over towards the giggling girls' table. "Of course."

Of course his fans would have something to do with it.

He narrowed his eyes. "Pathetic. What makes them think I condone violence?"

He looked at the table where Sakura was sitting. The Tenten girl sat there by herself, calmly eating her rice.

"I'll have to apologize at some point for letting them do it," he mentally sighed. "But how?"

"Right, Sasuke?" One of them snapped him out of his thoughts.

Distractedly, he agreed. "Hn. Yes."

-

For the rest of the day, he kept silent. Naruto still tried to provoke him into snapping, yet all he did was glare in his direction and keep to himself.

Kakashi glanced over at him more than once or twice. Of course he'd have some idea.

Snapping his porn book shut, he stood. "Sasuke, may I talk to you alone for a minute?"

Sasuke nodded wordlessly and followed him to a spot next to the clothes-washing station.

"Alright, spill." The silver-haired man crossed his arms. "Something is bothering you. Is it Sakura?"

Sasuke twitched. "Maybe. What's it to you?"

The man chuckled softly. "I know you didn't mean for her to get tripped."

His onyx eyes met with Kakashi's. "What are you trying to say?"

"I'm saying, you should apologize." The adult sighed. "Geez, you kids are stubborn."

Sasuke didn't say anything for a few more moments, before spotting some wildflowers in the meadow below.

"First, you should apologize." Kakashi followed his line of sight and smiled beneath his mask. "And get her flowers too, if she'd into it."

The preteen snapped his head around to stare at his teacher.

"What, wondering if I have experience?"

"No, but are you superhuman?"

"I'll only say this: girls are complicated, much more than you'd expect." Kakashi pulled out the pornographic novel again. "But there is one thing you can always count on, and that's that they're willing to forgive your faults if you genuinely apologize."

Momentarily stunned by his otherwise-lazy teacher's words of wisdom, Sasuke could only dazedly follow behind him as he walked back to their cabin.

-

Dammit, dammit, dammit.

Sakura didn't even look at him the next day without glaring.

"What did I do?" He wondered. "Is it because of her fall yesterday afternoon?"

She looked kind of pretty with her skin glistening with moisture and her wide green eyes assessing their teammate.

When she pulled the towel away from her head, he couldn't help but stare at the mass of hair falling in damp strands down her shoulder.

"Just give me a moment to brush out my hair and I'll be set." She said, mostly to Kakashi, before disappearing into her bedroom.

He waited for about five minutes before she reappeared, her hair brushed straight, with most of it falling down her back.

"Alright, screw it, maybe there is some truth to the rumor that I like girls with long hair."

-

The basketball game had been a joke.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead after taking off the headband each kid had been given. When he was finished, he slipped it back on, mindful of his bangs.

"Good game, Sasuke-san." He turned to see her giving him a half-smile.

His heart felt like it dipped for a moment. Sasuke-san?

The only thing he could do was go "Hn" and give her a nod back.

"Really, Sasuke? That's it? That's all you can say?" His inner voice yelled at him for being an idiot.

Kakashi appeared again and told them to clean up.

Naruto had reacted in disgust that he needed to improve his - barely there - skills, but had started flirting with Sakura once she offered him lessons!

Sasuke scoffed.

When Kakashi walked towards the shed, Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"He's probably going to waste time reading that adult novel," Sasuke thought in distaste.

Naruto raced towards the court to start picking up basketballs, when the Uchiha noticed that Sakura had begun walking next to him.

He could swear he detected a hint of apple coming from her hair... apple shampoo?

"Hey, Sasuke," she called softly.

He turned at the sound of his name coming from her lips.

She patted his shoulder, and he felt a shiver go up his body from where she touched.

"You're a pretty good player," she complimented him. "Are you on a team?"

"Hold up, whoa, whoa, she actually wants to know?" Inner Sasuke was confused.

"No." He shook his head, at the same time trying to silence that annoying voice in his mind. "My older brother taught me to play."

She seemed interested in the mention of his older brother, and she clasped her hands together behind her back. "That's cool."

Neither of them said anything for a while, and Sasuke tried to will himself to apologize.

"I-"

When Sakura turned to him, her drying hair falling off one shoulder, head tilted, he lost what he was going to say. "Eh?"

"Never mind." He tried not to look at her as a pink blush rose to his cheeks. To distract himself, he began picking up the basketballs.

He heard her sigh from behind him, and silently cursed himself on an opportunity lost.

-

Later on that day, he was walking towards the nurse's station with Naruto and Kakashi-sensei when he saw Sakura and the Hyuuga girl approaching.

He paid no attention to the shy noirette, instead focusing on Sakura. She looked calmer than before, not angry at him like she had been. When she looked his way, he gave her a nod, and in return she waved.

Kakashi gave a basket to Sakura and told her their plan of picking berries. To Sasuke's surprise, she seemed enthusiastic about doing it.

"What is it with people and picking berries?" He questioned, but his face remained impassive as Hinata said goodbye and they began walking to the nurse's station.

Naruto went ahead of them, same as usual, and Sasuke took the opportunity to get closer to Sakura to try and figure out the apple smell.

When he was close enough that he could deduce that, yes, the apple smell was coming from her hair, Sakura asked, "May I help you?" and turned so that they were both nose-to-nose.

While he didn't outwardly show any change, his heart jumped. Her cheeks began to flush red when she realized how close they were, she she turned away.

Not wanting her to freak out, he put some distance between them and tried again. "I, um..."

"Yes?" Her voice seemed choked.

He couldn't do it. Not with her face flushed like that, not when she clutched the basket to her chest like that.

"Never mind." He said as he looked away with a frown on his face.

"Mission failed, Sasuke, we'll get 'em next time."

-End Chapter 5-

A/N: I really hope you enjoyed seeing Sasuke's perspective of the whole thing! Please tell me what you thought, and I'll see you later!