The List by LittleMissHippie
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for the idea.
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"WAKE UP, SAKURA!"
At the sudden – and very loud – sound, I quickly opened my eyes and shot up in bed. I looked around hastily, trying to identify the source of noise. My eyes fell to my mother, currently standing in my doorway, her hands cupped around her mouth in order to achieve maximum volume. I groaned and tried to rub the sleep out of my eyes. Jeez, did she have to be so loud?
"Sakura, you're going to be late for school," my mom said, no longer speaking loudly. I groaned a second time and looked at the clock. Crap. I was going to be late to school. I quickly thanked my mother for the rude and extremely loud wake-up and asked her to leave please so I could change into my school uniform.
"This day is going to be wonderful, I can already tell…" I muttered to myself as I slipped out of bed and walked over to my closet. "First I overslept and then my mom practically screamed in my ears…" I continued as I quickly dressed in my school uniform. "Yeah, I can definitely tell already…"
"…this day is going to be great."
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As I dashed out of the door – breakfast eaten as fast as possible and my shoes hardly tied – I wondered briefly if Ino would even remember she was supposed to-
"Yo, Forehead-chan! I was starting to wonder when you'd finally come outside!"
I sighed in relief. Even though Ino could be seriously forgetful sometimes… she'd remembered to give me a ride today. Maybe today isn't going to be that bad after all, I mused to myself. Maybe—
My thought never finished because, at that moment, I tripped over an ever-so-carefully-placed object placed on my doorstep. Nevermind, I thought to myself, today's definitely going to suck. I quickly stood back up, grabbed my bag that'd fell, and spared a glance at the object I tripped over. A box of… chocolates? What the heck?
"Forehead! Hurry up!" Ino yelled from her lavender convertible. I hurriedly grabbed the box of chocolates, shoved them into my bag, and dashed to Ino's car. "Jeez, Forehead-chan, we'll be lucky if we're only thirty minutes late at this rate… what'd you trip over, anyway? Your feet again?"
I glared at Ino as she stepped on the gas pedal and we sped off towards school. "Actually, Pig-chan—" I stopped speaking abruptly and Ino glanced at me before redirecting her gaze to the road.
"Yeah, Forehead-chan?" she said, waiting for me to finish my thought.
"Ah… actually, yes, Pig-chan. I tripped over my feet again." I didn't know why I decided to keep the chocolates a secret from Ino-pig, but it just seemed like the right thing to do.
"God, Forehead! You are such a klutz!" Ino-pig exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah…" I muttered.
For the rest of the ride to school, we bantered playfully as best friends do. During the entire ride, I wondered…
Who gave me these chocolates?
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"Finally! I thought lunch would never come! I swear, all through calculus I was just staring at the clock waiting for the bell to ring!" Ino said to me as we both walked down the hall.
"Ino-pig, as much as I'm just dying to listen to you talk about how impatient you are when it comes to calculus and lunch… I need to go to my locker," I said, before Ino went on to inevitably rant about having calculus before lunch.
"Yeah, whatever, Forehead-chan," Ino replied, her disdain for my sarcasm leaking from her voice. "Just hurry up, would you?"
"I will, O' Mighty One," I sarcastically shot back. After English with Mr. I'm-Always-Late, Calculus with Mr. May-the-Power-of-YOUTH!-Be-With-You, and many other classes with annoying classmates such as Naruto and Kiba, I was as ready for lunch as the next person.
When we arrived at my locker, I quickly spun the lock – 9-18-27, easiest combination in the world, I swear – and opened my locker.
"Oh my god, Forehead! Somebody left a rose in your freakin' locker!"
No duh, Ino! I thought to myself, not quite capable of speaking aloud at the moment. Roses? For me? Sakura Haruno, Forehead Girl? "But who…?" I murmured in disbelief.
"They didn't even leave a note! God, how inconsiderate. Maybe you wanted to know who—
"Oh my god, Pig-chan! I'm being stalked!" I exclaimed.
"No, Forehead—"
"It all makes sense—"
"Forehead!"
"You know, I totally felt like I was being followed all day—"
"FOREHEAD!"
I stopped trying to talk over Ino for a moment. "Yes, Pig-chan?"
"You have a secret admirer!"
I paused, considering this for a second. "Secret admirer?"
"Yes, Forehead. A secret admirer!" Ino paused, looking at my disbelieving face. "As in, not a stalker."
"I suppose that's a possibility… but who?"
I instantly regretted asking my question as I saw Ino-pig grin the scariest grin I'd ever seen.
"C'mon, Forehead-chan! We have tons of things to do!"
And with that, Ino shut my locker, relocked it, grabbed my arm, and dragged me off to the cafeteria and as she did so one thought raced through my mind.
Oh my god… what have I done?
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"It's finished!" Ino-pig yelled, drawing the attention of just about everyone in the cafeteria to our little table.
"Thank you for sharing, Ino-pig. And I'm sure everyone else in the cafeteria thanks you as well," I said with fake-sincerity. Everyone else in the cafeteria went back to their own conversations when they realized Ino wasn't going to yell anything else.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Ino-pig replied, probably not even hearing what I'd said. "It's done, Forehead!"
"What's done, Ino-pig?" I asked wearily.
"The List, of course!" Ino answered. She handed the piece of paper she'd been writing on for the last ten minutes to me. I scanned it quickly.
"Oh my god, Ino-pig. Are you serious?"
She looked at me, confused. "Well, yeah, Forehead! Every single one of those guys could possibly be your secret admirer!"
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THE LIST
Naruto (the guy with the orange jumpsuit)
Rock Lee (the guy with the funny eyebrows)
Sai (the guy with the belly-shirt)
Neji (the guy without the pupils)
Shikamaru (the guy who stares at clouds)
Shino (the guy with the sunglasses on all the time)
Kankuro (the guy with the make-up)
Gaara (the guy who doesn't sleep)
Kiba (the guy who brings his dog to school)
Sasuke (the guy you used to date)
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"…Pig-chan?"
"Yes, Forehead-chan?"
"This is just about every guy we know."
Ino smiled.
"Yeah, I know."
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'till the next chapter!,
LittleMissHippie