Troublesome.

That's all I've been labeling it as. All I've been labeling you as.

They say I'm supposed to be a genius. The largest mistake I could ever make is lie to myself.

Besides, I've already tried. And somehow, miraculously, you are still there.

I can't lie in peace when I cloud watch anymore, it's sad.

The worst part is you aren't even making an effort to bother me. You don't bother to turn your head in my direction.

But maybe it's not all bad…because I feel that something else as well. I don't want to analyze it any farther. It's far too troublesome to even begin thinking about.

New energy perhaps…

To do what? Talk to you?

Don't make me laugh. I'm a ninja. And I'm the definition of lazy. I don't get excess nervous energy from being in life threatening situations, let alone from watching a girl. That would be absurd. I never have any energy at all.

So I guess it's realistic that I'm not quite sure of the right course of action to take. Maybe I should observe Naruto more often. The energy is always pouring off of that guy…

This is very troublesome.

What a pain. It takes an effort to do effortless things now. I can't be alone with the clouds anymore. They're boring. They're far away, somewhere I will never be. I'm all alone.

Maybe I'm boring too. Is that why you never talk to me anymore?

Girls are so troublesome. I never know what you're thinking.

It bothers me.

Sometimes I plan out possible conversations between us.

Sometimes you make me smile. Sometimes you end up not saying anything at all. But that's alright, because you're still looking at me.

This morning someone told me that life has to be troublesome to be enjoyed fully.

I should stop this before I get myself into more trouble. Why would a girl like you go for a lethargic nobody like me? I'm not cool.

I sigh for the hundredth time today.

Choji asks me if I have indigestion.

I've made my decision…I'm making my first move. I guess that makes me the white piece.

I'm not allowed do nothing now. You're changing everything.

I hate you for it.

I've never lost a strategy game yet. But I've got to stop using that analogy for what I'm doing now. Girls are wild cards in this kind of game. Or so I've heard.

All too soon I've found you. You and your troublesome face.

You turn to face me as I call out to you. You seem surprised…but maybe you weren't expecting me. To tell you the truth, I wasn't either.

Here goes nothing. Really. I don't want to have wasted all of the energy it took to track you down.

Besides, if I fail, I have a thousand other strategies to make you realize that I love you.