Me and You?
A Valentine's Day Special
Chapter One: Boyfriends
"Valentine's Day?"
"Yes. Valentine's Day."
"…What about it?"
"Don't play dumb, Tenten."
I sigh, completely defenseless against Sakura's attack on me whenever it was that time of the month. And I'm not talking about that time, okay? There we were, the four of us, eating during lunch break. (no duh.) It was already February 11, so of course Sakura (and Ino) would be going crazy. I raise both my hands as the two continue to talk about such a pointless occasion.
"Look, you guys already have boyfriends. What's the deal? I mean, you guys should be going mad if you didn't have one." And of course, I get their attentions as fast as sonic the hedgehog can get here. (See what I did there? Pft.) They both glare at me, as if I said something offensive. Really now, did I?
"You don't understand, Tenten! Not only has Sasuke been acting weird lately, I feel like he's going to dump me on or before the 14th!" Sakura exaggerated.
"And what proof do you have about that?" I roll my eyes, continuing to suck on my milk carton.
"You don't question a woman's intuition, Tenten." Well that didn't really answer my question. I look over to Ino's side to see what dumb thing she would complain about. She looked at me like she was about to cry. I felt sorry and concerned, but this is Ino we're talking about here.
"I don't know, you know how Shikamaru is. I can't even tell if he likes me anymore." She somehow put a stop to her tears and sucked it all up, acting as if it was nothing. I shrugged. "I guess. But don't you think it's just 'cause he's Shikamaru? the number laziest yet smartest guy in our grade? And have you tried asking him if he still likes you? Besides, he's not the type of guy to go out with someone he doesn't like, you know." That's pretty much the best advice I could give. Seriously.
Hinata decided to speak about this matter as well. "She's right, Ino. Have you tried asking him?"
Ino looked away from us. "I d-don't want to. It's like he'll think I'm too clingy or needy or something like that! What about you, Hinata? I'm sure you and Naruto have plans."
Hinata giggled. "Actually, we don't. We were going to have dinner at my place but you know how Dad is, especially to Naruto. I-I don't know. We celebrate a lot of things lots of times, so I guess we just decided to not do anything…?" She acted as if it was no big deal. Well, she is Hinata, too kind for Naruto.
Anyway, yeah, I guess you've found something out by now. I, Tenten, am the only one without a boyfriend in this group of friends. Heck, I think I'm the only girl without a boyfriend in the whole school.
As soon as lunch was over, I decided to skip math. Yep, it's 'cause I really love math.
"You know skipping class is a minor offense, right?" I meet a certain dude in the halls. The same dude who always tells me what I'm doing is wrong. The same dude who always gets on my nerves. I smile. "Ah, no. I was on my way to the bathroom, you know." His piercing cold eyes looked through me like I was some kind of liar. Well technically, I was lying but that's not the point.
"I don't believe you."
"Well, what about you? You're not at class right now."
He looked away, grunting in that deep voice of his. "I was just walking around. I couldn't stand being the same classroom as those… girls."
I could feel my smile widen as I watched him look away with disgust. "Want to talk about it?"
And so, we did.
Author's Notes
Think of this as a oneshot but divided into short chapters. Since I don't have the effort to make a new story I decided to just make a special for Valentines. So here it is, fellas.