Naruto© is all Kishimito Masashi-sensei's copyright property.
(But Me.4.U has a right to dream like everybody else. Right?)
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Summary: It wasn't intentional. But personal experiences mess up with fate and give you more than you bargained for. The thing is, spitting your drink on Mr. So-Perfect leads to something not-so-perfect. And romance is not even something close to it. So help me, God.
Character Pairing: Neji x Tenten.
Set: Alternate Universe (AU).
Warning: Cliché-ness is one, complete idiocy and utter awkward moments add to the list. Make sure you don't end up spitting your drink / popcorn on the computer screen.
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Romance Eat My Butt
Me.4.U
・・ one ・・ Spoil It, Spit It
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I am Tenten. Amane Tenten. An Invisible. So…
Where would I place myself in the popularity status of Konoha High? Well, that's hard. Considering that I am invisible, which means that I can't be labeled. Or at least nobody ever noticed me and took the time to label me.
Heck, I'm not even part of this pyramid thingy we got.
We have the Smarts, the kids that sit in the front of the class and raise their hand for every answer while kissing our teachers' asses for some reason which is stupid because the teachers already love them.
Well, there isn't anything wrong with being smart. I'm smart, smarter than I'd prefer actually. But you see, there's different kinds of smart. There's the Smarts, smart. The kids that enjoy reading textbooks for fun and look forward to homework. Then there's the people who are smart but don't show it, usually the stoners and the troublemakers. And then you got the people who just sit on the side lines and do their work as it comes but don't look forward to it, like me and the majority of the school that has brains. Then you have the airheads who don't get a thing and are like teaching walls because their heads don't absorb any new information unless it has to do with shopping, make-up, or boys. Yeah, I bet you can guess who they are right?
My school is the most clichéd school on the planet I bet. I seriously hate it. It's like a teen movie come to life. We have our jocks, our stoners, our smarts, and our outcasts, our nerds, our preps and then you got us. (OK, me as in ME, who is even lower than an airhead. Seriously.)
My two friends and I who no one knows exist. Don't believe me? One time I actually got sat on. Afterwards the guy quickly apologized and said that he didn't see me there. Seriously, how could you not see me! It wasn't like I blend into the bench. (Heck, my friends get more spotlight than necessary!)
In all honesty, I still don't know how I don't stand out, not that I want to. But it's pretty obvious why I would. My hair is russet-ish, normal-ish, brown-ish pure reddish auburn. It isn't dyed or highlighted, it's natural. Unfortunately. Although, I'd never dye it I still dislike it. Don't even get me started on it.
And lucky me, last year it was 'in style' to dye your hair reddish. But did you ever notice that when you see someone with dyed reddish-russet hair, it doesn't look natural at all? It comes out more purple or fire engine red. It never comes out quite like mine, which confuses me as to wonder why nobody still can't see me. (Not that I'm being whiny about it.)
Along with my russet hair, I have those amber-ish-hazel eyes, I stand about 5'10'', and yes I have been told to try out for basketball, and I weigh about as much as a toothpick. Well, maybe not that skinny, but I'm not exactly on the heavy side at all. And seriously, I have no idea why because if you see my eating habits, you would not know how I stay so thin. It's a medical mystery I tell you. I eat more than a pig does. And I'm lovin' it. (Fine, I love food, OK?)
So, that's me. Wouldn't you notice a girl like me in a crowd full of blonds and brunettes and glitter? Yeah, I'm the one with bright russet-brown hair and absolute no make-up. But still, I'm invisible.
My two best friends in this whole wide universe are of the same status but they don't dwell on it nearly as much as I do.
One of them, Uzumaki Naruto is around 6 foot with brightly spiky golden blonde hair and amazingly alluring happy blue eyes. His life revolves around noodles and ramen or whatever stupid and cars. Seriously, the guy can fix up anything and figure out what's wrong with just one look at your car or even sometimes just with a little noise you make, imitating your hunk of junk, he can pinpoint exactly what your problem is. He's a genius at that (but really, at normal perspective, he is far from being smart). He wants to own his own shop and could care less about me talking about how we are nobody's in the crowd of high school clichéd students.
He simply tells me that we should be happy that we don't fit into a category, that we are unique. And he also threatened to do something to my car next time he fixes it if I don't be quiet. Yeah, he loves me. I love him too, and gosh, he's like an awesome little bro / bud on the universe. Always so upbeat and enthusiastically positive in every aspect of life.
Anyway, my other friend is Haruno Sakura, an extremely short-tempered and vein-popper girl. We have been friends for as long as I can remember seeing as though our moms were best friends since they were in grade school. She's about 5'6'' and a half with bubblegum pink hair (NATURAL and I'm serious) and jaded green eyes. And let me tell you one thing, she is in love with an art-nerd-and-prep named Sai. And Sai (who hangs out with us sometimes because of her), he simply doesn't know it.
So that's us, the invisible nobodies. Me and my two friends, who happen to be already destined for certainly amazing people and me, left with no one.
You say my life is dull, well you are far from right. I actually do have fun, and lots of fun. Probably more fun than normal kids my age because me and my friends don't hold back. We hang out all the time and do some pretty crazy things that I would not like to discuss at the moment, because the police are still looking for the group of 'gang members' that decided to have a paintball war in the Konoha Wal-Mart parking lot. I plead the 5th.
Well, so that brings me here. Tonight we decided to go see the newest parody movie that totally makes fun of clichés and me, Naruto, and Sakura were going to label the characters as real people in our school. You say it's cruel, I say it's hilarious. Especially because the characters really fit the profile.
So while Naruto was getting the food and drinks Sakura and I went to find three seats. Always the back and center baby, the best seats in the house. So… we found them and sat down. I always have to sit in the end because Sakura always insists on sitting next to Naruto (so she could damage his brain if he gets a little too stupid).
The movie previews started rolling to pass by the 5 minutes we had left and Naruto came in and handed us our sodas and popcorn.
And then our night took a turn for the worse. Wouldn't it just so happen that Hyuuga Neji, and his two best friends, Sasuke (Sakura's ex) and Shikamaru (Naruto's childhood buddy) have to come see the movie too? And sit right in front of us. I swear they didn't even take a glimpse to see who they were sitting in front of, once again the sign of invisibility, so now I am staring at the back of Hyuuga Neji's (pinball) head. Although his long hair is quite nice.
So, who is Neji you ask? Well to put it lightly he is the most popular, wanted, adored, and gorgeous guy in our school. Totally part of our cliché. And yes, I admit he's gorgeous. Anyone who says he isn't, is out of their minds. And like me, I'm one of them. At least, I used to be. (I still am.)
He's about the same height as Naruto but he is totally past the 6-foot mark (6'4"? Or 6'5"?) and has the longest hair—for a male—I have ever seen, it's seriously the definition of gay-beau. And his eyes aren't even a normal eye color. They are totally pallid, a mixture of pale silver and lilac, but perfect white. Yes all three, and that alone makes you want to let out a girly gasp. Let's just say that his body is perfect. He isn't too muscular but not scrawny at all. He's perfect. And everyone knows it. Including himself. (Asshole.)
So, him sitting in front of us totally just ruined our night. Now we can't make fun of him and the other populars in our school because he is sitting right in front of me and will definitely hear.
My friends and I exchanged sad and devastated glances and slumped in our seats as the movie started.
It wasn't nearly as fun watching it without saying the names of kids in our classes but it was still funny.
So, here we were halfway through the movie when the dark—as in abnormally dark—haired bimbo comes on the screen, who is a splitting image of Whatever Karin—who I have no idea what surname she has—our very own head cheerleader and girlfriend of the other hottie that's sitting right in front of Sakura. Uchiha Sasuke, the duckling-chicken-ass-head. Sakura's EX.
We hear Naruto whisper the bimbo's name, not caring anymore and Sakura starts cracking up. Oh yeah, Sasuke's stupid enough to let her go.
Anyway, I did too, you know? Cracked up. I burst out sooooo much, it was uncontrollable. Except at that moment… I was also drinking.
So guess where my drink went…
That's right. Out of my big mouth and all over I'm-Mr.-So-Perfect-Beg-Down Hyuuga Neji.
Now, my mouth is agape, jaws dropping, and eyes gouging out of their sockets and he is standing up glaring at me with that Icy Glare of Death as he wipes the second hand lemonade juice from the back of his leather jacket and neck and gods, his oh-so-precious loooong hair, while I am horrified and mortified and my friends are laughing even more.
Gulp.
I don't think I'm invisible anymore.
(And even though I want to, I don't think I'm brave enough to crack up even more with them.)
Fate loves me. Really. But God loves me sooooooooooooo much more.
I think I'm ready to die.
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Forthcoming Chapter: ・・ two ・・ Funny, I Snore
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Footnotes: Uh. I don't have much to say, except that this is probably kind of similar to other clichéd high school fics out there. I liked writing it. And yes, there will be subtle hints of other pairings like: SaiSakuSasu (because I pity Sasuke), NaruHina, and ShikaIno. I will try to update as fast as I can, since it is summer vacation right now.
Comments / Reviews / Whatevers would be greatly appreciated, but of course not required. :)
I hope you liked it!
Until next time.
—Me.4.U