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There she was wearing the same school uniform as them, again. This girl stood out the most. And she didn't stand out because of her unusual hair colour, but because of her shining emerald eyes and bright white smile.

He swore that her smile was infectious, everyone around her smiled when she did.

She was a girl like no other.

All he did was watch, he watched her shoulder length hair sway slightly as she giggled with her friends. He always wondered why she dyed it pink, her friends all had regular coloured hair.

But, he decided, it suited her.

He was never able to take her order, and not because he was shy, it was because his friend/co-worker Shikamaru always beat him to it. Oh look, there's the guy now taking the order as he watched, as usual.

"And what would you like?" The ponytail haired man asked as he took each of their orders. When he got to the pink haired girl, another girl answered for her.

"Oh, she will take a Green Tea Frappuccino." The Black haired girl ordered for the pretty girl. Yes, Naruto decided that, for now, he'll call her the 'pretty girl'.

Shikamaru raised a dark eyebrow, clearly annoyed with the girl's high pitched voice. The pretty girl nodded in confirmation on the order.

"I'll be right back with your drinks," with that Shikamaru left, sighing, "troublesome women…" Naruto gave a small chuckle in return.

"How come she never orders for herself?" Naruto muttered aloud.

"Oh you mean Pinky?" Pinky? That was a good nickname too, Shikamaru continued. "I don't know, honestly I hate that black haired girl's voice" The blond nodded in agreement, that girl's voice IS annoying.

The girls talked about various things, but she stayed silent, she would nod here and there but that was it. Shikamaru served their drinks and she smiled at Shikamaru while thanking him quietly, Shikamaru -and for the first time that day- smiled back.

Naruto was now a little bit, slightly, jealous, because it was Shikamaru who got to hear her voice, not him. He was determined to be the one to take her order the next time she came here.

"Hey, lazy!" Naruto called and earned a smirky from the lazy guy.

Shikamaru had a good clue why Naruto was upset. "Yeah?" he decided to play clueless.

"What did her voice sound like?"

Shikamaru smirked inwardly, Naruto was seriously curious. "Well…" he paused, thinking of a way to tease the other, "it wasn't as annoying as that black haired girl's voice." And with that shikimaru continued working, signaling that their concise conversation was now over.

"What kind of an answer is that?!" Naruto yelled loud enough for those at the back of the cafe to hear him, when everyone turned his way he blushed furiously and looked away "that jerk Shikamaru."

The rest of the day was rather uneventful, Shikamaru slacked in the back while Naruto took every opportunity he could get to steal as many glances at the pretty girl while pretending to take orders and clean tables.

'Uzumaki's desperate.' The Nara thought with a smirk as he witnessed Naruto's sneaking around.

Sooner than Naruto would like, the pretty girl stood up to leave with her friends after paying. She walked in the back of the group with her head hung low while the other girls held their heads high, not taking notice of her.

Naruto couldn't understand, why would she hang out with them? She didn't follow the same style as them, nor did she have the same judging aura as them.

It almost looked like she didn't belong with them.

Deciding to cut this train of thought, he went back to work. Whatever it was, it was none of his business. He cleaned off her table and noticed the same thing as last time.

The pretty girl's drink was untouched.

Again.


Sakura walked behind them as she watched the sidewalk in front of her while the others held themselves up as though they were better than everyone else.

Like they were better than…her.

She immidietly shook the thought out of her head, dismissing the negative thought like a dark cloud. Her friends, yes, her friends, looked her way when they heard a long sigh escape her mouth.

"Hey, forhead!" Ami shouted. Her friend, she reminded herself.

Sakura replied, "Yeah?"

The rest of them stopped, three to be exact, and turned around to face the pinkette, "We," Ami pointed to herself then the other two, "are going shopping tomorrow after school. You should come with us!" she said cheerfully.

Sakura couldn't believe her ears. The most popular girls in school were asking her to hang out with them, giving her a chance!

"I'd love to!" she smiled brightly and nodded enthusiastically. The others smiled with her, then they wall waved to each other then went their separate ways.


A/N : A huge thank you to Tifer for Beta reading this chapter, You're amazing ^^.