Naruto huffed as he threw his head down on the table in front of him, How is this guy the student body government president?

From his seat, he could hear the confusion in the president's voice as he asked again, "...vending machines..?"

A small brunet sitting to the right of him nodded slowly as she tried to help him, "Yes Gaara. Our campus has several vending machines."

Gaara, the student body president, had a blank look on his face, "Right...so do they have anything to do with what we talked about last week? The prejudice issues, or whatever it was..."

Naruto wanted to get up and leave. This had been at least their 4 meeting since school started and this 'Gaara' kid still didn't know what the hell he was talking about. Naruto sat there wondering how he even got this position.

Matsuri gently placed a small hand on Gaara's arm, much to Gaara's apparent disgust, and cleared her throat, "It's okay Gaara! I'll explain it to you after the meeting is over! You tried your best! You're so smart!"

Two girls sitting to the left of Naruto nodded eagerly as they agreed with Matsuri and a tall guy wearing a baseball cap leaned forward to give Gaara a high five. Gaara just sat there glaring at the offensive appendage, his voice was deep as he spat out, "No."

Naruto's blank stare bore into the table as his eye twitched. Finally he coughed into his hand and put it in the air to get the groups attention, "Uhm, excuse me?"

He felt a pinch of nervousness as all eyes turned to him, his eyes flowed across the faces until he reached Gaara's. The president sat back in his chair as he put both arms behind his head and sighed, "Okay, go."

Naruto's eyebrows knotted as he shot up from his seat, "How are you even president of this group? You look like you couldn't care less!"

His arms flailed around as he became more passionate in his rant to the club, "I mean seriously! I'm not even in the 'student body government' and I think I care more than you! I'm only here because I'm a correspondent for the newspaper! Thank god I only have to come one more time."

Gaara sat in silence throughout the whole speech Naruto gave until the blonde took a breath and appeared to be finished. Finally when the blonde sat down and crossed his arms Gaara opened his mouth to respond, but Matsuri stood before he could get a word out, "Gaara is a great president! He shows up and everything!"

A small girl with pigtails next to her backed Matsuri up as she too scolded Naruto, "I don't know how you could say or think that about Gaara! He gives this club his all and it shows!"

Naruto was speechless. Were they serious? They really thought Gaara was giving 'his all'? Naruto was deciding if he was going to try and fight this clearly losing battle when he turned to the kid sitting next to him , "Are they serious? How can Gaara be this clueless this whole time and still have so many fans?"

The boy adjusted his sunglasses and pulled his coat collar further up his face, "My assumption would be that president Gaara just doesn't care about this whole organization. He's an intelligent student, just apathetic I suppose."

Naruto scoffed, "Then why is he still the president? Why does he even show up?"

Shino shrugged back at Naruto then gestured over towards Gaara, "He seems to be asking himself that same question."

Naruto looked over at Gaara and watched him struggle to care about the opinion of three very passionate freshman and their problems with the campus' water fountains.

Before Gaara had to pretend to care, time was up and the meeting was over. Several kids waited to walk out with Gaara, but Naruto was the first one to leave.

DIVIDER LINE

Naruto was on his way home to his dorm when a flash of green flew by and stopped in front of him. Before him stood a tall, bowl-cut haired boy, sporting athletic clothes and a bright green backpack. Naruto just smiled as he greeted him, "Hey Lee. What's up?"

The boy smiled back and stepped into rhythm with Naruto as they continued walking, "It appears the ratings of our school paper is up Naruto! How exciting is that!"

Naruto held back a laugh as he nodded, "Yeah, Lee. That's pretty exciting. You're a great editor, to it's really no surprise."

Lee stood proud as he accepted Naruto's compliment, "Why, thank you Naruto! However, it is great writer and journalists, like you, that make the paper what it is!"

Naruto just shrugged as he kept walking. Lee had always been like this; eager to please, a total team player, and just an overall nice guy. He met him last year, when he was just a freshman and Lee was a sophomore, one year his elder.

Lee continued when Naruto didn't respond fast enough for him, "So Naruto, I understand you had a student body government meeting today? Did you end up making it to said meeting?"

Naruto tried not to shudder as he recalled the meeting, "Oh, yeah Lee. I went."

Lee almost bounced as he walked in excitement at hearing Naruto's opinion of the meeting, "That is great news to hear, my friend! And how did it go?"

Naruto just walked for a moment, trying to decide how to answer that question, "Well, I think the president doesn't really care about what's really happening on campus. I don't even know how he got the position of being president."

Lee gasped dramatically, "What? You do not like Gaara Sabaku? Why not?"

Naruto just shrugged, "I don't know. He doesn't seem like a bad person. It's just that he doesn't seem to really be into the whole student body government thing."

Lee nodded in understanding, "Yes, well. Gaara is a quiet person and mostly keeps to himself from what I've heard about him. Truthfully, I sent you to the meetings because I figured since he is in your grade, you might know him."

Naruto shook his head, "Nope. His name sounds familiar, but that's it."

Lee got a thoughtful look on his face for a moment, "Yes, I don't know much about him either."

Naruto adjusted the backpack straps on his shoulders as he approached his dorm, "Well, here's my place. If there's anything else I should do for the student body government section of the paper, let me know."

Lee smiled and waved ferociously at Naruto while the blonde went inside his dorm building, "Will do, Naruto!"

Lee turned and continued walking while he thought of ways to get a better perspective of the student body president.

Well, if he's shy...maybe a personal interview would help him become more confident in his answers and position of student body government president, a wide smile melted across Lee's face as he came up with another way to get information for the paper, I bet Naruto would love to be the one to do the interview since he's already been to some of the meetings!

DIVDER LINE

Naruto pushed open the door to his apartment-style dorm, threw his backpack onto the counter, and opened the fridge all in one smooth motion. He grabbed a bottle of water and shut the fridge door as his roommate came out of the bathroom he and Naruto shared, wondering what all the commotion was.

"Dude, Naruto what's up?" Kiba asked as he pushed himself up onto the counter to sit. His feet dangled as he rested his head against the counter behind him, "Class not go well?"

Kiba and Naruto had been best friends since high school and their friendship was still just as strong now, in the beginning of their sophomore year of college.

Naruto sighed, "Class went fine, it was that stupid student body government meeting. Hey, where's Sasuke and...Kankuro, was it?"

Naruto thought back about the new set up this year. Kiba, Sasuke, and him had lived in these exact dorms last year and planned to stay again this year. They were apartment style, so there was a kitchen and family they all shared, and they each got a bedroom and shared two bathrooms. That had never been a problem because Kiba and Naruto shared while their other best friend from high school, Sasuke, had his own bathroom since there was no fourth roommate. This year, however, Kankuro moved in, so now Sasuke has to share a bathroom with a complete stranger.

Serves him right, Naruto thought, it's what he gets for having his own bathroom all last year.

Kiba shrugged, "I don't know where they are. Sasuke's probably getting his baseball shit together or something. He might even be at the gym. And I don't know where the new guy is. He finished the last of his packing though, looks like his bed room is all set."

Kiba sat for a moment and then smirked as he leaned forward, "Was the meeting totally boring? I figured it would be. Probably obnoxious, peppy students, trying to fix something that's not even broken."

Kiba jumped off the counter as he continued, "Oh, and has the president gotten any better? Did he know what he was talking about this time maybe?"

He walked up to Naruto and leaned against the counter next to him. Naruto just shook his head and then held it between his two hands, "No. Not at all. It's completely frustrating."

He pulled his hands away and made big gestures with them as he explained, "This kid just sits there while everyone else talks about ideas, some of them even good ones, and then when they ask for his opinion, he barley says anything. I don't think he even cares about the club or what they're trying to do."

Kiba nodded his head apologetically and patted Naruto's back, "I'm sorry, man. I know that's got to suck. How many more times do you have to go?"

Naruto titled his head over to Kiba and smiled for the first time since he entered the dorm, "Just one! One more time, and then I'm done with the stupid club and it's president for good."

Kiba smirked as he walked over to his room and before slipping inside he called to Naruto, "We'll see. Maybe this next meeting the president will have something interesting to say!"

Kiba's voice was dripping with sarcasm.

Naruto gave Kiba's shut bedroom door the finger before grabbing his backpack off the counter and walking to his own bedroom. He unlocked the door while muttering to himself, "Good joke."