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Ino laughed obnoxiously loud at something Hinata had just said. It wasn't even funny but Ino had her reasons. Sakura was on the farthest seat getting her pedicure and telling her boarding school adventures to Tenten, who was really interested because before she had moved to Konoha, she'd spent her years at boarding school. The two laughed and shared stories like there was no end and it wasn't going too well with Ino.
Hinata wasn't stupid and she knew what Ino was doing and decided to be a good friend and play along.
"Om Em Gee Hina, that is sooooo funny!" Ino squealed in fake delight which made Hinata wonder what Ino wanted to be when she grew up...an actress?
"I know." Hinata said in a quiet but believable tone. She didn't really hate Sakura, she just disliked her because of the fact that Naruto was always chasing after her.
"What was funny?" Tenten said and turned herself to where she was facing the two other girls.
"Oh, you weren't here at the time Ten. You wouldn't understand." Ino said and shook her head will making a hand motion as if to say 'don't worry.' Hinata tried to hold back her laughter at the perfect acting Ino was pulling off. Maybe she was going to be an actress.
"Well if Tenten wasn't there, then I was. What was it?" Sakura asked and leaned over so that she could she past Tenten.
"Oh...well...um..." Ino fumed inside but she kept a hold on herself. "No I forgot." She lied through her teeth.
"Oh well, Hina should remember." Sakura said and looked at the shy girl.
"I can't quite recall it..." Actually, Hinata was a better liar.
Sakura shrugged and sat back. "Who cares." She said and resumed her chat with Tenten.
"So who's worried about the first day of school?" Tenten asked everyone as they were getting their nails done.
"Not me." Ino and Hinata said at the same time.
"I am..." Sakura's pretty face crinkled with a wry expression. "Everything's gonna be different than last time I was here. I barely know anyone."
Ino seemed to enjoy this moment of Sakura's weakness but it didn't last long.
"Well, you'll know the whole senior population soon." Tenten said and winked at Sakura. Sakura giggled and blew on her nails.
"On to hair!" Ino said and quickly ushered everyone out of the nail salon and next door to the hair salon.
The girls enjoyed a relaxing shampoo together and then were split up. Ino and Sakura needed to re-dye their hair, Hinata needed a cut and style and Tenten was getting highlights and layers, thus resulting in Ino having to be in a close proximity with Sakura.
"So Ino, since I've gotten back, we haven't had time to hang." Sakura said trying to start a conversation with the oddly silent Ino.
"Yeah. That's true." Ino said absently, she was trying to relax and not tackle Sakura to the ground.
"When do you want to hang then?" Sakura sounded impatient. Ino didn't want to blow her cover so she faked enthusiasm.
"Oh! Well, how 'bout after school tomorrow." Ino said and smiled at the ceiling to convince Sakura she was happy.
"Okay!" Sakura peeped and settled herself back in the uncomfortable hair-washing chairs.
The rest of the dyeing went in a comfortable silence. Well, for Ino it was. Sakura was trying to figure out why her best friend was acting so weird. She never used to be like that. Or maybe she was, maybe Ino had always been like that and Sakura just never noticed.
"Hey guys, am I sexy or what?" Tenten squealed and turned around twice once the four had met up again.
"Oh Em Gee! You look great!"Ino squealed back and hugged the older girl.
"Yeah you do." Hinata and Sakura said in unison.
"And you guys don't?" Tenten asked them as a joke. "Come on, you guys look way better than me! Fashion's never really been my thing." Ino and Hinata looked at her like she was crazy before saying thank you with Sakura.
"I've got my mom's credit card and I'm not about to let it go to waste." Tenten said linking arms with Sakura and Ino—Hinata linked her arm with Ino's before Tenten had grabbed Ino—and the four headed down through the mall as a long chain, blocking may people's ways. Hinata kept having to apologize while Tenten laughed her head off.
"Did you have too much sugar?" Sakura joked once they were on the other side of the mall. They'd decided that they'd start on the far side of the mall and then work their way to the side their car was.
"Maybe." Tenten said and faked and sheepish look around. The whole group laughed at Tenten's childish antics.
"Let's get serious here, we don't need clothes for school, only dances right." Everyone nodded at Sakura's question. The school required them to wear uniforms so it didn't really matter what they bought because they didn't have any rules for school. "Okay, and what else?"
"Weekends." Ino pointed out.
"Okay, so it's pretty much anything we want, we get." Tenten punched the air. "Let's get shopping ladies!"
An hour later Tenten was complaining how much shopping sucked.
"You were the one that was all excited about it." Sakura said through giggles.
"Well, I'm sorry that I thought we would just be buying stuff. Not trying them on!" Tenten grumbled from inside her dressing room.
"Then what's the whole point of shopping?" Sakura called from her dressing room.
"To spend all your money!" Tenten replied and exited her dressing room with a heap of clothes. Sakura came out also and eyed her suspiciously.
"Did you even try those on?" Sakura asked.
"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't." Tenten said.
Sakura sighed in frustration.
"You can't make her try on clothes unless you have blackmail material." Ino said as if she knew everything about Tenten.
"Do you?"
"Unfortunately, Tenten has become immune to our attempts." Ino said very smartly in a know-it-all way.
"Too bad." Sakura shrugged and Hinata emerged from her dressing room.
Later that evening, the girls dined at a fancy restaurant Tenten and Naruto's father own, Ichiraku. The waiter was unbelievably cute and kept flirting with them. They girls just played along, wanting to have some fun.
"Now may I ask if you pretty ladies are taken?" The waitor said leaning towards Hinata who was as red as the wine she had had last night.
"I'm taken." She quietly peeped, not making eye contact. The waiter looked at the other three for an answer.
"I'm taken." Ino said in her bitchy way.
"Me too." Everyone looked at Tenten for a split second.
"Not interested." Sakura said and folded her napkin.
The waiter seemed disappointed but handed them their receipt.
After they were outside, the four burst into fits of laughter.
"Did you see the look on his face?" Tenten could barely speak through her laughter.
"Well we are that hott!" Ino said like it was obvious.
"True, true." Tenten said.
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