Chapter Three
"Come on Lore, hurry up," Naia whined, "you're the one who actually wants to go."
"I'm almost ready," Lore said, as she looked herself over in the mirror one last time. She was wearing a lime green tank top, a white mini skirt, a lot of colorful jewelry, and black high heels. Naia was dressed simply in standard jeans and a black tank top with lace as straps, along the neckline and around the base.
"You said that half an hour ago!" Naia complained as she tapped her foot impatiently and abandoned her sister to see Mai and Amara who were sitting on the couch. They had politely turned down Lore's invitation to go and said they had movie marathons on Saturday nights; tonight it was 80's themed.
"You two sure you'd rather stay home?" Naia asked almost sounding like she was begging for them to go.
"Yep, have fun," Mai said as she took a bite of popcorn and returned her stare at the TV screen.
"Sorry, maybe next time," Amara smiled but Naia knew that they'd use a different excuse not to go.
"Ready!" Lore left her bedroom. She had replaced her previous attire for a lime green halter-top dress that ended mid-thigh. The dress showed off her legs and cleavage quite nicely but not enough to make her look like a whore.
"You look nice," Amara said and elbowed her sister in the ribs.
"Yeah, you look amazing," Mai agreed through gritted teeth.
"Thank you," Lore smiled at them, a real smile, something neither of them ever witnessed her do, "Are you two sure you don't want to come? Please? It'll be fun. Amara, I can make you look so pretty and I bet Neji will have his eyes on you all night. Plus, Mai I heard Sasuke will be there. If I can do your hair and get you some of my clothes he'll fall in love with you for sure."
"I don't know," Amara looked at Mai. Amara wouldn't mind going except for the fact her old band members would be there.
"Please?" Lore put on her puppy dog face and both soon caved. Lore jumped up and down the whole time she ran into her room.
"Dear God, what have we gotten ourselves into?" Amara asked Naia.
"It's not good, but on a brighter note now she likes you!" Naia smiled as Lore returned with two very cute outfits, or at least she thought they were, the others were doubtful.
"Here put these on," Lore instructed. Mai went and changed into a strapless black dress that ended a little before her knees. Amara glared as she walked out of the bathroom wearing a white mini skirt, that was a little short considering how short Lore is, and a red halter.
"You guys look wonderful!" Lore bounced up and down as she finished Mai's makeup. Naia had insisted on doing Amara's and when she was finished they both looked fabulous, "To the party!"
The group all left their dorm and headed up to the fourth floor where Kiba's room was.
"I'm being such a good person," Lore pointed out, "I'm forgiving him and returning his iPod. It's weird though he has some good stuff on here,"
"Yeah, you're the best," Naia patted her sister on the back as they walked into Kiba's open door. A few other dorm room doors were open indicating they were also open for everyone. The DJ girl had her hair up into two buns and was flirting with Neji. When Neji saw Amara he quickly excused himself from Tenten and walked over to the group.
"Welcome," Neji smiled happily at Amara.
"Hey," Amara blushed.
"You look great," Neji looked Amara over and she blushed.
"Where is Kiba?" Lore interrupted, not seeming to care that Neji was barely paying attention to anyone but Amara.
"In his room," Neji pointed to the door on the right. Lore abandoned the others who all dispersed into the room. Naia and Mai took a seat on the couch while Amara continued to talk with Neji.
"Hey," Lore opened the door without knocking and entered the completely dark room, and shut the door behind her. She flicked on the light switch and saw him lying in his bed, under the sheets, curled up, trying to sleep or something.
"What do you want?" Kiba sat up and opened his eyes, which grew in size when he saw who was talking to him.
"I want my iPod back," Lore took a seat on the edge of the bed, "Now."
"I don't have your iPod," Kiba shook his head, genuinely confused.
"Then what do you call this?" Lore dangled his iPod in front his face, "This is sleek fucking black. This is yours. Mine is pink!"
"Oh," Kiba rolled onto his side, "Bottom drawer."
"You put it in your underwear drawer?" Lore pouted and dug through the drawer, pulling out a white pair of boxers with pink hearts on it, "Oh, Kiba, how embarrassing."
"Hey! Put those back, okay? Just take your fucking iPod and go." Kiba grumbled. Lore pulled out her iPod and placed his where hers had been.
"You have good music taste," Lore took a seat at the foot of his bed again.
"Why are you still here?"
"Why aren't you out with everyone else? It's your party." Lore asked, "I got all dressed up so you could see me and if I didn't come in here I wouldn't have seen you at all."
"What?" Kiba looked confused, "I don't think I want to know. And it's not my party. It's technically Neji's."
"Oh," Lore sighed, "Well, I guess I should leave you alone,"
"It's fine," Kiba sighed, "You look okay by the way."
"Oh," Lore smiled at him and decided not to be mad that he thought she only looked okay. She'd find out what kind of clothes he liked eventually.
"So, I never even noticed your iPod wasn't mine," Kiba said after they sat in silence, "I didn't take you for a Mindless Self Indulgence kind of girl." He paused, "Could you turn off the light? It's really bright."
"You don't even know me," Lore spoke quietly, "How'd you'd know what I like? People are so judgmental. Oh, do you want me to leave?"
"You can stay if you want," Kiba sighed, "I'm just tired, so you still gotta turn out the lights."
"Pervert!" Lore jumped up, "Right when I thought we could get along!"
"I didn't mean it that way!" Kiba jumped up.
"I'm leaving," Lore stormed off and left the lights on as she left.
"Stupid woman," Kiba muttered as he got up and turned off the light.
"I heard that!" Lore yelled through the shut door.
"Did you get your iPod back?" Naia came up to Lore who put on a smile as her sister arrived. The strobe lights flashed and people danced in front of Tenten's station. Sakura and Ino were quickly approaching them as well.
"Yep," Lore smiled at her sister, "You?"
"No, he's not here," she smiled and tried to hide her disappointment, but Lore saw right through it. She opened her mouth to say something about it, but thought better and decided she'd just bring it up later.
"Hey, did you see that Mai girl and her sister? Can you believe they're here? Wearing those outfits? What whores," Sakura glared at Mai who was talking to Sasuke. Sakura was wearing an outfit that looked quite similar to Mai's and Ino's mini skirt was definitely shorter then Amara's. Hypocrites.
"I invited them." Lore told Sakura.
"What? Why?" Ino asked, sounding angry.
"They're my roommates and they're really nice," Lore pointed out, "Unlike some people."
"What are you saying?" Sakura put her hands on her hips.
"What do you think I'm saying, Bitch?" Lore asked her, "You need to get that stick out of your ass and realize that Sasuke will never like you, and I can see why he wouldn't."
"You're such a fucking bitch!" Sakura yelled at her. Her face was turning pink like her hair.
"I never said I wasn't," Lore said in a sing-songy voice, "Naia do you want to leave?"
"I never wanted to come in the first place," Naia said, "but Mai and Amara seem to be having fun."
"Alright," Lore hooked arms with her sister and they walked over to the couch where they listened to Tenten, who was an okay DJ, play until Amara and Mai found them and wanted to leave.
The girls got back to their dorm around midnight and all sat on the couch and talked about the party. Lore explained the whole Kiba thing while Naia talked about how Lore told off Sakura and Ino. Mai was really excited that Sasuke only seemed to want to talk to her and Amara couldn't stop talking about Neji and how amazing he was.
After they finished talking they all got ready for bed and went to their rooms.
"Why do you think Kiba is so mean to me?" Lore asked as she lay in bed, staring at the ceiling.
"That's how guys show that they like you," Naia told her sister, "or maybe he's just not that into you."
"I guess," to Naia's surprise Lore didn't seem to be that upset until she added, "but no guy has ever not been into me. I don't know how to handle this! Even if they don't like me they think I'm attractive. He said I only looked okay!"
"Calm down," Naia sighed, "He probably finds you attractive. Just give him time."
"Okay," Lore rolled onto her side, put her headphones on, and tried to fall asleep. Naia did the same.
