Lost: a Very Special White Day Special

Ah, March 14; better known in some parts a White Day. The day that the male population would get over their egos and admit that they have feelings for a girl. At least, that's what was supposed to happen. Sometimes the boy is too "tough" to admit that he feels anything, or even worse, the girl is too oblivious to realize her feelings for the boy, as is the case for one young couple.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura practically sang when her dark-haired team mate came into view. "Do you know what today is?" she asked as she danced around him.

"Uh… Wednesday?" he answered in mild confusion; why was she acting so weird on such a random day?

It looked like she had been struck by lightning, her good mood completely gone.

"Hey, I know what today is, Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouted as he waved his hand in the air. "It's White Day!"

Sakura ignored the blonde's answer, choosing to mope instead.

So today was White Day, the most useless day of the year; right after Valentine's Day. He decided that today would be a good day to lay low and avoid all contact with females.

Jizouko hummed to herself as she wandered around Konoha searching for something to do. For some reason all the boys she ran into were acting strange; maybe there was something in the water…

"Hey, Uchiwa!" she called out when she recognized the boy's unique hair style. "What's up?" she asked as she jogged up next to him.

He just grunted in response as he continued on his way.

"Hey, do you know why people are acting so weird today?" she asked, looking around at the people glancing at them and whispering to each other.

"I have no idea," he said as an eye twitched in annoyance.

"Me neither," she said with a frown as she laced her hands behind her head, continuing to walk next to him.

"Don't you have something to do?" he asked tiredly after a while.

"Nope," she said, popping the "p", "I got the day off!"

"Why?" he asked with a frown, was her sensei suffering from the same thing Sakura was?

"Today's the day I celebrate my birthday!" she announced with a wide grin. "Now where's my gift?"

"Why would I get you a gift? You're annoying," he scoffed. What would I even get someone like you? He wondered off hand.

"Well, if you don't have gifts for me then buy me lunch! I'm starving," she said as she clutched at her stomach for added effect.

"Tch, no," he shot the idea down. He knew how much she could eat, and quite frankly he didn't have enough money for that.

"Fine," she pouted as she crossed her arms over her chest, "I'll just go ask Junnosuke-kun, he'll buy me food."

"You go do that," Sasuke snorted as he continued on his way home, glad to be rid of her for the moment.

"Junnosuke-kun!" Jizouko grinned when she found the green-haired boy. "Guess what today is!"

"Um… White Day?" he asked, that was the answer that most girls would expect.

"Really?" she blinked; maybe that's why people were acting so weird…

"Yeah, what did you think it was?" he chuckled.

"My birthday," she answered with a smile. "You wanna buy me lunch?"

Why was this eating at him so much? Why was he not glad that Jizouko wasn't bugging him about going out to eat?

These are some of the questions that were plaguing Sasuke as he watched the purple-eyed girl eating with that green-haired teen from the Chunin Exams. Honestly, he shouldn't care. He was Uchiha Sasuke for crying out loud! He should only be able to feel hatred for his brother, the fuel that drove his ambitions!

Screw it! He growled internally as he watched that green-haired boy move in closer to Jizouko. She was too oblivious to romance to be a real girl.

"Ha ha, what do you mean I have something on my face?" Jizouko laughed as she dabbed at her cheeks with a napkin.

"No, you're just smearing it around," Junnosuke chuckled as he reached out and took her hand, guiding it in the motions that would clean her face.

He stopped moving and stared deeply into her gold-flecked eyes and her heart forgot how to beat for a moment when she noticed he was getting closer, his hand still around hers.

"Um… Junnosuke-kun…" she trailed off in her question, but it would turn out that she wouldn't get the chance to finish it.

There was a loud crash and the next thing she knew Junnosuke was on the floor cradling his cheek. She blinked owlishly as she felt herself being pulled to her feet and guided out of the restaurant.

"Eh? Sasuke-kun?" she tilted her head in curiosity, "I thought you didn't want to eat with me."

He mumbled something under his breath as he continued to walk, clearly intent on getting away from the restaurant and the stunned teen lying on its floor.

"Do you want to go get some cake?" she asked, still oblivious to what had just happened.