Chapter Three- Unintentionally Eavesdropping

The three of us exchanged panicked looks. Sakura, Hinata, and Tenten were in the bathroom, and they were unaware that we're here, too. I felt extremely stressed.

"What do you think girls?" We heard Sakura's voice. "Should I teach these stupid fangirls a lesson?"

"Do you mean write on the wall lesson or slam their faces into the wall lesson?" Tenten asked.

"…I don't know, pick."

"Well…you could end up expelled if you seriously hurt those girls. I don't think it matters how close you are to Principle Tsunade."

"Yeah…being expelled wouldn't be too good. Those fangirls would jump Sasuke the moment I'm gone. I can't let them do that to my Sasuke, or I'd have to hunt them down off school grounds and kill them."

Naruto looked over at Sasuke and mouthed a "she's violent" at him.

I looked up at Sasuke; I couldn't really describe the look on his face. It was somewhere between shock, worry, and maybe the fact that he'd enjoy seeing those fangirls taken care of. He simply mouthed back an "I know", and we all continued to listen in.

"Oh, look at this Hinata." Tenten called. "Those girls bashed your compliment about Naruto."

Naruto looked like he was about to slip off from the wall out of shock, and because by the looks of it he was tired of holding himself up.

"Insane asylums…?" Sakura announced. "Wow…he got burned."

Naruto's head dropped. Sasuke and I exchanged mocking smirks.

"Oh, I have an idea!" Tenten exclaimed.

We heard the sound of a marker being opened, some sounds from the marker making contact with the wall, and then the marker cap being popped back into place. Sakura burst out laughing.

"How do you like that, Hinata?" Tenten questioned once Sakura settled down.

"O-oh…um…alright…." Hinata stammered.

"I only wish I could see their faces when they read that." Sakura giggled. "Oh, hey, hand me the marker. I want to write something."

The marker was opened again. Just as the marker made contact, Tenten let out an "oooh".

"What…?" Sakura asked as she recapped the marker.

"I thought you were all about Sasuke." Tenten responded.

I visibly noticed Sasuke tense.

"What…I'm allowed to make comments about other guys." Sakura retorted.

A look crossed Sasuke's face like he planned to kill whoever his Sakura commented about, and Naruto looked as though he was about to burst out laughing.

"Well…Tenten, are you gonna say anything about Neji?" Sakura pressed.

"W-What…? What's there to say?" Tenten replied.

"I don't know. I bet you have something better to say than 'he has cold hands'." Sakura snickered. "Don't you wanna tell him how much you looove him?"

I could feel my face light up. Sasuke held back a laugh and patted my head like I was a child. Naruto looked as though he was about to fall from containing his giggles.

"Did someone spike your lunch or something?" Tenten questioned.

"I'm pretty sure not." Sakura answered. "Did you magically turn into a tomato?"

Sakura and Hinata giggled. I could hear someone stumble back.

"No need for violence, Tenten, we know how you feel." Sakura stated. I assumed she was shoved by Tenten. "Why don't you say something nice, anyway?"

"Because…I can't think of anything nice to say," Tenten clarified. I felt my heart drop with depression.

"…You really suck at lying, Tenten." Sakura stated. "Well, since you can't think of anything for Neji, why don't you comment about someone else? Maybe you'll get lucky like I did and after you comment about some other guy he'll approach you like Sasuke did to me."

"That was just a coincidence."

Naruto and I looked at Sasuke knowingly. Sasuke turned away and glared at the toilet paper. A broad grin broke out across Naruto's face.

"Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. It's not like the guys sneak in here and read the wall."

Oh, if only they knew what was really going on…. All three of us shook our heads at the irony.

"Just write something." Sakura ordered.

Tenten sighed. "Fine, I will."

The marker opened, was used, and recapped once again.

"Okay…wait." Tenten announced suddenly. "Gotta do something first."

Sakura and Hinata didn't reply. I could hear Tenten walk down the bathroom towards our stall. She knocked on the door.

"Yes?" Naruto squeaked in his feminine voice.

"Hey…uh…just in case…don't talk about anything you heard, 'k? Girl-to-girl thing?" Tenten called.

"Oh, of course," Naruto answered.

"Good…you know what'll happen if you break the gossip wall treaty, right?"

"Uh…?"

"Don't worry…I'll just be sure to take care of you in my own…special way."

Naruto gulped.

"Great, see ya Takumi."

The girls exited the bathroom, and the three of us exchanged confused glances at the name that was given. I felt slightly sorry for this girl she thought Naruto was, because if anything ever leaked, which was actually unlikely, that unknown girl would pay the price.

After their footsteps disappeared the three of us stood up. We were pretty confident that no one was left in the bathroom.

"Man, I've never been so scared in my life." Naruto sighed. "And my arms have never felt so sore…."

"It sure was different…but at least we got out of it okay." I agreed.

"Not quite…we still have to get out of here." Sasuke stated.

"But first we gotta see what the girls wrote!" Naruto declared.

Sasuke and I nodded our heads and we exited the stall. Naruto almost ran to the wall. He looked for the compliment Hinata had written earlier, looked up to the insult reply, and then up farther for the reply Tenten had left for Hinata.

Naruto slapped a hand over his mouth to keep from bursting out laughing. Sasuke and I looked for the reply, and, after we read it, couldn't help the looks of enjoyment that reached our faces.

It went like this:

Naruto…

He's a real inspiration

He inspires people to build insane asylums!

Really…I thought that slut Karin did…where else could she have been born? And I think all Naruto does is keep ramen stands in business!

"It's surprisingly accurate." Sasuke snickered.

"Yeah, where else does my allowance go? My favorite stands must have gotten about a thousand bucks from me already! And that Karin-bashing was great! Sakura should have written that!" Naruto laughed.

"Speaking of Sakura…who's the guy she commented to?" Sasuke asked.

"As overprotective as always, Teme." Naruto sighed.

"Hey, she's my girlfriend. I can't have her looking at any other guys."

"Isn't that a little shallow?"

"Isn't that part of an overprotective quality?" Sasuke retorted.

"…I guess…oh, look, this one's new." Naruto pointed to a message.

Sasuke read it over and frowned. I looked over at it. It was part of a group of messages that surrounded Gaara's name. A fresh message was on the outside of the bubble of comments.

So adorable

"So…how do you plan to rip the arms off a guy who already has the potential to kill you?" I questioned blatantly.

"Shut up, Hyuga. Just look for your little weapons-loving girl's message." Sasuke growled.

I had almost forgotten about Tenten's message. I looked over to my section, yes, I have a section; I'm popular with the ladies. Her new message was located right next to her old one about my cold hands. I unconsciously stuck my hands in my pockets as I read her new message about ten times.

He's pretty cute…I want to braid his hair….

I have fallen for one unusual girl….

Wow…this is my shortest chapter here yet, and they spent the whole time in the bathroom! I guess I'm wrong about it being a four chapter thing. I just keep getting all these ideas! Something is pushing me forward to make this longer! You know…I can really sympathize with Neji…I have cold hands, too. My teacher thought I had cold hands because I was nervous one time…but it's just what happens. I can't help it, and apparently neither can Neji. Well…now, as per usual, I have no idea what'll happen next. Maybe I'll wrap this up at…five chapters. I think I'll end the next chapter with something that'll lead up to the conclusion. But I have no idea how it'll end…heh, isn't that (sarcasm) smart…? Right…I'll come up with something. This story has just been one big surprise after another….