I had a day off. I had a day off. Suck on that, five-day work weeks. I walked around town, not exactly sure what to do with myself. Once you finally get a day off, it's all about the battle about choosing what the hell to do. And apparently for me that battle resulted in walking around aimlessly like a loser.
I stopped at a dango stand so that I could happily stuff my face. The bored looking server leaned against his cart and chewed on a toothpick as I dithered between what to get.
I pointed to the best looking skewered dumplings. "Those look good, I'll take four."
The man raised an eyebrow but reached behind the glass to grab my order before I stopped him, "Wait! Just one, instead."
He shrugged and began to grab one before I once again interrupted his actions, "No, I definitely want four."
I watched as he stacked four dango skewers in a paper pocket. "That's not very healthy," I sighed.
"How about just one?"
The man sighed and put the rest away.
"No, three. Three is good," I decided certainly, nodding my head resolutely. The man rolled his eyes and grunted in irritation. "I'm trying to eat healthier," I clarified. The man grunted and held out his hand for money. I paid him and was on my merry way walking down the street and stuffing dango in my mouth. I choked slightly when I saw Sai sitting on a park bench drawing. He draws? Aren't artists supposed to be bold, passionate individuals?
"Tomoyo?" Sai questioned, cocking his head to the side when he noticed me staring. Staring? Damn it, must have blanked out. That's embarrassing. Just act like you weren't staring. Just act cool.
"Heeeeey," I greeted, doing some odd slouchy walk towards him. He looked almost as confused as I was. What the hell? Why would I do that?
"Hello," he said, standing up in some awkward greeting and placing his miniature sketch pad in his pocket.
There was another silence and I found myself realizing that this happened more often then not with him.
"Want some dango?" I asked, holding up a skewer and shoving about three dumplings in my mouth. Oh, the lady that I am.
"I don't think I can fit that much in my mouth," he replied, and I swear to god, if he didn't have such a firm mask of indifference he would have looked disgusted.
"Ha! That's what she said!" I laughed after swallowing the gargantuan bite.
"Who said?"
"Never mind," I sighed, slumping my shoulders when I realized that my witty (or not so much in this case) humor is wasted on the morons.
"So…" I drifted off and bounced on my heels. "Did you know that the largest carnivore mammal is the Southern Elephant Eel?"
Now that's an icebreaker. Forget "how's the weather?"
"So I've heard."
"No way," I retorted before thinking.
"What?"
"There's no possible way that you just knew that."
"Why not? You did," he responded shortly. I feel like if anyone else said that it would be kind of like an insult, like they were shoving my logic back in my face, but with Sai… it was just him. He wasn't saying that to make me feel dumb, he was saying it because he was him. And said man is a moron.
"I just think it's weird that you know that. I doubt that most people randomly know that," I explained.
"But you randomly knew that."
"Well, yeah. I know that I know that it's just weird that you know it," I clarified.
"But… you also know it."
"Oh my god, I know! I'm just saying…" I drifted off when he pulled a small book out of his pocket and began flipping through the pages. I squinted and read the title: Understanding Emotions.
"Ah, you're irritated," he told me, after finding the right page.
"The hell is that?"
"Now you're--" he flipped through the pages again, "--confused. Why are you confused?"
"What is that?" I asked.
"Confusion? It is an emotion."
"No. That," I answered, gesturing to the book.
"A book on human emotions."
"Oh. Well that's perfectly normal," I shrugged casually. "I left mine at home."
"You also have a book on human emotions?" he asked, "Naruto said it was weird and I was the only one who used them."
Once again, my sarcasm has been wasted. I opened my mouth to respond with something witty ("Uuuh… Who's Naruto?") but I was spared by the approach of a delicate woman with long, soft brown hair and frightening eyes.
"Sai, Kakashi was looking for you." My eyes bulged slightly and I sucked in a breath of air. Holy shit, it was a man! While before he looked like a delicate woman, the realization that he was male cast him in a new light. An ugly one. His pale eyes flickered over to me before turning back to Sai. It's like he was reading my mind. Or the look of shock was evident on my face. I'm going to go with him being a mind-reader. It seems more plausible.
"Thank you, Neji," Sai responded simply to the Man Lady before nodding his head to me and jumping on a rooftop and running off into the distance. Because apparently all ninjas are show-offs and it's hardly feasible to simply walk off.
I moved to fiddle my thumbs but forgot about the dango and dropped it. Man Lady glanced downward but made no move to help me. Rude. I kicked them under the bench and turned to Man Lady.
"So your name is Ninja? That's awesome," I complimented, trying to make small talk.
"No. My name is Neji," he responded coolly.
"Ninja was cooler," I muttered under my breath, shrugging off his glare when he apparently heard me.
"Nice… hair," I offered. Neji glanced at me.
"I have to go," he responded before skulking off to brood and cry in a corner and brush his gorgeous hair or something like that. Or nothing like that. I'd like to believe it would be something along those lines. I stretched and looked around to realize that I was left alone.
"Damn, I'm bored," I grumbled moodily, kicking the ground and sulking off to find something better to do.
Hi. Sorry this took a while, except for not really because I'm busy.
Favorite Quote:
"So your name is Ninja? That's awesome."
