Chapter 4

You took Sakura home and left her in the care of her mom. You are now walking aimlessly around.
"Mari-san!" Lee called as he ran to you. "Heh.. H.. How did.. You.. Go?" Says the out of breath Lee.
"Well, I've convinced her a bit, but she's still completely obsessed with Sasuke." You say.
"That does not matter, even the slightest bit counts." Lee gives you a thumbs up. You sweatdrop.
"Yeah.. I suppose it does, doesn't it." You say. Rolling your eyes to forget that weird pose, you start walking with him. You see Tenten approaching Lee, she looked angry.
"Uh, morning Tenten." Lee smiles. Tenten stomps her foot.
"Lee! Where the hell have you been! Gai-sensei has been looking for you everywhere!" Tenten scolds. Then she sees you, then looks back at Lee, then at you again. She giggles. "Hi, I'm Tenten." She holds her hand out. You shake it.
"I'm Mari Hyuuga." You say. "Nice to meet you." Tenten happily nods.
"Don't worry Lee, I'll leave youtwoalone. I'll tell Gai-sensei you're busy." Tenten winks at him and disappears.
"Tenten! Wait-.." Lee sighs. 'Mom.. Tenten.. Who else is going to think we're going out?'
"Lee, you may as well go after her." You say. Lee looks at you and nods.
"I'll see you around, Mari-san." And with that Lee disappears. You stood there waiting for the next person to come running up to you... No one? Okay, lets keep walking.

You head back home. Your mom was trying to unlock the door with her hands full of shopping bags. You run up and unlock it for her.
"Thanks dear." She says, you nod and let her in first. She plops the bags on the table. "Alright, come help me put them away."
"Ugh.." You grab the first bag and put the stuff away.
"Well?"
".. Well what?" You ask, grabbing another bag.
"Where'd you meet your boyfriend?" She asks. Your face became red with anger.
"MOM! He's not my boyfriend!" You growl. She laughs.
"Yeah, that's what you say now."
"... Not funny.. Besides! He has a girlfriend!" You say in that 'as a matter of fact' tone.
"Oh yes?"
"Yeah!" You nod.
"My little girl is growing up." She smiles. You pout as you continue putting the stuff away. "So hows Yutaka and Tamotsu going?"
"I dunno, haven't seen 'em today." You say.
"Weird bunch they are." You mom says, you laugh, you just had to agree with that. "Oh by the way, I picked this up on the porch." She hands you an envelope. It's addressed to you.
"Who's it from?" You ask.
"I don't know. Probably your secret admirer." She laughs.
"Oh no. I don't want to open it now." You sarcastically say. You open it, theres a letter and some money inside. Not much, but still, its money! You pocket it and open the letter. You become excited to see who it's from.

"It's from dad!" You call out. Your mom becomes excited. See, your dad is out traveling. He sends you a letter from time to time. He's been away for about three years now.
"What's it say!" Your mom questions. You begin reading aloud.
"Dear Mari, it's been quite a long time since the last letter, hasn't it? I'm sending this from Sunagakure in the Land of Wind. The money I sent you is the money I won in a lottery, I know it's not much, but hey, at least I won. Anyway, I can't wait to see you. I'm coming home. I should be there in a few days. Your sincerely, Dad." You laugh of excitement, you hug you mom. "Dad's coming home! He's coming home!" Your mom hugs you back.
"Oh I can't wait to see him again!" Your mom exclaims.

You and your mom spent the rest of the day talking about your dad, and how excited you were about seeing him again. You had planned a welcome home party.
"... ... and don't forget to invite all your friends, this party is going to be HUGE!" You mom declares.
"Oh but imagine the mess.."
"No! Don't think of that until it comes!" You mom jumps up in joy. "Now off to bed, it's 10pm already!"
"What! Oh geez, good night mom." You say as you walk up the stairs to your bedroom. You lay in bed, too excited to sleep, but eventually you did.

You yawn as you wake up.. You jump when you see Tamotsu's face staring down at you. "What the hell are you doing?" You snap, pulling the blanket up to cover your chest, your singlet that you wear to bed is kinda loose. He laughs.
"You look funny when you sleep." He replies.
"How the hell did you get in here?" You question, totally freaking out.
"Your mom let me in." He says.
".. WHAAAAT! GET OUT! GET OUT OUT OUT!" You shout. Tamotsu backs off waving his arms in front of him.
"Alright alright!" He walks out and shuts your door to give you some privacy. You notice your heart was racing. You get up and quickly get dressed. "Fucking pervert." You mutter. You open your door and run down the stairs where your mom is giving Tamotsu some breakfast.
"MOM! WHAT THE HELL?" You shout.
"Hn? Oh, morning dear." She says, handing you a plate with your breakfast on it.
"What's he doing here!" You question.
"Oh, he wanted to ask you something." Your mom smiles.
"..." You glare at Tamotsu. "You don't watch a girl while she sleeps! Especially when she wears loose singlets and undies to bed!" You snap. Tamotsu chuckles.
"That's fine with me." He laughs. You growl and throw a book at him, it just happened to be laying around. "Ow."
"You're a fucking pervert!" You snap.
"Mari! Watch your language!" Your mom scolds.
"Sorry mom." You sit down at the table. "What do you want to ask me?"
"Oh, yeah, yesterday Yutaka told me that you were walking with some retard. And he thinks you're going out with him or something." Tamotsu replies. You bite your lip and hit the table.
"One, he's not a retard, and two HE'S NOT BY BOYFRIEND!" You shout. You mom laughs.
"Oh, you don't have to hide it dear, just admit it." You mom says. Your eye twitches then you bang your head on the table.
"This is not happening.. Not happening." You mutter to yourself. Tamotsu stands up and reaches over the table and pats your head.
"There there." He laughs. You slowly lift your head, giving him an ultimate death stare. He sits back down.

"So what's your point?" You ask.
"Oh nothin' Yutaka just wanted me to ask you if you were going out with him." Tamotsu explains.
"Yutaka asked you? Why didn't he come and ask me himself?" You ask. Tamotsu shrugs.
"Dunno, you should ask him." He says. You start eating your breakfast.
"Do we have any missions today?" You ask.
"I dunno, I haven't gone to see Tsunade-sama yet." He says. You nod and keep eating.

"Have a good day you two." Your mom calls to you both as you leave. Neither of you say anything back.
"So who was the guy you were with yesterday?"
"He's name is Rock Lee." You say.
"Hah, funny name."
"... Ugh." You sigh.

"Morning Madoka-sensei." You say, approaching him. He turns around.
"Ah, good morning Mari, I hear you've got yourself a boyfriend eh?" He replies. Your expression becomes blank.

After lecturing him about it, Yutaka arrives. "Yutaka, guess what?" Madoka-sensei says.
"Hn?"
"Mari's got a boyfriend." Madoka-sensei chuckles. Your lip twitched. Yutaka looks at you.
"What?"
"You.. Do?" Yutaka asks.
"Psh, no." You slap your sensei over the head. "I don't. Lee is just a friend and will stay that way." You declare. Tamotsu and your sensei smirk at each other. You hate it when they do that, it means they've thought of a plan. This is why you hated being on a squad with all boys. You feared they were going to do something bad.. Very bad.
And it just so happens that Mr. Green Beast walks by.
"Oh, Rock Lee-kun!" Tamotsu calls out to him.