I'm glad I got away from Tobi when I got the chance. Is he trying to make me late to my classes? I was waiting outside the door for the bell to ring, leaning against the wall. A blonde and a redhead were the last ones heading in before the bell rang. The blonde one stopped before me and pointed at me.

"Hey, uh... Are you Rori?"

I nodded and replied, "Yeah. You must be Deidara."

"How did you..."

"Tobi's mouth isn't loud enough for you to guess?"

"Hmm, of course."

Since the bell already rang, the teacher, whose name is Iruka, came to close the door and ushered us into the classroom. I went and sat in some random seat near the middle. That guy Deidara ended up sitting behind me and in front of the guy he walked in with.

"Aren't you wondering how I knew who you were?"

"I took the same guess, Tobi's big mouth. I saw you when we went to get books because of him. He told me you had the same class as me and says your name a lot."

"Yeah, it's annoying."

"Annoying? I find it endearing. Though I guess I'm not one to talk since I don't have anyone like Tobi wearing out my name. I figured he ended up mentioning my name when he went looking for you."

"Hmm. You know, you're kind of ...weird."

"And I love it. So, who's your friend?"

"This here is my man, Sasori."

Sasori gave Deidara and angered warning looking.

"Oh, okay."

The two of them looked at me in slight bewielderment, more so Sasori than Deidara.

"... What?"

"Usually when Deidara refers to me that way, people don't think twice about looking at us as an ...item."

Well, they do look good together. I mean, they compliment each other well.

"And Deidara's the only one that ever speaks like that?"

Sasori nodded and asked why, and Deidara gave me the same expression. I chuckled before I replied.

"Dude, you guys need to get out more!"

I turned back in my seat to face forward just before my name was called. Iruka-sensei wasted no time in getting us our books either. Once we were outside, Jugo and Karin approached me.

"Oh, hey guys."

"So, does anyone else at school know that you're actually a girl?"

"Well, I'm sure there are a small bunch of people that can easily tell, like Jugo. But if they don't know, I'll just do what I did with you guys and tell them I'm a girl when I feel like it."

"What about PE?"

"I usually leave my backpack in my last or next class so I don't have to carry it around. As for my clothes, I practically dress for PE most of the time, so I don't need to change out. Since there's no specific dress code here, I'm sure that won't be a problem. I can just sit or stand outside while everyone goes to change. It's not really all that difficult once you think about it."

"Huh."

"Interesting."

"Anyone else new at this school besides me?"

"There's this weirdo named Sai in our class, but he was here during summer school," Karin answered before she continued.

"If you wanna know who that is, he's straight behind us, but you shouldn't look because he's probably staring at you."

I disregarded her warning and sure enough when I turned my head, his eyes were dead locked on me. My blank stare didn't change, but I gave him a small smile before I turned back.

"Hey, I told you not to look!"

"Why? It's not like his eyeballs are going to suck out my soul in my sleep."

"Whatever. He's still creepy."

I stopped in my tracks.

"You guys go on ahead. I'll see you later."

"You're going to talk to him aren't you?" Jugo guessed.

"What?!"

"Perhaps. I had made it a habit to talk to everyone and anyone at school a while back. You never know, you might learn something that way."

"Wait-"

"Later Karin, Jugo."

"Just tell Rori later," Jugo said to Karin as he ushered her forward.

Tell me what? ... I looked back wondering why Sai hadn't passed me yet. It seems he stopped when I did.

"What are you doing? Come on."

"Are you sure?"

"Well, yeah. We still need to get our books, and everyone's way up there already."

Sai nodded and walked up to me. We walked in silence on the way to get our textbooks and on our way back to the classroom. I sat in the same seat as before, and Sai sat next to me.

"Sai? You're in this class?" Deidara asked from the seat behind me.

"Yes, but I was sitting all the way in the back before."

"Wow, you must be pretty weird to have ended up talking to Sai, Rori."

"You must be pretty normal to be making all these comments about how weird I am."

"Hmm, I doubt it, but even so, if anyone ever shared your thoughts, you're probably the only one that would ever say them."

"It's called an 'I-couldn't-care-less-what-people-think-of-me-and-that's-why-I'm-so-awesome' kind of awesomeness."

"I can't wait to see the trouble you cause at this school," Sasori remarked seeming truly both sarcastic and intrigued.