Lesson #07: Hobbies
Hobby: an activity done during leisure time for pleasure.
Hobbies are a great opportunity for one to further a relationship. By learning someone else's hobbies, you could find another way to start a conversation or perhaps find another thing to relate to. You may even be able to learn a few new things and thus increase your chances with her (females are known to be attracted to guys who share similar hobbies or interests with her own). Besides, Tenten can't be throwing weapons 24/7, she has to do something else in her spare time like you and your daily walks around the village.
Goal: Find out if she has any hobbies. She can't be throwing weapons 24/7, it's ridiculous.
Tips: Subtlety is the key. Perhaps you may need to do a little trailing.
"Give me your dominant hand," she commanded, holding one of her hands out to him. He hesitantly placed his left hand into hers, curiosity bubbling. Sasuke had been forced by his two annoying teammates to join them in a fortune-telling session with the famed weapons mistress. If it weren't for the promise they made to leave him alone for the rest of week, he wouldn't have agreed in the first place. After all, he didn't believe in superstitions nor the whole fortune-telling deal. To him, it was a waste of his time. He didn't know why people would seek out the chance for their fortunes to be told when they may not even come true. However since it was Tenten doing the fortune-telling, well that just changed everything altogether.
Tenten placed her other hand on top of Sasuke's pale one, flipping it over so that his palm was now facing upward. She traced the lines of his palm, bringing it closer in order to see it more clearly. Instead of deciding to use tarot cards for his reading, she decided to go for the palms, seeing as though he showed great dislike when she brought them out in the beginning. She knew he detested the idea of fortune-telling, so had decided to just read into his personality instead. She figured that she may be able to get a bigger understanding of how the guy worked, seeing as how she had a strong feeling she'd be around him a lot more whether she liked it or not.
The tickling sensation of Tenten's slender fingers running across his palm made him flinch only slightly. He wasn't used to such close skin contact after being isolated from it for so long. It was an unusual sensation, but somehow he quite enjoyed it. Plus he was able to be in such close proximity with the girl without having to attempt to kill her in the first place. "Why do you do it?" He asked suddenly.
Tenten raised an eyebrow. "Do what? Fortune-telling?" He nodded, his eyes twinkling in curiosity even though his face was a usual blank.
"It's fun," was her curt response. His eyes narrowed and a frown overtook his face. "It's fun? There's got to be more than it being fun," he responded with a scoff.
"Okay fine. I only did it to get closer to people," she answered with a sigh. She didn't really like talking about her past; it wasn't as dark as others but it was still painful. Sasuke raised an eyebrow, clearly not understanding her logic.
"Get closer to people? Why would you want to get closer to people?"
She rolled her eyes. "Oh geez, you really do hate socialising that much."
He merely shrugged, knowing fully well that what she had just said was true. "What's so good about socialising with even more annoying people? It's better to live alone than having to mingle with people you don't even like."
"What if its someone you do like? What then Mr I'm Too Good For You?" She mocked, a teasing grin on her lips.
"I doubt I'd find anyone I like." He said it so monotonously that she really thought he was telling the truth. However, Sasuke knew this was in fact a lie. After all, the only person he liked was sitting in front of him, holding his palm and tracing the lines visible as if they really meant something.
"True, though I wonder how you're going to fulfil one of those goals of yours. Didn't you say you were going to restore your clan?" She playfully teased, hoping she would at least get a blush out of him. But no, of course no blush would appear on an ice cube's face. Cold bastard.
Sasuke frowned. How did she know about that? He thought only Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi knew about that. Did she eavesdrop...? "And no I did not eavesdrop. Your two teammates have big mouths, so anything they know, everyone knows," she interjected, a teasing smile playing on her lips. She knew what he was thinking which was pretty surprising considering that he was a very hard person to read, no matter how well you knew him.
He rolled his eyes. Of course, he should've known that those two wouldn't keep their mouths shut. Naruto would've probably not known what he meant by 'restoring his clan' whilst Sakura, well he had a pretty good feeling that she wanted to be the one to help him restore his clan. The very thought of Sakura being that person made him sick to the stomach. He wasn't going to give her another reason to stay around him more than he would've liked. "I'll worry about it when the time comes. Right now, I don't want to think about it."
"Sure. Now, stay still and keep quiet. I haven't finished reading your palm." She ordered, holding his hand tighter in order to stop his moving. Sasuke kept quiet after that, relishing the feeling of her hands upon his. Hell, if this happened every fortune telling session with her, he would have no qualms about doing it all over again.
Lesson Outcome: She likes to fortune tell in her spare time because she says it gets her closer to people. Maybe she'll get closer to you?
Feedback: Treat Naruto and Sakura to ramen sometime to thank them. Agree to any more fortune telling sessions that are held with Tenten.
