If there was one thing Madoka knew, it was that she was a messy eater. But who cared? She wasn't looking to marry anyone with her charming lady skills, so why bother trying to be neat at all?
Her father always packed her a bento filled to the brim with hot seafood. Scallops, shrimp, squid, sushi, fish fillets; you name it, Madoka had it. It was always accompanied by a large amount of white rice, and that was accompanied by exactly four packets of soy sauce every single day. Dai was always hopeful that his daughter would one day use the chopsticks he added to her lunch, but she hadn't picked up a pair of chopsticks since she was three.
Tearing into the scallops with a spoon of all things, Madoka wondered if there was another utensil besides a spoon or knife or even fucking chopsticks that she could use.
For some reason, she was always so ravenous. Hunger never seemed to leave the young 8-year old, and no matter how much she ate, she couldn't seem to gain weight. She was forever stuck at 48 pounds.
Biting into the shrimp, Madoka cheerfully wondered as to how eating food could be so pleasant. The shrimp was chewy, but that's the way she liked it. Her teeth were proabably warm, from how steamy hot the shrimp was.
Of course, this was the lunch break, and Iruka-sensei had taken her book already. So she was forced to enjoy the 20 minutes of rest by trying to imitate a professional food taster, and not worry about the fight after school.
What was she going to do?
1. Fake being sick.
2. Don't show.
3. Let him win.
4. Run away and become a missing-nin for the rest of her life.
5. Start a life in gambling.
6. Run away and become a hooker.
There was a lot of things she could do, but Options 5 and 6 were probably the most interesting so far. In fact, Madoka didn't even know what a hooker was; she'd heard it from some male Niotomi one day. They said that hookers got paid a lot, so maybe it wasn't a bad bet. She wasn't sure if her father would allow her to run away, so she had to start a life of gambling. It was decided. Of course, being the boring Niotomi she was, she probably ought to do Option 3 and move on with her life.
Finishing off her lunch, she figured that she had a couple of minutes before Iruka-sensei brought them back inside to continue the lesson.
Snatching her bento, she sauntered her way over to the Aburame boy, mind set on a decision. He was sitting under a tree, minding his own business, alone.
Of course, Madoka wasn't about to run away to a life of gambling alone, as she had to have a partner in crime.
"Shino, it's now or never."
"... What?" His response was slow, much too slow for Madoka's liking. Glancing this way and that, she hadn't spotted Iruka yet. Good.
"Do you want to go on an adventure?"
"... right now?"
"Yeah. The Academy is super boring, and I figured we could leave and go do something more exciting."
Now, she wasn't sure the inner workings of Shino's mind, but for some reason, she had an itch that he'd say yes to her far-fetched plan.
"And-" she added, remembering a great point about this, "we get to make lots of money doing it."
In the back of her mind, a lonely voice whispered that this wasn't right; this wasn't the way of the Niotomi, but Madoka ignored that voice, because this plan was actually the Niotomi way. She'd avoid a direct confrontation with the Uchiha kid, and secretly enter a life of gambling.
"You in?" She questioned, eyes widening at Iruka-sensei opening the door that led outside.
"... yes."
However shocked she was that the introvert of the class had just agreed at skipping school, she had to ignore that and shove Shino behind the tree, because Iruka had almost seen them.
"We're leaving now?"
"Yes, now wait for it..." she cautiously observed Iruka and when his back was turned, she signaled to Shino that they needed to leave, now.
Hauling butt away from the Academy, the pair didn't stop until they were a block away from the school.
"What's the adventure?" Shino asked, breathing lightly from the sprint.
"We're going to gamble."
AN: I know, I know, it's been a while. Many of you might be unfollowing this story right now, due to its sheer stupidity and hilarity. Don't do that, okay? Review, tell me what y'all think about it. I know the chapters short, but it's a gateway to new chapters.
