Um, chyeah.
Kinda late, but whatever.
I'm on vacation in DISNEY for a week.
And I wrote this on Wednesday, but it's being updated now.
Yo.
…enjoy?
My Very Own Fairytale
Chapter Ten:
Dirty Little Secret
"Wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait,"
I sighed, looking up at her. "Yes?"
She gave me a 'you're crazy' kind of look as Hinata giggled and Tenten joined in. "You kiss Sasuke Uchiha, all on your own and that kind of crap, act all upset, scare away my future-boyfriend, sulk by yourself, bark at Ino and refuse your usual movie night, but still manage to stop and give Tenten fashion advice?"
I gasped, appalled by her words. "Of course I had to give her fashion advice! It doesn't matter that I was in the middle of a crisis! I had to make sure she looked fashionable for her date! And how did that go, by the way, pumpkin?"
Tenten rolled her eyes, but answered with, "Sakura, you just kissed your crush, ran away, and then told him to forget about it when he came to your house. And you ask how my date was. I need to hear about what this crazy thing was."
"Ugh, fine, but you'll regret it." I answered, hoping it would make them less interested. I was wrong when they all gathered around me on my carpet, anticipating my explanation like the gossip-hungry girls they are.
I sighed. "Okay, so said the most amazing line after I asked why he didn't like love—"
"And what was that?" Tenten interrupted.
"Uh, 'you'll never get your heart broken.' And I found it amazing, so, and I really don't know why, so keep that in mind, I leaned in and placed my lips on his. It was only when he started returning the kiss that I realized what I was doing, so I quickly tore my lips away. Then we kind of just stared at each other for a minute, and his mouth opened, probably to speak, but before anything could come out of that—tasty—mouth of his, I ran out of the house."
Temari sighed heavily. "You're telling me you ran away…again?"
I shrugged sheepishly. "Um, maybe."
Hinata laughed. "It's okay. Sometimes you just can't take it, and the only thing you really can do is run away. It replenishes you, and makes you feel free, because when you're in that kind of situation, all you need to do is breath."
We all stared dumbfounded at her, completely in shock that the fact that she can say that much at one time—and how insightful it was.
So I was only left to do one thing.
Compare it to a movie, of course.
"This is just like in Chasing Amy, and the two comic book characters 'Blunt-Man and Chronic' who are really Jay and Silent Bob and Silent Bob is, well, silent, and only talks at appropriate times. And when he does, it's very meaningful and beautiful. Hinata, you're like Silent Bob!"
She got a confused look on her face—as did all my friends—and answered with her own indicative response. "Um…thanks?"
Then we broke out into laughter, because—apparently—I'm just the kind of person to be laughed at. But WHATEVER. I'm amazing, and I know it, and they know it, and Sasuke knows it.
Because he loves me.
Seriously.
"But anyways, I need to hear all the details of this extravagant date, deary."
She rolled her eyes, but a smile was still evident on her lips, which implied her happiness and excitement and obvious butterflies that were fluttering around in her belly right now. Because guys just do that to you. But Tenten is just too modest for her own good, so she retorted with, "It was good."
I growled in annoyance, looking at her straight. "Sweetie, I'm a hopeless romantic who happens to have a lack of a love life, so when my best friend goes on a date with the guy she is in love with, it's nice to hear it so I can have some hope, and feel better about myself."
She smiled. "You're so selfish, Sakura."
"Who cares about me right now? All I need to know is what happened, you loser!"
She sighed, but succumbed to my evil ways (most do) and started to explain. "Well, okay, it was nice. He picked me up in his car, and he even went to the door to get me, which was sweet. I made sure he didn't open the door for me," she must have seen me open my mouth, because she went on with the reasons to why she wouldn't let him do something so sweet and chivalrous and—
"Because that's just so nerdy and Sakura-like," I pouted, "But anyways, then we got there, and he paid for my ticket, but I felt bad making him pay for my snacks, so I split it, because I think that the guy buying everything is just mean and cruel," I rolled my eyes, "After that, we were in his car, and he asked if I wanted to just ride around, and I agreed."
"Aw! He just wants to talk to you privately because he loves you so dearly."
She stuck her tongue out while Temari sighed and turned to me, complaining, "You're such a loser."
I grinned, ignoring Temari's insult. "Whatever. Just go on Tenten!"
"Right, so then I—being the brave little toaster I was—asked what we were, and he said that we were boyfriend and girlfriend," I was going to interrupt—again—but she stopped me by continuing, "And I acted a little excited, but not too over-the-top and Sakura-like, and said that was cool, but then he totally ruined it."
"How?!" I asked, because I really do feed off of attention, and other people's lives that are much more interesting than mine.
She just shrugged, showing little interest, but I could tell that she was really hurt, for her eyes held undeniable sorrow. "It's just, well; he said that he wanted to date in secret. And it's not terrible, of course, but it hurts to think that he's ashamed of me, you know? And then I asked why, and he answered with, "Just because," and I was like, "What the freaking hell?". In my head, of course."
"That totally sucks! Then there will be no PDA, or even everyone cooing at how cute you two are, or you not swooning on Valentine's Day when he gets you a carnation because you're his amazing girlfriend, and it's just not fair!"
I pointed out the all-too-obvious often, didn't I?
Gah, whatever. They can just deal. It's better to reassure myself of things in this world more than to have three idiots (I love them, really) stare at me like I'm some kind of rhetorical retard.
"It's not that important. I'm sure there are many other reasons to it. But really, just don't tell anyone."
I sighed, nodding, but then something came to mind, and I really just can't help myself sometimes. "I'll keep you my dirty little secret! Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret!"
"Damnit Sakura. Why do you freaking sing all the time? It gives me a headache." Temari complained while rubbing her head as I stuck my tongue out at her, for I know that I have a delightful singing voice.
"Right, but Sakura, you especially, please don't tell anyone. Especially Ino, okay." I nodded, making sure I wouldn't. Most would think that since I'm friends with both, I would, but since this is a big thing to Tenten, I won't tell at all. I'm a great secret keeper, and I wouldn't do that to her. It could ruin her chance with Neji after all.
And our friendship.
Right.
Because chicks before dicks.
Chyeah.
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"Dude, try these. They're tres amazing." He just rolled his eyes, and I did the same. "Come on, these noodles are great!"
He sighed. "Sakura, you got them from a place called 'Panda Express'. You're probably chowing down on some poor baby panda right now."
I glanced over at him, raising an eyebrow. "Seriously, there is no meat in this. I'm eating noodles. And it's fantastic. So I think you should try some, and get out of your little emo corner, Shikamaru. I didn't ask you to come to the mall with me just so you could sulk."
He rolled his eyes again. "And why exactly did you invite me to the mall?"
"What a girl can't hang out with her best guy friend at the mall and chat over some Chinese food?"
He glanced at the white box in my hand and asked, "What is with you and your obsession with this crap? It's full of calories and MSG. It'll be the death of you, I'm sure."
I stopped as we were walking down the hall of the vast mall, knocking over a few people behind us who just got up and growled, muttering something about the youth of today, and walking past us 'adolescent screw-ups'.
"How freaking amazing would that be? Could you imagine the headlines? "Tragic Death! Girl Choked On Chinese Food While Ogling Hot Guy Who Was Buying Spongebob Underwear." Seriously, that'd be the coolest way to die."
He shook his head, murmuring things about my mental sanity. "Sakura, really, you are so odd. Why do I hang out with you?"
"Because you love me?" He shook his head. "Because I'm amazing?" He rapidly shook his head while I stuck my tongue out at him. "Because I know the low-down on Temari?" He nodded, and I punched him in the arm.
"Crap Sakura, that hurt."
I stuck my tongue out again, and just struck him for a second time for good measure. "Because you're a loser who only uses me to get your way with my best friend!"
"It's not just that. You're not terribly annoying."
I rolled my eyes. "Gee thanks, Shikamaru. You're so sweet."
He sighed. "What's going on with Temari anyways? Her brother was giving me death glares the other day."
"Oh Gaara-chan? Yeah, he's kind of scary. But you get used to him. And he'll be in the movie, so you have to. And he'll be a bad guy, but you and Temari have to rat him out."
He groaned. "Great. And how does this movie end, exactly?"
I looked up, contemplating the question, even though I should be extremely knowledgeable on the information, for we are filming later tonight. "Well Sasuke and I get together, of course, of course, and good triumphs evil, but that's a given, and—"
"I meant between me and Temari."
I rolled my eyes. "You're so selfish. You don't even want to hear about the love proclamation between me and Sasuke and—"
"Stop. I don't want to hear about the kiss."
I ran my hands through hair, sighing audibly and getting a pout on my face, but I'm just so annoying with stuff like that that I keep it quiet, even though I know he'll notice. But that's the point. To be caught in the act of sadness and have your friend ask why.
"So what's going to happen with me and Temari?"
Some friend.
So I did what any neglected girl does.
I smacked him.
He rubbed his arm—again—and gave me a dirty, and confused, look. "What the hell Sakura?"
"I was upset about this 'kiss' thing, and you just move on."
He shrugged. "Girly stuff isn't my thing, and I find it awkward when you get sad. I don't know how to comfort people—especially girls." I rolled my eyes as he continued talking about females like they were a completely opposite species.
But I understood. He was a guy, and he definitely wasn't gay, so any of this was okay. It was understandable.
"But that still doesn't mean that I'm not spilling all this to you." He rolled his eyes and groaned, but still nodded, ready to endure all the pain that was to come.
I was about to open my mouth again when I heard a loud scream, or greeting, but considering the person, I just called it a yell. "Sakura!" And then she came running towards me, a questioning look on her face when she realized who was next to me. "Shikamaru." Temari greeted while nodding her head, him doing the same.
"Well what a coincidence! Shika here was just talking about you!" He stared at me, and Temari did something totally uncharacteristic, and just, well, weird. She giggled lightly and blushed, looking down. It was just so…girly.
At the sound of her laughter, the brunet next to me turned his head towards her, sparing her a glance as his eyes softened.
Once she realized that she slipped on her whole, 'no-man-needer' act, she pulled back a strand of her hair and smiled. "Right, anyways, what are you guys doing here?"
I just shrugged. "I wanted some noodles, and I just hung out with you, and I promised to tell Shikamaru some 'business' and he wanted to know how the movie ended. But not what happened to the main characters, but the shiz that went down with Penelope and Philippe!"
They both gave me odd looks, but I didn't care. They probably didn't know what I was talking about or that the two names I just said in fact were them.
And after a minute of silence, I schemed a plan that was full-proof for finding out what was truly going on with this two. I turned to the one thing I could trust to find out the honest truth, and would leave me satisfied in the stomach area.
"You guys want some ice cream?" The odd looks returned after my out-of-the-blue question, but I just shrugged and headed towards the creamy goodness beheld at the ice cream store in front of us.
They followed after, and once I ordered my chocolate-vanilla swirl on a chocolate waffle cone and paid, Temari went up to order her mocha-coffee in a waffle dish, and when she was about to pay, Shikamaru put down a five dollar bill, muttering some excuse.
She looked up at him, and I would have expected her to swoon instantly, thank him while innocently taking small licks at her ice cream, but instead she started demanding, "Nara, I can pay for my own ice cream. I don't need some guy doing it."
Seriously, sweetie, you just destroyed the moment.
Really.
"Just let me pay, you troublesome woman."
"I'm not troublesome, but yes, I am a woman, and I have enough money to buy something on my own!"
"I never said you didn't have enough money. I just wanted to buy it for you."
"Yeah, well—" And suddenly, she stopped talking (shouting). I don't know why, and I know they didn't kiss since I'm looking at their faces, but she just blushed and grabbed her ice cream, looking ahead with a dreamy look placed upon her glowing face.
It was only when we were leaving the mall that I realized they were holding hands.
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When we arrived at Sasuke's house—fashionably late, mind you—I was surprised to see Hinata on the couch with Naruto next to her, his arm loosely hanging around her shoulders. The incredibly shocking thing?
She was conscious.
Strange, I know.
But when I glanced over at her, raising my eyebrows suspiciously, she blushed a deeper red, and looked down as Naruto kept talking to her. I was going to call her over and ask about the madness going on, but I decided that I couldn't ruin the moment for her, and just continued in to the house.
I believe that Sasuke saw me first, for when I looked up at him, he was already staring at me. I offered a smile and a wave as he nodded his head, and then pointed to the blonde next to him who was probably breaking his ear.
"Sakura!" She cheered, and ran next to me.
It was only then, when Temari glared over at Ino, and the aforementioned blonde rolled her eyes and stuck out her tongue, while Tenten sighed and Hinata looked worried, that having all my friends in this house wouldn't be a good idea.
And Sasuke, yeah, you know, that guy that I kissed yesterday who was still giving me peculiar looks?
And Shikamaru, the guy who was just holding Temari's hand and will probably bite my head off for what I said in the mall just now.
And Itachi, who was just upstairs and probably spying on us.
And oh lordy, oh lordy, oh lordy it was just too freaking much.
So what did I do?
I used my defense mechanism. The thing that got me out of every sticky situation—even if the outcome wasn't that good. Actually, the whole idea in general wasn't good. But Hinata agreed with me this morning, so it couldn't be that terrible, right?
I gave Sasuke one last earnest look before bolting out of that house, running away again.
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Cherryblossomlove has signed on!
Date: April 15, 2008
Time: 7:25 P.M.
E-mail: 0
Available Friends:
Lovelyino
Hn
Troublesomelife
HinaBambina
Weaponmistress
Asskicker
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Cherryblossomlove: BITCH!
Cherryblossomlove: why didn't you inform me on all this Naruto/Hinata action?
HinaBambina: well I didn't find it incredibly important
Cherryblossomlove: not important? NOT IMPORTANT? this shit is crucial! he had his arm around you!
Cherryblossomlove: HIS ARM AROUND YOU!
HinaBambina: have you been watching drake & josh lately?
Cherryblossomlove: that's not the point!
Cherryblossomlove: did you two kiss yet?
HinaBambina: oh goodness no. it's just that we've gotten…closer?
HinaBambina: he wants to hang out tomorrow with me, and take me to this town a half an hour away, but it would be awkward
HinaBambina: so I have the most amazing favor to ask of you
Cherryblossomlove: shoot
HinaBambina: could you and Sasuke go with me and Naruto?
Cherryblossomlove: WHAT?
HinaBambina: well, of course, you don't have to, it's just well
Cherryblossomlove: seriously, Hinata, I'm farthest from mad
Cherryblossomlove: I'm freaking happy, you loser!
HinaBambina: you are?
Cherryblossomlove: hell yeah!
Cherryblossomlove: I can spend a whole day with Sasuke
HinaBambina: great. i'll tell him tomorrow
Cherryblossomlove: awesomeness!
HinaBambina: but I do have to go. Neji wants to talk to me about something
Cherryblossomlove: ABOUT HOW WE WANTS TO SUCK OFF TENTENS FACE, YO!
HinaBambina: you have such issues
Cherryblossomlove: YOUR FACE AS ISSUES!
HinaBambina: alright but before I go, you're okay, right?
Cherryblossomlove: oh, about today, I'm dandy. really, don't worry about it.
HinaBambina: alright, ciao
Cherryblossomlove: adios
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HinaBambina has signed off!
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Lovelyino: WHAT THE HELL?
Cherryblossomlove: hey to you too
Lovelyino: do you have psycho issues or something?
Cherryblossomlove: just because I run away doesn't mean there's something wrong with me
Lovelyino: yeah, OKAY
Lovelyino: would you mind explaining WHY you ran away, please?
Cherryblossomlove: well, like, you hate Temari, and Temari hates you, and like, it would be bad
Cherryblossomlove: and Sasuke was there, and it's been awkward with the kiss
Lovelyino: what was with that kiss anyways?
Cherryblossomlove: it was in the moment and stuff
Cherryblossomlove: and then I told him to forget about it
Lovelyino: WHY?
Cherryblossomlove: because it was awkward. and now it's even more so
Lovelyino: so you ran?
Cherryblossomlove: um…yeah
Lovelyino: we've got to work on this
Cherryblossomlove: yeah, but not tonight since I'm leaving you
Lovelyino: why?
Cherryblossomlove: because Temari keeps IM-ing me and I need to answer
Lovelyino: so you leave me?
Cherryblossomlove: yeah, sorry
Cherryblossomlove: I'll call you later though, okay?
Lovelyino: yeah, whatever
Lovelyino: tch, loser
Cherryblossomlove: love ya too!
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Asskicker: ANSWER!
Cherryblossomlove: yo, calm down
Asskicker: dude, you haven't been answering me!
Cherryblossomlove: right. I was talking to Ino
Asskicker: really?
Asskicker: that's so odd
Cherryblossomlove: that's why I left today
Asskicker: yeah, I know
Asskicker: and the 'Sasuke' thing too, right?
Cherryblossomlove: …yeah…
Asskicker: well it's okay
Asskicker: I didn't come online to bitch to you anyways
Cherryblossomlove: then why have you been sending me crazy IM-s for many hours?
Asskicker: psh, it was only 10 minutes
Asskicker: and I had to tell you something important
Cherryblossomlove: what?
Asskicker: Shikamaru looks really good shirtless
Cherryblossomlove: …
Cherryblossomlove: darling, what am I supposed to make out of that?
Cherryblossomlove: and how have you see him shirtless?
Asskicker: well when I ripped it off of him, yeah
Cherryblossomlove: WHAT?
Asskicker: haha, yeah
Cherryblossomlove: WAS THERE SNOGGING?
Asskicker: of course
Cherryblossomlove: HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
Asskicker: are you abusing your caps lock?
Cherryblossomlove: YES, I AM! TELL ME BITCH!
Asskicker: okay, so he offered to walk me home from Sasuke's, and I agreed, and when we at my doorstep I was asking why you left, and he blamed me and Ino, and I called him a man-whore and all this other stuff, and then he stopped me by kissing me
Cherryblossomlove: HOLY CRAP!
Cherryblossomlove: how does the shirtless-ness come into this?
Asskicker: um, well, we kind of got into this whole make-out thing, and I dragged him to my room (still kissing, of course) and I took his shirt off
Cherryblossomlove: you really are a dirty whore
Asskicker: I was more of a slut when Gaara walked in on us half naked on my bed
Cherryblossomlove: WHAT?
Asskicker: um…yeah
Cherryblossomlove: -cough- whore
Asskicker: whatever
Cherryblossomlove: how did Gaara-chan react?
Asskicker: um, he kicked him out
Asskicker: after yelling at him. a lot
Asskicker: and then he said to never talk to me
Cherryblossomlove: wow
Cherryblossomlove: don't worry, I'll call Gaara later and change his mind
Cherryblossomlove: but did you talk to Shikamaru after that?
Asskicker: yeah, I called him
Asskicker: he was kinda afraid
Cherryblossomlove: haha, most would
Cherryblossomlove: but I'm glad you two are 'together'
Cherryblossomlove: wait, you are 'together', right?
Asskicker: as in boyfriend/girlfriend?
Cherryblossomlove: yeah
Asskicker: um, I think
Asskicker: I'm not really sure
Cherryblossomlove: ugh, my phone is ringing
Cherryblossomlove: I'll ask him later, okay?
Asskicker: sure
Asskicker: and, um, thanks
Cherryblossomlove: …I feel loved
Asskicker: you're still a loser
Cherryblossomlove: and you're still a whore
Cherryblossomlove: but you're MY whore!
Asskicker: bye
Cherryblossomlove: see ya!
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Cherryblossomlove has signed off!
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"Hello!" I answered out of breath, for I just dodged onto my bed, dug through my (overly-large) purse, pulled out my cell, and flipped it open before looking at the caller ID.
"Sakura," came the odd greeting.
And like, holy crap, I know who it is. "Hey Sasuke. Um, how did you get this number?"
STALKER!
"Naruto gave it to me."
Ah, that sly fox.
There were a few minutes of silence before I asked, "Um, is there anything I can do for you?"
"Naruto told me that we were all hanging out tomorrow. We should work on our project."
"Dude, how blind are you? Naruto asked Hinata as a date. And she wants me to go for moral support, so you have to go so it can kind of be like a double date, but not really since we're not dating. And this is ridiculously crucial in their relationship!"
"We have a project to do."
I sighed. "You're such a loser. Look, we'll shoot scenery or whatever. It'll be fine. And then after that, we can go and film."
"Are you going to run away again?"
"Dude, you just don't understand. I had reasons for it."
"Whatever. Be ready tomorrow at nine in the morning. We're picking you up."
"Sure thing, cupcake,"
"Hn,"