Lesson #09: Laughter
Laughter: the action of making the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are instinctive expressions of lively amusement.
Laughter has been scientifically proven to allow further closeness in a relationship to occur. Usually people can bond over simply finding the same thing funny or by making the other person laugh. Females are known to be more attracted to males with a greater sense of humour, something you unfortunately lack. But since you're a gifted genius, you'll be able to come up with something using that intelligent head of yours. You better come up with something though, Tenten seems like the kind of person who's naturally attracted to funny guys.
Goal: Try to make Tenten laugh. She glows when she laughs.
Tips: Dry jokes like Naruto's won't work on someone like her or anyone in that matter.
"You know, should loosen up some more. You're always so stiff and serious that I feel like I'm talking to a plank or something," she quipped as she stared at the male in front of her. He merely raised an eyebrow, surprised at the sudden remark. "I have no reason to loosen up," he answered in his usual monotone.
Tenten sighed, familiar with his way of thinking. After spending quite a bit of time with him over the past few weeks, she had learnt many valuable lessons about him. Like for instance right now, she knew that he was trying to avoid her remark because he didn't know how to respond. Either that, or he was simply just the ice cube everybody perceived him to be which she was sure wasn't true. Sure he acted cold and stiff all the time but the boy was nothing like an ice cube. In fact, she compared him more to a blazing flame rather than a frozen cube of ice. "Yes you do."
"I do do I?" He responded, his tone challenging. Tenten's lips formed a smirk as she crossed her arms in confidence. "Yup. You need to loosen up or you'll never get a girlfriend," she playfully replied, the answer coming out of the blue. To be really honest, she didn't know what to say so she happened to say the first thing on her mind, which was that.
"Who says I want a girlfriend?" He retorted, his features not giving away any of the truth. In actual fact he wanted a girlfriend, and his proposed girlfriend was the girl standing in front of him with a mischievous smile. "Oh, so you want a boyfriend instead then huh?" She joked but Sasuke took it the wrong way as he scowled at her darkly, taking offence to her words.
"I'm straight," he protested in such seriousness that Tenten was afraid of ticking him off even further. "You think I don't know that? I'm just joking with you. Learn how to take a joke Sasuke, sheesh."
He rolled his eyes, used to her antics. She was the only person who could rile him up but he wouldn't be the least bit bothered about it. In fact, he enjoyed it immensely. "But seriously Sasuke, you need to loosen up for a bit and laugh or something. I swear, you always have that same blank look on your face that I'm beginning to have suspicions that your face was permanently glued like that," she commented lightly, enjoying teasing him. She had surprisingly found that it was incredibly easy to joke around him. It was just that easy.
He replied with a small 'hmph', amusing Tenten to no end. He really was like a child now that she thought about it. Sasuke caught her amused smile and rolled his eyes before deciding to walk away, having had enough with her teasing for a day. As he walked however, he didn't notice the large rock in his path that was just large enough for him to trip over. And he did as his foot (un)gracefully collided with the rock, gravity pulling him downward and eventually landing on the ground face first.
Tenten had never seen something so funny in her whole life. It was just so epic, the way his hands flailed upward as he fell and the way his hair flapped like a girl. She never would have expected the Uchiha to be so ungraceful. Tenten let out a loud guffaw, amused to no end at what had just taken place. Her usual chuckle (she didn't giggle) had been replaced bye a roaring howl as she literally dropped to the floor and started rolling around, unable to contain her laughter.
Sasuke calmly picked himself up and dusted himself off as he watched the brunette die from laughter. He had never heard such a melodious sound in his life.
Lesson Outcome: Falling on your face has incredible impact.
Feedback: Be more graceful when you fall, you've got a reputation to behold remember.