A/N- Yeah, I'm not going to pass my reviews with these chapters lol. But hey, that's a good thing!

Good news. My sexy lover Stupid Focking Rope said it's cool if our stories are similar, which is a good thing also. Could you imagine if I had to tear this story down?

"Omg chapter 11 is out let's go check It out! Oh… oh no, where the hell is the story at? What the living fuck!" = ANGRY MOB

DISCLAIMER – I do not own Naruto

"Sorry, we can't hang out again." Ino told me with an apologetic smile.

"Something came up for this Friday, can we change our plans?" Ino asked nervously.

"I promise none of this is on purpose," Ino pressed with a worried look, "But I can't make it again."

I sat on my couch at home, a beer in my hand as I stared at the TV screen. Even with the mindless chatter the TV was giving off, I couldn't help but feel as if my place was way too quiet for comfort. It probably had something to do with the fact that I was alone for another Friday.

Again.

I took a sip out of my bottle and pushed the thoughts out of my head. I promised myself that I would try to have fun tonight, even if it was only just me with a case of beer. There was no way to understand why before Ino was around this a satisfying evening- but now that Ino wasn't here I felt completely bored and empty.

I should have caught on way sooner than this that this girl has taken up most of my life. Now here I was, looking pathetic, without her hanging out with me. It just…wasn't right.

I sighed, glancing down at my beer with a small frown. It was my first one, had been for the past 30 minutes. The more I drank it, the more I felt like I'd rather toss the whole case out. It didn't taste right, not at all, and the thing was that it wasn't the low calorie stuff I forced myself to get into for Ino's exercising. It was regular beer with all its empty calorie goodness.

Yet it still tasted gross.

"For fucks sake," I mumbled before leaning forward and placing the bottle on the table in front of me, "I need to get out of this fucking house."

Just then, my phone rang. I half hoped it was Ino, but when I glanced at my phone I saw it was my work. Sighing, I clicked answer, "Hello?"

"Hey Sakura, it's Iruka. We are a man short tomorrow," One of my mangers explained, "Want to stop by and take the shift."

I glanced back at my beer. If it was any other Friday with Ino around, I would have declined because I would have been plastered right about this time and woke up with a killer hang over. Attempting not to sound to bummed, I sighed out, "Yeah sure. I can take a shift."

"Thanks a bunch. This helps us out a lot." Iruka said with a grateful tone, "8 o'clock sound fine?"

"Yeah," I answered, seeing it was ten at night, "Should be fine."

"Great! See you then."

I told him to have a nice night before hanging up and tossing my phone across the couch. Without even thinking I stood up from my seat, turned off the TV with the remote, and snatched my beer from the table. I dumped the rest of the beer down the drain before leaving the empty thing on the counter beside the sink.

Slapping the light off, I walked to bed completely in the dark. I wasn't depressed, or sad. It was more like…

I was pissed it seemed like I was stuck on a girl who was slowly starting to ditch me.

X

"Ok ok ok," Yahiko repeated rapidly as he leaned forward in his chair, "So this girl you have been crazy about for months now is slowly starting to disappear on you?"

I sat at my desk, drumming my fingers against it as I stayed quiet for a moment. For some odd reason, it was hard to get things past Yahiko. I swear I was playing like I wasn't upset perfectly, but out of nowhere he demanded I tell him what was wrong with me. I have no idea how he figured it out, but he did, so after a lot of pestering on his end, I told him the truth.

Which brought us here.

"Well," I struggled, shrugging as I tried brush it all off, "Yeah it seems like it. I mean, people have plans…but she's ditched me for like three Friday's now."

"Aw jeez," He sighed out, shaking his head as he leaned back in his chair, "That is tough."

"It isn't that big of a deal," I replied with a small frown, "I just- well after you spend so much time with a person it's hard to get back into that groove of doing your own thing. So, I mean yeah I've been bummed, but… just yeah." I sighed out, not knowing what else to say.

"No offense Sakura," He started slowly with a frown of his own, "But you can't just sit there waiting for this girl to come back around. What if she is off ditching you for a date with some guy… constantly?"

The idea had crossed my mind, but I was trying my hardest not to think about it. You know, until this asshole brought it straight to my face right now. Rubbing my eyes, I pressed, "Either way, it's her own plans. She can do what she wants; just wish I wasn't ditched in the process."

"Well moping just looks sad," I gave him a glare, which he then put up his hands in surrender, "It's the truth. You can't just sit at home drinking beer alone. Of course it's going to be hard to get out of this funk that way. If anything, you need to get on a date too."

I rolled my eyes. He had been pressing the girls he offered me a while ago constantly now. I kept saying maybe some other time, but it looked like this time I was cornered, "Just hear me out," He pressed as his orange hair rustled while leaning forward again, "Just go out with this girl once, the other finally found a date. If you don't like her, don't talk to her and go back to what you were doing. If you do, well you never know; maybe you'll end up having a great time and have something else to do on Fridays."

His argument was… logical. And by now I had to admit that I pushed off meeting these girls because of Ino and- well I didn't know what I expected by waiting on Ino. So this seemed like a good time if there ever was one.

Sighing, I gave in, "Alright. Fine. One date."

"Great!" he shouted, a grin on his face as he pulled out his cell, "Her name is Tenten, and she totally doesn't have anything happening tonight; Perfect time for a date."

"Tonight?" My stomach drop. I wasn't ready for that.

"Yes, tonight." Before I could protest, he held up his phone and wiggled it in his hands, "Can't back out now, text is already sent."

"Oh for fucks sake, Yahiko!" I yelled with my hands thrown up, "What the hell is wrong with you!?"

"Just being a good broham," He replied with a laugh and a shrug, "I'm doing what any good bro would do."

I rolled my eyes, but he just continued to grin, "You'll thank me," he promised as I went back to work, "Watch."

X

I couldn't begin to explain how awkward this date was. I didn't know what to say half the time, and I spent most of my time sipping on my beer. The only good thing about this whole night was that we had decided to go to a bar, and not some uptight dinner place. So, our dinner was wings, beer, and chips; which, in hindsight, was the most amazing dinner I could possibly have.

She was pretty, in a delicate type of way. Her personality though, that is what caught my attention. After about two beers, we started to ease up and enjoy each other's company. She chattered away about her job, the dog she had at home, and how much she enjoyed cake.

After a while, I couldn't help but smile at every word she was saying. The embarrassing part of the date was like death, but our conversations made it seemed like that was ages ago. She was easy to get along with and talk to; I had begun to spill things to her in such a comfortable way.

When we were done with our meal, I grabbed us another beer. Tenten was standing at the bar with me while I got them, so I simply slid it to her. She smiled and thanked me, and after a sip, she gave me a small smile, "So this is fun."

I smiled too, taking a swig of my own, "Yeah. You couldn't believe how nervous I was."

"I don't know why," She laughed as a strand of her fell in front of her eye, "You are a pretty fun person."

I grinned, "Thanks, you are too."

"Sooo," she drawled turning from the bar and wandering towards the pool tables, "I know this is going to sound crazy, but I mean fuck it who cares? I would really like a second date."

I turned and followed her. For some reason the way she stated it caused me to laugh a little. Her brown eyes turned to me with a smile, which I returned after I was able to settle a little, "You are not one for being vague, are you?"

"Nope, not at all," she admitted with a confident smile, "I'm the go getter."

I nodded, "I totally respect that."

"Yeah, sooo," she pressed, turning back forward as we made our way to the game area, "I have an idea as to where to go, but I don't want to tell you."

"Aw come on, that isn't fair," I pointed out with a slight flirting tone, "What if I end up being dragged to some place I don't like?"

"Well, that's where things get interesting," She placed her beer on one of the standing tall tables. I placed mine on there as well with a slight raise of my eyebrows. With a small little smile, she continued, "I will play you in a game of darts. If I win, I can drag you out to anywhere I want to. If you win, I'll tell you what I had in mind and you can choose to go along with it or say we should do something else."

I nodded in thought, taking what she was saying in. I wasn't too worried about it, seeing as I was pretty good at darts and was most likely going to win anyway. She waited patiently while I took my time pretending to honestly think about it. But I knew if I won I would do the charming thing and say she could have whatever she wanted.

Cuz' I'm cute as shit that way.

Giving her a grin, I shrugged, "Alright. Let's do it."

I told her she could go first as she went over and grabbed the darts. There was a smirk on her lips as she thanked me. For some reason I thought it was because she thought I was being sweet. I realized after she threw the first dart that it wasn't anything like that.

I spit up a little of my beer as I saw she got it directly in the middle. Staring in surprise for a couple of seconds, I turned my gaze to Tenten who was looking pretty smug with the expression I was giving her. After I got out of my state of shock, I gave her a wary smile with a small laugh, "So, uh. I'm going to lose, aren't I?"

She laughed and didn't answer. Needless to say, I lost. Terribly.

You pissed? Yeahhh you guys are pissed. No worries, it won't be like this for long. But you know, I did foreshadow this happening, just to spice up the life of Ino and Sakura and speed up the process of them actually getting somewhere.

Cuz I mean, nothing starts some tension for a relationship as good as jealousy.

I'll try not to make you guys suffer too long, because I know you guys are like "NOOOOOO :("

So, most likely by tonight, I should have another chapter done. Love you guys, please dont be too angry

Can I just say I like Tenten in this chapter? Quirky and confident and-

*Dodges a knife* Yeah, i thought so D:

Shycadet loves, Out.