Pretty short but ya'll should be happy there is an update!
The Konoha teens all crashed into Gaara's place some few hours later once school was out. Naruto emerged into the living room with a six-pack of Coke and some Mountain Dew. The boys all whooped and kicked up their feet on the coffee table. It was their idea of "study time." The cold pop cans were passed around generously to all the attenders. Naruto plopped himself down beside Gaara and exclaimed loudly, "Quite a week eh?"
"Barely," replied Sasuke. "We had two days of school of what's gonna be a long ass year. Junior year is ALWAYS the longest. You aren't a senior yet so you don't get any perks but you're still an upper classman."
Their was an evident sigh from all the guys in the room at the thought of being trapping in Konoha High one more year.
"But hey Naruto!" Kiba perked up almost instantly. "Temari is that hot new blonde that you live with right?" His friend nodded as if unsure of where Kiba was taking this. "Well she's a senior and word is she's the hottest chick in school. Think you can get me a date?"
Gaara and Kankuro were both instantly on their feet and a whirlwind of cuss words flew out in his direction. Gaara almost hopped over the table until Naruto grabbed at his wrist and pulled him back onto the couch to sit down. Kiba took on a defensive stance, fists raised, lip curled up in a snarl as Kankuro sized him up. The boy was far bigger than Kiba and could easily send him flying backward but Naruto pulled him down as well.
"Fucking talk about my sister like that again bro and you won't be able to talk again," Gaara hissed low. The room was stifling, as if all the oxygen had been sucked from the room and everyone watched Gaara tentatively.
The front door opened and everyone shifted their attention to who had just watched in. Blond, older, volumptious, and the hottest topic of conversation in the house, Temari slipped off her shoes and turned to see about nine pairs of eyes all glued to her. At first she perked her eyes up in question to Naruto but as they all persisted to stare, her mouth screwed itself up into an unhappy frown.
"What? Do I have something on my face? Take a picture it lasts longer."
She tossed her bag off to the side, flipped her hair over her shoulder and strode into the living room where all the rest of the guys were sitting. Swooping over Shikamaru's shoulder, pressing against him, she grabbed at a Coke from off the table and lingered for a second to look at his lazy looking face. "Next time tell your friends not to gawk. It's unattractive."
Flipping open the pop top with a low fizz, she turned and strolled away with a sway of her hips and into her room where she loudly slammed the door on everyone's eyes.
They all sat in silence, trying at will to comprehend what exactly had just happened, turning to Shikamaru whose eyes were still on the stop where she had dangled her face in his to very haughtily give him a message. There was something just about that woman that was just so....
"Well," Sasuke clapped his hands together and stood from his seat on the couch. "This has been fun and all but I think I will be taking my leave now since it seems that none of us will be accomplishing anything today. See you all for the football game on Sunday?"
There was a chorus of disagreement as Sasuke walked over to the door and left, leaving them without their black sheep leader. Naruto, eager as ever to replace Sasuke whenever possible, picked up the reins. "Whatever guys, we can still get to work without him."
"None of your partners are even here Naruto! And I'm not going within ten feet of the woman's door to ask her if she would like to help with our little project so I guess I'm out too. I will be at the game so I will see you all then." Shikamaru stood, stretching for the ceiling with a long yawn. Behind him Chouji almost tripped over himself to catch up.
"I'm gonna go hang with Shikamaru. Call Ino why don't you? Us three will do something."
And Naruto watched as his group of friends dwindled to just him, the house residents of Gaara and Kankuro, and Kiba.
"And why are you still here?" Kankuro shot at Kiba.
"Naruto is my friend and maybe I want to whoop on his ass at Halo or Call of Duty. Got a problem with that?"
"Yeah, I got a problem if you go near my sis so if you take one step toward her room or anywhere near her, I will snap your arm in two."
Kiba gulped loudly and looked between him and the eeriely silent Gaara before standing and also shaking Naruto's hand and slipping out of the house. Naruto looked at the two brothers and threw up his arms in frustration.
"Ugh! So much for us practicing!"
