Serena- School sucks… damn it! I'm not with any of my friends, nor my crush… but I have a locker near his and this one dude I liked for a long while has gotten sooo much taller … therefore making it very hard for me to say I'm over him… But enough of my life, enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer- I own nothing except my Original Characters, but even then- they have a mind of their own.

A/N- No one asked about the flowers, but I'm still willing to tell anyone that wants to know… does anybody even read this?

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Boundless

By: Serena

Chapter 14

Setting a Date

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May 10th

"Goodnight Yuri-sama!" I called across the greenhouse, smiling and waving at my boss. The elderly women sighed and called back in a sing-song voice,

"Don't call me that!" Her eyes crinkled as she smiled.

"Yes, Yuri-sama!" Said person gave another sigh, giving up. After removing my apron, I hung it on the hooks near the door, and was about to open it when I heard,

"Wait Rui!" I turned to see the elder walking towards me, a small bag in her fist. She stopped in front of me and placed the bag in my hand, closing my fingers around it. "I heard from a very reliable source, that the Uchiha residence is quite the dreary place. Some sunflowers will cheer the place up."

I smiled again and thanked her, before putting the bag of sunflower seeds in my satchel and leaving. I really surprised myself. Normally, I would have said something like, "Oh, I can't accept these…" basically reject the gift because I didn't think I deserved it. And I really didn't deserve the seeds, I just accepted them without thinking. However, Yuri-sama was right- the Uchiha residence needed cheering up.

After leaving work, I heard my stomach give a protest to my lack of lunch and dinner. The sun was already set and I was sure that Sasuke would worry if I wasn't home, yet I still had an uncontrollable craving for ramen.

Unsurprisingly Naruto was enhaling a bowl of the noodles. I sat down two seats away from him and ordered. Sasuke had told me much about the blonde, some good, but mostly bad. But then again his describition of Sakura had been, "a love-sick puppy that was more into flirting with me than improving her strength- something she really didn't have to begin with."

Speaking of Sasuke, the past week I had been walking on egg shells, trying to repent for what I had said. It wasn't a bad thing, but to me it was. I was pretty sure that Sasuke didn't feel anything for me, regardless of the supposed kiss, so I didn't want him to think of me like some fan girl. The mere thought that he knew about my feelings was enough to almost scare me into Shatto Umou.

My thoughts were inturrupted as a waitress placed a bowl of steamy ramen in front of me. I smiled and thanked her, before grabbing chopsticks and dipping in. Halfway through, Naruto leaning back in his chair, patting his stomach. Suddenly, he realized I was looking at him and he smiled at me asking, "You're Sasuke-teme's girlfriend, right?"

At his words, I felt a noodle slide down my throat and I started hacking. A few moments later I felt someone lightly patting my back and I smiled gratefully at Naruto who had moved down two seats. After regaining my posture I said, "I'm not Sasuke's gilfriend." A blush gracing my spotted cheeks.

Naruto's face gained a confused look. "But didn't he buy you flowers?"

I groaned placing my head in my hands. "No, he didn't buy me flowers and we aren't going out." Oh, but how I wished he had and that we were! But, I was not going to say those things out loud ever again!

"Oh." He snorted. "Trust Sasuke-teme to pass up a good chance!"

"W-what?" He smiled at me, revieling white teeth. Sasuke had said that 'the dobe' was always flirting with Sakura… Perhaps, just perhaps he was flirting with me? No, impossible! That just couldn't be…

"Anyone would want you as their girlfriend. Don't let Sasuke-teme bring you down." Now what was that supposed to mean? Bring me down? Sasuke was… bringing me down?

I bowed my head, blushing fiercely. The only other compliment I had gotten from a boy, I had passed out after. I suppose I had matured greatly because said in a small, mousy voice, "Thank you, Naruto-sama."

"Don't call me that." He motioned to my half eaten bowl of miso ramen. "You gonna finish that?" I shook my head, my hunger gone. I passed it to Naruto and he happily dug in. "Don't get me wrong!" He said, inbetween bites. "I'd have probably asked you out… but I'm hoping someone else will go out with me."

I put both my elbows on the counter and asked, "Who?"

Surprisingly, he blushed. The look on his face was of embarrassment, but his eyes held something else- admiration. He didn't say anything for a long time before he averted his gaze to the counter and shrugged.

I saw that I wasn't going to get an answer from him so I took a chance and went with what I knew. "Sakura?"

Naruto looked back, confusion and surprise evident. "Uh…" He paused and looked at his feet that were hanging from the stool. "No, not Sakura-chan…"

"Then who?" He glanced back up and looked into my eyes, obviously trying to find the trust he wanted to give me. His eyes flicker up and down for a few moments before finally-

"….Hinata…." He spoke so softly I could barely make out the name, but when I did, I was over-joyed. The fact that Hinata liked Naruto and Naruto liked Hinata was almost enough to make me jump up and scream a lot. Keyword- almost.

Naruto abruptly stood up, bowl licked clean. "How about I walk you home?"

I smiled and nodded. We walked down the dark street in silence before I said, "If you want to meet Hinata at the ramen stand tomorrow, she'll be there."

He frowned, "I have training tomorrow. How about the day after that?"

I shook my head. "No good for Hinata, the next day?"

Naruto looked into the distance, concentration wrecking face. Suddenly, he smiled and nodded. "I'm free."

We finally reached Sasuke's house and turned to face each other, as I said, "That's perfect… seven o'clock?"

"Seven o'clock fine." We smiled again. "Well, I'll see ya around."

My smile widened. "Yes, see you around!" We each went our separate ways- me into the house and Naruto back down the dark street. It seemed I had made another friend! And got Hinata a date with her crush… now it was only the problem of getting her to go. She would most definalty protest against, but hopefully with Tenten and Sakura on my side I could get her to go.

I opened the door to find Sasuke sitting on the couch, elbows resting on his knees, chin resting on his laced fingers, glaring at the oppisite wall. Deciding not to bother him, I quietly walked toward the kitchen, regretting not finishing the rest of my ramen.

"Why were you with the dobe?"

I looked over at Sasuke in surprise. "Huh?"

He turned around, mild anger etched into his features. "Why were you with Naruto?"

"Oh." I felt the confusion fade away. Turning back around I grabbed a bowl from the top cabnet. "We just had some ramen together." I flinched realizing what I had just said- I had made it sound like a date. Hoping to repent, I added, "Ramen between friends… besides, we set up a date-"

"You're going to date that dobe!" I turned around again, surprised by the anger and confusion in Sasuke's voice.

I shook my head violently. "No!" I shouted. "We set up a date between him and Hinata two days from now!"

"Oh." I was once again surprised. Not by the anger or annoyance, or surprise or any other emotion in Sasuke's voice. I was surprised by the relief in his voice. However, just as soon as it was there, it was gone. He got up, and walked towards the hallway.

I turned back around, placing the bowl on the counter.

"Don't hang out with the dobe- or any other guy for that matter." I looked up at Sasuke's back, confusion written on my face.

"Why?"

"Because I said so." I watched his retreating back, still knowing that I would never understand the oppisite sex.