I promised (in another set of stories) that I'd try and get this chapter up by the end of this week. I just made it! This was another really frustrating chapter to write but I hope you enjoy it anyway! :D
"Sasuke, what are you doing here?" Yuki asked, eyes wide with shock at seeing him. He isn't meant to be here! She freaked internally. Isn't he meant to be at Naruto's house doing boy stuff?
"We were bored and Naruto decided to come see what you girls were up to." Sasuke replied, shrugging as if it was of no concern to him. He took her in then, his face slowly turning a light shade of pink before he averted his eyes, refusing to look at her again.
"You wanted to come too Sasuke! Don't try and act cool." Naruto replied loudly, peering over his shoulder before moving to stand beside the Uchiha. He grinned at Hinata before looking at Yuki, his eyes slowly bulging in his head. "Ah Yuki, your shirt is sort of. Eh, well it's kind of…" He flushed a deep red, unable to turn away.
"Don't look idiot!" Sasuke hissed, hitting the blonde hard across the head. He unzipped his jacket and thrust it in the confused brunette's hands. "Put it on already. Your shirt is see-through." He turned his back to her again, pinching the bridge of his nose as though looking at her pained him.
Yuki glanced down at herself, finally seeing the damage Tenten's water throwing had caused. The front of her white shirt was completely soaked and it stuck to her body, her pink and white polka dot bra clearly visible underneath. She gasped loudly, her arms automatically moving to cover her chest.
She shoved her arms through the jacket and zipped it up to her neck, mortified that the boys were here to witness this turn of events. She pleaded silently that the floor would open up and swallow her whole. It would be a better option than facing the boys again. Sasuke still had his back turned while Naruto was looking everywhere but at her, his eyes darting around the room nervously.
Finally, Tenten decided to save Yuki from further humiliation. "Do you boys realise that we're still shopping? If you plan to hang around with us for the afternoon you'll have to be prepared to do a lot of waiting around while we try on clothes. If that's not your thing than please kindly go away and do something else."
Naruto snapped out of his nervous eye-darting and he walked around to pull a seat up beside Hinata. "We don't mind hanging around with you for a while. If we get too bored then we'll leave but for now it sounds like fun. Right Sasuke?" He finished, sending a quick grin in the Hyuga's direction, eliciting a blush from her.
"Hn," The young Uchiha replied. He turned back around to the group but still couldn't look Yuki in the eye, though it didn't stop him from pulling up a seat next to her.
Tenten sighed in annoyance. "What don't you understand about a girls day out? As in girls only."
"But we're already here. We may as well tag along." The blonde haired teen whined, pouting.
Yuki managed to lift her head out of her shame to look at the boy sitting across from her, only because he was starting to annoy her. "Fine, you can tag along. But if you annoy us then you're gone."
Naruto grinned in response. "I'll be so quiet you won't even know I'm here."
The five teenagers made their way through the shopping mall, taking their time to look into different clothes and shoe stores. Yuki and Tenten had made a silent pact with each other to take as long as possible in the hopes that the two boys would get bored and excuse themselves, but as of yet they weren't having any luck. Naruto was quite happy walking beside Hinata, chattering away incessantly while the young Hyuga listened with flushed cheeks. And Sasuke… Well, Sasuke seemed content to just walk beside Yuki as she made her way from store to store.
"That would look so cute on you." Tenten exclaimed, walking over to Yuki with a pair of shorts in her hands.
Yuki held out the spaghetti strapped top she had been looking at and grinned at her friend. "Thanks Tenten. That would look perfect with this. What do you think Sasuke?" She asked, turning to the raven haired teen beside her, her smile teasing.
"Hn," Was all he replied, he didn't bother glancing at the articles of clothing, just gave her a look that seemed to say 'do you really want me to grace that with an answer?' Yuki just chuckled, having expected that kind of reaction. She left Sasuke standing beside the singlets rack and slowly made her way around the store, picking up items here and there that she wanted to try on. At the end of her perusal she had in her hands two pairs of shorts, three singlet tops, a pair of navy skinny jeans and an adorable floral sundress.
She was making her way to the fitting room when Tenten came up to her, looking apologetic. "Sorry Yuki but I forgot that I needed to get something for my mother while we were shopping today. I was going to get it now, since I didn't find anything for myself here. Do you mind?"
"Of course I don't mind." Yuki replied with a smile. "If we've left the store by the time you've finished then I'll text you."
Tenten looked relieved at her answer, though a sudden spark lit her eyes briefly. "Thanks, I'll see you a little later."
Yuki hadn't even taken five steps before Hinata walked over to her. "Naruto wants to go get something to eat and asked if I could go with him. Do you mind?"
Weren't we just having lunch before? Yuki wondered to herself., inwardly sighing. He could have gotten something then. "Of course you can go Hinata. You don't need to ask my permission."
Hinata looked a little guilty and she started wringing her hands together in front of her. "I was just wondering because you won't have anyone to see you try on your clothes."
Yuki grinned at her friend. "Sasuke's still here. I'm sure I can make him suffer through me trying them on."
Sasuke, who had since came over to the duo to stand next to Yuki, turned to her with a raised eyebrow, as if to say 'you did not just volunteer me for this?'. Yuki's grin widened and she patted the Uchiha on the back comfortingly.
"It's fine, it's fine. Go with Naruto." Yuki said, shooing the young Hyuga away.
Hinata smiled broadly at the couple. "Thank you. You have fun too."
"And then there were two." Yuki mused, turning around with her hands still laden with clothes to find the fitting rooms. "I think there is a couch near the changing area if you want to take a seat." She told Sasuke. "And I was kidding before. Of course you don't have to watch me try on my new clothes."
"I don't mind." Sasuke replied. "You need someone to tell you if they look good or not, don't you? I'll do it."
Yuki looked at him wide eyed for a second before she burst out laughing. "Did you really just volunteer to critique my clothes for me?" Really, he cracked her up sometimes.
Sasuke shot her a dark look for laughing at him. "Your friends aren't here to do it so that only leaves me."
"Alright, alright. If you insist, I'll show you the outfits." Yuki walked into the changing stall, glancing back at Sasuke sitting on the couch, causing her to break out into another fit of giggles. She shook her head, locking the door behind her.
She chose the dark pair of denim shorts with the orange patterned spaghetti strapped singlet. After wiggling into the shorts and throwing the shirt over her head, she opened the door for Sasuke to inspect her choice.
"No." Was his immediate reply as he took her in, eyes giving her a once over before returning to her face and glaring at her. "Definitely not."
"Why not? Yuki asked, giving a little twirl. "It's so cute. At least the shorts are good, right?"
"No, especially the shorts."
Yuki pouted, folding her arms across her chest. "What's so bad about them Mr. Fashion Guru?"
"They're too short." Sasuke replied, still sending her his signature glare.
Yuki threw her hands up in exasperation. "They're called shorts for a reason! They are supposed to be short."
"I don't like them."
The two teens had a stare down before Yuki growled angrily. "Fine. What about the shirt then?"
"Too much skin. You need a shirt that covers your shoulders."
Yuki stared at the Uchiha, deadpan. "Really? Are you saying I have bad shoulders?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes at her. "No that's not what I'm saying. I'm just saying you should cover them up."
"That's practically a nice way of saying I have bad shoulders!" Yuki groaned in frustration and stomped back to the fitting room stall. "Well I better not try on the other shorts I liked, seeing as though somebody is apparently allergic to skin." She raised her voice so Sasuke could hear her and all but tore her clothes off in her annoyance at him.
The next outfit was the black skinny jeans with a black and white shirt—yes it covered her shoulders—that had a belt attached to it. She really liked this outfit—it wasn't too casual and would be perfect for a first date. If I ever go on one. She sighed.
"You better not criticize this outfit or I'll hit you." Yuki announced as she unlocked the door and stepped out of the stall. Sasuke took a longer time perusing her from head to toe—no doubt trying to find skin so he could fault the outfit—and finally settled back to her face.
"That's better." He said with a nod.
"That's it? No 'I like it because' statements?" Yuki let out a sigh. "You really need to learn how to give advice when a girl is trying on clothes. You're terrible."
"I'm a guy. What did you expect?" Sasuke crossed his arms over his chest and sat back on the couch. He waved her away with one hand. "Next."
"Remind me never to take you shopping again." Yuki called once she was in the fitting room and trying on her last outfit. The dress fit snugly around her figure and she immediately fell in love with it. This would be perfect at the beach. She thought almost giddily, already decided on buying it.
"No." Sasuke said forcefully as soon as he saw her.
Yuki glared at him, becoming increasingly angry the more Sasuke opened up his mouth. "It's my favourite and I'm buying it whether you like it or not."
Sasuke returned her glare. "No you are not. It's too short and I can see your shoulders. So no."
"Would you have me walk around in a brown paper bag if you had your way? That's ridiculous! I like it so I'm buying it."
"Yeah you like it, but so will every guy that sees you in it!"
"Except for you apparently!" She snapped angrily.
"I never said I didn't like it!" Sasuke retorted.
"Really? Because that's how it sounds like to me!"
"Well that's not what I meant."
"Then what did you mean?"
Sasuke sighed in frustration, shaking his head. "Forget it. It doesn't matter."
"Don't you dare! You aren't allowed to just shrug it off like that. Tell me what you meant by it."
He sent a glare her way, his anger coming off of him in waves. "I told you it doesn't matter. Just drop it."
"Whatever!" Yuki slammed the door of her changing cubicle and once again proceeded to rip off the dress. She shoved her clothes back on, gathered the outfits in her arms and took a deep breath. Yes she was mad at Sasuke for being a jerk—again—but she had to be the bigger person. I should be used to his mood swings by now. Resolved to pretend the fight never happened, she opened the latch and made her way out of the stall. After hanging up the clothes she wasn't getting, she made her way to the register to purchase the ones she wanted.
"You're still buying the dress." Sasuke commented as he walked beside her, giving her a weird look as if to ask why she wasn't still yelling at him.
"Yes I am. And I'm buying the dark denim shorts too." Yuki replied loftily. She placed the clothes on the counter, ignoring the glare Sasuke sent her way.
After her purchase, she thanked the lady and made her way out of the store, still ignoring the boy next to her. After walking around the shopping complex aimlessly for ten minutes Sasuke finally let out a loud sigh. "Look, I'm sorry. Can you please just get over it so we can be normal again?"
Yuki stopped in her tracks, her eyes thinning to slits as she turned to glower at him. "Just get over it? Did you really just say that to me? Wow Sasuke, you have no idea how to apologise to a girl, do you?"
Sasuke had kept walking and was a few steps in front of her before stopping and turning to face her, arms crossed. "I don't need to apologise. I didn't do anything wrong."
She sputtered, choking out a laugh. "Didn't do anything wrong? Oh this just gets better and better. Are you really that stupid Sasuke?"
Charcoal eyes glowered at her for calling him stupid. "You're overreacting. You were the one that asked me to give my opinion on your clothes and that is what I did. There was no need for you to get angry at me."
"No need?" Yuki felt like a parrot, repeating everything Sasuke was saying, but it was just so mind boggling. Did he seriously think she would be okay with his comments? Did he expect her to say "Thank you for your input Sasuke. I'll never wear shorts or singlets ever again." Because that was so not going to happen.
"You have a long way to go before you understand a girl's feelings." She turned away from the young Uchiha, deciding it was time to find the others so they could go home. She was too angry to spend any more time in Sasuke's company.
A hand wrapped around her wrist and tugged her back around to face a frustrated Sasuke. "Then tell me why you are so angry, because obviously I don't understand!" He demanded, reaching up to rub his temple with his free hand.
Yuki yanked her arm away from him, taking a step back from him as the urge to cry suddenly overtook her. "If you don't know why I'm mad right now then I'm not going to tell you." She took another step back, stamping down on the oncoming tears. Where did they come from all of a sudden? She held up her hand to stop Sasuke's advance towards her, shaking her head. "Don't. I can't do this right now. I need to go." With that, she turned her back on the raven haired teen, walking away quickly and hoping he wouldn't follow. The tears wouldn't hold out for much longer and she didn't want him near her when they started to fall. She sent a quick text to her two girlfriends telling them she was going to the restroom and that her mum would take her home. Then she called her mother, asking her to pick her up as soon as she could. After that was all taken care of, Yuki locked herself in a toilet cubicle and let the tears fall until her mother texted that she was in the parking lot.
Yuki wiped her swollen eyes and slowly made her way out of the cubicle. She splashed water on her face but after deciding she still looked like a drowned puppy she decided to slip on her sunglasses before heading out of the restroom. Thankfully, she didn't meet with anyone she knew and she made it to the car where her mother was waiting without incident.
"Are you alright dear?" She asked, concern lacing her voice. "You didn't get into a fight with Tenten or Hinata did you?"
Yuki shook her head, sniffling. "No mom. Can we please just go home?"
Once home her mom made her daughter a cup of hot cocoa and settled on the couch beside her. "You know you can tell me anything, right? If something is bothering you I'm here if you want to talk about it." She smiled warmly, brushing Yuki's bangs away from her forehead.
"I know mom. But this is… it's complicated." Yuki replied, gripping her hot drink tightly as she gazed at the chocolaty goodness inside.
"Is it boy trouble?"
Yuki's eyes snapped up and she stared at her mother. "How did you know?"
She laughed, patting her daughter's cheek lovingly. "Oh Honey. What else could it be about? Is it that boy that came over that time when you were sick?"
Yuki kept her eyes downcast, embarrassed with the turn of the conversation. She had never had boy troubles before and didn't know what to say to her mother about it. "Um, yeah." She glanced up again at her mother's kind face and felt like crying all over again. "I'm sorry mom, I really don't feel like talking about it. I want to go to bed."
The older woman's smile was sad this time as she hugged Yuki close to her briefly. "Alright sweetie. But I'm here if you want to talk."
"I know. I love you mom." Yuki kissed her on the cheek before retreating to her bedroom, hot chocolate left on the coffee table downstairs. She flopped onto her bed, exhausted at how the day had turned out and feeling more than a little sorry for herself. She didn't know why she was so upset about her argument with Sasuke but every time she thought about it her heart would clench in pain. Yuki buried her face in her pillow to smother the sob that wrenched through her suddenly. She stayed that way for the rest of the afternoon until she eventually fell into a restless sleep.
What in the world happened with this chapter?! O.o It was actually supposed to be a really cute chapter with Sasuke and Yuki but for some reason my brain wouldn't co-operate with me to write it and this came out instead. I'm not too fussed with it but as long as you enjoy it as the reader then I'll be happy. :D And grrr, I'm so bad at writing endings to chapters. Like seriously, why is it so hard? :/
Tbh, I really want to give a name to Yuki's mom, so I don't have to keep writing 'her mother' all the time but I didn't think of it at the start of the story and I think it would be a bit weird if I suddenly gave a name to her halfway through the story... Ah well..
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