"You should totally do it!" Naruto said.
"No way in hell." Aaron said. "She's not just my friend, dude."
"What do you mean?" Neji asked.
Aaron sighed. "Right. I usually don't say anything about my life in America-"
"We've noticed." Neji said.
Aaron continued. "But I'll break my rule once. Leslie was my girlfriend back in America. I was blind, though, and didn't realize how fake our relationship was. Then, one day, she broke up with me. I got a band together, and we got pretty famous."
"Wait, so you made that band because Leslie broke up with you?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah. Didn't you notice the first album was all about ended relationships?" Aaron asked.
"We only listened to the newest album." Neji said.
"Meaning you jumped on the bandwagon?" Aaron asked.
"Pretty much." Neji admitted.
"And watched my songs on YouTube instead of buying the CD?" Aaron asked.
"Nope. We listened to them on Playlist." Naruto said.
"I love that site." Aaron smiled, then got on topic. "Anyways, Leslie broke up with me. It was brutal, to say the least. I formed a band, then left when my parents were worried the "rock 'n roll life" would kill me." Aaron used finger-quotes when saying "rock 'n roll lifestyle," as that was the exact words his parents used.
"Wait, didn't you come here to get closer to your family?" Neji asked.
"Honestly, I don't know. My parents had several reasons for me coming here, but I can't tell which one was the biggest reason." Aaron said. "So, there you go. I'm not going out with Leslie."
"We still need to get suits. It's a very formal dance." Neji said.
"But I hate wearing a suit!" Naruto whined.
"Sakura's already going with you," Neji said, then whispered "or saying she will."
"Yeah, and are you gonna say no to her?" Aaron asked.
"Guess not..." Naruto said. "But the suit's gonna be orange!"
"Why are you telling us?" Neji asked.
"And where the hell are you going to get an orange suit?" Aaron asked.
Across the room, the girls weren't talking about clothing.
"You just walked off?" Sakura asked, even though she'd seen it for herself.
"If that had been the boy I like, I'd have planted one on him right there." Ino said.
"Of course you would do something so whorish!" Sakura said.
"Hey!" Kakashi said, and the class went silent. "Is 'whorish' a word?
Choji shook Shikamaru, then asked him if whorish was, indeed, a word.
"Yes." Shikamaru said, then fell back asleep.
"Okay. Go back to talking." Kakashi said, looking at his book once more.
"Anyways," Tenten said. "Why didn't he immediately know you meant romantically?"
"We are related, Tenten." Hinata said.
"It's not like Neji and you are going out, Hinata. You two are so distant it's not gross." Sakura said.
"I still think it's gross." Ino said.
"Who cares what you think?" Sakura asked, and Ino growled.
"Hinata, do you want me to tell him?" Tenten asked.
Hinata shook her head. "I'll tell him myself."
"Go Hinata!" Tenten cheered, smiling. "When are you going to tell him?"
"I don't know yet. I'll tell you, though." Hinata said.
"We'll hold you to it." Sakura smiled.
On the other side of the room Aaron realized that he would have to buy a suit for the dance. He voiced this realization to Naruto and Neji, surprising them both.
"Aren't you rich?" Naruto asked.
"I'm not poor, if that's what you mean." Aaron said. Though he could be qualified as rich, he didn't like thinking of himself or saying that he was rich.
"Then why don't you own a suit?" Naruto asked.
"Wait, because I have money you think I own a suit?" Aaron asked.
"Generally, the rich have suits." Neji said.
"I'm rocker! I don't wear suits!" Aaron protested.
"You have to for the dance." Neji said.
"Not to mention that you'll buy suit for your two best friends." Naruto said.
"Wait, what?" Aaron asked.
