Sakura sat in her room looking at her wall. Everyday she tried to get Sasuke to like her. She gave him gifts, made him chocolate, wore skimpy clothing, but it all seemed to a lost cause. No matter what she did, he never did anything nice in return. He'd leave her when they trained together if she was too tired to continue, or when she'd try and talk to him, he would just look away and ignore her. She felt a small tear drop run down her cheek.
"Baka," she said out loud.
The thing that bothered her most was that even though he was an ass and treated her like dirt, was that she still had feelings for him. No mater how many times he turned her away, she always came crawling back. She wiped her eyes and sat up.
"Sakura honey," she heard her mother on the other side of her door.
"Yhea mom?"
"Can I come in?"
"Yhea."
Her mom opened the door and saw her daughter on the bed wiping away tears.
"Are you okay?"
She gave a small sniffle and nodded..
"That boy that likes you stopped by earlier. He wanted to see if you were in."
"Naruto?"
"Yup, I told him you were out with Sasuke."
"Ah….."
"Well if you're hungry there's cake in the kitchen," her mom gave her a hug and kissed her on the forehead. "Come down if you want any."
Sakura smiled and gave her mom a nod. "Kay."
Her mother left and closed the door.
Sakura gave out a small sigh and got up from her bed. Before she could reach the door, she heard something hit her window.
The restaurant wasn't busy, but it wasn't empty either. It was a fun atmosphere. There was a small fish pond by the entrance that some little kids were making wishes in by throwing in yen coins. Classic Japanese lanterns hung from the ceiling and there were Chinese zodiac paintings on the walls. Large booths with comfy looking seats lined the edges of the walls, and there was a large dragon shaped statue in the middle of the room. Naruto and a nervous Hinata waited to be seated in the reception area. They saw a couple of familiar faces already seated. Lee was with Gai-sensei talking animatedly, half screaming waving their fists around. Tenten was with them and looked like she wanted to curl up and die of embarrassment.
"Hey guys! What will it be, just the two of you?"
Naruto looked up to see Chouji behind the receptionist desk.
"C-chouji!" said Hinata.
"Hehe….Yhea, I started working here after my mom told me to get a job. She said if I didn't get one I wouldn't get any dessert. So is it just you guys or you waiting for the rest of your team?"
"Just us, Chouji. We, "said Naruto putting his arm around Hinata. "Are on a date."
Chouji stared at him for a second, then looked at Hinata to see if he was telling the truth. She gave him a shy nod and blushed.
"Uh. Okay, if you'll just follow me," Chouji said leading them to a table by the window. Naruto took a seat across from Hinata. "Alright, your waiter will be right with you guys. Here are your menu's, and if you guys need anything, just ask. I'll see you guys later." Chouji gave them a small wave and disappeared.
"So what do you want Hinata?" Naruto asked opening his menu.
"Um…I dunno."
"Mmmm….I think I'm gonna have some fried dumplings and some kung pow chicken. That sounds good." "It better be for the price I'll be paying….," he added in his head.
Naruto looked up at Hinata.
"Damn, she's cute…..," he thought to himself.
"I-I think I'll h-h-have some hot and s-sour soup with vegetable lo mein."
She looked up to see Naruto looking at her. She blushed and looked away.
"So why don't you have a boyfriend again Hinata?"
"I-I dunno…..I think I-it's c…cuz no one likes m-me in that way….I mean I'm weak, and shy, and I'm a coward, and-and-and…."
She could feel tears stinging in the back of her eyes.
"Hey, hey! Hinata, why should you care what others think of you? I'm hear with you right? That means something right? I think you're a great person! You stood up to Neji in the preliminary matches right? That's not weak at all. When you stood back up, it showed a lot of courage. Hinata, I guess what I'm trying to say is that…..well I lik-"
"Hey guys, you know what you want or you need more time?" asked the waiter.
Sakura went over to her window and waited. Tap. There is was again. She took a deep breath, opened the window and looked down. Thwack A little rock hit her right between the eyes.
"Ow, what the hell was that!" she said rubbing her forehead.
"Sakura! I'm sorry! I-I, I'll be right there."
Sakura leaned against the wall and smiled to herself. Sasuke was standing outside of her window.
a/n
Kinda weird chapter. Tried different things. R&R plz! It makes me all warm and giggly inside. Well, not really, but I do like to read reviews! I'd make my chapters longer, but you'd prob be waiting twice as long for the new updates.
