Drabble #4. Jounin to Jounin

Subject: The POV of Outsiders, Both Sasuke Fan Girls and Yaoi Fan Girls

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It was another beautiful day in Konoha, customers coming in and out of the store, the sun shining brightly, and the sky clear. Plus, the sale was good. Setsuno Aya nodded in approval to herself as she took in the clean counter proudly. The last shift, whom she hated passionately even if she never met her, left the counter dirty and messy, and Aya had been infuriated when she found it like that. Her perfect counter! It's been ruined!

Saying a friendly 'hello' to Miyaka-san, who came here at least 3 times a week to shop, and continued to do her work, standing at the counter, waiting for a customer. As soon as Shizuka comes, she'd be able to patrol the market as usual. Instead of standing at the counter, she liked to stroll around the market, for any sign of discomfort or violence. The sight of bickering mother and children ever snacks they shouldn't eat always warmed her heart. Also, she liked to see a happy couple shopping with entwined hands, even though she was a bit jealous of them since she was still single. But nonetheless, they never failed to brighten her mood!

"Hey Aya," Shizuka, who was a bright young kunoichi, called her, putting on her blue apron with 'he no he no mo he ji' symbol drawn on it. "I'll watch the counter now. Have fun patrolling!" She winked at her, putting her green hair up into a bun. Waving a thank you to her gracious friend, Aya immediately set out, starting from the vegetable section.

She gave a warm smile to a little girl who shyly waved at her beside her mother, who was looking at the squashes in front of her with a thoughtful look on her face, Isle by isle, Aya passed by a lot of families, couples, and singles. Even though the salary was just barely enough for her to survive, she loved her job. Everything about this store made her happy…except for the girl who keeps on messing up her counter…

She was just passing by the Instant section when she caught the sound of loud bickering around the ramen area. She perked up immediately, ready for any trouble, and strained her ears toward the direction the sounds were coming from. Curious when the sounds came again, Aya crept over there, as quiet as she can.

"I want ramen!" a blonde young man around her age wearing the Konoha jounin uniform crossed his arms in a stubborn gesture, looking determined, "I say we eat ramen, we buy ramen, and that's final!" His blue eyes flickered over to his companion in silent challenge, narrowed with annoyance. There was some kind of bandana with a metal plate on it around his neck, tied loosely and tucked underneath the collar of his green vest. And was that whiskers on his cheek…?

Aya blinked, recognizing the guy. She knew him, not personally but from the way people talked about him. She also met him couple of times when he went on his ramen shopping. It was hard to forget him, for she remembered being shocked at the amount of ramen piled up on her counter, and him grinning at her, dropping the money on her hand. His name was…yeah, it was Uzumaki Naruto. One of the candidates for the title of the strongest shinobi in town. He was also famous for the pranks he pulled long time ago during his younger days, his ramen obsession, and the fact that he brought back the Konoha's beloved prodigy, Uchiha Sasuke, the most eligible bachelor in town…

Aya blushed at the thought. She only passed by the Uchiha just once and fell hopelessly in love with him. And that was like 2 years ago… Immediately after her encounter with him, she joined the fan club, and became the Sasuke Lover, Number 1067908. She had been so happy that day, because she received the 'I love Sasuke' key chains. It was wonderful. She was now able to look at the key chains and sigh in joy.

So who was Uzumaki bickering with? Who was immature enough to actually argue back to him?

"Usuratonkachi," Aya gasped at the voice, almost melting into a pile of goo at that. She recognized that voice anywhere! It was the voice of Uchiha Sasuke! She threw the thought of 'immature' out the window immediately. Everything was mature and beautiful when it came to him. Not believing her luck, and can't waiting till she told her friends and the club members, she walked over, hoping that he'd notice her. "Unlike you, there are normal people who need to consume nutrients by eating something else other than ramen." He raised an eyebrow at the blonde as he said it, his dark eyes fixed on him, only him.

Halting her stalker-like creeping in the middle of the isle, Aya frowned, suddenly struck with a thought as she continued to watch the two bicker again. Why was Uchiha Sasuke, the most wanted bachelor in Konoha, bickering about food, of all topics, with Uzumaki Naruto? Not that she hated the boy or anything, but he just wasn't the type of a person you'd find hanging out with a guy like Uchiha Sasuke. He was cute, she had to admit, yes, but babyish cute, and cute in an 'aww your brother is so cute' way. Or a guy friend material. Either way…

"Mou-!" the blonde one whined, dragging the end of his word with a sense of childishness, "You just don't understand the great taste and aroma of ramen!" he tsked at his friend, shaking his head, "Shame on you, you bastard. Shame on you."

"Geez, I always wonder," Aya heard the Uchiha mutter dryly, who crossed his arms across his jounin uniform in irritation. She strained to catch every single syllable spoken by the Uchiha like a woman taking in all the gossips, unconsciously leaning forward and not noticing it. "Do you like your ramen even more than your boyfriend?" the Uchiha questioned, blankly staring at the other jounin who froze with a bowl of instant miso ramen in his hand.

A brief, short silence that told everything, complete with the shifty eyes from the blonde.

A weight in her stomach she wasn't accustomed to.

Did he say 'boyfriend'?

"…I still say we buy ramen," the blonde jounin muttered hastily, shoving the instant ramen inside his shopping basket.

Even from that distance, Aya saw the brunet twitch violently, his aura radiating, just screaming rage and jealousy. The Uchiha prodigy glared daggers at the blonde, dark eyes narrowed with burning annoyance. If looks could kill, the blonde would've died on the spot long ago. What's going on? What was that? The poor girl thought frantically, trying to deny how her brain was translating the situation. Don't tell me… Don't tell me that they're…

"Sasuke…?" the blonde muttered hesitantly, apprehensively and cautiously peeking at the brunet's face which was covered by his long bangs, "Oi, Sasuke, you're not mad, are you? It was… I mean… I didn't mean it that way…" he said nervously, fiddling with his thumb while trying to coax the jealous and enraged shinobi, "Oi, Sasuke, what's wrong with y-mmpphggg!"

Aya gasped with horrid realization as the dark haired jounin pounced on the other one, slamming him against the wall and their lips connected, furiously kissing each other. Well…more like Uchiha molesting Uzumaki, but Uzumaki fighting back, pulling at other's bottom lip with his teeth. Some instant ramen cluttered and fell down, but they took no notice of them. A pale hand rested beside the blonde's head, palm flat against the wall, and the other disappeared under the black shirt beneath the green jounin vest.

Maybe their timing was right or something. Nobody passed by the isle, strangely. Nobody spotted the two making out except her.

After a while of mindlessly making out, the brunet withdrew, smirking at the flushed blonde. He leaned down, and purred, well, judging by that seductive expression, it must've been purred, something into the blonde's ear, which she didn't catch due to their distance. Also, she didn't want to know what was said to the blonde… The blonde nodded absently, flushing a bit more, his blue eyes glazed over with an emotion Aya didn't want to comprehend.

Then the black haired jounin pulled the blonde along, muttering something that suspiciously sounded like, "Come on. We have an unfinished business." And the Uzumaki, with an expression that indicated that his head was still somewhere up there in cloud 9, nodded again, clutching at his basket, which was filled with rice, vegetables, and couple fruits, and some meat. Maybe it was her shocked mind playing tricks on her, but Aya thought that she saw the Uchiha smirk at her when they were passing by her to the other end of the isle. Soon, they turned the corner and disappeared out of her sight.

Aya watched dumbly, stupefied, before she staggered toward her counter with her shaky legs, her usually healthy skin deathly pale, and her face blank. Her head was filled with what she witnessed a moment ago, replaying over and over. She had to tell this to Shizuka, share this horrible news that Konoha's most eligible bachelor Uchiha Sasuke was taken by none other than Uzumaki Naruto, and cry together, handing each other tissues from the tissue box. She was sure that Shizuka was a Sasuke Lover, for she spotted a picture of him in her bag.

Shizuka was at the empty counter, her golden eyes staring at the two who were at the other counter. Her eyes burned with jealousy as Fuuku, the occupant of the other ex-available counter, smiled at them. Aya silently took a seat beside the jealous counter occupant and tried to calm her breaths, clear her mind from the things she saw just a moment ago.

"Shizuka," she quietly started, her black hair curtaining around her face, "I saw Sasuke-san and Uzumaki just making out in the middle of the isle."

Shizuka turned to her, eyes widened with surprise and soundlessly watching her pale friend. She opened her mouth a while after, and squealed out, "Really? In the middle of the isle? Tell me everything, Aya! Everything!" her eyes sparkled inhumanly at the distressed girl, who gaped at her in stupefied astonishment, "This will be the topic of all Konoha Yaoi Fan Girls for days! Just wait till President Hinata hears about this! Just wait till Vice President Sakura and Ino hears about this! Yes! I'll probably have enough points to get my own 'I love yaoi' bag with their pictures on it!"

"Thank you very much. Please come again." Fuuku's shy voice reached her ears, and broke her out of her stupor. Aya turned and found out that Shizuka's attention was yet again on the blonde girl working behind the other counter, chewing on her lower lips thoughtfully as she tapped her chin with her index finger.

"My pleasure," the Uchiha smirked, for he never smiled, and dragged the now-conscious-and-willing-to-go blonde with him, disappearing out the door. Aya didn't fail to notice the pale hand of Uchiha's holding the blonde's tanned one, and she shuddered inwardly. Her man of dreams…gay…with his best friend, nonetheless…who was a guy… She almost felt her dreams shatter literally, but repressed it and watched Shizuka make her way toward Fuuku.

"Say, Fuuku," Shizuka smiled at the girl, "You have the camera?"

The innocent looking blonde girl beamed proudly and took out the camera from her 'he no he no mo he ji' apron's pocket, dangling it in front of Shizuka with a sense of accomplishment. The green haired girl squealed and jumped up and down with Fuuku, shrieking something about getting points and finally earning their bags…

And Aya fainted.

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Author's Notes:

Meh. This was rather rushed…
Writing about Outsider Yaoi Fan Girls and Mary-Sue-like character was really weird… I don't think I'll do that ever again...
But it was necessary, I guess... I just wanted to write about how girls thought about them when they became a couple... Hmm...
It was rather fun writing the part when Naruto bickered with Sasuke over ramen, though. ;D