Rainy Day
The sky is grey, full of clouds but no rain drops. Naruto was walking on his usual route, looking up at the sky. He had a folded umbrella in one hand, remembering the news. It seems like it wasn't going to rain this morning. Naruto continued his walk to school.
"Hey Naruto!" a familiar voice yells from behind him.
Naruto just kept walking until she reaches his side.
"I see you watched the news too…" Sara said, noticing his umbrella. "You can put that away..it's going to rain after school"
"Where did you get that info?" Naruto asked.
"Internet" Sara said, shaking her phone in front of him.
"Oh.." Naruto said plainly.
"Tell me...has Ino said something to you before you left?" Sara asked, curious to see if Ino apologized.
"Not really" Naruto states, seeing the school in view.
"Oh really…" Sara said with a sigh. "That girl...sometimes she doesn't realize what she is saying"
"So you made her understand" Naruto said, entering the building.
"Well ya...she tried figuring it out but...seems like she didn't know the reason you left pissed-" Sara said until getting interrupted.
"I wasn't pissed..I knew what she meant" Naruto said, noticing many students in the hall.
"Uh uh.." Sara said raising an eyebrow, not believing him. "Was that after or during what she said.."
Naruto kept his mouth closed, looking ahead trying to cover his mind with thoughts of getting through all these people. Sara stares at him for awhile causing Naruto to sweat sensing her eyes glued on him. It made him feel uncomfortable for someone to stare at him so intensely.
"Can you stop?" Naruto asked, looking at the corner of his eye.
"What..not doing anything" Sara states with a smile.
"Hmmh.." Naruto replies, not seeing a opening to get through.
"Hey...is that..Ino?' Sara states, seeing her and Sakura walking in another hallway at their left.
Naruto slightly shifts his eyes to them, noticing Ino holding her notebook and Sakura holding a pile of paper.
"Jeez...it was organized last night" Sakura states, seeing the notes she made for the test all scrambled up in her hands.
"Your just nervous for the test.." Ino said, chuckling from her actions.
"And your too calm about it…" Sakura said with a grunt. "It's our first test of the semester...it's better to start it off with a good grade than a bad one...now where is that sheet!"
Sakura starts looking through all her papers, trying to find one that had the most important notes written on it. She keeps sliding one sheet after the other, in front of her not noticing one slipping out from the bottom.
"Calm down.." Ino said in a warm tone, placing one hand on her shoulder. "You'll do great...you seem like you studied a whole lot for the test...that you made the time to make all these notes"
"ya..still..I need reassurance" Sakura states, with a sigh.
"Again, you'll get wrinkles faster if you stress so much" Ino said giggling.
"Inooo!" Sakura said, with a blush of embarrassment.
The two girls walk past the groups of students and are heading their way to class.
"Did you see that, that pink haired girl dropped her paper" Sara tells Naruto.
"And.." Naruto said turning his head away from it but keeps his eyes on the sheet.
"She looked upset….could be because of that paper that fell" Sara exclaims.
"So..why don't you pick it up and give it to her" Naruto tells her.
"Good idea...but, im not her classmate" Sara states with a slight smirk.
"Don't expect me to pick it up" Naruto states, closing his eyes.
"Nah, might not be important...plus, didn't come up with that idea" Sara tells him, walking away. "I'm going to my class now...bye"
Sara walks further from him, then looks over her shoulder to Naruto. He didn't move from his spot and his head was slightly turned to the paper. "I wonder...what type of person are you really" she thought curious about what will happen but time is ticking and her teacher really will give it to her if she comes late.
"Ignore...Ignore" Naruto thought with a small growl trying to fight the urge. If it's a good thing or a troublesome thing, it's that Naruto can't help himself to ignore this. The right thing to do thing. It's probably because of how he was raised. He shivers a little remembering.
Flashback
"Narutoooo...clean your room!" an angry redhead screams across the house.
"Y-yes mom!" A 12 year old Naruto said jumping into his room and starts making his bed, throwing out the empty cups of ramen in garbage bags.
His eyes widen seeing his dark manga underneath his dirty shirts. He dashes towards it and throws it under his bed. He begins throwing everything else underneath his bed not sure where else to put it.
" .to" she calls him slowly at the front of his room.
"Ha!" Naruto flinches seeing the angry woman with flaming hair. "Its clean mom"
"Oh" she said, with a kind smile looking at his room. "It really is.."
Her eyes then detected something under his bed. She shifts her eyes back at Naruto giving him that smile he always loves to see. Naruto chuckles nervously, scratching the back of his head.
"Was lazy...too..take..it..out" Naruto tells her with his tone of voice getting quieter.
"Do I need to get my pan?" she asked, hitting her hand with her fist.
"No, no, no.." Naruto said shaking his head rapidly, until he feels his mother's hand against his head.
"You know, if you get the habit of doing good deeds...good things will come to you" Kushina said with a smile. "so...TAKE OUT YOUR GARBAGE!"
Flashback ended
He can almost hear her now, yelling at him to pick it up. He can't ignore this feeling so he might as well do it. He walks over and bends down to pick up the piece of paper. He recognized what was written in it. Notes Iruka wrote on the blackboard along with formulas. The page was filled with it. "Wow...so much writing" he thought and notice the hallway beginning to clear. He folds the paper and puts in his pocket. He knows who it belongs to, still remembering how annoying she was yesterday. He starts walking to class, wondering what good will happen to him if he returns it.
Naruto enters through the 2nd exit noticing everyone in class. He was close to being late but he made it on time, returning to his desk. His attention shifts to Sakura who looks upset. He starts tapping his desk, trying to think how to approach her.
"Good morning class" Iruka said, walking in.
"Good morning" everyone replies.
"Need to be careful...I must give this to her when shes alone..or else...some might think it the wrong way" Naruto thought, turning his head to the window. A raindrop hits it, sliding down slowly soon more comes smashing against the window.
"Its raining" Ino said, surprised thinking that it wouldn't rain until after school.
"Unpredictable...hope you all have umbrellas or you could get sick" Iruka said looking outside.
Ino eyes notice the umbrella next to Naruto's bag on the floor. "He came prepared...didn't think he would" she thought staring at him. The memory of yesterday came to her mind. It's questionable to what he was trying to say to her. He doesn't act like one of her fanboys or seem to have any interest in her at all. Which brings her another question. "What do you think of me?" she thought.
"damn...I must have dropped it" Sakura said with a frown.
Her study sheets were scattered on her desk but she couldn't find the important one. Sighing in defeat, she lays her head on the table. She notice it was raining outside and is surprised. She was busy all night, worrying about the test that she didn't check the weather. Why did today become the worst day for her.
"The test will be near the end of class...since I don't think it will take too long for everyone to complete it" Iruka tells them.
"At the end" Ino said softly. "I can have some more study time then"
She turns her head to Naruto, who still faces the window but his head is placed on his desk. "Is he sleeping again!?" she thought with her eye twitching. She slightly opens her mouth but stops. Her eyes move to her desk. She wanted to wake him up but she could embarrass herself again like yesterday. However, by pulling her phone out, a smirk appears on her face.
Naruto can feel a vibration in his pants. Thinking about when his phone ever vibrates, it would be only on certain occasions. Which this wasn't one of them but that didn't stop him from pulling it out and viewing the message.
Ino: Wake up, you idiot...Iruka is going to review for the tes-
Naruto slides is phone back to his pocket before finishing her message. "I really need to give her this...so good karma can come my way" he thought surprised to get a message from Ino. He grunts and slowly turns his head to her, looking at her with one eye. She looked focus at the board but he can see her phone gripped in her hand. He looks back at the window. It's starting to rain harder.
OOO
Lunch begins again and everyone were leaving their desk. Except for Ino, who stayed in her seat tapping her finger on the desk. She's frustrated that she didn't get a response from him. "When you try to help a guy" she thought and looks to her left but is surprised not to see him. She looked around the room but no sight of him. She gets up from her seat wondering why he left early for lunch.
Leaving through the closest exit to her, she starts walking. She turns her head to the direction of the staircase that she saw Naruto walk up yesterday for lunch. To her surprise, near the staircase, she spots Sakura.
"Hey, Saku-" Ino said, walking over to her until she saw Naruto.
Her eyes widen, noticing Naruto passing Sakura something that seems to be a letter. The wheels in Ino's brain begins to turn. "W-wait...is that...and from him!" she thought but couldn't believe it. Then again, she can see Sakura smiling and blushing when she opened the letter. Ino clenched her hand and turned away with a slight blush of her own. "When did he show any interest in Sakura...they never spoke before until...yesterday..well not really" she thought confused about the whole thing. She never even seen Naruto bat an eye toward Sakura so why.
"Ino"
"Hm-..w-what" ino said turning around and sees Sakura. "S-Sakura!"
"Ya, whats up with you?" Sakura asked noticing Ino's red cheeks.
"O-oh nothing just...thinking about stuff.." Ino said nervously and looks over Sakura's shoulder, seeing Naruto walk up the stairs. "So um.."
"Ino, look what I found" Sakura said showing her the notes with a grin on her face.
"Your lost note...where was it?" Ino asked.
"well..I didn't really find it..but you would be a surprised who did" Sakura said with a nervous giggle. "Naruto found it on the floor and gave it to me"
"H-he did!" Ino said surprised that he would do that.
"So that letter...was her notes then" Ino thought with a slight smile, feeling relieved but why. Sakura notice, curious what is making her smile like that.
"Why are you smiling?" Sakura asked.
"...just my crazy thoughts.." Ino said giggling. "When I saw Naruto give you, your notes back..I thought it was a love letter"
"W-w-what!?" Sakura stutters turning bright red then shaking her head. "What makes you think that...I hardly know the guy!"
"hehe...I know..plus he doesn't seem that type of guy to give love letters" Ino states, turning around.
"H-how would you know that?" Sakura asked, redness lowering.
"Oh..uh" Ino said nervously. "Just a hunch..lets keep going...the guys must be waiting for us"
"They're not outside.." Sakura tells her.
"What why?" Ino asked, turning her head to her.
"Its raining..probably at the cafeteria" Sakura said, walking in a different direction.
"Oh right!" Ino replies, just remembering the rain then follows Sakura.
OOO
Naruto opens the rooftop door but finds the rain falling heavily. He stares at it with disappointment in his expression. "No good karma here" he thought sighing and closing the door. He walks down the stairs and turns his sights to the hallway where the club room is. Since his usual lunch place is wet, he might as well go in the club room. He would think that he was allow too. It's quiet and probably no one is around. Naruto walks to that direction and reaches the door. The only roadblock there is, if its locked. He twist the knob and heard it click. "Well thats good luck" he thought, opening the door.
The door creaks, echoing in the room. The lights were just off but made it feel oddly comfortable. It could be because of the light coming through the windows, giving a warm feeling to the place. He takes his seat at the end of the table. He can hear the raindrops hit the window every second that passes. He takes out his lunch and begins eating alone in peace.
Ino and Sakura enters the cafeteria, trying to look for Neji and Sai. they spot them, one table down, near the large windows. They walk to them.
"You two found us" Sai said with a smile.
"Well this is the only place you could be when it's raining out" Sakura states, taking her seat.
"So how's everything" Ino said, sitting down.
"Same like always…" Neji answers.
"Oh...are you preparing for your kendo match this friday?" Ino asked with curiosity.
"Yes I am..but its a normal thing I do almost everyday" Neji replies.
"Wow...must be tiring" Sakura said to him.
"Sometimes...but I gotten use to it" Neji tells her.
"So you aren't nervous then?" Ino asked.
"Not at all…" Neji said with a confident smile.
"He's hardly ever nervous" Sai states, patting Neji's back with a smile.
"Hey..cut that out" Neji said, shifting his eyes to Sai.
"Hehe.." Ino giggles along with Sakura.
"Seems like the rain isn't stopping anytime soon" Sai states, looking outside.
"Boy..the day sure looks sad out" Sakura said noticing the grey sky and less people out.
"Ya.." Ino said softly.
OOO
Everyone returned to class. Iruka was handing out the test sheets starting from the bottom row. Sakura was less nervous, thanks to getting her notes back. It was a surprised that Naruto gave it to her. She looks over her shoulder to Naruto who didn't look nervous at all.
Ino was staring at the sheets in Iruka's hand, wanting to do the test right this second. She was tapping her finger rapidly against the desk. She soon hears another tapping coming from her left. She shifts her eyes to the pencil, Naruto has in his hand. He was tapping the end of it, on his desk slowly. A few seconds after, the test sheet lands in front of her.
"You may begin...and remember..no cheating" Iruka tells the class in a serious tone.
Every pencil starts to move. Half the students were focused and others were trying to scratch some ideas to answer the questions. They wished that they had studied yesterday night. Ino and Sakura were moving smoothly, answering every question to the best of their ability.
Time passed and a majority were close to the end of the sheet. Ino had one more question but the sound of a pencil stopping next to her, distracted her mind. She shifts her eyes to see Naruto yawning then crossing his arms over his desk and laying his head on them. "Is he finished?" she thought, surprised.
"Only a few more minutes, class is about done" Iruka states, looking up at the clock above the blackboard. "Please, put the test sheets at the corner of your desk to make it easier to collect"
They followed his instruction and moved their test paper at the corner of their desk. Ino caught a glimpse of Naruto's test sheet. She was able to see writing on it but not what was exactly written. The sound of vibration caused Ino to grab her phone in her pocket but is surprised to feel nothing. She looks around to where the sound came from. Her eyes lands on Naruto who had his cell phone in his hand. "Who messaged him" she thought curious, never once saw him on his phone and it looks to her that it was something important.
Class comes to and end. Everyone begins leaving for the day. Ino began putting her things in her bag until noticing a shadow covering her desk. She looks at her left.
"I won't be showing up to the club room today.." Naruto spoke to her.
"What...why not?" Ino asked, wondering if it had to do with the message.
"Something came up that I need to be home early for" Naruto answers with a serious expression.
"Oh..well" Ino said, looking to the front. "We won't be doing much today...Choji will be introducing us his card game-"
"I'll do mines tomorrow then.." Naruto states, walking to the second exit.
Sakura saw the short interaction between Naruto and Ino, wondering what they talked about. She walks up to Ino.
"So, what did Naruto talk to you about?" Sakura asked.
"Oh..nothing really" Ino answers her and gets up from her seat. "Well I'm going to go now...see you tomorrow Sakura"
Sakura stares at Ino until she left the room. To her, she didn't look quite joyful. Naruto must have said something to her again. Sakura clenches her fist but loosens it after remembering a certain image of Naruto's blue eyes.
Flashback
"hey...Sakura!" Naruto calls her, getting her attention.
"Naruto...why are you?-" Sakura said surprised to hear her named called by him.
"Here" Naruto said, passing her the folded paper.
"Wait..is this.." Sakura replies blushing.
The first thought that came to her mind was, love letter. Though, she never expected to get it from Naruto. She looks up at him and it happened again. His blue eyes captured hers. She couldn't think of anything to say when she looks at his beautiful eyes. She blinks, snapping out of her stare. She wonders how long has she been staring and quickly took the paper away from his hands.
She breathes out, calming her nerves and heart. She opens it and is surprised to see her writing. More importantly, her notes she lost.
"You found it!" Sakura said with a big smile.
"Ya..you shouldn't lose something when you put so much work into it" Naruto tells her.
"ya..I was an idiot" Sakura said, knowing that he's right.
"Yes you are" Naruto said with a nod.
"Hey.." Sakura said in a deep tone, with a tick mark but then sees him walking past her.
Flashback ended
Ino wasn't the only one thinking it was a love letter. Sakura thought so too but felt a little disappointed that it wasn't. She leaves the room and starts walking down the hall. She wonders what would her answer be if it was. It wouldn't make sense to say yes since she hardly knew Naruto. Then again, dating would help with that.
Sakura soon reaches the entrance of the school. She notice the heavy rain out. "AHHH...forgot my umbrellaa!" she thought forgetting to bring one from home. She looks around but sees no one. What is she going to do now. In this weather, she will get sick if she runs in the rain. Plus, would feel weird having wet clothes stick to her skin. Makes her shiver.
"What am I going to do now" Sakura said to herself with a sigh.
Naruto began walking down the staircase. He needed to use the restroom before he left. If he didn't, the rain would have reminded him. He notice Sakura at the front. He reaches the floor and stops walking. From the looks of it, she didn't have an umbrella and it's raining so much. "Oh no.." he thought getting that feeling again to be kind. He holds the umbrella tightly in his hands. "Must...not given in!" he thought fighting the urge to help and walks forward. The closer he gets to the exit, the more he sees Sakura. "Avoid avoid...avoid!" he thought until he can see her face which had a small frown on it. "Crap.." he thought and bites his lip.
"Catch!" Naruto spoke, throwing his umbrella.
"Uh?" Sakura replies, turning and sees the umbrella coming to her. "Waahhh"
Sakura catches it and sees Naruto run past her.
"Wait...what about-" Sakura said until he exit the doors.
Naruto holds his bag above his head and starts running through the rain, splashing in the puddles. Sakura couldn't believe her eyes. "That idiot.." she thought with a smile.
OOO
Night as fallen. Naruto was walking up the stairs, soaking wet holding a square package. "Jeez...why didn't the delivery guys just drop it off at the door" he thought with his hair covering his eyes. He makes it to his floor. He opens his door and places the package on the counter. "Where's good karma when you need it.." Naruto thought shivering in his wet clothes. A small sneeze comes out from him.