Sick Day Part 1
It's Thursday, and class is about to begin. Almost every seat was filled except for one. Ino is staring at that seat. "Did he sleep in?' she thought curious why Naruto didn't show up to class this time.
"I've graded your test...it seems most of you understood what I have been teaching...and some needs to pay more attention" Iruka states. "I'm going to come around and give it back to you"
Iruka starts making his way through the class, hand delivering the test paper. Sakura received hers and smiles. She has a 85 percent basically and A. She hugs her test and looks over her shoulder, wondering if Ino got the test back. However, her eyes wandered to the seat next to Ino. "Naruto isn't here…" she thought looking at her bag. She brought the umbrella Naruto gave to her and planned to give it back.
Iruka reaches Ino and gives her the test. Ino smiled seeing a 90 on it. She notice Iruka was staring at Naruto's desk.
"Hmm..its been some time since he missed a class" Iruka states with a sigh and walks back.
"Naruto hasn't missed a class before" she thought and feeling worried. She wonders if that text she saw Naruto received has something to do with his absence. There is one thing she can try. Pulling her phone out, she begins texting Naruto.
OOO
The phone vibrates on the table. The tv was on and Naruto was sitting on the couch still in his pjs. He had a blanket covering him. The tip of his nose was red. He sneezed.
"Urgh.." Naruto said feeling a little light headed.
He felt sick and dead inside. He didn't want to go anywhere or do anything. He just had to be the nice guy and give Sakura the umbrella but he wouldn't say this is a bad thing. Actually, Naruto would think being sick is the good karma he was waiting for.
"Alone..relax..warm…" Naruto said with a smile on his face. "Never felt so happy"
To top it off, his favourite show is on.
"Asura...you lost again"
"...heh...don't count me out yet!"
Naruto was watching his favourite ninja anime. It was entertaining to watch. He hears his phone vibrate again. He glares at it. "Must be Ino...she doesn't expect me to go to the club room does she!?" he thought and decides not to answer. Since, he already gave someone the message on why he isn't in school today.
OOO
"He's what!" Ino said surprised.
"Sick…" Sara tells her.
It was lunch time and Sara texted Ino to meet at the club room.
"How.." Ino said, remembering he brought an umbrella to school.
"He ran in the rain" Sara said with a shrug. "That's what he told me"
"Oh...so he texted you" Ino replies, not receiving one text from him.
"No...he came to my apartment" Sara said.
"What!?" Ino said shocked.
"On my way down...I saw Naruto outside his room...it looked like he was planning to go to school but...I told him not too" Sara said. "It would be dumb if he did"
"So you two...live close to each other uh" Ino said softly.
"Yup...sometimes we meet" Sara tells her.
"I see.." Ino said playing with her fingers. "So..he's sick..do you know when he will feel better?"
"No..but it all depends on how he's going to take care of himself" Sara responds.
"Oh.." Ino said.
Ino felt worried about Naruto. Though, its normal to be worried about a club member but, this much. To the point that she is thinking to visit him. She shakes her head and turns to the door. She's crazy to think that plus she doesn't know where he lives.
"Well..thanks for telling me..seems like this is going to be another day without him" Ino tells her. "He's going to have to tell us his game tomorrow-"
"But...we aren't going to have a meeting tomorrow" Sara states.
"What?" Ino said tilting her head.
"Remember...you have a kendo match to go to" Sara tell her.
"Oh...right" Ino said remembering what she promised. "So I wont be seeing Naruto until Monday then uh"
"Yup.." Sara said walking out first. "Wonder if he planned this...just so he can get out of the clubs activities"
"If he did.." Ino said with a tick mark. "He really is irresponsible"
"Well I must be going...my friends are waiting for me" Sara said walking to the staircase.
"Same…" Ino said locking the door behind her. "This would be the first time both of us came to the club room at lunch"
"Ya.." Sara said with a smile. "My second time"
"Second..who was the first?" Ino asked.
"Naruto.." Sara said walking down the stairs.
Ino eye twitched feeling something odd circling in her. She isn't sure what it is but she doesn't like this feeling.
OOO
Ino went outside and walks over to the lunch table where everyone is seating at.
"Oh you made it" Neji said.
"Ya...I was talking with someone" Ino states taking her seat.
"About what?" Sakura asked.
"Uhh.." Ino said trying to think of a response. "About...my test!"
"Oh...did you do bad?" Sai asked.
"no..I did great" Ino said with a smile. "90"
"That is great...nice job" Neji tells her.
"Thanks" Ino said in a kind tone.
"I hear that someone scored perfect" Sakura tells Ino.
"What really" Ino said shocked. "Do you know who?"
"Hmm someone asked Iruka but he didn't give a name...just that one student got 100" Sakura answered.
"So there is someone smarter than you in class" Neji said with a slight smirk to Ino.
"But who…" Ino said curious.
"If no one in your class are bragging about getting perfect that means it's either someone is hiding it or...the person wasn't present" Sai exclaims.
One person pops into Sakura and Ino's mind.
"N-no...that can't be possible" Ino said shaking her head.
"He isn't the type" Sakura said doing the same.
"Who?" Neji asked.
"The guy sitting next to Ino...who sleeps in class most of the time" Sakura answers Neji. "Naruto"
"Oh.." Neji said surprised.
"Ya...all he does is sleep or look out the window daydreaming" Ino states. "Doesn't seem to care about class"
"You know quite a lot about him…" Sai said with his smile. "Observing him all day-"
"N-no!...I haven't been watching him" Ino said with a slight blush.
"That doesn't explain how you know that much about what he does in class" Neji states slowly getting jealous.
"Well...he sits beside me…" Ino said in a low tone.
"Hmm...you did try to talk to him two days ago" Sakura spoke.
"Sakura!...his eraser fell!" Ino tells her.
"I think we should stop...we don't want Ino mad" Sai said with a chuckle. "Lets talk about tomorrow's match"
"Ya...finally get to see Neji's skill" Sakura states.
"Ya.." Neji said not feeling all that excited about it.
He wonders what is going on between Ino and Naruto. From her reaction, it's something more than sitting next to each other.
OOO
Sakura and Ino returns to class.
"Sakura...can you come here for a moment?" Iruka calls her from his desk.
"Yes" Sakura said walking over.
"Your address is closest to him...I'm wondering if you can deliver this homework to Naruto?" Iruka states, handing Sakura a folder of paper work.
"To Naruto.." Sakura said taking it from him.
"I also put his test in it...the address is attached to the side of the folder" Iruka tells her.
Sakura looks at the address and is surprised. He does live close to her. It would take her five minutes to get from her house to his.
"Sorry, for asking you to do this" Iruka tells her.
"No...its fine" Sakura said with a smile. "I'm going to give this to him..don't you worry"
"Thank you…" Iruka tells her.
Sakura nods and takes her seat. She stares at the folder. She was going to hand deliver this to Naruto at his place. Many thoughts circle around her head. Also, the feeling of excitement fills her insides. She doesn't understand why but she can also give his umbrella back and a thank you. She smiles from her thought.
Ino notice Sakura receiving the folder. She was curious what it was.
Class ends and Sakura slide the folder in her bag. Ino rushes to her desk.
"Sakura...what did Iruka give you?" Ino asked, couldn't hold in her curiosity.
"O-oh...its Naruto's homework and test" Sakura answers.
"Narutos?...wait are you going to give it to him?" Ino asked getting closer to Ino.
"Y-ya...uh Ino" Sakura said with a slight blush, feeling uncomfortable. "Too close"
"Oh sorry" Ino said stepping back. "But...do you even know his address?"
"Yup.." Sakura said pulling out the folder and showing it to Ino. "surprisingly...he lives five minutes away from me in that apartment complex"
"Sara lives there too" Ino said quietly.
"What was that?" Sakura asked.
"Another friend lives there too" Ino answers her.
"Oh..cool" Sakura said.
Ino eyes shined after remembering what Sakura said before.
"You said...Naruto's test is in here too...right?" Ino asked, eyeing the folder like it was food.
"Ya...but I haven't looked at it.." Sakura said and figured out what Ino wants to do. "Its rude to look without his permission"
"Hey...your doing him a favour to deliver this to him...you have the right to peek" Ino states.
"Well-" Sakura said and notice Ino opening it and pulling the test. "Ino!"
"Shh...just a small-" Ino said and saw the score on the test.
"What...is this" she thought. Sakura can tell Ino is shocked. She could see it but, she felt it was wrong. She grabbed the folder and slide the sheet back in.
"alright..I'm going to deliver this to Naruto…" Sakura said walking to the exit. "You have somewhere to be don't you...after school"
"Oh right" Ino said snapping out of her thoughts. "Bye Sakura.."
Ino sees her friend leave. She turns around and looks at Naruto's desk. What she saw, surprised her but also makes her mad. She can't imagine him getting that score. The way he is, the slacker. However, what gave her that idea. Answering that in her mind, its him sleeping in class. Then again, from time to time, she hears his pencil move and his head always blocks her view of his desk. He could have been taking notes. Her phone vibrates in her pocket.
"Aye!...the club" Ino said running out of the room.
OOO
Sakura was walking up the stairs in the apartment complex. She was nervous and can hear her heartbeat louder. She makes it to Naruto's floor and walks to his door. She stares at it for awhile, wondering what she should say. How will Naruto react. Just imagining it is making her shaky. "Urghh...there is no reason to be afraid...just knock the damn door!" Sakura thought and let her body move on its own. She knocks but no answer. She frowns forgetting the idea he might not be home.
She gets startled when the door unlocks. She gulps and sees the door slowly opening. A pair of blue eyes pop out. Sakura can feel her heart race just from his eyes.
"Naru-" Sakura said until Naruto coughs.
"Hey Sakura..uhh" Naruto said weakly, opening the door for her.
"You can come in and drop the folder on the counter"
"O-oh..ok" Sakura said entering his apartment.
Naruto stands by the door, covered by his blanket. Sakura placed the folder down and notice a popular anime was on. The ninja.
"Thanks for coming" Naruto said having a little trouble to talk.
"Its fine…" Sakura said and looks at him. "Its my fault your sick..sorry"
"Yes it is" Naruto said with a nod.
"Erhh.." Sakura said feeling bad about it more.
"But….it's a good thing" Naruto said with a smile.
"Good think in being sick?" Sakura said confused.
"Stay home all day" Naruto said with a peaceful smile.
"Woah...where is that loner Naruto...he's kinda...cute" Sakura thought and blushed.
"Plus...no one bothers me here" Naruto tells her.
"Wait...where's your parents?" Sakura asked.
"..there.." Naruto said feeling a cough coming but tried finishing his sentence quickly. "Gone.."
Sakura eyes widen while Naruto coughs a few times. She didn't know that Naruto was leaving here alone. She frowns.
"well..Sakura...you can go now..I don't want you to get a cold" Naruto states also thinking that he wants to get back to his alone time.
"Ya...oh wait!" Sakura said reaching into her bag.
Naruto tilts his head and walks to her. He is surprised to see Sakura holding his umbrella.
"Here...thank you for lending it to me" Sakura said with a smile, giving it to him.
"You didn't have to give it back" Naruto said taking it from her.
"Well..it isn't right for me to keep.. if I don't own it" Sakura said with a slight blush. "Also thanks for giving my notes...some people would think it was trash and through it away"
"Well...you worked hard on it.." Naruto tells her.
"Ya I did..and got an 85 on the test" Sakura said with a grin.
"...congrats?" Naruto said not sure what to say next.
"Thanks" Sakura said feeling butterflies enter her stomach.
Far from them, Naruto phones vibrates on the table. Sakura hears it and turns to it.
"Oh...seems like someone is calling you?" Sakura tells him.
"Urgh..is she that cruel to make me go there while im sick" Naruto said weakly, thinking that Ino is calling him.
"Who?" Sakura asked.
Before Naruto answered, he remembers what Ino told him. He shut his mouth and thinks of what he should tell Sakura. Then an idea pops into his mind.
"Just someone" Naruto said, not being able to think of a smarter idea while he's sick.
"Hmhm.." Sakura said noticing the phone keeps ringing. "You sure you dont need to pick that up"
"Ya of course.." Naruto states. "It will stop soon enough"
Which it did right after. Naruto smiles at that but hears knocking from his door, starling him and Sakura. A voice came along with it.
"Nar-"
In a split second, Naruto locks the door then shuts the lights. He flies to the couch and grabs the remote. He turns the tv off. He gets up and runs to Sakura, holding her close to his chest.
"Nar.." Sakura said with a big blush on her face which could not be seen in the dark.
"Shhh" Naruto whisper, moving her behind the couch and keeps his hand against her mouth.
"-uto!" a female voice spoke in anger.
"What the hell is the queen of hearts doing here...more importantly...how does she know where I live!" Naruto thought. He couldn't believe Ino is right in front of his door. Sakura didn't put that together yet. Her mind was filled with the idea of how close she is to Naruto.
"I know you're in there!" Ino shouts in front of the door.
Naruto kept his mouth shut. He gets startled when his phone vibrates.
"I can hear your phone!..Naruto you better get out here!" Ino yells.
Naruto had not choice. Her voice was getting louder and it might upset the neighbors. However, he can't let Ino see Sakura which means.
"Sakura… don't come out until I tell you to..ok" Naruto said looking deep into her eyes.
Sakura couldn't help to get lost in them and nod. Naruto then pushes her into a room.
"NARUTO!" Ino shouts.
"Shhh!...keep it down" Naruto said opening the door a little so he can come out a little, coughing right after.
"So you are sick" Ino said feeling a little bad for screaming at him to open the door.
"Of course...so why did you come by here.." Naruto said weakly, looking annoyed.
"Ahh..hmm" Ino replies looking at the ground.
"Hmm if its nothing I'll just-" Naruto said about to close the door.
"Hmm...let me come in!" Ino shouts.
It surprised Naruto to hear that from her. She looked at him straight in the eye telling him this wasn't a joke and she really wants to come in. Just when his good karma arrived, the bad one always follows behind. He isn't going to let it catch up. So the simple answer is….
"No" Naruto said and closing the door.
Naruto didn't know why she came and doesn't plan to ask. But, he is curious. He stares at the door not knowing that Ino was looking back. She was looking angry with both hands clenched. Still, she needed to keep her cool. There is a reason why she came all the way here. It's a good thing she remembered that address but now the tough part. Getting in. there is something she wants to ask him that can't wait until Monday. Since he ignores her texts and calls, the face to face approach is the only other option.