(I don't own Naruto or any characters, etc etc)
The Afternoon
Naruto thought he would be happy when Kakashi showed up, late as usual, but several hours later he was extra unhappy! Kakashi had accepted lousy missions for them to do, including finding a cat and de-weeding some old lady's yard, and now they were doing random training while his nose was in a book! Go figure! Naruto had not wanted to spend his Valentine's Day evening as dirty as he was currently, and assumed his team wouldn't either, judging by their looks of equal frustration. Still, since the plans were cemented, they would probably agree to shower and still meet up later…
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This was turning into an okay day for Kakashi. He had taken out the book he always reads on this day, Icha Icha Valentine, and was getting to his favorite part while his team complained about training. Reading about an unsuspecting couple getting together by accident on Valentine's Day AND his team being miserable? Win-win!
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Iruka's class held their breath after lunch, watching and waiting. Iruka erased the board and, smirking at it, sensing his student's eagerness, paused before writing "Happy Valentine's Day!" on it. He turned around and raised his hands as his students began to grow excited again. Once they were settled, he did some quick seals with his hands and decorations spread around the room, making his students' eyes bug out of their heads. He laughed, it was a jutsu he had developed in his prankster days that was sometimes still very useful, and saved a lot of time.
"Okay everyone, let's do this!"
The shinobi-to-be jumped up and began to race around, giving cards and chocolates to each other, attacking the treats table they had contributed to, and generally having fun. Iruka walked around giving each child a cookie, so that none felt excluded, as he knew there would always be some who did not receive as many things from the other kids as others did. The children all thanked him, even the shy ones, and he saw a pile of treats growing on his own desk. He thanked the class as they later cleaned up and he allowed them to leave a little early. It was Friday and Valentine's Day after all, why not? A few hand seals later and the classroom was back to normal.
Iruka spend time grading assignments before packing up, taking all the cards and treats with him, including leftovers from the party. He headed for the missions office, where he was scheduled to work that night, and was pleasantly surprised to learn that it had been a light day, with most reports and paperwork dropped off earlier in the day and completed by that shift.
Soon, everyone had left, leaving Iruka as the lone worker. He knew it would be so, and had encouraged it; why should others have to work tonight when they wanted to make plans? And so, Iruka settled in to spend his Valentine's Day night eating candy, working on lesson plans, and being by himself in the missions office.
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Asuma, Kurenai, and Gai were individually struggling with their genin teams. Asuma's team was planning to go to Choji's for a Valentine's barbeque, and they were excited and anxious to go as early as possible, barely paying attention to their training. Well, Ino was, at least. Choji was always stating how hungry he was, and Shikamaru was….sleeping? That was nothing new.
Maybe Asuma was the one who was excited for that night as well….
Kurenai, on the other hand, had the start of a headache from listening to Kiba and Shino argue about how "boring" and "stupid" this day was, while Hinata blushed and stuttered while defending it. At first it had been cute, now it was downright painful.
And Gai? He was struggling to get through to two-thirds of his team how exciting and youthful love could be! Only Lee seemed to understand. Now if only Tenten and Neji would too….although, as they talked amongst themselves about making plans for that night, Gai couldn't help but feel vindicated. Had young love visited his team?
Little did Gai know that Tenten and Neji were making plans….to escape his speeches and run to anywhere but where he and Lee were!
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And for Tsunade? Time crept by, mocking her.