After the meeting, Konan decide to tell me that she would be eating out with the Akatsuki. That means I was home alone. I really wanted to call someone, so I started to look for my phone. I rummaged through my pockets in search for the device. I finally found and yanked it out. I had one new message. It read:
Hey Kumiko-chan! It's Naruto!
B4 u ask Nagato gave me ur number. Anyway, I was wonderin if me, Karin nd Sasuke could come 2 ur house 'cause Nagato nd Itachi r havin dinner out.
I looked at the time the text was sent: 18:14 and the time was 18:15. I decide to reply.
Do you even know where I live? It's all the way in Ame? You live in Konoha, right? It's like a 20 minute walk.
In this town, it is divided by districts, the centre district is Konoha, and around it are the smaller yet main districts: Suna, Iwa, Kumo, Ame, Kiri, Kusa, Oto, Yugi and Yuki. And Ame being Ame, the sun rarely shines.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang. When I answered it I was given a bear hug by a familiar blonde boy. I collapsed onto the floor, still trapped in the embrace.
"Hello Naruto." I sighed and smiled. I could see Sasuke face palming himself and Karin rolling her eyes.
"Typical Naruto." They sighed in unison. I giggled.
"Naruto, you can get off me now." I frowned. He smelt delicious. "He smells of ramen and I'm starving!" I could hear my stomach grumble. "You smell of ramen and I'm really hungry!"
"Oh ok!" He jumped off of me.
"Naruto, you Baka. You don't just go jumping onto people and you don't invite yourself into someone else's house." Sasuke crossed his arms across his chest.
"Shut up Teme! Don't listen to him Karin!" Naruto scowled.
"I'm sorry Naruto, but I'm going to have to agree with Sasuke-kun." I could see Karin was blushing. Her blush functioned the same way Tayuya's did, it was exactly the same colour as her hair.
"Nani?!" Naruto walked into my house and into the living room. "Well, you're not my cousin anymore! Kumiko-chan is my cousin now!"
"I'm flattered Naruto." I smiled. I stepped aside to let Karin and Sasuke enter. "Have you guys eaten yet?"
"No." They answered. Sasuke found the remote and turned on the TV. Karin snatched it from him and changed the channel to channel 4 and started watching 'Take Me Out.'
"Ok. I'll just make some curry." I slowly shut the door but something stopped it. I looked down at the doorstep to find and orange fuzz ball.
It was a fox.
"Hey there little guy! Are you lost? Did I hurt you?!" I slowly bent down to pick it up. I moved it forward and continued to shut the door. Naruto turned around to see what the commotion was.
"Eh?! Kurama?! What are you doing here?!" He got up from his seat and walked over to the fox. "I told you not to follow me!" He picked him up. Kurama literally stuck out his tongue. I started laughing.
"He's yours?"
"Dattebayo!"
"I don't mind Kurama staying here." I shrugged and walked into the kitchen. I searched through the cupboards and found a box of golden curry. "I only have mild curry. Is that ok?"
"Yay!" Naruto cheered.
"It's fine with me." Sasuke stated.
"If Sasuke-kun is ok with it, then I am too." I had a feeling that Karin was blushing slightly.
Making the curry was easy, because Konan had a rice cooker, so I had a lot of time to do things. I felt my phone vibrate in my back pocket. I slid it out. It was a text message.
Hey Kumiko
Konan's slightly drunk so make sure she drinks plenty of water when she gets back
It was from Pein.
"He really cares about her…" I smiled at the thought of Pein and Konan dating each other. I focused back onto the food and served it onto five plates. I felt like Kurama should deserve some so I put his portion on a little plate. One of my old Saturday jobs was a waitress, meaning I could carry all five plates at once.
"Eat up!" I laid the plates in front of the sophomores and placed the tiny plate on the floor.
"It looks delicious Kumiko-san!" Karin praised me.
"What about chopsticks?" Sasuke asked.
"Why don't you try carrying five plates at once?!" I criticized and trudged back into the kitchen. I grabbed some chopsticks and threw a set of them at Sasuke's head.
"Ow?"
"Why can't you be like Kurama, Teme? He doesn't complain." Naruto sighed. I handed everyone else chopsticks and finally sat down in an armchair. I placed my food on my lap and began to eat my curry.
After everyone had finished, I brought some ice cream and some bowls.
"Kumiko-chan?" Naruto asked with his mouth full.
"Yeah?" I replied while scooping some ice cream onto Kurama's saucer.
"How many boyfriends have you had?" I choked on my spoon at that question.
"Why do you want to know?"
"Fine. How many girlfriends have you had?"
"Naruto, I'm heterosexual." I scowled.
"Seriously?! What does that mean?!"
"It's the proper word for straight! Baka!" Sasuke sighed.
"Shut up, Uchiha!" Naruto shot back. Karin sighed and moved over to where I was sitting.
"This usually happens." She explained in the simplest way possible. "However, this is a good time to ask you advice."
"Advice about what?" I became curious.
"About…"
"Yes…"
"Adviceaboutlove." She said quickly and quietly. Luckily, I could understand what she was saying.
"Advice about love." I translated for her. She nodded. "Why? What's the problem?"
"You don't have to know me to know I'm one of Sasuke's fangirls."
"But…"
"But I think I'm beginning to like someone else. But I don't want to in case he-""Well your mama was so fat, that when she walked pass the TV, I missed three seasons of Inuyasha!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Oh yeah?! Well your mama was so ugly, she was the reason Orochimaru-sensei is gay!"
"Oh yeah?! Well-""See what I mean…" Karin sighed.
"They're saying 'was'. Do they have parents?" I questioned.
"No, sadly they don't."
"Oh. That's horrible. Anyway, continue."
"Oh yeah. I don't want to like this person in case he doesn't like me back."
"Hmm." I thought for a while. "I can help you."
"How?!"
"I could ask this boy if he likes you back."
"You would do that for me?!"
"Yeah. That's what friends are for. Now, there's only one thing I need to know."
"What's that?"
"Who's this other man?"
"It's S-""Your mama was so ugly, that she's the real reason Roy Mustang went blind!" Naruto blurted out.
"Why are we relating every cuss to anime?!" Sasuke yelled.
"I don't know! It's fun!" Naruto started laughing.
"I know right! Anyway, your mama-""They must be really close." I smiled softly.
"Yeah." Karin smiled at the two boys quarrelling. "It's like they're a married couple."
"I know right! Anyway, you didn't finish your sentence."
"Oh yeah." Karin blushed and inhaled. "ThepersonIlikeisSuigetsu!"
"Oh ok." I grinned. "I'll ask him tomorrow."
"Thank you!" Karin hugged me.
"What are you two doing?" Sasuke smirked.
"Oh my Kami! The boy has facial expressions!" I cheered in my mind.
"You jealous?" I stuck out my tongue. The doorbell rang and Karin released me from the embrace. I answered the door.
"Hello Itachi-senpai, Nagato-senpai, Pein-senpai and Onee-chan."
"Hey." They replied in unison. Konan was being supported by Pein.
"Kumiko-chan!" Konan was clearly drunk.
"Thanks for the warning." I thanked Pein. He nodded
"I'm here to pick up Sasuke." Itachi stated.
"And I'm here for Naruto, Karin and strangely Kurama." Nagato started walking into the house. "Naruto! Karin! Sasuke! Kurama! You're leaving now!" The three sophomores and the fox walked over to the door.
"Don't forget to ask!" Karin reminded me as she walked away with her cousins.
"I won't!" I assured her.
"Well, bye Kumiko." Sasuke waved.
"Bye Kumiko-chan." Itachi followed his younger brother.
"Bye bye!" Pein walked in with Konan hanging off his shoulder.
"Sorry about this." He apologised for Konan.
"What happened? She's not the type of person to get drunk on a school night." I raised an eyebrow.
"She got into a fight with Hidan."
Flashback
"Hidan! Stop drinking!" Kakuzu scolded. "It costs too much!"
"Shut the fuck up you dick-sucking pussy!" Hidan slammed his fist on the table.
"Hidan, if you're too loud we'll have to leave." Pein warned him.
"Hidan, you're giving me a headache! Why can't you control your alcohol tolerance?! Why can't you be more like Sasori?!"
"Why would I want to be a midget?!"
"I'll have you know that my height is perfectly fine. Just because I'm shorter than Konan, doesn't mean I'm a midget." Sasori stated in an aggravated tone. "Besides, I'm still sober while all of you are drunk."
"Fine! If you think I'm drunk, I dare you to drink until you think you're at the same drunkenness level as me!" Hidan smirked at Konan.
"My bet's on Konan!" Deidara smirked. He slammed down about $5 on the table.
"If Tobi-senpai is betting on Konan-senpai, then Tobi shall bet on Konan-senpai as well!" Tobi placed down the same amount of money neatly on top of Deidara's.
"I'm not betting." Kakuzu frowned and Sasori, Zetsu, Nagato and Pein nodded in agreement.
"I've got some money that needs wasting, I'll go with Hidan!" Kisame grinned with confidence as he chucked his money on the pile.
"I might as well bet on Hidan, and then it will be fair…" Itachi started to slowly place his money down. "Besides, this is Sasuke's money…" He shrugged and continued to place down the money at a faster pace.
"Because Strawberry Shortcake over here claims to have the highest alcohol tolerance, he can be referee!" Surprisingly Konan shouted that statement.
"Where the hell did she get 'Strawberry Shortcake' from?" Pein asked Nagato.
"I have no idea…" He shrugged.
"Alright. Hidan, stop drinking. Konan you'll begin in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, GO!" Sasori leaned back in his chair.
Present tense
"And that's what happened." I nodded in agreement after Pein explained to me. I had unconsciously brought a 5 litre bottle of water with me and followed him up the stairs and into Konan's room.
"Seems legit." I shrugged. "I just hope she isn't cranky in the morning…" I placed the jug of water on her desk, carefully avoiding the origami.
"Well, I'll leave the rest up to you." Pein laid a tired Konan on her bed. He stood to get up but Konan tugged him by the collar and pulled him closer to her. She gently kissed the now flushing Pein and whispered 'Thank you, Yahiko.' into his ear. He nodded and Konan loosened her grip. I couldn't help but place my hands on my hips and smirk. "Sorry about that." Pein spoke quietly as he still found the situation awkward.
"There's no need to be sorry. You didn't see it coming." I reassured him and placed my hand on his shoulder. "You should be getting home, all the freaks come out at night!" He chuckled at my remark.
I watched him walk down the street, making sure no weirdoes attacked him.
"I can't believe I'm going to have to get used to this kind of weirdness." I thought aloud as I shut the door. I walked back to Konan's room. "Onee-chan, drink some water." I walked over to her with the jug in my hands. "I don't want to deal with your hangover tomorrow when it's worse." I sighed. She looked at me and nodded. I handed her the jug and left the room.
After, taking a shower and brushing my teeth, I got changed into my pyjamas and climbed into my bed. I set on my alarm. "I'm gonna need a lot more stamina…"