A/N:
Sorry if the first chapter was kind of short, I usually write very short chapters. It's probably a bad habit I'll have to break. Hopefully this will change the shortness of the story!
Chapter 2:
After their second lesson it was time for lunch, so they went to the canteen. When they entered the door, Naruto started drooling. They were serving ramen, his favorite food. After taking their food, Naruto and his friends (Sakura, Sasuke, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Hinata, Neji and Tenten) took the closest table. Naruto was literally throwing the food into his mouth and omnomnom'd while everyone ate quietly and stared at him. Hinata blushed while staring. Sakura whispered something in her ear.
"I can't do that", Hinata whispered back.
"Of course you can. I'll talk with the teacher, okay?"
The sound of Naruto's omnomnom irritated Sakura.
"Naruto! Don't you have any manners?" Sakura shouted.
"I do, unless they serve ramen. This food is just so awesome!"
*Sigh*
At the next lesson…
"It's time for math. I have some problems here you have to work together to solve. I will decide who you are going to work with, okay? Chouji will work with Shikamaru, Sakura with Ino, Shino with Sasuke, Neji with Tenten, and Naruto with Hinata (Iruka-sensei winked at Sakura and she nodded). Go to your partner as I hand out the problem. When you're finished, just wait for the others."
/Flashback:
Sakura went to the teachers' room.
"Hey, Iruka-sensei. Could I ask you to do something?"
"Sure, Sakura. What do you want?"
"Well… You know Hinata? She kind of has feelings for Naruto, but never gets a chance to talk to him. So when we have lessons, could you sort of let us do something and divide us into groups? Like some sort of math problem?"
"I see. Sure! But you know how dense Naruto is."
"Yeah, but just so Hinata can talk to him. She's a genius at math and Naruto does need some help. She would never be able to talk to him otherwise."
"True. Okay, then. I'll come up with something."
"Thanks, Iruka-sensei. That's great."
"Oh, don't worry. It's nothing."
End Flashback/
"What's up, Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked as he sat down next to her.
"H-hello, Naruto-kun." (A/N: I know Hinata doesn't really stutter when talking to Naruto. I know she's like "umm", "err" and hesitates all the time, but whatever. She will stutter in this fanfic, since she probably does in all other. xD)
Iruka-sensei handed out the problem and everyone looked at it.
"Every month, a girl gets allowance. Assume last year she had no money, and kept it up to now. Then she spends 1/2 of her money on clothes, then 1/3 of the remaining money on games, and then 1/4 of the remaining money on toys. After she bought all of that, she had $7777 left. Assuming she only gets money by allowance, how much money does she earn every month? much money does she earn every month?" *
"What? I don't understand anything? What is this?"
Hinata replied immediately.
"It's a-actually n-not that h-hard to f-find out, N-naruto-kun. I'll show you."
Hinata explained to Naruto how to solve it. Naruto barely understood it but nodded anyway. They finished it and waited for everyone else. After just a minute or two, everyone were finished.
"Ok, who wants to explain?"
"We can do that, Iruka-sensei", Sakura replied as she and Sasuke went to the board.
They explained the problem and went back to their desk.
"Did everyone understand?" Iruka-sensei asked. Everyone nodded. "Ok, good. Remember to bring your books next lesson."
They ended the lesson and went to their lockers.
"Hey, Hinata-chan!" Naruto called.
"Y-yes, N-naruto-kun?"
"Thanks for the help. You're the best!" He smiled.
"Oh, i-it's really nothing", she blushed.
"Thanks anyway."
Sakura went and started talking to them.
"Hi, guys."
"Hi, Sakura-san. What's up?"
"Oh, nothing really. Just wanted to see if Naruto understood the math problem. I doubt he did, though, dense as he is."
"Hey, I'm not that dense. And I do understand. Hinata-chan helped me!"
"That's good to hear. So she did all the job?"
"W-well… What would I do if I didn't understand?"
"Don't worry, Naruto. I'm just messing with you guys. Anyway, I'm going home."
"What the… We end already?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, we do. You haven't looked at your schedule?"
"Well… No, not really."
"You are so hopeless, Naruto." Sakura whispered something, but Naruto couldn't hear what she said.
"What? What did you say?"
"Nothing, Naruto. It's nothing."
"Well, then. See you tomorrow, I guess."
"Bye, Naruto. Bye, Hinata."
"Bye, Sakura."
* Can you solve the riddle? Review the story and answer the riddle!
I'm sorta out of ideas, lol. I'll think of something, but I will listen to your suggestions!