Lucky Charm
by EikoDoll
Chapter Eleven
Prom: The Committee
Making sure not to miss another walk with Naruto ever again, Sakura woke up at 4:30 in the morning and waited patiently by the usual brick wall around 5:30. She brewed twice the amount of coffee she'd normally drink to help her be alert and focused...
in case any 'enemies' tried to catch her off guard.
Seeing a tall and thin boy walking slowly in her direction, she smiled at the way he ruffled his messy blond hair, making it even messier.
"What are you doing up so early?" the boy shoved his hands into his pockets, shocked by her early presence.
"Just thought I'd keep you company." her smile widened when he leaned close beside her against the wall. "You're always here by yourself so early, Naruto."
He shrugged.
"What do you think about?"
"Nothing...life I guess. It's been kinda funny lately." Naruto grinned auspiciously.
"Well, it's about to get funnier." her emerald eyes darkened.
Naruto's brow raised.
"What the hell is she doing here?"
Naruto turned his head to see Sakura, Tenten and Ino glaring between themselves. He scooted away a little, feeling too much of their intensity.
"Why do we always have to come here at the same time?" Tenten 'accidentally' elbowed Ino.
Ino gladly returned the gesture. "Please. You're a lesbian and you stalk me. Simple as that."
Tenten snorted unladylike.
"What are you doing here, Sakura? You can't get up early to save your life." Ino's eyes darted suspiciously at the girl.
"Apparently I can." Sakura retorted haughtily. "By the way, how's the bisexual thing working out, Tenten?"
Tenten gawked. She saw Naruto throw her a shady look, slowly placing his hands over his crotch.
"Y...You don't actually believe what she said, do you?" the ball-cutting bisexual asked in bewilderment.
Naruto didn't respond. If he angered her any further, she might do more than just chop his dick off.
"Oh, and Ino, how's the gonorrhea problem coming along?" Sakura pretended to sound concern.
Naruto was also concerned.
Ino couldn't formulate words.
"Hi, everyone."
Everyone turned around and saw a tiny, purple haired girl standing behind them.
Tenten was the first to respond. "Hinata, what are you - "
"I decided to walk to school this morning." the innocent look on Hinata's face was absolutely realistic; the girls envied her acting skills.
"But you live on the other side of town..." muttered Ino.
She was ignored. "Hi, Naruto-kun." Hinata smiled sweetly.
Naruto glowered down at the beautiful Hyuuga. "Oh, hello, Hinata." he greeted with narrowing eyes. "The frog community isn't happy."
Hinata turned to Sakura. "He still thinks I eat frog brains?"
"Well, you do." Sakura casually lied as she looked away.
"Naruto, Sakura's been telling you lies about us!" Tenten decided the madness must stop. "Being bisexual means being attracted to both sexes. We do not cut up balls and collect them!"
"AND I DON'T HAVE GONORRHEA!" Ino stomped in a psychotic rampage.
"Ino, your medication." Naruto quickly warned. He pulled a small bottle of pills out of his pants pocket and handed it to Ino.
Sakura glared at the boy. "You carry her pills around in your pocket?"
...
Naruto should be used to Sakura's unnecessary anger by now, but somehow he felt the hairs on his neck stick up.
"I told Ino I would carry an extra bottle for her if she ever forgot the other one at home." he looked at her innocently.
Ino's eyes brightened. "He's so heroic." she said in a dreamy state.
Tenten almost threw up.
"Anyway." Naruto turned to the beautiful brunette. "Why would Sakura lie?"
"Yeah. Why would I lie?" she threw all three girls a taunting smirk.
"Because she's evil!" Ino cried out.
"Tch. Sakura's not..."
He paused.
Well, actually, yes, she is.
Naruto turned to the so called evil one and crossed his arms, rebuking her with his eyes.
Sakura smiled innocently, but Naruto at least knew how to see through her facade. Sweating beneath the intense pressure of his glare, she did the only thing that came to mind.
POW!
Naruto stumbled back and looked at the small, slender girl in aghast.
Why does she always do the unexpected? And why was he always so surprised?
And was she always this strong?
"You punched me!" he trashed his free hand in the air and held his bruised eye with the other.
Sakura was quite shocked herself. She lowered her balled fist and laughed sheepishly. "Wanna go to prom with me?" she awkwardly changed the subject.
"YOU PUNCHED ME!"
While Naruto recuperated grouchily, Sakura apologized for the sudden outburst of violence.
Although the punch was definitely a shocker, Tenten, Ino, and Hinata were more concerned about Naruto's answer to Sakura's proposal.
Hinata seized the opportunity to say what she's been dreading to say for a very long time. She figured since everybody was turning on each other, it would be perfectly alright to do the same.
"Sakura, you can't go to prom with Naruto." she interrupted the heavy argument between the two. "You already promised to go with Sasuke."
Tenten and Ino stopped their tantrums and glanced between the heated Sakura and cool-collected Hinata.
They backed away at the same time.
Naruto stood unmoving. He looked entirely discontented and his black eye was forgotten.
"That was before we broke up!" Sakura quickly defended. "Like I'm really going to prom with my ex-boyfriend."
"You were never one to break promises, Sakura. And as I recall correctly, after Sasuke broke up with you, you told me you'd give anything to have him back."
"But...I didn't..." on the outside, anyone could see Hinata's angelic expressions made her the goddess of innocence.
Sakura looked deeper and found a sly, cunning backstabber. She shook her head and smirked wickedly.
"I really underestimated you, Hinata."
Ino and Tenten silently agreed.
"Since Sakura's promised to Sasuke, why don't we go to prom together, Naruto-kun?" Hinata suggested in her honey, sweet voice.
Before he could answer, Naruto was cut off by the other three desperate teenage girls.
"You can't have anything you want this time, Hinata. Naruto's going to prom with me!" Ino's fiery eyes blazed.
"Shut up, Ino, he's going with me!" Tenten loudly stated.
"Okay, bitches, dream on because Naruto's obviously taking me." Sakura sneered.
Naruto couldn't believe what he was hearing.
Were they really fighting over him?
"Actually, I don't really wanna go-"
He was ignored.
"Lets flip for him!" Tenten suggested as she pulled out a coin. "Heads, Naruto takes me. Tails, Naruto doesn't take any of you."
"I'm blonde, not stupid." Ino glared.
"Seriously, I don't want to go to pro-"
"Fine. We'll flip this cube." Tenten pulled out a multicolored cube out of her skirt pocket.
Sakura furrowed her brow. "Do you always carry a cube around in your pocket?"
"Really, Sakura? Does it really matter?"
"Just flip the damn cube."
With determination, the four goddesses huddled in a tight circle.
"Pick a color." demanded Tenten.
"Blue." said Ino.
"Red." Hinata kept a close eye on the cube.
"Pink...no, orange-"
"Just pick one!" Ino shouted at the hesitant, pink haired girl.
Sakura sighed, eventually coming to a skeptical decision. "Pink."
"Okay. Green."
Tenten flipped the cube high in the air. The girls nervously watched it dropped in slow motion with wide eyes and high hopes.
The cube landed.
"Oh, what the-!" Sakura snapped back.
"Green! IT'S GREEN!" Tenten screamed and jumped happily. "Naruto, we're gonna be-!" her excitement died when she found the empty spot where the blond prankster used to be.
Where did he go?
"So, how are the girlfriends doing?" Kiba smirked, winking nonstop.
Scarfing down his second plate of breakfast, Naruto used his sleeve to wipe his mouth and lazily sunk in the chair. He patted his full stomach. "As soon as I get up, I'm sending all of them to the mental institute."
"What happened?" Chouji bit into a extra large omelet.
Meeting up with his new friends after cowardly running away from the goddesses, Naruto and the guys sat comfortably in a booth of a fast food restaurant, stuffing their problems away with eggs and toast; Naruto was finally at peace after what happened earlier...
"Prom." he sighed bitterly. "They want me to choose between them...they even flipped a fucking cube...and Sakura punched me!" he exclaimed, pointing excessively at his new, shiny black eye.
The boys winced.
"Well, you know, if you want, I could...you know..." Kiba mumbled nervous, incoherent words under his breath.
Naruto glimpsed questionably at him.
"I could take one of them to prom. Just to lesson your load 'n all. You know what I mean?" Kiba accidentally knocked his plate of fries over the table. He cursed loudly and shoved the spilled mess beneath the table.
Neji scoffed. "You're such a slob."
"I'll pick it up later!" Kiba lied.
"No. I mean how could you even think about taking one of Naruto's girlfriends out to prom?" Neji threw the dog-boy a sickening look.
"Yeah, you're right. Sorry, man." Kiba apologized, grinning sheepishly at the distressed blue eyed boy.
Naruto shrugged, considering the offer. "Actually, that's not a bad idea."
Kiba nearly choked on his bacon. "Really!" he couldn't believe his luck!
Apparently, so did the others. Shikamaru crossed his arms and fixed his stare on Naruto's casual face. "Are you sure you want to do that? I know it's not a big deal for you, but girls are...different." he explained knowingly.
Lee nodded his head. "I agree with Shikamaru-kun. Girls are very emotional."
"Because Lee's a girl and he obviously understands." added Kiba.
"Right...wait -"
Shino purposely cut the Bruce Lee impersonation off. "Will you set me up with Ino?"
Everyone stared uncomfortably at the bug-loving boy...especially Shikamaru.
"I have a thing for blondes."
Still an uncomfortable silence.
Naruto gave Shino a nod and leaned against the cushioned chair. "Sure. I don't wanna go to the stupid prom anyway!" he grumbled loudly.
"Then I want Hinata!" if Kiba had a tail, it would be wagging.
"Okay." Naruto shrugged, feeling like a pimp.
"And I'll take Sakura." said a masculine, silent voice.
Frozen in his seat, Naruto blinked and turned to eye the boy who made that...disturbing remark.
Kiba laughed teasingly. "I always knew you had a thing for her, Neji."
Neji Hyuuga only scoffed.
Squirming uncomfortably in his seat, Naruto threw Neji a quick glance.
So Neji Hyuuga has a thing for Sakura?
Naruto looked at his empty plate and felt his insides twist. There must have been something in the eggs.
"But I want Sakura!" Lee objected profoundly.
The whisker-tattooed boy grumbled silently to himself and rubbed his stomach.
"I'll go with Tenten!" Chouji immediately raised his free hand and devoured his fourth omelet with excitement.
"Actually, I want Tenten." said the shady boy with dark glasses.
"Shino, you can't just change your mind like that!" Kiba waved his grilled cheese sandwich in the air.
The twist in Naruto's stomach didn't seem to want to go away, and at the back of his head, he knew Neji's 'thing' for Sakura bothered him. Just when he was about to ask the other Hyuuga about the 'thing', his crystal blue eyes caught something beautiful and raven coming into the restaurant.
"Great." Neji bit into his bagel. "It's Uchiha."
Everyone watched the godlike boy walk to the counter, sitting and waiting with poised patience. His dark, inky eyes glanced briefly into Naruto's crystal blues. He slowly turned around with a sarcastic 'hn'.
Naruto's eyebrows twitched. He made an odd grunting noise and also turned away.
"Is it me, or does pretty boy look a little angry?" Kiba pointed out curiously.
"He does look a little peeved." said Shikamaru, observing the annoyed and thwarted expression on Sasuke's face.
Kiba leaned onto the table and gestured the boys to come closer. "You know what I noticed? He only looks that way when Naruto's around." he snickered in triumph along with Chouji and Lee.
Again, Naruto gazed upon the infamous Uchiha and found him staring back. When Sasuke's order was ready, he grabbed the brown bag and walked away with a superior air about him. He threw Naruto one last threatening glare before finally leaving the restaurant.
"What an ass." Shikamaru snorted.
The gang quickly forgot about the silent encounter with Sasuke Uchiha, changing the subject to the new up and coming Twilight movie.
"The dude sparkles! What do chicks see in that!" Kiba complained oppressively.
Naruto was grateful. The last thing he wanted to talk about was prom, Sasuke, or Neji's 'thing' for Sakura...
She did amazing on her history pop quiz.
Absolutely fantastic.
So why was Sakura sulking like her life had taken a turn for the worst?
Sasuke noticed this right away and leaned over her shoulder. "What's wrong?"
Slightly taken back, she turned her head to find two ink-colored eyes staring at her with concern. Once again, she stared back at Kakashi's chalkboard and sighed helplessly with her cheek in her palm.
"Nothing." she responded impassively, not quite up to making a snappy remark like 'None of your fuckin' beeswax'.
Sasuke quirked an eyebrow and leaned in closer. Sakura could feel his slow breath against the nape of her neck and she stiffened.
"If you don't tell me, I'll have to change the subject."
"Then by all means..." she shifted uncomfortably, pretending like he hadn't just invaded her personal space.
"Go to prom with me."
Huh.
She quickly turned to face him with tormented eyes. "Well, you see, I'm pretty much friendless right now because Hinata, Ino, and Tenten (the only friends I have in this stinkin' world) can't keep their grubby, desperate hands off MY pretend boyfriend! What's their fuckin' problem? I saw him first! And he liked me first! So why can't they just leave us the fuck alone and let us be a REAL happy couple, huh!" she publicly fumed, causing all to back their seats away from her.
Kakashi, too busy with his 'Icha Icha Paradise' break, happily ignored the teenage drama.
Sasuke bit the inside of his cheek.
He asks her to prom...she changes the subject and talks about Naruto...
Well, that didn't hurt his pride at all.
Not only that, but she just had to continue. "And it's not like he actually has feelings for any of them. Don't they realize that? Those stupid bimbos..."
"Do you know if he likes you?"
Sakura felt a slight kick in her stomach and her eyes fell on the floor, lost in thought. "I don't...well...he used to." she slumped.
Sasuke sighed.
Anyone with common sense could see Naruto is still crazy about the pink haired bombshell. He couldn't believe Sakura of all people didn't realize it...and this is a girl who thinks EVERYBODY loves her.
"You know, there are ways of finding out." he fell against the back of his chair and crossed his arms. He had a conniving look in his dark eyes, and Sakura immediately saw that - for she is an expert conniver. "Go to prom with me; see his reaction. It'll confirm whether he's jealous or not and then you'll know."
He observed her thoughtful frown and patiently waited for her to respond. For some reason, a nervous feeling built up in his chest.
He had never felt so anxious in his life.
"I'm sorry." Sakura turned around, watching Kakashi giggle perversely at something he read. "But I'd rather just go with Naruto." she didn't mean for it to sound so cruel, but this is Sasuke...he can take it.
At least that's what she thought.
Sasuke let out a silent, shaky breath. He couldn't believe she rejected him. For the first time in his life, he felt...
heartbroken.
He refused to wallow and instead stared at the back of her uniquely pink head. He narrowed his eyes, trying to figure out her odd fascination with Uzumaki when the god of Konoha high (and possibly all human existence) was, dare he say, desperately, trying to take her back.
Should he give up?
Probably.
Will he?
NEVER.
"So how could you possibly kiss all of them before every class? That's like four classes you need to sprint to, well, technically, twenty classes throughout the day! Not to mention your own!" said Kiba in disbelief.
Walking down an empty hallway (during class) in ease, Naruto grinned mischievously. "It's a gift." he shrugged. "Getting to my own class on time however..."
"Hence your thousands of tardies." said Shino, surprisingly out of class as well.
"Yup. Also a gift." Naruto smirked.
Kiba laughed discreetly, thinking about something that happened earlier. "So anyway, you think the old lady will know it was us?"
"Not so much 'us'." said Naruto. "Much more 'me'." he laughed with the barking boy beside him.
Shino was expressionless. "I can't believe you pulled me into this."
"Hey, it's not my fault you're the only living human being in this world who collects and raises booklice." Naruto patted the boy firmly with a grin. "I had to take the once in a lifetime opportunity."'
"They're called 'Psocoptera'" Shino corrected, obviously offended by Naruto's lack of knowledge on insects. "And Tsunade-sama will most definitely suspect it was me." he said, still unemotional.
Naruto gave him a reassuring grin. "If she does, I'll tell her it was all my idea. Baa-chan loves me!" he recalled the time Tsunade made him watch educational videos on biological species for three hours in detention, laughing evilly along the way. "Sorta…" he mumbled.
The worst thing a person can do is make Naruto 'learn'.
"Can the bugs really find the PSAT tests in her office on time?" asked Kiba.
"I left a swarm in there. They'll get to it in no time." said Shino.
"Alright! Mission accomplished!" Kiba pumped a fist in the air.
He and Naruto performed some sort of secret handshake, which caused Shino to stop and watch boringly as they couldn't quite get it right.
"Uh, we'll work on it later." said Naruto as Kiba shrugged. He turned to Shino and held out a hand.
"No." said Shino as he continued to walk away.
"Aw, come on! We all have secret handshakes!" Naruto called out, catching up with him.
"Leave me out of it."
"I even have one with Neji!"
"I'm going back to class."
"How 'bout a fist bump-"
"There you are!"
The three teenage boys were stopped by a familiarly sharp voice behind them. They turned around to see a young woman place two hands on her hips, throwing a stern look.
They froze and stood silent.
"Hey, Shizune-nee-chan." Naruto tried to act casual, managing not to frail under the woman's piercing gaze. "New haircut?"
"That's not gonna work on me anymore, Naruto."
"Worth a shot."
Ignoring the boy's sheepish expression, Shizune planted her feet firmly on the cold, hard floor and frowned. "Tsunade wants you in her office...er...actually, near her office."
Naruto slapped on an innocent face. "Whaaaat? What did I do?"
Shizune's gaze darkened.
"Ahhh, well, okay." he grinned and attempted to take a step forward.
"And you too, Shino."
The bug-lover threw both boys an 'I told you so' look and followed Naruto.
"Kiba, what are you doing out of class?"
"Uh..."
"I think perhaps you should follow Naruto and Shino."
"O...Okay." he sighed and dropped his head, slowly following the path to death, not quite used to it like Naruto was.
Being the first one to appear at the meeting, Tenten looked around the empty room, scoping an eye out for a seat. Sitting directly in the middle, she sighed and slouched.
"Omg! OMG!"
Frowning in silence, she recognized the sound of the screech and sunk deeper in her chair.
A beautiful, blonde girl ran into the room with high spirits and wide teary eyes. "A! Tenten, I got an A on Kakashi's history test! THE KISS WORKED!" she squealed happily, jumping up and down in place.
Tenten snorted. Although Ino's surprising A further proved Naruto's lucky kiss is indeed real, the brunette pretended not to give a slightest care.
"And you're talking to me, why?"
Remembering their current 'situation', Ino cleared her throat and straightened her skirt. "My stupid mistake. Who'd wanna talk to a lesbian ball-cutter."
"You - !" Tenten raised a fist.
"Oh, looks like I'm in the wrong room."
Ino and Tenten turned to see a pink headed girl standing by the door.
"I didn't know the 'liar's meeting' started so late in the day." Sakura picked at her nails, looking bored. "I'll be going then." she made a move to leave.
"Oh, you're one to talk." Tenten glared.
"Uh oh. Looks like I walked into a death trap." said a deep, manly voice behind Sakura.
Sakura turned around and found a grinning, silver haired man with a familiar novel in his hand.
"So, this is the prom committee?" he looked around the room, unimpressed. "Hm. Not as much as last year."
"Kakashi-sensei, you're early." Sakura looked shocked.
Kakashi was equally shocked. He looked straight ahead with a blank stare. "Oh my god. I am." he turned his heel and waved. "See ya girls later -"
"Oh, no you don't!" Ino and Sakura pulled him inside.
"Am I being kidnapped?"
"We need to discuss a few ideas for prom." said Ino.
"Well, that's why I'm the supervisor."
"Great. Take a seat." Sakura pushed the teacher onto a random chair. "Although Ino and I are no longer friends anymore..." she and the blonde threw each other heated glares.
Kakashi was greatly intrigued.
"We've been planning prom since we were five."
"Yeah. And we've decided instead of wearing the predictable dress to prom..." suggested Ino.
"...we want all the girls to wear..."
Ino and Sakura looked at each other with sparks in their eyes.
"Bikinis!"
Tenten looked rather interested.
Kakashi watched in pure fascination as Ino and Sakura squealed and jumped together in excitement. It was quite a heart warming scene seeing two former best friends look at each other in high spirits, forgetting about their rivalry for the blond haired mystery boy that caused their seperation in the first place.
Ah, well. It was fun while it lasted.
"Absolutely not." he crushed their spirits.
Sakura's mouth dropped. "Why the hell not?"
"Sensei! I worked by butt off getting the perfect body so I can wear my bikini to prom!" Ino fumed.
Kakashi shrugged. "And I'm sure you do have the perfect body, Ino. But just think about all the chubby girls who will be forced to wear a bikini to their one and only senior prom." he shivered with the image of chunky bits of fat wiggling on the dance floor. "Not a pretty sight."
Sakura, Ino, and Tenten threw him a severe glare.
Men.
"Any other ideas?" Kakashi chirped.
"Hi, there!"
Behind Kakashi was a young boy with bushy eyebrows standing radiantly out the door.
The girls groaned out loud.
"Is this the prom committee?"
"No!" Tenten shouted desperately.
"Actually, it is." The girls turned their heads toward Kakashi with another severe glare. It was like he enjoyed ruining their lives. "Come on in, Lee. "
Instead of further complaining, Tenten immediately got up and left the room.
"Hey, where are you going - " Kakashi blinked.
"Okay!" Lee smiled widely, throwing a thumbs up. "I'll do whatever it takes to help out my precious cherry blossom! No matter what!" he tightened his fist and walked inside with determination in his shiny, bright eyes.
Ino snickered and Sakura grumbled curses under her breath.
Knock knock
Everyone looked toward the front door again and saw three boys and a young woman standing outside. The boys looked entirely irritated while the woman had a feminine glow about her.
"Hi, Kakashi." the woman blushed heavily beneath the masked man's stare.
"Oh. Hey, Shizune." he closed his book and put it in his pants pocket. "What brings all of you here?" he asked, casting eyes on the three boys.
"Oh, right, them." she coughed nervously and looked behind her. "They're currently being held in detention."
Sakura caught the eye of the blonde boy and smirked. "What did you do this time?"
The blue eyed boy returned the smirk and laughed. "Ah, nothing. But just to let you know, you won't have to worry about taking the PSATs anymore."
Sakura scrunched her nose. "Huh?"
"You'll see."
Shizune shook her head in disappointment. "Anyway, Tsunade's office is being fumigated at the moment, so detention with her is impossible..."
"Which means no educational videos." Kakashi sighed.
He quite enjoyed watching kids suffer by the hands of the great principal Tsunade.
Naruto and Kiba once again attempted their secret handshake...and once again with failure.
"We still need to work on it."
"Heh." Naruto rubbed his neck.
"Kakashi, I'll leave you to deal with these three." said Shizune, still slightly flushed.
"Hm?"
"For their punishment..." said Shizune. "...Naruto, Kiba, and Shino will be joining the prom committee."
The boys groaned, even Shino.
"Please don't take it easy on them." Shizune smiled and left the room.
Kakashi looked much more enthusiastic. "The committee is coming along nicely."
The three boys looked at each other and shrugged, taking a seat. With a slight skip in his step, Naruto chose to sit on the far right end next to Sakura. Ino, being on the far left, looked rather disappointed and offended. Her life got worse when Kiba Inuzuka decided to sit next to her.
"Hi." he wasn't aware of his drool.
Ino sat quietly and continued to spy on Naruto and Sakura. She hated seeing how deeply they were into their conversation. Ino watched Sakura giggle at what Naruto said and he smiled widely as if his purpose in life was completed.
Barf.
"Okay, it's time to assign your positions." Kakashi once again pulled out his book as soon as Shizune was out of sight. "But before that, do any of you have any questions?" he looked around.
Ignoring Kakashi, Ino stared at the disturbing look on Naruto's face. A brooding thought occurred to her once she realized what this look meant; she couldn't believe she hadn't noticed it before.
That idiot is still in love with Sakura.
"Anyone? Questions?"
Naruto raised his hand with begging eyes.
"That isn't stupid." Kakashi stared him down.
Naruto lowered his hand.
Immediately after that, Kiba raised his hand.
"I said that ISN'T stupid."
Kiba grumbled and crossed his arms.
Lee's hand shot up with frantic energy.
"No."
Lee dropped his hand, lowered his head, and sighed.
Sakura stroked her chin with a slender finger in thought and confidently raised her hand.
"'Can I wear a bikini to prom?'. No, you cannot. I said no stupid questions, children." Kakashi sighed.
Sakura gasped, offended. "I wasn't going to ask that." she argued, even though that was exactly what she was going to ask.
Kiba's mouth dropped. "Actually, I like the bikini idea."
Shino raised his hand and without Kakashi's permission, spoke. "I want a bug theme."
...
Kakashi had a mental image of stabbing himself to death.
"Naruto!"
"No. I said I'm not going."
"But why not?"
"Because...it's stupid!"
"What's stupid!"
"The whole prom thing!" Naruto grunted, kicking a branch in his way.
The two walked out of the school building alongside each other with provoking expressions.
"What's so stupid about it?" Sakura frowned, wanting desperately to wring the boy's neck.
Naruto grumbled gibberish under his breath. "Everything! Getting dressed up, dancing, eating, the crowd...I mean, you can do that anywhere."
"But this is PROM." Sakura reasoned loudly.
When Naruto didn't respond, she bit her lip and looked away angrily. They walked in silence for a while and the cold night air caught up with her. She shivered and rubbed her arms, not feeling the tiniest bit warm. Naruto looked at her and sighed. At first, he lifted his arm hesistantly, embarrassed by the action he was about to proceed with. However, when she shivered again, and saw how small she was, he wrapped an arm around her, pulling her tight against his body. Sakura's eyes widened at the gesture and she looked down.
She felt warmth tingle her entire body.
"Um, thanks."
"Yeah."
They blushed heavily against each other, walking queitly along the way.
"So, no prom?"
Naruto looked down at her with apologetic eyes and nodded. "No prom."
"Is that your final answer?"
"Definitely."
Sakura sighed sadly.
Maybe saving Sasuke Uchiha's number wasn't such a bad idea after all...
A/N: Sorry for the late update!