I DO NOT OWN NARUTO, OR CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE.

All rights go to Masashi Kishimoto, and Dan Fogelman.

Rejection

Lee appeared around the corner, and watched as Hinata was putting some crayons back into their case. He stood there, leaning against the wall of the hallway, with his hands in his pockets looking down.

"I-I'm sorry you had to see that..." He mumbled.

She didn't turn around, but continued on with what she was doing. "Nah, y-you know, I should have knocked," she shook her head.

He looked at the ceiling and sighed. "Just for the record, I think about you while I do it."

She stood straight up. "L-lee!"

He continued on. "I have a picture of you, and I look at it the whole time."

"S-stop it," she begged with a disgusted look on her face.

He moved towards her. "I...I love you Hinata."

"I am actually b-begging you to stop it," she said while turning around to finish picking up the toys on the floor that Emi had strewn around the room earlier.

"I know that you're 17, and I just turned 13, which is the same age as your little brother, but soon our age difference won't even matter. Which is good, because I'm pretty sure you're my soul mate"

He was standing across the couch from her now.

"Okay, um...l-listen Lee I-"

"We're home!" Kurenai said loudly, but not loud enough to wake Emi.

Hinata speedily ran over to them. "Hey, Mr. and Mrs. Yuhi! How was- oh my god, w-what happened?"

Gai sighed. "Mrs. Yuhi said she wanted a divorce, and I jumped out of the car."

"Gai," Kurenai groaned.

Totally ignoring her, Gai asked Hinata, "Kids good? Everybody good?"

"...Dad?" Lee said hesitantly.

"Oh, hey, buddy. I didn't see you standing there..."

"You and mom are getting a divorce." It was more of a statement then a question.

Kurenai tried to change the subject hastily. "Uh, so Hinata, did Emi get through dinner okay?"

"Y-yes, Mrs. Yuhi," Hinata said unsure. She was still concerned with all that had just occurred.

"You jumped out of a moving car?" Lee asked his dad.

Gai nodded. "Yep. Yes, I did. I jumped out of a moving car."

"Did she fight you on the broccoli? Cause she always fights me on the broccoli," Kurenai asked.

Hinata shook her head. "N-no, she was just fine."

"Great. Um, Lee let's get you to bed." Kurenai pushed Lee along to his bedroom.

"I'll take you home, Hinata," Guy told her as he grabbed his keys.

"I don't care. I love him. I really do, and if given the opportunity..." Sakura thought a moment. "Yes, I would have his babies."

"Seriously?" Tenten said disgusted. "Conan O'Brien. You would do, Conan O'Brien...?"

"Oh my god, yes!" Sakura exclaimed.

Tenten leaned back in her chair. "Ew. Friend to friend. Ew."

Sakura ran her tongue over her lips purposely with a smirk on her face. Tenten dismissed it.

"I don't know. Your life is so...PG-13," Tenten stated while sipping her Shirley Temple.

Sakura put on a 'that offended me face.' "My life is not PG-13!"

"Yes it is."

"No, it's not."

"Yes, it is. You've never left LA. You passed the bar for patent lawyer, probably get married to that human Valium, Genma. I just...listen, I worry about you, that's all."

A man slowly started to walk over to their side of the club while buttoning a button on his swayed jacket.

Tenten was talking again. "So much potential, and your fantasizing about, "Conan, ginger junk, O'Brien."

Sakura rolled her eyes. "He's funny!"

"He looks like a carrot for goodness sake!"

"Who looks like a carrot?"

They both spun their head in the direction of that smooth, deep, sexy voice. What they saw was this slim, young man with slight stubble on his face. Jelled hair, and he was wearing a dark purple suit.

"Hi. My name's Kakashi Hatake," he said cooly. "Who looks like a carrot?"

"C-C-Conan O'B-Brian," Tenten's eyes were roaming all over him. She then looked at Sakura." M-My friend, Sakura here, thinks he's sexy."

He chuckled. "That's funny, because I think your friend, Sakura is really sexy."

Sakura's eyes went wide. "Oh my god. You did not just say that? How old are you!?"

Kakashi narrowed his eyes playfully at her. "What are you, a lawyer?"

She winced and smiled. "Yeah, kinda."

"You are?" He looked at Tenten whose eyes still sparkled at him. "Is she?" He asked just in case Sakura was deceiving him.

Tenten smiled up at him, and then at Sakura. "Gonna be."

"Don't you think you're a little old to be using cheesy pick-up lines?" Sakura asked him trying to sound rude so he would go away.

"Objection," he said. "Leading the witness."

Tenten laughed, and Sakura couldn't help but smile.

"Wow, Sakura. You're really wearin' that dress. I think you're doin' it a favor," he said trying to woo her.

Sakura threw her head back in laughter. "Oh, God!"

He smiled at her reaction. "That's a line." He gestured behind him." I've been sitting over there for the past two hours, not being able to take my eyes off of you, is a fact. I mean, there's lots of beautiful women in this bar, your friend included." He looked at Tenten once more. "Hi."

"I love you," Tenten mumbled.

He looked back at Sakura. "But I can't take my eyes off of you. That's a fact, it's not a line. I find you very attractive. Do you find me attractive?" He smirked.

Tenten spoke for her. "She does."

"I don't," Sakura assured him.

"You do." He turned to Tenten. "She does."

"Yes, she does." Tenten nodded furiously.

"I don't!"

"You do," he said smiling, creasing his eyes.

"You do." Tenten said again.

"I dooon't!"

"Sakura, can I buy you a drink?" He finally asked.

"No," she said it with a pleasant look on her face.

He narrowed his eyes at her. "You say no a lot, don't you?"

"...No."

"Oh, boy." He grabbed a chair and sat at their table that was meant for two. "Permission to approach the bench?"

"Seriously?" Sakura couldn't believe how persistent this guy was!

"Just, come on. Let me...let me deliver my closing argument." She was a tough cookie, but soon he would be chewing it.

She thought a moment. "Sure, proceed."

"Sakura, we live in a physical world, right?" He said relieved.

"Uh huh."

"And you're going to age, right?"

She wasn't sure where he was going with this. "Mmhmm."

"I guarantee you this, you're never gonna regret going home with that guy from the bar that one time, that was a total Tom Cat in the sack. But I can't guarantee that you won't not regret it."

She lifted an eyebrow. "That was a double negative."

"You're a double negative," he said smartly.

He asked again. "Okay. Sakura, can I buy you a drink?"

"Okay, it's...you know what? It's time to go home," Sakura said grabbing her coat and purse.

"Really?"

"Mmhmm."

"Wow, that's forward of you. But okay," he said knowing that wasn't what she mean't originally.

She glared at him. "Yeah."

Kakashi turned in his chair. "I'll do it."

"You coming, Tenten?"

"Yeah, yeah," Tenten winked at him and got up.

"Bye," she said as she waved behind her to him.

He had never been rejected before...hmm.

Authors Note: Oooh! Rejection! Lol, poor Hinata.

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