Thanks for coming so far into the story with me! I hope I haven't disappointed anyone yet, and that you'll keep reading!
Disclaimer: Kishimoto-saaann, owns Naruto and everything in it.
"Freakin' jerk! He didn't even bother apologizing?" Ino's furious voice was scary. "I bet he just gave you shitloads of work to do and pretended like nothing had happened!"
"Yeah, that's EXACTLY what he did!" I exclaimed. "Piggy-chan, you are truly marvellous!"
"Err...Sakura," TenTen poked me with her toe. "That chick had a clit pierce?"
"EW!" me and Ino screeched. "Don't use such filthy words, Ten-chan! That is just plain gross!"
"What? Okay, I'm sorry!" she held up her hands in mock surrender. "Forget that. Where was her tattoo, again?"
"Inner thigh," I stated and shared a look of disgust with my friends. "I know! It was waayy high up too!"
It was a late Friday night, and we were all sleeping over at Ino's house. I'd told them what had happened earlier, but they wanted explicit details, so we'd met up. Sitting around with my besties and bitching about Karin was my highlight of the week. Of course, our little hot-chocolate nightcap made it even better.
Hinata spoke up finally; I'd thought she'd fallen asleep while the rest of us had been screaming.
"So, what was the design?" she asked curiously.
"Oh yeah, the ultimate tack-tat-" I paused. "Bleeding rose."
"Tacky!" they exclaimed and I nodded in agreement. "Sheesh, ours are way better AND cooler!"
"Oh yeah, mine is like, WAY sexy!" I laughed, flashing mine, which was located in the small of my back.
Now, we all had tattoos because of this weird symbolic-friendship phase we were going through a few years ago. We'd grown out of doing silly things like that, but it never ceased to surprise me that it was Hinata who'd suggested the idea to us. My design was of an angel with black, pink, and mauve wings. The way the tattoo lady had done mine, with tiny silver and gold dots sprinkled here and there gave the impression of fairy dust.
Quite intricate, and it was the most feminine out of all of ours. That was something I was strangely proud of.
"I think that tattoos on us are out of place, we don't fit the image, do we?" Ino smiled, rolling onto her stomach. "Except TenTen, of course."
"Yeah, I guess." I murmured, lying down next to her. "Aw man, I have to see that freakin' jerk every bloody day. You guys were right, I can't handle him."
"You know, for once, I'm not glad that I'm right." TenTen stated and took a swig of chocolate milk.
"OH! I almost forgot!" Hinata squeaked when we'd been quiet for awhile. "I-I met Naruto-kun the other day."
TenTen looked annoyed. "That bloody idiot is everywhere, isn't he?"
"Naruto? You don't like him? He's a handful but he's such a nice guy, you can't stay mad at him for more than 10 minutes!" Ino sang.
"Heh! She's not pissed about Naruto," Hinata giggled. "He was with Neji-niisan, so she has had to meet him often. She doesn't really like nii-san."
"Well, I don't blame you," Ino sat up. "He's a jerk. But he really took care of Hina when she was little."
"Yeah, he was only nice to her." I agreed. "Oh, sorry! Hinata, you were telling us about Naruto!"
The Hyuuga blushed and stammered, "I-I met him a-and he bought me a dr-drink and took a sip f-from the same straw."
We waited for more, but apparently that was the end of her fairy tale. I prompted her, "...and?"
"We've been meeting a lot lately," her stammer disappeared again. "And I think that he may someday, return my feelings."
"Aww," I cooed. "Hinata, that's great! I'm so happy for you! Keep this up and you may even get lucky."
She blushed uncomfortably at my wink. "Thanks, Sakura-chan. I love spending time with him...you know, I've never forgotten about him. All these years, he's been in my mind. He was the one who inspired my tattoo."
I was jealous, but more happy. Hinata deserved to be this happy and I shouldn't be feeling even a slight pinch of envy!
"Ah, now that we're talking guys..." Ino spoke softly from her spot beside her pillow. "I-I think I really, really like Shino."
"SHINO?" I exclaimed at the same time as Hinata. "I knew it! I knew you'd be attracted towards him! Are you really sure of your feelings, though?"
"Mmhm," she nodded, her face buried in the pillow, her ears red. "He's been by the flower-shop very often, conducting small experiments with rare bugs and my flowers...their pollen, I mean."
"Eh, Ino?" TenTen spoke. "We don't really care about the pollen. YOU'RE serious about someone? I'm happy!"
"Well, it's the first time I've ever felt this way about anyone, but don't make it sound like I'M a picky slut!" Ino cried. "Oooh, just seeing him makes my pulse race and it's like I'm high, that's how happy I feel! It's a bonus that he's not a hump-and-dump-guy."
Hinata grimaced, "He is most definitely NOT so shallow! Should I ask him how he feels about you?"
Ino bounced up. "NO! You can't! Maybe hint a little? But what if he thinks I'm desperate? No, definitely don't tell him. Though, if you do, don't make it seem like I'M totally nuts about him, okay?"
"Make up your mind, dumbass!" I laughed. "It sucks that we're so pathetically single, ne? Has anyone here ever dated? Or even got to first base?"
Looking around the silent, blushing room, I didn't need a verbal reply. As all of us sighed in unison, Hinata whispered, "I think we deserve to be happily in love..."
Nodding in complete agreement, I noticed TenTen's jaw clench out of the corner of my eye. Could she be feeling the same way about someone? I shook my head. No way! TenTen doesn't like many men. She may be bubbly and friendly, but she's not too open to relationships as far as I know. Or does she agree...? Like...Oh. My. God! Okay, her wedding dress will be an ivory raw silk material...
"...I love his seriousness, and the way he looks at me when he's explaining something...aiii!" Ino squealed into her pillow and I snapped to attention. Everyone seemed to be falling in love, it seemed, but very few were actually lucky enough to have that love returned. The more I thought about, the more it hurt when I realized that I was one of those unlucky ones.
I sucked at the tattoo description scene, huh? But I kinda like how it sounds. Isn't it weird that they all have ink too? LOL.
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