How To Catch Someone's Eye
Ch. 17 "Aftermath."
I don't own Naruto, but I wish I did.
From her hiding spot behind the pot of plants just diagonal from where the gang was sitting, Karin witnessed it all.
In fact, she actually found entertainment from the little stunt the transfer student pulled on the shy rich snob, though she knew she could've done better than spewing slushie on the girl, still, she gave her props.
Karin never really liked her because of the fact that she was, one, a friend of Sakura and two, was rich.
All the rich people she had encountered were all snobby and looked down at her with distaste.
She assumed the girl who took off crying was no different.
Serves her right. Karin grinned, patiently waiting at what the outcome of the new girl would be. The idiot boy must be running after her because he's scared that he won't get paid if he didn't act like a friend.
She groaned disgustedly. She's probably paying every single one of them at that table just to hang out with her.
(A/N: Dear Karin, Sunny's rich too. Just so you know that.)
She stopped thinking when she saw Sunny throw the broken styrofoam cup to the floor and stomped on it like a little girl giving a tantrum.
She could understand why she was doing that though.
She saw how Naruto looked at Sunny.
If looks could kill, Sunny would have already been having a funeral.
She shook her head.
How pathetic. And to think I was close to teaming up with her to take down the highlighter.
Karin stood up and dusted herself and walked away from the group.
She evilly smiled.
I know what I'm going to do tomorrow.
Ino watched as the girl jumped up and down, shouting curses and muttering in her tongue.
Gladly, Ino didn't really excel in the English language, but she was glad she couldn't understand her. She could judge that the words being thrown at them were not pleasant at all.
Ino felt bad for her.
Sure she was angry at what she had just done earlier to her friend, but she still felt remorse towards the girl.
"What are you playing at, Gates?" Ino asked, causing the girl to stop stomping and face her.
Ino was taken back at how Sunny was on the verge of tears, her face twisted in pain.
"Oh-ho-ho." Sunny sneered, her body trembling as she laughed evilly. "You'll see. This is just a minor setback. I will be Mrs. Uzumaki!"
With that, Sunny treaded heavily away from them, not really answering Ino's question.
The group's silence was cut by Lee.
"Yosh!" Lee roared. "Her determination is most inspiring! Most bold! Most— most— most— YOUTHFUL!"
With that, a trail of tears rushed down his cheeks as he gave a fist pump.
"One that can only be admired!" Lee punched the air. "Overflowing with the sweet fragrance of youth!"
(A/N: Whatever that means. :P)
"Shut up!" Ino yelled, having had the short end of the stick and was just next to Lee when he began to shout.
"You know what you are?" Neji rubbed his temples. "Most annoying."
Sasuke and Sai laughed at this.
"Looks like bowl-head here fell in lo-o-ve with Gates~!" Ino nudged Lee with her elbow as she giggled.
"Th-that is not true!" Lee just pouted and puffed his chest out proudly. "I will not acknowledge your taunts."
"Omigawsh! He did!" Sakura joined Ino with her giggles. "Awww, Lee!"
"La-la-la~!" Lee covered his ears with his palms. "Do I perceive sound?"
Sakura and Ino just looked at each other and laughed, tears rolling down their cheeks.
"Mandokuse." Shikamaru muttered, poking his ears in search of earwax, a nasty habit. "This is troublesome. Later guys, I'd rather be hearing my mom nag than get dragged into this mess."
"Who said anything about dragging you into this?" Sakura muttered.
"I know she'll," Shikamaru motioned to Ino. "Drag all of us into this matter."
With that, the group watched as Shikamaru dawdled towards exit.
"Lazy bum." Sasuke just chuckled.
Naruto huffed as he skidded to a stop.
He had ran after Hinata, just right behind her tail until now.
And now she escaped him when she entered the women's restroom, a forbidden place for him to enter.
He began to think of ways of possibly entering the restroom.
"Naruto!" A voice shouted from over the buzz of the crowd.
He peered over his shoulder and spotted Tenten running towards him.
He gulped, his throat turning dry from panting.
"She's in there." He pointed as soon as she was by his side.
Tenten gave a nod and pushed the door in order to enter.
Naruto could only watch as Tenten disappeared behind the door.
Now all he was allowed to do was wait.
Surely he can't just go barging in the women's lavatory.
It was rude.
"Hinata?" Tenten called out. "Are you okay?"
Tenten was relieved to see that they were the only ones in the restroom.
When all she received were suppressed hiccups and sniffles, Tenten sighed.
She walked to the only stall that was closed and lightly knocked the door.
"Hey," She cooed. "Open up Hinata."
"G-g-go away." Hinata's voice sounded muffled.
"Come on, Hina." Tenten tried to see if the stall was locked. "Like I'll ever do that."
Surprisingly, it wasn't.
"I'm going to open the stall, okay?" Tenten stated, not wanting to feel like she just barged herself in.
"L-let me get myself c-cleaned up first." Hinata uttered with a shuddering breath.
Good old Hinata. Tenten gave a small smile as she shook her head. "That's okay, I'll help."
As soon as Tenten pushed open the stall door, she was tackled by a sobbing girl, most of the slushie cleaned off.
He suddenly felt a tap on his shoulder.
Sasuke turned to see that Neji was behind him.
"Uchiha." Neji said through clenched teeth.
"Hyuuga." Sasuke coolly said, trying to figure out why he was approached by him. "What do you want?"
What he did made Sasuke's eyes widened.
Neji gave a bow and in a desperate tone declared, "Please teach me how it is to be a manly man!"
Hearing this only made Ino and Sakura laugh hysterically, a new set of tears adding on to their previous set from Lee.
Sasuke didn't know how to take it.
There, in front of him, was a Hyuuga, a person belonging to the rivaling corporation of the Uchiha, sparing the Namikaze-Uzumaki firm, begging him to be an apprentice of his.
He could tell that it must've taken a lot to ask based on Neji's discomfort, him masking it by shutting his eyes closed and keeping his head bowed.
Pride rushed to Sasuke and he only smirked smugly. "I accept."
"Thank you!" The gratitude couldn't have been mistaken in Neji.
"But I must have you know," Sasuke put on his usual I-don't-care demeanor. "This course of lessons will not be for the faint of heart."
Sasuke eyed the Hyuuga, curious on what he was going to do next.
"Yes, Sa-T-Taicho!" Neji bowed low.
The girls were laughing.
Lee was still covering his ears as he repeated "La," over and over again.
Sai was, well, missing; probably wandered off to the art department of the mall.
Sasuke was smiling, smirking, but on the inside he was freaking out.
Now how the hell am I going to teach this guy to be manly?
Naruto impatiently paced outside the door.
He couldn't believe that Sunny would ever do such a thing.
Sure the girl was a bit possessive of him and was a creeper, being that she was always there whenever he turned, but this was something else.
The Sunny he got to know in Europe was not the one he had witnessed just minutes ago.
I guess you don't really know a person. Naruto sighed.
He raised his arm and glared at the watch on his wrist
It was taking the girls forever.
Growling in frustration he tromped towards the door.
Screw it. I'm going in!
Naruto pushed the door open and entered the women's restroom for the first time of his life.
It clearly wasn't what he expected.
Besides the walls being pink and the apparent absence of urinals, it was identical to the neighboring male's restroom.
His eyes wandered from the stall to sinks, where the sound of gushing water was heard.
There, Hinata was splashing her face with water, eyes closed as she vigorously rubbed the stickiness from her skin.
Tenten was making her way to the entrance where Naruto stood.
"Well, I'm going to go check up on the other." She said much too loudly as she slinked out of the restroom, giving Naruto a wink. "Take care of her, Naruto."
Both Hinata and Naruto froze.
Tenten silently giggled as she ran back to where she ran from.
Now I know how Ino feels. She smiled widely.
Happy Thanksgiving!
May your day be filled with thanks and turkey!
See what I did there?
I tried to get SunLee going, but this is gonna be a tough pairing to pair up.
Jikai [Next Time]:
Up for a confession, anyone?
Free Uniform Day with the slight chance of new students.
Some are not as new as others.
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