"Hello Sasuke. Um can I help you with something?"

"No. I just ...wanted to say hello."

Sasuke says as he nods. Hinata just looks back at him and an awkward silence follows.

'Oh god this is painful, I am gonna kill those idiots.'

"Well okay. Uh see you later."

Sasuke tries to grip onto some kinda of detached coolness and respond.

"Yeah you too."

She walks off to the cafeteria and Sasuke just stands there. She turns a corner and a few seconds pass until-

"-schlurp- Yeah you too? Damn that was awful. Like maybe you were better off pining from afar if thats the kinda game you have."

Sasuke hands tense, as if to go right for the neck of the next person he see, as he turns he sees Tayuya there, sipping on a frappe without a care in the world.

"Tayuya you need to go."

Tayuya gives him a look that screams 'Yeah man sure'.

"Listen alright? My advice was solid. I said just walk by her down the hall and say hey. Like I expected you to not listen and say some stupid shit- and I even had an excuse to cover that but nah." She looks down at her cup and stirs the ice around with the straw. "You had to freeze up and say nothing. Like that was pathetic, like shame to your family bad!"

Sasuke closes his eyes. "You have ten seconds." He hears the click of her tongue followed by her fingers snapping.

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Sasuke opens his eyes and goes to make a lunge until he notices she's gone. He looks to his left and right and thinking she's gone, sighs a breath of relief. He scratches the back of his.

"Great now what?'

"Oh Sasuke how sweet!"

Sasuke jumps and turns around and sees Ino, her hands clasped together resting below her cheek. Stars in her eyes.

"How sweet of you try to sneak a letter in my locker during lunch period!"

Sasuke jerks his head to the right and sees a locker with an assortment of floral stickers on it. He turns back to Ino.

"I gotta tell everyone about this! The whole school is gonna flip. But first-" her hands part and motions for a hug. She goes to say something else but Sasuke can't hear it. He has already turned and ran.

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Naruto pokes his food with his chopstick. He grits his teeth at the cafeteria food.

"Man this stuff is rank."

"Well why don't you try to bring something from home."

"Listen Haku even someone as great as me has their limits and cooking is one of 'em. You can't be perfect at everything.

"Yeah the hard stuff like having manners, academics, knowing your right from your left-" says Tenten while rattling the subjects off her fingers.

Naruto pushes the tray aside "Okay you know what-"

"Oy dumbass. I don't keep my eye on you for eight hours and you're already macking with two babes? I'd be impressed if I wasn't too busy planning to disembowel you." She jerks her head in Haku's direction. "'Sup Haku."

"Hello Tayuya. Its nice to see you again."

Naruto lunges over and hugs Tayuya around the stomach.

"Ah Tayuya you came to see me! That's so sweet, I really am getting to you!"

Tayuya stays in the position for a brief moment until plying his hands off and taking a seat. Totally not blushing at Naruto's antics.

"Okay that's enough outta you." She turns to greet Tenten. "I don't believe we met, name's Tayuya."

Tenten nods. "Nice to meet you, I'm Tenten. So you're the famous Tayuya that our little Naruto gushes over. Its nice to fina- What the hell?"

A blue blur bolts through the double doors. Shoving it way throw the long cafeteria line. It vaults over a table and zig zags through the crowd until blasting through an exit door.

Naruto's table is stunned and what just happened. Trying to piece to together what they just saw. Tayuya folds her arms and looks at Naruto.

"Okay jackass what did you do this time?"