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Disclaimers: Naruto characters and themes belong to Masashi Kishimoto. Original character(s) and themes belong to me.
The next day, as promised, Naruto brought his team. Joy! Did you notice the sarcasm? I hope so. My life has just gotten worse. I stood in front of a beaming Naruto, his teammates and sensei sitting to his left.
"What would you like to order?" I asked them all in general. I already knew what Naruto would want. He had the same freaking thing every day at lunch. That's right. He eats different ramen at different parts of the day: Miso in the morning, Chicken at lunch, and beef at night. Pretty sad how I've noticed that. Pretty sad.
"I'll have salad if you have it." I turned to the pink haired girl. Sakura Haruno. My face remained stoic, however I was fairly annoyed with her already.
"This is a ramen shop. We serve ramen here," I told her evenly. She seemed offended by my attitude. Good. One less person to like me.
"Fine, I'll just have Miso ramen then," she said grudgingly.
"I'll have the same." It was the black haired boy this time. Sasuke Uchiha. He was good-looking enough, I suppose, but I could care less. I wrote it down without a word and turned to Naruto.
"Are you going to order?" He just grinned at me and asked me something else, completely ignoring my question.
"How do you like me teammates?"
"They're fabulous," I said with absolutely zero vigor at all.
"Sakura is pretty isn't she?" For some strange, inexplicable and totally unimaginable reason, I felt a pulse of anger? No, it wasn't quite that…Jealousy. I was jealous of that pink haired girl! What is wrong with me!?
"Sure sure, whatever, I don't care," I replied stiffly.
"What do you think about Saskue?" he asked, eyeing me suspiciously. What is wrong with this guy! I rolled my eyes.
"I don't know, I barely know the guy," I replied irritably.
"You don't want to throw yourself at him or ask him out or anything like that?" he asked. What kind of retarted question was that?
"Uh, no?" He looked at me strangely. "What now??"
"You really are strange."
"Gee, thanks. You're a whole lot of help on my self esteem," I replied sarcastically. Honestly, he thought I was weird? I admit I'm not exactly a normal person, but has he looked in a mirror lately? Apparently not. Not really wanting to bother with him anymore, I turned to the silver haired sensei. Kakashi Hatake.
"And you?" I asked.
"I suppose I'll have the same as these two," he stated, motioning to his two other students. I nodded and left for the back kitchen.
"Waaaaaiiiit!! I didn't order yeeeeeet!!" Just ignore the overly loud, obnoxious, orange thing for now. Just ignore it.
When the four orders of ramen were done I placed it in front of the four.
"There you go." Naruto stared at his and I only then realized what I'd done. DAMN IT!!
"How did you know I wanted Chicken ramen?" he asked. I stared at him as he stared at me.
"Uh…lucky guess?"
"You are a really bad liar, you know that."
"Yes!! I am well aware of that fact, seeing as I don't lie ever!!" I raged at him. His grin just broadened.
"See! We're getting closer already!"
"Don't give me that crap!! I'm already in a bad mood!" He just laughed. That stupid idiot is laughing at me!
"So, just out of curiosity, how did you know Naruto wanted that ramen?" Kakashi asked. I turned to him with a murderous look in my eyes.
"Didn't you ever hear the saying 'curiosity killed the cat'?" I asked him. He sweat dropped and chuckled lightly.
"Sure, I've heard it a few times, but that's off topic." I don't lie. But I can't say the truth. Dammit I hate being stuck in these situations. I hate the question. I hate that sensei for asking the question. But I most definitely hate Naruto for being so…Naruto!
"I reason I knew he wanted chicken is because he orders it every single time he comes here at lunch," I stated angrily.
"You pay that much attention to him?" the girl asked. "Why would you do that?"
"Because we're friends!" Naruto exclaimed before I had a chance to react.
"NO WE'RE NOT!!" I raged. Naruto just grinned at me.
"Like I said yesterday, I'm getting to you and you know it," he stated.
"You. Are. Not. Getting. To. Me," I said dangerously. He just grinned and began to eat. The others took one glance between me and the orange creature, as I am now going to call him, and began to eat as well. I slumped down into a chair, exhausted. That Naruto was going to exhaust me to death. I just know it.
When the group was finally done I felt a wave of relief pass over me. They all handed me money, but as Naruto passed me his he bent in closer to me, still holding the money.
"I said that Sakura was pretty before, but I still think that you're more beautiful than she could ever dream of being." With that he left. I knew I was blushing. I just knew I was, because even I could feel the heat radiating off my face.
(Change of PoV)
Sakura stared back at the girl whose face was crimson red. She turned to Naruto.
"Naruto, what on earth did you say to her?" she asked the blond. Sasuke, who was slightly confused, turned back to look at the girl the same moment their sensei did. They both noticed that the girl was crimson red and frozen in spot. Now they were as curious as Sakura.
"Oh, this and that," Naruto replied at ease. He turned back to look at the stubborn girl who just wouldn't give in, and saw her red face. He grinned at her, which cause her to turn her head to the side. He just smiled as he turned back to face the direction he was walking. 'Someday, Kari. Someday you'll acknowledge me,' he thought with a grin.
(Back to Kari)
I sat on my bed that night and thought about Naruto. I had known him about two weeks, almost three actually. I sighed and took out my diary.
'September 14,
Well today I met Naruto's team, just like he said. I think he's also starting to get to me, just like he said also. Why is he right all the time? It's kind of annoying. Anyway I've made a decision. If I haven't moved by the end of September, which is in about three weeks, maybe I'll let Naruto get close to me. I mean, if I make it to six weeks, that's pretty good, right? Maybe we'll stay longer if we last six weeks, right? Well, a part of me hopes so. I don't know why I feel like that. Maybe…could I maybe…no, definitely not. I can't, wont, and I just plain don't. Final. I'll write again tomorrow.
Kari'
I ended my diary entry and thought it over. My feelings for Naruto are pretty cloudy still. I couldn't possible feel something good towards him so soon. Especially since he's done nothing but annoy me since we met. Still…
Could I…Love Naruto?