RRQ: Yo, guys. My laziness utterly amazes me. But here's this. BTW, I'm not much of a writer...so, yeah. I'll update again soon, this I promise. I know it's short and does no justice, especially after that long period in which I didn't update.

~Enjoy this chapter as best you can!~


Chapter Two: Something About Being Homesick and Prank Calls...

His dark eyes stared intently at the ceiling above as he listened to the rain pound the roof of his two-story home. The room was dark and he could only make out where some things were. The coffee table was a foot or two in front of the couch he lay on. And, the television just a couple of feet in front of that. With a sudden flash of light that over came the room, Sasuke took the chance to skim his surroundings quickly. More specifically, he looked towards the doorway only to find it empty, as it usually was. The room was dark in an instant. He sighed.

There he was, one of the most popular kids at Konoha High, laying lazily on his couch, in his living room, at his house, on a Friday night, all alone with nothing to do. He frowned deeply as he remembered the two reasons for his undying boredom.

First; the weather. Sasuke Uchiha wasn't the type of person to wake up an hour early to watch the weather forecast. There really was no point. The weather in Konoha was easily predictable, in his opinion. If it looked like it was going to rain then it would rain, and if it didn't look that way then it wouldn't. It was that easy. But, for some reason, mother nature was being a real bipolar bitch. Halfway throughout the school day it began pouring...hard. At first he shrugged it off and hoped that it'd stop by the time school was over, rain in Konoha was never long lived. Much to his dismay, he was terribly wrong. It'd been pouring none stop for nine hours straight. Therefore, a couple of his friends had canceled the plans they'd made earlier that week.

Second and last reason; the not-so-new girl. It'd been a long two weeks since Tenten had shown up. And, for the first couple of days it seemed like the girl had taken everyone's attention. Well, minus Sasuke's attention because he found that she'd done nothing worthy of it. But, for those long couple of days, everyone else seemed to think that she was some mysterious girl from a far away land, or something. And, like all new things, after about three days the girl was old news. Just another face in the crowd. Sure, she still hung out with his group of friends and made buddy-buddy with all of them, once again excluding Sasuke, but when it came to leaving their small circle of friends it seemed that no one cared about the girl. And, apparently she had gotten into this funk, something about being homesick - at least that's what Sakura had told them.

-flashback-

"Look," the pinkette began, "I told you that you should've studied. But, of course, you didn't. No doubt you and the boys were out all night... "

"Sakura, I've gotten along just fine in Iruka's class without studying. What's one 'F'?" Naruto whined.

"It's not just one 'F', Naruto," the girl sighed, "You're failing history. History. All the stuff that we're learning, it already happened, Naruto! It's not a hard class.."

Fourth period had just ended and Sasuke, accompanied by Naruto and Sakura, was making his way along the crowded hallway. The conversation that his two friends were currently having didn't interest him. That is, until Sakura said-

"Anyway, the girls and I won't be hanging out with you guys tonight." Sasuke looked at the girl. Mentally he admitted that he was a bit curious as to why, but, outwardly he kept calm. Freaking out was Naruto's job.

"WHAT!?" shrieked the blonde. Sasuke sighed, Right on cue.

"Calm down, idiot," the dark-eyed boy groaned, "Sakura's right there, you don't have to yell."

"B-but, didn't you hear what she said?" he pointed an accusing finger at the girl, "We made a pact, remember!? This is our JUNIOR year!" he flung both his arms up in the air, "Which means we go out and live it up every Friday night! That was the pact!" he folded his arms across his chest and huffed, "Is this because of what happened last week? 'Cause I swear I didn't think anyone was looking and I really had to use the-"

"No, Naruto," the girl interrupted while looking a bit flustered, "It's just Ten, alright? Besides I really don't consider hanging out at the park in the middle of the night living it up." Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows, Tenten? I wonder what her problem is..

"What's wrong with Tenten?" Naruto asked worriedly, obviously forgetting the fact that he was upset. Just like Naruto, he thought.

"Well," Sakura looked down and nervously played with her index finger before shooting a glare at them, "Don't tell Tenten I told you, alright?" They both nodded, "I've noticed she's not really being herself lately. And, we think she's homesick. We being Hinata, Ino, and I, of course. So, we decided to have a girl's night over at Ino's place. So no boys whatsoever, understood?"

-end flashback-

He scowled and sat up quickly. There was no way in hell he was going to let that girl's 'funk' ruin his day. Alright, he thought, I'll find something to do outside this house, rain be damned. What time is it? He reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone. It's not late, it's only, he stared blankly at the lit up numbers, 10:10. He heavily laid himself back down into his prior position.

"How ironic.." he mumbled to himself.


-Meanwhile-

"Oh!" the blonde shrieked, "How about we prank call the boys!?"

"I-I don't know.." the lavender-eyed girl barely whispered.

"Come on, Hinata," Sakura pleaded, "No offense but you've been turning down all of our ideas."

"Well, I s-suppose it'll be funny..."

"Attagirl!" Ino laughed as she pulled out her phone. "Hm, who to call, who to call?"

"Let's see," Sakura looked the contacts, "Uhm, I don't know. Ten, what do you think?"

"Huh?" the brunette let out unintelligibly.

"Who do you want to prank call?" Ino answered slowly.

"Oh, whoever." She said quickly as she returned to staring at the carpeted floor in the blonde girl's room.

"H-how about Naruto?" Hinata blushed.

"Hm, he'd probably freak out about a 'stranger' getting his number.." Sakura said knowingly. "How about...Shikamaru? That'd maybe funny."

"Knowing him, his phone probably isn't even charged, much less with him. Besides, he lives right next door." Ino accounted.

"How about Sasuke?"

All three girls turned their heads to look at the brunette that still seemed so interested in the carpeted floor. Had she really just suggested that they prank call the Sasuke Uchiha? The most popular guy in school? Sure, they were all friends but their was no telling what he would do...

"I'm not sure that's such a good idea..." Sakura spoke skeptically.

"Why not?" this time Tenten looked at the other girls, "It's not like he'll do anything about it, I mean he doesn't seem like the type to freak out over someone getting his number and I'm sure he has his phone on him at all times. It all makes sense, right?"

"I-I-" Hinata started but was cut short.

"You are absolutely right!" Ino blurted, "We've known him for quite a long time now. He'll just think we're being 'dumb' girls! Ten, you genius! What do you think, girls?"

"I guess you've got a point." Sakura sighed and grinned.

"Th-this should be fun..." Hinata smiled shyly.

"Let's do this, then." Tenten spoke, a glimmer of determination in her eyes.

To Be Continued...