Really short because I have work soon, but I also have some news. My laptop died - which means all my files and stuff died with it. Yup, no more Ame for a while until I can either A) Fix it somehow or B) transfer the files off of my hard drive onto a new computer. I'm really shocked that this happened, and maybe I'll get a new computer with the files on it in a week or two, so don't be discouraged. I'll still be here! Just...Ame-less. Here's another flashback as an apology.
"Hey Sakura, what do you think of the new girl?" Ino asks while tugging on a particularly hard weed. They were doing flower arrangements, but the two girls were already finished while the rest were struggling.
"I don't know...I like her hair." Sakura suggests, not knowing what she's supposed to say to Ino. In a way Sakura wanted to get to know Ame, but she never knew if Ino would want her to hate the new girl as well.
"You're only saying that because you have the same hair color. I think she's going to be a nuisance, just like the rest of the class. Except for Sasuke-kun of course." Ino smiles fondly, tossing her handful of weeds behind her shoulder.
"Whose Sasuke?" a voice asks behind the couple of girls, startling them only slightly. Stepping over a pile of oddly placed weeds, Ame comes up to sit next to Sakura and Ino.
"Only the smartest person in the world. Geez you really are new, or else you wouldn't know what an amazing per- student Sasuke is." Ame hears the fault in Ino's voice, but can't tell if Sakura did. Maybe it happens all the time.
"I doubt he's that smart. There's the Hokage for one, he's pretty smart. And Sensei is smart too, he just doesn't show it." Ame fidgets while sitting, suddenly not comfortable in a conversation she isn't supposed to be a part of.
Ino scoffs, tossing her nose up in the air. Sakura, confused as to what she's supposed to do, looks around before tugging on Ino's shoulder.
"I think sensei is calling us, Ino, we should go over and see what she wants!" Sakura smiles, proud she's able to come up with something to distract the blonde away from Ame.
"What, I didn't hear anythi- " and with that, Ame is left alone in the field, watching as Ino is being tugged by an equally timid girl. She sighs softly, standing up, suddenly wishing she were with Kiba right now. At least he knows how to have fun. As Ame departs, a small gust of wind blows Cherry Blossoms over in the direction she was just sitting; but of course she doesn't notice anything different, being distracted by a group of muddy boys.
"Kiba! Shikamaru, Choji, what are you doing here?" Ame runs up to greet them, being tackled and getting dirty. Behind her, Ino and Sakura return to their spot, curious as to why there is a small pile of Cherry Blossoms in their way.
"How weird. Sakura, let's go sit somewhere else." Ino promptly leaves, knowing Sakura will follow her.
"Alright..." she says softly, staring off into the distance, where she can barely make out a group of four people laughing happily. Sakura wonders why she can't have fun like that, and wonders for only a moment if Ino is holding her back.