"Rimi! I didn't know you were coming to join us!" Naruto yelled.
She giggled, and signed her response to him. Itachi has only taught me a little so far, so I was only able to make out that she said something about surprising me. I smirked, she definitely surprised me.
I'm guessing Naruto told her to join us, because she nodded and took a seat next to me. I wrapped an arm around her waist as she laid her head against my shoulder. I would definitely enjoy this more if my annoying friends weren't here and asking her a lot of questions.
"So Rimi, what brings you over to join us?" Kiba asked first.
She turned and signed to Hinata, the latter nodding and turning to Kiba. "She wanted to stop by and surprise Sasuke, but didn't expect all of us to be here at once."
He pouted. "How come you're not talking now? I'd love to hear you talk again after totally putting Sakura in her place!"
"Hey!"
She signed again to Hinata. "She doesn't really want to since she doesn't know us well enough to talk to us. The only reason she did was indeed to tell off Sakura. She likes being silent."
"Don't bother her about it Kiba," Shikamaru said yawning. "She only came here for Sasuke, and we haven't exactly been the greatest people around her. She'll warm up to us when she feels like it."
Rimi and Hinata signed to each other, and then burst into a fit of giggles. Sakura and Kiba looked at them like they were crazy. Shikamaru simply ignored them, and the only other ones who could do sign language just shook their heads.
"Do I want to know?" I asked Naruto.
"You really don't. It's a girl thing."
"So Rimi," Neji spoke up next, "What do you want to do as a profession? I heard you have a job in pharmaceuticals."
She looked up at me and I nodded in understanding. "When she finishes med school she wants to work in the maternity ward."
Sakura made a disgusted face. "That's a weird job. I would never want to help deliver kids. That can get messy."
I shrugged. "She loves children of any age."
"I think it's kinda cool! She would be great at taking care of babies," Naruto said grinning. From the corner of my eye I saw her smile at him, and in turn this made me smile a bit.
Sadly Kiba noticed. "Wow Sasuke, I've never seen anyone have this effect on you before. Rimi definitely has you whipped!"
I rolled my eyes at him while she sighed. "She's just different, and I like different."
"Whipped."
"Reasons I don't see YOU with a girlfriend."
The whole group laughed at him and he just sank in his chair grumbling curses towards me. It didn't matter, whatever he said didn't affect me at all. As long as he doesn't go insulting Rimi I don't care what he has to say about us.
"Rimi was it?" Sakura asked.
Oh lord. This can't be good.
"What's your home life like? I'm sure your parents don't approve of you dating since all parents are protective like that."
I glared at her. "I'm not sure if that was your way of getting her to not go out with me because you're obsessed, or you're just annoyingly that curious."
She gave me a side glance. "I'm curious. Come on Rimi you can tell me."
I didn't expect Rimi to respond to Sakura at all, and I'm glad she didn't. Instead, she just gave her a blank stare and stood up to leave. Startled, I turned to face her, trying to get her not to leave. However, she just shook her head at me and mouthed, "Later." Then she just left.
"It was a simple question. Don't know what her problem is," Sakura complained.
Shikamaru groaned. "Not everyone needs to explain themselves to you Sakura. Just get over it."
While the group attempted to change the subject and talk about something else, I noticed Naruto just sat there quietly gazing in the direction Rimi left with sad eyes.