Loser of the Year: Meet the Band
(7:20 a.m. Konoha High's Roof)
As class president, Sasuke has access to the school roof at all times. He uses this to his advantage and makes the roof the official meeting spot for his band every morning before school, at lunch, and after school on the days that they have practice. You would think that because he has the key, he would be the first one there every time. But Sasuke takes his sweet time to get to school since the majority of his band members tend to sleep in anyway.
So as Sasuke turns the corner on the final staircase, he isn't surprised to see a blue-haired girl sitting against the wall with her face in a book. He sees her eyes lift up to meet his and then move back to her book. This happens all the time, so Sasuke knows that she acknowledged his presence and is just finishing up the page she's on. He waits patiently for her to place a bookmark in between the pages and carefully store her book back in her satchel.
"Is that a new book? What happened to the new one you were reading yesterday? God, did you finish that one already? Stop being such a nerd; I don't hang with nerds." Sasuke teases her but they both know that he doesn't mean it. They've been friends since childhood, and he would never do anything to jeopardize that. She's always been there for him and has accepted his rare non-perfect moments that he carefully hides from the world.
"Well Sasuke, (she stopped calling him Sasuke-kun in high school when he told her that being called that reminds him of fan girls) I wouldn't have to go through all these books if you would show up on time, since it is you that set the meeting times!" She argues back playfully.
"But Hinata, I know how much you love reading and how you never have time to, so I'm purposely late to let you read! See! I'm such a thoughtful friend!" Sasuke says as he offers her a hand and pulls her off the ground.
Hinata was about to retort when loud footsteps could be heard running up the steps. She instinctively moves behind Sasuke as he braces for what's about to happen.
"TEMEEE! HINATAA! GOOD MORNINGGG!" A loud blonde runs up to them, attempts a jumping hug and attaches to Sasuke like a koala to a tree. He giggles (a very manly giggle) and turns to Hinata, "Sorry I'm late babe, you had to spend all that time with this jerk."
"Get off of me Naruto! Do you have to do this every day?" Sasuke grumbles out as he pries Naruto from his body.
"Well if I don't, then you guys would ignore me and keep talking between the two of you." Naruto pouts and looks at Sasuke with his hurt, puppy eyes. When he sees that he didn't faze Sasuke at all, he turns to Hinata with his eyes on full blast.
"Awwww baby, we would never ignore you!" Hinata exclaims as she pulls Naruto into a bone-crushing hug. "Plus, it's kinda hard to", she mouths at Sasuke, who couldn't help smirking (and maybe half smiling) at her playful antics.
"Alright Blondie, hands off my Hinata!" A new presence makes itself known as an arm swings down between the two huggers to separate them.
"Kiba! I finally get the female attention I've always wanted and you take it away from me?!" Naruto tackles Kiba to the ground and starts wrestling with him.
"You do realize that you have your own fan club too. 'Finally getting the female attention I've always wanted' my ass!" Kiba throws back as he pins Naruto down.
"Yeah but not as big as Teme's fan club! He always has girls asking him out, while my fan club treats me like a pet. They don't even see me as boyfriend material!" Naruto whines.
"Okay Okay! Time to stop fighting! Does anybody know where Shikamaru is? He's never this late." Hinata interrupts when she notices Sasuke's mood dropping. Naruto and Kiba get up and dust themselves off and Kiba calls Shikamaru. After a few seconds, Kiba hangs up and informs them that Shikamaru has a slight fever and his mom is making him stay home (not that he's complaining. Going to school sick is so troublesome.)
Seeing as they wasted most of their time, and they were missing a member, Sasuke made the decision for them to head to class and to meet up later for lunch. Practice would be canceled for today. Kiba runs off first since his class is the farthest away, while the three remaining took their time to walk to the homeroom that they shared.
"Seriously though Teme, how about sharing some of your fan girls with me? Can't you convince them that I'm date-able or something? Quit hogging all the ladies."
"Shut up Dobe." Is all Sasuke says, but Hinata knows that Sasuke doesn't want attention from females for such shallow reasons. She chooses to not say anything and instead discreetly pats Sasuke on the shoulder. He looks at her, and she offers a small smile that somehow calms Sasuke down.
Itachi, I don't think I'll find her anytime soon. Not among my fan girls at least. The dobe can have them for all I care.