Yosh! Woot! Nyaa, gomenasai for the late update, minna-san! (bows apologetically) Anyways, I got an announcement to make! I've broken up with my boyfriend! Yaaaaayyyyyyy! Lol! I know it's kinda wierd to be happy about a break-up, but I really am! It's better to be single than having a player as a boyfriend! Anyhow, here's the next chappy...oh, what is it about?

Tamabi: Don't tell me you've forgotten about the story!

Koneko: Well...yeah... (sweatdrop)

Gaara: Baka...

Yori: Hey! (smacks Gaara's head)

Gaara: Ow...what's that for? (glares at Yori)

Koneko: (grins) Hehe, arigato ne, koibito?

All: (widens eyes) NANI?!

Lol, it's true! Now Yori-chan's my girlfriend! Lol! XD Well, it's actually just a game we're playing where I'll be her 'boyfriend' and we'll see what the reactions would be! Lol! Anyways, here's the next chappy! Probably a random one! Anyhow, it's Naruto's POV this time! Woot!

Chapter Sixteen: The Little Secret

I sighed again as I waited for Sasuke to come out of the infirmary. It had been about fifteen minutes since he got inside there. I decided to stay outside as it was hot inside the room. I took another sip of the soda that I brought sometime earlier as I let out another sigh. It was taking too long, and the weather was extremely hot and dry on that day, making me all hot and sweaty.

'Kami, how much longer would it take?' I asked myself.

After finishing the can of soda, I suddenly felt the need to go to the lavatory. Hoping that Sasuke would not come out till I return to the scene, I hopped off the bench I was sitting on and headed towards the toilet which was on the ground floor of the three-storey building. As I entered one of the toilets, I unzipped my pants and noticed something shocking - my boxers got blood on it.

'Nani?!' I frowned. 'Not again...'

Really, the bleeding was starting to bug me. It started a few months ago, when I was still fourteen. At first, I thought it was a small matter since the first time I bled was when I accidentally tripped myself and fell on the ground with my crotch between a hard, quite pointy rock. It surely hurt like hell and as a result, I bled for a few days. I thought it was normal - until I kept on bleeding every single month.

As I tried to search for something to stop myself from bleeding, I suddenly heard someone opening the door and calling my name. Immediately, I recognised the voice as Sasuke. Hurriedly, I washed the blood away and put on my trousers. Then, slowly, I came out of the small room with a crooked grin. Upon seeing me, he made his usual 'hn' and walked towards me.

"...dobe," he said, patting my head once. "You made me worried, you know..."

I blushed slightly, but tried to cover it by puffing my cheeks. "As if! You would be worried more about your looks than me! Anyway, how are you?"

He shrugged. "Fine, I guess..."

I cocked a brow and gave him an odd stare. Nevertheless, Sasuke is Sasuke and no one could change the fact that he would answer a question with just a few words. I sighed and began walking out of the toilet with him following me from behind closely. Then, I frowned, worrying that he might see traces of blood on my pants. So, I asked him to walk before me.

"...what's wrong? It's not like you to be at the back, is it?" he asked.

"Shut up and just start walking..." I replied quickly.

He gave me a stare, but then he just started walking off. I pouted and followed him silently. That was another thing that would happen to me whenever I have my monthly bleeding; I would be very quiet - and would get pissed quickly, just like earlier with that Sai guy. Anyways, the both of us walked until we reached the school gate when he suddenly stopped.

I cocked a brow. "What's wrong?"

"...I just remembered that I need to bring home something from the lab," he turned to me. "Just wait here for a minute, okay? I'll return as soon as possible..."

Before I managed to say anything, he had already ran towards the school lab, leaving me speechless. As I watched him, I frowned and muttered something under my breath. Then, I thought that I should go and find a tampon-selling machine (1) as I knew there was one in the school. Quickly, I started jogging towards the lavatory and sneaked into the girls' toilet.

'I hope no one's around...'

I then saw my chance as nobody was inside the toilet and there was the machine, right in front of me on the wall of the toilet. Nervously, I walked towards it and inserted a few coins inside and turned the knob. Then, a small plastic that contained a tampon came out of the machine. I immediately took it and ran out of the girls' toilet and went into the boys' lavatory.

"Phew! That was close!" I said to myself as I locked the door.

After I wore the tampon - which was weird because I inserted it into my butt hole as I thought that was where it came from, I walked back towards the gate. I was lucky as Sasuke had not returned back there, so he would not ask me anything about my sudden 'disappearance' to the toilet. After waiting for a few minutes, I finally saw him walking towards me.

"You took your own sweet time, you know..." I pouted.

"Hn..."

"Hey! Don't you at least have a reason for your lateness?"

He smirked. "I couldn't find the thing I was searching for just now, took me quite a while to search for it..."

"Hmph..." I puffed my cheeks. "Don't make me wait like that again, or else I'll just leave you like that."

He just patted my head with the smirk still plastered to his face. I furrowed my brows and pouted again as the both of us started walking home. I was glad that he did not find out about my weird bleeding, but I was doubting it - did he know and wanted to keep it to himself? I just did not know. I wanted to ask him, but I was afraid - what if he did not know? It would be another problem later, so I just keep myself silent.

"...what about we go to the cinema tomorrow?"

"Huh?" I blinked, not really getting what he said.

"I said, do you want to go out with me tomorrow?" he asked again. "What's wrong? You're spacing out..."

"Uh...nothing, just thinking of stuff," I smiled.

"Hn...so, what do you say?"

"...about what?"

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "About us going out together..."

"...like on a date?"

"You could say it like that..." he smirked.

"Um..." I blushed slightly. "...I'll think about it..."

"Okay, remember to call me tonight..."

"...yeah..."

Okay, what's up with the ending? Don't ask, I just got emo and right now, I'm returning back to normal so it became like that. Anyways, sorry again for the freaking late update. Okay...I just don't know what to say. I'm actually not in the mood to speak to anyone, so I'll just end myself here... Um...please review after reading this. Uh...ja, minna-san... (sweatdrop)

(1) Okay, I just don't know whether it really exists or not. I just made it up since I can't think quite clearly right now...