Chapter 2

On Monday, all of the students arrived at Konoha High School with worry. Everyone wanted to know the results, who they got, and possibly who got them. To make sure that no class time was taken away, the results were to be handed back during lunch. It was a wasted effort though, because no one could concentrate throughout the entire morning.

Hinata was trying as hard as she could to pay attention. She always took her school work very seriously, but today she couldn't possibly focus on that stuff. Especially the hard stuff like Calculus. How could they expect her to? In a mere few hours, her entire life could change. She could receive confirmation that Naruto is indeed the one for her, and he could receive her name, forcing him to look at her for the first time. Just the thought of that made her shudder with anticipation. Yes, Calculus was going to have to wait.

Finally, the hours and subjects ticked by until it was time for lunch. Their teacher, Kurenai Yuhi, declared that she was going to go to the principal's office to pick up the results, and that she was going to be right back. Usually as soon as lunch begins, the entire class would begin talking or laughing, but today it was eerily quiet. The only sounds that could be heard were a few whispers, coming from frantic classmates. Finally, after about 5 minutes, but what seemed like an hour, se returned with a stack of papers in hand.

"Listen up," she began. "I'm going to call you up in alphabetical order to receive your results. As mentioned previously, you don't have to share your results with anyone if you don't want to, and you certainly don't have to act on them. Also, the person who you receive may not be in your grade or class, so you may not even know the person. Alright. Now that that's taken care of, let's see….. Aburame Shino… Akimichi Choji….." She continued to rattle off names until she got to, "Hyuuga Hinata."

Hinata felt her heart stop. She slowly made her way to the front of the room and received her paper with dread. She refused to look at who she got until she returned to her chair. Apprehensively, she slowly turned over the paper….. and immediately sighed with relief. Of course I would get Naruto, she thought. I've loved him for so many years, and he's basically my ideal guy.

Now for the next part. Most people in the class immediately turned to other people and said who they got, and asked what someone else got in return. Naruto was among the most eager to hear who other people got, though he had yet to get results of his own. As soon as Sakura got her results, he immediately demanded to know who she got. Sakura, crushing his hopes and dreams, immediately replied,

"I got Sasuke-kun of course."

Having said that, she immediately turned to the Uchiha and gave him a shy smile. He replied by rolling his eyes and staring at a crack in the ceiling. Dejected but refusing to give up, she slowly stood up and made her way over to him. The fates were on Sasuke's side though, because before she could reach his desk, his name was called and he went to the front of the classroom.

All of the girls in the classroom immediately went silent with premonition. Hinata was among the silent, not because she cared who the boy got, but because she didn't like to talk much anyway. He slowly walked up his aisle, grabbed his paper and returned to his desk without looking at it. Naruto, who sits directly in front of Sasuke immediately turned around and pestered,

"Who'd you get."

Sasuke gave a small smile, and said, "I'll look at mine when you look at yours, dobe."

He didn't have to wait long. Next up was Uzumaki Karin, then him, Uzumaki Naruto. The classroom was still silent. The majority of girls were shaking with fear.

Naruto returned to his seat and on the count of 3 they flipped over their papers. By this time, a large portion of the class had crowded around their desks in anticipation.

"SAKURA-CHANNNNN," Naruto happily cried out, upon glancing at his paper. Sakura turned away and gave him a 'huff' with her breath. Naruto then looked over at Sasuke's paper and his eyes widened considerably. "Hyuuga Hinata," he said quietly.

Hinata was of course dejected when Naruto cried Sakura's name with such glee, but at the same time it was to be expected. She had always known that Naruto likes Sakura, so it's only to be expected that he got her name. She had basically stopped listening to the conversation when she heard Naruto quietly whisper her name. She slowly turned around to find the entire class staring at her. The boys of the class were looking at her curiously, like they were looking at her for the first time.

The girls were looking at her with a mix of shock and murderous intent.

…

Sasuke arrived to school that morning with one thought- survive. He knew that girls were going to be attacking him more than usual today, after receiving confirmation that Sasuke was in fact, their 'one true love'. He almost considered ditching for the day, but his education was way too important. He was number two in the class, and he intended on keeping it that way. He would aim for number one, but Nara Shikamaru was a pure genious, and Sasuke knew he couldn't rival Shikamaru's sheer capacity.

So, he showed up to the hell hole that is Konoha High School with no good expectations for the day. He was half convinced that the principal would either leave his result sheet blank, or just give him a random fangirl's name, because he couldn't find anyone that fit what Sasuke wanted. Sasuke thought that there were no wholesome girls in this wasteland, so he didn't worry about anything.

The morning slowly dragged on. He could tell that everyone was anxiously awaiting their results, so learning was unproductive at best. Then lunch came, and he waited for the most vexing part of the day to arrive. The results.

After almost every girl got their results they looked at him and smiled brightly. At least no one dared to try to talk to him about it, well except Sakura.

It's not like he hates Sakura exactly, he just hates that she has been blindly declaring her love for him since they first met in kindergarden. When he asked why, way back then, her only response was that he was "cool." That angered him. She didn't like him because of all of his other qualities, only his looks. He has been friends with her and Naruto since then, and she still loves him. It's not even like he treats her nicely, in fact he treats her rather poorly. The only guy that treats her with love and respect is Naruto, but she always automatically dismisses him. I don't understand love at all, he thought to himself.

Eventually his name was called, and he slowly made his way to the front. He didn't even bother looking at his sheet, and he almost thought about throwing it away, but he had to admit he was a little intrigued. What shallow girl did I get paired up with, he thought with amusement.

He decided to wait until Naruto got his results before he revealed who he got. Might as well make this more entertaining, he thought. When he did eventually flip over his paper, he was shocked. More shocked than he had ever been in his entire life.

A girl named Hyuuga Hinata was on the sheet. With her profile copied and attached to his piece of paper. He didn't know who she was, so he eagerly looked over the information. As he scanned over the sheet, he found that it was surprisingly…. pure. Her hobbies were things such as baking, knitting, and being around people who were dear to her. She explicitly wrote she would not be ok with PDA and she thought that love was something that should be kept private. Her profile image was not too bad either, she had long indigo hair and bangs, with beautiful purplish eyes and clear skin.

Naruto read the name out loud, and then everyone turned to the window-side of the classroom. Sasuke could only guess that that was where she was. He slowly stood up, and that's when he saw her. She was sitting in the middle seat of the window row by herself, blushing profusely. He met her eye for a second, and she immediately looked down at her lunch like she just remembered it was the most interesting thing in the world. He could see the other girls giving her mean looks, and he tried to think of what he knew about her, but to his surprise he couldn't think of much.

He recalled that she was number four in the class, and upon further reflection he realized that she never really bothered with him. She hung out with Aburame Shino and Inuzuka Kiba in their grade, and she was also really close with Hyuuga Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee in the grade above them. As he really stared at her in depth for the first time he thought to himself, Shit. This Principal is even more troublesome than I imagined.