Credits to Yves_Liong (writer from Wattpad) and Masashi Kishimoto (maker of Naruto).
Battling With A Hot Guy
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"Hinata-chan, can I join you?"
A voice I recognize to be Naruto's spoke as I stare lifelessly at my lunch. I do not even have appetite at the moment. I looked up at Naruto and nodded with a forced smile as I watch him take the seat across from me.
"Why are you alone? Did you and Sakura-chan fight?"
I let out a deep sigh to prepare for a long explanation. Naruto and I have been close when Sasuke and Sakura started going out. My previous crush for him faded but I actually experienced what a good friend he is. So I decided I could trust him. He's Sasuke's bestfriend so maybe he could tell Sasuke. "It's worse than that. My thoughts were wrong. Sakura-chan told me she'd be fine with it if I started having feelings for Sasuke. But she was lying. She never wanted me to like Sasuke. I can't believe I was so stupid to actually think she'd be okay with it. And now, I'm left with nothing at all. I turned out to be a really bad person."
When I finished my little piece, he was looking at me with confused expression. "Okay, can we please talk about it slowly? I did't get what you just said. What exactly happened between you and Sakura-chan?"
I've always thought Naruto has a thing for Sakura. I am not sure if I should be speaking badly about her, and telling him what a horrible person I am, but I know Naruto is being a friend to me. He's a genuine person and he always sees the good in people. I sighed and decided to explain it better. "Sakura betrayed me. When we plotted this revenge against sasuke, I was in control. Sakura was only helping me. But then all of a sudden, she spills the cat out of the bag without telling me first about her plan. And now, Sasuke probably thinks I'm evil."
With his forehead furrowed, he asked me a question that really got to me. "Wait a minute. What's wrong with that? Isn't it part of the plan to break it to him when he's completely fooled by you? Shouldn't you be expecting him to think that way about you from the day you started planning revenge against him? Who wouldn't get mad at the person who wants to ruin his life?"
He is right. Sakura just went on with the plan. But then she knew how I felt and she even encouraged my feelings for Sasuke. Still, I did say before that friendship is more important than a boy. As I was busy analyzing my thoughts, I looked up at Naruto and he has this wide smile that says he figured something out.
"Hinata-chan, you have fallen for your own trap, didn't you? You have fallen in love with Sasuke teme."
Why does he look so happy at his realization? Shouldn't he be mad as Sasuke's bestfriend that I just admitted to him how I plotted a revenge against his bestfriend and now we've completely hurt Sasuke. I decided to just admit defeat. "You know, Sakura had known about it even before yesterday and just yesterday, she was supporting me about my feelings for Sasuke. And then she suddenly went up to Sasuke and told him everything."
"Hinata-chan." I know Naruto's personality and I expected him to actually defend Sakura's actions. "You don't deserve a friend like Sakura-chan. I know she's been doing bad things to you behind your back, hasn't she?" I was surprised at what Naruto just said and how serious he look.
Before I could answer him, my eyes caught a glimpse of the cafeteria door open and I saw Ino and Sasuke talking to each other.
Now I wasn't the type to feel jealous whenever I see a person I like talking to a girl. I mean, what is wrong with talking? But as I started following them with my eyes, I could feel something in the pit of my stomach. And Naruto, having noticed my sudden distraction, he followed my gaze and spoke out exactly what I was thinking. "What are those two doing together? Shouldn't Ino be with Sai today? It's Sai's birthday after all. Sai mentioned earlier about having a special lunch date with her."
I recalled Ino saying saying something similar today. But maybe she has change of plans? "Maybe they're planning a surprise."
"I guess. Wait. I'm closer to Sai. Why didn't Ino ask me?" Naruto complained as he took a bite off his sandwhich. "So what do you plan to do with that Teme now?"
"I have to talk to him. I need to let him know the truth. But the thing is, he doesn't like he wants to talk to me. He left his cellphone with Karin. It seems like he is avoiding me. What should I do, Naruto-kun?"
Naruto chuckled nervously. "Actually, Teme left his phone to me but my crazy cousin stole it from me saying I'm careless." I stared at Naruto dumbfoundedly. If Naruto was supposed to keep Sasuke's phone, I would have had more chance of talking to Sasuke. But it's not his fault. Karin is really just a sneaky one. "Uh, I think it's going to be hard for you to explain this to him, Hinata-chan. After all, he's just as stubborn as you. Well, he's more stubborn than you."
Before I could respond, I saw Sai walk inside the cafeteria with a phone in his ear. He was looking around until his eyes finally see what he was looking for. He looks furious as he walk towards Sasuke and Ino. The couple began arguing as Ino says she is discussing something with Sasuke, that he needs her help.
"Come on, let's end their fight before it gets more serious." Naruto stood up and started heading towards their table in a hurry.
I followed behind, not wanting to get involved since I'm afraid something bad might happen between me and Sasuke. But he was there sitting quietly as if nothing is happening around him.
When I reached the table, Sasuke didn't even acknowledge my presence. Well, at least he's not singling me out. He's ignoring all of us.
"Look, can you two just stop arguing? It's Sai's birthday, Ino." Naruto spoke, trying to end the fight.
"So what? Just because it's his birthday doesn't mean he can act like a jerk."
"I'm the jerk? You're the one who planned a celebration ahead and ended up not showing on the planned day."
What is going on today? Everyone's acting strangely! "Fine. So I'm a jerk. Have lunch by yourself then. Let's go, Sasuke-kun."
As if Sasuke is a robot, he followed Ino's orders. They started walking towards the cafeteria door leaving all of us shocked. Okay, this is so weird.
I snapped out of my daze and decided to approach Sasuke and ask him if we could talk. So I ran towards them and called him. "Sasuke!" He didn't turn to look at me so I grabbed his hand, maybe I could get his attention this way. "We need to talk."
He still ignored me and even shook his hand away from my grip. Then Sasuke and Ino disappeared behind the cafeteria door.