Chapter 23! I hope everyone is still reading the fic, because its pace isn't that fast and it's quite long. I'm going to introduce a new event in this chapter, so enjoy and review!

The next day, Izuna walked to school with her sister and the Senju brothers, as usual. She and Tobirama were no longer enemies, so they chatted all the way. There was a barrier now, sure, but it was bearable. They talked mostly about the tests the day before, comparing answers and mocking each other's silly mistakes. Their older siblings were being overly affectionate, as usual, but that didn't mean they have to stare at the pair all day.

"What did you put for the question about Hamlet?"

"C."

"How sure are you about it?"

"One hundred percent."

"Argh! That's the eighth question I got wrong!" Tobirama cried. Izuna laughed, earning herself a glare. "Don't laugh, Miss Smarty-pants!"

"You laughed for a whole five minutes about a stupid mistake I made when we compared the math answers, Math Freak!"

"Fine. We're even." Tobirama rolled his eyes in resignation. Izuna stared at him, secretly muttering angrily in her mind.

"Whoever caught the heart of him must be some lovely girl. I fucking hate her. Maybe I should start deducing who she might be and try to kill her."

"Hi Tobirama!" A girl with long, dark hair and pale skin called out. Izuna recognized her as the flirty tease from another class.

"This might be her, though it's a bit weird to call her cheerful and not flirty." Izuna thought. She glanced at Tobirama, and caught the grimace on his face.

"Morning, Komura." He mumbled, not even looking at the flirty fangirl straight in the eye.

"Okay, maybe not." This was going to be harder than the Uchiha thought.

Madara was not comfortable. She still hadn't gotten used to the holding hands, so her cheeks burned. Hashirama had no problem showing affection, but that didn't mean she could as well.

"You are so sensitive, Madara! We're officially a couple now, so there's nothing to be embarrassed of."

"Yeah right. Our classmates are totally not staring at us." Madara retorted. Every classmate who passed them stared, as if wanting something, and that made the Uchiha felt extremely uncomfortable and embarrassed.

"Oh come on. They're just curious!"

"What is there to be curious of?!"

"It's not everyday you get to see a couple in school. Anyway, how did you do on the tests?"

"Fine, I suppose."

"I'll definitely kickass in Chemistry and beat you!"

"What was that, Senju?!" Madara growled. She was competitive against the idiot for no apparent reason. Maybe the Senju-Uchiha rivalry had its part in it. Hashirama just flashed that ridiculously bright smile of his and laughed. Madara loved and hated that smile at the same time. It made her boyfriend look hot but gave her the urge to smack him on the head.

"Now you're back to normal. I don't like you being all embarrassed and ladylike. It's not you."

"If that's the case, keep pissing me off. Our classmates would enjoy watching me smack you into the ground."

"They would probably enjoy seeing something like this more." Before Madara realized what happened, Hashirama pecked her lightly on the lips and ran off. Her face immediately flamed up, and the girls from her class shrieked in excitement.

"Hashirama Senju!" Hashirama hid his smile as his angry, embarrassed girlfriend shouted at the top of her lungs.

Izuna glared at every girl who had pale skin and dark hair throughout the day, which unfortunately included two of her friends.

"I…Izuna san, you look…a little….angry….."

"Izuna, are my Chinese buns bothering you or what?!" Tenten and Hinata looked confusedly at Izuna's angry black eyes, which had miniature flames burning inside them, while Ino and Sakura tried to cool the younger Uchiha down.

"Izuna, did you do badly on the test? Don't worry, none of us did great either!" Sakura cooed.

"Or are you having your period? If you do, we totally understand that!" Ino added. Whatever made the Uchiha this angry had got to be one of these things, but Izuna wasn't responding to either one.

"Izuna san…is it about Tobirama kun?"

Izuna's face flamed up so fast she looked like a tomato in less than three seconds, beating Hinata's record.

"I think you nailed it, Hinata…" Ino sweatdropped. Sakura just giggled, while Tenten, who had the least interest in relationships, looked on in confusion. "So! Izuna, what happened between you and the whitehead? You guys were like, fighting a few days ago and now you are yapping like old friends again."

"We made up." Izuna mumbled. "He bought me coffee in exchange of me forgiving him."

"Oh, okay…that's a weird way to make up…" Sakura said awkwardly. "Anyway, have you heard? We can choose our own roommates!"

"What? When? Really?!" Izuna yelled. The girls laughed at Izuna's reaction and quickly explained how they could choose who they wanted to sleep with.

"So you can choose three people, provided they're not someone of the opposite sex." Sakura finished. "I hope they accept a five-person group!"

"I heard there will be two two-person rooms, because there weren't enough four-person rooms." Tenten said thoughtfully. "I wonder who will be staying in those."

"Maybe some lovebirds!" Ino joked. "They will come out of their rooms the next day after some 'rigorous exercise'!"

"You know that's ridiculous, Ino Pig! The teachers won't allow that!"

"Who knows? And don't call me Ino Pig!"

As a new round of bickering started, Izuna decided to forget about the girl and start thinking about roommates. She was very curious about who will be staying in those rooms too. Maybe it really would be lovebirds who get to stay in there! Little did she know that was going to become real.