Chapter 24! There's an event that will take Hashirama and Madara's relationship to the next level which will happen in a few chapters, so stay tuned! Right now, we're going through the boring "these events lead up to the main one" phase.
As it turned out, five-person groups were not accepted, and the two-person rooms fell into the hands of Hashirama, the Student Kaichou, and Madara, who was the lone person in the class. Hashirama had chosen Tobirama as his roommate, and Izuna was asked by her sister to sleep in the same room with her. Since Izuna was the newest member to the four girls, she decided to sleep in a separate room.
"Izuna, that's too bad! We could do so much stuff together if you stayed in our room!" Sakura complained as the teacher announced the room arrangements. The other girls nodded in agreement. "We can all get some beauty treatments done and gossip all night!"
"Thanks, but staying with my sister is fine. I don't mind." Izuna said lightly. In fact, she didn't want to listen to gossip all night, so staying with her sister was pretty much the best thing that happened. She looked over at Tobirama, who caught her eye.
"We get to choose our roommates, but we're chosen before we can say no." He said, exasperated. "Onii-sama really did not give me a chance, did he?"
"You don't like staying with your brother?"
"Apart from his sleeping habits, he has trouble waking up early in the morning."
"And he's the Student Kaichou?"
"I question his position every day when I act as his personal alarm clock." Tobirama said, his dark red eyes flashing. Izuna laughed, as Tobirama proceeded to glare at her. "What?!"
"It's just funny hearing about your brother!" Izuna snickered. Tobirama stared at her, momentarily transfixed by the bright smile on her face. He recovered quickly, but that was enough to make the girls notice. Ino let out a growl before dragging Tobirama out the classroom, leaving Izuna perplexed in her seat.
"You are going to have a talk with my friends!"
"Why?!" Tobirama protested. He struggled in vain from Ino's iron grip as the other girls followed up.
"Because! You are taking way too long!" Sakura whispered fiercely. She turned around to tell Izuna to stay where she was before facing the confused Senju again. "You are hopeless, so we're trying to help!"
"Why are you doing this?!"
"Because it concerns one of our friends." Sakura finished. She smiled, making Tobirama's spine tingle. "We are going to talk to you, understood?"
"Yes ma'am." Tobirama just wanted to shout for help.
"So tell her, you dolt!" Tobirama flinched. Sakura was sure loud. "You like Izuna, and it's so ridiculously obvious that I'm surprised she didn't notice!"
"We thought the dance would make you confess but nooo! You didn't do anything!" Ino added, crossing her arms. Tobirama just closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.
"If I could, I would have done that already!" Tobirama rubbed his temples. "I just can't, OK?"
"That's the most ridiculous excuse I've ever heard." Tenten rolled her eyes. Tobirama glared at her.
"It's complicated!"
"Really?" All the girls asked suspiciously. They didn't look convinced, but that was all Tobirama could give.
"I'm not lying. If it was that simple, I would have confessed." He whispered softly. "I know you girls won't let me off this easily, but that's all I can tell you." He expected the girls to ask even more questions, but they surprisingly stayed silent. Finally, Hinata spoke up timidly.
"T…Tobirama kun, I hope you can make Izuna san happy."
"I just wished I could." Tobirama sighed. Everyone seemed to insist on making his life miserable by reminding how he could never get what he wanted.
Meanwhile, Hashirama was lying under a tree, his head in Madara's lap. He secretly loved seeing Madara's face flush red, so he achieved it by showing as much public affection as he could, like what he was doing now. Madara's face had been a shade of attractive pink for the last eight minutes.
"Isn't it great? Our rooms are right next to each other!"
"I don't get why that's so great, considering I'm staying beside an idiot."
"Aw, come on, Dara! Don't be so mean! Maybe we can do something together during the stay!"
"Like what?" Madara asked with a roll of her eyes. Hashirama secretly shed anime tears, wondering why his girlfriend was so cold. He wanted to have some fun in the hotel with Madara, and having rooms side-by-side meant he could walk his girl all the way to her door without having to walk a long way back to his own room. "Walk around the hotel?"
"The hotel is famous for its entertainment! We would have such a nice time there!" Hashirama explained. "There is way more stuff than hot springs!"
"Whatever." Madara shrugged. "I still don't see what that has to do with the rooms."
"Because! Being right next to you is the best thing there is." Hashirama said, reaching up and bringing Madara's head down for a kiss.
"…!" The Uchiha probably wasn't prepared. Okay, that would result in another beating for himself later, but right now it didn't matter. He quickly licked her lip a few times before releasing her. Better let her go before she starts bashing his head in.
"We'll have a great time, and I'm looking forward to it. Aren't you a bit excited?!"
"I'm excited." His girlfriend said quietly. Hashirama smiled and sat up, motioning for the staring classmates behind her to quietly retreat before the Uchiha went into attack mode.