Now That We've Met

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Woah so you can't delete chapters?! Oh well I'll leave that cute little Authors note in there for later :) never know what's what hahaha . So finally months of waiting are over, Please forgive the fact that I suck.

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Naruto’s POV

I sighed and looked at the alarm clock and watched as the numbers flipped to read 2:00 AM. I flipped to my side and checked my phone, two days had passed since the day with Kiba in the park. Not being in any of the same classes, left us little time to talk. Lunch break was always busy, and after school he’d been heading straight home to finish unpacking. I wanted to see him though. Talking to him that day had given me such a sense of calm. I smiled, thinking of the way he had tried comforting me in the park.

I Jumped as my phone suddenly began to vibrate in my hands, I smiled as Ino’s face flashed onto my screen. I slid the green bubble across, and held the phone to my ear. “Why on earth are you still awake?”

I Heard a groan from the other line and sat up as Ino’s voice came across the phone. “Sakura had to go and invite Hinata to the party tonight! Can you believe it, here I was expecting just a casual get together with just the few of us, but since she’s gonna be there I have to get dressed and..” Her voice trailed off as she sighed.

I chuckled and ran a hand through my hair. “You know you can show up in anything, HInata won’t care what you are wearing.”

“Of course she won’t care, why would she care at all about what I was wearing.” I heard the pain in her voice, and cringed a little.

“You know that’s not what I meant Ino, Hinata isn’t the type to care about what clothes a person wears or how perfect their hair is. She’s a good girl, and as long as you do your best I know your feelings will reach her.” I waited as silence greeted me on the other end.

“I know she’s nice, almost too nice at time, but that doesn’t change anything. I want to look my best. I want her to notice me the second I walk in the room, I notice her every time it’s overdo that she notices me too.” A sad chuckle followed her sentence. “I’ve been digging through my closet all night  and still can’t find anything.”

I threw my legs over the edge of the bed and slipped into my tennis shoes, knowing the chances of me sleeping anytime soon were slim anyways. “Fine, fine. I’m on my way I’ll help you pick something out, and then we can both go to bed alright?”

A delighted squeal burst through the phone as i hung it up.  I threw on my coat, and grabbed my wallet as I headed out, stiffening at the cold night air. Shivering slightly I headed off towards Ino’s apartment. It took only ten minutes to get there, and when I arrived, I saw Ino standing in the doorway, a mug in her hand.

I ran up and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, “What do we have here.” I said reaching for the mug.

She smiled and released her grip “Market spice, your favorite.”

“Ah you do care!” I smiled as I brought the warm liquid up to my lips, sighing as the heat filled, and relaxed me.

“Alright let the search begin then, the perfect outfit so you may show off to your perfect girl.” Ino gave me a relieved smile, taking my hand and leading me up to her bedroom.

I paused as I entered her room, different outfits were strewn all about and shoes lay haphazardly around the room. “Woah, this is even messier than my room”

Ino frowned and looked around. “You think in all of these clothes there would be at least one acceptable thing.”

I glanced around, Ino was fashionable, there was no denying that.The problem just seemed to be that she was trying too hard. After taking in the assorted clothing in front of me I walked forward. I grabbed a black dress that had been shoved to the side and tossed it at her.

“Wear this with those cute fake garter tights you have and those purple strappy things with the bows. It’s cute and of you are worried about being too dressy I’ll text the others and let them know to clean up a bit. After all, it’s a welcome party now.” I kicked off my shoes, and flomped down onto her bed.

The light flicked off and I felt the bed sink in as she laid next to me. “Less than five minutes and you’ve already picked out the perfect outfit for me. Too bad neither of us are straight, cause I think you’d be my dream man.”

I laughed and turned to face her. “Please even if we were straight you’d kill me if we ever dated.”

I watched her smile as she reached forward and took one of my hands in hers. “Ya probably.”

The silence that followed was heavy and I raised an eyebrow at her. “What’s on oyur mind kid?”

She pouted but moved closer to me. “D-Do you think I really have a chance with Hinata, I mean she’s so sweet and gentle. Not to mention she used to be so in love with you, I’m probably way out of her zone of interest.”

I gave her hand a tight squeeze and sighed. “You won’t know until you try. If you never know, you’ll just continue to regret it later.” I felt my chest begin to tighten, and the slight familiar burn growing behind my eyes.

She reached a free hand forward and brushed a stray lock from my eyes. “Like you do with Sasuke right? I Still feel like you should tell him how you feel! I know he’s with Sakura know, and I know you don’t want to hurt either of them but you are suffering so much because of it and I..!” I set a hand against her lips, to keep her voice from growing louder.

“I know that’s what I should do, but then I see the way he looks at her, the softness in his eyes, it took soo long for him to get that back after what happened to his family. The last thing I want to do is be the reason for that pain to return.” I pulled my hand from her mouth and snuggled closer to her.

“I know, but the way its affecting you.. I didn’t want to say anything but even Sakura has begun to notice something is off.” I felt her forehead press against mine, and had to stop the new wave of emotion that hit me. “You get silent whenever she comes Sasuke around lately, and you always back out of things when her and Sasuke are involved together. She thinks she did something to hurt you, and wonders of your crush from elementry school never went away”

I chuckled “If only she knew it wasn’t her whom I wasn’t over, but her boyfriend. Can you imagine the look on her face.”

I heard the smile in Ino’s voice as she began to speak. “True, she might give you a hit you’d never forget. At least try and find away to let Sakura know it wasn’t anything she did. I know she took your precious love away from you, but she had no clue, and she really does care about you. She’s doesn’t want you to go back to how you were when you first arrived at our school. So just try and let her know that you still care for her.”

I nodded my head, hoping Ino wouldn’t notice the tears streaming down my face in the dark. “I really don’t dislike her at all, if anything I must say I admire her. She followed her heart and did everything she could in order to get the one she loved to notice her. Meanwhile, I sat back and hoped he’d notice me pretending not to care one way or the other.”

I pulled back a little as I opened my eyes to look at her, she was hazy through the tears, but the small smile on her face told me she understood. I smiled back as she reached up to wipe the tears from my cheek. I snuggled closer to her and closed my eyes again, hoping to fall asleep.

A moment later I heard Inos breathing soften next to me. Having her here beside me was keeping me sane, and I loved every bit of her. I began to relax, falling into a deep sleep while never letting go of her hand.

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Golly after so long you all were probably expecting greatness, sorry I couldn’t deliver. It’s been so long since I wrote anything so i honestly did my best here and i hope that I have more time to write and that I can continue to at least make somewhat regular update, due to cut hours at work it should be easier in the near future to find writing time. Please enjoy.