Constantine. <Dead Ninja Sequel> (Oh Hold)

Chapter Eight

So Deidara picked me up from class after school and took me to the hair salon. When it was my turn, I sat on the little spiny chair and smiled at the stylist.

“Hello, how would you like your hair done?” she asked me in monotone. I thought about it for a second before smiling.

“Very layered in the back- shorter than the front, and just trim an angle to match up with the back.” I said and she nodded. While she was cutting my hair, I couldn’t help but to think that I really didn’t need to be here and that I could just cut it myself.

The lady finished cutting my hair so Deidara and I went home. I went straight to where mom was, which was the office, and crossed my arms.

“What are we going to do about Maualei?” I asked and she looked up with a blank face.

“She is no harm, so nothing.” She said and looked back down at her paper. I peeked over her shoulder and sighed. All it said was that mom owes the Hokage 10,000 yen at the end of the week (I think that’s 1,000$). I sighed again and walked back out into the living room and found dad watching, you guessed it; Chuck Norris goes Shinobi. I chuckled and his head snapped up to look at me, and of course, he was crying.

“Go away! I don’t want you making fun of me!” he yelled pathetically. I rolled my eyes and went outside. I had no idea what to do and just groaned loudly.

“You sound troubled.” A familiar voice chided and I looked over to see Shikamaru standing a few meters away. I grinned and football tackled him into a hug. When he hit the ground, he moaned in pain softly. I sat on his chest and poked his angry-looking yet amused face.

“Your back, finally!” I giggled and he smiled.

“I am back, finally. Miss me?” I grinned.

“Well duh, we wouldn’t be on the ground if I didn’t.” he did a min-sweat drop and chuckled, which made his chest vibrate… the chest I was sitting on. I giggled again and rolled off of him to lie next to him. I might have been seeing things, or did I see a look of disappointment when I got off of him?

“What did you do this weekend?” he asked and I smiled widely.

“I entered the academy!” I said cheerfully and he looked at me with a genuine smile.

“That’s great Taintie!” he applauded and I nodded.

“Yep, yep. And I met your cousin, he’s like you in a way.” It was his turn to nod his head.

“Simiko? Yeah, he like copies everything I do, it’s a drag.” We both laughed and I stood up.

“Want to go buy some candy? I’m starting to get hungry.” I said and he smirked.

“Why do you always eat candy? Won’t you get fat and die?” I felt a pang in my heart. He didn’t know my secret. I frowned sadly and looked down for a moment, but then looked back up at Shikamaru.

“Can we go on a walk and get some candy- please?” I asked and he must’ve seen something in my eyes because he nodded without saying anything. We walked to the candy store in silence and when we got there, Tetsushi wasn’t there but a girl that looked in her fifties. I went to the chocolate isle and pointed to the candy. “You can get whatever.” I offered softly and he nodded, taking a Pay Day. I took a few bags of M&M’s and took out a wad of money while leaving, tossing it on the desk.

We walked out of the gates and I didn’t turn down the trail that went to my house, gaining a confused stare from Shikamaru, but he followed beside me. When we got far enough, I turned and face him with an emotionless face.