The girl with Pink Hair

Chapter Twenty Five

"Hey!" I yelled laughing as I wiped the snowball off my face. Hinata was giggling with a wide smile with red flushed cheeks from the cold. We had a snowstorm last night that left a foot of snow of the ground. I ran after Hinata, wrapping my arms around her as we fell backwards into a pile of snow. Hinata laughed so brightly as she began to make a snow angel.

"Wait!" Hinata quickly sat up pieces of snow still in her hair, "What time is it?!"

"One-"

"We are going to be late!" Hinata grabbed my arm and tried pulling me with her. I chuckled as I followed her to the café where we were meeting friends. It didn't take us long to reach the café, its warm air rushed to greet us causing me to sigh. I loved winter but summer was my favorite time of year, I really hated being cold. Hinata waved with a smile on her lips, Sakura waved back who sat on the couch with Kakashi sitting beside her.

We joined them on the soft couch, Kakashi held Sakura's hand as she went back to looking at her phone. It has been two amazing weeks since Sakura agreed to remain inside the leaf village as she recovers. Her shoulder was still in its sling but she claims she was getting better; she had another doctor's appointment in a few days to get it looked at and hopefully removed.

I felt better about being around Kakashi and Sakura now, it took some time getting use to the idea of them being in a relationship and now they seemed so natural together, they just made sense. Carver and Raiden were still here training us, they were training right now and allowing everyone a week off for the holiday coming up, I was so excited for Christmas. Kakashi agreed to do all the cooking, we were having dinner at his apartment, since that is where Sakura has been staying while here.

I know Kakashi has been training with Sakura alone, I don't know what their training consisted of since she couldn't use her arm. But it seemed to keep her at bay and gave her an outlet so I wasn't going to complain. I leaned against my seat with a hot chocolate in my hand, my girlfriend beside me. My best friend inside the village safe and sound...everything was just perfect.

Sadly, after an hour Sakura had to get up and leave. She was still the commander of another village and had a job to do. Granted she wasn't leaving the village just like she promised, she still held video conferences with her two other commanders almost every day. Kakashi usually went with her and hung in the background. As Sakura got up and left, I stood as well. I had some last-minute shopping to do, I was meeting Sasuke at the mall. I hated shopping and had put it off to the last second like a moron, stores this time of year were always packed and filled with crazy people.

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"L-Let go!" I yelled at the old hag in front of me who was glaring back at me. We both were hovering over a discount bin. I found the perfect sweater for Hinata which was fifty percent off! But this old hag grabbed it right as I was about to walk away with it!

"Never!" The old lady yelled back.

"I had it first!" I shouted, 

"No I did!"

"Are-Are you crazy you old hag!?" I yelled, "I totally had it in my hand before you did! You came up and tried to take it from me!" I growled as I tried to pull it out of her old hands but her grip was so strong! What the hell?! I placed my foot up on the bin to get a better grip on the damn thing, I was not letting this sweater go!

"This is mine!" She yelled.

"No way!" I yelled back. "There is no way I am going to give it to you!" The old woman then had an evil glare spread across her face as she let go and I flew backwards into a display case.

"Ow...." I groaned as I slowly sat up. I few people gathered around to see what happened. The old hag tried to run up and grab the sweater but I pulled it away, jumping to my feet. "Not this time you old hag!" I yelled pointing at her.