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          _{It really wasn’t entirely her fault for the bumping. Yes, she was lost in deep thoughts, too lost to watch where she was going but he should have seen her and stepped aside. No harm was done though, so there was no use on over thinking about the incident. She just lost balance for a moment, there were no injuries or anything of the sort.} 

          _{Her eyes were firmly locked onto his own, brows arched in waiting for a response that never came. “I’m sorry too.”, wouldn’t have killed him, it was something basic. He apparently lacked basic skills of conversation and behavior. The fact that he just stared at her blankly, not speaking nor moving was irritating and she wanted to get as away as possible. The entire day has been a mess, a failure and additional sources of anger were unneeded. Rolling her eyes, she slipped pass him with the intention to walk down the hall and exit the building. Once at home, she would have to come up with a new plan to gain the raven’s attention and have him crawling back to her.} 

          _{Suddenly a grip on her forearm was felt, restricting her movements even though she had froze into place almost immediately. Body turned towards him, anger flashing through emerald orbs. Today was not the day for stupid things, for stupid people to get on her bad side. Why wouldn’t he just go away and leave her alone?}

               _{”What do you want?!”} 

          _{, she snapped, not even caring about the loudness of her voice. All that she wanted was to go home.} 

          _{But his words made it impossible to move. Pure shock was written across her faces upon the proposal, one almost making her laugh. Did he just actually ask her on a date? Was he really expecting her to agree? Ridiculous. The roseate knew Naruto well, she has known him for a couple of years as they belonged to the same class for 3 years even in elementary school. They never really spoke much, since they spent time in different groups of people. He has always been a loud, cheerful prankster, while she was a silent, hard-working girl. They were complete opposites and he should have known that things between them would never work. Hell, she wasn’t even interested.} 

           _{Lips parted, voice prepared to pronounce a refusal when something hit her. Eyes widen at the sudden realization, lips shutting right after. The blond was a part of the basketball team, the same team her ex led as a captain. The two boys spend a lot of time together. The more Sakura thought about it, the more excited she became. He would be PERFECT. Oh how she looked forward to making Sasuke jealous by spending time with no other than his co-captain.} 

           _{Again, her eyes had locked onto him, watching him from head to toe. The clothes he wore complimented his tan and eye color well. He was actually attractive, though definitely not her type. She had learned that dark mysterious guys were just her fit. Even so, there was no doubt that he would be a fine choice for her plan. A gentle smile was offered.}

               _{“Sure, i’d like that.”} 

▒  ▍_◣✸^◥  ▍▒ ➤

          THE moment she parted her lips ,he was certain she was going to turn him down. All he could do was push down a “Huh?” of surprise when she offered him a smile. He knew he should hav been happy, but he could help but but give her a momentary incredulous look, before grinning widely & nodding to distract her from the middle finger he was showing Kiba behind his back. 

         HE was totally going to win this challenge. But he knew that getting her to agree to going for some coffee was nowhere near getting her to be his girlfriend, but i was nearer than how they had been in all those years they had known each other. & in a worst case scenario where she wasn’t interested, he could convince himself that he had at least made an effort. & it wouldn’t even be like he had lost a friend or anything considering how they had been before he had signed up for this imbecilic challenge.

                                        ❝ Great ! I know just the place ! ❞

         HE announced, inwardly proud of himself for being able to act so casual when he was feeling so nervous he could explode. He felt ridiculous. She was just a high school girl, not a velociraptor. He had no reason to be afr    he was NOT afraid. Maybe just a little. A lottle. He mentally facepalmed himself. It was going to be along day & he was counting on her to make it a little easier for him. He was never really good at toeing on eggshells for a long period of time. 

        SAKURA was Sasuke’s ex. So it was obvious that she was mentally strong. Or possibly mental, because who in their right mind would even want to date an ice-prick like him. Especially when he had a duck-butt hairdo & dressed in colors that made it look like death had thrown up on him. She seemed more lively than he did within minutes of talking to her than he had in years of knowing him. Not mention she didn’t constantly look like she wanted to punch him. Yet. He gulped.

        HE didn’t know if he was supposed to lead the way, or tell her to walk ahead & yell out directions from behind her. Being inexperienced was a serious curse. So he settled for tipping his head in the direction they were supposed to head in & walked at her side, burying his sweating hands in his pockets, ignoring the sirens going off in his head yelling “ABORT MISSION ! ABORT MISSION !”, like he ever aborted a mission. He had a huge ego, & sometimes, he wished he didn’t.  

        AZURE optics flickered towards the roseate, as he racked his brains for something to say. “The weather’s nice ?”, no…too unoriginal. “You look pretty ?”, no…too desperate. “Is the pink hair real?”, no… she’s probably castrate him in his sleep. He wanted to bang his head against a wall. He was Naruto Uzumaki. & he was NEVER at a loss for words. “Imagine this is a play,” he mentally chanted. Everything was easier when he reminded himself that he was only pretending, not that he had forgotten in the first place. He’d just have to talk something random & safe.

               ❝  We’re almost there ! Did ya know they also serve cake &
                   sandwiches there. The Dutch Truffle pastries there are the

                best ! You’ve got to try them ! ❞