Roommates

Chapter 6: Basketball and Clubs

I moaned and snuggled deeper into my pillows. God, I hate mornings.

Well, at least the wakening part.
I heard a sigh.

"Shake her awake", a voice commanded. It didn't command me, though. I think.

"Why me? You're the closest", another voice replied.

"I'm not interested in almost being hit again."

"So you're just telling me to be hit instead?"

"Yes. It took you that long?" Someone growled angrily and irritably.

"Fine. I'll do it. Since you're obviously afraid of being hit by a little girl like her..."

"You know, I think it's good for you that she isn't conscious enough to understand what you just said." I could hear someone roll their eyes. Then a few footsteps were heard.

"Oi, Tenten. Get up", the second voice commanded. I simply grunted. He rolled his eyes again. I could feel his hands on my arm suddenly, and, as a reflex, my hand shot out, fisted. It hit something, and a loud "Ouch!" was heard, followed by snickering.

"So, you got a nosebleed from a little girl like her?" the first voice asked, amused.

"Shut up", the second voice muttered, and then said, loudly: "Tenten! Get your ass up from that bed now or I'll force you!" My eyes snapped open at this.
I slowly sat up and death-glared the man in-front of me who was clutching his nose. He was also glaring at me, but with a hint of triumph.

"Is that a threat?" I asked slowly in a low voice. "Sasuke?" Sasuke blinked in surprise, and Neji, who sat on his bed, was watching the scene with light amusement. "Is it?" I asked again.

"...Yes?" Sasuke replied after a while. I raised my eyebrows and smiled a sweet and dangerous smile.

"Really now?" I asked. "How sad." Then I hit him. Hard. Harder than before.
He stumbled backwards over Neji's bed, chock and pain in his expression.

Neji now full out laughed.

"What did I say?" he asked the stunned boy next to him. I huffed and got up from the bed, starting to look for my uniform.

"You do remember the basketball practice at seven?" Neji asked me. I stiffened. Then I slowly looked up at him. My eyes started to gleam.

"Yay!" I then shouted, jumping up and down. "I am finally in a basketball-team! How great is that!" I stopped jumping and grinned at the two confused boys in-front of me. After a little while of silent grinning from my side, and silent staring from their side, I grabbed my clothes and skipped into the bathroom, still grinning.

Before I closed the door I could hear Sasuke say to Neji:

"With that girl's violence and mood changes, it'll be a wonder if we last the year."

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I grimaced as I sat down at the desk. I had two very good reasons for dreading this lesson.

One; it was Biology. As you might remember, the teacher is not one of my favorites.
Two; it was Biology. Yesterday I had had to stand the very uncomfortable mood between Sasuke and Sakura, and today didn't seem any better.

I sat in-between the two again, and everything was quite the same as yesterday; Sasuke kept glancing at Sakura, who totally ignored him. Nice, I say. Sarcastically.

Eventually the bell rang, and Jiraya entered the classroom with the same grin as yesterday. I tried to make myself as small as possible as his eyes swept over the class, and, to my endless relief, he didn't comment my presence.