Cinderella; Once In A Plot Twist

🍮 Chapter 26 🍮

• THE SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM ISN'T ALWAYS PLEASANT •

Naruto was astounded by what Sasuke was telling him. The blond had invited himself over for an unwanted sleepover party but Sasuke didn't have the energy to send him away. Not like he was going to leave anyway. So the brunet just gave up and told Naruto about what happened earlier that day. "Whoa so Hina is actually the girl you're looking for?!" He yelled in surprise. "I knew those cinnamon buns tasted familiar!"

"Hina?" Sasuke questioned Naruto's nickname for the dark haired girl but that wasn't important at the moment. "Wait you knew about this and you didn't tell me?!" He asked, betrayed while Naruto held his hands up in surrender.

"Hey I was also hella confused! Hinata didn't mention going to the party so I just thought it couldn't be hers!" The blond yelled in his defense. Sasuke glared at him for a second longer before relaxing his gaze with a sigh.

"It doesn't matter anyway. Point is we've found her."

"It's crazy how she ended up being the exact person you were looking for though." Naruto hummed as he fiddled with his baggy pockets looking for a snack he didn't keep there. "You were just looking for a good enough replacement and boom, things fall in place!" His search came up negative and he pouted. He was so sure he forgot a Choco bar there or something.

"Yeah it's a lucky coincidence. She's going to teach me how to make special dangos tomorrow during lunch break– ah dobe!" Sasuke trailed off with a yelp when Naruto suddenly pounced on him and pinned him to his bed. The blond's face was pale with, was that panic? "What is wrong with you? Get off me!" Naruto didn't listen.

"You're going to be in the home economics room with her?!" The blond questioned hotly.

"Yeah?" Sasuke replied, confused.

"Alone?!" Naruto almost yelled.

"I sure am not allowing you inside." Sasuke deadpanned much to Naruto's horror.

"Don't tell me you're in love with her or something like that. Did you secretly fall in love with her on the night you danced together? Did you? Did you?!" Now the blond was in full panic mode. And Sasuke didn't help matters by suddenly going quiet and morose. He looked so deep in thought as if he was really considering whether or not he fell in love with Hinata at first sight. It scared Naruto what Sasuke's answer would be about that. They both can't be in love with the same girl, it doesn't work that way! "Oi answer me!" Naruto demanded.

"Get off me dobe." Sasuke pushed the blond away instead. The question went unanswered. For the first time since Naruto started inviting himself over their sleepover was eerily quiet. Mikoto, Sasuke's mum, had to go check if everything was alright between them because the silence was so strange coming from the best friends.

Even though Naruto really wanted to push his way into the home economics lab with Sasuke and Hinata during lunch break the next day, he knew that Sasuke needed his respite. He knew that his best friend needed to learn this recipe not just for Itachi but for his own peace of mind. Sasuke was a goal driven person and if he didn't achieve a goal he set for himself he could break down from the feeling of defeat. So he let the both of them be while he went to the cafeteria to eat for the first time in a while since he started having lunch with Hinata.

While he was waiting for the server to get him the lunch he ordered he saw Sakura sitting on a lone table in the cafeteria. Ino was nowhere to be found, probably off bothering Sai as she'd been doing these past days. It was good, the girl's disturbance, as it kept Sai off his and Sasuke's backs for a welcome period of time.

Naruto decided to sit with her. He didn't like to eat alone and he could use her company right now seeing as both their love interests had somehow left them and migrated towards each other. Yeah Naruto wasn't as oblivious to what was going on between Sasuke and Sakura as anybody else must've thought.