This tells the art project, so skim at the beginning. But--- more parts added.

As you know from last time, pairings in this chapter are SasukexSakura, and ShikaxIno.

You'll see an added pairing.

Hah sorry for long update. One word::Lazy.

A quote for SasukexSakura, HinataxNaruto, and ShikaxIno pairings

"We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly."

OYY! I'm done with revision!

xDDDDDDD

no chance in hell I'm doing it again.

Even if I do need a BETA, and the first chapters were cheesy.

There's no way I'm re-doing this for the third time,

I'm troublesome enuff already.

Konoha High

Chapter 7

The Girl with the Crush, and the Girl Who Got Crushed

All of the students who had art soon came. Everyone waited for the sensei. 5 minutes later, the door opened. "Oh hey class!" Kakashi said as he closed the door. "Sorry I was talking things over with Jaraiya Sensei about...stuff. Yesterday we talked about what we were gonna do today. Get your partners and we'll start."

Flashback

"Now well class, what we're going to be doing tomorrow is drawing."

Some of the people who weren't good at this groaned. As for Sakura, she really was happy to hear this. She was really good in drawing and all types of art. Sasuke was really good at this likewise.

"But the only thing is...You're going to be drawing...The person next to you."

Luckily for Kakashi, the class had an even amount of people, now thanks to Sakura. No one was left out. "Now if there's no person next to you then move and find a person that has no partner either." After a minute of a couple seating arrangements and getting a couple sighs from students, everyone got settled in.

Almost all the students in the class now looked at their partners with a worried look. There was complete silence after Kakashi told them what they were going to do.

After he noticed the quietness and the awkwardness in the room from his students, Kakashi spoke again. "I think you guys should do really well. I mean why take this class in the first place? From what I've seen so far, all of you are great artists. Anyway, thirty percent of your grade for this assignment is how you cooperate with your partner and how still you can be. Seventy percent is how much effort you put on this. Any questions?" he asked with a plastered smile. Everyone was silent.

End Flashback

"Now I'll pass out the papers you will be drawing on. Save it for tomorrow." Kakashi went over to a stack of white paper next to his desk and started to hand them out. "Okay listen up because I'll only say this once," he said sternly.

Everyone got his attention. They knew Kakashi meant that and he will never repeat it again. "While I pass this out, decide who will draw first. Then for the people who aren't drawing, make sure to find a pose and hold it. And uhm those people who drew today will pose tomorrow, and those people who posed today will draw tomorrow. When you get this you may begin."

Although what he said was too much and a bit confusing, everyone got it perfectly.

Soon, Kakashi finished handing out the papers and went back to his desk. He observed his working students intently. He thought the guy-and-girl partners looked cute together. An example is Shikamaru and Ino. Then once in a while he looked back down and read his orange book.

"This is soo troublesome," Shikamaru muttered. His voice was very low, and his partner, Ino, was the only one able to hear it.

"Okay so who's first?" Ino said as she tried to completely ignore what Shikamaru just said and change the subject.

"Aaahhh...I'll draw first," he said lazily. "And get it over with..." he said as he got a pencil out from his desk.

Lazy ass, Ino thought to herself. She completely trusted Shikamaru in this assignment. He was a really good drawer and they've been friends for a long time- ever since the 5th grade. "Alright. So what pose should I do?"

"I don't care."

"Okay..."

Ino just thought of a pose in the top of her head. She put her elbow on her desk. On that same arm she laid the palm her hand against her cheek. She had a tilted pose and used her hand as a resting position for her head. At the same time she gave an innocent look and put her eyes in an upward position. Shikamaru watched her as she did the position. He saw her as if she was lying on a cloud. "How's this?" she asked, still not letting go of her pose but turned her eyes on Shikamaru.

"Fine." Just...Fine, he thought to himself. "Just don't move."

Hearing this, Ino put her eyes back up and waited to be drawn. "Kay..."

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Sasuke and Sakura were drawing partners since they were assigned by Kakashi to sit next to each other. They didn't know why, but they didn't have a problem with that either. Fan girls were of course enraged but couldn't do anything to help it. They couldn't complain amd whine with Kakashi Sensei.

After Sasuke and Sakura received their drawing paper from Kakashi, they started to plan like everyone else. "Okay Sasuke. Can I draw you first?" asked Sakura.

"No."

"Uhmmm...So what pose should I do?"

"Anything," he said as he got out a pencil from his desk.

"Okay..."

Sasuke quickly got his pencil out and turned his eyes back to Sakura in a second. He watched her as she was doing her pose. He wasn't going to miss a single moment of this.

Sakura just thought of a pose that she could come up with. She just sat there and smiled lightly and innocently without showing her teeth because if she did, she knew she wouldn't hold it for that long. She also tilted her head a little bit to the side and put her long, pink hair to the more open side from the tilt. After doing this, she put her eyes where Sasuke's eyes were. Seeing this position, Sasuke gave a smirk. She was fine-looking.

Sakura noticed the Uchiha's smirk. She broke her pose and pulled her hair back to where it was behind her shoulders. She said, "Then you think of a pose!"

"No. It's fine." Beautiful... he thought to himself.

"Okay...Then don't smirk."

"Hn." Sasuke was now serious and Sakura unwillingly made that position she did before. He started drawing, and looked up at Sakura and back down at his drawing intensely.

After she saw him draw, Sakura badly wanted to see what the Uchiha was drawing. But, she knew she couldn't because she would ruin the picture if she moved her eyes.

Everyone in the room was in silence and focused on their work. Kakashi watched his students with a smile, especially the guy and girl couples. They make good pairs, he thought to himself. Good job Kakashi.

A good, long 40 minutes soon ended. "Okay everyone stop. Now you have five minutes left. All drawers can show their partners what they have drawn. We'll continue this tomorrow," Kakashi announced. After they heard this, everyone was at ease. All of the people who posed were in relief. They couldn't move for 40 minutes! They let go of their poses and became relaxed a bit more. "Well done everyone."

"Finally!" a student said.

"Man that was torture not moving!" another yelled out. But of course, everyone didn't miss that part where he said 'All drawers can show their partners what they have drawn'. Everyone who posed was really eager to know.

The drawers let their partners have a look.

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"Here Ino," Shikamaru said as he handed his work to Ino and waited for a reaction at the same time.

Ino took it out of his hand and looked at it. He had drawn her perfectly. It was so beautiful and well detailed. It was definitely drawn as if Ino was on a cloud.

A huge smile and a tint of blush came to her face. Seeing this response, Shikamaru knew he had done well. He had really worked hard on it, and was very proud too.

"AWW SHIKA!" Ino exclaimed as she put the drawing on the desk and out of her hands. She went over to Shikamaru with wide open arms about to give him a hug. As he saw her coming to him, he panicked all over. But, all he could do was just sit there. He found himself not moving. In a second, Ino embraced him. "I love it!!!!!! It's soooo pretty!!! THANKS SHIKA!!!" she tightened the hug a bit more.

"Uh...you're welcome..." he said lightly with a faint blush. Not knowing what to do, he just put his hands on his sides.

To his surprise, Ino then lightly kissed him on the cheek. This made the guy blush deep red. Heat rose, and he knew how funny he looked right now. He didn't want Ino to see his face. "Thanks...Shika," Ino repeated with a whisper. Shikamaru was silent, still not knowing how to react. After she sat back in her seat, she asked the question that she had been thinking of asking for a long time. "Hey...Shikamaru?" she said in a sweet, soft voice. Shikamaru looked at her.

"Yeah?"

"You want to go to the dance...With me?" It was Ino's turn to blush. She couldn't believe the words that just came out of her mouth. But she really did like him from the start, even though she never was a 'fan' of his laziness.

Shikamaru was stunned. He had no idea what to say. Ino.Asked.Him.To.Be.Her.Date. This was least expected. Yeah he liked her, but he never thought she would ask him. "Well I'm not really into dances..."

"Oh...It's okay...I won't force you..." Her voice faded. Rejection. That's what she feared the most, and it happened. She was also saddened, not because he thought it was troublesome –hey that's Nara- but was it also because he just doesn't want to go with her and he didn't want to say it?

"They're troublesome Ino..." he said lowly. He thought dressing up and getting outside the house was too much work.

"Yeah it's okay don't worry. Sorry I asked you." I just hope what I did hadn't ruined our friendship, she said to herself. What if he got the wrong idea of her and thinks of her completely differently now?

"...But for you I'll go," he continued. Shikamaru saw a smile slowly forming Ino's face.

Once again she got up her seat and hugged him. But this time, he hugged her back, but delicately. A surprise to Ino. She gave a light chuckle. "Thanks," she said, almost soundless. Now that she was on the topic, she decided to come out and say, "Shika...I like you. Since the fifth grade," she whispered in his ear. She sat back in her seat.

"Oh..." he said.

"Yeah." Silence came. Obviously she wanted him to ask the question. She thought guys were supposed to ask first. Troublesome woman, he thought to himself. A very nervous Ino just looked innocently at the clock. Anywhere but look at Shikamaru. "Do you want to go out with me then?" Shika said lazily after a couple seconds passed.

"Y-Yeah."

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"Here," Sasuke said plainly as he handed his work to Sakura and looked away at the same time. The last thing he would do right now is look at Sakura. Why? It's his cold-blooded ways. Nah. It's just a fear of Sakura's reaction –weather good or bad. Inside, he deeply waited for a response.

After she saw Sasuke turn away, Sakura decided to just ignore it and let it go. She gently took it from his hand and looked at the picture he had drawn of her. It was stunning...just beautiful. Sasuke had drawn her precisely. It was perfect...Her eyes...Her hair...Her face...Everything. A smile came to her face. "It's beautiful, Sasuke," Sakura said in a low tone. She didn't know how to react. Should she hug him? What should she do? It's only her first day...

"Hn," he said as a response, still not turning to Sakura. Then there was seconds in silence. None of them knew what to say. But of course, Sakura broke it.

"Uhm Sasuke?" she asked in a normal voice.

This made him turn around to the owner of the voice and put his attention to Sakura. "Hn?"

"Thanks."

Then the bell rang, BBBBBBBBBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPP

Everyone who posed handed the drawing back to the original drawers, and hurried to leave class.

"Sakuraaa!!" Ino yelled out. "Follow me!"

"Kay comingggg Ino!" she said as she turned to her.

"All right...Uhm I guess I'll see you later," Sakura said to Sasuke as she picked up her materials.

"Hn."

Ino and Sakura left Art and walked to Theatre. Sasuke, on the other hand, walked to another class. "Hey Sakura..." Ino said as they walked through the halls. Sakura turned to Ino. "Hm?"

"I like Shikamaru. I asked him to go to the dance with me earlier and he said 'yes'," Ino said excitedly. Sakura squealed. After school the group got together in a circle. Ino couldn't wait to tell her friends so she came out and said, "Guess what?"

"What?" Temari answered.

"Shika's going out with me." This was definitely a shock to Temari. Temari.Liked. Shikamaru. Although she wouldn't show it, she liked every single thing about the guy. Why couldn't she just ask first? Then none of this would've happened.

The other girls, Hinata and Tenten gave her a shocked/happy face. "OMG! ABOUT TIME!" Tenten yelled out.

"Hey Temari, you okay?" Ino said, looking at the girl. Temari had a shocked face, almost like she didn't want them to go out. "You don't look too happy…"

"O-Oh," Temari said, her voice breaking. "N-No. That's great," she said, trying to be peppy. Her voice could completely tell she was faking it. "Well I have to go home." An excuse to leave. Anything but stay there. "Seeya." The group said goodbye, and Temari began her walk to her house fazed. She couldn't concentrate. The guy she liked had been going out with one of her best friends. Thoughts filled her head, and she was completely spacing out. I guess we'll never be, she thought to herself. Che, I don't think he liked me. He liked Ino from the start- I knew it. Ino had known him longer than I did. But we had good connection, right? Did he only think of me as a friend, and nothing more?

After crossing a few streets without knowing, she was close to her house. Across the house was this park for little kids, so she just decided to sit down on the bench to think some more. She didn't want to go home yet. She didn't want to see her brothers. Too much stuff was on her mind.

Temari walked up to the bench and saw Kiba. He was giving some dog treats to Akamaru. He also lived near the park and came there every day to play Frisbee or fetch with his dog. "Hey Kiba," she said un-lively as she sat down.

"Oh hey Temari." Akamaru jumped into Temari's lap and gave a bark as a friendly greeting. "He says 'hi'." Temari gave a light, un-vivacious chortle.

"Nice to see you too Akamaru," she said, not changing the tone of her voice.

"Akamaru," Kiba said, getting his attention. Kiba got a stick out of the ground. Knowing what was coming, Akamaru got out of the bench and stood there with his tail wagging. He waited for the throw. Kiba stood up and threw it as far as he could; Akamaru ran after it.

"Okay so explain what's wrong," he said as he sat back down. He could tell something was definitely wrong by the way she was sounding.

"Sh-Shikamaru just went out with Ino…" she whispered.

"Oh…Do you like Shikamaru?" he said in a faint voice. Temari looked at him and have a light nod. "Oh I get it…Well maybe you'll find another guy someday. Someone that likes you back. Maybe they were meant to be, you know? They have been friends for years now…"

"I know," Temari said, her voice breaking. Kiba was about to make the girl cry. Wrong move.

"What I meant was, Ino found her perfect guy. You'll find yours someday."

She looked at him. "Y-Yeah. Thanks Kiba," she said with a half-smile. It made her feel a lot better whenever she talked to Kiba. He would always be there for her. She reached out to him and gave him a hug. He hugged back.

"No problem." Akamaru came back, just looking at them with a stick in his mouth. The two noticed it, and Kiba took the stick off of Akamaru's mouth. He turned to Temari. "Hey you want to throw next?"

"Sure." He handed the stick to her and Temari stood up. She threw it as far as she could, and Akamaru ran after it. The two sat back down, faced each other, and continued their conversation.

"See, I like this girl...But I'm not sure she likes me back..." Kiba said.

"Oh well ever try asking?" Temari asked.

"Nah. She likes someone else."

"Oh...I'm sorry...Wow this is just like me and Shika."

"Hah yeah. We're in the same situation here."

"Yup."

"But hey it's all right. We'll get someone. Do you want to go to the dance with me...but only as friends?'

"O-Okay…" she said with a blush.

After an hour killing time at the park, the two decided to leave. They walked home together, since Kiba's house was just a couple houses further than Temari's. "Alright it's my stop," Temari said, stopping at the white house to her left. "Hey can I ask who it is---The girl you like?"

"…It's you."

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A/n: LOL I did this in a couple of minutes–not including the work I already did be4-

…and I haven't updated in a week && more I think.

HAHAAahahahaHAhAHah damn lazy.