Episode 37-> Hungry, Hungry Ninjas

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Not looking back at Kiba and practically dying of embarrassment, I hit the bottom of the staircase and curtly cut left towards the kitchen. I stumbled through the kitchen door in a flurry of wind milling arms and fumbling legs. With all the approaching noise everyone's gaze was in my direction by the time I stumbled in.

So, after I had squeaked in horror like someone who just got jumped while taking a shower, I turned my gaze to my toes and made a beeline for the closest adjacent wall.

Watching me do so everyone must have been bewildered by my peculiar action.

With the wall now in front of me, I stopped and rested my heated forehead against it. I shut my eyes tightly which made my face look pained. I covered my blushing face with my hands and whimpered miserably.

Could I have sounded any more suspicious!? Well, by gosh I think not! Now Kiba knows!

(>//<)o Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

I mentally berated myself, and to boot, I physically knocked my moronic skull with a fist. Not my fist, Naomi's fist. She had approached me out of concern. Now she had more concerns...

"Uh..." Naomi yanked her hand away from me giving me a weird look, "Is everything alright?"

I sighed and rubbed my head. We definitely don't need to go there so a subject change is in order.

(-w-) "Where are we going, Naomi?"

"We will go wherever the breeze takes us." She said mysteriously and wiggled her fingers in my face. I rolled my eyes, forgetting momentarily, and grinned at her foolishness.

Kiba came downstairs just then and smirked at me all-knowingly.

Darn.

I sunk into a chair with a gloomy sigh. Not only do I have Naomi stalking my romantic advancements but I have Kiba observing me to figure out who I like in the house. If those two teamed up-

I shuddered mentally at the mere thought.

"I guess I'll just call mum's-" I began to say to Naomi and got up from my seat. Naomi suddenly poked me in the collarbone causing me to fall back into the chair. I looked up at her and she had a pouty, disapproving look on her face. I rolled my eyes, what now...

"Is that all you have been feeding these poor, animated souls?" She asked while petting Naruto's chin. How she got him in a headlock? No one saw. Naruto shoved Naomi off of him. It didn't matter to her.

"What's wrong with the food from the machine?" I asked crossing my leg over the other, "I've been eating from it almost every day since summer began. It's not like it's going to kill them." My mum's catering company was legit af! Meals on fleek!

Naomi giggled a my apparent confusion, "It's better in The Bahamas, girl. How can we prove that if you don't get them any native food! Stop being lazy and make something for them!"

I stared at her blankly.

"Mum's restaurant IS native. She is a Bahamian chef after all-"

Naomi gave me a pouty glare and I groaned.

"Man but- Why would I even need to waste extra stuff to cook when food is daily and freshly prepared?" See! This is what she does! She turns me into a whiny brat! The pouts! She knows I can't say no!

Naomi leaned in close to me and she gave me a hard glare wondering how I didn't figure out she was giving me advice to win over Shikamaru with some bomb ass home cooked meals but I wasn't getting it.

"Fine! Be that way..." She turned to the others with a bright grin and she said, "Anyone wants to grab a bite to eat? My treat."

With Choji and Naruto being treated to food I know Naomi will regret her decision by the end of the day.

We all filed out of my house after Naomi's proclamation. Everyone was of course properly disguised and looked nothing like they looked on TV. Unfortunately to do all this undercover stuff Leon's closet and dressers had to be raided for proper wear.

Sigh... (=3=) That will surely be a good pile of dirty clothes to wash later on... I hate housework... Not that I'm bad at it or anything. Just the thought of it made me want to drown an ant hole and set fire to some grass...

That future task aside, we were all ready for out second outing.
However there was one oddity to straighten out.

I stopped Gaara at the door and frankly I asked, "Can't you do something about the gourd?"

Silently Gaara watched me, unblinkingly, and I was cracking under the pressure of his deep,
penetrating gaze. It was obvious Gaara was not happy about the idea of leaving his gourd
behind and despite myself I got a little nervous. My eyes wandered from his face to stare at my
feet repeatedly in a bashful manner. His face. The ground. His face. The ground again. His face again.

"Um... I mean... We don't need to draw attention while we are out and I know the gourd has been like a best friend to you but--" I fidgeted, avoiding direct eye contact, and kept my eyes on his chest.

Gaara didn't seem pleased or willing at all.

Sensing this Naomi interceded, "Um... if you need to protect yourself or whatever with your sand there is still plenty around like everywhere here since we're kinda of on an island. So please?" Naomi was beautiful backup, eloquently tactless. XD But she gets the point across.

Gaara moved his hand and the cork of his gorge popped open. Now I love and respect Gaara but between you and me he looked like he was going to sand coffin the hell out of me and my cousin. Plus I did hit him down by the beach. Ah hell nah is this belated revenge? (O.O) 😨 Get you to believe all is good then when your guard is down you get drowned in sand! (0 - 0) I set myself up for this, didn't I? Uh-uh none of that foolishness up in hya bruh! I gave you nicknames. Where is the love?!

I stealthily slip behind Naomi's back; human shield equipped!

"Whatcha doing?" Naomi quirked her eyebrow at him.

Sand, a handful of it, came out and hovered in the air. Gaara held up his other hand and sand, coming from his sand armor, started to form into a small shape in his open palm.

Gaara made a mini gorge and the handful sand from his real one went inside. He placed it to his chest and his sand made a chain that completed a mini gorge necklace.

Naomi clapped her hands gleefully, "Solid!"

He rests his real one inside and when he rejoined us Naomi patted his head. There was compromise but overall Gaara complied.

I finally peeked out from behind my human shield, "Now we're ready, right?"

"Basically," Naomi, as a safety protocol, counted the heads of everyone present like a schoolteacher would as she readies to leave on a field trip with her students.

Meanwhile I was studying her four-seated car thinking something practical like, 'Dude... only way all of us are going to fit in there is if some ride inside, in the trunk, on top, on the hood and in the engine compartment'.

Naomi had just finished counting so I subtly-- *wink wink* -- called for her attention.

"PSSSSSSSSSSST...!"

Everyone and their grandma's parrot, Kiko, looked over to my direction. Naomi also looked which was good... I waved her over. She approached my side. I
signaled her to come in even closer. She leaned her ear close to my face. I cupped her ear and placed my lips close as though I was telling her a 'cross-your-heart-and-hope-you-die-stick-a-Shino-through-your-eye' secret.

"Hey, Naomi, do you realize we can't all fit in there?" I whispered in a hush. This was not meant for mortal ears! (OwO)

When she looked momentarily
lost I pointed at her car "discreetly". Understanding dawned upon her features.

"Oh my gosh! I een gonna tell you no lie, that didn't even cross my mind."

"Don't worry. We can just take the bus." I smiled understandingly but inwardly rolled my eyes at my older cousin's scatterbrained tendencies.

I looked over my shoulder suddenly giddy and grinning, "Hinata!"

"Hai!" Startled she glanced over.

"You're sitting in my lap!" I declared zealously, sprung over to her and glomped her on the spot.

"Eeeeeh..." She sounded bewildered while, giggly, I nestled her cheek. I squeezed my arms that were locked around her shoulders and effectively kept her pressed against my side. Aw, my cuddly twin Hinata-chan! There is no escape! Bwahahahaha~! (^w^)

"HEH????" Everyone else exclaimed and some of the boys had nose bleeds.

"And you guys call me a pervert, humph, these hypocrites these days." I tsked at them and dragged Hinata away to the bus stop where a bus had just arrived across the road.

"Sucker, you better not pull off before we get on!"

*Lunchinner Time Ole Boi!!!😋

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Natalya's Vocabulary Corner:
*Lunchinner: Sorta like a brunch that goes between lunch and dinner.
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~to be continued