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"Thank you, and have a nice day!" I said. That was the last of the customers for the afternoon. Maybe I can catch up with the sparring match if I hurry..

I quickly said goodbye to my uncles before leaving the restaurant, on my way to Garu's house. I can't wait to see him! I haven't gotten a lot of time with him with the restaurant..

One of these days, he'll finally show me affection! Ugh, I can't wait! I thought. I just kept thinking about cute little dates together with Garu! My mind was clouded with the thought of him..

I heard a crash and a grunt, is someone following me? I looked around, prepared to fight whoever was stalking me.

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"Well, well, well. Who do we have here?" I laughed. There she was. Pucca. The beautiful girl with black odango buns, lovesick with Garu.

I noticed her tense up. But, I wasn't here to fight her.. no, I was here to talk to her.

"So, I'm guessing you're going to Garu's place, huh?" I asked. "You should stop wasting your time with him, a beautiful girl like you shouldn't be rejected and ignored so constantly.."

She frowned at me. "What do you know about love, Tobe?"

I knew nothing about love. Actually, yes I do, one thing. "I know there's someone who can treat you better, Pucca. Someone who'll shower you with gifts and affection, without them rejecting you, ignoring you, despite your best efforts."

She glared at me. I could tell she knew who I was talking about.

"You- You don't know that." She stuttered. She was cute when she did that. Actually never mind, she's always cute.

"I can treat you better. You know that don't you? Garu is blind not to see how lucky he is with you." I've always loved her. Seeing her protect ignorant little Garu has always hurt me. She doesn't deserve that. But I probably don't deserve someone like her either.

"NINJAS! DISAPPEAR!" And with that, my ninjas and I were gone, off to plan against Garu. But.. why did it seem like someone was watching us talk to Pucca?

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Ahhhh! I'm so sorry for the short chapter, I'm very tired tonight.. will be back with chapter 3 soon!

-Lea