The orange-red glow of sunset cast a warm tint over the desks.
The bell rang, like a spell that brought the somewhat listless classroom to life.
Genya woke to the sound.
He leisurely let out a long yawn and stretched, his bones giving a faint crack.
"Hmm...? School's over?"
He blinked.
Without any hesitation, he reached over and patted Naruto's cheek. Beside him, Naruto was still drooling, dead to the world.
"Hey, wake up! You've slept half the day away! Come on, let's get barbecue! My treat!"
Naruto jolted and lifted his head groggily. At the words "barbecue" and "my treat," his eyes flew wide open, gleaming like a hungry wolf's.
"Barbecue?! Really, Genya? Let's go, let's go!"
With Naruto sorted out, Genya turned around and hooked a finger around the end of Ino's blond ponytail in front of him, giving it a tug.
"Ino, stop packing. Let's get something to eat. Come on, I'm hungry."
Ino had been putting her new textbooks into her bag. At the tug, she turned around irritably and glared at Genya.
"You certainly slept well! All you think about when you wake up is eating! Pighead!"
Despite her words, her hands moved considerably faster.
Far from getting angry, Genya grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth.
"I'm not Ino Pig, eating and then sleeping, waking up and then eating. Right, Ino Pig?"
"Aah!!!"
Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, Ino bristled instantly. Her face flushed bright red, and she spun around and lunged at Genya, hands clawing at him.
"Genya Uchiha! Don't call me Ino Pig! Who taught you that?!"
Genya leaned back, grinning as he tilted his chin toward the pink-haired girl beside Ino, who was sneaking looks their way.
"Didn't Miss Big Forehead next to you used to call