Stilbly is ook 'n antwoord

"What the hell do you care?" he finally turned around and shouted one day. "Why do you care what I do with my life? I mean, it's not as if it'll affect you!" He glared at the presently surprised, blinking, infuriating blonde Sand woman standing in front of him.

It tore at him as the next words wrenched from his mouth. "I'm just some… kid from another village you fought once! What… what on earth could possess you to care so much about my future? And I mean- you're always… on at me! If I distress you so much why do you insist on following me around? And you keep coming back to Konoha, even when you don't need to, and then you're constantly with me! Why? Why do you care? I annoy you, so why do you keep coming back? And why would you choose to spend all your time with me? It's not like I do anything!"

Chest heaving from his outburst, he faced the curiously tempting woman.

She didn't say anything.

Silently she held his gaze, arms folded and a wry expression on her face, and gradually, realization dawned on him.

"Wait, you mean…?" he said slowly.

And the walls came tumbling down.

-fin-

A/N: Now it's Darren Criss, Joey Richter, Brian Holden, Nick Lang, Dylan Saunders and some other guy on a guitar performing AVPM songs live at Azcatraz. See? My obsession? It's brilliant. Please don't shout at me.

Oh yeah, notes on the story: 'stilbly is ook 'n antwoord' is in Afrikaans, a language spoken only in South Africa, which we're all forced to learn, and it means, roughly translated, 'Silence is also an answer.' Although 'stilbly' is more like 'staying quiet.' Yeah, I'm not the best at Afrikaans, nor do I particularly like it, but some phrases just work, and my teacher said this in class and it inspired this drabble.

"Cho Chang, domo arigato, Cho Chang, gung hey fat Choy Chang, Happy Happy New year, Cho Chang…."