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You Bake Me Crazy by @smoresiesfanfic

Modern day GaaLee AU

A 17 year old Lee decides to find a job to help Guy and Kakashi keep their dojo opened.

Some love stories aren't direct, some are imperfect and some are a slow burn. But what can you do when you're just a teenager growing up?

Not only is this story a coffee shop AU but a high school and college one too. It's the story of growing up. Not everything is perfect and happiness isn't something given freely, but something earned. And just sometimes you have to try a little harder to get there.

It’s been a while since I’ve uploaded a chapter of this story so I wanted to give y’all a brief clip of it. Thank you for sticking with me! :)

Neji sat miserably on the couch closest to the front door. Him and his father had been ready to leave for the past 15 minutes but Ino still wasn't downstairs. They were going to be late. His father didn't seem to mind, in face, his father looked quite content. Neji wanted to huff but didn't feel like getting into it with his father right now.

 The sound of someone walking down the steps had both of the boys turn. Ino was dressed surprisingly modestly. She was actually wearing thick stockings for the weather. A red skirt, a pale pink sweater, and a black scarf. Her hair was down and curly, Neji hadn't realized exactly how long her hair was before. She wasn't wearing much makeup which was strange for how she normally looked when she went out. Just mascara and some lip gloss. Neji was suddenly irritated that they spent all that time waiting and she didn't even do anything to show for it.

 "You look beautiful." Hizashi said with a smile, Neji held back a scoff and they were in the car.

 His dad and Ino sat in the front and Neji was in the back staring out of the window while trying to think about being anywhere but there. Then he realized something. His dad was talking. Ino wasn't. That was weird. What was weirder was the fact that when he gave her a lull in the conversation, she just politely 'mhm'ed and he would continue on with his story. Did his dad know Ino was upset? Neji's eyes narrowed at her. She wasn't paying attention to him but he could tell shew as upset just by her tight smile.

 When did he learn to give a shit? He shook his head and stared back out of the window for the duration of the car ride.

 ***

 An hour into Hanabi's party and Neji wanted to go home. He hated when the family got together. And the fact that Ino was friends with Hinata made it worse since Hinata was occupied by Ino. He could've joined them if he wanted to but he just didn't care enough to.

 His father was mingling with the rest of the family, occasionally looking over at Ino fondly. Ino was laughing which was better than she was in the car, Neji was still curious as to what her deal was.

 This is how Neji found himself sitting near a group of Hanabi's male friends. These kids were only about 15-16 years old so obviously they didn't have anything of import to say. Neji for the most part stayed tuned out of their conversation.

 That is until he heard them mention Ino.

 "Man why don't we have girls that hot in our school?"

 "Because, let's be honest, if she went to our school, only one of my heads would be working, know what I mean?"

 "I don't know, she looks like she would put out for anybody..." Neji listened to them make comment after comment while his eyes were focused on the side of Ino's face. She was laughing at something Hinata said, completely unaware of the degrading comments that were being made about her and for whatever reason that really struck a nerve with Neji.

 "So why don't you go over and try? If she's such a slut, then she wouldn't mind-"

 "SHUT UP!" Neji snapped looking at them with wild eyes. His heart was thumping in his chest and he was so angry he was shaking. His outburst caused quite a few head turns but Neji wasn't focused on that. He stood up and walked over to them. He looked down on them and leaned in. "If I hear you talking disrespectfully about Ino one more time, I will eviscerate you and strangle you with your own entrails." He said levelly and then stood up and walked away. Each step sent a burning feeling of anger up his spine and his face was red and his lips were twisted in a scowl.

 "Are you okay?" Neji's eyes closed tightly and he sighed. The one voice he didn't want to hear. He turned to face Ino.

 "Yes. I'm fine." She frowned and suddenly his anger melted away.

 "Are you okay?" He asked completely seriously. Ino seemed shocked by the question and looked away.

 "Yeah. I'm ok." She said and he knew she was lying but he wasn't in a position to call her out so he simply nodded.

So the current year is 2012 right. I was looking at the timeline and Idk what even month it is in there, at first I was thinking like maybe August or September?? I was definitely not imagining cold weather when writing. But then I wrote oikawa acting like he had already lost to them, and that match took place in the end of October 💀so I better start hinting cold weather when writing.

But if I take out the fact that the aoba vs Karasuno match didn’t take place yet, I could pull it back to September 🤔