Alright, so maybe she did feel a little stab of guilt when he looked like she'd just thrown a shuriken straight through his heart, but that didn't mean she was going to... but he... gah, this wasn't fair! It wasn't that she had a low self-image, but facts were facts and when the only boys to express their undying love for you were Naruto or Rock Lee, one tended to set the bar a bit lower.

"You're really strange, you know that?" she replied, though her tone was much lighter and a smirk had touched the corners of her lips. Guys as handsome as him didn't just come falling out of the sky to flirt with her. As a ninja, she was taught to recognize the things that were out of ordinary as quickly as possible. It could mean the difference between life and death in her line of work. And this was definitely out of the ordinary.

"Alright," she crossed her arms over her chest and gave him an up and down glance. So he was more than just handsome, he was pretty damn close to Sai or Sasuke or Neji's level, though maybe a little more rugged than those other pretty boys. It would be mean not to give him a tiny chance then, wouldn't it?

"Just how are you going to do that?" she asked, now appearing to be at least a little amused rather than upset.