(Edit February 3, 2021: Really quickly gonna say that the reader doesn't have a gender or pronouns. Lmk if you see something that suggests the reader does.)

This is a request! The idea wasn't the request though. I just really like How I Met Your Mother.

So I have been binge watching How I Met Your Mother and this idea popped into my head (seriously go watch it it's a good show). You can watch the video down below if you want, but you don't have to.

"Hey (Y/n)!" Naruto shouts as he runs up to me.

"Hey Naruto," I reply and we do our special hand shake.

"It's funny how you two are punks and yet you still have a dorky hand shake." Sasuke mocks but then does a less dorky hand shake.

Naruto and I roll our eyes, "yeah yeah yeah you just need a girlfriend." Naruto said.

"Tch, I don't need a girlfriend." Sasuke replies as we walk to our hangout spot, "dating is stupid."

We roll our eyes again, "whatever you say man." I said, "is Shikamaru here yet?"

"Haven't seen him, do you think he's ditching again?" Sasuke answered.

"No he shouldn't be. Last night while we were talking his mother started yelling about him ditching. Knowing his mother, she probability dragged him out of bed."

"Why don't you pick him up and walk to school together?" Naruto suggested, "that way it'll give him some motivation to get up."

"Believe me I've offered many times but his response is always the same. 'I don't need someone else bossing me around' it's the same response every time." I replied, "he needs to show up so he doesn't flunk because he didn't come."

Sasuke shrugs, "he's too smart to flunk but you do have a point. I'll figure something out." We waved good bye to Naruto as he went off to another building. Naruto is apart of the baseball team along with Garra and a few other punks.

"So I found this interesting video on YouTube last night," Sasuke started to say. "Say, what did you do before you came to this side of Japan?"

I titled my head, "what do you mean?"

"You weren't always a punk, were you?"

No way, there's no way in hell he found out. After all how could he fond out that I'm an ex-pop star? I made sure to change everything about my looks and never released my real name during that time. It would've been a super detailed search to find anything that traced back to me.

If Sasuke was asking a question like this, it's pointless to lie. "Yeah, I wasn't always a punk. None of us were when we first entered the world you know."

Sasuke chuckled, "you know what I mean smartass."

"Yes duck ass, I wasn't always a punk. Happy?"

"If I was happy I wouldn't be here." He replied and we walked into the empty classroom.

Our school was in the middle of nowhere, way out in the country side. This town doesn't have an major supermarkets or department stores. You have to drive to the city for that. Not many people lived out here. Most of thee population here was made up of the elderly. That being said, there were plenty of empty classrooms were students would hang out in.

"Hey!" Ino waved when Sasuke opened the door.

"You're late." Shikamaru said.

"Naruto's at practice?" Choji asked.

"Yep, Hinata and Sakura must have practice too." I replied, sitting on top of the desk, next to Shikamaru. "Hey."

"Hey," he smiled and we kissed.

Choji and Sasuke groaned and we flipped them off. "Come on guys, they've been going out for a year now. Shouldn't you be used to them by now?" Ino defended us.

"That doesn't mean we want to see it." Choji snapped back.

"Well I have something very important to show everyone. Can everyone meet up at the usual spot around nine?"

"Yeah, I should be able to leave the shop by then. Jeez, a punk working in a flower shop is so weird. All the weird looks I get...." Ino rambled.

"The others should be done with practice by then..." Choji mumbled.

"What's up?" Shikamaru asked, "this is kind of sudden."

"Just make sure you're there, this is something you don't want to miss." Sasuke smiled devilishly as the five minute warning bell rang.

"Damn we really were late..." I mumbled, "hope Naruto doesn't get into any trouble..."

"Are you working tonight?" Shikamaru asked, wrapping one arm around me.

"Yeah I work all week." I replied, "you and Sasuke are so lucky that you don't have to work."

"Yeah it's pretty great." Duck ass said, texting someone on his phone.

We talked about stupid, meaningless things for the last few minutes before the bell rang. "Come on guys, let's go." Choji said, "if we're late again we'll get yelled at for the fifth time this week."

"Yeah yeah yeah, we won't be late." Ino rolled her eyes.

Ino, Shikamaru and Choji had the same homeroom two floors down with Hinata. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura had the same homeroom on the same. I, on the other hand, had to book it across campus in order to not be late.

"Bye guys!" I shouted as we went our separate ways.

Whatever Sasuke is planning on showing us tonight it won't be good.

----

Finally my shift at the convenience store was over. The spot where we all hang out at was just a few blocks down from where I worked at. I quickly got changed and run over to the usual spot. Shikamaru was waiting outside for me.

"It's about time you showed up." He said, "everyone else is already inside. Sasuke said he was going to tell us as soon as you step in the door so..." he trailed off, kissing me. 

"And one more for the road..." I smiled and kissed him again. We entered the twenty-four hour dinner that was completely empty. Which wasn't unusual, our group jokes about how we keep this place open.

When the bell rings, thanks to the door being opened, a song started to play. A very 80s style song, it was catchy to most people. For us, well, it wasn't our style. And then the song's lyrics started to play.

Everyone's jaws dropped to the ground, even the dinner owners who was ex-punk teenager. They all turned to me, back the Sasuke's laptop screen, and then back at me. The group did this a few more times but didn't say anything.

"Y-you...." Ino said before laughing.

"Were an ex-pop star!" Naruto shouted in disbelief.

"Hold on guys, let (Y/n) have a chance to explain." Hinata said with a sweet smile on her face.

They stared at me, "I was a pop star before I moved here." I said, "I never reviled my real name so that hopefully, if I choose to spot being a pop star, that no one would ever find this. Which clearly didn't work."

"Damn (Y/n)," Shikamura chuckled, "you really know how to change you're whole personality huh."

"Fuck off." I mumbled and they watched the end of the music video. We spent the next hour laughing at "what a dork I was" until it was really really late.

"Come on, I'll walk you home." Shikamaru interwind our fingers and we walked out of the dinner. "So you were a pop star..." He said after walking two blocks, "can you still sing?"

"I sure as hell can." I replied and he snickered. 

"You know it's weird seeing you dressed like a punk now after watching you sing a pop song, wear 80s clothing."

"Yeah whatever, by the way all that money I made while I was a pop star is in the bank. And I'm not aloud to touch any of it."

"That was my next question. I mean if you were a big pop star then why would you need a  job. Then again we do hang out at a dinner..." He trailed off.

"How come you're so calm about this? I mean I was a pop star."  I asked, "you have got to have more questions than why I have a job and go to school."

Shikamaru smiled at me and kissed me. "Because that's not the person I know. I'm sure you were still as badass as you are now, but I like you the way you are now. That being said, I want to hear you sing so..."

I smiled at him, "okay hold on let me think of something... okay got it. Do you have the time to listen to me whine, about nothing and everything all at once. I am one of those melodramatic fools. Neurotic to the bone no doubt about it."

We were laughing as I started singing the rest of the song. By the time we reached my door step, we yelled so many punk songs that we ran out. He kissed my one more time before I headed inside.

This night was known as 'the night we found out (Y/n) was a pop star'. To Shikamaru and I, we add one last thing to the title. 'And the night we yelled punk song all the way home.'

Hi, this was supposed to get done last week. I'm really sorry but hey the last part of this was inspired by my friend and I listening to "edgy" songs to see who was "edgyer". I'm not edgy guys I swear wee were just being stupid.

Shout out to anyone who know's that song I used for the lyrics without looking it up.

LOVE YOU GUYS