Butterflies and Friendzones
Hello there my beautiful viewers! Anyways, welcome back! I am here to start a new story between one of my favorite pairings: Shino and Hinata.
Setting: Konoha City
Background: Shino Aburame is part of the family that owns the number one entomologist company in the Fire Country. Hinata Hyuuga is part of a prestigious clan. Their family is involved with businesses too many to count. They both are enrolled at Konoha High School, the most impressive school in the region, they are both seniors.
Characters that may be mentioned:
-Hyuuga Hinata, daughter of Hyuuga Hiashi, CEO of Hyuuga Inc.
-Aburame Shino, son of Aburame Shibi, founder of Aburame Industries.
-Inuzuka Kiba, works at his parent's pet shop with his sister.
-Uzumaki Naruto, son of the fourth diseased mayor of Konoha City, Namikaze Minato. Loyal customer at Ichiraku Ramen.
-Haruno Sakura, volunteers at a local hospital. Currently working with the head doctor, Shizune.
-Uchiha Sasuke, son of Uchiha Fugaku, CEO of Uchiha Co. Rival of Hyuuga Inc. Brother of Itachi.
-Yamanaka Ino, works at her family's flower shop. Cousin of Deidara.
-Akimichi Chouji, works at a Korean Barbecue restaurant…gets scolded for eating most of the orders.
-Nara Shikamaru, hobby is cloud watching and shadow shows.
-Rock Lee, black belt in karate, kung fu master, and black belt in judo. Neji's assistant when teaching taijutsu.
-Hyuuga Neji, black belt in karate, kung fu master, and black belt in taekwondo. Lee's superior. Teaches taijutsu at Konoha High School. Cousin of Hinata.
-Tenten, specializes in knife throwing and archery.
ENJOY!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Chapter 1 First Day of School
Aburame Shino woke up to the irritating noise of the alarm clock. He peeked an eye open and took a glance around his room.
Shino's furniture were mostly black. His head board, cabinets, and desk were black. His sheets were white though. His room was painted grey all around. The ceiling was a darker shade of grey, almost black. It almost resembled a rainy day inside of his room. It didn't seem jaded or even sorrowful, it was calming to the boy. Rain always cleared his mind. It was his only friend. He accepted it and it accepted him.
Rubbing away the tiredness from his eyes, the Aburame sat up. He was wearing a plain white t-shirt and blue boxers. His dark hair was bushier than ever, spiked in all directions. Getting up from the warm and comfort of his bed, he sluggishly walked towards his bathroom. Before getting into his shower, he stripped himself of the clothes he used to sleep in the night before. His lean muscles were sore from the day before.
"Ugh, father's summer conditioning is no better than Neji-san's training…"
Shino stepped into the shower and ran the water hot and let it run down his sore body. The water soothed the tense muscles. He shampooed his hair thoroughly then conditioned it after he rinsed. After a while, he rinsed that off too. He enjoyed the warm water. Almost abruptly, he twisted the knob and the water became like ice. Shino's muscles bunched in reaction to the instant change of temperature. Shivering intensely, Shino stepped out of the ice fortress and dried himself off with a towel. He ruffled the cloth into his hair until dried.
Shino proceeded to his cabinets to get dressed for the day. He wore a grey sweater with black skinny jeans. Damn those jeans of his. His mother never realized how much he loathed those leg traps but decided to keep her happy and wear them. The he slipped on a pair of white converse. His outfit resembles his room. Most of the time, it did.
Nearly stepping out of his room, he grabbed his back pack along with a dark object in his hand. The calm boy swiftly came down the stairs and headed towards the kitchen to meet the eyes of his mother and father.
"Good morning, Father, Mother." Shino greeted his parents. He sat down in front of his breakfast. Eggs, bacon, and toast.
"Good morning, son." His tone was as monotone as his son. Now we know where he got it from.
"Good morning, my little sunshine!" Shino's mother kissed his forehead, receiving a glare from the tiny version of her husband. His mother has been calling him 'sunshine' ever since he was just a child. However, while Shino grew out of the childish nickname, his mother cherished the habit.
Sighing, Shino chewed his food and satisfied the hunger building up in his stomach. He chugged down his orange juice and before you know it, Shino was already bidding his parents farewell and was leaving out the door. He opened his hand containing the dark object. Unfolding the object, he slipped it on. The world was different in this perspective. In some ways, it let him see things people couldn't all the while containing any emotion from spilling out of his betraying eyes. The dark, circular sunglasses hid his amber eyes from any offending light of the morning while it hid the irritation building up underneath the strip of glass.
Shino was now walking to school. It was still pretty early in the morning so he didn't expect to see many students yet. He enjoyed the peace and tranquility as much as he can before the rowdy and loud voices of students would fill the air. Reaching the campus, he walked towards his favorite spot behind the school buildings. A tree was swaying beautifully in the morning breeze and the sun shone through the branches and leaves. Shino did not admire this spot due to the tree or the rays of sun, but because of the graceful butterflies that inhabited them. Shino was always intrigued with insects, always interested on how they reacted to their environments, and mostly interested on how they reacted to humans. He had a gift with them really. He was very calm with them and he evens talks to them and they stop in their tracks as if they were listening to him.
He was heading towards his favorite spot to admire the butterflies he oh so loved when a blur of blue and purple crashed into him. The impact caused himself and the blur to fall onto the ground, his backpack flinging a couple feet away. The blue-purple blur was now on top of him.
"G-gomen! Gomen-nasai! I d-did not s-see you t-there…" The blur stumbled backwards on its feet. Their voice was as shaky as their hands were as they grabbed onto Shino's sweater in attempt to help him back on his feet. Shino unwillingly came back onto his feet. "F-forgive m-m-me..." The blur bowed and then stared back up into the reflection on his glasses. On a bad day, Shino would have punched the blur in no time. Up until he actually took a good look at it.
The blur wasn't actually a blur. It was a girl. A very pale girl. A very pale girl with very dark hair. Not just any normal run-on-the-old-mill dark hair, but dark blue hair. That explains why he saw a blue blur. The indigo waterfall fell down her back and above her rear. The fringe framed her face perfectly. Her skin was milky. She wasn't a white sheet of paper, but the color of rich cream. And her eyes… her eyes were as pale as her skin but with a hidden shade of lavender. You could stare into her amethyst orbs. They looked like bottomless pits of innocence due to the fact there wasn't a pupil in sight; which made her eyes even more gorgeous and unique. He has seen those eyes before. His sempai's eyes were exactly the same as this girl's except hers were far softer and was spewing hidden emotions, forbidden secrets, and endless amounts of innocence all over the place.
Shino's eyes wandered on the girl without her knowledge. She was wearing a baggy, unzipped sweater. It was a darker shade of lavender and white. Inside, she wore a baby blue fitted v-neck shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans that almost matched her locks. She wore shoes identical to Shino's except it was also lavender.
I'm guessing her favorite colors are either indigo or lavender. Shino thought matter of factly.
When Shino did not respond to the timid girl's apologies, she stuttered again.
"A-ano…?" Shino looked at her again, snapping out of his train of thought.
"Be careful next time." The stoic boy turned towards the tree again and walked over to his destination only to stop at the base and sat. The girl with the blue hair still hasn't left. It wasn't irritating him but he wasn't too thrilled to be near her either. He spent most of his days sitting by himself away from people and frankly he didn't mind at all. He wasn't an emo, he wasn't a loner, he wasn't a mean guy, and he wasn't weird…or at least he didn't think he was. He was actually very calm and collective. He just remained stoic and expressionless to hide his true feelings. In truth, Shino was a very caring person and he cared very deeply about his friends…well, if he had any. No one would ever give him a chance anyways. But he cared a lot about his bugs…they count, don't they?
"A-ano, may I s-sit with y-you?" the girl stuttered. She pressed her two index fingers together over and over. Shino's ears perked up.
She… wants to sit… with me?
"Hn." He looked at an open spot a good distance away from him to the left. She nodded and hesitantly walked over to where he gestured. The girl sat and crossed her legs and set two things down, he own backpack and his.
What the… How did I even forget to pick my—
"Thank you." Shino took his bag and dropped it on his right side. Curiosity hit him harder than Neji-sempai ever struck him during their lessons. Who was this girl? Could she be related to Neji-sempai?
The girl was now aimlessly wandering her hands around and twiddling her fingers together. She was also humming a melody. Each note was flowing beautifully with the other.
"Hyuuga-san?" Shino asked but it sounded more like a statement. The girl's head whipped toward the teen on her right in astonishment.
How… How did he know my —
Before the girl could stutter an answer, Shino cut her off.
"How do I know you ask? Because I take taijutsu here at school. You may be in the same family as a Hyuuga Neji. Am I correct?" Shino's signature answering-the-question-you-were-just-thinking-of skill surfaced.
The girl's pearl-like eyes widened. Shino took note on this. How could she have such huge eyes?
"H-h-hai." The girl's eyes now resembled the moon. "U-um, how did y-you guess?"
"Eyes." Shino glanced at her. He pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose with his index finger.
"Oh…" the silence carried on besides the morning breeze and the soft humming from the girl. After a few minutes, Shino found what he was looking for. Butterflies. They were pure white and were fluttering effortlessly around the two young teenagers. Shino held out a finger and a butterfly instantly landed on it, flapping its wings. The girl giggled as she saw that the mysterious and dark boy actually had a softer side. The butterfly flew off of his finger then rested on the girl's forehead.
Wow. She almost looks like an angel…
"What is your name?" Shino broke the silence. He stared into the open space in the other direction.
The girl gave him a tiny smile. "Hinata… M-my n-name is Hinata."
"Shino." Shino nodded. "Why are you here so early?" Shino glanced at his watch. It was 7:15. Thirty minutes before the bell rang for first period.
"Oh, a-ano, my c-cousin Neji n-needed to p-prepare something for h-his lessons… I-it is the f-first day of s-s-school afterall…" Hinata unconsciously pushed her fingers together. "H-he is m-my carpool…"
This girl isn't so bad to be around. Maybe she can be my friend…
Before Shino opened his mouth to ask the girl to accept his friend request, a blonde male with whiskers on his face was wailing on the top of his lungs, causing the bug-enthusiast to cringe at the moron.
"HIIIIINNNAAAAATTTAAAA-CHHHAAANNN!" The boy ran across and reached the two teens. "FIRST DAY AS SENIORS, AM I RIGHT?!" He yanked Hinata up and swung an arm around her. Completely ignoring the Aburame boy's existence, he started trudging away, taking Hinata with him.
"A-ah… N-naruto-kun…" her face became insanely red. She started fidgeting under his arms. Naruto was oblivious to Hinata's discomfort and continued to walk away, his grip still firm around her shoulders.
"Hey, Hinata-chan, why are you hanging around that weird emo guy? Don't waste your time around him, he's creepy." Naruto whispered to Hinata. Shino, with his impeccable hearing, caught this remark and made a mental note to obliterate the bastard in the future.
Maybe he's her boyfriend… Maybe I shouldn't get involved…
Shino sighed and leaned back against the tree. He closed his eyes and was already reminiscing the previous events. Not long after he shut his eyes, he started hearing the obnoxious sounds emanating from students. Then the bell rang.
Sigh. First period, calculus…
Shino picked slung his backpack over his right should, one strapping it, and lazily dragged himself into the building into the ocean of hormonal students. Girls were screeching at each other about Kami knows what girls talk about and all the boys leaning against walls and checking the squealing idiot girls. Every inch of the walls were occupied with boys trying to look cool. Typical freshmen.
Oh, senior year, how I love thee. Shino thought sarcastically to himself.