Chapter 1:
Hinata woke up with a familiar sigh as she rubbed her temple in frustration. She had remembered that she has a photo shoot with her best friends Ino and Sakura today. Hinata walked over to her luxurious bathroom and washed her face. As she dried off her face with a towel, she looked in the mirror and smiled.
'He is no longer a part of your life, Hina. And it'll stay that way.' She told herself. Hinata nodded, reassuring her thoughts.
"Eeep!" She glanced all around her trying to find out what was blaring loud so suddenly. Scampering all over her glamorous Tokyo apartment, she realized it was her cellphone. Hinata flipped it open and saw that Ino was calling.
"H-Hello?" She answered.
"Hina! Hey buddy! I was just calling to make sure-Chouji! Stop it! I'm trying to talk to Hina!" Ino yelled. Hina giggled at Ino's fiancée. She remembers Chouji nearly crushing her shoulders when he first met her begging Hinata to set them up for a date.
"Sorry Hina, Chouji-kun won't stop trying to kiss me."
Hinata giggled. "Well Ino, he is your fiancée."
"I know, but still. But enough of that! Sakura and I have a surprise for you!" Ino cheered excitedly.
"What surprise? We're just having a photoshoot."
"Says you. But get your butt here! Sakura is on her way with Naruto and Chouji and I are about to leave, do you need a ride?"
"Nah. Shikamaru is picking me up because my stop is on his way to his job."
"Oh that's right! Ok, well you soon hun." Ino said and hung up. Hinata smiled, grabbed her duffle bag that she dubbed "Photo shoot bag" that was loaded with her makeup, lunches, water and clothes. She ran to the elevator, made her way into the lobby and ran outside only to bump into Shikamaru's chest.
"Oh, Shikamaru-san! G-G-Gomenesai!" Hinata stuttered, desperately trying to regain her composure.
"It's ok Hina. Come on, you're almost late for your shoot. I can't have my girl late, let's go!" Shikamaru grabbed a blushing Hinata and her bag and threw them both into Shikamaru's car. Hinata continued to blush at the fact that Shikamaru called her his girl. But she knew it was because of the fact that they were such good friends for so long.
"So, how have you been since…you know?" Shikamaru asked. Hinata sighed, knowing what he was talking about.
"I've been ok…it's j-just that I w-was so in l-love with him!" Hinata suddenly burst out. Shikamaru put his free hand on hers and brought it up to his lips.
"I'm sorry. If I could, I would kill him for what he did to you…" Shikamaru gritted through his teeth.
"No. I'm not losing you too. Thank you for looking out for me Shika." Hinata said softly, that familiar blush coming up to his cheeks. So cute! Shikamaru thought. He parked into the parking lot of an exquisite building with the large sign that read, Konoha Modeling Agency. Hinata grabbed her bag from the backseat and kissed Shikamaru's cheek.
"Shika, you rock! See you at 5." Hinata waved at Shikamaru and left.
"Bye Hina!" Shikamaru called out. Hinata ran into the building and shrank when she was under the furious stares of Tsunade, Sakura, Ino, and Kurenai.
"Uh, o-o-o-ohayo everyone." She stammered.
"Hinata! You're late! You're never late!" Head of the agency, Tsunade yelled. Kurenai, Hinata's photographer nodded in agreement.
"Well, we're still giving you your surprise!" Sakura cheered.
"W-W-What is it?"
"Your own make up room and dressing room!" Ino and Sakura cheered in unison.
"N-N-N-Nani? But only top models have their own make up room and dressing room!" Hinata squealed in shock.
"You've been promoted, Hinata." Tsunade stated with a smile.
"I-I-Iie. Sakura or Ino should be promoted before me." Hinata said.
"We are. We all are promoted and we're traveling to Osaka for modeling with some rookies who want to become models. But you don't have to go there if you don't want to go." Ino said.
"Why wouldn't I want to go?" Hinata asked. The room, suddenly got quiet. Ino and Sakura looked at each other worriedly.
"Because of who will be there." Sakura said looking away.
"Who?"
"Sasuke…"
