Someday Love Will Find You
Ch. 1 "Salutations!"
A/N: Italics: Character's Thoughts
I don't own Naruto, but I wish I did.
The sun shone through the partings in her curtains; the light hitting directly on her face. Hinata rubbed her eyes and yawned before she pushed herself up from her pillow. She could hear the distant bird calls from behind the closed windows.
She glared at the clock and groaned to see it was so early in the morning. Her long indigo-ish colored hair that almost reached up to her butt was in tangles behind her.
7 A.M. She muttered as she threw the covers off herself and headed for the bathroom.
She was usually a morning person, so when Neji, her cousin, heard her complaining, he chuckled. "What's gotten you down in the dumps so early in the morning, cousin? A nightmare? Or perhaps a wonderful dream you wished to have continued, but was rudely interrupted by your waking?"
Hinata felt her face go hot and knew she was blushing. "N-no!"
Neji broke out laughing when the bathroom door slammed shut.
Hinata sighed. She loved her cousin but his sarcasm can be a pain at times. They were first cousins, and you can tell they were related pretty much just by their eyes. They both held pearly white eyes, a trait only a true Hyuuga possessed.
He reminded her strangely of his father, not just of his appearance, but also his personality. Neji held the same color of hair as Hiashi; dark brown. They rarely showed emotion, but Neji showed more than his uncle. The only difference was the placing in the family clan. Hiashi was in the Main Branch of the family while Neji was in the Cadet Branch; the lesser branch in the clan. Sometimes, she wondered if they were switched at birth because he held more of the similarities of her father than she did.
Hinata took after her mother. She had the same colored hair and her flawless pale complexion. The care in her eyes could be easily seen. She was often seen as fragile and very weak, through her father's eyes, though he loved her so much because she resembled her mother a lot.
Hinata lived together with Neji in an apartment. Her whole family moved to the Land of Waves after an incident that had occurred pertaining to the latest invasion, politically wise. Though it was for her clan's own good to move, Hinata wanted to stay in Konoha. Hiashi was worried his frail daughter couldn't survive on her own, so he ordered Neji to watch over her.
She stared intently at her reflection on the mirror. She huffed and blew air upwards, causing her bangs to lift and move sideways, exposing part of her forehead.
Today is the day I finally tell him how I feel. She smiled, her cheeks becoming rosy. I will confess to him, for sure.
Hinata slammed the door shut and ran out the car as soon Neji parked it on the school's lot.
"Hey!" He shouted after her. "Careful!"
"Sorry!" Hinata called without looking back. "I'm in a hurry!"
Neji couldn't help but smile as he watched his cousin run towards the group that just arrived to school. He got out of the car and closed the door behind him. He locked it, making sure he heard a Beep! before he headed inside the building. Oh well, might as well let her have her fun.
"Oh, hey, Hinata!" Ino shouted at the approaching girl. "You're here early!"
Ino was pretty girl with long blonde hair tied into a single ponytail. Her bangs were long and covered half of her face. She had soft green eyes and earrings on both ear. Last year, she and Hinata had gotten closer after the random lock-in they had when a criminal was roaming in the school campus. Her friends were locked in the other part of the building, so Ino resorted to the shy laddie and found she was actually good company.
Hinata gave her friend a small smile. "Good morning, Ino-san. I woke up early and didn't want to wait at home."
"Or is it something else?" Tenten slyly said. Hinata blushed slightly. "By the way, where's your cousin?"
Tenten was a tomboy, but pretty. She had her brown hair in two buns, one on each side at the top of her head that made her look like she had bear ears. Her bangs were as long as her forehead and were parted in the middle. She held brown eyes. Hinata could clearly tell that this girl harbored feelings for her older cousin.
"Good morning, Tenten-san. And I believe he's insi—." But before Hinata could finish, Tenten was already half way to the entrance.
Ino rolled her eyes. "There she goes. Oh, Hinata, about biology homewor—!"
Sasuke was pushed by Naruto and bumped into Ino, causing her to fall on the ground.
"Ino! Are you alright?" Hinata quickly helped her up as Sakura burst into laughters. "Oh, good morning, Sakura-san."
"Thanks, Hinata." Ino shot Sakura a look. "At least you're an actual human being."
Sakura simply stuck her tongue out. She was another pretty girl. Her hair was a short, shoulder length, the color of pink. Her eyes were a strong emerald. Most girls in the school admired her for many obvious reasons; beauty and brains. Hinata believed she held none, so she envied the girl while admiring her.
"Watch it, dobe!" Sasuke growled, pushing Naruto back. Sasuke was one that everyone considered a 'pretty boy.' He had narrow onyx colored eyes that seemed so cold. His ebony hair was as long as Sakura's, only an inch or two short, but it was spiked at the back.
"You were in my way, teme!" Naruto balled his hand into a fist. "You were asking for it!"
Naruto held and electric blonde spiky hair that shagged over his sky blue eyes. He had three whisker looking marks on each side of his cheeks.
"H-hey!" Hinata placed herself between them, preventing the fist fight she knew would've followed if she didn't. "S-stop it!"
Shikamaru sighed, obviously bored. "She's right. Plus, it's too early in the day. At least wait till lunch."
Everyone knew Shikamaru as someone who was lazy yet smart. He had dark brown hair that was tied to make his head look like a pineapple. He had small dark eyes that look like they were half open. He held the same earrings as Ino on both ear.
"You call that stopping a fight?" Ino asked exasperatedly.
"Whatever." Shikamaru poked his pinky in his ear and searched for ear wax as he and Ino walked to school, arguing about what they had planned for the afternoon. Apparently, all Shikamaru wanted was to sit back and enjoy the clouds, while Ino wanted to go visit his house.
"Hmph." Sasuke withdrew and walked on, Sakura following after him. "You're not worth the effort."
"Ooohhh! I hate that guy!" Naruto grumbled under his breath as he watched Sakura eagerly walk besides Sasuke inside the building.
"You can't mean that, Naruto-kun." Hinata smiled at his half-baked comment.
"Oh, morning, Hinata!" Naruto was startled by the voiced opinion. "When did you get here?"
"Good morning, Naruto-kun." Hinata felt her heart throb as she forced upon a cheerful smile. Oh, he didn't notice me. "Not too long ago, actually."
"Oh, by the way, can I copy your biology homework?" He did his best to put on a puppy face. "Pretty please?"
"S-sure." Hinata opened her bag and searched for the handouts. How can I resist that face?
"Thanks!" He snatched them from her and gave her a sideways hug. "You're the best!"
"Y-yeah." She then remembered what she was going to tell him. "Oh, Naruto-kun, I wanted to tell you that—!"
The bell rang.
"Well, see you later!" Naruto ran towards the building. "I promise to give you your homework back during lunch!"
"…I…love…you." The words left her lips as he entered the school. She sighed as she walked slowly to the same place.
"You're late." Her first period teacher, Kakashi, loomed over her. His face was covered by his turtle neck. Kakashi always wore a turtle neck, whether it was hot or cold. He always hid his bottom part of his face. He had silver spiky hair that fell on one side of his face, covering his left eye.
"I-I'm sorry." Hinata's face was hot and red as she looked down at her shoes. It was the first she was late, and the first to be pointed out in class.
"C'mon, teach!" Kiba shouted from the back of the classroom. "Take it easy, it's her first time anyway!"
Hinata looked at her friend Kiba gratefully when Kakashi sighed and told her to take a seat. She bee-lined her way to the seat next to him. "T-thanks."
"Any time." He smiled, two canine teeth escaping the shelter of his upper lips. He had brown hair that was getting a bit shaggy. There were two triangle-like red tattoos on each side of his face, a trait only those in the Inuzuka clan carried. His eyes were narrow and small.
"So are you going to tell him today?" Kiba asked as soon as Kakashi began to lecture.
"Y-yeah. Positively." Hinata whispered, fearing that she would get caught.
Kiba couldn't help but smile at his friend. "You better. And good luck."
"You like Sakura-chan as well, Naruto-kun?" Rock Lee said awfully loud as they raced around the track. He was the only boy that held big round eyes accompanied by big caterpillar like eyebrows. He had a bowl shaped hair cut.
Naruto had P.E. first period with Ibiki and was glad the coach was not in a very sporty mood or else they would've done something more tiring than just running twenty laps around the track. "Yeah! Keep it down, bushy brows!"
Sasuke gave a small laugh. "You should give up. She only has eyes for me."
"Shut up, teme!" Naruto rammed Sasuke lightly, causing him to almost trip before he caught his composure.
"Yes, Sasuke. Silence." Rock Lee did his best to pout, making him look like a small child who was not getting his way. "Sakura does not only possess eyes for you."
"Either way, I don't return her feelings," Sasuke smugly said. "I like somebody else anyway."
He left Naruto and Rock Lee behind him, with their jaws open, looking at each other with disbelief. "No way!"
Hinata ran away as soon as their conversation was over. Kakashi had asked her to pass on some paperwork to Ibiki, since she was tardy. As she stood next to the coach, the boys passed her just in time for Lee to shout, "You like Sakura-chan as well, Naruto-kun?"
She thought it was merely the boys just making fun of each other, until she heard Naruto's response.
She gripped at the pain that was growing in her chest as she dashed to the back of the school building. Today was supposed to be the day when her dreams were going to come true.
At least, it's better knowing than getting embarrassed and rejected. She thought bitterly as the tears forced themselves to stream down her cheek. She didn't care if she was skipping class. Might as well not try.
Ibiki groaned after he read the note from Kakashi a girl had given him earlier. He was a daunting teacher and intimidated everyone with his cold stare. His face was covered with scars, and he hid his body under sweat shirts and pants. Everyone feared it was the same as his face; filled with nasty scars. A baseball cap always covered his head. He eyed his students, weighing his options. They don't pay me enough for this.
"All right! Listen up!" He blew his whistle that dangled around his neck. "I have matters to attend to, so you all have free time. I trust that you are old enough to know the responsibilities you have."
"Yes!" Naruto cheered when Ibiki dawdled to the front office. "Free time!"
"You're too noisy." Sasuke kicked him in the shin lightly before he walked away.
"Hey, hold up!" Naruto followed after him. "Where you gonna go?"
"Somewhere you aren't." Sasuke waved. "Dobe."
"Prick." Naruto muttered as he continued to walk behind Sasuke towards the back of the school. "What does Sakura see in him anyway?"
Sasuke stopped when he saw the Hyuuga girl just leaning there on the wall, staring at the fence that separated the school from the forest across from it. Huh. She doesn't look like the type to cut class.
"Hinata?" Naruto saw why Sasuke stopped. "What are you doing here?"
Hinata jumped and turned. She gasped when she saw who it was and looked away.
She's been crying. Sasuke frowned.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Naruto took a step closer to her, but Sasuke grabbed his arm before he could move closer to her. "Hey, Sasuke, let go. She's crying."
"Tch. Fine." Sasuke loosened his grip as Naruto pulled his arm from his clutches.
"Hey," He went over to her. "Hinata?"
Hinata turned and gave him the famous 'Hyuuga Glare,' but knew she had failed because Naruto just pressed his brows together. Her heart skipped beats. You don't love me, do you?
"Are you okay?" His expression was worried. "Oh man, I don't know how to deal with these types of situations! I ain't a girl! What would Sakura do?"
She gulped. "N-Naruto."
Sasuke found it strange that there was no title after his name. Usually she was very formal and polite, so she always had the titles after everyone's names.
"Yeah?" Naruto was glad that she spoke instead of staying silent. He didn't know what he would've done if she did.
"Y-you like Sakura-san, right?" Hinata looked at the ground, fearing his response.
"Y-yeah. For like the longest time."
She gasped and pushed him aside as she scampered off.
His tone. The way he said it. Hinata ignored his constant shouts for her to come back. He said it in a way I've never heard him before. His tone was so soft. Will you ever use it on me, Naruto-kun?
Naruto looked confused as he watched her run away. "What's her problem?"
"Dobe." Sasuke walked away. "You stupid idiot. It's very obvious what's wrong with her."
"What's his problem? And what do you mean it's obvious? Teme!"
Hinata caught her breath. She ran far enough that Naruto couldn't have followed her. She was distraught. Not only because her long life crush was crushing her heart, but she had become a delinquent in less than twenty minutes.
"Oh man." She groaned when she just realized that her father would hear about this and order her to go and join them or disown her for shaming the clan. Either way, she was in trouble.
"I take it this is the first you've done this."
She jumped and turned to see who it was. He couldn't have found me that easily!
"Sasuke-kun!" She gave a mental sigh of relief when she saw it wasn't the blonde headed boy. "What are—?"
"You like Naruto, am I right?" Sasuke bluntly asked her.
Hinata turned pink as she fidgeted. The question truly caught her off guard.
"I am." Sasuke gave a cocky looking smirk. "I always am."
Hinata scoffed. She hated when guys think that girls actually fell for the 'mysterious, pretty bad boy' type. Ironically, that also described her crush, though he wasn't deemed a 'pretty' boy. And he wasn't as 'high and mighty' as this one in front of her
"W-what of it?" Darn her stutter. Hinata had overcome her shyness by a bit and ceased her constant stutter. It manages to escape whenever she was near Naruto, or when she was nervous, which in this case, she was.
"Man, you're too nice for your own good, you know that?" Sasuke gave the girl an irritated look. "I don't know why you even bother. Just give up. I doubt the dobe will even realize it. He's too dense. Plus, he's got tunnel vision for Sakura. So your chances are very slim."
As soon as he saw her expression, he felt a pang of guilt. She was looking at him with saddened eyes. "Don't you think I know that?"
I can't believe he would say that. Hinata glared at the floor to prevent herself from shedding tears. I won't let this teme see me cry.
"Forget about him." Sasuke was getting annoyed. This girl, really!
"No." Hinata glared, successfully, at the boy who kept his emotions at bay. "Why should I?"
'You won't hold a candle to Sakura.' Hinata gritted her teeth. Go on. I dare you to say it.
"Because, I like you, Hinata."
Gah! What did I just say?
Yay! Chapter's done!
I'm so happy! This is my first story, so I doubt it's any good! (Haha…)
I'm sorry if it felt like I was trying too much to make the story detailed. (u.u) But I felt a need to explain things, considering this is the first chapter and all.
I can warn you though, I lack imagination, so updates for this won't be as fast as I want it to be. I'm just bored, with nothing to do this summer. (._.)