A/N: This is my very first multi-chapter story that I've been gathering the courage to post. Hope it's worth the read!
Hinata grinds her body against the metal pole and as her song comes to a finish she wraps her leg around it, spinning her body around and slides to the floor earning wolf whistles from her audience.
Men wave their filthy hands and rumpled dollar bills in her direction as she walks across the stage for the final time and allows them to put them in her white G string or brassiere.
She has a smile plastered on her face until she finally makes her way off the stage and goes to the dressing room. As she's walking to her make up station she dodges the other girls as they are running around getting ready for their performances or to walk the floor.
Hinata sits at her station and sighs glad to finally be off her feet and begins to remove her make up after kicking off her heels. Despite her aching feet she let's out the first genuine smile of the night as she counts her hard earned tips. She places her money in her purse and starts to dress in the black skinny jeans and purple T shirt she came to work in. As she laces up her shoes, a beautiful, long haired blonde, with bright blue eyes, in a black and white, old style prisoner outfit, cut in all the right places to reveal her cleavage, legs,and stomach, sits next to her and offers her a shot of something dark.
Hinata knocks it back in one fluid motion, not even flinching at the burning sensation at the back of her throat.
"Thanks Ino."She says gratefully.
"No problem. Make enough for rent?"
Hinata pats her purse.
"Just barely."
"You know you can make more money if you just-"
"I'm not doing that. That's a line I'm not comfortable crossing, you know that Ino. Besides we get paid tomorrow evening and that means I can get groceries. No more grilled cheeses for at least a week." She places what she hopes was a real enough smile on her face.
Ino still looks upset at her.
The smile slips off her face and she let's out a breath.
"I'm sorry for being short with you earlier I just can't do it."
Ino gives her a small nod and reaches to embrace her.
"I know Hina it's ok. I'll see you at home later?"
"Probably."
Hinata hugs her just a little harder before letting go.
"Ino-pig! It's time for our act!"
Hinata flinched as the loud voice of Sakura invades her ear drums.
"I'm right here Billboard Brow!" shouts Ino causing Hinata to flinch again.
She turns around and comes face to face with her bubblegum haired friend in an all too revealing cop outfit that compliments her body just as well as Ino's does.
She shakes her head at their antics, puts on her jacket, grabs her purse and waves good bye to them. She looking forward to taking a relaxing bath and maybe even getting a few hours of sleep before Ino and Sakura come home from their shift.
She walks out the employee exit and as the door slams behind her she turns around and looks at the strip club that employs her and hopes this is the year she gets out of debt, her father forgives her, and she never has to set foot back in there again. She also knows that, unfortunately, she'll also be back tomorrow night.
Hinata let's out a sigh as she goes through her mail in her apartment, all of it was from debt collectors, coupons from various fast food restaurants and a magazine. She can feel the ache in her bones settling and a headache firming so she goes to the bathroom and sets the water for a warm bath.
As she undressing she begins to think of him and the choices she made when she was younger. If she thought hard enough she could remember the sound of his voice and all the promises he made to her that he never full filled.
The water smarts as she lowers her body into the tub but she doesn't care. Once she's fully submerged she bends her knees to rest her head comfortably against the edge of the tub.
The cold air hitting her knees brings her back from memories and she shuts her eyes and the world around her.
(Flashback)
"Excuse me, but you're in my seat." He said to her.
"W-what?" Hinata stutters. She could feel herself blush as she looks up from her book and into the eyes of a handsome stranger.
Alright a hot stranger, she thought.
He gives her a bright smile and leans in a little closer and her heart begins to beat faster.
"There's a seating chart on the teachers desk and it just so happens you're in my seat."
"Oh, oh!" She squeaks out. She can hear a few people laugh behind her and she blushes even harder out of mortification. She shoves her things in her backpack and stands up too quickly she knocks the boy on the chin with her head.
"Oomph!" He falls to floor and if people weren't laughing at her before they were definitely laughing now.
"I-I'm s-so sorry!" She holds out her hand and helps him up.
He rubs his chin and when he looks at her he's still smiling and she can't figure out why. She quickly rushes to the teachers desk ignoring the throbbing pain from her head met his chin. When she finds her seat, grateful it's on the other side of the class and away from him, she rubs the area and feels a bump beginning to form.
She sneaks a glance at him, just to make sure he's ok, and to her surprise he's already staring at her she quickly looks down but for the rest of the period she can feel his eyes on her.
(End Flashback )
A loud bang jolts Hinata out of her sleep and she forgets where she is momentarily. She blinks back the dream she was having and looks around.
Great I was thinking about our first encounter together.
Using her toes she pulls the plug out of the tub and the water starts to go down she stands up and reaches for her towel and wraps it around her body when she hears a CRASH! and freezes.
Her heart is hammering and she struggles to remember if she locked the door behind her when she got home. She hears heavy footsteps that don't sound like they belong to Sakura or Ino.
Oh Kami! I'm going to die!
She didn't live in a safe neighborhood. She couldn't afford safe. She forgets how to breathe.
The footsteps stop right outside the bathroom door.