"Ow! Hinata!" Her cousin, Neji, whined. "I was just going to tell you that school starts in twenty minutes!"
Her eyes flew open. Her cousin stood a few feet away from the bed, grumbling and glaring at her through his squinted lavender eyes. The walls of her room were pale purple. Posters of the bands Avenged Sevenfold, Breaking Benjamin, Disturbed, Evanescence, Flyleaf, Killswitch Engage, Linkin Park, Nirvana, Papa Roach, Seether, Skillet, Three Days Grace, Trapt, and Trust Company were taped all over her walls, so you could barely see the color underneath. There was a desk with papers scattered all over it, but otherwise the room was spotless. She was clad in a black tank top and green pajama bottoms. Her long midnight colored hair was messed up.
"I'll be ready by then." She told him curtly as she got out of bed, her toes wiggling on the fluffy white carpet. Neji left to give her some privacy as she rushed around to get all her stuff together.
Exactly thirteen minutes later, Hinata hopped into a car slammed the door to Neji's old gray truck closed. She was wearing tight jeans, black hightop converses, and a Disturbed tank top. She had three black hairties on her left wrist and big sunglasses on her face. She laughed as Neji raised an eyebrow at her.
"I think I've set a new record." She giggled as he handed her a toaster pastry from the driver's seat.
Her cousin was wearing pale blue jeans and a white Konoha Baseball tee-shirt. He pushed his own smaller sunglasses up further on the bridge of his nose and adjusted his pale gray cap. His hair was in a ponytail, which sprouted from the hole in the back of his hat. He turned back forward and pressed play on the stereo. His Nirvana CD was set in motion, and the song "Heart-Shaped Box" boomed from the speakers in the doors. There were only a few bands that Hinata and Neji ever agreed on, and Nirvana was one of them. Neji put the car in gear and pulled out of the driveway, speeding towards the high school as he belted out the words to the song. Hinata chewed on her toaster pastry as she tapped her fingers against the window.
When Neji heard the movement of her fingers, he paused mid-lyric and hissed at her. "Get your filthy paw off my truck window!"
Hinata stopped and turned to make a face at him. "Your car is a piece of trash." She informed him, but she stopped and started to kick the glovebox with one of her converses.
Neji rolled his eyes, but said nothing as they pulled into the school parking lot.
When her cousin had parked and turned off the car, Hinata exited and slung her black backpack onto her shoulders. She picked up two textbooks from their spot underneath her feet; one a green biology book, and one orange math book. She held them against her chest and closed the car door with the heel of her shoe. She called "Bye, Neji!" over her shoulder. She walked into the school with her head down, trying not to make eye contact with anyone.
WHAM! Hinata almost immediately smacked into someone. She took a few steps back to make sure she was still balanced, and a blush spread over her face as she looked up and prepared to apologize. But her jaw snapped shut as she saw who she ran into, and she smiled.
"Watch where you're going, ma'am." A boy her age practically growled at her, chocolate-colored eyes glowing playfully. His lips were curled into a smile, which distorted the triangular tattoos he had on his cheeks. His smile turned into a grin as her smile turned into a glare, his pointy eyeteeth glinting in the morning sun. He was wearing jeans and an worn old tee-shirt, and he had a skateboard tucked under his arm. She heard a yip as his small dog poked his head over his shoulder, panting happily.
She chuckled softly. "You aren't allowed to have a skateboard or a dog at school, stupid." She began a fake lecture. "Mr. Inuzuka, haven't you had enough detentions for you to get that through your thick skull?"
The boy shook his head. "The teachers don't care anymore." He laughed. "Anyway, I gotta get going. I'm ditching Bio to meet up with Shikamaru out behind the dumpster. He told me he has some good stuff." He winked.
"Careful, Kiba." Hinata warned him. "I don't want to be the one to scrape you off the curb as the scum of society."
Kiba sniffed, pretending to be hurt. "Don't be so motherly, Hinata." And with another low growl, Kiba dashed off to find Shikamaru.
Rolling her eyes as she continued to walk to her locker, Hinata kept her head up. But she still avoided the gazes of others. People walked by her, chattering and grinning at eachother and gossiping. Hinata finally got to her locker and started to twist the combination lock. "20...17..." She muttered to herself.
A voice from beside her made her jump. She smacked the locker next to her angrily, turning towards the voice. "What?!" She practically yelled.
A boy, about a head taller than her, was leaning his arm against a locker. His head was leaning against his arm. He was wearing baggy jeans and dark gray etnies, and a baggy gray jacket that had a high collar that covered his half his face. He was wearing very dark sunglasses over his black eyes, and his dark brown hair was spiked up. A small smile peeked through the collar. "I've already memorized your combination. You should be more careful." His low voice rasped.
Hinata finished opening her locker and put her biology book into it. Shutting it violently, she snapped the lock back onto it. "Shut up and walk me to math, Shino."
Shino nodded and walked by her side as they headed towards her first class. They walked in a comfortable silence. Her skin brushed the material on his jacket, and she blushed slightly. She tilted her face towards him, speaking. "Hey, Shino?"
"Hmm?" He muttered, diverting his gaze to her as he continued to walk.
Hinata dropped her voice to slightly above a whisper. "Kiba has been hanging out with Shikamaru a lot lately, and I'm worried. Do you think you could help me keep and eye on him?"
"Of course." Shino answered. Shino, Hinata, and Kiba had been best friends since they were in kindergarten. They knew eachother inside and out, and they were inseperable.
When they got to Hinata's math class, she flashed a smile at her friend. "You'd better take off, dude. Tardy bell rings in two minutes."
Shino lowered his sunglasses down his nose and winked at her with one of his black eyes. "I'll be there in thirty seconds." He said before running off in the opposite direction.
Hinata watched him go for a second before turning towards the classroom. She walked in, picking a seat near the front of the classroom and setting her backpack onto the desk. She sat down in her seat, and extracted a book out of her backpack to prepare for another lecture.
Her math teacher, Mr. Hatake, was standing in front of the class. His silver hair was slicked down, and his one good eye was staring his students down. He was wearing a green sweater and khacki pants. The bell rang punctually. "Allright, class." He spoke. "Today you will be learning about the Quadratic Formula..."
Hinata already knew everything Mr. Hatake taught them. Shino was brilliant, and had already tutored her and Kiba in everything there was to know about math. She opened her book to the page she had already marked in 'Of Mice and Men' and began to read.
The bell rang an hour and a half later, startling Hinata. She closed her book and stowed it away in her backpack. Slinging the pack over her shoulder, she trudged out of the classroom.
Her next two classes passed similarly to the first. History with Ms. Kumori was just watching a black and white video that she didn't pay attention to, and English with Ms. Awai consisted of learning about punctuation. Hinata thought it was hysterical that the teachers thought they were so stupid.
Walking towards Shino's car for lunch break, Hinata was joined by Shino and Kiba. Shino walked in silence, while Kiba was giggling like a girl.
Hinata looked at Kiba curiously. "Did you skip second and third period?"
Kiba looked at her, his eyes glazed over and a bit of drool on his lip. "'Course." He was smiling like an idiot. His small white dog, Akamaru, was barking from in his hood.
Shino, who was walking on the other side of Hinata, was using all of his willpower not to reach over and smack Kiba upside his head. Shino leaned down and growled quietly in Hinata's ear. "I'm going to knock some sense into him later."
Hinata smiled slyly. "Be good, Shino."
Shino just cursed under his breath.
They ended up at Shino's car, which was parked in the middle of the parking lot. It was a black truck, much larger and fancier than Neji's. Hinata opened a door for Kiba so he could get in the back seat. Kiba threw his skateboard in to the truck and hopped in, shutting the door behind him.
Shino got into the driver's seat as Hinata jumped into shotgun. Akamaru hopped out of Kiba's hood and jumped into Hinata's lap. Shino started the car, and the song "Downfall" by Trust Company blasted the speakers. Shino and Hinata had almost exactly the same taste in music. Kiba yowled from the backseat, but didn't have enough working brain cells to object to the tunes. Hinata laughed happily and rolled the window down so Akamaru could stick his tiny head out into the wind. He yapped happily as the wind ruffled up his fur.
Shino drove to the Ramen Shop. When he parked, the trio got out of the car. Hinata clutched Akamaru to her chest as they walked towards the bar of the shop.
"Three bowls of ramen!" Hinata called to the server when they got there. She helped Kiba sit down properly and put Akamaru in his lap. Shino sat next to her, and his knee accidentally brushed hers. This sent shivers down her spine and her face was tinted pink, so she looked away for a moment so he wouldn't see.
Hinata felt a large hand clasp her shouldler. "You okay, Hina?" Shino's deep voice sounded by her ear.
She practically jumped in her seat. "Y-yeah." She stuttered, blushing even more. She was relived when the three ramen bowls were set before them, and she dug in immediately so she didn't have to answer any more questions.
Shino just smiled behind his collar as he turned to devour his own food.