...I feel like shrinking down and jumping into a bowl of ramen...even if I might get burned if its too hot...or Naruto might eat me...
WARNING- OOC Shizune. Just warning ya.
"Hinata-chan…"
She mumbled several incoherent words, brushing away the hand that gently shook her shoulder. However, moments later, the hand returned, only this time slipping underneath her arm and gently ticking there.
A soft giggle drawled from her lips, followed by harder laughter as the tickling became quicker and quicker.
Pale eyelids flickered open at that moment, staring straight into deep blue ones. Confusion showed in her lavender eyes.
"Ready to get up, sweetie? School time." Hikari spoke, smiling, "By the way, I didn't expect you to fall asleep so deeply."
Hinata registered where she was slowly, her eyesight flickering about the surroundings. Seats, mother, window, school…
Her eyes widened, the little amount of sleep in them deteriorating within a second.
"Oh no! I fell asleep! What time is it? Where's my stuff? Where's-" Hinata began frantically moving about, with no real purpose, just a result of the shock. Hikari's hand quickly plopped upon Hinata's mouth, muffling her frantic talking.
"Shhh… we're on time. Its ten to ten, ironically. You'd better spend more time actually getting checked in than worrying about getting checked in before they don't accept students, irregardless of if the signed up or not." Hikari slowly removed her hand, smiling.
Still a bit slow, it took a bit for Hinata to register her mother's words. However, due to the slow registering, her response wasn't nearly as explosive as when her mother first woke her up.
"Hai, kaa-san. Could you move so I could get out?"
Hikari moved away from the door so that Hinata could get out, mumbling a brief 'sorry'. As Hinata's penny loafers plopped upon the cement, she looked up. Hinata then proceeded to gape.
The place was large, and in a more rural area of Tokyo. The school consisted of one large, main building that had two floors and many windows along its side. The courtyard was lavishly landscaped, with a few cherry blossom trees, a large fountain with a cupid who was 'doing his business' into a koi pond, and several stone benches. There was also a bit of woods to the sides, though nothing that dense, even if it obscured her view of the area's sides.
The main entrance had a normal sized wooden door, made of a wood that looked suspiciously like oak. And, as Hinata noticed, no one was outside.
"Here's your suitcase, dear. Just go to the office and get squared away with Tsunade-sama, 'kay? I'll see you later!" Hikari spoke softly, smiling. Within her eyes, you could see she was already missing Hinata, though she was attempting to hide it. The baggage in which held Hinata possessions was standing upright against Hikari's leg.
Hinata didn't see the look in her mother's eyes, however. She hugged the woman tightly, before grabbing the heavy bag.
"Ja ne, kaa-san! I'll be sure to call and send-" She paused to stumble, having nearly tripped on a rock, "letters! Emails if possible! And I'll send pictures, too."
Hinata tried lugging the bag up the stairs. They were rather high for stairs, and she found herself using the railing to help her get up five steps. It took a lot out of her, though.
'Darn it…why do they even have such large steps!?' Hinata thought as she pushed the door open warily. She poked her head in first, noticing the absence of students flocking about. She walked down the wide hallway lined with miscellaneous closets and the such before she was met with a large area. It was LARGE, with many students just mindlessly wandering about.
Hinata ignored the plentiful amount of staring students, as she was transfixed upon the an area that looked much like an office. The door was wide open, and the room inside looked rather normal from the angle she was looking at it. She, however, caught one of the whispers, from a conversation between a bright green haired girl to a redhead, both clad in a uniform that she was too distracted to register, as she walked by.
"He's so kawaii! I wonder if he's single?"
A small blush rapidly formed upon her face, though it wasn't that bad. Hinata knew they thought she was a guy, and since she happened to straight, she didn't actually feel too flustered.
Besides, they weren't actually commenting on her as a girl, but as a guy.
She looked at the door, and to her relief, she saw that the word 'Office' was printed upon the door. Hinata was nearsighted, though had no contacts or glasses, which often was a problem.
Just as she walked in the open doorway, however, she bumped into a lady with dark hair. Hinata pulled herself up, before helping the lady as well, blushing due to embarrassment. 'Why am I such a klutz!?'
"G-gomen na-nasai, miss!" Hinata said, blushing at the lady. However, the woman only smiled gently, holding out her hand.
"Ah, no problem, cutie." She paused to wink in a silly way, "Anyways, I'll just guess you're the new student, ne? You're the first one we've had that that transferred schools this year, you know, and probably the only face I can't recall. My name is Shizune, Tsunade-sama's secretary and nurse. And who are you?"
Hinata nodded, shaking her hand with Shizune's.
"Watashi wa Hyuuga Hin-Hikaru."
"Ah, Hikaru. Such a pretty name. Anyways, let me just get you squared away with everything." Shizune beckoned Hinata into the office, which was rather spacious. There were several doors, all closed, and one little exit hallway that lead somewhere she didn't know. 'I wonder where that leads to…'
Hinata was snapped out of her thoughts as Shizune pulled some papers from a folder along with a envelope on top labeled 'keys', and began to speak again.
"Okay, I just checked you off. Since Tsunade-sama is currently in an appointment, I will inform upon everything. 'kay, Hikaru-kun?"
Nodding Hinata curiously looked at Shizune. She was silent, as if thinking for a bit.
"Ah. Oh, gomen. I just remembered something. Well, anyways, let me lay down the basic rules. You may not skip classes or there will be detention. If a proctor find you up past nine o'clock on the campus, we'll have you for an office detention and an email will be sent to your parents, and if you're caught twice, you're expelled. Also, there are two choices for female uniform…ah, you're a guy, so lets skip-"
'NANI?!' Hinatas thought.
"Chotto m-m-matte!" Hinata bursted out, before quickly adding, "Gomen, but what about the female outfit? I'm just curious."
Shizune looked contently at Hinata.
"Ah, that's perfectly fine to be curious. Well, you see, females have two clothing choices. The first one, or the outfit designed by the vice principal, Jiraiya. It is a dirty outfit and no one wears it. The other outfit has the same thing, only with looser sailor fukus and mid-thigh length skirts. We have many girl students, despite the fact that we often forget to describe the second girl's outfit in the school website, and the catalogue."
Hinata nearly fainted, turning ghost white. At this point, her soul slithered out her gaping mouth. 'N-nani?'
Shizune opened her mouth to say something, when a prude looking male stomped into the office, his white eyes glaring at everything. His chocolate locks would've splayed about, if they weren't in a low ponytail. He wore the same uniform as Hinata's, only larger, and his height was roughly 6'4.
"Shizune-san, what is this about a new roommate? I'd rather not spend my nights with an ostentatious ditz like Naruto, or a loud mouth." He snapped, his tone surprisingly cold. The boy paid no heed to Hinata.
"Ah, Neji-kun! You're just in time to show Hikaru around. He's the new student, and also your roommate. Hikaru-kun, meet Neji-kun. He's the brightest boy in his grade, an honor roll student, and also the Martial arts champion as of 2007. He is also your upperclassman, one grade higher than yourself."
Hinata ended her soulless state, slowly craning her neck while praying. 'Please, not him, please…please not nii-sa-'
As lavender eyes caught sight of Neji, Hinata's soul had this time, truly left her body.
"How about I let Neji-kun guide about the school, since today is a free day for students!"
Poor Hinata was freaking out so much that she went rigid as a board, fainting and falling forward. However, as she lost unconsciousness, Hinata realized the floor wasn't all that hard.
As Hinata began to stir in the nurse's bed, she opened her eyes, groaning as light hit her tender, sleepy eyes. Hinata began to pull herself up, yawning in a sort of cute way.
'Why do I keep falling asleep?'
"So, Hikaru-kun… tell me about yourself." Neji's sly voice spoke, an edge to it. Hinata squirmed, just hearing it. However, she tried hard enough to seem unfazed, which actually worked to fool Neji.
'NII-SAN!!!'
"A-ah...I-I..."
Thankfully, Shizune walked in the room right as Hinata began to speak. She took a look at Hinata, and her worried expression dissolved away instantly.
"Hikaru-kun! Oh, you're up! I think you just fainted from shock. You were out for almost ten minutes. Can you remember anything? You fell on Neji-kun, but he was perfectly fine. You're a light boy, by the way."
On the outside, Hinata was perfectly calm, however, on the inside...
'I FELL ON NII-SAN!?!?!?'
Hinata looked at Shizune with wide eyes, then her gaze darted to Neji for a few minutes, only to catch his smirk. A crimson wave spread like a wildfire across her face, as she tried to stutter something out while her left eye began twitching, "Ano...g-g-g-g-g-gomen nasai! I-I-I..."
However, a soft cooing noise cut her off.
"Oh, Hikaru-kun, you look so kawaii! I can't simply help it, when you act like that." Shizune spoke, enthralled by the 'boy's' shy and timid-ness, "You look almost like a girl, and using watashi...so polite! You really are such charmer, you know. I'm sure the girls will take nothing to warm up to you. Why, you're cuter than Sasuke Uchiha himself!"
"I-I am?" Hinata, in a semi-daze. First, she found out about the female outfit. Second, she met her cousin, the same one that nearly killed her three years ago and she hadn't seen since. And third, she's called cute, by a female teacher, nonetheless.
And who was this Sasuke?
Hinata was beginning to want to just bash her head in. Pretending to be a guy was harder than Shoujo mangas made it look.
"Well, do you think you're fine to walk, Hikaru-kun? If you are, Neji-kun can take you on a tour of the school grounds."
Hinata helped herself off the bed, stabilizing herself after a bit of wobbling. She looked at Neji for a split second, before mumbling rather sourly, "Hai."
Shizune smiled at the two, placing her hands to her hips. "Well then, I'll leave you two to what you need to do, then!"
Hinata almost wanted to scream 'come back!' to Shizune, as she left the room. She was intimidated, tired, and worst of all...
Her eye was twitching again.
MEOW. Imma gonna eat you all.