Well, I certainly didn't think I'd be doing this, but I got so many reviews, favorites and followers, I couldn't resist! This one-shot is now officially a story!

Anyway, I have a serious question.

I also changed the name to Gakusei Meido which means "A student Maid". I mean, she's not a babysitter anymore, haha.

What rating do you think it should have? I want there to be romance, of course, but I don't know what my readers want. How much detail should there be, and how much romance can you handle?

Please answer!

Chapter two! – Interesting

Hinata watched her feet take steps across the grey tiles along the road, her glossy leather shoes next to the shined pointed-toe leather shoes of passing businessmen. It was a cold day, too cold for the blazer only, so she wore the cardigan over her white shirt as well. The coat didn't even cover down to the end of her skirt, so she was freezing a lot on her bare legs. The knee-length socks didn't keep her very warm, after all. Yesterday was one of those weird exceptions where it would be rather warm outside, even though it was the middle of January.

'I should buy a scarf…'

Wednesdays weren't really any special. No tough classes, no after-school activities, but she did have to go to her part-time job in Kasumigaseki. At first, she thought she would be babysitting two children because their parents were too busy with work, and it made perfect sense considering their living conditions. In order for someone to earn that much, they must work a lot.
But when she opened the door…

Hinata stopped in her tracks and frowned.

She was met by a guy in her own age that lived alone! He had no parents, no brother, no family, nothing! How could this even happen?!

She nibbled on her nail and continued walking. She was walking like her shoes were too tight, making short little strutting steps like a clockwork soldier. But at the moment, she really couldn't care less about the way she looked to others.

'I can't let anyone know about this..! And I need to find that newspaper article!'

She quickened her pace and arrived at school faster than she could ever imagine.

"Good morning!" Hinata switched her outdoor shoes with her indoor shoes and was putting them on when her friends, Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino came to greet her. They were both so pretty, Hinata couldn't help but feel embarrassed to be around them at times.

"G-good morning…" Hinata picked up her bag and averted her eyes shyly.

"How did the babysitting go?" Hinata's neck broke. What was she supposed to say!?

'Think fast! I need to say something believable!'

"I-i-it went f-i-fi-fine…" She stuttered, her voice shaking horrendously.

"That's great!" Ino smiled. "Was the dad hot?" Sakura smacked her blonde friend on her head and scowled.

"Ino, you disgusting pig! Hinata doesn't have a dirty mind like you!"

"Well, sorry…"

'I don't even know his name… I told him mine, but his is still a secret. His family name is certainly "Uzumaki", though…' Hinata thought to herself as she began walking to class.

It was the beginning of the third term, which meant that Hinata would soon worry about possibly not ending up in the same class as her friends. She didn't have very many, so being without them would make things very difficult for her. And by not very many, she meant two. Two friends.
But she liked to think that they were all she needed. They kept her occupied and were always there for her. She knew they would never abandon her, and that was all she needed.

Hinata carefully slid the door to her classroom open and walked in, followed by Sakura and Ino, who were loudly discussing their plans for the holidays already.

'We don't end until in April…'

"Hey, are you already discussing the break? We just started school, ya know." Kiba, the class clown chimed in on their conversation.

He was quite muscular for his age. Tanned, rough skin and always had his hair in a mess. Despite his rather crazy personality, he was one of the most popular guys in the school. The most popular one by far, was Uchiha Sasuke, who had just entered along with an enormous crowd of girls that always seemed to follow him wherever he went.
Both Ino and Sakura were desperately in love with him, but Hinata only saw him as a classmate. She knew that he was out of her league, and he was anyway really not her type, but it would nice to be friends with him.

"Okay everyone, I've… Decided to reassign your seats. It seems like th... The loud bunch are always in the back..." The homeroom teacher, Mr. Kurosawa Minato seemed a little sick today. He was pale, and kept looking like he was on the verge of falling over.

The class president, Nara Shikamaru stood up lazily and dragged his feet to the blackboard. He wrote on some paper, tore them, folded them and put them in a box. When everyone had finished rearranging their desks, Hinata was sitting in the far back by the window next to Sasuke.

Ino had asked her several times if she liked anyone, and her answer had always been no. The boys in her class were so loud and immature, they barely spoke to anyone who wasn't considered popular, anyway. Hinata was just an average girl living an average life.

Or, that was at least what she thought.

"Hey." Hinata continued staring out of the window next to her. She didn't really know anyone in her vicinity, so she thought that maybe it wasn't her that he was talking to.

"I said hey, Hinata." Hinata's ears perked and she quickly looked to her right. Sasuke quirked an eyebrow, clearly amused by the fact that she was so shocked about being called by her first name.

"Looks like I'm next to you this term." He leaned back in his chair and yawned quietly. Hinata nodded and averted her eyes, embarrassed to be talking to the most popular guy in the school.

"M-mm…" She agreed.

'I should tell him that 10,000 is too much… I could almost stop going to school and just work for him… That's just…'

"Are you listening?" Sasuke seemed to be somewhat disturbed by the fact that he wasn't able to catch Hinata's attention.

"W-what…?" Hinata looked up at him again and blushed a bit. She was slightly worried that the girls in her class would hate her for talking to him.

"Look, Hyuuga-san is talking to Sasuke-kun!"

" No way, Why would he do that?"

"I guess he's just trying to comfort her for being so ugly, haha!"

"You said it!"

Hinata smiled wistfully and stood up.

"I… I-I'm going outside for a second…" She stepped out of the room, leaving a dumbfounded Sasuke behind. He, however, cast a short glare at the two girls whispering behind him.

'How annoying, talking about Hinata like that.'

Hinata leaned back against the wall outside her classroom. She had a lot on her mind, but right now, she just needed to get away from all the gossiping. Not that she was expecting Sasuke to talk to her, and it was quite rude of her to just walk out on him like that, but she couldn't help it. She couldn't handle being talked bad about for simply speaking to someone. Hinata admitted that she wasn't popular, but she didn't deserve to be treated so badly.

She sighed. But what was there to do?

"So now, it's the train to Kasumigaseki again." Hinata turned towards the Tokyu-Meguro line while putting her PASMO train pass back in her bag pocket.

'And then I need to switch to the Toei-Subway-Mita line, and lastly the Tokyo-Metro Hibiya Line. It's only thirty minutes, but it feels so short.'

She stepped on the train and sat down next to a couple of high school students. They laughed and joked, but one of them seemed to glance at her ever so often. Hinata didn't notice though, since she was so engulfed in her book. She looked up when the train stopped to see which station she was at, and upon realizing that it was soon her turn to get off, put the book back in her bag and instead listened to some music. The boy couldn't seem to keep his eyes off her, so one of his friends spoke up to her.

"Hey." He said, giving Hinata a second to remove her earphones and look up at him. She blushed shyly when her eyes met his, and was forced to avert them to the floor.

"What school are you from?" He asked.

"U-uhm… Koyam-Koyamadai…" He let out a short chuckle.

"So, you're not from a private school?" Hinata's head shot up and their eyes met once again. This time, the boy responsible for making his friend talk to her spoke up.

"Jyo, that's rude…" His hair was kind of like the boy she was on her way to, except for that it lay calmly on his head instead of all around in a mess. He, in a way reminded her of him, except for that this guy's hair was black. He looked intelligent, wearing glasses and holding a text book with one hand. Now, she forgot why he was similar to that guy.
He completely lost his coolness upon noticing that she was gazing at him.

"I was just wondering, Geez! Anyway, my friend thinks you're cute, why don't you exchange phone numbers?"

"Hey, Jyo!"

The train stopped, so Hinata quickly stood up and lowered her head a bit to hide her expression. She was blushing.

"W-wait!" He reached out, but realized that it was futile to try to chase after her since she appeared to only find his presence uncomforting.

Hinata ran out of the train, stopped and turned around. She held a hand up to cover her face below her eyes in order to hide her blush. It was embarrassing being hit on like that, after all. The boy was telling his friend off, who was just scratching his head carelessly.

'I need to gather myself…' She continued her journey to the Uzumaki residence.

Hinata looked at the door code in front of her, then down at the small piece of paper in her hand and gulped. Insecurely, she pressed the numbers and stepped back when hearing the door unlock itself.

'The door only stays open for a few seconds, then it locks.'

She panicked and flung the door open.

The apartment was empty. She let out a relieved sigh, took her shoes off, making sure to place them carefully next to his slippers, and entered.

"Ojamashimasu…" (A phrase used when entering someone else's house. It's like, "I'm coming in", or "I will disturb you now")

It was so big, yet all the food, boxes and clothes made it seem small. She took her time to look around and find all the cleaning products before rolling up her sleeves and beginning her first day at work.

After only a few seconds of treading through stacks of ramen bowls and papers, Hinata tripped and fell in a pile of hopefully unused underwear.

"A-ah!"

She picked herself up and mentally cried.

'What have I gotten myself into…' She turned her head to look in the mirror beside her, but quickly screamed when seeing that a pair of underwear lay on top of her head. As soon as she pulled it off and threw it across the room, she fainted.

"And then, and then she said "I didn't know you thought that" as if she didn't know!" The uniform-clad teen walking next to the blonde Uzumaki burst into laughter. He only smiled vaguely and looked down at his feet.

"Isn't that a good thing." He said calmly.

"Well, of course, but it's so innocent! And I mean, she obviously knew!" He was the loudest in the class, but was also very popular for his good looks and way with women. He, like the rest of his friends, had a whole fanclub dedicated to him.

"Naruto, you're walking unusually fast. Are you in a hurry?" The boy named Naruto halted and blinked a few times.

'I feel like I'm forgetting something… Something in the apartment…' He thought.

"I don't… think so…" The boys around him laughed at his unsureness.

'I guess I'll find out when I get there.'

"Anyway, should we play that new game, what's it called, Titanfall?"

"Nah, I think we should play some Eroge! (Erotic anime game)"

"How about we study?" All the guys looked at Naruto for a second, then, yet again burst into laughter.

"I don't really get why you're so popular sometimes! You're so gullible! And short…" Naruto looked up at the bright sky and frowned.

"Hmm… It looks like it just might rain. Maybe you should go home."

"We're going to be INSIDE YOUR HOUSE!" They exclaimed in unison. Naruto smirked and looked at them with dark, mysterious eyes. And even though they were blue like the sky above them, they could also change color and mood whenever they pleased.

"Right, just warning you." The high school students entered the residence and made their way towards the penthouse. Naruto was a man of few words, but he somehow always managed to fit in with the people in his class.

He unlocked the door and pushed it open.

Vroom… Vroom…

'The vacuum cleaner?' Naruto shuddered at the thought of it starting itself. But then, when he was about to take his shoes off, he remembered what he'd forgotten.

"I just remembered something I need to. I'll see you tomorrow!" Naruto slammed the door shut behind himself, some strands blowing into his face and tickling his cheeks before calmly landing in a different position when the current from the door disappeared.

"Whaaaaaat!?"

"Aw, man!"

"You'll pay for this!" His friends eventually left, and Naruto walked in after placing his shoes next to Hinata's.

'She's here today. She really came.'

As soon as he stepped into the living room, he was met with a glittering floor, an empty coffee table, a gleaming TV screen and a completely new sofa. Well, it looked new since the one he had before was exactly the same but greyish brown. Either that or she'd dusted the whole room off.

'…Not bad.' He threw himself into the clean sofa and turned the TV on. There was, as usual nothing interesting on, but he really just wanted to feel what it was like to lay in down and watch TV at the same time. He couldn't use the sofa before because there were too many clothes on it. After all, Naruto didn't have anyone around the apartment, so having someone here felt a little special to him.

"Oh, y-you're… here…" Hinata wiped some sweat from her forehead and rolled her left sleeve up again while walking into the living room. Naruto hid his smile and excitement to see her in his very own house. It felt fun to have a girl over, rather than a guy.

But looking at her, something was missing.

"Hey." He studied her body from head to toe, but couldn't seem to figure out what she was lacking. A hat? No… No matter how hard he would scrutinize her, he couldn't discover the problem. Then, she reached down and pulled her socks up.

'Now I know!' Naruto's eyes lit up before darkening into a shade of grey. His lips curled into a smug smirk and he lowered his head to look up at her through his blonde bangs. Hinata just stood, turning and twisting in embarrassment.

'Wh-what is he doing…?' He stood up and glided across the clean floor towards her like a slinking panther and stopped just in front of her. Hinata gasped quietly, and in response stepped back, but he wrapped his cold fingers around her arm and pulled her towards him.

"How rude…" The mischievous expression playing upon Naruto's face caused Hinata to quiver, and thoughts of what he was planning on doing to her kept rolling through her mind. Slowly, but surely, his head sank down to her level and their eyes met. His were half-open, while hers were as wide as they could possibly get. Just as the proximity was almost at complete zero, he whispered:

"Naruto." Hinata, who had subconsciously closed her eyes, opened them.

"Wh-what…?" Was her response, and she too, for some reason, was whispering. He couldn't hold back anymore, and started laughing. Hinata, who was at a completely loss, stepped back and stared at him in utter confusion, waiting for him to explain himself.

Then, an enormous wave of heat and realization swept across her, leaving her face as red as a rose.

'He… He co-could've k-k-k-k-ki-ki-ki-ki…..!' She was stuttering inside of her own head. Naruto couldn't seem to stop laughing.

"Haha! You should've seen the look on your face!" He held his hand to his stomach and squeezed his blazer from the pain of his amusement. Hinata looked down awkwardly and frowned.

'This guy… Really likes to embarrass me… I wonder if he's one of those… Players…' Seeing her frown, Naruto immediately stopped laughing and tried to express his reason for being so entertained by her shyness.

"I'm sorry, I just thought your expression was so cute." Hinata threw herself into a wall. She placed a hand on her forehead under her fringe and stared a hole through the floor while desperately trying to keep herself alive.

'Wh-what is this guy's problem…?!'

Naruto realized that his reasoning was only making things worse.

"Naruto. It's my name. Remember it, okay?" He smiled whole-heartedly.

'Naruto…?' This time, it was Hinata's turn to be amused. She giggled, and Naruto, who was already extremely bewildered, demanded an explanation.

"Wh-what?!"

"It's just… K-kind of a st-strange name…" She smiled at him, and suddenly, things felt okay again for the both of them.

'This… girl…'

"An-anyway, I sa-saw that you di-didn't have… uhm… a-any food in you-your refrigerator…"

'But you had lots of ramen in the cupboards…' She thought.

"So… I-I uhm.. Bought some… And made you s-so-something si-simple…" Naruto's expression lit up like a dog being praised by its owner.

"Really?! That sounds great! Is it in the kitchen?"

' She seems…'

Hinata nodded and went back to her work. She planned on finishing the whole apartment before eight. He turned and watched her pick up the vacuum and begin cleaning the floor in the bathroom again.

'Interesting.'

What did you guys think? Still worth continuing? If it is, I'll write more in each chapter! I think it's about time I actually write around 5-8000 words per chapter rather than 1000-3000. Must be so annoying!

Anyway, please help me out with the rating!

K = Some light romance, barely a kiss (Completely innocent)

T = Kiss and possibly more, but with no detail (cute!)

M = Harsh words, detailed love scenes, LOTS OF CUTE ROMANCE, but less innocent… (you'll probably blush)