Today was Friday, and Hinata woke up from the sound of birds chirping. She stuck her head back into her blankets, but one of the maids came up and dragged her out of bed.
Hinata groaned," Five more minutes please."
The maid said," Sorry Miss, but your breakfast will get cold and you don't want to be late."
Hinata surrendered and changed into a plain black t-shirt and surprisingly a pink and black knee-length skirt. It was probably the only skirt she owned, and she rarely wore it. ' It'd be a waste if I don't wear it at least once this year.' Another reason why she's wearing the skirt early in the year is because she didn't want to be questioned about it later on.Hinata went into the kitchen and greeted her family members.
"Good morning nee-san, you sure look nice today" Hanabi greeted. " Is your friend coming over today?"
Hinata still feeling tired mumbled," Morning and thanks Hanabi" while chewing on a piece of bacon. Hinata just remembered ' Oh yeah Sasori is coming over to help me' " Yeah probably around 2:30."
Hiashi took a sip of his coffee and said," Thats nice. Its about time you leave for school though."
Neji, Hinata, and Hanabi scrambled into the limo that takes them to school everyday. The limo has a television, and a small hot tub in it, someone might as well live in it because the seats were so comfy it could be used as a bed. They parked a block away from the school, too be less noticed. Hanabi went to a nearby elementary school and was dropped off first. When they were there Neji woke Hinata up because she fell asleep.
Hinata sat in her usual seat for homeroom, reading a difficult book. Ino was texting and Sakura was talking to Sasuke casually. She heard someone reapeatedly sneazing so, she turned around slightly to see who was doing it.
Kiba laughed at Naruto," I knew you would've caught a cold after running aroung in the rain. I thought idiots didn't catch colds though. " Hinata was thinking ' In the rain?'
Naruto sneazed once again," Than I guess your an idiot. It wasn't my fault! It looked really fun, and it felt awesome. So, I have no regrets and don't call me an idiot, moron."
Akamaru barked and Kiba said," You better shut up, unless you want to be sent to the hospital"
" Oh yeah? I'd look to see you try! You can't touch me fool! I got mad ninja skills!," Naruto said while holding up an origami ninja star.
Hinata interrupted the arguement by saying," I-I have some medicine if your feeling sick. "
Naruto perked up," Really? Your the best Hinata!" Almost everyone in the freshman year knew Hinata's name. Naruto gave Hinata a light hug. Hinata blushed a little, but returned the hug and handed him the medicine. " Why don't you hang out with Kiba and me later?"
Kiba was sulking that Hinata was being nice to Naruto, but wasn't paying any attention to him. ' Darn maybe I should have caught a cold ,too'
" Oh sorry, but I have plans today," Hinata said softly.
Naruto looked dissapointed," Aw okay, maybe some other time."
Kiba wondered who she had plans with.
Math passed by quickly, Hinata was being questioned a lot by Anko-sensei because Hinata always look a little dazed. Of course Hinata got all the question right ,so Anko sighed in defeat and continued the lesson.
It was finally time for art class. Before she entered the classroom she was stopped by Deidara," Hello Hinata, care to explain why my nephew is going over your house today? Not that I mind, but I just wanted to know." It was nice to know his nephew could get a date with the young lady.
"...I just wanted to learn how to paint like him."
" Un, I see have fun, but not too much fun. Sasori may act all cool, but he has a soft side."
Hinata thanked him and took a seat next to Sasori.
Sasori asked," Why are you sitting with me? Why were you talking to my annoying uncle before class even starts?"
Hinata stated simply," Because I wanted to talk about our plans for today and he wanted to know."
" Whats there to talk about? I come over, help you out for a couple of hours, and leave."
Hinata said softly," I think that sounds boring. We should watch a movie together later."
Before Sasori could protest, his uncle started talking about the use of chalk. Sasori was bored of listening to his uncle rant on how how people didn't know how to use it looked at Hinata to see what she was doing, but to his shock Hinata was eating skittles instead of paying attention to the lecture. Hinata noticed Sasori staring at her. When Sasori was about to tell her to put them away, she popped two of them in his mouth. She whispered giggly," Now your my accomplice."
"Hn"
Sasori didn't mind too much. She fed him the green ones, and he loved those.
They both stayed quiet the rest of the class. Occasionally Hinata would pass a couple of skittles to Sasori and he would accept them. Kiba who was behind them was thinking slyly ' So thats who she has plans with. Sasori huh? Who knew he was her type'
Lunch came and she was walking to where she sat yesterday. The pale eyed girl spotted Shikamaru, and who looked like his girlfriend,
Shikamaru waved to her and she waved back. Shikamaru introduced his girlfriend," Hey so, this is Temari. Temari this is Hinata. She's a sophomore." Temari looked like the complete opposite of what Hinata expected her to look like. Temari was tall,blonde, looked like she was good at sports. Temari kept her hair in four spikey pony tails, and she was almost as tall as Shikamaru. She also wore a tight, white tank top, and a very long black skirt, and was unexpectedly friendly.
" Hi Hinata, its nice to meet you. Don't worry I don't bite, unless you try to steal my man from me. " Temari held out her hand and Hinata shook it.
Shikamaru rolled his eyes and sighed," Your so troublesome, why did you skip school yesterday?"
" I actually had a good reason! My brother, Gaara got into this huge fight, and he got beat up pretty bad. Gaara won of course, nobody can beat him. He took down the whole gang by himself, I took care of him the entire day, but luckily I still had time to make you lunch. He doesn't have many friends because people avoid him."
Hinata shivered slightly wondering what kind of person Gaara was and Shikamaru said," Geez if you told me, I would have come to help you and Gaara out."
Temari smiled gently and said," I know, but your aiming to go to a university, and I don't know what I'm going to do yet."
Shikamaru sighed " I love you, so I'll feel better if you relied on me more. You could always be my wife," he said nervously, blushing slightly. They started snuggling with each other right in front of Hinata.
Hinata thought,' Ah, there the type of couple who likes showing there affection to others'
Temari was feeding him some rice. " Sorry if this makes you uncomfortable Hinata, we could tone it down if you want."
" No I don't mind at all. I think its really sweet that you guys care so much about each other," Hinata said while blushing slightly.
Temari squealed and hugged Hinata ," Aww your so cute! Way different from my violent brothers. Oh and speak of the devil. Gaara come over here!" Hinata turned around to see Gaara. He wasn't as scary as she thought.
Gaara mumbled a hello towards Shikamaru and than he spotted Hinata. "Well aren't you cute? I haven't seen your pretty face around here before" He took a seat next to Hinata.
Temari said," Don't tease the girl too much. Hinata, this is Gaara, my little brother. He's the one that got carelessly got hurt yesterday. Theres plenty of bruises on him so, be careful where you touch him."
Gaara said slyly," Oh she can touch me all she wants"
Hinata immediately blushed a deep red and thought ' He's a lot less scary looking than I thought, and he's kinda nice. When was the last time I've heard someone call me pretty?'
Hinata nodded. She said quietly," I'll watch where I touch him" Hinata starting staring at Gaara intensely examining his features. Gaara did the same not feeling the least bit nervous. Hinata cleared her throat and announced," Gaara has red hair, no eyebrows, he has a tattoo on his forehead, wears black clothes, has a piercing on his ear, and has nice, green eyes. He's good looking in a bad boy way. " Hinata developed a habit of wanted to exam the features of people that she felt at ease with.
Temari and Shikamaru gawked a little wondering what they were doing. Before they could ask Gaara said," Hinata Hyuuga has pretty, pale eyes, medium length hair, wears no makeup, looks good in skirts, and I think she's pretty attractive. I'm glad that you like what you see." Gaara smirked after seeing her blush lighly," By the way I wear black clothes, so blood stains aren't noticable."
Hinata laughed knowing he probably wasn't joking, but he was somewhat charming. Other students near her, listening to the conversation, ran off when they heard this though causing Hinata to laugh even more.
Gaara asked," Can I have some of your lunch?"
Temari said," You don't like my cooking?"
" You aways make Shikamaru's favorite foods"
Shikamaru chuckled," Sorry little man"
Temari said loudly," No you guys don't know what his favorite foods are. Its gizzard and salted tongue, which I hate. Kankuro usually just buys bread at the cafeteria."
Hinata blinked a couple of times thinking that was weird, Hinata had her lunch made by her housekeeper, but she knows how to cook decently. Hinata liked sweet food things like, cinnamon rolls, and red bean soup. " I can ask someone in my house to make them for you," offered Hinata.
Temari thought that wouldn't be too bad, considering her family situation and they could save some money. Gaara said while smiling a little," Thanks sweety, but I'd like it more if you made it for me" and kissed her hand. Hinata couldn't process all the thoughts running through her mind, and blushed darkly.
" Your welcome," she mumbled.
They all finished up their lunches, and headed back for class.
After a boring history lesson, Hinata was walking towards her locker to get books for her next class. She saw Sasori and ran to catch up with him" Hi Sasori"
He turned around and saw Hinata," Yo"
"Want to walk to class together?"
Sasori felt tired because he just had P.E. The annoying teacher made them run 30 laps and he just didn't have the energy to do anything, " Do you have any more candy with you?"
Hinata dug through her bag and pulled out some starburst." Yeah I'll walk to class with you" Sasori took five yellow ones and popped them all in his mouth at once making Hinata laugh. After he swallowed them all, he took five more and shoved them inside his pocket. " Your smile is nice, you should laugh more often"
" I'll smile if you say something funny"
" Fair enough"
All of a sudden someone threw something from outside that broke the glass window they were standing next to. Sasori reacted quickly, pushed Hinata down,to the ground, and sheilded her from the glass. Hinata gasped and managed to stutter out," A-Are you okay?" Hinata felt embarrassed considering the position they were in, but quickly erased the thought since Sasori was in pain.
Sasori winced in pain," Yeah, but theres pieces of glass that stabbed my back."
Some students went to call for help and they got Sasori bandaged up. After that, they were sent to the principal's office. Tsunade asked," Sasori, are you alright?'
" Yes, but I'm feeling a bit sore"
"Well thats to be expected"
All of a sudden two random adults burst into the room " How is Sasori doing?," a beautiful woman, with short hair asked.
A man with many piercing showed equal concern by saying," He can still walk right? Does he need surgery? Oh this is all my fault for not looking after him properly!"
Sasori sighed and explained to a confused Hinata," These are my god parents, Pein and Konan. They are boyfriend and girlfriend and have been going out for 3 years already. They are in there first years in college. I'm okay you guys. My back is just a bit sore, and I have a headache."
They were so relieved and happy nothing was wrong with him. Konan asked," Oh Sasori, is this your girlfriend?"
Pein said," You know I met Konan when we were in high school, too."
Sasori said awkwardly," We're just friends, and thanks for checking up on me."
They were both dissapointed Hinata wasn't his girlfriend, so they left to go back to their school.
Tsunade was thinking of who could be the culprit so she ordered her suspects to the room. There in the office was Kiba, Naruto, and Gaara."
Tsunade said,"Naruto you were playing baseball with Kiba, correct? Now Gaara, you were spotted in many gang fights, and you skipped school yesterday. What do you have to say?"
Naruto and Kiba explained that they were nowhere near the window because they were playing in the front of the school.
Gaara didn't really have anything to say. Tsunade asked Gaara again," Were you the one who did it?" Again Gaara said nothing.
Hinata interrupted," Ano I don't think Gaara did it. He's injured and I saw him in the hallway before the glass broke."
Tsunade asked," Okay, Gaara I'll let you off this time, but now I'm really mad because nobody fessed up! You guys can leave now" School was already over because healing Sasori was more difficult. The wound isn't too deep though.
Gaara said," Thanks for explaining that to the blonde devil. I'm pretty grateful."
Hinata said giggling lighly at his joke," No problem Gaara, Sasori why did you protect me?"
Sasori replied," Well I didn't want anything to happen to you, or your face. A girl's face is her pride after all."
Hinata didn't know what to say next. She couldn't believe how Sasori protected her like that," Lets just go to my house now, okay? The limo isn't parked too far away. Gaara do you need a ride?" Sasori thought he misheard her ' Did she just say a limo?'
Gaara whistled," A limo? Woah thats cool, but I have to pass."
" Why?"
" I got detention earlier for falling asleep in class. I'll see you later though" He smiled and than left. Even Sasori was amazed at how Gaara already got dentention on the second day of school," Invite me some other time okay?"
Hinata nodded and Sasori waved goodbye.
Hinata said," I think you guys would make pretty good freinds"
Sasori didn't mind the other red head, but it didn't seem like they had any common interest. 'Well, it looks like I have some sort of talent for making friends with strange people quickly. " Maybe..."
Sasori and Hinata walked the block and Sasori almost did a doubletake when he saw the limo. ' Woah she must come from a rich family' The limo looked as nice as it did on the outside as it did on the inside. ' A really rich family ' " Woah this is one sick ride."
Hinata smiled happy that Sasori liked the limo," Wait until you see my house. By the way Konan and Pein look like a really nice couple. Where were your parents?"
Sasori looked a bit uncomfortable," Well Konan and Pein take care of me when uncle Deidara can't because my parents passed away when I was young,"
Hinata started tearing up, and before she knew it a couple of tears escaped," Sorry for asking, I kinda know how you feel cause my mother passed away when I was younger."
Sasori wiped away her tears," Don't cry. Its not that important. I can barely even remember my parents anymore. I'm already glad that I have family members that take care of me" He put her head on his shoulder and Hinata calmed down. When they arrived Sasori was absolutely amazed," Hinata, I've seen airports smaller than this."
Hinata smiled slighly," Yeah my father is a big company's president."
"Which company?"
"Apple," Hinata responed like it was no big deal.
"...Damn"
Neji saw the unfamiliar face Hinata brought home. He just suspected that the red head would be a girl. Hanabi thought the same.
Her father Hiashi asked," May I asked who are you?"
Sasori bowed," Hello sir, I'm here to assist your daughter with her art skills. I'm in the same art class as her."
Hinata included," He also sheilded me when someone broke a window! " Hinata lifted Sasori's shirt up to show her father. Hinata was just having fun though. Neji almost choked on his sandwich.
" Hn. Thank you boy for saving my daughter. Who knows what would I do if my precious heir was hurt"
" It was no problem at all. I was just glad I could help her." Neji twitched, he wish he was the one that helped Hinata, but this Sasori was going to have to do a lot more before he got Neji's approval.
Hinata said," Well we're going to be upstairs if any of you need us." Hinata grabbed Sasori's arm and dragged him up many flights of stairs.
Sasori panted," Don't you have any elevators?"
Hinata replied," Why would we need one?" She wasn't out of breath at all.
Hinata had her own floor for her art. Hinata showed Sasori all types of rooms like, animation room, doodle room, chalk room, and many more. There was one room that was completely white. Hinata was saving that for something very special.
Sasori was still trying to take this all in ," So what do you want to start with?"
" Painting," she answered simply. They walked into the correct room and put on smocks. ," Show me how you painted so quickly."
Sasori began," Well I draw the major shapes in a picture first, than I go into detail, but I also started drawing when I was 6" Hinata was still confused," Don't worry about the small details. Go for the features that stand out the most."
Hinata felt a lightbulb go off in her head immediately understanding what he meant," Ah! I see! " Hinata sat down and painted another portrait of Sasori using his advice. When she was done she asked," So, what do you think?"
" Better than before, but it took you 25 minutes to complete. My face is a little too wide."
Hinata sighed in dissapointment. He was right. Hinata tried again and again and everytime Sasori could point something out. After a while, she got tired of hearing Sasori point negative things out. Hinata snapped and painted his right cheek red. He stared in disbelief and grabbed a paintbrush, dipped it in blue paint, and painted her nose a dark blue. It turned into an all out paint war. When it was over there entire face and there clothes were covered in paint. It was like a rainbow exploded on them.
" Sorry," Hinata mumbled," I just got bored."
" Its also my fault, and that was a geat way to relieve any stress. I shoud've complimented you once in a while." They laughed it off and washed their faces together in the bathroom. " Oh! I made you laugh."
Hinata didn't know when she started smiling so much but she replied," Well your face looks really funny right now"
Sasori responded back," Well do does yours Miss purple cheeks"
" And whose fault is it that I now have purple cheeks?"
They started laughing again, and got all the paint cleared off.
On her tenth try Sasori said," Good you got everything right, but it took you 10 minutes. Hinata sighed in exhaustion glad she got a compliment from laughed," Its getting pretty late, maybe I should leave"
" No! Lets go into the star room!" She said eagerly.
Sasori shrugged," No use argueing with you." The room was pretty awesome. Sasori had to admit. "It feels like I'm really outside. Did you paint this?"
Hinata replied," No, my dad had a professional do it for me when I was younger."
" Its nice" Sasori saw Hinata lay flat on the ground. The floor was soft because there was a big, fluffy rug on the ground. Sasori lyed down with Hinata. Hinata found Sasori's hand and held it loosely. Sasori didn't mind. After relaxing for about 20 minutes Sasori was feeling hungry," Can we eat?"
Hinata said dazed,"Huh? Yeah, want to eat with my family?" Sasori didn't feel like eating Deidara's food, so he agreed. Deidara always mixed many ingredients trying to make an explosion of flavor, but it never turned out so well. They walked down the stairs into the dining room," Hinata asked," Is it okay if Sasori eats with us?"
Neji was about to turn his little cousin down, but Hanabi elbowed him and she said," I'd be awesome if he could stay."
Hiashi said to a maid," Hn prepare another plate."
Sasori sat down and started eating," Wow this taste great. "
" Thank you Sasori, your polite, and protective. You are quite the charmer," Hiashi pointed out.
" I appreciate your praise"
Dinner passed without any problems. Neji attempted to kick Sasori many times under the table, but Hanabi stopped him every time. Hiashi asked," Do you want someone to drive you home?"
Sasori said," Yeah, thanks."
Hinata said," I'll go with him" Hinata dragged Sasori out the door, and they got into the car together.
When they were gone Hiashi asked seriously," Do you think I'm going to get some grandchildren soon?" Neji spit out his water, and mumbled something like Hinata is way too good for him.
Hinata and Sasori talked about the next time they should meet up. They exchanged numbers. After seeing Sasori off, Hinata went to bed, but not before texting Sasori " Goodnight"
