PHSE dragged on and I couldn't pay any attention to the actual lesson. I couldn't stop staring at her. She was talking to the blonde haired boy, and laughing. She had the most incredible laugh. Was the blonde boy her boyfriend? I sure hoped not. If he was I'd not have a chance with her. I was sitting next to this boy called Chouji. He had light brown hair and was a bit on the err…chubby side. Despite his appearances he seemed to be a genuinely nice person. He was sitting next to a boy named Shikamaru who seemed to have fallen asleep.
"He's pretty smart," Chouji told me while looking at his best friend, then sighed, "But incredibly lazy." Chouji and I seemed to get on well, but nothing could stop me from stealing the occasional glance at Hinata. I wanted to get to know her better.
"What lesson we got after this Chouji?" I asked, it was nearly the end of the lesson.
"We've got brunch and then science." He replied, "I don't know if we'll be in the same set for science, so you might want to ask the teacher for a schedule." Typical, the one person I seemed to be getting along with might not be in my next class. Which meant I'd not know anyone. The bell rang signalling the end of the period.
"Okay class, remember for next PHSE that you'll need to create a presentation on yourself." Mr Hatake told us as we all starting leaving the class. I stayed behind, Chouji stayed with me along with Shikamaru.
"Err sir, I was wondering if I could have a schedule for the classes." I asked. He gave me a schedule. "Gaara, as you're new here, I want you to know, if you ever need to talk to me about anything I'm right here." I nodded and thanked Mr Hatake. As I left the class I noticed Hinata standing by herself outside. I was about to go speak to her but… "Hey Hinata I've found them!" The blonde haired boy shouted from down the corridor as he began to drag two other boys down the corridor.
"Hey Naruto let go, we can walk ourselves!" The one shouted as he pushed Naruto off him. He smirked at Hinata, "Hey Hinata, how was PHSE?" He asked. He had black hair and two red marks on both sides of his face. Maybe he was into face paints? I don't know.
"I-It w-was o-okay K-Kiba kun…" She replied smiling friendly. The other kid Naruto was pulling walked up to Hinata. "How was your form?" He asked in a spookily deep voice. He was wearing black glasses and also had black hair.
She looked down at the floor, "F-Fine S-Shino…" She whispered.
"Hinata what have they done this time?" Kiba asked his hands clenched up in fists.
"…T-They…c-cut t-the b-breaks o-on m-my b-bike…" She replied quietly.
"WHAT? Hinata they could have killed you! How did you get off your bike?" Kiba shouted.
"…G-Gaara kun h-helped me…" She whispered as she turned to look at me. I looked down at the floor embarrassed and walked with Chouji and Shikamaru into the canteen. She remembered my name.
"Earth to Gaara…" Shikamaru said as he waved his hand in front of my face, I looked at him, "It's my job to daydream not yours." He said laughing.
"Do you want anything to eat?" Chouji asked as he stuffed his face with a bag of crisps. I shook my head.
"Actually I was wondering something…" I started.
"Yes?" Shikamaru asked.
"…If you have a music department here?" I asked. They both smirked.
"Of course we do." They both replied. I soon found myself following them both through the science block. "Do you play anything?" Shikamaru asked. I nodded.
"I used to be in a band back in Suna, I was the singer and the lead guitarist." I answered. We took a turn and walked up some stairs. There were five rooms. Three practice rooms for lessons, a music classroom, and a band practise area. They dragged me into the band practise area and shoved a guitar and a microphone in my face.
"Let's here something then please." They begged. I smirked and tuned the guitar.
"Testing one, two." I spoke into microphone. Then started playing one of my favourite songs, with a simple guitar rift.
"To you, I'm all I've left undone. I'm all, I haven't won. Lift me up, my soul's so hollow. Lift me up." I sang. Shikamaru and Chouji smirked at each other.
"You take, the breath you didn't take, what's left you did forsake. Lift me up, my soul's so hollow. Lift me up, my soul's so hollow. You can make me scream internally, you can make me breathe eternally." I stopped. The door slammed open and Kiba, Shino, and Naruto all ran in. From the door I could see a pair of lavender coloured eyes staring at me.
"Dude that was completely awesome!" Kiba shouted. But everything didn't matter to me, because I was trapped in her eyes, and everyone else faded. It was just me and her. Me and Hinata.
The lessons had dragged on quite a bit and I still hadn't got to speak to Hinata. Her face was imprinted in my mind. Her eyes pierced my soul. She was so perfect. Every inch of her. Her voice was gentle and when she laughed it was music to my ears. I wanted so desperately to talk to her, but every time I got close I'd get stopped. "Hey Gaara," I turned to look at Kiba, "We're all heading to Ichariku down the street after school. It's the usual hang out, wanna join us?" He asked. My eyes lit up. All of them were going that had to mean Hinata was going too, right? Putting on a smirk I answered Kiba,
"Yeah sure." We were in the middle of the last period, Maths. Hinata wasn't in this class. I wanted the class to end desperately. I'd finished the work already and was looking at the clock every second. Finally the bell rang.
Standing up, Kiba and I started to shove our books rapidly into our bags. We quickly raced to the door and exited. Kiba walked to class and then I noticed Hinata was standing at her locker nearby the classroom. I walked towards her slowly.
Then. "Hey Hinata," A smooth voice came from down the corridor behind me. Why was I always interrupted when I wanted to speak to her? I sighed I turned. There was a group of people there. There was a white haired boy, a girl who was wearing a ton of red eye shadow and had red hair, a boy with ginger hair who was huge, no joke, and a boy with raven black hair who stood in front and was obviously their little gang leader.
"Hinata." He repeated he walked past me, ignoring my existence, and walked to Hinata by himself.
"Hey Sasuke I'm going to head back to our form okay?" The boy with white hair shouted at the boy standing near Hinata.
"Okay Suigetsu. Karin, Jugo go with him." Sasuke told them. They walked off. He waited until they were gone, then pushed Hinata against the lockers. Holding her wrists with his hands.
"S-Sasuke, n-not a-a-again. I d-don't like y-you l-like t-t-that." She told him, blushing with him so close to her. I could feel my blood boiling.
"Hinata, I told you that I don't care." He leaned close to her ear, "I want you." He started to kiss down her neck, she struggled against him. I wanted so badly to punch him.
"Sasuke." She said her voice firm, "I told you I'm not interested."
"Geez Hinata when are you going to give into me? You know that's the only solution to our…situation. You know you want me. All the same…I will make you mine." Giving her one last smirk he left.
She rubbed her now red wrists and winced slightly. "Only solution…" She murmured. Confusion filled my mind. Solution to what exactly?
She turned around and saw me. "G-Gaara." She blushed, "H-How long h-h-have you been t-there…?" She stuttered. Her stutter was cute, but then again what wasn't cute about her? I rubbed the back of my neck embarrassed.
"Uh…I…I wanted to know if you were going to Ichariku. Everyone invited me…" I couldn't think of anything. There standing in front of me was Hinata. The one I had wanted to talk to all day. The one I was now tongue-tied in front of. She giggled at me and nodded.
"W-We s-should p-probably h-head t-to o-our f-form…" She gently grabbed my arm and pulled me leading me to our form base.
"T-Thanks f-for e-earlier…" She whispered.
"It's no problem…" We were nearing class. 'Oh no,' I thought as I realised I might not get to speak to her alone for the rest of the day. It hit me. I finally knew what to ask. "Hinata?"
"Mm?"
"…I…I was wondering if you wanted to…if you would…show me around Konoha…sometime." I said as a light blush coloured my cheeks. She smiled kindly, making my heart melt.
"S-Sure." She blushed. Then stopped and fidgeted through her bag. I watched her curiously as she got a small blue mobile out her bag. On the side I couldn't help but notice it had a panda attached to it.
"E-Err d-do y-you h-have a p-phone…?" She asked while flicking through her phone. Nodding I took my red and black phone from my pocket. She gave me her number and we went into class.