"Ugh, it's already 10:15PM…" Kiba groaned out.
"And we haven't had one break yet!" Naruto whined, and leaned his chin on his hand, deeply bored of listening to Hinata go on and on about chemistry.
"…All you've done so far is sleep! So don't even complain!" Kiba shouted back at Naruto.
"Not true!" Naruto clenched his right fist and pumped it in Kiba's direction.
"I'll rip your hand out of your socket…" Naruto quickly took back his hand, andhid behind Hinata. Hinata sighed, looking at Kiba, she bit her lip.
When did Kiba get this violent?…
"Ma-Maybe we've h-had e-e-enough for today…D-Don't y-you agree Sasuke-san?" Everyone's head turned to Sasuke in unison. Sasuke simply nodded his head and closed his book for the first time since he came. Kiba rubbed the temples on the side of his head.
"I guess we've wasted enough of our Friday afternoon. Naruto you still staying the night?"
"Indeed I am! What about you, teme, do you wanna stay?" Naruto grinned at his best friend hoping he'd say yes, but Sasuke had something else in mind.
"Sorry dobe, I've got other plans." Sasuke mumbled distracted, Naruto frowned, and looked in his direction, turning around to see Hinata who was packing her things.
Naruto grinned a devilish like smile.
"Oh, I see…" Naruto tip toed over to Hinata, and tapped her shoulder.
"Hinata-chan! How are you getting home?" Hinata's face grew red, as she fiddled with her fingers.
I-Is he thinking of t-taking m-me home?…
"Uhm, I was g-going to walk home." Sasuke's brow perked up in interest, and so did Naruto's.
"Oh really? Well it is quite dark, so why don't you let Sasuke take you home!" Hinata's eyes widened, along with Sasuke's. Naruto gently pushed Hinata over to Sasuke, making her trip into Sasuke's arms. Hinata's face turned bright red, redder than it had been all night. No better yet, all week.
"G-Gomen…" she apologised and got out of Sasuke's arms as fast as she could to save herself further embarrassment.
"What was that, Naruto?" Sasuke shouted, and started hitting the top of Naruto's head. Naruto whined, also trying to get out of the grip Sasuke had now had him in.
"U-Uhm if S-Sasuke-san d-d-doesn't m-mind, I'd b-be happy t-to." Both boys stopped in their tracks, looked at Hinata and saw she was fiddling with her sleeves, waiting for a reply. Sasuke let Naruto go, straightened himself, and picked up his school bag.
"Very well, try to keep up." Hinata gasped and nodded her head quickly.
"H-Hai." Hinata walked over to Kiba to say her goodbye and gave him a hug.
"Hinata-chan, are you sure about this guy?" Kiba whispered in Hinata's ear, not wanting to offend Sasuke. Hinata hugged Kiba tighter, loving how Kiba was such a good friend to her.
"D-Don't w-w-worry so much Kiba-kun, he's n-not a-as bad a-as you t-think. I pr-promise." Kiba simply nodded, and gave his friend a small kiss on her forehead. Hinata blushed from Kiba's actions, he's always done this since they were little, but Hinata never got used it. Sasuke glared at Kiba, not liking it one bit, even when they were little.
"Ready?" Sasuke said putting his hands in his pocket and his patience wearing thin.
"M-Mhm, gomen. G-Goodbye Naruto-kun, h-have a good weekend." Hinata sweetly smiled at Naruto, making him grin and wave like a lunatic.
"Bye Hinata-chan! Have fun with Sasuke-teme! And teme, look after Hinata-chan for me!" Hinata blushed at his words, Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Come on."
It was clear skies, almost a dark kind of blue colour. The roads were completely empty, not even a car in sight. Nor was anyone around. Hinata didn't like this, not one bit. She was quite scared to say the least but tried not to show it, just to prove to herself that she could be as strong as Sasuke.
They had been walking for some time now, about twenty minutes. Each step they took was with comfortable silence. Not awkward, but comfortable. Which they both liked.
"I-I hope th-they g-get a-along tonight." Hinata pushed her two index fingers together, (a habbit of hers she's had for a long time.) waiting to see if Sasuke would reply.
"Hn, probably not." Sasuke stuffed his hands in his pockets, not once looking at the Hyuga when replying. Hinata glared down at her feet, shifting her body weight from side to side.
"Tch, don't do that." Hinata's eyes widened, but quickly averted to normal size. She looked up at the male Uchiha, who seemed to have stopped walking and staring at her.
"G-Gomen, Sasuke-san." Sasuke face palmed, and shook his head.
"Sasuke, will do." Hinata frowned, all she was trying to do was show him respect. Sasuke started to walk on, leaving the dark indigo haired female with her thoughts. She quickly realised Sasuke had stopped staring and started walking, so she followed.
"Sasu-"
"Hinata! Watch out!" Hinata's head flung around, to see a car coming right at her, rocketing toward her faster than she could react. Sasuke pushed Hinata off the road, throwing his body against hers. The two fell onto gravel, Sasuke on top of Hinata.
"Ugh…Are you alright?" Sasuke rubbed the back of his head, hoping to god he hadn't hurt her. Hinata's eyes were in shock, she couldn't help but shake. It was almost like she was paralysed. Sasuke glared, wondering why she kept staring at him. He realised after a long time…He was still on top of Hinata, with his hands leaning on her breasts…Faster than ever he took his hands off Hinata, along with his whole body.
"Sorry." he mumbled, now sitting on the floor with his hands on his knee's, leaning against a wall. Hinata was still shaking, more shocked about the car touching her…Just slightly.
"Hinata? It's okay, you can stop shaking now, it's over." Nothing but fear in her eyes. Sasuke looked at Hinata, and frowned. He grabbed Hinata's chin, and gently moved it up to look at him. Their eyes meeting each others, they were in a trance.
"What's wrong? You're safe now Hinata, it was just a car." Hinata's left eye let a tear drop, only a single tear, but it was enough to get Sasuke to notice. She rubbed her eye, trying to stop the tears that were threatening to overflow.
"I-I'm s-sorry…" Hinata's head dropped, looking away from Sasuke she looked at her knee's. She stared down, making Sasuke follow her stare. Sasuke saw Hinata's two knee's stretched and bleeding, her left knee was only grazed, while her right knee had a sharp piece of glass stuck in it. Sasuke sighed, knowing he would have to hurt the Hyuga to get it out.
"Hinata…This may hurt a bit." Sasuke came closer to Hinata, and grabbed the piece of glass, but not taking it out. Hinata winced in pain, closing her eyes shut. He stopped for a second, then continued. He gently started pulling on the glass, making Hinata grab a hold of Sasuke's free hand, and squeezing tightly. He yanked it out quickly, before throwing it over to the side. Hinata cried another tear, she gripped tighter on Sasuke's hand, the blood started dripping down her leg. Sasuke used his other hand to rip off apart of his shirt, thankfully he was wearing a flannel. He wrapped it around Hinata's knee, making sure it was tight and secure. Sasuke looked at her hand still entwined with his, Hinata never let go of his hand.
"Hinata?" She hung her head low, not wanting to show Sasuke she was 'weak'.
"T-T-Thank y-you U-Uchiha-san." Sasuke frowned at her calling him 'Uchiha-san'. He let go of her hand (making Hinata also frown), and got up.
"Come on, I'll take you to my home and get your knee cleaned properly." Hinata nodded her head, and tried to get up. She fell on her bottom, making Sasuke chuckle. Hinata blushed a deep red, and tried once more.
After numerous tries Hinata sighed, and pointed to her ankle. Sasuke crouched down to face Hinata.
"I th-think I tw-twisted it…" Sasuke grunted, and turned around, motioning Hinata to get on his back. Her eyes widened, not knowing whether to or not to. Sasuke's patience was wearing thin…
"Come on Hyuga! I don't have all day, would you rather stay here on your own and starve to death, or just get on my fucking back and get your knee cleaned?" Hinata brought her hands to her mouth, nibbling on the tip of her index finger.
"Hn, fine." Sasuke started to straighten himself up, until Hinata clenched to his shoulder, making him come back down again.
"W-Wait…"
"No more waiting, get on. Now." Hinata could hear the stern tone of his voice and decided not to argue and say she could walk…Sasuke kneeled down in front of her. Hinata crawled onto his back dragging her one leg behind. (A/N: Creepy image, right?) She tightly put her arms around his neck and let her legs dangle from her sides, not wanting to hurt them. Sasuke grabbed under Hinata's knee and held tightly.
"I won't run, don't worry."
Ino moved away from the sleeping Sakura, she had watched her best friend for eleven years cry herself to sleep. Although it wasn't the first time she's ever watched Sakura cry, but it was the most hurtful one to watch. She crept away, moving to grab her things, and leaving a note behind for Sakura to read when she woke up. Ino didn't like seeing her friend in such a state, so she decided to something about it. Ino took out her most powerful weapon, and started texting.
Neji impatiently tapped his fingers on his desk in his bedroom, leaning on his other hand, and huffing silently to himself. Tenten cringed at Neji's incessant tapping, like he's been doing for the last hour or so.
"Will you stop that!" she shouted making the brunette male hiss back at her.
"Humph! You don't have a little sister, Tenten! You don't know what it's like worrying! Right Lee?" Lee was happily swirling on Neji's chair, and didn't stop even when Neji asked him a question. Neji sighed at his best friend, along with Tenten.
"Don't drag Lee into this! You know I think of Hinata like a sister to me! I'm just as worried as you are, but I'm not annoying everyone about it!" Tenten huffed and folded her arms, waiting for an apology from Neji. Neji rubbed his temples on the side of his head, and breathed deeply.
"I'm sorry Tenten…But what if she's hurt?…" Neji looked at the ground not bearing to think about his little sister in harms way.
"Neji…" Tenten walked to Neji and comforted him in a hug, squeezing him tightly which 'caused Lee to stop swirling and stare in awe at the two. Which Tenten noticed and blushed letting go of the male Hyuga.
"She was with Naruto and Kiba, ne?" Tenten sat down on Neji's bed leaning back on the mattress.
"Yes…" Neji stared at Tenten not knowing what she was getting at, while Tenten played with the ruffle's on her skirt, getting bored of Neji talking.
"Exactly, those two love Hinata to death and wouldn't let a thing happen to her. So stop worrying." Neji titled his head, thinking about the two boys and how they would always look after Hinata, including sometimes Sasuke. He grinned at thought of the four.
"Hm…I guess you're right."
~Flashback.~
"Hinata, Neji…I have some bad news to give to you both…" the two little Hyuga's were worried that they were both in trouble and were being sent to the principle's office to get punished.
"What is it Jiraiya-sensei?" Neji asked nervously, looking at his little sister, ready to protect her if needed from people making accusations. Hinata held onto the young boys sleeves, not daring to let go.
"Your grandmother has passed away…" Neji's face turned stern, his body became numb. Hinata had let go of his sleeves, and held in the tears, not wanting to show Jiraiya or Neji that she was hurting. Jiraiya could obviously tell the two were hurting inside, and patted their shoulders.
"I am sorry for your lost." Hinata looked up at the man, longing for comfort but sadly looked away and looked at Neji. She could tell he wanted to cry, but the way their father brought them up, they were told never to cry, and show weakness. Kissing Neji's cheek she ran from the two, and cried. Neji snapped out of his thoughts, and bowed to Jiraiya apologising quickly, he ran off to follow his younger sister.
The little female Hyuga was hurting all over, her dear old grandmother, the woman who was always gentle, sweet and kind towards Hinata, had passed away. Hinata couldn't stop running, her eyes were closed, and her fist were clenched in tight. She wanted to get away from it all, maybe run so fast, she could run into the past and save her poor grandmother.
"Ow, Hinata! Watch where you're going!" An annoyed Sasuke shouted, rubbing his back from where Hinata had bumped into. He only just now saw how she was crying and deeply regretted shouting at her.
"Hinata?…Why are you crying?…" he asked out of concern, moving Hinata's head up to look at him. Hinata just kept her eyes closed, and shuck her head from side to side not wanting to speak. Not thinking one more second Hinata clinged into Sasuke's arms, latching onto his back tightly. Sasuke had no idea what to do. So he just rubbed her back and soothed her with 'shush, everything will be alright.'
"Sasuke? What'd you do to Hinata-chan?" Naruto shouted out at the young Uchiha, excusing him of doing something horrid and mean to his sweet friend Hinata. Naruto clenched his fist, ready to pounce.
"Shut up dobe!" he growled making the blonde jump in fright, and realised he was soothing Hinata to calm her down.
"What's wrong with her?" Naruto whispered, with a worried look on his face.
"I don't know…" Sasuke looked down at the female who was still crying in his arms, bringing her closer he whispered in her ear.
"Don't worry Hinata…I'm here for you." Hinata gasped underneath her tears, hearing this only made her cry harder, she never had anyone say that to her except of course her brother Neji.
"Come on, lets go some where, where people can't see us." Sasuke held Hinata's hand, with her trailing behind and Naruto beside Sasuke. They could both hear the sniffles coming from the Hyuga but didn't say anything knowing it would just make her more upset.
The three were behind a wall in the playground, with Sasuke again holding Hinata against his chest. The young female Hyuga liked it in Sasuke's arms, she could hear his heart beat, she liked his comfort…
"Hinata, could you tell us what happened?" Naruto asked leaning against a wall while sitting down, playing with his shoe laces. Trying not to look at Hinata crying and sniffling. He didn't mean to push Hinata about the subject he just wanted to know what made his best female friend so upset…
"She obviously doesn't want to talk about it, dobe." Naruto scowled at Sasuke, wanting to punch him for being the one Hinata came to first…Despite that he put aside himself and his curiosity for Hinata's sake, and played with his shoe laces again.
Little did they know Neji was watching the entire time.
~End of Flashback.~
"Neji! Neji! Pay attention" Tenten shouted and flicked her index finger at Neji's forehead trying to get his attention. Neji winced, grabbing Tenten's hand and yanking her closer to him.
"What was that for?" Tenten's eye widened, surprised that Neji pulled her that close to his face.
"Neji…" Neji saw the look in her eyes and realised they were only an inch away from their lips meeting…Neji blushed, and quickly let go of Tenten's hand leaving her to almost stumble over herself and fall.
"…So, what were you daydreaming about Neji?" Lee asked to try and change the subject, not wanting to see his sister and his best friend having another 'moment'.
"Oh…Just something that happened a long time ago." Lee's ears perked up interest, wondering if maybe it had something to do with Hinata, or maybe Tenten.
"Care to share?" Tenten sighed to herself at Lee being nosey, and nudged her brother in the side, 'causing Lee to grab his sides in pain. Neji chuckled.
"It was when Hinata and I found out about our grandmother." Neji's face turned into a nostalgia expression, making both Lee and Tenten feel sorry for their friend. Lee got up out Neji's swirl chair, and gripped his shoulder.
"May she rest in peace, Neji-san."
"Aye…Hinata cried for months and months, she misses her dearly. Same with our mother after the divorce." Lee gripped tighter, looking into Neji's eyes, seeing the sadness he had been carrying with him for a long time.
"Hinata is a strong girl, and so is Hanabi, they're both wonderful girls who are proud to have a brother such as yourself." Tenten smiled at her brothers words. Neji looked up at Lee, took his hand and shook it. Lee took Neji's hand and embraced him with a hug.