"That Sabaku kid ain't bad," Tenten said. She shifted her backpack to her other shoulder and walked beside Hinata. Neji had basketball pratice after school that day, so she and Neji couldn't walk home, so instead, Tenten had joined her. Hinata mostly had her eyes on her shoes, not really listening to what Tenten had suddenly started babbling about, but the mention of Gaara made Hinata stare at Tenten.

"What?" she asked.

Tenten shrugged, "From what I heard, he was mean. Wouldn't give a kid a chance when he went against them in a basketball game, but then he went against our team, and Naruto smashed him into the ground!" Tenten threw her fist in the air and shouted, "And now our basketball team will be undefeatable!"

"I don't like basketball," Hinata muttered.

"Of course you don't! Because you always get hit in the face with a basketball!" Tenten said. Hinata turned red and looked at the ground. She hated when Tenten brought up the fact that she always get hit in the face with a basketball whenever they play it in Gym. Gai wasn't much help. He was a teacher, but the costant "You can make through this, Hinata. With your youthfulness you can!". It got tiring after the first few times.

"Hinata, do you think that Gaara kid will be on the basketball team this year?" Tenten asked. "Last year something bad happened;I don't know what, but it had to have been something bad."

Hinata shrugged.

"Are you even listening to me?"

A nod.

"Did you know that Naruto is on the basketball team?"

Another nod.

"Is Uchiha the one who has been pushing you in the lockers?"

Hinata stopped in her tracks and stared at Tenten. "Wh-what gave you that idea?"

"Excuse me, but I've seen him walk away whenever you get stuck in a locker," Tenten said, waving her hands around. "Anyway, about Sabaku, what is he like?"

"Tenten, do you like Gaara or something? Because if you do, then you should ask him out sometime soon," Hinata said.

"No, but I think that you should ask him out if Naruto says no to you," Tenten teased.

"Wh-what!? What gave you the thought that I would ask out Naruto?"Hinata shouted. She turned red and clamped a hand over her mouth. SHe had never been a loud child, and she ended up being the shy fifteen year old girl that would only speak out infront of Neji and Tenten. Sometimes her dog friend, Kiba, and her bug loving friend, Shino.

"Hm. . .Maybe because you've liked him since pre-school!" Tenten smacked Hinata in the back the head. "Girl, ask him out soon, before that Sakura girl get's her leechy hands all over him! And she soon will."

Hinata put her hands in her pockets and stood still for a few seconds.

"Or maybe he is gay and him and Sasuke will hook up," Tenten added.

"Tenten! Naruto is NOT gay!"

"How do you know that?"

Hinata sighed and walked past Tenten.

I need to go home and think straight for once.

"Excuse me, but you are in my English class, I need help with my homework."

Hinata stopped and turned around at the voice. There standing there, was Sabaku no Gaara.

Asking her for help on his homework.

Asking HER.

If only it was Naruto.