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Chapter 4: Horse and…Hound..?
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The couple wondered past the various works of art neither one paying much attention.
"Smile." said the man softly, the exasperation beginning to weigh on his voice.
"No."
She replied stubbornly, her clear, penetrating lilac eyes refusing to look at him and instead focused on the old famous paintings surrounding her; but not entirely seeing them as her mind wondered to the man following her footsteps…
"Smile!" he repeated this time firmer the same exasperation there but also amusement creeping through.
"I got nothing to smile about."
She told the handsome male who was trying so hard to make the beauty smile. She sat on a wooden bench, her long blue ebony curls bouncing elegantly as she did so.
He sat next to her gently. Leaning forward slightly he clasped his hands together and - without removing his eyes from his clasped hands - he said to her,
"Okay…in about seven seconds…I'm going to ask you to marry me."
I stared at the TV screen. After work Sai and me had sat down and had a 'movie fest' just like Sai had suggested earlier. And of course…we just had to watch one with Hyuuga Hinata in it, didn't we? Jeez. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't exactly upset to watch her…I mean, c'mon. It was just that watching her now, after what had happened, was almost like an anti-climax…the TV version to the real one was nothing in comparison really. Well no, that sounded a bit harsh, TV version of Hinata wasn't nothing no matter what Hinata did she would never be nothing. As I watched I couldn't help but kinda zone out…my eyes kept tracing her facial features…lingering on her soft lips…or her pretty eyes…and then her voice which was interesting coz she was kinda grumpy with the guy in this scene so it was interesting to hear the difference…although I had kinda heard that voice when I had got her covered in orange juice…heh heh yeah moving on from that…
Slowly, as the realisation of what he had said dawned, she lifted her head and turned to look at him; a brilliant bright beam of a smile appeared upon her features…
Sai, holding a beer in his hand, took a drag from his cigarette,
"You know Dickless, somewhere in the world some lucky bastard is about to kiss her…"
She laughed as the happiness overwhelmed her…
I let myself drift back to earlier that day when we had kissed. I guess I was pretty lucky. But if that was the case why did I want something more? Most guys would have been thrilled, no, over the god damn moon to have kissed Hinata the famous actress. They probably would have told the newspapers even. But that idea never crossed my mind, I would never do that. Even if it was someone I didn't really like I could never betray them like that…and besides, as stupid as it may sound, I really cared about Hinata. Jeez, what was wrong with me? What did I expect, a relationship? I closed my eyes. Yeah right, like that would ever happen why the hell would she care about me?
The next day I stood slowly placing more books onto the shelves. My whole life seems to revolve around stacking books at the moment, great. How exciting. I pouted slightly as I thought of that.
I know I keep saying it and it sounds pretty cliché but…I just couldn't stop thinking about her. Well, that's kind of a lie, I did sometimes not think about her it's just those times weren't that often…heh, my bad.
Just as I was stacking books, minding my own business whilst day dreaming about a certain actress (haha) this guy comes up to me with a sorta vacant expression. I blinked at him.
"Do you have any books by Charles Dickens?" he asked.
"No, sorry, this is a travel book store…we only sell travel books…haha hence the 'travel' part." I answered.
The guy looked around at the books all kinda airy fairy looking and replied in a not-quite-all-there sort of voice,
"Oh right…"
I blinked some more. Okay, that was weird…I decided to return to stacking books. Oh what fun.
"Do you have the new John Grisham thriller?"
What the hell! Is the dude high or something?
"Er, like I said before, this is a travel book store. We only sell travel books…Y' know the kind that you travel to somewhere and that's what the book is about…that place. So it's a travel book…ya see?"
I made sure to emphasise the travel part, (did you notice? Haha) surely he got the idea this time…
"Oh right…" still with the absentminded voice, was the guy even listening to me? Or was he just plain stupid?
"Have you got Winnie the Pooh?"
(Naruto chibi, twitch, anger sign)
Nope, the guy's just plain stupid,
"Iruka-Sempai! Customer for you!" I shouted…let Iruka deal with him before I try and kill him...
A few days past and nothing different or exciting really happened. My thoughts kept going back to Hinata and it was really starting to be a pain in my ass! Not that thinking about her was unpleasant…on the contrary…hehe. It's just that I couldn't seem to properly focus on anything.
And if thinking about her wasn't enough to drive me crazy there were always those buses that had her face enlarged on the side to remind me to think about her. With her ebony blue hair cut short into a bob (In her last movie, which is out in the cinemas now, they had her hair cut in that style) pale milky skin… her lilac eyes staring into the crowds. They were so focused, a bottomless depth…her soft light lips were slightly parted sexily… I looked away catching my breath.
Back at the apartment Sai was getting around with my scuba diving goggle things on and my old karate kit…what the hell!
"Um, okayyy…what're you doing!" Sai looked over his cereal bowl, which he was eating out of, with the goggles still on,
"Well, all my clothes are dirty so…I guess…I was just looking through your stuff and thought…cool." He said finishing with a shrug. This guy…jeez I swear one of these days I'll kill him!
"Why the hell were you going through my stuff? It's my stuff!"
I replied aggravated, he looked at me chewing on his cereal,
"Didn't I say all my clothes were dirty? Gee your not only dickless you got no brains either! Hahaa!"
(Naruto twitch) I'm gonna kill him…
"You know, Sai, if you actually washed your clothes you wouldn't have this problem…"
I mumbled, although mumbled clearly, whilst getting a drink from the fridge. Once I fished out a can of cool fizzy drink of some sort (I didn't really care what it was just as long as it was cold…) I closed the fridge door expertly with my foot and at the same time I opened the can with a satisfying can-opening-noise. Whilst I was doing this Sai replied,
"Heh, I know…but then I wouldn't be able to take the piss out of you, now would I Dickless? Haha!" He smiled at me, still with the goggles on. I couldn't help but laugh. I pointed, motioning to his outfit,
"Haha! You're the dick here Sai! Look at you? Hahahaha!"
"That I am." He said proudly as we made our way up to the roof. On real nice sunny days we sometimes go up to the roof.
Sai leaned back looking through the goggles, sketching away happily. His art isn't too bad actually. Sai doesn't have a job he says why should he when he has such a talent? I guess he has a point. Only problem is not everyone sees it like that. Sad truth is his paintings probably won't sell or become famous until he's dead and gone…hahaha serves the bastard right for calling me dickless! Karma's a bitch, right Sai? Hahaha!
As I sat back in my deck chair (The roof is flat, so we have two deck chairs and little round table that live up there) my hands behind my head comfortably, gazing up at the white fluffy clouds my thoughts unintentionally wondered off onto a familiar route…
I sat up, a thought suddenly occurring to me,
"Hey Sai, were there any messages today?"
He didn't look away from his drawing as he replied,
"You mean phone messages?" I rolled my eyes,
"Noooo messages from Mars! Of course phone messages!"
Sai got up and came over and sat in the deck chair next to mine, stuffing his drawing in one of my karate kit's pockets, looking at me still with the goggles on…it was incredibly hard to take him seriously whilst he was wearing those things…well, more than usual.
"There were a couple, yeah." I looked at him excitedly,
"A couple? There were two?" He sort of thought about that before taking off the goggles. He stared at me incredulously,
"…You want me to write down all of your messages?"
(Naruto face palm, anger sign)
"What would you expect? Or is that too much to ask for Sai?" I answered through clenched teeth,
"Well, yeah, it is quite a lot to ask for but I'll try to remember in future."
…Infuriating bastard.
"There was a message from your grandfather Jiraiya, asking when are you planning on visiting him, said you owe him something or whatever…"
Oh yeah, my pervy grandfather reckons I owe him for that night I crashed at his house! Reckons I should introduce him to some pretty ladies, like I would do that! If I knew any pretty single ladies (I know plenty who aren't single…) I wouldn't be introducing them to that old bugger…pretty single ladies…my thoughts wondered back to Hinata…
I sighed. What was I expecting? Why would she ring me? I should just move on, before I get even more hurt…
"If we're getting into this whole writing all your messages down some bird rang for you the other day, said she wanted you to call her back at some fancy hotel called the Ritz…" Sai said absentmindedly whilst unfolding a newspaper and started to read,
"What? Seriously..?" I couldn't believe it! Wait hang on…
"HEY! The other day? SAI I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"
I shouted getting up from my chair, knocking it over in my angered haste. He didn't batter an eyelid as he sat calmly still reading the paper, not even looking at me,
"You can always try Dickless but you won't get very far…"
(Naruto anger sign, wide eyes)
"Why you!" I shouted clenching my fists ready to start pummelling him! I suddenly changed my mind as I grabbed my head anxiously, making my hair stick out in even more crazier directions,
"GAH! I don't have time for this!"
I yelled as I hurtled past him back down the open trap door thing (I'm not even sure what it's called…we just call it the trap door…) speeding down the stairs towards the phone.
Once I had looked up the hotel's reception desk number in the phone book (which took me friggin ages I might add…jeez) I apprehensively dialled the number.
A polite male voice answered.
"Er, hello? I was just ringing to try and find a woman whose staying in your hotel…a Hyuuga Hinata?"
He spoke again. Sai came down the stairs and plonked himself in one of the armchairs, continuing to read his newspaper.
"Oh, really? Well it's just she rang a few days ago and she wanted me to call her back. My flatmate forgot to tell me…he's an idiot you see."
I listened intently to the guy. He said something about sometimes their guests register under a different name. Shit.
"Er…Sai, did she leave a name..?"
He answered distractedly as he studied the newspaper,
"Not that I can remember…"
Shit. Shit. No. C'mon! I'm so close…
"I'm really sorry! My flat mate's a really big idiot! I mean, if you just think of the biggest idiot in the whole wide world…are you picturing him?"
Sai mumbled, "Funny sounds like you're talking about yourself…"
Ignoring him, I continued, "...yeah. Well, times that by ten and there's my flat mate, ha."
I floundered trying to buy time…there must be a way!
"Mononoke."
I stared over at Sai.
"What?"
"She said her name was Princess Mononoke…" He repeated turning the page absentmindedly.
I blinked over at him, shifted awkwardly on the arm of one of the armchairs which I was perched on and cleared my throat…well, I've got nothing to loose…
"Er, you wouldn't happen to have a um…Princess Mononoke staying there, have you?"
…
Holy Shit.
"Right…Okay then…Thank you very much."
I hung up the phone.
Holy shit. That actually worked! I was meeting her at 2:00 that afternoon! Holy shit! (It was a Saturday so I wasn't working.)
Another surreal moment. Am I lucky or just dreaming?
I laughed and ruffled Sai's hair as I went by,
"You got a date then Dickless?" he asked smirking. I replied eyes closed, grinning, hands behind my head,
"You could say that Bastard, you could say that!"
Sai smiled, "Haha good on ya!" before placing the goggles back on his head and reading the rest of the newspaper.
A few hours later I was stepping out of a taxi in front of one of the most impressive, expensive and all around big five star hotels in Konoha…damn. If someone had told me a month ago that I would soon meet Hyuuga Hinata the famous actress, slightly make out with said actress and then be walking up the steps to one of the most expensive high classed hotels in town to meet with that same actress I probably would have told the guy that he was a half arsed idiot who should lay off the Sake!
I huffed out the oxygen in my lungs nervously then replaced it as I breathed in readying myself. I opened the large glass doors, tightly gripping the bunch of colourful flowers I had brought, the plastic casing which was wrapped around their stems made crinkling noises slightly.
Once inside I felt taken aback as I peered around. A high ceiling, numerous lifts, a large register desk to my right and a huge (and I mean huge) carpeted staircase curved upwards. I gulped. Yep. More reasons to why she is totally out of my league. I was an absolute commoner compared to Hinata. Oh god. My nerves jiggled a bit more.
I suddenly felt pretty underdressed and almost sloppy as I gazed around seeing people in uniforms and business suits.
I was wearing denim jeans with a leather belt, the extra part of the belt not even tucked neatly under the belt loops on my jeans. I also wore a dark grey and black chequered button up shirt, tucked in under my jeans (at least that was neat ha…instead of the other option which was not tucked in) the sleeves of which were rolled up to my elbows. Underneath my shirt I could feel the blue crystal necklace - that belonged to my father which I always wear - resting on my chest. I wore simple white, black and blue VANS, my favourite shoes…
I had given myself a final once over in the hallway mirror before I had left and thought I looked pretty good, casual, ya know? But now, as I said before, everyone was dressed so damn…posh. I felt like I should be wearing a suit! A crazy thought occurred to me, maybe I should head back to the apartment quickly and change into the black suit I had wore to my best friend's wedding (I was the best man.)? I shook myself mentally.
Don't be silly, there's no time for that, I look fine, good even…well…good enough…Oh who am I kidding! It will just have to do…
Hello reasonable self. How are you? Long time no see…thanks for actually helping this time, now bugger off to the back of my mind.
I stepped up to the large, shiny, wooden desk.
"Hey, um, I'm here to see…urgh, a Princess Mononoke..?"
He smiled and answered politely but said in a voice which sorta said 'I'm quite busy so let's get you moving along quickly',
"Ah yes, you must be here for the conference."
I blinked. Ah, what? What conference? But before I could ask any further questions he gave me directions to find Hinata and got me on my way. Okay. That was…over quickly. I shook my head as I entered the elevator and typed in the floor number the guy had given, my eyes widening as I saw the amount of numbers. Jesus! This place is freakin huge!
Just as the doors were about to close, someone stopped them from closing and hurried into the elevator to stand beside me. I turned to see a guy who looked to be around my age. He had brown hair and was wearing tinted specs. He wore a suite, heh, suits... He nodded to me, not exactly friendly, more along the lines of politely. I returned a nod equally just as polite. We stood in silence waiting for the lift to come to a halt.
The doors opened, a welcoming bell noise occurred as they opened. My eyes widened in surprise as I stepped out of the elevator, the guy with the tinted specs following me.
Instead of finding a deserted hallway with the odd maid scurrying around I was met with dozens of people rushing about! Loud commotions of people talking greeted my ears.
I blinked. Was I on the right floor?
Before I could do anything a woman in a well fitting, black, woman's suite came up to us her long black wavy hair bounced as she smiled and looked at us with crimson eyes…
"Good afternoon, my name's Kurenai. This way gentlemen."
She introduced herself in a light-hearted voice and motioned for us - I mean me and the tinted spec dude - to follow her. Her high heeled shoes made satisfying clicking noises as we followed her to where there was a long line of people sitting, waiting. Waiting for what?
This Kurenai woman pulled out a clipboard and started flicking through the pages, writing notes down.
"Names?"
"Aburame Shino."
Said the guy standing next to me I then automatically replied,
"Uzumaki Naruto."
Shit, should I have used a different name?
She smiled nicely,
"What did you think of the movie then?"
Say what?
The tinted specs guy, who is apparently called Shino, looked at me questioningly and obviously came to the conclusion that I had gone temporarily mute (Haha that's a new one for the books huh?) and decided to answer Kurenai's question,
"Ah yes, I thought it was very Steven Spielberg meets Guy Ritchie. Brilliant."
He said in a cool seedy voice…I'm not sure if I like this guy…They both then looked at me expectantly. What the hell? What am I suppose to say! I haven't even seen the movie…
"Er…Yeah, I agree I thought it was very…what he said."
Shit. I'm screwed! I'm so screwed! Screwed! Screwed screwed screwed screwed SCREWED!
But to my amazement they seemed to except my 'opinion' with no questions…phew. Bloody well phew.
"If you'd like to sit over here gentlemen, someone will come and get you when we're ready…"
She motioned over to a row of seats. As we started to go over she suddenly stopped us,
"Oh! Which magazine did you say you were from?"
Straight away the tinted glasses guy said professionally,
"Time Out magazine."
Time Out? Time Out? I've never even heard of it but it sounds impressive! Shit what am I gonna say…man why did this have to happen?
Kurenai waited for me to say which magazine I worked for, holding her clipboard at the ready. I swallowed. Shit. I searched around the room quickly,
"Um…"
My eyes found a magazine sitting on one of the little coffee tables…well, I have to say something…I said to her carefully,
"Horse and…Hound?"
She scribbled it down and repeated,
"Take a seat gentlemen."
Holy shit. That actually worked! I flopped down in one of the chairs, sighing. Damn. I felt exhausted! So stressful! The guy with the tinted glasses sat beside me. Looking over at me he gave his hand to me to shake formally introducing himself, in that seedy voice of his and expressionless face he said,
"Aburame Shino."
Even his name sounds creepy…
"Uzumaki Naruto."
I replied shaking his hand. He looked down at the bunch of flowers I held in my other hand.
"…Flowers?"
Okay. Now I think he's suspicious, is he onto me? Must come up with an excuse…think…think…goddamn it Naruto think!
"Er…they're for my grandmother. She in a hospital just around the corner from here I decided I'd go and visit her after this…conference."
Uh-huh! Now that was good! C'mon! Who would be suspicious of that!
"Oh I see. Would you mind telling me which hospital..?"
…obviously this ass hole! Dammit!
"Er…I'd rather not…you know…kinda personal an all, you know, don't wanna give her illness away and all that…"
I lied through my teeth,
"Ah, yes, of course."
He finally gave in. But he still sounded suspicious…with his cold level voice, expressionless face and stupid tinted specs (I have nothing against people with tinted glasses…just this particular person with tinted glasses!) …I sat straight crossing my arms over my chest whilst the flowers sat on my lap, my eyes narrowing slightly. I don't like this guy.
After a while of twiddling my thumbs Kurenai came up to me, smiling she said glanced over her clipboard notes she said to me,
"Miss Hyuuga will see you now."
I breathed in and picked up the bunch of flowers. Damn I was nervous…but also incredibly excited. I was going to see her again. I was going to be in the same room with her again…all this stressing was gonna be worth it!
I was showed to a large room. Hell. I wasn't even sure where I was. I knew I was in the Ritz hotel and that was the extent of my knowledge. I had no idea if this was her room, or some other part of the hotel specially made for conferences or something.
The room was large. It smelt clean and soft, like an expensive hotel, well it was so yeah haha. The room was…covered in flowers. Large. Expensive looking. Flowers. Ah crap. Suddenly my little bunch were looking pretty insignificant. There were two large couches in the centre of the room, opposite a huge antique looking fireplace. On one of the couches…there she was.
She stood up as I entered the room. She was wearing one of those sexy high waisted pencil skirts, a silk blouse and a little jacket that matched the skirt. Her hair was tied up into a neat ponytail.
I just stood for a moment. Kurenai busied around doing something briefly and then left. I sighed feeling a little more relaxed now that I was actually there.
She smiled sweetly at me. I walked over feeling a little awkward, even shy.
"Um, hey!"
I smiled rubbing the back of my head, the other hand still held onto the flowers. She smiled clasping her hands in front of her,
"Hey."
I clumsily passed her the flowers,
"Um yeah, these are for you…they're not half as impressive as all your others but…um yeah, best I could do haha."
She took them gently,
"No, they're lovely, thank you Naruto."
She turned and went to a bunch of impressive flowers and…threw them out of the vase! And replaced them with my flowers! I couldn't help but feel quite chuffed about that…haha.
She turned back to me, her ponytail whipping round majestically.
"So why Princess Mononoke?" I grinned. She motioned for me to take a seat on the opposite couch,
"Well I'm a huge Ghibli fan…and it's a security thing, last time I was Mrs Totoro."
We were both sitting on opposite couches facing each other now. Silence settled in as we stared at each other. I have no idea what my face looked like, probably gormless…but I know what she looked like. Her eyes were twinkling as if she could see some joke I couldn't, just in the same way they had back at my apartment the other day. Her lips curved upwards slightly into a sweet serene smile. Her hands were clasped together comfortably on her knees.
I wanted to say something. What I was to say I didn't know yet, but I opened my mouth to start whatever it was…she beat me to it,
"I just wanted to apologise…for the kiss."
My heart sank. Apologise? Is that why she asked me here? To apologise...what was there to apologise about? Be sorry about that kiss? I felt incredibly sad. If that was something to be sorry for…I couldn't apologise for something so perfect. I looked at her, my eyes soft, my voice came out quiet and sincere,
"There's nothing to be sorry for Hinata…"
Her name rolled off of my tongue so easily, I relished it. Her eyes widened. She looked like she was about to reply when someone entered the room.
An old guy, in a black suit, came striding in. He went up to a table that had lots of coffees and teas on it and started fiddling around whilst saying,
"Don't mind me!"
Hinata's face became amused once again, all seriousness from our conversation put on hold for a while, as she noticed my predicament. Don't mind me? Shit! I was suppose to be interviewing her! Hinata smiled and said,
"This is Mr Sarutobi Naruto, Mr Sarutobi this is Naruto he's from the Horse and Hound magazine."
How did she know about that?
Grunting in response to what Hinata said the old guy continued with whatever he was doing. I awkwardly sat there. Sarutobi…Sarutobi? Why did that name sound familiar…Hinata continued to smile…then suddenly I remembered; holy crap! Sarutobi! Sarutobi the Director! Holy crap! One of the most famous directors in the world glanced over his shoulder to look at me, not looking at all impressed with what he saw he went back to what he was doing.
Great. So. Questions. Ask questions…about a movie I haven't seen yet. Great.
"So er...?" I thought about the magazine I 'worked' for, Horse and Hound, I pursed my lips slightly as I said,
"Are there any…horses in the movie?"
Hinata looked at me, her eyebrows arching, her lips curled more as she became even more entertained. I continued,
"Or hounds! Our readers are equally interested in both species!"
Why don't I just die. Just curl up and die. Right here right now…
"No." she shook her head, her smile still growing. So what was I suppose to say to that?
"Um…why?"
I glanced over towards the director who was noisily doing something over there. Jeez. Couldn't the guy keep it down! I know he's the director but c'mon!
"Because it's set in space."
Huh? Ahh no…
"Oh…right."
Well. That was awkward. From the corner of my eye I could see Mr Noisy Director Guy giving me a funny look. Yeah yeah I know, I'm an idiot, I get it dude.
"But if there were horses…would you be riding or would you have a horse…stunt double…type thing…"
Mr Sarutobi left the room just as I finished that question,
"Shit! I'm so sorry!" I apologised once I heard the door close.
"No, no it's my fault, I thought this would all be over by now…" she said pointing towards the door. We looked at each other. I spoke again,
"This is so weird! It's not the kind of thing that happens in real life! More like something I'd dream about. Of course I'd probably be naked or something embarrassing and random like that in the dream haha."
She giggled slightly at that it was such a sweet sound,
"Well, you're certainly not naked!"
Haha!...What would she do if I was naked? No. No. NO. Naruto don't even think about that…I'm turning into my pervy grandfather…heh, bound to happen I s'pose…
Her expression changed and with it the atmosphere. It felt different. Before we were just two friends cheerfully chatting. Now, it had changed...I don't even know why or how…had she been thinking the same thing?
"And what happens in the dream next?"
She asked so quietly it was almost a whisper. I swallowed. I knew I was looking at her intensely but it was inevitable at this point,
"In the dream, as dreams go anyway, I would probably just go over there and…kiss the girl…"
She starred at me, her lips slightly parted, her wide eyes expectant. I felt an unimaginable urge, it was like an instinct. I got to my feet and started to move over to the couch she was sitting on…
BANG
The door came flying open and as a reflex I quickly leapt back onto the couch. Hinata jumped as if she had got a fright from the sudden noise and straightened out her clothes that were already straight. I think we both got a shock from the sudden interruption; it was like we were both in our own little world for a moment there…I wish I could have stayed.
Sarutobi entered the room yet again and went back over to the table with large range of cutlery on it. Damn you old man! You bastard! I was so close! So close to kissing Hinata again and this time it would have been me making the first move! Damn you!
And as sudden as he had arrived he was gone. Leaving Hinata and me sitting on our own couches again, mores the pity. I smiled at her. Colour flushed her pale cheeks making them rosy, is that a blush? I doubt it…how can an actress get away with blushing? Either way I like it when they went rosy she looked so god damn cute, in a vulnerable sort of way. I decided to dare to ask,
"Are you doing anything tonight?"
Her expression stayed neutral,
"Yes."
I'm pretty sure the disappointment showed on my face even though I tried to hide it.
"Oh…right, never mind…"
So. This was it. I was going to get my heartbroken, again. But I had a feeling this was going to be the worst one. It was amazing how much I cared about her and I didn't even really know her…but then, I did know her. Not coz I watched her in movies I mean it was like a sense, an inner character that made feel like I knew her.
We stood. She spoke first giving me her hand to shake, formally, once again,
"It was nice to see you again Naruto…"
"Yeah, you too…"
I left her then. I went out the door and was planning on going back to the apartment, back to Sai. Wonderful. Oh Sai, the bastard joy of my life...not.
It was over. I was just going to have to move on. I bent my head slightly, watching the fancy carpeted floor beneath my feet as I walked slowly away. It felt unbelievable. I didn't want to believe it. I craved to see her again. Longed for it and now I felt that I was never going to see her again. Never talk to her again. Never feel her touch, her lips again…
It was hard to get my head around even though I had always known it was going to happen.
I met Shino again. He looked me up and down and said in that same beetle like voice of his,
"Where're your flowers? Did she take them?"
Only one excuse came to mind,
"Yeah…bitch!"
That seemed to satisfy him as we parted ways again.
"Excuse me! Uzumaki Naruto?"
Ohhh what now? I turned, feeling frustrated, I just wanted to be left alone.
"Have you got time?" Kurenai chirpily said as she half turned wanting me to follow her yet again, I mumbled, barely audible,
"Nope…" she looked at me questioningly, not sure if I had said anything or not,
"Lead the way!" I tried to sound cheerful. God what in the hell could she want me to do now…
…If I had known what she wanted me to do I would have turned around and ran away. I spent the next hour and a half talking to actors and actresses who were featuring in the movie. Including that old man director Sarutob! Asking questions about the movie which I haven't seen…Worst hour and a half of my life…
There was a little girl, can't even remember her name, I'd asked her if it was her first film. I mean she only looked to be like ten. She was all snooty and said no, it was her twenty second movie she'd starred in… I mean holy shit she's ten! I've never seen her in any movie! I mean what the hell!
Then there was this foreign guy who had a translator…I think the translator was called Temari? Or something like that…like I cared. I'd asked if he could relate to the character he'd played. He rambled off in some language I couldn't understand, that Temari woman translated,
"No."
So I asked why. He rambled off again and she repeated,
"Because he's playing the part of a mindless flesh eating robot."
Right. That was awkward I can tell ya…
Then there was that bloody old man director Sarutobi who did not like me. He grunted in answer for most of the questions I asked! Or answered by asking his own questions, I mean c'mon! I'm the god damn reporter here! Well, heh heh not really but they didn't know that!
And there were plenty more than those three too! So, see what I mean? Worst hour and a half of my life! Of course…my mood wasn't that great anyway so…
I was making my get away when Kurenai stopped me…again! I clenched my teeth as I turned to face her.
"Come with me, your presence has been requested."
I inwardly groaned. Why? Please let me goooo! But for some reason I followed her. I just felt I had to. I don't know maybe it was some underlining gut feeling or something. Anyhow, I followed.
She led me back to one of the large furnished rooms. I'd seen so many by now that I couldn't tell which one it was. I entered the room. The aroma of flowers hit my nostrils like a punch and my eyes caught the sight of a humble, colourful bunch…the flowers I had brought.
Hinata stood up as Kurenai left. She had removed her little jacket fully revealing the silk blouse she wore tucked into the high waisted pencil skirt…her tiny waist…I felt a little bewildered. Why had she asked me back?
She smiled shyly but none the less happily. I couldn't help but smile back,
"Ha, well hello again, we really should stop meeting like this?"
I stated cheerfully. She came closer still smiling, slightly fiddling with her fingers in an almost nervous manner. She said in her sweet voice,
"The thing I was doing to tonight was cancelled."
I blinked not fully registering what she had said.
"I told them I had to spend the evening being interviewed by one of Konoha's top journalists."
I blinked but this time what she had said sunk in,
"Right." I grinned, "That's great!"
I couldn't believe it! She wanted to go on a date with me! With me, tonight! I felt so excited I wasn't doing anything that night anyway so…wait…
"Oh shit!"
I exclaimed. She blinked shocked by my outburst.
"I'm sorry Hinata, it's my little sister's birthday today and I totally forgot that we're having a party tonight!"
Yes, I have a little sister.
"Oh, that's alright…"
She began, I cut in desperately,
"No, no it's alright I'm sure I'll be able to get out of it!"
I would get out of it but Hinata shocked me by quietly saying,
"No I mean if it's alright, I can be your date…"
She sounded kinda unsure like she was worried I would say no. Ha, not bloody likely!
"That'll be great!"
I answered relieved placing my hands behind my head.
I soon left after that. But with a completely different feeling to when I was leaving before. I had a spring in my step as I walked out of the fancy hotel.
I was going on a date with Hinata…then I suddenly remembered…
…I was taking her to my little sister's birthday party which was being held at my best friend's house…
This could be interesting…
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A/N: phew! Wow that was a long chapter I couldn't stop writing it, I knew where I wanted it to finish but it seemed to take a long time to get there =S wow tired now =_=
I'm not sure why I'm updating this fanfic so much at the moment I just seem really into it! But I will warn you that from now on the chapters may not be updated so quickly…
I apologise for any spelling or/and grammar mistakes.
Thanks so much for reading! Love you guys ;)
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