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Silent Suffering

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Chapter 4: What's His Plan?

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I ran through the school corridors, clutching my books tightly to my chest as I ran past what felt like hundreds of different classrooms, that were not the classroom I was looking for. I was, once again, late. This time because of my boyfriend. I blushed at the thought. He just can't seem to keep his hands off of me, not that I mind. Though we haven't gone too far yet, he has defiantly gotten to second base, and we only started going out last night! I do love him though. More than my cheating ex boyfriend. I frowned at the thought, but quickly pushed it away. I needed to concentrate on finding my right classroom, then make up a good excuse for why I am so late.

My chest started to tighten and it was getting harder for my tired legs to keep going, and it felt painful for me every time I inhaled, but I didn't stop. I was already ten minutes late. Damn my boyfriend for being so manipulative, but when he wants something, he will get it, no questions asked.

I turned a sharp corner and ran straight into a brick wall. Or, well, it felt like a brick wall. I stumbled backwards from the force of the hit and dropped my books. I steadied myself before I could fall over.

"Hina-chan! I've been looking for you everywhere!" Oh, no. No, not him. Anyone but him. I don't want to look at him or even hear his voice right now. I could already feel the fresh tears burning the back of my unique coloured eyes, but I wouldn't let them fall. I won't let him see how much he truly hurt me. I took a deep breath, making sure all my tears were gone, before meeting his cerulean blue eyes with my own lavender tinted eyes.

"What do you want, Naruto?" I asked in a monotone voice. I don't want him to hear how much he truly hurt me. 'But I have someone else now... Someone so much better then him and he loves me so much more than Naruto ever did, if he ever loved me at all... And I love him more than I can ever love Naruto.' I smiled inwardly at the thought as I bent down to pick my books up, cursing Naruto silently for not helping me. At least I knew that my new, better boyfriend would never cheat on me, because he told me that he loved me, and I could see it in his eyes. He'd rather die a slow, painful death then hurt me.

My face stayed an unemotional mask as I got back up from the floor when I had picked all of my books up. I stared at my cheating ex boyfriend.

He took a hesitant step toward me, but I took one step back. He must have known then that I didn't want him anywhere near me because he stopped trying to get closer to me and stood in one place, fidgeting nervously. He had every damn reason to be nervous too! "I..." He took a deep breath and started again. "I heard that you go out with someone else... Is it true that you go out with him?" He spat "him" out in disgust and I felt my anger level rise a notch. How dare he speak of my boyfriend in such a way, he has a name! And yet here Naruto is, not even saying sorry for what he did to me, but has just started questioning me straight away. I really should let my new boyfriend beat him up, like he had suggested. It would be fun to watch...

"Hai..." I answered didn't I? Who said anything about it being a long answer? "Now move out of my way. If you haven't already noticed, we are both late for class. He has already made me ten minutes late, and there is no way I am going to be any later." I said, emphasising "he" like Naruto had, trying to move around him. But, being as stupid as he is, he blocked my way so that I couldn't get passed him. "Out. Of. My. Way!" I growled out - that's right, I can growl too - slowly so that he couldn't mistake with that small - tiny - brain of his what I have asked for him to do.

Naruto shook his head from side to side, some of his golden bangs hiding his dark blue eyes as it swayed with his shaking head. "No, Hinata-chan. I want to talk about what you saw last night." He said confidently, even though he was really shaking in his shoes.

"What is there to talk about?" I snapped. I've had enough of everyone! And myself! I'm not going to stay the same small, shy little girl Naruto had almost broken. No, I have grown up over night, thanks to a curtain boyfriend I found last night, and by the amusing shocked look on Naruto's face, he hadn't expected my out burst either. No, I'm not going to stop, I want him to know just how much I hate him now. "I saw you with that slut, Sakura, at the Ramon shop. Looked like you were trying to eat her face!" I spat out, totally mad. He looked like he was going to piss his pants!

Feh, let him piss his pants. He deserves the humiliation anyway!

I saw Naruto gulp nervously before finding the courage to talk. "But, Hina-chan, she was nothing. She just came over to me and started kissing me. I was too surprised to push her away!" His voice came out sounding all squeaky and high pitched, just making me even more sure that he had cheated on me.

OH, WHAT A LIE! WHAT A LOAD OF SHIT!! I wanted to shout out, but instead I laughed. That's right, laughed. Naruto gave me a weird look, but I just kept laughing. In fact, I laughed until my sides were killing me and tears poured out of my eyes and down my pale cheeks. It took me ages to get control over myself again, and even then I was giggling. "You really think I would buy that shit? I. Saw. You! There's absolutely no point in lying. I saw you from the moment you went in through the door of the Ramon shop, to when you were french kissing the slut, Sakura. I do not take shit from anyone, not even you. Do not lie to me again." My voice was low as I growled out - Yes I growled again - the last sentence.

I went to walk passed him, but once again, being as stupid as he is, he blocked my path. But this time he held me by my upper arms and no matter how much I tried to squirm and wiggle my way out of his iron like grip, he wouldn't let me go. "Please, Hina-chan." His voice came out begging. How pathetic. "Please give me another chance. I am better for you than that baka!" Naruto exclaimed.

"NEVER!" I screamed in his face, but it was too late...

.. His face was already inching toward my own... He was going in for a kiss...

.. I tried with all my might to wiggle away from him and out of his never-easing grip, but no matter what I tried, I couldn't do it. His lips were so close now that I could feel his hot breath on my lips. I tried to move my head back, away from his lips, but soon I couldn't lean back any further without straining and hurting my back. He started to close is bluer than blue eyes... the eyes that I had once been in love with. Just as his lips were about to touch my unwilling lips...

.. "You had better get you're cheating hands off of my woman now, before I make you." Growled out the voice I desperately needed to hear right now. My boyfriend was here to save me, and I knew Naruto wasn't strong enough to face my man. I felt so relieved.

Naruto pulled away from my face, and I sighed in relief, even if he still had the tight hold on me, I knew he would be letting go any time soon. "You... You bastard! You can't steal my girl from me! I thought we were best friends! Best friends don't do that to each other!" Naruto shouted at my boyfriend and I wanted to knee him in his jewels for shouting at him. Hey, that's a good thought...

.. "AAAAHHHHHH!!" Naruto screamed as my knee conected with the area where most boys brains are held. "MY BALLS!!" Naruto screamed in agony, holding them as though they would drop off if he didn't hold them. He woddled away, and I could still hear his painful cries as he turned the corner on the other end of the corridor.

I heard a deep chuckle come from behind me and I turned around, with a beautiful smile lighting up my face. "Hey, I don't know why you're laughing so much, Gaara-kun. Its you're fault he almost kissed me!" I accused him. It was true, but I wasn't mad at him. Ever since last night when he declared his love for me, I can't seem to stay angry with him for long, and I know that would be a shock to everyone who knows us, seeming was just a few days ago we were practically screaming out for the whole world to know how much we hated each other.

As soon as Gaara-kun had heard my accsion, he stopped chuckling and pulled me tight against his hard chest, his stong arms wraping around my body. "And how, Little One, is this all my fault?" He asked me as he nuzzled his head into the crook of my neck.

I rolled my lavender tinted eyes at the large mop of rusty coloured hair my face was berried in as I explained how it was his fault. "Well, because of you, Gaara-kun, I was running to my lesson and ran into Naruto. You see, if you had let me go before the bell rang, then I wouldn't have had to run into Naruto and almost get kissed by him, even after I told him I was with you." I kissed his soft, silky hair after I had finished my statement.

He pulled his face back from where it had been comfortably rested in the crook of my neck, and smirked sexily down at me. "Well, Little One, I hadn't heard you complaining at the time." His smirk widened as I felt my face burn, and I knew I was blushing like mad.

He chuckled lightly before dipping his head down and pressing his surprisingly soft lips against my own willing lips, and I felt a warm feeling explode inside of me. This love I feel for him is nothing like what I felt for Naruto. I saw him closing his emerald coloured eyes, and felt my eyelids become heavy, making me close my eyes too. I felt his wet tongue glide gently along my bottom lip, almost begging to be let into my awaiting mouth. I was more than happy to let him in and I moaned lightly in the back of my throat as I felt his hot tongue roam my mouth as he crushed his lips harder against my own in the most passionate kiss I have ever received. We stayed that way for as long as we could before I broke off the kiss because of the lack of oxygen. He rested his forehead against my own, wanting to prolong the intimate moment.

His eyes that I love so much bore into my own as he whispered out the one senctence that made me want to cry out in joy. "I love you, Little One."

I smiled softly back at him "I love y-

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I woke with a start, a scream escaping my full lips. My unique eyes were wide open, I was drenched in a cold sweat and my breathing was ragged and uneven as I tried desperately to get oxygen into my burning lungs. I looked around me, only to come face to face with four worried faces and one blank one. The worried faces were of Neji-nii-san, TenTen-chan, Ino-chan and Saskue-kun and the blank face was Gaara...- Wait! What are they doing in my room? I looked around me, only to become confused when I found out that I wasn't in my bed, but laying on the sofa in the employee lounge at work. "What... What am I doing here?" I asked, before it all came back to me.

I had been working very hard these passed three days, especially since I've had to work with Gaara at nights now, so the guys told me - more like demanded - for me to get some rest, so I decided to take a short nap in the employee lounge.

I've been really stressed lately, and just to make things worse, I haven't been sleeping properly too. I don't know why, but I just can't seem to get to sleep, much to my annoyance! Also, Gaara is adding to the amount of stress I seem to have tones of lately. One reason is because Gaara keeps saying "I can't wait for tonight, Little One." But, when it is time for the both of us to take our shift at night, he doesn't do anything! Its just like working with a complete and utter stranger. Well, I'm not letting him get to me tonight! I'm not adding anymore stress to my already stressful life! Gaara is just going to have to put up with looking for someone else to annoy the hell out of from now on.

But, now that I think about it, he hasn't said his usual sentence to me yet, today...

.. Why does that thought freak the hell out of me? Maybe because every time he purrs out the sentence, it sounds like a promise. Like he is just waiting for the right night to do whatever it is he is planning to do to me. It scares the hell out of me that I have no idea what Gaara is thinking of doing to me. He has never been so... so devious before!

"Are you alright?" My Neij-nii-san's worried voice brought me out of my thoughts. "That must have been one hell of a dream! You were rolling around and muttering under you're breath, although none of us caught what you were saying." More like nightmare, Nii-san. I honestly can't believe I dreamed something so... disturbing! Gaara, my boyfriend...?

.. HAHAHAHAHAHA, that is FUNNY!... but still disturbing...

"Hai, I'm fine!" I made sure my voice sounded as normal as possible, and I put on the biggest smile I could, without it hurting my cheeks. "What are you all doing here, anyway? I thought you're shifts were over. Its only me and Gaara working now." I had only guessed this. I really had no idea what the time was seeming as I can't find my watch...

.. "We were just leaving." Ino-chan replied "But before we could make it through the door, the baby started kicking, and because I know how much you would want to feel it kicking, I came back to wake you up!" Ino-chan smiled and placed her hand on her swelling belly and I smiled a wide smile. Finally! The baby has started kicking! I jumped up and off of the sofa, squealing in delight.

"Let me feel, let me feel!" I chanted. Ino-chan laughed at my childishness along with everybody else in the room, apart from Gaara of course. He's so boring!

Ino-chan took a hold of my wrist and guided me to the part of her stomach where the baby was kicking the hardest, and placed my hand on the spot. It took a few moments, but when the baby kicked, I once again squealed in delight and joy, not taking my hand off of her stomach. I was aloud to feel the baby kicking for another few minutes before Sasuke-kun made Ino-chan leave, saying that she was tired, even though she protested every chance she could get. I really really want a baby now!! Will I ever be lucky enough to get one??

I giggled as I watched them leave. My Nii-san waved and winked at me before leaving with the other three, and I wish I could have made them stay with me so that I wouldn't have to be alone with Gaara. But, I have to admit, Gaara hasn't been too bad these last three days that we have been working together for. Apart from adding to my stress with that annoying sentence he keeps repeating to me, he hasn't done anything wrong. He only talks to me when he thinks it is absolutly necessary and when he does talk, it would only be a few sentences before he would leave me alone again.

'Maybe he decided to take my advise to grow up?' I thought, a little disappointed. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm going to miss our verbal fights. Oh, well it was for the best, anyway.

I saw Gaara from the corner of my eyes, walking over to me. I gulped as I saw the same sexy smirk he had smirked in my dream - I mean my nightmare. I knew what he was going to do. He was going to come up to me and invade my personal space. He will then bring his mouth close to my ear and purr out in that low, husky voice he always uses when we are alone, to say the same sentence as always, "I can't wait for tonight, Little One." Then he would brush his lips ever-so-lightly across my sensitive ear, then give me one last sexy smirk before walking away from my stunned form.

He came closer to me and our eyes locked. He walked up slowly to me until he was just two inches away from my already blushing face. He brought his lips close - very close - to my ear, letting his hot breath tickle my ear for a moment. So far everything is the same as normal, next he's going to say in a husky voice that damable sentence. He started purring low in his throat, something I have never heard him do before. I mentally smacked myself as I started to think how sexy his purring sounded. 'Do not let him get to you! He's just messing with you're mind! Remember, don't add on to you're stress!' I told myself. I gulped and waited to hear the sentence, but gasped when I heard the employee lounge door open from behind me.

I turned my head slightly to see that Gaara was opening the door.

I looked back at his now smug looking face and scowled at him, my left eye twitching in annoyance. He chuckled and I couldn't help but think how much that chuckle sounded like the one he chuckled in my dre- nightmare. My nightmare. His hot breath was still caressing my very sensitive ear, making me shudder, even though I tried my hardest to hid it. "Tonight, Little One... Tonight, we're going to have a lot of fun." And with that sentence, he moved away from me and out of the door, leaving me literaley shaking in my shoes.

He had said a different sentence!

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I stood behind the till, my eyes focused on the shop door, not noticing anything else around me. I yawned, but somehow managed to barely keep my eyes open as I yawned. No one has even passed the shop doors tonight. We haven't had any costumers and from the looks of it, we're not going to be getting any costumers either tonight. I sighed and finally closed my eyes, thinking back to when Gaara had said that cursed sentence. I hope he is happy, he has now terrified the shit out of me, and added on to my stress.

Maybe I need to see a psychiatrist...

"Tonight, Little One... Tonight, we're going to have a lot of fun..."

That sentence kept repeating itself over and over in my head, not letting me focus on anything else but what it is supposed to mean. And the way he had said it... I don't know how I can tell, but I just know that whatever he is planning to do to me, he is planning to do it tonight. I groaned softly, my eyes still closed, but this time in frustration. What does he want from me? He has ruined my life enough as it is, so why is he coming back for more? Does he really hate me this much? What did I ever do to him to make him start picking on me and only me, anyway?

And then I thought back to the dream I had dreamed not even two hours ago, and shivered inwardly. It had felt as though I was actually there, I had honestly thought I was back in high school. It had felt so real... But why would I dream about something like that? It was like a nightmare, but at the same time, is wasn't. I couldn't believe that I had actually dreamed of Naruto-kun cheating on me. He would never do a thing like that! And especially with that whore, Sakura, that none of us have seen since graduation. But... But the real question I want answered was, why did I dream that Gaara was my boyfriend, the one I truly loved?

There are so many thoughts swimming around in my head. So many questions, yet no matter where I go or who I turn to, I never get answers. Why do I keep dreaming that I am in high school? And why is it that I have a gut feeling that it has something to do with the accident I was in? I really don't know, but I would do anything to find out the answers to the questions I so desperately want someone to answer.

And why is it that I think that Gaara holds all the answers...?

I sighed a deep sigh and finally opened my eyes, only to meet with a pair of shocking emerald coloured eyes staring straight into my own lavender tinted eyes... staring into my soul. "What do you want, Gaara?" I asked tiredly, even though inwardly I was shaking like a leaf. He wasn't really planning on doing anything to me, is he? Maybe I am just being paranoid, as usual. "Can't you see that I am busy?" I asked, even though I was just standing there looking as bored as I feel. Will someone just come through the damn door already and buy something??

Gaara cocked an almost invisible eyebrow, but said nothing. Instead, he moved his arms, which I only now realized were behind his back since I caught him staring at me, around until they were in front of him, and I eyed the two full bottles of sake warily. 'What is he up to?' I asked myself, but decided to ignore him and hope he goes away. After a few awkward seconds of Gaara staring at me like a hawk and myself trying desperately to ignore him, he finally stated why he was here. "Have a drink with me." He purred out. Okay, so it wasn't a statement for why he was here, but it is easy enough to figure out why he was here.

"No." Sort and simple. He should be able to take the hint...

"C'mon, drink with me." .. guess not.

I gave an irritated sigh and frowned at his smirking face. His handsome smirking face... "No, Gaara. If you haven't noticed, we are at work. You're not supposed to get drunk at work!" I said it as though I was talking to a three year old, which I was seriously wondering if he was at heart. He sure acts like a bloody three year old all the time! "Now go back to doing whatever it was that you were doing before you started to annoy me like a good little boy."

His smirking face turned into a frowning face, like my own, and he rolled his breath taking, beautiful eyes at me. What? They are pretty beautiful, not that I would ever admit that to him though. And that's the last compliment I am ever going to think about him. "There is no point in working when there is no one here. No one has come through that door this evening, and no ones going to be coming in! Kami, sometimes I wonder why we even leave this store open for so late at night!" Gaara shook his head, his dark red bangs swaying back and fore. And that's when I realized... that must have been the longest sentence he has ever said to me, not including when we fight.

"Hm, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think you're right. Hardly anyone is coming in at nights any more." I agreed.

"So, drink?" He asked me, and I rolled my eyes once again at him.

"No, Gaara. As much as you and myself would love to take a break and have a drink, anyone could come in and then what would we do? We would be too drunk to serve them, and they might even steal from our shop!" I scolded him. That wasn't the only reason I wouldn't take the drink though. There was something in his eyes... a mysterious glint that is making me very nervous around him. But, I still don't get his plan, if this is it.

It was his turn to roll his eyes at me as he said "No one is going to come in, and even if someone does want to come in, there is always one thing we can do." He smirked once again and I cocked one of my thin eyebrows at him, asking him what we could do. His smirked widened as he set the bottles of sake down on the till in front of me and walked toward the shop's door that has a small silver bell hanging from the sealing above it, so that when someone enters, it rings. When Gaara got to the door, I saw him pull out the shop's key and place it into the lock, and locked it.

Why did I feel like a caged animal all of a sudden?

"Gaara, we can't do that! What if Tsunade finds out?! I am not getting the blame for this! Now, unlock that door!" I told him as I placed my small fists on my hips and tapped my foot impatiently on the floor, waiting for him to do what I told him to do. But, damn the bastard straight to hell, he just chuckled at my angered stance and face before moving away from the door and placing the key back into the hidden pocket in his trousers. "Gaara! Don't disobey me!" I shouted as he walked closer to me. I felt scared and nervous, like the time back in my bedroom... but I know he wouldn't do that again... would he?

Once he was back to where he was standing before, he took hold of the two bottles again and said "C'mon. You need a drink. You look awful. You haven't been sleeping much, have you?" Did his voice hold a note of... concern. Laughable!

I sighed and took one of the bottles, ignoring the smug smirk making his way onto his face. "Alright, but after I have finished this bottle, you have to promise to open the shop doors again, got it?" I told him, sticking my hand out so that he will shake it to agree to promise me. He "Humph"-ed but took my hand in his own anyway, shaking my hand gently which surprised me. I still don't trust that glint in his eyes though.

"Cheers." He said as he took a big gulp of his drink, I doing the same thing straight after.

I made a promise to myself. I promised that I would not get drunk, no matter what he says...

.. How I wish I had kept to that promise...

So, what do you think Gaara is ganna do?? Does he have a plan or is it all in Hinata's mind??

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