Auther Note: Continuation of my Konoha High. Please review and let me know if I'm going right or wrong. I love the idea of this Naruto at school type, but I find writing it pretty difficult. So please do help me out here.
Personal Response to Fell Off Her Rocker Again who wrote "Thats not fair! Ya can't just put "Mumbles" bleh! lol I'm a girl!! Though, my name totally implies that I am. I loved this chappie amd really like this story. I cannot wait to read more. Keep up the good work.
~Fell Off Her Rocker Again
I can write "mumbles"! I wrote *mumbles* once and I'll do it *mumbles" see? See?! I'm a rebel I tell you =)
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Konoha High Chapter 4: An Unexpected Addition
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The following day at school was as normal. She noticed whenever they met Naruto light up when he saw he and greeted her. That was another thing she loved about him. The way he would seemingly light up when he saw a familiar face. How he radiated energy when he spoke to people. Like he really wanted to just talk to you, or be with you. Every time she saw him now she really paid attention, trying to see how he saw her. Always thinking of the picture she had safely in her room as a memento of sorts.
Kiba was late again; apparently the damage he had caused to his alarm meant he was going to have to buy yet another one. Today he seemed much more positive about Naruto. He asked lots of questions about him, seeming eager to learn more about Hinata's new friend. He asked about what Naruto was like, which she was all to eager to answer. She went on to describe in detail her visit to his house. He seemed to find it very amusing and interesting. He teased at her when she spoke about the picture. He seemed happy for her that she had even been invited out to the movies on Friday, but before they could take more the bell rang.
All in all Hinata felt she had a really good day at school. Naruto was noticing her now. And much more importantly he seemed generally happy to see her. She couldn't really work out why; she hadn't exactly done anything to get his attention to her. Kiba today taking a bigger interest also made her feel good. She had been disappointed when the day before he seemingly brush it off in a 'so what' kind of attitude. So when he asked questions and seemed pleased for her she really appreciated it.
She was on her way to Naruto's house again thinking about her day with a smile on her face. For the first time in a long time she felt really happy. She felt pretty good with her life even. At least right now she felt it was wonderful. She soon stood before Naruto's house again, and felt the familiar feelings of weakness come over her. She'd been so lost in thought to even think about being nervous again on her way here. She looked herself over. Today she wore a dark blue dress that went to her knees. Having a softer blue belt in the material and a rings around the bottom of the same softer blue she thought it would be alright. It was clean and as smart as it was going to get.
She approached the house and rung the doorbell, again stepping back a little to give them room. Again she heard calling behind the door before it swung open, revealing Mrs Uzumaki.
"Ohh! Welcome back dear! Come in!" She said, Hinata noticed her eyes lit up too. She smiled and entered the house shyly.
"Can I get you something to drink or eat?" she asked closing the door, a smile on her face. Kushina liked Hinata, for reasons unknown to her. Something about the girl she just thought was very sweet.
"Oh, um, n-no thank you" Hinata replied with a small smile.
"Alright." She said turning to look up the stairs "Naruto! Get down here, Hinata's waiting here!" Immediately Hinata heard footsteps and a door open.
"Oh, sorry!" Naruto laughed nervously coming down the stairs hastily. "Hey Hinata!" he said the familiar grin on his face. "Come up!" He said waiting for her to put her shoes away again. She followed him upstairs and into his room again, shutting it behind her.
"Oh, could you- Oh, thanks, heh, you remembered" he said smiling. He walked back to his desk and took out the folded chair again and put it right next to his. He sat himself down and gesture Hinata to do the same. She took out her work and notes again and put them neatly on the desk.
"Right" Naruto said minimizing down his messenger windows on the screen. "Where were we?" he said with a smile, opening up their documents again.
"Um, I-I think we were on…" She said flicking through her sheets "the evaluation of the effects the new laws in 93 had on business economics" She said glancing at brief notes across several papers. So focused on the work she didn't even notice the complete lack of the stutter.
"Oh yeah. Hmm, we were stuck on a point last time weren't we?" he said looking through several documents "Well, I say stuck, I mean you were explaining it to me" he laughed giving her a cheeky grin. She smiled uncontrollably, looking at the desk to avoid turning more colourful.
"W-well, I wasn't, I mean, I was j-just explaining an-another side of the e-effects" she said, avoiding looking at him. Naruto laughed.
"Uhh, well that is the same as explaining a point to me" he pointed out. "Heh, you're so modest." He said turning back to the document. Hinata's colour turned a shade darker.
"Oh, and thanks by the way!" he said turning to her. "I won! I beat the teme and next time, I'll cream him even harder!" He said punching a fist into his palm. Hinata looked at him for a moment confused. He blinked, and then he realised.
"Hope you win?" he said "Well normally he beats me, but I won, so that must mean you bring me good luck!" he finished scratching the back of his head. Hinata smiled, wanting to say "I knew you'd win" but realising that was far to bold for her to manage.
"Lucky you're coming out Friday with us, the weather apparently could go either way, either great, or really rainy. With you with us, I know it's going be great!" He said. Hinata knew he meant innocently enough, he thought she would bring luck to keep the rain away. But even so, she her blush deepened. She also saw the other way it sounded. Fortunately Naruto was back on the computer, writing on it.
They began to focus on the work. Naruto writing, asking questions, getting corrected then writing more. Naruto had to admit Hinata was a really good partner! She was so much smarter than him. Heck he'd say she was maybe even smarter than Sasuke. She saw the work clearly. In fact has he worked with her he began to see her similarities with Neji. They saw through the work in Naruto's eyes. Just by looking at it they clearly distinguished what it was asking them, and what they need not bother writing. Even something Hinata said made him conclude it
"Sometimes a little inaccuracy saves a ton of explaination." So that's why I always write loads and still get lower grades than the other guys. He thought. He couldn't help but look at Hinata in awe. She really was quite a remarkable girl.
"Naruto! Hinata! Dinner!" Kushina called up. Naruto snapped out of his thoughts and stood up.
"Let's go Hinata" He said happily and lead the way to the dining room.
Again there was a rotatable plate in the middle with a range of plates and dishes on it. Allowing everyone to help themselves. Hinata couldn't resist and look up at the 5 year old frowning Uchiha in the picture. She suppressed a giggle, thinking it looked like some had taken his sweeties from him. His frown low, his lips stuck out.
"Hasn't changed a bit really has he?" Kushina said smiling looking at the photo. "That Sasuke" Hinata looked at her, as Kushina looked at the photo fondly. Hinata knew Sasuke and Naruto were like brothers. She couldn't help but wonder if Kushina thought of him as a second son. Just from looking at the look in Mrs Uzumaki's eyes that thought crossed her mind.
"Mind if I start?" Naruto said, his plate already full. Kushina nodded smiling. Hinata slowly added things to her own plate, enjoying the company. She couldn't help but notice the atmosphere. It was nothing like her home. Her father loved her and her sister deeply. But it sometimes felt like work was more important to him. The atmosphere here was unmistakable. It was filled with love and happiness. No need for formalities or strictest manners, they didn't need to, they were family. Even just sitting there she smiled. She was happy for Naruto; his parents were just like him.
"So Hinata, what are you studying at school?" Mr Uzuamki asked looked at her, clearly interested. She looked for a moment before looking at her food.
"Um, I study A-Art, Music and B-Business" she said to the table. Mr Uzumaki looked thoughtful. He then returned to look at his food.
"That's very lady-like Hinata" Kushina smiled "I took Music and Art in school too, though I didn't like it at first I'm glad my dad got me to" she said her eyes filled with memory. "Is your father the reason you are taking those too?" she said looking at Hinata, her eyes like her husbands filled with interest.
"Y-Yes" she asked back, uncomfortable with everyone at the table focusing on her.
"Wait, so you don't want to take those subjects?" Naruto asked confused. Kushina sighed loudly, Naruto looked at his mother with a puzzled frown.
"Well, those subjects are, well think of them as mandatory for a young lady from a family like the Hyuuga" She explained, Naruto's expression didn't change. She frowned "Well let's put it this way Naruto, if you were a Hyuuga you'd be expected to learn to dance and learn deep levels of politics" Naruto's confused look remained.
"Why?" he asked, bewildered. Mr Uzumaki leant forward, Kushina shook her head.
"Well because the Hyuuga's, please excuse me for speaking like this Hinata" he said giving her an apologetic look "Are a very powerful family that in later life will be expected to possess certain qualities. As a woman they are expected to possess classic feminine traits, such as artistic skills and good sense in music. As a man you would be expected to know allot about the world around you and who is doing what. You would be expected to know about it to act on it if the need arises." He explained as simply as he could to his son. Naruto nodded slowly.
"Well I understand that…" he said trailing off. Though clearly the information went a little over his head.
Hinata was embarrassed, it was bad enough when Kiba mentioned her pocket money, which happened to be almost quadruple his. But this was certainly a step up. She looked at her food, saying nothing. It wasn't that she was offended, not in the least. But whenever people knew what she was expected of her, it felt as though she then had to seem she had to live up to it to them as well. The problem was Naruto already knew she couldn't draw.
After dinner and desert Hinata offered to help Mrs Uzumaki clean up, but Kushina laughed and said that was very sweet but she could go and get back to work with Naruto. Thus the two returned upstairs to get back to work.
"You like her then" Minato said. Bringing plates to the kitchen units. Kushina smiled as she filled up the sink with hot water.
"Yeah, I do" Kushina said fondly thinking of the young Hyuuga "She's really sweet, you know I think Naruto would do well to keep her around. She could teach him allot!" she said looking at her husband. He smiled at her, and shook his head slightly.
"Ahh so you like her too then!" She said "I know that look mister!" she teased.
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Naruto and Hinata were back to work upstairs. They had plenty to get through, not that progress was something Hinata was so worried about at this point. She just enjoyed spending time with Naruto. A screen suddenly came up, a chat window from Sasuke.
"So yeah, bring your girlfriend and we'll see a movie on Friday for a double date" Hinata froze. Naruto looked at the screen, staring at it.
"Sasuke you ass, you knew that would pop up!!" he wrote back. He turned to Hinata
"Sorry about that, he's just winding me up, trying to embarrass me" he said a pink blush on his face as he scratched the back of his head with a nervous smile. Hinata was on the verge of fainting. Her face was crimson, and she felt lightheaded. Was this for real? Or was it really a joke?
"Lol, got you back, Naruto 1 – 1 Neji" the response came. Naruto growled.
"You're a dead man Hyuuga!" he wrote back. "And you Sasuke, I thought you're supposed to be MY best friend!" he smacked into the Keyboard as Hinata recovered desperately trying to calm herself down.
"Meh, your friendship with me is nothing compared to the idea of making you look like an ass" another response came. Naruto blocked the window.
"Ehh, sorry about that Hinata. But don't worry I'll get them back. Both of them. No one out pranks me!" he stated factually. Hinata nodded her fingers playing around with each other, her eyes on the notes as though they were important right now.
Naruto sighed. "Kami damn those two." He thought, but at the same time he had to give them props for setting up a very well laid out and executed one. That only meant his revenge would be that much more painful for both of them.
After recovering from the incident Naruto wisely decided to sign out of his messenger. They continued to work, and even got started on the final two pages in the book. Hinata made the graphs on the computer as Naruto insisted as he didn't understand how and it would just be faster. All too soon it got late and it was time for Hinata to go home. Naruto lead her downstairs and she got ready to leave.
She turned to him, she wanted to ask if it really was a joke. Of cousre she hoped secretly it wasn't but she didn't find the strength to ask.
"Sorry about those two" Naruto said nervously, thinking about the same thing. Hinata smiled nervously.
"I-It's okay. It j-just caught me a little by s-surprise that's all" she stammered avoid eye contact that would heighten the blush she had already developed just recalling the event. Naruto was about to say "It's not a date or anything don't worry" but he caught himself realising it would be rude.
"So, Friday, You, Me, Sasuke and Sakura! Right?" he said with his grin. Hinata nodded returning a small smile. "Awesome, as I said we'll meet at 5, in the food court in the south side of town." Hinata nodded again, the thought of the event making her heart dance with excitement. He opened the door and saw her off, waving at her when she gave him another little wave after shutting the gate. He closed the door and leant against it. He found himself unable to think for a moment before he looked up, fire in his eyes.
"Neji!"
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Friday couldn't come sooner. She found the following day dragged on and on forever. She knew it was because she didn't have anything to look forward to at the end of it. She felt like each minute lasted an hour. Which she had to confess was strange, Thursday was usually her favourite day because it was the only day she and Kiba shared all their lessons. He was even on time. But she was distracted, thinking what to wear the following day. What kind of movie were they going to see? She hoped it wasn't a scary one. She didn't feel quite comfortable enough to hold Naruto or anyone else's hand, and she didn't like them anyway, they gave her nightmare's.
Kiba was noticing she was distracted. At first he couldn't figure why, then he remembered what they spoke about yesterday. He supposed she was distracted because she was nervous, which he couldn't blame her for, she had always been the shy type. But he decided not to say anything, unsure of what to say more than anything.
When she got home she picked out things she might want to wear. She was at this point choosing between a dress and pants. She usually never wore dresses like the kind she wore to Naruto's, because she felt more self conscious. She only wore them the two times she went to Naruto's to try to make an effort for him. She was now weighing up both. Would she mind wearing a dress in front of Sakura and Sasuke? She thought about it eventually deciding on a beige hooded jacket, black t shirt and blue pants. It wasn't as pretty as she'd have liked, but then she knew this wasn't a date, and so ultimately to dress not dissimilar to her normal clothes.
The following day at school was much like Thursday. School couldn't end fast enough. Though she noticed Sasuke and Sakura look at her a little, nodding or give a little wave and smile when she looked back. Naruto grinned at her when she caught him looking at her, she always then smiled back, raised her hand enough for him to see then turned away again to hide her blush. She fought boredom tooth and claw all day, patiently as possible waiting for the day to end so she could have her night. She found herself unable to concentrate on anything else. It felt like this was her chance. If she didn't screw it up. Maybe Naruto would notice her more. Maybe he'd even want to sit with her in class. She didn't dare think he might see her as more than a friend, thinking if it was even possible, she might jinx it by thinking it. She frequently looked at the clock which seemed to taunt her by going extra slow.
Kiba noticed it but chose not to say anything again. He decided that she was now even more nervous since it was today. While he could work would why she would be so nervous if she accepted the offer willingly, he just put it down to Hinata being Hinata.
After what felt like the longest 6 hours of her life the final bell rang, telling everyone they could go home. She had been in art doodling away when she was supposed to be practicing her technique. She let out a sigh of relief, packed up her belongings and headed home as fast as she could. Suddenly someone grabbed her arm. She had barely made it out of the classroom so she turned to look. It was Naruto.
"Hey Hinata, I just thought in my last class we have no way of contacting you." Naruto explained getting to the point "So do you have your mobile number?" he said whipping out his phone and pressing several buttons before looking at her expectantly. Hinata paused, her mind always when blank when she was first confronted by Naruto. A habit that was becoming irritating in itself.
"My nu-number?" she stuttered out. Naruto nodded smiling.
"Tell you what" he said bringing up the arm he still held placing the phone in her hands. "You add me, I'll probably make a mistake anyway" he said leaning against the lockers behind him watching her. She looked at his phone then to him, then back at the phone, her cheeks pink. She slowly entered the number to her phone, checked it then handed it to Naruto. He took it off her and checked it himself before pressing save.
"Thanks Hinata. We'll see you at the food court then! Laters!" he said waving off throwing a wave over his shoulder. She shyly waved back. She stood there for a minute thinking about what just happened before wondering home.
Naruto had her number. She daydreamed on the way home of him calling her to tell her it would just be the two of them. He would then say something like 'let's make a date of it' and then… Only in my dreams she thought dropping her head.
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A shower and a drink of refreshing water later she looked in the mirror at herself in the outfit she had picked yesterday. Not too smart not too casual she thought. She felt her heart pound trying to shake out the nervousness in her.
"This is going to be okay, I'm going to be just fine" she said forcing a smile to herself. She picked up her phone and IPod from the desk, and took some money out of her purse and slid it into her pant pockets. Gave herself another check in the mirror in case in the 30 seconds since she last checked she'd become a mess before setting out.
She put in her headphones and turned on her IPod, hopefully the music would keep her nerves distracted. She made sure he phone was on and on vibrate, not trusting herself to hear in with the IPod on.
The journey to town was a bus ride away. Unlike Naruto she lived on the opposite side of school from town. Her home being so big it couldn't be towards the center of town. At least the bus went to the south side first she supposed. She stepped off after 15 minutes of sitting looking out of the window. She looked about then started heading toward the food court. She barely entered the building when.
"Hey" She turned to see Sasuke, dressed in a black t shirt a black and white hooded jacked and black pants. Not entirely different from her own clothes. She wondered if that was going to be a problem briefly
"H-Hey, Sasuke-kun" she said giving a slight bow. He nodded at her as he stood next to her for a moment.
"Well, we'd better get going." He said after checking his watch. Hinata followed him suddenly realising how much taller than her she was. There had to be nearly a foot in it.
"Walk next to me" he said, Hinata blinked before hurrying to walk next to him. "I hear from Naruto you hoped he'd win" he said darkly. Hinata gulped, unsure what to make of what he'd just said.
"Funny that. First time I've lost to him at that game is after you said that." He commented, even smiling a little "Maybe we should start dragging you to our games." Hinata blushed. She looked down as she walked. She knew Sasuke was trying to bond with her, but she didn't really know what to say to that.
"Sasuke! Hinata-chan!" Sakura's voice came from one of the tables as soon as they entered the court. Sasuke lead the way walking to the table and sat opposite her. Hinata sat herself next to Sakura.
"Hey Hinata, I'm Sakura" she said smiling at the girl who sat next to her. Hinata smiled back "Just incase" she said turning to face the middle of the table.
"So what do you want to see?" she said holding up a thin book. The movie guide. Sasuke picked it up and looked at the back, which held all the movies on at the moment and their times.
"Anything that doesn't suck will do" he said sliding it infront of Hinata. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Yes very helpful Sasuke, thanks for your input" to which he nodded a small smile creeping on his lips. She turned to Hinata.
"Anything on there that interests you? I haven't seen anything on there so all doors are open" Sakura said looking over Hinata's shoulder at the guide.
"Nothing r-really stands o-out" she said after a minute.
"Isn't this why we bring Naruto anway?" Sasuke said look over his shoulder at the entrance they had come in by. Sakura smiled
"Yeah probably, we're all hopeless at choosing" she said more to Hinata.
"There he is" Sasuke said standing up. Hinata looked to see Naruto spot Sasuke who again merely nodded before sitting down again. Naruto ran over and took the final spot next to Sasuke.
"Let me guess" he said as though thinking hard "You can't decide?" he offered as an answer. Sakura sighed and Sasuke rolled his eyes. Hinata passed the guide across the table.
"Heh, you guys really suck you know that?" He said, before looking up to Hinata "Well not you, the sun is shining bright, you held up your end" he said with a wink. Hinata looking down at the table hiding a blush. After only a few seconds he pointed at the page.
"That one" he announced. Sasuke looked back towards the page at what Naruto was pointing at.
"Terminator III" he read aloud "You know that's going to suck right?" he asked.
"Well, it's the only one that starts within the next 40 minutes" he said, his voice revealing he wasn't exactly ecstatic with his choice either. He moving his finger up the page and moved down the list. Sasuke nodded.
"Didn't see that, okay, you win. T-3 it is" He said rising. Sakura nodded standing herself so Hinata followed suit. The four of them walked around the food court then up the escalator towards the cinema when
"Hey, Hinata!" The four of them turned to look, it was Kiba. Sasuke looked passive before continuing towards the cinema. Sakura looked at Naruto.
"Did you invite Kiba too?" she whispered, seeing Hinata looked at her "Well it's not a problem but I mean, we never normally meet people out like this"
"No I didn't, but like you said, not a problem, the more the merrier" Naruto said with a grin.
"Hey Kiba!" Naruto called back as he made his was to the trio.
"Hey Uzumaki" Kiba said with a grin. He looked at Hinata who looked rather blank. "Hey Hinata" he said with smile.
"Hello Kiba-kun" Hinata said quietly. Her mind was racing. Why was he here? She couldn't quite understand how she felt about it though. Half relieved half annoyed.
"We're seeing T-3, you want to come?" Naruto asked happily. Kiba looked back at him, and give a quick nod
"Sure, why not? Since we're both here" He said with his grin.
"Well I'm going to get in queue for the popcorn, here Naruto give this to Sasuke for the tickets, oh, and go and join him before he gets to the front already." She said handing Naruto some money then walking off. Naruto looked at her walk off before turning around.
"Er, well, I don't mind or anything like that! But er, could you maybe give me a warning next time" he said to Hinata and Kiba. Kiba frowned a little.
"What? Warning?" He asked confused.
"Well, yeah, that you'll be joining us or if you want to invite anyone" he said. Hinata couldn't help but fell like she was being told off. For something she didn't do, a burst of annoyance left her at Kiba. She didn't invite him she just told him.
"Oh, well I wasn't invited" Kiba confessed, Hinata felt relieved "I just happened to be here" If Naruto had not be present Hinata would have fallen over. What kind of an excuse was that? He knew what she was doing tonight, and when she thought about it Kiba wasn't one to hang around the mall on a Friday evening.
"Oh, heh, fancy that" Naruto said with a grin. Turning around walking to Sasuke. The two followed him. Hinata glanced at Kiba. She saw he bought it, but she knew Naruto thought 'right' when he got that answer, his eyes told it to her.
"Um, N-Naruto-kun?" She asked, he turned to her. "Could you um give this money to Sasuke for myself and Kiba, I just need to speak with him for a moment" she said handing him a note. He looked at it and shrugged
"Sure, I'll catch up to you in Sakura's queue." She said leaving them. Kiba looked puzzled.
"What is it?" He asked confused.
"Um, Kiba-kun? What ARE you doing here?" she asked, trying not to be confrontational, but she decided she wanted to know enough to break out of her usual shy shell.
"Well, I thought you might want company, you seemed really nervous today and yesterday. Sorry I didn't tell you, I just thought it couldn't hurt" he said in a hushed voice. Hinata paused.
"Oh" was all she could say. She couldn't exactly be angry at him now. But she was disappointed, she didn't need someone to come and hold her hand, and Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto might not invite her out again if they thought she was going to invite people. She sighed, this was her fault, as usual. She'd been looking so forward to this she'd caused concern to her friend.
"Thank you Kiba-kun" she said, as much as she wanted to add "but" on there, she didn't. He was only looking out for her. Kiba looked at her, and could feel the frustration from her, but what could he really do?
"Hey, Hinata, Kiba, let's get some popcorn" Naruto called out with a smile. At least Naruto and the others don't seem to mind too much Kiba thought.
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After the initial shock of Kiba joining, everyone settled down they had a goodtime. Sasuke was right, the movie sucked, well, it wasn't as good as T-2 according to Naruto, who made sure the world knew it. Sasuke insisted that T-1 was better, but of course they couldn't agree.
Hinata thought the movie was weird, she hadn't seen the other movies, and she was told that's probably why she didn't understand it. But she felt as though it probably wasn't a movie she could have gotten into. She wouldn't have minded if Kiba hadn't shown up. Sasuke and Sakura sat in front with Naruto, Hinata and Kiba behind them. She couldn't help be fantasize about something happening if Kiba hadn't been there. Instead he was flicking popcorn into Sasuke's hood. He was strangely good at it, Sasuke never even noticed. Kiba just sat there bored. Occasionally filling in lines for the actors whenever there was a pause. Naruto laughed at a few of them, and Hinata had to admit some of them were funny.
But all in all it was pretty boring.
"Remind me why we bring Naruto again" Sakura laughed as they left. Sasuke smiled.
"I don't know, I forgot" he said shrugging. Which then caused his full hood to drop some. Unfortunately he noticed. "What the-?" he said reaching back. He pushed his hood up causing a great deal more to fall.
"Oh you dick Naruto" he said taking off his jacket. Naruto and Kiba laughed and high fived. Hinata struggled holding down a giggle herself.
"That's just a little revenge, you can't say you didn't have it coming" Naruto laughed. Sasuke scowled, then smiled
"Yeah, looks like your date got crashed" he smirked nodded at Kiba. Who went wide eyed. Hinata blushed again, remembering the joke.
"Oh, wait, you two are-?" he said shocked by the idea. It was Sasuke's turn to laugh.
"No! Sasuke and Neji's idea of a prank. Long story that's not funny" Naruto said shrugging it off. Kiba deflated looking somewhat relieved.
"Jeez for a sec there you had me worried" he said, then looked up "Er, you know, I thought I crashed a date" he said shaking his head. Sakura looked back thoughtfully.
"Say Kiba, I always thought you and Hinata were…" She said without really thinking about it. Kiba blushed, Hinata's blush deepened.
"N-No no, we're just friends" Kiba said embarrassed. Naruto frowned.
"Oh, I admit I thought you two were together." He said. Kiba scratched the back of his head.
"N-no, just friends" Hinata confirmed. Naruto looked at her for a moment and smiled looking back.
"Hmm, well good, can't have you two going lovely-dovey on us if you're gonna hang around with us" Naruto laughed. The two looked away hiding their blush.
All too soon for Hinata they arrived at the Bus station, they joked around for a little before the bus came. Slowly they got off at their stops until it was just Hinata. She sighed. It wasn't everything she'd hoped for but she had fun. She would definitely do it again. That is if she was ever invited again.
She understood why Kiba came, and she was thankful he'd wanted to come to make her feel better. But that's not what happened and she couldn't help the feeling of slight annoyance with him. It's not like she wanted to push him out of her life, she just wanted to do this one her own, almost to prove to herself she could. Having Kiba there too she couldn't help but feel she had been babied through it. Sakura didn't seem too pleased he came, remembering the look she gave Naruto. She was nice enough to mask it, but she could tell Sakura didn't exactly want Kiba there. Under any other circumstance she would defend her friend, who always stood by her, but she ultimately felt what he did was rude and rather wrong. The bus stopped, her turn to get off. She was half way to her home from the station when he phone vibrated. She sighed, expected to see something from her Father. She opened it.
1 message from Naruto. Her heart skipped a beat as she pressed enter.
Want to come to mine tomorrow?
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A/N: Well, another chapter down for you. Sorry if this is perhaps a bit too long. There's allot I wanted to fit in, equally sorry if it seems perhaps it's obviously I shortened it. Well if you have anything to say just review me =)