To farahb, thank you so much! I don't know how else to express my gratitude so this one's for you.
I really have to get Sasuke in character even if Hinata is not.
Warning: OOC characters. Or should I say just OOC? Hm...?
Love,
DenHime
Battling With A Hot Guy
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12
There are a lot of things I wanted to ask and tell Sakura; that I've been doing all this for her, how did she pull this off, what did she want to get for doing it, why would she team up with Karin, does she hate me, and most importantly, why did she do it at all? I really want to know her answers. But seeing how she wouldn't even admit her fault, there is no way she's going to answer any of my questions. And so, having no other option, I decided to end the conversation.
"I... Still have a homework to finish. Bye." That's what I only manage to say. Really, Hinata? Seriously? Can't I be any lamer?
After we hang up, that was when realization hit me. I was the biggest fool in the world. Gaara was right when he said I shouldn't involve myself in Sakura's battle. But I just had to believe that Sakura is going to fight with me. And you couldn't blame me for that either, since our friendship went back way when we were still in 6th grade, and not once did she ever abandon me. I remember how happy I was back then when she offered to be the one to sit in my spot because she knew how much I dislike Sasuke even back then, and Sasuke was constantly my seatmate since kindergarten.
Maybe Sakura wasn't really the problem in this situation. There must be something that made her turn her back on me. I mean, of course I couldn't deny the fact that it was Sakura who actually betrayed me but there was a reason for that. And when I thought about it, my efforts were not completely wasted because even though I wasn't sure why Sakura suddenly changed towards me, I was sure whatever reason it is it involves Sasuke.
Maybe she just really loves Sasuke and she couldn't stand the idea of me hurting him. But then if that's the case, how could she choose Sasuke over me? Were our long years of friendship suddenly more unimportant than her first love?
All of a sudden, I found an answer to my problem. If Sakura wanted to change sides, then so be it. But that didn't mean I will back down just because I lost her alliance. I could do it on my own. Besides, she was never on my side anyway. She was just there to listen to my plans and try to ruin it behind my back.
Having settled my problem, I finally went to bed. And believe it or not, I slept very well that I took it as a good sign for my decision last night. But when I woke up 15 minutes later than usual, I started to rethink it. Well, not really, since I was in hurry to avoid being late and be scolded by father again. Somehow, I have a feeling this was not the best day of my life.
I didn't know what got into me because after keeping my cellphone inside my drawer for days, I found myself taking it out in the middle of rushing out of my room. Once I reached school in the very last minute, I turned it on.
After deleting all the messages without bothering to read them, I was really glad to see no more new messages coming. In fact, I was so happy that I almost forgot what happened yesterday so I started writing a message to Sakura. But then I remembered our fight. Okay, so we didn't really fight but we both knew we shouldn't be talking to each other right now so I sent Ino-chan the message instead, telling her how happy I am that I can use my phone again.
Ino quickly replied, saying "That's great! Hey, want to eat lunch together later? I want to talk to you."
I instantly accepted her invitation, then she told me where we are supposed to meet.
When I entered first class, Sakura is already seated on her usual seat. I was going to sit in my place when Karin suddenly arrived at the door. Sakura then called Karin. "Karin! Come sit here." She invited, pointing to my usual seat.
Karin smirked in reply and started walking towards the seat. Once she reached my back, she pushed me aside without even an excuse and sat down, facing Sakura. "Thanks for saving me a seat." She remarked in a mocking tone towards me. I looked at Sakura in disappointment.
I found myself another seat near the back. And guess what? No one even bothered to sit beside me. It was like I'm the plague. I tried not to think about it and just took out my notebook to browse. Until a shadow suddenly loomed above me. I looked up to find a small, cute cake in front of me. It was being held by none other than Sabaku Gaara, who is still sporting that same serious expression. It is kinda funny that he's holding a cake while sporting a blank expression.
"What's that?" I asked him, raising my eyebrow at him.
"A peace offering." He said, placing the cake over my table. "Forgive me?"
Seriously speaking, I never take him to be the kind of person who knew how to be silly like this. I guess I just got used to him being so serious and angry. "I don't know.. Don't you think it's a too small for all those times you doubted me?" I remarked, playing along with him.
"I did plan on buying a bigger one. But if I did, you might turn into a big, fat lady like the one I bought this from." He joked.
"Funny. For your information, I don't want to be skinny so I'm not on a diet." And he did managed to make me chuckle. I am not chubby but I am also not skinny. I think my size is just fine and I am happy the way I am.
He then smiled, the first time I saw him do. "Then this cake is just right for you. So do you forgive me?"
I couldn't help but smile widely. "Fine. I'm going to give you one last chance."
He smiled that very rare smile so I just smiled back. After that the teacher arrived and started lecturing about heat of fusion and heat of vaporization so we stopped talking and just listened to the discussion. From time to time though, Gaara would draw something and would show it to me. He drew pretty well. And somehow, I found sitting with him more entertaining than when I sit beside Sakura.
Two more classes came and then the lunch bell eventually rang, ending our morning classes. As I stood up from my seat though, he turned and spoke to me. "I'll see you later, Hinata."
I smiled at him and carried the cake, now in a box. "This cake better taste as good as it looks or else you won't be seeing me sitting beside you next time." I joked.
"Of course, it does. I didn't bake it so it has to." He joked back. "Bye then."
As soon as our conversation ended, I headed to where Ino-chan and I are supposed to meet, and boy she looked excited when I saw her there. She was checking her watch and her face lit up as I near her.
"What took you so long?" She demanded.
I chuckled at her. "Stop exaggerating, I'm just two minutes late." She suddenly linked her arms with mine. "So what's up?"
"Well, for starters, why did you leave me alone with Sai yesterday?"
"Why? What's wrong? I just want you to get to know Sai better." I replied. "Don't you like him?"
Ino shifted uncomfortably. "Well, it's not that... It's just, don't you think he's a bit weird?"
I couldn't help but laugh at her reaction. But then why did she look excited that day when I was going to introduce her to Sai?
Just then, she answered my question. "I like someone else."
Before we could say anything more, Karin and Sakura, together with three other girls suddenly appeared in front of us. They were sneering at us. Except for Sakura. She, on the other hand, is facing the floor.
"It's time, Sakura. Prove that you're really on our side." Karin gave a bottle of water to Sakura. "Pour this over Hinata."
Can Sakura really do it to me?"
13
Even though I knew Sakura had turn her back on me, I am almost sure she wouldn't do what Karin asked her to do. I believed that even if she chose love over friendship, she wouldn't choose Karin's friendship over mine.
However, I couldn't help but feel wronged when Sakura suddenly took a step towards me, gripping the bottled water firmly. And having seen this, Ino took action. She walked over to Sakura and stood in front of her with an angered expression.
"What are you doing? Are you seriously going to listen to someone like her?" She remarked, pointing at Karin with disgusted look.
Sakura didn't speak at once, she just looked down but then looked up at us again. And then she finally responded. "I have the right to listen to anyone I want." She said with an icy tone. "You have a problem with that?"
Ino shook her head disbelievingly. "Have you gone crazy?! Have you forgotten how much trouble Karin caused you before? Especially the time you were dating Sasuke?! Now you're going to ruin your friendship with Hinata and me? Please tell me you're not stupid enough to do that." Ino said angrily. I couldn't even get myself to speak because of disbelief that Sakura has really turned her back on our friendship.
"She's not stupid if she does what I told her to do. I don't see anything stupid with trying to protect your boyfriend from the girl who wants to ruin him." Karin shot back at Ino then she turned to Sakura. "You're doing the right thing, Sakura."
Ino stood firm. "If you're going to do that then you have to pass right through me, Sakura."
Karin, who was always unafraid of anyone, decided to fight Ino by pushing her away. "That's easy." She said as she pushed Ino some more. And with Ino out of the way, Karin told Sakura to go. "Do it now."
Sakura followed her order and started walking towards me with a blank expression. I decided that maybe I could talk her out of it. "Are you really going to do this to me?"
Sakura didn't budge at all. She continued walking then she stopped once she was right in front of me. She then poured the water over me so quickly that I didn't even have any time to move away. And when it was over, she gave me a cold look. "This is what you want me to be." She dropped the bottle and started walking away leaving her so-called new friends behind.
I became unaware of things that's happening around me. All I try to think was different reasons why Sakura did this to me. Then I heard Karin and Ino fighting. There are lots of people around us as Ino and Karin try to pull each other's hairs and pushing each other.
I was on the verge of stopping them when someone came out of the crowd and stood before them. It's none other than Sai, following him is Gaara, who didn't seem to notice my presence.
As soon as Ino saw Sai, she turned away and rolled her eyes. But when she noticed Gaara appear behind Sai, a smile of interest formed in her lips as she continued to defend herself from Karin. Sai's presence is not enough to stop Karin though. And so, he grabbed one of Karin's arms and held it firmly.
"What do you think you're doing?" He asked with a very serious expression.
Karin must have noticed that Sai wasn't smiling like usually and instantly stopped moving her other arm. "I'm defending myself from her." She replied and tried to shake off his grip from her arm.
Sai raised a brow. "Are you serious? I just saw you attacking her." Sai lets go of Karin's arm as Karin glared at Ino. "Look, I don't know what happened here but I don't think you should hit Ino."
People around us started murmuring upon hearing that. "Sai likes Ino!" Someone said loudly.
"They'll look good together!" Another yelled.
Ignoring the people, Sai spoke again. "Apologize to Ino now."
Karin laughed at that. "Are you joking? She's not that innocent! She pushed me first!"
Of course Ino shot back. "Everyone saw it was you who attacked first! You even asked bestfriends to fight each other!" She exclaimed, pointing towards me without looking.
Gaara had only just been listening until he heard about the 'bestfriends' part and turned to where Ino pointed, which was me. And upon seeing me, he rushed over to my side with, surprisingly, a concerned expression. "Are you alright? What happened?" He asked, seeing my wet condition.
Ino turned towards us while Sai handles Karin. I could have sworn her expression was in dismay but then it was gone in a second. She motioned for me to go using her hand. Nodding at her with thanks, I turned to Gaara.
"C'mon, let's go somewhere else and then tell me what happened." I nodded in agreement, then he took my hand and even though I was beyond surprised, I decided to go with him. He led me away from there and we entered an empty classroom.
He motioned me to sit down and I did. "It's really nothing." I started, I do not want him or anyone else close to me to worry about it. "Sakura and I just had a fight."
"And where does Karin come in?" He asked.
I sighed and knew that he won't stop asking questions anyway si I decided to answer him. "Last night, I found out that the reason why all my plans against Sasuke never work. It was because of Sakura-chan teamed up with Karin to stop me." I explained, pausing for a bit to clear my throat. "But I never thought Sakura would choose Karin over me. Karin asked her to pour a bootle of water over me and she didn't hesitate to do it."
Gaara sighed, althought his face is blank, I know he sympathize with me. "You don't deserve a friend like Sakura. You did everything for her, even if it made you look bad in front of people. But in the end it was her who was sabotaging your plans. Don't fret about losing someone like her."
Before I can reply, my phone started ringing so I took the call first. "Hello?"
"Hinata! Come over to the cafeteria entrance quickly! Sakura is confronting Sasuke!" Ino spoke loudly.
"What do you mean?"
"Just come over here!"
She suddenly hang up and so I decided that I better listen to Ino. I stood up and dragged Gaara out of the room and towards the cafeteria. "Where are we going?" He asked, confused.
I didn't answer him since we're near the cafeteria. When Gaara realized that we are heading there, he let out a small chuckle. "If you're hunrgy, you should have just eaten the cake you're holding in the room."
Honestly, I didn't realize that I am still holding the box of cake until he told me. Sadly, I was too worried to respond to that. When we reached the place, I was even more nervous because the air was so intense. Sakura was obviously crying since her eyes are puffy red, and Sasuke's face is stoic.
"I can't keep your secret any longer, Sasuke-kun." Sakura started to say. Sasuke's eyes widened a bit. "I'm so tired of hiding it from her." Her? Who is she talking about? "I don't think Hinata should be left out of this. It's time for her to know what you want me to keep a secret." At the mention of my name, my eyes widened. Why does it involve me?
What could it be?