A/N: OMG it's Christmas Eve!!! Can't WAIT for tomorrow! Hehe. Merry Christmas for tomorrow everyone!! Now be nice and R&R for me plz?
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Will You Be My Friend?
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Chapter 11: Winter Dance: Part 1
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"Are you done yet?" I questioned the four girls in front of me.
"Patience, Hina-kawai!" TenTen-chan scolded me.
"But I want to see!" I whined. Ino-chan, Hanabi-chan and Temari-nee-chan gave me a stern look saying 'Be.Patient!' I pouted like a small child and crossed my arms over my chest and closed my eyes again as I felt them applying God-knows-what onto my face, and I could feel one of them playing with my hair.
Yup. You've guessed it. Today is the day of the Winter Dance! I'm so excited and a little nervous too, but I guess it is to be expected since I'm going with Gaara-kun.
TenTen-chan and Ino-chan had come over today at around 1:00 pm and made me go with them to Ino-chan's house, because they didn't want Gaara-kun 'accidentally' walking in on us while we were all getting ready for the Winter Dance. Then somehow, Hanabi-chan had gotten invited and Temari-nee-chan too. So for the second time that week, I was dragged away from Gaara-kun. Although Gaara-kun had argued and promised that he wouldn't disturb them, Ino-chan scares him, like she does everyone else.
And so I was litarly dragged by Temair-nee-chan up to Ino-chan's room, where they had thrown me onto a desk chair. "Now." I remember Ino-chan saying "You are not allowed to look in a mirror until we are finished. Understood?" I had nodded straight away, knowing it was no use arguing with Ino-chan over anything.
And so here I am now. Somehow they had helped me into my dress without me opening my eyes, and now I am sitting on the soft desk chair again, trying my hardest to keep patient, but failing miserably.
"Okay! We're done. We will guide you over to the mirror, then when I say so, open your eyes, sis." Hanabi-chan told me. I nodded to show that I understood.
I felt two of the girls grab my arm and knew straight away one of them was Ino-chan. 'Damn her grip hurts every time. What have I ever done to her?' I asked myself. I felt them pull me up and they all started guiding me over to where the mirror must be. I felt them stop me and waited for one of them to tell me to open my eyes.
"OPEN YOUR EYES!" They all screamed and I cringed inwardly.
I slowly opened my eyes and blinked until everything wasn't blurry anymore. I saw the mirror in from of me and gasped at the reflection in front of me.
I had a midnight blue dress on, the same color as my hair. It was strapless and the dress fell down to my knees. The edge at the bottom of the dress was a sparkling silver color. My shoes were sparkling blue, the same color as my dress. I had little make-up on, only a a little bit of pale pink lip gloss, mascara, thin eyeliner and a bit of blush. Then I took a good look at my hair. My usually straight navi colored hair started straight from the roots and started curling lightly to the bottom. I had a silver heart shaped neckless to match the silver on my dress.
I stared wide eyed at my reflection. 'Is that me...? I never thought I could look so... beautiful.'
"You like?" Ino-chan asked
All I could do was nod dumbly as I started poking myself in various places... It was just to make sure it was really me.
I heard the girls giggling behind me and Temari-nee-chan snapped me out of my trance. "C'mmon Hina-chan. We helped you get ready, so now we need to help Ino-chan and TenTen-chan get ready for the Winter Dance too." She said.
I nodded and quickly thanked the girls with a hug before helping Ino-chan and TenTen-chan get ready too.
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"Ready?" Shikamaru asked Kiba and myself.
'Hell no!' My mind screamed. I was so nerves. My mind kept thinking about the what if's. What if my Hina-hime only wants to go we me because no one else asked her? What if she decides at the last minute to cancel? What if I make an ass of myself half way through the Winter Dance and she would be too embarrassed to be seen with me again? What if I accidentally let slip the big secret that I love her and she rejects me?
I inwardly shuddered at the last what if.
But I look at Shikamaru and nod my head stiffly once and I saw Kiba pump his fists into the air while shouting out "YEAH!" On top of his voice.
Shikamaru nodded to us and turned back around and knocked the door softly.
Shikamaru was wearing a black suit with a black and silver stripped tie. His shoes were shiny and the color black. He had his gift for Ino behind his back as he started unconsciously patting his hair, making sure it looked good enough. Kiba was wearing a midnight blue suit with a matching tie. He also had a present for TenTen and was hiding it behind him too. Kiba was stroking down his suit, making him look presentable for the girls.
I was wearing a black suit with a dark red colored tie, the same color as my hair. My shoes matched my suit and I had my gift for my Hina-hime in my trouser pocket.
The door opened and Temari-nee-chan and Hanabi greeted us with complements. "My, My, lil' bro. Don't you look handsome all dressed up for your date tonight." Temari-nee-chan laughed with a sly smirk on her face.
"Shut up." I mumbled under my breath as I closed the front door.
"HEY, GIRLS! THE BOYS ARE HERE!" My Hina-hime's sister shouted up the stairs to them.
"WE'LL BE DOWN NOW!!" Came TenTen's irritated voice. I saw Kiba flinch next to me and I cocked my would-have-been eyebrow at him. He laughed nervously and said "I just hope TenTen-chan's temper goes down before the dance, otherwise I'm not ganna have the best of times." He scratched the back of his neck while giving us all a goofy grin.
"There you are!" Temari-nee-chan crossed her arms over her chest and gave a stern look. I looked up at the stairs and saw TenTen and Ino making their way down the stairs.
TenTen's hair was down instead of up in those two buns, and was straight. She had a pale green dress on which came to her knees and the dress had flimsy straps, and shoes to match her dress. Ino was wearing a deep purple colored dress which went just below her knees with a lighter colored purple at the bottom of the dress. Her hair was down and slightly wavy. Her shoes were a deep purple.
They both ran over to their dates and hugged them before receiving their presents from the boys.
"Where's Hinata-chan?" I asked them.
"Here I am." Came the angelic voice of my Hina-hime from the top of the stairs.
I looked up and gasped. I literally couldn't breath. My eyes widened as much as they could and my heart started beating the fastest it's ever beaten before. The butterfly feeling came back full force and now I was really nerves.
'Am I really lucky enough to go to the Winter Dance with someone so beautiful and innocent...?' She looked like an angel to me as she started walking down the stairs, a deep blush on her face from all the attention. I just couldn't rap it around my head. How could I get such a beautiful angel to go out with me? It just doesn't make sense. God, I love her so much.
She reached the bottom of the stairs and I nervously took a step towards her. "Hina...You look..." I was at a loss for words. There was no words to describe her. "... Uh... Amazing... Beautiful..." Her blushed deepened even more and I had to fight off the urge to jump her and kiss her all over.
"Th-Thank you, Gaara-kun. You look very... Handsome." She whispered while sending her gaze to the floor.
I looked around and saw everyone chatting away, but I knew they were secretly trying to eavesdrop on our conversation.
"Oh!" I randomly shouted out, making my Hina-hime's head snap up to ask what is wrong. "I almost forgot. I have something for you." I took my hand out of my pocket with my present in my hand and quickly hid it behind my back.
"Gaara-kun! You said you have something for me! Don't hid it!" My Hina-hime pouted like a little child, which only made her all the cuter.
"Not yet! Close your eyes and hold out your right arm." I told her. She gave me a confused look but did it anyway. She closed her moon-like eyes and put her arm out on front of her, pointing it towards me. I gently grasped her hand and put my gift around her arm. "Open your eyes." I whispered into her ear, before taking a step back and letting go of her arm to see her opening her eyes. She looked down and gasped.
My present for my Hina-hime was a bracelet. The bracelet was silver, and had a diamond that was a see through diamond with a hint of pink in it. Then on one side of the diamond, it had my name 'Gaara' encarved on it and on the other side of the diamond was her name 'Hina-hime'
She looked back up at me with tears in her eyes. My eyes widened 'Does she hate it?' I thought frantically. I had tried to get her the best present and I had just made her cry. But I thought I had done good. Temari-nee-chan said it was beautiful and romantic. Maybe it's just that she doesn't understand what it is. "Uh... It's a bracelet for you from me... I payed for someone to encarve our names in it so that you'll remember years from now, this day."
But that didn't work because one tear slipped down her cheek. I hanged my head in shame. "You hate it, don't you?" I asked her.
The next thing I knew she had wrapped her fragile arms around me and was hugging me close to her. "Gaara-kun I don't hate it, silly! I love it." She giggled at my confused face.
"But... But I thought you hated it. You had tears in your eyes!" I really was confused now. If she loved it then why was she almost crying when she looked at it? Was she just trying to make me feel better...?
"Silly Gaara-kun..." She whispered. "I had tears in my eyes because I was happy. I-I've never had such a beautiful gift off anyone before. I love it and I'm never going to take it off." I relaxed when she said that. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her closer to me.
'She liked it... No loved it. I'm happy now.' I thought as I took in her lilac smell.
I decided that I am going to tell her how I feel tonight. I love her and I can't keep it in any longer. I'll tell her when we are alone and just hope that she doesn't reject me. I'll just have to hope that she feels the same way as myself.
"Brake it up, lovebirds! The limo's here. Go have fun." Temari-nee-chan just had to ruin the moment.
My Hina-hime stepped away from me as I secretly shot Temari-nee-chan a death glare. My Hina-hime took my hand and we walked out the door, trying to catch up with our friends. "Hey, guys wait up!" Both me and Hina-hime shouted.
We caught up and jumped into the white limo, where everyone else was and we were off to the Winter Dance. And my first Dance.
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"Wow..." I whispered when I looked around the room. I gaped at all the flashing lights and the loud music. This was defiantly going to be a fun night, I can just feel it
We were walking through the entry of the Winter Dance and I smiled brightly. Almost everyone was on the dance floor dancing with their partners, and there was chairs going around the wall of the hall for those who were sitting. There were huge speakers in each corner and there was flashing lights of all different kinds of colors. Along one side of the wall was where the foods and drinka, etc were.
"Wow..." I whispered again, and this time Gaara-kun caught it.
He chuckled and squeezed my hand "Well, what do you want to do first?" He asked me.
I saw Ino-chan, Shikamaru-kun, TenTen-chan and Kiba-kun heading over to the dance floor and decided to do that first "Hmm... Why don't we follow our friends onto the dance floor? Can you dance Gaara-kun?" I asked him.
He smirked at me "Of coarse." He answered, guiding me onto the dance floor where we began our first dance.
'Remember to tell Gaara-kun how you really feel. I have to tell him I love him. Tonight can end as the happiest night of my life... Or it could become the worst... I just hope that Gaara-kun loves me back and wont reject me... Oh well, I'll soon find out...'
I'm finally done! Great! Well, until my next chappy... Merry Christmas!
