Chapter 12

After our set, we gathered our equipment and brought it back to Dad's truck. Kankuro gladly helped us out, despite Itachi's obvious and silent bitching. When we finished, we sat with Cara and her friends to watch the rest of the other bands play. Obviously, Sasuke sat next to Sakura (they started going out earlier this week. Ino was sitting next to Gaara, who were getting along just fine. Cara was talking to Itachi, who was looking stoic as usual.

"C'mon, Cara! I thought. "Tell him how you feel! Wait, if Sasuke is with Sakura, and Cara's next to Itachi, Gaara, and Ino . . .I'm in the middle with-" I look to my right and I see Hinata smiling and blushing at me. I give her a smile and she draws closer to me.

"TALK TO HER, STUPID!" I thought.

"So, Hinata-chan . . ." I ask.

"Y-yes, R-Rakuya-kun?" she answers.

"How did you like our performance?"

"I thought y-you were r-really good, Rakuya-kun. I never knew you had such an angelic v-voice!"

"You think my voice is a-angelic?" I said rubbing the back of my neck. "Gee, thanks, Hinata-chan!" She starts to blush again. At the same time, I see Cara get up and go outside. I give Itachi a meaningful look that said "The hell did you do?". He looks at me with an expression that read "Nothing? Why?" I jerk my head towards the door and we both see Kankuro heading outside as well. I see my brother's eyes narrow and he gets up and slowly heads for the door.

"Rakuya-kun? What's wrong?" Hinata asked with a worried look.

"Huh? Oh, sorry, Hinata-chan. It's nothing."

"You sure?"

"Yeah." I turn to Sakura, Sasuke, Ino, and Gaara. The four of them immediately get the message.

"Sakura," Ino said. "I got to use the restroom. Can you go with me?"

"Sure," she replied. As the girls got up, Sasuke said to Gaara, "Yo, Shorty! Let's go and scout out a girl for you!"

"What?" he said. "But-"

"C'mon! I insist!" And now Hinata and I were alone. "I can't believe this is working!" I thought. I look back at Hinata whose eyes widen.

Hinata's POV:

"W-why did they leave all of a sudden? Oh, I can't do this! Being alone with- AHHH!" I look down at my hand and I see . . . RAKUYA-KUN'S HAND? Oh my God! This is a dream, right? Please someone tell me I'm dreaming!

"Hinata-chan," Rakuya said. His eyes appeared to be pleading and filled with love. "Are you free tomorrow night?"

"W-w-what? Are you asking me out on a d-date?"

A smile crept on his face. It wasn't a creepy smile that most boys would have when they would have asked me out. They'd only ask me out because I was rich. The smile that was on Rakuya-kun's face was a smile of happiness and love.

"Yes, I am." He said.

I felt myself blushing again. Then I took his hand into mine. I smiled as well.

"I accept, Rakuya-kun."

Rakuya's POV:

"R-really?" I said. She responded by smiling and blushing madly. Joy filled my heart. I could have sworn I felt tears filling my eyes, but I fought them back.

"If I d-didn't accept, I w-wouldn't do this." She got really close to me and hugged me. My eyes widened in surprise. "S-she's hugging me! Holy crap! Calm down, man." I thought. She released me after a few seconds and looked into my eyes.

"You sure have a strong heart, Rakuya-kun." She said. That's when I heard our friends' voices drawing near.

"That was a pretty long time to be in the bathroom, Ino." I said.

"Well, if you must know, I was trying to reapply my make up when a certain pinkette started to be a little bit too friendly." she replied.

"Hey! We're both pretty, so why not?" Sakura said sticking out her tongue. Sasuke put his arm around her and kissed her on the cheek.

"I never knew you went both ways, hon." All she did was giggle. We then saw Cara and Itachi walking back into the club. Everyone at the table eyes widened, obviously demanding answers. Itachi looked at Sasuke and I with a look that meant "I'll tell you later". After a few minutes, we decided to head on back home. We all said our goodbyes to each other before entering our cars. Before I got into the truck I suddenly dashed right out. Itachi yelled out to me.

"Rakuya! Where are you-"

"Shut up, man. He did it." Sasuke said.

"No way!"

"Yeah. I'm surprised too." Gaara added.

Itachi got out of the car to wait for me. As I walked over to Sakura's car, I saw Cara out of my peripheral view, heading over to Dad's truck. Hinata greeted me when I reached the girls' car.

"S-so, um, see you tomorrow n-n-night?"

"Definitely. What's your number?"

"Can I see your phone?"

"Sure." I hand her my cell phone and she type in her number and handed it back to me.

"It's my cell phone. Daddy will throw a fit if a boy from school would call the house phone," she said.

"Okay," I s told her with a light chuckle. "I'll see you around seven o'clock, okay?"

"O-okay." I started to walk back to the car and she got back in Sakura's car.

Hinata's POV:

"You seem cheerful," Sakura said teasingly.

"So . . . what were you and Rakuya talking about out there?" Ino said, leaning in close to my face. I couldn't help but blush and put my hands to my cheeks.

"H-he asked me out!" I said aloud. The two of them screamed in excitement. The three of them started screaming cheerfully.

"I'm so happy for you two!" Cara said, hugging me. "It's about time!"

"I-I know. Oh my, God! I'm so nervous!"