Astrocam: Yay, new chapter :D I must warn you all there is a lemon warning near the end of this chapter, so if you don't like that stuff then stop reading now.
Warning 2: There is a pairing that probably a lot of people will get upset with me for. But again, if you don't like this pair no need to leave a comment saying "omg why did you do that" or "you're a terrible writer for putting those two together".
Even if the Naruto characters aren't my characters, this story is still my plot to do with as I please. And I felt this was the best way to resolve the drama. So, here it goes.
Chapter Twelve - An Unlikely Pair
Hinata also remembered to ask Gaara about what happened on the beach with the suicidal girl. He explained to her that the girl had been Matsuri, and she was upset that Gaara had refused to date her despite Hinata moving away. So she felt like she should purposely put herself in harm's way, she knew that Gaara and Hinata had met by fate, and Matsuri was trying to copy that.
Matsuri told Gaara that she wouldn't jump if he agreed to date her. He still refused, but told her that if she killed herself, she would miss any chance of having him date her at all, not that he really wanted to, but he would say anything to get her to not jump. Finally, she stepped away from the cliff and hugged Gaara, who just stood there patting her back and pretending like he cared. They got her to the police car and back home safely.
Hinata was glad that Matsuri hadn't jumped, but in a way she was worried that what if Gaara changed his mind the more time he spent with Matsuri? Well, if that happened it would make Hinata's decision much easier, she decided.
After eating breakfast, Naruto texted her and he came over to pick her up. The gang was heading to the park today to celebrate Hinata's return to Konoha. Ino, Sakura, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Chouji, Rock Lee, Tenten, and Neji were there to hang out for the day. Sakura had bought a "welcome home Hinata" cake. Hinata was grateful to have such good friends. She couldn't wait to catch up with everyone.
During the party, Hinata chatted with several of her friends. A lot of them commented on her new looks, and it made her blush. She hadn't realized how much she'd missed them.
Rock Lee and Tenten were talking to her about her Suna adventures when she noticed that Naruto and Ino seemed to be in deep conversation off to the side of the group. She tried to ignore it and keep her focus on Rock Lee and Tenten who were pounding her with questions, but she couldn't help but sneak a glance at Naruto and Ino once in a while.
What was it about those two? Something just wasn't right here. They were acting too cuddly and buddy buddy to be just friends.
Rock Lee and Tenten were suddenly distracted by Sakura's announcement that she was going to start handing out pieces of cake. Everyone crowded around so they could get a piece. Naruto and Ino joined the group, gathered their pieces and walked off to be alone again. Hinata watched them carefully while she picked at her cake. It just didn't add up.
When Naruto and Ino were finished eating, they tossed their plastic plates in a garbage can and the two of them headed even farther away from the group. Jealousy boiled inside Hinata. Where were they going?
Sakura approached Hinata, so Hinata announced that she had to go the washroom. Luckily the washrooms were not in plain view of everyone, so no one would know if she really went to the washroom or not. They were all too busy stuffing their faces or talking to each other anyway.
Hinata dumped her trash in the garbage can and followed Ino and Naruto at a distance. She knew that no one from the group would guess what she was doing, because the washrooms were in this direction.
The farther they got from the group, the more cuddly Ino and Naruto became with each other. They would purposely brush against each other, put arms around each other, and even hold hands for a few seconds. Hinata wanted to rage, but she kept her calm as she followed them. She had to know their real status before she could really panic or have another heartbreak. But something just wasn't right.
Finally, Ino and Naruto stopped in a secluded area, that had a bench off the side of the road. The two of them sat on the bench. Hinata found a good hiding spot in the bushes. They hadn't seen her yet, but she could see them clearly. She could even hear what they were saying now, as she dared to creep even closer.
"...Naruto, I don't know why you want to date me. What about Hinata? I know you love her and she loves you."
"Why should I stay single and wait for her to make a decision when she's obviously going to choose Gaara anyway? Besides...you're not so bad yourself."
Ino giggled. "Naruto, you're cute. But I don't know, this could really hurt Hinata if she found out. After Gaara broke up with her she was devastated. This would only add to her heartbreak. Do you want to be a jerk like that?"
Naruto shrugged. "She hurt me a lot when I went to Suna. I saw her and Gaara having sex. I was going there to tell her I wanted to be with her. Now I don't know, I mean if she can play me like that. Like, after Gaara broke up with her, she kissed me in front of Gaara, then dated me for like two seconds before running back to him. It's all just a mess. If I date you, it will make her decision easier. And get me out of that triangle."
Hinata cringed. She knew she had hurt Naruto. But she didn't know she had hurt him this much, that he couldn't wait for her to decide anymore.
"That's true, I guess. She's not a bad person, you know. She had no idea that you liked her, because you never showed it."
"I should have told her sooner. I just didn't know how, or what to do. I didn't want to screw it up. But it looks like I wasn't the one to screw it up after all."
Does he hate me? The thought made Hinata want to cry, but she had to keep silent to hear what else he had to say.
"I just want her to be happy, but I want to be happy too. I'm tired of being hurt by her."
Ino looked up at him. "Are you dating me just as a rebound? To get back at her?"
"No."
"You're not going to dump me once you realize that Hinata is hurt, right?"
"Right. She has Gaara to go back to. If she is really upset by this."
Ino smiled. "All right, then. Yes, Naruto. I will be your girlfriend."
Naruto grinned, then leaned down and kissed Ino passionately on the lips.
Hinata felt her heart break for the second time in a week. The air was squeezed out of her lungs. Because of her, Naruto was gone. He didn't want any part of her anymore. Well, that was fine. She had Gaara. Gaara would never hurt her like this.
Just then, her phone vibrated rather loudly in the silence. Naruto and Ino split apart, looking around for the source of the sound.
Shit, they're going to find you, Hinata panicked, reaching into her pocked for the phone and quickly checking the message.
It was from Gaara.
She didn't have time to read it. She had to get out of there.
"It sounded like a phone vibrating, but it wasn't my phone or yours," Ino checked her phone for any messages. Naruto did the same.
"Maybe it was a creature or something," Naruto shrugged. "I'm not too worried."
Don't cry, don't cry, just sneak away, Hinata tried to stay calm. She turned around, but the t-shirt she was wearing got caught on a bush, and she tripped and fell. Dammit.
"Someone's watching us!"
"Hey, who's there?"
Hinata didn't have the strength to stand. Her heart was broken. Inkblots stained her vision. Her knee hurt from the impact. Instead of standing up to run away, she laid there, broken. She didn't want to live anymore. She was a horrible person for everything she had put Gaara and Naruto through.
"Hinata? Why are you laying in the bushes?"
"Naruto, I think she heard everything we said."
"Shit."
"Now you regret dating me."
"No. I just don't know why she's not standing up or moving."
Because I want to die, was the first thought that came to Hinata's mind, but she didn't make another move or sound. She felt Ino and Naruto kneel beside her.
"Hinata, are you hurt?" Ino asked gently.
Not at all, she thought but stayed silent. She wished she had hit her head and passed out.
Her phone vibrated again. Gaara. I need you.
"That's the sound we heard earlier," Ino observed.
Hinata closed her eyes, imagining Gaara's touch, his gentle love. She missed him desperately. She needed him at this moment.
"Hinata?" Naruto touched her arm, gently shaking her. "Why aren't you talking?"
I'm just tired. She sighed, wanting them to leave her alone so she could rot into the forest floor.
"She's obviously hurt. She probably doesn't want to talk to us. Can you run up and find Sakura? She'll know what to do. I'll stay here with her. Make sure that no one else from the party comes, only Sakura and maybe Sasuke. You stay behind and entertain the party guests."
"Will do."
Hinata heard the sounds of Naruto's feet running away, then Ino's voice soothing her.
"Hinata, it'll be ok. I'm sorry that all of this has happened to you. When Sakura and Sasuke come, I'll leave so you can talk to them. You obviously love Naruto a lot, and didn't mean to hurt him. You couldn't help but fall for Gaara, but who could blame you, he was pretty attractive. And if Naruto didn't even tell you that he liked you, he was kind of late, wasn't he?"
Hinata listened to Ino's babble, but didn't pay attention or respond in any way. All she could think about was that she wanted to be back in Suna with Gaara.
"What's wrong with Hinata?" came another familiar voice a few moments later.
"I don't know. Me and Naruto were talking, then we heard someone in the bushes. She tried to run to avoid being caught but tripped and fell. I'm sure she's all right, but she never got up. She's just been lying here and refuses to talk to us. Maybe you and Sasuke could help her better than we could. I think she's upset that Naruto and I are together now."
"We'll talk to her. Naruto is with the others, I suggest you go back there too." Sakura sounded upset.
"Right. I'm sorry."
When Ino was gone, Hinata lifted her head to see Sakura and Sasuke kneeling over her.
"It was them you didn't want to talk to," Sakura realized, reaching a hand to help her friend sit up.
Hinata took her hand and sat up, realizing that she had scraped her knee on the fall and was bleeding. "I-I'm fine," she whispered, still not really wanting to talk to anyone but Gaara.
Sakura sighed. "Hinata...I know it hurts, but Naruto is an asshole. This whole situation was messed up. He shouldn't have done what he did, knowing you were trying to heal. I knew that him and Ino were hanging out more while you were gone, but I didn't think they would stoop this low. I guess I should have warned you, but I didn't think you and Gaara were going to break up."
Hinata just groaned miserably, ignoring the throbbing pain in her knee. "I-I don't know what to do, Sakura-chan." I don't want to live anymore. Tired of being hurt.
In a surprising gesture, Sasuke, who had been relatively quiet as normal, reached out to place a hand on her bleeding knee. "I'll talk to Naruto for you. I'm not going to tell him to break up with Ino, that would be wrong. I'll just tell him how badly you feel about everything. And if there's anything else you want me to say, let me know."
Hinata nodded, grateful for Sasuke's kindness. If anyone could get through to Naruto, it was his best friend. "Arigato," she smiled shyly.
Sasuke pulled his hand away, wiping it on the grass to clean off Hinata's blood. "We need to get you cleaned up," he murmured.
Sakura smiled at Sasuke, then winked at Hinata. "He's so cute when he openly cares about someone. I know he cares about you."
Sasuke "hned" and looked away as if embarrassed, shoving his hands in his jean pockets.
Hinata couldn't help but grin at Sasuke's obvious discomfort at showing emotion like this, so she leaned forward with open arms to embrace him.
He was startled, but pulled out his hands from his pockets to hug her back.
"Aww! That's adorable, I haven't seen him hug anyone besides me in a long time, if ever," Sakura cooed, clapping her hands.
Hinata couldn't help but feel a tingling sensation as she pulled away from Sasuke after a few seconds. Sasuke was rather attractive. She had been the only girl at school who hadn't been in love with him, because she'd been obsessing over Naruto. But, now that Naruto was gone, Hinata could see what everyone else saw in Sasuke. He was...hot.
Don't you dare fall for Sakura's husband just because he gave you a hug, you're already going through enough, her thoughts put her in her place, and she cleared her throat.
Sasuke was looking her in the eyes, and she couldn't help but wonder if he had felt what she had felt.
No. Stop it. You don't want to ruin your friendship with Sakura too.
"So, are you ready to go back to everyone else, Hinata?" Sakura asked a few seconds later, breaking her out of her dazed state.
Hinata nodded. "I-I think so. But Gaara texted me, I never got to write back to him."
"We'll wait while you do that. I'm sure we have some napkins or something back there that you can use to wipe up your knee." Sakura stood, followed by Sasuke. Hinata clambered up off the forest floor as well, reaching into her pocket for her phone.
Gaara's first message read, Hey, babe, how are you today? Then, a few minutes later, he sent, I'd give anything to have you with me now.
She could feel tears in her eyes, but she couldn't cry now. Instead, she swallowed the urge to cry and typed back to him, I miss you so much, Gaara. I need you right now.
He immediately answered. What's wrong?
Hinata loved that he could somehow sense when she was distressed. I'll tell you later. I'm a little busy now, they had a welcome home party for me.
Alright. I'll be here when you need me.
Hinata slid her phone back into her pocket, following Sakura and Sasuke back out to where the others were gathered on picnic tables. Her eyes found Naruto and Ino, who were talking and laughing, as if they didn't care what they had just done to her. Her heart cringed. She knew she deserved this for the way she'd treated Naruto. But that didn't make the hurt any easier.
Rock Lee was the first to notice her. "Hey, Hina-chan, what happened to your knee?" he asked, rather loudly to Hinata's embarrassment. Heads turned, and people murmured.
"I-I just tripped," she sniffled, grabbing a napkin off a table, sitting down and dabbing at her knee. It stung like a bitch, but soon she got it cleaned up. It would be fine, it didn't need stitches.
While she was finishing with her knee, she felt a presence loom over her.
"I'm sorry."
"Go away," she murmured darkly without even looking at him. She just wanted Naruto to leave her alone.
"I hurt you. I didn't mean to."
"Yeah, right."
"Why are you being so cold? I said I'm sorry."
Something inside Hinata snapped. She tossed the bloody napkin in a garbage can, and whirled on her seat to face Naruto, who was sitting opposite her on the bench. "I loved you. We had a moment, back on the rocks at school before Kiba interrupted us. I was going to confess after you kissed me, but you ignored me for those few months before I left. Then I move to Suna, met Gaara and fell for him. I decided since you were ignoring me, that I might as well be with someone who made me happy, and Gaara did that. He made me happy for a few months. When he broke my heart, I went back to you as a comfort because you have always been there for me. I didn't expect to kiss you. I didn't expect that shit to go down. I apologized for it, and I thought you understood. But to date Ino the day after I come home just to spite me? Thanks, I really appreciate it." With that, she stood up and was about to head to her car, but Naruto managed to grab her arm before she got too far.
"Hina-chan, please hear me out. I've been hanging out with Ino since you've been gone. I've realized she's a nice girl and we have quite a few things in common. I still had strong feelings for you, but my feelings for Ino were confusing me. When I went to Suna and saw you with Gaara, I was really hurt and confused even more. I was prepared to ask you to be my girlfriend. But then when I saw you with Gaara, and you picked him, I just...didn't know anymore. I guess when you left me at Sakura's reception to go have sex with Gaara, it confirmed for me that you're not ready for me. So I realized I should be with Ino, because she doesn't have ex's or drama in her life."
Hinata folded her arms across her chest, glaring up at Naruto, pouring all her emotion into her eyes so he could hopefully see how upset she was. "I came back to the party," she pointed out in a low, almost gravely voice.
Naruto seemed surprised by her obvious hate. "I know. But that doesn't change the fact that you still left me for him."
Touche. "You knew that I still loved you, but you went with Ino anyway. I was being single for a while to get in touch with myself. I might have picked you. In fact, I was strongly leaning towards picking you. But now, I don't see that happening. Ever. Goodbye, Naruto."
With that, Hyuuga Hinata turned on her heel and stormed towards the parking lot, leaving Naruto behind forever.
Once inside her car, all the anger and frustration she had held in at the party came pouring out like a waterfall, and soon she was soaked in her tears.
Two weeks later, Hinata was in school concentrating on her work, when she received a text message. Since it was a working class today, she could basically do what she wanted so long as she was getting work done. The teachers here didn't have a problem with students using cell phones.
It was Gaara.
A smile instantly lit up her face. She loved getting messages from Gaara. Now that they were officially together again, everything seemed to be looking up. Despite the fact that she hadn't seen him in three weeks and missed him like crazy.
He wrote, Hey, babe. Are you busy right now?
I'm just in a working class, why?
Well, do you have anything coming up that you need to be working on?
Not really, I've pretty much got everything caught up. Why are you asking?
Which classroom is yours again?
I told you, it's number five on the first floor. Why?
Well, I've been lonely.
Suddenly, a knock came on the door of Hinata's classroom. Since her teacher was not in the classroom, Hinata stood up to open the door.
The sight of the jade-eyed, crimson-haired man brought tears of joy to her eyes, and she launched herself into his arms shamelessly, ignoring the curious looks of her classmates.
Gaara wrapped his arms tightly around her. "I've missed you so much," he whispered, kissing her on the top of the head.
"What are you doing here?" she clung to him for dear life, nearly ripping his shirt with the force of her grip.
"I'll explain. Care to get your things, so we can hang out for the day?"
"Just the day?" Hinata was a little bit disappointed.
"No, I'm here in Konoha for a week." he smiled that devious smile that Hinata loved, and she grinned back at him.
She then hurried to get her things, then told one of her classmates to tell their teacher that she had left for an important engagement. Not that her teacher cared too much about whether the students came or stayed for working days.
Hinata and Gaara barely made it to Hinata's car before launching themselves at each other again, only this time it was less G-rated. Hinata put her hands on the back of Gaara's head, pulling his lips as close as she could. Gaara tangled his fingers in her long, violet hair, which had grown out quite a bit since she'd gotten it cut back in Suna.
"Mmmm," she moaned when he stuck his tongue into her mouth. She touched her tongue with his, not realizing until now how deprived she had been of his touch.
"You're...so...hot..." he murmured between kisses.
Instantly turned on, she reached down across the console of the car to touch Gaara over his pants, feeling his erection. She wanted him, here and now.
"Now?" he breathed as if reading her mind. He grinded his erection against her hand.
She nodded, then proceeded to crawl over the console so that she was now sitting on Gaara's lap, facing him. It was a bit awkward in the cramped space, but that didn't matter. She needed him.
She wasted no time in pulling her shirt up so that he could lick and suck her nipples. The sensation was amazing. She hadn't realized how much she'd missed this.
In return, she reached down to unbutton his pants and pull them down, springing his erection free. She took him in her hands, pumping his shaft up and down. He groaned, his mouth still on one nipple, his free hand teasing her other nipple.
They stayed like this for a few minutes, until Hinata was teased enough and just wanted him inside her.
"Turn around," he instructed. "It'll be easier that way."
Carefully, she turned so that her back was facing him. She grabbed his erection in her hand to guide him inside her, easing down onto him. It hurt a little bit because she was so tight after not having sex for a few weeks, but she quickly got used to the feeling of him inside her again.
He gasped, then put his hands on her waist to help her pump her body up and down.
She was so glad she had parked near the back of the parking lot in a more secluded spot. If anyone came out to their cars now, they would certainly get an eyeful. Mostly they would see her breasts bouncing up and down as she fucked Gaara. But she didn't care. Right now, all that mattered was how amazing Gaara was making her feel.
It didn't take either of them long to come.
"Ahhh! Ah! Ah!" Hinata cried out as she experienced orgasm after orgasm while Gaara still pumped her.
Instead of pulling out like she expected him to, he suddenly grabbed her shoulders and pressed her body down on him while he spilled his seed inside her.
The feeling of hot cum inside of her was the most incredible feeling she had ever experienced. Gaara seemed to enjoy it too, for he moaned her name before going limp and releasing her.
It took her a few moments to come down from her high. When she finally pulled herself up off of him, it hit her then.
"Gaara...we didn't use a condom."
"Shit."
Astrocam: Uh oh. Looks like they might be in trouble. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please no hate comments or flames.
