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Title: Playground Fiascoes
Summary: It's always the quiet ones.
Pairing: Slight Shino/Hinata
Word Count: 97
She isn't pretty like Sakura, or brave like Ino. Hinata is shy and awkward. It takes months to summon enough courage, to fidget and finally stammer, 'Can I sit with you?' They run away from her eyes.
Shino doesn't have eyes. Or so the other children say – why else would he wear sunglasses indoors? They say he's stupid too, and mute, so when he beats them in test scores, why then, he must have cheated.
Hinata is a little scared of Shino. She doesn't think it's mere coincidence that Naruto-kun always has bug sandwiches for lunch.
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