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Title: Brick Buildings
Author: Tha Wrecka
In parking lots. Random continuation of Naruto highschool trailer trash AU.
Hinata buries her head in Kurenai's neck and cries. She feels safe to do this here.
"It's alright, sweetie," Kurenai says as she soothingly pats Hinata's back.
Hinata thinks, as Kurenai rubs comforting circles on her back, that this is what having a sister should really be like.
Shino deals at lunchtimes behind the gym. He doesn't advertise it but everyone knows he's the guy to go to for the good stuff.
Some skinny kid is nervously trying to buy drugs.
"Are you sure you really want this?" Shino asks, holding out the bag.
"Yes!" the kid exclaims and gives him the money.
After they make the exchange the kid is looking curiously at the little white pills. "So what is this stuff really like?"
"It's like millions of tiny bugs crawling through your body."
It's a hot Spring day and Hinata is wearing a heavy coat. Kiba wishes she wouldn't. He's seen her without it and her breasts are luscious – big and round. He's not stupid – he knows why she wears it. He's seen the bruises poking out from under a sleeve. He's noticed the way she curls in on herself around her family.
Kiba passes her the joint and hopes this takes her mind off things.
They've skipped last period and are sitting in the alley behind McDonalds and waiting for Shino.
"I hear Naruto's coming back soon," he says to Hinata.
"Oh," she says quietly, eyes downcast. Kiba hates how shy she gets sometimes. "Do you think he'll remember me?"
"It's not like you're easy to forget, Hinata," he replies.
"As long as he remembers the promise he made us," she mumbles.
Kiba doesn't know what that's about and doesn't get to ask, either. Shino finally shows up.
Kurenai had been the one to teach him how to smoke. Kurenai taught him any number of things, most of them more legal and healthy than that.
She took care of him and his friends but not in that annoying way older teachers had. She generally liked them and treated them like family. The way she cared for Hinata had earned his eternal loyalty.
Kurenai had legs that went on forever and a tendency to wear really short skirts. She was Kiba's favourite teacher. Kiba tries to pay attention in her art class, even though he sort of sucks at the subject.
He turns to Shino and says, "You got the stuff?"
Shino silently passes him a bag under the table. Kurenai pretends not to notice.
Shino bumps into Hinata before last period. Her eyes are puffy and her hair is a mess but she is smiling softly.
"Hello Shino," she says softly, wiping her eyes.
"Are you all right?" he asks.
"I'm fine," she says. "Kiba and I are going to our place near the supermarket. Are you going to come too?"
"Wait for me there. I've got something to do first."
Shino always turned up to Biology on the days they had dissections. He liked seeing underneath things, finding out what things were like on the inside.
He uses the scalpel to carefully cut the lens from the eye without breaking or spilling anything. With the tweezers he pulls it away from the fleshy parts of the eye and brings it up to his own eyes, peering at it curiously from behind his glasses.
Next to him his lab partner is looking sort of sick.
"Did you remember your medication?" Shino asks.
"Yes," Hinata replies.
"Are you sure? The last time you forgot your medication you fainted in front of the school," Kiba says.
"I remembered," Hinata insists.
"Good," Shino breathes out, in a cloud of smoke.
