A/N: O.M.G!! Fank you guys soooooooo much for your reviews! Their all so amazing! I'm so happy! Ooh yeah! Neij is in this chappy! YAY Neji! D/W he's nice! So here's chappy 7!
Disclaimer: I still don't own Naruto...
Will You Be My Friend?
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Chapter 6: New Home
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The warmth of the early morning sun shining on my face woke me up from one of the most peaceful sleeps I have ever had.
I have a smile on my face and I feel all warm and tingly and I can't help but snuggle closer to the big cuddly thing that I'm resting on. God I love my teddy's they are so soft and warm. 'Wait... I don't have teddy's anymore... so... what the hell am I resting on?'
I opened my eyes slowly and noticed that I was actually resting on someone's chest. I lifted my head slightly and looked up. My smile widened. I remembered what had happened yesterday and I can't believe how lucky to have someone like Gaara-kun in my life. 'My best friend... my... my... my what?'
I moved my head so that I was resting on a pillow next to Gaara-kun's head. He looked so peaceful, he looked like a little child again with a small smile on his soft face. '... My hero...' I blushed at my thought.
And that's when I noticed. Gaara-kun wasn't wearing any eyeliner!! I know it sounds weird but he looks so much different without it. But... I think I like it better when he has eyeliner on. It makes his eyes stand out and I love his eyes. Also, it gives him a mysterious look.
I stretched and yawned, accidentally hitting Gaara-kun in the face.
"Ah! Damn it!" He cursed under his breath before opening his eyes and looking at me.
"Ga-Gaara-kun. I-I'm so-o sorry!" I stuttered out, both of us blushing at how close we were.
He yawned and stretched too, although he didn't hit me. "Hnn. How are you feeling?" He sat up and rubbed his eyes, reminding me once again of a little child. Even though he would never probably know, I think he's really cute and handsome.
"Ah... j-just a-a bit achy bu-but I'm alright." I was true. I was achy in most places but I would defiantly live. The only place where it hurts alot is my throat. Without knowing I lifted up my arm and gently touched the blueish-purple bruise there.
I couldn't help but wonder if next time he comes home Father might actually try to kill me.
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I saw her gently touch her neck where her bruise is and before I could stop myself my hand was also touching the bruise. My Hina-hime looked at me questionably but I shrugged it off and decided to glare at the ugly thing that is making Hina-hime's skin turn into a blueish-black color.
I am rubbing it gently, so not to hurt her.
I still feel some of the anger and rage from yesterday and glare even more at the bruise. Oh how I would love to kick Hina-hime's bastard of a Father's ares!
I suddenly felt my chest rumble and noticed that I am growling!
"Ga-Gaara-kun are y-you alright?" I heard my Hina-hime ask me. I looked up at her to see a worried expression on her face. I quickly gave her the softest smile I could before withdrawing my hand from her neck and saying "I'm fine. Are you sure your okay?" I tried to keep the worry out of my voice but failed miserably.
She gave me a bright smile and nodded.
'Time to get out of bed.' I thought as I swung my legs over the side of the bed and stood up and stretched once again. I couldn't keep the barley noticeable blush off my face as I thought that I had actually slept in the same bed as my Hina-hime.
I walked around to the other side of the bed and held out my hand for her to help her off the bed. She gave me a small nod as a thank you as she grasped my hand and I gently pulled her up. I paused and stared at what she has worn to bed. I blushed scarlet and didn't even bother to hide it ' Oh God! How could I have forgotten what she is wearing?!' I mentally scolded myself.
I remember last night, Temari-nee-chan had been so tired when she had gotten home, that she had stuffed all of her clothes into the washing machine - even the clean ones - and didn't have any clothes for my Hina-hime to wear to bed... and so... I gave her some of my clothes to wear...
She is wearing one of my favorite shirts that is black with red bold writing saying 'Bad ass!' on it, which is too big for her and is hanging on her shoulders for dear life and she is waring my lucky boxers that is a maroon color with the symbol for love on the bottom of the boxers. The same as my tattoo.
"Gaara-kun? Wh-What's wrong?" Hina-hime asked me, but I couldn't hear her. All I could hear was the pounding of my heart and wouldn't be surprised if she could hear it too. The only thing running through my mind is 'She looks so damn good in my clothes...'
I could see Hina-hime following my gaze until she too is now staring at my clothes she is waring.
She also blushed scarlet.
Tension is now really thick in the air around us.
I gulped hard. "Cummon." I said taking a delicate hand in my own and turned around and started litterly dragging her out of my bedroom.
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"GOOD MORNING!" Temair-nee-chan shouted when she noticed Gaara-kun and myself come through the kitchen door.
"Uh... G-Good morning..." I said wearily.
I looked at the kitchen table and saw Kankuro-san sleeping on the table, drool coming out of his mouth and loud snores coming from him. I mentally giggled at the sight. I looked at the other two sitting at the table, Hanabi-chan and Yahiko-chan... WAIT! What were they doing here!?
"Hanabi-chan? Yahiko-chan?" I asked.
They both looked over at me. Their faces turned from sleepy to ecstatic in two seconds flat! "HINA-NEE-CHAN!" They both screamed and jumped out of their seat and wrapped their arms around me. I did giggle this time.
"Well, you t-two a-arn't usually th-this hyper in the m-mornings." I said with a smile as I let go of Gaara-kun's hand and gently hugged them back.
"Are you okay Nee-chan? Gaara-kun helped?" Yahiko-chan asked while Hanabi-chan let go of me to sit back down in her seat. I picked him up and squeezed him into my hug and felt him hug me back tight, although not as tight as my own.
"I'm fine, thank you Yahiko-chan. And yes, Gaara-kun helped me alot!" I said as I quickly glanced at Gaara-kun to see him helping Temari-nee-chan cook breakfast.
As I walked and sat in Yahiko-chan's seat, with him sitting on my lap, I felt strangely at home here and felt dread spared it's way through my whole body at the thought of having to go back to that hell that I'm forced to call me home. And what really scares me is the thought of my Father coming back again soon.
"Here you go Hina-chan!" Temari smiled down at me. She put a plate in front of me. I looked down and smiled.
"Mmm. This l-looks wonderful T-Temari-nee-chan." I complimented her. Gaara-kun sat beside me with his own plate of food.
"Thanks." She took her own seat and smacked Kankuro-san on the head, waking him up immediately, and without even looking up, started tearing into his food. We all looked at him with disgust looks on our faces before Temari-nee-chan looked up at me and smiled softly. "How are you feeling Hina-chan?" she asked.
"I've... b-been b-better, but it's nothing b-bad. J-Just a li-little achy." I answered.
Then everyone went silent as we ate our food. But it was defiantly comfortable with just a few giggles now and then from Yahiko-chan when he would miss his mouth and the food would land on my lap. In the end I had to feed him myself before I burned.
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Temari-nee-chan, my Hina-hime, Kankuro-nii-san and myself are still in the kitchen while Hina-hime's siblings are in the living room watching TV or on the computer.
It was silent as we all just stared at each other, none of us wanting to bring up yesterday night's events. There is an uncomfortable silence and, even though I don't want to, I want someone to stared the conversation, just for the awkward silence to end.
Thankfully Temari-nee-chan began to talk...
"Why did he hurt you, Hina-chan?" She dared to ask.
I could see that my Hina-hime had visibly flinched as soon as Temari-nee-chan asked the question, but answered anyway. "U-Um... W-Well, as you already n-know, I-I've been s-suspened from s-school, same a-as Gaara-kun." We all nodded at this and she continued. "W-Well, when F-F-Father f-found out, h-he got m-mad and th-this led to-to him coming h-home and t-taking out his an-anger on m-me again."
'Again!?' I thought angrily. 'Just how long has he been hurting my angel!?'
"Again? Has he hit you before Hina-chan?" Temari-nee-chan cooing voice settled me abit. I knew that she knew that I am angry and, along with Hina-hime, she is trying to calm me.
She nodded her head. "H-He takes his a-anger o-out on m-me every time h-he comes home. W-Which it's th-thankfully only every-y few months."
"You mean he doesn't live with you?" Kankuro-nii-san asked her.
She nodded her head again. "W-When I was t-twelve years o-old, he packed up a-and left u-us, saying we w-were just a wast o-of space. A-Although, he still gives m-me enough money f-for the house and f-food."
I managed to keep the growl in my throat.
Temair-nee-chan sighed. As she put her head down on the table, I think she was thinking of more questions to ask Hina-hime. Suddenly her head shot up as she asked "But wait... Where's your mother in all of this!?"
Me and my Hina-hime stiffened. She bit her lip. I knew she wasn't going to answer so in a low voice I quickly said to Temari-nee-chan "Her mother is dead..." And just like that another uncomfortable silence swept over us.
"Hina-nee-chan!?" Yahiko came in and thankfully broke the silence.
"Yes Yahiko-chan?" she asked as he came over and stood in between my seat and Hina-hime's.
"I forgot to tell you!" He shouted. "I called Neji-nii-san before I went to bed and told him about what happened! He told me that he would visit you today at some point and Hanabi-nee-san told him the address." Wait! Hina-hime has another sibling? She never told me.
"Thank you." She smiled at him. Yahiko hugged his sister quickly before running back into the living room again.
"Who's this Neji? I thought you said that you only had two siblings?" I asked her. I was clearly confused. Did Hina-hime lie?
"W-Well, N-Neji-nii-san isn't really mr Nii-san, he's my cousin. B-But we are close s-so he asked m-me to c-call him Nii-san." She explained. I nodded.
"Hinata-chan." Kankuro-nii-san started. "We think you should know, we decided to phone the police last night and told them what happened. Your siblings told us your Father's name and what he looks like and so they are searching for him to put in court where, hopefully, he will be jailed!"
I saw Hina-hime tense at this, but I knew she knew it was for the best, so she nodded in understanding.
"Well than. Hina-chan I have some clothes for you now so you don't have to wear Gaara's clothes anymore..." I saw Temari-nee-chan give us a sly smirk "... that is unless you want to wear his clothes." We both turned bright red. 'Damn you Temai-nee-chan!' I cursed my sister mentally.
Hina-hime shook her head 'no.' I was kinda disappointed. I liked her in my clothes.
"Fine..." Temari-nee-chan muttered before making Hina-hime follow her to her room to change. I decided to go and put my eyeliner on.
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I sat in the living room on the sofa with Gaara-kun to the right of me, Yahiko-chan in my lap and Hanabi-chan sitting to the left of me. Temari-nee-chan and Kankuro-san sat on the one-seater chairs, opposite us.
We were chatting about... Well nothing really. We just made small talk.
I love it here. I love how homey it feels and I'm sure Yahiko-chan and Hanabi-chan love it too. The Sabaku siblings are the nicest, funniest and most genouras people I have even known apart from my mother.
I smiled. Temari-nee-chan and Kankuro-san are fighting again. This time it's over the remote control. I love how free you can feel with them. You can be your own person.
There was suddenly a loud banging on the front door. Gaara-kun and I got off the sofa and walked towards the door. I couldn't help the little fear inside of my that thought it was my Father. 'What if he has found me.' Then I remembered that Gaara-kun had told me that he would never let anything happen to me again and that he would protect me. So I took his hand and gave it a good squeeze while my other hand gripped the back of his shirt.
I knew he understood because he squeezed back as we stood in front of the door. The banging didn't stop.
Gaara-kun turned the door knob and opened the door...
I am so relieved! It's Neji-nii-san!
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Once I had introduced everyone to Neji-nii-san we all sat down in the same places again, but with Neij-nii-san on the end of the sofa I was sitting on.
"Wh-What brings y-you here Neji-nii-san?" I asked him. I had a big smile on my face. I haven't seen him in so long!
He looked at me as if I had just grown another head. "Hinata-chan! Don't act stupid! Hanabi-chan and Yahiko-chan told me everything! Also I can see your bruises!" He used his hands to show just how dramatic everything has to be.
I giggled. "Th-Thank you for c-coming to s-see me Nii-san. Bu-But you didn't h-have to. I'm f-fine!" I reasoned. I hated it when Neji-nii-san would cancel something just to come and make sure I'm okay. Sometimes I feel like such a burden to him.
He shook his head from side to side. "It was no trouble. But I do want to know if you did anything to make him mad, or did he just take his anger out on you again?" I blushed at this. I didn't want to explain to Neji-nii-san that I had punched a bitch because she was being mean to Gaara-kun, then getting caught and suspended for it!
Thankfully Gaara-kun knew how uncomfortable I was so explained for me. "I got into a fight with someone, and so did Hinata-chan. I stopped just when Hinata-chan knocked the girl out cold. Then someone told our principle, Tsunade, and we got suspended for a week."
I blushed more at Neji-nii-san's dumbstruck expression. "Wow. She must have been a bitch and a half for Hinata-chan to actually knock the person out!" Neji-nii-san said still looking stupid.
I blushed once more. Gaara-kun smirked at me. Temari-nee-chan had a knowing smile on her face - because I had told her why I had punched Sakura - and Kankuro-san, well he was watching TV and not paying attention to us.
"Hinata-chan I have something to ask you and Hababi-chan and Yahiko-chan?" Neji-nii-san asked.
"Yes?" I asked for me and my siblings.
"Will you come and live with me in my flat? I can protect you from your Father if ever that bastard shows his face again!" He asked.
My eyes widened. A part of me wanted to dance around the room, knowing that I could see my favorite cousin everyday for the next few years... but then again it really feel like home here in the Sabaku's house! 'But I will only be a burden...' I thought sadly.
When I was about to say 'Yes' Gaara-kun interrupted. "No." His answer was short and simple.
It was my turn to look dumbstruck. Did Gaara-kun really want me and my siblings here?
"What did you say? I wasn't talking to you." Neji-nii-san is now very angry.
"I said no. Your flat will be the frist place Hinata-chan's Father will look, but she is safe here with me and my siblings because her father doesn't even know we exist. It will take much longer for her Father to find her if she stays here." Gaara-kun explanation is enough for me.
"Bu-" Neji-nii-san started before I interrupted him.
"Th-Thank you s-so much for y-your o-offer Neji-nii-san, but I-I want to-to stay here. P-Please c-can I s-stay here?" I begged him. I really wanted to stay. It's the only home I have ever felt protected in and I want to stay feeling protected. Which meant I had to stay with Gaara-kun.
Neji-nii-san gave a long sigh before saying "I guess he's right. Okay you can stay. But I am coming to check on you more often okay?"
I smiled as I thanked Naji-nii-san.
I looked over to Gaara-kun and we both smiled at each other before he took his hand into my own and said "Your home now."
Hehe. I did it! This chappy is kinda boring I know, but I'll try to do better for the next one! Promise! R&R plz!!!