Chapter 2

Chapter 2

She continued walking, trying to ignore the boy behind her, Naruto Uzumaki, who was saying, "Lina! Hey, Lina, wait up!"

'I hate talking to people.' She thought, not stopping.

Naruto caught up to her in no time, saying, "Man, you walk fast! So, how are you today?"

"Naruto, I'm only going to tell you this once. Leave. Me. Alone," Lina said, glaring at the blonde from the corner of her eye, making him stop in his tracks as she kept walking, turning the corner.

"Hey, Dobe," Sasuke said, walking up the street.

Naruto looked back at him and said, "I told you to stop calling me that, Teme."

"Well, you have a nickname for me, so how come I can't have one for you?" Sasuke asked, walking up next to the blonde.

"Because, your sucks," Naruto said.

"What's wrong, Dobe? Did that Lina chick scare you?" Sasuke said, smirking.

"No, she's just anti-social, that's all," Naruto said.

"And that angers you, doesn't it?" Sasuke said.

"Well, yeah. I mean, she doesn't talk to anybody, Sasuke. No one."

"Don't hold it against her, her mom did die while she was being born, you know. Kurenai," Sasuke said.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. Hey, why don't you move out of that piece of shit apartment and move in with her and Kakashi? They probably have plenty of room," Sasuke said, laughing.

"How 'bout I move in with you instead, Teme?" Naruto said, laughing at Sasuke's serious face at the suggestion.

"Don't even think about it," He said, even though he was chuckling as well.

When Lina arrived at home, she walked inside and said, "Dad, I'm home!"

"I'm in the kitchen, Lina," Kakashi said from down the hall. Lina walked down and into the kitchen, setting her bag down on one of the chairs.

"You're late," Kakashi said, turning around to face her. He was wearing his mask, like usual, and his headband was covering his Sharingan eye, like it always did.

"Sorry. I ran into trouble on the way home. Some stupid sophomores from school," Lina said, getting up and getting a glass of water.

"Oh, really? Which ones?" Kakashi asked, knowing his daughter could take care of herself.

"Yushio and his run-with-tail-between-legs gang," Lina said, taking a sip.

"Hmm…" Kakashi said, walking out of the kitchen. He called back, "You should get ready. You have to work in an hour."

"I know!" Lina called back, dreading to go. She walked into her room and pulled out her dress for work. Tonight's was a black silk dress that went down to her thighs and was cut out in the back. She walked into the bathroom and showered, putting the dress on afterwards. She walked back into her room and started blow-drying her thick hair. When she was done, she had fifteen minutes to style it and put her makeup on. As her hair was curling in the curling iron, she put on her blue eye shadow, bringing out her eyes. She put on her eye liner and a little bit of blush and lip-gloss.

She finished curling her hair and walked out of the room grabbing her bag as she walked out, calling, "I'm going to work now, dad!"

"Alright, be safe!" He called back.

'Always protective of me.' She thought as she walked out of the house, locking the door behind her. She made sure she had her cell before running down to the restaurant she worked a, called 'Hyuga Plateau.' Yes, she worked for the Hyuga clan, and it seemed that she couldn't get out of Neji's sight, a member of the Second Branch of the family. She walked in and into the back where the lockers were.

"You're early, Lina-kun," Hinata said, placing her things in her locker.

"So are you, Hinata-chan," Lina replied, putting hr purse in hers.

"Just a few minutes," Hinata said, smiling. Lina forced a small smile on her face for the girl, even though she could freely talk to Hinata, she still didn't feel all that close to her for some reason.

"Lina, it's time to open up!" Neji called from the front.

"I'll be out in a minute, Neji-san!" Lina called back. "I'll see you later, Hinata-chan," she said, walking out of the lockers.

"Good choice, Lina. We might have important customers tonight," Neji said, looking at her dress. She just nodded in return and walked up to the door, flipping the sign from 'Closed' to 'Open.' She walked around the tables, doing a quick check, when the first customer arrived.

She forced a smile on her face and said, "hello, welcome to Hyuga Plateau, how many this evening?"

"A table for one, please," the man said, looking at her up and down.

"Yes sir. Please, come this way," Lina said, leading him to a table in the back. She took out a lighter and lit the candle on the table while the man took a seat.

She handed him his menu and said, "Our specials tonight are the famous Hyuga Stroganoff and salmon, if you would like one of those. If not, may I get you something to drink?" She took out her pad and pen, waiting for his order.

"I'll take the Stroganoff and a Pepsi, please," he said, closing the menu.

"Good choice, sir. It'll be here shortly," Lina said, taking the menu from him and walking up to the window in back.

"One stroganoff, Kiba," Lina said, placing the order on a line with a clothespin attached.

"Coming right up!" Kiba said, tossing a piece of meat to his little whit dog, Akamaru.

"Kiba! He's not supposed to be in there! You remember what Neji said! The next time he caught him, he wouldn't be able to come here anymore!" Lina whispered.

"I know, which is why he won't catch him," Kiba said. Lina sighed and went to get the man's Pepsi.

Soon, the restaurant was packed, Lina and Hinata the only waitresses that night. As they were hurrying to get orders done, Neji walked around and asked how the service was, mostly getting 'fines' and 'greats.'

"He nodded and walked back and whispered, as the girls passed, "Hurry up!"

"We're going as fast as we can, Neji. If their wasn't only two of us, this would be going by a lot faster, "Lina retorted, going past him with two trays balancing on her hands while she carried a placer for them under her arm.

Later that night, their shift was finally ending, the last customers going home. "Goodnight Hinata-kun, Neji-san. See you, Kiba-chan!" Lina called into the kitchen to get a "See you" from Kiba, and goodbyes from the cousins. Lina walked out of the restaurant and down the street, unaware of the golden-brown eyes following her through the trees.

She pulled out her iPod and turned it on to the song, 'Every time we touch' and as the song played, she started to sing," I still hear your voice when you sleep next to me. I still feel your touch in my dreams. Forgive me my weakness but I don't know why, without you it's hard to survive! 'Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling, and everytime we kiss, I swear I can fly!" as she sand, her voice rang like bells throughout the village. She started dancing, twirling in circles and raising her arms up, closing her eyes while she danced.