Title: My swan princess
Summary: Deidara dates Hinata for sixty days to prove he's straight. Hinata goes along with it in hopes of ensnaring her precious Naruto-kun but she gets more than she bargained for! HinataXDeidara, HinataXSasuke, HinataXNaruto, HinataXItachi, HinataXGaara
Genre: Romance/Humor
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto©
Chapter 2: The agreement
'Was I… was I d-dreaming?' Hinata thought airily. With a soft moan, she opened her eyes to see blond hair. 'N-Naruto-kun?' she thought dreamingly.
"Nice to see you come around, yeah" said a voice that didn't belong to her blond haired, blue eyed miracle. Hinata squeaked. Knelling over her was no other than her new friend Deidara. Everything went black again.
"You're really fragile aren't you?" was the next thing she heard. Hinata sat up slowly on the bed she was laying on. Her hair covering her face, she was ashamed that she had fainted. No wonder her father never approve of her... "G-g-g…"
Deidara held up his hand. "Sit straight" he commanded.
Hinata blinked.
"Do it"
Hinata did as she was told.
"Take a deep breath and breathe out"
Hinata did so.
"Now talk. Do it whenever you get flustered, yeah. It'll help"
"Go-gomen…"
"Don't apologize for something like that—" Deidara stopped when he saw Hinata shaking her head.
"No…s-sorry for f-fainting so m-much—"
Deidara resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He couldn't understand why she was so apologetic for nothing. This girl had some really low self-esteem. "Don't apologize for that either. It's not like you planed on it" then he added with a smirk. "At least I think you didn't" he nudged Hinata. "Great plan for getting us out of ISS!"
Hinata smiled softly. Deidara-kun was so kind to her, just like Neji. "W-where a-are w-we?"
"Nurse's office"
Hinata smile faded as she remembered the reason why she was there in the first place. Her pale skin turned a soft red.
Deidara frowned concernedly. He placed his hand against Hinata's forehead. "You're running a fever?"
Hinata shook her head. "Ano…a-n-no…a-about what you s-said…you k-k-know…" she motioned with her hands. "…earlier…"
"Oh…yeah" Deidara said lying back in his chair. To a degree he was regretting he spontaneous confession. She wouldn't make a good girlfriend... She was too needy, possibly flat (why else would she wear a huge coat in the middle of August?) and had absolutely no self-esteem. Man if he was to date her for two months and dump her, it would totally ruin her—
"I-I c-c-can't d-date you De-Deidara-kun…"
'WHAT?!' Deidara was shocked. "What?"
"I-I-I…" Hinata blushed a deeper shade of maroon and looked away. "I-I-I like s-someone e-else…" with a giddy chuckle she began to twirl her fingers.
Deidara's jaw slacked slightly. "Don't tell me it's that little teme Sasuke!" Just the thought of losing to an Uchiha again nearly made him sick. Even if it's a game of unrequited love.
Hinata looked scared as she replied, "N-No…It's s-someone else…"
"Oh" Deidara said relieved. 'hallahjuah, yeah!'
"Go-gomen Deidara-kun…"
Being rejected by a dorky girl like Hinata didn't make Deidara feel too hot but he forced a smile. "No prob, yeah. But we're friends still right?"
Hinata nodded her head. "Y-you are so k-kind to me D-Deidara-kun" she said with a cute smile.
Deidara couldn't help but smile back. 'Her smiles are always so sincere it's so sw—…no I command myself not to finish that sentence!'
"Hinata-sama" said a sudden voice called.
Deidara let out a groan when he recognized the voice right away.
Hinata looked up. "Neji?"
A hand pulled the curtain back from her bed. "Hinata-sama, are you alright?"
Neji Hyuuga, a stick in the mud and a genital wart on Deidara's unspeakable had just received word that his precious cousin had passed out and was sent to the Nurse's clinic. The concerned look on his usually cold face surprised Deidara. It seemed Hinata had the mysterious power of softening the hearts of those around her.
"And what are you doing here?" Neji addressed Deidara in his superior voice; looking down at him with an up turn nose.
Deidara's good mood had died a quick painful death. "Seeing Hinata-chan, of course" Deidara answered smirking. He rubbed Hinata's hand affectionately. Hinata blushed like the Virgin Mary while veins pulsed dangerously on Neji's forehead.
Hinata looked back and forth between the scowling faces of Deidara and Neji. She could almost see the static electricity passing between them. "A-ano N-Neji, I 'm fine, I'll be h-heading back to cl-class now…" Hinata stood up.
"I'll walk you there, yeah—"
"I'll accompany you there—"
The two males happened to say at the same time. Deidara and Neji started up another glaring contest. Hinata sighed.
—PAGE BREAK—
"Stop following us, Yamanaka" Neji commanded. Putting his arm around his precious Hinata-sama he picked up the pace.
"Shut your pie hole, Neji" Deidara replied as he trailed the cousins. "My class is in the same hallway"
Neji stopped abruptly and turned around. "Don't you ever address me by name, trash!" he sneered. "Hyuuga is fine enough"
"N-Neji! T-t-that's mean!" Hinata whimpered.
"Don't worry about it Hinata-chan, oh here's my class" Deidara turned to enter the room. "By the way see yeah next period, I'll make sure to sit by you, yeah" he added with a smirk. "Hyuuga…" He gave Neji the finger and entered the classroom.
"Hinata avoid him, he's trouble" Neji ordered sternly.
Hinata pressed her index fingers together. "B-b-but….he s-seems nice…" she swallowed. Even the gentle side of Neji was still so intimidating. Following Deidara's advice she took a deep breath and exhaled. "Ma-maybe if y-you got to k-know him, you l-like him too…"
"I detest him" Neji said without skipping a bit. "Besides why is he digging you? The rumor going around is that he's a closet homosexual"
Hinata's mouth quivered in disbelief. "Wh-what?!"
"Oh yes, Hinata-sama. That's what people are saying…"
Hinata felt her cheeks heat with humiliation. 'Bu-but he just asked m-me out! Was he l-leading me on? He t-thought I was easy?' Tears gathered in Hinata's eyes and rolled down her cheek.
"Hinata-sama?" Neji asked concerned.
Hinata merely whimpered in reply. She wiped the tears away. She really didn't know Deidara that well but he seemed nice and for him to trick her…it hurt. She thought he really was her friend. "I-I-I'll b-be okay…"
Neji offered his handkerchief to Hinata and she accepted it.
—PAGE BREAK—
Deidara's bad mood had grown to the size of King Kong by the time for 6th period rolled around. He got asked out back to back by two different homosexuals. One of them simply couldn't take no as an answer so he had to slug him and out run a rotund teacher who had witnessed the assault. Then he caught Tobi giving out his phone number to several guys and had to chase and beat him down.
Finally he was able to sneak into his creative writing class, ten minutes pass the bell. After getting a small lecture from a moody Kurenai-sensei he looked for a purple Hello Kitty backpack and spotted Hinata right away. Sitting in the back of the classroom resuming her usual position: hunched over with her nose in book.
"Yo Hinata-chan!" Deidara greeted cheerfully.
Hinata didn't answer nor did she look at him. She sunk lower into her seat and pretended to keep reading.
"Hinata?" Deidara questioned.
With a sigh, Hinata looked at him with sad puppy dog eyes. "Y-you lied t-to me…"
Deidara frowned. What the heck did that bastard Neji tell her? "Hinata-chan please, I don't know what you mean—"
"Quiet" Kurenai-sensei ordered, looking up from her papers. "It's AR Yamanaka. Do you have your book?"
Deidara took out a novel from his messager bag and waved it half-heartedly in the air. That satisfied Kurenai-sensei.
When she thought nobody was looking she stuffed another Oreo in her mouth. Being well over five months pregnant with her first child, her cravings were really starting to pick up. And her students were bent on feeding her knowing she would be in a better mood if she had a snack before class.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. The door opened to reveal, Shizune-san, the vice principal of Kohana High. She bowed politely. "Forgive me for the interruption but may I speak with you for a moment Miss. Yuhi?"
Kurenai resisted the urge to roll her blood red eyes. 'As if I can say no…' She flashed a sweet smile. "Of course" she turned to students. "I'll be right back, please continue reading until I return" she said. Kurenai heaved herself up and waddled out the classroom. The class erupted in chatter as soon as she closed the door behind her.
"So Sakura-chan, would you like to hang out this weekend?" Naruto asked eagerly. "I got tickets to that 'La Nubba' show—OW!"
"Move it!" Sakura snapped as smacked Naruto out the way. "Oh Saaaaaasuke-kun!" she singed. Sasuke visibly shuddered as he saw her coming. Deidara snickered sadistically at Uchiha's expensive. Suddenly he heard Hinata whimper.
'So she lied, she does like the Uchiha…' he thought grumpily but then he noticed she wasn't looking toward Sakura and Sasuke; instead her eyes where on Naruto. The pitiful blonde had just picked himself from the ground. Clenching his fist he shot Sasuke a dirty look.
Deidara looked back and forth between Hinata and Naruto. He repeated the process for ten seconds. 'Ah so she likes the loud mouth idiot…interesting'
But knowing the blonde's taste in that Haruno girl he probably didn't even know that little Hinata Hyuuga actually existed… Sakura Haruno was a popular prep, straight A student, president of SGA with long pink hair, bright green eyes and had a well toned but shapeless body. And Hinata Hyuuga was an average student, basically a shy nobody, nothing special unless you count her weird eyes…
"You really like Naruto-kun…" Deidara said in an offhanded whisper. "Or do you just have a heart for underdogs?"
Something amazing happened, Hinata's pale eyes flashed with anger for a brief second before it disappeared. "Pl-please d-d-don't say t-that" Hinata said with her face turning red.
"What? Then you don't like him?"
Hinata looked flustered. "I-I-I j-just I d-don't l-l-like you p-putting h-him down" she stuttered. She stopped, inhaled, exhaled and continued, "I t-think underdogs as y-you call them are the strongest of all" the fierceness in her eyes startled Deidara the most.
Deidara was dumbstruck. "No shit…" he said with awe. The wheels in his head began to turn. He could use Hinata's feelings to his advantage…yeah. "You know Hinata I consider you a trustworthy friend in only a short amount of time" he said honestly.
Hinata blinked, amazed how quick Deidara changed the subject.
"I'm sorry how I tried to trick you into dating me, yeah. So I wanna do something nice for you" Deidara said. "You dig Naruto, right? Don't lie"
Hinata averted her eyes and twirled her fingers. Bowing her head, she nodded shyly.
"Then I'll help you ensnare your precious Naruto-kun"
Hinata's head shot up. "Wh-what?"
I'll help you get Naruto's attention—the right kind of attention. I'm not totally popular but I got some clout. I'll help get your name out there and he'll notice that you actually exist"
Hinata was silent.
Deidara scooted closer to Hinata and whispered. "In return all I ask is for you to please, please, please pretend to date me for sixty days"
"Wha-what?!" Hinata squeaked. "But d-don't y-you like b-boys…Aren't y-you gay?" she asked.
Deidara's skin turned deathly pale. "No I'm not! I'm straight! I DIG GIRLS! I LIKE GIRLS! THE BOOBS, THE BUTTS—I LIKE IT ALL!!!" he whispered furiously. When he calmed down he continued, "Don't worry we'll only pretend in public. In private we're friends. I'll help introduce you to people, raise your popularity standard a bit. Get you out of your shell and out of that abomination of a jacket!"
Unconsciously Hinata hugged her over sized coat closer to her frame. "Wh-what's wrong w-w-with my j-jacket?"
"You really need to trash that jacket; it's covering everything! Talk about modesty!" Deidara then added mentally. 'If there's anything worth seeing…I may have to send her to the gym!'
"First thing is first, we're going shopping. You need a new wardrobe. Or do you want to go shopping with your girlfriends?"
"A-ano—"
"Oh I forgot you got none" Deidara said without thinking. "I guess I have to take you shopping…"
Hinata felt belittled but Deidara was right, she didn't have anyone…she was a shy loner who clung to mangas and books for companionship in the place of people.
She had Neji and Hanabi….but they were family. Oh! Kiba and Shino but they were only her lab partners in Kakashi-sensei's biology class. They were more like acquaintances than anything…Kami she was pathetic! No wonder Naruto-kun never paid attention to her.
"So do we have a deal? Hinata-chan?" Deidara asked softly. He looked distressed…almost desperate. Hinata broke eye contact with him and looked over at Naruto. He had bounced back from his rejection and was laughing and talking with Rock Lee and Tenten. Hinata felt her heart flutter. Just for a chance for Naruto to notice her was enough to make her go along with whatever wanted Deidara.
She looked back at Deidara. His eyes where pleading. Hinata nodded her approval. 'Anything for Naruto-kun'
Hinata got the breath knocked out of her as Deidara pulled her into an unexpected hug. "Thank you, Hinata-chan! I promise I won't let you down, I promise, yeah!" Deidara nearly sobbed into her shoulder; tears of joy. He picked her up and swung her around catching the attention of the room in the process.
"What the hell Yamanaka?!" a kid shouted after he narrowly dodged Hinata's feet.
"I'm hugging my new girlfriend, Hinata Hyuuga!" Deidara said excitedly. He sat her down and turned her around to face the class.
Hinata turned several shades of purple as everyone's eyes fell upon her. Though some people seemed less than interested, others were surprised, the gossipers looked like Christmas had come early (something new to add to the gossip pool), and the very least looked disappointed (mostly consisting of boys).
Tenten was the first to recover. "Dude, that's Neji-kun's cousin. You got a death wish?" she asked.
"He can try" Deidara said. With a happy grin, he pinched Hinata's cheek as he kissed her on the forehead.
"Stop slobbering all over Hinata you bastard!" Naruto yelled out suddenly. "She obviously doesn't feel the same about you: she looks like she's gonna have a heart attack!!"
Hinata gasped. Naruto-kun was defending her, in front of everyone? Her heart fluttered. 'He's noticing m-me! He's w-worried about me!' Hinata could officially die happy. In fact her eyes rolled toward the heavens and everything went dark.
—PAGE BREAK—
"Hinata-chan, we really got to work on the fainting thing. It's getting old, yeah" Deidara said as Hinata sluggishly came back around. They were in the nurse's office again.
"S-s-sorry…" Hinata apologized.
"Rule number 1 on ensnaring Naruto-kun. Stop apologizing so much: it makes you seem insecure and clingy. Come on" Deidara said. He swung his arm around Hinata's shoulders. Together they left the clinic for the second time that day. "We're going shopping now"
"N-Now? Wha-wha about school? W-we have t-to get b-back to c-cl-class"
"Naw, school has been out for over twenty minutes!"
"W-what?!" Hinata exclaimed. She then thought airily for a moment. "O-oh no, I a-al-also missed the b-buss!"
"It's okay, I'll drive you home after we go shopping" Deidara reassured. "Besides I have to go to work tomorrow so we gotta go today"
Hinata felt ashamed. She been out for over an hour?! Kami she really, really was pathetic! "B-but I-I don't h-have any mo-money on me…" Hinata dung into her pocket. The only money she had left over from lunch was three dollars and fifty-four cents.
"Bah! My treat! It's the least I could do since you're playing my girlfriend" Deidara said. "Consider it payment"
"N-No Deidara-kun, n-no please!"
"I said alright yeah, geeze. Rule number 2, Hinata, when a man makes a decision you can't talk him out of it!"
Hinata fell silent.
"Besides you don't seem like the type of girl to break the bank so I trust you—unlike someone else I know…" he added darkly thinking about his 'adorable' baby sister. "You're limit is two hundred. So where do you want to go?"
Hinata's eyes bulged out of their sockets. "Th-that's too m-much!"
Deidara scratched the back of his head as he stared at Hinata like she had two heads. "You're really unique…. The first girl to actually complain too much money is spent on her, ha-ha! You're defiantly a weird one!"
Hinata suddenly found the sidewalk interesting to look at.
They arrived at the student parking lot a few minutes later. Only about eight cars remained out of one hundred and thirteen. Hinata was shocked when Deidara walked to a two door convertible parked near the front.
"T-this-is your c-car?!" Hinata asked with a faint smile on her lips. Baby blue with white racing strips; it was so beautiful. She used to admire it from a distance every morning when her bus passed by the student parking lot on its way to the bus loop.
"Yeah, this is my girl, Skylark" Deidara declared proudly. "She's a 1965 Ford Cobra. Fully restored by me; a car born to race! When I originally bought it for $500 from the junk yard I had no idea it was a classic! Some old geezer offered me $45,000 for it recently. Mentioned some shit on reliving his teen years or something like that but I refused"
"I-it's beautiful…" Hinata said with awe. She walked closer to the car to admire its finish up close. She ran her hand gingerly across racing stripes. Deidara, seemingly pleased with Hinata's comment, unlocked the passenger door and opened it for her. Hinata gave him a confused look.
"Might as well start like acting like a real couple, yeah" Deidara said with a shrug. "So when you start dating Naruto-kun, you'll know what to do and expect from a gentleman. He smirked "Rule number 3, a real gentleman treats you like a princess"
Hinata nodded. Nervously she got into the car.
Boy how can her life change in a day! She gets up, follows her daily rituals. Get up, fix breakfast for Neji and Hanabi, have a five minute devotional to her makeshift Naruto shrine, catch the bus, sit near the back of classrooms to avoid being seen. Finish at least one manga book a day—and that's when she was thrown off key.
Anko-sensei caught her reading again, sent her to ISS and then she met Deidara. Now she's leaving the school grounds with almost a complete stranger treating her to a two hundred dollar shopping spree! Trying not to throw up as Deidara zoomed around a tight curb, Hinata leaned back clutching her seat beat for dear life while thinking, 'What have I've gotten myself into?! AH! DIDN'T HE SEE THAT STOP SIGN!?'
-TBC-
CM: if you're wondering what the heck is AR. Well where I live we have a program called Accelerated Reader or AR that requires students grades 6-11 to read for 20 minutes in every class everyday expect for Wednesday or early day. Sorry for the hesitated update. It's just that I really had to think were this story was going and how it's going to end. Now that's out of the way, I can get back to writing.