Hinata is in class, she can't wait till class is over. She was going to visit Gaara again. Even though it has just been a week, it feels like she hadn't seen him for months. She was staring out the window remembering every second they had spent together, playing it over and over and-
"Hinata-chan!" someone touched her shoulder.
"N-Nani?" Hinata shrieks.
"Sjeez girl, you've been daydreaming all day. What's up?" Ino asks.
Hinata wasn't really fond of Ino, the only reason she sat next to her was because their teacher made them.
"N-nothing's wrong" she replies blushing slightly. This didn't surprise Ino, she always blushed. But this time… Ino took a peek at Hinata's note bloc and saw hearts.
"Hinata… Are you in love, do you have a boyfriend?"
"What?!" No one ever asked her, was she supposed to lie or tell the truth. She didn't want to hide the truth. But Ino was very fond of gossip. Is it really that wrong to tell someone?
"Come on then?" Ino insists.
"Y-Yes, I've got a boyfriend" Hinata whispered.
"Really!" Ino yells.
"And if the girls in the back could shut up, I can give you all some good news" their teacher said.
"Gomen Sensei" Ino and Hinata said.
Ino quickly scribbled something on her notebook "What's his name"
Hinata looked at their teacher and back at the notebook. "It's Gaara"
"I would like to inform you all about the upcoming dance! If you want to go you should be able to dance some classic dances. Please return the leaflet with your name next week"
"Want to go?" Ino wrote down.
"I don't know if he wants, maybe he's not even allowed" Hinata replied
"He's not in this school?"
"No"
Ino raised her hand
"Yes Yamanaka?" the teacher said.
"I was wondering if you can take a guy who's not in this school"
"You are allowed to bring someone"
"Thank you sensei"
"That solves it. Ask him!" Ino wrote down.
Hinata didn't know why Ino was so interested in this. But it was true that she would love to go with Gaara. But she also knew that Gaara didn't like crowded places. She wasn't even sure if he could dance. But he did dance with her, he danced perfect. Of course he can dance!
Hinata was in a great mood. When she arrived at Gaara apartment she knocked on the door and it opened immediately.
"Come in" Gaara said. Trying to hide the fact that he'd been standing by that door for an hour waiting to see her face.
"Hi" Hinata said as she came in.
Gaara closed the door and kissed her "I missed you" he said almost so softly Hinata almost didn't hear it. "I missed you too" Hinata said and put her arms around him, how she had been dreaming to hug him.
They sat down on the sofa; Gaara gave her some hot tea and asked about her day.
"It was fine, but there's something I wanted to ask you about"
"hn?" Gaara replied like usual.
"There's this dance at my school, next week. It's like a prom, and I would love it if we could go together" Hinata stumbled. And she gave him the leaflet.
"Dear students. Once a year we have a dance, a classic orchestra will be there and you will all have the chance to socialise in a classic setting.
You should bring a partner and the steps to waltz, quickstep and the tango are required.
Please return this with both of your names before upcoming Monday" the leaflet read.
"I know it's not really your thing, and it will be weird for you at a school you don't know. And I'm not even sure if you're allowed to, but I would really like it if you could come" Hinata said and blushed.
"I'll think about it" Gaara replied.
Hinata went home. She was a bit disappointed that Gaara wasn't as excited as she was. But now that she thought about it, Gaara really wasn't ever excited about much. And at least he hadn't said no yet.
The next day.
"Hinata" Ino called out cheerily and sat down next to Hinata immediately. Hinata thought this was strange; normally Ino'd wait until the entire class sat down before she would, hoping that a guy would sit alone.
"G-good morning I-Ino" Hinata said fearing Ino's next question.
"So how did it go with that boyfriend of yours" Ino asked.
"It went well, he said that he would think about it" She answered, she had practiced the line at home, testing it so she wouldn't sound disappointed.
"That's normal for guys, they really don't want to sound like they want to dance" Ino happily sang.
"Ok" Hinata answered. And started making notes.
"Hinata?" Ino asked a couple of minutes later.
"Yes?"
"Do you have a dress for the dance?"
"Not yet" Hinata figured she'd look for a dress when Gaara agreed to come.
"We should go buy one today?"
"We? Today? What's going on?" Hinata wondered.
"I mean, you're not doing anything today right?" Ino went on.
"No not really." Hinata replied.
"Okay then! I'll see you at the mall around 4" Ino said and scribbled it down in her agenda.
Hinata wondered how she got into this, but agreed to come.
At Gaara's place the doorbell rang.
"Oi! Open up" Kankuro's low voice sounded soft behind the door.
Gaara walked up to the door and opened it, he greeted his siblings and ignored the fact that Kankuro's arm was wrapped in bandages and Temari seemed to limp a bit.
"We thought it was a good idea to visit you since the food packages I made you are probably eaten" Temari said and put the bags she'd put down on the ground on the table.
"Hm" Gaara said as usually.
"So what's going on?" Kankuro asked when he sat down on the couch.
"Nothing" Gaara replied.
"We're fine thanks for asking" Temari said when she came out of the kitchen with 3 cups of tea.
Kankuro grinned and grabbed the leaflet Hinata had left on the table.
"School dance?" he mumbled when he read it.
"Are you and Hinata-chan going?" Temari asked.
"We might"
"I imagine she wants to go, else she wouldn't have left the flyer here" She replied.
"And she'll want to show you off to her friends" Kankuro added.
"Have you asked Inumi-sensei yet, if you can go?" Temari went on.
"No"
"You should go ask him then, when is your next session " She asked
Gaara wondered why his siblings always put their noses in his business.
"It's tomorrow" Gaara said.
"How did father reply when you two came back" Gaara decided to ask, he wasn't fond of the subject and he could see that his father wasn't happy, put as long as it kept the subject away from the dance he was fine with it.
"You know the usual" Kankuro replied sarcastically, and tried to act like his arm was fine.
"So, I'm in the kitchen if you need me" Temari said to break the silence and stood up.
After Temari left Kankuro looked from the flyer to Gaara and back.
"What's the reason you don't want to go?" Kankuro asked like he was on to something.
"No reason, I don't like dancing" Gaara answered
"That isn't true; I know you've danced with Hinata before. And Hinata isn't the type of girl who shows her boyfriend off, so that isn't it either. The crush is nonsense too; it's not a reason not to go outside this place. So what is it?" Kankuro thought out loud.
Gaara looked at his brother, who was smarter then he looked, he had completely analysed the situation in seconds. Was he supposed to tell his brother the truth? They had been getting along better, and who else was he supposed to tell.
"I can't dance" Gaara told Kankuro.
"But you've danced before"
"That was just stepping around not real dances. I can't waltz and stuff"
"Why don't you tell Hinata-chan."
"I can't" Gaara simply said.
"I'll have to teach you how to dance then" Kankuro said slowly, like every word hurt to say out loud. Temari couldn't dance with Gaara, because of her leg.
Ino was waiting outside her hair covered in a blue bandana. "Hinata!" Ino waved at her, Hinata waved back and walked towards Ino.
"Ready to shop?"
"S-sure"
"Ok! I was thinking short dress, no print, no straps and in a light colour. No panty and high heels. Wait I forgot, is your boyfriend tall? Anyways maybe a nice necklace and bracelet. And I think we should have your hair up, because that accentuates the neck, and earrings, we should definitely get you earrings. For make up, I was thinking red lips, some black eyeliner, nothing too much" Ino said this all so fast that Hinata had trouble understanding what she was saying.
"Gaara is taller than me, I've got a necklace that I want to wear and I haven't got any make up at home" Hinata replied.
"Do you have the necklace with you?" Ino asked immediately.
Hinata took the necklace off and showed it to Ino
"That is a beautiful necklace. It's great quality silver, and really well made. It must've been expensive"
Hinata blushed.
"I've seen a couple dresses that seem perfect for your body type" And Ino took Hinata into several stores. But in the last store they went, Ino was finally happy with the dress Hinata put on, Hinata loved it too and when they left the shop she felt filled with a new energy, and they went on to buy the other items.
Kankuro told Gaara that he'd be back the next day with music. And then the sibs went home.
"Hinata?" Ino asked when they were finished shopping.
"Hm?" Hinata said. And blushed because she used Gaara's usual answer but Ino didn't seem to notice.
"I was thinking, the dance is on a Friday. So what about if I come with you after school so I can help you with the make-up and all" Ino said
"Thank you, I'd like that" Hinata agreed. Ino had been very nice to her and it wouldn't hurt to have some help with getting dressed. Although she had no clue why Ino was suddenly helping her.
The next day Kankuro rang Gaara's doorbell. Gaara got up and saw not only Kankuro but Temari also.
"Gaara! Kankuro told me, if you want to learn to dance, you didn't have to be so secretive" she said,
Gaara looked towards Kankuro, who was used to Gaara's glare, and who replied "a little help can't hurt".
Temari put the music in the stereo and sat down. Kankuro put his hand on Gaara's shoulder and Temari told Gaara that his hand was supposed to be on Kankuro's waist. Gaara went slightly paler than he already was but told himself that it was for Hinata and did it. Kankuro told Gaara how to move. And they danced. Although it was really weird learning to dance from your siblings Gaara was getting better fast.
At the end of the day Kankuro and Temari went home and Gaara went to see Inumi-sensei.
"Hello Gaara-kun"
"Hi" Gaara replied.
"What is happening?"
"I'm going to a dance with Hinata this Friday"
"Ok! That is very good. I'll inform them"
Inumi kept talking to Gaara what he thought about the dance, and Gaara answered. They weren't very long answers, but Inumi was happy to receive them.
Hinata looked in the mirror with her new dress in front of her. It was beautiful.
It had a tight waist, and the skirt went just passed her knees. It didn't have any straps and the lavender colour accentuated Hinata's dark hair and light eyes. Tomorrow she would visit Gaara again, and hear if he wanted to go or not. She really wanted him to come. She looked at the necklace, the kanji for love. She kissed it, and went to sleep.