Chapter 9: The worst first impression
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Same day: Friday: Lunch
"Goodbye class… Now I'm expecting everyone to be with their own respective partners this lunch to work on their I.P. Proposals." The chem. teacher finally waved goodbye just as soon as the lunch bell rang.
Being reminded of being with their partners instead of their friends, students' grunts and grumbles immediately followed. They didn't have any choice though; it's either they do the project or they'll fail their chem. class.
"A…A…A…Ano…" Hinata stuttered so much as she nervously approached her I.P. Partner(who was currently fixing his stuff) to ask whether they'll do their I.P. Proposal or not. (She admitted she didn't want to ask him of that coz it seemed like a stupid question and this would be the first time she would actually talk to that Uchiha) But almost everyone had already gone out of the classroom to work on their project but neither of them approached each other the whole time. She assumed that he didn't want to work with her after all. But there's a chance that he just didn't want to ask, just as she herself was too shy to ask. She still took up the courage to approach him and ask about their I.P. stuff though because obviously, she didn't want to fail their chemistry class.
"Sa… Sa… Sasuke… I'm sorry! I kinda guess you didn't want to have a female partner but we can't do anything about that and I don't want to fail Chemistry class but we're not doing anything yet and I'm too shy to ask but I still want to ask if we would do the i.p. proposal or not coz just as I said a while ago, I don't want to fail chemistry class and I know I sound random but can we just please do the i.p. proposal now?" Hinata couldn't believe her eyes. She managed to blurt out what she needed to say despite her stuttering tongue. EEK! I sounded stupid… I'm sure he would laugh at me now…
"What?" Sasuke looked back to see the awed Hyuuga.
She felt her whole face turn red in embarrassment with what the he said. He… He… wasn't listening… she was kinda relieved; thank god he didn't here those random stuff I blurted out…
"I… It's about… the… the… I.P. Proposal—"
"Uh, yeah sure. I don't want to fail Chem. Either. Let's work on it after we eat though… okay?" Sasuke cut off. A chuckle d\followed. Hinata's face turned redder. So he was listening… ugh… and now he's laughing!
"Wha… What's wrong?" It looked obvious to her, but she still asked.
"It's nothing. You're the only girl who approached me without squealing or screaming, that's all…" he answered, walking out of the classroom.
Hinata stood there, frozen. That's coz I'm not like your fangirls! She thought; irritated, but it was kind of a compliment too, so she ignored it, and followed him after.
No conversations were put up all the way down to the cafeteria. The whole place was crowded because the college students had the same lunch hour with the high school students. Good thing a vacant table was seen so both managed to take a seat and eat. Hinata felt uncomfortable the whole time coz it seemed like everyone's eyes were fixed on them. Lee, Neji, and Tenten were there. Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru, along with their I.P. partners were also there. A part of her sighed in relief though, coz no Naruto was in sight. She knew Sasuke and him were rivals, Kiba recently informed her. She didn't want to be seen with a crush's enemy. To her, it was a form of disloyalty.
The world stopped when a blonde student entered the crowded cafeteria.
Naruto's coming inside, worst, Sakura's with him. Everything's doomed for Hinata.
She keeps on looking down to try to hide her face, but Sasuke stood out. His pink-haired fangirl immediately noticed him.
"Oi! It's Sasuke!!" Sakura pointed the two tables as soon as both of them finished ordering their lunch. The place was crowded, two vacant seats were still available beside Sasuke and Hinata, and maybe that's where she and Naruto would sit.
"O—Oi! Sakura-chan! Matte!!" Naruto hurriedly followed his I.P. partner.
No Way! Hinata cursed when she noticed Sakura rushing towards the vacant seats of their table. Wh… Why're they sitting here? Aren't there any unoccupied seats? She looked around, hoping the pink-haired junior wasn't aiming for the chairs beside them, but tough luck. All the seats around them were already occupied. Th… They're going to sit—
"Hello Hinata!!! umm… I' wondering if umm… Naruto and I could sit beside you and Sasuke, since there're no more available seats around and umm…" Sakura cut her thought out. She knew who she was from afar. The Hyuuga looked up to see a begging expression across the pink-haired student. She felt like she couldn't say no, coz an everlasting hatred would surely follow. She looked at Sasuke for approval, but his blank face answered nothing.
"Soooo?"
"A…Ano… S…Sure the—"
"Oh thank you Hinata!" Sakura cut off and hurriedly seated down beside Sasuke. A second later, Naruto finally caught up.
"Sakura-chan! gasp there you are—err… Hinata? Sasuke? HINATA! STAY away from that evil Sasuke! What're you doing?! He'll—"
"Yamete Naruto. They're I.P. partners…" Sakura blurted out. The blonde student shut his mouth and took a seat beside Hinata. The Hyuuga, of course, blushed.
Silence surrounded the four eating students. Hinata expected Naruto to be loud, but it seemed that the sight of Sasuke and Sakura got his tongue. She decided to speak to break the silence, but she immediately regretted what she blurted out.
"A… Ano… Sakura… You and Naruto are I.P. Partners right?" SHOOT! SHOOT! IDIOT! BAKA! Why'd I ask that? Curses followed after she asked a pathetic question. It slipped off her tongue, now Sakura would ask why she asked that, and then she'll assume she likes Naruto, and then her little secret would be revealed… then…
"Oh. Umm, yeah, unfortunately my I.P. Partner is Naruto." Absorbed with the thought that Sasuke is beside her, it took a moment for Sakura to reply. What she said though made Hinata sigh.
"Why? Why'd you suddenly ask?" The pink haired girl suddenly added. The Hyuuga instantly blushed. NO! Don't jump into conclusions!!! I was just!—
"N… Nothing… Just curious…" she managed to blurt out. A sigh immediately followed.
"Oh. Alright…" Sakura replied.
A few seconds later, Sasuke stood up. The three looked up, startled.
"I'm done eating. Let's do the I.P. Proposal… Hinata…" The Uchiha picked up his plate and left the table.
"Sa… Sasuke…" Sakura look awed. Naruto hissed, Hinata immediately followed.
"A… Ano, are we going to the library?" she asked, catching up.
Sasuke just nodded. But he muttered something about looking for his brother first.
"O… Okay then… but is it okay for me to follow?" she asked, not asking why it even bothered.
"Sure. He's just around here, eating inside the cafeteria." He answered, walking towards a small table were two college students were currently eating. One has an orange spiked hair, while the other one has black hair, just like his.
That must be Itachi his brother then… Hinata assumed, since both looked similar to each other, and their eyes showed the same emotion.
"Oi, Itachi! It's your broth—" Pein looked up from eating, he nearly choked when he saw the little Uchiha with a female student.
"She's my I.P. Partner." Sasuke immediately blurted out. A death glare was shot at the orange-haired student. Pein just hissed and resumed his eating. Itachi looked up, and then asked what the hell Sasuke wants.
"I need your book for out I.P. Proposal."
"…"
Pff— Hinata almost laughed with what she just heard. The two Uchihas seemed to be unlikely close to each other, so Sasuke suddenly asking for his brother's book was just too unbelievable. Sasuke's concern for their project impressed her though.
"I left it back home." Itachi finally answered.
"No you didn't. I saw you with it this morning."
"You're just imagining things."
"Liar."
The two argued while Hinata stood there, listening to what they're saying. Pein continued eating; he's already used to it.
"ITACHI!!!!!" A blonde college student who just entered the cafeteria suddenly yelled out. Silence followed and the argument stopped. Everyone inside was startled, The Uchihas were startled, Pein and Hinata were startled.
Shitty Deidara. What does he want now?? Itachi cursed, irritated and embarrassed. The whole world was staring at their direction and it's all thanks to Deidara.
"ITACHI! We're not finished yet!!!" The artist in rage was rushing towards their standing out table inside the cafeteria. Sasuke turned right to look at the in-rage Deidara. Itachi couldn't see it coz he faced Pein, who in turn, can also see the rushing Deidara. Hinata stood before Pein, Sasuke stood before Itachi, Sasuke on the right, Hinata on the left, Itachi on the right, Pein on the left, so the Hyuuga couldn't also see it.
"Go back to the tennis court NOW! We still have a score to settle, un. I told you we're not finished yet!" All eyes(or is it just EYE?) locked on Uchiha Itachi, Deidara didn't care whoever stood before his rival and just rushed in impolitely. Sasuke who was the one standing before Itachi, managed to take a step backward but the drink he was holding(yes, he was holding a drink) was unfortunately, knocked off by the mad artist out of his gripping hand.
"Why'd you walk out on me anyway?! I told you Sasori and I would just take a break, but you suddenly disappeared, un!"
The artist continued to rant while Itachi, Sasuke, and Pein's gazes followed the flying plastic cup he just knocked off Sasuke's hand.
SPLAT! Hinata who stood beside Sasuke was the victim of the unfortunate flying plastic cup.
Pein's jaw dropped, Itachi raised an eyebrow, and Sasuke look awed with the split-second thing that just happened. Hinata too, surprised, fortunately, didn't yell, scream, squeal, or anything. But her face turned dark red in embarrassment. Everyone inside the canteen saw everything that had happened.
"Oi! Itachi! Are you listening?!" The blabbering artist asked, noticing the sudden expression on the face of his rival.
"Oi! Nani—?!!" he turned to his left to see what it's all about. An indigo haired high school student was what he had seen, shirt stained of what obviously seemed like spilled liquid.
"Oh, I don't know someone's—" A thought suddenly occurred inside his mind. Wait, stain on shirt, is it my fault, un? Wait—I think I felt something knocked off by this hand of mine when I rushed towards Itachi… But wait— He turned to look at Sasuke. The order of three, Me, Sasuke, the girl… Wait! I knocked over Sasuke's drink! Arrows, arrows, wait—it flew over to that girl! He finally concluded.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to knock Sasuke's drink over you, un! Now your shirt's all wet and—"
Hinata looked up. She now knows who spilled the liquid over her shirt.
Both eyes met.
Thud. Deidara felt his heart skip a beat.
Oh Shit. The flashback of the day his masterpiece was created suddenly flashed inside his confused mind.
"You're—"
"Sasuke, just meet me up at the library…" Hinata blurted out. Her voice sounded different. She walked out afterwards, and rushed towards the nearest washroom in an instant.
The four guys were speechless; stunned.
"I'm going to the library…" Sasuke left, leaving the three behind.
"We're finished eating." Pein and Itachi stood up, leaving Deidara, source of all the commotion, behind.
"…" He stood there, still speechless, confused, and hated.
"OI! gasp gasp Deidara! What happened?!" Sasori who just caught up with his previously running friend, asked.
"I know who she is, Sasori…"
"What?!" Confused with what happened and what-the-hell is he talking about, Sasori asked, "What are you talking about?"
"It's a long story, un… Let's talk about it at the classroom…" Deidara left the cafeteria, up the classroom, narrating every stupid thing that happened inside the cafeteria, how he recognized the girl, and the worst impression he gave her.
(A/N): End of chapter. Reviews please.
Next chapter: Chapter 10: Sparks