Neji'sTrueLover: Hola people with Internet! Yay! This chapter is somewhat longer…
Neji: But not really.
Neji'sTrueLover: You want me to strangle you? –grumblesbutheisrightgrumbles-
Hinata: Neji'sTrueLover does not own anyone in this story, except my mother. Or Martina McBride's song Concrete Angel.
Neji'sTrueLover: -glomps Hinata- Hinata! You came! Now you can help me annoy Neji!
Chapter 3 She hides the bruises with the linen and lace…
Hinata's P.O.V.
I look down at my watch when I reach what I think is the center of the forest. The bold numbers say 7:09. I can tell shock is evident in my expression as I stare at the numbers. For about 2 hours I have been walking and I only reached the middle. Either my leg wounds hurt more then I realized and my body is walking slower, or this forest is much bigger then it seems. My best guess would be the second one.
As I turn to go back home, I hear a rustle in the leaves. The noise is so faint, that anyone else would never have heard it, but, living with my mom, you have to have excellent hearing. My first reaction was to not move. Then, after a while, I turn once again to leave. I really would rather not have to meet with anyone, in the middle of a forest, alone, and hurt like this. Once I lift my leg, I see a figure emerge from the bushes. I watch him from the corner of my eye as he reveals himself from his hiding space. Fear, shock, surprise, and awe run through my veins as he approaches me.
He stays in the shadows for the most part, but when he comes out into the moon light, I forget how to breathe. He is extremely gorgeous, but what captures me are his eyes. Coal black that have shock in them at first, but then disappears and is replaced by emptiness: The same emptiness that I've had in my eyes ever since mother started hitting me. When out in the moon light, I vaguely recognize him as a boy that goes to the same school I do. I try to think of his name, but nothing comes to mind. I make no attempt to move as he comes closer to me while I try to find the right name.
Once he takes a few steps from his original position, he stops. The fact that I don't know his name is completely removed from my head as he once again captures me in his gaze. Our eyes meet, and I am unable to move. Even if I want to, I can't manage to move my legs. I can feel strength returning to me as he closes his eyes then takes a deep breath. I want to leave, yet at the same time I don't. I have never closely encountered someone as mysterious as him before. Maybe it might be because I have never really had this close of contact with a boy before, but he seems really different. As if he is an outcast, like me. When I turn to leave again, I hear him speak. "Wait."
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