Brick By Boring Brick~
Summary ~ Drabbles based on Paramore's songs. From General to Romance to Hurt to whatever.
TITLE~ Crushcrushcrush
RATING~ T
GENRE~ Romance
MAIN CHARACTERS~ NaruHina
NARUTO-VERSE [ ] AU [X]
My name is Hinata. And I know it's stupid, but I'm in love.
Because it's routine to stare at him from across the room.
Because his hair is golden and he wears the most outrageous things Konoha High should never forget.
Because I know that if he ever loved me back, I will shine.
They're supposed to be doing homework, but like the average teenagers they should be, Hinata, Sakura, and Ino are talking/snacking in Sakura's room.
"Don't you worry that Naruto has the smarts to notice that you take an interest to him?" Sakura bit off a piece of her gummy worm violently.
Hinata tried to stare, not giggle, at Sakura.
"Anything's possible," Ino said, as that was the last word.
"Oh, Naruto is growing and learning! He's getting there."
Ino looked pointedly at Sakura. Sakura smiled nervously.
"I- I was kidding. Of course, Ino. Hehe."
Hinata observed her friends go nuts with their banter. They kept her normal. They, a small portion of Hinata noticed, had a better chance with Naruto, and she had none. No matter how much Ino and Sakura teased her. Because Naruto, like everyone else, belonged in a world far too different, too loud, too upbeat, from Hinata's.
"Sir, do we start now?"
"Yes, Sakura," Iruka said in his very friendly, very relaxed voice. Most students would think that's the best thing about Iruka, but Naruto thought Iruka was secretly a pervert with a fetish for pink-haired girls.
The class settled down eventually, Yamanaka Ino the last to shut up, and concentrated on the test. It would be a breeze.
Huh, funny. At Naruto's fourth question, he noticed Hyuga Hinata giving him a subtle glance from two desks away.
He also noticed Sasuke Uchiha, who sat between the two, smirking at his test paper.
What the hell?
Good, her answers were perfect. Sakura slid her phone stealthily out of her pocket and tapped out a message to her good friend Uchiha Sasuke.
Hey, you done?
Sasuke, far across the room, glanced down at his iPhone's bright screen sitting on his lap. Ah.
Yes. What.
... I'm gonna guess you're gonna fail the test, with your stupid punctuation.
Okay. So you were right.
What? About what?
Hinata does like the idiot.
Of course, but you better not tell anyone.
Me? Spread rumors? Hn.
I noticed your eyes are always glued to me,
Keeping them here, and it makes no sense at all.
Naruto was walking the usual twenty mintues to Sasuke's mansion, with the Uchiha himself. It was cold, which was very unusual of Konoha. The sun was hiding. Dammit, he knew he should have wore his sweater today.
"How was your test, Uchiha?"
It was fine, Naruto, but some deranged girl kept sneaking peeks at you.
"...Nothing special."
"Well, I think I got at least a B."
"Okay." Sasuke didn't answer Naruto's complaints after this.
("IS YOUR VOCABULARY TOO PRECIOUS TO BE HEARD?! DAMMIT!")
When Naruto calmed down, he finally said something that Sasuke was interested in.
"So I noticed Neji's cousin looking at me. What's her name... Hannah? Helga?" Naruto faked his ignorance.
"Hinata," Sasuke supplied. They briskly crossed the street, to the more fancy neighborhood. The security guard at the entrance waved the two in.
"Yeah. You were smirking, I saw," Naruto glared at his companion. He hated secrets. "What was up with that?"
"I dunno. Interesting girl, that Hyuga."
"... I think you know something."
All Naruto noticed of Hyuga Hinata was that she never talked. But Kiba said that Shikamaru said that Ino said that Hinata only talked to her and Sakura. It would be definitely weird if Sasuke knew something.
The two reached Sasuke's, entering the home with Sasuke's key.
"Hn," was Sasuke's reply.
Scribbled out the truth with their lives.
You little spies.
Hinata gazed at the black sky through her bedroom window, sitting on her swivel chair, chin resting on her palm. This was her favorite spot in the whole world, even more than her special chair in Ino's room. This was where she thought and thought.
A knock interrupted her concentration. "Come in," Hinata called out softly.
Naruto Uzumaki stepped in.
Hinata stared.
"Your cousin let me in," Naruto said awkwardly.
Hinata stared.
"Um, I wanna talk to you."
Hinata blinked. But I don't know you. What?
Naruto shuffled his feet a little. His blond spikes stroked his forehead. "I think you have a crush on me."
You're close, Naruto.
"Okay," Hinata managed to whisper.
"And-" Naruto gave up on words and approached Hinata carefully.
Naruto settled for looking at Hinata, who returned the gaze unsurely. She gave up eventually and looked away in shame and worry, that Naruto wouldn't like what he saw.
Naruto drifted away, and examined her bedroom walls. They were plastered with drawings and Polariods, so he couldn''t possibly figure out what color her walls were.
"I like this one," Naruto spoke softly and jabbed a finger on a picture of Hinata. She was looking at the camera shyly and her eyes seemed to follow you when you moved. Every portait seemed to, but Naruto liked this one because Hinata never looked at people.
Hinata nodded once, staring out her window.
"Who took it?"
"My cousin."
"It's beautiful."
Hinata didn't dare speak, she was too stunned. Naruto broke it though.
"Okay, I think Dad wants me home now. Sorry to uh, barge in and, yeah. Bye."
And then he was gone.
Let's be more than
This
The next day, Naruto rang the doorbell. Neji opened the door, but blocked the way.
"Here again?" Neji raised an eyebrow.
"Is there a problem?" Naruto personally thought Neji was scary. The blond boy avoided eye contact and searched over and behind Neji for Hinata.
"Why are you here?"
Naruto stopped looking to glare at Neji. "That's rather rude, Hyuga."
Neji waited for an answer.
Naruto sighed dramatically. "I wanna visit Hinata."
"Why?" Neji raised his voice.
"BECAUSE!"
"What's going on?" Hinata appeared behind Neji, hugging herself. It was another cold afternoon.
"Your ass of a cousin won't let me in, Hinata."
"Don't get me started, Uzumaki."
Hinata grimaced. "Neji, let him in."
Neji rounded on her. "What if he fucking rapes you?!"
Naruto gave a bark of laughter. "Like I would."
Hinata stepped back a little. Words like "ass" or "fucking" or "rapes" weren't exactly nice to hear.
"Fine," Neji surrendered. "Fine."
And he stiffly pushed Naruto aside and walked out the door. "I'm taking a walk, Hinata."
"Alright, Neji," Hinata practically mouthed. She was quite uncomfortable.
"Can I come in?"
Hinata remembered Naruto. The poor boy was shivering outside. "Ah, yes. Okay."
She shuddered as he passed by.
My dear, she did love this boy.
"Sakura, every day he goes to her house." Sakura could hear Ino's teeth mashing on something. A potato chip?
"And Neji lets him in?" Sakura exaggerated every word.
"YES!" Ino screamed, and Sakura feared the phone would be dropped.
"What the hell do they do there?!"
"I dunno, let's ask! Hold on."
A few seconds later, Sakura could recognize Hinata's quiet breathing.
Three-way for the win.
"Hello, Sakura," Hinata greeted Sakura.
"Is Naruto at your house right now?" Sakura inquired.
Hinata yelped. "It's 1:00 in the morning!"
"Dumbass," Ino sniggered.
"Darling, what do you guys do?"
Hinata smiled at Sakura's dramatic tone. "Nothing, as a matter of fact."
"... what?"
"Elaborate."
"I sit in my chair while he looks at bedroom walls." Hinata could feel the butterflies coming. "That's what he's been doing for the past two weeks. Or he would rummage through my desk. He hasn't gotten tired yet."
The other two were silent.
"That's sweet," Ino finally managed.
"I didn't know he was capable of doing such a simple thing," Sakura said in wonder.
"Yes," Hinata said simply.
Sasuke decided to come with Naruto to Hinata's. He was curious about the place where Naruto spent his free time.
"How long do you stay there?" Sasuke asked earlier that day.
"An hour."
An hour? Sasuke was puzzled.
At four in the afternoon, Neji was mildly surprised at the sight of two boys waiting casually outside his door. Naruto and Sasuke silently made their way up to Hinata's room. Neji hesitated for a bit, and decided to follow.
Two boys want to see Hinata? What the hell.
Neji stepped in Hinata's room and sat on her bed.
Hinata scanned her room. The presence of three boys in her room disturbed her, even if one was her cousin.
Sasuke found this boring. Nothing was happening, yet his best friend...
Naruto was different. It was obvious. He watched Hinata with new, mesmerized eyes.
She transformed this boy.
From Sakura
To Sasuke
No way, you're really there? What are they doing?!
From Sasuke
To Sakura
Nothing. He's just watching her, Neji and I are watching them.
From Sakura
To Sasuke
Ah, so cousin Neji is there. It's a party, eh? Count Ino and me in!
From Sasuke
To Sakura
No. Go away.
'Cause I'd rather waste my life pretending
Than have to forget you for one whole minute
It was another night in Hinata's room. Naruto wished for something this morning, and there was no better time to use it than now.
"Hinata."
She spun in her chair to face him.
"Don't freak out, okay?" His eyes were soft, unlike the twinkly eyes she could never forget.
Naruto took one stride and bent down. He took her face and gently kissed her lips.
Give me something to sing about
It took thought to wish, and courage to act.
Before he left that night, he wanted to say something.
You're silent but I like it.
You don't do anything but I love it.
Your walls told me about you.
"You're important."
It never left Hinata's mind.
YES YES YES.
I have finally finished this.
Hinata's walls intrigue Naruto.
-sniggers.
NaruHina is always interesting because they're complete opposites.
!I'm happy, and I wanna write s'more.