If we're being honest right now, I had very little motivation for this chapter, only because I couldn't word on how I wanted it to me. I was stuck on page three for an entire month. But please enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, VS PINK yoga shorts or a sports bra. Just so you know.
Before this chapter starts, let's just say this; for the record, last night's events were so not awkward. Not awkward at all. Seriously, it's not everyday you see your 'boyfriend' get tailed out by security, getting his sorry ass expelled. It's not like he didn't give you a legit goodbye. Not even a kiss on the cheek!
Staring up at her ceiling, Ino pondered these thoughts. It was a brand new day, and little miss sunshine over here got suspended from class for the next two weeks, as well as Sakura, Tenten, and Temari, who got a total of three months out of classes. Now she's forced to go to class at night. But back to Ino. She's in a mental lockdown right now; her boyfriend…boy toy…whatever they were, just got kicked out of the sorority, and he hasn't called her or text her since then.
'He's probably getting lectured from his dad…' she thought, pouting. It hasn't been a full 15 hours. It's only 7:15 in the morning. 'Yeah…that's it…lectured from his dad…' See? She's a freaking mess right now. She flipped over to her right side and snuggled herself deeper into her covers. Every few minutes, she would look at the clock; 7:18...7:21...7:23. Nothing but changing numbers.
"Arg!" she grunted loudly. She didn't know if anyone else was awake right now. She highly doubt Hinata was even up, and she's usually the first one awake. "This is such bullshit."
A soft knock was heard from her door. "Go away," she threw one of her pillows on her face and mumbled. The person at the door, who was Tenten, came in anyway and walked toward her friend's bed.
"C'mon, Ino. This is not you."
"You're right," She removed the pillow from her face and turned to her brunette friend. "my soul went inside Sasuke's suitcase."
"Quit being such a sourpuss about the whole thing." Tenten slapped her palm on her friend's open forehead.
"Oh please, if it was Neji, you'd be contemplating suicide right now."
"That's so not true!" She crossed her arms under her chest. "That would be impossible because I would be in his suitcase."
"Yeah," Ino laughed. "because you're small enough to fit your entire body in a damn suitcase."
"You calling me fat?"
"No you weirdo! I'm just saying, you can fit into one, yeesh." Ino sat up fro her position on her bed and looked at her best friend. She had to say, Tenten was a very pretty girl; she had nice tan skin, beautiful brown eyes, gorgeous hair, but she rarely shows it off. Like right now, she's in Victoria's Secret PINK yoga shorts and a sports bra. For a girl with an amazing body, why not show it off like now? "Did you finish packing yet?"
"Yeah. I packed all the outfits you told me to bring, all the hair and body products you make me use, and the bikinis you make me wear." Ino clapped. "I just need to get my nails done and I'll be ready to get the hell out of here."
"I'm so jealous of you right now," Ino took the messy bun out of her hair and started playing with her invisible split ends. "you're going to Miami, without me, with a super hot guy, meeting more super hot guys, without me, and going to all the amazing clubs down there, without me!"
"I'm sorry! He's been planning this trip for a while now, and he still would've went even if I never met him. Besides, he thinks this trip will give us some personal time away from the rest of you."
"Listen to me Tennie," Ino leaned in, as in to tell a secret. "you're leaving me here with Hinata and Temari, who I really don't mind at all, Sakura, who now I think hates me again, and the three ugly step sisters. The least you can do is hide me in one of your bags."
"Wait, why would Sakura hate you again?" Tenten asked, moving toward the middle of the bed to hear the story. "What'd you do now?"
"Nothing! Like, after we left the boy's place last night, I got this weird vibe from her, and it wasn't a good one, Ten. Believe me, I know her vibes."
"Wait, she hates you because of Sasuke?" Ino nodded. "That's retarded!"
"I know. But you remember how she told us how she doesn't like him anymore?"
"Well, she didn't necessarily say that. She was more like, 'Oh, I don't like him anymore, but I'm only telling you this because I still secretly want him.'"
"Whatever, Tennie!" She laughed. "She told me that she didn't like him anymore. Therefore, he was mine for the taking! Why is it all of a sudden, he gets kicked out, and she's pissed off at me? I fucking saved her and Karin curb stomped her ass!"
"Temper, temper," Tenten rested her right hand on Ino's knee. "there are people still sleeping in the house." Ino then felt helpless and fell back onto her bed and into her warm covers. "Listen, hun. We're about as distraught as you are right now. In by 'we're', I mean the boys. Well…mainly Naruto. But that's besides my point. Yes, Sakura had feelings for the kid. So did many other girls in this campus. A lot of girls also have special memories with him."
"Where exactly are you going with this?" Ino mumbled from under the covers.
"What I'm saying is, don't let Sakura's attitude get you in another funk. So he's gone. You'll speak to him again. You'll see him again. It's not like he's dead."
"He might as well be! Then maybe she won't have a damn hissy fit over all of this!"
"You know what," Tenten stood up and stretched. "let's forget this whole thing. Let me go take a shower, and you come with me to get our nails done. Just the two of us."
Ino pondered the idea. Unless she's not paying for it, she's in! "What about Hina and Tema?"
"Temari's actually going to do something with her life and Hinata's going to try and work things out with Naruto, whatever that is."
"Probably making out." They both nodded. "That usually works for her."
"Yeah," Tenten laughed. "so get dressed, do whatever, and meet me in downstairs in 30 minutes." She started walking out of her friend's room, heading for her room.
"Aye, aye, captain." Ino saluted her friend and jumped out of bed, running straight to her closet. "But what am I gonna wear?"
"Wear something nice! I heard the guy who did your nails last time is single now!"
"Legit? I thought he was gay, but what the hell!" She dug deeper into her closet, looking for a nice bodycon skirt.
"He bluntly told us that he had a girlfriend! Rumor has it that she was cheating on him with his brother's best friend!"
"Aww." Ino stopped rummaging and pouted for the poor boy. "He's gonna need some lady company!"
"Now Ino," Tenten came back into her room. "when you say, 'lady company', what exactly are you implying?"
"He's gonna need some TLC at this tender moment of time. I need some TLC, we can have some quality time together, if you catch my drift." She winked and went back to finding a shirt for her hot pink skirt.
"How? You giving his penis CPR?"
"Hmm…something like that, but not on him." Tenten had to think about that for a few seconds before realizing that her blonde best friend was secretly a 67-year-old pedophile.
"I did not need to hear all that! EW!" Tenten threw the closest object to her, which was an Angry Bird, ironically. Ino just laughed until tears came strolling down her face. If it has to come down to the nail salon guy going down on her to get her mind off of Sasuke, then what the hell? Might as well get a free pedicure with it.
In the mist of everything that has happened within the last week, Lady Tsunade felt like she deserved the vacation of a lifetime. Bottle of her favorite alcoholic drink within reach, the HD sat in her office, air condition on full blast, staring dead at the three girls in front of her.
"What am I going to do with you three…" She wondered aloud, not expecting an answer. These three girls have been the main cause of all of this drama. She doesn't want to do to them like she did Uchiha, but she doesn't want to keep them in the same house with the other girls, or any other females for that matter. She rubbed her forehead and sighed deeply.
"Well, if it makes you feel better, Lady Tsunade," Karin spoke up, in response getting her attention with a deathly glare. "the three of us agree that we don't want to stay in our original home anymore."
"Thank you for being…considerate, Karin," Tsunade sat up in her professional looking wheeled chair. "but there is no where else for you three to go. All the other girls' homes are either full or don't want you in there."
"You're the HD, though." Tayuna pointed out. "You have the right to march right into their homes and tell them that they have to make room for us. We can't not have a home to stay in."
"I know this already, believe me." Tsunade clicked her freshly red manicured nails on her mahogany desk. "But I don't think you three girls know how much damage you have caused."
"I don't see what the big deal is." Tayuna spoke up again. "So we started a school fight. Big whoop. What school doesn't do that?"
"You were also the prime suspects of a massive drunken orgy at the boy's home. You came back from the back after hours, drunk nonetheless, and disrespected our campus name in such a horrendous way."
"Heh, what can we say? We know how to pop off."
Tsunade grunted in her chair. "There is honestly no more hope for you three." She's so tempted to kick them out, but then that would only make the suspicion of four kids getting expelled within 24 hours and a dead teacher worse. "I thought I could possibly save you from whatever, but I don't think I can."
"Please, Lady Tsunade," Kin pleaded. "you have to give us one more chance. Take us out of that house, put us in another one. Give us private tutors so we don't have to go to day or night school. Just please don't kick us out."
Tsunade looked at Kin with little to no emotion. She really did want to throw these little rascals out, really she did. But knowing her, she doesn't have the heart for it. She threw out Sasuke like a rotten piece of meat, hell yeah, but she truly believed that they could change. As if God was answering her prayers, and lately He has been, Shizune came walking in the office from the copying room.
"I just received exciting news!"
She sighed. "Report."
"The constructors finally finished that last home you've been wanting. They would've made it bigger, but the area it's in couldn't hold any more rooms."
A light bulb went off in Tsunade's head. "How many rooms then?"
"Hm…" Shizune check the paper in front of her. "three bedrooms, two baths." She then handed her boss the paper with all the dimensions, the location, the room sizes, snazzy stuff like that.
'God is good.' Tsunade thought as she looked at the girls in front of her, who have not been paying attention the last few minutes. "Ladies, something wonderful has just popped up for you."
"What?" Karin leaned forward. Why she was so excited, who knows.
"A new house just popped up in the neighborhood." The three cheered. "There's a room for each of you, and you'll have the house all to yourselves."
"Seriously?" This is the most excited anyone has seen Tayuna, and we're not talking about the sexual excited either. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
By now the three friends were hugging each other, and Tsunade had this weird fuzzy feeling inside her. You know, when you do something good and it benefits someone else. Yes, even cold-hearted people get that feeling. She looked down at the paper again and re-examined the information. She then double checked the location and her heart nearly stopped. She called her assistant over.
"Yes, miss?"
"Tell me if I'm blind or not, but isn't this location…?"
"Yes, you're thinking the right location."
"And, why is it over there exactly?" she looked back at the three still giddy girls.
"Well, it was the only place to put a home its size. There are a lot of trees over there, and if they put it anywhere else, the homes would not be equal in yard size."
"So, they put it near the forest grounds…"
"Yes, ma'm."
Tsunade nodded. "Okay. Can't argue with that decision."
"You could if you wanted to. You're the Head Dean."
"Shizune, don't you have paperwork to print up for me?"
"Oh, yes! Sorry miss!" Shizune ran off back into the copying room. Tsunade gave the dreaded paper a death glare. Of all the places to put their home, there? Really?
"Uh…" she began to tell the girls, but they were too happy within their glee, she didn't want to ruin that for them. Besides, that'll be a pretty hilarious welcoming present. "alright girls, settle down." The girls sat back down but were still jumpy. "Now listen, I understand you're excited for having your own house. But there need to be ground rules between the three of you. No more bullying."
"Tch. Tell that to Temari." Tayuna mumbled. (1)
"Anyways, you are not authorized to be near the other girls' home until this probation is up. You hear?" They nodded. "Also, you will be attending day school with your regular schedules once you're off suspension. Got it?"
"Yes, HD." Kin nodded.
"Good. You'll move in tomorrow morning. Go home and pack your stuff tonight. Security will be there at all times to make sure nothing happens."
"Oh believe me," Karin chuckled. "nothing will happen. I don't even want to see them right now."
"Glad to hear that. But you will still be until strict supervision."
"Does that mean that there'll be men in our living room and shit-" Insert evil Tsunade glare here. "stuff… until tomorrow morning?"
"More or less, yes."
"Sweet." Tayuna nodded. "That won't be a problem. We'll ignore them for the rest of the night."
"Beautiful. I will be there at 9. Be ready." The three nodded. "Good. Now get the hell out of my office." They quickly got up and ran out of the office, still whispering about their new home. Tsunade let out a held in sigh and leaned back into her chair. Shizune came back in a few minutes later, stacks of paperwork in her hands.
"Is everything alright?" She placed the stacks of paper on her desk.
She nodded. "I'm fine. I'm just worried for their new neighbors."
Shizune chuckled. "That'll be a lovely surprise, wouldn't it?"
"Yeesh, I'd want to be that dead teacher if it came down to it."
"Do you think they'll honestly change, miss?"
The HD shrugged. "We'll just have to wait and see. Even when they move out, they'll be themselves again once they get their own place."
"Girl will be girls, I assume." Shizune looked back at the desk in front of her and back at her boss. "Would you like another bottle for your busy task?
"Make it three, please. Thank you, Shizune."
"I still can't believe you're leaving me here! Alone!" Naruto shrieked as he helped Neji pack his bags. "Who am I gonna hang out with for two weeks, man?"
"I don't know, maybe Hinata? Kankuro, when you're drunk. Maybe even Gaara if he'll let you."
"Hilarious. But I still can't believe you're going without me. We always went on trips together."
"You said you didn't want to go this year." He folded one of his shirts and placed it into his suitcase. "You need to catch up on your work, anyway."
"Work, schmork." Naruto rolled his eyes. "And I never said I didn't want to go!"
"Yeah you did."
"When?"
"Two weeks before we came here. We were talking about it and you said you didn't want to go."
"I don't even remember that." He crossed his arms with a pout.
Neji sighed and stopped working. "You said as clear as day that you didn't want to go because the last time you and I went, your creepy stalker that wouldn't leave you alone told you that she was going back the same time I was going, and that you wanted to keep the remainder of your sanity and not go."
Naruto stared at his friend with a frown. "What were we doing, exactly? I still don't remember it."
"We were outside on my deck listening to my uncle talk about his past hookups because Sasuke's drunk ass brought up that he looked like the type of guy who got a lot of girls."
Naruto still had a confused look on his face.
Neji then grunted in annoyance. "It was the day after we stayed outside too long and looked like Oompa Loompas."
"Oh yeah!" Naruto laughed. "I remember that! It was weird because I looked like I was left in the toaster for too long. Yeah, I don't wanna go."
"Good. I can't even handle you here. God knows what the hell is gonna happen if we went back to Miami." He zipped up his second suitcase and sat on it, tired. "I can't wait to get out of here."
"What time is the flight?"
"7:45."
"So what time are you two leaving here?"
"Uh…around 5ish. I have to wait for her to get her nails done then Hinata's gonna drive us to the airport."
"Speaking of her, I talked to her today." Naruto sat down in front of Neji on his desk chair.
"And?"
"She's still mad at me, but understands why I did it."
Neji smirked. "And why did you do it?"
"I was drunk, man. There are many reasons for that." Neji shook his head. "But in all seriousness, I don't think we can ever go back to the way things were."
"Usually when one cheats in a relationship, it could never be fully repaired. That bond of trust gets weaker, and suddenly everything you do becomes suspect."
"Thanks for the 411 Dr. Phil, but what if she doesn't love me anymore?"
"People fall out of love. It happens. The best thing you can do is let go until you two cross paths again. Then maybe you two can have something. Until then, be happy with what you have."
"I guess." There was a knock at the door as the two boys got up and went downstairs to answer it. Tenten was at the door with Ino and Hinata at her sides, her bags at her feet.
"Hi baby!" She hugged her boyfriend with a huge smile on her face. "Hi Naruto!" She let go and ran over to hug him also.
"You're very excited." Naruto asked the jumpy girl in his arms.
She nodded. "I can't wait to be in Miami. I've always wanted to go. How'd you managed to get tickets around this time of year anyway, babe?"
"Eh, I'm just cool like that." He sat down next to Ino, who was literally planking on his sofa. "Everything alright?" He poked her leg.
"It's. So. HOT. Outside."
"Why do you think the A/C is cranked up in here?" Naruto walked over to the two, really trying to get closer to Hinata.
"But it's like, almost Halloween! It shouldn't be this hot!" She scrambled up and laid on her back. "It should be like, in the high 50's at least"
"It's gonna be much hotter down there, so this is nothing." Neji rubbed her leg.
While the other three started having a conversation on what the couple will be doing down there, Naruto walked closer to Hinata and placed his hand on her back. She turned to him but didn't say a word.
"Can we talk, please?" She shook her head. "Why not."
"I don't want to talk to you."
"Hinata please," He whispered lower as the other three were laughing about something. "I need to set things straight." She did nothing but stare at him. Finally giving in, she walked in front of him outside and sat on the stairs.
"What do you want."
"I told you earlier what I wanted. I want you to forgive me." He sat next to her, attempting to wrap his arm around her waist.
"I already said that."
"No, you didn't. Can you please look at me?" It took her a moment, but she did turn her head and stare at him with tired, emotionless eyes. "I told you why I did it. It meant nothing to me, and I regret it 1,000%. I hate seeing you mad at me because I know I'm the reason for it and I could never fix that."
She just shook her head. "Can we talk about this after I drop these two off? We need to get going now." She stood up and went back inside. Naruto stayed on the staircase defeated. 'I guess she really doesn't love me anymore…'
"Let me just go say bye to the girls. I'll meet you at the gate." Tenten and Ino walked passed Naruto and stopped at the bottom of the stairs. She looked down and gave Naruto a huge smile. "I'll see you in two weeks!" He smiled back, stood up and hugged her again. She gives really nice hugs.
They let go of one another and both girls ran off to their house. Naruto sighed and sat back down, his face in the palms of his hands. "I'll bring the car up front." Neji called out to his cousin, walking passed his friend with keys in his hands. "You alright?" He shook his head. "I'll be back." Neji ran off to his car.
Naruto couldn't take it anymore and went up to his room. Normally it would be just he and his girlfriend, but since she hates him now, there's no point in her being in there. He plopped down on his bed and curled himself in his blankets. Then, there was a knock on the door. "Go away."
The person came inside anyway and quietly closed the door behind them. Naruto had a feeling on who it was, but he decided to play dumb. "Neji, go away. I'm not in the mood to talk." By the time he finished this sentence, the person climbed over him, their long locks tickling his face, and kissed him under his ear. Indeed he was shocked. Imagine if it really was Neji?
"I'm sorry I was mean to you earlier." Hinata whispered in his ear. "We'll talk about this later, I promise." All Naruto could do was nod. That's the one spot on his body, besides his precious jewels, where he gets turned on the fastest. "I love you." She then got off and walked out of his room.
'At least she's not mad at me anymore…but talk about being turned on and the person leaves. So rude.'
After a long afternoon dropping off and then waving goodbye to Neji and Tenten, all Hinata wanted to do was go to sleep. No dinner, just sleep. As she walked up the stairs to her home, that's not what she was offered.
Three security men were sitting in her living room, just chatting it up like it was their class reunion. They stopped talking once she walked through and just stared at her.
"G'evenin' miss." A well built tanned man greeted her.
"Uh, hi."
"We're here to guard the three other females in this house." The second guard, with beautiful green eyes and dark brown hair, turned around and informed her.
"Ah. Ok. Have you guys eaten?" The three nodded. "Alrighty then. Have a nice night, boys." The guards wished her a goodnight and went back to talking. She walked into the kitchen and grabbed a water bottle from the fridge, going to where the rest of the girls were at the table.
"This is so awkward." Temari shook her head, taking a sip of her juice.
"Don't you have class in a few minutes?" Ino looked down at her roommate from the countertop she was sitting on.
"Your point? I don't mind sitting here with beautiful men in uniform in our lovely living room."
"Get to class Temari."
"Fine, fine! Pushovers." The girls laughed as she picked up her bag and walked out the door, the guards wishing her a good night.
"They're very polite." Sakura took a bite of her apple. "Too bad they're assigned to the evil step-sisters."
"Thank God they're out of here tonight." Ino sat crossed legged on the counter and smirked at her comment.
"Whoa, wait," Hinata looked at her two friends. "they're out of here?" They both nodded. "What did I miss?"
"HD gave them their own house, keeping them isolated from society." Sakura joked.
"Good riddance. They're packing their shit and now we can have their rooms as closets." Ino shrugged.
"Wow. That's crazy. Now they can battle each other." The three girls sat in their corner since they couldn't go upstairs, or they didn't want to. Once it was a decent time, meaning 11:30 at night, the girls parted ways and went to bed. Hinata changed into her pajamas and was about to get comfortable in her covers before her phone rang. It was Naruto. "Hello?"
"Hi."
"What's up?"
"I need to see you. Now."
"Whoa, that sounds like some creepy Twilight shit."
"Is it alright that I come over?"
"Come through my window. Security's downstairs."
"Why?"
"I'll tell you when you get here." She hung up her phone and waited for him to throw something at her window, because he always does that. After about 5 minutes, she heard small pebbles being thrown at her window. Her heart skipped a beat as she got up and opened her window, seeing his beautiful face and smile. No words were exchanged as he climbed up the tree and landed inside her room with no difficulty. Silence overtook the room with a slight breeze.
"So…you wanted to talk."
"Yeah. Listen, Hina, I-"
Her lips crashed onto his, blocking out the sentence. Nothing could ruin this moment. It's all that Naruto has every wanted ever since all this drama started. All he wanted was her in his arms, his lips on hers, his body on top of her, you get the picture.
Once they broke apart, gasping for air, all they wanted to do was lay in bed together. No sex, just cuddling. Spooning even. Hinata grabbed his hand and led him to her bed. "Hinata," he began to speak, but she put her finger against his mouth.
"I know. I'm sorry, too. I love you, too. I forgive you for everything. All of that is behind us. Right now, just be here with me."
He smiled his famous smile, stripped off his jacket, pants, and shoes, and laid down next to her. Suddenly, the room got warmer. Not from the body temperature, but from the mood of everything. No one is angry or fighting. Everyone is happy and for once, it's at peace.
Naruto looked down at his girlfriend and kissed her forehead. "I promise to never treat you anything less than you are."
Hinata blushed, stroking his hand under the covers. "I promise not to get angry at you for every little thing." She held up her pinky finger for a pinky promise. He chuckled and wrapped his finger around hers.
"These things are legit, man. Breaking these are lethal," He joked. She giggled. "ask me how I know."
More endless chatter between the two continued throughout the night as the moon shined brightly above them. It's once in a lifetime where you can experience a night where there's no drama between your significant other, and the two of you can just lay there in harmony and in love. Luckily that night ended up being tonight. Only God knows what'll happen the next day.
God, and the author, of course.
I feel like the NaruHina scene was a little rushed, but I didn't want to add a lot of detail. It's whatever.
(1) 'Tch. Tell that to Temari.' Tayuna mumbled.- Alliteration!
Ok, so please review, I really hope you liked it. I'll try to get the next chapter of L,L,L before school ends.
