C8
"Oh, no…" Hinata murmured, her eyes wide and horrified. Her schedule as of this coming week read a seven hour shift on the Saturday.
Her Saturday.
The Saturday.
With a determined look set upon her face, she turned on her heel and stomped down the hall and out to her till. Oh, no. This Saturday was not going to be ruined by anything.
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"Um, Sasuke," Hinata murmured and lightly tapped his arm to grab his attention. "Sasuke?"
"What?" He turned around from his conversation and Sakura (which had more contribution from the other two teens, whereas Sasuke merely listened with an annoyed scowl). His eyebrow rose as he noticed who it was trying to gather his notice. "Hinata."
"H-hi." She shifted on her feet and avoided the frowning stare of Sakura. "Could you do me a f-favour, please?"
"Does she really believe he'll do something for her?" Sakura whispered in a voice much too loud to be remotely discreet to Naruto who was leaning back against the table in which she was sitting upon with a daintily crossed leg.
"What do you need?" Sasuke turned around fully, effectively blocking out a put out and mildly offended looking Sakura.
"Could you c-cover a shift for me this Saturday? Please?" She wring her hands together nervously and bit her lips as she stared down at her rain boot clad feet.
"No." He flat out refused and watched as she deflated under his stare before amending in a less prickly voice. "Really, I can't. I have something to do on Saturday too. If you phone Itachi at work though, he can see if anyone's available."
Giving a small smile up at him, she gave a quiet murmur of thanks. He really was ridiculously tall. The top of her head only reached the tip of his chin and where his broad shoulders began, hers ended. The next moment stuck with her for the rest of Hinata's small, insignificant life. It was almost in slow motion to Hinata's mind as she watched Sasuke's large hand reach up and Sakura's bright emerald eyes widen to saucers. It seemed like forever as his hand lowered down to place itself on her head…
And ruffled her hair.
For the next twenty seconds, nothing was said from anyone in the immediate vicinity as everyone gawked at Sasuke who was staring down at his hand that was still placed on her head with furrowed eyebrows and almost confused and expectant expression. Hinata was fairly sure she was hitting the first stages of shock. Sakura looked near comatose. Naruto, of course, was turned away and hacking into his hand for an ill disguised escape for his laughter.
"Yeah. So phone Itachi." He quickly snatched his hand away and shoved it into his pocket. "You can probably get the shift covered by someone."
Awkwardly, Hinata (who was still so pathetically stunned and unsure as what to do) brought her hand into a fist and bumped it against his arm. "Uh…s-sure? Will do." She winced at her lame attempt at a friendly gesture and bit her lip. Dear. God. No wonder her only friends were Kiba and Shino.
An awkward smile flitted briefly across his lips before returning to a scowl and glaring down at her before raising his eyebrow accusingly at her still fisted hand. "Shut up."
Grinning broadly, Hinata repeated the gesture and was still confused later as she phone Itachi at the butterflies she got as she remembered Sasuke's hand against her scalp, his awkward smile, and the envious glare Sakura had sent her.
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"Oh, Neji!" Hinata smiled as she closed the door behind her and brushed the snow off of her hat and shoulders. Already after her first week of winter vacation the snow had fall down in almost harsh amounts, smothering everything in a thick blanket of snow. "Welcome home!"
He gave her a warm smile and entered the foyer. "Hello, Hinata." He took her coat from her and hung it up in the closet before turning to her. "So…uh…before Hanabi gets to you…"
Without warning and almost as it on cue, said little sister came sprinting into the foyer at top speed with a large twinkling grin on her face, Hanabi shrieked, "Neji's got a girlfriend!"
"What?" Hinata looked up at her older cousin who was currently glaring down at a grinning and altogether much too proud looking younger sister. "Who? When?"
"Hinata, it's been a while." A soft and friendly voice greeted from the doorframe and peeked their head into the suddenly very crowded foyer. "How're you?"
"Tenten!" Hinata shrieked and launched herself in a heartfelt bear hug. "I haven't seen you since…well, I haven't seen you in a really l-long time!" She detached herself momentarily before asking, "What are doing here? You--" She stopped for a moment to whip her head back to gape in disbelief at Neji. "Tenten? You're dating Tenten?"
Tenten laughed and scratched her cheek sheepishly, "Uh, yeah. I guess Neji hadn't gotten until that part yet…you're okay with it, aren't you?"
"But of course!" Hinata chirruped and smiled, "How long are you here for?"
"Monday, then Neji and I have to head back to campus." Tenten smiled and ruffled her hair, making Hinata shiver as she remembered the earlier action given by Sasuke that's effect had been much more different on her. "You wanna spend some quality time with an old friend this Saturday?"
Feeling trapped, Hinata bit her lip and shook her head slowly, "I can't this Saturday…I've got something to do?"
"'Something to do?'" Neji and Hanabi echoed together. "What?"
"I…I have a party to go to." Hinata murmured and shifted uneasily under their scrutiny and surprise. She was feeling more than a little overwhelmed with Hanabi's telltale look of soon-to-be-interogation, and Neji who mimicked that look with more concern and deliberation. Tenten, however, had a large grin splitting on her tanned face.
"For real? This is your first real one, isn't it?" Grasping her hands out of excitement, Tenten shook them vigorously and asked, "I know I'm not one to gossip about fashion and such, but please, for the love of God in such a momentous occasion tell me that you have something nice planned out to wear."
"Um, not really…" Hinata shrugged. Not a thought was really ever given to her clothing for the party…either way she was still going to be that wallflower girl nobody knew or talked to.
"Alright. New plan for the afternoon of Saturday. Wait, what time does your party start at?" Tenten inquired and let go of Hinata's fingers.
"I don't actually know," Hinata admitted and avoided looking in the direction of her relatives at all costs. "But N-Naruto said he'd pick me up at eight."
"Naruto?" All three chorused together, each with their own different inflections of tone, giving each of their exclamations different meanings. "You have a date with Naruto?"
"Oh, you are definitely going to come with me for a nice mall excursion." Tenten spoke with determination as she wrapped an arm around Hinata's shoulders. "Definitely coming."
Suddenly Saturday seemed so much more looming than before.
Uh...sorry to disappoint anyone, but Attractive Hazel Eyed boy is not a character from Naruto. He is merely a tool in my plot progression.
Thank you and everyone, have a nice day.
