All credits to Yves_Liong (writer from Wattpad) and Masashi Kishimoto (maker of Naruto).

Warning: OOC characters

-DenHime

Battling With A Hot Guy

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20

When I woke up the next morning, I didn't feel that excited anymore. What was I to be excited for, when there was nothing going to happen like the past Valentine's I had. And so, I got out of bed and lazily got ready for school. In fact, I wasn't even worried that I'd be late because the teachers are going to be lenient today.

Despite my slumping movement, I was able to reach school on time. When I got to my locker, there was a yellow rose sticking out of one of the vent holes. Feeling very excited in finding out who could it be from, my heart started beating wildly. It was a rose, after all, though it was just a symbol of friendship. I did tell Gaara to give a yellow rose to the girl he likes, right?

Ending my suspense, I took the rose from the vent and check the tag. Unfortunately, it wasn't supposed to be mine. It's for a girl named Dei from Sasori. I raised my brow. If I remember correctly, Sasori is our sempai, he's already senior but I'm not familiar with the girl's name. He probably misplaced the rose, thinking my locker is Dei's. I don't know what to do with it so I just held into it.

Luckily, a girl arrived at the locker next to mine. Upon opening her locker, I noticed that the decorated name posted in its door is Iwa Dei, talk about luck. I instantly faced her with a smile. "Hi! You're Dei, right?"

I tried to hide the fact that I'm really awed at how pretty she is. Her golden locks reached past her shoulders and one eye is hidden by her bangs. I couldn't help but think she looks like Ino. She smiled back at me. "Yes, that's me. Why?" She replied in a very soft voice.

"I think this belongs to you." I said as I hand the rose to her. "I guess the person thought my locker was yours."

"Oh, thank you." She remarked gratefully as she checked who it was from. "Wow, it's from Sasori. Thank you so much for giving this back to me."

"You're welcome." I answered and we smiled at each other. With that, she shut her locker and started walking away. I disappointedly headed to my first class. Reaching the room, there it is again, a yellow rose on top of my desk. Seeing Sakura is already there, I decided to ask her who placed it there.

"Did you see who put this on my table?" I asked her as I took my seat.

She shook her head but was smiling mischievously. "Check it for yourself."

I picked it up and checked the tag, my heart is beating wildly again. But once again, it isn't from Gaara. It's from Sakura.

"Happy Valentine's Day!" She greeted happily.

"Thanks!" I said, giving her a hug.

"I have to be the first one who gives you a rose since I'm the bestfriend." She said cheekily.

I raised my eyebrow at her. "What makes you think I'm going to get a rose soon?"

She shrugged with a playful smile. "I don't know but my instinct tells me you're going to get more than the rose I gave you."

"Yeah... Total humiliation and disappointment." I mumbled as I took my notebook out, seeing the teacher entering the room.

Gaara arrived late for class but since it's Valentine's day, the teacher didn't scold him, in fact, she even smiled at Gaara, understanding why he's late. That made me feel even worse, thinking he is late because he gave the rose to the girl he was talking about last night.

While the teacher continued discussing, the door suddenly opened. And as it did, a senior which I known to be Nagato, appeared with a guitar strapped around his shoulders and a boquet of different colors of tulips and a medium-sized teddy bear on his hand.

When the teacher saw him, she tried to hide her smile as she asked him. "What can we do for you?"

Nagato flashed her a heart-warming smile then turned to the girl sitting in front of Gaara. Of course, we all know her, she's Konan. "I came to give my present to the person I want to be my valentine." He remarked, making a lot of girls in our class squeal.

Konan tried to act as if she wasn't touched by Nagato's sweetness. She simply raised her eyebrow at him as she waited for him to go on with his presentation.

Nagato placed the flowers and teddy bear in between his arm and underarm so it won't fall, and then started playing his guitar. As he started singing, I couldn't help but feel myself swoon too. He does have a beautiful voice. And it is evident that Konan is trying very hard to hide her delight. She's just smiling as Nagato approach her but I could see that she is impressed.

Once Nagato is finished singing, he knelt down in front of Konan and stretch his left hand to give her the flowers and the bear.

"Will you be my valentine, Konan?" He asked in a husky voice.

Every girl in our class squealed, even Sakura-chan, while Konan receiveds the gifts and she nodded as she smiled widely. Nagato asked the teacher for permission to take her out of the room for a few minutes, and the teacher agreed. As soon as the two were out, the teacher continued discussing.

When lunch period came, Ino rushed towards us, in our table in the cafeteria. She has a huge smile on her face. "How's your Valentine's?" Then she looked at me. "Did Sasuke do something for you yet?"

Sakura and I looked at each other at the mention of Sasuke's name. We agreed not to talk about him anymore but Ino didn't know it so I let it go and answered her. "No, he didn't and I'm noy expectin him to."

Sakura took the chance to change the topic. "What about you, Ino? Did Sai give you anything yet?"

She shook her head. "Nothing." She replied. "I think he accepted the fact that I like his bestfriend more than him."

"You mean you like Gaara?" Sakura exclaimed in surprise. "But I thought Gaara likes Hinata?"

"No, he doesn't!" I answered back, slapping her arm slightly not wanting to hurt Ino, especially since it is not true. "Gaara likes someone else. He even asked me last night if pink rose is okay to give to the girl he likes."

Ino suddenly moved her head closer to me with interest in her eyes. "Who is it? Did he tell you?"

I shook my head. "No but I'm sure it's not me." I replied and sipped from my iced tea to calm myself. "Anyway we'll find out soon since we'll see him giving the rose."

Sakura who I noticed is focused on the cafeteria door as we were talking, suddenly spoke. "Looks like we're going to find out sooner than you think." She said, gesturing for us to look at the doorway of the cafeteria.

There Gaara stood holding not only a rose but a boquet of pink rose on his right hand and she seems like he's looking for someone. Ino suddenly became excited.

"Omg! That means the girl is right here!" She exclaimed not taking her eyes off of Gaara.

"I think he's looking for Hinata." Sakura suddenly said, also following Gaara's actions. "Stand up, Hinata, so he can see you."

My eyes widened at Sakura's suggestion. "Are you serious? I'm not that pathetic. It's not me who's going to receive his flowers." Even though I felt a pang of hurt, I insisted that I'm not the one he likes.

"If you're not going to stand, then I will." Sakura said.

Ino's forehead furrowed. "If you stand, he won't see Hinata. Besides, how can you be sure he's really looking for Hinata?" Ino asked before I could ask it myself.

Sakura grinned mischievously. "If I stand up, Gaara would know where Hinata is because he knows Hinata always spends her lunch with me, mostly. And I'm not actually sure but there's no harm in trying, right? If he sees me and doesn't approach us, it means he's looking for someone else."

"But it will look awkward if you just stand up without any reason." I pointed out, hoping she'll just drop it.

"That's smiple, I'll throw my emoty coke can." She answered and went to throw her empty can, since the trash bin is just near us. And sure enough, when she's walking back to our table, Gaara caught sight of her and started walking over to our place.

As Gaara approached, I was now sure that it's me whom he's going to receive those flowers. Who else would he give it to? He didn't seem like he fancied Ino yesterday. And he did say Sakura is a bad friend a few days ago.

But as he neared us, he suddenly turned towards Ino and gave her the roses.

"Happy Valentine's Day."

21

I knew that jealousy shouldn't grow inside me as I watched Gaara give Ino those roses, especially since I knew that Ino really likes Gaara. She deserve those roses. I just couldn't help but be jealous of Ino. And so, I think getting out of there would be my best option.

"I have to go." I only told Sakura so as not to disturb Gaara and Ino.. I didn't even wait for her to reply and just slipped away. As I was walking away, I took my cellphone out of my pocket and sent Sakura a mesage to tell her I need to do a forgotten assignement. I know it's a lame excuse but it's all I could think of right now.

As soon as I got out of the cafeteria, I didn't even know where to go. My next class is after 30 minutes. Maybe I could just hang out in the library. But I decided to just go outside and get fresh air. As I was heading out, I saw Naruto and Kiba approaching me, surprisngly, he's not with Sasuke. Curiosity entered my mind and I'm glad because I could temporarily forget about Gaara and Ino. As they reach me, they both gave me a huge grin which doesn't seem so trustworthy right now, even if they are my friends.

"Hey, Hinata-chan!" Naruto greeted me.

"Are you busy right now?" Kiba asked.

I looked at Naruto then to Kiba. "Not really. Why?"

"We're just wondering if maybe we can talk to you privately?" Naruto asked with a blinding smile.

I giggled knowing how sunshiny Naruto is. I did once have a crush on him on 6th grade. "About what?" I asked as my head turn from Naruto to Kiba and then repeat.

"It's about Sakura."

"And Hanabi."

I knew it. I have known that Hanabi had a crush on Kiba since the first time she saw him. And as for Naruto, when we were in elementary, he always says he has a crush on Sakura. And so I sighed and nodded since I'm not going anywhere anyway. "Okay. Where do we talk?" I asked.

They looked at each other and grinned, which looks very suspicious, then they looked at me again. Naruto grabbed my left hand, while Kiba grabbed my right and they started walking so I just followed them. "Just follow us." They remarked.

We started walking towards deserted classrooms and we stopped in front of one dark classroom. "Let's go in?" Naruto initiated.

"Ladies first, Naruto." Kiba said.

Then they let go of my hands softly pushed me inside the dark room.

"W-Wait! Aren't you supposed to switch the lights on f-first?" I stuttered, feeling nervous and my suspicion returned again. What are they planning? Could they be playong a prank on me? But they're my friends! But Sasuke is also their friend! Did he ask the two to prank me?

Naruto smiled innocently. "We can't, the switch is on the ither side of the room." He answered insisting for me to enter.

"How do I know you're not going to lock me inside when I enter?"

Kiba suddenly burst out laughing. "Are you crazy, Hinata-chan? Why would we do that to you?" Kiba answered. "Alright, I'll go inside first then you follow, okay?"

Kiba assured me and then he entered while I know Naruto would follow after me. When I entered, Kiba still hasn't swicthed the lights on but since he's there I just continued walking inside. But as soon as I did, I noticed Kiba heading towards the other door and suddenly, I know what they're going to do.

I saw Naruto grinned at me as shut the door where Kiba and I entered, and then Kiba shut the other door where he went out.

"Naruto-kun! Kiba-kun! Open the door!" I exclaimed in panic, pounding the door where I entered as hard as I could. "This isn't funny!" How would they do this to me? I'm their friend! And they said they wouldn't!

Suddenly, a voice spoke from a corner of the room. "Are you that afraid of the dark?" The male voice said, making me turn around and check whose voice it is.

But since it's too dark, I just asked him. "Who are you?"

"I'm a spirit. I've been here for ten years, calling for help from the students who enter this room. But no one comes, so now I'm going to kill you all." The voice answered in a very deep, scary voice. Now I can feel goosebumps.

"Naruto-kun! Kiba-kun! Open the door! Please!" I said pounding the door again, now harder than before.

As I continued to shout and pound the door, the spirit began chuckling. At first, it's deep and scary again but as it continued, it sounds more like a chuckle I'm familiar with. I stopped pounding the door, and turned towards where I heard the voice. "Uchiha Sasuke! It's you, isn't it?" I said getting angry.

The chuckling stopped and a candle suddenly lit up, revealing Sasuke's face. "Hello." He greeted with a smirk.

"This is another one of your pranks!" I yelled. "Tell Naruto and Kiba to open the door now!" I shouted at Sasuke angrily, walking towards him.

He didn't obey my demands though. Why do I even expect? He moved the candle and lighted a small candle, then another one until a cake with three lighted candles revealed. Next, he took a chair a few meters away from him and placed it behind the cake. When he took a seat, he smiled his very rare smile at me.

"Do you like it?" He asked me, gesturing towards the cake.

I raised a brow at him. "What is it for?" I asked, although I know the answer. I just want to make sure so my expectations wouldn't be crushed again.

"It's my birthday today." He answered.

"No, it's not. You're birthday's in July." I retorted, taking a seat on a chair far from him and the cake.

He smirked at me. "Why do you know when my birthday is?"

I felt my cheeks heat up when I saw his smirk. I'm sure he's thinking I know because I like him. "Because that is the time your fangirls get even worse. What do you do to all of the gifts you receive? Throw them away or keep them in a special room or something?"

"Would you be jealous if I tell you I keep them all?" He looked at me with a glint on his eyes.

"why would I be? It's not like I'm in love you." I responded instantly.

He stood up from his seat. "I didn't say you were in love me. I'm just sayin I get more gifts than you. But you know, guilty minds needs no accusers." He said walking over towards me.

"Why are you passing your feelings to me? You're the one who likes me." I answered, standing up too. "You even confessed in front of Karin and the whole student body."

He shook his head. "I can't believe you bought that. I was just teasing Karin. I like her, can't you tell?"

"So you're just trying to make my life even more miserable, huh?" I asked angrily. "You're such an asshole."

Being the insensitive person that he is, he even smirked at what I said. "Of course. You've been saying that for a long time now." He answered simply like it didn't bother him at all.

"And yet you don't even try to change." He shrugged and kept smirking. It seems no matter what I say, nothing can scar him. How can a person be this way? Is he that insensitive? "What do you really want to accomplish by all these pranks?"

He didn't say anything, even his expression didn't change. I decided that it's useless to talk to him.

"You know what? Forget it. I'm just going to leave." I finally said and headed towards the door. "Naruto-kun! Kiba-kun! Open the door now." I ordered as I try the knob. It still wouldn't open.

Suddenly, Sasuke's phone started ringing but I continued to pound on the door as he talk to the caller. But I heard Naruto's name so maybe he's going to tell Naruto and Kiba to open the door.

Just when I was about to complain to him, he went ahead of me and spoke. "Naruto said they can't open the door. He thinks it's jammed." He said nonchalantly.

"What?!" I exclaimed. "You're kidding, right?"

He just shrugged and went to sit beside the table where the cake is. "I guess you'll be spending your Valentine's with me." Then he smirked at me