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Warning: OOCness.
-Itachi's Queen
Battling With A Hot Guy
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I started panicking as soon as the lights went out. As I blink, my trembling hand reached into my pocket to fish out Sasuke's phone. I turned the phone's flashlight on and raised it to guide me as I walk out of the cubicle I was in. I went to the door and tried my hardest to open it but to no avail.
I resorted to looking for Sakura-chan's number in Sasuke's phone but it wasn't in his phonebook so I have no choice but to call my phone instead, which is in Sasuke's possession. I kept on redialling but Sasuke is still not answering.
The switch is outside of the comfort room so I had no choice but to cling unto the phone's mini light. But to make matters worse, the phone gave a warning signal that the battery is empty and was followed by the phone shutting down. The fear came rushing back to me as my eyes met darkness once again.
So I did the only thing I could. I began pounding on the door. "Karin! Open up! This isn't funny!" I cried as loud as I could but even if she's there, she's not listening to me. "Open the door! Please!"
I continued to shout the same thing for as long as my throat allowed. I'm sure that I've been here for almost an hour now. Leaning against the door, I fell on my knees and hugged myself. I began thinking if there are any ghosts around.
Then I suddenly heard a guy's voice. It was a bit muffled so I couldn't recognize but I'm sure about what he said. "What's going on in there?"
Thinking he probably could save me, I continued shouting. "Please help me! I'm locked inside!"
"What are you doing? Why are you locking Hinata in the comfort room?" I could now hear the guy's angry voice. Maybe he's a classmate since he knew me by my voice. "Let her out now."
"Why should I? No one seems to care. She's been shouting the whole time but no one bothered to help her." Karin said in her mean voice. "And what do you care, anyway? Didn't she cast you out and never wants to be associated with you ever again, hm?"
No way. It couldn't be. The person who is supposed to be my savior couldn't be him. "I don't care. Let her out now." Just as he said that, someone opened the door. I winced at the sudden impact of light in my eyes. The guy immediately rushed to me and held my arms for support.
"I told you Sasuke-kun is just playing with you. If he wasn't, he should have been here by now. He should have been the one to rescue you. But he clearly doesn't so If I were you, I'll stop now or something worse might happen to you." Karin threatened even more and turned away to leave.
"Hinata, are you alright? Were you hurt anywhere?" He immediately asked as soon as Karin is gone.
"I'm-"
"Hinata-chan!" The guy and I both turned to where we heard the voice. It was Ino approaching towards us. "What happened?" Her eyes accusingly looked at the guy beside me. "Sabaku Gaara, what happened to Hinata? What did you and Karin do again to my friend?!" She must have seen Karin walking away since she knew Karin was a part of it.
"Ino-chan.. Calm down. It's okay, Gaara helped me." I weakly said. I still couldn't get over the trauma that Karin locked me inside the comfort room for what seemed like forever.
"I'll bring you to the clinic." Gaara offered.
Since he helped me a lot, I decided to just forget my anger for once. "My legs are weak but I can manage. Thank you for helping me, Gaara." I could feel my eyes watering again.
"I'll take it from here, Sabaku." Ino-chan gestured me towards the comfort room again to help me wash up.
"I'll be out here. In case Karin decides to traumatize Hinata again." Ino and I nodded our thanks to Gaara and went inside the comfort room.
I was terrified at myself when we stood in front of the mirror. I look like a zombie. My hair is all over the place, my bangs looked like they want to get out of my face. Dry tears and sweat combined are all over my face. Gaara must have been horrified when he saw me earlier but chose to keep it in himself.
"I warned you before, didn't I? Karin is a heartless person. She would go to any lenghts for Sasuke-kun. You shouldn't mess with her. I think it's time you stop this." I nodded simultaneously. I totally agree with her. But then Sakura-chan will not allow it. We both wanted to get back on Sasuke and Karin badly.
"I can't do that..." I said and started washing my face while Ino-chan fix my hair.
"Why not? Because of Sakura? No offense, Hinata-chan, but there is a limitation for things you can do for your friend. Besides, Sakura shouldn't have let you do this. She knows this will affect you, especially knowing Karin, but she still let you do it anyway."
I couldn't look at her. I'm not sure how I should react. Is what Ino said right?
"By the way, I guess Gaara really does like you, huh? He's the one who saved you from Karin's cruel hands." I looked at Ino and I saw a genuine smile.
I know she liked Gaara and so I started cooking up an explanation. "Ino-chan, about Gaara.. I-"
But before I can say anything, she stopped me by raising her hand. I saw a ring in her ring finger. "I accepted this couple ring from Sai. So don't worry your pretty little head about me getting hurt over Gaara-kun anymore, okay?"
I immediately hugged Ino. Sai is a good guy and I know he'd be perfect for my friend. "Congratulations, Ino-chan. I really want you to be happy."
"Thank you. He is charming, isn't he?" We both giggled until I felt my stomach hurting from hunger.
"Ino-chan, I'm really hungry." I'm so thankful to her because she cheered me up from the trauma Karin gave me.
"Oh! Then let's go to the cafeteria!" We walked out of the comfort room and surely, Gaara is still there. "Hey, Sabaku, Hina-chan is hungry. Let's buy her food."
I immediately turned down her offer. "I'm fine to go alone, Ino-chan. Besides, you should be with your new boyfriend, ne?" I teased her and she blushed. I turned to Gaara. "Thank you so much for helping me. But you should go too." I am thankful for the two of them but I'm still not ready to face Gaara with just the two of us.
The two protested but I insisted that I want to do this alone so they let me leave. I went to the cafeteria while Ino's words linger in my mind. There might be other ways to help Sakura-chan. It was definitely better when Karin used to turn my evil schemes against me rather than attacking me straight on.
Upon reaching the cafeteria, I made a decision. I am going to break up with Uchiha Sasuke. I will face Sakura-chan's anger and explain my side. She is my friend and I'm sure she will understand me and we can come up with a different plan against Karin.
"Hey, what took you so long?" Sasuke suddenly appeared in front of me as soon as I entered the cafeteria. Then he noticed my puffy eyes. Simply washing my face wasn't enough to remove it. "Did you cry? I was just gone for just 30 minutes and you already missed me that much?"
I ignored his remarks and walked over to the counter then I ordered my food. He kept on following me until I took a sit and started eating my lunch. I left my lunch box at home since I was paranoid about Karin's threat since early this morning.
Normally, Sasuke wouldn't talk much. But he decided to talk anyway. "Why didn't you call me again after that one missed call you left? I was just busy at the moment. I didn't know where to find you."
I took his cellphone from my pocket and placed it on the table. "The battery's dead, and you didn't give me your charger." I answered and then continued eating.
"You didn't tell me you needed it, I could have brought it if you said so." He replied. "Why are you eating so much? Do you want to get fat?"
Still trying to regain my energy, I kept quiet until I took my one last bite. After that, I faced him with my most serious expression. "Uchiha Sasuke." I looked into his eyes. "Let's break up."
And as if it was something as easy as yes or no, he replied, "No."
"You said before that you don't like me, remember? You said you just agreed to make me your girlfriend because you knew I like you. But you're mistaken, I don't like you at all." I finally told him honestly.
"Why do you really want to break up?" He asked, disregarding everything I just said. "I didn't mean to leave you for 30 minutes. Sai asked all the varsity players to sing while he propose to Yamanaka. That was why I wasn't able to answer your call."
So that's why but it wasn't because of that. "I'm not mad because you left me, okay? In fact, I was happy. It's the things I have to go through because of you." I finally admitted so that he would stop with his absurd theory.
"Like what?"
"Why don't you ask Karin?" I shot at him angrily.
For a moment, Sasuke's facial expression turned from blank to angry to blank again. It was so instant that you would have doubted your eyes if it really happened. "What did Karin do? I'm sure she wouldn't do anything."
"Oh, really?" I retorted sarcastically. "Well then, you're wrong."
"I know Karin enough to say that she doesn't do things without any good intention." It made me look like I am the bad person and Karin is the victim.
Annoyed that he seem to be siding with Karin, I stood up from my seat. "If you think she's so great, then why don't you just go and ask her to be your girlfriend?"
I started to walk away but then he suddenly spoke that made me stop from my tracks. "Because I don't like a person basing on whether she's just great. I like a person because she's different from others, and the world just doesn't seem right when she's not around. And you still can't break up with me."