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"Okay Hinata, he's clear." Hanabi said as she walked down the hall.
As soon as Hinata heard her voice she jumped up from the spot she was sitting. She looked behind her sister to see the blonde smiling as he walked behind her. Seeing his calm state and relaxed face made her feel relieved but at the same time confused. What had those two agreed on to be in such peace? HInata knew her sister was no angel when it came to meeting new people and she also knew Naruto at times could be tempered or impatient. She remembered his annoyed attitude towards Sakura when they—he tried to explain to her about their relationship. She also remembered Hanabi's rage burst from last night when they were talking about Naruto. She could only imagine how much eye rolls and yells occurred in that classroom.
"Clear for what?" Hinata said as she walked towards her sister.
A warm smile, a warm soft smile surprisingly appeared across Hanabi's face. Never had she ever thought her sister could smile that brightly while she stood next to Naruto.
"He's got my approval." She said while she tugged his sleeve.
The way these two were so comfortable with each other was so odd yet so amazing to watch. Hinata was dying to know how this had happened. She knew Naruto was the one wanting to be friendly and she knew Hanabi was the one who was being incredibly reluctant, so how did these two manage to connect?
"Okay?" She said sounding just as confused as her thoughts were. "How did this happen?"
Her little sister giggled behind her breath and shrugged her shoulders. "Honestly, I have no idea." She said shaking her head. "I guess you can say he's just really good with words."
"He is? Well what did he sa-"
"Look, don't over think it." Naruto said poking her nose. "The point is it worked and we're buds now."
"I'm not." Hinata said backing away from the two. "It's just, I really wanna know how this happened. I'm just curious."
As much as Naruto wanted to tell her everything that had happened, he couldn't. He promised Hanabi he wouldn't. She didn't want Hinata to know that she was crying, she didn't want her to know what she had confessed to Naruto, She just didn't want Hinata to know about the side she had never revealed to her. It wasn't that she didn't trust her, it's just that a part of her felt that right now wasn't a good time; she just didn't feel ready, and luckily Naruto understood that. He understood the girl was uncomfortable and a little bit insecure about who she really was. Sure, he didn't approve of it but he could slightly understand why. It was a phase that hit everybody in life; it even hit him for quite a long time. Of course, he didn't want Hanabi to continue feeling this why so he tried to help her.
"You know, you don't have to feel afraid to be yourself especially around your sister." He said as he walked out the classroom. "She's nice and I promise you she wouldn't judge you for being a sensitive person. After all, she's just like that too."
"I know." Hanabi said as she looked down at the floor. "But it's just embarrassing."
"Why?"
Naruto could hear a soft sigh behind him. He didn't want to look back, feeling that it would make her uncomfortable but he waited attentively for a response.
"Because it just is. Let's just leave it at that, Naruto. Please don't tell her."
The tone of her was indefinable to his ear. He couldn't tell if she was sad, angry, or dull. It wasn't until her last little word that he finally knew what it was.
"Please."
It was a soft quiet please, a hurt please. It was a please that clung on to him with trust; a simple word that overpowered all the emotions he had seen from her. This little girl trusted him, enough to confess to him things she had never told her own sister. Although he didn't understand why she couldn't tell Hinata, he felt the great need to protect her secret. He had earned a great amount of her trust and he couldn't bear to lose it.
He couldn't understand why the Hyuga girls were so odd in dealing with emotions and why they react in the same way but what he did know was that they were good people who he didn't want to hurt. He had to play the role of Hanabi's locked diary in order to keep her calm and happy. And that's what he was determined to do.
"Don't worry Hanabi." He finally said. "I won't say anything."
Minutes later they saw the image of Hinata and they ended up where they were right now, a standing trio in the hallway.
"Naruto, can you please tell me!" A femine voice whined passed his thoughts. She lightly pulled the front of his uniform and furrowed her eyebrows in the cute childish way he always liked. "it's eating me alive! How did you get my sister to like you! I mean yesterday she was-"
"Stop over thinking it, Hinata." Naruto said as he pressed his forehead against her. "All I did was talk to her about us, used a little bit of magic emotion, and bam, I earned her friendship."
Hinata stared into his clear blue eyes while he smiled back at her. The way his face just stayed happy and didn't continue to speak afterwards, made her think he wasn't going to tell her any of the real details. She sighed accepting the reality that their conversation was somehow confidential and neither one of the two would be sharing anything anytime soon.
"Fine, I can see you guys won't be telling me anything so I won't bother." She softly said.
Secretly, Hinata was a little offended that Naruto and Hanabi didn't have enough confidence to tell her the truth. It kind of hurt her and it even made her feel a little bit angry; a very very mild anger of course but overall it was still anger. Being precautious that a strong fire would soon slip out of her, she hugged her sister goodbye and walked down the hall, leaving the blonde miles behind.
"Wait, where are you going?" Naruto yelled behind her.
"To class."
The way she kept walking down the building not even looking back at him, puzzled Naruto. They were in the same class first period and were supposedly 'being public' today. Why was she in a hurry? Before he could run to catch up to her, Hanabi grabbed his sleeve once again and pulled him back.
"She's not happy right now." She whispered next to him.
Naruto whipped his head so fast to her direction that his head almost flung across the hall. "What?!" He harshly whispered back at her stretching out his blue eyes. "What did I do?!I didn't even say anything."
"Exactly."
Naruto's brain twisted and rolled around his head trying to understand what she was saying. The way he was mentally struggling flat out screamed stupid all over his face. Hanabi rolled her eyes at the whiskered boy and exhaled loudly.
"Naruto, she's just mad because we didn't tell her what really happened. We actually didn't tell her anything at all. "
"But you told me not to."
"I knowww smart one." Hanabi said rolling her eyes a second time. "Just use your boyfriend love to get her to smile again."
"But how am I-"
"Just do it." The girl said pushing him. "And don't tell her anything that I told you, okay. You promised."
She waved him away motioning him to, "Go, go!" and to, "Keep it PG!"
Poor Naruto dumbly jogged away in search for Hinata. He walked around the school building looking for the longer haired, lavender-eyed girl. When he finally saw her walking up the stairs, he sped to her.
"Hey." He said panting. "Why didn't you wait for me?"
"I thought you could follow me."
The long-haired girl didn't even turn her head to look at him; she just kept her view straight ahead. Although her face didn't express any signs of irritation, she just didn't seem to be acting like her normal kind-loving self. As much as Naruto attempted to start a conversation with her she just wouldn't open up. In the outside he appeared to be very relaxed but in the inside he was hiding deep in the corner of his mind. The guy was afraid, afraid of Hinata. Hinata was scary when she wasn't in a good mood. He could only imagine having another one week argument with her with constant death glares and harsh comments. He didn't ever want to deal with that again.
"Are you mad?" He said taking a mental leap of faith.
Unfortunately, the only thing he received in return was a short no.
"Are you sure? Because you're not really acting like yourself."
"Mmm-hmm."
Naruto knew she was lying; he knew she was mad and he knew she was denying it.
Why are girls so complicated, he thought. You ask them if they're okay, you know that they're not, they know that they're not, yet they say they're fine. Why?!
"Look I know you're lying." Naruto said barging in front of her. They were already at the end of the staircase. Hinata nearly fell over by his unexpected movement. "We're not leaving until you tell me what's up with you."
Hinata, being her stubborn self, tried to make her away around him but Naruto kept blocking all her exits.
"Naruto, stop it." She said pushing his chest.
"Not until you tell me what's wrong."
"Nothing's wrong."
Naruto glared back at her with a 'come on' face. He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her cheek. "You can't hide it, sunshine. I know you too well to see your lying."
Hinata turned her head away from him and folded her arms across her chest. The girl was being very resistant into spilling her emotions and Naruto was just not willing to let it slide. He helped her up the stairs and just before she could run away, he grabbed her waist and pulled her into a hug. His head rested gently on one of her shoulders as he playfully whispered in her ear.
"Why are you mad, Hime? Why are you mad at me?"
His soft breathy voice gave her tingles down her spine and goose bumps all over her body. She placed her hands lightly on his chest trying to brush him off but instead it gave him more motivation to give her more tingly sensations. There was a point where it started to tickle and a quiet giggle escaped her lips. Naruto, having superhuman ears, heard the feminine chuckle and began to tickle her. Hinata began to jolt her body around and laugh hysterically. After a few seconds she finally gave in in order to get away from the torturous bliss.
"Okay Okay, Naruto you win." She said panting.
A grin hid behind her hair; he released her body away from him and waited for her confession. He stared at the cute blushed girl in front of him admiring her looks but at the same time waiting for a response.
"I'm not mad." She said rubbing her cheeks. "It just kinda hurts that two of the closest people I know don't have enough confidence to tell me about a simple conversation, especially when those two people are my boyfriend and my sister."
Naruto nodded and slowly looked down at the floor. Hanabi was right; she was hurt because of the conservation Naruto wasn't allowed to share. Why wouldn't shouldn't be? It was almost like feeling like the outcast of the group or the one who didn't fit in. It must've felt even worse if the people who were treating you that way were the people you loved the most.
"You're lucky I'm not the jealous type." She added. "Beacuase if I was, I would think you were hitting on my sister."
Naruto shook his head by her comment. "She's like four years younger than me. Besides, I would never do that; I would never do that to you."
"I know. That's why I didn't worry too much."
Hinata stayed silent afterwards. She began to play were her skirt awkwardly as she looked at the floor. Naruto could see how uncomfortable she was. He felt like he wanted to comfort her more than ever for some reason.
"You wanna walk." He said reaching out his hand. Hinata nodded; he took her by the hand and they walked down the hall.
"You know, your sister really loves you." He said swinging their laced hands back and forth. "She really does, a lot. She just doesn't want me telling you anything we talked about."
Hinata gave him a funny looked, a mixture of confusion and curiosity.
"Why?"
"Because, she got really personal with me and she didn't want anyone else knowing."
Naruto tilted his head down to look at his girlfriend. Her eyes were saddened and she was looking at the tiled floors again. Naruto hated to see her that way. He knew he wasn't suppose to tell her about Hanabi's emotional break down and he wasn't going to, but he had to tell her at least the reason why he wasn't going to give the exact words of their conversation. He was sure it would make her feel better and he was sure she would understand.
"Trust me, it wasn't anything bad about you or anyone else, and wasn't something that could eventually lead to serious harm either, if it was I would've said something. She actually was just talking glories about you. She really admires you, Hinata but for some reason she doesn't want you knowing. That's why, as confusing as it is for me to understand why, I'm not going to tell you anything."
Hinata stayed quiet, a small smirk appeared from the corner of her mouth as she ran her fingers through her hair.
"So she basically just talked about how much she loved me."
Naruto nodded. "Yea, pretty much."
"Hmm."
Hinata suddenly smiled back at him with her signature warm blushes. She got up on her tippy-toes and kissed his face. "Well I'm glad she likes you." She giggled. "None of my friends have ever managed to get that close to her. I guess you were the lucky one."
"Seems like it."
Hinata let go of his hand and decided to hug his arm instead. She rested her head against his shoulder as they got closer to the classroom. Naruto tried desperately not to blush at her cute position and well, the softness of her bosom.
"That sounds just like her. . . My poor Hanabi." Hinata said as they walked inside the classroom.
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked. They both moved their desks next to each other. Naruto motioned Hinata to sit first as he backed away the chair for her. "Has she always been very secretive?" He said sitting beside her.
"Yea, you can say that. She always had trouble expressing her sentimentality. I mean she's an incredibly sweet sister but she wouldn't have been that way if it wasn't for me. And like she cries too but she prefers to do it behind doors rather than with someone by her side. In the end she doesn't express too much because she finds it to be embarrassing."
That's exactly what she had told Naruto. She didn't want her sister to know because it was too embarrassing, those were her exact words. Why was that? And why was Hinata so use to it?
"Why is she like that?"
Hinata smiled and shyly shrugged her shoulders. "The Hyuga's have never been the most affectionate people." She said softly.
"That's not true! You are pretty damn affectionate. I know that for a fact."
Hinata began to nervously bite her lip. "Yea but that's because I got to grow up with mom for some time."
Wait what?
"I mean my Dad's really nice and he tells us that he loves us all the time but he never actually shows it. I mean I guess he does but it's really hard to tell."
Naruto didn't quite understand what she was trying to say. Did they not live with their mother anymore? If they didn't, what did that have to do with Hanabi?
"Wait." He said interrupting her. "Your parents got a divorce?"
Hinata stared at him speechless for a moment. She started to play with her hair and twirl her finger around it. It looked like she was debating on what to say. After a few seconds of thought, she turned her head to look at him and nervously laughed. "No." She said shaking her head. "My mom's dead."
Naruto's blue eyes widened.
Just like mine.
"She died when I was five. She died right after she gave birth to Hanabi. I saw her pass away on the hospital bed; I was right next to her." Hinata suddenly paused and took a moment to swallow her nerves. "She told me before she passed away to take care of my sister, to be that motherly figure in her memory. For the longest time my sister thought it was her fault that our mom died; she thought she was never suppose to be born. My Dad and I never once thought that was true, we always told her that we loved her but again, Dad was never good at showing his care for us and I was always just seen as a sister. So the little things Hanabi knows is thanks to me but she never got to feel a mother's love. I'm sure she would've been different if she had."
Naruto couldn't believe what he was hearing, the sadness within her story, the sadness within her life story. It wasn't just Hinata who struggled but Hanabi as well. No wonder they both had problems with dealing with emotions, no wonder one was incredibly shy and the other was highly tempered, they had a huge gap in their lives; they were missing a mother. Hanabi and Hinata never really shared personal things together because no one had taught them how. As easy as it may seem to sit in a room and talk with someone you love, you can't expect everyone to know how to do it. Nobody is born with all the knowledge of the world, there has to be someone to teach them. According to Hinata, their father unfortunately wasn't and still isn't a very good teacher so of course they were bound to have flaws in their social abilities. The hardest part of it all was that Naruto could relate to it so strongly that it even hurt. Naruto knew exactly how it felt to have a parent missing; he actually felt double the pain because he had both of them missing. He had been telling Hinata that they were known for traveling a lot that's why they were never home but the truth was, they were dead. He could never bring himself to tell her because he was afraid of how she would react; he didn't want to scare her off. But now, now he had to tell her, he had no choice. Keeping secrets at this point in their relationship was almost a sin. All Naruto had to do was take a deep breath and go for it.
"Hinata." He said with a mild sound of nervousness in his voice. "I have something I need to tell you."
"Hmm." She said pausing in the middle of her talk. "What is it?"
Naruto ruffled the spikes of his hair back and forth. He didn't know how to tell her his parents had died when all this time he had been lying to her, all this time she had been telling her they were on a trip, a very long trip. How could he possibly just randomly interrupt her and say, "oh yea my parents died too so I can deeply relate." There was no way she wouldn't to take it by surprise. Her reaction had a chance of either being eye-opened yet calm or completely shocked with a combination of disappointment and anger. He had to prepare her for his confession without her actually knowing. Was that even possible? Whether it was or it wasn't he had to try. He couldn't afford to have another fight with her, especially today.
"Naruto, what is it?" she said after a long wait for an answer. "If you feel bad for me its okay I'm fine. I accept it now and I'm happy."
"No, it's not that." He said shaking his head.
"Then what?"
His eyes slowly, forcefully connected with hers. There pupils looked back at each other strongly yelling I care for you.
"Then what, Naruto?"
"It's just. . ." Naruto whispered. "It's just that—Hinata, I. . . I . . ."
*RING!*
Damn it. . .
The bell had just rung and Naruto hadn't even managed to say a single word he wanted to. People slowly started to walk in, some people even eyeing the couple.
"Naruto, it's just that what?" Hinata said as she leaned closer to his face. It was more than obvious that curiosity was eating her up again.
A smirk appeared across Naruto's lips as he got up. "It can wait." He said smiling. "Class is gonna start and it's really not that important. "
He walked to his assigned seat leaving Hinata completely eaten by anxiousness. She really wanted to know what was wrong with him but Naruto didn't care as much to tell her as she did, or so that's what it looked like. In reality Naruto had chicken out; he had heard the bell and took it as an opportunity for more preparation time.
He gave Hinata one last look and winked, Hinata stuck her tongue humorlessly in return. Within just minutes the classroom started to get louder as more and more people started to come in. One thing Hinata was closely looking out for was the girls who walked in the room. She was waiting attentively for a pinkette, a blonde, and possibly a red-head. Since Sakura and Naruto's big argument, she hadn't been able to talk to her pink-haired friend. She believed that there was a chance that Sakura may have been or still is angry at her because of the whole sex thing, that's why she needed Ino. Not only was Ino good at defending and solving problems but she was also the only friend that supported Hinata and Naruto's relationship, without her Hinata would have probably broken down and lost everyone she knew except for Naruto. She also needed to see Karin. Although they were never friends and she didn't think they'd ever will be, she needed to talk to her, or at least try. She was Naruto's ex-girlfriend, the last girlfriend he ever had before her. Naruto broke up with that girl because of Hinata, for Hinata, and Karin knew it. She probably had an idea that was most likely wrong about the two; she probably thought that Hinata had stolen Naruto from her and obviously hated her for it. Hinata needed to set things straight to her before things got out hand. Hinata knew, even before she began to talk to Naruto, that Karin was a mean girl who had a lot of connections to deeply hurt her victims. She didn't want to have to suffer through that and she didn't want Naruto to have deal with that girl again.
As time ticked, more people kept passing through the door when at last Ino and Sakura walked inside. Both girls scurried directly to Hinata's desk, Sakura seemed to be moving much faster.
"Hey." She said standing in front of her. Her green eyes looked down at her with utter seriousness. "Are you still seeing him?"
Hinata took no time to answer. She knew exactly who she was talking about and she knew exactly what her answer was.
"Yes." She said nodding. "He's my boyfriend, Sakura."
The moment those words passed through Sakura's ears, her mouth slowly dropped open. She couldn't believe what she had just heard. "What?" she said completely dumbfounded. "Hinata, you can't—he isn't—you can't be serious, right? That guy doesn't-"
"Come on, Sakura." Ino said grabbing her shoulder. "Let's go. Kakashi-sensei's coming soon."
She lipped the words I got her to Hinata and pulled her friend away.
"Are you crazy?!" Sakura said raising her voice a little, Her over reaction was gaining a lot of attention, even attention from Naruto. "Where is he?" She whispered.
She whipped her head around the classroom in search of the blonde. When she finally found him she gave him the darkest glare Hinata had ever seen. She turned her head to look at his reaction to see if he had gotten startled. Surprisingly, he was quite relaxed and wasn't intimidated by her stare at all. They both looked back at each other as if they were fighting within their eyes. Ino managed to basically drag Sakura to her seat before she got out of control. All Hinata could see once the pinkette sat down, was the back of her head shaking in frustration. She had feeling a Sakura wouldn't handle it well—still wouldn't handle it well. The only thing Hinata could do was wait till the class ended and see where the drama would take them from there.
It felt like an eternity for Kakashi's class to end. It was boring, pointless, and creating such impatience for all the people in the class. Naruto wanted to leave just as much as Hinata did. From time to time he would try to catch her attention and make funny faces when she was looking, he was such a child. Half of the class period he wasn't even paying attention. He was either throwing small paper balls at Sasuke, attempting to draw, dozing into short naps and then waking up like nothing happened, or just completely spacing into another world. Hinata was able to see it all so technically she wasn't paying attention either but it was so cute to watch. He was her current distraction and ease reliever as time ticked. A part of her felt like he already knew since he was acting much more puerile than his usual self. Thanks to him she wasn't has nervous for Sakura's reaction after the bell rang.
*Ring!*
The moment Hinata heard that noise spread throughout the classroom, the whole world went in slow motion. This was the moment, this was the moment where all people had the opportunity to see and think whatever they wanted about Naruto and Hinata's public appearance. What she was feeling was unexplainable. She didn't think there was a word to define what she was feeling. She assumed it was just a 'wow' moment; a 'this is actually happening' moment. She wasn't afraid or insecure about it, not at all. She wasn't scared either; she just was just surprised she was actually living in the moment, that this was real.
"You ready?"
A whiskered blonde stood in front of her with a huge smile. She happily smiled back at him with tints of blushes.
"Yup." She said as she put her stuff away.
He extended his hand in front of her and she reached out to grab it. She loved the feeling of his fingers entwined with her, how his hands were bigger than the small ones she had, it made her feel safe. Unfortunately, not everyone felt the same way. Sakura certainly didn't. She ran over everyone that was in her way to barge herself in front of them.
"What are you doing?!" She said looking at the both of them. "Don't touch her." She said trying to remove Naruto's hand.
The grasp of his hands got tighter as Sakura tried to let her go. He kept moving their hands away from her and lightly pushing Hinata back.
"Stop." He said as he walked around her along with Hinata. "I already told you not worry and I already told you you weren't gonna change my mind."
"I don't care what you have to say! I want to talk my friend!"
She walked up closer to Hinata and placed her hands on her shoulders. "Hinata, believe me when I say he's trouble."
Hinata as much as she knew her friend was being protective, caring, and overall fearful for her safety, she had to be honest with her and tell her to accept it. It was time for her to finally realize that they weren't doing anything wrong and what they felt for each other was real. She was one of the only people, including Tenten, that didn't approve of their dating out the group. Ino, Hanabi, and even Naruto's friends were fine with it happening.
"Sakura, he's a good person. Trust me. You don't-"
"I do, I do have to care about you. He's so far into your head that you're not thinking straight."
What?
That was rude, that's was really rude. Sakura had always been the girl with a sassy attitude and Hinata had long been use to it but this time she had enough of it. No matter how hard she tried, no matter how Naruto tried to convince her to simply trust them as a couple she just wouldn't budge. What she had just said was just wrong. Maybe she didn't mean it that way, but Hinata couldn't help to feel a little offended.
"Sorry Sakura, I'll see you later." She said walking passing her. She pulled Naruto along with her to the door and didn't bother to look back.
Before Sakura could run to her or say anything about her unexpected leave, Ino intervened once again.
"Leave her alone. She's okay." She said as tugged on the back of Sakura's shirt. "You gotta trust her."
"Didn't think you were gonna say anything." Naruto said to Hinata as they walked down the crowded hall.
"I had to. She crossed the line on her last comment."
"Yea a little bit. It was better to leave than to stand and argue. . .
She…
And…"
The sound of Naruto's voice began to fade as they went farther down the hall. There were so many people, so many people staring. Guys. Girls, almost everyone had their eyes on them. It felt like people were walking ten times slower as they made glances at the new couple. It wasn't making Hinata insecure but uncomfortable. There was a difference between the two feelings. She didn't feel insecure because she didn't care about what people thought about her or Naruto; she felt uncomfortable because she had never been known to be the center of attention, it just felt weird.
The weirdest thing of all was a lot of girls were looking at her. Girls had never paid much interest in her but today they were eyeing up all over her. Not all of them were negative, some girls were happy, others were staring a little but then continued on with their lives, and a small group were just surprised. The rest of the girls gave her cold glares and whispered things to each other. Hinata didn't like it; she didn't like it at all. It felt so odd, so wrong. And just when she thought things couldn't get any worse, it did.
Something in her body triggered her to look at one of the windows. There were millions of windows that ran down the right side of the hall but there was one specific window with two specific girls that stood out from the rest of them. Hinata's eyes widened at what she saw. She saw Karin and Tenten talking, together, while they looked at her. They were friends? Since when? It was quite shocking to see them so close to each other. Tenten had compared her to Karin; she had told Hinata she was Naruto's booty call just like her. That was insult and she knew it, so why would she bash on her friend—err friends?
As she got closer to the two her stomach began to painfully turn. She was scared; she was actually scared of confronting Karin and Tenten. What was strange was that her mindset wasn't afraid but her body was terrified. She had never experienced such a diverse connection within herself. And the moment she passed them, their eyes connected. It was two death glares piercing back at calm yet puzzled stare. It was then when everything made sense. These girls were never friends, they had become friends thanks to Hinata. They had one thing in common and that one thing had to do with her. They shared the same hatred for her and that's what kept them together. That's why a part of her was afraid to come near them because these girls were bound to do anything to ruin her life, her relationship, her boyfriend, and maybe even her family. The thought of that made her feel uneasy.
"Hinata." A voice said next to her. The blonde tilted his head down to her petite girlfriend. She was completely spaced out not thinking about what was in front of her. "Hinata, Hinata." He said nudging her shoulder. Thankfully it was enough to bring her back.
"Y-yea." She said jerking a little.
"You alright?"
Hinata looked up at him. She didn't want to tell him what she saw, not right now, he was too happy.
"No it's nothing. My class is over there." She said pointing to a room a few doors down.
Naruto just by the sound of her voice knew she was lying but she forced himself to shrug it off.
"Fine, but I can tell you're hiding something."
They made their way to Hinata's classroom and stood together in a small corner next to it. Naruto slowly moved her to the wall, letting himself tower over her.
"Bye." He said cupping her cheeks. She titled her head up to see him.
"Bye. I'll see you sixth?"
"No." He said shaking his head. "I'm gonna eat lunch with you."
"just the two of us?"
"No, with your friends."
"But Sakura-"
"We have to try Hinata. One more time we have to try. "
Hinata completely agreed with him. They had to keep trying to convince Sakura that they were a harmless, healthy couple. It was the right thing to do and the idea they both had agreed on.
"Okay, Naruto. I'll see you then." She said as she walked passed him smiling.
"Wait wait wait!" He said grabbing her sleeve. "No kiss?!"
The girl's smile deepened as she placed her lips on to his. She didn't give a damn who was staring and she knew he didn't either. This was her boyfriend and no else had to like that except for her.
"Bye." She said as she walked in, and soon enough he left.
The weirdest most frightening thing happened to Hinata during class. An excruciating pain started to pinch her insides so hard she had to secretly bent herself forward and hug her stomach. She had never felt anything like it before. It was almost very similar to the pain she had felt the day after she had sex with Naruto, the only difference was that it was in her lower abdomen and not in her private. She didn't know what the heck it was except that it hurt so much. She feared it could've been her period so she asked to go to the bathroom. Her teacher was very stubborn in letting her go but eventually she did. As soon as Hinata got permission she ran to the bathroom and pulled her skirt down quickly inside the stall.
No blood.
There was no blood. Her panties her completely clean yet she was having pain that could have been considered menstrual cramps. Hinata rarely got cramps during or before her period, it wasn't common for her. She couldn't distinguish what this was. A pain like this doesn't randomly appear without an explanation.
Unless. . .
Unless she was pregnant. A fears sent chills down her spine. She couldn't be pregnant, not right now, not at this age. If only she hadn't been so stupid, if only they both hadn't been so stupid into falling in bed together. She prayed that Ino would let her take the test earlier. She needed to know if she was or wasn't, even if the answer would kill her. It was better to prepare than to be late, right?
Please pleaseee don't let there be a baby inside me!
She washed her hands in the sink and dried them with paper towels. She walked back and forth, in circles and weird shapes all in hope of calming her down. Hinata being a naturally agitated person took a long time to cool down. When at last she did she slowly stepped out of the bathroom and began to walk back to the classroom.
I am not pregnant. I am not pregnant. I am not pregnant.
Hinata stabbed her fork carelessly through the layers of salad on her plate. The odd smelling ranch slimed its way all over the scatterd vegetables, giving it an even more dissatisfying look. School lunch had never been the gourmet meal Hinata had long wished for instead it was a combination of fake food and shit cooking mixed together. It looked bad, tasted bad, and smelled bad, playing with her food somehow made her forget how gross it was.
"Ino, do you think I can take that pregnancy test a bit earlier then when we had planned?" She randomly said as she took a forced bite of her salad.
"Hmm? Why?"
"I think I might be pregnant."
"You've been saying that since the stone age." Ino said as she opened her juice box. "Besides, It won't be accurate it if let you do it today."
"Why not?"
"Because it's already an early test. If you do it one day ahead than the given date, it won't work."
"But there is no given date. " Hinata quicky said. "It's a pregnancy test."
"Yea, and the given date is two days before your period. You told me your period is on Thursday, today's Monday, you can take it tomorrow. Why can't you wait?
Hinata sighed loudly and rested her head on one of the palms of her hands. "Because I felt a really rough pain during my second period. I had no Idea what it was."
"Cramps." Ino said as she ravished the sub in front of her.
"Ino, I never get cramps. You and I both know that."
Ino shrugged her shoulder with the sandwich still in her hands. "I don't want to tell you Hina except to just to be patient and relax."
The lavender-eyed girl groaned in disappointment. She didn't want anyone to tell her to relax. How could she? Two of her friends were in conflict with her, her father had no idea what was going on, and she probably had a baby developing inside right now. There was no way she could relax about any of that; it was impossible.
"Hey, personally, do you think I'm pregnant?" Hinata asked unable to keep her thoughts to herself.
"No."
The voice that responded was to masculine and deep to be Ino's. Both girls knew exactly who it belonged to the moment he opened his mouth. They stared at each other for a second and slowly moved their eyes towards the blonde.
"What's up, Naruto." Ino waved at him. "You eating with us today?"
"Yup." He said as he sat down next to Hinata. "It took me awhile to find you guys since somebody, Hinataaa, didn't wait for me."
Naruto leaned his head closer to Hinata and started to poke her cheek childishly. "You left me." He mumbled. "How do you expect me to find you in the middle of all these people?"
"Well you did didn't you." She said moving her head away from him. She slid herself to the opposite corner of Naruto to leave his boyish grumbles.
"Yea but it would've been much easier if you would've stood outside the cafeteria."
"I'm sorry but I had an emergency. I needed to-"
"Why are you so far wayyyy." He whined. He didn't bother interrupting her explanation. The fact that she moved away troubled him deeply. "Come hereee."
He lazily stretched out his arm to her thighs, moving her skirt a few inches up.
"Stop." Hinata said pulling her skirt down. "You're gonna make me flash."
"That's the point, Love." He grinned back at her. "Now, scoot your butt over here."
Hinata shook her head back at him. There was no way she was going to listen to the drunken love slurs of Naruto. "Why don't you." She said as she reached for her salad tray.
The whiskered boy tried to snatch her hand away from the plate but unfortunately her reflexes were a lot faster than what he had anticipated. He sighed at the failure and groaned at his loss. "Fineeeee." He lazily said. "You win."
He slid his way to her and wrapped his arm around her neck. He laid his head on her shoulder like a little boy waiting for his mother's attention.
"Dragging my ass just for you to notice me." He murmured as he rubbed his cheek on the fabric of her uniform. He tilted his head up revealing his sky blue eyes filled with want. "Notice me Hime." He whispered in her ear. He puckered his lips so close to her face that he looked a fish, it was hideous.
"Eww." She giggled as she pushed his face away. "That was so ugly."
"Noo stop." He whined as he turned her head. "I am in need for a kiss."
Naruto's incredibly immature yet silly behavior made Hinata completely forget about Ino, as she was trying to avoid Naruto's very affectionate kiss, she managed to see Ino's face behind his spikes. She was staring at them with a surprised look, or maybe it was a shock glare, but either way she was looking at them and it kind of embarrassed Hinata. Naruto hadn't really given a proper greeting to Ino he just went straight for his girlfriend's lips. Hinata, as a friend, should've of stopped his child's play but instead she unconsciously went along with it.
"I'm sorry, Ino." Hinata apologized as she pushed Naruto's face away again, this time a little bit harder. "Naruto can be such a toddler sometimes."
Ino shook her head in return. Hinata couldn't really see her face very well since she was covering it with one of her hands. She honestly thought she was mad at her, at both of them. The blonde girl suddenly started to tremble without making a mere sound, was she crying?
"Ino. . ." Hinata said guiltily. "I'm sorr—"
"You guys are so cute!" She blurted out. "It's like she has complete control over you Naruto! It's so cutee!"
Naruto laughed at her spontaneous fangirling. "You think so? I personally think I'm the leader of this relationship. She doesn't do anything out of her comfort zone unless you encourage her to, and I'm always trying to put her out there, y'know."
"I bet." She nooded. "It sounds like something you would do and it also sounds like something Hinata would do too. Isn't that right, Hinata." She teased at her friend.
"I guess." Hinata murmured.
Her signature blushes began crawl across her face not because she was embarrassed but because but because she was annoyed. Hinata had the unusual ability to blush to almost every feeling she was expressing. She didn't like it but Naruto adored it. When he saw the warm red marks on her face he smiled.
"She's a shy one but I love it." He said pulling her waist to his body. "My cute little Hime."
He rubbed his nose onto hers and sneakily kissed her lips. Ino's inner self just about screamed at the top of her lungs. They were such an adorable couple and she felt so proud that she was the first one to believe in them.
"Ahhh." She sighed. "I ship it so hard."
Naruto couldn't resist a grin from appearing on his face. "You don't have to, this ship is already sailing."
Nobody was quiet after he said that. The trio was laughing, laughing so hard until their stomachs couldn't take no more. Unfortunately, the happy vibe didn't last forever; it completely faded when a certain someone appeared through the cafeteria doors. Hinata and Naruto saw her at the same time and immediately stopped laughing. As the pinkette got closer to the table the aura between the three began to stiffen. They weren't nervous or afraid, they just already knew what was coming, an endless stream of complains.
"Why is he here?" Sakura said standing behind Ino. She had her arms folded across her chest and a cold stare aiming towards Naruto.
"Because he's eating with us today." Ino said not even bothering to turn around. "Are you going to sit or leave?"
The short-haired girl didn't care to answer; she sat down next to Ino and placed her lunchbox on the blue table. It was pretty quiet once she started to eat. No one said anything expect for awkward small talk that didn't last very long. Ino, Naruto, and Hinata could easily to talk to each other but since Sakura was there they didn't dare to say anything. Sakura was a ticking bomb of anger with anything that involved Naruto, and having him in person was just pure danger.
"I don't understand what you see in him, Hinata." She finally said breaking the silence. "No matter how many times I try to tell you he's no good I keep seeing you with him. I don't get it."
Naruto could feel rage run through his veins. He hated Sakura; she never had anything smart to say. He felt like she was so judgmental and narrow-minded that she never tried to see any good in him. She only lived in the past and therefore only saw him as the asshole he was back then. The worst part of it all was that she had so much power. She had so much control over Hinata and a part of him believed that she knew it and was taking advantage of it. Sakura was Hinata's best friend, Hinata refused to do anything that would end their friendship. She was way too kind to let her go. Naruto's always had to bite his tongue so hard in effort to not offend his lover's friend but there was only so little patience left in him now.
"I think he's a great person, Sakura. Maybe it'll take you some time to realize that." Hinata said trying to convince her. The girls didn't speak afterwards. They continued to eat within the silence but once again Sakura couldn't keep shut.
"How? How could you possibly think he's a good person?! He doesn't know how to love someone, y'know, since he never had someone that loved him."
What the hell is that suppose to mean?!
A wave of shock spread throughout Naruto's body. What did she mean by that? He didn't know whether she meant that because he was always sleeping with girls for pleasure or because he didn't have any parents. Either way he was done, he wasn't taking her crap anymore.
"You're full of shit." He murmured below his breath. He knew he was being a little bit rough but he honestly didn't care, this girl deserved it. Hinata could feel the tension between the two, she could see how Naruto was deeply trying to keep calm. She placed her hand on top of his to relieve him a bit. It seemed to work for awhile until another burst of outrage came out of Sakura's mouth.
"Well you're a piece of shit." She said without single tone of hesitation. She didn't even show any signs of regret after the words passed her lips. She continued to eat like nothing had happened and that was just about all it took for Naruto snap.
"You know what? I had enough of your bull. What the hell did I do to you for you to hate me so much?!"
He had his hands formed into a tight fist and his eyes glaring directly at the green-eyed girl. "You need to chill the fuck out."
"I'm not gonna chill out. How am I suppose to chill out when my best friend is dating a man whore!"
She slammed her hand onto the table and leaned her body forward. Their voices began to raise to an extent of yelling. It was a fight, a verbal fight that had no limits. Their objective was to hurt each other until one broke into tears. Hinata and Ino sat there speechless; they had no idea what to do. If all four joined into the argument, it would be massive explosion. They had to settle the situation a different way; they just didn't know what that way was.
"I haven't done anything wrong to Hinata! I wouldn't do anything to hurt her!"
"You had sex with her! You had sex with my friend! How is that not hurting her?! She was an innocent, sweet girl and you took that away from her."
"I didn't take anything from her! And I didn't force her to have sex with me, we both agreed to it!
"You tricked her! That's' why she agreed to it!"
Ino was at her boiling point. These two wouldn't stop screaming at each other. She wanted it to stop; she wanted the stupid shit coming out of Sakura's mouth to stop. She knew who was right and who was wrong in the argument and she knew who had crossed the line first. Sakura's was unfortunately the bad guy in this battle and everyone there saw her that way. Of course, Sakura having poor listening skills and a lot self pride couldn't see the clear signs. Ino was only seconds away from dragging her friend out of the cafeteria. If Sakura said one more ridiculous insult, Ino would make sure to have out of the lunchroom within the next blink.
"He didn't trick me, Sakura. We agreed to it. We both agreed to make a stupid decision and now we're both paying for it but that doesn't me we don't like each other. I'm not being forced to be with him, I want to be with me and he wants to be with me." Hinata interfered. She tried to sound as real and true as how she felt inside. Her shy, passive side was trying to take full control over but she wouldn't let it. She had to defend Naruto and she also had to help her friend understand.
"Hinata, do you realize what you're saying? You sound like a submissive wife who lets her husband stomp all over her." Sakura said lowering her voice almost into harsh whisper.
"I do not."
"You do. I mean you're letting yourself be his personal want buddy."
"She is not!" Naruto said banging his fist on the table. "We don't do anything like that."
Sakura flung her hands up in the air with her eyes wide open. "Are you seeing this!?" She said looking at Hinata. "He looks like he wants to hit me. How could like someone that aggressive? I mean are you stu—"
"Stop!" Ino yelled. "Just stop!"
She wasn't having it anymore. Sakura needed to be put in her place and the only way they could accomplish that was to be as mean as possible.
"Let's go." She said grabbing her hand. Sakura refused and shook her grasp off but that didn't stop Ino. She yanked her wrist, practically dragging Sakura of her seat, and pulled her out of the cafeteria.
"Let's go!" She told her one last time before they disappeared into the hallway. She took Sakura all the way down to an empty corner in the school and pushed her towards a window.
"You need to stop being such a bitch!" Ino cursed at Sakura. "We were having such a good time until you came along."
"Ino, I'm the only one in the group who can put up an attitude against that guy."
"Yea, a stupid attitude! You're the only one in the group who ruins everything, the only that doesn't get it!" Ino said pointing directly at Sakura's face. It looked like she was going to stab her eye out because how close her finger was to her face. Sakura didn't want to admit but Ino's unexpected reaction was kind of scaring her.
"I don't get what, Ino?"
"That they like each other! That they're happy together! You're the only one who can't see that!"
"Because she's with Naruto! The player! He doesn't know what it is to be in a real relationship because he only likes sex!"
"He's not like that anymore!" Ino said rolling her eyes."Don't you think people can change!? He's a human to y'know. He has feelings and he can get hurt sometimes! Hinata doesn't have the guts to tell you but she can't deal with you either! Actually it's more like she doesn't know how to deal with you!"
Sakura began to feel weaker and weaker the more Ino spoke. She didn't want to believe Hinata didn't like her. She was only trying to protect her, that's what friends did. Hinata always had a small crush on Naruto that's why Sakura always thought she was too blind to see the dangers in his personality. She's seen it and heard how bad of person he was, she just didn't want her to get hurt.
"She's never told me she doesn't like me."
"Well she doesn't! I don't like you, she doesn't like you, and Naruto doesn't like you! We all don't like you because you're being an annoying bitch who thinks that she can control everything! Not everything can go your way, Sakura. You can't stop love from happening, I'm sorry but you can't and I hope that someday you can realize that."
Sakura could feel a small ball form inside her chest and how her throat began to get dry. She knew she was about to cry but she tried her best to hold it in.
"So I'm a bitch because I worry about a close friend a mine?" Her voice said shakily.
"He wanted to eat with us so he could know us better. He's trying, Sakura! He really is! You're the one who's not being open to it."
The pinkette's eyes began to get watery and soon enough tears began to stream down her cheeks. Ino could hear her faint gasps and began to feel a little guilty.
"Sakura." She said softening her voice. "We don't hate you. We just want you to change and until you do that we'd rather not talk. It would be the only way to prevent problems."
Sadness washed over Sakura's soul. She felt like the odd one out, the one friend that had been completely excluded. She turned her stare down to the floor and wiped her tears. She couldn't look into Ino's eyes anymore. She was too hurt, too scared, too weak to look at them.
"I'm sorry." She choked. "But I think we're done here."
She moved herself passed Ino and walked down the hall not even turning her head back to the blonde.
"Wait! Where are you going?" Ino shouted to her direction. "Aren't you going back?"
"No, I think I need some time alone." The pinkette said as she kept walking.
"You're not going to apologize? You're not even going to try to get along with them, to change?"
Sakura whipped her body back to Ino. She was crying yet her face showed anger. Her eyebrows were furrowed and her eyes lost its warm shine. "Just leave me alone! I'll come back when I feel comfortable. Or maybe, just maybe, I won't come back! Maybe that will help the new group!"
She stormed off through the crowd and left Ino standing gaped in emotions. Ino knew she was being rude but so was Sakura. She had to get a taste of what it felt like or else she would've never changed. What she did was the right thing, wasn't it?
"I just hope she comes back." She whispered and walked backed to the cafeteria.
"I hope she's not mad at me." Hinata said resting her chin on the cold lab table.
"Why would she be mad at you? You didn't say anything bad to her." Naruto said as he wrote his name on his assigned paper.
"Yea but Ino said she ran off and didn't want to talk anymore. Maybe she doesn't want to talk to any of us anymore."
Hinata and Naruto sat together along with his friends Kiba and Sasuke at a lab table. They were about to start there given assignment but Hinata suddenly brought up her worries on to the table.
"So what? If she doesn't wanna talk to us then she doesn't have to. Besides, if she doesn't come back as a changed person then well, you know what that means, she's not a worthy friend."
"Yea." The brown-haired boy added. "A friend is gonna be there to support you at all times and if they don't agree with what you're doing they'll tell you nicely. They don't go around offending everyone who speaks to them. Who knows maybe she just needs some time to cool down and reflect."
"He's right." Sasuke nodded. "It's not easy for someone to accept such a change, especially if there really close to you. I mean look, Naruto was no saint back then and he still isn't. She just needs to develop a trust between you two, trust that he won't do anything bad to you and that you won't do anything to him and for her to make that happen she needs sometime alone. Not everyone is your friend and sometimes it's hard to know who is and who isn't. If she doesn't come back just know that people come and go while others stay. Those who stay are your real friends."
Hinata was left dumbfounded by each boys' advice. They were right, if Sakura was a real friend, a best friend, she would come back with a different if not better personality. Naruto wasn't an angel but then again nobody was. Sure some mistakes were bigger than others but that's why there was regret and forgiveness, so that one could erase those errors from their lives. Sakura just needed some time to think about the reality of this situation. If she came back acceptingly, great, if not then Hinata had other people she could run to. It was that simple. Who knew that the people the school considered to be bad boys could give such a clear realization. Who knew that the bad boys were one of the most united group of friends Hinata had ever met. It almost seemed unreal that these three guys weren't self-centered fools that only cared about their benefits but instead a group that actually were willing to help others. Their words were true and very useful to take in. It wasn't the cure to her worries and fears but it was something she could remember during hard times.
"Thank you." She smiled as sincere as her lips allowed her to. "Thank you really. It means a lot."
She felt that a thank you wasn't even enough. It sounded so dramatic but that's what she truly felt.
You know when somebody tells you a smile can change a person's life, well that's kind of what I'm feeling, a word of advice that lasted only a second made me change my perspective in life.
"Aw it's nothing." Kiba said scratching the back of his head, his white canine tooth peaking through a corner of his smile. "No need for the worship."
Sasuke smiled back, or at least attempted to. He wasn't the most affectionate person but still overall a good guy.
"Your girl's a sweet one." Kiba laughed. "Unlike all the other bitches you've been with." "You're not a bitch." He quickly pointed out to Hinata. He didn't want her to think that low of herself; she was so much more honorable than that. "it's just that Naruto had always been an idiot for picking women until he met you."
The whiskered boy showed off a teethy smile. "Yea, she's an emotional roller coaster but a cute girl in total." He chuckled as he pulled her into his arms.
Sasuke rolled his eyes at his friend's flattered reaction. The only one who should feel special was Hinata. "Don't pride yourself." He told him. "You're pretty damn lucky you found her, you almost don't even deserve her. Just letting you know. . ." He turned his head to Hinata. "We were all players, but out of the three musketeers, Naruto was the last one to step out. Thanks to you he left that shitty life so you're basically the cure to whatever disease he had—"
"Okay okay." Naruto interrupted. He waved his hands in front of him motioning Sasuke to stop. The dark-haired boy smirked back at him. He was secretly enjoying this.
"Not to mention. . ." He added. "The boy's a professional in you know what and he's also a real bragger about his talent but when we ask him about your magical elements he gets all ner—"
"Alrightttt." Naruto sheepidhly laughed. "L-Let's start this assignment, shall we."
His face started to burn up and he could feel sweat developing on the back of his neck. Hinata wasn't too far behind. Knowing what Sasuke was referring to, she started to blush almost instantly.
"Fine, you stuttering love bird." Kiba snickered. "Let's start."
They placed their papers in front of them and started to read the instructions. It was a long dreadful paragraph to read. Hinata, Kiba, and Sasuke were already spacing within the middle section. They tried to look and understand the visual example but it was no use. There were numbers and letters and just a bunch things that puzzled them brain dead.
"I don't get it." Kiba whined as he ruffled his hair.
"Yea me neither."
"Same." Hinata shly admitted.
Naruto was the last man standing. He was the only one who looked intensely focused at the paper. He tapped his pencil while he bit his lip, his eyes piercing through all the problems. He looked so cute the way he was seriously thinking. Hinata tried her hardest not cuddle him with kisses.
"I get it." He finally said. A smile stretched across his face as he looked at the frustrated trio. "It's just simple math."
"Noooooooo!" Kiba slammed his head onto the table. "Anything but that."
"No wait, its fun." Naruto tried to convince. For him it was easy simple number works but for the rest of the group it was torture. Naruto's biggest oddity was that he liked math. For some reason everyone who found out was either shocked or disbelieved. He didn't get what the big deal was but it always happened to him.
"Yea that's another thing about Naruto." Sasuke said to Hinata. "He's a master in the bed sheets and he's a nerd. The kid likes math. You know, last year he took an extra math class for an elective, an elective, Hinata. He thought it would be interesting. Who in the hell does that!?"
"I do. Now focus." Naruto said taking a piece of paper from his binder. "Let's do the first one together."
(Warning: This is just Naruto explaining a math problem.)
"Okay so we know that the shuttle can travel seventeen thousand miles per hour and we want to find out how many meter per seconds it can travel. So seventeen thousand miles per hour is our given so we are gonna write seventeen thousand miles over one hour."
He wrote the fraction on a white piece of paper and placed it on the center of the table.
"Okay now we're going to break it down all the way to meters per second step by step." "Hinata." He smiled to his girlfriend. "We're gonna convert miles into kilometers. How many kilometers are in a mile?"
Hinata immediately became nervous. She could feel her face burning up and embarrassing enough, her sweat accumulate in her hair. She didn't know the answer to that. She didn't even remember what kilometers were. She felt extremely stupid and very intimidated. She didn't want to sound any dumber by guessing a random number. She just had to be honest.
"I—I don't know." She stuttered. Naruto could see the shame on her face and it made him feel bad. He wasn't trying to be menacing or scary. He just liked to take control in the subject that he was best at.
"That's okay." He said running his hand along her waist. "It's approximately one point six zero nine. It's actually one point six zero nine three four four but we're just gonna use that."
How in the world did he know that!? Hinata was amazed on how quickly he remembered these things and how easily he could solve them. He wasn't joking when he said he was good at math.
"So we're gonna write one point six zero nine kilometers over one mile. Then convert kilometers into meters. One kilometer equals one thousand meters. "
He wrote down all the math work on the paper and slid it towards Kiba. He got up from and seat and made his way towards his blank faced friend.
"Alright Kiba, this is simple. Now that we have meters, we want to convert hours into minutes. So how many minutes are in an hour?"
Kiba's face immediately changed from lost to extreme struggle. Did he really not know the answer to that? Hinata wasn't a mean person so she wasn't going to judge him, but it was kind of a surprise. Short breathy laughs came out of Sasuke along with not so nice comments. Naruto just stood there gaped.
"Kiba, come on-"
"Look man, I'm thinking!" Kiba groaned. He was stressing out, like evidently stressing out. For some reason he was drawing lines and circles on the piece paper. Was he counting?
(End of math. . .)
Naruto's eyes widened even more at Kiba's ridiculous behavior. "Kiba. . . How many minutes are in an hour. . ."
"I don't know!" He finally gave in. "I don't know and I don't fuckin' care."
Naruto shook his head in disappointment. "Sixty!" He said snatching the paper in front of the brunette. "Sixty goddamn minutes! How do you not know that?!"
The two began to argue back and forth nonstop. They reminded Hinata of Sakura and Ino and how they use to fight so comically. The guys were currently calling each other dumbass and idiot in the same way Sakura would call Ino, Ino pig. Hinata wanted to giggle over how silly they looked but she didn't feel like it was the right moment to start laughing. What she didn't know was that her lips began to unconsciously form a smile as she stared at them.
"See, even Hinata thanks it's funny how stupid you're acting!" Kiba said slapping the blonde's face to her direction. Every time Naruto saw the gleam in Hinata's face, it made him incredibly happy. He returned back to his seat and kissed the top of her head.
"I'm pretty sure she was laughing at the both of us."
Soon after, the quartet separated into a group of two. Hinata obviously went to work with Naruto and Sasuke and Kiba were left to flounder. Naruto was the first one to finish the worksheet front and back. He thought Hinata was working along with him at the same pace but in reality, she was so far behind. She didn't want to show it because again, she felt a little intimidated. It wasn't until Naruto asked her if she wanted him to take her paper to the bin that he realized she wasn't even close to finishing. He knew she would get really agitated if he asked her if she needed help, so he just stayed quiet. She could see him peeking at her paper from the corner of her eye and it flustered her. She felt she was doing something wrong as his gaze stuck onto her paper.
"W-What?" She shyly said.
"You can copy mine if you want."
Hinata felt an uncomfortable pain swallow her heart. He probably was seeing all these mistakes on her paper that she didn't know how to fix. "Why? Am I too slow?" She blushed.
Naruto immediately regretted what he said. "No it's just—I thought you'd prefer that."
"Oh."
Her eyes didn't connect to his. Her blushes began to deepen and her head slowly began to lower. Great, Naruto had managed to do exactly what he didn't want to. He had made Hinata feel insecure.
"Why are you afraid of me?!" He said jumping in to hug her. He wrapped her small body into his arms and kissed her repeatedly while he stood behind her. "I'm not trying to be an arrogant smart-ass. I just thought you would've liked to get it over with."
His hands rubbed her hips and caressed her waist. He had the gift of massaging and sweet talk which she always fell for. She felt a bubbly emotion run through her bloodstream as his touched traveled across her body. She liked the way he always cooed at her to make her feel better.
"If you don't get it I can teach you." His lips whispered onto her ears.
Wait a minute. . .
As he kept talking, as he kept cute talking, his hands began to get a little bit too compassionate. It felt good, it felt really good but Hinata was noticing how Naruto was getting too touchy. One moment he was fondling with her hips, then his fingers were just millimeters below her breast, and then suddenly his hands went all the way down her hips again. Was he teasing her? Was he trying to fluster her?
". . .like how you wrote all the numbers as you saw it on the calculator when really you could just put it in scientific notation."
Hinata didn't care to listen to what he was saying. The movement of his hands was all she was focusing on. His hands ever so slowly, ever so sneakily, went below her hips, his fingers resting on her thighs. Hinata figured he would stop there, but he didn't. His hands steadily began to run to the back. The crazy part was that he was still talking as this was happening.
" . . . And the answer for the fifth problem was the same for the first one."
And it was then she realized. . .he was trying to distract her. He wanted to touch her butt in front of his friends, in front of her classmates, even the teacher without her knowing. Too bad she figured out his scheme before he got to his targeted area. She gave him a loud slap on his leg that startled him to let go.
"You think you're so slick." She said trying not to blush. "I see your sneaky objectives."
A grin, a mischievous yet sexy grin appeared on his face. "Whatttt." He joked. "I would neverrr do thattt."
Hinata rolled her eyes exaggeratedly. "Just go back to your corner."
The spiked boy did what he was told and sat down. She could still see his eyes lurking at her so she pushed her chair away from him. Their sudden actions caught Sasuke and Kiba's attention. They both had no clue what just happened. In reality, nobody did but Hinata didn't think that.
"Oh come on." Naruto laughed as he pulled her chair back to him. "I was just playing."
He tried to find an open space to kiss her but Hinata kept moving reluctantly. He cupped her cheeks to keep her from wiggling around and pecked her lips. "It was just proof to show you I'm not a conceited bastard."
"Wait, what happened?" Kiba asked looking curious as ever.
"I tried to touch her butt." Naruto freely admitted. He scratched the back of his head smiling and turned his head back to Hinata.
"See Hinata, nobody saw it." Naruto rubbed his nose in her hair. "It's all good."
"Don't mess with her." Sasuke warned. "You might lose her."
The blonde laughed again. He hugged his girlfriend tightly one last time and kissed the top of her head. "Nahhh, I normally always behave." He winked.
Eventually, Hinata returned to her normal self and everything became happy dandy. The bell rang notifying the end of class a few minutes later and the guys said their goodbyes. Naruto walked Hinata down to her art class. On the way their Naruto could see that Hinata was acting odder and odder as they got closer to the room.
"You okay?" He asked.
Hinata slightly jerked by the sound of her voice. Her face instantly looked up at his. Her eyebrows were furrowed upwards and her blushes tainted on her cheeks. Goddamn, she was so cute.
"I-I'm fine."
"N-N-No you're not." He mimicked her stutter. She pouted by his copy cat immaturity and looked away. Naruto just about needed a restraining jacket from pushing her against the locker and making out.
Cuteness overload!
"You do that thing with your skirt when you're nervous." He pointed to her hands glued to the blue fabric. Hinata gave him a 'how did you know that?' look and it made him explode with pride.
"Yea I know." He smiled. "I know every one of your quirks and habits. So what's going on in your head?"
Hinata was just about to tell him but once they made it to the door and she saw her fear trigger, she choked on her own words. Naruto saw the bun-head girl and she saw him too. It was another hate stare battle. Just like the one with Sakura, it was one-sided and Naruto wasn't a tad afraid. For some reason though, Naruto felt an even stronger threat to Tenten's stare. It was stronger than Sakura's, filled with much more anger. He felt like she was the type of girl who was planning to hurt Hinata, like deliberately cause pain to her. And the moment he looked at his girlfriend, he believed in that feeling so much more. Her eyes were getting watery and she was biting her lip hard enough to make her bleed. This girl had an evil affect on her. His charismatic self quickly changed into a serious, protective boyfriend.
"Tenten." He said placing his hands on her shoulder. "You're afraid of her."
Hinata revealed to him the weakest spot in stability that she had. She started to tear up and choke out of pure fear, it just about stabbed Naruto to see that. She clung her small hands onto his shirt tightly and hid herself between his arms. She gasped quietly on his chest and trembled in his hands. He didn't give a damn if his shirt was getting wet; he didn't give a damn if he was going to be late to gym, his hime was hurt.
"Don't cry." He said wiping her tears of her baby soft face. "You come to me if she hurts you okay."
Hinata didn't say anything. She didn't even look him in the eyes.
"Okay." He repeated. "You promise me, you'll meet me after school today."
She nodded and sniffed softly. Naruto never liked to see her like that.
"It's okay, Baby." He pressed his lips onto hers. "Don't listen to anything she says if she hurts you. You didn't do anything wrong. If anybody was the bad guy in the past it would have to be me. So if she has a problem with something she can talk to me."
They kissed each other goodbye and headed their separate ways. Hinata foolishly or maybe, bravely went to go sit next to Tenten. She could feel her heart racing so fast it could've rip through her shirt. Her palms were getting cold and sweaty. She alone was a sweaty mess. Tenten looked so tranquil, so tranquil ignoring her presence. Hinata wanted to say something, say anything. She wanted to be friends again, to be on her good side again. Why? She had no idea why. She guessed she just didn't want to lose her.
"H-Hey." She softly said.
A harsh 'don't talk to me' came out of Tenten. Hinata gulped at the coldness in her voice. She was so terrifying when she was angry.
"You're still mad at me, huh."
No response.
"You know." She weakly said. "I could really use a friend right now."
"Hinata, I really don't feel like talking right now." Tenten dully said. She continued to write on her artist response like not single part of Hinata was important to her.
Hinata felt frail as hell. She didn't know what to say after that. She took a deep breath and said the first thing that came to her mind; the dumbest thing that came out of her mind.
"So I saw you talking to Karin."
Tenten gave her a judgemental glare. "Yeah, so what? We're friends."
"That's not what you use to tell me. You use to hate her.""I hope you're not friends with her now just to gang up on me." She nervously laughed.
Tenten didn't say anything.
Hinata sighed at her response. This girl was rock solid, tough as ever. "Listen." She gave in. "Please don't be mad at me. I'm having a lot of problems right now. Two of my closest friends don't wanna talk to me and my Dad doesn't have a clue about any of this."
"He doesn't." Tenten said still writing on her paper.
"No, he hates Naruto so we haven't told him yet."
"Really." She said sarcastically.
"Yea and the worst part is that he works here, in the school."
Tenten finally looked a little interested. She turned her head to Hinata and seemingly looked nicer, it was so weird.
"What's your father's name, Hinata? Just curious."
Hinata, stupidly, innocently answered her question. "Hiashi Hyuga."
Never would she ever imagine that she would regret answering.
"Really? Isn't he like the school's administrator or something?"
Hinata nodded. "Yea sort of."
From then on she was so different, so nice. It was like Hinata had said something that automatically hit her friend button. Hinata didn't know what had made her change so quickly and she didn't really care. They were friends again and that's all that mattered. They laughed and talked together throughout the entire class period. Hinata was so happy that Tenten was back to her normal self again.
"I'll talk to you tomorrow?" Hinata asked at the end of class.
"Of course." The girl smiled and she was off.
Naruto waited impatiently outside the school doors. Hinata had promised to see him right after school but she was taking way longer than what he wanted. The anticipation, the worry that she was okay was killing him.