Okay guys, this one-shot will be filled with even shorter one-shots that revolve around Hinata Hyuga.
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Bad Mornings
Hinata walked through the empty halls of the school, just trying to find her next class. This is what she got for waking up late and missing her ride with Neji, he just leaves her to run. Hinata huffed as she looked to her list again and again tried to find her Pre-Calculus class. Hinata looked at her watch and saw that she was ten minutes late; dread and panic filled with the the thoughts that she would be punished. Hinata passed by one of the doors and was stopped by a familiar voice.
"Miss Hyuga," Hinata looked in the room to see that Kurenai was sitting there, "what are you doing wondering the halls?"
Hinata blushed and pulled at the hem of her sweatshirt. She allowed her head to fall forward in shame and long midnight blue hair to hide her face. "I'm s-sorry Kurenai-sensei…b-but I am very late and must g-get to class." Kurenai was one of Hinata's favorite teachers since she was so sweet and almost like a mother to Hinata. The woman was almost too pretty to be a teacher and a History teacher at that, but Kurenai always said that teaching was her calling. Hinata glanced up at the woman and blushed with a smile as Kurenai was smiling back at her.
"Oh Miss Hyuga," her smile was bright and happy; "you are just too cute at times." Hinata smiled lightly as she pushed her forefingers together. "What happened, did you get lost on the way to school?"
"I-I was actually f-forced to r-run," she said shyly.
"Hey Kurenai," the two females looked over to see Asuma walking in through another room. Hinata looked around and finally noticed that she was in the teacher's lounge. Asuma was a gruff looking man that taught Honor English III and IV, Hinata was actually very fond of the man since he was so smart. The only issue was that he was always leaving to go take a smoke outside. He looked at Hinata. "Miss Hyuga, you should be in class right now."
"Y-yes sir!" she squeaked out and when she turned around to make a hasty retreat, she ran right into another body of mass that sent her to the floor. "I-I'm sorry," she said as she rubbed her forehead.
"Oh…Hyuga," she looked up as Kakashi looked down at her with a curious look in his one visible onyx eye. She flushed red, "Aren't you supposed to be in my class room right now?" Hinata nodded quickly and was on her feet in the next second. "Then why are you here?" Hinata began to sputter out a very lengthy story about what had happened since she got home from school yesterday to what had just happened; due to how nervous she was, the story was over in matter of six seconds flat. Asuma held his head but his eyes continued to spin, Kurenai tried to find out what was just said, and Kakashi just continued to stare at the girl. "Ummm," he looked down into his coffee, "I need a refill."
Hinata turned around and watched as Kakashi got his refill, but then saw the other two teachers were either confused or dizzy.
"Was i-it something I-I said?"
Who Gets The Locker
"B-But," Hinata looked at her three friends, "I-I don't want to trade-"
"Oh come on," Ino Yamanaka whined as she was practically on her knees begging, "You have, like, the greatest locker in all of history!" Sakura Haruno, best friend/ rival of Ino nodded in agreement since she was also in the running to get the locker. "I'll do anything Hinata! I'll even let you borrow that really cute dress I got just last week… the one with roses on it!"
Hinata blushed as she closed her locker, "I-I guess it d-doesn't really matter," she then turned blue as Sakura and Ino were holding her tightly and she was losing air. TenTen, their senior friend, pulled the two off before Hinata could pass out. She smiled with a blush, "Thank you T-TenTen."
"It's what I do," she gave her a 'thumbs up' and then looked to the dreamy faced girls. "I don't think you should give it to them Hinata," she looked back to the blue haired Hyuga. "They have the lockers on the second floor and that is so out of your way."
"Shut it panda!" Sakura glared at her as she moved her pink hair out of her face. She then looked back to Hinata with a big smile, "Don't listen to her, my locker is really good," she winked, "it's the one right next to Naruto~" Hinata felt her face get hot at the thought of it. Walking up to her new locker and seeing the dashing blonde already standing there; he'd probably see her and give her that beautiful smile. The three girls tried their hardest to get the girl out of her daze. "I think we broke her?"
"Broke who?" Ino and Sakura were love struck when they saw the reason that Hinata's locker was so damn awesome. Sasuke Uchiha stood there and looked at them oddly, especially since Hinata was still in her dreamy state. He even snapped his fingers in front of her face, "Hyuga…you look like a damn freak, snap out of it." He gave her forehead a hard flick. Hinata jumped a bit and rubbed the spot with a pout. Sasuke smirked, "You back from Lala Land?"
"Th-That wasn't n-nice Uchiha-kun," she said not looking at him. Hinata was only comfortable around very few boys: Neji, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and the Uchiha brothers. She was especially talkative around Itachi Uchiha since she had hung out with him ever since she was about the age of three. The Hyuga and Uchiha clan kept close ties with one another and made sure that their children were very well known with one another. Hinata blushed and held her books tighter to her chest, "A-apologize."
"I will do no such thing," he scoffed and went to opening his locker. It was surprising that she would be so open around him, but Sasuke was almost flattered at the thought that they were the only two that could play each other like this.
"I-I don't want t-to leave on bad terms…" she said lightly as Sakura and Ino were being held back by TenTen.
Sasuke stopped suddenly, "What do you mean by: 'leave on bad terms'?" He looked down at her and she looked back at him with a smile and blush on her cheeks.
"I'll be s-switching l-lockers with Ino and S-Sakura," she said like she had won the lottery. Sasuke paled as he looked over at Ino and Sakura, who were both already planning his doom –he guessed as much anyway- and then he shot another look back at Hinata. She shrunk back, "W-What?"
"You…you can't do that Hyuga," he said as calm as he could, "you and I are stuck together as much as you hate it-"
"I-I don't hate it," she said with a light smile, "Sakura and Ino just asked so nicely…"
"Demanded," TenTen
"And th-they would be so sad if they didn't h-have this locker…"
"Their little hearts would explode" TenTen.
"N-Not to mention," she blushed, "I-I get the l-locker b-by Naruto a-and th-th-that's cool…"
"It's the greatest damn thing that has happened in her high school life."
"T-TenTen," Hinata shot her a desperate look of 'shut it' and then looked back to Sasuke with a smile. "B-But I know the t-two will treat you well."
"Oh," Sakura and Ino were already on him with one of his arms in his grasp, "you don't have to worry about that Hinata." Ino giggled and Sasuke felt his eyes twitch. Hinata just laughed lightly and waved good bye as she went up to her new locker. "This is so great, huh Sasuke-kun?"
"Have fun Uchiha-teme," TenTen gave a mock salute as she followed after Hinata and left Sasuke with his number one fans.
"Hyugas know damn well how to piss me off."
"Damn right we do," Neji said as he walked past him.
Lunch Time Rules
Kiba smirked as he sat back in his chair as he propped his feet up on the table, "This is just my favorite time of the day," he let out a deep breath, "just sitting back without the man keeping me down."
"Feet off the table Inuzuka," Anko, school's gym teacher said as she walked past him and smacked him in the back of the head.
Kiba sat up and took his feet off, "You can't hit students Anko-sensei!"
"But I can make sure that Gai-sensei makes you run for the rest of your life at this high school," she said back without missing a beat. Kiba just grumbled under his breath.
"Way to show the woman Kiba," Shikamaru Nara smirked as he shoved another French fry into his mouth. "All rebellious teens to look to you for inspiration," he sniggered as the male continued to pout and growl. Shikamaru turned to his companion, "Have you been standing up to the man Choji?"
"Nah," he smiled, "I leave that kind of thing to Kiba."
"Okay I get it," Kiba said rather loudly, "let it go now."
"But," Shino spoke, "what do we talk about now? We need to shamelessly admire out great leader."
Kiba was about to yell at him too, but as the three males smirked and laughed Kiba got distracted by the site of the girl's walking into the cafeteria. It was like out of the teen girl movies whenever they see the cheerleaders enter –or so he had heard-. Ino and Sakura were front and center, practically strutting in with TenTen, the well-known muscles of the four, and then Hinata walking on the other side with a blush and smile on her cheeks as she looked to be talking about something. Kiba couldn't understand how those girls were friends. TenTen was too sporty, Hinata was more of a book worm, Ino was into herself, and Sakura was so temperamental. He watched as they walked over to their table someone off to the sides, "Hey," the other three looked to him even though he didn't look back, "how are those guys friends?"
"TenTen is a friend of Neji," Shikamaru said.
"Ino and Sakura were always friends," Choji added.
"And Hinata is in all the same honor classes as Sakura," Shino finished and then took a sip of water. "Why do you ask?"
"They just look so weird together."
"Who?" They glanced over to see Naruto Uzamaki sit down at the table with Sai and Sasuke at toe.
"The girls-" Kiba was cut off as someone else hit him in the back of the head, "the hell!"
"Don't look at my cousin," Neji said as he sat down at the table.
"Yes," Rock Lee said loudly, "you must think of tainting someone as innocent as Hinata-san, or I, Rock Lee, the symbol of youth, righteousness, and dear companion to Neji Hyuga, must use any force necessary to stop you!"
"Lee," Sasuke looked to the male, "shut up." Lee sat down in defeat and poked his salad with a fork. "And what is so weird about them other than the obvious stuff?"
"Look at them," Kiba motioned to them none to discretely, "it's like watching a cat, dog, mouse, and bird at a picnic. It's just weird."
"Coming from the dog lover who is friends with a bug lover," Sai said with a smile, "and I think that they all look adorable together." The looked at him, "The girl species is too complex to understand, so as men, we are to infer certain things about them. For example, Ino and Sakura are on a friend bases due to their want of Uchiha-san and his boxers. Hinata and Sakura are top females students, TenTen and Ino are both competitive one with sports and the other with looks. In all reality, this formation of friendships is very common with women since they are far more emotional and social on deeper levels."
"No more reading those 'Clique' books Sai," Naruto said with a hint of fear in him, "that was just beyond creepy."
"I agree with the dobe," Sasuke said as he ate his bento. Naruto was about to thank him, but then yelled at him for calling him a dobe. "Can you keep it down," Sasuke shot him a glare, "I don't need you to bust my ear drum."
"Why can't they just eat with us," Shikamaru asked out of the blue. "I mean," he sat forward; "we've known each other since elementary school."
"It's just another one of those girl things," Neji said as he waved it off like it was a fly. "As men, we don't question these things."
"Then why do we sit together," Naruto asked, "Look at us, we all hate someone else at the table."
"I don't hate anyone," Choji said with a smile.
"Really," Naruto said with a smirk, "not even Kiba? The same guy who would eat potato chips outside your window when you were sick?"
"I hate you Kiba," Choji said with a glare.
Kiba gapped, "Naruto did it too!"
"Anyway," Sasuke said as he rolled his eyes, "what is your point dobe?"
"What are these rules and guidelines that we live by?"
They all sat there in silence.
"Well I'll be damned," Shikamaru said with a smirk, "I have no idea."
At the table of girls, they were all looking to the boy's table; "Okay," Ino cut in and they looked to her as she looked to them, "they all sit together because they all play soccer."
"Akimichi and N-Nara don't p-play Ino," Hinata said quietly.
"I bet they all just sit together since they don't want to sit alone," TenTen said with a smirk. "They all hate each other, but they all hate being lonely too."
"Oh please," Sakura rolled her eyes. "Sasuke-kun is like a lone wolf," she said dreamily.
"Yeah," Ino agreed with the same look.
"Oh brother," TenTen just shoved more food in her mouth and but Hinata kept looking to the table.
"I-I got it!" Hinata said happily and they all looked to her. "This is one of those 'man code' things. They are only sitting together since all guys need to be in packs, to defend one another from other dangers, like other groups of males. This arrangement of different people in one group allows them to have points of expertise so that if one can't do it, there is another ready to come to their aid. Now keep with me," she was getting over excited and the others were just amazed that she wasn't stuttering, "this brings the air of power and dominance to them and keeps the other packs away."
….
"W-What?"
"Has Kiba been making you watch animal planet with him?"
"…Y-yes…."
What Happens In Study Hall Stays in Study Hall
"Please keep it down," Kurenai said as she was standing in the doorway, "I'll be only a few minutes, so please try to behave for me." She sighed as no one was listening to her other than her favorite student. Kurenai just walked out and Hinata was left there to wonder if she should repeat what her favorite sensei had said. She looked to the others that were sitting on desk and talking to one another, she didn't want to disappoint Kurenai, but there was no way that she could stand up to her peers. So she just shrunk in her seat and fiddled with some string that came off her shirt. The only person that she could openly talk in the class was Ino, but she was too busy fawning over Sasuke. Sakura was off in the library for a project and TenTen was allowed early release since she was a senior; so there she was sitting all alone in her study hall. She sighed lightly and looked to her finished homework.
"Hey," Hinata looked over to see that Naruto was sitting by her. She felt her heart skip a beat, "you looked lonely over here." She blushed lightly and looked at her lap with a smile on her lips. Naruto smiled too, "How about we talk?"
"O-Oh…okay," she said as her palms began to get sweaty, "w-what a-about?"
"Well," he thought for a moment, "what do you like?"
"A-a lot of th-things…" she said vaguely in hopes that he didn't make her admit to anything.
"Like what?" he asked with a bit of teasing in his voice.
"Oh…l-like…flowers a-and cooking…" Hinata gulped lightly as she heard him scoot his desk closer. The silence was killing her, so she kept talking. "And, I-I like to watch movies, I-I think th-that sp-sports a-are okay…I-I-I love r-reading a-and I love to write stories in my spare time," she began to talk faster than needed, "and I'm a huge otaku who loves anime and manga!" Hinata then covered her mouth since she had practically yelled out that last part. She glanced over at Naruto, who had the look of shock on his face. Hinata went red in the face; He must think I'm some kind of weirdo now! Oh why does this always happen to me! "S-sorry," she whispered out as she looked down at her lap in shame.
Naruto smiled brightly, "You're pretty cute when you get all shy like that." Hinata flushed and with a smile she fainted; her head hitting the desk with a bit of force. Naruto panicked, "Oh no! I killed Hinata!"
Everyone went over to her and Shikamaru was the first to check her pulse, "She's not dead, she just fainted."
"Way to go," Sasuke hit him in the back of the head, "I guess I'll take her to the nurse-"
"Shino already did," Shikamaru said and Sasuke went wide eyed and looked to the door to see Shino just walking out with Hinata in his arms. "Don't be jealous Sasuke," he smirked, "I am sure that Naruto will do this again." Sasuke just 'hn'ed and went back to seat and the others followed his example. "What did you say to her," Shikamaru asked the blonde.
"I just said that she was cute."
"…don't tell anyone you said that," Shikamaru shoved his hands into his pockets, "just trust me on that one."
Naruto watched as Shikamaru went back to his desk, "What's so bad about that?"
Pre-Game Preparations
Hinata sat on her bed as she watched her companions were walking through her closet in awe. It was just a closet right? Hinata never understood why they always had to walk into her closet and look at all the clothes that she had every time they came by. She just shoved another cookie into her mouth and ate while Ino was gushing over another dress.
"You have to let me borrow this Hinata!" Ino held the dress up to her and looked at her reflection in the mirror. "I could totally make Sasuke-kun fall in love with me with this dress!"
"And bag over your head," Sakura said with a smirk as she was trying on a few of the hats. "How do you always have new stuff whenever we visit?"
"M-my dad and u-uncle always buy me clothes s-since Neji d-doesn't l-like gifts a-a-and Hanabi w-wants weapons," Hinata said as she pulled her hoody closer to her body. "W-We are going t-to miss th-the game-"
"When are you so excited to go to soccer games?" TenTen asked as she zipped up her own jacket, "you usually try to keep us from going."
Hinata blushed, "Th-This is the b-biggest g-game of the year and I-I told N-Neji I would g-go," she looked away and ate another cookie.
"Not to mention we fight our biggest rivals," Sakura added as she walked out with TenTen, "Sunagakure."
"Oooo~" Ino pranced out happily, "those cute guys are coming back? What are we waiting for?" They all smiled as they walked out of Hinata's home, with Hinata trying to put on her shoes as she walked out. They all piled into TenTen's car, "We have to stop for snacks though," Ino said from her spot in the passenger seat.
"We don't have time," Sakura said as she crossed her arms over her chest. TenTen just rolled her eyes and tried to focus on the drive. "We'll buy something when we get there."
"I don't want popcorn and candy bars," Ino looked back at her with a glare, and then the fight broke out between them. Hinata just sighed and stared out the window. It has been awhile since Hinata ever went to one of Neji's game. Why was she so eager to see him play; probably just because her uncle and father could not go, and they never missed a game. Hinata toned out the fighting and tried to focus on the fact that she had to remember how soccer was played. As she recalled, the games took forever to only finish on a tie. This was her chance though, to remember how it was played and show off to Kiba that she wasn't super girly. She pulled out her cell phone and looked to the time, they were five minutes late, but nothing ever happened in the first five minutes.
"Look at this parking lot," TenTen gapped as she drove slowly since the place was packed tight with cars. "I don't think any spot is open."
"Right there!" Sakura said loudly as she pointed to a single parking spot. TenTen did some quick driving and they all jolted as she parked and then smiled brightly.
"Take that," TenTen yelled back at the car that was just about to park there but lost out, "I'm the greatest driver ever!"
"Calm down Speed Demon," Ino said as she got out of the car, "you parked in a high school parking lot." TenTen huffed as the rest of them got out of the car and walked to the large soccer field where both teams were already practicing.
Anything To Win
"Get in the game Neji!" TenTen yelled from the stands as she glared at the fields. Everyone was up on their feet and cheering and yelling loudly as Sunagakure and Konohagakure were tied and there was still another twenty minutes left in the game. Hinata was even cheering as loud as she could in hopes that in some way, Kami would let her cousin's team win. TenTen groaned and looked to the three girls, "We're going to lose to those sandy freaks!"
"B-But it's all a-about having fun, r-right?" Hinata said with a sheepish smile.
"That's a load of bullshit and you know it Hinata," Ino said with a huff. Then a wicked idea came to her, "I have a plan."
"No," Sakura said quickly.
"Just listen to me," she pulled all three girls into a huddle. The whispered plans and once Ino was smirking and talking, Hinata flipped.
"N-No!" She yelled as she stood straight up with a red face, "I-I w-won't d-do it!"
"It's the only way we can win Hinata-chan~!" Sakura whined.
"And you don't want to upset Neji," TenTen said.
"Or see Naruto upset that he lost," Ino suggested.
Hinata blushed and saddened at the thought of a sad Naruto, even though she had accepted a while ago that Naruto saw her nothing more than a cute sister like figure. She poked her forefingers together, "O-okay…I-I guess I could-" she was cut off as the three pulled her off towards the school. "J-just n-never speak o-of it again!" As the crowds cheered and rooted for their team to win, the girls quickly snuck into the sports room and borrowed –as Ino put it- a few of the old cheer outfits. Hinata blushed red as she looked down at the red and white cheer uniforms, pulling at the skirt with the pom-poms on her wrist. "I-I don't like i-it." She said to the other three that looked themselves over.
"I agree," TenTen said as she made a face of disgust, "I wear jerseys, not tight skirts and pom-poms."
"But we look so cute!" Ino squealed as she waved her pom-poms in TenTen's face. "This is why I am on the team, but our new ones look so much better."
"I think the red and white looks great," Sakura said to her. "We need to change the uniforms back for next year." She admired herself and then looked to her watch, "come on," she smiled at them, "We have a game to win." Hinata trudged behind them as they tried to strut out to the field and they were already making a scene. Cat calls and wolf whistles were making Hinata turn a dark red. She pulled at her skirt as they stood at the sidelines. Sakura waved her pom-poms at Hinata, "Just relax and cheer." Sakura and Ino were quickly cheering while TenTen just waved her pom-poms dully. "Go Sasuke-kun!" Sakura cheered loudly, but he seemed distracted by something else.
"W-woo," Hinata said shyly as she shook her pom-poms lightly.
"Louder!" Ino yelled at her as she was getting people in the bleachers to cheer along with her.
"I-I can't do i-it," Hinata complained. "I-I'm not a-a ch-cheerleader…I-I was meant t-to j-join a b-book club a-and gardening club-"
"No more excuses Hyuga," Sakura said with her captain voice. "You will cheer. You will be peppy and fun. And you will help Konohagakure win this game!" The people in the bleachers cheered along with them and praised Sakura's motivational speech. "No go and be the best damn cheerleader I ever damn saw!"
"Y-Yes ma'am," Hinata said and saluted her. Hinata now filled with confident, stepped out and with a big smile on her face and cheered. "Go Konohagakure!"
"H-Hinata-chan!" Kiba looked at her with wide eyes and collided with another guy from Sunagakure that was also staring at Hinata.
"K-Kiba-kun," Hinata said in a panic but as she was about to run onto the field, another Sunagakure guy stood before her, running in place. She blushed, "H-hello."
"Hey there," he smirked at her, "once I win this game, why don't you give me your number?"
Hinata blushed pink, "O-Oh…u-uh-" she gasped when the Sunagakure guy is pushed away from her and Sasuke stood there. She smiled nervously, "Gr-great game."
"Hn" he looked away and went back to the game that was still very heated. Hinata just went back to her cheering along with the other three. Hinata was actually beginning to enjoying her time and she started to let out her inner cheerleader come out. Even TenTen was infected by Hinata's peppiness and began to do cartwheels and other stunts.
"And you think I shouldn't be a captain," Sakura smirked at Ino, who only rolled her eyes. "Let's go Shinobi!"
"W-We're so close to winning," Hinata pointed as Naruto seemed to be dribbling the ball pass the forwards and defense. "Go N-Naruto-kun!" Hinata threw her pom-poms down and everyone looked in shock and joy as Hinata cartwheeled and landed in a splits.
"Damn!" The goalie of Sunagakure said and allowed Naruto to score. The whole Konohagakure side of the audience cheered in victory as Naruto made his victory lap along with his team. Hinata stood up and jumped up and down cheering and doing other cheerleader like things. Sunagakure's goalie just kept staring at Hinata with hearts in his eyes, but his red headed captain was storming up to him with the look of murder written on his face. The brown haired male was pulled from his day dreaming as the red head grabbed his collar and began to yell at him. The brown haired male just grabbed the red head's face and turned him to look over at Hinata, who was still cheering, smiling, and still blushing pink. The red head went wide eyed and just starred at her as the goalie just smirked and walked off to meet up with his pissed of team.
"Way to go Hinata!" Sakura and Ino hugged the girl. "You are the greatest cheerleader ever!"
"This was really fun," TenTen said with a smile, "we should do this more often."
"Three cheers for Konohagakure!"
"Cheers, Cheers, Cheers!"
Study Nights
"J-Just a few fr-friends Otou-san," Hinata said as she starred at her feet. She stood before Hiashi's desk in his office. He was in his suit since he had just gotten back from a long business meeting; but his tie was loosened as his suit coat was thrown on another chair. Hinata was never good with talking to her father, but she was getting a little better at it. Hiashi looked her over and took in her vision; skinny jeans, large t-shirt that came off her left shoulder, and a white undershirt. Her bare feet lightly shifted on the wood floors. "A-And w-we'll stay in the l-living room…b-being really quite t-too."
"You know how I feel about your friends." He sat back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest, "Why do you want them over again?"
"J-Just for a-a study night," Hinata looked at him with a smile and blush, "s-since we have th-this big History t-test."
He thought it over for a while longer, "Alright Hinata," he looked at her, "you can have your little friends over. But boys must leave before eleven, if girls are staying you all will sleep in your room, and everyone will be in the living room for this study group." He picked up his pen and grabbed a file, "you are dismissed."
"Th-thank you Otou-san," she said gleefully and bowed to him with a big smile on her face. She practically pranced out and Hiashi just sighed lightly with a smile on his face.
Hinata began to clean up the living room to make space for everyone and once she had laid out her own books and notes she went into the kitchen. Hinata began to bring out snakes and drinks, and even began to make sweets since she really wanted some. Hinata hummed to herself as she cooked and texted to her group of friends that the study group was at her house. She giggled at the few texts she got back and saddened at the other few. Choji and Shino had both made plans to work on their physic project, TenTen and Lee would be hanging out with Neji at the mall, but at least Sakura and Ino were overly excited to come by. She pocketed her phone and went back to her cookies and cinnamon buns.
"I'm going out Hinata-sama," Neji said as he walked past the kitchen. He then stopped and walked back to the kitchen's opening, "What in the world are you doing?" He said with a smirk as Hinata stopped her bad dancing and looked at him with a blush and wide eyes.
"…N-nothing…?"
Neji rolled his eyes, "Just don't make a mess."
"O-okay," she smiled as he walked to the front door. "A-and if you want t-to study w-with the rest o-of us, come b-back soon." Hinata went back to baking as she turned the radio on, and Neji stopped in mid motion of putting his jacket on.
"What do you mean 'with the rest of us'?"
"I-I'm having f-friends o-over t-t-to study," she said lightly as she put the two trays in the oven.
"Who?" Neji walked back over to her as he zipped up his jacket.
"U-Um…N-Naruto-kun, U-Uchiha-kun, Ino, S-Sakura, K-Kiba-kun, a-and Shikamaru-k-kun," she said while using her fingers to count them off.
"Why are boys coming?" He asked with slight anger, "When have you ever been friends with those monsters?"
Hinata stepped back from him, "S-Since m-middle school?" Neji just huffed and took off his coat. "W-What's wrong?" She followed him as he walked out of the kitchen, but she stopped at the doorway.
"Changing my plans is all," he said as he whipped out his phone, "I'll be joining this little study group."
Hinata smiled with delight, "O-oh good," but Neji didn't respond as he closed the door to his room. Hinata sweat dropped, "M-Maybe I-I shouldn't h-have s-said anything." Hinata sighed lightly and went about her baking and soon enough, she was setting up plates of hot and fresh goods on the living room table. Hinata pulled out a pitcher of lemonade and clear plastic cups; she placed them on the table beside one another. Hinata had her messenger bag leaning against the large 'L' shaped sofa and opened up the cabinet doors that hid the large flat screen TV. She looked back to see that Neji was sitting in his usual spot at the edge of the sofa, "Y-you look," she smiled nervously, "c-comfy?"
"I know," he said back in a monotone voice. They were both left in awkward silence. Neji cleared his throat, "It is cold in here," he crossed his arms over his chest, "You should go get a hoody on." Hinata nodded and went upstairs to her room. Neji just stared at the door and waited for his first victim to knock and dare enter his abode. He smirked when he heard the light knock on the door; he slowly walked over to the door and opened it. There, Sasuke Uchiha and Shikamaru Nara stood with a bored or no emotion on their face. "So…my sister deems you two as 'friend-worthy'?"
"Are you going to be an ass about it?" Sasuke said with a sneer and glare.
"Troublesome," Shikamaru muttered under his breath. "May we please enter Hyuga-san?"
"Whatever," he stepped aside and let the two boys in, but when he tried to close the door, something stopped it. He opened it all the way again and frowned at the site of Naruto Uzamaki and the mutt Kiba Inuzuka. "I was hoping that she was joking about you two coming."
"Love you to Neji," Kiba said with a smirk as he and Naruto entered without another word and Neji growled at them. Once again though, before he closed the door, Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno entered. "What's up Ino-chan, Sakura-chan?"
"Ew," Ino said with a smirk, "I guess Hinata forgot to let out the dog," she and Sakura laughed at the comment. Kiba just grumbled and tried to ignore them. "Where is Hinata anyway," she said while they all walked back into the living room and set down their bags, "she promised to give me the answers for the last page of our study guide."
"Just calm down," Sakura said as she sat at the living room table and the others filled in, with Neji taking his seat on the sofa again. "She must be up in her room changing or something."
"H-Hey guys," Hinata said as she walked down the last of the stairs and smiled at them. She stood in Neji's old basketball sweatshirt and her hair was pulled up in a high ponytail. As the others said their greetings, a knock came at the door and Hinata walked over, "C-coming~" she opened up the door and smiled at TenTen and Lee, "H-Hey guys," she moved aside to let them in. "N-Nii-san is on the s-sofa."
"I can't believe you are making me miss the Victoria Secret sale," TenTen said with a glare as she sat by Neji. "You owe me."
"But now we get to enjoy our time with the youthful friends of Hinata-san," Lee said with a smile as he stood in a good guy pose.
"That was today," Ino asked with shock and confusion, "and I'm missing it!"
"Shut up Pig," Sakura said as she rolled her eyes, "it's not like you don't shop there ever other day." She pulled out her books like the others, "So," she smiled, "who knows what the writing prompt is?"
"We were going to be told tomorrow," Shikamaru said as he munched on a cookie, "Asuma-sensei is only going to give us a day to work on the writing prompt."
"I hate History," Naruto said with a loud sigh as he continued to work on his study guide, "every test that we take, I always get a low 'C'."
"Maybe you should study more and eat less ramen," Sasuke smirked at him as he was taking notes on one of the chapters.
"I bet Asuma-sensei is going to make them write about the Len Dynasty," TenTen said as she poured herself lemonade. "I always hated that one."
"It's not like you lived through it," Sasuke said.
"Like you did?" She said with a smirk, "Sorry to say Uchiha, but your clan didn't come until the Min Dynasty."
"The H-Hyuga's arose then t-too," Hinata smiled, "its th-the only f-fact that s-supports that th-the Uchiha c-clan didn't br-branch off from th-the Hyuga clan." She looked to Sasuke, "Right, U-Uchiha-kun?"
"Like the Hyuga Clan would allow such a family to branch off from our blood line," Neji said with a sneer as he sat back on the sofa. "The Uchiha clan was born of some noble who had fallen for a woman who was an artist fan painter." He took a drink from Hinata's lemonade cup, "end of story."
"Like the Uchiha Clan would allow them to be a branch of such a pompous asshole family," Sasuke glared back at him as he balled up his hands into fists.
"I-I'm a-an asshole?" Hinata said with little tears in her eyes as she looked to Sasuke.
"You're even cute when you swear~" Ino said with a blush and Sakura had to nod with agreement. Sasuke on the other hand felt panic fill his body at the site of a sad and close to the point of tear Hinata. He quickly tried to fix his mistake buy spurting out other things. Neji began to crack his knuckles when he noticed that Hinata wasn't getting any happier.
"Sasuke-teme is going to his ass kicked!" Naruto and Kiba said and hi-fived one another.
"Shut up!" Sasuke glared at the two and then went back to trying to comfort Hinata. She was sniffling now, with very few tears falling from her eyes. "Please Hinata, I was only referring to that Hyuga," he motioned to Neji, "you may be the only exception to the Hyuga clan." She looked at them through her thick lashes and the lightest blush stained her pale cheeks. Sasuke let out a nervous smile, "I…I may h-have taken that too far."
"What went too far," they all looked over to Hiashi, who stood there with a tray that held a tea pot and cup. TenTen, Kiba, Naruto, and even Neji began to snicker at Sasuke's of panic. Hinata wiped the last of her tears, as Lee, Ino, and Sakura continued to awe at her adorableness. Hiashi looked to his daughter, "Hinata, why are you crying?"
"N-nothing," she said lightly with a sniffle.
"Do not lie to me Hinata," he set down the tray on a lone table.
"Uchiha called the Hyuga clan pompous assholes," Neji filled in.
"I would rather appreciate it if you did not offend my clan Uchiha-san," Hiashi said with a glare, "and you, Neji," Neji was surprised and looked up at him, "you are to defend your cousin in this case, and not watch her suffer." It was Sasuke's turn to smirk lightly at the male's misfortune. "Please control the clan rivalry, or I will force all of us Uchiha and Hyuga to spend some bounding time together." He took his tray back into the kitchen and then made his way back to the office. They were all silent until they heard the door slid close.
Hinata let out a light giggle.
"Do not start Hinata," Neji said as he sat back in the seat and crossed his arms.
Sasuke smirked at her with a teasing glare, "I should have known you were faking."
"I-I didn't fake it," she spoke lightly. "B-But i-it was humorous," Hinata said with a light smile.
"This is why I love you Hinata," Ino said with a wink and smirk.
Meeting Her Soul Mate
TenTen, Ino, and Sakura starred at the photo with slight distraught and glanced at one another in hopes to find out what they should say. Hinata stood there holding out the picture with a smile on her face and a blush on her cheeks. "A-Aren't I-I right?" she looked to the three for some kind of reaction or comment; she looked so hopeful.
"U-Um…" Ino looked to Sakura and then over to TenTen, "well…"
"What's wr-wrong," Hinata said as she put down her phone that had the picture. She saddened a bit at their silence.
"Y-you," Sakura tried to fill in the awkwardness, "yep!" Ino and TenTen looked at her in shock, but Sakura was smiling big and forceful. "You… you are completely right!"
"Th-Thank you," she smiled brightly and looked at the photo on her phone. "I-I was a-a little w-worried about going t-too fast, but th-that makes it all the b-better," she hugged her phone. Ino, TenTen, and Sakura just all smiled as Hinata walked off to her cooking class.
"Oh dear Kami," Ino groaned as the smile fell from her lips, "we have to stop her, she can't begin to believe-"
"I know," Sakura agreed loudly, "there is no way that Neji, let alone her father would allow her to be with that!"
"Guys," they looked to TenTen, "even though…we all think the same way. Hinata really thinks that this guy…is her soul mate." She seethed out bit by bit since the words just sounded so wrong with the picture still in her head. "We have to support her."
"That guy looked more like he is ready to spend time with his parole officer, not a girlfriend." Ino glared at the two, "We have to stop this."
"She said something about going out with him, right?" Sakura asked and the other two nodded. "Why don't we…tag along?"
Ino was silent for a moment, but then smiled evilly, "I can do one better," the two looked at her, "why don't we make it a group date?"
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"So we're really going on a date~?" Naruto asked in delight as he stood along-side Sakura. "This is the greatest day of my life!"
"Shut it," Sasuke said as Ino was latched onto his arm, "And I only agreed to this, so I can see this so-called 'Soul Mate' of the Hyuga."
"So I can murder him," Neji seethed out as TenTen rolled her eyes. "I am going to have a long talk about this with Hyuga-sama." They all sat at the Hyuga home; Hinata was still unaware that they were there since she was locked up in her room getting ready. The group had dressed as though they were still at school even though Ino would have rather been going on a real date. "How long until I meet this perverted man that dares think he's good enough for my cousin?"
"Can't wait to see this guy in the flesh," Sakura said with a light smile, "maybe he's really nice."
"Yeah I doubt that," Ino said as she sat back on the sofa.
"Uh," they all looked over to see Hinata standing at the last steps of the stairs with the look of confusion. Ino, Sakura, and TenTen awed at her. Hinata had let her hair fall over her shoulders and was slightly curled. She was dressed in a pair of skinny black jeans with a dark purple off the shoulder shirt on that had long sleeves. Her mother's jewel pendant was around her neck and her lips were painted with a light pink gloss. She blinked at the site of them as she held her heeled shoes and purse, "w-what a-are you guys d-doing here?"
"We're coming with you Hinata!" Naruto jumped up with a smile, "Like a group date!" Hinata looked to the others with confusion, but then the others just nodded in agreement. "So when do we get to meet this guy?"
Hinata blushed as she slipped on her shoes, "S-Soon, I-I guess," she looked to Neji, "y-you're coming t-too?" He nodded and Hinata smiled nervously again, "I-I should c-call him-" she was cut off from a knock at the door and she muttered under her breath, "o-oh n-no," she walked over to the door and took a deep breath. "Hello," she said happily as she opened the door.
"Oh my fucking kami," Sasuke said with wide eyes and shock, "Hozuki?"
"Hey Teme," he smirked to reveal his sharp teeth.
"This i-is Suigestu Hozuki," Hinata introduced to the others that were not acquainted to the male. He was still smirking, with a gleam in his purple eyes. His skin was pale and he had bright white hair to match. He wore a pair of nice looking dark jeans and a button up black shirt with a purple suit vest over and a white tie. His shoes were shined and he wore a silver watch on his right wrist. The other girls were very surprised, since his picture was him in Hot Topic style clothes. Hinata smiled up at him, "Suigestu-k-kun, these are m-my friends," she pointed to each one as she said their names. "Ino, N-Naruto-kun, Sakura, T-TenTen, m-my cousin N-Neji-nii, a-and you know U-Uchiha-kun, I-I guess."
"It's nice to meet you all," he said with a smooth voice, "especially you teme."
"I like this guy already," Naruto said with a smile.
"Who allowed you back in this town Hozuki?" Sasuke was on his feet as he spoke.
"Just visiting with my brother Kisame-dobe," he smirked, "did Itachi-teme not tell you?"
"Apparently not," Sasuke sneered.
"If this moment of stupid is done with," Neji said with a glare in Suigestu's direction, "I have to murder you."
"N-No Neji-nii," Hinata wrapped her arm around Suigestu's and looked to Neji with slight determination, "S-Suigestu-k-kun is my soul mate; s-so you c-can't hurt him."
"Yeah Neji-nii," Suigestu looked down at Hinata with a softer smile, "she's my soul mate." Hinata blushed pink and avoided eye contact.
"I'm gonna hurl," TenTen said as she looked away from the Shojo like scene before her.
Neji gapped, "Hinata-sama, y-you can't think that this…thing, is your soul mate!" Hinata just pouted and held on to Suigestu tighter. Neji just composed himself, "We'll see how this goes. Let's go."
"Where are they going Hinata-chan?" Suigestu looked down at her.
She blushed red, "O-Oh…? Th-They're coming w-with," she forced a smile at him, but Suigestu frowned and she knew it. She just looked at his frown and began to plead with the look in her eyes. He glanced back at the others, who all looked ready to leave.
"Fine," he gave in and Hinata smiled again, "but I'm not paying for all of them." Hinata giggled lightly and Suigestu only let out a small smile, "You'll ride with me then Hinata-chan." She nodded and they walked out with the others following. Suigestu spoke softly to her, "They really are as crazy as you said they were."
Hinata nodded lightly, "Y-Yeah, b-but only because th-they care about m-me."
"Hey Otou-san," Hanabi sat at her father's office window and looked at the others that were getting into their respected cars, "who was that guy with Onee?" Hiashi became interested and walked over to the window to see this site. He followed Hanabi's line of site and his eyes set into a glare as they landed upon the white haired male.
"I do not know Hanabi," he said as he pulled out his cell-phone, "but we will soon find out."
"Are you calling special forces?"
"I am, so just remember that Hanabi," he glanced at her, "you will never be able to hide anything from me."
Business Dinner
"He is not coming," Neji glared at Suigestu as he, Hiashi, and Hanabi all stood at the door wait to leave. Tonight was the night that the Uchiha and Hyuga clan always had a rather large dinner together so that Fugaku and Hiashi could pretend that they were the best of friends and get along. Neji, Hiashi, and even Suigestu stood in tuxes, much to Suigestu's dislike and discomfort. Hanabi was wearing a flowing black skirt that stopped under her knees and a brown blouse with black flats on her feet. Hinata wore a strapless maple red dress with her strappy black heels and a pearl necklace around her neck. Neji looked to Hiashi for conformation, "this dinner is for the Hyuga and Uchiha, no Hozuki."
"O-Otuo-san said I could bring a-a date," Hinata defended as she pulled her coat closer around her body.
"I thought we could use this time to bond Neji-nii," Suigestu said with a smirk as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"I am not your brother moron," Neji seethed out, but Hiashi held his hand up for him to stop.
"As much as I agree with Neji, Hinata is allowed to bring this….boyfriend of hers."
"S-Soul mate," Hinata corrected.
"Don't remind me," Hiashi said as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "As long as it is just him-"
"My brother is coming," Suigestu piped in, "I think Itachi-teme invited him; I thought it was a date but Kisame-dobe threatened to kill me if I ever said it again." He smiled a bit at the thought and Hinata just face palmed at the thought of both of them being there. Suigestu could get wild, but add his brother and this dinner will soon become a disaster. It was bad enough that Itachi and Sasuke were going to be in the same room, let alone another pair of brothers.
"Why couldn't I bring a date?" Hanabi asked as she put her hands on her hips and looked to Hiashi.
"I would lose my sanity Hanabi," he answered back as he opened the door, "let us just get there first."
(Line Break)
"Lord Uchiha, Lady Uchiha," the two families stood before one another at the five stars restaurant that had reserved them a special room for this big dinner. They were all dressed so formal that Hinata was sure that other people were staring at them when they walked through. Hiashi bowed to the family and the others followed; Suigestu thought it odd, but did bow none the less, "An honor to be able to share this dinner with you."
"The feeling is mutual," Fugaku Uchiha said as his family of four bowed back.
"Oh you all look so good tonight," Mikoto complimented.
"Thank you kindly Lady Uchiha," Hiashi said, "let us all sit and continue discussion." Both families sat opposite to one another, no one sitting at the head or foot of the table. Hinata was across from Sasuke, who only smirked at her and complimented her dress. The heads of the clans quickly began to make small talk and work up to business, while the others were left to talk about less official things.
"Hey there otōto," Kisame smiled at Suigestu.
"Did Itachi-teme buy you flowers?" Suigestu snickered as Kisame glared at him and tried his best to keep from jumping over the table to kill him.
"Don't start," Itachi said calmly without looking at them. He fixed his glasses, "you are both here as guest and can easily be kicked out in a blink of an eye." the two brothers stopped their bickering and just seemed to pout. Itachi looked to Hinata and Neji, "how are you both?"
"Peachy," Neji said with a scoff.
"Very well, th-thank you I-Itachi-k-kun," Hinata blushed lightly as she ran her finger of the crystal wine glass. "And how a-are y-you b-both?"
"Things could be better," Itachi said without much thought of emotion, "but I worry for Sasuke at times." Sasuke glanced at him and cocked an eyebrow, "He does nothing more than mope around and hide away in his room, I feel that I should buy him a feline of sorts." Itachi smirked since he knew that he was upsetting his brother.
"You shouldn't trouble yourself brother," Sasuke said with forced concern, "I know it has become hard for you to see five inches in front of you, not to mention that your only companion is a dumb as a pile of rocks."
"Coming from you," Itachi shot him a glance, "that last comment is ineffective seeing the only other person you ever talk to is that Uzamaki boy."
"He should get himself a soul mate," Suigestu said as he put his arm around Hinata's shoulders, "that pink haired girl seems like a good choice."
"That would solve everything," Kisame said with a sadistic smile, "Before Miss Hinata, Suigestu was a complete mess. He'd just write poetry about how he 'has that empty feeling inside'. Or he'd come home and just cry about how lonely he is."
Suigestu blushed red with anger, "None of that ever happened," he seethed out.
"Sounds like you," Sasuke smirked,
"I believe it," Neji piped in and then took a sip of his water.
"I-It's alright S-Suigestu-kun," Hinata smiled at him. His face burnt red as he tried to explain to Hinata that even though she was the greatest thing that ever happened to him, he never cried. Hinata only blushed and giggled at the blow to his pride, since she thought it adorable at how red he was. He frowned in defeat that Hinata must think he is some kind of emotional sissy.
"At least I don't pretend to be a swordsman when I think the house is empty."
"You promised to never speak of that," Kisame's cheeks lit up red as the others smirked or in Hinata's case, give a light giggle. "You have insulted my honor otōto," Kisame grabbed his napkin and used it to slap Suigestu, "I challenge you to a dual."
"Kisame," Itachi groaned, "we are in public."
"How dare you insult before my soul mate," Suigestu hit him with his napkin, "I challenge you dobe."
"I called the challenged already."
"And I called another," he smirked, "are you backing out?"
"Never!"
"Hinata," Hiashi shot a look over to the others, "please control him or I kick him out."
"O-Otou-san…" she looked at the table top, "…o-okay." She quickly gave in and Hiashi just nodded and went back to the conversation at hand. Hinata just let out her held breath and glanced over at Suigestu. He even looked guilty; he placed his napkin back on his plate. "I-It's f-fine…" she whispered.
"No…he's right, I guess," he didn't really want to admit that Hinata's dad was right since he never liked the guy. But just for the moment, he was going to be a good boyfriend and not mess this up. "I…I'll be good." Hinata smiled lightly and blushed; it was kind of cute to see him like this. "But once we get home dobe," he shot a smirk at Kisame, "you are dead."
"We'll see," was Kisame's daring reply.
Food was served at that time and everyone went on with small talk, school talk, and even Itachi and Kisame were getting very into business, since the two were so close. Sasuke and Neji had more…disagreements about the dispute among the Hyuga and Uchiha clan. Suigestu just tried to be good but it was falling every time that he would looked at Hinata and slowly move his hand so that it was on her knee or thigh. She tried to ignore him, but the more she tried to act like she didn't care, the more determined he became. Hinata really did thought he was going to be good, but now, he was just asking to get in trouble.
"Hozuki," Neji seemed to seethe out, "I have perfect vision. Move your hand one more time and I will swiftly use this steak knife and rid of it for you." Hinata said a light thank you to Neji, even though it could have been done without the death threat. "So Itachi-san," Neji looked up at the male, "I heard of you joining in on some company known as the 'Akatsuki', is this true?"
"Indeed so," Itachi wiped his mouth with his napkin, "I'll be taking part in its Music department."
"Maybe you should see if the company will give you a record deal Hinata-chan," Suigestu said with a smile and then ate another piece of fish.
"I-I d-don't know S-Suigestu-k-kun," she blushed as she poked at her salad, "I-I'm n-not th-that good..."
"What are you talking about Hyuga," Sasuke smirked, "You're the only reason people come to the Choir concerts."
"Yeah," Suigestu said as he glared at Sasuke, "and as your soul mate," Sasuke frowned a bit as Suigestu smiled back at Hinata, "I say, you should go for it."
"I would be happy to record a demo cd with you Hinata-san," Itachi said with a light smile, "but I'm not allowed to bring guest," he soon smirked, "so it would be just you and I."
Suigestu then covered Hinata's ears; she just looked surprised, "Listen up you Uchiha bastards," he glared at the brothers, "back off before I take you out back and beat the ever loving shit out of both of you." He uncovered Hinata's ears, and she looked so confused at why everyone was glaring at one another and Kisame was just laughing. "I'll come with anyone way Hinata-chan," Suigestu said and then gave her light kiss on her temple, "for morale support."
"I-I-I'll need th-that Suigestu-kun, th-thank you," she blushed a light red.
"Well," Kisame smiled, "while the threat still stands," he smirked as Suigestu glared, "how about I take you to the aquarium Hinata-chibi?" Kisame smiled as Hinata's face lit up with childlike delight.
"I-I would love to," she smiled and nodded.
"I'm going to," Neji quickly added, "no way you'll be alone with that shark lover."
"No," Suigestu said, "I'll be going."
"Bull," Sasuke glared, "you all will start a riot there."
"Please little brother," Itachi shook his head, "you would start a stampede."
"We'll all go," they all looked over at Hiashi, "since everyone has suddenly become so interested in going to this place with my daughter, we can use this as a chance to bond."
"That sounds lovely Lord Hyuga," Mikoto said with a smile.
"I see no trouble in it," Sasuke and Itachi paled as their father agreed with the idea. Neji pinched the bridge of his nose as Hinata just still smiled at the thought of it.
"And while we are at it," Hiashi looked to the other boys, "I can give you all a special talk about how I have been known to be like a great white shark."
"He can kill practically anything," Hanabi said with a smirk.
(End)
I hope that you have all enjoyed and the next one shot will be Hinata crossing over into another story that I have written *wink* can't wait to have you guys read it.
Ja Ne.