Really hope you enjoy this next chapter.
"H-Hanabi!" Hinata screeched, "l-let m-me g-go." Hinata tried to pray her little sister's arms away from her wrist, but Hanabi kept a tight grip and dragged Hinata along the hot pavement.
"No, I am taking you to see that guy you were fancied by." She turned to Hinata and smiled deviously, "if you like it or not." She laughed at her sister's distorted face.
"B-But! H-Hanabi-" Hinata started.
"No, buts, whats or ifs." She cut Hinata off, "God knows you're hopeless with boys." Hanabi shook her head and sighed, "But I'm here to kick-start your romance." She grinned deviously at her older sister when she saw her distorted, gloomy face.
"H-Hanabi," Hinata said more sternly. Her sister sure did have a firm grip, "C-Could y-you a-at l-least l-let g-go o-of m-my w-wrist... J-just a-a l-little b-bit?" She asked.
"Oh." Hanabi said, seemly didn't realise the grip she had on her elder sister, "Haha, sorry." She let go of Hinata's wrist.
"T-that's o-okay, H-Hanabi." She held the sore wrist and smiled down at her little sister.
"Come on, Hinata; we want to hurry to catch him in time unless you want to pay the fee to get in?" She said hurriedly and raced down the cracked concrete.
"H-Hanabi." Hinata held a hand out to her sister, "w-wait f-for m-me." She raced down the path her sister had raced down.
Fee? Hinata questioned in thought. Did Hanabi search up where I was yesterday? Hinata shook her head at that train of thought. Her little sister couldn't possibly know where she was dragging her. Indeed not to the boy Hinata had fancied yesterday. Surely not.
"H-Hanabi!" Hinata puffed out, "W-wait... F-For... M-Me." She breathed out, leaning over to catch her breath, hands on her knees.
"Come on, Hinata!" Hanabi yelled, walking up to her sister and pulling on her arms, "We have to go see lover boy!"
"J-Just...G-Give... M-Me... A-A... M-Moment." She halted their movements.
"Just a little more." She tugged more frantically.
Hinata waved her little sister off and sat down on the ground, "J-Just a-a m-moment p-please, w-we've b-been r-running n-non-s-stop f-for n-nearly 12 b-blocks."
"Come on, Hinata!" She begged, her hands on her sides.
"H-how'd y-you k-know a-about t-this g-guy a-anyway. I-I g-get t-that y-you'd k-know f-from h-how I-I w-was y-yesterday, b-but h-how'd y-you k-know w-where t-to f-find h-him?" She questioned her sister.
"Duh." Hanabi rolled her eyes. "Hansuke." Hands-on, her tiny hips.
"H-Hansuke?" Hinata raised a brow.
"He was doing some sort of background check or something." Hanabi waved a hand, "I don't know, but I do know some pretty interesting facts." She wriggled her eyebrows.
Hinata shook her head, then standing up, she sighed, "C-Come o-n t-then." She held her hand out to her little sister, who took her hand without missing a heartbeat.
Trust Hansuke to know everything about Gaara. Hinata thought, shaking her head.
Both smiling hand in hand, they reached the end of the corner and crossed the road to the dojo. The air around Hinata was thick with anticipation. She didn't know what would happen when she saw Gaara again. They didn't leave on bad terms, nor did they part on very good terms either.
She didn't want to anger him even further if she was to show up unexpectedly and out of the blue; she didn't wish to have an argument with the nice man she had met just the night before; he was so sweet and kind. She didn't want to see the furious side of him. God forbid Hansuke to be correct, and the dangerous side too.
Reaching the front entrance of the building, they both heard the loud screeching noise of a door opening, Hinata holding her breath.
"It's okay, Hinata." Hanabi squeezed her elder sister's hand for comfort. Hinata gulped at the suspense.
Two figures walked out hand in hand, giggling at the other and even hitting their shoulders together.
"S-Sakura." Hinata gasped; Sakura was in there?
"Hinata... Hanabi." Sakura's widened; she hadn't anticipated seeing them either.
"W-what w-were y-you d-doing h-here?" Hinata asked.
"Oh, um. I am here with..." She trailed, a blush forming as she looked at the partner next to her.
"N-Naruto!" Hinata whispered, head downcast. He'd surely tell Gaara now that she was here to see him.
"Oh, Hey, Hinata!" He giggled and flashed a wide smile at her.
"Yours two know each other!" Sakura asked, though not sure if she should know. Naruto was a cute boy known all over the city, and it would be no wonder he'd see Hinata around and meet up a couple of times, more so with his reputation.
"N-not r-really, S-Sakura." She said timidly.
"We only met last night before I met up with you, of course." He wriggled his eyebrows at Sakura and leaned his forehead to hers as they both giggled. He smiled at her sheepishly, "Gaara brought her here for an umbrella because he bumped into her yesterday."
They're such a sweet couple. Hinata thought, a little saddened for never receiving attention from anyone like Naruto.
"Hinata." "Oh," Sakura said happily, after clearing up that their relationship didn't go over friends with benefits or anything sexual at all. She turned her attention to the shy girl, "I am not doing anything right now, Naruto has to go back to training, and I was going out for lunch... Hanabi can join if she likes." She smiled at both girls.
"Actually," Hanabi stated, reflecting on why they were there. Hanabi said, "Hinata and I are here for a purpose."
"Yeah." Naruto said, "Why are yours two here? Don't get me wrong, but yours two don't strike me as going down this neighbourhood." He scratched his head.
It was true; the neighbourhood was a bit seedy and certainly wasn't the inviting type.
"W-we j-just w-went f-for a-a w-walk." Hinata smiled and gave a little laugh.
"To see lover boy." Hanabi put in, giggling, when she heard her sister gasp lightly.
"Lover boy?" Sakura thought out loud, a questionable eyebrow raised. Naruto just had a dazed look on his face.
"S-she w-was j-just k-kidding." Hinata laughed nervously, trying to pray her sister away from Sakura and Naruto.
"No, I wasn't." Hanabi tore her gaze away from the two lovers and gave Hinata a stern look, "We're looking for Gaara."
"Gaara," Naruto shouted, his eyes wide, then laughing uncontrollably.
"Gaara?" Sakura giggled, her hand covering her wide smile.
"Yes." Hanabi nodded, and a triumphant smile played upon her lips.
"H-Hanabi!" Hinata said sternly.
"Oh, man." Naruto said, wiping a tear from his eyes, "I'm so telling the boys this."
Hinata groaned; this was precisely what she had wanted to avoid. One of the boys teased Gaara. Now he'll surely hate her.
"P-please d-don't." She pleaded.
"Haha, that's a bit too bad." He smirked, turning to Sakura. "I'm going to keep my mouth shut for the boys. But I'm going to head off before Gaara comes back and kicks my ass because I didn't do my warm-up." He rolled his eyes, "He out running and warming up somewhere else; I'll see you, though, later, babe." He pressed his face to hers and gave her a long-lasting, seething kiss.
When they parted, she had a tinted blush on her face.
"Alright, see you later." She laughed and wacked his arms before he laughed and walked back into the building.
"Ew," Hanabi said with disgust, turning around and putting her hand to her mouth as if vomiting.
"H-Hanabi." Hinata shook her head at her sister.
"Well." Sakura began, "Still want to take me up on the offer for lunch?"
"O-of c-course." Hinata teased. Hinata smiled, "T-that's I-if H-Hanabi b-behaves."
"Of course, I will." She scoffed, "After we find Gaara, of course."
Sakura shook her head, "His busy right now and..." Looking at Hinata, "you've embarrassed her enough already."
"I've never embarrassed Hinata enough." Hanabi smiled smugly.
"G-Girls." Hinata shook her head at both of them. "L-let j-just g-go f-for l-lunch," Hinata suggested.
"Yeah." Sakura cheered.
"Whatever." Hanabi just scoffed
Sakura grabbed the girl's arms, "Let's just all smile and have fun." She beamed at both of them, Hanabi just turned her head, but Hinata returned the smile.
Gaara ran as fast and as hard as his body could take. But even then, he'd take his body beyond its limits and improve his stamina and physic.
His lungs started to burn as the hot sun beamed brightly upon him. Breathing harshly, he stopped abruptly and sat on the warm grass; it was still a little muddy, considering there were only patches of green grass and yesterday's harsh rain.
Looking up at the white clouds, he couldn't help but be reminded of the pearled eye girl from last night; he still couldn't get her out of his head! Overthinking about her, the fighting did well to subside her, but she always returned to haunt him. And it was doing his brain wonders.
And it was seriously pissing him off.
Their meeting was brief and not all that meaningful, yet she still plagued his mind with unsupportive thoughts and sexual feelings. He needs to get laid and fast. Or at least something else to distract him from the pearl-eyed woman.
He was a man, for Christ's sake; he'd be blind not to admit she would be a great lay. But she was too shy, emotional, and timid to be those kinds of girl. He shook his head. He wasn't the type of man to bang a girl for one night's leave with the whiff of his scent lingering on the pillow of his now ex-lover.
Girls like Karin just gave him headaches and got too clingy way too fast.
Standing up from his position, he walked on the broken, weeded ground back to the dojo.
If he found someone who wasn't as annoying or clingy, he'd probably get a good layout of them. No, it was next to impossible. He wasn't like Naruto, who could get a girl any day of the month and still be able to get a girl even though they all knew of his reputation.
Gaara shook his head; why he was able to get laid every night with a girl was still a mystery to him.
Nearing the gates that had seen better days, he looked out to the busy street passing by; what would they think honestly about this place? An ugly, run-down park. He shook his head; that wasn't the case at all. Clearly, it had seen better days, but it was as good as any park when you put effort and devotion into it.
But that is different from how the world is run these days or any day. His father and uncle are clear examples of this situation, for the apparent lack of devotion and love or pretending. He will never forgive his uncle or father for the day they cursed his existence, especially his uncle.
Teaching him about love and then twisting it later on like the lying fool he was.
Walking to the shopping district, he intended to get a much-needed lunch.
"Oh, Hinata!" Sakura said dreamily, "It was so romantic."
"I take this as my cue to leave." Hanabi raised her eyes and got up from the table, "I'll be around." She said, walking off before Hinata could say a word.
"H-Hanabi." She called, twisting on the chair to see her sister, but Hanabi had only waved a hand and continued out the door.
"Oh, just leave her, Hinata." Sakura put in, "She'll be fine." She smiled.
Hinata twisted back to Sakura, "Y-your r-right, s-she s-surely c-couldn't g-get I-into m-much trouble." Hinata smiled, biting her bottom lip, unsure.
Sakura waved a hand in the air, "She'll be fine... But please, Hinata, let me tell you about what happened with Naruto and me." She grabbed Hinata's hands and smiled so widely that she thought her face would break off.
"O-of-c-course, g-go o-on," Hinata said.
"Well, uh, we went on a date to a ramen shop." she rolled her eyes, "I know what your thinking, tacky, right? Anyway, I thought it wouldn't be a good date till we went in, and he had already set up a table on the roof where you could see the stars so clearly. He has known the owners and offered to use the space up to his shop's roof for a date." She had a dreamy look on her face, "By God, he knows how to set the mood right, white tablecloth and red roses littering the floor, oh, but that wasn't the good part." She smiled at Hinata with a look of lust, "No, the good part was between the sheets." She giggled uncontrollably.
"O-oh." Hinata blushed at the prospect of her best friend having sex on the first date nonetheless.
"He is such an attentive lover." She giggled into her hand, grabbing a lettuce slice off her nearly-eaten plate and nipping on it.
"A-are y-you s-sure t-that w-was w-wise?" She asked her best friend, who'd stopped eating.
"What'd you mean?" She raised a brow.
"I-I m-mean, h-having t-that c-close I-intimacy, w-with a-a g-guy o-on t-the f-first d-date."
"w-well..." She trailed off. Her eyes widen, "Oh no." She put a hand to her mouth, "What have I done." She got abruptly from the table.
"S-Sakura!" Hinata tried to calm Sakura down.
"I-I think... I need to puke." She brought a hand to cover her face and bolted to the toilets.
"S-Sakura!" Hinata called again, getting up from her seat and running to the toilets Sakura had run into.
Some of Hinata's friends bugged her, especially Sakura. She was a loudmouth and had always been the bringer of news. Hanabi would sometimes think her ears were bleeding because of the high screeching!
Hanabi scoffed, typically of her walking out because of another of Sakura's talks with Hinata. So instead of being kicked out, she calmly walked out; that way, it would never cause anyone problems. Besides, Sakura would have found a way to kick her out one way or another.
Hanabi held her head down low, aimlessly walking down the path, not bothering to look up for the pending stranger to bump into her.
"Ow." She growled at the stranger. She rubbed her head, "Watch it, will you!"
"Why don't you watch it!" The person sneered.
Looking up at the person she bumped into, she noticed how much of a very distinctive person he was. Hair as red as blood, a kanji tattoo and... No eyebrows?
Picking herself up and dusting her clothes, she looked the stranger up and down, "So... Who are you?" She asked.
"What is it to you?" He sneered at her.
"Whatever then." She looked at him, "Rude!" She shouted, turning the attention of those passing by.
"Gaara!" He yelled, then pushing right past her.
"Gaara... Gaara!" Hanabi questioned, then eyes widened, "Gaara!" She ran after him.
"What." He growled, already having enough of the kid's childish games.
"You need to come with me." She puffed; he walked fast, faster than her!
"No." He stopped briefly, then walked ahead of her a little bit faster.
"You have to!" She shouted.
"Why?' He turned to her, teeth bared, "You bumped into me and now want to play games with me?"
"I have someone you would like to see." She smiled.
"Who!" He asked.
"Hinata."
Hehehe, need to wait for the next chapter.