Breathe in. Breathe out.
This is it.
Today is the day of our performance. Time check, it's 7 AM. Still three hours before the program starts but I have to get out of this bed and get prepared for the event.
Oh God! Please help me! If this isn't only graded then I would do every way just to quit this silly activity!
I rolled to my side and closed my eyes. I'm glad that I was paired with Sasuke. I never thought that he was such a nice person. Despite his intimidating look and serious attitude, he is a kind-hearted and caring person inside. I guess this is one of the goals of this activity, to get to know your group mate more? To build friendship? To bridge gaps? If so, then this isn't a silly activity after all. I held my pillow tighter as a smile crept to my face. Aaah! I think I found a friend who truly understands me!
Her smile disappeared when she thought of the fan girls. And with that, Hinata sighed as she swung her legs to the side of the bed and went into a sitting position.
Right, I should never talk to Sasuke after this day is over. I hate the fan girls spying on me.
She stood lazily as she headed to the bathroom to do her thing. After that, she went downstairs to eat breakfast with her family.
"Hinata, I heard you arrived home late last night. Why is it?" Hiashi said as soon as Hinata appeared to his sight.
Hinata continued to walk towards her seat as she speak, "I-I went to the city to s-shop for a d-dress which I have to wear for our t-today's activity." She sat at the chair next to her sister.
"Really onee-san? I hope it's a decent dress and not a weird one because your taste for fashion is really awful." Hanabi chuckled at the last word.
I kind of agree with my little sister. Fashion is just not my thing. Who cares anyway? I would only wear clothes that are comfortable for me. What's wrong with wearing shirts, jackets, jeans and sneakers? I am only forced to wear a dress during our company's parties.
"U-uhmm. Yeah." was my only reply to my sister. I started eating my meal. Dad didn't scold me, by the way. I think I had a valid excuse then.
—At the school gate—
I was so hesitant to get out of our car until Hanabi shouted at me from the window. She was already out of the car.
"Onee-san!!! Get out now we're almost late!" Without warning, she opened the door and pulled me out from my hiding. I almost tripped from my sister's strength. She closed the door behind me and our car left soon after.
I felt the cold breeze at my bare legs. This is my first time wearing a skirt to school. No, our uniform is also a skirt though I wear stockings to cover my whole legs. Indeed, today was really a different feeling. I also saw some eyes start to notice me. I looked down at my feet to avoid them.
"Come on onee-san! You should be proud of yourself today! By the way, I congratulate you for having a not-so-weird outfit today. I'm sure that your Uchiha classmate and the rest of the guys out there would have hearts on their eyes when they see you." She pulled me and we entered our school campus.
"E-eehh?" I think my face started to blush.
She continued talking while we were walking. "You know, you should throw all those weird clothes of yours—no, I mean every clothes in your closet and replace them with something like what you are wearing now. I'm sure all the guys in this school would beg to be your boyfriend." She laughed.
"H-Hanabi!" I shouted at her, but not too loud. I have to stop her from spitting such words because it's nonsense and her voice was too loud that every person we came to pass by would look at us. It's really embarrassing.
But I kind of agree with my sister regarding my outfit today. In fact, I love it. I'm just not confident wearing them in public. The salesladies really did a great job last night in finding the best outfit for me.
I'm wearing a lavender balloon ruffled floral skirt that covered half of my thighs. White strapless tube for my top, though I wore a silver knitted sweater with heart pattern on top of the tube. I just found this sweater on my closet. Thank goodness I have this, I really feel naked with this tube top! Silver doll shoes with a cute lavender horizontal line near the toe to match my dress. And my hair was braided half-up with a big violet ribbon behind my head. Thanks to our maid for braiding my hair and putting light make up on my face, by the way. I'm not really good at fixing my hair—and my face.
"Alright Hinata-nee-san, I'll go now to our room you go do your best on your performance!" I snapped from my trance as I noticed that we are already at the corner where me and my sister have to separate ways.
"Y-yes." I said as my little sister started to walk away from me.
"And don't stutter!" she turned back and shouted from afar.
I started to walk to our gymnasium where the event will happen. Luckily, I arrived 10 minutes before the said time so I just walked slowly to calm myself. As I reached the doors of the gymnasium, I already caught a sight on a few fan girls. They were staring at me from head to toe.
"H-Hinata?" I turned back to see who called me.
"Hinata! Oh wow! Damn! You're so gorgeous!" I heard.
"K-Kiba!!!" I blushed as I went near him. "P-Please don't do that again!"
Great job Kiba. Thanks to your loud mouth now everyone's attention is on me.
"Hehehe!" He scratched the back of his head. "My bad! I was just surprised. You look totally different from before. Maybe you should wear like that often—you know without those stockings. Hehe!"
"K-Kiba!!!" I blushed harder as I tried to cover my legs with my both hands.
"Naruto would be really impressed when he sees you. Haha! Hey, come on we're all at the backstage. Orochimaru-sensei is there to check our attendance." Kiba said.
I almost fainted with his first sentence. Almost.
As we reached the backstage, I saw all the students of our grade there.
"K-Kiba? W-Why are they all here? Are they going to p-perform too?" I asked my friend.
"Where did that question come from, Hinata? Of course they are! Including me! This is like the biggest activity of the year you know!" As Kiba finished talking, I caught a sight of Sasuke.
"S-Sasuke-kun!" I ran towards him. "Is it true that other sections are performing as well?" He was just staring at me, with a quite shocked expression.
I stared at him in return and it definitely gave me a deeper shade of blush as I thought that he looks handsome today. His long sleeve raglan t-shirt and black slim fit pants looks perfect on him. His shirt was just a simple combination of blue and black though it suits him very well. He paired his outfit with a black with blue design sneakers.
Sasuke was still staring at me. He first looked at my feet going up to my face. I'm sure my blush was very noticeable already.
"S-Sasuke-kun??" He looked away as he realized that he was staring at me for too long.
"What?" He said without returning his glance at me.
—Sasuke POV—
'S-She looks gorgeous today. Her legs, shouders under that knitted sweater and her face looks perfect. Her top also revealed her small waist. Damn, I thought she was the chubby type but I was wrong. She's perfect.'
