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Chapter 4
Hinata slid open the sliding door that led to her class. Inside, there were few students she barely recognize. Before she could take a step forward, a cheerful voice popped beside her, startling the poor Hyuga. Hinata took a step back and blinked.
"Hinata-chan! Where have you been? I saw your bag but you weren't here!" It was her best friend, Ino. As usual, her long blonde hair was tied into a high ponytail, her long side bangs covering half of her face. Ino was so pretty. Hinata especially liked her eyes, they were beautiful.
"S-Sorry, I was walking around the school..." Hinata apologized.
"There's nothing to be sorry about, Hina-chan- Who is he?" Ino stared at Ryota, their eyes met, Ino blushed and looked away, back to Hinata.
"U-Um, he's a new student... Ryota." Hinata craned her neck and looked at Ryota, who had a small smile on his face. He took Ino's hand, startling the blonde, and gave her a firm handshake.
"My name's Ryota, from today, I'm attending Konoha High." He let go of the hand, startling Ino, whose hand now lay limp beside her.
"Nice to meet you," Ino greeted.
"You too." He smiled his heart-stopping smile.
Hinata giggled at Ino's reaction. She was blushing like crazy, which was cute, in her eyes. "Ryota, I-I think you can sit next to the window, i-it's an empty seat." Hinata pointed towards the said seat. It was by the window, giving Ryota the ability to see what was happening on the soccer field, which was directly below it.
"Okay, Hina-chan." He smiled and walked towards the said seat while Ino walked back towards her seat, which was right beside Hinata's. Ryota's seat was right in front of Hinata's and beside him was a dark brown haired girl Hinata and Ino weren't really close to. Ryota said hi to the girl and she nodded, burying her nose on her book again.
He settled down and placed his bag under his table. Ryota turned, facing both Hinata and Ino, who was taking out her textbooks. "So, what's the first class, Hina-chan?"
"Language class with Kurenai-sensei."
"Oh."
Hinata giggled when she saw the expression on his face. "Don't worry, Kurenai-sensei isn't strict, she's very kind."
"You know, I'm not worried about that..." He smiled.
Hinata blushed in embarrassment. "S-Sorry."
"Why are you even saying sorry." He sighed. "I'm just worried that I won't be able to get along with the rest of the students, being a new student and all..."
Oh. She knew the feeling too well. She remembered the first day she attended Konoha High. She barely knew anyone. Ino was the first to approach her and said hi, she invited her to sit on her lunch table and introduced her to her friends. She owed Ino a favor.
"You will, you're so cheerful and kind, I'm sure a lot of people will be your friend." Hinata gave him a reassuring smile and he scratched the back of his head, giving her a sheepish smile.
"Heh. Thanks."
"You're welcome. And if there's anything you want to ask, feel free to come to me and Ino." Hinata added. Ino, hearing her name mentioned, jerked, dropping the mirror she was holding and nodded.
Just as Ryota opened his mouth to say something, the door swung open and a group of males walked in. Hinata watched them enter. It was Naruto, followed by Shino, Shikamaru and Chouji. They were dressed neatly in their uniform, their bags slung over their shoulders.
"Good morning!" Naruto greeted.
"M-Morning, Naruto-kun," Hinata greeted back. She wasn't blushing like she used to. She had gotten over him because she knew he had been in love for Sakura all this time. Hinata respected him and she wanted him to be happy, and Naruto being happy was when he was with Sakura. And she had a man of her own now, Sasuke Uchiha.
"Morning," Ino said. The males walked to their own seats.
Naruto approached Hinata's table, stopping when he noticed Ryota, who was looking at him. "Who are you."
"Be polite." Ino rolled her eyes. "He's Ryota, a new student."
"Oh! Nice seeing you. I'm Naruto!"
"Isn't that obvious..." Ryota mumbled. Naruto glared at Ryota and the two were engaged in a glaring contest. Hinata sweatdropped while Ino rolled her eyes. "I don't understand why Sakura dates him of all people. Sometimes he gets on my nerves."
"It's called true love." Hinata smiled, giving Ino her sunny smile.
Ino sighed with a smile. She turned to Hinata with mischief tingling in her eyes. She had that smile that made Hinata feeling nervous all of a sudden. "Talking about true love, what have you and Sasuke been doing over the weekend?"
Hinata wasn't expecting the question. She thought Ino was going to ask something else. But she somehow expected it too, because Ino used to have a crush on her boyfriend and Sakura too, but they got over him when they found out about Hinata and Sasuke going out, saying they would be more than happy to let them date. Few months later, Ino dated Sai and Sakura went out with Naruto.
It was a win-win for the girls.
"N-Nothing. We just went out for lunch and dinner on Saturday. W-We were home the entire Sunday doing homework and S-Sasuke played games."
Ino showed her two rows of perfect white teeth. "You sure?"
"P-Positive."
"What positive, you pregnant?" She laughed.
"I-Ino!"
"Just messing around with you." She laughed again. "Really, Hinata, you're like wow, living under the same roof with a guy and hasn't gotten laid yet, wow. Sasuke doesn't have that kind of needs?"
"W-What! I-I don't know, d-don't ask me..." Hinata turned away, blushing. True though, even though they lived under the same roof together, Sasuke respected Hinata's privacy and wants just like she respected his. He wouldn't come in to her room when she said he couldn't and he definitely wouldn't force her to do that kind of stuff if she didn't want. And guessing from Hinata's personality and all, she would want it after marriage, he was sure.
"Anyway, where the hell is forehead," Ino said. "She's late."
Hinata glanced at the clock hearing the word late. It was five minutes till the start of their first class. Hinata looked forward, Ryota's back was facing her, Naruto walked away from Ryota after messing around a little bit and he was playing with his phone.
The door swung open again and came in a pink-haired girl, her blazer not buttoned down, hair all tangly and messed up. She looked like she was going to faint soon from all the panting. "Speaking of the devil, here she is."
Ino got up and walked to Sakura. "Forehead! You're almost late."
"Shut up, pig. I overslept!"
She walked past Ino and dropped her bags on top of her desk, which was diagonally across Ino's. Sakura sat in front, next to Shikamaru. She sighed and grumbled, sitting down as she ran her hand over her short pink hair.
"Damn it, I shouldn't have watched that movie."
"What movie?" Ino asked curiously, sitting down next to Hinata again.
"It's a random movie I found on a channel. I don't know what it's called, more like, I forgot what it's called."
"Oh."
The door swung open again, all eyes were on the figure walking in. "Good morning." Students hurriedly scampered back into their seats.
"Good morning, Kurenai-sensei," they greeted back. Kurenai placed back her books and laptop on the teacher's desk, sitting down. She scanned the room. "Where is Inuzuka Kiba and Uchiha Sasuke, are they not coming?"
"U-Um, K-Kurenai-sensei, they're having basketball practice for the competition later," Hinata spoke up, receiving a nod of understanding from Kurenai. She was about to say something again when she noticed Ryota.
"I see we have a new student today. Can you please introduce yourself to the class?" She smiled. Ryota looked startled for a moment and stood up.
"My name is Inoue Ryota. I transferred to Konoha High today. I hope to be friends with you all and please guide me if I do something wrong or don't understand something like the rules and all in a new school. I think that's all. Thank you."
Wow, was all Hinata said under her breath. On her first day, she could barely say something to introduce herself aside from her name. She was so nervous she felt like fainting that day, but Hinata was sure she could speak about herself more now if she was asked to.
"Alright, thank you." Kurenai looked at Ryota and nodded, she turned to the rest of the class. "Please open up your notebooks, you will be writing an essay today."
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