"How far are you guys on your literature project anyways?" Sakura asked, leaning on Sasuke and Hinata's desk. Kakashi was late yet again, even on a Monday and everyone was talking or doing whatever.

"We've done two stories so far. We were thinking of doing a long combined story but..." Hinata said as she glanced sideways to an obviously uninterested Sasuke, tapping on his phone.

"Really? Have you decided the content and how long it will be?" Sakura asked, interested now.

"Not yet. But there were originally supposed to be a few stories." Hinata said, again hesitating to speak for both herself and Sasuke.

"Man, you guys are done with two already while me and Ino are still thinking of what should be done. I think only a few people have actually started with the project right now." Sakura said. It was true, despite being one of the smartest students, Sakura had not started the project. She and Ino argued so much.

She wistfully looked at the stoic boy next to Hinata, wishing he could have been her partner. Hell, anyone but Ino.

"I'm sure you guys will do good." Hinata smiled. She had been slightly annoyed with Sakura for inviting Sasuke without telling her but Sakura had apologized and everything had been alright again.

"So um, who's Ino texting?" Hinata asked as Sakura smiled.

"Oh." Sakura said, her expression becoming slightly worn. "She broke up with her latest boyfriend again. She's just finishing things up."

Ino did move through boyfriends a bit, didn't she? Hinata did not even know what to say to this so she let Sakura tell her whatever she was saying about her weekend.

"Ne, Hinata." Naruto's voice said, cutting Sakura off.

"Yeah, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked, feeling Sasuke's gaze shift to them both too.

"Can you tell Shikamaru to wake up? He's fallen asleep again." Naruto whined to Hinata.

"Tch." Sasuke said, annoyed at his best friend "Stop whining dobe."

"You know that no one can wake up Shikamaru easily." Ino said, joining them.

"Why the fuck is everyone hovering over my desk? You're cutting off the air supply." Sasuke growled. Where was Kakashi when you needed him?

"What crawled up your ass and died?" Kiba's voice said. Just what I needed, Sasuke thought.

"It's just how he usually is." Naruto said, glaring at Sasuke. Sasuke glared back. "Can you both stop making heart eyes at each other?" Kiba asked, grinning.

"Heart eyes?" Naruto asked, turning to him instead.

"Yeah, we know you guys are totally gay for each other so you don't have to hide it. Just kiss him. Those eyes are revolting." Kiba said.

"Shut your loud mouth Kiba!" Sakura said, punching his head.

"Ow! Look who's talking pinkie!" Kiba retorted back and soon Kiba and Sakura were immersed in their bickering.

"Naruto, you really went out of your way for Hinata, huh?" Ino said, grinning. The girls had gotten all the details out of Hinata as soon as she had come to school.

"Yeah, so what? She deserved it." Naruto said, smiling at Hinata.

"So you finally stopped falling for the annoying ones?" Shikamaru's voice spoke up.

"You're awake! Finally." Naruto said sighing in relief.

"Kakashi isn't here yet so I figured sleeping would be better." Shikamaru yawned. Sasuke's eyebrow twitched. He was walking out of this class if Kakashi wasn't here in....

"Class, can you please settle down?" Kakashi's voice rang out and Hinata sighed in relief. Kiba and Sakura's bickering was giving her a headache.

"Sorry I'm late. I was...."

"...Just get on with the lesson" Naruto yelled out.

"Alright. Today we are supposed to read an essay. Take out your books." Everyone obliged and when everybody had reached the designated page, Kakashi started the lecture.

Despite his flaws, he was an awesome teacher. Everyone started taking notes. Hinata glanced over at Sasuke, who was busy taking notes. She looked away and started taking notes as well.

When class was over, she started to pick up her things. Everyone was walking out of the classroom one by one after noting the homework.

"Sasuke-kun." Hinata said before Sasuke could leave.

He turned to look at her a bit distracted. "When are we going to work on project again?" she asked. He didn't answer for a moment.

"Come to my house after school in the evening, we'll work there." He said and walked out of the room. Hinata nodded to herself as she also followed him outside.
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Hinata was walking towards the music classroom after lunch break when she bumped into someone at the entrance of the classroom. She cursed in her mind. Why did she have to be so clumsy?

She looked up to gaze into emerald eyes. They were deep and mesmerizing. Distant and beautiful. The eyes came with red hair and a tattoo claiming 'love' in Kanji on the forehead. She recognized the person as Sabaku no Gaara.

"I-I'm sorry Sabaku-san." Hinata said, crouching down to gather her notebook and pens.

"It's alright." He claimed in his smooth voice. He then proceeded to walk into the classroom. Huh? Did he have music class? She had never seen him in class before.

She walked in to see Kurunei Sensei smiling at the students. "Good day students." She greeted. "Good day Ms. Kurunei." They replied.

"Class, I have news for you. There is going to be a singing competition held in school in 3 weeks and I want all of you to participate." Kurunei said.

"Singing competition?" some people asked.

"All the students from each music class of the school will be competing. As there are 3 classes including ours, there will be 6 pairs of students competing. 2 pairs from each class. I want everyone to participate and those who will be best of you all will be selected by me to compete."

There were murmurs of students. "Also, I would like you to welcome Gaara in our music class. He had just moved his class from Music room 1 to ours."

Everyone looked at Gaara, sitting in the back. He showed no reaction or emotion. "Now I want you to form pairs for the preparation. Be ready to sing your songs to me next Monday." Kurunei instructed "You can come to me for help."

Hinata glanced at the other students. She did not many people in here. None of her close friends were in music class. She glanced at Gaara, whom no was approaching as they formed pairs among themselves.

Hinata did not know what made her walk towards Gaara. He looked at her, his expression nonchalant. "Sabaku-san, do you want to be partners?"

He did not say anything. He just looked away. Hinata took that as a yes and sat down beside him. He tensed slightly and moved away a little.

"Sabaku-san, is something wrong?" Hinata asked but again he did not reply. He was so good at basketball and seemed so approachable on the field, but here? What was wrong? Wasn't he Temari's brother?

"Um, would you like to introduce yourself to me?" Hinata asked, resolutely deciding to make him talk somehow.

He looked at her, looking slightly peeved. "My name is Sabaku no Gaara. I'm the son of the Sand Country's president, next in line for becoming president. My siblings are Temari and Kankuro and I like to play basketball." He said in a monotone.

Hinata smiled, ready to burst with the sense that she had finally managed to make him talk. "I'll go next. My name is Hyuga Hinata. I'm the Daughter of the owner of Hyuga Corp. and the next heiress. My sibling is my younger sister Hanabi and my cousin Neji. I like to do lots of stuff."

He looked away from her again. Was something the matter? She was determined to ask Temari. "Do you sing Sabaku san?" she asked.

He gave her a curt nod. She smiled. "We can work on our song then. When would you like to work?" she asked.

"I'll bring my notes tomorrow." He said, shrugging as if he did not care.

"Great. Then we're partners?" she asked, offering him a handshake. He just looked at her as if she was offering him a grenade. He did not shake her hand of affirm her statement. He just turned away with a small nod. Hinata smiled, taking that as a yes. She would make him open up, somehow.
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School was exhausting, Hinata decided. She walked into the parking lot. She was thankful there was no practice for a couple of days. She stood near Neji's car, waiting for him to come out of the school building.

Her gaze fell on Naruto and Sasuke who were walking to their cars parked near one another. Naruto was talking about something loudly and Sasuke was listening quietly. He felt Hinata look at him and turned his head to look at her.

Hinata remembered she had to go and work on the project too. She looked away before anything else. She spotted Neji walking out of the school building with Lee in tow.

"Good day to you Hinata-chan!" Lee said when he saw her "You look very youthful today."

Hinata smiled as Neji rolled his eyes. "Thank you Lee-san, I must say you seem enthusiastic too." She told him.

Lee flashed his signature blinding white smile. She covered her eyes with her hands slightly. "Thanks Lee, but now we have to go." Neji butted in.

"Of course. I will take my leave as well." He said as he turned to go.

"Lee-san, do you need a ride?" Hinata asked as he started walking away. He looked at her and smiled before saying.

"Oh no Hinata-Chan, I have to run laps around Konoha, walking is part of my training." With this, he ran off, leaving a surprised Hinata behind.

Hinata glanced over. Naruto and Sasuke were gone now. She sat in the car as Neji unlocked it. "Your friends are...." Hinata began.

"...Weird I know, but they're the only genuine friends I have." Neji smiled faintly.

"I was going to say interesting but alright. By the way, do you know how many girls try to impress me so I can talk them up for you? Your fans rival Sasuke's."

Neji grinned. "I know. Honestly, it's super annoying sometimes."

"Yeah right, admit it, you like being popular." Hinata teased him.

"No I don't. Anyways, do you want coffee?" he asked her. She nodded. "Might as well. I will need the energy later."

"Later? What for?" Neji asked he drove towards the nearest Starbucks.

"I have to work at a project at Sasuke's place in the evening." She said, looking out of the window. She could see Neji's smirk.

"Oh, so you're visiting your future in-laws, huh?" Neji teased her back. She narrowed her eyebrows.

"Neji....." she warned.

"Just kidding. Although technically they are going to be your in laws." Neji said, seriously this time.

"Not if we break the engagement when were 18". She replied.

"Do you guys' parents know? You guys really thought this out." Neji asked, pulling into the  takeout. He gave the order for a cappuccino while Hinata ordered a large cookie dough milkshake.

"No way. We'll tell them though. Eventually." Hinata said as they waited for their order. Neji did not say anything else. When they got their orders, Neji paid and drove away.

They did not speak for a while. Until Neji asked. "Do you need me to drive you there?".

"I'll take the bus." She smiled. "Like I'll let you." Neji smiled.

Hinata broke into a smile too and Neji started playing the radio. They both drove home, singing along - and feeling contented in each other's presence.

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Neji dropped Hinata outside the Uchiha Household in the Uchiha District. She smoothed out her blue dress shirt and jeans. She walked inside the main gates, smiling and nodding to the guard who opened the gates acknowledging her.

She made her way towards the front door. She knocked with three sharp raps on the wooden door. There was silence for a moment. She was poised to knock again when a servant opened the door. "Hi. Is Sasuke home?" Hinata asked.

"Yes Ms Hyuga, please come in." the servant boy lead her inside "He's in his room. Would you like some refreshments first?"

She shook her head. "Thank you anyways." She looked towards the stairs. She shifted her bag pack and started walking to the stairs when someone came inside the living room.

"Who is there-Hinata?!" Mikoto exclaimed happily before rushing over to hug her. "I missed you so much! Are you here to stay again? Please say you are!"

"Uh-Heh, actually Mrs. Uchiha- uh Mom, I'm here to work with Sasuke on a project." Hinata said, smiling sheepishly.

"Work on a project, eh?" Mikoto wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

"Yes?" Hinata said, sweat dropping.

"He'll be in his room. I'll come with refreshments soon to....keep an eye on things." Mikoto elbowed her suggestively before stepping back slowly and smiling like the Cheshire cat.

Hinata's eye brow twitched and she walked up the stairs. If only Mikoto knew...

She knocked on Sasuke's room door. "Come in." a voice rumbled. She turned the knob and walked inside to spot Sasuke sitting on the plush chair playing call of duty again.

"Hi." She said.

"You came." He noticed as he turned to play again.

"I did. We're supposed to work on the project?" she said/questioned.

"Yeah whatever, let me get done with this first." He said. She nodded and stood awkwardly. Where would she sit?

"Sit on the bed." He said, not paying attention to her. She sighed and followed his command. He kept playing for a few minutes before turning the game off and turning to her.

He got up and walked the few steps to the bed. Hinata noticed he was wearing a bottle green hoodie over trousers. After finishing his game, he turned to her.

"What do you want?" he asked, raising his eyebrow.

"Are you ser-you told me to come here!" she said, narrowing her eyes

"I don't remember." He said plopping on the bed and making her bounce on the mattress. She sighed. Why did he have to be her partner?

"Do you want to work on it still?" she asked. He shrugged.

"You're here anyways so whatever." He leaned over her to pick up his notebook from the bedside. She took out her own notebook and pencils.

"So we've worked on 2 stories together already. How many are we supposed to do?" Hinata asked, looking at him.

"Knowing Kakashi, he'd want the book to be amusing and something moral. We should do about 5 or 6 short stories. Or 4 short stories and a long one."

Hinata liked that suggestion. "You know, we should do that. I mean, short stories are good but I like long stories."

"I really don't care. Stories are full of bullshit anyways." Sasuke shrugged.

"Hey! That's not true. They calm you and make you feel good about life and.."

"...And they're full of bullshit." Sasuke said, lying down on the bed, making Hinata frown.

"Why do you think that? Stories are good. Especially children stories. And they always have a happy ending. Have you even read Beauty and the Beast?" Hinata countered.

"Yeah Beauty and the beast. It's a story about Stockholm Syndrome, Hyuga." Sasuke snorted. Hinata went quiet before realizing he was in fact right.

"Childhood ruined?" he smirked, eyeing her reaction.

"Shut up!" she snapped. Why did he say that? "And I have a name, stop calling me Hyuga."

"I don't think we're on good enough terms for me to call you that." He said, looking at her blankly, not showing if he was contented or dissatisfied with it being that way.

"I admit our latest interactions have not been optimum. But as long we're partners, we call each other by our proper names."

"I don't have to call you by your sunny name."

"I call you Sasuke."

"Not my problem."

"Fine then, Uchiha...let's start working already."

Sasuke did not sit up, he liked annoying her, it seemed. He just shut his eyes. "You can't act tough for shit." Sasuke said, making Hinata's face turn slightly red.

"If you're not going to work, I'm leaving." She said, getting up. Sasuke decided to annoy her further by grabbing her arms and causing her to fall on the bed on her back. He sat up, pinning her arms down on the bed.

"Did Naruto teach you how to be feisty?" he smirked. Hinata turned red with anger and struggled against his strong grip on her arms.

"Aren't you guys supposed to be dating?" he continued, enjoying her reaction.

"We are!" she said still struggling.

"And here you are, already engaged. To his best friend." He smirked, hovering over her from about a foot. Her eyes widened and she stopped moving at his words. The engagement was still a sour topic, wasn't it?

His smirk widened and just as she opened her mouth to say something, the door burst open revealing Mikoto. "I have refresh-" she stopped short at the sight in front of her.

Sasuke was sitting on the bed, his face hovering over Hinata, who was lying on the bed, with her arms pinned down by him while she looked red and he looked smug. He raised his eyebrows as he saw her and sat back, arms still pinning Hinata's.

"Sasuke-what are you....?" Mikoto asked, not knowing if she should cheerful or be horrified.

"Mrs. Uchiha, it's not what you think!" Hinata answered for him "He's just....just."

"Foreplay." Sasuke smirked earning a horrified glare from Hinata and an eye twitch from his mother. She set down the tray and cracked her knuckles.

"Kidding, kidding." Sasuke said, raising his hands in surrender and releasing Hinata.

"You better be." Mikoto growled.

"Can we get back to work now?" Sasuke asked Hinata, smirking. She sat up, angry and annoyed while Mikoto observed them.

"Actually, I have other things to do. We'll finish out project at school." She said.

"But you just came." He said in a sarcastic tone, obviously enjoying how she was reacting.

"And it was still enough for me to contemplate never coming into your room without your mother here." Hinata snapped and Mikoto looked surprised.

"I said I was sorry for trying to tickle you." Sasuke said, his mouth twitching, threatening to smirk again.

"That's what this was? Tickling? Oh kids." Mikoto finally smiled.

"Mrs. Uchi-"

"It's okay. Sasu, you are not touching her again. She will work on the table while you'll be on the bed. And I'll leave the door completely open this time."

Hinata tried to talk again but Mikoto cut her off, making her sit, telling her she would have dinner with them before leaving the room.

Sasuke smirked, looking at his notebook like nothing had happened. "I hate you." She said.

"The feeling is mutual." He countered, opening his pen.

"Whatever, let's just get this over with. I have to work on my song notes later." She mumbled while uncapping her own pen.

"Why are you so sore about the engagement, we're not even going through with it?" He asked her. She did not look at him.

"The real question is why you keep bringing it up when you don't even care." She said, leaving Sasuke feeling confused about his own self.
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After the horrible project work with Sasuke, Hinata came home exhausted and started working on composing and arranging her songs and lyrics to show Gaara tomorrow. After working, she had a call from her mother. She was still angry at her parents, even angrier right now because of what she had to endure because of them today.

She had a curt and formal conversation with her mother, who by now was very worried and frustrated because Hinata wouldn't talk to her properly.

Hinata's last thought before sleeping tumbled towards a dark headed boy with an annoying smirk. She huffed even in a state of mild consciousness before sleep took over her.
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Sasuke woke up with a slight headache. Why? Because he had not slept properly. It wasn't the nightmares anymore. In fact they had seized now. He just had watched movies till late night in his room after Hinata had left.

Hinata. He resisted the urge to roll his eyes. She was so easy to mess with. It was fun teasing her. But she had left him confused. Why did he keep bringing up the engagement if he didn't care? He decided he should not use that card for some time. She would just get annoyed and that would lead to a bad end for them both.

Besides, now that she was dating Naruto, it would prove to be a distraction. He dressed in his school uniform after a shower and shoved some things into his bag pack before pulling on his jacket and walking out of his room.

His brother was not home. He and Fugaku were away for a business meeting in another country. Mikoto was asleep, already having made his breakfast, as she had a slight headache.

Sasuke ate his breakfast quietly before he left the house and drove to school. He met the sight of Hyuga Neji getting out of his fancy car with Hinata, who was latched onto his arm, laughing loudly. She really looked happy and Sasuke had not seen her happy like this with anyone else.

He walked into the school building. There was still half an hour before classes began. He did what any normal 17 year old would have done. He hid from fan girls.
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Hinata walked into music class happily. This was going to be fun. She tightened her hold on her notes as she spotted Gaara sitting in a corner, looking far away. She almost didn't want to walk to him but she told herself she was being absurd before walking to the seat he was sitting in.

"Ohayo Sabaku-san." Hinata chimed, smiling brightly.

"Ohayo." He said in a low, husky voice that could be seductive if he wanted it to be. She smiled and sat down next to him. He just scooted a bit farther.

Kurunei entered the classroom and greeted the class. She then proceeded to tell them they were free to work on their song this week as she would hear their songs on the coming Monday and select the two pairs.

"Sabaku san, do you have your notes?" she asked, turning to him now. He nodded and grabbed the notes from his bag pack, placing them on the table only they were sharing.

"I'll take a look at those if I may?" she asked.

"Choose someone else." He blurted out, suddenly, confusing her.

"Huh?" she asked him, raising her eye brow in confusion. Gaara looked her in the eye before saying it clearly. "Choose someone else as your partner for this class."

"Why would I do that?" she asked, waiting for his answer. He just looked at her to see if she was serious before looking away and answering after a few moments.

"I'm not the person you would hang out with or want to work with."

Hinata took a deep breath. As soon as she had come to this school, she had heard rumors about students, including the sand transfers. She had brushed them off, as she had learnt long ago rumors were never true or useful.

"What's wrong with you?" she asked, sighing knowing this was going to be a bit hard.

"I'm not the usual happy guy you hang out with." He said bitterly. He looked annoyed, teased and tormented. Hinata eyed his tattoo, claiming love in Kanji. She would back off if she did not see the almost unnoticeable loneliness in them.

"I never asked you to be that guy."

"I've done bad things Hyuga, things that would not make anyone associate with me. Choose someone else." He turned away, closing the topic in a harsh tone.

"I won't" she said, grabbing his arm and making him look at her "Sabaku san, what you did and how you are is not my concern. That's in the past. Right now, you're my classmate and a normal seventeen year old who deserves every chance at being happy with others and making friends."

"Normal." He scoffed "What would you know about me?"

"I don't." she admitted "But I would like to. I won't turn away. You don't deserve that."

He looked her in the eyes, as if daring her to cower under his gaze. Hinata looked back, almost fiercely. It was a silent 'I'm not backing off' message to him.

She even wondered how people could be afraid of or flinch under those jade eyes which looked into you like that. When she did not so much as even flinch, Gaara nodded.

"So you'll work with me right?" she asked, tentatively. He nodded curtly, not looking at her.

She slid over her notes to him and at first, he tried to ignore them but then she saw him reading them silently. She turned her own attention to the songs he had written. They were amazing, she had to admit.

She liked one in particular, as it was really beautiful. "Sabaku-san-"

"Gaara." He cut her off. She nodded and smiled faintly.

"Gaara-kun..." she let the word hang and when he did not disapprove, she continued "Can we try this song? I really like it."

"I like that one too." She spoke and she had to look up surprised because he had told her he liked it. He had told her his opinion.

"When did you write this?" she asked, wondering.

"I just did. Do you want to sing this then?" he asked, evading the question. She nodded.

"Can you play the guitar?" he asked her. She nodded. "Then we should start practice after school."

They started discussing the lyrics, the emotion they wanted to express to others and the instruments playing and the tunes. The period passed before either of them realized it.

"Saba-Gaara-kun, this was great. We'll practice the song tomorrow then?" she asked, hoisting her bag pack on her shoulders.

He nodded before walking away. She noticed something though; he did not frown at her like he usually did. She walked to her locker smiling faintly, suddenly catching Sasuke's eye, who was looking at her with an unreadable expression standing at his locker.

As soon as she looked back, he looked away with a frown and walked off, hands in pocket. Hinata sighed. It was drama class next and Deidara sensei was very....energetic. She wanted her mom.
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The week and the weekend passed in a blur for Hinata, who was working on her projects and keeping up with her schoolwork as well as cheerleading sessions with difficulty. Neji was also busy because of some exams for his AP class.

Hinata and Gaara had been practicing on the song they were going to sing to Kurunai with the rest of their class. They even talked sometimes during basketball practice, making everyone almost die with shock because Gaara actually talked back.

The first time Temari had seen them talk, she had been dumbfounded for the first time. "How is he talking to you? How did you make him talk?" she asked, after a few minutes.

Hinata raised her eyebrows. "He does not talk to anyone but a few choice people including me, Kankuro and Naruto."

"He's nice if not social. What happened to him anyway?" Hinata said, looking at him while he stared at Naruto impassively as he tried to make him laugh on his joke.

"Well....if he trusts you, I do too." Temari said. "He was always smart and strong. But he did not make friends. One day this guy just started to bully him. He ignored him like he did to everyone else but that guy wouldn't quit. In the end, Gaara almost killed that guy. It wasn't pretty. He was the president's son so that was a bad impression. We had to transfer schools and since then, Gaara's never opened up to anyone. Naruto was one to change him when we came. He respects Naruto and even likes him."

After hearing Gaara's story, Hinata's resolve to make him open up tripled and she was determined to succeed. As her father said 'Hyugas never cower'.

Hinata and Ino had been a bit uncomfortable with her making friends with him but had warmed up quickly. The one who had been the happiest about Gaara and Hinata was Naruto while Sasuke did not give a reaction (in front of anyone).

"I mean, the more the merrier. It's super that you're making friends with him Hina." Naruto said as he hugged her. Hinata almost grinned.

Right now, they were both sitting on their seats, waiting for their turn. Kurunai had only seemed satisfied with one pair till now, and that was Tayuya and Kimimaro, who played instruments nicely and had decent voices.

Hinata noticed Gaara was more stoic than usual. "Are...you nervous Gaara-kun?" Hinata asked. He shook his head almost unnoticeably.

Hinata fought the urge to chuckle. He was nervous and what was more, he was too shy and awkward to admit it. And he looked so cute like. She had no more time to look at his adorable face because Kurunai was calling them next.

"Gaara and Hinata, you're last." Kurunai said, her tone somewhat tired. They walked in front of them class.

They each took a microphone before starting. Hinata took a deep breath.

(Hinata)

I couldn't tell you, why she felt that way, she felt it everyday

And I couldn't help her

I just watched her make the same mistakes again

(Gaara)

What's wrong what's wrong now?

Too many too many problems

Don't know where she belongs, where she belongs

She wants to go home, no body's home

It's where she lies, broken inside

With no place to go, no place to go

To dry her eyes, broken inside

(Hinata)

Open your eyes and look outside, fine the reasons why

You've been rejected and now you can't find what you left behind

Be strong be strong now

Too many too many problems

Don't know where she belongs where she belongs

(Gaara)

She wants to go home, no body's home

It's where she lies, broken inside

With no place to go, no place to go

To dry her eyes, broken inside

(Hinata)

Her feelings she hides

Her dreams she can't find

She's losing her mind, she's falling behind

She can't her place

She losing her faith

She's falling from grace

She's all over the place

(Gaara)

She wants to go home, no body's home

It's where she lies, broken inside

With no place to go, no place to go

To dry her eyes, broken inside

(Hinata and Gaara)

She's lost inside (2x)

She's lost inside, lost inside

Hinata and Gaara finished together, slowing down in the end. Hinata opened her eyes to see everyone staring at them with their eyes wide open. Okay, so everyone knew Gaara took music classes but no one knew he was such an amazing singer. Hinata had not sung much before either and now their performance looked brilliant. They started clapping.

Kurunai's eyes were bright. "You're selected." That was all Hinata needed to hear. She turned to Gaara, who looked at her and his eyes actually showed slight happiness.

"We're in." she told him as she felt breathless. He nodded, in a state of disbelief himself and turned to place his hand on her shoulder to stop her from falling.

Kurunai smiled, thinking how beautiful their voices sounded together.
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Author notes: The characters and the song do not belong to me. The song is "Nobody's home" by Avril Lavigne. I know they are supposed to be Japanese and everything but 

1. Hinata has spent her childhood in America

2. Gaara likes cross cultural songs

3. I like that song very much

So excuse me if you found that strange. Also, thank you so much for the positive feedback and comments. I absolutely adore you guys.

Do comment and vote on this chapter as well. As suggested by most, i added the GaaHina parts. They will have some development because let's be honest, who does not like Gaara?

I hope you enjoy the chapter and lately my author notes have been getting longer. I'm ranting again, aren't I? Anyways do enjoy and leave me your thoughts. Till next time.

Also, please overlook any grammatical errors for now. That's it. Really.