After what happened with Sasuke and TenTen yesterday, they didn't really seemed like themselves. They looked hurt; and that's saying something if you're talking about Sasuke. Even though he tried to hide it, you could still see it in his eyes.

"Naruto, something on your mind?" Kakashi asked. Everyone now had their attention on me.

"Huh? Oh no, just zoned out."

"You might want to focus if you still want to pass my class." He told me. The sounds of snickering and laughter echoed throughout the classroom.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." I said back. Then the door quietly opened, only to reveal that Hina/Hinata girl.

"Miss Yhugata, you're late." Kakashi told her, a little anger in his voice.

"No shit." she answered boredly. Kakashi looked like he was trying his best to calm his nerves.

She took her seat; whispers clearly heard as she walked slowly through the class.

"No supplies again?"

"If it matters so much, then fail me."

He sighed heavily, and ignored her comment; seeing that it was pointless to argue with her. She put her head down, not caring about any of the comments people were making about her. Things such as "she is so rude", " wow she's cool", or even "what's her problem", she ignored them all.

Curiosity fills my mind as I wonder about what she was like before, or is she like how TenTen and Sasuke described.

"Quiet down class." Kakashi says boredly, and continues teaching.

•°•°•

I sat at the lunch table with everyone else, as they were all busy conversating, well some.

"I heard about what happened in your first period this morning. People couldn't stop talking about it." Temari spoke.

"Yeah, they said the new chick told off Kakashi-sensei." Kiba said after.

"Well, not really; she was just a little disrespectful." I said to them, but then I turned my head towards the lonely girl sitting at a table all to herself, eating an apple.

"Man, I just don't get it. She's so rude!" Ino commented.

"Hey, don't say that! She wasn't always like this; she was always so sweet and kind, something must have happened to her." TenTen spoke hopefully.

"Well it doesn't really seem like it." Sakura told her.

"Maybe TenTen is right." Lee mentioned.

"She just needs to listen." Sasuke said angrily.

"What's wrong Naruto." Shino asked me.

"Imma go talk to her." Everyone turned their attention to me.

"C'mon Naruto, don't pull out that 'becoming friends' and 'making bonds' bullshit." Kiba told me.

"She doesn't really seem interested in talking to anyone." Sai said after, but I ignored them and got up. I turned to Sasuke and TenTen, and smiled.

"Don't worry, I'll make her listen to you guys. Promise." I gave them my signature toothy smile and a thumbs up and headed to the other side of the cafeteria.

I could feel my friends' eyes glued on me as I quickly paced to her table and sat down in front of her. Once I sat down, she sighed deeply.

"Why can't you people leave me alone?"

'Not even a simple hello, huh?'

"Just tryna be friendly."

"More like pester and annoy me." She spoke beneath her breath, but I still heard her. "Well the sooner you leave, the better. What do you want?"

"Just wanna talk, ya know."

"HA! Don't make me laugh. Stop wasting my time so we can get this over with." I had to admit, it was kinda harsh. I flinched at her sudden tone.

"Why are you making it so hard for me to become friends with you?" I asked seriously.

"The last thing I need in this world are friends." She said coldly, almost deadly.

"What about TenTen and Sasuke?" I tilted my head in the direction they were sitting in. She took a quick glance, then looked at me again; the serious and dullness in her mixed eyes never leaving her face.

"And? What about them?"

"They want to be your friends, well more like they want you to be your friends again."

"Well, you can tell them, I don't care."

I lost all the patience I had left with this girl. She was making it seem impossible.

"You don't care? You don't care?! They are your friends!"

"Correction, they were my friends-"

"Why can't you just listen!!?" I screamed. Almost everything and everyone in the cafeteria went silent, with curious and confused faces staring back at me.

"Sorry hehe." I said nervously to everyone who stared in our direction. Then in a matter of seconds, everyone went back to what they were doing.

"Listen here whiskers-"

"Naruto." I corrected her.

"Yeah, whatever, but like I said,  I don't need friends-"

"Why?" I interrupted her again.

"You don't need to know why." She stared at me darkly.

"You were hurt weren't you?"

"You don't know anything about me." she said quickly; angrily and coldly.

"I know that you're breaking down inside. That you're hurting every day. That sometimes you're even confused. You may think that you're hiding it, but I can see it in your eyes."

"I think we're done here." She was about to get up, but I grabbed her arm to stop her.

"Wait! Just please, listen to them. Even if you don't want to be their friend, at least hear them out. Let them apologize, and explain. Then maybe.. it might hurt less." I looked at her with pleading eyes, to at least convince her, to say okay or something, but all she did was stare at me; a frown taking over her features. She quickly snatched her arm from my grasp and left the room.

My mind went blank, I was staring at nothing for a whole minute, until I finally decided to get up.

'I promised them.'  was the only thing circulating my thoughts. I never break a promise.

I walked slowly back to my table, dragging my feet along the hard floor; my friends quietly waiting for me.

"I guess it didn't go too well?" Sakura asked me with a sad smile.

"I'm sorry guys, I tr-"

"Don't worry dobe."

'But I promised.'

"Sasuke's right. You didn't do anything wrong. It couldn't be helped I guess." TenTen said, trying to assure me. I smiled weakly at them. Then the bell rang, and we all separated into our different classes.

*·*·*·*·*

I didn't go to the rest of my class periods. I was sitting on the steps in front of the school doors, replaying the words he said to me, over and over like a broken record.

'Then maybe.. it will hurt less.'

Will it hurt less? I mean, what they did to me doesn't even top the other things that happened in my life.

'Maybe I should listen to them.' I tried to tell myself, but the pain in my heart said otherwise.

'No! You can't trust anybody... not after a life had to be sacrificed because of it'  The little devil in my head reminded me.

THUMP THUMP

My heart started beating uncontrollably.

'That's right... I killed someone because I gotten hurt.' I had to remind myself.

But it's not like it was their fault. They weren't the reason why.

A few seconds later, the bell rang for the final time today, and I started to feel uneasy. I put a hand on my unsteady heartbeat, and I realized deep down inside, that I wanted to listen to them.

'Even if you don't want to be their friend, at least hear them out..'

I don't have to be their friend, as long as I listen right?

I moved out the way so the other students can leave, and I waited by the gate. One by one, each person came out the building and I wasn't sure if I should wait anymore. Each second felt like it dragged on forever. Then, I caught sight of two buns and raven, black hair, and my heart started beating again.

Was I ready for this? To let my naive little mind take over and believe misguided words?

No. I wasn't.

And with that, I turned to leave, ashamed that I backed down like a coward.

"Hinata?" I turned around slowly at the sudden voice, only to face a big group of people staring at me.

Yep. TenTen, Sasuke, and their friends.

"I don't know who this Hinata girl you keep speaking of." I said as I lifted an eyebrow at her.

"O-oh right. Hina."

"Are you waiting for someone?" Sasuke asked. I went silent for a moment.

"Um, can we talk? . . . Alone, just us three?"

Sasuke smirked, and TenTen eyes sparkled with hope.

"Look who came crawling up into our arms again." Sasuke's smirk grew bigger.

"Don't fuck with me Uchiha!.. I just came to listen."

The whiskered guy had a huge smile on his face as he looked at me. Then they all left, leaving us three to talk.

This better not piss me off...