So I decided that my lazy ass was going to go to school today, and I actually made it on time too. I also made sure that I bought the supplies I needed for school also. But I didn't forget to wear my baggy clothes today.

I wore a boy's shirt, that was a large, so it was really big on me; and I wore some XL jogging pants that I had to tie the strings to so it wouldn't fall down. No one questioned me, but like I would care if they did.

Here am I now, sitting boredly at my desk waiting for my name to be called.

". . . . Hina Yhugata, wow I see you made it on time today. And school supplies too? An achievement I see." He said sarcastically.

"Well I got tired of you being on my ass all the time, but I see you still point me out for everything I do." I told him back.

"But the attitude remains." He said in a irritated voice.

"I thought you would be used to it by now."

He sighed, and started on his lecture. I smirked in victory, I was enjoying our little battles lately. I feel like it's our thing.

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Lunch time, and it's been the same as usual. Everyone just talks about their day, gossips, and other stuff. I just sit there, pretending like I care. I don't even engage in any of the conversations, but TenTen talks to me now and then. After I became 'friends' with their group, they have been trying to talk to me in the other classes that I didn't even knew we had together.

I have 1st period with Sasuke, Tenten, And Whiskers for English, but Kakashi has assigned seats.

I have Shino and Kiba for 2nd period, Algebra with Karenei.

And I'm by myself for 3rd period, History with Iruka.

Then, there's lunch with everyone.

I have Sasuke, Whiskers, and Sakura for 4th period, Human Development with Orochimaru.

I have Sai, Temari, Shikamaru, Ino, and Chouji, for 5th period, Geography with Asuma.

TenTen and Lee, 6th period, Gym with Guy.

And I have 7th period, Music by myself with Anko.

Even though I have classes with all of them, I still didn't really get to know them, but only what I see in their different personalities.

School was just another ordinary day, nothing special, except for my teachers mentioning and sarcastically talking about me finally bringing school supplies for the first time.

And finally the day was over, and I rushed out the building so I could make it on time for my new part time job.

I made it at 4:20, and was greeted by Gaara at the door.

"You ready?"

"Yeah, I guess." I told him.

"So all you do is go up to the costumers and say 'Hi welcome to The Joint, how may I help you today.' Then, of course you write down their orders on the notepad and send it to the front. You go to other tables while they wait for their food to arrive. You then give them their correct food and drinks once they're ready to go, without dropping them obviously, and do the same for the other tables." he explained as he motioned to the front and the tables with his fingers.

"Sounds easy enough. Where can I start?"

"Um, you need to change into your uniform first."

Wait what?

I pause for a minute. I didn't even move. My mind went blank.

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'That perverted bastard!'

"Uniform!? No one mentioned a uniform! You wasn't even wearing one yesterday!" I yelled.

"Well business was really slow yesterday, so the boss told me not to bother. And plus I looked decent enough not to wear one, unlike how you're dressed right now." He said while looking at the ragged clothes I have on. "But we all wear a uniform."

The gods fucking hate me. And here I go, looking like a bum all day, just so I could hide my body, when the old man planned a uniform this whole time!

"Just show me the locker room Gaara." I said in defeat.

Once I was done changing, I refused to come out.
The outfit, made me want to cry. I would never go out in public like this.

The uniform, was a somewhat maid outfit. The colors were white and light brown. It stopped at mid thigh, and the tan stockings were just above my knees. Garaa was standing outside the door telling me to come out so we could start work.

"Hina. Come on it's 4:35, we need to start before the boss yells at us. It can't possibly be that bad."

"Gaara.. It's a fucking maid outfit. I didn't even think restaurants did that anymore!"

"Just hurry up, I'm not planning on losing my job because of you." He said demanding.

I hesitated for a moment, then sighed heavily.

"Okay." I reached for the doorknob and peaked my head out through the crack. There stood an angry Gaara, waiting for me. I sighed again and opened the door some more, so I could get out. He stared at me, and I instantly looked to the floor.

"See, you don't look bad at all. Now let's go." I looked up, and his face softened. I followed him and we waited for the costumers to arrive.

I don't know if I was being paranoid or not, but I could've sworn that each guy that looked through the window, laid their eyes on me and came inside in an instant.

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"Hey let's go to The Joint today! I'm looking forward to some barbeque." Chouji said.

"The ramen there isn't as nearly as good as Ichiraku's!" I argued back.

"Come on Naruto, we always go to Ichiraku's, and The Joint isn't even that bad." Sakura told me.

"At least we can see Gaara." I said, knowing that I already lost the argument.

We all decided to go out together, just as a group of friends, since we haven't done that in so long.

"Why does Hina always leave outta no where? I wish we can bring her along with us." TenTen said.

"I know. She's always disappearing y'know. And she hasn't open up to any of us at all. Can't she see we want to be her friends?" Ino complained.

"Yeah, she's seems kinda cool, besides being secretive and all." Temari commented.

"Hey Sasuke, TenTen what was she like?" Sai asked.

"Hey, yeah, I wanna know too." I told them. We all looked at the two, curious about the mysterious girl we call our friend. Then TenTen spoke.

"Well, she was happy around us. She wasn't too energetic, she was always quiet and she was really shy around others, nothing like she is now. She was always smiling and kind to everyone no matter what; despite all the bullying she'd been through, and her dad always putting her down. Yeah, she was depressed about it, but she still put a smile on her face, as if she had to prove to us that she was okay."

"What kind of bullying did she encounter?" Lee asked.

"Her eyes. They're different, like really different. She has these white, lavender tinted, pupiless eyes. Her whole family does. People thought that she was a freak, called her nonhuman and a freak." Sasuke said sadly.

"But, Hinata eyes were- no they are beautiful. They shined like pearls, but glisten with pain because of those jerks. For all the people who gave her that pain." TenTen balled her fists and looked to the ground, upset that people were so mean to her best friend.

"Maybe that's why she wears the eye contacts." Shikamaru concluded.

"Yeah maybe, but that still doesn't explain the wig though." Sasuke said.

We all felt terrible knowing a little about Hina's past. Some of us actually knows how it feels to be picked on and bullied. So most of us can relate to how she felt.

And in no time, we were at our destination, only to find it packed.

"Whoa, what the hell is going on here?" Kiba asked.

"It's never been packed like this before." Shino stated.

"My barbeque!"

"Chouji, would you calm down!" Ino shouted at him.

"Hey dude! Did you here? They hired a new waitress.. Finally!"

We heard a guy say ahead of us.

"Yeah, I heard some guys talking. They said she's hot!"

"Well then again, the old pervert wouldn't just hire any girl."

"A new waitress huh?" Temari said.

"I guess we gotta wait for a table now." Kiba spoke.

"Wait. I see one in the corner over there. I think it's enough to fit all of us." Ino said. Then we all walked inside of the restaurant. We quickly headed towards the table so no one else could get to it. As we sat down Gaara came by to greet us.

"Hey guys."

"Sup Garaa!" I said excitedly.

"Hey little bro, who is the new girl."

"Oh yeah, I told her to wait your table. I need to go though." We waved him goodbye, and he was off. I looked around, and the place was indeed packed. There were no seats left at all, and there was a little line forming outside.

"Hel- No!" there was a small gasp that sounded like a girl's voice, and we all snapped our heads to that direction, but she quickly turned around so we couldn't see her.

"Um... okay, are you going to waiter us or not?" Kiba asked. She said something, but we couldn't hear her because the restaurant was too loud. Then, she mumbled something about 'hating her life', and things like 'she needed the money' or something.

Finally, she sighed deeply and quietly turned around slowly. Once we say her face, we were all shocked: It was Hina, but she looked pissed as hell.

"HINATA! You look so adorable! And your body looks great in that outfit." TenTen smirked as she teased her.

"TenTen! Don't say things like that." She whispered/ shouted. She sounded terrified and tried covering her body, which didn't help at all. We all laughed as she was fumbling with her dress, constantly trying to pull it down. She glared at us, and had a small blush on her face from the embarrassment. She looked . . . cute.

"Um.. Hello... Welcome to The Joint, how may I help you today?" She said quietly, but in an irritated voice.

"Sorry but, I didn't quite hear that." I teased.

"And you shouldn't have that tone with the costumers." Sasuke added.

"I'm sorry, I said: Welcome to The Joint, how may I fucking help you today, before I strangle you into your last meal." She said innocently, but very deadly. She had a fake closed eyed smiled, and we all shivered in our seats.

"U-um, I will take one bowl of miso ra-ramen soup please."

"Anyone else want to order?"

"Um, yeah." Sasuke said. Everyone else ordered their meals and she wrote it all down.

"Hey hotstuff, you can waiter me all day if you want." A random guy came up from behind her and slipped his hand on her waist.

She lost any confident that she had on her face, and it turned into a scared, and petrified look. She shifted uncomfortably and quickly faced her head towards the ground.

Everyone at our table looked pissed and ready to fight off the bastard.

"I'm sorry, but I need to take in these guys' orders. If you just sit down, I will take yours next." she said quietly.

"C'mon~ isn't it your job to please the customer?"

What. The. Fuck.

My whole body was trembling in anger, I could practically feel the rage radiating off my skin. I had just about enough of this perverted loser.

"I'll make it worth your while."

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I slammed my hands on the table and got up in a matter of seconds, then pulled the guy up by his collar, and I could tell that everyone in the room was staring.

"Leave her the hell alone or else you won't live to see another day." I glared at him, with nothing but anger in my eyes as I took Hina away from his grasp. All the guys at our table stood up as soon as I did, so they could back me up.

He was scared, I could tell, but he tried to hide it, acting like he was tough.

"Pst. Fine, no need to cause a scene." And with that, he left like a coward.

By the time he left, I was already standing, facing Hina, and everyone else sat back down. She stared at me with a look that held so much pain, but also with gratitude. For the first time since we met, she finally looked so innocent, like she needed someone to protect her. But, it was only in that one quick second, and her mixed match eyes seemed to darken, and turned their gaze to the ground once again.

"Thank you." she said quietly.

"Hey, no problem, just remember that no matter what, we will always have your back ya know. I wont let anything happen to you, that's a promise. And the first thing you should know about me, is that I never go back on my word."

Her head perked up, and she stared at me with shocked eyes, then she looked at everyone else; all showing her the same loyalty I held in my own eyes. She seemed like she couldn't bring herself to believe a word of it, but at the same time she wanted to, as if she needed to hear those words her whole life. She quickly left without saying a single thing, and with that I sat down.

I guess they were right; something must have happened to her. But, whatever it was, I want her to know that we will never allow anything to hurt her again. I won't allow anything to hurt her. Because, when I saw the innocence in her eyes, I knew that I will do my very best to protect her. She needs to know that we are here for her.

I want those innocent eyes to trust me, just like they did for that one split second.