| Part 9 |

You were sitting in your favorite spot against a tree which was close to the track field behind the highschool. Hinata was next to you consoling you. You knew that Yahiko did nothing wrong but she couldn't help but be angry all of a sudden. You were hugging your knees just by thinking about how one of your 'friends' could do such a thing to you. Luckily Hinata is here for you, you know that you can count on her for anything.

"(Y/n)-chan a-are you okay?" said Hinata with her hand on your shoulder. You grin at her in response. "I'm perfectly fine. It's not something like that, that will bring me down" Hinata takes you into a hug, she knew it you needed it at the moment. You looked at her as she hugged you, you didn't hesitate to hug back. After all hugs are a great source of energy to keep a person up and kickin'

"Exactly, so k-keep being happy and don't w-waste your energy on something like t-that" You move away from the hug with a smile plastered on your face "That's exactly what I'll do"

"(Y/n)!" The orange head goes over to you pulling you into a hug "(Y/n)..I'm sorry for earlier. I swear that there's nothing between Konan and I –" You cut him off, you absolutely didn't want to hear anything related to your ex friend "It's okay Yahiko-kun" You hug him back keeping him in your embrace "But don't ever mention her name infront of me, I have no interest in her anymore" You tightened your grip around him, her name was something you didn't want to hear ever again.

"I see.." He pulls out of the hug placing both his hands on your shoulders. He had a excited expression on his face all of a sudden "How about I take you on a small date tonight to loosen the tension, how does that sound?"

Hinata started to squeal by his words, she found it absolutely adorable. "G-Go for it!" You glanced at Hinata seeing her reaction, it made you giggle. You'd then glance over at Yahiko with a happy facial expression, you nodded at his words "That sounds great. I'd love to go on a date with you"

"Awesome! I'll see you tonight then." He approaches you aiming for your forehead giving it a kiss, you blushed by the sensation when out of the blue the bell rings. "See you tonight"

With that You and Hinata walk back inside the school with Yahiko going his own way.

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"A-Are you going to eat at the c-cafeteria today t-this time?" The shy girl asks. You frown by the response you're going to tell her "Sorry Hina-chan..I wish I could but I didn't check-in today" Hinata sighs but then smiles right after "Aw, w-well that's too bad. A-At least I have N-Naruto and Sasuke to eat with."

"Well you aren't alone hopefully, eat well once you get there" You closed eye smile at her. "Y-You too (Y/n)-chan!" She exclaims with the same smile as you "I'll see you later for next class"

Hinata once hearing next class started to feel excited all of a sudden, she knew exactly what would happen. "N-Next class will be awesome, y-you're going to be dancing!" You giggle at her words, you've been dancing ever since you were little along with your cousin Ino, You also sing. Right now, you only dance and sing for a living, it's nothing big as you thought. "That's exactly it"

"I-I'm excited! Well I-I won't keep you waiting. G-Go on ahead (Y-Y/n)-chan" Hinata said waving to you as you started to walk off when a counselor shouted out your name. The counselor stopped right next to you with a small pant due to running over to you. "(Y/n) (l/n) right?"

You looked confused at her wanting to know why she stopped you, Hinata looked also confused "O-Oh, well yes" The counselor lifts her arm passing over a lunch card "Here you might need this"

"What is this?" You grasp onto the lunch card with a puzzled look. "It's your very own lunch card of course"

"L-Lunch card..? Uh, thank you." You were completely confused by the situation before you, since when did you ever have a lunch card in the first place? Did your father buy this for you?

The counselor nods at you then leaves leaving you and Hinata in confusion "D-Didn't you say that y-you didn't check-in?"

"I-I didn't check-in, I'm confused as to why I somehow have a lunch card" You sigh, this obviously has something to do with your father "D-Did your father b-buy you a lunch card?"

"I'm not sure but if he did, might as well thank him" You take your phone out from your pocket putting your lunch card behind it then would text him

«Thank you for the lunch card Dad»

With that done for, you put your phone back into your pocket "A-Alright, now we can go e-eat together!" Hinata exclaims happily taking your hand into hers pulling you towards the cafeteria. You follow her with excitement

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"S-So how is y-your first time at the cafeteria l-like?" Hinata asks you. You've never been to the cafeteria before and you thought that it was great for a first time, tje food doesn't seem to bad as you thought it would and the ambience is talkative something that you didn't really mind at all "It's actually pretty good, I wasn't really expecting this to be honest. I kinda like it"

"Oh, t-that's great!" She grins then would start to eat her fried rice. You also decided to start off with your fried rice when you suddenly hear a familiar voice "Strange seeing you here" You hear the familiar voice chuckle at the end which caused to look up, you see Sasuke with Naruto by his side. It immediately made you think of the money that you wanted to give back to him "Oh (y/n)-chan? How come you're here?" Naruto says with a puzzled look

"I– somehow managed to come" You started to feel embarrassed all of sudden, you were expecting them to be here but you didn't know that you'd feel awkward. "I-Isn't it great!" Hinata cuts in

"Heck yeah" The blond idiot exclaims, he was always as peppy. Something Sasuke didn't have. "Yeah, it is" Sasuke looked at you as a thought appeared in his mind 'Thank god that Ino told me her problem. Who knew that she had money problems'

He decides to be generous for once and pass over his extra riceballs, he knew that it was his favorite but it was to help her out "You should eat up"

You look at him as he gave her his riceballs, the confusion in your eyes was completely visible. 'Why the hell is he being nice to me all of a sudden? Where's the real Duckbutt!? ' "Why are you–"

He cuts you off "Don't worry about it" Naruto cuts into the conversation after hearing something from Hinata "Hey (Y/n), I heard that you're going to be dancing after lunch break!" Your attention shifts to him almost immediately hearing the word 'dance '

"I'm so excited to see it" Hinata says

"Yes, i-it's true. I started dancing ever since I was 5 till now" You take a riceball then would take a bite out of it

"Seems fun to watch" Duckbutt says with a quite interested look. You choke on your riceball by his response. "R-Right..if you say so. The bad part about it is that Ino will be part of it. I just hope that she doesn't mess things up" You sigh

"Let's h-hope for the best" Hinata pats your shoulder with a reassuring smile. "Yeah" Naruto adds in.

"Will do" You smile back at them 'Maybe I should give him back his money later '

After sometime of happily chatting and eating together, they finally head out the cafeteria heading towards the auditorium for a performance.