Konoha high gifted school~ AU

Chapter 11

Hinata

I was a nervous train wreck. After the girls had compelled me to spill the beans about Naruto the previous night, I had become nervous but I even got more nervous when Ino began rubbing her fingers like a moustache twirling villian.

Tenten tried to ease my nerves and although I really appreciated her efforts it didn't work. Sakura advised that we should all go to bed as it was really late and turned off the lights. I was left in total darkness. I laid on my bed, staring off into space as I couldn't sleep.

My mind drifted off to the fact my brother was a celebrity and I hadn't even noticed. But then again, I couldn't be blamed. Demi humans, Special humans and humans never got along.

When I first got enrolled here, no one talked about humans. We all depended on the things built by people of our kind. It was by sheer coincidence that the girls and I found their music. It was different from what we were used to hearing and that's one of the reasons we loved it.

It came to me as no surprise that the boys weren't given a grand welcome and for some reason, I don't think they mind. Unlike other celebrities, they seemed pretty down to earth to me. And the fact Naruto cared enough to warn me about the teacher really helped their case.

I smiled, looking back at the memory. He was really nice to everyone. Ni-san was still as uptight as he was when we were kids. I was glad to know being a celebrity didn't change him.

I had no idea how the other three members of the band behaved like but they all seemed nice. I let out a loud yawn and drifted off to sleep with a smile on my face.

Temari

"Rise and Shine, sleepy heads!" Ino announced loudly as she disturbed everyone's sleep. I rolled my eyes as she poked Sakura and Hinata. Nowadays, she became more annoying and the fact that she wasn't aware was twice as annoying.

Ino bounced happily around our room further irritating me. In order to retain my sanity, I quickly put on a hood and snuck out the room.

I went to my quiet place; a secret room near the girls' dormitories. I came here once in a while to escape from the girls. While I loved them, they could be quite insensitive and loud. Putting on my headset, I was able to relax

When I eventually returned to the dormitory, the girls were dressed and having an intent conversation that Hinata seemed to be embarrassed about. Judging from the smirk on Ino's face and the names being mentioned, it was probably about Hinata's crush on that human.

I loved Hinata, she was like a sibling to me; however I could not understand how she could easily fall for a human. I was civil to the boys at the insistence of Ino and Sakura.

Having been mistreated by humans all my life, I viewed humans with the same disdain they treated me with. At the mere thought of Hinata having relations-familial or romantic-with humans displeased me to no end. However, I kept my thoughts to myself.

Neji's pov

My insides flared at the sight of Naruto walking my sister to the Principal's office. Though we were older and practically strangers as a result of the years we spent apart; the over-protectiveness I felt was the same, probably stronger.

“Keep staring and you'll burn a hole through the dobe's head," came Sasuke's uncharacteristic quip.

I turned to my raven-haired bandmate with a scowl that rivalled his. Sasuke however only smirked and continued eating. His silence was mocking.

I turned to my food, trying to surpress the annoyance I felt at Sasuke's mocking.

Naruto appeared at the table a few seconds later, a dark tint of red dusting his cheeks. At the sight of his coloured cheeks, my eyes narrowed and fists clenched.

Sai, however was the one to acknowledge Naruto's appearance.

“It seems the idiot has fallen in love," said Sai in his usual blunt manner.

At the mention of love, Naruto's face turned beet red. My already clenched fists begun shaking.

“Oi Sai," the blonde began, rubbing his head. “Hinata-chan and I are just friends."

My ears shot up at the mention of chan.

When did he start to add that suffix? He only ever called people by their names?

With a very cold glare, I asked in a deep voice. “When did you start to call my sister Hinata-chan?"

Naruto's pov

“What?" Was the only reply I could think of. I stared at my bandmate whose face displayed a dark expression I had seen on few occasions.

“I said when did you start you start to call my sister Hinata-chan?" Repeated Neji in an equally cold manner as before.

I flinched unwittingly at his dark expression. I hadn't even realized that I had started calling Hinata that. It had just slipped out of my mouth, nevertheless, it just felt natural to call her that.

At Neji's expression, I chose my next words carefully.

“I don't know exactly when," I began cautiously. “However, it doesn't mean anything, y'know. There's nothing between us-"

“There better not be," Neji interrupted cooly.

“O-Of course," I stammered, my fear renewing at the sight of Neji.

Who knew Neji could be so scary?

Sighing slightly, I finished two bowls of ramen and made my way to our shared dormitory. The boys joined in a few minutes later. As we prepared to sleep, Neji received a phone call.

Glancing at the caller ID, he whispered, “It's Mr Shinta."

“Mr Shinta?* We asked in unison.

Neji nodded and answered the call. Placing his phone on speaker, he gestured that we all listened.

“I called regarding your updated producing schedule," our manager began, skipping over formalities. “As per the label's request, you will produce music while simultaneously attending school.

“This will happen over the weekends and permitted days in a studio which is close by to your school. The updated schedule have been sent to your individual email address. Any questions?"

We looked at each other, then back at Neji's phone.

Mr Shinta must have taken our silence as an answer as he immediately cut the call.

True to his words, I received his updated producing schedule. As I scanned through, I noticed the holidays we were allowed by the school was scheduled for producing.

It was ridiculous!

The life of a star was strenuous enough without the added stress of being a student. As I perused the schedule, I could hear the quiet groans of my bandmates or in Shikamaru's case, “It's such a drag."

I sighed, it was going to be a long semester.