Author's Note: Hi everyone! This is my first attempt to write an AU multi-chapter fanfiction and a different pairing for this fandom so please bear with me :D This chapter is centered on Hinata first. Anyway, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Chapter One

The bell rang, and students quickly scrambled into their classrooms. Hinata watched this sight from her seat by the window with her cheek on her palm. She huffed out a sad sigh at the realization that she didn't have any friends on the first day of her second year in high school. It didn't bother Hinata that much, but she wished she had at least one friend she could talk to and ask about their vacation like everybody else. She was sure that she wouldn't feel as lonely and sad as she was now.

She frowned to herself. I shouldn't feel like this on the first day of school. Come on, be positive, Hinata! She gently slapped both of her cheeks two times. It was a habit of hers to snap out of her misery.

The door opened and came in Hatake-sensei. She heard a couple of playful giggles from the girls on her right when he came in to the room. She agreed that Hatake-sensei was very good-looking, but she really couldn't understand why many girls at her school were madly in love with him.

"Okay, settle down, everyone," he said very lazily in front of the classroom.

"Sensei, did you cut your hair?" a girl asked, full of excitement.

Hinata's cheek sank deeper into her palm. It was always like that when it came to Hatake-sensei. Ever since her first year in high school, girls would swoon over him even during his classes. Now, she felt like she was cursed to have Hatake-sensei as her homeroom teacher.

Hatake-sensei seemed to be really happy that the girl noticed. "Why, yes, I did! Thank you for noticing." He cleared his throat before getting serious. "Now, I'm your homeroom teacher throughout your second year. Sorry to disappoint you."

Hinata ignored the next words he said. She looked out of the window into the clear blue sky. The wind must have seemed nice judging by the swaying of the trees. She smiled to herself. She went on a lovely trip to Kyoto with her younger sister and cousin during the vacation. She could still remember the sound of the fireworks shooting through the dark night winter sky, and how happy she felt.

"Hyuga Hinata?"

She straightened up in her seat and raised her hand politely when Hatake-sensei called for the attendance roll.

"We expect a lot from you this year, Hinata," he said with a warm smile.

She could feel her cheeks redden. "Yes, sensei," she said softly.

Of course, all of the teachers would expect a lot of accomplishments from her since she was at the top of the class on her first year in high school. She appreciated that her teachers acknowledged her hardwork, but Hatake-sensei shouldn't have said that to her in front of everyone.

She could feel the hateful stares coming from Hatake-sensei's fans, and she could hear them whispering about her.

"Teacher's pet."

She stared into the distance out of the window to hide her blushing cheeks.

When the bell rang for lunch break, Hinata walked out of her classroom and went to where her cousin was. She saw Neji sitting on his table alone as he took a bite on the bento she had made earlier that day for him. She approached him slowly and stood next to his desk. He looked up from his lunch and met her eyes.

"Hinata?"

"S-sorry for interrupting your lunch, Neji-nii-san," she began with a small smile, "I came here to tell you that I would be staying here for a while after dismissal because I will clean the classroom along with others, so you don't have to wait for me later."

"I will wait for you until you're done, Hinata." He said.

"No, you don't have to do that." She grinned awkwardly.

"I will wait for you."

From the look on his face, he was serious about wanting to wait for her. She was grateful that he wanted to do so himself, but she wanted to prove to him that she would be all right by herself. She some times wished that he wouldn't treat her like a child.

"O-okay. Thank you, nii-san." Her grin turned into an even more awkward smile.

He smiled back. "Have you made any friends yet?"

"No," she shook her head, still smiling.

His smiling face turned into a serious one as he looked past her fake smile. He felt sorry for his cousin that she still hadn't made any friends even though she was already in her second year. He knew how lonely she was every time he saw her facial expression changes whenever they were near school.

"You can have lunch with me, Hinata," he said.

"No, thank you," she politely rejected his offer. "I'm fine with being alone in the classroom."

Before he could say anything back, she waved her hand at him, saying that she would see him later, as she walked out of his classroom.

I'm fine with being alone in the classroom. She bit the insides of her cheeks. Idiot.

She kept her eyes down to the floor as she made her way back to her classroom, and she bumped her shoulders into someone. Her cheeks immediately flushed red and her eyes looked up to meet the person she just bumped.

"Sorry!" she said as she quickly walked back to her classroom.

She noticed his messy dyed red hair. Her cheeks flushed even a deeper shade of red at the realization that he was from her classroom. She hoped that he would neither talk badly of her nor hurt her (for that matter).

Hinata was glad to be finally back at home after a long day at school. It was the first day and already did she receive a stack of homework's from teachers. She untucked her blouse from her skirt before lying down flat on her stomach on her comfortable bed. She stared blankly at the wall of her bedroom and released a deep sigh. She was really tired—both physically and mentally—and it was only the first day of school.

There was a knock on the door. Before she could get out of bed and answer, the door opened and there stood her little sister holding her phone.

"Nee-chan, dad just called and he told me that he will be home late," said Hanabi.

"Okay, thank you, Hanabi," Hinata smiled at her younger sister gratefully as she sat on the edge of her bed. "I'll cook us something later. Let me rest for a while."

"Okay." Hanabi closed the door.

Hinata bowed her head down. Her chest ached to breathe normally. She couldn't understand how she could feel so sad on such a wonderful day. She buried her face in her palms and sobbed without shedding any tears despite how badly she wanted to cry. She took deep breaths before slapping both her cheeks twice.

Get a grip on yourself.

She looked around the room from where she sat before standing up to have a quick shower to clear her head.

She stared down at the tiled floor as fat drops of water sprayed down to her hair and body. She took deep breaths and mentally told herself that she could go through this as always. She would make at least one friend this year. She kept on telling these to herself over and over again until she gained her confidence back.

Yes. She could go through this. She would make at least one friend.

Author's Note: This is a rewritten version of chapter one. I changed the setting, because I just found out that Japanese students start their new year during spring after the winter break.

Okay! So that was it for chapter one. I hope you liked it :D I really appreciate you taking time to read this! Much love x

~ Obito-Wan Kenobi