Love Hina Fan Fiction ❯ Shinobu, Ai Dake ❯ A New Student and Surprises ( Chapter 1 )

Shinobu, Ai Dake

Chapter 1: A New Student and Surprises

By: Steve Jester

Notes disclaimers, and bullshit: Well, if you haven't guessed by now, the young innocent Shinobu is about to have here turn at love. This is my first time working with the Love Hina characters, so bear with me. Before I continue, the phrase "ai dake" is Japanese translating into "my love". I do not own Love Hina.

"Shinobu! You'll be late!" a female voice called from downstairs.

"I'm coming!" I yelled. My name is Maehara Shinobu. I used to be a very shy girl; my hair also used to be black. Now a days I'm a lot more confident in my self; my hair also changed to blond. I dressed in my casual clothing, a blue tank top and jeans. Tonight is a school dance.

Kitsune walked in, "C'mon, Shin-chan. Keitaro's waiting outside!" Kitsune had her usual sweats and t-shirt on.

"Alright," I said resentfully. I may be more confident in my self, but this is still my first dance. Fortunately, it's the first dance of the year. I went down to the main room.

"Hey Shinobu! You finally ready?!" Su said.

"Yea, this is going to be a blast!" I said, turning to face Su, who was lying on the couch in a black t-shirt and jeans.

"You two ready?" Keitaro asked from the doorway.

"Yep!" Su said.

"As I'll ever be," I said as we followed Keitaro to his car.

The drive wasn't all that long. Hinata High is only a few minutes from the apartments. "Thanks Keitaro-sempai," I said as we arrived.

"Anytime. I'll pick you two up sometime around 10:00," Keitaro said as he drove away. The school gym was where everyone was so we started to walk in that direction.

"Maehara! Su! Wait up!" a girl called from behind me.

"Yumi!" I said as I hugged the running girl. "You look great!" I said as she stepped back. She had on a pink mini skirt with a white t-shirt that said "Hinata High, Sophomore Class" on it.

"Thanks, let's go in!" Yumi said as she pulled us into the gym.

An hour had gone by, we were hanging by the refreshment table with Yumi's boyfriend Rei. Rei's one of the star soccer players on the team, and he's only a sophomore. Hoe looked over in the distance, "Hey isn't that the new girl?" Sure enough it was Nagamatsu Hikari. She had on a white t-shirt and a blue miniskirt. Her hair was wild, and blond. She was just sitting there, looking at the floor. She looked beautiful, I started to blush at that thought. Fortunately no one noticed.

"I'm going over there," I said. I remember being the new girl, it felt terrible, So I decided to talk to her.

I sat next to her. She looked a little startled may have even blushed. "Hi, I'm Shinobu," I said. I was surprised at how hard it was to say, as if I was trying to talk to a guy I liked for the first time.

"Hi," she said, not even lifting her head. It seemed like she didn't want to talk.

"Are you ok Hikari?" I said with a little more concern than I anticipated.

"Yea, I gotta go," she said as she stood up and walked out of the gym. While she stood up her skirt accidentally went up showing me her white panties. Surprisingly I blushed and felt hot when I saw it. I just shook my head and walked back to my friends.

"So Shin-chan, anything interesting?" Rei asked. Even though he's a guy, he likes gossip.

"Other than the fact that she's very shy, no. Nothing."

"Well then, I think it's time to head back to the dance floor!" Yumi said as an American pop song started to play.

Time passed by. I kept thinking about that incident all night. Even when Keitaro came to pick us up I was still thinking about it. Somehow Keitaro noticed it. When we arrived he called me to his room. After a fit from Naru, which ended up in a bruised Keitaro, we went up to his room. "Shin-chan, is there anything bothering you?"

I debated in my head telling him, but then all I said was, "Nope." I cursed myself because I could feel the blush in my face.

Keitaro crossed his arms, "Shinobu, I can tell. What's wrong?"

I sighed, and proceeded to tell him what happened at the dance. When I finished my face was beat red.

"Well," Keitaro said, "Have you felt weird around other girls, besides Miss Nagamatsu?"

"Yea, I've been felling weird around the other girls when were in the bath, and a couple of other times at school," I said trying to figure out where he was going with this.

"I see," he said, stroking the small amount of hair starting to grow in around his chin. "Shinobu, what I'm about to say may be a little bit of a shock, but I think that you're a lesbian."

I heard my heart skip a beat, or was that heavy footfalls? My understanding of lesbians were that they were attracted to girls instead of boys, which would explain why I can talk to most guys in my school without stuttering, and why the only friends I have that are girls are Yumi and Su, and the rest of the Hinata residents.

"So, does Kaolla know?" Keitaro said, putting me back in reality.

"She probably noticed."

"Do any of the others know?"

"No."

"Ok," he sighed. He started to think, "I think…" he said slowly, "… that you should talk with each of the residents separately. I expect Su and Kitsune will be supportive, probably Naru too. I don't know how Motoko will take it, but they're your friends, as well as I." He leaned closer and hugged me, "Do what's in your heart Shinobu, only you know how to handle it."

He released me and I got up, "Arigato, Urashima-sempai," I said as I bowed and left his room. Tomorrow's the day I'll tell them.

AN: Well, How's that? Remember, if you got this far, please review! More next time!

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