A/N: I know, I know, I'm late. Really late. I'm really sorry. I decided to make this a two, possibly three parter instead of a one-shot. This one will be the first ever to be from Hinata POV, and I hope you enjoy it. The next will be from Wally.
Disclaimer: If only, if only Naruto and Young Justice belonged to me.
"Who's Wally?" Sasuke asked from behind.
Hinata squeaked in surprise and nearly dropped her phone, glaring at the man behind her. Sasuke smirked, his dark eyes shimmering with that obvious since of smug amusement and took the seat next to her. Pocketing her phone, Hinata went back to her spare notebook, ideas and hypthosises. He always got the hint to leave whenever she picked up the pen.
"Does Neji know about him?" but there was the occasional time that he got the hint and never cared, "Then again, I don't, so I doubt that."
Right then, Hinata's phone chose to buzz again and she checked it out of habit. The annoyed look she had melted into a relaxed smile when she saw Wally's text and was quick to reply despite the apparent snort that came from a man she had been friends with since high school.
"And here I thought you wouldn't be able to find someone who could talk your level of nerd when you transferred," Sasuke wrapped his arm around Hinata's shoulders in a friendly manner, and Hinata didn't have to look up to see he still had that ever present smirk, "He treating you right?"
Hinata's face flamed up and she again glared at him, "What...What makes you think we're even dating?"
"You're face," he said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world, "And you're stammering."
Hinata's face reddened even more and she just buried her face back into her notebook. Sasuke chuckled next to her, squeezing her shoulder before standing up and saying he needed coffee.
"I won't be mad if you are seeing each other. I'm not the type to play the bitter ex-boyfriend," he said across the small apartment he shared with Neji, "The best friend who can knock someone's teeth in I definitely fit."
Again, Hinata rolled her eyes before picking up her phone again when she received another text from Wally. They were talking about possible ways to pick up from where they left off in the lab before vacation and even sharing suggestions for some of the expirements Wally had began during Hinata's abscence.
Hinata flinched. She hadn't told Sasuke or Neji what happened over the last few months. It was handled after all, and she didn't think either boys would be able to control himself and go on a manhunt. Sasuke especially - and surprisingly - since the two had ended their short relationship in her freshman year at Gotham University.
"She's a great girl that doesn't deserve to get hurt," he said one time when he shoved a boy who was getting uncomfortably close hard.
How would he react if he found out a group of guys tried to assualt her? Hinata was already dealing with the guilt of everything that happened afterwards. She didn't need the added guilt of having her cousin and best friend be put in prison for murder.
"We...uh...we're not dating," Hinata said quietly when Sasuke came back into the room, two mugs of coffee in his hand instead of one, "He's just a good friend."
"But you want to date him," Sasuke stated more than asked, putting the second mug next to Hinata's hand and re-taking his seat. Hinata didn't dare to look up, knowing her face would betray him, "Does he have a girlfriend?"
"Had," she found herself correcting and then pressing her lips together at the slip.
"Had? So he's single. What's the hestination?"
Hinata shook her head, wanting to drop the conversation. It wasn't her place to tell someone who was a complete stranger to Wally his personal life. Besides, Hinata thought it wasn't fair to him or Artemis if she did try date him when she was the one that put the wedge between them.
She might have not known Wally as well as Artemis, but Hinata knew him enough to know that he'll never blame her for the breakup. He spent the last time in the lab explaining that they were already running over a rough patch before this happened, but she had a feeling her presence made it rougher. And to just be obvious, what kind of bitch would she be to break a couple up and then run off the guy?
"You wanna drop it, fine, but remember I have ways of getting past those walls if I feel I have to," Sasuke must have downed his coffee because Hinata heard the mug thunk against the table and the scrape of a chair, "I'm gonna leave you to talk nerd with the guy and scribble your notes."
Ruffling her hair and smirking at the annoyed look he got, Sasuke left the room. Hinata sighed and downed her own coffee, not exactly thinking this was how she was going to spend her morning on Christmas Eve. Another buzz on her phone alerted her to another text. The tension in her body melting away and relaxed smile returned as she read the text from Wally.
-Mom's hinting at making my favorite dessert tonight. Score.-
Hinata laughed, her stomach fluttering at the memory of Wally stuffing himself at the diner shortly after exams. She could at least think this was possible.
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