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Unforgettable Encounters

"Hinata!" Hinata risked looking back at the person in the crowded hallway.

The yellow-haired blonde was coming toward her, bumping into people while he was on his way, earning him glares and curses.

"Yes, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked as she blushed.

He gave her a big grin, which made her heart flutter. "Sasuke wants to see you in the art room."

"Oh?" Hinata was confused. Why would Sasuke want to see her?

Naruto nodded eagerly, shifting his books in his arms. "Yeah. He said you left your notebook--"

Naruto stopped as he saw her running away from him at top speed, pushing and shoving past people, not once looking back. "THANK YOU!" Hinata yelled. 'Oh no, oh no, oh no. I hope he didn't go through it.'

"--in the science class," Naruto finished, lamely. "Oh well, didn't know she was that eager to get it." He continued to make his way to the cafeteria, hoping to catch Sakura and eat lunch with her.

Hinata finally arrived at the art classroom. She stood in front of the doorway, trying to catch her breath. When she was ready, she opened the door slowly to reveal her favorite classroom. Sasuke was looking at right at her, eyes betraying no emotions and sympathy for the girl who ran across the campus just to get her notebook. He was sitting on one of the many stools in the middle of the room. When she looked right back at him, something undecipherable flickered in his eyes but as soon as it was there, it was gone the next moment.

"Hyuuga."

"Uchiha-san." 'May I have my notebook now?' Hinata wanted to ask but her mouth stayed glued.

"You here to get your--" he held up the notebook in his hand.

She nodded, mutely. "May I…have it back?" They never spoke to each other except few times on their science and art class for group projects. She didn't know him that well but he seemed to like to scowl at her a lot. She never knew why but she never bothered to ask either.

"Well, what are you waiting for?" he said, impatiently. "I'm not going to hold this all day."

"Oh, s-sorry." Hinata walked quickly and reached for her precious object.

Just when she was about to take it from him, he pulled it back. It was childish teasing but he didn't care.

"Um…" Hinata put her right hand in front of her, palm up. "Please, I need it."

"No," Sasuke refused, holding her notebook against his shoulder.

This was getting irritating. Even if Hinata had grown up in Hyuuga household where you have to be polite, patient, virtuous, etc., this was getting to be a little annoying.

Her eyes became sharper and she tried again, this time, more forcefully. "Can I have it?"

Sasuke just looked back at her, challenging her to take it from him. "No."

"Why not?" Hinata had to ask. This was going nowhere and she couldn't figure out why he wasn't giving her item back to her.

"Because I say so," he answered with equal force in his voice with an arrogant smirk now evident on his face.

"But isn't this what you called me here for?" her frustrations showed and they both knew it.

"Hn." He didn't respond to that.

She was openly glaring at him, infuriated that he was playing mindless game with her.

"Alright! That's JUST IT! What is your problem? I came all the way just to get my notebook but you only tease me further and you won't give it back! I'll just take what I came here for, then I'll leave!" Hinata heaved, stomping her foot once to emphasize her point.

He was clearly amused for this was the first time to witness this kind of situation. "Why do you have Naruto's name all of your notebook when you should've have been taking notes in the science class?"

Hinata was flustered, her anger dissipating quickly to try to come up with an excuse to cover her secret but knew it was futile. "Er, that is, um, uh, nothing! It's just nothing!"

"Oh really? Then how do you explain many 'UN+HH' in your notebook?" Sasuke was trying hard not to let his smile show and failed miserably as he saw her face light up red like fire.

She really wanted to crawl inside a small hole and never show her face again. She said nothing and just stared at him, embarrassed and humiliated.

"Just give it back." It was intended as a command but came out more as pleading.

"Getting more bold, I see," he told her, sarcastically. "That doesn't answer my question."

The more she thought about it, the more ridiculous this meeting seemed to her. Why was she begging? Besides, it's not like nobody knew her crush on the blonde. Everybody said it was obvious. But Naruto never knew and people sympathized with her. She never admitted out loud about her crush but…

"Fine. The UN stands for Uzumaki Naruto and HH stands for Hyuuga Hinata. Happy?" She tried to take her notebook back again this time getting more closed to him and reaching out. He couldn't take it any more. Laughter seemed to erupt from deep inside him and he chuckled.

She paused what she was doing and looked at him. His gaze flickered at her, looking at her with softer onyx eyes and a small smile.

He returned the notebook to its owner. "Here."

"Tha--" She was cut off by something soft tickling her skin.

"You're welcome," he said as he jumped off from his stool and headed for the door. She was still touching her cheek, blushing at the fact that he lightly kissed her cheek.

He sent out his last goodbye. "I'll see you."

'In fact, I'll be looking forward to every meeting,' he added in his own thought as he closed the art classroom door.

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