BEING THE PERFECT HOST
by SasakiChan ( : )
Summary:
The Uchihas are having the Hyuugas (not the entire clan of course, only the Head family) over for dinner and as the evening progressed, after the small feast, while the adults retired somewhere to chat, the little ones were sent into a room to supposedly bond. Now, having been the host, Sasuke was entrusted upon making sure that his little guest, Hinata was kept amused. So, what do two non- talkative three- years- old do when stuck together in a situation like this…they draw.
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto…hmm…actually I really don't know what I would change anyway. It's already fine the way it is.
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PART ONE: BONDING
"S- Sasuke san…can you erm..erm… tilt your head over to t-this side a bit?"
"Hn." Sasuke grunted but did as asked anyway. Sprawled on the tatami mat in his room, little three year old Sasuke was doing his best to be the perfect host by entertaining his guest…another three year old kid... and a girl at that.
"A- ano…do you have any pink?"
Sasuke's eye's twitched at the word 'pink'. His three years old chibi eyes suddenly took on an angry gleam in them, slightly scaring the poor little girl.
The little girl cowered at the terrifying look on her new friends face, and quickly evaded his stare…by rummaging through the oil pastel set scattered on the floor. "A-ano..it's ok if you d-d- don't have pink…I-I- I'll just make do w-with whatever c-color we h-have."
Still not yet done with his sudden rise of anger, Sasuke continued to mentally torture the girl by glaring at her more and semi growling as far as a three year old with a squeaky voice could anyway, "Whatever makes you think I have 'pink' among MY oil pastel? I HATE pink! I DETEST ( a word he picked up from his elder brother, Itachi) pink with a vengeance. One day when I grow up, I'm gonna kill the person who- who created pink and save the world from the yucky color… 'PINK!' HAHAHA!!"
By then Sasuke had not realized that from his previously sprawled position, he had already stood up in such a dramatic pose while citing his hatred for the very color 'pink'. Feet wide apart, one hand fisted on his hips and one hand pointed in the air, all little Sasuke needed was a background of swooshing water to emphasize on his burning flame of…childishness?
Now, Hinata having been brought up as the prim and proper heiress all her three years of life had never witnessed such a display of bravado before. Not that any Hyuuga that she new would probably act that way anyway…nope, even her Neji nii san was too spruced up to be so- so dramatic. No longer spooked by the previously angry Sasuke, Hinata was actually in...awe.
Sasuke's minute of bravado shattered when he heard the sound of clappings and quickly realizing how stupid he looked standing so in front of a girl…the Hyuuga heiress at that…posing like some sort of freak from the hideous movie "Saturday Night Fever" (yeah, little Sasuke hates the movie so much because his parents keep watching it over and over again to the extent that Sasuke has to forget watching his favorite "Tomatoes In Pajamas" series), he immediately composed himself into the supposedly cold and distant yet cute Uchiha Sasuke. Another skill picked up from his brother and idol, Itachi.
Hinata who was still clapping was absolutely mesmerized by Sasuke's determination. However deep in her little three year old head, Hinata was thinking that just maybe that was something that she could copy and demonstrate in front of her father one day. He would surely be impressed by such display of confidence that he'll probably let her have that pretty set of toy cooking set that she saw at Toys R'Us last week. The stance, the words…the laugh. Everything that her friend had just demonstrated had just screamed inspiration. Yeah, Hinata was determined that she would definitely use that act one day and wow her parents.
Sasuke who had grown embarrassed by his sudden outburst slowly grew irritated by the non- stop clapping from the Hyuuga girl. Pouting and crossing his arms in a gesture of obvious irritation, Sasuke addressed the girl, "What are you now? Some monkey toy that claps non- stop?"
The exclamation brought the little heiress out of her thoughts which as expected, made her blush in embarrassment…again. Lowering her face to cover her eyes with her thick bangs, Hinata timidly whispered, "S- sumimasen…I- I just thought t-that that was rather as- aspirin…that's a-all."
Now, little Sasuke was not a genius for nothing. Noting the girl's slip of word, he was quick to correct her but not without letting out a chuckle first. "You mean in- inspiring is it?"
Realizing her mistake, Hinata quickly blushed two shades darker, "A-ah…yes. T-that's what I meant. I- I'm sorry."
Cocking his head to one side, Sasuke raised an eyebrow as he had seen his elder brother, Itachi done countless times when something confused him, "Why are you saying sorry? There was nothing wrong done."
Look up from her drawing temporarily, Hinata blushed at Sasuke but something about her eyes made him feel powerful as if he could protect this small girl from everything…especially the color 'pink'. Hinata looked up at Sasuke with hope and gratitude. Finally, there was someone who thought that she was not such a ditz.
Wow, she's cute when she looks at me like that, thought our little Sasuke as he took several sneak peaks at Hinata as he too continued drawing on the piece of paper.
While he secretly admired his new friend, Hinata was deeply caught in an emotional web as she colored her master piece. Sasuke is so- so nice. I – I think I really like him.
The room had suddenly grown silent, from the awkward moments earlier and of course trying to be the perfect host, Sasuke decided to strike up a conversation with Hinata…something that he rarely does anyway.
Cocking his head to again peer at Hinata's drawing opposite his, Sasuke asked, "Whatcha drawing?"
"Eep!" Realizing that Sasuke was trying hard to take a sneak peek at her drawing, Hinata quickly snatched her paper and held it against her chest, not allowing Sasuke even a teeny weeny glimpse at it. "I- it's n-nothing interesting."
Blinking, Sasuke was slightly astonished by the quiet girl's behavior. "Why are you freaking out like that? It's not like I'm gonna eat you or something," he said trying to get the jumpy girl calm.
"………"
"………"
More entailing bouts of silence lingers and gradually the two children decide to let the subject go.
Slightly calmed down, Hinata lowered the drawing onto the tatami and continued to quietly color her drawing, all the while sporting a deep blush on her otherwise pale baby cheeks.
Sasuke sensing his newly acquainted friend's embarrassment decided to let the subject go…but not for long…
"Hey, I'm still curious of what you are drawing, you know."
TBC
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AUTHOR'S NOTE:
HI YA GUYS… I'm back with more Sasuhina (although I'm finding it difficult to quickly update my other fics) but anyway, I though that I'd do a story on my favourite kunoichi and bishounen before all the problems of their life start to set in. yeah, right now, I'm rather hooked on stories revolving little Hinata and Sasuke that is not in anyway angst ridden. Je' deteste 'angst.' (hehe…my french is extremely rusty). Anyway, this story is a two shot which was supposed to be a one shot, but I decided to post one part of it and see the viewers response…if you know what I mean (winks) .then, maybe I might post the second part because to spill you the beans…CHAPTER 2 IS DONE!!!
Heheh… I guess I am messing with you guys…but hey, nobody ever said that life is fair…
P/S: If there are any spelling or grammatical…do forgive me…