Summary: SasuHina Sasuke and Hinata were high school sweethearts, whose dreams were set on marrying each other. Some dreams never come true. Now, Hinata is a single girl, working at a bakery. And Sasuke is an unsuccessful singer/songwriter who's planing his wedding with his fiancée, Sakura. What happens when their paths cross once again? No Flames.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto… Sadly
Kissing the Groom
Ruined Cakes, Ugly Dresses and Old Friends
"Hinata!" a voice called.
"Y- yes Mr. Kenji?" Hinata replied in a shy voice.
Hinata was a 20-year-old girl with chin length black hair and pearl like eyes that had no pupils.
"Are you finished making the cake for the Aki wedding yet?" Kenji growled.
Now, you see, Kenji was Hinata's mean and grouchy boss who acted like he had a stick up his ass all the time.
"A- almost," Hinata answered quietly.
"Well hurry up!" Kenji ordered. "Mr. Aki will be here any minute to pick it up!"
Hinata replied in the same quiet voice that she always did, "Y- yes Sir."
Hinata was standing on a chair, in order to reach the top of the cake. She was carefully putting on the finishing touches of the huge wedding cake. All she needed now to finish it was complete silence and concretion.
"Hinata!" Kenji barked.
Hinata let out a small yelp as she waved her arms back and forth, trying to regain her balance. Her attempts were unsuccessful and Hinata fell face fight into the beautiful cake she had work so hard on. Kenji barged into the kitchen to see what had happen, Mr. Aki was standing beside him.
"Hinata! What in the world have you done?!" Kenji yelled.
Hinata peeled her out of the cake and stood before Kenji and Mr. Aki. She was covered head to toe in chocolate cake.
"I- I'm so sorry Mr. Kenji. I lost my b- balance." Hinata explained.
Kenji turned to face Mr. Aki.
"I'm deeply sorry about this Mr. Aki," he apologized. "We'll make a new one right away and we'll give it to you with a 40 percent discount."
Mr. Aki didn't say a word, he only nodded his head in approval and tried to hide to fact that he was happy about getting a discount on the cake.
"It'll be ready by 2:00 this afternoon," Kenji announced. "Now please, let me escort you to the door."
Kenji and Mr. Aki left the kitchen, seconds later, Kenji reentered. He gave Hinata an angry and disappointed glare.
"This is coming out of your paycheck," he said.
"Mr. Kenji I'm sorr-"
"I don't want to hear it," Kenji sighed. "Have to new cake done by 2:00pm today."
"B- but Mr. Kenji," Hinata objected. "It t- took me 6 hours to make the first cake. There's no way I could make it all over again in only 4 hours!"
"I don't want excuses!" Kenji barked. "Just have the cake finished by then and don't mess it up!"
Hinata's gazed fell to the ground.
"Yes Sir," she replied.
Somewhere Else in Town
"Sasuke, sweetie?" a girl with pink hair called from behind a changing room door.
"Yes, Sakura?" replied the 21-year-old man with raven black hair and piercing onyx eyes. He was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans and a black T-shirt.
Sasuke was leaning up against the wall, his hands were stuffed in his pockets and it seemed as if he was about to fall down dead.
"How does this one look?" Sakura asked as she came out of the dressing room wearing a white wedding dress that had ruffles all over it.
When Sasuke saw this dress he was about to choke and die. It was hideous. Sakura gazed at herself in the mirror, like the Greek man Narcissus gazed into a shimmering pool of water and fell in love with himself.
"I think I'm going to be sick," Sasuke muttered.
Sakura smiled as she walked over to her fiancée and kissed him on the lips. She took a step back and hit with the long white glove she had been wearing.
"You don't have to be so rude, Sasuke," she said. "The dress isn't that bad."
Sasuke sighed, "Whatever."
Sakura went back to looking in the mirror.
"I wish I could wear a pink dress for our wedding," she wished.
"Hn," Sasuke replied.
"Do you think I could get a dress with some pink on it?" Sakura asked.
"Whatever," Sasuke answered.
"I'm going to go ask to a worker!" Sakura announced.
"Yeah, do whatever you want," Sasuke replied, not really paying attention.
About 10 minutes passed before Sakura began to ramble on again.
"Sasuke!" she squealed. "It's perfect!"
Sakura came out wearing a dress that reminded Sasuke of a mermaid that's right, a mermaid. The skirt of the dress was designed in a way that looked like a mermaid's tails. The dress was sleeveless, but it had some like design around the neck that was pink… yay…
"I'm going to buy it!" Sakura announced.
"Yeah, whatever floats your boat," Sasuke mumbled.
"Sasuke, honey?"
"Hn?" Sasuke replied, letting her know he was listening.
Sakura handed Sasuke a piece of paper.
"Would you mind running to the bakery down town and put our order in for the cake?" she asked.
"Whatever," Sasuke replied.
"Thank you!" Sakura threw her arms around Sasuke and hugged him. "The paper I gave you says exactly what kind of cake we want."
"Ok," Sasuke said as he walked out of the store and got into his car.
Back at the Bakery
"And we're finished," Ino announced as Hinata placed the little plastic bride and groom onto the top of the cake.
"T- thank you, Ino for helping me," Hinata stuttered. "I k- know it was your day o- off today."
Ino shrugged.
"That's ok," she said. "But you owe me one," Ino teased.
Hinata nodded, "Of course."
"Ino! Hinata!" Kenji yelled.
"Yes, Mr. Kenji?" Ino answered.
"I'm going to go deliver the cake to Mr. Aki," Kenji announced. "I'll be back in about an hour."
"Y- yes Sir," Hinata replied.
The two girls waited until they heard the slam of the door, to know that Kenji was gone. Ino and Hinata made their way to the front of the store.
"Someone really needs to pull that stick out from Kenji's ass," Ino said.
Hinata laughed at the joke.
"That or he needs to get a girlfriend who will put him in his place," she teased.
The bell on the store entrance rang. Sasuke walked into the bakery; he began to look around.
"That man looks a lot like Sasuke Uchiha," Hinata thought. "Could it really be him."
"O- oh… no!" Hinata quickly ducked behind the counter.
Ino followed.
"What's the matter, Hinata?" she asked.
Hinata hesitated a bit before answering, but eventually told her.
"T- that man is Sasuke Uchiha," she answered.
"Your high school sweetheart?" Ino questioned.
Hinata nodded.
"The guy who left you after high school to become a musician?" Ino asked.
"Yeah," Hinata replied.
"The man who promised you that you two would get married someday?"
Hinata nodded again.
"Well then," Ino started.
Ino quickly stood up.
"Hello!" she greeted Sasuke. "How are you today, Sir?"
Sasuke raised his eyebrow at the odd girl.
"I have a cake that needs to be made," Sasuke answered as he handed the paper to Ino.
"Oh well, I'll get right on that," Ino announced. "But, if you need anything else then just ask my co-worker, Hinata."
Sasuke looked at Ino with a weird stare.
"I don't see anyone else here," he said.
Ino looked down behind the counter, seeing that Hinata was no longer there. Ino leaned over the counter, trying to see where Hinata had gone. Luckily, she spotted her. One her knees, trying to crawl away unnoticed.
"Hinata!" Ino rejoiced.
Hinata stopped dead in her tracks, realizing she had been caught. She got to her feet and dusted herself off. Ino grabbed Hinata by the arm and pulled her beside her. A big idiotic smile was across her face.
"Hinata?" Sasuke questioned. "Hinata Hyuuga?"
Hinata tried to smile.
"T- the one and o- only," she replied.
"I haven't seen you since," Sasuke started.
"Graduation," Hinata said, finishing Sasuke's sentence.
Hinata gazed at the paper Sasuke had given Ino and looked at the ordered.
"A- a wedding cake?" she question.
Sasuke nodded.
"Yeah," he replied. "It's for my…"
Sasuke paused, not wanting to finish the sentence.
"My brother's wedding," Sasuke lied.
"Itachi's getting married?" Hinata asked.
Sasuke nodded in false approval.
"Wow, who would have imagined that two friends, who haven't seen each other in years would meet again… in a bakery!" Ino interrupted. "You know what?" Ino asked.
Both Hinata and Sasuke gazed at her to hear her idea.
"You two should go out for some coffee or something," Ino suggested. "You know, to catch up with each other."
"I- I don't know a- about that," Hinata begun.
Sasuke shrugged.
"Sure," he said.
"Then it's settled!" Ino rejoiced. "How about you two go now?"
"I'm working," Hinata announced.
"I'm busy too," Sasuke replied.
Ino sighed, but quickly put a smile back on.
"How about at 7:00 tonight?" she insisted.
"Sure," Sasuke agreed, with a shrug.
"Great!" Ino shouted. "Hinata will meet you at the coffee shop down the street at 7:00pm!"
"Ok," Sasuke replied. "I'll see you at 7:00 Hinata. Bye."
"B- bye… S- Sasuke," Hinata waved.
Sasuke left the shop. Hinata turned to Ino, she wasn't happy.
"You have a date with you high school sweetheart!" Ino squealed. "Wow, you need to get ready! We need to go shopping and get you a new outfit!"
"B- but I- I-" Hinata stuttered.
"I insist!" Ino said. "Come on! It'll be fun!"
Hinata began to fidget with her hands.
"I suppose," she replied.
"Great!" Ino yelled. "We'll go right after work!"
"I don't know about this, Ino," Hinata announced.
That's the end of chapter 1!
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