This is why the Hyuga loved night.
She and her team completed a mission today, and Hinata was exhausted. It was a clear, cool summer night. The stars were shining, and her backyard lake at the Hyuga mansion was gorgeous.
But she wasn't alone.
Kiba is also on Team 8. Kiba, her, and Shino. Their mission today was hard. It was assigned by Tsunade, to bring back an escaped -yet rather weak, but fast- criminal from Suna. Luckily, after many tries, they took care of it. Tsunade looked as though she had killer intent when she met the criminal, after Team 8 brought him back.
His thoughts were interrupted. He was hiding behind a shrub, he couldn't help but watch Hinata as she spun her body. She moved quite gracefully.
For the last few days, Kiba would "secretly" follow her home after training. He couldn't help it--After all these missions, Kiba amitted that he had a "crush" on Hyuga Hinata.
oOo
He walked home. Out of habit, he ruffled his black hair. Konoha was so quite, so empty at night. It was better than sitting on his leather couch staring at the wall. His house was huge, or so everyone said. He was used to it.
But he decided to take the "arial" route. The young Uchiha lept through the trees, making sure not to pass the home of any of his crazed fangirls. Oh, how he loathed them...
But he didn't realize he was trespassing into Hyuga residence. He saw his favorite lake-- The moonlight was reflecting off of it, giving it a soft glow. He stopped in his favorite tree- his thinking tree.
"Byakugan!" He heard a soft, faint voice. He steadied himself, ready to attack.
His shoulders relaxed when he made sure nobody was around. But soon enough, his gaze rested upon a certain Hyuga girl.
It was strange... The Uchiha prodigy couldn't stop watching her.
Why? She was just a weak girl... She was defenseless. But why is she suddenly so much more?
It's true--he adored one thing about her. She showed him kindness. But no, not in an irritating fangirl way. In a soft, innocent way.
Flashback
The Uchicha boy lept through the trees, starving and wounded. He had an encounter with an ANBU black OPS member... One he annoying so much with his sadistic sarcasm, the poor guy beat Sasuke up.
His head felt dizzy. He dropped down from the trees, onto the ground, kneeling over. He had absolutely no willpower to move... He closed his eyes, about to drift off to sleep...
"Uchiha-san!" He heard.
He slowly opened his eyes to see a purple haired kunoichi running towards him, a basket on one arm.
"Uchiha-san! Are y-you okay?" She asked. "You l-look ho-horrible!" Her stuttering was getting annoying. "Are y-ou ok-kay?"
As she went on, he wondered where he's seen her before... Hm... Oh! Right! Hyuga, from the exams...
She was weak.
"Are you okay?" She asked. Again.
"Hn."
"Ano... Eh..." She poked her fingers together. "A-are you... H-hungry?"
He looked off in the distance. Food... He noddedhis head. Once.
"O-Oh! O-Okay!" She rustled into her basket. She offered him some homemade sourdough bread and teriyaki chicken stirfry.
"H-here...!" She handed him the meal. "Um..." She began, "G-Gomen! I'll let you eat in p-peace..." She said, then effortlessly leaped up into a tree.
Delicious... He thought as he felt the food go down his throat. This food is so rich, so well-made... Do I deserve it?
As he ate, he noticed Hinata -still up in that tree- had an angry expression on her face. It looked like determination and hatred... Not something to expect from her. She sat on almost the edge of a branch, but stayed up with complete balance. It's these little things that matter so much in the art of ninja.
He leapt up, more effortlessly than her, and leaned against a tree. He waited... He wasn't used to needing to wait for a girl's attention.
"Hn..." He smirked. She whipped around, gracefully landing on her feet, in a defensive pose.
"Oh! U-Uchiha-s-san!" She blushed more with each passing second. "G-Gomen Nosai-i...!" She managed to stutter out.
He smirked. Again. Interesting... It looks like she's trained her senses... Instead of making sure her hair is sitting perfectly... He thought as he noted she had no makeup, and her hair was so simple.
"...Uchiha-san...?" She mumbled, head tilted to the side. Apparently Sasuke's attention span was shortening again.
"Don't be so formal." He smirked, for hopefully the last time. (A/N Sorry. I guess he just SMIRKS a lot here, so... yeah...) "Sasuke. Just Sasuke."
She blushed a little more. "Ano, Uchi- eh, Sasuke..." She looked at the ground. "Ah... I have to get back home."
"..." He looked to the side. "Arigato." He mumbled. There was a faint blush on his cheeks. Very faint, but enough for the Hyuga eye to see.
"H-Hai!" She flashed him a genuine smile, and jumped into the distance.
End Flashback
"Sasuke." Sasuke turned, to be faced with Nara Shikamaru.
"...What?" He replied in a monotone manner.
"Heh..." He began, "Spying on the Hyuga girl? Eh, Sasuke?" He tried as he leaned against the bark of a tree.
Sasuke blushed a bit. He looked to the side. "No. This is my... thinking tree." Great, Sasuke, perfect thing to say while being accused of being a stalker.
"Heh. I could see why you like her." Shikamaru tried.
"No way."
There was a silence for a while. Sasuke looked over at Shikamaru. He noticed him in a daze in Hinata's direction. He looked back at Hinata. Her clothes were soaking wet... Which complimented her curves.
Who knew... Sasuke thought, that... Ah, get these thoughts out of my head, out of my head...
"I don't mind her." Shikamaru began. Sasuke glanced at him. "When she comes by me, she's nice and quiet... And she enjoys watching clouds. He smirked. She isn't troublesome, like Ino or Sakura... Like most women. We can talk without talking." By this time Shikamaru was smiling in a daze, blushing ever so slightly.
Sasuke went from glancing to smirking to glaring during Shikamaru's little speech.
"So you like her?" Sasuke narrowed his eyes. Dang it... Why am I so pissed?!
Shikamaru didn't notice. He was too busy trying not to stutter. "I, uh... I think Ihaveacrushonher."
Sasuke blinked.