Invisible Girl and Visible Boy
by Tianshii
Genre: Romance, Drama, Angst
Rating: T
Summary: The one person he can't lose is the person whose fate is to disappear. Sasu/Hina. AU.
Characters: Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuuga Hinata
Prologue
She smiled softly, eyes brimming with tears.
"Thanks for meeting me."
Don't say it.
"I had so much fun. With you. With everyone."
Please don't say those sad words.
"But it's time to say goodbye."
I don't want to lose anyone anymore.
"I'll never forget you."
Chapter One - Meeting Pearl
Chirp Chirp.
He hated summer.
It made him sweaty and his dark hair stick to the back of his neck. It also made every day so much more brighter and girls wear so much less. But most of all, the thing that made him hate summer more than his annoying best friend was the sound of the cicadas.
Chirp chirp.
Not those cicadas.
The ones with opposable thumbs.
"Hey, hey Sasuke-kun, do you want to come with us to karaoke tonight?"
The pink haired girl beamed at him and fluttered her eyelashes in what seemed to be a flirtatious manner.
"There's going to be lots of girls there,"came the sugar laced words from the blond by her side. "And food! Don't forget the food!"
Oi, where on my resume did it say I'm interested in those things?
The Uchiha prodigy stood up from his desk abruptly and cast a glare at his two closest friends who smiled brightly at him.
"So, you coming?"
Without a single word, he left the classroom. The only goal in his mind being peace and quiet.
...
So naturally, he found himself at the library.
It was after school, and exams were a long way off so the place was devoid of human presence apart from the librarian. Sasuke walked towards his favourite spot, away from the window and the door and surrounded by towering bookcases. Right in the back of the library. That was where he saw it.
A hint of white.
Pure innocence surrounded by dark lashes. Pale skin framed by long dark hair. A small frame in a too large uniform. The girl didn't notice him staring at her, seemingly invested in the book. He cast his eyes towards it, Road to Friendship, and he snorted.
That was enough to gather her entire attention.
She immediately slammed the book shut, before hiding it within her embrace. The frail looking girl turned away from his face and squeaked. Yes, squeaked. Like a mouse.
"Wh-what do you want?"
Sasuke could tell that she tried her hardest to make that one line sound as ferocious and aloof as possible. But it just couldn't be done, not with her voice anyway. Her mouse-like voice.
With an exasperated sigh he said,"You're in my seat."
"Your s...seat?" She questioned, her face contorted in confusion.
"Yes, that is my seat. I sit there before school and after school. Clearly you're new, so I'll spare you the fine that comes from sitting in my seat,"Sasuke spat out, his patience wearing thin.
"No one...no one can own a seat..." The girl fumbled with he collar of her uniform. "This chair belongs t-to the school..."
Oh?
"A-and, the school belongs to the...students..."
"You're wrong," he replied stonily.
She flinched.
"It's my property and everyone knows that."
Then just like he had done before, the raven haired girl stood up and walked away.
Only unlike him, she turned around and spoke, in a soft voice that sounded tired.
"You're w-wrong Uchiha-san. I'm not new."
And he was left alone, feeling like he'd lost.
...
How could she not be new?
Sasuke was known for his almost photographic memory, using this knowledge to blackmail Naruto for something he did when they were six.
This girl, he had never seen or heard of before...
"Naruto, do you know of anyone in our school with white eyes?"
The blond boy looked up from his phone, clearly annoyed with being interrupted, "Haa? Why do you need to know? Actually, why should I even tell you? Thanks to you, bastard, we missed out on going to karaoke with Sakura-chan!"
The Uchiha heir slung his bag off his back and used it to hit the boy in the stomach.
"Son of a-"
A few insults and bruised faces later, the two were finally on their way home again.
"Yeah, I know of one. A Hyuuga,"Naruto finally replied, rubbing his sore cheek.
Hyuuga...that makes things even weirder. The Uchiha and Hyuuga clan are well acquainted. How could I have never seen her?
"Don't you think...she's weird?"
The Uzumaki raised an eyebrow and shoved his phone in the pocket of his pants.
"Dude, you're weird. Hyuuga's a guy. Hyuuga Neji?"
Neji...he had seen Neji before. At a business dinner party, long dark brown hair, pale skin and white eyes. Only they were more like ice than the soft ones he had seen earlier. Something was off. Naruto knew all the girls in the school, how could he had not seen her?
"He...doesn't have a relative? Younger sister maybe? Cousin?" He sounded desperate now and tried to disguise the fact by etching a scowl on his face. Except now he just looked desperate and angry.
"Hm...now that I think about it, I think Ino said he has a younger cousin..."
It has to be her!
"...in...um, primary school?"
...
The next morning he waited for her in the library.
No, he didn't wait for her, he waited for himself. He was waiting there so he could find out who she was in order to put his mind to rest.
A purely selfish act.
But she never came.
He waited there until the bell rang. Surrounded by books, in the back of he library. The safe area that no one dared to go near.
He had once again, successfully chased someone away.
And once again, the boy receded into his little bubble, content with the peace and quiet he had finally achieved.
...
It was handy, he thought, this ability he had that allowed him to delude everyone. Especially himself.