She was used to having a certain boy on her mind, but not this one. While instead of thinking of the regular blonde with blue eyes, she was thinking of black hair with equally black eyes. She glanced down at her doodling to see the eyes she had been thinking about. While blushing, Hinata sneakily glanced around to see if anyone had noticed the doodle and turned over her notebook.

'Why?' She inwardly wailed. 'Why now? I was content with just getting through rest of the High School!' She felt like banging her head against her desk to rid the thoughts.

They had started when she has been paired with the lofty Uchiha for a class project. At first, she thought she was just concerned with his half of the project but then the thoughts popped up at home when she wasn't even thinking about school or the project. She wondered if her brain had a glitch and that it had to think about a boy all the time. She had major crush (which she would agree was on the obsession-like side of things) on Naruto for how many years and now that she had given up her crush on Naruto, her brain needed a new obsession/ crush.

She just thought it ironic that the obsession had to be on someone who she even knew wouldn't give her a shot. So she guessed she would have to let the obsession/ crush or what in the world she had run its course.

'I couldn't I've chosen a celebrity?' Hinata inwardly thought. 'At least then I wouldn't see them everyday at school and have to work on a project together.'

"Okay everyone, get together with you partner and work on your project." Hinata felt her stomach drop and she pulse quicken.

The fates were conspiring against her, weren't they?

...

He didn't know what to make of the Hyuga. He would have sworn up and down that her attitude towards him had changed since them pairing up for the project. It wasn't hurting the project or the way either of them worked.

She wasn't a fan girl. Heck, the thought of it brought a smirk to his face. The only person that girl crushed on was Naruto. But it didn't change the fact something was different.

She blushed more frequently while at the same time she would get a puzzled look on her face while writing something down for their project. When he would ask if something was wrong she would get a deer in the headlights look and shake her head and get back to work quickly. He just hoped she wasn't getting sick.

He appreciated the fact that Hinata didn't have an interest in him. It let him relax and not worry about her jumping him. It let him focus on project.

He propped himself up on his elbow and watched Hinata write things down in her notebook. Her long hair drifted in the way and he thought it was rather pretty as he impulsively reached out to place the hair behind her ear to get it out of the way so she could continue. At the same moment, Hinata reached to place the hair behind her ear.

Their hands touched and Hinata froze as Sasuke hastily resumed his position of indifference after finishing putting the hair behind her ear. She warily eyed him from the other side of the table. Sasuke continued to put up his front and acted like nothing out of the ordinary happened. After a minute of staring at him, Hinata went back to writing at a quicker pace.

Sasuke inwardly sighed and began to take notes from the book in front of him.

'That won't freak her out or anything. Smooth Uchiha.'

Then again… at least he knew how to deal with fan girls…

...

He had placed her hair behind her ear. 'Why did he do that? Breathe Hinata! Breathe! It's nothing. Maybe he had seen a piece of paper in and decided to pick it out… and just decided to place her hair behind her ear for the heck of it. Right.'

Hinata again cursed her luck. Why? After how many years of school with him and NOW her hormones decide that they want Sasuke Uchiha? She felt like cursing out loud, but that would give away her opinion.

And also make her classmates think she was a nut case.

By the time Hinata had finished taking notes, the bell rang for lunch. She quickly shut her notebook and stuffed it into her messenger bag. She was hungry but the sooner she left the Uchiha's presence and was in her friend's, the better.

Sasuke took his time closing his book and watched Hinata. She was really hurrying to leave to for lunch. Sasuke frowned slightly as the possibility that the Hyuga was scared of him crossed his mind. Was she scared of him? Is that why she rarely spoke or gave her opinion?

Sasuke decided that he really didn't want to scare away his partner so he decided to be friendlier-ish.

"Hey Hinata, thanks for getting me that information, it is really helping with my side of the project." The dark haired girl froze and looked at him with questioning eyes.

"Y-You're welcome and thanks for getting my information too." She quietly answered and quickly left the room.

Sasuke had a feeling that his statement really hadn't had the desired effect. He narrowed his eyes in thought as a hand patted him on the shoulder.

"Another fan girl?" Jugo questioned curiously. Sasuke shook his head.

"No. Quite the opposite…"

"That's good, right?" The giant stated as he smiled good naturally.

Sasuke paused, "I don't know since the opposite would be that she either hates my guts or is scared of me. I almost wish she was a fan girl so I would know how to deal with her." As an after thought he wondered why he wished to know and why he wanted to make Hinata more comfortable around him. He usually didn't care.

Jugo chuckled at his friend's statement and Sasuke raised an eyebrow. The tall teen just shook his head.

"Let's go to lunch. I'm sure Karin and Suigetsu have saved us a seat."

"Hn," Sasuke answered as they went to lunch.

...

The thoughts had evolved. They had evaded her dreams and sometimes she dreamed that after the Uchiha had pushed her hair behind her ear, he had kissed her.

Kiba and Shino had noticed she was more tired than usual and asked if things were alright at home. She had responded that things were fine. There was no need to worry them about her thought problem.

It also hadn't helped that Sasuke thought she was scared of him. So he was trying to be nicer than usual. Hinata had briefly thought about telling him that she had a crush on him and wished to be his fan girl so he would treat her with indifference.

But she was touched that Sasuke was trying to make her feel easier around him because she was 'scared' of him. This only increased the thoughts and Hinata's doodles in her notebook had increased with pictures of the Uchiha. Hinata would always recopy her notes in a different notebook and shred the paper. She really hoped that no one had caught on that she was crushing on the Uchiha.

...

Jugo watched the Hyuga as she interacted with Sasuke. Sasuke was stumped since him being nice wasn't have a positive effect. The girl seemed to be more scared of him. Sasuke had asked Jugo to observe them as they worked.

As the minutes when by, Jugo noticed something. Hinata wasn't scared of Sasuke. She didn't act scared, but it wasn't all shyness either. Jugo's eyes widened then smiled when he finally realized what he was seeing.

Hinata had a crush on Sasuke and didn't wish to show it so she was trying to stay aloof and not let it affect her work. Jugo almost laughed. Sasuke's plan to be nice to the Hyuga wasn't helping. It was probably was making the girl miserable. Satisfied, Jugo focused on his own project.

"What?" Sasuke stated after Jugo had informed him of his observations. Jugo shrugged.

"It's just what I saw and what I saw was a girl crushing."

Sasuke leaned back in the chair. He was secretly relieved that she wasn't scared of him. Now the fact that she had a crush on him and didn't wish to reveal it spoke volumes. Though, the last time she had informed her crush of her affections they had been denied quite publicly.

A thought popped into Sasuke's head and as he thought more on it, the more he liked it. He smirked as his plan came together in his head. Jugo didn't know what to make of the smirk on his friend's face. He just hoped that his friend wasn't planning anything too crazy.

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January 19: You are everywhere inside my head
Artist: Emmy Rossum
Song: 'Falling'

Dis: I do not own Naruto, Kishi does