Note: I deleted this fanfic before because I thought it was a terrible and unoriginal but looks like people were actually enjoying this fic so I decided to put it back on! I really want to thank those people who reviewed this story and sent me nice comments. I really appreciate it! I might actually continue this-if I have free time that is, hehe :3

[Previous A/N:] Okay guys, this is my first fanfiction! I posted this one on deviantart but I decided to upload it here instead since fanfics are well known here :) I based this story on the fanart I drew on devainatart. I'm not a good writer but I still enjoy writing stories. So please excuse my diction or any improper grammar you'll see out there!

Hinata and Naruto stood outside, behind the exit doors of the building.

"I'm sorry Hinata. I just don't feel the same way about you," Naruto answered her in a very painful tone. Hinata didn't know what to do. Yes, she confessed to him...finally…but what will she do now? Cry? Definitely not.

"U-um…" she tried thinking of ways to lighten the mood up a bit. "I-I know but I just wanted you to know about my feelings. Thank you for listening," she smiled to her best ability. She tried leaving the area without Naruto having to worry about her.

When he was out of sight, Hinata sighed and looked on the ground. "I-I knew that…" she thought to herself again as she headed inside the building.

Moments after the confession, she wandered around the building and ended up into the washroom. She stared at herself in the mirror and she could still see herself smiling. "I'm okay…" she said, "I'll be okay."

However, just when she was about to exit, a bunch of giggly girls came in. Without noticing they were there, Hinata accidentally bumped into one of them, making the girl fall onto the ground.

"Watch where you're going!" one of the girls yelled. Hinata widened her eyes and immediately offered the girl a hand to pull her up."I-I'm very sorry!" she apologized anxiously. The girl was about to reach out her hand out to Hinata to get pulled up. But when she noticed it was Hinata, their class representative, she gave a nasty look instead. Hinata was the person she disliked most.

"Oh look what we have here?" the girl said as she stood up. "It's Hyuuga Hinata, the shy girl who is two timing Sasuke-kun and Naruto-kun."

"E-eh?" Hinata looked at them, dumbfounded. "What is she talking about?" she thought to herself. The girl stood up and pushed Hinata against the wall and sighed. "My goodness, you're so...pretty," she sarcastically said as she ruffled her hair in a rough manner. Hinata can protect herself but she did not want to hurt them, so she bore the pain. "W-why are you doing this?" Hinata asked in a serious tone.

The girls looked at Hinata as if she was stupid and said, "Oh it's nothing. We're just super annoyed how you've been close to our Sasuke-kun these days. You should really stay away from Sasuke-kun and Naruto-kun. They're ours."

Hinata looked at them confusedly. "W-what are you talking about?"

"Oh you know well what I'm talking about. They've been under your spell due to your…ugh, innocent personality? Yeah, right… Stop playing around and leave them already."

Sasuke and Hinata happened to be close because they are both the class representatives, nothing else. As for Naruto, it's already over. He rejected her.

Hinata stood up and said, "I understand. I won't bother them." Her voice was very firm and confident, but that was to hide the fear she had in her.

"Good," one of the girls said. "But wait! Before we leave, I think I'll do a little makeover on you." She searched her bag and soon, held a scissor out to cut a chunk of Hinata's hair. "There," the girl smiled mischievously. "Now, that looks good on you." Hinata's hair was still long but it was now uneven. All the girls laughed at Hinata ruffled her hair. Then one of them snapped her fingers and pointed at the direction of the door. "Girls, let's go," she said and everyone started heading out.

Hinata just stared at them firmly until they left.

They finally did.

That was just a few minutes ago…

Outside on the wet streets, many people stared at Hinata who just kept on running. She didn't know where she was going but she knew that stopping won't do her any good. As long as she's moving, she'll be all right. But the speed of her footsteps made her lose balance resulting in falling down hard on the floor.

She didn't stir from what just happened. She was too devastated to move at all. But the flashback of Naruto's rejection and the washroom incident occurred to her once again and she didn't want to see that. Slowly, she sat back up. "Why...?" she whispered to herself as she looked at her hands which were filled with dirt and small cuts.

"Why…"

The emotions she was feeling right now overwhelmed her to a point where she wanted to run away from the world. Eventually, she stood up and started running again. Her eyes were slowly filling up with tears, thus, blurring the vision of what lies ahead of her. She couldn't see where she was going but that didn't matter. It didn't matter at all.

Just a few blocks away, Sasuke exited the convenience store and walked towards the closest bus stop which was located just a few steps away. He stood there, under a rooftop waiting for the bus. He stared up at the rainy sky and closed his eyes to soak in the beauty of rain. He was tired of sunny days; he wanted something just as relaxing as hearing raindrops.

Minutes later, he heard faint footsteps coming towards him. It didn't really bother him at first but as it came closer, he opened his eyes to see who it was. He saw Hinata.

"Hyuuga?" he muttered in surprise.

It was a shocking sight to see the most cheerful girl running around the city with tears on her face. It was odd. Really odd. But should he do something about it? No, he didn't have to. It has nothing to do with him. But when he noticed the wounds on her knees and the dirt on her dress, he just...couldn't let her pass. He grabbed her arm tightly to a point where Hinata's bangs bounced sideways, exposing her face. Sasuke caught a glimpse of how terrible her face looked. It was dirty, her eyes were red and the tip of her nose was wounded. It felt like he saw a whole new… person.

"Oi! What the hell happened to you?!" he asked in a ferocious manner. Hinata didn't stir from what he said and just stared at him. He noticed she that she was shaking hysterically but he couldn't tell if it was due to the cold or because she was so terrified. "Oi…" Sasuke said again but this time, in a gentler manner. He noticed he was holding on her cold arms too tightly so he loosened up his grip.

He looked at her from head to toe and just couldn't believe what he was seeing. She was a complete mess.

"Hey, why don't you tell me what the hell happened?"

"I s-should be asking you t-the same, Sasuke-kun..." Hinata weakly responded back to him. "Where have you been? It was very h-hard operating the party w-without you."

Hinata was right. Sasuke was supposed to be helping her since he was the class representative as well. Though this school dance was nothing but an annoyance to him. He did everything beforehand and even told Hinata that he won't be present on the actual day. Hinata knew this already so she prepared herself to do everything with a small help from Sakura, Ino and Ten Ten.

"Idiot, you knew this already. I was never intending to go to that annoying party," he said bluntly. He looked her very fiercely and waited for her to talk about what truly happened.

The moment of silence occurred to them and Hinata still didn't say a word. Sasuke sighed and rubbed his forehead. He then put his hand in his pocket to keep his composure. He waited...patiently.

The sound of a bus driving towards them broke the silence however Sasuke didn't bother running for it and just stood there. He stood there, staring at Hinata who seemed to be avoiding eye contact.

Hinata always knew Sasuke would eventually give up and leave her to solve her problems. However, it doesn't seem to be happening. Not today at least.

"…Is it that dimwit?" Sasuke asked her abruptly. Hinata reacted furiously to his disrespectful question by quickly lifting her hand up to slap Sasuke. But he grabbed her arm just on time to avoid it from happening.

Sasuke sighed. "Just as I thought…" he said as he calmly lowered her arm back down. "You're really an idiot."

Hinata looked at him in disbelief and sighed in disappointment. "I k-know that…" Hinata said in her soft-spoken voice. Her eyes focused on the ground as she spoke to him. Though, she soon looked up at him and said, "It's just as you said. I'm an idiot. I confessed to him even though I knew all along that it was impossible to begin with."

Sasuke just stood there and listened. He knew Hinata was angry but it wasn't very visible. She was controlling her emotions. Although she knew how to control her anger, there were still hidden emotions which Sasuke wished she would express. However, Hinata is not that type of person who would express any type of harsh expressions; therefore, this was a surprise to see her express her anger even though it wasn't very visible.

"I-I'll head home now. My father will be worried if I don't arrive home in time," she said as she slowly turned away from him and walked. However, she abruptly stopped and turned look back at him. "Be careful on your way home," she said worriedly, still concerned about his safety.

Once again, she turned away from him to walk home. Sasuke just stood there, gazing at her back until he noticed a large amount of her hair was snipped. Was her hair always this uneven? Of course not. At that moment, sudden flashbacks of the mean girls exchanging cold glances and attitude towards Hinata occurred to him. Those girls always had a thing for him and he knew that they always bring trouble.

Out of nowhere, his mind unwillingly imagined those girls hurting Hinata. These visions became very vivid which unexpectedly startled him back into reality. He reacted by grabbing her arm to stop her from leaving.

Hinata didn't bother looking back and tried releasing her arm from his grip. Sasuke then forced her to look at him by pulling her towards him. Her face was finally facing his. She studied his eyes and noticed that he was intensely glaring at her. "S-sasuke-kun?" she questioned him in surprise.

"Now what happened there?" Sasuke jerked his head to the direction of her hair, implying that he was talking about the haircut. "Did those girls bother you?"

"W-what are you talking about?" Hinata asked as she tried avoiding eye contact again.

"You damn know well what I'm talking about. Now speak, Hyuuga," Sasuke said in a cold manner. He wanted answers and not just unclear ones.

"S-sasuke-kun…" Hinata muttered and she shifted her arm up and down in attempt to loosening the grip. "I'm okay. My hair will grow again. So please, let go... I need to go home…" She turned around to walk away but Sasuke kept pulling her back.

"L-let me go…" Hinata said in a shaky voice. Sasuke didn't bother saying anything and just held on. She was facing away from him to avoid from looking at him.

"Sasuke-kun please…l-let me go…" Her words were hard to catch on since the sound of her voice disappeared into the background noises of cars and crowds. The moment of silence occurred once again, however it was broken by the sudden sound of short breaths. She started crying and this time, she couldn't stop. Her emotions finally reached to the top; she can no longer hold them. The dam just…broke.

Sasuke just stood there, still holding onto her. Hinata cried as quietly as she could so that Sasuke wouldn't notice it. However, he knew all along.

"I'm an idiot, right?" Hinata asked with a voice that was unclear. She then blinked her eyes a couple of times to clear her vision and smiled to fake her voice into sounding pleasant.

"No one likes me. My father was disappointed in me," she paused as she recalled those times in the past of her father shaking his head in disgust. "Neji-niisan was also disappointed in me…" Flashbacks of Neji's hurtful words back when they were still young occurred to her once again. Hinata then sighed and said, "I'm still weak. I cry. And what's worse…I lost Naruto-kun..." she paused. "All this time I've been hoping he would like me and in the end, it never happened."

That was it. She has been hoping for so long that Naruto would finally acknowledge her, but now that he rejected her, what will she do?

Moments passed and not a word from Sasuke was spoken to her; he just stared at her, thinking deeply about what she said. When she mentioned about her father not acknowledging her, Sasuke started remembering about his unpleasant past with his father as well. They both share the same past, so he completely understands what she was feeling or talking about.

They were still standing under the rooftop, near the bus stop in the rain. Hinata had enough of awkward silences; therefore, she rubbed her eyes and opened her mouth to say that she has to leave. However, Sasuke stroked her hair and gently held a bundle of hair onto his fingertips. Hinata reacted by looking up but she didn't turn to look at Sasuke.

"Idiot…those were all the past," Sasuke abruptly said. "Your cousin acknowledges you now. Your father will eventually do the same thing too," he said as looked deeply into her hair. "You're not weak. You were strong enough bottle up all these feelings for the sake of others…" His voice sounded very deep and reassuring for Hinata to hear. "And that crush of yours, Naruto…" Sasuke paused for a while. He played with Hinata's hair and thought deeply about the next thing he was going to say. "It's..." Sasuke paused once again. "It's too bad that he's blind...blind enough to not notice someone so...amazing," he said as he gripped Hinata's arm tightly and abruptly pulled her to kiss her.

He held her head and gently grasped onto her lovely, dark blue hair. Their kiss was profound and it lasted for a while. He could feel her breath as she inhaled and exhaled in surprise. A sudden gentle gasp of air was needed but he didn't let her go.

That was one kiss.

Sasuke faintly pulled back but kissed her again for a second kiss. His hand rested behind her head to support it. Slowly yet fiercely, he lifted Hinata's head towards his own to deepen the kiss.

Moments later, Sasuke leaned back, still looking at the ground as he was slightly worried about how Hinata would react. Though that didn't matter. Now that he has done it, he had to face what comes next. He then slowly looked back up to perceive the possible emotions she was feeling right now by looking deeply into her lavender eyes.

Hinata stared at him in surprise; however, her expression softened into a very…very… faint smile. The emotions of confusion yet contentedness overwhelmed her which eventually made her eyes fill up with tears once again. To release those tears, Sasuke lifted his hand and gently rubbed the bottom of her eyes with his thumb. Hinata flinched and shut her eyes as she was perplexed by Sasuke's sudden touch on her cheek. It was so gentle. But this was definitely not the same Sasuke she once knew when they met in the beginning. He was very different. She didn't hate it but she was unsure whether this was right. Was this really Sasuke-kun?

In order to make sure Sasuke wasn't doing this just to shut her up, Hinata slowly opened her eyes and looked up at him again. She studied his eyes; his gesture. She saw Sasuke there, staring right back at her, not smiling or saying a word.

They both stared at each other, feeling their breaths sweeping across their faces. Sasuke's expression was very, expressionless; however, that didn't matter because Hinata knew that Sasuke isn't the type to show such emotions. Even though she didn't see a sign of smiling or any other expression, she could feel something in him that tells her: "It's alright." Really, that was just enough for her to understand that Sasuke is indeed, sane and aware of what he's doing.

The wind, soon, blew stronger to a point where the rain drops were forced to dribble on Hinata's face, causing her to shut her eyes. The moment she shut her eyes, she saw a silhouette of Sasuke's head in between the little space of her barely opened eyelids. He raised his chin towards her forehead and kissed it. Slowly, he lowered his head back down to kiss her on the lips again. Hinata went wide-eyed, but soon returned the kiss by closing her eyes and slowing wrapping her arms around Sasuke.

This was their third kiss; a mutual kiss which felt as it has lasted for a life time. Just when did Sasuke started to feel this way? That didn't matter to Hinata though. Not anymore. All that matter is that she could feel his body warmth transferring to hers and honestly, that made her feel alive.

They both slowly leaned back but Hinata deliberately looked at Sasuke in the eyes once again. His dark, black, serene eyes stared right back at her, causing her to shyly bury her face onto his chest. She tightly grasped the back of his shirt and pulled him close. Sasuke rested his chin on top of her head, staring straight ahead of him but thinking deeply about what has just happened.

It was silent, but they didn't mind it at all. Their body warmth was just enough for them to know that they're close enough…close enough to feel each other's heartbeats.