Me: I don't own Naruto at all -_-
Sasuke: yeah, we all know that, cause if you did… you'd be drawing… not writing. and it would probably be on the course of a SasuHina… oh and your favourite characters wouldn't die
Me: you have a point , I really miss-
Sasuke: yeah, I know, now go write the story
Me: I was mourning a while ago! .
Sasuke: I'm sure many people mourned for him, now write
Me: fine, anyway, here is your story guys! :D
Chapter 2:
The bar was filled with noises when they decided to play spin the bottle. There were chattering everywhere. Plates were being laid down on the tables, while people were munching or gulping down food on their plates. Everyone was either busy minding their own business, or were too busy eating to bother to listen. The five girls were all focused on their table… all of their eyes were on the bottle that was spinning…
Stop…
The bottle landed on TenTen, sitting opposite of her was Hinata…
"So," Hinata said, "truth… or dare?"
"Truth." TenTen replied. The three girls smirked at Hinata, and Hinata giggled…
"Well, I too, have been meaning to ask you this, Ten… is it true that… you like my cousin Neji?" she said, eyeing TenTen knowingly. TenTen blushed so hard that it matched Hinata's, they all giggled…
"That's unfair!" she pouted at them, Ino wiped a bit of a tear that formed in the corner of her eye…
"Well, is there ever a time the game truth or dare had been?" Ino said winking at her, TenTen felt Temari nudge her at the side…
"So? What's your answer?" Temari asked her, "Come on Ten, it's just a simple question of yes or no."
"Yeah, Temari's right you know," Ino said taking a sip from her drink, "Just a yes or no." TenTen sighed in defeat…
"Fine, but you won't tell okay?" she said, sounding unsure of her answer…
"Scout's honour." Sakura said, everyone else nodded in agreement. TenTen gulped and said…
"Yes."
"I knew it! Ha, beat that Sakura!" Ino said, while Sakura just slumped on her chair…
"Why?" Hinata asked them, Ino then sip a bit from her drink and then placed it down on the table…
"It was that time where Sakura and I had one of those petty fights, I told Sakura that TenTen might like Neji, but after getting ignored by Neji a couple of times when she said hi, she said TenTen would never fall for that gay." Ino said and took another sip from her drink. Sakura just placed a palm on her forehead…
"I swear Hinata I was just pissed, I really didn't mean it." Hinata just smiled at her and nodded in understanding…
"Of course you didn't, I know. No worries really." Hinata said, and they both just smiled at each other. Temari clasped her hands together and all eyes were on her,
"Okay Ten, spin the bottle." TenTen took a hold of the bottle and spun it around. After sometime, the bottle then stopped on Ino, sitting opposite of her was Sakura, and she smirked deviously at her…
"You are definitely going to pay for what you said earlier." Sakura said glaring at her, Ino smirked back and returned her glare…
"Bring it on."
"Truth… or… dare?"
"Dare." She immediately answered, Sakura blinked three times…
"Well that was easy okay… I want you… to stand on this table, and gather every guy's attention in this place and tell them what kind of guy you would like." Ino just jaw dropped on her…
"You call that a dare?"
"That was the best I could come up with."
"Ugh, you suck at dares Sakura."
"Just shut up and do the freakin' dare pig."
"Hey!"
"Just do the dare Ino!" Temari said, veins already popping out of her forehead, Ino pouted at her and slumped on her chair…
"You are no fun at all Temari."
"You call bickering like kids in front of us fun?"
"Humph." Ino then stood up from her chair and grabbed her glass. She then climbed up on the table and stood up on it. All eyes then noticed her and turned to see what she was going to do. She then cleared her throat…
"Ahem, may I have your attention everyone." she said out loud and everyone did as they were told, all eyes were glued to her, especially the male species. They couldn't take their eyes off of her luscious body. She wore a black, short fitting skirt that you could clearly see the form of her butt. Her top was a spaghetti strap purple blouse, that showed a great deal of her cleavage, now that her lab coat was now gone…
"Okay, now that I have your attention, who among the males in this place is still single?" almost every guys hands shot up through the air, except for Sasuke of course, who just ignored her and her announcement. He really just wanted to finish his drink. Ino saw him paying her no heed, and then went back down on the table. She then proceeded to walk towards him, who was of course still eyeing his drink…
"Hey Sasuke-kun." She greeted, he just nodded in acknowledgement. "Why aren't you raising your hand?"
"Not interested." He replied plainly, taking another sip from his drink…
"Well, I didn't ask whoever was interested now didn't I?" she said, "I asked whoever was still single… unless of course you are in a secret relationship that we haven't heard about." She said, smirking flirtatiously at him. He sighed and placed his drink down, and raised his hand…
"Happy?" he grumbled, he should have never agreed to go to this bar tonight…
"Most certainly!" she squealed, he just rolled his eyes…
"Just finish your announcement and hurry." He grunted, she pouted but smiled at him…
"Okay!" she then went back to her table and he placed his hand back down. "Well, as you all might be curious about, I too am single." She heard some whistles around the room and a few yes's. "Well, I am currently looking for a guy that is not a coward. That's all… and most preferably sweet and good looking okay?" she said winking at the crowd, she heard some approval from the crowd…
"Oh and by the way, the name's Yamanaka Ino, so if you are planning to court me you can always buy flowers at my shop." she added and sat quickly back down. Once she was seated, the bar went back to being noisy and minded their own businesses once again. Sakura rolled her eyes at her. "What?" she asked Sakura…
"You practically made it more general… like you made your type a Sasuke-type." Sakura said, Ino just shrugged the comment off…
"Well, Sasuke is my type. Plus, I bet that people will come to my flower shop tomorrow."
"That will never happen." Sakura retorted…
"You're just jealous because Sasuke-kun didn't talk to you today." She replied and then took the bottle and spun it. It then stopped right at Hinata. Hinata blushed, and Temari spoke…
"Truth or dare?" Ino pouted…
"I wanted to ask her."
"Well that sucks because I asked her first." Temari then looked back at Hinata, "So?"
"Hm," she thought for a bit, dare could be exciting, on the other hand, she might be tasked to do something embarrassing, but truth… probably a much safer choice, "I choose truth." She said and smiled at them. Temari thought for a little while…
"You know, we really don't know what you see in Naruto… so if Naruto did not exist… what type of guy would you have preferred?" Temari asked her. That left Hinata thinking. If Naruto did not exist… then what would she have preferred? If she would answer someone with a blonde hair, and an energetic personality then that would exactly mean Naruto, right? So she thought about it more, she then straightened up…
"If he did not exist at all… then maybe I would have preferred someone quite private, sweet, strong… and of course good looking." She said blushing…
"Private? Why the hell do you want someone private?" Temari asked, Hinata just fidgeted, she was beginning to feel quite uncomfortable…
"Well… I don't know, I think I just like it better if he and I have a lot of time just for the two of us." She replied blushing profusely at them, and still continued to fidget more. Temari decided to end her agony, seeing how her question was making Hinata quite uncomfortable…
"Alright, spin the bottle Hina." Temari said, Hinata nodded at her and did as she was told. The bottle then stopped at Sakura…
"Dare." She quickly said…
"I didn't even get to ask you yet." Ino quickly said
"You're still going to ask it anyway."
"Humph," Ino said, sticking her tongue out at Sakura…
"Fine, kiss Naruto on the cheek if you would give him a chance if Sasuke didn't exist!" she dared. Sakura's eyes widened at her dare…
"Tha-that's n-not fair!" Sakura said…
"Unless of course you are too chicken that he'll reject you." Ino said smirking at her…
"Am not!"
"Prove it… do the dare."
"Fine!" Sakura hissed, and stood up, and started to make her way towards Naruto, but then something struck Sakura, and smirked to herself, "Just so you know Ino… if Hinata gets hurt then it's all on you." She said, smirking at Ino. Ino's eyes widened and slammed her palm at her forehead…
"Shoot… I'm sorry, you know what let's just change it to truth." Ino offered, and Sakura nodded…
"So?"
"Yeah, maybe I would… but Sasuke exists, so don't worry Hina, I won't steal Naruto from you." Sakura said winking at Hinata, who blushed. As Sakura and Ino continued to bicker, she couldn't help but notice the table where Naruto sat. He finally achieved his dream… he was finally recognized by everyone in the village, and he even got to follow his father's footsteps. Sure, he and she had some times together, but it was still not enough for him to finally see her more than just a friend… he still has his eyes on Sakura.
"Okay, so do you have a thing for teachers then?" TenTen, asked Temari. They both were having a chat, since of course, the game truth or dare was already forgotten, and Sakura and Ino were already getting into a heated fight…
"Yeah, a bit… I think, you see back when I was in high school I had a crush on one of my teachers."
"What happened?"
"I failed."
"Eh?"
"Uh-huh," Temari said taking a sip from her drink, "I only focused on him, not really on his lessons, so…" she finished and gulped down the rest of her drink…
"Rough year I suppose." TenTen said, Temari just nodded. Hinata just proceeded to look at the other table and steal glances at Naruto. Of course, she failed to see Sasuke stealing glances at her too…
He was seated somewhere between Naruto, and Sai. And if he looked directly straight up ahead of him, he would have a clear view of Hinata. He knew she was looking at Naruto, who was busy whining about having to have to go to Ichiraku's while eating Chouji's barbecue at the same time. Sasuke just rolled his eyes at them, and his glass had gotten another refill. He looked at the source of the drink and saw it was Neji who poured over some drink on his glass…
"I really shouldn't be drinking too much." He said to Neji
"I know." Neji said, and poured some to his own glass…
"Then why did you give me more?"
"Because you haven't had too much yet."
"And you would know because?"
"I use to work for the police too Sasuke, until Hinata pleaded for me to stop because she fears for my safety."
"I know, you used to examine drivers for alcohol consumption yeah?"
"That's right."
"What's so dangerous about that?"
"The drunkards would never admit they drank too much alcohol… that made them more aggressive towards me… they always do."
"You were just doing your job."
"Apparently… our job has many occupational hazards." Neji said, and finally took a sip from his drink. Sasuke finally took his glass and decided to just drink one more glass…
"Okay, just one more." He said, and finally drank. Neji seemed please, "So… what happened?" he asked him
"Hm?" Neji said, unsure what he was asking about…
"Why did Hinata fear for your safety?"
"Oh that, quite of a long story… almost got me killed you see. You were at Otogakure that time. That was when I quit."
"No wonder I never saw you around the station. But I did look at your records, that's how I knew you quit."
"Have you looked further at my documents then?"
"No, I got called for duty so when I came back I forgot about that." Neji just nodded. All of a sudden Sasuke's phone rang, "Excuse me." Sasuke said and got up from his chair and walked outside of the noisy bar. Once he was out, he took his phone out of his pocket and looked at the caller ID…
Itachi…
"Hello?" Sasuke said, once he answered the call…
"She said yes." Itachi said quite enthusiastically
"Who said yes?" he asked a bit confused
"Hana."
"Kiba's sister?" he asked
"Hai."
"You finally popped the question then?" he asked in an amused tone.
"Yeah… where are you?"
"At Chouji's barbecue… why?" there was a long pause before Itachi had spoken up once again
"Help me out bro… otousama's gonna have a fit once I break the news to them." He said, and Sasuke immediately knew what he meant. From the start their father was against the relationship, but Itachi went to pursue the relationship anyway because he loved her that he was willing to break free from his family. Of course, Sasuke was a bit offended of his brother's choice but he had to accept that sooner or later he would have to part with Itachi… so he took his brother's side…
"I'm certain he would… no worries, I've got your back." He said, determined to support his brother, like he always does…
"You always have… somehow I wish I have your back whenever otousama intervenes with you and your affairs."
"Sigh, you are the one who always had my back. I'm on my way Itachi."
"Thanks." And he hung up on him. Sasuke sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He went back inside and saw that they were still having some fun. And it seemed as if, Kiba still had not gotten the news. He didn't have to worry about it, he's quite certain that when he comes back home, his sister will tell him. He made his way to the table, and gulped down the rest of his drink…
"Yo Sasuke, what took you so long?" Naruto asked him, he just shrugged at him…
"Later guys, something came up back at the house." Naruto pouted…
"Something always comes up at your family Sasuke, tell me what in the world is your family problems about anyway?" Sasuke just held Naruto's gaze, although he did not utter a single word, Naruto got the message. This was the sole reason why he still stuck up with Naruto… aside from his brother, Naruto could understand him…
"Alright, I get it." Naruto said and finally made him leave, just as he was about to go, his wrist was grabbed by Neji. He raised his brows at him…
"Nani?"
"I'm going home late tonight; I still have to finish some things at the dojo… could you accompany Hinata to the manor?" Neji said. As much as he would like to decline, he was in a hurry and found it quite troublesome to not accept the request. Besides, the Hyuga manor and the Uchiha mansion somehow lived nearby… even if they do reside in each opposite side of a street; he still considered it as close.
"Alright, but you owe me."
"Arigatou." And he finally let go of him. Sasuke saw that Hinata was already waiting right by the door, and he made his way towards her…
"Going already Hyuga?" he asked, still looking for his keys, she looked at him and blushed, she nodded. Once he finally found his car keys in his coat pocket, he took her small hand gently and tugged her along…
"Come on."
"A-ano, I-I'm going home w-with-"
"Neji, I know, he asked me to take you home since he has to go back to the dojo for something."
"A-ah, I-I see, well then y-you don't have to I can go by myself." She said, he stopped right beside his car and looked at her…
"Are you serious?"
"Ex-excuse me?" she asked rather confused at him…
"Look, I know you are shy and can probably handle yourself but every once in a while Hyuga, give yourself some credit because then you might actually figure out why Neji wouldn't let you walk home alone." He said and seated her inside his car. Hinata just sighed in defeat, even if she knew that Neji just wanted to make sure she gets home safely, she still couldn't quite understand Sasuke…
'Give myself some credit because then I'll understand why Neji-nii wants me to go home with a bodyguard?' she thought, 'What does that even mean?'
"Something troubling you Hyuga?" Sasuke asked her, eyes still looking at the road…
"I just can't figure out what you are trying to say Sasuke-kun." She said meekly, at this Sasuke looked at her. He looked back once again at the road…
"You'll find out soon." He then finally saw the Hyuga manor, "Well here's your stop." He said and pulled over. Hinata unstrapped herself from the seatbelt. Once she got out she bid Sasuke goodbye and he just nodded. Once he was sure she was in already, he left and continued to the Uchiha mansion. Sometimes Hinata was so naïve, he thought…
He finally reached the Uchiha mansion and got greeted by one of the maids in the house. He got in and went directly to his own room to wash-up. Besides, Itachi still wasn't home. After he got out from the bathroom he got dressed and plopped himself down on the bed. His body was aching with all the cases that kept coming in the office earlier. Missing cats, stolen jewels and all, hell there was even a gang war that happened two blocks away from the station, luckily it only reached to severely injure…
He decided to get a little nap, but after that there was a knock on his door…
"What?" he asked not interested nor did he bother to let the maid come in…
"Fugaku-sama would like to have a word with you in his office Sasuke-sama." The maid answered, he groaned…
'Just when I decided to get some eye shut.' He then got up from bed, "Tell him I'll be down in a sec." once he heard the footsteps go away, he stood up from his bed and got out of his room. He proceeded downstairs and knocked on his father's office door…
"Come in." he faintly heard from the other side. He turned the knob and found his father on his desk, reading some papers…
"Ah Sasuke, you're finally here." His father said, looking up finally from the papers he was reading. His father motioned for him to sit down and he walked in and sat on the chair in front of his father's desk. He wondered what it was this time, but whatever it was, he wished it would be quick so that he would be able to take some nap already…
"You must be wondering why I called you here." His father started
"Yeah, and I am wishing it'll be quick." He replied, his father sighed, and took off his glasses
"Have you ever thought about-" but before he could finish, Mikoto burst in the office directly. And Sasuke once again found himself thanking his mother for saving him from a talk with his father…
"What is it Mikoto?" Fugaku said, his wife beamed at him…
"Itachi is back, and he said he has some good news. He wants to have an audience with you." Mikoto said, and pulled Sasuke up from the chair and led him outside, leaving Fugaku alone in his office. He sighed and got up from his chair. Somehow he had a feeling that tonight would not end well. He then finally walked out of his office and proceeded to go to the living room where he found his family already seated at the sofa…
"So, what's the good news?" Fugaku said once he reached the living room. He then sat himself beside Mikoto and took her hand in his. His wife just smiled at him sweetly and rested her head on his shoulders. He turned to look at his two sons; Sasuke was seated right behind his father and was now currently eating a tomato that he probably took from the kitchen. Itachi on the other hand was seated right in front of them…
"Well, what is this good news you wish to tell us Itachi?" Fugaku asked, his attention now fully on his eldest son…
"Well, I finally asked Hana to marry me." He said smiling, Mikoto gasped…
"She said yes?" he just nodded at her, Mikoto squealed and clasped her hands together. She then went towards Itachi and kissed both of his cheeks, "I'm so happy for you! So when is the wedding?" she asked him…
"We are still planning that out." He said, Mikoto hugged him once again. Sasuke now came behind him and patted him at the back. Fugaku just said there on the couch, his fists clenched. Itachi then looked at him. Fugaku finally stood up and looked at Itachi…
"Seems like I have no say in it… I'll be in my office." He said and finally turned away from them. Itachi then felt a hand on his shoulder, it was Mikoto's…
"Go talk to him." She said, smiling gently at him, "I'm sure he would understand."
"I beg to differ." Sasuke said and turned away, headed for the kitchen again. Mikoto just sighed and turned back to Itachi, gesturing him to follow his father before she walked after Sasuke. Itachi took a deep breath and went towards his father's office. He could hear his mother scolding Sasuke for being the sole reason why they run out of tomatoes earlier than expected. He finally reached his father's door and knocked on it gently three times. He heard then a faint 'come in'. He opened the door and saw his father rubbing his temples on the table…
"Are you okay?" he asked his father. Fugaku finally looked up and saw him…
"If you call finding out my son would settle down with a low kind of girl okay, then yes I am okay." He said, "What possessed you to even go that far Itachi?"
"I thought you'd be more willing now… we've been through this before otousama, I love her."
"You just can't throw everything away just for some girl." He hissed
"She's not just any girl-"
"There are more suitable girls."
"I'm sure there are… but none of them like her. Besides, I am not going to throw everything away."
"Really? Are you sure?" he said, "Girls like her would be clingy… sooner or later she'll demand that you give up your position!"
"Is that what you are worried about?" Itachi said, "Me leaving the job? Whatever choice I make is mine alone! Don't you ever forget that."
"You marry her and our relationship will never be the same!"
"It doesn't matter… I'd rather lose my job than lose her." Itachi then started to leave the office but before he could get out, he heard Fugaku say…
"Would you then rather lose me than her?" Itachi whipped his head around and came face to face with him once more. He could see that his father was offended, but so was he. How could his father… his own flesh and blood ask him to choose between two persons that he loves? Itachi didn't feel like answering the question, so he left it unanswered and went to his room. Fugaku sat back down on his chair and rubbed his temples once more. The phone then rang…
"Hello?" he said as he picked it up…
"Well?" said the person on the other line…
"I haven't told him yet."
"You better make sure that nothing in this arrangement of ours will change, or I'm pulling out my offer."
"Is there no other way?" he asked, quite hoping there was…
"There are always other ways Uchiha-san, but marriage is more certain. Goodbye." And the person hung up on Fugaku. Once again, Fugaku found the night more depressing than the rest of the nights he had had. Why did it have to be tonight? Why did Itachi have to ask his girlfriend for a wedding now that he knows what was coming? Was it to prevent him from having the deal? If he would not accept then his police force would surely be weak. They had advance weapons; their medicines were effective and faster than their own. If he would deny them of this union, then they would have war up on their sleeves…
"What am I going to do with you?" he said to himself and looked outside of his window. It was getting late; he probably should get some rest and leave everything else for tomorrow…
(~L~) the next day
Hinata woke up when she heard her alarm. She then begrudgingly reached out for it and slammed it quiet. Once it was off, she rolled over and laid flat on her back on the bed and stared at the ceiling…
'Great… I'll never be able to get back to sleep now.' She thought. She was supposed to sleep in late today; after all, it was her day off. She then sat up from her bed and walked towards her bathroom. Once she finally discarded all of her clothes she then stepped inside her shower and let the water flow down on her. Once she was done taking a bath, she got clothed and went downstairs for some breakfast. She was greeted by an empty table…
She sighed and made her way to the refrigerator and scanned its contents. Once her eyes landed on a plastic container she opened it and took two cinnamon rolls and placed them on a plate. She then went towards the microwave and heated it. Once it was done, she started to eat. Once she was finished she went and brushed her teeth and went out of the manor.
She breathed in the fresh air once she had stepped foot outside the gates and decided to go for a morning stroll. She passed by the Uchiha mansion and noted that it was awfully quiet… then again, it always was. The Uchihas had always been private despite of being in charge of the police force. They always kept to themselves, even with all the cases they've been handling. She was quite amazed that they were still able to maintain a quiet life despite all the danger they were going through…
She shook her head and decided to continue on her stroll, which was until she caught a sudden movement on the corner of her eye on the second floor of the Uchiha mansion. When she turned to look, she didn't see anything at all. She thought it odd, but proceeded to go anyway. Once she passed the Uchiha mansion, she failed to see to black eyes staring at her as she was walking away…
Sasuke had woken up at three in the morning. He didn't know why he woke up that early, but when he tried to sleep once again, he couldn't go back to sleep. So he just stared out of his window for almost two hours until he saw Hinata walking on the pavement. Funny, he always thought on day offs she would sleep in late. Then his phone rang, he groaned in frustration…
'What is it this time?' he said and walked away from the window. He then picked up his phone on the desk and looked at the caller ID…
Juugo…
He sighed and picked it up, and walked back to the window. She was already walking away…
"What is it Juugo?" he said through the phone
"I'm sorry to trouble you this early Sasuke-sama, but about that case on the gang war yesterday…"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"The folks of the teens are demanding that they should be handled…"
"Handled as…"
"Hai, they want them to be imprisoned." Sasuke ran a hand through his hair and pinched the bridge on his nose. If the parents of the teens in the first place didn't want their kids being sent to a hospital then they should have kept a closer watch on them…
"How old are they anyway?" he asked
"Around 18 or so…"
"As of now, we'll get them under house arrest, maybe that'll knock some sensed in them, and maybe with the parents as well."
"Hai… ano, there is also the matter of the press…"
"What about them?"
"They wanna interview the involved people."
"The people are in the ICU for serious injuries! No they will not get an interview until we get to interrogate them, got it?"
"Hai."
"Well then proceed." And he hung up. The press were really getting on his nerves always, they don't know when they would stop and start. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair and decided that maybe he won't be able to get that desired day off now…
He then got out of his room and went downstairs. He opened the fridge, and scanned the contents. He growled when he remembered that yesterday he ate the last tomato. He closed it and took out his car keys. He then went to the garage and started his engine and then drove out of the Uchiha mansion. He was going to the station and does some more filing and was going to make sure that the press would forget all about the gang war yesterday.
As he arrived at the Uchiha Police Station, the guard on duty opened up the gates and allowed him to enter. He parked his car and went straight inside the building. He proceeded to his office and was greeted by Suigetsu who was sitting on his chair drinking coffee and Juugo over the phone taking down notes. Suigetsu noticed his presence and stood up from the chair, still drinking his coffee. Sasuke made his way behind his desk and sat on the chair and started reading the reports that were on his desk.
"How's it going?" he asked them both
"Hectic." Suigetsu plainly replied to him
"How could it not be? You've been sitting all this time." Sasuke said, still reading the reports. Suigetsu just shrugged his shoulders.
"I've been in here for a while handling the phone calls until Juugo came with a bunch of folders." He replied and took another sip from his coffee, "Besides, I mostly finish the easy cases so…"
"I'm left with the difficult ones." Sasuke replied and started sorting out on his desk. Juugo was finally done with the phone call and turned to them. Juugo got the cup of coffee on sasuke's desk and drank it…
"I thought it was your day off?" he asked Sasuke. Sasuke just nodded at them…
"Then why the hell are you on duty?" Suigetsu asked him in awe. Sasuke still didn't look up from his papers…
"Can't sleep, besides if I hadn't come today, then there'd be loads of cases to be handled by tomorrow, and I know that Suigetsu is a bit lazy to handle them." Suigetsu nodded in agreement and now turned around headed for the door…
"Oh and by the way Sasuke," Suigetsu said before he completely got out, "We need one more personnel in this team of yours." Suigetsu said. Sasuke then stopped all the paperwork, and ran both of his hands through his hair. Juugo just came up beside him and placed a hand at his shoulder…
"You had breakfast yet?" he shook his head, "What do you want then? I'll send someone to get breakfast for you." He said. Sasuke stopped for a while and then answered…
"Tomatoes." He said. Juugo just nodded and then left his office. Yep, that's all Sasuke definitely needed…
Tomatoes…
(~L~) later that day
Hinata had been walking around the village and so far there was still nothing that she thought was interesting. She decided to go and grab some lunch first. It was already noon, so she then turned towards the nearest food stall there was…
Ichiraku's Ramen…
She smiled and sat on one of its stools and ordered some miso ramen. After some time, the bowl was already in front of her and she started to eat. She wondered where she should go next… to the hospital? No, she's on a day off, so she should have this day all to herself for now. How about Konoha University? No, it's still very early to pick Hanabi up from school… the park then perhaps? Yes… that'll be perfect!
After she finished the ramen and paid for it, she then started making her way towards the park. It was good that today had a good weather, or it'll be too hot or too cold for her liking. Once she reached the park she went near the edge and watched the beach. People were having fun and swimming on it. She smiled for a while, until the noise around her started to be loud. There were many people now, which indicated that they may already be on lunch break.
She moved to a more secluded place and ended up in the mini forest in the park. It was surrounded by trees, but it was beautiful and very peaceful. She then decided to stay there for some time until Hanabi was going home already. As she was going to sit down on the ground she heard some footsteps nearby. She turned around and met a pair of black eyes…
"Sasuke-kun… you startled me." She said, blushing a bit. Sasuke just shrugged at her and then sat down on the ground and leaned on the tree. She did the same, but sat opposite from him…
"So… what brings you here Sasuke-kun?" she asked him, he just shrugged once again at her and took something out from his paper bag… it was a tomato…
"Lunch?" she asked him hesitantly he nodded and munched on it quietly… he seemed to be enjoying it, and wondered how many tomatoes were in his bag. He continued to eat and she just decided to close her eyes. It was clear that the Uchiha wasn't one to talk too much unless there was a need for it…
"How about you?" he said out of blue, she opened her eyes and looked at him, "How about you? What brings you here?" he repeated. She just shrugged at him…
"I guess it was the scenery…" she said and looked around. He just nodded at her and crumpled the paper bag which was now empty. He then stood up from his position and looked at his watch…
"You heading home afterwards Hyuga?" she paused for a while and nodded at him. He then nodded at her once again, "Any other things you are supposed to do then?" he asked her, she shook her head…
"Well then, let's get going." He said and offered a hand to her, she accepted it hesitantly…
"Ano… don't you have work?" she asked him, he shrugged his shoulders at her again…
"It's my day off." He said and they both walked towards the parking area. She got in the passenger's seat and he got in the driver's seat. The drive all the way home was quiet, and Hinata was getting uncomfortable. This was the second time that she found herself riding home inside Sasuke's car. She wondered how she ended up inside it anyway when she was planning on meeting Hanabi outside of her school…
She looked inside the car and saw the clock… it was almost time for Hanabi to return home. Maybe she should just wait for Hanabi to come home. Once they reached her home she bid Sasuke goodbye and thanked him for the ride home. Once Sasuke was out of sight she then went inside the gates and got greeted by the guards. She made her way inside the house and up to her room. She then decided to take a nice warm bath and get dinner ready…
After she git her clothes on, she went down stairs and got greeted by her cousin Neji…
"Hey." He greeted and gulped down his water, Hinata nodded and smiled at him, "How's day off?" he asked
"It was nice."
"I see…" he said and poured more water to his glass. Hinata then started to open some cupboards, looking for something to cook. Once she got all her ingredients ready, she started to cook them. Neji just sat down at the table and continued to drink more water…
(~L~) Konoha University
School had been boring once again for Hanabi, but she was lucky that she got to talk with Konohamaru today. She smiled to herself as she remembered the talk that they had at lunch. As she was fixing her locker she felt someone behind her. She quickly turned around and saw Konohamaru…
"Aw man, I was going to surprise you." He whined, she just chuckled at him and turned back to her locker…
"So, what do you need?" she asked him, he just shrugged his shoulders…
"There's a new opening of an amusement park tomorrow and Moegi and Udon are busy so… I just wanted to ask you if you are free then maybe we could go there." He said nonchalantly, she blushed a bit at the thought that he wanted her to go with him…
"Yeah, sure." She replied, refusing to look at him still, but she felt him smile at her reply…
"Okay!" he cheered, "Let's walk back home shall we, ice princess?" he said. Suddenly all her good mood disappeared at the mention of her famous nickname. She turned around with a book in hand and whacked him in the head…
"Seriously," she said clenching the book, "I don't know why I put up with you at all." She stated and dragged him by the collar…
Me: There you go! A happy and prosperous New Year to you all guys! Oh, and let me greet Gai-sensei a happy happy birthday!
Gai-sensei:-tears rolling down his face- oh what a youthful greeting! Arigatou gozaimashita hpnarutardsjedipirate1234!
Sasuke: yeah, yeah, whatever… remember your whole year is packed with schedules
Me: ToT I know! Anyway please review and tell me what you think!
