Author's Note: Uh…yeah…as to why I'm continuing a ONE shot…the reason is…I can't count. Actually, I haven't written anything in ages…and this kinda flowed out without thinking about it (although that kinda worries me…) Oh! Inspired by an anonymous review left by kai cham that made me wonder how the girls would react after the 'incident.'
Based off the fact that the genius in my class was, additionally a bad nurse.
One thing that is very, very convenient about geniuses is that they never malfunction. And when they do, they repair themselves immediately. So the day after the horrible malfunctioning of the universe that resulted in Uchiha Sasuke's cold, the twelve-year-old Avenger (with a capital "A" that made it sound more dramatic) was sitting in his seat, fully recovered from his one-day stuffy nose.
And all of it was due to the help of the amazing new patented Hinata treatment! Well, Sasuke wasn't sure about the patented part. Or new. After all, Naruto had been sick before lots of times, and that meant Hinata had given the dobe the same healing ointment dozens of times…
Absentmindedly, Sasuke noticed that he had broken his pencil into two neat halves. Oh well. Genius prodigies were allowed to be wasteful, weren't they?
Considering the number of stares he got from the class, apparently not. And if the shocked squeals from the girls meant anything, definitely not. Although really, everything Sasuke did made his fan girls scream. Flip a page in the textbook, and "Yay, Sasuke-kun!!!" Still, the class kept staring at him. How annoying.
"Sasuke-kun, is there anything wrong?" Iruka asked.
"Oh! Iruka-sensei, I know why he's angry!" Sakura spoke.
"Really?"
"Yup! I can tell because we're soul mates!"
Sasuke refused to acknowledge such an absurd statement. For one thing, all the other girls in the class were doing a nice job of denying it for him.
"He's angry because yesterday, when you were absent and Kakashi-sensei didn't show up, Hinata was rude enough to touch Sasuke's face!"
Sasuke struggled to keep his face emotionless. Don't react, don't react…darn it, he was blushing!
And surprisingly, Naruto saved the day.
"WHAT? Hinata-chan wouldn't be interested in Sasuke-teme! I know for a fact that she doesn't like anyone!"
...Idiot.
Ignoring Naruto, Iruka glanced at the Uchiha. "Is that really why you're angry, Sasuke?"
"Pft. I'm just brooding."
"Oh." Brooding was completely acceptable behavior for a genius. Moving on.
Wait a minute. Hinata was absent? 0-0 Maybe she was…sick?
"Wait, Iruka-sensei!"
"Yes, Naruto?"
"Hinata's absent. Don'tcha think she might be sick?" Naruto asked worriedly. In the background, Sasuke gave a brief scowl.
"Yes. I'd forgotten about it, but a Hyuga stopped by earlier. Apparently, she's taken sick leave. I guess this means one of you should take her her homework. And flowers, I suppose. After all, Hinata's never been absent from school before. I imagine it must be somewhat depressing for her," Iruka thought aloud.
"So," Iruka continued, "are there any volunteers to go visit Hinata-chan for the class?"
Ino usually volunteers for arranging this sort of stuff, Sasuke thought. Unfortunately, Ino was much too busy drawing a picture of what seemed to be a stick figure version of her and Sasuke together with a Hinata left out in the corner to raise her hand.Sakura was out, for similar reasons.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes as he saw Naruto's hand beginning to inch up.
With a lightning speed, Sasuke raised his own hand up.
"Sasuke-kun? You want to go visit Hinata-chan?" Iruka asked, vaguely surprised.
"What? Iruka-sensei, don't tell me you're really gonna let Sasuke-teme go visit Hinata-chan! He'd probably make her feel even worse!" Naruto objected.
Dobe.
"Sasuke-kun raised his hand. It's only fair to let him go, seeing as nobody else volunteered first."
For the second time that class period, Sasuke felt everyone's stares on him. It made sense, too. Geniuses don't get concerned over other people's health.
But maybe, Sasuke thought, glancing at the dobe with a triumphant smirk, it wouldn't be a bad idea to visit the Hyuga manor to see whether his shy classmate was okay.
Author's Note: Um…this is the part where I'm supposed to ask for reviews, I guess. But then…everyone that reviewed the last chapter was extremely kind, so…I'm pretty satisfied right now. (But again, if you leave even a one-word review, I shall heart you. Which means I now heart over 38 people. :D)
