I wake up to the sound of a lark singing it's sad song outside my bedroom window.
I sit up and rub my eyes tiredly, I didn't have a good nights rest.
I kept waking up for nightmares and... other things.
As I stand up I stretch and let out a big yawn then slowly make my way, still in my night clothes mind you, to the kitchen area.
Our house is the biggest but only Father, Hanabi, Neji and I live here.
Its a good thing to, if the rest of the family saw me like this they would die from concern.
When I stumble threw the doors, Neji is already at the stove frying bacon and making scrambled eggs at the same time.
He looks at me from the corner of his eye and smiles "Good morning princess! Is bacon and eggs alright? It's all I could find in the fridge." He explains as I sit down at the large sit in island in the middle of the kitchen.
"I don't care as long as its food Nii-san." I mumbled as I rest my head on my folded arms, closing my eyes trying to get my thoughts in order.
My nose twitches as something that smells yummy is placed up it.
I shoot up like a rocket and start digging in on Neji Hyuuga's infamous cooking.
Neji will never admit it but he loves cooking, and I warn you never get in his way OR ELSE.
Just as I was heading for seconds, Hanabi burst threw the door and throws herself around my waist.
"Nee-chan it's so good to see your messy, bed headed self in the mornings once more!" she squeals then rushes off to get some of the food before I eat it all.
I smile "Its nice to see you to imoto-chan, in all your bed head glory also."
She shoots me a playful glare then reaches under Neji's arm to get some freshly fried bacon.
He gives her the evil eye then sighs and continues to make breakfast for our family.
I bet you the girl he marries will be the luckiest woman alive.
"Good morning everyone! I was just stopping in to tell you that I have a meeting to go to in Suna today and I wont be back for a few days ok?" Haishi stated as he walked in grabbing the toast that Hanabi had made.
I turned and smiled at him "Good morning Father. What is the meeting about?" Hanabi starts coughing from eating to fast so I pat her back gently.
He looks at me suspiciously, raising one eyebrow as he answers "Its about a diplomatic trade between the Hyuuga clan and the Suna ANBU. The Kazekage, Gaara, I believe that you two have meet before?"
I stop chewing and swallow that egg I had been chewing whole.
Gaara, the kid who had killed two of the contestants at the chunin exams with out blinking, was going to negotiate a trade with Father.
"What kind of trade?" Neji asked as he sat down on my left.
Father stood up straight and started to get that look in his eye, the look that meant something serious.
"A trade for the top Hyuuga fighters to train Suna's ANBU, and Suna to become allies with the clan, on one condition I'm afraid." he said sadly looking from Hanabi to me.
He took a deep breath before continuing "The Kazekage is looking to marry...he...he wants to marry someone from the clan, some one strong. Some one who knows anything and everything on our blood line trait."
I felt the color drain out of my skin "Its me isn't it?" I asked in a voice that sounded that of a scared four year old.
Slowly Father nodded.
The sky blue walls started to spin, "Hinata!" I heard Father and Neji call out together, then everything went dark.
I could tell that I had been out for a while, the bowl of warm water on the bed side table and the fading light coming threw the window was a dead give away.
Father had already left, left to arrange my ...my marriage.
My head spun as I sat up, I rested my hand over my eyes.
"How are you feeling?" A voice came from the window.
"Oh!" I gasped as I opened my eyes to see Sasuke climbing threw the window.
"U-U-Uchiha-san!" I exclaimed, all he did was smirk at me and then repeated his words again.
I blushed remembering my current state of dress.
"Why are you here?" I asked as I cautiously got out of bed then walked, half ran to the dresser, picking the first clothes that my hands feel upon.
I heard him chuckle, "What? I can't see a friend once in a while?" Hold the phone when did he ever consider me a friend?
I was about to throw that statement at him, but I caught my tongue just in time.
"Uchiha-san, you aren't supposed to be here, now please with you leave my room before I call Neji nii-san down here. I'll giver you ten seconds." Normally I would have welcomed him in, tea, cake the whole shebang, but right now I was half naked and flustered.
He smiled "Why? Aren't you glad to see me, Hinata-san?" ...Did he just add an honorific to my name? Ok now I know somethings wrong.
"Ten."
He gave me the 'Oh no you don't' bad boy look, it started to freak me out.
"Nine."
He started taking slow steps towards me.
"Eight."
Now every time he took a step forward I took one step backwards, one step closer to the safety of the bathroom.
"S-Seven." Darn, I'm so flustered that now my stutter decides to return.
"Six."
Ok, two more steps then your in the bathroom girl, just remember that there is a dead bolt on the door.
I'm glad that I requested that, pervy neighborhood kids would sneak in when I was in the shower and steal my clothes.
"Five."
Yes! I jump in the door, slam it shut then lock it. I step back and sit on the lid of the toilet waiting for him to go away.
"Four." I say confidently. Ah how I love this bathroom.
"Thre- mhemmgh!" Sasuke had appeared behind me and clamped a had over my mouth.
"Now that's not very nice Hinata-san. Threatening your guest like that! I thought that you had more manners than that." I could hear the laugh in his voice.
I couldn't answer so I just sat there like a rag doll waiting for him to leave.
To my immense surprise he took his hand back and turned me around to look at him.
"I just wanted to talk to you." he said with a hint of hurt in his voice, he looked like a puppy who had just been scolded.
Even though I tried I just couldn't resist those puppy eyes.
"Oh, Ok. What did you want to talk about?" I asked, his sad expression soon turned happy as I relaxed.
He put a finger to his chin, as if he were trying to think of something, "I guess, I wanted to talk about you."
I raised and eye brow, questioning his motives.
He blushed a like pink, but it showed up pretty well on his milky white skin.
"No,No nothing like that it." He looked at the ground, as if the patterns in the floor tile were suddenly quite interesting.
"It just seemed like you needed someone to talk to, I know you have Ino but let's face it, she tend to let stuff slip a lot." He looked up and smiled at me, now it was my turn to blush.
"Thank you Uchiha-san, but I'm really,positively sure that I" memories of the other day when I found out about Naruto cheating on me came flooding back to my mind.
"Absolutely." How Sasuke had stood up for me was also fresh in my mind also.
"Fine." I chocked out before I started to bawl.
Sasuke looked like he didn't know what to do.
Something flashed in his onyx eyes, then he held me in his arms, sitting me on his lap like a child as I cried my heart out.
"Ssshhhhhhh. You'll be fine, I'm here. Tell me everything." He cooed, like a mother trying to calm down a child who had just fallen and scraped his knee.
I could feel my wet tears start to soak his shirt, but he didn't seem to mind, and it felt good to know that someone cared.
Slowly my crying reseeded and I could talk with out sobbing.
"Its just that, I thought that he loved me. The way he looked at me and how his face looked when I held his hand. I just can't believe that he would cheat on me. With one of my friends no less!" I said wiping my eyes with a tissue that Sasuke had handed me.
Sasuke nodded and listen to the rest, never once interrupting, he really is a good listener.
When I was finished he spoke up "I can't say I know how you feel Hinata-san. I haven't ever had my heart broken...well once but you know about that. I know how it feels to lose someone you love, but not in the same way you have. My family died, you lost Naruto to a pink haired slut. But remember that I will do what ever is in my power to help you with this."
I felt the tears swell again, it might not be poetic but at least I had someone to go to who wont repeat anything.
"Thank you Uchiha-san." I said smiling.
"Sasuke."
I looked at him confused as he said his name. Of course I knew it.
Who didn't?
He shook his head "Just call me Sasuke. Uchiha-san makes me sound like I'm 50."
I smile at him "Ok Sasuke-s...I mean Sasuke-kun." Hm once you said it you get used to it.
"Good, now what do you want to do?" he said motioning towards the door.
I blush when I realize that I really don't want to leave the position that I'm in.
I'm cold, so that's why I must want to stay there. Yup that's the reason.
I try to stand up but his arms trap me against the side of his body.
"Sasuke-kun" I look at the clock on the wall "Its 9:30, I have curfew at ten."
He sighed and let go of me, standing up and unlocking the door.
I was about to walk out when suddenly the ground under my feet was gone.
Sasuke had once again swept me up in his arms and carefully carried me threw the door frame and towards the window.
I was blushing tomato red at this time "S-Sasuke-kun, put me down!" I yelped as he walked to the window.
He just rolled his eyes "Don't worry we're not leaving the grounds, I just want to take you up on the roof. I think there's something up there that you'll like." His smile was just like that of a child who had just hidden a plastic snake in his mothers coffee cup.
He jumped out the window and landed on the tree outside my window, then jumped on the roof.
There where two blankets spreed out.
He set me down and head towards the one farthest from us.
He turned back to look at me "Well are you coming or are you going to stand there like a statue? I'm not going to do anything, scouts honor." He held up his right hand, as if getting ready to be sworn in.
I giggled at his antics and laid down on the purple blanket while he laid down on the blue one.
"Look over there." he said pointing towards a beautifully bright star in the sky.
"Its...its beautiful!" I squeaked, it really was. It looked like one of those stars that you see in that old movie, Pinocchio, I think it was.
I could feel Sasuke's eyes on my face, but I was too busy trying to find conciliations in the stars then worry about someone staring at me.
"Do you like the stars, Sasuke-kun?" I asked catching him off guard.
"Um. Yes, they...they remind me of someone I know." he said in a dreamy, wistful, tone.
Now that got me thinking, how could stars make someone think of someone else?
"Who is it?" I asked, his eyes went wide as he turned his head and looked at me.
"N-No one that you...well I guess you do know her." He said looking up at the moon.
The names of all the girls that I knew flew threw my mind.
The one I came up with was Ino.
"Is it Ino-chan?" he slapped his hand to his forehead.
"Oh hell no! Why her? She's one of my rabid fan girls isn't she?" He looked like he was about to throw up.
I sweat dropped and smiled apologetically "I'm sorry. I forgot about that." truly I did. Ino always acts normal around him...well I thought she did. Man my brain must be messed up.
I heard an alarm clock go off in the room below us. That was elder Himaku's room. I knew that meant it was ten o'clock.
He always woke up to help teach nights classes at the college down the road. He's such a nice man.
I stood and carefully walked to the side of the roof that was just above my window.
"I'm sorry Sasuke-kun but I have to" I looked back to see that he had already left, even the blankets were gone "go."
Man that kid's good.
With a final sigh I slipped into my room to take a shower, I needed to wash the salty smell of tears out before Neji asks whats wrong.
This morning when I woke up, I felt refreshed, like some heavy burden had been lifted off my shoulders.
I think I'll go shopping today, shopping for chocolate that is.
What girl doesn't sit around after a major break up and eat chocolate, watching re-runs of old soap operas.
I dress quickly, grabbing a pair of black training pants, a spaghetti strap shirt and my jacket of course.
I go into the bathroom to change, last night with Sasuke showing up like he did I never know what to expect.
As I walk down the stairs the house is unusually quiet, with Father gone at his meeting, Neji out on a mission and Hanabi at school, its just like having my own place...again.
I peer out the keyhole in the door to see if anyone is near, then I fling myself out of the door and into the first tree I come to.
I fly threw the air, one branch at a time, I didn't want to be seen so I took the safe route.
I stop when I'm directly above the convenience store, once again checking for anyone near me before jumping out and rushing threw the door.
The store clerk gives me a intrigued glance, as if how I'm acting is some how amusing to him.
Jerk.
I go to the junk isle, I don't visit this isle often, only when...Naruto wanted something sweat to eat.
There I said its name.
I'm in front on the freezer now, this is usually were they keep the huge slabs of chocolate.
I search threw them looking for the longest, thickest, darkest piece of chocolate that I can find.
I here the bell by the door ring, the one that means some one has come in.
Then I hear him "Hey Izoma! How's business?" Its Naruto, Oh lord I cant be here right now!
I perform some hand seals quickly, the ones for disguising yourself.
In 2 seconds I have light brown hair with dark green eyes.
I walk towards the counter where Naruto and the store clerk are talking.
"Not bad Son. So how's everything going?" The man, Izoma, asks.
Naruto's eyes darken a bit, a look of guilt overcasts his face.
"Not so well, you know the girl I was seeing? Hinata Hyuuga?" He asked sitting down on a chair behind the counter.
I gasp at my name, and suddenly I'm noticed.
Izoma chuckles and apologies for not checking me out sooner.
I'm out of there in less that a minute, but I don't go home. I sneak into one of the heating ducts, its summer so there not in use.
I stop right above where Naruto and Izoma are talking.
"Now what were you saying?" the old man asks, taking two soda's out of the mini-fridge nest the the register.
Naruto takes one but does not drink it "Me and Hinata broke up. Well I...I cheated on her with Sakura." He says opening his can.
I'm so close to them that I can hear it fizz.
The man looks shaken up "Why did you do it Naruto? She was such a sweet girl." He says.
I feel my face heat up, I person I don't know just complemented me.
Naruto nods his head and holds his head in his hands.
"I don't know. It was just that..Hinata wasn't ready to get...really serious. So I went out looking for someone who would."
Anger welled in the pit of my stomach, I have never hated someone as much as I hate Naruto Uzumaki and this very moment.
"Just cause she didn't want to doesn't give you the right to go with someone else,boy. That poor girl she was probably heartbroken when she found out." Izoma said slapping the back of Naruto's head.
Naruto smiled a little, I'll dare him do that after what he did to me!
"Well she didn't go down without a fight." He said rubbing the back of his neck.
Izoma raised and eyebrow "What did she do?"
"She punched me threw the window." He said pointing to the long gash in his arm.
Izoma smiled "Now that, my young friend, is a real woman." He nodded and chugged his drink.
I didn't stick around to hear the rest of the conversation, I ran home as fast as I could, crying the whole way.
The chocolate was almost melted when I got home, I took a vegetable knife and hacked a piece off, biting off a piece of that, I started wishing for someone to talk to.
Well Neji was gone and Hanabi was at school and Ino had to work at her families shop, so who was there?
Little did I know that my personal savior was just outside my window.
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A/N: So how that I have that done I think that I'm going to go eat me some fried rice. Or a marsh mellow..-drool-.
Well thanks for reading and please don't forget to review at the end of this message.
Onegai! n.n
Himi-chan