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Thinking of you...wherever you are
chapter II: In the end, it doesn't even matter...

"Damn, it's been a while since I've had that dream..."

Sasuke stood up out of bed and began getting ready for training with his team. He would be a little late but he didnt care, it's not like Kakashi would suddenly choose to be there early that day. And while getting dressed, the words of his brother came to mind... no one to go home to, no one to expect you, nothing to live for. You're alone again, Sasuke...And you hate it." He thought for a while. "...But, what could he mean by that?" Sasuke had this dream a couple times before, and every time it occurred, a new issue would come up. The first couple times of the dream, he thought about the same old news… destroying Itachi. And other times, he thought about why it always ended with he himself losing instead of his sadistic brother. But this time he thought about what Itachi had said.

Sasuke primarily spent most of his time alone, but he never thought much of it. He'd spent most of his life by himself, with no family or real friends, so why would this time be any different? He didnt feel any different. But for some reason, his brother's words were stuck to his brain, and would probably be stuck there for the rest of the day. And again, the migraine wasn't helping. But he still had training to go to so he would just have to bear with it. He walked out the door and shut it quietly, not wanting to upset his head any more, but suddenly heard a high-pitched yell that made his carefulness with the door just a waste of time.

"SAAAAASUKE! GOOD MORNIIIING!"

He didnt even turn around, he didnt need to. It was exactly who he thought it was. None other than the pink-haired kunoichi herself, Sakura. Sasuke made an aggravated sigh and kept on walking, thinking to himself, ' Does she really not get it!' Sakura came up to him with a big smile on her face. Sasuke knew she had her sort of good news to tell him, and god, was he was afraid to find out. "Hey Sasuke! Guess what's in two days!" Sakura sang that last part, but Sasuke walked indifferent, " The day you leave?" Sakura laughed, "Sasuke, you're so funny! Like you don't know! It's going to be Valentines Day!" Valentines Day, the one day a year where two people showed just how much they loved each other. But, unlike most people, Valentines Day was every day for Sasuke Uchiha. And so, having a day even marked for love, the entire girl population of Konoha used February fourteenth as an excuse to shower Sasuke with chocolates. And this year wasn't going to be any different. And so, with her usual two day early notice, Sakura posed the yearly question, "So, Sasuke, uh...a-are you doing anything on Valentines day? -Because I thought that maybe we could..." Sasuke quickly replied, "No." but Sakura persisted, "You mean, no, you're not doing anything!" and right on cue, Sasuke answered a subtle, "No."

(inner Sakura: geez, always so blunt!) Putting his hands in his pockets and his head down, Sasuke kept on walking, thinking that eventually Sakura would become tired of trying to get his attention and probably walk off to fight with Ino or something. But him keeping his head down gave him the disadvantage of not being able to see. Meaning, he couldn't see what was going on right in front of him, and so, without the slightest notice, someone ran straight into him!

It was also someone who had not been looking where they were going. Sasuke's first thought was that it was some crazed fangirl trying to get a piece of his hair, but he was happy to find out that it was just Hinata. She always seemed to be in a hurry so Sasuke knew that this was probably just one of those times. But the position that they landed in was not something that made either of them happy.

Hinata was lying right over Sasuke, her face inches in front of his and her hands on either side of him. Sasuke was right under Hinata, holding her up by her shoulders with his feet wrapped clumsily around her's. And in no time at all, Hinata's cheeks turned such a deep red that she could make a cherry jealous. She got up off of Sasuke and immediately began apologizing, "Sorry, s-sorry! I'm so sorry, S-Sasuke-san! P-Please forgive me, i-it was all m-my fault, I wasn't looking wh-where I was g-going! I-it wont ha-happen again, I-I promise!" She ended with a quick bow and started again towards her destination, her eyes to the ground and her hands up on her face. Sasuke, who was now standing, gave her a confused look and scratched the back of his head. "Did she really think I would be that mad at her? It was an accident. And it wasn't even her fault..--"

"You don't know Hinata very well do you, Sasuke-teme?"

Without even a look behind him, Sasuke answered back, "and you do, dobe?"

"Hinata-chan always does that. Whenever she runs into somebody or an accident happens, she blames it all on herself, even if it's not her fault at all. It's weird, she runs into me all the time and blushes from her head to her toes and then she starts saying she's sorry like a bajillion times!" Naruto waved his arms in the air," but then again, she does that with everybody, but she seems to run into me more often than anyone. Ha ha ha! She runs into me like two times every week. I guess she's really clumsy, huh?"

Sasuke looked at Naruto and sighed, 'Is he really THAT dense? To not know that she runs into him because that's the only way he'll notice her? Poor girl doesn't even have a chance...' The raven-haired ninja groaned with a "hmph" and turned around to get to his destination. But before he went, he turned around and yelled to Naruto, "Don't be late to training, dobe. I don't feel like waiting to kick your ass at sparring today." And, just as expected, Naruto threw a fit. "DON'T you worry about that Sasuke! Cuz I'll be the one kicking your butt at sparring today! Believe it!" And Sasuke kept on, the sounds of songbirds keeping him company as he began thinking about Hinata.

She was different from most girls in Konoha. She didnt crowd him, or obsess over him, she never tried to flirt with him or anything like that, she never annoyed him at all, either by talking too much or staring at him. Actually he never really noticed she was there, she was just...Hinata. "She's not like the rest of them, she's pretty much…normal, for lack of a better word. She treats me just the same as she treats everyone else. That's what I respect in a person. And how the girls who "love' me don't see that is beyond me." Sasuke laughed a little, but caught himself before anyone else could notice.

He had never thought about Hinata before, she was always...just...there. And thinking about her gave Sasuke a sort of…pleasant feeling, a feeling of warmth. In some ways, she was a lot like him. She treated all alike, she was brought up into a prestigious bloodline holding a one of a kind Inherited attack, and she had an older sibling- (okay so Neji's not her older brother, but he's like her sibling) -to which she had always tried living up to. Sasuke did know some information on her, he had to know at least a little bit of the others' history. What he didn't know was her personality, and what she was like. But Sasuke had no time for that, at least not now, he had training to get to, and if Naruto won him at sparring because his mind was on a girl, Sasuke would never let himself forget it. Besides, it was only Hinata, right?

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Sasuke: Okay, Sakura's gone. Now, did you find Hinata?
Naruto: yeah, we found her! But… she's not coming out..
Kacey9tails: Can you help us, Sasuke?
Sasuke: Not coming out? Where is she? She didnt lock herself in the bathroom or something did she?
Naruto and kacey9tails: uuuuuhhhhhh...
Sasuke: knocks on the bathroom door
Hinata: I told you! I-I'm not coming out!
Sasuke: I'm not making you come out.
Hinata: . . . . . . .
Sasuke: --All I want to say is...OMG! IS THAT NARUTO LOOKING THROUGH YOUR UNDERWEAR!
Naruto: SASUKE!
Hinata: WHAT! breaks down the door
kacey9tails: GET HER!
Sasuke: Grabs Hinata, puts her in a choke-hold and ties her to a chair
kacey9tails: sighs now then, lets get back to the story. And remember, reviews are like fortune cookies! There little, crunchy, and you can't wait to read 'em!