~Aya-Santuico signing on~
Heiya! So, here's chappie 3!
Sorry if it took quite long. I'm in a bad mood recently. So—I need to recover and have some rehabilitation.
Kidding. XD
Anyways, hope you like this!
-Chapter Three: Research Project-
His sweat was running throughout his body. He inhaled deeply, causing him to have enough energy. Annoyed, he made a 'tch' sound with his slightly trembling lips.
Heck, why did it come to this situation?
He was darting like a galloping wild animal. He couldn't accept that he was currently three minutes late for his first class. If only he didn't think about Hinata the whole night and wake up late in the morning, he would not be running at this moment. But—hey, at least he had a great night dreaming about her.
Geez, prodigies don't do daydreaming. He was disgusted with himself, really disgusted.
He could now see his classroom door. Six steps more and he was finally there.
'Bang'
He opened it, not minding if he disturbed everybody with the loud noise. His hands were on his knees. He had to admit… that was very tiring.
He sustained his posture with enough effort and ran his hands through his silky hair, maintaining his cool disposition.
He walked inside the room, believing that all eyes were on him.
But he was wrong…
His classmates were there… chitchatting.
At that time, their teacher should have been discussing. But where was their sensei? He couldn't have been late.
He sat comfortably in his chair and relaxed. The panting was gone. He sighed heavily, resting his chin on his hand, waiting impatiently.
"Sasuke, why are y-you late?" the soft voice made him shiver slightly.
He turned, facing the person at the back. "Oh, Hinata."
If only she knew she was the reason for him being late.
"Hmmm, there was a wonderful thing bugging my mind last night and it didn't let me sleep." He smirked. Hinata was a thing now, eh?
"Oh." She was merely confused but it would be embarrassing if she asked about that wonderful thing Sasuke mentioned.
"You seem to be concerned." Sasuke was starting to like the conversation.
Hinata's eyes widened, her face was red. "Eh?! No, I'm just asking…" She slightly bowed her head.
"Hn. So where's the teacher?"
"I think he's late. I heard rumors that Kakashi-sensei is always late in class," she informed him.
"Kakashi?"
"H-Hai." She answered shyly that Sasuke couldn't almost hear it. "Mr. Hatake Kakashi is our Biology teacher."
"Never heard of him," he grunted.
"SASUKE-KUN!" a freaking alarm.
He thought he'd have a peaceful day but he was wrong after all. Sakura went in front of Sasuke, blocking Hinata. She put her hands on her waist and gave her a flirtatious look.
"Hn." He looked away from her, disappointed. She destroyed their moment! Darn!
"Sasuke-kun, why are you ignoring me?" She pouted then flipped her hair.
"Nee, nee, Sakura-chan!" The blonde Naruto grinned. "Would you mind if—"
"Yes! Be gone!" she said, stamping her feet as she went back to her seat.
Naruto still wore an optimistic smile. "What happened to Sakura? Does she have… you know, what only the girls have?"
"Shut up, dobe!" In just a few minutes, Sasuke was going to be annoyed.
"I'm just joking." He laughed devilishly. "Nee, why are you late? Such a sleepyhead, eh?" Now, in just a few seconds, Sasuke was going to lose his temper.
Idiot.
"I'm not a sleepyhead, Naruto. You're the one who always sleeps in class." He smirked.
"Eh? How did you know that?"
"Everyone knows, Naruto."
Well, what they didn't know was Hinata's blushing madly. "Hinata, are you sick? Your face is red…" Unfortunately, Naruto noticed it.
"N-no." She was surprised. There was a hand on her forehead. It was Sasuke's.
"It seems that nothing's wrong," he informed her, making Hinata blush more.
The door flung open, making them all quiet. They saw a tall man with nice silver hair. The weird thing was, he was wearing a mask, covering his neck up to his nose.
Even if they couldn't see it, they knew he was smiling. "Hello."
…
…
"I'm your Biology teacher. Just call me Kakashi-sensei." They all quietly listened to him, at the same time wondering. Naruto pondered how Kakashi looked like without the mask. He was laughing silently as he tried to imagine the different faces his sensei might have.
"By the way, sorry if I'm late." He scrutinized the class for their reaction. "Anyway, I'll be discussing our lesson clearly but quickly. I'll need time to pair you all up for your research project."
"EH?!" they all protested. Projects did exist, no matter what.
"Got a problem with that?"
They sighed.
Surprisingly, they understood the lesson easily. And now, they were paired up for the project.
Sasuke smirked, yet he was smiling inside. "It's nice to be paired up with you. I'm expecting for a nice performance, Hinata." He could see Hinata fidgeting.
"Hai."
She felt total awkwardness with him. How did it come to this? Actually, if Kakashi-sensei didn't mistakenly think that Sasuke was the one with red hair, maybe Gaara would be Hinata's partner and the one she was talking to now.
Glee for Sasuke; grief for Hinata.
A little grief.
Something like that…
"Can we talk later to discuss about this?" Sasuke tried to make her comfortable but the cold attitude still remained.
"S-sure. I have n-nothing to do after s-school, anyway." She smiled causing Sasuke to brighten up inside.
Good.
He could hear the noise of his stomping feet, racing with each other. It was as loud as his thumping heart as he drew closer and closer to her. Classes for today were finally finished. When the bell rang, he immediately went to the place where they decided to meet… at the canteen.
When he was finally there, he saw her daydreaming. She was at the table at the very end, beside the blue walls.
He went there without making any sound except, of course, when he greeted her. "Hello. I'm sorry. Our teacher didn't notice that it was already dismissal time so yeah." He sighed. "I hate my teacher now."
She chuckled; Hinata couldn't hold her laughter anymore. "It's okay. It's actually o-okay."
"Hn." He sat down, slightly embarrassed. He looked so childish, making an excuse. But well, he didn't want his Hinata wait for him too long and he's a guy. He shouldn't be late. It's embarrassing.
"So, let's s-start." She opened the zipper of her bag, making a light screeching noise. She put out three reference books and placed it all on the table.
"I t-think these might help u-us." A slight blush was clearly seen forming on her cheeks.
After recovering from earlier, he scrutinized the book and was rapt by her. She had chosen three great books that could really help them. "Hn. Great job… As expected from your intelligence, Hinata."
"I'm just d-doing m-my best."
"I have something too." He handed her a bundle of papers, research papers specifically. "Maybe we could get some idea in there. Just some ideas, I want ours to be original."
She nodded.
He threw his bag on his bed, nothing usual. He was tired but he had some fun. Hinata was really funny and he didn't imagine that. He ended up biting his lower lip to hold his laughter. Hinata then thought that he was annoyed but actually he wasn't.
He reached out for the magical book, inside his drawer and flipped it open. He sighed. He couldn't believe what was on his mind but honestly, he would definitely be happy if he would write it.
Hinata Hyuuga will come here to my house. He sat motionless on his chair, nervously. It was now starting to fade. He felt full uneasiness. In any minute now, Hinata will be in his house.
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…
…
-door bell rings-
He fixed himself up, making sure he looked well. He gulped and breathed deeply before opening the door.
He saw a figure of a woman, fidgeting, with her head tilted a little bit. Now, he was sure it was her.
"Hinata?" He tried to act innocent about her being here.
She smiled. "Er? Good evening, Sasuke."
Excellent.
-Chapter Three: Ended-
Eyer! Uhmm… The ending part was a little bit rushed. You know, my mom was already yelling at me so yeah, I needed to help her ASAP before something worse happens. You know… ultra mega scream.
Anyways, I know this chappie was short. Some of you told me to make it longer. So… AlterEgoRin, I am so sorry!
WORD FOR TODAY: Let's see, it's 'LATE'. BTW, again, sorry for the late update!
PLEASE REVIEW! Tell me your comments, suggestions or anything except flames on the pairing.
Jaa!
~Aya-Santuico signing off~
