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When Dorks Meet

~Chapter 3~

Kurenai looked at the clock on her dull colored wall. It was already 8:25 pm and Hinata hadn't come home yet. Hearing the jingle of keys and the front door open, Kurenai sighed in relief. She left what she was cooking as shewent to greet her adopted daughter.

"Hinata, what took you so lon-?" but the red eyed woman was greeted with only a genetically similar face to Hinata's.

"Sorry Kurenai, it's just me." Neji apologized, noticing the disappointment on the older woman's face when she realized it was just him.

"Neji! What are you talking about? I'm glad to see you as well. I just worry about Hinata... a lot." Kurenai admitted with a slight frown. Hinata's a delicate girl, and whenever it started to get dark outside, Kurenai was bound to worry like there was no tomorrow.

"She was at the library. I checked on her awhile ago and she said she'd manage to go home herself. I was reluctant, of course, but she insisted I go home. Should I go back to get her?" The long haired male offered with a smile, just to ease her anxiousness.

"Would you really do that for me?" she asked with an apologetic look, trying to reassure herself that she was not troubling Neji with the said request.

"Of course. Anything for Hinata and my... Okaa san." He hesitantly finished. Neji always had trouble calling her that, because he knows she really isn't his mother. Neither is she Hinata's or Hanabi's; but they all love her, just as they loved their parents. After all, all they had now was Kurenai, and no one else.

Kurenai warmly smiled at him and then continued to see him out as he went back to his car.


"So... hard." Sasuke grunted, clenching his head in his hands. What the hell am I lying on?

He sighed in annoyance at having to get up, heck he hated getting up at all every morning! But noticing his situation now, he figured getting up was the least of his problems.

"Shit!" He hissed angrily as he scanned his surroundings, only to find that he was still in the damn library. The raven haired teen looked up to the window and tried to decipher the time of day from the light coming through.

'More like time of night.' He corrected, seeing as there was only the faint glow of the moonlight and silence other than his own breathing. Then he face palmed himself, already realizing he had a watch and did not have to act like a jungle survivor who could tell the time just by looking at the sky.

"Eight fucking thirty...PM. Tch, this is worse than the time I woke up to Naruto hugging me during our sixth grade camp trip repeatedly calling for Sakura."

"Yo! Is anyone there? What the hell am I saying? The library is closed damnit! No one is here." The teen sat on the floor, dejected as he decided he had already given up on trying to get out. He'd have to just wait until morning.

'That was Sasuke just now... What do I do? Should I tell him I'm here? I-I can't! He'll blame me for everything! And then he'll make my life a living hell. Wait... why am I worrying about Sasuke? There's also thousands of fangirls who will skin me alive after finding out that I spent a day with him in a locked up library!' Hinata was obviously still getting over the inevitable fact that her fate was inescapable, and either way, she'd die before she even graduates. Heck, before she even gets her first boyfriend!

The lavender eyed girl held her breath in and counted to ten. She slowly got up from where she was sitting and took baby steps to where she heard Sasuke shouting, or rather ...complaining. The familiar and entirely uncomfortable feeling of her heart pounding could be heard through her ears. With ragged breathing, Hinata stepped out into the boy's field of vision.

"U-u-uchiha… san." She stuttered uncontrollably. Beads of sweat slid down the side of her face, and Hinata really wondered if she looked as bad as she thought.

Sasuke inclined his head in her direction with his eyes widened slightly, before once again dissipating into his stern gaze.

"Who are you? And what the hell are you doing here?" He rudely questioned, slowly taking in her shaking form. She was blushing profusely as he looked her over again.

Sasuke immediately ignored the first thought that slipped into his mind… which was that she's definitely attractive. Shaking his head in disgust he said the next thing that came to his mind.

"You're a fan girl, aren't you?" He said in frustration while glaring daggers at her, completely forgetting his first thought.

For a minute, Hinata found that she was slightly getting annoyed with his tone of voice. She was especially annoyed at the fact that he immediately accused her of being one of his ravaging fan girls.

"D-don't f-f-flatter y-yourself." She squeaked out unconfidently.

In her mind, she sounded strong, independent and brave. But she could only really dream of sounding that way, because in reality? She sounded as weak as a mouse. Hinata could also tell that he had no clue as to who she is. For goodness' sake they sit beside each other now! And that completely convinced Hinata that she was 100% invisible.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes and scoffed as he looked away. "So what are you doing here?"

"I-I got locked i-in too." The teen then confessed, looking down in embarrassment. Of course she should add the fact that she was the part time librarian and works there, but he did not ask, so she didn't have to tell him… yet. Telling him that she works there would lead to the question of why she didn't have keys with her. And unfortunately, she had forgotten them, not that she'd mention that to the pissed guy in front of her.

After that, silence rained over them. It was an awkward silence at that. In 5 minutes time, Hinata had already settled down in her current spot, occasionally sneaking glances at the only human being with her at the moment.

Hinata then, all of a sudden, remembered his love for manga. Well, atleast that's what she had concluded a few hours ago. And without thinking, the lavender eyed girl spoke.

"N-new m-manga volumes w-will be provided h-here next week." She said softly. But realizing that she had just said something she maybe shouldn't have, she clamped her mouth shut with her hands.

Sasuke could now admit that he was shocked. Why would she tell him that? She wouldn't, no one in their right mind would tell Sasuke Uchiha that. Unless… she knew.

"I'm guessing you know, huh." He replied in defeat.

"Wh-what?" The girl answered dumbly, caught off guard because she never would have expected him to reply.

"My obsession." The Uchiha said impatiently.

"O-oh." Hinata just did not know what to say. Did he not want people to know about him being an Otaku? She couldn't really understand why he'd want to hide that.

"I-I like m-manga too… if t-that makes y-you feel any b-better." She confessed. Hinata was expecting some kind of rude retort like 'How would you ever understand?' or something on the lines of that…

"Hn…" He simply sounded. The lavender eyed girl looked his way and could have sworn his expression had softened, if only by a little.

"Do you like Bleach?" he then asked, once again, surprising the Hyuga girl.

"Y-yeah." She replied hesitantly, wondering what would come out of this unusual turn of conversation.

"Then… Do you like Ichigo?"

"Um… h-he's the h-hero isn't h-he?" Hinata figures Sasuke does not like Kurosaki Ichigo, but… who could hate the hero? That's like hating Haruto from Haruto! The whole series is based upon the heroes' lives, right?

"He's useless, weak really. I mean, how in the hell do you defeat all your enemies with one move? Kind of lame if you ask me."

Hinata rubbed her eyes and pinched herself. Is this really Sasuke Uchiha? Is she really, actually having this conversation with him?

"I guess… but he d-does care f-for his f-friends. And I-I think he's s-strong because o-of them."

"Kubo Tite would want you to think that, of course." Sasuke then said, looking at Hinata straight on.

"Y-yeah."

"And what about Haruto? How could Haruto possibly believe he can change Tasuke (Sasuke)? It's evident that Tasuke cares nothing for Monoha (Konoha…lol) now."

The teenage girl mentally thanked her knowledge on current mangas. This conversation could possibly go on this way, which would mostly, if not completely, eliminate the awkwardness between the two.

But before Hinata could state her thought, rain began to pour. It seemed there was going to be a storm soon. It started off with patters of rain, but now it was so loud that Hinata could not even hear her own thoughts.

Hinata looked at Sasuke and realized he was shaking. Almost as if he was… traumatized. After a few minutes, Sasuke got up and neared Hinata.

To say Hinata was nervous, would be an understatement. When Sasuke sat beside Hinata, leaving a little space between them of course, He did not look her way at all. His back was facing her, but she knew that what she was worrying about was not what he was worrying about. Thunder started to boom in the distance, slightly scaring Hinata as she shivered in discomfort.

But Sasuke was definitely having trouble coping with it. He was now shaking uncontrollably, and was shivering as wind entered the library through the partly open window above. Hinata debated in her mind whether to comfort him. Would he shout at her? Simply move away? She figured that she should do what she could. At the moment, he needed someone. And so she acted on impulse as she laid her hand on his back, just as Itachi did for her before, as she soothingly rubbed it. It was definitely awkward, on her part, especially when she was expecting him to shout and push her away.

But instead, he seemed to have calmed down by only a fraction.

The loud thumping of rain hitting the car window made Sasuke wince in discomfort. They were headed to the Hyuga household for business matters, and their father was already there. It made Sasuke nervous, to say in the least, that his mother was to drive through such heavy weather. Itachi ruffled Sasuke's hair comfortingly as he reassured that they were near their destination.

It only took a few seconds, a few seconds for all of that to wipe away. Screams and screeches were heard and the last thing Sasuke remembered was his mother's tear filled eyes, and her painfully warm smile. Itachi held on to Sasuke, trying his utmost best to block all the events from Sasuke. But everything was so clear. Everything could be heard, every single pitter patter of rain and every drop of his mother's blood… was everywhere. Not even Itachi, his perfect, perfect, brother could help…

And without thinking, Sasuke thrust himself on Hinata as he held her tightly, with no signs of letting go. Hinata squeaked in surprise, but did not push him away. Was he… crying?

I… love you two, a-always remember that o-ok? Get a-away n..now… The car w-will explode, a…any minute n-now…"

"Okaasan! I won't leave you, I won't!" Sasuke yelled in defiance, fighting his brother's hold as Itachi tried to pull him to safety.

"S-sasuke, be a g-good boy for me… and g-go… ok?" She whispered in exhaustion as she brought her still very gentle hand to his face, smearing blood all over his chubby cheek. That was the last thing his mother ever said to him before Itachi roughly carried Sasuke and ran. The explosion could be heard and Itachi chose to be the strong of the two as he held Sasuke close and whispered soothing thoughts that would comfort the thrusting and sobbing 8 year old. None of them really worked, because until this day, the event was still as clear as day.

"S-sasuke san…" Hinata breathed out, flushing red from the close contact. This took Sasuke out of his reverie as he immediately let go of the girl.

He then chose to incline his head in the opposite direction of the Hyuga, not wanting to see her expression. Sasuke Uchiha, the guy who despises personal contact with any living girl or guy had just hugged a girl he barely knows. So this is what it's like to go insane.

Sasuke Uchiha was utterly embarrassed. After they get out of here, he will never speak to her again, look at her or even attempt to breathe in the same air as her. Is that even possible? Sasuke didn't care.

Hinata was just so confused at the moment. After him hugging her like that, should she now talk to him? Should she leave him alone? She really didn't know what to do anymore.

So not really thinking about what she was doing, but just felt it was right, she reached her hand out and held his in hers. She started humming as well, in order to soothe not only him, but herself as well.

He wanted to pull away, I mean, who does she think she is taking his hand like that? Though, he did just hug her. And feeling the warmth from her hands, it feels just like his mother's hands that it hurt just thinking about it. And… is she humming? So… gentle, beautiful and soft, so soft. He couldn't possibly push her away. Not when this girl seemed so much like the mother he was missing so much.

The rain was soon halting to a stop as silence once again took over. Hinata was getting really sleepy as she felt her eyelids getting heavy. She hadn't slept awhile ago since she was so worried about feeling Sasuke's wrath. But now she just couldn't take it anymore, and she let sleep take over.

Feeling slight pressure make its way to his shoulder, he snuck a glance at the Hyuga. 'She's sleeping.' He thought dumbly. She was currently laying her head on his shoulder, and Sasuke was surprised to find that he wasn't in the least bit disgusted.

And even as he knew, in his mind, that he knew nothing about her, his heart told him otherwise.


It took about two hours for Neji to get back to the school. Usually, of course, it would not take that long. But the storm that had just past made Neji utterly uncomfortable and anxious. Hiashi Hyuga, his uncle and Hinata's dad died from a car crash. And let's just say that the storm was just as strong. So Neji had reluctantly waited the storm out at a nearby gas station.

Now that he was at the library, he took the key to the door out and opened it. Neji, being the overly protective cousin he is, asked for an extra key to the library from Hinata. It was for "safety" purposes he had stated then, but to tell the truth, he just wanted to relieve his constant worries about Hinata getting a boyfriend and secretly dating him in the library.

Maybe his imagination was just getting the better of him and he actually had nothing to worry about. It's Hinata we're talking about after all. But little did he know that maybe what he suspected wasn't too far off from what he would find…

Itachi was never really one to worry. But it was already 10:30 and Sasuke hadn't come home yet. Usually, he'd come extra early since he always got bombarded with confessions and flirting girls after school. 'Don't tell me he had a change of heart' Itachi thought. His imagination too, was getting the better of him.

'Yeah right.' He then added with a smirk. When Sasuke ever has a change of heart, it'll probably be when the world is ending.

"Hiiiinataaaa!" Neji shouted, with slight concern lacing his voice. 'If Hinata isn't here, then I don't know what I'll do.'

With eyes widening, and relief hitting Sasuke like one of Sakura's punches to Naruto, he continued on to waking Hinata up.

"Hey." He said, shaking her shoulders gently. But this only lead to her clinging onto him tighter, swinging her leg over his.

Sasuke felt his face heat up, and whoever was here to get her probably wouldn't appreciate the fact that she was all over him. Shockingly, Hinata is a very heavy sleeper. And if she happens to be holding something at that precise moment, she won't let go. Too bad Sasuke didn't know that.

"Hinaaataaa samaaa!" Neji shouted once more. Finally concluding that maybe she couldn't hear him from where he is, he proceeded to go up the staircase… which would eventually lead him to his worst nightmare.

Sasuke panicked as he continuously tried to pry the girl off, whether he maybe possibly liked her closeness, he still had to. But his actions only caused the teenager to pull him closer until she was nuzzling her face in his neck.

'Oh god.' Sasuke mentally yelled, with his sudden urge to touch her. This so was not like him, and yet, it felt so right. 'Fuck these stupid teenage hormones!' he cursed to the heavens.

"hina…h-h-hinata…HINATA SAMAAAA!" Neji shouted, outraged as he gritted his teeth and looked at the two in disgust. Well, it was just Sasuke he was looking at in disgust. Seeing Hinata like this, with her skirt maybe showing a part of her behind, he couldn't possibly look at her like that. His face heated up to an impossible shade of red. So it does actually run in the family…

"What the fucking hell do you think you're doing to my cousin?" Neji yelled at Sasuke.

Sasuke slightly flinched at the loudness, and once again marveled at how this girl hadn't even woken up yet.

"As you can see, she's the one clinging onto me." He retorted a matter of fact.

"Well, it doesn't look like you mind at all Uchiha." Neji said with clenched teeth as he glared down at the Uchiha with his utmost worst.

Sasuke was just about to answer with a smartass remark, and found he couldn't. After all, it was true that he didn't mind her so close to him.

Neji took this as an immediate sign to get Hinata away from the, even if he hated to admit it, handsome male in front of him. Taking her into his arms, he made it his mission to get Hinata to explain what had happened. And after that, whether her story was innocent enough or not, he would keep her away from the Uchiha.

"Don't you dare touch Hinata. Don't come near her, don't talk to her." He threatened rather menacingly before turning on his heel as he started walking off, okay, stomping off.

'Hinata huh? So that's her name. Heh. I guess that'll be kind of hard to do, seeing as she sits right beside me now.' The raven haired teen mused triumphantly.


Phew! Well, I finished chapter 3. I know it took awhile, but honestly, I do in fact have plans to continue this. But seeing as I have Math, Science AND History all in the same semester it makes it rather hard to update on a regular basis. I'll try though, and none the less I really do appreciate all the reviews. Every single one! Thanks again for reviewing. It makes me real happy. :) And having all this schoolwork? Let's just say not a lot of things make me as happy anymore.