Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any aspect of it, it all belongs to Masashi Kishimoto
Hinata had retreated to "their" room, and had pulled the covers over her head, burying herself. Dare she say it, she was fearful, what was this that she had gotten herself into. She had stripped down of the dress, it laid against a chair in his room. She tore her eyes from it, and buried her face in the pillow. The sheets smelled like him, like his cologne, and Hinata wondered about the Uchiha. At times, he seemed to be doing things nice for her, but she realized that this was all just a game to him. Her predicament was his delight, and he was going to take advantage of her in every way. A knock came at the door making her body stiffen, and she heard the door creak open.
"Hinata." His voice was dark, and velvety. "I'm making myself a snack, do you want something?" She grimaced.
The only reason why he was so nice to her was to make her bend, to allow him to taint her. She couldn't even fathom the ways that he wanted to do it.
She believed in the innate goodness of human beings, but she detested to admit it. Hinata wondered about Sasuke. Her boss, the Uchiha was a sociopath in all ways, a master in manipulation, and she was the pawn in all of it.
"I-I'm don't want a-anything. Thank you." Hinata said, quickly. Her cheeks and nose were red. Her eyes were puffy, and she rubbed her eyes, furiously. She heard Sasuke's footsteps come to the bed, and he sat down.
"Take off the covers, Hinata." He breathed. She bit her lower lip.
"I-I'm fine." But, he did not let up, she squeaked when he grabbed the covers, and pulled them off of her. She looked up at him, his ash burned eyes scrutinized her, and there was a silence exchanged between the two.
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Sasuke didn't know what to think about this whole thing, she was the one who asked why he was attracted to her. It is her own fault, really.
He knew that she wouldn't like it if he had verbalized them. But, he found himself a bit…bothered. He saw the fear in her eyes when he grabbed her, demanded to know who the waiter was to her, and as he kissed her skin.
The Uchiha thought he would feel a little delight in that fear, but instead it was quite the opposite. No, Sasuke felt… ashamed.
Yes, dare he say it?
An Uchiha being ashamed about something, who knew?
He felt ashamed that he had evoked such fear, he wanted her, yes, but not in this way. He wanted to taint her, it was what he told himself that he wanted her.
It was what attracted him to her.
However, he began to question if it was really his desire to taint her that was fueling all of this. No woman had ever made him reflect, inwardly upon his actions.
A part of him knew why he was attracted to her, and it had to do with her purity, but not in the way that he stated to her.
He was the most impure, tainted person, and he yearned for her to cure him of it. Yes, that was what it was, he wanted Hinata to make him into a better man, a better person.
Make him feel like never before. He had forcibly tried to take that purity of hers, to devour it, but it was not doing anything, but turning her away from him.
He didn't want her to go, he needed Hinata. The Uchiha examined her face, the redness of it, it was obvious that she had been crying, and normally he would not have cared. However, Hinata made him care, he would have thought her red face was cute, if it were not caused by such physical manifestations of sorrow.
If it was not caused her suffering, and his enjoyment. He did not want her to suffer, he wanted her to enjoy this. What was wrong with him?
He tore his eyes away, scowling, and he reached over a hand. She withered away from him, but he grabbed her shoulder, more gently. Sasuke pulled her into him, she froze, and tried to push him away.
"Be still." He commanded.
"P-please, don't." Sasuke hissed when she broke free of him, he turned grabbing both of her shoulders now, and he leaned in. She turned her face away, but he didn't aim for her face. Instead, he rested her forehead on her shoulder, and took a deep breath, closing his eyes.
"Hinata." He murmured, lowly. "I'm sorry."
Ah, that was the right word. He had never apologized to anyone before, normally, he would tell whoever it was to go fuck themselves, and go about his merry way. He was not good at this kind of thing, and maybe his voice didn't come out as apologetic as he wanted her to.
He didn't not want her to be so afraid of him that she would not let him touch her, kiss her. This deal was so he could have her, but only in such a way that she would will herself to him. He knew that he was demanding, wanting her to do what he wanted for his so called "happiness."
And she did do it, but he was not happy, no it only fulfilled his feral need for her at the moment, and not the other need.
"I'm sorry." He said a bit louder, now strained.
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Hinata's eyes widened at him, she couldn't believe what she was hearing, and he was apologizing to her!
No, he was doing this out of some trick, to "butter" her up so to say, but a part of her wanted to believe that it was a true apology.
"Sasuke." she said with a voice cracking. "A-are you really sorry?" He now looked up at her, and she gasped. He seemed broken, broken than she had ever seen him before, vulnerable. "Is everything okay?"
She was concerned now. She didn't care if he was a sociopath, he was a human being, and deserved to have someone care for him.
"Don't cry." He reached up a hand, and with the back of it, caressed her cheek. His touches were gentle, intimate, it was so different from all of the other times. "And don't leave me."
She felt her chest tighten at his words, he was comforting her. She pursed her lips, but he continued.
"I don't want to be alone." He stated. "So, don't leave."
"W-what is going on?" Hinata asked. Her hand went out towards him, and for the first time, she touched his cheek. "W-why are y-you?"
Dare she say it?
"Why are you b-being so nice to me?"
"You would rather me have my way with you?" Sasuke asked, darkly. "Treat you roughly?" She shook her head, and he smirked. "I thought you would like a nice Sasuke."
She now pulled her hand away, gasping. "S-stop." She whimpered. Sasuke scrutinized her, not saying a word. "Why are y-you toying with me so much?"
"I'm not." His voice was serious. Her eyes widened as she looked back at him, their eyes met, and there was a certain intensity about them that took her breath away. "I don't kid, Hinata, I thought you would want me to be nicer to you."
"I-I didn't say otherwise."
"But, it is what you want is it not?"
"Y-yes."
"Then, I will be." Hinata could tell that there was another reasoning behind his sudden change of heart, she wanted to ask what it was, but felt being too nosy. Still, a part of her wondered about him.
A few hours ago, she thought he was a not even human, and now he seemed much different.
"Now, clean your face up." He said, releasing her, and getting off the bed. "Your crying face is becoming of you at all. I don't like it." Hinata was taken aback, but nodded. He shut the door behind him once more, leaving her in the solidary of the room, and she wondered to herself.
Was all of his harshness just some façade?
Hinata got off the bed for the first time in hours, and she walked over to her dress. She opened the closet, and hung it up.
She proceeded onto the bathroom where she got a warm wash cloth, and washed her face. The smell of something sweet filled the air, Hinata opened up the door, and snaked her head around the corner.
Hinata could see the Uchiha in the kitchen, he was pouring something into a bowl, and she recognized the smell.
It was kettle popcorn.
Hinata's lips curved into a smile, she walked out of the bedroom, shyly, and into the living room. Sasuke was sitting on the couch, staring off in the distance, and his eyes immediately fell on her. She sat down on the couch next to him, and pulled her legs into her chest.
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It was nice to see her come out of his room, she had been cooped up in there for so long that the Uchiha was about to drag her out.
He didn't know how she could have stood it even in those hours. He would have been claustrophobic. Sasuke reached over, grabbing the remote, and he pushed it in her direction. She stared at the remote in shock, and he beckoned to the television.
"If you want to watch something."
"I-I can?"
"I told you that this house is yours to do whatever you want in." Hinata nodded, taking the remote, and she turned on the television. Only the sound of the television was in the living room, but soon it was accompanied by Hinata's stomach growling.
She squeaked, her cheeks turned ten shades of red in embarrassment, and the Uchiha chuckled, lowly. He handed the bowl of popcorn to her, and she began to take some.
"T-thank you." He just shrugged, and didn't reply. At some point, she asked him if there was anything that he wanted to watch, and he simply answered "no."
He was not the one to indulge in television, he didn't even know why he had even brought it. As she watched, he pulled out a laptop, and began to do some Uchiha Industries business. Sasuke saw her look at him, curiously, and he sighed.
"It is just Uchiha business."
"Oh, i-is it for the meeting tomorrow?"
"Yes, I am meeting with some investors from Germany."
"A-are you nervous?" Sasuke cocked an eyebrow at her that was an odd question, he never got nervous about anything.
"No, Uchiha's don't get nervous. We are always prepared for anything." Sasuke informed, flatly. She mouthed an "oh" and she smiled, warmly.
"I-I am sure t-that you will do well." He paused for a moment, and then began to type on the presentation.
The rest of the night continued on in that way, the two of them sitting on the couch with one another. Sasuke found himself enjoying her presence, the time passed by, and Sasuke closed his laptop. He rubbed his eyes, groaning, and looked over at Hinata. She was curled up now, her head rested on the arm rest, and the Uchiha shook his head at the sight.
However, he found it to be rather…cute. Sasuke turned off the television, taking the empty bowl of popcorn, and then nudge her.
"You cannot sleep here on the couch." He said.
"Please." She whispered.
"That was not our deal." However, as he said this, he noticed her fade into a deeper sleep, and he eyed her sleeping face with an unfathomable expression.
The Uchiha then sauntered to his bedroom, he pulled a blanket off his bed, and placed it over her. He placed the bowl in the sink, and headed to bed, thinking about how it will be empty without the Hyuuga beauty next to him.
The next morning, Sasuke had left Hinata asleep on the couch, he had some business to take care of at the office. The Uchiha sat in his chair, he had made Karin come into the office to discuss some things.
He leaned back in his chair, Karin was leaning on his desk, and her shirt was partially unbuttoned. He did not call her into the office for sex, this was the first time, Sasuke had other plans in mind.
"So, what is it, boss?" She cooed.
"I'm ending this, Karin." The Uchiha informed. He looked at her, intently, and watched her eyebrows furrow together as a distraught expression fell over her face.
"What?" Karin asked, shocked. "Why?"
"I don't have to explain myself to you, you knew what this was when I took you." He explained. He stared off in some distance past her, disinterested, unmoved by her display of emotion.
"What did I do?" the red-headed woman questioned. "Did I not please you enough?"
"Karin, you're making a spectacle of yourself." Karin came around the desk, but the Uchiha held up his hand.
"Don't come near me." Her hurt expression was now placed by an irate one.
"I cheated on my husband for you!" She shouted, angrily. "And now you're going to do this to me! Who is it, another woman? She will not be able to satisfy you like I have."
The Uchiha stared at her, coldly. Karin buttoned up her top, and crossed her arms.
"Well, what if I quit?"
"You will not be receiving any compensation from me." Sasuke stated. "And your husband will find out about your indiscretion."
A fearful look came into her eyes. "No, he can't know!"
"Then, you will part your way from me, quietly, and continue on working here as normal."
"I can't believe this." Karin murmured, lowly. She began to storm out of his office, and he tapped his finger against his desk to get her attention, and she turned around.
" I want you to move Hinata Hyuuga's desk in here, I will be assigning multiple things to her today, and I don't want to have to fetch her every time."
" Fine." She snapped. Karin slammed the door behind her.
And for a moment, he began to think how Karin paled in comparison to Hinata.
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Hinata woke up on the couch. She lifted up, yawning, and she looked around. She grasped the blanket on her, and stared at it in disbelief.
Did he do this?
She felt as if she were alone in the home, and she took a peek at the clock on the wall. It read 7: 00 am, and she gasped.
Why didn't Sasuke wake her up?
Wasn't she supposed to go in when he went in?
Hinata got up, searching the house for any signs of the Uchiha, but her search was fruitless. She saw a note on the counter, and walked up to it.
The note read:
Left earlier, come in at your usual time- Sasuke.
Hinata was perplexed, Sasuke was quickly becoming an enigma. The Hyuuga beauty went into the bathroom, and she began to get dressed for work. She locked the door behind her, and on her way to work, pondered about the Uchiha.
She pulled up into Uchiha Industries in no time, and walked into his office.
"Ano... M-morning." She said, shyly.
"Morning." He replied. "I trust your slept well."
"I-I did. Thank you." She noticed there was another desk in his office, and he beckoned to it.
"Today and for the rest of the time you work here. You will be working in here with me." Sasuke stated.
"O-okay." She noticed there dark circles around his eyes, he appeared to be fatigued. Did he not sleep last night?
"Um... Sasuke, did you s-sleep?"
"No, I didn't. Now, I need you to schedule some events for me." She nodded, walking over to her desk, and began the work day.
It was odd to be working alongside him in close proximity. Hinata snuck peaks at him, and took in how focused he was on everything. He left for his meeting with the German investors, and she worked on the other tasks he assigned her to.
He was gone for about two hours, and when he came back, she looked at him, inquisitively.
"D-did it go well?"
"It did." He affirmed.
"That's great!" She said, elated. Seeing and being with him like this wasn't so bad, she found herself becoming more and more comfortable with him.
However, towards the middle of the day, there was a sort of commotion outside of the office room. Hinata's attention was deterred from sorting out files that Sasuke assigned her too, and she heard him curse underneath his breath.
"What the hell is going on?" He got up from his chair, looking at her, and pointed. "Stay here." She nodded at him, wondering what the ruckus could all be about, and no more than Sasuke had reached the door.
A young woman with blond hair pulled into a high ponytail, a purple tank top with a mini skirt, and sliver high heels came into view. Hinata's eyes widened in shock.
"I-Ino?" Ino spotted her, a relieved look fell over her face, and she barged right into the office, pushing past Sasuke. The Uchiha growled, Ino walked up to Hinata, and wrapped her arms around her, warmly.
"I was so worried about you, Hinata, I went by your place a couple of days ago, and they said no one lived there." Ino stated.
Hinata was speechless, she hadn't really told anyone about her problems except for Sasuke. She didn't want to be a burden on her friends by having them worry about her. She smiled to herself, and placed a hand on Ino's shoulder.
"I-I'm sorry." She apologized. "I-
"Who the fuck do you think you are?" Sasuke asked, angrily. Ino looked up at Sasuke, and she put her hand on her hip.
"Well, hello, to you too, sorry about this, your Hinata's boss right, well, I am Ino Yamanaka, her very dear concerned friend, who is wondering why she had been missing in action."
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Sasuke stared at the woman now introduced as Ino, exasperated. She had disrupted the pleasant atmosphere of his office, and no one came in and barged into his company or his office like that.
He didn't give a fuck who it was. His eyes flickered to Hinata who looked, nervous, and he waved his hand.
"Whatever, you can do what you want, but come in here next time, and I will have you thrown out of here on your ass." He hissed. "Just take you two's business elsewhere."
Ino nodded, looking at Hinata, and the two girls walked out of his office, and down a private portion of the hallway.
"Is everything okay, Hinata?" Ino asked, concerned.
"Un. Rent was going u-up, and I-I couldn't afford i-it so, I had to move."
"Oh." Ino said, sullenly. "I'm so sorry, Hinata, you should have come to Sakura and me, where are you staying now?"
She bit her lower lip, and fumbled with the hem of her skirt. "I-I'm living with my boss." Ino looked at her, stunned, and then blinked twice.
"With your boss?"
"Y-yes, he offered for me t-to live with him." Ino studied her, and then she grimaced, crossing her arms.
"That handsome boss of yours, what is he asking in return?" Hinata was not going to tell her about their deal.
"J-just that I-I continue to work here, diligently." Hinata stated. She hoped that Ino would by that, but judging by the expression on her face, she wasn't.
"Come on, Hinata, we know that is not really what he wants. Better yet, I am going to go ask him myself." Ino began to walk off, and she stepped in front of her, waving her hands in front of her.
"He did say he needed an h-housekeeper, and I would b-become his housekeeper in compensation for his living arrangements." She was now spitting out different things to try to convince Ino.
"Oh." Ino said. "Well, do you like it there?"
"Y-yes."
"I would too, he's pretty hot." She grinned. Hinata's face turned red, and Ino sighed.
"Well, I guess I need to thank him. But, you could have come to us, and our door is still open if it doesn't work out with him."
Hinata nodded. She followed Ino back into the office.
"Well, I should thank you for taking care of Hinata." Ino said. "But, I have my eye on you, don't take advantage of her!"
The Uchiha clicked his tongue. "Sure."
"Your handsome face can only go, but so far."
"Get out." He now commanded. He was agitated, immensely now. Ino waved her hand, dismissively.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll call you later, Hinata."
"Okay." Hinata and Sasuke followed Ino out of the office with their eyes, and Hinata turned to Sasuke, expecting his anger to flare up.
However, it was quite the opposite, she saw his face was darkened a little.
"Must be nice having someone care for you in such a way."
She didn't know what to say to him.
"Now, get back to work." She complied.
The rest of the work day went much more smoothly after all the disruption.
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Sasuke couldn't wait for work to end, he was so exhausted. He didn't sleep one minute without Hinata next to him, she was his own personal sleeping drug. He wondered why the Hyuuga beauty didn't tell her friends about her predicament, sure she had her reasons.
But, he wanted to know those reasons.
The Uchiha was the first one in the house, he collapsed onto the couch, and undid his tie. He leaned back his head, taking in a deep breath, today was a pain.
Hinata followed suit no more than a couple of minutes, she noticed Sasuke on the couch, and figured that he wanted to be left alone.
"Why didn't you tell your friend you left your home?" Sasuke asked, coolly. Hinata didn't know what to say to him, his head was now turned to her, ash burned eyes, awaiting an answer.
She moved over to the couch, and sat down. "I'm really s-sorry about today."
"Your deflecting answer the question."
"I-I didn't want to be a burden on t-them. I hate for m-my loved ones to worry about me, that's why I didn't t-tell my friends."
"Oh."
"M-may I ask you a question?"
"What?"
"W-what did you m-mean by saying "it must be nice to have someone care for you?" He fell silent, and shrugged.
"Nothing." He said, lowly. "Now, scoot closer to me." Her chest grew tight, and her heart, quickened. Sasuke patted the empty space beside him, and Hinata pursed her lips. She moved over to him, cautiously, what was going to come next?
Hinata could have never anticipated Sasuke's next move. He leaned over, rested his head against her shoulder, and she heard him let out a satisfied sigh.
And before she knew it, she heard him doze off. He laid up against her with his arms crossed, even his sleeping face had a stoic expression.
Hinata couldn't help, but giggle at the sight.
She began to consider that maybe just maybe, this side that Sasuke Uchiha was showing her is his true self, unveiled, the one that he hid from most of the world.
Please review the story, I would greatly appreciate it, and I hope you all enjoyed it as there will be more to come- TheValkyrieGladiator