-Start! God Knows by Hirano Aya—


Chapter 4: Go Away

Sasuke lay on his bed, staring up at the ceiling for about an hour already. Three weeks. It had been three long weeks since he had last seen Hankyō. The little red-head haunted his mind still. He tossed and turned on his bed and frowned. The sight of Hankyō willingly be physically closer to Shikamaru flooded to his mind. It was weird; she never lets anyone touch her. Ever. The only exceptions were Kotetsu, Izumo, and Naruto. So why Shikamaru? Come to think of it when did they even become so close?

It was irksome.

Sasuke closed his eyes but immediately snapped open when he realized something. 'She already talked to me!' he thought as he sat up on his bed. Thinking back, Sasuke remembered Hankyō speaking to him. It was only two words but it was still something.

Flashback…

"Come on let's get some ramen!" the jinchuuriki cheered and raced toward the ramen stand. Izumo and Kotetsu finally caught up to them. They looked at Kakashi and shrugged when he gave them a questioning look. Eventually only Sasuke and Hankyō were behind the group.

"…ears"

"What?" Hankyō started to become alarmed by Sasuke's voice. He sighed and looked at her.

"I said it looks like you have animal ears from the way your hair is" he simply said.

"EH?" she said grabbing the side of her head, covering her "ears".

End…

Sasuke huffed in victory at the previous memory. Surprisingly those two words meant a lot to him. He felt the urge to speak to Hankyō once more. To her smile at him, staring at him with those big blue eyes. He shook his head vigorously.

"I only meant it as a friend" he muttered to himself.

Sasuke stared at the old, tattered house in front of him and wondered how he ended up here in the first place. He glared at the door and took a few steps forward. He took his hand out of his pocket to knock on the door but stopped hesitantly. What would she say to him? Wait. Would she say anything at all?

Sasuke thought for a moment and knew that Hankyō probably didn't realize that she had spoken to him on that day three weeks ago. She can be so ditsy at times.

The raven mustered up all his courage and knocked on the door a couple of times. After a while there was no answer. He figured that either she wasn't home or that she knew it was him standing outside her door. He turned to leave but abruptly stopped when the door swung open.

Hankyō's sky blue eyes bore into Sasuke's obsidian ones. A light breeze could be felt. Sasuke could feel his hair tickling his face as he continued to stare at Hankyō who seemed to not move from her spot. She finally frowned at the boy in front of her and looked at him, showing no other emotion on her face. She obviously wondered why Sasuke was standing in front of her house. But she kept her mouth shut. Sasuke bit his lip and walked back toward Hankyō.

"Hankyō" he said with hope. She arched a brow at him, indicating that she was confused of his presence. "Aren't you going to invite me in?" he said somewhat rudely causing her frown to deepen. She shook her head and glared at him which he half expected. "I need to talk to you" he said more pleadingly. Her glare increased as she still said nothing. "Stop being so childish!" Sasuke raised his voice at the girl who winced at his volume.

She began to shake from an overflow of bottled up emotions. The corners of her eyes started to tear up as she bit her lip hard enough to bleed a little. Hankyō was so confused but she was also angry at Sasuke. But think about it. it had been years since she had spoken to him and it was him who pushed her away in the first place. But what could she do?

"J-JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" she stuttered.

"Ha-"

"GO AWAY!" Hankyō shouted and slammed the door in Sasuke's face. he looked down with sad eyes and trudged to the training grounds.


-End! Thank You! by Home Made Kazoku-

Meh this one was more about Sasuke. I'm so sad that no one reviewed last chapter but I'm kind of happy that there are people who are reading :/ which is why this chapter was so short.

-Aiko ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ