Author's Notes: Hey readers! Wow. I would like to thank everyone who review the last chapter. The reviews made a huge jump of reviews and I am very glad that you guys reviewed. I had no idea that this story was so liked. I first wrote it last summer and I really thought that it was not going to be good. I'm happy that the reviewers like it. you guys make me happy! Well, thank you so much and please enjoy this next chappie!

Chapter 4:

Hinata looked at herself in the mirror as she placed on a pearl earring. She was sitting in her room and in a chair near her dressing table. Her long ebony hair was tied in a bun and her short bangs on her forehead were pulled back to give her a more regal look. She didn't have the money to go to a hair salon and have her hair done in style. She had much better use for the money she earned by keeping up with her bills and groceries.

She had to admit, life was tough. Hinata worked as a waitress at a small noodle shop. The pay was okay, but Hinata was just contented enough to just have a job to support than rely on Gaara.

Hinata closed her eyes for a moment after placing on her earrings.

Hinata felt his arm around her shoulders as he brought her into his apartment. It was neatly cleaned and small, just enough for one person to live in. There was a sofa chair and a small T.V. A small plant stood by a corner, very tall. There was a small table and a rug around the table where it was standing.

"You can stay with me for a while," Gaara said, letting her sit on the sofa chair.

"It's okay," said Hinata, trying to get up, but could still feel herself dizzy," I can manage on my own."

She heard a slight chuckle," Yeah right. After getting hit by that car, I don't think that you can even stand right now. The doctor said you just need to take some medicine and rest a lot."

Hinata turned slowly to see his back facing hers.

"Thank you."

She saw Gaara turn around, his eyes intense, but calm, as if those words were something he has never heard before.

Hinata smiled at him," Your kindness if very thoughtful….um…"

"Gaara," said Gaara. He than leaned on the wall and ran a hand through his red hair," You know, no one has said thatto me in a long time. For all my life, even from my family, all I heard was that I was useless. I've never been able to make someone happy enough for them to say thank you." Hinata than saw him give a small crack-up and noticed that there were water in his eyes.

"All I've ever done was given my family and people just pain and unhappiness," said Gaara, he than looked away, holding his lip. The intensity was growing.

Hinata watched Gaara. She looked sadly, knowing that somehow, he had faced a lot of troubles in his life.

"I guess now you're wrong," said Hinata, she saw him turn towards her and Hinata smiled," Because I am truly thankful that you have been able to give me my life back."

Hinata opened her white pearl eyes and saw her reflection in the mirror. She has never been so thankful that Gaara was able to save her. Hinata saw her vision getting blurry and she laughed a little as she wiped them away.

Very thankful.

Her life was going in such a bright direction that she felt her heart would burst.

Hinata got up and the pink dress wonderfully fitted her curves. She than grabbed her white purse in her hand and a black long jacket over her body.

"I'm coming, Gaara," said Hinata, walking out the door.

She was going to meet him soon as she walked out and into Tokyo streets.

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Sasuke sat in his room, with a glass of champagne in his hand. He was wearing his tuxedo and his ebony hair was black and shiny.

But why was it that he was still unable to go to the engagement party?

He sat on a leather chair and he took another sip of the champagne. The picture was in his drawer, but he didn't want to stare at that face again. He was going to be a married man in two months, but yet he still couldn't give his heart away.

It was stupid to marry someone you didn't love, but what could he do? Should he always mope around about Hinata and not move on with his life? He was to be the next heir to his father's corporation and if he didn't start to grow up, thing would go bad.

She's probably waiting for me, thought Sasuke, wishing that he could just get drunk now. He was already a half hour late, but he didn't care. His father is probably talking to other corporate owners at engagement party. But he knew that his presence was obviously needed.

He heard his cell phone ring at least over twenty times now and he knew who it was who was calling.

Sasuke than took a huge swallow of the rest of the champagne and threw it against the wall in his room. His maids would clean it up. He than placed a hand over his forehead and rubbed it.

This was not how he planned his life to be. Not without her. Not without them ever being married and sharing a love that he knew was destined to be.

Sasuke could feel his eyes grow watery and couldn't help as his onyx eyes went into red with those three commas in them. He than got up and started to trash his room. The papers on his desk, his lamp, anything from portraits to clothing and his phone. This all reminded him too clearly of four years ago when he was going mad when Hinata vanished.

All too familiar. All too painful.

Now he was experiencing the same thing. Whether he wanted her or not, there was no way she would come back. But somehow, in his soul, he still yearned for her and believed that some day she would reenter into his life. That she would save him from the immense pain that he felt over these four years.

But all of it was but just a dream.

This only angered Sasuke more as he threw more stuff into the chaos he made. He didn't care as the maids opened his door and stood shocked at his actions.

"Master Uchiha?"

But their voices were unheard as he continued to destroy his room.

Reiko, one of the older maids, held the phone in her hands," Miss Haruno, I'm sorry, but I don't think that he would be able to talk to you. He's trashing everything in his room and I don't know why he is doing this on such an important evening. Do you still want me to give the phone to him?"

Sakura was at the party and she was so scared that maybe Sasuke got into an accident. Instead, he was at home.

"No," said Sakura coldly, hurt certainly in her eyes," It's fine. I'll go over there myself." She than silently closed her cell phone. She watched as Ino was laughing with some men as they were dancing. She smirked in disgust and turned away.

She wore the blue dress she bought and her pink hair was down and she looked exceptionally beautiful. However, now, her face showed no emotions but a deep and hidden anger. Her eyes: cold but piercing. Her face: as stiff as a rock.

"Miss Haruno, would you like some champagne?" asked a waiter serving drinks at the party.

Sakura just pushed him with one hand to the ground as he fell and was dripping wet. She immediately walked out of the party room.

Reiko nodded as she closed the phone.

At that moment, Sasuke stopped and he bent down to his knees on the ground. His hands were now on his face.

"Why did you have to leave me? Why?" shouted Sasuke angrily. "Was it really because you didn't care so that you could so cruelly leave?" He knew that the emotions he was letting out now was weak and torturous. But there was nothing that could ease it. It was too painful for him that he so much as wished that he could die.

"Master Uchiha," said Reiko, moving slowly to Sasuke, followed by three other maids nervously," Miss Haruno just called a moment ago and wondered where you were. Isn't about time that you start going to your engagement party?" She bent over him and than suddenly squeaked as Sasuke got up. He shoved them away and ran down the stairs.

Of course he was going. He didn't care now, and now he knew that he had to break off the engagement. His eyes were still in sharingan but he wouldn't degrade himself by crying. It was a thing that an Uchiha brought up like him would never do in his life. To cry was to show a true sign of weakness and he wasn't going to do that. He would never let that show because four years ago, he discovered the most horrible pain and cried.

Sasuke stood at the subway station. It was three months after Hinata's disappearance and he didn't want a drive home. He had decided to take a walk around the city.

But he couldn't stop thinking about he as he made his last stop home. He wore a gray jacket and jeans with a black backpack over his back. He leaned on a wall and listened to music.

Flashback

"What are you listening to?" asked Hinata, leaning in close to Sasuke. It was after school in the classroom and everyone had left except for Hinata. She had cleaning duty today and so Sasuke decided to stay with her. Sasuke sat on a desk listening to music.

Hinata had a broom in her hand and bent her ear close to Sasuke's to hear piano music play beautifully: She listened with awe.

"It's beautiful," whispered Hinata. The flow, the richness, and the sound touched Hinata's very core.

"My mother played this song," said Sasuke, in a calm tone," She was a pianist and very well known. But she died of cancer eight years ago and so I listen to her music once in a while."

Hinata nodded slowly and stood straight," I'm sorry, Sasuke. I didn't mean to bring back such a hard time for you."

Sasuke shook his head," It's nothing. I promised myself that it would be the only time I would ever cry for someone. She loved my father and my brother and I very much." Now Sasuke was over his mother's death and knew that it was better for her mother to have rested in peace than experience more pain.

He than felt Hinata place her arms around his shoulders. She had dropped the broom and her head was now resting alongside his neck she looked down at him.

"If I were to leave what would you do?" asked Hinata quietly. She loved this man so much that just imagining him gone from her life was unbearable enough.

"Don't be silly," said Sasuke, his voice calm, and he could feel the tension slowly loosen. He leaned back a little bit so that he could feel Hinata's warmth.

Hinata smiled as she kissed his cheek and pressed her cheek closely to his own. "Remember that you'll always be in my heart."

"You sound as if you're going to die the next day or something," said Sasuke, quite amused.

Hinata shook her head lightly," Well, you never know when your life could end. I just thought I should let you know that's all." She than smiled and went to go back to her work.

Her arm was than caught by Sasuke's. Hinata looked back and suddenly she was caught in an embrace. Sasuke had gotten up and was now holding her tightly against him.

Hinata than brought her hands slowly up his back and held on tightly also.

"You know that I'll never forget you," said Sasuke softly as his eyes closed.

End of Flashback

Sasuke still leaned on the wall as the subway made its stop and people began to board it. Somehow, that memory was still embedded in his mind. His eyes had changed and now he just stood there leaning on the wall.

He was listening to piano music.

Sasuke felt the cool wave of cold air touch his face as he ran down the streets of Tokyo. He didn't want anyone to take him there. He just felt like running and knew that it would only make it worth it. He had to relieve some pain on the way.

"Do you love me?"

Hinata stopped immediately and turned around. She faced Sasuke who was now looking straight at her. They had come back from a movie and it was night time. Hinata wore a red shirt and jeans with a brown jacket.

I need to know, Sasuke thought, if these feelings that I am experiencing are the same as yours towards me.

Instead of hearing a blunt answer, Hinata walked back to him and placed an arm around his arm and leaned her head on his arm.

"I'm with you right now aren't I?" said Hinata, her eyes bright in the moonlight," I've spent almost all of my time with you at school and outside of school. We've been to a few dates so far but my feelings haven't changed." She than touched Sasuke's face gently so as to turn it towards her. "That's how I feel about you, Sasuke, and I'll always have that feeling."

Hinata, thought Sasuke as he ran past people and buildings. My feelings for you will never change also.

At that moment Sasuke wasn't watching and had pushed someone aside.

He suddenly noticed those white eyes.

"I'm sorry," said Hinata as she fell on the ground. Some people had stopped to look, but most got on with their ways. She slowly got up, but she was breathing a little hard. The impact was so hard and fast that she thought her heart nearly stopped.

She than fixed herself and winced at the scrape she had on her right elbow. It was bleeding now and her dress was full of dust. Her black jacket was now hanging down to her shoulders. Her hair was in disarray as the clip she had on fell and her long ebony hair fell down to her shoulder blades. Her bangs now over her forehead and a small scratch on her left cheek after her face scraped the pavement. Hinata than tried to smile at the stranger to signal that she was going to be okay.

But instead she met with a kiss.

It was hard and desperate. Hinata's eyes bulged out in shock. Her lips were doing nothing and now this man was kissing her like crazy! Than he held her close in his arms and she felt the impact as if weirdly enough, fitted perfectly and he was still kissing her. His strong arms were around her and she couldn't move.

But the kiss let out more than hard and desperate.

Hinata's eyes were confused, and noticed that this kiss was also very painful. It was weird why she thought these things, but it was true. Anyone would want to be kissed with so much passion and love, but this one was full of an emotional pain and Hinata wanted to cry almost.

Hinata than, with all of her might, pushed Sasuke away from her. He moved back and was shocked.

This isn't right at all! Get away from me! Thought Hinata nervously and saw that the man in front of her was very handsome. He was dressed as if he was going to attend a party and he was breathing very hard.

Hinata also, the shock, causing her to breath at a loud rate. She had no idea, what her presence made him feel.

"Who are you and why did you do that?" asked Hinata incredulously. Hinata was blushing like crazy and she has never felt more violated in her life. Tonight was her engagement to Gaara and now here was an unknown stranger who just kissed her.

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Sakura arrived at the Uchiha mansion and was shocked to find that the maids had told him that he had left.

"He just ran out of the mansion, Miss Haruno," said Reiko, following after Sakura as she hurriedly walked up the stairs and into Sasuke's room.

She stopped as she saw it. Many of the things that were destroyed were the gifts that she had given him during those four years they were together. The portraits of him and her that they had taken. The clothes that she bought for him. The lamp she got for him as a gift. The many useless things she thought would help him forget about Hinata, were all scattered on the floor, either broken or damaged.

Sakura could feel tears come to her eyes. All of these were a waste, Sakura thought as she stepped over a teddy bear that she bought him for the holidays.

She than walked over to his desk and opened the drawer, tears already running down her face. He usually keeps the tissue here. She than stopped as she saw a manila folder. Sakura's eyes widened as she opened it to find the young picture of Sasuke and Hinata.

More tears erupted as Sakura bent her head down on the desk and cried. The picture was in her hand and it was all so obviously clear. She had never reached Sasuke. Never in those four years had she been able to make his heart change even a little. His mind was always on Hinata.

"I hate you! I absolutely hate you! You have ruined my life!" shouted Sakura, as she cried on the table. She threw the picture on the ground as it lightly floated down. The picture of Hinata deeply embedded in her mind was now ever so clearly seen. "I will hate you for the rest of my life!" She cried some more as Reiko and the other maids stared with fear and shock.

Author's Notes: Hello readers again. I know you guys are probably wondering: Where's Gaara? Well, you'll find out in the next chappie. Big events are gonna take place, believe me. Well, anyways I really hoped that you guys like this chappie and I hope to start on the next chappie. Thanks again everyone and PLEASE REVIEW! I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THOUGHT OF IT!