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Naive-Lily Allen

Sasuke yawned as he opened the door to his apartment. Mildly irritated by the incessant jabs to his doorbell he frowned at the blonde boy smiling sheepishly at him. "Oi Bastard!! I forgot my basketball over here last week and I need it." Naruto, his self-proclaimed "bestfriend" pushed his way past the bemused Sasuke. Spotting the ball in question in the corner of the room Naruto scooped it up easily. "I got a game with Kiba at the gym in a couple of hours. So what's your plans for this fine saturday morning?" Naruto inquired in that nosy way that best friends always do.

Sasuke blinked at him...it was Saturday? He'd spent so much time lately working on his music that he barely registered the hours of his life flying by. If it was Saturday...then that meant he hadn't spoken to Hinata since last Sunday afternoon. 'Damnit!' He swore to himself. They never went so long without seeing each other much less even speaking to each other on the phone. 'She must really be mad.' He thought dully. He couldn't understand why Hinata felt so threatened by Karin. There was nothing going on. In fact Karin was the only girl who treated him like he was just an ordinary guy. She didn't try to ask him out, she didn't try to find ways to fall into his arms or lap hell at his feet even. Like some other girls have. She treated him like a...brother almost. It was like hanging out with one of the guys except without all the annoying traits his other friends Naruto and Kiba had. The way those two were always too loud and how they never shut up. Ughh...no...Karin was bearable and they were helping each other with their assignments bouncing off opinions and suggestions to each other. Hinata just couldn't understand that Karin was just a friend. A hella good friend too.

But he didn't want Hinata to get so upset either. She was very important to him too. It was just that this was a very important time in his life...He'd be graduating soon and he wanted to excel. What was so wrong with that?

"Hello!! Earth to fucking Sasuke!!! What's with your dopey ass today?" Naruto asked Sasuke curiously. Sasuke just shook his head and sighed.

"I think Karin is coming over to work on her final's piece."

"That red-head with the glasses? Wasn't she here three days ago?" Naruto studied his friend. Sasuke nodded. "Whoa! Do you mind if I ask Hinata out on a date when she breaks up with you?" Naruto joked good-naturedly. Sasuke glared at his friend."What?! She's smoking hot man!!!"

"What the fuck Naruto! We aren't going to break up!" Sasuke shoved his friend into a wall forcefully but not seriously. Naruto grinned at him. "Stop smiling at me you homo." Sasuke said dropping his hands from Naruto's shirt front.

"So Hinata is okay with that other chick being here so much?" Naruto couldn't help the smirk on his face. Even though they were best friends it was annoying the way Sasuke's life was so perfect all the time. Nobody should be so much luckier than everyone else. Ofcourse the death of his parents was extremely unlucky and Naruto felt guilt at the way he'd been thinking. Sasuke was his friend and he was gonna be rthere and help him out any way he could.

"What do you think? She's so mad at me that I haven't even heard from her since Sunday." Sasuke felt pretty depressed at the thought of never hearing from her again. Everything he was working so hard for now would be hollow and unfulfilling to him.

"Have you tried contacting her?"

Sasuke shook his head. "I've been so busy. I barely know when the day changes." Sasuke rubbed his eyes, which Naruto noticed were red-rimmed and had slight shadows under them. "If Karin doesn't remind me to eat I would be dead probably." Sasuke muttered feeling a hunger pang at that moment.

"So you've been too busy to call your gorgeous girl-friend because you're too busy with that red-head?" Naruto said thoughtfully. "Well here's some advice for you and I suggest you pay attention and store it away in your head...this advice is golden. Girl's don't like being ignored for any reason. But especially in favor of another girl. You want keep your girlfriend you better start paying some attention to her." Naruto advised sagely.

Sasuke studied the blonde for a moment. What did Naruto know about this kind of stuff he'd never been in a long-term relationship like he and Hinata had. Sasuke doubted Hinata would break up with him over something so small. But he did know that he was going to make some time for her very soon. He missed her sorely now that he'd torn himself away from his music. His cellphone rang. Picking it up he answered with a gruff "Hello?"

Naruto stood there and watched the one-sided conversation Sasuke was having with the person on the other line.

"Today? I'm kinda drained and I wanted to go see Hinata today. No...No we don't have plans...it's okay... Really...you don't have to feel guilty if it's such a big emergency that you gotta switch with your co-worker then that's that. Sure...come on over. Make sure you bring coffee. See ya." Sasuke put down the cellphone after ending the phonecall. He gave Naruto a sullen 'Don't start with me look' . Naruto sighed and scooped up his basketball again and his gym bag. "Going to the gym now?" Sasuke asked just to move the moment along.

Naruto just smiled at him winningly "Yeah I wanna get a workout in so I can be all buff when I take Hinata out on that date after she dumps your ass!" he said brightly and laughed out loud walking to the door and letting himself out.

Sasuke stared at the floor wondering if he really should have just told Karin to came by some other time. 'No' he rationalized to himself 'Hinata and I don't even have plans today. Karin can come over now to work on her piece. Hadn't she helped him out alot when he worked on his final piece? He had to return the favor. He'd call Hinata up later and make amends. After Karin leaves he was gonna get some sleep and then he was gonna get in touch with his girlfriend and show her the time of her life. Whatever she wanted she was going to get. What good was his families' money to him if he couldn't spend it on his girl? She was worth it.

Feeling the rumbling in his stomache again he swallowed to get rid of the slightly nauseous feeling in his throat after not eating in last 18 hours. He walked into his kitchen to raid his refrigerator for some nourishment.

Karin smiled to herself as she balanced the coffees in their cupholder between the two steaming styrofoam containers a bag with fresh bagels sat precariously. She was so glad she decided to call him today. It looked like he was on the verge of calling his girlfriend. Karin smirked at the thought of Sasuke's pasty faced girlfriend. So what if she was somewhat pretty? Karin was cute too. So what if Hinata had a fuller figure than her. Karin was slim and she had personality. Sasuke would realize how perfect she was for him and not that spoiled pampered princess. She's probably an airhead and that's why she doesn't talk alot. Well Karin was smart just like Sasuke was. She didn't see what he saw in the little weirdly dressed Hinata. They didn't really have all that much to talk about. Not like Sasuke and herself. They had music in common. They could talk for hours and hours. Okay so maybe a lot of the time it was about Hinata and Karin would pretend to be sympathetic to his problems all the while gritting her teeth in anger because she was so sick of hearing that name come from his lips all the time.

All the other girl's at their school were jealous of her thinking that Karin had a romantic relationship with Sasuke. Well it wouldn't be too long before Karin made sure that Sasuke and Hinata were through. Sasuke would need comfort from his "friend" and then Karin would reel him in slowly. She had the strategy all figured out and the patience to carry it out. All the other girl's were so stupid giving Sasuke all the kinds of attention he didn't want. Karin hadn't acted the way they all did. Instead she approached him from a harmless angle...just a friend. But that would all change...it was only a matter of time.

She knew that Hinata had called Sasuke once the past week while he ran out to pick up takeout chinese food. She erased the message as soon as Hinata disconnected. She had to do what she had to do to get Sasuke for herself. Alls fair in love and war and all that. Hinata was just one out-of-luck-poor-little-rich girl Karin sang in her head.

Kakashi smiled to himself watching Hinata twirl and dance around his studio joyfully. She sang along with the music. This Lily Allen sure was an amusing artist. He laughed outloud at some of her outrageous lyrics that she delivered in such an innocent carefree voice. Hinata wore sheer peach colored babydoll dress that had large beige polka dots on it. The underslip of the dress matched their color and a peach bibbon ran from under breasts emphasizing their shape to tie sweetly in the back with a loopy bow.It was short (hemline brushing her thighs) and sweet much like the girl in it. She wore beige anklet socks with lacy trim and high heeled black patant leather maryjanes. She had her long black hair curled in soft full ringlets around her waist with a peach headband holding her bangs away from her face.

When Kakashi learned how lonely Hinata was he felt a twinge of pity. He knew that all alone feeling very well. When his first real girlfiend and his bestfriend died in boating accident on a 'ditch school excursion' to the marina. If he hadn't gotten into a huge fight with Rin he would have been there with her and Obito.At the time he wished he had been there. Later he knew he had that fight to thank for his life.The black empty void they left behind there almost swallowed him whole. He was haunted by how things ended between them. But Kakashi was a survivor and eventually he did get on with his life even if he never really got over losing them. He didn't think Hinata had it in her to go so long without human contact. So against his better judgement he told her she could come over and hang out anytime she wanted. So far she was really good at not taking any advantage of the offer. Stopping by to keep him company but not so much that he minded. In fact he really enjoyed being around her. She was a very sunny person indeed.

Hinata smiled openly feeling the happy vibe of the song run throughout her whole body. She was feeling very playful and wasn't surprised when Kakashi whipped out his camera even though they didn't plan on having a photosession today. She couldn't help how her crush on him deepened when he told her that she had an open invitation to his home. She was really depressed at how Sasuke never called her back. Maybe he was mad at her for being so upset about Karin again. But Kakashi saved her from going all suicidal and scary...drunk dialing him like she and Ino did one night. But for some reason he never called her back. Thinking back on the message she wondered if she had said anything offensive. She was pretty sure she didn't but anything was possible after all that X-rated liquor Ino brought over for their sleepover.

She knew that Kakashi wasn't interested in a little girl like her. But she loved teasing him during the times he was clicking away. It tapped into the emotions he was trying to capture from her. Innocent and seductive at the same time isn't something easily done without the right state of mind. She did keep things very proper whenever they weren't working and just enjoying each other's company. She didn't want him to turn her away because things were weird. She told herself she only found him so interesting because Sasuke wasn't around. She told herself her feelings weren't real. She told herself that all this time with him was completely harmless. Later she would tell herself she was such a liar looking back.

A/N: Naive is a song that Hinata would listen to and relate to something she wants to say to Sasuke. It isn't necessarily the song that was playing during the impromptu photosession. Gosh it's hard to come up with cute outfits for Hinata to wear! Oh yeah I was talking about the song ...it reflects how Sasuke is and how he doesn't get how devious girls can be. Fitting right? Ooohh that Karin is sneaky!! Well please let me know what you think about this chapter. It wasn't very dramatic but it does lay down some more foundation for a nice long story (I'm hoping)