Oh my God... Finally, right! You guys must have been waiting forEVER.

I am SO sorry D:

But. here it is, the moment you've all been waiting for ;). I just hope its up to par :\

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, yo. (Oh, yes I do ;D)

Sasuke stopped as soon as he reached a secluded hallway, a hand immediately moving to rake through his dark hair. "Shit." His eyebrows narrowed down into a glare and he sucked in a shaky breath, tugging slightly at his dark locks. "Shit!" A loud bang resonated throughout the empty hall as his fist made contact with the cool metal locker. Tingles of pain shot up his arm and he clenched and unclenched his fist repeated to make sure he hadn't done too much damage to it.

His frown deepened and he continuously muttered profane words under his breath to try and soothe his rising disgust and anger with himself. He felt a sharp sting at his knuckles and noticed the slight trickle of blood forming where the locker had formed a cut. If possible, his mood worsened. 'What were you thinking, you fucking idiot! This just puts you on the same level as the slime ball who forced himself on her!'

"Fuck!" He continued his saunter down the hall until he reached the door to the courtyard. Careful to keep his anger in check, he opened the door and hid himself against the side of the building, holding his head in his hands. A hand moved down to trace over his still tingling lips and, in another fit of rage, slammed his fist against the brick of the building wall.

"Idiot!"

Hinata stood still for a few moments, attempting to calm her nerves. When she heard the crowds of students beginning to fill the halls, her legs immediately brought her in the direction of the bathroom. She dropped her bag and jacket next to the sink, examining her flushed body in the mirror before her.

Her cheeks stained crimson when she noticed her disheveled uniform, having clumsily buttoned her blouse wrong. Upon closer inspection she noticed a light pink mark just above her color bone. A small squeak escaped past her lips and she hastily redid the buttoning to her blouse, relieved when the mark was covered.

Her heart, she noticed, was beating loudly in her ears and she took a moment to calm her slightly quickened breathing. She turned the faucet on ice cold and splashed her face a few times to calm her burning cheeks. Grabbing paper towel, she dried herself off and did a once over again to make sure that everything was in order.

A sigh of relief left and she brought her hand to the covered hickey, blushing at the memory of Sasuke's mouth having been there only moments before. Her eyes traveled up to her face to take notice of her bruised lips. She licked them subconsciously, her eyes widening in realization and a dark blush once again adorning her cheeks.

"What am I supposed to do now…?" Embarrassed at staring at herself, and frustrated at continuously being reminded of Sasuke, she grabbed her belongings and rushed out of the bathroom, nearly knocking down an unexpected girl. She apologized profusely and clumsily made her way down the hall.

'Sasuke… where did you go?'

Sasuke sighed and ran his fingers through his hair once more before getting up. 'I need to find her…' He looked at the empty hall, sighed, and headed back toward the way he came. As soon as he turned the corner he bumped into a petit figure, instinctively grabbing hold of their wrist so that they wouldn't fall. He heard a meek voice apologize and immediately recognized it as Hinata's.

Hinata looked up and felt her cheeks inflame almost instantaneously. 'I'm not prepared for this, it's too soon!' Her eyes widened and she pulled her wrist from him harshly, holding it in her hand almost defensively. Sasuke's eyes widened for a brief second, before catching himself and plastering on a stoic expression. He tried taking a step toward her but stopped when she backed up. He frowned, "Hinata…"

Caught off guard, she squeaked a pathetic, "Y-yes!" Flinching at the own high pitched noise that she produced. She immediately felt bad for her actions when she recognized the slight frown and remorse in Sasuke's eyes. "Hinata, will you come with me somewhere?" He held his breath and when she didn't respond he let out an inaudible sigh.

"Just… to the park, maybe?" His hand found its way back to threading through his hair, and he looked away. Glancing at her only when she continued to keep quiet, noting the prominent blush and slightly parted lips. He looked away again when he felt his cheeks heat with a light blush. His frown deepened and he locked eyes with her. "Please?"

Hinata's face burned and she suddenly felt stupid for keeping quiet. "A-ah… um, okay." Sasuke sighed with relief and turned to start walking, straining his ears to make sure Hinata's quiet footsteps followed; they did.

It was about a ten minute walk from the school to the park, and it was done in mostly silence. Hinata was beginning to feel awkward and uncomfortable, still not sure how to act in front of Sasuke. He led them to a bench that was situated in front of a grand fountain. Even though Hinata was used to seeing the fountain from the many times that she'd gone there, it had still brought a calming smile to her face each time.

Sasuke noticed from his peripheral vision and was filled again with an overwhelming relief that she hadn't denied him and that she was still able to smile. He sat down and waited patiently for her to take the seat next time him. He turned slightly to face her and once again locked gazes. "Hinata," She looked up at him expectantly, too afraid to say anything. "I want to apologize. About… before. I really shouldn't have done that, and I…" He trailed off not sure how to continue.

Hinata carefully observed as he rubbed the back of his neck in a nervous manner. "S-Sasuke?" His head shot toward her almost immediately, "Just… sorry." Hinata scooted closer to him and tentatively reached a hand toward the one he had resting on his knee. "It's o-okay. I mean – I forgive you." Sasuke stared at the hand on reclined back into the bench.

"Don't expect apologies from me often – it doesn't happen." Hinata giggled lightly and faced forward, watching the children playing in the playground across from them. She moved to pull her hand away, but Sasuke turned his and laced their fingers together loosely. Her eyes darted to his nervously and his traced down to their hands and back to her face. "Is this okay?" Hinata felt her face flush and she nodded, turning her head towards the kids in embarrassment.

"What's your favorite color?" Sasuke eyed Hinata oddly, raising an eyebrow in question, "Where did that come from?" Hinata suddenly felt stupid and refused to look at him, "N-no… I just thought that I'd l-like to maybe get to kn-know you better." Sasuke hummed thoughtfully in response and absentmindedly stroked her hand with his thumb.

"Blue, but… red seems to be a very nice color on you." He smirked when her face, just as predicted, turned a dark red. "Ex-excuse me!" "Hn. Yours?" She paused and pulled at the hem of her jacket nervously. "It's um… lilac." Sasuke stayed quiet for a few minutes and every so often he lazily stare at Hinata from the corner of his eyes. After a minute, he shifted his attention to the various clouds in the sky.

"I live with my brother, Itachi." Hinata turned toward him curiously at the unexpected conversation. "Our parents died when I was little… an accident, I think." Her eyes went downcast and she tightened her hold on his hand. "Ah… I'm sorry." Sasuke glanced at her and then back to a large cloud. "Don't be… what about you?"

"I um… live with my dad, sister, and cousin. M-my mom used to p-play piano, she taught me a few songs." A smiled graced her features as many memories of her mom and her playing the piano together. "Hn," He smirked and pulled Hinata to her feet. "Anything else you wanna know?" She stumbled a bit, but smiled sweetly and looked up at him. "Th-there's a lot more that I want to know."

Sasuke resisted a smile and started walking toward the direction of Hinata's house. "That's good." 'There's more I want to know about you, too.' Hinata had to jog slightly to keep up with his large strides. "We've got plenty of time."

Guys, it's really late and I don't feel like rereading this for typing errors and whatnot. Maybe I'll look at it later and fix up what needs fixing. (It's like 3AM O.o)

Not to mention there's a big ass friggen spider in my computer room and I want OUT. ASAP.

Sorry for taking so long with this :o. I have no excuses.

Reviews are nice, it's been a while with this story so I don't know if it's any good... and the character's may seem a bit off because I'm not used to writing them anymore (But, then again, they're always off.)

Also, I don't think it's possible to write Sasuke in character while apologizing, that's just something I can't picture him doing O.o

That's all, I think.

~ Unbalanced Kiss