Red String

A/N: I've decided to talk about something serious. Like, eating disorders are nothing to mess around with. The person will keep doing it if they have the same circle of people they know that have impossible standards, and they keep doing what they do. That's what I found out after doing some soul searching. Anyway, eating disorders are a form of self harm. They'll do it until they find help. Reach out a hand and offer it to the people suffering. Enjoy!

Hinata thought back to kindergarten. She was new, and Sasuke had accepted her quite easily. She had fallen for his friend, Naruto, but had given up, because, there's only so long you crush on someone, then give up. So, when she bumped into Sasuke again, she knew he needed her again, so she helped him. But, she didn't find that she was in love with her former crush's best friend. She blushes a hot pink, just realizing how long she was thinking about him. She went down to the music room, and started practicing piano.

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Sasuke was surprised how bold he could be. Was he this bold with other girls? Nah. He was just quiet and just went out with them. Never really tried to kiss them, definitely never tried to get into their pants. When he dated Karin and Sakura, they were the ones that tried to get him. He never really liked them anyway. When the lunch bell rang, he picked up his bag and strolled to the music room. He heard piano music, and stayed quiet. When it was done, he walked in.

"O-Oh, Hi Sasuke-kun."

"Hey."

"H-How are y-you?"

"Good. You?"

"G-Good. Are you here for lunch?"

"Yeah."

The Uchiha opens up his bento, and finds Hinata watching him. "What?"

"I-I've never seen a guy eat before." She says, turning away and blushing. Sasuke smiles, walks over to her, and sits right next to her, in fact, they're so close, and their knees are touching. Hinata turns into the color of a tomato, Sasuke chuckles, and just simply kisses her on the head, because she's so tiny. Hinata turns even redder, and continues eating, the color subsiding. He smiles when he sees she likes tomatoes just like him. They're quiet for the rest of lunch. When the lunch bell rung, to signify that it was over, the two teens stood up and cleaned up and walked hand in hand to the library.

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Karin and Sakura lay in the nurses' office, still in quite a bit of pain, from where Hinata had jabbed them. They both spoke a bit, and plan something to get revenge.

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Hinata and Sasuke both go to class for the rest of the day. When their final classes finish, Sasuke walks over to Hinata's class, and sees the girl is upset.

"What's up? Are you okay?"

"L-Let m-me s-show y-you w-what t-they d-did," is all the indigo haired girl says, barely able stop from crying.

They walk to her locker, and she opens it, and what Karin and Sakura did was horrible.

They had graffitied her locker, drawn crude pictures of her, and wrote nasty things about her. They ranged, from "You're an ugly bitch" to "Whore" to "You're not worth it". Sasuke widens eyes, and Hinata starts crying. Karin and Sakura come around the corner, and start smirking.

That's when Sasuke's composure and patience for the two girls shatters. He walks over, and both girls start fawning over him.

"Sasuke- you really think she's worth it?"

"Sasuke~kun~ come back to me~"

"No! ME!"

At that point, he just simply pulls their hands off him. "Listen, Karin and Sakura, I have no intention to date either of you, because, frankly, you two are quite annoying and the worst fangirls I have ever met. Do not associate with me, or I will tell Tsunade about this."

Both girls are shocked. Their Sasuke-kun would reject them for the invisible girl who barely went to class? They could not comprehend this. They just stood there, and Sasuke walks off with Hinata, who had finished crying and had watched the entire episode. They leave school, and Sasuke asks her if she's alright.

"I-I'm okay."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

"Okay. Where's your apartment?"

"How do you-"

"Ino."

Mentioning the blonde, had Hinata quietly pissed at her friend, who had told Sasuke where she lived.

"I live 15 minutes away from the school."

"I'll drop you off. It's probably on the way back to my house."

So they walk, and talk bit. Hinata reveals that she has a music competition tomorrow, which Sasuke asks why.

"The prize money goes directly to the rent for the apartment, any extra goes to clothing, food, and other bills. B-But, sometimes, Neji and I get jobs to make ends meet. It's easier than working every day after school."

"Oh. You're talented though."

Hinata blushes. "T-Thanks, Sasuke-kun."

They continue talking, and Sasuke reveals a bit about Kindergarten, and Hinata remembers it. They smile, remembering when the two got into mischief and played together.

"You know, I never told you what happened with me and Itachi."

"W-What happened?"

"He deceived me and killed my puppy, Kuro."

"T-That's horrible!"

"Tell me about it."

They continue on, and they walk all to the door of Hinata's apartment.

"I'll s-see you tomorrow, Sasuke-kun?"

"Yeah. The library?"

"Sure!"

"Okay, then, bye." Sasuke replies, and kisses her on the cheek, and walks off. Hinata turns a shade of light pink, looks for her apartment key, and unlocks the door, letting herself in, because Neji was at a martial arts tournament, and she had some practicing to do.

A/N: Whee! Another chapter done! ~ I hope you guys enjoyed it so far! I'm still playing with the ideas in my head, so look for a couple new fanfics this week!

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