A/N: Sadly my beta or proof-reader, do not have time to help me anymore. Which means that his will be the last chapter where I have the help from my beta. Though I will try the best as I can.

I Dare You

Chapter 7 - A Promise, Tuesday (Day 3)

If someone had told to Sasuke only two weeks ago, that he would be standing alone in his own backyard with the girl of his dreams, Hinata Hyuga, he would have never believed them. He would most likely have punched the person in the face, thinking that said person was trying to make a fool of him.

But now he simply did not know what to do with himself. He was in fact standing alone with his longtime crush and he had never been happier in his life than he was in this moment.

"So," Sasuke said while looking at his feet, suddenly very interested in his shoes, "what kind of college is it you want to attend?" He looked up at her slightly surprised face; she obviously did not expect him to ask any further questions about what she had told him earlier. She walked over to the swings at the far end of the yard, one of the few, if not the only thing, that showed a child had lived in this house. It had been abandoned for years, not touched, played on or thought of for several years, and now he was suddenly sitting on it once again, which made his heart flutter more than it did when he was a little kid, swinging as high up in the air as the robes on the swing would allow him to.

"I plan on studying law and business as a major and psychology as a minor, so I'll be able to take on my family's company when I graduate. I-I don't want to be a hindrance for my family. My parents would let me into the company because I'm their daughter, even though my cousin is much better suited for the job, so I don't want to feel like I'm not worthy of the company…" Hinata's voice started to fade out as she seemed to get more insecure about what she was saying and getting more self-conscious of the fact that Sasuke was looking at her the whole time, she was talking.

Sasuke slowly reached Hinata's face with his hand and pushed a strand of hair behind her ear, "I'm sure you won't be a hindrance no matter what you do. You are a really smart girl, Hinata," he smiled slightly at her and their eyes were locked for a few seconds. Hinata looked away and smiled shyly at her feet, kicking against the ground so she could swing lightly on the swing. "T-thank you, Sasuke, that means a lot to me." She turned her head to face Sasuke and smiled beautifully innocently at the young Uchiha, which made his heart skip a beat and his cheeks heat up.

She is amazing. She is like an angel! Working so hard and still being as kind and gentle as she is. Now is your chance Sasuke, do something, say something, keep the conversation going, ask her out, hold her hand, anything!-

"You know, Sasuke…" Hinata started, looking down and fondling with her fingers again, "I-I really want to thank you for helping me prepare and studying for my exam, y-you have b-been a major help, I wouldn't have been able to d-do it w-without you… So… Uuhhmm… as a thanks… uuhhmm… w-would you go to the m-movies t-together with me t-tomorrow? I-I m-m-mean, if you d-don't want to, that's o-okay, i-it's just t-to thank you for y-your h-help" Hinata's face was completely red and her heart was racing so much she was almost sure Sasuke was able to hear it beating. Sasuke looked at Hinata with surprise, but still couldn't hide a growing smile on his lips and a small blush on his cheeks. "Sure" Sasuke replied. They both smiled at each other, everything around them forgotten and closing away the sound of cars on the other side of the hedge, ignoring the old sounds of the swings and not caring about the dark clouds which had started to form on the sky warning them for rain any minute.

Sasuke looked up at the warning skies above them. It's going to rain soon. He looked at Hinata and stood up and turned to face her, "Come, it's getting late, let me walk you home," Hinata stood up as well and let Sasuke walk her home.

The walk home was way shorter than Sasuke had wished for. It felt like they had only been walking about 100 meters, but in fact it was a few kilometers. The whole way back they talked as if they had known each other since kindergarten. It felt natural and quite frankly, it felt fantastically enlightening. He could tell her about things he had never told anyone else. Though he had a hard time opening up to others, he felt like he would give it a chance with this girl. Sasuke told Hinata about his great fear of dogs, and although he was prepared for her to think it was weird or girly, she didn't. She only listened and made short replies full of understanding.

"Y-you know S-sasuke-kun, y-you're nothing like I imagined you to be," Hinata said with a small voice while they were almost at the Hyuga neighborhood. "What do you mean?" Sasuke asked, getting a bit nervous, which made him stop walking so they stood in front of each other. "W-well, you know… You have always been so d-difficult to approach… E-even though we-re both friends with Naruto… I honestly… Up until now that is… I always found you a bit… s-scary." Hinata looked nervously up at Sasuke's porcelain-like skin and always perfectly masked features, that were about to be cracked by the Hyuga girl. Just as Sasuke was about to open his mouth to answer, it started to rain heavily on the two. They had been so caught up on each other that they had not noticed that the clouds had started to gather together and darken in the past hour. Sasuke wanted to get Hinata under a roof to avoid getting soaked, but she stood still looking at him with a small blush on her cheeks, not caring for the rain. "But you k-know S-Sasuke-k-kun, y-you're actually a really nice p-person" Hinata's usual shy and kind expression changed to a more determined look, making Sasuke's heart skip a beat. Sasuke didn't know what to do, so before he even realized it himself, he took her hand and ran to the nearest tree so they could get some shelter from the rain, although they were already soaked. Sasuke's hair was clinging to his face, making it difficult to look through his bangs, but he could not keep his eyes off of Hinata, her purple-ish hair was wet and kissing her soft skin like his deepest desires wished to do. Her clothes clung to her body, like he wanted to hug her, tight. Sasuke stood close to Hinata, their eyes connected, making both their worlds clash together for a split second, until his warm hand softly stroked her cold cheek. Hinata blushed deeply, but the warmth in her cheeks was no match to the warmth in Sasuke's hands. "Sasu-" she whispered softly, but was cut off by his lips slowly getting closer to hers.

"Don't you dare Sasuke Uchiha!" a voice yelled angrily just a few seconds before Sasuke's and Hinata's lips would have been touching each other's. Sasuke cursed inside his head and looked at the person who had intruded on the biggest moment in his teenage life. It was Neji Hyuga; Hinata's overprotective cousin, who had never liked the young Uchiha. "Hinata, why don't you go back home? I have a few words I want to exchange with Sasuke, alone." Neji said in a kind, but angry tone; angry at the Uchiha, but still kindly towards his adorable cousin, whom he had been protecting for years.

Hinata's face became as red as the cherries which were hanging in the tree her and Sasuke were standing under. And when she realized what Neji had just witnessed she left without another word, but looked at Sasuke with a worried face before turning around to leave the two boys alone in the rain.

"Uchiha, I believe I told you three days ago, that if you ever lay a hand on Hinata, then I would kill you." Neji stepped closer to Sasuke until they were only a few meters away from each other. Neji stood with a threatening face. Sasuke shoved his hands in his pockets and casually leaned against the tree. "Neji, I want to tell you that I am not planning on playing with Hinata's feelings," and there it was, the Uchiha smirk, which had been absent from Sasuke's lips for a very long time.

Neji scowled at the smirking Sasuke and stepped closer, "watch that little smirk of yours, because I will never let you get any closer to her. I will protect her from guys like you." Neji's whole body tensed up, ready to attack Sasuke at any time if he had to. Sasuke smiled casually and faced Neji as if he was not standing in front of a very angry person, desperate to protect his innocent cousin. "Neji, I promise you, I want to protect Hinata just as badly as you do. I really…" Sasuke smiled up at the raining clouds, taking a break, trying to sort out his thoughts, "I really like her, and even though I know that you don't trust me, I hope that you can let me be in love with her," even though Sasuke did not show it, his body was shaking, he could not effort to lose her, not now.

Neji shook his head, "You're right Uchiha, I am never going to trust the likes of an Uchiha, but let me assure you of one thing, if I ever see her crying because of you, if you ever hurt her in one way or another, then you are a dead man" Neji turned around and started walking towards the big Hyuga mansion which could be seen a few hundred meters away from where Sasuke stood under the cherry tree. And as Neji was walking in the silent rain of the afternoon, Sasuke stood under the tree with a giant smile on his face, a smile nobody had ever seen, and if it was up to him, nobody would ever see it. Sasuke was extremely happy, although it was very vague; he knew he just got the foot inside to gain Neji's acceptance. Sasuke sat down leaning against the tree, letting the rain drop down from the leaves onto his hot pale skin.

His mind started to get into a huge turmoil, he had just spent a whole day with the girl of his dreams, she wanted to go to the movies with him the next day - which could actually be seen as a real date, he had been seconds away from kissing her and at last, Neji let him off for the time being.

Sasuke could not get any happier, and just as he was about to jump up on a pink cloud, everything went black for the young Uchiha.

A/N: I really hope you all enjoyed this chapter!

I have written about 4-5 chapters more so far, and it should not be much longer than to chapter 12 or 13.

Please review, I would love to hear your thoughts! :)