A/N: Here's the interlude and I wasn't expecting on what I did with this one. I just got carried away and had gone with the flow. Hope you like it :D
Sorry for the typographical errors, wrong grammar and missing words.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything!

HEARTBEAT

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INTERLUDE

As soon as Sasuke reached their home his two best friends opened up the door for him.

"I thought you'll never come home!" Naruto joked and Kiba shot him a deathly glare. "Heh, I was only kidding, Kiba." the blond sweat dropped.

"What took you so long?" The Inuzuka asked Sasuke but the Uchiha ignored him.

"Will you two shut up?" he grunted. "Yuki's asleep, we'll talk as soon as I put him to bed." The raven haired teen said as he passed by his friends.

Immediately after tucking his nephew in bed, Sasuke went to the living room and started the conversation with friends.

"How the hell did Yuki-chan got inside the tea house without you two?" onyx eyes went even darker while staring at Naruto and Kiba.

"Not too loud, teme." pleaded Naruto. "Mikoto-oba will kill me if she knows."

"We didn't know how he got there, Yuki-chan suddenly went missing," Kiba interfered. "And when we saw him he was on to the tea shop's door." The Inuzuka continued explain to the annoyed Sasuke.

"Good thing nothing bad happened to him." Sasuke heaved out a heavy sigh and fell backwards on the nearest couch.

Naruto and Kiba were also relieved when their best friend hadn't attacked them for letting Yuki be out of their sight. The two teens took a seat on the carpeted floor while Sasuke was comfortably lying on the couch.

"Soooo, I believe your date went well?" snickered Naruto which got him a kick on his side from Kiba. "Hey! I'm not a punching bag!" He cowered.

"It was better." smirked the onyx eyed young man and Kiba jumped on him and fisted his collar.

"Don't you dare hurt her, Uchiha, or I'll beat you." threatened the Inuzuka and Naruto grabbed Kiba away from Sasuke.

"C'mon, Kiba! Calm down. There goes your sister complex again." The blond sighed as Kiba got a hold of himself.

"What the hell is wrong with you, Inuzuka?" The Uchiha gasped, shock visibly seen on his features. "What was that for?!" Sasuke confronted his friend.

"Whoa! Will you two drop it?! Mikoto-oba might hear us and I don't want a night full of scolding." Naruto butted in. The two enraged teens went silent and both took deep breath.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke." Kiba apologized. "I just get really overprotective to Hina-chan went it comes with her going out with someone." clarified the chocolate haired Inuzuka.

Sasuke scoffed at his friend's confession. "Do you not trust me, Inuzuka?" Onyx eyes looked straight to chocolate ones. "Do you think I'll put her in harm when my senpai already entrusted her to me?" He stated. "Don't tell me you're jealous?" Sasuke squinted his eyes and looked away when Kiba's expression went from solemn to surprise and then to an irritated look.

Sasuke and Naruto shared a look and both grinned when the Inuzuka went speechless.

"So, you really were jealous!" exclaimed the blond.

"What?! Of course not!" a defensive reply came from Kiba.

"So, if you're not jealous why were you furious that you almost hit me?" sneered Sasuke with wiggling eyebrows.

"I told you that I only got overprotective like Neji-senpai!" The Inuzuka justified.

"Oh really, it doesn't look like it." Naruto and Sasuke said at the same time and laughed.

"It's not like that, I do like Hina-chan but only as a sister not as more than that!" this time the two really got on Kiba's nerves and smacked Naruto and Sasuke on the head.

"Dammit, Kiba!" Naruto whined. "How many times do-" the blond was interrupted by Sasuke.

"Does that mean that you have a girlfriend or what?" The Uchiha asked still rubbing his head. Kiba flushed at his raven haired friend's question.

"I guess, that's a yes." Sasuke smirked and push Naruto and Kiba out of the Uchiha household. "You two should go home. I'm tired. See you on Monday." the handsome young man bade goodbye to his companions and closed the door.

"Hey!" The blond called back.

"We're not done asking you questions yet!" Kiba hollered back.

But both teens backed away when the door opened and an annoyed Uchiha Mikoto was in front of them.

"Uhh, oba-chan, thanks for the snack!" Naruto smiled wearily to the Uchiha matriarch.

"Y-yeah!" Kiba agreed. "We'll be off now! I'll just take Yuki-chan next weekend. Bye!" The Inuzuka said nervously and pushed Naruto away from the Uchiha residence.

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It was a normal day in one of Konoha's private high school when something out of the ordinary caught Yamanaka Ino's attention; Uchiha Sasuke was texting during their Calculus class! No one dared to use mobile phones during this class because Ibiki-sensei will definitely let your phone fly off the classroom window to the school grounds and a 2-hour detention solving math problems after class will be met if anyone was caught-in-the-act.

It was one of the rarest scenes to see the famous Uchiha use his mobile phone. Ino did not even know if Sasuke ever uses his communicating device, she had never seen the onyx eyed teen to either text or call before, during or after class or even their breaks. She hadn't even seen him hold his phone! So, this was really an event that shouldn't be missed.

'Who would be sending a text message at this hour and how important is that person that Sasuke bothered to reply' Ino wondered to herself.

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Sasuke was half listening to Ibiki-sensei's discussion when he felt his phone vibrate.

'Who the hell would bother me during class hours?' The Uchiha thought when he remembered it must be Hinata.

Sasuke rarely used his mobile phone in school and at home. The communicating device was only meant for emergencies and the people who knew his contact number would not bother to call or text message him during class hours because they knew that the Uchiha will not be able to read it because either it was left at home or had an empty battery but today, he had decided to bring it him with a fully charged battery.

Since the day Sasuke had given his number to Hinata he had been keeping it with him and from that day they had a date, the two teens had been sending text messages to each other to keep in touch and the Uchiha had forgotten to warn her to not text him during his class hours. Sasuke sighed and slowly took his phone out of his pocket with eyes still locked to Ibiki's lecture.

From: Hinata

Sasuke, are you free this afternoon?

The raven haired teen thought of his schedule for the day but then suddenly looked-up when he heard his sensei raising his voice, meaning he caught someone in class whose attention is not with the discussion and when the atmosphere was calm again, Sasuke typed his reply to the Hyuuga heiress.

To: Hinata

I have an organization meeting after class at 3pm. Why?

Sasuke sent the message and a few minutes his phone vibrated again.

From: Hinata

It is okay if we meet after your meeting? I have something for Yuki-chan :D

The Uchiha almost smirked at the heiress' message but refrain his self from doing so because he might get caught. As soon as Ibiki-sensei wasn't looking he immediately typed his reply.

To: Hinata

It's alright :) I'll call you later during lunch because I have my class right now and I don't want to have a 2-hour detention after class. See you!

He kept his mobile back in his pocket right after the message was sent.

'See you later, Hinata.' Sasuke thought to himself.

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Calculus was finally over and it was lunch time, Naruto was about to approached Sasuke but when he approached his seat he hadn't seen his raven-haired best friend.

"Where did Sasuke go?" the blond asked to no one in particular.

"Naru-kun, I made you lunch." the pink haired lady said to her blond boyfriend.

"Oh. Thanks, Sakura-chan!" Naruto took the bento from Sakura and placed his free arm around her shoulder.

"Oy, public display of affection is not encouraged within school premises." huffed Ino.

"Ne, you're just jealous because Neji-san is not-" Sakura was about to retort when the blonde girl's hand was wrapped on her mouth.

"Not too loud, forehead! He still has fangirls here and I want to live longer!" Yamanaka hissed to her best friend.

"C'mon, Ino-chan, my girlfriend didn't mean it." Naruto separated the two girls.

"I'm sorry, Ino-chan." Sakura apologized to the blonde girl and Ino gave her a warm smile indicating that she forgave her friend.

"What's this all about?" a gruff voice butted in, it was Kiba.

"Kiba! Have you seen Sasuke?" The blond ask his male friend.

"Uh, no." The Inuzuka shrugged.

"Speaking of Sasuke-kun," Ino chimed in. "I saw him using his mobile phone during Ibiki-sensei's class." Her other three companions gaped at the Yamanaka's information.

"He uses his phone?" Naruto asked.

"I thought he only use it for games." Kiba commented.

"I think it's time for him to use the device." Sakura grinned.

"But my question is, who would send him a message during class hours?" Ino mused. "I mean, we know his rules when it comes to communicating with him through his personal contact number." The Yamanaka said as she played with the tips of her hair.

"Yeah, I wonder who would that be." The other three, Naruto, Kiba and Sakura, said in unison.

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Right after his class, Sasuke went straight to the rooftop, took out his phone and dialed a number he just recently memorized. The other line was ringing and after the second ring it was answered.

"H-hello? Sasuke?" a soft voice came from the other line and Sasuke couldn't help but smile a little upon hearing her voice.

"Yes it is, Hi-na-ta." teased the Uchiha.

"S-s-sasuke!" squeaked the heiress by now Sasuke knew that she's blushing.

"So, what is this that you wanted to give to Yuki-chan?" his deep, hoarse voice asked Hinata.

"I bought some bedtime story books for him," replied the heiress' soft, timid voice. "I hope he likes them."

"He does," Sasuke said with a smile. "My mother always read stories for him before he goes to bed." The Uchiha smiled more at the thought of Yuki listening intently to his grandmother until he fell asleep. "Shall I pick you up after my org meeting?" He questioned Hinata.

"That's fine I'll just wait for you here at home." The heiress smiled through the phone.

"Is this considered as one of our dates?" Sasuke asked and smirked when the heiress 'eeped' and went silent. "I'll take that as a yes. See you in a few hours, Hi-na-ta." with that, Sasuke dropped the call.

After his phone conversation with Hinata, the door to the rooftop burst open and came in Sasuke's blond best friend.

"Oy, teme! I've been searching for you!" cried Naruto and gave Sasuke a friendly punch on the arm.

"You escaped here right after Calculus class?" Ino queried with a raised eyebrow while Sasuke only shrugged.

"Looks like he was busy with 'someone' on the phone." Sakura teased as she was about to reach the onyx eyed man's phone but Sasuke was faster and had kept it in his pants pocket.

"Who were you talking with?" Kiba asked.

Sasuke seemed annoyed and took a seat on the shady part of the rooftop. "Too many questions and it's none of your business whom I was talking with." He glared to his friends.

"Oh my gawd! Sasuke-kun has a secret girlfriend!" Ino and Sakura squealed and danced in joy.

"Tsk. Girls are so annoying." Sasuke muttered.

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Hinata was blushing hard with a small smile on her face after her short talk with Sasuke over the phone, her heart had been beating madly when she talked to the Uchiha. His deep, gruff and manly voice increased her heart rate even more. 'What is this feeling I always have when I'm with him or when I talk to him?' Hinata thought to herself but she was distracted when she heard a small squeaky voice.

"Do you have a fever, nee-chan?" Hanabi questioned Hinata, the younger Hyuuga suddenly appeared behind her older sister.

"Hanabi-chan! You scared me." The heiress squeaked and kept a hand on her chest which was now beating fast due to shock. "I'm fine. What are you doing here so early you're supposed to be in school." Hinata stated looking confused to her sister.

"They dismissed us early because our teachers had a general meeting this afternoon." Hanabi smiled widely to Hinata. "Who were you talking with over your mobile phone?" The younger Hyuuga pointed her sister's phone in hand.

"I just had a short conversation with Sasuke before you came." at this, a light pink had colored Hinata's cheeks.

"So, you do like him." Hanabi declared which startled Hinata.

"W-what!" she stuttered.

"You do like him," Repeated the younger Hyuuga. "You don't use any honorifics with his name. You're actually on a first name basis and also, you never blushed like that when Kiba-san is around or when you talk to him on the phone." Hanabi declared while playing with Hinata's locks.

"I don't know..." The heiress sighed in defeat. "I don't know, Hana-chan..." she whispered.

"Anyway, what were you talking about? Are you having a date today?" The twelve year-old Hyuuga asked giddily.

"I told him that I have something for his nephew so we'll meet this afternoon after his org meeting." Hinata answered her sister shyly.

"Kyaaah~" Hanabi shrieked excitedly for her aneki because she's now having a social life with a boy. "Is he going to pick you up? What if our chauffeur will just drop you by his school on my way to the music studio?" blabbered the younger Hyuuga.

"Right! I'll just drop you by on my way to the studio!" Hanabi declared as she took Hinata's hand on her smaller ones. "And then I'll choose what you'll wear that will make his eyes fall off their sockets." Hinata sighed with her sister's blabbering, little did she know that the twelve-year-old girl was serious.

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As what Hanabi had said earlier, Hinata was dropped off in front of Neji's old school in a dress she doesn't usually wear. The heiress was standing beside the gates and was already dialing Sasuke's number when a group of male students passing by had cornered her.

"Hello missy, are you lost?" asked one of the boys with an eerie looking face.

'He doesn't look like he's from nii-san's school with his different uniform.' Hinata thought.

"We'll walk you home." said another one from the group.

"Maybe you like to go out with us for a while." a boy with studs said to her.

"N-no, I'm a-actually waiting for s-someone." Hinata answered them slightly trembling. 'Please answer the call, Sasuke.' she silently prayed.

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The raven-haired Uchiha was discussing their school festival's final plan when his phone vibrated and had himself excused to his co-officers to answer the call.

"Hinata?" He asked quietly.

"S-sasuke? Where you? C-can y-you come in f-front of your s-school's gate? H-hanabi-chan dropped me off h-here." she stuttered with her voice shaking and laced with fear.

Sasuke was about to tell her that he'll just finish their meeting when he suddenly heard a voice from the background.

"C'mon, miss, let's go out..." the boy said to Hinata.

"N-no... I h-have someone w-with me..." Hinata told the boy.

"Waiting for your boyfriend? Bet he won't come..." another one commented.

Sasuke felt his blood boil with the boys harassing Hinata. "Wait for me I'm coming." He said to the other line and ended the call. When the Uchiha returned his co-officers noticed his change in demeanor and the angry look in his eyes.

"We'll continue this tomorrow." Sasuke told his co-officers and bolted out of the org room.

The Uchiha ran, bumping into people on the way and rushed to the school gate and when he got there he saw a group of boys crowded beside their school wall.

"Hey, it's the Uchiha!" someone from the group warned the others and made a way to show the trembling Hyuuga.

"You!" Sasuke pointed to them. "Dare not touch that girl or you know what will happen." He threatened the group.

The boys, who were from the exclusive high school across Sasuke's private school, cringed and backed away from Hinata. They knew Sasuke and his fighting-spree during the earlier days, the group muttered a 'sorry' and 'we didn't know he was your girl' before they ran away.

As soon as the group ran away and Hinata's pearl, lavender eyes met Sasuke's onyx ones, she ran to him and hugged his torso.

"T-Thank you for c-coming." The heiress uttered but her voice was muffled by Sasuke's chest.

The Uchiha was supposed to be mad and should be scolding her for coming to his school but all the anger and annoyance he was feeling were all swept away when he heard Hinata's trembling voice and felt her shaking form. He had his one hand on her back and the other patted her on the head.

"You don't have to be scared I'm here now." Sasuke said in a low voice while looking at the heiress with concern in his eyes.

"I'm sorry..." Hinata said and looked up to Sasuke with her tear-strained face.

The raven haired teen put his hands and the heiress' shoulders and pushed her a little to take a look at her. Hinata was wearing a square necklined chiffon dress with trumpet sleeves below her elbow and the dress' length reaching her mid-thigh. She was a sight to see with her hour glass figure and the light blue color of the dress suited her perfectly showing her pinkish-white complexion. Sasuke blushed when he noticed her and looked away to hide his face tinged with a light color of pink.

"You shouldn't wear that kind of clothing if you're coming in my school." The Uchiha said softly still not looking to her. "You attract too much attention. I guess you know that the school across ours is an exclusive school for boys and as you have witnessed some of them are not 'gentlemen'." Sasuke stated as he removed his school coat. "So, next time you know what to wear when you decide to visit me in school again." He continued.

Sasuke wrapped the coat around Hinata's waist to cover her exposed thigh to refrain attracting too much attention from some ill-mannered men and tied his coat sleeves to keep the coat in place. Hinata's heart skipped a beat when she heard Sasuke's words and his concern for her. The Hyuuga heiress even blushed madly when he tied his coat around her waist and turned a darker of red when the onyx eyed teen tugged on her hand and pulled her inside the school.

"W-where are we going?" she queried while being dragged by the Uchiha.

"You have something for Yuki-chan, right?" Sasuke told her coolly. "We're going now." He stopped when they reached his bicycle Sasuke rode on it and moved its bicycle stand.

"Hop on. I'm sure Yuki-chan will be happy to see you." Hinata nodded and took the small seat on the back with her feet dangling. She took a hold on Sasuke's white long-sleeved uniform when the young man before her loosened the heiress' grip and encircled her arms around his lower torso and had caused Hinata to squeak in surprise.

"Hold on tight because I won't go slow." Sasuke smirked when he felt the pearl eyed girl tightened her hold on him and leaned her head on his back.

In no time, the dark haired couple sped out of the school. Sakura who was walking through the corridor had spotted Sasuke with a girl on his bicycle.

"Is that Sasuke's girlfriend?" the pink haired girl asked her blonde companion.

"I think so," Ino leaned on the window. "She looks familiar though." She told Sakura.

Little did they that the girl with Sasuke was their best friend, Hyuuga Hinata.

"I'll go now, forehead. Neji-kun and I still have a date." The blonde said excitedly. "Oh, and don't forget to tell Naruto to drop Sasuke's things at the Uchiha's." the Yamanaka reminded Sakura.

"Yeah, I won't. Goodbye!" She waved to Ino.

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After a few minutes of their bicycle ride, Sasuke and Hinata had finally reached the Uchiha residence.

"Do you enjoy holding me that much?" teased the Uchiha and Hinata reluctantly let go of him, already missing his warmth.

"You were too fast." The heiress ducked her head hiding her flustered face.

Sasuke held out his hand to Hinata and helped her get off the bicycle, once they were off the raven haired teen lead the heiress to the mansion's entrance while still holding her hand. Hinata once again had her heart on a mad dash while holding hands with the Uchiha and when they entered the mansion both teens were greeted by a gleeful Yuki.

"Sa-ke!" shouted the chibi Uchiha and jumped to his uncle and Sasuke took him in his arms.

"Hey, Yuki-chan, you have a visitor." Yuki looked to his uncle confused then glanced to the girl standing beside them.

"Hi-na!" Yuki hugged her neck tightly and Sasuke let go of him for Hinata take Yuki. The young Uchiha was so delighted to see the heiress that he did not let go of her.

The three moved to the living room and took a seat on the couch. Hinata sat Yuki beside her and took the story books she had bought for the chibi Uchiha from her small backpack.

"I've bought some books for you, Yuki-chan," Hinata showed the books to the boy. "Sasuke-oji will read them to you when you go to bed." Sasuke scoffed at the Hyuuga's statement.

"Are you serious?" He asked her.

"Of course, Yuki-chan would like that, right?" Hinata asked the little boy and Yuki nodded vigorously. Sasuke sighed in defeat; starting tonight he'll have to read bedtime stories to his nephew.

"Read!" Yuki demanded to Hinata and the heiress started reading one of the books she brought.

Yuki played with Hinata's long dark locks while listening to the fairytale story she was reading and Sasuke watched them. The view reminded the Uchiha of his sister-in-law reading a book to Yuki every night before the little boy goes to sleep.

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When the sun began to set Sasuke had decided to call Neji, he took out his phone and dialed his senpai's number.

"Hello, Who's this?" a deep baritone voice answered the call.

"Senpai, it's Uchiha." replied Sasuke.

"What do you want, Uchiha?" Neji questioned.

"Are you around town, senpai?" Sasuke said to the Hyuuga prodigy. "Your cousin is with me at the Uchiha residence, can you take her home?" He requested to Neji.

"Why don't you drive her back to the Hyuuga manor?" Neji raised a brow at the Uchiha's request.

"I-I'm sorry but I can't drive for now…ever since the accident..." Sasuke confessed to his senpai. "And I can't take Hinata on a bicycle. She might catch a cold with the cool weather we have." He said in a low voice, almost ashamed.

Neji laughed out loud at the Uchiha's demeanor over their conversation. "You do care for my cousin, Uchiha. Do you like her?" No answer came from the other line. "Anyway, I'll be there in a moment."

"Thanks, senpai." Sasuke said before ending their conversation.

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"You were talking with Sasuke-kun?" Ino asked Neji while the man started his car.

"Yeah, he asked me to take Hina-chan home." This statement shocked the Hyuuga's blonde girlfriend.

"Hina-chan is with Sasuke-kun?!" exclaimed Ino. "Since when?" she asked Neji.

"They're not together they just go out on dates." Hyuuga Neji declared.

"But that's still something! Sasuke never go out on dates! He hates girls!" Ino kept blabbering.

"Not all girls, just his fangirls." The prodigy said.

"Yeah, his fangirls... Do you think he likes Hina-chan?" Ino suddenly asked her boyfriend.

Neji took a glance at her and shrugged. "I asked him that but he didn't answer." He said to the blonde girl. Ino had a wide grin on her face with Neji's answer.

'In think he likes her, I can feel it." The Yamanaka thought to herself.

"What are you smiling for?" Neji queried.

"Oh, nothing. I was just thinking." She said cheerfully. "We're here!" She exclaimed.

The couple got off the Hyuuga's car and went to the Uchiha's front gate and rang the doorbell. When the two were seen on the intercom, the gates automatically opened and Neji and Ino were now standing in front of the Uchiha's gigantic mahogany doors. The front doors opened revealing a startled Uchiha Sasuke.

"What are doing here, Ino?" Sasuke eyed the Yamanaka.

"Apparently, I was on a date with my boyfriend when you called him and requested to take our Hina-chan home." The blonde girl said with a sly smile. "Aren't you going to invite us in?" she grinned mischievously.

The Uchiha opened the door wider and let his senpai and Ino come inside. Hinata was surprised to see her cousin and Ino, so she got on her feet and greeted them.

"Hello, Nii-san and Ino-chan, what are you doing here?" The heiress asked them.

"We're here to take you home because Uchiha has some driving issues." Neji told his cousin while smirking at the Uchiha.

"Oh, is that so?" Hinata muttered. She was kinda saddened that Sasuke won't be able to take her home.

"I think we should go now it's getting late and we still have to drop Ino-chan." The prodigy informed his dear cousin. "And, Uchiha..." Neji called out to Sasuke. "Thanks for looking out for my cousin." He bowed to Sasuke and the raven haired teen returned the gesture.

"It was nothing, senpai." Sasuke stated.

Hinata was about to give Yuki to Sasuke but the younger one resisted, clinging tightly to the Hyuuga heiress.

"Noooo..." Yuki whined. "Hina stay." The toddler said.

"But Yuki-chan, Hinata has to go." Sasuke told the mini Uchiha as he tried to let go of Yuki's grip on Hinata.

"Nooo..." Yuki had started to cry when his uncle tried to separate him from the Hyuuga.

"Yuki-chan," Hinata cooed to the boy in her arms. "I have to go now. You see, I have my Onii to take me home..." She explained to Yuki. "But don't worry your Sasuke-oji is here to take care of you. We'll see each other soon." The heiress smiled to the mini Uchiha. Yuki looked at her and wiped his eyes then he kissed Hinata's cheeks and hugged her one last time before he turned to Sasuke and clung to his neck.

Hinata gave the boy to Sasuke when Yuki had turned himself to his uncle. She gave a low bow to the Uchiha before she turned to her cousin and Ino.

The two Hyuugas and Ino left the Uchiha household and proceeded to Neji's car leaving behind the two Uchihas standing by the gates. Yuki waved to them until the car disappeared from their sight.

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On their way to Ino's home, the blonde grabbed the chance to question her pearl eyed best friend.

"Soooo, Hina-chan, you're going out with him?" Ino looked to Hinata seated on the backseat. The heiress nodded her head as a yes.

"Do you like Sasuke-kun?" the Yamanaka asked with a sly smile and Neji glanced to his cousin through the rearview mirror. There was no answer but the couple already had an idea when they saw Hinata's tomato colored face.

"You may not like him now but in due time, I think you will." Ino said before turning back to face the road.

"How come you said that?" Neji asked his girlfriend suspiciously.

"Actually, I had a crush on him..." Ino confessed which earned her a glare from but Neji. "B-but that w-was before!" She said to Neji. "We're together now and nothing or no one can ever change that." Ino murmured and the Hyuuga prodigy smirked upon hearing it.

"Sasuke is really a nice guy, he may hate his fangirls but he really is a kind person," Ino declared. "He cares for the people important in his life." She continued with sincerity on her voice.

"What did that Uchiha bribed you to say that?" Neji asked mischievously.

"Hey! I'm serious here and I'm telling the truth!" Ino smacked his arm.

"I know, I know I was only joking." The prodigy ruffled his girlfriend's hair. "Uchiha Sasuke is a really nice person, Hina-chan," Neji called out to his cousin. "He may not show it but he does care for the person likes." He winked to Hinata.

The Hyuuga heiress looked incredulously to the couple in front of her. "Why are you telling me this?" She asked them.

"Because we can see in your face, your blushings, stuttering, etcetera, that you like him," Ino pointed out to the heiress. "And he does the same for you. He may not show it for the mean time but Neji and I know and we can feel that he likes you too." With this said, Hinata blushed deeply and made her heart do a somersault.

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End of Interlude 1.

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That's it! I never thought that their supposed second date would be this long! I was planning on writing their 4/5 meeting/dates in only one interlude chapter but I didn't expect that I'd exceed four thousand for only one date! I guess I was too carried away in writing because I'm on a three-week semestral break.

Anyway, what can you say about this one? Did I meet your expectations? I need to hear more from you!

Reviews, comments, criticisms, suggestions, feedback, and queries are highly appreciated!