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Once, Hinata mistimed a flip and in the millisecond that time froze, she looked at the stage floor and was certain her face would impact. Of course, she caught herself so she landed on her backside and not her nose. But she never quite forgot that feeling. She remembered it every time she saw Haruno Sakura.
The Asian tour had been a typhoon of work and just a bit of play, courtesy of Sasuke's small but tight-knit crew. In some part, Hinata missed the stage but she missed this craziness more. The rush to put out a good show and succeeding was overwhelming.
She smiled to herself as she carefully catalogued, cleaned and packed away all of her instruments. This had become her established routine after a show. Calming but not quiet, she could hear the stage crew packing and wheeling the equipment away on squeaky dollies. In the morning, they would be setting off to Thailand so everything had to be ready.
The door opened. Hinata turned, expecting to see Jugo. Sometimes when the show was over, he would come to get her so she could join he, Dosu, Kin, Zaku and Karin when they went out to explore the nightlife. Hinata opened her mouth to decline. As much as she liked the eclectic mix, they had an early start tomorrow.
Instead, she froze mid-sentence as a pink-haired woman bodily hauled Sasuke through the door.
The newcomer stopped also, her green eyes widening.
"Hinata-chan?!" Sakura exclaimed. "What are you doing here?!"
Hinata gripped the arm of the makeup chair so hard she could hear the plastic handle creak. "S-Sakura-san." All other words failed her.
Sakura turned her incredulous gaze on Sasuke. "Why didn't you tell me you knew her?"
Sasuke raised a brow but his assessing gaze was on Hinata. "I didn't know the two of you were acquainted."
Sakura huffed and set a hand on her hip. "Of course I know her! She used to be one of my backup dancers!"
"Is that so…" Sasuke drawled carefully.
Hinata wondered if this landing was going to be particularly painful.
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