Chapter X

"Ah, we w-wouldn't want anyone to walk in o-on us," Hinata said meekly as she cautiously walked towards the bed, twiddling her fingers and looking down at the floor.

Her actions surprised the both of them.

What was she doing? What was she thinking?

Hinata told herself that she wasn't going to get roped into his insanity… his stupidly… but here she was, standing at the foot of his bed, locked in a hospital room with him. She had convinced herself that life was good without him and that everything was much less complicated without him messing with her head. She could've just walked away, but she didn't.

Why didn't she walk out that door? She was standing right in front of it too, but then she had to go and do something totally unpredictable and not to mention stupid. She locked the door, even though she knew she was walking into a death trap.

Her brain kept telling her to walk out that door, but another part of her kept yelling that this was the only way she could spend more time with him. Sure, she didn't like the situation or the consequences she would have to pay later, but the only thing she could think of was that she would be spending time with Sasuke. She would get to spend some time alone with Sasuke. That was such a silly excuse, but it was the only one she had.

Those were the annoying repercussions of having a crush on someone. You would do anything and give everything just to be with them.

Even if it meant playing a ridiculous game of "strip trivia!"

Sasuke, on the other hand, who was sitting on his bed with the blanket over the half of his body, was still trying to understand Hinata's sudden interest in playing the game. He had really believed that she was going to walk out on him when she headed towards the door, but locking it and coming back was something so out of character for her that Sasuke was speechless for a few moments. Maybe she wasn't as innocent as he thought she was.

Was there more to the girl then he initially sought out or maybe she just didn't understand what she was getting herself into?

Either way, he was going to have some fun.

"So, you want to play then?" Sasuke asked the shy girl suspiciously.

Hinata being too nervous to speak, simply nodded her head in agreement, all the while, mentally telling herself to back out of this while she still had the chance. Why couldn't she get herself to move towards the door?

"Being the gentleman that I am, I'll let you ask the first question," Sasuke said as he extended the book towards Hinata.

Hinata inched forward and removed the book from his hand.

"Ah, I c-can ask any question from the book," Hinata asked in a soft tone, her voice a little shaky because she felt so uneasy.

"Yes."

Hinata flipped through the book randomly, not knowing what question she should ask. She stopped at an arbitrary page and read the first question written on it. She was a bit worried thinking that the question might be a bit tough for him, but the again, it was his idea and if he got it wrong, it was his own fault.

Hinata read the question out loud. "How is flutamide excreted?"

Sasuke thought about the question for a moment and then grinned.

"Easy," he said as he folded his arms. "Flutamide is primarily excreted in the urine."

Shocked and surprised, Hinata flipped to the back of the book and looked for the answer.

He was right. He was actually one hundred percent right.

"H-how did you know?" Hinata asked, still surprised that he knew the correct answer. If he wasn't a medical student, then how would he know? A normal person wouldn't have known the answer.

"I know everything," Sasuke responded arrogantly. "Pass me the book, its my turn to ask."

Chewing on the bottom of her lip, she carefully handed the book to Sasuke. Hinata prayed and hoped that she would get an easy question. She wasn't able to study as much as she wanted this summer and she hoped that she remembered something from last year. Please let me get through this game, Hinata chanted in her head.

Sasuke flipped through the book, trying to look for the perfect question, which meant the hardest question in the book. Finally stopping at a question, he looked over at Hinata and spoke.

"What is the most common genetic mutation of the factor VIII gene seen in patients with hemophilia A?"

Hinata's face paled. That was such a tough question. Hinata closed her eyes and thought about it for a moment. She could do this! She knew the answer, she had to know the answer. What was that figure again? What if she got it wrong? What would she have to take off? Why did he need to ask such a hard question?

"You can't take that long to answer," Sasuke said tauntingly. She couldn't possibly know the answer to that, heck, he didn't even know the proper answer.

Suddenly remembering the answer, Hinata opened her eyes and spoke excitedly.

"Approximately 45 of patients with hemophilia A will have an inversion of intron 22 on the factor VIII gene."

Hinata smiled shyly as Sasuke stared back at her with a sour face. He flipped to the back of the book to check for the correct answer.

"Am I right?" Hinata asked anxiously.

"Yes."

Grinning from ear to ear, Hinata lightly jumped up in happiness and did a little girly twirl. She knew she could do it! She was so proud of herself. When she finally stopped her mini-celebration, she saw Sasuke staring at her and her cheeks were once again tainted with the colour red.

"Sorry," she said timidly.

"Just ask me a damn question," Sasuke said sourly. He didn't get her this time, but he would get her the next time. Although, he had to admit that he was impressed by the way she gave a perfect answer. She was an intelligent girl. It was nice to see a girl dedicated to her profession; someone who didn't waste all her time on looking good and chasing boys. She must've spent a lot of time studying to get a question like that right.

Hinata flipped through the book quickly and, unlike Sasuke who deliberately found hard questions, she randomly picked one.

"What drugs are most commonly associated with hyperprolactinemia?"

Sasuke scoffed. This was too easy. "Tricyclic antidepressants, Phenothiazines, Butyrephenones Metaclopramide, and Reserpine."

Hinata looked for the answers at the back of the book. "Umm, actually, you're missing two more drugs."

"What? Don't lie," Sasuke said calmly, confident that he wasn't wrong. He eyed Hinata suspiciously and crossed his arms in a childlike manner. He could never be wrong!

"Really," Hinata said as she walked closer to Sasuke and showed him the answers at the back of the book.

"You missed Alpha-methyldopa and Cimetidine."

Refusing to admit defeat, Sasuke retaliated. "So I missed two drugs, I still got it right."

"That's n-not fair," Hinata said defiantly. Had she made the same mistake, he would've been all up in her face, saying that she was wrong. She wasn't going to let him walk all over her.

"So, you're saying that I'm wrong?" Sasuke asked coldly, looking at her heatedly with his dark onyx eyes.

Hinata took a step back.

"Umm, well, you didn't answer the question completely correct a-and, the rules--"

"So you want me to take something off?"

"Yes! Wait- no… umm, the rules a-and?" Hinata nervously babbled on as she figured out what to say. What was she getting herself into?

Sasuke found Hinata's jumpiness amusing and somewhat entertaining. It didn't take much to get her flabbergasted and speechless. It was rather funny.

"It was your idea," Hinata finally said calmly.

"Fine," Sasuke grunted. He hesitantly started removing the blanket from his body, only to reveal that he was in a blue hospital gown that reached a bit past his knees. He then threw the blanket onto the floor, suddenly feeling cold and exposed.

"Happy?" He asked bitterly. Another reason to hate hospitals was that they always made you wear silly, degrading gowns, that were too short and open from the back.

"What was that?" Hinata asked, a little confused.

"I took off my blanket."

"But y-you were suppose to take off a piece of c-clothing," Hinata said meekly.

"Well, it's a cloth and I was wearing it. Look, unless you want me standing here with nothing but boxers on, I suggest that you shut up."

Blushing at the idea of Sasuke standing in front of her with almost nothing on, Hinata nodded and looked down at the floor.

"Here, give me the book, its my turn to ask," Sasuke said as he grabbed the book from Hinata.

"Which rash is a maculosquamous eruption with scattered red/brown scaling lesions commonly involving the palms and soles?"

Hinata scratched her head and titled her head. "Is it, Secondary syphilis?"

Damn. She was good. Sasuke gritted his teeth, "Yes."

Hinata beamed. She was actually enjoying the game. Maybe this wasn't such a bad idea after all. She was getting all of the questions right and she was learning things while having fun.

Hinata asked Sasuke another question. "How much of the oral dose of atenolol is absorbed from the GI tract?"

Good. An easy one. "Approximately fifty percent," Sasuke said without hesitation.

"What are the two categories of testicular germ cell tumors?"

Hinata pondered the question for a moment as she twirled a strand of hair in her hand. "The two categories of testicular germ cell tumors are seminomas and non-seminomas, right?"

He hated the way she always looked like she didn't know the answer, but then bam!.. She would hit you with the right answer. Stupid tease!

Hinata happily grabbed the book from Sasuke and asked him another question.

"Is enalapril contraindicated in pregnancy?"

"What? I don't know anything about pregnancy," Sasuke said angrily. What kind of stupid question was that?

"But I thought you said you knew everything," Hinata said innocently, but there was a hint of banter underneath it.

"Who cares about pregnancy, only women need to know about that. Men can't get pregnant."

A little annoyed of his haughty attitude, Hinata spoke up.

"Many men perform child birth and all male doctors know the answer to this question. Just b-because you don't know anything about pregnancy, doesn't mean other people don't."

Sasuke scoffed.

"And you know the answer?" He asked, as if challenging Hinata.

"Ah, yes. Enalapril is contraindicated in pregnancy and should not be used. It has been associated with fetal and neonatal injury in the second and third trimesters," Hinata said triumphantly. She sure showed him. Take that mister know-it-all, Hinata cheered in her mind.

"So you think your smart now?" Sasuke asked, angry that his ego had to take a hard blow.

"I-I never said I was," Hinata said shyly. She didn't mean to show off, but he was being an arrogant prick.

Sasuke removed his head band and threw it on the floor and without a word, grabbed the book from her hand. Okay, now he was mad. Apparently, she knew all the answers in the medical prep book, so now he was going to ask her fake questions with fake answers. She was so gullible that she would believe everything and anything that came out of his mouth. Sure, it was a little under-handed and sneaky, but he wasn't going to lose to a girl.

Especially Hinata.

But what about honestly and morality? It felt wrong to lie and cheat with such an innocent girl. Sasuke thought about that argument for two seconds before he made his decision.

Fuck morality and honesty- he wanted to see Hinata in her undies!

"What are the primary uses for Metroprololite?" He asked Hinata, hoping that she didn't see through the false drug name.

Hinata looked at Sasuke with a confused expression. What the heck was Metroproloite? She had never heard of such a drug before.

"Are you sure that's a question?" Hinata asked innocently. Maybe he was pronouncing the name incorrectly, but then again, he was much too intelligent to make such a mistake.

"You don't trust me? That hurts, Hinata," Sasuke said, putting a hand over his heart and faking a hurt look.

Hinata was just too trusting.

"Oh, I didn't mean it like that," Hinata said quickly, feeling bad that she doubted Sasuke. "I just don't know what drug your talking about."

"You should read Medical Reports Weekly more often then," Sasuke said arrogantly.

"Yes, umm, well…," Hinata said sadly. She really tried hard to keep up with current medical news, but sometimes her life got so hectic that she couldn't keep up with contemporary information. She was grateful that Sasuke was helping her study, she was learning a lot.

"So, you don't know the answer?" Sasuke said while smirking confidently, knowing exactly why she didn't recognize the drug.

Hinata gulped. "No," she said softly.

"You know what to do then," he said condescendingly as he smirked and watched the shy girl suddenly turn tense.

Hinata slowly removed the sweater she wore on top of her blouse and placed the discarded item on to the bed. She was glad that she decided to wear layers today and only had to take off her button-up sweater. It was only one wrong question, she would get over it. She could redeem herself, right?

Hinata and Sasuke continued to ask more questions and soon enough, off came …

the socks…

the light blue blouse…

the hospital gown….

the undershirt…

Hinata stood uncomfortably in her cotton, white bra and dark blue pants. If she had to take off her pants, she would die. She would literally die. She stood awkwardly at the side of the bed, with her arms crossed- an attempt to cover herself a little bit. She wouldn't dare look Sasuke in eye especially with him sitting on the bed, half-naked.

Sasuke stared at the frightened girl standing before him. She was wearing such a plain and unappealing bra… so simple, but he liked something about it. She was beautiful in her own simple way, but he wasn't about to admit that to her.

"Umm, could y-you not s-stare?" Hinata said awkwardly as she noticed Sasuke staring at her for the longest time. It was creeping her out.

"I wasn't staring at you, I was looking at the clock behind you," Sasuke said unpleasantly, angry that he was caught staring at her. She wasn't even that pretty, he kept telling himself.

"Ah, Sasuke, I think we should s-stop," Hinata said nervously. If they stopped now, she would save some dignity, or what was left of it. She was standing in front of Sasuke in her bra and he was sitting on the bed in his boxers. What was the world coming to?

"After I give you your last question. Its only fair," Sasuke said as he smirked. If she got to see him in his underwear, then he wanted to see her in her underwear.

Hinata nervously played with her hair. Oh no! If she got this last question wrong, that would mean that she would have to take off her pants and she would be standing in front of him in her underwear. Just thinking about that was making her feel faint.

"Are you sure that those questions are from the book?" Hinata suddenly asked as she walked closer to Sasuke, who was sitting on the bed, to grab the book and check for the question herself. All the questions that Sasuke was asking were really strange.

However, before Hinata could grab hold of the book, Sasuke yanked it backwards, moving it from her reach. Hinata looked at Sasuke strangely and went a bit more forward to grab the book once more. But Sasuke being the ass that he was, moved the object further away from the girl.

Her body hovered over his slightly and Hinata blushed at their close proximity, but she was determined to get the book from him. If he was making such an effort to move the book away from her, then he was probably hiding something for sure. Why couldn't he just give it? He always had to be difficult.

Frustrated and annoyed, Hinata extended her arm and body further, but Sasuke kept pulling it back and in one tiny movement forward, Hinata accidentally fell on top of Sasuke's bare chest. She could feel his soft, warm skin rub against the bare parts of her body.

She moved her hands trying to find support to hoist herself up, only to find that they were scattered along Sasuke's shoulders. She could feel the heat radiating from his body. Her chest was pressed up against his. She then remembered that she was on top of a shirtless guy, in only her bra.

Sasuke was rather enjoying the turn of events. Hinata's delicate body felt nice against his hard body and her awkwardness was amusing. She was so inexperienced that she had no idea what to do with a man laying down underneath her.

Hinata blushed even more as she tried to avoid eye contact with Sasuke. But the way that he was looking at her was making her feel weird inside and her breathing pattern started to quicken. She slowly tried to get up, but Sasuke quickly turned the tables on her and pinned her down to the bed, this time him on top of her.

"Much better," he said in a sultry tone. Hinata gasped at his sudden movement and didn't have the slightest idea as to what to do next. Should she push him off? She was aroused and terrified at the same time. She was so inexperienced with boys and intimate moments.

Sasuke softly glided a finger up her bare arm. She shivered at the light touch and she could feel his hot breath on her face.

"We always end up on top of each other," he passionately whispered in her ear.

Hinata gulped and she tried to think of something to say, but she couldn't muster up any words or get her mouth to function. She could feel her face burning and her throat run dry. She was feeling all giddy and frivolous inside. She always felt like this when she was with him. Maybe there was some part inside of him that liked her… that wanted her… that desired her.

That thought alone was making Hinata feel overjoyed inside.

However, what she felt next was something she had never felt before and she doubted that anyone else could make her ever feel this way again.

Unexpectedly, Sasuke buried his face into the crook of Hinata's neck and kissed her soft skin sensuously. Hinata bit her bottom lip as she tried to hold in her urge to moan. She felt like there were thousands of butterflies flying around in her stomach. She should've pushed him off long time ago, but she didn't. It felt so damn good.

He slowly removed the bra strap from her shoulder with his rough hand as he slowly rubbed the area with his thumb. Hinata could feel the coarseness against her skin and her back arched slightly from the touch. He tenderly kissed the area before he moved towards her neck once again. One of his hands rested on the side of her bare waist, while the other twisted itself into her long, Indigo hair.

Hinata's hands unknowingly traveled up his back and she could feel each and every toned muscle under her delicate finger tips until she buried them into his dark locks. Sasuke continued to kiss her neck, traveling upwards toward her jaw line. He then slowly started to plant soft butterfly kissed across her jaw line, making Hinata feel like she was going to explode.

Hinata was entranced by his soft movements.

Suddenly, both of them heard someone jerking on the door handle and pounding on the door. Hinata frantically shoved Sasuke off of her and jumped off the bed. She started picking up her discarded clothes and panicked as she walked back and forth in the small room, wondering what she should do.

If they were found together, she was done for.

What if someone caught her in the room, with both of them half-naked and her neck red? What would people think? What would Neji do?

"What are we going to do?" Hinata whispered to Sasuke in a panicked state.

"Get under the bed," Sasuke said quickly. Hinata did as she was told and fell to the floor and crawled under the bed as Sasuke shoved all her things under along with her.

A few seconds later, the door opened and a loud figure walked in.

"Dude, did you know your door was locked?" Naruto asked as he huffed into the room uninvited.

"It was locked for a reason," Sasuke said angrily, trying to hold in the urge to knock the blond out.

Naruto ignored the comment and walked further into the room. Hinata could see Naruto's shoes from under the bed as he walked around. She nervously clamped a hand around her mouth to make sure she didn't make any noise.

"Why does it smell like Vanilla in here?"

Damn. Who knew Naruto had such a sharp nose. Hinata hoped that he wouldn't smell her out from under the bed.

"I happen to like Vanilla scent," Sasuke blurted out.

"Really? But isn't that for like, girls?" Naruto asked as he scratched his head. He could've sworn that Hinata smelled like vanilla.

"Its unisex," Sasuke answered quickly, but before Sasuke could shove him out the door, Naruto inched closer to the bed.

"And why aren't you wearing anything?" Naruto pondered as he noticed that Sasuke was in his boxers.

Before Sasuke could answer, Naruto came up with his own conclusions.

"The locked door… vanilla…you in boxers… you weren't you know?"

Naruto sickly winked at Sasuke.

"No," Sasuke said irritably.

Hinata wondered what Naruto was talking about. He couldn't have possibly known that she and Sasuke were…? What could Sasuke possibly do all alone in a room that would be so suggestive?

"Its okay, man. I do it too! Masturbation is totally safe and normal--"

Hinata almost gagged as she heard Naruto's confession. She hoped that Sasuke would quickly get rid of Naruto so she could leave as fast as possible!

"What the fuck? Get out of my room!"

"Come on, Sasuke, don't be like that," Naruto said as he put up his hands in defense.

"Get out, bazooka thighs," Sasuke said as he got up to shove Naruto out the door.

"Hey! Tsunade said my weight range is normal and that I'm still growing! You know I'm not fat, I have big bones. It's a sensitive issue," Naruto shouted in defense.

Hinata listened silently to Naruto's yelling. Her stomach was pressed against the cold tiles and there was dust everywhere around her. She pressed her shirt on her face, like a shield to block all the dust from going up her nose.

Hinata watched Sasuke's feet inch closer towards Naruto, however, before he could grab hold of the blond, another figure walked into the room and latched itself onto the unsuspecting dark-haired boy.

Hinata stared at another pair of feet from under the bed. She couldn't recognize who that was.

Was she ever going to get out from under there?

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