How did she know where his place of solitude was? Sasuke frowned as he watched Sakura stumble over to him, her face flushed.

"What are u doing out in the middleof the woods silly" she giggled and sat next to him, great, she was drunk too.

"Too much to drink?" Sasuke said with an irritated voice. This wasn't the middle of the woods. It was at the end of the village, in a little area away from the people.

Sakura laughed "just a littlee" and put her head on his shoulder, Sasuke moved 5 feet away from her. She sat even closer to him, he couldn't move any further to his dismay, since he was next to a tree trunk now.

"So I've heard a rumor spreading that you've got a thingfor Hinata"

Damnit Naruto, that loud mouth. Sasuke realized that maybe he should've killed him when he had the chance.

Sakura made a fake crying sound which gave Sasuke a headache. He looked at her and she stopped, pouting "what's sogreat about her? I'm better then her at everything, seee?" Sakura grabbed his hair by surprise, and gave him a big sloppy drunken kiss.

Sasuke immediately pushed her back, getting up and walking away. "Where are yougoing?" Sakura got up slowly and wobbled after him.

"Away from you, psycho" he said this as he put his hands in his pocket, elated to finally tell her what he's been wanting to tell her for a very long time. He turned right and entered Kohona streets, his eyes catching Hinata's as she appeared in front of him. She seemed depressed, but glad to see him at the same time. She waved her hand gently, saying hi to him.

"Sasuke wait! Let's kiss some more!" Sakura appeared from behind him and jumped on his back, her arms around his neck.

There was nothing but depression on her face now, he knew how this probably looked to her. It felt like a tiny kunai cutting a small gash inside him, where his heart should be, when he saw her walking away with a tear glistening down her cheek.

Sasuke was very irritated by this babbling pink haired drunk and hit a pressure point on her neck that knocked her out cold.

"Hinata-" Sasuke touched her shoulder firmly, and Hinata pushed it off gently with her hand. "Leave me alone please" there was much strain in her voice, it sounded like she was trying to hold back tears. "That's not what it looked li-"

Hinata turned around and gave him a serious look, although the sadness brimmed her eye lids. "Please. Leave me alone, I don't feel like talking right now. I-I've had too rough of a day" She started walking away, the tears starting to fall now. It was a terrible day, first Naruto now Sasuke. Just like before, she had nothing. She didn't even know why she considered Sasuke a candidate in the first place, even Naruto. She didn't even know why she wanted to be with someone so bad.

Maybe she shouldn't have let her emotions taken the best of her, at least now she knows never to lend her heart out to someone she's barely met, ever again. That's the mistake she had made with Sasuke. Hinata wiped her tears and picked up her pace, bumping into something very firm without even noticing. "If you're not going to talk, then listen" She recognized Sasuke's voice, a tone she wasn't particularly fond of at that moment in time. Then he did something completely unSasuke like. He wrapped his arms around her, holding her close to his chest and resting his cheek on her head.

"I love you"

Those words rung through her ears like a mallet hitting a gong. The echoes of the gong spoke the words, "I love you" multiple times, making Hinata's thoughts jumble up into a big blob of confusion and dizziness.

"Y-You what?" Hinata spoke in a sort of haze, Sasuke lifting her chin lightly with his thumb and forefinger. "I said I love you" He said seriously, his facial expression softening up in a way she's never seen before. "Dork" He kissed her.

Hinata felt nauseous, this was abnormal. It was like she was living in a world where Sasuke was actually a nice guy and there was actually a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. She took a step back from him, feeling light headed and holding on to the nearest wall for support. Sasuke looked at her like she was on crack, mentally trying to help but also just letting what is happening happen.

"Are you ok?" He asked in a confused tone, watching her as she held her head like it was about to fall off. "I-I...I have to go. This is...unreal" She left Sasuke standing there completely dumbfounded in the middle of a dark ally, at 1:00 in the morning. He rubbed his temples, walking back to his home and wondering what exactly had he done this time.

"So you really do like her, huh?" Sakura said in a emotionless tone. Sasuke glanced at her, I guess she finally woke up, and he so happened to have passed by. "What are you talking about?" Sakura grinned with sadness, "Hinata. I overheard what happened"

Shit. Sasuke stopped dead in his tracks and glared into her soul. "I swear if you tell anyone, I'll-"

"Woah relax" Sakura waved her hands and kept walking. "I won't. I just wanted to ask you something" Sasuke kept walking unwillingly, the way she was walking was the only way to his house from here.

"Hm?" Sasuke said, looking over to her. Sakura stared back up at him, a tiny smile creeping it's way on to her face. "Does she make you happy?" Sasuke frowned and looked away, making a grumbling noise in his chest. He nodded with restraint, but decided he might as well just tell her the truth since she already knew too much.

Sakura giggled and sighed, looking towards the road "well, at least she makes you happy. If I can't be with you, well, I'd at least want you to be happy." Sasuke was silent, did this mean she thought of him as just a friend now? Because if so, it would be one of the greatest reliefs in the world for him, besides finding out what's wrong with Hinata.

That was really bugging him, he frowned and rubbed his aching head. "What's wrong?" Sakura looked up at him with worried eyes, "What's wrong, Sasuke?" He sighed with frustration as he answered her question, "I don't know what's wrong with her. She was acting so strange...I just don't get it"

Sakura was quiet for a moment thinking of what to say. "If I were her, I would want you to come to my house and try to even things out. It would be very romantic" Sakura laughed and looked up at his house. "Well, I guess this is goodbye then" She hugged him tight, Sasuke stood there and rolled his eyes, wondering when all the alcohol would run out of her system.

She held on for a bit longer then Sasuke wanted so he finally used his dangling arms and shoved her off somewhat politely. He entered his house without a word and Sakura just shrugged, prancing away like a happy drunk.

Sasuke repeated her words in his head, shaking his head in disagreement. "But you're not her" he slumped onto his couch and pulled off his shirt, throwing it on the floor because he was too tired to care. When his head touched the couch cushion he instantly fell asleep.