A pebble flew in the air for a second before it fell into the bleached-blue water. Hinata stared at it momentarily, then grabbed another pebble and threw it at the pool. She sighed as this pebble too plonked into the water. Just as she was about to grab a third pebble she heard someone approach from behind.

"Stop that, you're messing the path and dirtying the pool"

Hinata sighed. "Sorry."

Suddenly, a pebble shot past her and bounced a few times on the water before it sunk into the pool. Hinata looked up and saw Itachi standing behind her.

"H-Hi Itachi. I was j-just about to leave."

Before Hinata could get up, Itachi sat a few feet away from her on the pool's edge. "Shouldn't you be with Sasuke and the other retards?"

Hinata stared lifelessly at a pebble. Sasuke…he's probably with Sakura right now…

"I w-wanted to be alone…I-I'm not f-feeling well"

Itachi stood up. "Okay." And with that he walked away.


Sakura entered Naruto, Sasuke and Kiba's room and looked around; Sasuke and the others were huddled around a table. She walked up to them. Naruto looked up and saw her, his eyes widened as he immediately looked behind her.

"Hinata's not with you yeah?"

"No. I distracted her." She peered down at a piece of paper that was on the table. It was a receipt for something that seemed to have cost four thousand dollars. "Shit! What present did you get her?"

"A ticket for an around-the-world trip" Naruto answered. "Sasuke said we don't have to chip in and he doesn't mind us taking credit."

"But we don't wanna do that so we're planning on chipping two hundred each" Ino added.

"Okay" Sakura said absentmindedly. When should I announce it?, she thought as she looked around, Should I do it now?, she glanced at everyone in the room, yes, now seems like the perfect time…

Sakura took a deep breath as she stepped back from Naruto and the others. "Guys, I have something to announce." Everyone turned around to face her.

She took another deep breath as a wave of heat ran up her body…it seemed so…random…and sudden to say something like this! Ah wells I'm gonna have to do it sometime, better sooner than later. "Well, uhmm…I know that most of you guys don't know this so I guess I should inform you guys that…uhm that me and Sasuke are…well, engaged!"

The whole room was silent as its inhabitants, with the exception of Sakura, looked at each other in bewilderment. "Sakura…what the fuck?" Sasuke finally asked, looking at her for an answer.
"Uh…well….I, we…w-we're engaged…our p-parents decided it"

"Sakura if this is some kind of joke it's not funny."

"N-No we w-we really are" Sakura stuttered, trying to compose herself.

"She's telling the truth" Ino finally said. Everyone's heads wheeled around to face her.

"What?" Sasuke asked, baffled, "Seriously why are you guys saying that? It's not even remotely funny."

Ino sighed. "Your parents planned your engagement with Sakura-"

"-But they didn't tell us about it," Sakura finished.

"Yeah of course, 'cos our life is some teen chick flick or something. You do realise we're only seventeen? If this was true how would you know anyways? We are not engaged!"

"I overheard them! Trust me Sasuke, we're gonna be married!"

Sasuke sighed, exasperated. "Seriously Sakura what the fuck are you saying? Your dumb joke isn't funny. Anyways, about Hinata's party tomorrow, we ca-"

"SASUKE IM BEING SERIOUS, WE'RE ENGAGED!" Sakura cried out, on the verge of tears….this wasn't what she had planned to happen! Why wasn't anyone believing her?

Sasuke took a deep breath as he composed himself, "We can have it at the pool 'cos the weather's gonna be pretty ho-"

"STOP IGNORING ME YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE! WE'RE ENGAGED AND YOU'LL FIND OUT SOON ENOUGH! THEN YOU'LL FUCKING REALISE WHO THE JOKE WAS REALLY ON!"

With that, Sakura ran out of the room. Everyone stared after her. Ino glared at Sasuke.

"Why are you such a bastard Sasuke? Sakura is actually telling the truth!"

"Oh god. Not you too! Seriously what the fuck is with this engagement thing? Me and Sakura are NOT engaged! She is being a fucking retard! Now can we please just concentrate on Hinata's party?"

"No!" Ino replied indignantly, "How dare you think you can treat Sakura like that? You're such an asshole! Seriously, go and apologise to her!"

"FOR WHAT? SHE WAS THE ONE WHO STARTED THIS WHOLE FUCKING THING! DO I APLOGISE FOR BEING NORMAL AND SANE?"

Ino gritted her teeth as her glare became even more ferocious. "YEAH IN YOUR MIND YOU'RE SANE! GODDAMIT SASUKE GO APOLOGISE TO HER!"

"I THOUGHT YOU WERE MORE NORMAL THAN SAKURA. BUT I GUESS BOTH OF YOU ARE RETARDS! JUST, SERIOUSLY…PISS OFF! I DON'T EVEN DO ANYTHING AND SUDDENLY I'M THE BAD GUY WHO NEEDS TO APOLOGISE TO THE PERSON WHO STARTED EVERYTHING!" He stormed out of the room, scrunching up the paper with the plan of Hinata's party and throwing it into the bin.


Sasuke balled up his hands into fists, what the heck were Sakura and Ino playing at? Sakura and him, engaged? In her dreams, he thought with a sneer. He turned a corner as he made his way towards the kitchen; he really needed a glass of water to cool himself down. He couldn't understand why Sakura was being so stupid…and not only that…why was Ino doing it too? I thought she was more normal than Sakura, he remarked, I guess I was wrong.

He drank the water slowly as he sat down at the dining table.

"What was that all about?"

Sasuke sighed. "What do you want Itachi?"

"Why are you and the retards yelling? You're ruining the peace and quite. And you know how much I hate noise, hm?"

Sasuke grit his teeth. "Go away Itachi. It's your own fault you're stuck here, so deal with it."

Itachi smirked. "Oh okay if that's the case, I guess I'll go comfort Hinata…she says she feels sick? I guess she needs me to look after her. After all, that is what I'm here for, right?"

Immediately, Sasuke looked up. "What? Whats wrong with Hinata? Where is she?"

Itachi shrugged. "How would I know?" He turned around. "Oh, by the way…she was telling the truth. You do have the misfortune of being engaged with her." And he walked out.


Sasuke impatiently tapped his fingers as he heard a dialling tone on the other line of his mobile. He could not and would not accept that his mum would be stupid and annoying enough to engage him to Sakura! Just the thought of that possibility enraged him. But somehow he knew it had to be true…after all, Itachi never lied. He growled as no one picked up. After trying a few more times, he threw his mobile on the dining table and left the room, kicking down the chair he was sitting on in the process. I am engaged…I am fucking engaged to that fucking retard!, he thought as he took a few deep breaths, trying to control the rage building up inside him. He growled again and kicked the wall of the corridor he was walking down. Who the fuck did Mikoto think she was? What gave her the right to decide on Sasuke's life? He ground his teeth and took deep breaths again as he tried to refrain himself from punching the next thing he came in contact with. What the hell was he going to do?

Sasuke's thoughts were rushing together simultaneously. For one, he wanted to rage at his mother for doing this to him, but, the more urgent matter of getting out of being engaged with Sakura was now pressing on him. Since I know about it and she doesn't know I know, I have to act quickly!, he decided. He knew that Mikoto would make him marry Sakura…his mum was stubborn beyond reason. So, what other way could he get out of being Sakura's fiancé? There is no other way! he thought, not unless I run away, or if I commit suicide, or if I turn gay, or if I marry someone else without telling her!

He stopped walking for a second. Of course! That was it! All he had to do was find someone else to be engaged with and marry them before Mikoto could do anything about it! And luckily enough for him, he knew exactly who to marry.


Hinata exhaled deeply as she stared in the distance, her gaze focused on nothing. She had no idea how long she had spent sitting by the pool but she really didn't care. It felt calm just to stay here. The sudden sadness she had felt from before had reduced, although she still had that lost feeling in the pit of her stomach. I don't love Sasuke, she told herself again, as she wondered why she felt the way she did. She didn't want to love Sasuke. First of all, he wasn't her type…how could someone like her ever end up with him? It was impossible! And offcourse, he belonged to someone else. He was engaged to Sakura! A definite reason why she shouldn't love him. She jumped as her mobile vibrated. Oh no!, she thought as she took her mobile out of her pocket and saw that it was Sasuke calling. She sighed as she picked up the call.

"Hello?"

"Hey Hinata. Uhm can I meet you somewhere? Where are you?"

Hinata's eyes widened. The last thing she wanted to do right now was see Sasuke! "Uhm…can it wait? I don't feel that well right now."

"It's kinda urgent. Don't worry it won't take that long. Meet me at the lounge?"

"Okay"


"Sasuke?" Hinata asked as she took a step into the lounge room. It was dark, the only light coming from the glowering fireplace at the other end of the room.

"Hinata, you came."

She gasped, surprised by Sasuke's sudden appearance and how close he was standing to her. Before she could even react, he wrapped an arm against her waist and pulled her up towards him, crushing his lips against hers. She closed her eyes as she felt a sort of electric current running up her. Adding onto that, a delightfully warm feeling encased her as Sasuke's tongue entered her mouth and explored it. She knew this was wrong; what was she doing letting Sasuke kiss her like this? Yet, she didn't want him to stop. She let him continue, her arms finding their way around his neck. Sasuke's tounge delved deeper into her mouth, and Hinata's legs started to feel like jelly as the electric and warm feelings within her intensified. Sasuke continued kissing her for as long as he could without taking a breath. He finally withdrew and they both panted. He smiled; she had reacted exactly as he had wanted.

Hinata ran a hand through her hair as she tried to get her head around what had happened. I…I wanted him to kiss me. I…must have feelings for him. She closed her eyes tightly. No! I can't! I said I didn't and I wouldn't! She took a deep breath as she held back tears that threatened to fall. She was confused andangry at herself for not being able to stop Sasuke…just a while ago she had promised Sakura she was definitely not going to do anything and now she betrayed her like this? Okay, time to fix things Hinata, she told herself, it doesn't matter if you have feelings for him, you can get over them.

"Sasuke I- "

"Shh" Sasuke cut in as he grabbed her hand and pulled her into the room. Hinata felt the electric feeling returning as he touched her.

"N-No Sasuke I gotta tel-"

Sasuke stopped and turned around. "Hinata I…" he took a deep breath as he looked into her eyes "I..I love you"

Hinata couldn't look away from his eyes. She had a sudden desire to kiss him. The warm feeling inside her returned. It was then that she knew she loved him. It was hard to accept it before, but now that he was standing right there in front of her…she couldn't deny it; she loved Sasuke Uchiha.

"I-I know you said you don't have feelings for me. But…you didn't stop me, and that must mean something. So…," Sasuke got down on one knee, "I know we're not on some bus right now or there's no romantic movie playing or I don't even have a large lavender ring but…I've done a lot of things in life. But I've never loved. You wanna love with me? Be mine; forever?"


OMG! I DID IT! I UPDATED! :D

I have been meaning to for soooo freaking long! But I'm either too lazy or too busy with stupid school or something else comes up! I AM SOOO SORRY FOR HOW LATE THIS UPDATE WAS! I SWEAR IT WASN'T INTENTIONAL! if you guys are still reading my story THANK YOU! Also, it's been so long since I writ the last chapter so I'm not even sure if this one flows with it... but hopefully! and because I'm on holidays right now hopefully I can finish the story :D. Theres only three more chapters to go I think!

And thanks so much for the reviews from before! They made me so happy! :D. I LOVE YOU GUYS FOR READING!

Anyways, I've got the next chapter written too so I shall post straight after this one :D

Hope you guys like (:

love, ash