Chapter 13: A Memory or a Dream
Hinata was either paranoid, or Uchiha Sasuke was stalking her. He was just appearing everywhere even when she went to the barbeque place with her team, he was there with his team but he was there. He was everywhere, she kept this observation or feeling to herself, Kiba and Shino had a tendency to over react when it came to her. She didn't blame them though, she had proven that she was weak and needed their protection over and over again.
As she sat there in the restaurant she tried to stop the need to turn on her Byakugan, she could feel his stare, his eyes where on her.
"Hinata, you really need to get over this whole freezing up when Naruto is around." Kurenai told her student, taking into account that Hinata had said nothing and was fidgeting in her seat. "It's not healthy."
"What?" Hinata asked finally realizing that Kurenai was speaking to her. Kiba and Shino looked at each other sharing a look. Kurenai sighed and placed some neat and veggies on Hinata's empty plate.
"Eat." Kurenai told her, Hinata nodded. Not noticing the looks her teammates where giving her nor the one that Kurenai shot Kakashi.
Sasuke was watching Hinata; he had been ever since he left the Uchiha compound. He couldn't stop he wanted to be with her, a large part of him wanted the comfort that she could give him. The comfort that she had given him before, he wanted her. No one but her suspected anything he knew that much.
Naruto was just happy that Sasuke wanted to hang out, even if he had chosen to eat here instead of the ramen shop.
"What are your plans today Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked.
"train." He answered. The seal was staring to aggravate him, he didn't have one in the past or his dream, and he frowned, confusing himself again.
Kakashi noticed the glance that Kurenai gave him and sighed. Hinata really needed therapy or something; it wasn't his fault that they where here, Sakura had suggested this and Sasuke had seconded it because he was sick and tired of ramen.
"We should hurry up and eat then." Kakashi stated.
"Why?" Sasuke asked as he placed some more meat on the grill.
"You want to train don't you?" Kakashi told his student.
"After I eat." Sasuke stated.
Hinata poked at her food, her Byakugan flickering off and on. Hinata was becoming stressed, stressed enough that Kiba placed his hand on hers.
"Maybe we should leave." Kiba asked Kurenai.
"no, I'm sorry I just…" Hinata started then stopped she didn't want to tell them if she was wrong then it would cause a scene if she was right then, well she didn't want to be right.
Kiba squeezed her hand looking at his weaker teammate worriedly. "Here drink." He handed her the water, she took it drinking slowly.
"Are you ill?" Shino asked her, worried that his teammate was freaking out.
"no." Hinata told him her Byakugan activating, as she stared at Sasuke. He was looking at her, his eyes boring into her. She closed her eyes and shook her head, unsure how to deal with this, with him.
He had followed her all morning, she had sought safety in the presence of her teammates, but still Sasuke persisted. He was there she knew she had checked her Byakugan activating. He had stared at her, and she had moved closer to her teammates.
Sasuke was weirded out that she was close to her teammates, she wasn't before. He frowned as he caught the look Kurenai sent Kakashi.
"What's going on?" Sasuke asked. Kakashi looked at him curious that Sasuke was the only one that had picked up on the situation.
"Nothing." Kakashi told his student. Sasuke looked at him in disbelief.
"Right." Sasuke whispered, before he went back to eating. He had taken Hinata on a date here once, she had loved it.
He would get her back; all he had to do was get her alone. That was proving to be difficult; she seemed to cling to her teammates. To even dote on them, the way she did with him, had with him.
He would meet her tonight; he knew how to sneak into the Hyuuga compound. He had done it a million times before, in another time.
Chapter 13: A memory or a Dream.
Sasuke laughed as Hinata pouted, he had once again stolen another piece of cooked meat from her plate.
"You're mean." She told him as he laughed.
"I'm sorry, but you look so happy once it's done." He told her, glad that she had accepted his offer on this date. She didn't have too, but she did not feel like hanging out with her teammates.
He placed some more food on her plate, his hand laced with hers under the table, he was happiest with her.
"How's Itachi treating you?" Sasuke asked her.
"He's always on time and when he is upset with us he doesn't stick his fingers up our rears." Sasuke smiled at Hinata's teasing.
"He only does that to Naruto." Sasuke informed her.
"All Itachi does is force us to cross rapids." Hinata informed him.
"Sounds like fun." Sasuke teased.
"Well seeing Shino fall and nearly get send down stream was a little amusing." Hinata admitted he didn't blame her; Shino had a habit of reminded Hinata her exact status on the team.
"I would smile too, so Itachi saved him." Sasuke asked her.
Hinata nodded, taking a sip of her tea. He smiled at her, she smiled back. He had never been happier.