Of course the rumor of Naruto and Sasuke's supposed relationship continued to escalate without their knowledge. Luckily for Sasuke, it didn't hindrance his popularity, in fact not only did it increase, it also helped Naruto become... more 'admired'.

Hinata and the rest of the girls from the rookie nine (plus Ten-ten) seemed oblivious to the apparent relationship of the two, which made sense since there was always some type of rumor around them, why start listening to them now? But mostly because they were busy with their secret 'project'. And it was all going to take place on Sasuke's regular visits to the hospital.

And then there was Kakashi. After running into 20 people or so, almost completely burning one of his books, and nearly getting his mask taken off (one of his many crazy ninja fan girls, been after his face for years...) he eventually got over it, simply thinking he should of saw it coming. He came to the conclusion that he could help spread the 'good news', in hopes that they leave them alone. Perhaps if their own sensei said that they were a couple then people would truly believe it. Thus Kakashi went off for the next few days spreading his newly found information.

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"Kuso." Sasuke muttered under his breath. There seemed to be more whispers and stares than usual. He noticed it a few days before but today he felt paranoid about them, regardless, he ignored them and they seemed to stop. Wait... they stopped. And it was deserted. Usually this part of town was always crowded but it seemed empty. Although there were a few woman, -sadly- he did not see one man in sight.

While that in itself should cause for alarm, it didn't really bother him much, since he didn't care. But as he got closer to the hospital the noise level rose. It suddenly got very crowded and a wave of claustrophobia got to him and he jumped to the roof top. He was blocks away from the hospital but he didn't see the crowd moving, so it finally got him thinking.

What the hell is going on?

"Didn't think the pretty boy was into this." A rough voice said. Sasuke turned his head slightly to see Kiba and his dog appear, followed by Shikamaru, Choji, and Neji. Sasuke didn't see any reason to answer him so he stayed quiet, though he felt the immense glare of Neji and wondered what the hell he did. It annoyed Kiba that Sasuke wouldn't take the bait but he couldn't help but laugh at Sasuke for the rumors that had been circulating around him. So he tried again.

"There's supposed to be a cos-play fund raiser in there and theres going to be a ton of hot chicks but you being gay in all..." Kiba trailed off. This time, he got Sasuke's attention but not in the way he thought it would.

"Cosplay?" Sasuke repeated turning to the other three.

"Some fund raiser for the hospital. All the men are off duty and the woman are all working in costume. It's troublesome, we were dragged here to help out." Shikamaru answered lazily. It made sense, why else would there be this many men?

"Why are you here?" Choji asked. Sasuke looked at him and didn't see anything wrong. He wasn't a threat, an average ninja. He really was curious, so he decided to tell them.

"I have to come here once a week for the curse mark." Sasuke answered.

"Who is your doctor." Neji said. His glare was really annoying him.

"The Hyuuga." Sasuke answered swiftly. He almost made the mistake of calling her by her first name. He knew Neji wasn't stupid, if they were on a first name basis, he wold know something was up. But it seemed that his answer only angered him more for some reason but it wasn't his problem so Sasuke lept off the roof top and landed in the front door.

"Hey! Go to the end of the line!" Screamed a couple guys.

"Tch." Sasuke said going through the doors. He ignored everyone and went straight into Hinata's office. He didn't want any of the women to a get a good look at him or they'd would want to 'treat' him. It was strange, to say the least, to see so many doctors in cos-play. It was hard not to stare and get taken by some of the pretty girls there, but he eventually got to her office.

Sasuke decided that he was going to act like they never became friends or anything. She was his doctor and he was her patient, nothing more.

He leisurely walked in and expected her to be sitting at her desk but only to come into an empty room. He sat down and waited... he hated waiting. It led to thinking, being a genius and all... he hated thinking. It led to the hows, the whys, and just what was going. He didn't want to know what was going on.

Just what exactly was he doing going after Hinata? What would he benefit with her? Did he really love her? Why was he pushing her away then? He stayed there thinking for a few minutes before he gave up and decided that she wasn't coming until he went to go get her, so he stealthily made it out in search for her.

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Meanwhile, Hinata was reverting to her 12 year old self. Her stutter was creeping up on her, the blush on her face just wouldn't go away, and Naruto wouldn't stop staring!

"Stop staring!" She yelled, trying to adjust what she was wearing.

"It's just... you look really hot." Naruto said bluntly. He didn't know what was causing it but he could hear his heart pumping furiously, maybe because he was nervous about the plan? The girls finally filled him in and he finally understood. Of course he was surprised of the apparent relationship of Sasuke and Hinata-chan -and pissed off of the fact that the teme didn't tell him anything- but it made sense why Sasuke has been even weirder than he was before in the past few weeks.

Sasuke was an idiot when it came to feelings (pff... this coming from the other idiot) He wasn't used to showing his emotions, he had locked them away in order to kill Itachi but luckily for him, he was still human and couldn't do it. Maybe the plan would get something out of Sasuke but he had a feeling that it wasn't enough to get Sasuke to do something about it.

"I can't believe they got me to wear this." Hinata muttered. She was wearing a nurse costume. A very, very sexy nurse costume. It was an all white dress with the Konoha emblem on her left breast and there were black lines forming pockets, and she wore white high heels. The dress reached to about mid-thigh, but showed some cleavage -which was very uncomfortable for Hinata- and she pulled it up to cover some of it which made the dress seem shorter and then she pulled it back down, showing the cleavage again, the cycle went on. It was also pretty tight and showed off most of her curves. So in the end she gave up and crossed her arms around her in a vain attempt to hide herself.

She distracted herself by thinking about the plan. The plan was to seduce Sasuke, easy right? Wrong! At first she was worried about seducing, seeing that she had never ever done something like that in her life but then...

During her research, she went into a cafe, just to get a quick drink when there was a huge commotion on the side. There were a bunch of girls, mostly fans from the looks of it -she could smell them, way too much perfume- but what caught her attention was a blotch of gray hair.

Despite the urge she had to walk away, she made her way into the crowd of girls and saw she was correct on guessing who it was.

"Kakashi-sensei?"

"Ah, Hinata-san." Kakashi said, smiling.

"Whats going on?" Hinata asked, curious.

"I was just informing these ladies of my students' relationship."

"W-what do you mean?"

"Basically, I'm confirming the rumors of Sasuke and Naruto's relationship... they really are together." Kakashi said, looking at the girls around him.

"Oh, well... see you later, Kakashi-sensei." Hinata said as she made her way out of the group. She felt really uncomfortable but she was sure it was a joke that Kakashi was doing... at least at the time. Now... she wasn't so sure.

"A-ano... Naruto-kun." Hinata called.

"Yeah?" Naruto absently answered. He could feel Sasuke's chakra and could tell that he was headed their way. He was starting to doubt the plan, he needed to do something that would ensure Sasuke admitting what he truly felt.

"I-I don't mean t-this in a b-bad way b-but... I have to k-know-"

"Hina-chan, Don't worry about it, you can ask me anything!" Naruto exclaimed, using a what he hoped was a reassuring tone.

"Okay.... a-ano... are you r-really... with Sasuke-kun?" Hinata finally asked. Naruto was utterly stunned. Partially because it was Hinata-chan asking and because... Come on! Did he really look like he was into guys?!? Who the hell did she hear it from anyway.

"Who said that?" Naruto asked, a little forcefully.

"K-kakashi-sensei."

What! Why was he spreading it? He was sure Sasuke heard it too, since he was right at the corner... apparently spying on them. What the hell for? Why didn't he just come and- Oh. He so had a plan.

"I can take other people believing that I'm gay but... not you," he grabbed her hands, putting on a straight face. Hinata was completely confused... did her question offend him that much, "the reason I'm not gay is... because I love you." Naruto said making the most convincing face he could muster.

It was Hinata's turn to be utterly stunned, all she could do was stare, much less find her voice.

"What? You don't believe me? Let me prove it." Naruto said. He pulled her close and his hand went to her hips and he bent his head and started lowering himself to kiss her. He went extra slow mostly because he was the one getting uncomfortable.

Luckily, he didn't have to feel that way anymore because he was suddenly punched... hard. He flew to the next wall, leaving his impression. Hinata snapped out of it, when the only thing she could see was the Uchiha fan.

"What the hell are you doing dobe?" Sasuke said calmly, at least thats how it seemed like to Hinata. But Naruto knew that it was just a cover. His hands were still in fists and his left eye was twitching. Naruto grinned when Sasuke grabbed Hinata's hand and walked away, not even bothering to listen to his explanation.

Naruto touched his face and then looked at his hand. It was covered in blood, it didn't really bother him simply because he already felt the Kyuubi healing it, what really bothered him was how much force Sasuke was exerting. It showed how much Sasuke really did care about Hinata. A grinned forcibly made a way onto Naruto's face.

If he thought Hinata and Sasuke were meant to be together... why did he feel like his heart was tearing in two?

-

Hinata's thoughts were so jumbled that she didn't have the strength to let go of Sasuke's hand.

It was so obvious that Sasuke was gay that she wanted to cry. Why else would Sasuke get so mad at Naruto? The kiss that he gave her a few days back meant nothing, he was probably in the moment, at least that was how she was going to put it like. She didn't want to think that he was just playing with her, if she let herself dwell on to that thought, she'd probably break down and cry right then and there.

Sasuke in the mean time had to calm down enough to think straight. Why he was mad, he had no idea but just thinking back on how close and Naruto and Hinata were... it made him want to kill Naruto.

Sasuke stopped as soon as they made it into Hinata's office and used his free hand to pinch the bridge of his nose, it helped him think clearer. Hinata mimicked his movements to keep herself from crying.

They stood there for a second, both focused on their own thoughts yet they never let go of their linked hands.

Sasuke sighed and finally opened his eyes to look at her from the corner his eye. He almost smirked at how alike they were.

Hinata, feeling the stare opened her watery eyes to look at him. He frowned at the unshed tears as they glittered in the light.

"Ano... sorry." Hinata muttered quickly. He was suddenly shoved out and the door slammed in his face.

He stared at the door for a few moments before finally feeling a burning sensation around his curse mark. He looked at it and noticed how smoke was emanating from it. He had felt her hits but he didn't think the chakra would do anything to his shirt, which was now starting to burn. Now he understood why it was necessary to take it off.

But for some reason he didn't feel like caring. If anything, all he could think about was her face right before she closed the door.

It was sad.

Why it was affecting him at all was bothering him the most. What she felt shouldn't do anything to him at all. He made plenty of girls before without looking back and now, he couldn't comprehend.

He past the line of men and the curious gazes of women and continued walking... where he was headed he wasn't certain. All that mattered was figuring himself out.

Just what the hell was wrong with him?

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Hmm... I updated rather quickly. And you have but to thank yourselves. I thought I would get little reviews -what with my long absence and all- but I got the norm for the story and so, you have brought my faith back into humanity!! Thanks!

Another chapter finished and as you can tell, Sasuke is finally finding his inner most true feelings.

And now Hinata thinks Sasuke's gay, isn't that hilarious?

Where exactly I'm going with this is beyond me but if you guys are enjoying this, then I'm okay.

Once again, I ask for constructive criticism and whether or not I should keep going -which I will either way, I just want to know- and I want you guys to check out my other stories!!!

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