DISCLAIMER: HENRY CAVILL! He's so freaking hot, I swear. Oh, and I do not own Naruto.

+ SASUKE +

INDECENT PROPOSAL: BECAUSE I CAN

Patience – Guns N' Roses

I watch Hyuuga Hinata remove freshly-laundered clothes from one machine to another. I suppose it's the dryer. It was quite a shock when I saw her enter this place. This Coin Laundromat. It's the first time I set foot in a place like this. Who would have thought that Hyuuga Hinata does her own laundry? I don't have a housekeeper but my mother always sends someone over to do the cleaning and laundry. Surely a Hyuuga like her doesn't have to go through what looks like a tedious chore?

I can't keep my eyes off her. I probably look like a creepy stalker, so what. Wild horses can't drag me away from the most fascinating girl I ever met. I smirk as Hinata pretends to be interested on a mermaid painting on the wall. After realizing that she's been staring at the wall for two minutes, she leans back against one machine to stare at her shoes. She starts tapping the floor with her foot. Too bad she's not wearing those shorts from this afternoon. But she still looks good in a shirt and sweatpants. She tucks her hair behind an ear. I like it when her hair is down. She fidgets. And fidgets some more. Finally, she looks up to glare at me.

"I'm not contemplating your… offer, so please leave." Hinata speaks for the first time after I told her the truth. "You already know my answer."

"I do. I'd be surprised if you said yes immediately." I stress out the word immediately. I'm pretty sure it'll take me a long time to convince her. "But since I'm already here, I'd like to know why. I already know why I can't be your boyfriend so why don't you want to be my woman?"

She blushes again. "W-what do you mean by be your woman, anyway?"

I shrug. "No strings attached, no labels, no commitment… but I get to have you. All of you."

"I don't get it."

"Sex." I blurt out matter-of-factly.

Her whole face turns from scarlet to deathly pale to scarlet again. "A-a-and y-you e-e-expect me to s-s-s-say yes?"

"Eventually." Her stutter's such a turn on, I don't even know why.

"Y-you want me to jump straight into bed with you?" she asks, eyes wide in horror.

"Think of the wonderful things we'll do after we jump on the bed. I assure you, I am very capable."

She starts pacing and muttering to herself. "I can't believe I'm having this conversation… with him… this is crazy…"

"Look," I tell her, annoyed with the tone she used when she said him. "You don't want a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. I'm fine with that. I've never been in a relationship before anyway so I don't know how it's supposed to work."

"I am never saying yes." Hinata snaps quietly, turning around to face me.

I step a little bit closer but maintain some distance. I don't want her bodyguards to burst in here just because I invaded her personal space. I look her in the eyes. "Too bad. I am never taking no for an answer. Again."

We glare at each other for a long while. Well, she glares at me and I stare at her. How long has it been since I stood this close to her? The few times we were this close, I didn't have the chance to study her face. She's really beautiful. Everything is perfect – skin, eyebrows, eyelashes, eyes, nose, mouth… Stop staring at her mouth, Uchiha Sasuke. You don't want Little Sasuke to get excited, do you? I force my eyes away from her mouth to look at her hair. It looks so smooth. I want to touch it. I hear Hinata's gasp and my eyes goes straight to her mouth again. She turns her head away in embarrassment or… fear? Did she see the desire burning in my eyes? I'm scared too. I never wanted anyone like this.

"I understand if you're scared. That's why I'm willing to wait." Hinata gazes up at me again. "No matter how long it takes, I'll wait. You didn't like my advances before and I don't want you to hate me so… I'll wait."

"But… you said you're done with me and… what made you change your mind?"

"You had me at fuck you." I mumble, trying to keep a smile at bay 'cause really. That was a cute fuck you and I don't usually find it cute when someone tells me fuck you.

"I don't like you, Uchiha." She reminds me.

"Then I just have to make you like me." I mutter confidently. She stares at me for a while, her pearly eyes wide with anxiety. Then, shaking her head, she checks on her laundry. "I can start now if you like. My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I will be eighteen on the 23rd of July. My father is Uchiha Fugaku. You might have heard of him. My mother is Uchiha Mikoto. You met her already. I have an older brother, Uchiha Itachi. He's irrelevant. And that's my family." Hinata keeps her back at me but I can see how tense she is. If only you have earphones, huh? Smirking, I continue on. "We're from Kyoto but we spend a great deal of time in other places too. We have houses everywhere – here and abroad."

Hinata takes her clothes out of the dryer and stuffs them into this plastic bag. She's annoyed. Good. I should not be the only one getting annoyed by this situation. If only she knows how annoying it is to keep thinking about someone over and over again. She hauls up the plastic bag – now filled with clothes. It looks heavy.

"I'll take that." I mutter, resigned. I snatch the bag from her. It is heavy. She glares at me. "I'm not a gentleman. I don't do stuff like this. Fuck, I'm an impatient person. I don't wait. And yet here I am, doing things I don't normally do. And for what? For you! So just let me carry the damn bag!"

So much for patience, Uchiha Sasuke. Without waiting for her to recover her power of speech, I walk out of the Coin Laundromat. I ignore her still watching bodyguards and walk straight to Hinata's apartment building. I dump the bag on the steps.

"T-thank y-you…" Hinata mumbles grudgingly.

I turn around to face her, effectively blocking the doorway. "I'm short-tempered, bad tempered. I have a nasty temper. Am I going to change myself for you? I don't know. But I'm trying. And before I go, can you answer my question now? Why can't you be my woman?"

"Look at me." Hinata mumbles quietly, downcast.

"I am." I always will.

"I'm not the girl for you." She mutters, shaking her head.

"Who is the girl for me?"

"Ino-chan said she confessed to you." She says all of a sudden. Who the hell is this Ino-chan? She didn't answer my question but answers my unspoken question. "She confessed to you today."

Oh. "Ah… and?"

"She's my friend. You turned her down."

"She's lucky that I even consented to hearing her confession. I don't have the time to spare for such foolishness but I did my friend a favour. However, that's beside the point. You didn't answer my question. Again." I'm beginning to really hate that word.

"She's pretty. She's easy-going. She's a cheerful person. She's friendly. Everyone likes her." She finally looks up at me. Why is she so fucking sad? "I'm not like her. I'm not pretty. I don't get along with people. Most of the time I'm… I'm not a happy person. I have a lot of issues. Eventually you will realize I am not the girl you think you want to be with."

"You have a lot of insecurities." I say after a pause. She'll probably slap me for what I'm about to say but fuck that. She already punched me before. "But I don't care about those. I want your body. Not your intelligence and most especially not your emotions. I want just your body."

Not an ideal conversation to have outside, I know. Good thing the bodyguards are out-of-earshot. She takes note of this as well as she inch a little closer to me. Shit. Not too close, Hinata. I might not be able to restrain myself. I've wanted to kiss her since I stepped inside that Coin Laundromat. Heck, I want to kiss her every minute of every day.

"You're really a pervert." Hinata hisses at me. She's blushing so bad. "No way I'll give my… m-m-my v-virginity to you."

She grabs her plastic bag and runs past me in a hurry to escape. I don't know how long I've been standing here gaping like an idiot. Of course she's a virgin. How can she not be a virgin? I'm having difficulty breathing. Why did she say something like that? Here, outside her apartment where her bodyguards were watching, of all places. I wanted to pin her against the fucking wall. Just the thought of doing things to her… bringing her to a world of pure pleasure… being her first lover… being her first and only lover… Little Sasuke likes that very much.

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How do I make Hyuuga Hinata say yes? For all my bravado earlier, I actually have no plans. None. I don't know how I'm supposed to make her say yes. I don't know how I'm going to convince her to have a sexual relationship with me. Blackmail? But what do I blackmail her with? It's not like I can just hostage someone (her friend, probably) and say 'you will see your precious friend again… if you give me your virginity'. No, no. Hyuuga Hinata must be willing. I must make her want me. But how do I make her want me? Seduction?

Operation seduce Hyuuga Hinata. As appealing as it sounds, the memory of the two kisses we had still upsets me. The first time, she froze up. The second time, she looked like she was going to throw up. I'm a fucking good kisser. But no, I can't seduce her. I told her I'll wait and so I will wait. Wait until she's comfortable around me and then…

I lean my head back against the armchair, watching the nightlights of Tokyo. My entire apartment is bathed in darkness while Aerosmith's Crazy is blasting in the background. It's decided. I will wait until Hyuuga Hinata's comfortable with me and then I will seduce her. Let's see if she will be able to refuse me again. It's perfect. Everything is perfect tonight.

"BASTARD! LET ME IN!" Naruto screams outside, pounding the door.

I spoke too soon. Really. That idiot's voice is so loud it drowned out Steven Tyler's screaming. Choosing the right controller from the pile of remote controls on the end table next to the armchair, I punch in the password. A few moments later, Naruto bursts in.

"SASUKE! WHAT –? WHY IS IT SO DARK HERE? SASUKE?!" Naruto calls out in a panic. A loud crash and, "FUCK! THAT FUCKING HURTS!"

Grabbing another remote control, I turn on the lights. Naruto bumped into a table and fell down his ass. I lower the volume of the entertainment center. "What is it?"

"You changed your password." Naruto pouts, rubbing his behind.

"So?"

"So I can't get in, bastard!"

"You know how to knock."

Naruto gets to his feet, still rubbing. "Ah, that fucking hurts. Why the fuck is that table here?"

"It's an antique." I answer, turning back to my window-gazing. "Return it to where it stood before you upended the poor thing."

"Poor thing, my ass." Naruto grumbles. I hear him returning the table nonetheless. "Yeah, my ass is the poor thing. This stupid table is useless anyway. It doesn't even have anything on it – no vase, not even one of your stupid collectibles."

"What are you doing here, idiot?" I ask, sighing. Naruto should be thankful I'm in a good mood. I would have let him rot outside.

"Is this you?" he asks, shoving his cellphone to my face. "I know it's you. No one else has a duck-butt hairstyle."

I look at the picture. It's a silhouette of someone… well fuck. That is me. Standing outside Hyuuga Hinata's apartment. What the fuck. Who took this? I snatch Naruto's cellphone. It's an article from the university forum.

Exclusive! Bad Boy outside Weird Girl's apartment. Early this evening, a contributor snapped a picture of Bad Boy outside an apartment this site cannot disclose for fear of Weird Girl's family filing a lawsuit. As there is no further evidence of the nature of their relationship yet, it is highly recommended that the members of this forum should refrain from posting Bad Boy and Weird Girl's real names. This is not the first time the two have been associated with each other, however. Last month, our sources can confirm that the two had an encounter in a bar which then led to the widely speculated bruise on Bad Boy's face. It wasn't until a few days later that the whole school found out who punched Bad Boy – through a performance (in the basketball gym, no less!) that left everyone reeling in shock. It created quite a stir, especially among Bad Boy's loyal fangirls. Threatened, those fangirls bullied Weird Girl in the hopes of scaring her away from their precious. But Bad Boy stepped in to save the day and no further interactions from the two were reported since then. Until tonight.

Why is Bad Boy outside Weird Girl's apartment? Did he just come out from there or did he happen to pass by? Is there a secret relationship going on?

And for the benefit of those who don't have a clue of their real identity (which planet are you from?): Bad Boy and Weird Girl are freshmen, Bad Boy is very handsome and very popular, Weird Girl is quiet and shy, they are from very prominent and rich clans. In conclusion, if the rumors are true, Bad Boy and Weird Girl are going to be the University of Tokyo's – in all of Japan, really – Golden Couple.

Reminder: We aim to keep this forum clean. No bashing allowed in the comments.

Naruto's sprawled on the couch, watching TV and eating my food. I throw his cellphone at him after reading that stupid article. "Careful!" he catches the iphone before it falls to the floor. "You crazy bastard. I know you're angry but sheesh… you don't have to let it out on my cellphone."

I'm more pissed off at the alias they gave Hinata than the paparazzi. It's not like I can have them retract it. They were smart enough not to mention my name. Maybe I should talk to Obito about that. He knows a lot about these legal shits.

"What are you going to do about it?" Naruto asks, wiping his iphone tenderly.

"Nothing." Let them speculate all they want. Thanks to that, I will be more careful from now on.

"So who's the lady? You've never visited any of your women's houses before." I say nothing and just look at him. Naruto stares back with narrowed eyes, trying to read my expression. He finally gets it. "I see… Good luck with that. Hey, can I ask you something? I'm not sure about this but, you've never been in a relationship so… are you the jealous type?"

"No." I answer, glancing back at the magnificent view of Tokyo. I find myself thinking of the events today – when I saw Hinata biking and wearing short shorts, and the Coin Laundromat. I can remember clearly her every expression. I really like her sarcastic remarks. Ah… I wonder how long I have to wait until I can have her in my bed. But I'm looking forward to the journey to my bed. It should be interesting. The anticipation is making me excited and this prickling on my neck is getting really annoying.

"What?" I bark at the idiot. He's been staring at me.

Naruto's foxy grin widens. "I know something you don't."

"Obviously. Otherwise you wouldn't look so fucking smug. What is it?"

"Not telling. You'll ruin it if I tell you."

"Fine." I snap at him. "As long as it has nothing to do with Hinata." Gotcha. Naruto's expression changed for a split second before he tries to hide it. Too late. Whatever it is that Naruto knows definitely has something to do with Hinata. I glare at him threateningly. "Don't try anything stupid while I'm away."

I'm not the jealous type. I just don't like sharing.

June 15, 2013 – I suck at writing articles. I hope it made sense because I'm not sure, lol! I've read and reread this chapter and I'm satisfied with it. Oh, and Naruto's talking about the vocal lessons with Hinata. Sasuke will definitely ruin that *winkwink*.

Thanks for the reviews! They're awesome as always. I hope I can finish the next chapter quickly because I'm excited about the chapter after that, kukukuku~ ^^

Henry Cavill is so distracting.