Okay, this one is another short ending, only at three pages. Sorry guys, but I was really having trouble with this ending and the Itachi ending. No lemons in this one.

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Hinata stood in front of Gaara's house. Tears streaming down her cheeks, she couldn't believe what just happened. Sabaku Gaara really broke up with her. After all those words he said to her about not leaving and promising to stay with her only to dump her in the end. Did he really think she loved Sasuke more than him? If she did she wouldn't be with him, she would have left him months ago. She didn't. She stayed with him and had intended on staying.

Her hands came up to her face, wiping her tears away but it didn't up much when more tears came gushing down her cheeks.

"Is that you, Hinata?"

She jumped, refusing to turn her body to acknowledge the voice. It belonged to Sasori, Gaara's blood-related brother. His voice always sound to cold and uncaring, it's the only voice she knows that is like that.

"Are you alright?" He asked placing his hand gently on her shoulder. The red haired eyes widened when he noticed her cheek stained cheek. He was probably just about the only Akatsuki member who didn't care about Hinata. She had some spunk from what he could remember when she fought Sakura. Besides that he never paid her much attention. Sasori wasn't a complete jerk as to ignoring a crying girl he knew.

She sniffed, "I-I'm fine"

"You don't appear to be fine. Go on and tell me what's wrong"

His voice was calmer. This surprised her; she turned around to gaze at him. "If you must know, Gaara just broke up with me"

Sasori eyes widened a few centimeters. Did he really hear that correctly? His little brother broke up with the girl he was so madly in love with. He could see the hurt within her eyes. A tiny bit of him felt sorry for her. He has never been in love before, so it's hard for him to relate. Should he hug her? Or perhaps give her a gentle pat on the shoulder. This is why he didn't get involved in this sort of thing.

"Why did you two break up?

Silence ensued between them after he asked that question. Sighing he shook his head, "Don't answer that. How about you come with me, we can…talk" He suggested, hoping she would accept the offer.

Slowly nodding her head she wiped her eyes and followed the male out towards his car. The walk towards his car was silence but it wasn't awkward like Sasori thought it would be. Hopefully from this point on he could get to know her a bit better.

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Three years later~

Hinata sat patiently waiting for her date to arrive. Her lavender eyes gazed over at the entrance door hoping to see who she was waiting for. Finally she watched him approach her; his expression was calm and relaxed causing her to smile. "You finally came"

"Of course, I wouldn't want to keep you waiting" A smile graced his features as he pulled out his chair, taking a seat down. After the talk Hinata and Sasori shared together nearly three years ago, it brought the two closer. They weren't exactly dating but they were close enough. When Gaara found out about their close friendship he hadn't been too pleased about it. In fact he became very possessive over Hinata. Sasuke on the other hand was the same way but learned to accept it. Sasori had been positive that Sasuke and Hinata would have started dating by now but they haven't, which is a good thing.

At times he couldn't stop looking at the female Hyuga. He had never realized it before but Hinata is actually very pretty. There had been times when he would find himself staring longingly at Hinata, wondering if he should kiss her. The feelings were really coming out of nowhere. Sasori figured that it probably had something to do with the fact he spends so much time with her. He'd never spent so much time with the opposite sex before, so this whole experience is new to him.

"Have you ordered already?"

"No, I haven't. Do you want to now?"

"Sure, I don't mind. Gaara would no doubt kill me if he knew we were on a date" He exclaimed, thinking about his younger brother. If looks could kill Sasori would have been dead the moment Gaara noticed how close her and Hinata were with each other.

Hinata gave him a lopsided smile, "I'm sure Gaara wouldn't mind it very much"

Sasori rolled his eyes, "You say that because he doesn't give you a hard time. You're not the one he glares at" He raised his hand, motioning for the waiter to come to their table. After taking their orders the two began idly conversing with each other until their food arrived. Every few seconds Sasori's hand would brush against hers; it was unintentional since he always had that habit of touching her hand.

Every now and then their eyes would lock and Hinata would blush and gradually look shyly away. Sasori was uniquely attractive. At a first glance she wouldn't pay him much attention since he attention had always either been focused on Sasuke and Gaara. Once their food arrived the two had eaten in silence. It was something she had noticed about the light red haired male, he didn't like talking while eating. This didn't bother her but she had always been used to conversing during a meal with someone.

After finishing their meal Sasori escorted the female out of the restaurant. As they stopped in front of her car, he grabbed her hands holding them delicately in his own. His light eyes meeting hers, "Hinata, I'll admit in the beginning that I didn't care much about you. In fact, I couldn't stand how everyone in the Akatsuki adored you. Even Madara likes you and he barely gets along with his own brothers"

Hinata flushed, she hadn't no idea Madara thought highly of her. There have been a few times when he would smile at her or offer to help her with something but that's about it. Her ears perked up when she heard his voice continue.

"The point I'm trying to make is that. I'm starting to fall for you and…I would like to maybe establish a relationship with you" He explained awkwardly.

"A relationship?"

"Yes, a relationship"

Hinata was silent for a few seconds, thinking over the possibilities of actually coming in terms of dating Sasori. It wasn't like she hasn't thought about it before but she didn't think he had. "I think I can give it a shot" She replied with a warm smile on her face.

"I'm glad" He smiled, leaning forward giving her a tender kiss on her cheek. It was just an innocent kiss. Anything too passionate and nothing to awkward, after all he wasn't ready to the passionate kiss just yet. A simple cheek kiss would do it for now. But boy would he go through hell telling Gaara that he was now dating his ex.