Hi! Okay, to clear things up, Sasuke was NEVER in a relationship with Karin. If you remember in Chapter 49: Answers, Sasuke told Hinata the reason why he considers Karin his friend. And Sasuke did not ask Karin to hold his phone. Naruto said in the previous chapter that Sasuke asked him to hold it but Karin stole the phone from Naruto. That's all, thanks! I hope you're enlightened! Hehe.


Credits to Yves_Liong (writer from Wattpad) and Masashi Kishimoto (maker of Naruto).


Battling With A Hot Guy

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He turned his back on me without a word. Okay, I deserve that. But the last time he did that, it wasn't so bad. In fact, when he did that to me before, afterwards he ended up asking me to be his girlfriend. Maybe he wasn't furious at me, he's probably just being the most unexpected and unpredictable guy I knew.

Oh, who am I kidding?! This is a different story. I didn't stab him in the back that time, he was aware I was ruining his reputation. But now he knows we played him like a fool. This is probably the stupidest thing I have ever done. Even worse than when I accidentally burned Neji-nii's hair and I threw perfume in it in panic. It was the day Neji-nii wreaked havoc like Godzilla.

Back to the topic, I still want to let Sasuke know what I truly feel even if he decided to shun me. At least he deserves to know I have genuine feelings for him after all that I have done. Now I just have to find a way to do that. Why did I end up like this anyway? This isn't me. Everything I did, from ruining Uchiha Sasuke's reputation and faking being his girlfriend just to extract his revenge... It wasn't me. Hyuuga Hinata isn't that kind of person.

Going back to where Naruto and Sai were, I noticed an expression from Sai's face that I have never seen before. He looked really hurt, upset and frustrated all at the same time. "Ino is weird but she's always been." Naruto joked, and Sai and I gave him a glare. He raised his hands and chuckled nervously. "Okay, okay. Geez, I was just joking."

I turned to Sai. "Has she been acting like that with you since this morning?" I asked.

Sai shook his head. "She's fine this morning, she's even more cheerful than usual, and I assumed she was acting like that because it's my birthday. Was it wrong for me to insist that we have lunch together in my birthday?"

Naruto scratched his head. "Well.. Maybe she really was discussing something reall important with Teme so she got mad when you interrupted."

"Discussing something with Sasuke is more important than her boyfriend's birthday?" We all suddenly became silent. He has a point, and we have no idea what they are talking about.

Sasuke is not one to easily fall for someone, so him following Ino's orders earlier makes him weird. And Ino-chan choosing Sasuke over Sai is definitely confusing. I know Ino has genuine feelings for Sai. So it's nearly impossible for the two of them to start liking each other. I want to tell Sai that they must be talking about a surprise for his birthday, but if that what this is all about, then I might ruin it if I tell him. That's the only logical explanation for Sasuke and Ino's behavior so I'm keeping my mouth shut.

Naruto, Sai and I all decided to go back to our classrooms since lunch time is almost over. Naruto had to separate from us because he's not in the same class. I decided to just sit with Sai since I feel uncomfortable sitting beside Sakura. I probably should avoid her now. I know at some point it is my fault but Sakura betrayed me twice, I have never did that to her. Okay, so maybe falling in love with her ex is a form of betrayal but I immediately told her of my feelings and she lied to my face that she was okay with her and said she would support my feelings because we are bestfriends. Ugh, this is all so confusing.

When the bell rings for dismissal I hurriedly went to my locker and put my books there then I started walking back home. It was no use if I try to find Sasuke right now and force him to listen to me. Maybe I'll just give him space before I try talking to him again, and I'll respect that space for him.

As soon as I got home, I changed clothes and was idle for a couple of minutes. Neji-nii is training in father's company while Hanabi is in her junior high camp. I reached out for Sasuke's cellphone from my bag and checked if Sasuke, miraculously, sent me a message or gave me a call. But there was none. Sighing, I was about to put it in my night stand when it suddenly started ringing. Thinking, and was almost sure that it's Sasuke, I quickly answered the call, afraid that he might hang up if I take longer to answer.

"Hinata-chan!" But I was wrong again. This time it's Ino.

"Oh, hey, Ino-chan." I answered, hiding my disappointment and hoping I sound normal. "Is there a problem?"

There's a lot of noise from her end of the line, I couldn't stop my jealousy, thinking that she may be out with Sasuke even if they're just discussing something important. "Where are you? We're all in the gym right now, celebrating Sai's birthday! You should be here!"

I felt a wide smile on my face, confirming what I thought earlier.

"Sasuke-kun didn't explain what happened earlier today? We were just acting so we could surprise Sai. I made plans for Sai's birthday weeks ago, but you know me, I don't want things to be too boring. So I made him believe we'll just have lunch today but I was really planning with Sasuke-kun. I was going for Naruto initially, but we all know he's a blabbermouth and Sai would know in seconds, I wasn't comfortable with Gaara, so I decided to go for Sasuke! Aren't I great?!"

I chuckled at Ino-chan's cheerfulness. She really is great. A great girlfriend and a great friend. "You are really something, Ino-chan." We both giggled. "Wait a minute. So Sasuke isn't really mad at me?"

"Oh, you mean when he brushed you off? I'm so sorry, Hinata-chan, it was part of the plan. We wanted to stick together so the surprise wouldn't leak out. We asked Naruto to hold his phone so you won't be able to reach him. I'm really sorry, Hina-chan!"

I know Ino-chan only wanted the best for Sai and I'm not mad at all. "It's okay, Ino-chan. But I can't really go there now. I'll make it up to you and Sai another time."

Being the good friend she is, Ino didn't force me to come anymore. She seemed to be distracted by someone who called her name so we said bye to each other. When we did, I immediately dialled my number. After three rings, it seemed he rejected my call. I tried again but this time, the phone is unattended. That means he turned the phone off.

That was when it hit me. Ino might have been acting, but Sasuke wasn't. He really is furious with me.

It was amazing how sleep could change a person's mind. Yesterday, I decided to give Sasuke space and wait for the right time to talk to him. But now I'm an hour early for school because I wanted to be here already when he arrives.

I was surprised to see Karin in her locker this early. She sneered at me as she closes her locker. "You're waiting for Sasuke-kun, aren't you?"

Maybe Karin knows where Sasuke is. "Look, I know you think I'm a bad person but I didn't mean to do what I did. Okay, maybe I meant it from the start but not... anymore." I looked at Karin and she wasn't sneering anymore. "Can you please tell me where he is?"

"So you really did something to him. I knew it. You know I only assumed because Sasuke doesn't really tell me anything but it shows in his actions. Even if I know where Sasuke-kun is, I wouldn't tell you."

"I'm not here to play games with you, Karin. It's enough that you won't let Sasuke answer my calls last night. You even turned off the phone at the party, didn't you? Just tell me where Sasuke is." I told her firmly.

She raised a brow at me? "What are you talking about? JUst because he doesn't want to talk to you, you're putting the blame on me?" She scoffed. "He didn't even attended Sai's party. As soon as he got his phone back, he hurriedly went home." Karin glared at me then she started walking away.

Suddenly, the optimism I had when I woke up started crumbling. No, don't just give up, Hinata. This is all your fault so you must endure. I tried to look for Sauke everywhere, in case he went to school early. I even went to the gym but he's not there either.

Feeling defeated, I started walking to my first class, I'm still 20 minutes earlier.

"Hinata-chan!" I turned around, knowing it was Naruto's cheerful voice. I forced a smile as he walk with me and we entered my first class. "You're early. Let me guess, special mission to talk to Teme?" He grinned as we sit beside each other in the two chairs in the corner of the room.

I nodded and sighed. "He's avoiding me, and finally thinking of giving up. I mean, if he really doesn't want to talk to me anymore..."

"Hinata-chan, I want to tell you something... Something I should have when Teme broke up with Sakura-chan."

I snapped my head up at him with a curious look. "What is it, Naruto-kun?"

"The reason Sasuke teme kept on telling you... That wasn't just it."

"What do you mean?"

"Hinata-chan... Sasuke teme loved you for a long time now. I know I shouldn't be the one saying this to you but seeing as Sasuke has no plans on telling you, I figured I should help him out, he's my bestfriend and a brother to me so I'm going to defend him if he's won't." Naruto heaved a sigh. "I always notice him looking at you whenever you're in the same room as him. I teased him about it once and he never denied it. I even told him to go for it but he said it's you're both too youn and he's not deserving for you yet. When Sakura-chan came into the picture, it was obvious how much she likes Teme. Somehow she found out Teme likes you, I don't know how. I noticed you and Sakura-chan became close. She even told Sasuke to give up on you because you will never like him back because you hated him even back when you were kids. I noticed how extra gloomy Sasuke was. He did try to overcome it though. When we heard you talking to Sakura-chan about how Teme should give her a chance, I told him it was an absurd idea. It's like you practically shove his feelings in his face. So with Sakura-chan's constant pleading, he decided to give it a try."

I couldn't believe everything Naruto just said.

"When they broke up, Sakura-chan told you that Teme said he's tired of playing, right? I swear on my parents' grave, he never said that, Hinata-chan. I was there when Sakura-chan confronted Teme. Teme told her how sorry he is for not being able to return her feelings and he doesn't want to hurt her any further. But she kept insisting Sasuke to love her back. He admitted he had fun in the first part of their relationship. He even thought Sakura-chan would really be good for him until Sakura-chan finally snapped. Maybe it was because she was tired of waiting for Sasuke to finally return her feelings. Teme tried to let her down as gently as he could. Sakura-chan was so angry and said Teme will never get a chance with you, Hinata-chan. It's like she turned from this angelic girl to a raging beast. It was really scary."

I couldn't help but chuckle as my eyes becomes teary.

"Sasuke Teme said he won't make a move on you. He made Sakura-chan promise not to tell you. He was even okay with her telling he played with her feelings. He knows you'll never love him back and that you would never put love before your friendship with Sakura-chan so he decided to just keep his feelings for himself. That was until you decided to get revenge, and well, Sakura-chan decided to let out Sasuke's secret for you. And the rest, well, you already know them."

As I was getting emotional, I tried remembering the time I was trying to ruin Sasuke's reputation. Not once did he fight back. Sakura and Karin were the ones who countered my plans but never did Sasuke tried to hurt me back. Right from the start he has genuine feelings for me and all I think about was how awful he is. It was really amazing how you think wrong of a person you know for the most part of your life.

All those times he was teasing me, all those chocolate almonds he gave Sakura-chan knowing I would be the one to eat them. Even that figurine he put effort to restore. He was doing those subtle things and covering them up with being a jerk all because he thinks I will never love him back.

"Naruto-kun... I really need to talk to him." I looked up at Naruto with tears in my eyes.