When the date for the genin exams have arrived, most of the students have passed with flying colours. One exception was of course Naruto, who didn't pass the test but proved he could do it after the whole scroll stealing incident. Now lo and behold came the awaited team announcements. Personally, Sasuke couldn't care who was in his team as long as he didn't end up with anyone who would get in his way. Oh how wrong he was. Finding out he was put in with Sakura, one of the prominent members of his fanclub, and Naruto, the loudest and embarrassingly weakest student in the class, Sasuke didn't want to do anything but gag. Maybe he did wish to have Hinata in his team and maybe he did snap his pencil in two when he realized she wouldn't be, but that didn't mean he cared or anything.

For the past two weeks he had been visiting her in the same training ground on his way home from his workouts. After the little spar they had, Sasuke decided she was decent enough to train with. She did have some qualities she could fix here and there but overall, she wasn't that bad. Sasuke particularly noticed this after a few spars with her when she started to become more used to his presence and a bit more 'comfortable' with him. Sasuke had to applaud her for her consistent training schedule as it seemed she never failed to be there. That is, if he excluded the one time the girl had the audacity to move to a different training ground without his notice. When he approached the training ground as he now usually did, he was a bit taken aback by her lack of presence in the area as there was never a day she hadn't come before. Sasuke had initially thought that maybe she was late but after waiting a couple of minutes he grew impatient and walked home in annoyance. He was going to give her a piece of his mind the next time he sees her.

And of course, the Uchiha was adamant of cornering her the next day during class. Right as lunch break had started he stalked the poor girl to one of her eating spots besides a tree that was secluded from most students. Perfect. Then he could yell as much as he wanted.

"Hey!"

Hinata squeaked in surprise and jumped at the sudden call which made her almost drop her lunch. Once she turned around to see the person who had unfortunately found her hidden safe space, her surprise quickly turned to despair when she caught sight of his expression. "Uchiha-san!"

"Why weren't you there yesterday?" Sasuke crossed his arms and glared, making Hinata want to cower in fear. He tapped his foot on the ground as he started to become impatient for her answer. He waited all night and morning and he was not going to wait any more.

"I- um- I-I-!"

"Well?" He urged, not noticing the intimidation he was giving her. Gods, it looked like she was about to cry.

Hinata's throat was dangerously dry, her face was sweating like crazy, her fingers twiddling together so much that it looked like she was doing a new jutsu, and her eyes constantly moving and staring at anything but the Uchiha in front of her. Oh, how she would do anything to run away. She forced herself to speak, not wanting to anger him any further but it came out as a whisper that could barely be heard. Though it didn't look like he minded. "I-I just… thought… y-you wanted space… that's all…" She squeezed her eyes shut in fear of what he was going to say. And thank goodness she did.

"And why would I want that?" Sasuke stepped closer towards her, his face glowering even more by the second. If looks could kill, Hinata would be dead right there and then.

"B-b-because… I just a-assumed you w-wanted to use the tr-training ground and I-I was just… b-bothering you…"

'Oh you stupid, stupid girl!' Sasuke screamed in his mind. He strongly resisted the urge to shake her senseless. "No, you idiot!"

His harsh response caused her to attempt to hide behind the tree that what was supposed to be her own little hideout, safe away from anyone and anything. Sasuke had made it anything but that. He quickly gripped her shoulder and pushed her to sit down one of the tree's large roots. He honestly had no idea why he was acting so aggressively.

Despite Sasuke being one of the most popular students in school, he was also the loneliest. Girls surround him all the time, but how many of them really want to get close to him for who he is? The boys, on the other hand, avoid him for either fear or jealousy. He had no family, no friends, no mentors. It had been a while since he had ever really spent time with anyone and Hinata was the one he had unconsciously forced to change that. Though their little evening sparring may seem like meager training to him, her quiet presence made his mind feel relaxed and released from stress. Her lack of bias towards him was something that greatly affected that. Time to time she may express fear of him but in general it's because the Hyuuga is just very, gravely, shy. The thought of her just suddenly disappearing from him felt wrong and made his stomach drop.

She began to sputter, "B-but-" Hinata finally looked up to his onyx eyes with her pale ones. Her short, glossy hair that framed her petite face and her unshed tears that were threatening to fall down her pink tinged cheeks emphasized her seemingly glistening look made Sasuke's breath hitch from the sight. Unknown to the foreign feeling, he ruthlessly pushed her away in an attempt to make it stop.

"I only come just to spar with you but it's clear that you don't want to." His glare was now changed to a look of apathy, a slight look of hurt hidden deep within his eyes. "And I'm not going to waste any more of my time." He clicked his tongue in annoyance and turned to leave while saying a bitter goodbye.

Hinata bolted up from her seat while knocking her lunchbox and quickly chased after him just before he was able to leave the small grove as soon as she was able to process the recent turn of events. "W-wait! Wait, Uchiha-san! Wait p-please!" She grasped his hand to stop him from continuing walking. Luckily, he did stop but he didn't speak a word nor turn around to look at her. She continued on in hopes he would forgive her, "I-I'm sorry I misunderstood. It wasn't my intention to l-leave you…" She resisted the squeak that bubbled up her throat when he unexpectedly did turn to look at her. "I just d-didn't want to i-impose… T-T-The truth i-is… I do... Want to… spar with you…" The last few words came out in whispers so quiet that no one even within a one foot radius would even hear. But Sasuke heard it loud and clear.

He cracked a smile so small it may have still been considered a blank expression to others. Yet, it was still a smile to Uchiha standards. Sasuke led out a small huff. "Should have said so sooner, stupid. I want to spar with you too, that's why I kept coming." He returned the grasp on his hand that was held by two small ones. She blushed a deep red by the contact she realized she gave and tried to pull away but he tightened his hold.

Sasuke already caught her in his grasp and he is not going to let the Hyuuga go. The Uchiha turned back to the tree she initially was going to sit beside and dragged her along. Once again, though this time a bit more gently, he made her sit on the tree's roots and sat beside her. He noticed her fallen lunchbox that had most of its litter on the ground. "Sorry about your lunch," he sheepishly said and took out his. "Take some of mine."

"Y-you're going to… eat with me?" She twiddled her fingers and shyly looked at him through her bangs.

"I have to make sure you don't change your mind. Don't take it the wrong way."

"T-thank you…"

"For the lunch?"

"No… for being my friend." She gave a hopeful smile.

His eyes widened in surprise by her response and he quickly turned away to hide his expression. He shoved his meal towards her. "Shut up and eat."

Sasuke Uchiha was starting to like Hinata Hyuuga.

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