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Devotion: It Must Be Love

I think this is love


Since the first time we met


I already closed my heart in yours

It had been more than half a year since he had seen her face to face. At her request with the Hokage, she was doing solo-missions on a night shift. He knew since he had tried to seek her out a few times, just to see her again, but ended up facing Neji every time, saying that she was not home. He worked with the regular shifts the others did, so they had never met, but he was able to catch a glimpse of her every now and then.

Ino and Sakura had chosen the same precise moment to be on maternity leave—Ino had just given birth and Sakura was expecting soon. No one else had open slots in their schedule except for him and Ino's husband, Shikamaru to take over their job.

So Sasuke was teaching a young girl's shinobi class—switching off with Shikamaru every other week. This week was his turn. The two mothers had been kind enough to write them out lesson plans, to ensure that their work during the year didn't all go down the drain.

'Flower Arrangement'

So he had taken a whole class full of noisy and hyper little girls out to a field to pick flowers and told them to pick anything that looked like one and was on the ground. He didn't know squat about flower arranging, given that he never had that class.

As he watched the girls scamper around for 'flowers', a lone figure caught his eye and he made his way over to the giant flat rock she was resting on.

Hinata was laying face up on it with her eyes closed and a frown appeared on her once-blank expression when she sensed her new company.

Open your eyes


I'm right next to you


So you just have to embrace me

He didn't say anything, but only leaned back onto the rock next to her, waiting for her.

Finally she spoke to him in a low voice.

"You're blocking the sun."

He shifted over to the side a bit and she was quiet again, as if trying to ignore him again.

Look at the twinkling the stars in the sky


You will want to see me again


Because I am already in your heart

"Are you going to Ino's baby shower?"

She replied immediately as if she didn't want to pursue the topic any further, "No."

They would be there. She didn't feel like seeing any of them for awhile. It had hurt a lot, and it still did.

The clouds that are freely floating


Will be far away in a short time


You will want to run to me sometime

A little girl ran up to them and held out a bunch of weeds to Sasuke.

"Look! I'm finished picking!"

He didn't want to correct the girl because it would take a lot of mishaps and confusion and he was tired, so he gave her a weak smile.

"That's g—"

"That's not a flower." Her voice was deadpanned as she gazed at the weeds in the little girl's hands.

"Oh? But sensei said so." The girl looked quizzically at the stranger beside her teacher.

"Might as well throw in some dead grass too."

He had never heard her voice drip with so much sarcasm. She looked like she was going to leave soon as she sat up and dusted herself.

Sasuke didn't want her to leave, not yet. It had been too long since he'd seen her.

I think this is love


I want you to rest in my heart


I don't expect anything else


I just need you that's all.


If I made you troubled sometimes


Tell me anytime


I'll wait so that your heart will change


Please understand me

"If you're such an expert, why don't you show them?"

She staggered off the rock. The rest of the day was off for her, and she really had nothing else to do.

"I will, so that they wouldn't get screwed over by an incompetent teacher in the future."

Her harsh comment had hurt him a bit, but at least she wasn't going to leave. She had somehow gotten a lot of edge since the last time he'd met her.

As she made her way over to where the other girls were, they all gathered around her as she softly explained to them how to arrange it correctly.

Her voice was still on the monotone side and her eyes still held a vacant, dull look, as if it didn't really take her interest, like nothing appealed to her anymore.

But he saw on her lips, a small smile was starting to form as she chatted with the young girls after a while.

Maybe he could help her see the light again.

Lets go together


So that this feeling that we had when we first met


Can go on forever like now

He wanted her as much as she had wanted Naruto. Since the first time he had met her—through Naruto, no less. She never paid him any attention, but only Naruto and her teammates. But she was still sweet and caring to everyone else at the same time.

It pained him to see how much she changed, how much she had shut herself from the world.

Sasuke watched, as her smile grew more prominent on her features as she corrected a little girl. He could feel the corners of his mouth lift up. He wanted to see her smile again, but this time not for Naruto, but for herself, and maybe later, for him.

Look at the twinkling stars


I'll be inside of those stars


If you can still come and go and stop


I will always stay by your side


I'll be your strength


Because that is my joy

She had chosen that exact moment to cast a glance in his direction, and catch a glimpse of a smile on his lips at her.

~End: It Must Be Love~

Once again, I would like to excuse the funny translated song…it's a really good song though….…when it's not translated into English…

Ame