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A/N: No song with this one…
Devotion:
Knock Knock
He grumbled and turned over on his side, covering his head with the pillow.
Knock Knock
Damn they were persistent.
Sasuke sank even lower into the sea of blankets and tried to ignore the obnoxious knocking sound outside.
But it didn't go away.
Who the hell was it anyway? And at this time in the morning too.
He squinted at the alarm clock on the bed stand.
7:14 A.M
Okay, so it wasn't that early, but he was still tired. Anyone who had stood at a door that hadn't opened for that long of a time must be a real idiot.
The knocking stopped mid-way as he heard the front door creep open.
It was silent after that though.
"Dammit," He mumbled and stumbled out of his bed, nearly tripping over his Jounin uniform on the ground.
Fumbling for the doorknob, he finally made it out to the living room.
Sasuke yawned and scratched his head before it hit him who was at the door.
"Hi Sasuke!"
The blond man stood and smiled nervously at the disgruntled darker-haired man in front of him.
Naruto was dressed in a nicely ironed white shirt and dark blue slacks. Sasuke, on the other hand was shirtless, only wearing black pajama bottom.
"Baka, you know what time it is?"
The other man laughed anxiously, "Sorry if I interrupted you." He cast a glance at Hinata, whose hair was a mess and she didn't look any happier than Sasuke did at that moment.
"I'm going back to sleep." She mumbled at him as she strode past him quickly, ignoring the fact that Naruto was at the door.
"What are you doing here?" He grumbled, but motioned for Naruto to come in.
Naruto declined, "I gotta make more stops, just to remind you to come to the reunion tonight at Ino's place. Tell Hinata that too!"
Sasuke nodded and proceeded to close the door and get more sleep, but Naruto wasn't finished.
"I'm sorry if I interrupted something. I never thought you were like that Sasuke! And you didn't tell me! No one could get a hold of Hinata since last year, but man, you—"
He slammed the door shut on the other man and walked back to his room.
This was just great.
"What was it about?"
Hinata was sitting on his bed, leaning onto the wall behind her.
"Reunion tonight. Everyone."
"Oh," She staggered off the bed and started for the door, "You can go."
"You aren't?"
"No."
"Why not?" It was incredulous for him to believe she was still angry at the Naruto and Sakura thing. And to think that he thought he was actually getting to her all these time.
"Why do I have to tell you?"
Frustrating, that was. He loved her, but she seemed so set in her ways. The anger and desolation was still in her eyes, since the night of Naruto's wedding when she had tried to kill herself.
That didn't make sense to him. She was wasting her whole life on something that wasn't worth it.
Why couldn't she see him, who was right in front of her?
"Why are you always running away?"
"I'm not. I'm just busy…tell them I'm busy."
"You just don't want to face it, do you?"
She glared at him, "Just leave me alone. I'm not going."
"Why are you resisting it? Loving someone who would never love you back?"
Hinata looked at him, shocked. She was at loss for words to say.
He knew that it wasn't something to say lightly, and until just then, that issue had never been discussed between them.
"You're just wasting your time, and your life."
She looked down at the floor, her hair covering her eyes as she spoke quietly.
"H-How would you know. My life's already g-gone."
"Why can't you just move on?"
Tears trickled down her cheeks.
"B-Because…"
He took a step towards her.
"Why…?"
"B-Because…there's n-nothing…to move onto…"
Her fists clenched, but then promptly relaxed, "Everyone's…m-moved on…I have nothing…"
At that moment when she looked up at him, she was lost. Her whole façade she had built up in the time afterwards was crumbling away right in front of him. And he understood what she said.
Her life had revolved around Naruto, he had always been the source of her strength to go on and continue. If she gave up on that view, she wouldn't have anything left to cling onto.
He moved slowly towards her and stood in front of where she was next to the door.
"You just don't get it, do you?" Sasuke whispered softly to her.
Hinata gazed up at him blankly.
He took that moment when she was in deep thought and bent slightly down to her face.
"You'll always have me."
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Ahhh! That was soo cheesy! Haha, and yea, I couldn't really find a song that fitted well with this chapter. Worry not though! I will find a song for the next chapter…which is the last one too…
Ame