Chapter 3: Your Story

"So… how was the date?" Ten Ten asked excitedly the next day. Hinata turned away, having on the grumpiest face she could muster. "Oh, not that great."

"No, it was all right. J-just let me rethink my thoughts," Hinata replied. She heard the scuffling of feet and the door shutting. Ten Ten had left. As soon as she heard that, she leapt out the window. "Sasuke's pain cannot be as bad as he says it to be. It can't."

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The Uchiha estate loomed over the Hyuuga. What drew her here? She normally wouldn't even try to venture out to another person's house. Carefully, she managed to jump into the yard and she entered through an open window. 'Oi, Sasuke is the one who keeps his house clean? Maybe he has servants…?'

"What are you doing here?"

Hinata screeched to a stop to find someone… different staring at her. It wasn't Sasuke. Well, it didn't look like him. It didn't sound like him. So it couldn't be him. That ended that thought.

Hinata quickly stored the unconscious body into a random room and continued on.

"HAH."

'That's Sasuke,' Hinata stated, and she hid behind the doorway of the room that she thought the sound was coming from. She overheard his words easily through the thin sliding door.

"I will defeat you, Itachi. I will avenge my lost family."

THUMP.

'Training. He's training and I suppose Itachi is the person who killed his family. He is an only child of no family.' Hinata held her breath, afraid that Sasuke had heard the sigh that came out when she thought that. There was no response.

"I was always in your shadow, Itachi."

THUMP.

"I had to follow in your footsteps."

THUMP.

"I was always Itachi's brother—no one knew my name!"

THUMP. THUMP.

"Then you had to kill mother and father."

THUMP.

"And I was all alone. You told me I was weak!"

THUMP.

'Just like what I did to you,' Hinata thought, somewhat upset. Did she hurt him without knowing it? Well, if you call anyone weak, it'd hurt them—but did she bite off more than she could chew? She felt sorry for Sasuke. They were so alike—having to hold the family title on their backs, being forced to hold up to expectations—very high expectations, and even they were branches off each other.

THUMP.

That thump didn't come from the training. It came from Hinata falling backwards when Sasuke opened the door. She looked up at him and knew it was time to escape.

"Uhh… I was finding my way out," she said warily.

"How'd you get in?"

"As I said, o-on my way out," Hinata said, grinning. She zipped out, but Sasuke caught her.

"What did you hear?"

"I was all alone and you told me I was weak," Hinata replied, looking away and twiddling her fingers. Sasuke saw through the lie.

"Now you know my story, huh? Are you going to black mail me? Are you going to—"

"N-no! I only meant to see if your story was as sad as you said it was!" Hinata said. The words slipped out accidentally and she knew she would suffer for it. She shut her eyes and awaited the blow.

"Was it?"

She opened one of her eyes to find Sasuke slightly blushing. "I-I can say it was v-very similar to mine. I s-shouldn't say I can relate completely, b-but I understand some f-feelings."

"I'm sure you can," Sasuke replied sarcastically.

"I CAN." Hinata stated more assertively. She took a hesitant step forward. "You have no idea what I have to live through."

Sasuke stood strongly in his place. His cold glare chilled her bones. "Really? Try me."

"N-no," Hinata mumbled. "Y-you d-don't deserve to hear it…"

And she left this time, leaving Sasuke confused and slightly angry.

End of Chapter 3: Your Story

Author's Note: Haha, all they do is leave each other. Well, the NEXT chapter is FINALLY when something starts. Oo Gosh, I stink at this. Again, I'm fairly new at SasukexHinata (actually, I had to look up on a site why they could even BE together) and this is pretty much to see something in a new light. Hahahaha... don't hurt me.

Eggrolls and eggroll sauce (it's good),

Sammy