One night, Sasuke took Hinata out. They didn't go anywhere special, but just to watch the river near their village. Sasuke put his arm around Hinata's shoulders and she put her right arm around his body, scooting closer and leaning her head against his body. She shut her eyes and listened to the river.

After a while, Sasuke heard Hinata's breathing slow and knew she had fallen asleep. Her smiled and laid his head against the top of hers. He shut his eyes, forgetting for one second that nowhere was safe once you were a ninja. Remembering that, he snapped his eyes open and stayed alert. If only he and Hinata could do this at one of their houses...

"Naruto..." Hinata softly said. Sasuke continued listening to Hinata's sleep-talking.

"Naruto...why...why leave me to die?"

Sasuke knew what she was talking about. She was talking about the time when Naruto had left her and Sasuke had found her.

Sasuke looked down at Hinata and could see her eyes tightly close and then loosen again. He wondered what she was thinking. Was she happy Sasuke had found her? Did she still love Naruto.

"I...love..."

Sasuke held his breath, for fear he might miss the name after. But Hinata exhaled and didn't finish the sentence. 'Dammit!' Sasuke thought. 'She was just about to say it!'

"Naruto...Sasuke..." Sasuke pulled Hinata closer. He really wanted to know if she still felt for Naruto.

From nowhere, silent tears began streaming down Hinata's face. "Naruto...I love...Naruto..."

Sasuke shivered. Hinata still loved Naruto. Was it an obsession, love, or just a little bit of liking him?

It began to rain and Sasuke lightly shook Hinata. She looked up into his eyes. She didn't have to say anything for Sasuke to know what she was thinking.

"I don't want to leave you out in the rain," He said.

Hinata shook her head in agreement and began walking home with Sasuke.

On the steps of Hinata's house, Sasuke asked her if she had a good time.

"Yes," Hinata said. "I'd like to go on another date fairly soon."

"Umm..." Sasuke said.

"Yes?" Hinata asked.

Sasuke kissed Hinata on the lips fastly and said, "I've got to go."

Hinata smiled and said goodbye.

Sakura sat at a desk in her room, the phone in her hand. Naruto was on the other line, talking to her. Sakura did have little feelings for Naruto, but she really didn't care for what he said on the phone. He just kept talking and talking. "Hey, Naruto, I've got to go," Sakura said.

"Oh. Well, okay," Naruto said.

Sakura hung up the phone and sighed. "Finally," She said. The phone rang and Sakura answered it. On the other line was Ino. She sounded furious.

"YOU KNOW WHAT?" Ino yelled into the phone.

"Umm...I need to change my number because you still know it?" Sakura asked.

"NO!" She exploded. "I JUST SAW SASUKE KISS HINATA!"

"I can't hear you, I can't hear you!" Sakura yelled into the phone. She thought Ino was making something up so that she could piss Sakura off.

"I'M DEAD SERIOUS, SAKURA! HINATA'S MY NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR AND I SAW SASUKE SO I WATCHED THEM AND HE KISSED HINATA!"

Sakura stopped trying to ignore Ino. "Well..." She drawled. "I shouldn't get in this fight. I have Naruto and I wouldn't think that he'd want me worrying about Sasuke so much."

"WELL YOU DO WHATEVER YOU WANT! I'LL GET REVENGER, THOUGH!" And with that, Ino hung up the phone.

Sakura pushed the off button, then turned the phone back on. She dialed Lee's number.

"Hello?" Lee said.

"Hey, Lee. It's me – Sakura."

"Oh, hi!"

"Hey, Lee, you remember Sasuke?"

"Yeah. You mean that one asshole who thought he could defeat me in battle?"

"Uhh...yeah. Well, anyway, do you remember Hinata?"

"That one girl who's Neji's cousin? Yeah, I remember her."

"Well, her and Sasuke are dating. But you know what Ino told me?"

"What?"

"They kissed! Oh, my god! I can't believe it! At first, I thought Ino was kidding! But she says she's going to get revenge. What's scaring me is if she's going to attack Hinata or Sasuke! I don't want her to kill Sasuke! I want Hinata dead though."

"..."

"Lee, you still there?"

"Yeah."

"Can you meet me tomorrow?"

"Sure."

Lee hung up the phone. 'Yay! I get to see Sakura tomorrow!' Lee did his little happy-dance around the room.