A week after the music video had uploaded Sasuke and the band had gained over one hundred new fans and about three thousand more views. The band was blowing up and they had actually got a call for a gig that would be in a smaller venue for just their band. He couldn't be more grateful towards their sound tech, not that he will admit it. All he knew was that she was once again MIA and the only one that contacts her is Itachi who was currently sitting on their couch talking to his manager/cousin Madara about the sound tech.
"I really want to hire her after she graduates which is the same year Sasuke graduates. She also said that she wants to go off to college so maybe we could only tour in the summer so she will be able to work. After the shows she could sell our merch and with the tips she could keep that too. Music videos are whats funding her today so she should be fine until graduation." his brother had told their cousin as he smiled. Sasuke scoffed as he looked at his brother then back at his cousin. Why the hell would they hire her? Tachi is probably secretly dating her the young Uchiha thought.
"Sasuke do you have anything to say?" The oldest Uchiha asked Sasuke clearly hearing his scoff. Itachi looked at his brother knowing exactly what he was thinking, but quietly held his tongue.
"Yes, why is she so important? I mean yes she does awesome music videos and she's a decent sound and lighting tech, but what does she bring to the table? How is she an asset to the band?" he complained to the two Uchiha males. Madara looked at his younger cousin closed his eyes and gave a small laugh.
"Fine, if you don't want her as your sound tech then Itachi will take her. I agree on everything you said Itachi. And Sasuke when your bands music video was uploaded she finished that video in five hours not to mention that she did the editing alone. It usually takes a team to edit and release that in a couple of weeks and may I add that is the first time she seen the band live. She is an asset to the band because she gets her shit together meaning that she doesn't pull any stunts like you did last week. Sasuke, I hope you realize that you lost an asset to your band and I hope that you apologize to her and let her film you for her project." Madara replied to Sasuke getting up and nodding to Itachi leaving quietly.
"Here's your number if you want to text her, I'm taking a nap." The older brother said as he yawned and placed a paper on the coffee table quietly going to the kitchen to get some water and soon headed upstairs to get some sleep. Sasuke scoffed once again as he looked at the piece of paper in front of him.
Hinata was currently listening to her sister complain to their cousin that she needed him to buy her food. Quietly smiling she yawned and started to stretch out her arms and legs leaning back on her chair and looking like a pale starfish. She was happy, she finished all her homework and she had a lunch date with Kiba and Shino to celebrate their fifteen thousand views on their new music video. Wow, fifteen thousand views she thought as she looked at her laptop with the video only to see that when she refreshed the page a few hundred more people watched. When she edited the video she knew a lot of fan girls wanted mostly him and she knew that they would watch it over and over again just to get a glimpse of the Sasuke Uchiha. She examined her video once more and she had to admit that Kiba did a great job at zooming in on everything like the guitars and drums. She was also delighted that the new viewing she tried out at the concert was a great success. Placing a small camera on the Mic, guitar, bass and drums had actually paid off even with the few flaws it had. Getting up from her chair she walked into her closet looking at her clothes that were neatly hanging up on their own individual hangers and finally deciding to get ready for her date with her friends.
A pair of black jeans and a long sleeved white, black and red Akatsuki tee both landed in her arms and she quickly headed to her shower. After a hot steamy shower she put on her makeup which wasn't that much just some foundation and eyeliner and proceeded to get her usual dark purple beanie and her large framed glasses because contacts were too much of a hassle to put back in. Going to the front door and saying bye to her father, Hanabi and Neji she was off with a leather messenger bag on her shoulder that held her laptop, camera and notebook just in case she had a new idea for a music video along with a big oversized dark navy blue cardigan. Her black vans taking her closer and closer to the cafe her, Shino and Kiba agreed to go to in precisely ten minutes. It was a nice day she thought as she enjoyed the cool breeze that kissed her skin every once in a while a typical fall day in Kohona. Grabbing her camera out of her bag she proceeded to walk as she finally started to record her entrance into the cafe. Walking to the counter she ordered a cinnamon coffee with whipped cream and a turkey sandwich and proceeded to the table where Shino was sitting (Kiba had yet to arrive) and recorded his small smile and wave.
"I was going to order for you, but I know you like to experiment with coffee, so I decided not to." her friend explained as he took a sip of his black coffee. She smiled and nodded as she got a few shots of people chatting and ordering their coffee with the occasional customer coming inside of the shop.
"Its fine..., but where's Kiba? He's usually the first one here." she said as she looked at her phone to see if he called or texted. This cafe was small and she loved it, sadly not enough people knew about it and her as well as her two friends unofficially declared this cafe their hangout spot.
"He texted me and told me that his mom made him clean the backyard and that he would be a little late." her stoic friend had replied as he opened his laptop and started to type vigorously. It was completely obvious that he was the heir to Kohonas IT company, if his skills couldn't prove it then the way he dressed and acted did.
"You've gained more than six hundred more views." he proclaimed as he showed her his laptop.
"Good, oh have you seen the final piece? I gotta say I did amazing!" She said smiling to her self and giving him a smile.
"You knew exactly what your audience wanted and I have to admit that you gave it to them." the pale male said to her quietly.
"Gave what to what?" they heard an energetic voice behind them and smiled at their friend.
"Nice to see you too Kiba and what I was saying is that Hinata knew her audience well enough to give them more Sasuke in order to get more views and it worked too well." Shino said pushing his dark glasses in front of his face.
"Ah I see! Anyway, sorry I'm late, My mom made me clean up the backyard! Akamaru did a lot of damage to it because I didn't let him go with me." the Inuzuka proclaimed as he waved his hands back and fourth talking about his little twin brother.
"Well you're here now, so now we can celebrate our sixteenth thousand views and counting!" She said as she looked at her computer quickly refreshed it and clearly passed the sixteenth thousand mark. The three all cheered as they connected all of their mugs happily.
"Ya know Hinata-chan we really need to decide what we want to do for the next video." said her loud friend as he took a sip of his coffee; Hinata nodded as she took out her notebook and pencil from her bag and started to write down some notes for the next video.
"I think that an acoustic version of In friends we trust will be good for our next video" She replied as she wrote that down on her notebook. She then paused and looked at nothing in particular for a good five minutes, the two males clearly knowing what was going on and ignored her until she finished her short brain storm session with her self. She then chewed on her pen tip and then stared again thinking to herself casually writing in her notebook.
"Its more than five minutes, this video will be awesome!" cried Kiba as the two looked at Hinata as she got out of her trance and smiled.
"I wonder how the band will feel about paint." she quickly said and smiled and continued on to write in her book; the boys awe struck and confused.
Sasuke was currently in the room with his bandmates telling him their current situation and sadly everyone was mad at him for not swallowing his ego and apologizing as well as not agreeing towards the video about him. Shikamaru was on his bed taking a nap like the lazy one he was while Naruto was on his futon along with Jugo and Suigetsu their two guitarist with Sasuke calmly leaning on the wall cooly.
"Sacrifices are whats needed in order to succeed in a band bastard! Hurry up and apologize she might have agreed to Itachis offer already!" the blond male said as he went to hit his friend on the shoulder.
"I believe everyone agrees with this decision" Shikamaru said as the other two members nodded.
"Fuck." was all te Uchiha could muster up and proceeded to take that dreaded number from his pocket and his phone and started to form a message.
It's Sasuke, where are you at? We need to talk. NOW The Uchiha typed quickly groaning as he pressed the send button.
At a Cafe? Why What do you want to talk about? was the reply, quick and to the point, he has to say thats the only thing he minds about her.
Has Itachi called you or anything? It's about band matters. Sasuke replied quickly.
No, not yet should I call him? That sounds important, I'll call him.
NO DO NOT CALL HIM
I can do what I want Uchiha.
Please, just tell me where you are and we can talk about the you filming me matter
Alright, I'm at a small cafe next to Kohona supermarket.
Don't move I'll be there in 10. Sasuke quickly replied as he grabbed his jacket and left to where ever she said.
"Fuck.." was all Hinata could say as she started having a mild panic attack her breathing went rapid and she started sweating.
"Hinata, calm down. breathe." Kiba said quietly trying to make his friend calm touching her shoulder and into her eyes so she could see him mimicking long deep breaths. After her mild panic attack she looked at her watch and looked at her friends. No one knew who she was really except her two best friends. She needed to be her confident self.
"Sasuke, he's coming over here to see me. The director me! How are we? Whats going to happen and I forgot my contacts at home!" She told her two friends as they had wide expressions on their face. They too had a slight change to their appearance when at concerts, but not a big change like Hinata. Then Kiba left his spot only to be running out of the cafe god knows where. Shino placed a hand on his friends shoulder and gave her a nod as she quietly calmed down.
"Kiba is on his way to go get your contacts and quickly change. You do your best to make yourself yourself if you know what I mean. I will stall as much as I can just go do your best." Shino said to his friend as she nodded quickly and headed to the counter to grab whatever and headed to the restroom.
Saying sorry to her jeans she took the sissors she had gotten from the counter only to use the to make cuts into them making slits from her mid thigh all the way down to her calfs as they showed off creamy skin at the legs and boy did her butt look good. Looking at herself once again she decided to add onto her "ripped fashion style" and quickly gave an apology to her newest Akatsuki shirt. Making the neck more deeper showing her cleavage nicely and then grabbed the shirt to make it a semi-tanktop that showed her shoulders and kept the long-sleeved aspect to her outfit. A knock on the restroom door was what made her jump and happily she opened the door to reveal her friend with a contact case and a makeup bag. Looking at her phone she realized that Sasuke still hadn't come yet and he said he would be. He was late. She thought as she quickly placed her dreaded contacts in and started to place a bit more makeup on her face to make herself look more bolder and confident. Stuffing her cardigan and beanie in her bag she opened the door and quietly walked towards her friends and smiling. Twenty minutes was just enough time, thank God that Sasuke was late or lost.
"Nice clean up." She said to her friends and they nodded as well smiling at their transformation. Kiba was wearing a black beanie which looked great on him and covered his dark auburn hair leaving only a little that swept over his forehead due to his beanie flattening his hair. He wore his same Akatsuki teeshirt and changed into dark skinny jeans and some Toms, he only did a little to his look, but it clearly changed his persona. Shino on the other hand had taken his scarf off of his neck to reveal his chiseled features. He had also taken off his glasses which revealed dark orbs a complete change due to him always covering his face and eyes no one would recognize him.
"Thank you Kiba, I owe you one." she said as she took a bite of her sandwich she had gotten a few minutes ago then looked down at her phone.
Where are you guys sitting?
Far left corner, the guy with the black beanie and the pale one staring at the window. She replied as she looked for him, she had completely forgot that he did not know how she looked like, she whipped out her camera as fast as she could only to see him standing beside her and Shino with him scratching the back of his neck as she recorded him.
"Nata right?" a deep voice said beside the girl with the dark blue hair, she quickly looked up and gave him a small smirk and waved her free hand at the empty chair in front of Shino. Cooly sitting down he looked at the three, he had never seen them around school before especially the Nata girl and come to think of it didn't his brother say that she was in the same grade as him? Shouldn't she be in the same classes? Shaking the thoughts off he looked at all three of them. The dark haired male with the beanie and the pale male in front of him and nothing came to mind. The girl especially, he would notice a girl like her with the way she was dressing he would had to believe that she went to a different school ANYONE would have recognized her the way she was.
"Yep, this is Fang and Faith" Nata said to him as she pointed to Fang-the guy with the beanie and Faith-the pale one. Such weird names. Sasuke thought as he looked at the two-they must be her bodyguards or something he thought once again.
"You guys do go to Kohona High right?" he asked as they nodded quietly, he didn't believe them.
"What do you want to talk about?" She snapped and took out pen from her bag and placed it on a notebook that was already on the table.
"I want to... say s...sorry for being rude and would ask if you not take up Itachis deal if he ever calls you. I also want to thank you for the video you had done for the band and that I'm willing for you to film me for your project or whatever." he said quietly as her camera was in his face.
"Thats it?" she quickly said her voice like velvet in his ears.
"Yeah thats all I wanted to say." Sasuke replied as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Okay, well since we agree on everything, I want to ask you... How do you feel about paint? I mean a lot of paint!" she said happily as Sasukes face looked confused. Very confused. What the hell has his band gotten into?