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Chapter 6- Secret Keeping

My dirty little secret, dirty little secret…

Back at Konoha again, and a certain Uchiha was back into his daily ritual, it was refreshing but somewhat depressing to be walking the same paths again. On the mission, escorting Hinata, Sasuke's life had taken a change, his ritual had been thrown right out the window, and a new game had come into play.

Sasuke was walking down the same path he walked down every single day of his life, the buildings, the people, the damn birds were the same as they were the day before! Sasuke sighed and kicked a stone, he was making his way to the bridge, there was no training today, but as it was part of his ritual he was going anyway. He stuffed his clenched fists in his pockets and shook his head at his own predictability, he did that same thing every day and yet still he found it annoying and found himself wishing to punch something.

His crossed the street and waved to Gai and Lee, saying a tiny 'hi' before passing by and coming to the park. He crossed the grass and today he sat in the tree for a tiny bit longer. No fan girls would come today, not at all; one thing he had learned was that there were no fan girls on Sundays!

He jumped off the tree after a good ten minutes of watching people play, every one in this town was so full of life and energy and Sasuke found that sitting in a tree and watching people play is sort of relaxing, its like watching the world go by, except a tiny bit quicker.

Coming to a familiar path he kicked a few stones and found his way to the bridge, the water was running gently down the river and he smirked at how clichéd he found this entire village. He leant against the edge of the bridge, knowing he could chill for a bit because he had no practise or missions today. In fact, his entire day was free; he had absolutely nothing to do. That fact amused him and he couldn't help but let a very small laugh escape his lips as he slid down the bridge rails.

"What's so funny?" asked an all too familiar voice, he quickly stood back up and spun round, facing his teacher with a glare, Kakashi smiled through his mask and ruffled Sasuke's hair before he could escape. "Good to know your glad to see me tiger" he said and Sasuke grimaced, he was not enjoying this game, so far they had almost been caught 3 times by Sakura and Naruto and Kakashi always seemed to have the upper hand, which left Sasuke looking like a lost puppy. Well, might as well play along, he thought stupidly as he felt Kakashi's hand run up and down his back.

He smirked subtly and caught Kakashi's hand, pulling his teacher into his chest and smiling up at him, licking his lips slowly and letting his fingers curl tightly round the back Kakashi's Jounin vest. He saw Kakashi's visible eyebrow fly up in question and then the silver haired Jounin shrugged his mask off, trying to get the upper hand in their twisted game.

Sasuke lent upwards letting his breath tickle Kakashi's lips and he smirked when his teacher shivered against Sasuke's body. Kakashi quickly gained control of himself and smiled down at Sasuke, who had to stop his knees from buckling as he saw Kakashi's lips curl into his perfect smile. Their lips were only inches apart and Sasuke felt the tiniest of blushes crawl up his cheeks as he realised the fact, he couldn't help but utter a couple of words.

"So beautiful…" he said almost silently and Kakashi smirked at him, licking his lips and advancing, Sasuke didn't care that he was most likely to loose the game as he almost melted with the heat his cheeks were flushed with. He would loose this game is he fell for Kakashi though; he was almost glad when a strained voice interrupted them.

"Sasuke…" said a very quiet voice, followed by a little giggle. Sasuke pushed Kakashi off him roughly, his blush doubling shamelessly and he turned to see who had uttered the single word, even though he already knew who it was. Kakashi was right behind him, he wasn't blushing. Sasuke was ever so slightly peeved to see that his mask was securely on his face, and not round his neck like it had been just moments before.

"H… Hinata" Sasuke stuttered, annoyed at his inability to speak just then, Hinata giggled and waved at her friend, Sasuke waved back silently and Kakashi bowed slightly.

"Miss Hinata" he said and Hinata waved to him too, Sasuke was just happy his cheeks were there original colour again and he gave a half hearted smile at his shy little friend, who didn't seem so shy right now. "Erm, Hinata, would you mind keeping what you saw just now… a secret?" Said Kakashi and Sasuke silently pleaded she would say yes, he would not be able to deal with life if his companions thought he was gay and in love with Kakashi. He shivered at the thought. Hinata nodded and it was all Sasuke could do to stop himself from running up to her and hugging her.

Hinata wondered aimlessly round the fields and watched the water run for awhile as Sasuke and Kakashi watched her. Kakashi turned to Sasuke thoughtfully. "Game over I guess" he said quietly, and although Sasuke thought he would be happier to be free of their twisted game, he couldn't bring himself to nod; instead he did quite the opposite. He shook his head silently and met his teacher's visible eye.

"No, the game is only over if one of us looses, and we can't both loose. Hinata caught us both which would mean we both lost, but neither of us have lost, so the game is still on." He explained quietly, he paused and thought for awhile, "If that makes any sense." He added after thinking, laughing and quickly planting a kiss on Kakashi's cheek before he realised what he was doing, it had become something of a habit to kiss Kakashi every so often now, the Jounin didn't seem to mind though, he simply returned the gesture.

Hinata smiled and ran up to Sasuke, whispering something into his ear, he smiled and nodded once, glad that the incident hadn't ruined their friendship. "Okay" he said quietly, and waved goodbye to Kakashi as Hinata dragged him off, he blew a small kiss to keep himself on top of the game and didn't miss the wink Kakashi sent back.

Hinata dragged Sasuke back to her house, her family were out on a mission, and Neji was with them. He had been accepted by her father after the chunin exams to go on missions with the family, but Hinata had been told to stay behind. Sasuke had grabbed a few things from his home and followed Hinata back there; they had decided that life would be better right now if they were in each other's company. Hinata dropped down on the floor and Sasuke followed her actions gently, he laughed outright when she brought out a small cuddly bear.

Sasuke and Hinata both had reputations to live up to as heirs to the village's most powerful bloodline traits, so they were both very withdrawn from the crowd. They both had their own way of showing their withdrawal though, Sasuke was cold towards people and Hinata was simply shy, but in each other's company they could really be themselves, as they had learnt a long time ago when both families had gone on their first mission together, before Itachi did what he did.

"Truth, Sasuke." Hinata stated, pushing the bear towards the middle of them, Sasuke smiled and instinctively looked over to the corner where Neji used to sit reading his books, today Neji wasn't there though. He looked back at Hinata and nodded, he knew exactly what her question would be, and would have to half lie to stay in Kakashi's game. "Are you seeing Kakashi?" she asked, Sasuke had guessed right, and he slowly nodded. Hinata didn't look happy with his answer, "Explain." She stated after awhile.

Sasuke thought over what to say, he couldn't tell her about the game as that would disqualify him, he could tell her that he was indeed 'dating' Kakashi as long as she kept it a secret, Kakashi would say that was okay. "I am dating him, but you have to keep it a secret because of the whole, teacher-student thing." He said quietly, Hinata shook her head slightly.

"Okay, but when did you become gay?" she asked and Sasuke ran through answers in his head. When I met Kakashi… Ew, to sappy. When I met Sakura… Nah, that's mean. He thought, almost collapsing from silent laughter at the Sakura thought. Sasuke you're a bitch!

"I don't really know, I suppose when I realised I was crushing on guys and not girls." He said, it'll do… he thought after he said it as he studied Hinata face looking for a sign that said the explanation was okay. Hinata smiled slightly and nodded her head, guess that will do. Thought Sasuke

"Alright Hinata, your turn!" said Sasuke, pushing the bear towards the girl, Sasuke knew what his question was going to be, he also half new the answer, he just had to hear Hinata admit it. Hinata nodded and Sasuke carried on. "Do you fancy Naruto?" he asked, eying her suspiciously with a hint of amusement.

Hinata blushed furiously and turned to hide her embarrassment, it didn't work. She stuttered as she answered, "well, erm, you see, I… Yes" she whispered, and Sasuke stopped himself from laughing. He found it odd that Hinata, who was quiet and strong and beautiful (yes he would admit that she was beautiful) would be interested in loud, obnoxious, annoying, weak, a long stream of describing words (none particularly flattering) filled his head about the blonde, until he stopped at handsome. Handsome? Since when did I start thinking like that!?He blushed himself and turned to Hinata.

"Since when?" he asked, she had had more than one question, he was getting more than one question.

"Just after we 'grew apart'. I wasn't focusing all my attention to my best friend anymore and my mind would wonder in class. Naruto was loud and stupid, but he was really confident: And that made me feel confident. Besides, you have to admit that he's cute" she said. Sasuke was slightly taken aback, she was much more confident just talking about the moron, he was also very pissed that he had to admit that Naruto was cute. Honestly, Hinata gets the idea that he's dating one guy and he's instantly gay! He suddenly realised the silliness of his own thoughts and shook his head at his stupidity. He saw Hinata curl up slightly and looked up. "You don't think he's cute?" she asked, and Sasuke realised she must have seen him shake his head.

"No, he's very cute. I was just thinking. Besides, he's all yours girl" said the Uchiha, cursing himself in his mind, and winking on the outside. Hinata giggled slightly and pushed the teddy back. Sasuke inwardly groaned; he couldn't be bothered with truths. Luckily he was saved, although he might have chosen a different hero if he had the choice.

The man watched them from the ceiling, Hinata had screamed and Sasuke had bolted in front of her, at the first glance he had no idea who it was and was ready to protect the Hyuuga heir. His knife was in his hand, ready to hurt anyone who attacked. The man was stuck to the ceiling by the chakra in his feet and on second glance Sasuke new who it was, but he didn't lower his knife.

"Cool it kid." Said the forever chilled out silver haired Jounin, he jumped down and pulled Sasuke into a hug, who quickly returned the gesture, not wanting to leave Kakashi with the upper hand. Kakashi ruffled his hair and Sasuke stopped himself from slapping the hand away. "Hi Miss Hinata, how's life? Sorry to just drop by but I found something in a shop today I thought Sasuke might like and couldn't wait until the morning to give it to him. Do you mind?" he asked and Sasuke felt himself blush. Kakashi now had an audience and he was playing up to it!

"Of course I don't mind, you're welcome any time Kakashi-sensei." Replied the dark haired girl and she gave a smile to add to the effect. Kakashi thanked her and brought out what looked like a small beanie baby in a blue wolf shape. He then brought out a small beanie baby in the shape of an orange fox. "The wolf if for Sasuke, it reminded me so much of him I just had to get it. And I didn't want to show up empty handed and so got something for Miss Hinata as well." He pushed the wolf into Sasuke's hand, Sasuke was blushing furiously, and then took the fox to Hinata and bent down to tell her something before handing it to her. "Doesn't it remind you of Naruto?" he asked and Hinata blushed heavily.

"I can't possibly accept this Kakashi-sensei." Hinata said with another blush. Kakashi shook his head, and waved aside her protests, "Well then you must stay for some drinks, tea or coffee?"

Kakashi smiled underneath his mask, Hinata was so easy to persuade; staying for drinks would make his job a whole lot easier. "That would be lovely if you don't mind too much. I'm very thirsty." He said, pulling down his mask, Hinata gasped at the sight and blushed deeply, while Sasuke refused to show any sign of emotion, knowing exactly what Kakashi was trying to do. He let only the tiniest of heat rush to his cheeks and squashed that down with relative ease.

Hinata returned with a tray of drinks, Kakashi had not told if he wanted Tea or Coffee so she had played it safe a brought in both pots. Setting it down on the floor between them she poured some tea for Sasuke and then some tea for Kakashi and then some coffee for herself. Sipping her drink she kept glancing between both boys. Kakashi was talking about gods knows what and Sasuke was seemed completely and utterly determined to ignore the older man.