Chapter 9: Surprises
Warning: Beware of the grammar mistakes. (but there are non according to my beta reader.)
Sasuke's P.O.V
I stood there watching her, waiting for her to say something….anything. The damaged flower she held in her hand was gripped tightly, several of the petals gently falling off one at a time. She gasped, realizing what she had done. Quickly, she bent down to retrieve the white petals from the floor, five or six of them in the palm of her hand.
Quietly, she mumbled something to the petals. I couldn't make out what she had said.
Reluctant, I walked over to reach out and touch her arm. Her eyes widened. Before I could come in contact with her skin, she turned her whole body around, avoiding my touch. Her body trembled as she struggled to speak.
"P-Please leave, Sasuke-san."
I stared at her in surprise, but my eyes immediately softened. For a second time, I reached out again to touch her arm. In a sudden movement, she turned around and brought her hand across my face, a bright red mark forming, which I knew would turn into a purple-blackish color sooner or later.
I was stunned by her action.
"Leave now, or I will inform Tsunade-sama of your break-in." There was bitterness behind her voice.
She stood there, her body trembling with anger, fear, and confusion. I could tell. I'd had those feelings before.
"As you wish, Hinata-san," I replied, making sure no emotion was found on my face whatsoever. Obediently, I walked over to the door, ready to make my departure. Before doing so, I turned around to face her, while reaching into my pocket.
"Like Naruto, I also came here tonight to give you a gift," I said, holding out a silky-white ribbon for her to see.
She stared at it, a surprised look on her face.
My grip on the ribbon loosened as I let it fall down to the floor gently.
Shoving my hands into the front pockets of my sweatshirt, I turned around and walked out the door.
Ino's P.O.V
Skipping happily towards my apartment building, I began thinking of the delicious meals Hinata had cooked with love. I could feel myself drooling. After work, a hot meal from Hinata was something I looked forward to every night. I pondered on the thought, wondering if she had made a steaming pot of spicy curry.
Before I could stop myself from skipping, I had collided with another, knocking him/her down.
I shook my head and looked up to see Sasuke, rubbing the pain his bottom had just endured.
"Oops! Sorry about that Sasuke," I said feeling embarrassed. Don't take it that way. I don't have a crush on him anymore. My heart now belongs only to my idiot, yet lazy boyfriend.
"Its fine," he replied standing up, while dusting off his pants.
I began skipping joyfully towards home again, until he reached out to grab my arm and stop me.
I turned around with a questioning look.
Hinata's P.O.V
My body stood glued to the spot, unmoving. Today had been strange.
First, Sasuke asks me to go out on a date with him. Then, it seems he's desperate for coming all the way over here to make sure I accept. Second, Naruto comes out of nowhere, beats Sasuke up, but to only have his own butt kicked, and then he apologizes to me.
Though it was sweet of him….but Sasuke too!
Though, there were still many things that left me angry with the both of them.
While I'm in the shower, I find Sasuke on the living room couch. One, he broke in. Two, he kissed me, and without my permission. For Naruto, he too also came in uninvited. Second, he beat up Sasuke for god-knows-what reason. And third being that they both destroyed the pictures on the wall!
Speaking of which, "I'd better clean that mess up before Ino gets hom-"
The door swung open.
Frantically, I began picking up the shards of glass that lay shattered on the floor. "Go-Gomen Ino! It was all an accident, I'll pick it up right awa-"
I stopped when a gloved hand grabbed my wrist and lifted me up to stand on my feet.
Looking up, I expected to see Ino, but saw someone else who had never crossed my mind in the first place.
"Yo."
A cheerful greeting was given from the former sensei of team seven. Behind his mask, I could tell that he was smiling. In his hand, he held a small, orange book, the kind that was small enough to be able to fit into your pockets.
I blushed. He's reading that kind of thing in front of me?
"Where's Sasuke?" Kakashi-sensei asked bluntly.
I stared at him. "Huh?"
"Hey, I asked first," he said in a whiney voice, his lips forming into a pout behind his black mask. It took me a while to catch on before I realized that it was a joke he had just made. Laughing good-naturedly, he ruffled the top of my head. "So pure and innocent," he said with a sigh. I stared at him again. What was he talking about?
Seeing the serious expression on my face, he gave a loud cough, feeling embarrassed for the childish-behavior he was displaying in front of me. "Anyways, I'm here to give Sasuke a letter from Tsunade-sama, something about a mission in the Cloud country." He reached into his Jounin vest and pulled out a green scroll, handing it out to me. "Do you think you can give it to him for me?"
"I uh…I g-guess I could." Now why did I say that?
"Great! Now here's the scroll," he said placing it into my hands almost too quickly. In a puff of smoke, he disappeared.
I blinked at the spot he had been in just a few seconds ago.
Bang!
I snapped my head up to the doorway to see an angry Kurenai-sensei, her red eyes blazing with anger.
"Kakashi!"
I gulped. Wasn't he here just a few seconds ago?
Kurenai-sensei spotted me in the room. She strode over to where I stood and grabbed my wrist, holding up my hand as if examining it.
"Hinata, your hand….there's blood." She released my wrist to let me see for myself.
I stared wide-eyed at the ruby, dark-red blood trickling down my hand, the strong scent hitting my tongue with a metallic taste.
"Oh, I-it's nothing," I said reassuring her. "I was just picking up some glass that was on the ground." I accidentally…knocked down some photos off the wall."
"Okay, but please be more careful next time," she said softly, her voice filled with concern. "I don't want you getting hurt."
I smiled at her. "Hai."
"By the way, did you happen to see Kakashi?" She asked. Her eyes held a dangerous glint. Wow, that was a quick transformation.
"Umm…yes, but you just missed him. He left here a couple of minutes ago."
"Ah ha! I knew it! That good-no bastard. He was supposed to give Sasuke a letter from the Hokage. Tsunade-sama had sent me to follow him to make sure that he was doing his assigned task, but on the way, I lost him in a big crowd near the streets."
As Kurenai-sensei continued mentioning a few more things about Kakashi-sensei, I stopped her with my hand.
"I-I think I get it Kurenai-sensei," I said in a polite voice.
She gave me frown. "Do you have something to tell me, Hinata?"
I nodded my head. "Yes. I forgot to mention that when Kakashi-sensei stopped by, he asked me if I could give the scroll to Sasuke instead." I waited for a response.
"I can't believe that guy! How lazy is he?" She cried, tugging at the ends of her hair in frustration. After she finished all of that, she turned to look at me, and smiled. "But then again, maybe it is better if it was you who were to give it to him. Well Hinata, ja."
With a wave of her hand, she walked out the door.
Boy, did she have no idea how wrong her last comment on me had been.
Naruto's P.O.V
I banged my fists furiously against the door, waiting for Sakura to answer. There was a click sound followed by the door creaking open. Sakura peered out from behind, heavy, purple bags under her eyes.
"You don't have to bang so loud you moron." She rubbed her eyes sleepily and stepped away to let me in.
I entered without a second thought and grabbed her forcefully by her shoulders, pressing my lips against her.
She shoved me away forcefully. "What the hell has gotten into you, Naruto?" She used her elbow and wiped her mouth. "Do you know that you could get sick by doing that!"
I stared at her impassively. "O-Oh, sorry…..I forgot about your cold."
Her lips formed into a pout. "Naruto, is something wrong?"
"W-What are you talking about?" I asked her smiling sheepishly.
"What am I talking about? What am I talking about! I'm talking about the fact that you came in here and kissed me forcefully!"
I brought both my hands up to wave at her apologetically. "Ah, sorry bout that! I just wanted to kiss you so badly, so I came rushing over here. It won't happen again, I promise."
"It better not!"
Sakura's P.O.V
I clutched the sheets, pulling them tighter around my bare figure. I turned over to see Naruto sprawled beside me, the bed sheets covering only the bottom half of him. My eyes rolled up to the ceiling, a thought lingering in my mind.
"Naruto no baka."
Telling me there wasn't anything wrong, of course there was something wrong, he'd made it so obvious!
"What am I doing? I'm having sex, yet I should be resting. I guess I'm the baka…."
I turned over on my other side this time, only to be greeted by the pink rose on my beside-table. I then felt myself smile, not knowing why. Maybe it was because I had never had this much affection toward me? My arm stretched out to grasp the rose. Bringing it up to my nose, I took in a deep breath, the sweet scent invading my mind.
I wish Sasuke could've treated me like this.
A/N: Wahhhh! Stupid chapter, stupid chapter! So short too. (Sniff) I'm sorry, I really tried my best to make it longer, but I really couldn't do it like I promised. Ah, that reminds me. Hinata really needs to lock the door. Lol yea….
Also, please don't think of Sakura as some two timer, bimbo, slut, (I don't know what those words mean) ect. She has her reasons for still liking Sasuke ( though I haven't decided why yet…). Ooohh, btw. I have also been working on two stories at the same time adding She's mine and it's three stories all together. I'll be posting up both summaries on my profile page soon. Well, ja ne Minna-san!
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