Wow, so...a lot of people have this story on their alert list OO. I was a little shocked, but hey, I like it!
I was tempted to skip right to the concert...but I think I need to have some character development first.
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The transition from controlled chaos to domestic tranquility was one that Sasuke welcomed.
After his encounter with Sakura and Hinata, the rest of the day had passed without much event. He met some of Naruto's friends, although most of them didn't seem to like the Uchiha very much. That was probably due to the fact that their girlfriends were visibly drooling over him.
All in all, Sasuke concluded, it was a strange start to what would prove to be a stranger school year.
Sasuke approached the front door and kicked off his shoes before proceeding into the kitchen for an afternoon snack. He picked up an apple and bit into it rather aggressively, which caused his mother to laugh.
"Sasuke, how did it go today?" She asked kindly, sitting down at the table and motioning for him to do the same.
"It was fine...Naruto kept bugging me all day, but I suppose that's pretty normal"
"Did you make any new friends?"
"Kind of" Sasuke said, thinking it over. He had made a lot of girlfriends, that was for sure.
"That reminds me. Can I go to a concert this weekend?" He asked. His mother was more likely to say yes than his father.
"Sure, I don't think were doing anything. Who are you going with?"
"Naruto and a couple of his friends" Sasuke replied evenly.
A buzzer on the oven went off, and Sasuke's mother stood up to check its contents. Sasuke left the kitchen to avoid further questioning and made his way to his room. He was about to slink inside when he noticed his brother.
Itachi apparently saw Sasuke too and came over to talk with him. Before Itachi could get in one of his pestering comments, Sasuke asked him
"Do you know Hinata Hyuga?"
Itachi appeared taken aback, and he hesitated a second before answering.
"Yes...her father and I sometimes work together"
Itachi was an optometrist, and Hiashi had helped him to establish an office and reel in patients.
"I never realized...so you're into that type of girl?" Itachi asked, an evil smirk appearing on his face.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"Sasuke kun no sukebe(1)" Itachi began to sing slowly.
"ARGH!" Sasuke slammed the door shut, and heard his brother laughing in the hallway.
Hinata was greeted with a lot less harassment when she arrived home. Hiashi was still at work, as was her mother, so Hinata ate and did her homework alone in the kitchen.
Hinata did well in school, being that she hardly ever missed a day of class and had such high expectations from her parents. The books stacked on the table suggested that she was an advanced student, and the way her papers and folders were organized showed years of training.
She was distracted from her studies as she heard her cousins light footfalls on the stairs. The manor, which was normally silent, allowed her to hear even the smallest of sounds.
Neji hadn't spoken to her all day, but apparently now he thought it was a good time to say something.
"Hinata...I noticed you were talking to Uchiha Sasuke during gym"
Hinata nodded. There hadn't been a lot of talking going on, but they were together.
"I just wanted to warn you. Be very careful around him. I've never liked his brother, and Sasuke doesn't seem to be much different from Itachi"
"Th-Thank you for your concern" Hinata replied quietly. She didn't think she had reason to worry, but she did take her cousin's words to heart. He had a pretty good sense about people.
Neji then left, leaving Hinata to study by herself again.
Sasuke arrived at school early on Friday, his father wanted to drop him off before heading to the police station.
The halls were a lot different when they were unoccupied, so Sasuke gained a pretty good knowledge of where everything was as he wandered through the building.
It was his second time around the band hall that he heard something. It was low at first, but started to get louder with every second.
Somebody was singing, very beautifully, with a very soft voice.
He caught part of the song as he stood outside the door
"I needed you to notice...that's all I wanted"
Sasuke slowly entered the room, where he saw Hinata was standing on a chair, holding her throat and attempting to judge the quality of her voice.
She gripped the back of the chair as she almost tumbled off, clearly surprised.
"S-Sasuke kun...w-what are you doing here?" she asked, embarrassed.
"My dad dropped me off a little early...what are you doing here?"
"I w-wanted to practice s-singing...the choir director sa-said he'll replace me if I ca-can't learn to make my voice m-more powerful" she said.
Sasuke's eyes widened slightly.
"By the sounds of it, you don't need any work" he said.
Hinata blushed.
"Tha-Thank you"
"I'm just being honest. You have a really nice voice"
Hinata smiled and turned away shyly.
"You're too kind..."
Sasuke stood their for a few more seconds before deciding to leave.
"Later, Hyuga"
(1) Sasuke is a pervert XD That song was on Fruits Basket.
Sasuke started school on a Thursday. In case you were wondering.
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