Spending most of the hours with both Deidara and Sasori reminded her of past memories with the two. While she was hanging out with the two she noticed that Deidara would take quick stares at her but if she ever caught him he would quickly look away from her with a pout on his face. She giggled at the thought of the blonde haired male. She was currently still with the two males in the car, Sasori was sitting in the backseat while Deidara was driving and the female Hyuga sitting in the passengers seat.
"Today was really fun, it's been awhile since we all have hanged out like this" Hinata stated with a smile on her face.
Deidara nodded his head, keeping his eyes on the road ahead of him. He had to admit spending time again with his two best friends meant a lot to him. But the more time he spent with Hinata the more and more he began to realize how much she really meant o him, and just not as a friend but as something more. He never thought much about her looks in the past because he never really cared but looking at her now he has realized how much of a beautiful woman she is.
The red headed male stared at Deidara noticing the crimson color that was slowly appearing on his cheeks. "Oi, what are you blushing about?" He asked loudly causing Hinata to turn her head over to look at the blonde to see that he was in fact blushing.
"Dei-kun?"
Deidara shook his head blushing furiously. "No, I'm not blushing!" He exclaimed while stopping his car at a red light, turning his head over to give a glare at Sasori. Sasori notice the look which in other words meant to shut up and not say another word. The red head not being one, who listens to Deidara, continued to tease the male.
"I'm pretty sure that I see a blush" He smirked at the blonde.
Deidara let out a grunt turning his head back to the road when he heard a car behind him blow the horn. Becoming upset he stuck his hand out the window putting up the middle finger. "Shut up! I'm moving alright!" He yelled out the window as he began to drive. Hinata looked at Deidara with widened eyes.
"Dei-kun, that wasn't very nice" She scolded him.
"So what, no one rushes me" He pouted.
"Then you should have just kept your eyes on the road instead of looking at me trying argue with me" He stated with a smirk. Deidara looked over at at the red head from his mirror glaring at him for a few seconds before breaking into a small smile. Sasori had always been like a brother to him, he has always been there for him and the only other male that had been in his life besides his stepfather; who he hates.
He growled at the thought of his stepfather, but shook his head trying to rid any thoughts of the man. He gripped the steering wheel for a few seconds, letting out a soft sigh. "Well I'm going to drop the both of you off, I have some things that I need to take care of" Deidara stated.
"What's more important than hanging out with your two best friends?" Sasori joked, while Hinata giggled.
"I have to settle things with Ino" He took a pause noticing how silent it had gotten after he mentioned the blonde's name.
"Settle what things with that slut? She was cheating on you! Don't tell me that you are planning on getting back with her after what she had done to you" Sasori nearly yelled causing Hinata to wince since the red head had leaned forward from his seat practically yelling in her ear.
Deidara sighed shaking his head. "I'm not stupid Sasori, I'm not going back to her and I'm not giving her another chance either. I'm just going to talk to her about a few things and that's it, understand?"
Sasori remained silent for a few seconds before sliding back into his seat, not too sure about him going to see Ino. He never really knew Ino since he had moved before he could even meet the girl and his only time seeing her was at his father's formal party. He narrowed his eyes in thought letting out a soft grunt not saying another word.
Xxxxxxxx
The pink haired female continued crying on the blonde's shoulder. "I-I can't believe he broke up with me, I-Ino" Sakura cried. Ever since the two had broken up she has been with Ino ever since, the blonde couldn't believe Sasuke broke up with Sakura for the Hyuga girl. In her eyes Sakura would be the much better candidate for Sasuke to date, but she had been by her best friends side the entire time so far.
"Sasuke is obviously a jerk. He doesn't know what he is missing out on" Ino explained while rubbing Sakura's back in a smoothing motion.
"I always knew that he loved her, I just knew it! All the time he would rush to her side when it was always me who needed him the most. It's always been about Hinata this or Hinata that, it was tiring to hear. He said he never once cheated on me with her but..." She trailed off never completing her sentence.
Ino looked over at her noticing how her eyes were appearing to be almost empty. She frowned slightly becoming angry with the raven haired male for causing her friend so much trouble. She wanted to say something so badly to the male but didn't want Sakura to know anything. Standing up from the couch she gazed over towards the front door, ever since her break up with Deidara she had been staying with Shikamaru. Things between them had been different every since they're encounter with Deidara, Gaara and Sasori along with Hinata but overall he still shows he cares for her but he mind does often wonder over towards Deidara from time to time.
"Where are you going?" Sakura question while sniffing.
"I'm heading out for awhile; please inform Shikamaru-kun that I'll be back, okay?"
The pink haired female slowly nodded her head watching as Ino grabbed her car keys and slipped out the door.
Xxxxxxxx
Juugo smirked while looking over at the male Uchiha. "I honestly think you should say something to Hinata soon but I understand you want to wait for awhile until you do" Sasuke nodded his head, thinking about the female who he realized he loved.
He hadn't seen Hinata ever since he confessed to Sakura he loved Hinata and not her anymore. He wasn't planning on telling Hinata until he felt it was the right moment to do so. His black eyes gazed over out the car window looking up at the clouds in the sky, letting out a low sigh he turned his head back over to Juugo. "Are we going back to her place?" He asked in a bored tone trying not to seem too eager.
"Well i was going to drop you back off at home but if you want we can go back to her place" Juugo suggested making a stop on a side street gazing over at his friend. Sasuke nodded his head with a light blush on his cheeks causing the slightly older male so smile and shake his head as he made a u-turn and turned the car around.
The car ride back to the apartment was silent but once they pulled up in front of the building Juugo noticed Deidara and Sasori along with Hinata walking her up to the door. The taller male glanced over at Sasuke noticing how he was staring intently at Deidara; who was currently walking beside Hinata looking down at her with a smile on his face.
"Tch, let's just get out already" He grunted as he unbelted his seat belt and stepped out of the car slamming the door behind him, causing Juugo to groan softly to himself while shaking his head.
"Oi Hina-chan" The male Uchiha called out to Hinata.
Hinata turned around as well as Sasori and Deidara; a smile graced her features as she stood still allowing him to come towards her. Deidara couldn't help but to glare at the raven haired male which Sasori noticed right away and smirked to himself.
"After hearing that she likes me it seems so different right now" He thought to himself feeling his cheeks getting hot causing to curse himself turning his head away. "Hanging out with friends I see" He asked with a smirk on his face as his eyes gazed over at her from the corner of his eye.
She nodded her head. "H-Hai, we just got back" She replied silently.
"So how about introducing me" Sasori chuckled nervously causing Hinata to turn around looking at him with an apologetic smile.
"Gomen Sasori-kun, this is my best friend Sasuke-kun and Sasuke-kun this is my childhood best friend Sasori-kun. He has always been like a brother to me much like Juugo" She stated with a wide smile.
The raven haired male nodded his head at the red head who smiled at him. "Nice to meet you, I've heard about you from dear little Hinata earlier today. It seems she has taken quite the liking to- gah!" He grunted out when Deidara slapped him on the back of his head.
"I don't think Hinata wants you saying all of her little secrets" He smirked widely thought anyone with eyes could tell it was a forced smile.
Hinata blushed deeply as did Sasuke who coughed nervously. "Are we going to go inside or stand out here?" He asked in an ignored tone.
"Inside" Juugo spoke as he walked passed them all into the building. Hinata walked up ahead of everyone along with Juugo while Sasori, Deidara and Sasuke lingered in the back. Once they reached her apartment door she unlocked the door walking inside, Juugo walked into the back supposedly to his room. Once he left the room was filled with an awkward silence until Deidara spoke.
"Um have you happened to see Ino around Sakura lately?" He asked the Uchiha.
Sasuke seemed quite surprised at the fact he was being asked a question from the blonde. But the mere mention of Sakura's name made him feel guilty. Hinata seemed to be the only one who notices this as she parted her lips to speak. "A-Ano...Sasuke-kun?" She said his name curiously.
He turned his head looking into her white eyes with an serious expression. "We'll talk later in private" He said lowly causing Deidara and Sasori to turn they're heads to gaze at the two before looking at each other.
The Uchiha turned his head back over at the blonde. "No, I haven't seen Ino. Why are you asking me? Aren't you two together?" He asked while arching his eyebrow up at the male.
The blonde haired male turned his head narrowing his eyes slightly. "She and I aren't together anymore" He said stiffly not wanting to speak anymore about it. Sasori sighed softly to himself, he knew that even if Deidara was angry with Ino he knew that deep down inside the guy still loved Ino.
Sasuke seemed taken back by hearing this, his eyes widened a bit before returning to normal. He wanted to comment on it telling him he was sorry to hear that but he noticed that Deidara was staring at Hinata off and on. He frowned not liking the way he was looking at Hinata but calmed himself down when he realized he had no attachment to Hinata and he wasn't dating her so he shouldn't be too over protective of the girl like he has been for the past five years now, but it was hard to do so.
"Well we better get going, ne Dei? Don't you have somewhere to be?" The red head asked while looking over up at his taller friend. Deidara slowly nodded his head as he walked over towards Hinata leaning forward giving her a soft kiss on her forehead causing Sasuke's eyes to nearly pop out his sockets while Sasori just shook his head but a smirk was clearly seen on his face.
The female Hyuga's face turned a bright red as she looked up at his blue eyes looking down at her with a small smile on his face. "I'll be seeing you later, okay?"
She nodded her head slowly unable to use any words, this has been the third time that Deidara has kissed her, rather it's on her cheek or forehead, his lips had still be on hers. He smiled at her leaning away from her giving her a wink as Sasori waved at her opening the door walking out the apartment shouting at Deidara to hurry up.
"Nice seeing you again Sasuke" Deidara nodded at the male as he walked towards the door, gazing back over at Hinata for a short few seconds back closing the door behind him.
Once he left Sasuke looked over at Hinata noticing that he face was still red, "You must still have feelings for him, huh?" He asked with a frown on his face.
She snapped out her trance and looked over at him shaking her head with a bright blush on her cheeks. "Ah! W-Well..."
"You know Hina-chan, you're my best friend you can tell me anything that's on your mind" He spoke to her while around her towards her couch to lay down on it. She turned around walking over towards him moving his legs aside as she sat down looking down over at him.
"I do still have feelings for him...b-but he doesn't care for me in that way" She stated honestly. Sasuke sat up looking at her saddened face; he couldn't bare seeing her expression like this. It was hurting him and he just wanted to ease away her pain. He placed his hand on her shoulder causing her to quickly turn her head to look into his black eyes.
"Don't worry about him, if he never notices anything about you he isn't worth it"
Her eyes widened while looking at him, she smiled sadly looking away from him. "Thanks Sasuke-kun but no one never really notices me..."
He frowned at her words, raising his hand up quickly grabbing a hold of her chin turning her face towards his. "That's not true, you're very beautiful Hina-chan so don't ever doubt yourself, understand?" She turned her face towards him with a light blush on her cheeks.
"S-Sasuke-kun...?"
He smiled warmly at her as he let his hand drop from her face but his black eyes never left her white eyes. "I really mean it Hinata" He turned his face away from hers to hide the blush that was rising on his cheeks.
"Oh well...what I wanted to talk to you about was that, Sakura and I broke up" He heard her let out a gasp.
"B-Broke up? But why, you two always seemed like a perfect pair"
Sasuke snorted with a weak smile. "We were far from perfect, I mean in the beginning we were but near the middle and towards the end...I didn't feel the same way about her like I use to. I fell out of love with her; I made her cry when I told her. I just feel so bad for breaking her the way I did..." He paused leaning back on the couch, resting his arm across his forehead closing his eyes letting out a soft sigh.
"I'm sorry that happened Sasuke-kun" She whispered softly.
"Heh, no need to apologize" He remained silent for a few minutes before speaking again. "Although I feel out of love with her...my feelings for her still are lingering. I want to move on but not so quickly as to where I'll ruin my next relationship because im still thinking about Sakura"
Hinata nodded her head, even though she felt bad about the break up between the two apart of her was happy that they did break up, because for the five years that she has known Sasuke she has held such a huge crush on but knew she was no where near his type. She sighed sadly to herself thinking about both males not really knowing what to do.
"Juugo must be knocked out, eh?" He chuckled as he opened his eyes looking up at the ceiling.
She giggled nodding her head. "Juugo sleeps a lot, and has is a horrible morning person very extremely grouchy" She giggled out more at the thought of the older male who was like a brother to her.
Knock Knock
Sasuke glanced down at the door while Hinata turned her head. Sasuke looked over at Hinata noticing how she has yet to get up to answer the door. "Well aren't you going to answer it?"
"I-I ano...it could be Kabuto-kun"
Sasuke noticed the tone in her voice making him wonder what happened, he stood up from the couch walking over towards the door opening it to find out that it was just who she was thinking it was. Both males frowned at each other. "Well, well, well I wouldn't have thought you would have been here, but ah wait you're always here. Don't you have a girlfriend to go home and be with?" Kabuto taunted the Uchiha.
Sasuke glared hard at him, wanting to say something back to the male but refused to let the silver haired male get to him. "What are you doing here Kabuto?"
"Well why else would I be here? Not to see you or that other guy, I'm obviously here to see my sweet dear girlfriend Hinata"
Sasuke's eyes widened when Kabuto said the word he dreaded hearing coming from him. He didn't want to believe it and just to make sure he turned around to gaze at Hinata noticing her widened tearful eyes. He parted his lips never moving away from the door so Kabuto to could come here. "Hina-chan, I'm going to ask you this once and I want you to be honest with me. Did Kabuto hurt you?" He notices how the tear began to leak more out of her eyes slowly nodding her head.
He turned back to the other male and grabbed him by his collar pushing him out the doorway and into the wall across the door. "I don't know what you did to Hina-chan but I want you to stay the hell away from her, you got that?"
Kabuto merely smirked in a very cocky way which only irked the Uchiha's nerves more. "Well how can I not stay away from her? We live right next door to each other and I can always come as I please"
Sasuke gripped onto his shirt collar more his glare hardened. "You'll regret the day you ever set foot near her"
"Threatening me? I think you can try a little bit better than that don't you think, Sasuke-kun?" He grinned widely. Sasuke was two seconds from punching the guy until he heard a familiar voice.
"Sasuke! What in the hell are you doing?" Sasuke turned his head to see Shinichi staring at him with widened eyes.
"Getting ready to kick this guys ass for hurting Hina-chan" He spoke while glaring holes back at Kabuto. The green haired male frowned while looking over at Kabuto noticing that he was wearing a cocky smile.
"As much as I would want to see you bash this guy's face in, I think it's best if we left him alone for now. The main concern is sunshine, so let him go Sasuke" The fifteen year old male spoke to the twenty three year old male Uchiha.
Sasuke nodded his head but honestly didn't want to let him go but he did and as soon as he let him go Kabuto smirked and looked behind him to see Hinata standing in the doorway looking at him with widened eyes.
"Why do you ignore me Hinata? I thought you enjoyed our wonderful love making?"
Hearing this shocked the world out of both Sasuke and Shinichi. "She had sex with him? So that means...she lost her virginity to him" Sasuke thought to himself as the jealously was quickly rising up in him.
"Y-You...just used me. You have a girlfriend...you lied to me"
Kabuto smirked lifting his hand up letting it rank through his hair. "Well you never asked did I have one therefore I never told you, you could be my secret lover like a private whore of mine but believe me when I say..." His black eyes gazed into her white ones as he licked his lips. "You were very wonderful in bed the best fuck I've ever had-" Before he could even finish his sentence Shinichi had punched him across the face.
"What the hell?" He yelled out as he held onto his jaw.
"You damn fucking bastard. What in the fuck is your problem, talking down on sunshine like that? I'll be damned if I stand here and let you talk about her like that. So why don't you just go back to your apartment and leave her alone!" He glared hard at the silver haired male.
"S-Shin-chan" Hinata whispered softly while looking at the younger male in shock as did Sasuke.
Kabuto said nothing more but walked away back to his apartment slamming his door behind him once he was inside. Shinichi glared off in his direction taking in a deep breath as he looked back over to Hinata.
"I'm no where near you sunshine but you have Sasuke and Juugo so please if you ever need help ask them, I'm pretty sure they'll always be there for you" He spoke softly with a smile on his face. She nodded her head smiling happily at his words.
"What are you even doing here without the others by your side?" Sasuke asked trying to change the subject just to get the fact Hinata slept with Kabuto off his mind.
"Well I wanted to see sunshine and Naruto and Kiba had to work and Kakashi is sick so I had nothing else to do so I came here"
"How? Aren't you a little bit too young to driving by yourself?"
Shinichi nodded his head and walked passed Sasuke and Hinata into her apartment. "I am but I had a ride from a friend" He looked around the apartment and turned around facing Hinata. "Where is the tall scary guy Juugo?"
Hinata giggled while Sasuke rolled his eyes. "He is sleep" She explained to the teenager. Shinichi nodded his head gazing back over at Sasuke with a wide grin. Sasuke arched his eyebrow up looking at the green eyed male.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I have some great news to tell you both actually but..." He trailed off looking off to the side biting down on his bottom lip as his mouth formed a small pout. "I'm not too sure Naruto wants me to tell you guys yet"
Hinata and Sasuke looked at each other for a few seconds before looking back over at each other. "Just spit it out already" He sighed knowing that Shinichi will spill it eventually anyways.
"Okay well our band just recently gotten to signed to the record label Black Stones" He exclaimed with a wide smile. Hinata and Sasuke's eyes widened at the news he had just revealed to them, Sasuke had to have known Naruto was most happy out of the other guys seeing how ever since they were younger Naruto has dreamed of having his own band making it big.
"Are you serious?" The Uchiha asked.
"T-This is really good news Shin-chan"
The green haired male nodded his head. "But don't tell Naruto I told you guys, he'll have my head if he ever found out I told you" He paused looking over at Hinata. "Especially you sunshine he'll be mad since he wanted to be the first one to tell you, so act surprised whenever he mentions it to you" He laughed nervously while scratching the back of his head.
She nodded her head wearing a bright smile on her face, she knew she didn't have to act surprised since she is still very shocked about the news and knew that she'll still be very happy. "H-Hai" She smiled at the younger male. Shinichi grinned nodding his head while Sasuke smiled warmly at the female Hyuga.
"Well I'm hungry so I'm going to go pick up something to eat. Any of you want anything?" Sasuke shook his head while Hinata looked unsure. "Well I'll bring back a lot for all of us just in case" Shinichi stated while walking back towards the front door walking out of the door leaving just Sasuke and Hinata in the living room alone.
"So you and Kabuto, huh?" He asked seeing how he could no longer hold it back anymore.
Hinata's eyes widened as they slowly narrowed looking off to the side. She felt so embarrassed and awkward at the fact Sasuke knew that she had been with Kabuto; she slowly nodded her head parting her lips to speak. "K-Kabuto in the beginning was never like that he always was so sweet with me but when I went to the formal party with Gaara he had informed me that Kabuto isn't who I think it is and that he has been using me..." She took a paused her eyes still glued to the floor beneath her feet.
The Uchiha growled lowly to himself, he wanted so badly to go over to Kabuto's door and break it down and beat him to a bloody pulp for ever hurting his best friend. He walked closer towards her placing his hand on her shoulder causing her to look up at him. "Kabuto is a jerk why I ever waited so long to ever tell you that I don't know. I always knew he was kind of an odd guy but I would try to let it go. Don't you ever talk to him again and if he ever bothers you, you make sure Juugo is near you, okay?"
She nodded her head understanding what he meant. Sasuke smiled softly to himself as he took a step away from her walking back towards the couch to sit down. "Let's watch a little tv until Shinichi comes back" He patted the seat next to him motioning for her to sit down next to him. She smiled nodding her head walking over towards him to sit down.
Once she sat down she gazed over at him a light blush forming on her cheeks. She still held very strong feelings for the raven haired male; the feelings she held for him were stronger than Deidara but she didn't want another repeat of the past with her and Deidara so she was being safe this time and decided that telling him she loved him would be a very bad idea. His black eyes gazed into her white ones, smiling warmly at her a smile that he truly only showed her, he parted his lips wanting so badly to tell her how he felt about her but decided now wasn't the time.
"Hina-chan you know you're the only female friend I have and I cherish our friendship a lot. Over the past five years I have become so protective over you and I-...well I just wanted to tell you that you mean a lot to me" He smirked at her patting the top of her head.
Hinata stared at him with wide eyes for a few seconds until she broke out into a smile. "Y-You mean a lot to me too Sasuke-kun"
This chapter really sucked to me, I didn't know where I was going with it and wished I wrote it differently. I had intended showing Deidara interact with Ino in this chapter but I will write that along with Ino's talk with Sasuke in the next chapter.
As far as Sasuke's confession to Hinata that will be coming soon, I know when but I don't want you guys to know when, I'd rather it be a surprise to you xD So please review and check out my other stories.
