A/N: Ok this chapter is … all about SasuHina! Hooray! this maybe my last chapter before i go on holiday so enjoy...i will try to post another one soon...before i go, i'll be gone on the 28 of this june and be back on the 20 the of august, no internet for 2 months!! save me someone!! ahem anyway enjoy oh and i've changed tentens sir name from saika as i think it means something i dont know, so uh yeah her new name is sagara, there is something about her past that she is hiding, oh and if anyone knows what saika is let me know XD, i'm quite curious now, so i'm chatting too much, so enjoy.
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Winning Isn't Everything
Chapter 8
By AngelzGrace
Hinata looked at herself in the mirror, she sighed she wasn't confident about her body at all, even though Temari and Tenten both said she was pretty Hinata herself wasn't sure, she weighed more then Tenten and Temari and it often put Hinata down when she saw her curvy body. Tenten described it as curvy in just the right places and Temari called it Sexy. The conversation normally ended with Hinata becoming embarrassed and wishing she had never said anything about her body to begin with.
Now Hinata searched her wardrobe for an outfit, it was Saturday and Sasuke had said they were going to meet up and begin revising and planning how they were going to act it out. Hinata liked acting and she preferred to wear something she could move around easily in. so she pulled out green leggings and an orange and green A-shape long top, that had long tight sleeves, she wore a white belt, white strapless sandals and silver jewelry.
Going down stairs, she saw Temari sitting on the couch painting her nails. "Hey Hinata," she said, Hinata smiled
"Hi Temari Chan," she said going and sitting down next to Temari watching as she painted her nails in interesting swirls and patterns, "Y-your so good at that Temari Chan,"
"Thank you Hinata," Temari said smiling "is Tenten still asleep?"
"Hai, I think so…" Hinata said lowering her head slightly. Temari's smile faded.
"You don't think she's mad at me for the other day when I slapped Tsuchi do you?" she said quietly
"No, I don't think she is," Hinata said sure of it, "demo…I think something happened…s-she…" she trailed off
"Yeah…but what, and she won't tell either," Temari said sighing as she took Hinata's hand and started making green and orange strips on her nails.
"Y-you don't have to waste your time Temari Chan," Hinata said timidly
"Don't complain, you might make me think you don't like how I do your nails." Temari said
"That's not it!" Hinata said not resisting anymore. Temari smiled,
"Hinata, why don't you be like this in front of everyone?"
"…ano…" Hinata trailed of not knowing what to say.
"Hinata, you'll never change" Temari said with a laugh as she picked up white nail varnish and started speckling the striped nails.
"So pretty," Hinata said examining her nails when Temari had finished.
"Yes you are Hinata," Temari said with a smile, Hinata blushed
"Arigatou Temari Chan, so are you," Temari smiled then picking up her brush she said
"Hinata, what's with the pony always?" she made Hinata turn around, despite her feeble protests and started braiding her hair from the top leaving it open from the neck down. She made her fringe fall to the sides leaving her forehead mostly bare. They heard a car horn honk.
"That must be U-Uchiha san!" Hinata said trying to get up but Temari shoved her down,
"One minute Hinata!" she said applying sparkling gloss onto Hinata's lips and adding eyeliner and mascara to her eyes, it took under a minute and the moment she was free from Temari's grip, she grabbed her white handbag and file and was just about to reach for her jacket when Temari snatched it up.
"No jacket Hinata, the weather is warm, now go," Temari said holding it out of her reach.
"B-but-" Hinata began, they heard a car horn honk again and Temari said
"Hinata, Uchiha doesn't like to be kept waiting," Hinata looked worried, throwing a pleading look at Temari who just shook her head, Hinata knew she wont win so she opened the door giving Temari a small wave she made her way outside. Temari smiled
"Hinata, don't feel annoyed, it's for you own good" she called after Hinata teasingly. Hinata just glanced back smiling sweetly, her file held across her chest.
Hinata saw a sleek black car parked outside their house. The roof was off and Sasuke sat in the driver seat, wearing black sleek shades. Hinata timidly approached the car, suddenly she felt terrified it just clicked she was going to spend an entire day with Sasuke alone! She felt terrified, the Uchiha made Hinata feel uncomfortable and without realizing, she slowed down. "O-Ohayou Uchiha s-san,"
"Get in," Sasuke said arrogantly tilting his head towards her, "we have a lot to cover,"
"H-hai," Hinata said slowly making her way to the car. Getting in she shut the door and fastened her seatbelt just as Sasuke zoomed onto the rd, Hinata fell back against her seat. 'He's a scary driver too' she thought as she clutched her file as if she was holding onto dear life itself.
"Che, I'm not going to crash so stop acting like your about to die," Sasuke said haughtily as he glanced at the terrified Hyuuga.
"H-hai…" Hinata mumbled sitting slightly less tense. She glanced at Sasuke who she saw was moving his head slightly to the beat of the music he had on, he was wearing earphones so Hinata had no idea what he was listening too. Hinata hadn't paid much attention to it at first but now she realized he wasn't wearing his seatbelt. Hinata was the type of girl who always worried about others safety. She started fiddling with her fingers pushing the against each other, her file lay in her lap, she had forgotten that she didn't have her jacket and her top hugged her figure nicely, but at that moment Hinata was wondering how to ask Sasuke about his seat belt.
"A-ano…" she began blushing slightly. Sasuke glanced at her to show he was listening
"Yeah?" he said
"Umm…you s-should wear y-your seatbelt," Hinata said quickly bending her head blushing. Sasuke's eyes widened slightly but Hinata didn't see, and for that Sasuke was glad.
"Che, I don't like wearing it," he said arrogantly
"D-demo… i-if y-you c-crash…" Hinata trailed off not sure, if he will get angry.
"I won't crash and I'm not worried," Sasuke said as he screeched to a halt as the lights turned red, Hinata fell forward her seatbelt held her back and then she fell back against her seat. Sasuke smirked; he himself had stayed rigid in the same posture as before.
"Y-your n-not worried b-but…" Hinata said once she had calmed a little from the sudden stop. Sasuke was surprised, 'was the timid Hyuuga actually having a debate with him?'
"But?" he said now amused.
"b-but I f-feel worried, s-so p-please c-can you put on y-you seatbelt?" Hinata said softly not looking at Sasuke but instead at the strand of hair she twirled in her fingers. Sasuke looked at her for a moment then he smiled arrogantly
"Che, whatever," he said, and to Hinata's surprise he fastened his seatbelt as he made a turn dangerously once again flinging Hinata against her red leather seat once again.
"Arigatou," she said smiling and not stuttering at all.
"Che," Sasuke said snootily.
The rest of the ride was in silence.
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Sasuke stopped the car with a screech, cutting the engine he was about to get out but his seatbelt stopped him pushing him back into his seat, he heard a small giggle and he looked sharply at Hinata but she was looking innocently at the sky from where she stood next to the car.
"Che," he said unfastening his seatbelt and getting out haughtily. "Let's go"
"A-ano where is t-this?" Hinata asked gazing at the huge fountain that was right in the centre of the car park forming a round about.
"It's a park," he said simply as he made his way onto the grass, Hinata followed.
"H-hai…I think i-I may h-have been here…" she said in a whisper to herself. Sasuke had his hands in the pockets of his white jeans. He wore a blue t-shirt. He wore a white leather belt with a silver buckle at the front. He also had a white band tied around his forehead. He was wearing a silver bracelet and a red crystal hung from his left ear. He led the way down a few twists and turns in the path until they reached a huge Sakura tree; there was a bench under it. Hinata did not realize that she had started walking in front of Sasuke, she only say the tree and thought. 'How beautiful'
"Watch your…" Sasuke began as Hinata stumbled on the slope and skid down the short way to the bottom. He followed slowly he was about to say something when a strong wind blew scattering pink petals around them.
Hinata smiled as she gazed at the sky, her file lay on the bench. "Arigatou U-Uchiha san" she said to Sasuke as he approached.
"For what?" he said raising an eyebrow.
"For s-showing m-me this place, Uchiha-san c-comes h-here because it's b-beautiful no?" Hinata said softly surprised that he asked.
"Hmph, I only come here cos its quiet and it's one place my fan girls don't know of" Sasuke said leaning against the tree closing his eyes.
"Oh..." Hinata said, just realizing that Sasuke was actually quite popular with the girls.
"Here's the script," Sasuke said taking the papers that were stapled together and passed them to Hinata. She started reading it, taking a seat on the bench. Sasuke watched her as she read. After a few moments, he grew bored of trying to see her face expression as her hair hid her face. He was about to turn his head away when his eyes fell on her figure. 'she's got a body that's hotter then Sakura's' he thought then he blushed 'I did not just think that, no way, she's not my type at all, my type is…my type is…' his thoughts faded away as he wondered what kind of girls he even liked. Then suddenly it hit him 'why the heck do I even care, argh I'm crazy what would Neji think?' he though and that ended his trail of thoughts right there.
"Its amazing," Hinata said turning to him, "Y-you have portrayed it e-excellently,"
"Yeah," he said guilty that he had been eyeing her up, 'Uchiha's are not perverts' he thought, frustrated with himself. "Thanks, listen why you wanted the characters to reflect our personalities?" he said taking the sheet from her and skimming through it.
"W-well, when you a-act i-it's easier to if t-the personality o-of y-your character matches yours, y-you fall into the part easier," Hinata said softly fiddling with her fingers.
"Che, right," Sasuke said not caring much for acting anyway but he knew for getting a good grade he needed to try his best. "Is there anything you want to change?"
"N-no, thank you f-for asking Uchiha- san," Hinata said standing up and bowing.
"Stop doing that," Sasuke said as he glanced at her for a second frowning.
"D-doing w-what?" Hinata asked timidly
"Bowing Hyuuga," Sasuke said curtly as he sat on the bench, "You're a Hyuuga, act like one,"
"H-hai…" Hinata said softly, she felt her eyes tear up. When she was a child, no one but Neji really said she was a Hyuuga, her own father used to say 'you're not fit to be a Hyuuga, Hinata' "I-I'm not m-much of a Hyuuga a-anyway…" she said softly in barely a whisper. But Sasuke's sharp ears caught it.
"Che, your only not one if you believe it, you are who you are, don't let people put you down, it's pathetic," he said coldly. His phone went off. He flipped out his phone, seeing the number he sighed. "Fifth phone and she still somehow gets my number, lets get started," he said ignoring the call and stuffing the phone back into his back pocket.
"H-hai," Hinata said taking a seat on the edge of the bench away from the Uchiha.
"I've know my lines roughly, so here," Sasuke said tossing her the script. Hinata caught I clumsily.
"So…are we going to just speak it out first?" Sasuke said not knowing how to go about it and not wanting to admit it.
"Y-yeah," Hinata said.
"Try not to stutter Hyuuga, it'll ruin it, lets just do the lines the narrations can stay for later." he said, Hinata nodded, she knew though that when she did plays and such, she never did stutter it was like she could be her and not her and the same time.
"Ok, umm start Hinata" Sasuke said reluctantly not wanting to be embarrassed by his own lines. Hinata nodded clearing her throat slightly she began.
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"…can't take this, not anymore, maybe we just weren't meant to be" Hinata said softly, it was much later in the afternoon. They had been going over the script repeatedly but whenever they reached this part Sasuke made some excuse to go back.
"You know what, lets change this part, I kind of hate it now," Sasuke said a small blush on his face. Hinata's head fell slightly.
"W-we could, b-but it's a good part and if we do it j-just r-right i-it will help u-us w-with our marks," she said quietly. Sasuke sighed leaning back against the bench,
"How come you stutter when you're not doing the script? It can't be cos your reading since you discarded that an hour ago," Sasuke said nodding towards the script, Hinata smiled slightly she knew he was trying to get out of doing this part.
"U-Uchiha san, I l-like plays b-because no o-one can correct me a-and put m-me down b-because i-in the e-end it's n-not m-me, and can w-we r-return to the part n-now?
"I'm hungry are you?" he said nonchalantly. Hinata sighed
"A l-little," she said biting her sparkling lip softly.
"so lets go eat," Sasuke said standing up
"A-ano…t-the script-"
"forget it" Sasuke said picking up the script that he now detested and her file. "Come on,"
"b-but…o-only if we c-can do this part once at least," Hinata said bravely shutting her eyes waiting for him to explode. She only heard a sigh.
"You Hyuuga's are stubborn," he muttered turning to face her, "stand up,"
"H-hai," Hinata said standing up quickly,
"I feel better standing up," he said to her un-asked question. "ok so go from there again," he added not looking at her but of to the side. Hinata nodded.
"I just cannot take this, not anymore; maybe we just were not meant to be." She said softly her voice shaking slightly.
"Hush-," Sasuke began then he stopped, he didn't say anything, he felt humiliated, he the stoic Uchiha could not even read a script.
"Uchiha san, i-it helps i-if y-you pretend you're alone a-and just i-imagine I'm not here," Hinata said softly a small encouraging smile on her face.
"Che, whatever, go again,"
"I just cannot take this, not anymore; maybe we just were not meant to be." She said her voice shaking. Sasuke closed his eyes taking a breath he began.
"Hush, don't say that, not ever," he said his voice course and close to breaking,
"But what can we do? We'll never be together," Hinata said quietly
"We will be, I promise you," Sasuke said his voice soft and firm. "There I can't do anymore" he tossed the file and script at Hinata. She smiled
"It was a g-great start, you did w-wonderfully," Hinata said giving him a smile. Sasuke looked away.
"Hmph, lets go," he said making his way up the slope, his phone rang 'Cry me a river,' he took his phone out and sliding it up he said "Hyuuga,"
"No,"
"Sure,"
"I don't know? Did Nara say?
"He never picks up"
"He doesn't ring either,"
Hinata glanced at Sasuke's back, as she came to the slope, her foot kept on sliding and she saw that Sasuke seemed to have a good grip with his trainers unlike her own sandals that did not have much of a grip.
"What are you doing?"
"Hinata, what are you doing?" Sasuke repeated he seemed to have finished on the phone.
"Eh, g-gomen nasai, i-I didn't know y-you were t-talking to m-me," Hinata said blushing in embarrassment.
"So what are you doing?" Sasuke asked haughtily. Hinata mumbled something as she stood at the bottom of the slope, "what?" Sasuke said, the wind was blowing away from him so he hadn't heard.
"I-I c-cant get u-up, m-my sandals a-are s-slipping," Hinata said as she slipped once again, someone grabbed her arm, she looked up surprised at Sasuke, he was looking at her a haughty look on his face.
"hurry up," he said arrogantly as he pulled her up the slope, his own foot skidding at one time, Hinata looked at his back and thought 'he's not that scary' she smiled without realizing.
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A/N: I love sasuhina parts! -feels like crying- its over though…hmm maybe if anyone else liked it, I can make another chapter or two all about sasuhina, XD well Jane for now.