Chapter 7: Swaying Heart

It had been several weeks since Sasuke and Hinata split up. Neither of them was quite willing to date another person, and so both continued to reject and turn down people of the opposing sex. But, Sasuke was busy at work. He appeared at the most convenient times. When Hinata dropped something one time, he casually showed up to pick it up for her. Then, he walked away before she could say anything to him. The card not too long ago had done a good job, and one night, Hinata had come to Sasuke. There was nobody else that she could go to, nobody else that she could talk to about it. Sasuke would listen to her, hear her out, and then he would talk to her. This was one such occasion.

"It's just…so pressurizing.." Hinata whispered. "I can't improve quickly if he won't let me…"
Sasuke put his hand on Hinata's shoulder.
"Don't be troubled." He said. "Your father only wants you to be strong. One day, you're going to lead the Hyuuga clan. It's a very prestigious clan, it's only natural for him to want you to be tough. That's his own sign of love for you."
Hinata sniffed.
"He keeps threatening to replace me with Hanabi…" she whispered.
"He can't replace you." Sasuke replied. "You've become strong beyond your years, training under Neji. He's made you powerful. Hanabi isn't even close to your level. Hiashi is just getting mad so that you'll work even harder. He doesn't want you to run into problems as the Hyuuga leader."

Hinata nodded, and Sasuke hugged her.
"It will be alright." He informed her. "Don't let it get to you."
Sasuke stood up.
"I have to go." He said.
As he turned to walk away, Hinata called to him.
"Sasuke…"
Sasuke stopped for a brief instant.
"I'm sorry…" she whispered. "I…"
"Enough." Sasuke said, silencing Hinata. "Your feelings aren't there, and that's why you did it. But, don't worry. I will sway your heart. I will make you mine."
With that, Sasuke looked back at Hinata, grinning at her. He never grinned, but he knew that she found confidence, and the will to never give up, attractive. It was one of the things that had originally made her like Naruto, before Sasuke had turned her away from that course.

He walked out of Hinata's room, and showed himself out of the Hyuuga Mansion. As he was leaving, Neji stopped him.
"I'm watching you, Uchiha." He said. "Don't defile Hinata-Sama."
Sasuke turned his eyes on Neji, their gaze instantly growing cold. Sasuke didn't even speak. He just glared at Neji for a few seconds, before continuing, walking away. It was all that could really be done. It wasn't until several hours later, when Sasuke was walking back since he realized that he had forgotten something, that he saw Hinata standing outside of her house, and someone else with her. It wasn't until that moment, that he realized he had more of a chance than he knew. Sasuke was going to win Hinata's heart. The next, would be a big step. He watched.

"What the hell do you mean, NO?" the boy demanded. "YOU WENT OUT WITH A DESERTER LIKE UCHIHA SASUKE, BUT YOU WON'T EVEN GIVE A NORMAL GUY LIKE ME A CHANCE? ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE BITCHES THAT'S ONLY INTO POWER? IS THAT IT? IS THAT WHY?"
"N..no.." Hinata stammered. "I..it's not like that! It's just.."
"JUST WHAT? WHY DON'T I EVEN GET A CHANCE?" the boy shouted.
He had a muscular build for a civilian. He had a red sweater on, and gray pants. His hair was a rough dirty blonde, and his eyes were a creamy gray. His face wasn't the most attractive, but it wasn't the ugliest either. He was just one of those middle people.
"I..I'm sorry.." Hinata muttered.
"SORRY? YOU'RE SORRY? DID YOU EVEN TAKE MY FEELINGS INTO CONSIDERATION? DO YOU EVEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHO YOU HURT? OR ARE YOU JUST TOO GOOD FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE YOU'RE PRACTICALLY A PRINCESS?"
"I don't mean to! I'm not like that!"
"I've had enough of you."

The boy drew back his fist, and hurled it forward. Sasuke instantly moved as a blur. In the blink of an eye, he was directly in front of Hinata just as the fist connected. Sasuke's face took the punch. It was a strong punch, but he didn't go down. Blood was taken from his lip.
"My lip is busted." Sasuke noted. He looked coldly at the boy. "You were going to hit a girl this hard?"
"Beat it." The boy said, though his eyes did show some fear.
"The reason Hinata turned you down is because you're this kind of scum." Sasuke said. His sharingan materialized in his eyes as he glared down at the shorter boy. "Now get lost…"
The boy instantly ran away, frightened by Sasuke, and the power that Sasuke obviously was not afraid to use, should he continue to fight.

"If you're all right now", Sasuke said, turning around, "I'll be going."
Hinata stopped Sasuke by running up to him.
"Wait!" she exclaimed, wrapping her arms around Sasuke, hugging him from behind.
"Thank you…" Hinata whispered.
Sasuke did not reply.
"I…well..maybe…I want to be with you again, Sasuke." She said. "I want another chance with you."
"That can be arranged", Sasuke said.

Author's Note: Obviously, I was really low on muse for this chapter. Hence why it's short. Now, why was I low on muse? Because I was stupid enough to try writing two chapters consecutively. But hey, a chapter is better than no chapter. Also, nobody really sent me suggestions for getting Hinata to be wooed, so I had nothing to go on but my imagination. Sorry, I'm not that much into cheesy romance. So yeah, hope you enjoyed the chapter. Things are getting spicy soon.

Update: Whoops. I got a review, but I got it too late. It got sent in right after this post. Thanks to Ppeach2 for the review, sorry I couldn't use it. Or can I? Yeah, I still have an idea for how to use it, just not with the festival thing. They already went to something like that.