From His Eyes To Hers
Part 3: Extinct Touch
"Oh no he's waking up!" Hinata said
Struck with fear, Hinata was in the wolf's den. Regardless of this room being hers, she wanted out. Too late too much time has passed for her to try and run out the front or back door, so her next best choice was the closet. Jumping in with no hesitation at all she hid herself hoping she would not be found. She was breathing hard. Looking out of the small slits of the door she saw Sasuke awaking.
Sasuke awoke in a semi-light filled room, It hurt his eyes. Blinking a few times to focus his eyes better. The room he was in was something different. Hard wooden floor, with a small table and a desk with scrolls and drawers and a mirror on the side. It was a connecting bedroom to a bathroom, this room was pretty huge in size. He looked at himself, he was missing some cloth on his legs. In fact he was wearing very high shortcuts. What did he do when he was escaping? What indeed had given him the idea to wear such clothes and without a shirt. Now he was in a nice house and in a bed half naked. This was worse than waking up in a tree next to bird.
Hinata watched from the shadows, Sasuke wasn't looking to good. With each passing minute he was turning a shade lighter. It seemed he started to sweat.
Sasuke with so many ideas can only figure that he ended up in some pyscho's house when he fell unconscious. If that pyscho had helped him, Sasuke was wanting to get out of the premises to be far away from such a place. Then he heard a noise.
"Don't tell me that just happened" Hinata thought when a small box fell over in her closet it seemed she moved a little too much backwards and fulfilled her doom. She looked back at the slits to see a pair of red eyes staring back at her white ones.
"Eekk!" Hinata squeaked
With a quick motion the closet was open and Sasuke had saw who the little noise maker was.
Sasuke with his deep scary as hell, one of a kind stare had Hinata frozen. She was still and was in shock. Her breathing was speeding up her, heart pounding and the feeling to desperately get away was getting stronger.
"Was it you?" Sasuke spoke to the scare little mouse
Hinata could barely move, her mouth not listening to her mind and her mind not listening to her body's will. All she could do was just sit and stare at what she had saved.
"Was it you? Hirito?" Sasuke said once more this time more demanding
"Hirito? Who in the world was Hirito?" Hinata thought
"Was his eyesight that bad? Did we ever have a Hirito in the village?" she thought again
All of this was too much, he remembered her name at kakashi's place. And now she was Hirito….
Then she cracked a smile
This turned into a giggle.
After that moment it turned into laughter.
"Hi-Hirito? Ha ha" Hinata laughed
Sasuke just continued to stare at her while she enjoyed her little moment of laughter. Then Sasuke understood why she was laughing. He was still sleepy and when he is sleepy he tends to slur his words a bit and then they become mispronunciations. He always hated that about him, most of the time when he awoke that happened. He's brother alwa-
"Brother" Sasuke thought
"Itachi Uchiha" he thought once more
His eyes turned to a darker crimson, the rage rapidly started to fill his mind of images of long ago and recently.
The grip he was holding on the door started to crack the wood.
Hinata took notice of this and immediately snapped out of her laughter. Sasuke was looking at the floor. She felt uneasy and the fear from earlier started to return but bigger this time. She started to shake and in this closet it wasn't helping to calm her down. Suddenly Sasuke's intense stare went from the floor to her eyes. Hinata's heart stopped.
"Where did the sleeping Sasuke go?" She thought
Sasuke was starting to breathe heavy and his face turned shadier. Then his other hand was flat on the floor.
Hinata's hand out of a reflex grabbed his hand and squeezed it. Sasuke's eyes changed to his dark blue eyes in a flash. He glanced down at his hand and saw that Hinata was still shaking.
"I'm doing all sorts of dares in the last 12 hours" Hinata believed
But it was a reflex she had, whenever she was scared to death she grabbed the nearest thing for comfort. It was a bad habit for it showed her fear as a shinboi and that was another weakness that added to her already long list.
Realizing that she held a little longer than needed she pulled away and held her other hand near her chest. Looking upon the Sasuke who had apparently frozen himself.
"I'm-I'm sor-sor-sorry" Hinata murmured
Her speech was horrible, everything she tried to get rid of was coming back like a flood all her bad habits.
Sasuke glanced up again he went into a sitting position instead of a crouching position. He was thinking.
"What was that?" Sasuke thought
"It was like electricity, but it didn't hurt. I swear my hand went up in flames, but no fire" He recalled
"What did you do to me? Hinata" Sasuke said still looking at his hand
"I-I –didn't –do-any-anything—Sasuke" Hinata replied
"No you did something, did you place a jutsu on my hand?" He asked
"Jutsu? A jutsu? Really? All I did was touch you out of fear!" Hinata thought
"No I –did –no-not" She whispered
Confused Sasuke just looked at his hand and then he put it down and began his famous stare at Hinata.
Out of nowhere a really loud growl came from Sasuke
Hinata just stared back at Sasuke and then looked at his stomach.
"Don't mind it" Sasuke said and broke the awkward silence
Hinata looked at the sun's position's it was 7:30am, breakfast was on its way.
"Are you-you hungry?" Hinata asked
"I said don't mind it" Sasuke repeated
Hinata then got the idea that Sasuke was moody because he hasn't eaten since he's been here.
Then a knock at the door
"Miss Hinata! Miss Hinata! Would you like breakfast?" A worker of the house spoke
Hinata's face turned pale.
"Can-can you leave it by the door?" She politely asked
"Still not feeling well Miss Hinata? I left some medicine on the side as well, I would like to check your condition, I'm coming in" She said
"It loves to get worse around here" Hinata thought
Hinata jumped up and sprinted towards the door sidestepping Sasuke and straight to the door. As soon as it opened Hinata spread her hands up in the air and covered her room and then snapped the door's shut and she was outside.
"Please tell me you did not see him, Please tell me you did not see him" She repeated over and over in her mind
"Yes?" She said
The maid checked her temperature and advised that she should take it because she looked a little pale and handed her breakfast that consisted of oatmeal and water and some herbal tea and an apple.
Hinata took the tray and thanked her and waited till she left the corridor and then went back inside.
Sasuke had moved from where he was.
"Where did he go?" Hinata thought
She placed the tray on the table and proceeded to go to the back door and looked sideways for any traces.
"That's what I get for leaving and Ex-ninja alone" She muttered
"Left who alone?" Sasuke said standing right behind her eating the apple that was breakfast
"Eeepp!" She jumped and closed the back door.
Then quickly took notice of how close he was and without a shirt and high shortcuts
She slowly turned red
"Excuse me" she said and tried to squeeze away from him.
"That's a first" Sasuke thought
Usually a girl would grab him and try to eat him alive, but she wanted away?
There was a particular trait about her that he tried to remember, but what was it?
It'll come back sooner or later. For now he moved away and finished the apple and went to the bathroom.
"Keep it together, you're ok , you're still alive" She said to herself
Sasuke Uchiha was cold shouldered and not very sociable. Not that she wanted to be buddy with buddy with him in the first place. Why is he still here? Shouldn't there be mass murder by now? It Amazed Hinata that after hearing so much about Sasuke in recent talks that he was not showing much violence at all. He was walking in her room like he owned the place.
Now was her chance, she could scream and call for help. Was it a smart Idea though? If she battled him she surely be creamed and everyone else? More than likely people would die. The people who really stood a chance were Neji and Father. Even then she didn't want to chance it.
Then Sasuke appeared once more, Hinata jumped a little due to her dark thoughts.
He casually walked over to the table and sat down and decided to eat the oatmeal. After the first bite his face went a little sour. Hinata thought what made him do that?
"Is there sugar in here?" He asked Hinata
"No ju-just a little hon-honey" Hinata answered
Sasuke stopped eating it and put it back on the table and began to drink the water.
"Do-do you not like sweet- th-things?" Hinata questioned
She liked sweets just not too much of it, but she only ate honey because of overhearing a rumor about eating honey will make you more attractive to the one you like. Of course after eating it for about 4 months nothing has happened between her and Naruto.
"Hn?" Sasuke responded
"He wasn't listening" Hinata assumed
"Don't go anywhere" Hinata asked
"Are you ordering me?" Sasuke glared
Hinata not wanting to argue just left out the door and before she could get to the end of the hallway. A tall figure loomed over her.
"I'll ask again were you ordering me…." Sasuke really demanded and answer
Hinata not expecting it started to walk backwards, Sasuke wanting that answer, grabbed her waist and dragged her close. Hinata started squirming to get free but even though he's not 100% he was still strong.
He leaned his face closer.
Hinata heard footsteps coming, he heart skipped a beat or maybe two.
"I'm a goner." She thought
As if Sasuke wasn't close enough he leaned in even closer and Hinata started to change color swiftly.
"I- I-I…..it was a Suggestion!" She stammered
Sasuke feeling accomplished, retreated back to the room and Hinata could only stand for so long. Her knees buckled and she was still bright red and met Neji at the turn of the hallway.
"Hinata? Are you alright?" Neji said assisting her to get back on her feet.
"Hn? Uh OH yeah I'm fine…"she responded
"Thank you Neji" she gave a weak smile and regained her balance and went back to walking down the hallway a little slower.
"It seems her sickness is not going to let up anytime today" He said and continued to walk back to the courtyard.
Hinata started to pick up the pace and had to go to the kitchen to find something for her and Sasuke to eat. There was still the oatmeal he ate, but she didn't want to remind herself of what she had done earlier this morning for Sasuke to get better. If she did it would be and indirect Kis- No no no it was not a kis-…..it was not physical contact. That sounded worse but she decided to call it that. I'm still pure and it was not even real, does it count if it was a life and death situation and if the guy was not even conscious at the time?
Hinata sighed and found herself at the doors of the kitchen. She knocked and waited for a response.
"Hello? Anyone there?" She asked
She opened the door and no one was in sight
"I guess I'll let myself in?" she said to herself
Looking around she was looking for the oatmeal and quickly made two bowls and then took and ice pack and a small towel and headed back to her room. The time now was 8:48am. She made it back to the room without running into anyone.
She opened the door and set the things on the table, the back door was slightly open.
"Sasu-" before she could even finish
There he was standing there with some new clothes. They looked familiar, but where has she seen them before?
"Are those Neji's clothes?" she asked
" I dunno just grabbed them from about 7 doors down. After hopping the wall and back." He replied
"Why come back?" she thought
Sasuke caught sight of the oatmeal and went over and started eating the plain one. Hinata grabbed her bowl and went outside and ate in the peace of her personal garden. She inhaled the air and exhaled slowly. Her mind went through so much catastrophe this morning, she pondered on how lucky she was to have made it though.
Sasuke stood at the door holding the ice pack and towel.
"Are these for me?" he asked
"Yes, you-your throat is bruised…I just thought it-mi-might help to-reduce-th-the swelling" she spoke
"Hm?" Sasuke thought about it and then let it dropped to the floor
"I don't need your pity" he said coldly and walked outside and into the garden and then jumped over the wall and into the forest behind.
"It was a suggestion" she whispered
The wind started to blow and a slight drizzle came down. Hinata remained at her spot and saw the tiny crystals fall to earth to bring a shine to the life that was growing.
Then a bell begun to ring, it was the alarm bell it meant everyone to go to the courtyard for a quick meeting. Hinata got up and put her dishes on the table and mad her way to the courtyard. Though the hallway she remember all that happened in the last 12 hours.
"Did it all happen?" she thought
She arrived at the courtyard and everyone was already there. Her Father was making a speech.
"Be on the Alert, it seems that word has arrived that Sasuke Uchiha has escaped." He said
"From now on My daughters will be always watched, and others will increase the security around here" he said once more
Others started to talk about the escape and starting rumors around the Hyuga household.
Hinata could only think that Sasuke for his own safety should not return, not that he would anyway. This feeling of him leaving made her feel unsteady.
"Shouldn't I be calm now? He can't hurt anyone around here…can he?" Hinata shook off the thought and started her departure to her room hoping that the Uchiha would not return for a second visit.