Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any aspect of it, it all belongs to Masashi Kishimoto

A Scarlet Exchange

Hinata could not remember the last time she had slept so good, maybe it was because dinner with Sasuke was the highlight of her night or maybe it was dinner with him was one of the best times she had had in a long time. She rolled over in the king sized bed, rubbing her eyes like a child and lifted up. Some of her indigo tresses were stuck to her face and others were disheveled. The house was still and Hinata climbed out of bed. Sasuke's pajamas engulfed, they smelled like fresh cologne and she couldn't believe she was wearing a man's clothes! Hinata opened the guest door, there was no smell of breakfast nor any signs of the Uchiha. She smiled to herself and wondered what she could do.

This was not her home.

She couldn't just sit on his couch and watch television like it was nothing. Hinata patted her hair down to look presentable and she shuffled to his bedroom. She contemplated whether or not to knock but she had to get to work soon and what if he slept late? She could just leave a note, where was a pen and paper? What if he saw her and thought she was invading his belongings?

Finally gathering enough courage, Hinata lifted up her fist and knocked very lightly on the door. There was no response and she bit her lower lip, knocking again. There was no response and she licked her dry lips,

"Sasuke..?" She said lowly. "It's me…Hinata." All of the sudden, there was a huge crash and Hinata gasped as the sound came closer and closer. The door yanked open as Sasuke looked at her with a surprised expression and his hair was all over the place. His pants settled low on his waist and he had no shirt on, revealing his muscular upper torso.

Hinata's eyes flickered to his chest and then back at his face where she saw a smirk spread across his face. She turned ten shades of red, covered her face in embarrassment and she looked down. Hinata fumbled with her fingers, nervously.

"Morning." Sasuke said, keeping the same sly smirk on his face.

"M-morning." Hinata greeted. "I-I was wondering about… b-breakfast, would y-you like me to make it?" She heard Sasuke suck in his teeth and looked up to see him throw his head back and rub the back of his neck. He cursed to himself and yawned.

"I am a fucking idiot." Sasuke grumbled.

"W-what?" Hinata looked at him, perplexed.

"I slept in." Sasuke stated. "I am not used to having company over." He opened up his door, grabbing the nearest black shirt and slipped it on. Hinata caught a glimpse of his bedroom, it was the cleanest one she had ever seen for a guy and Sasuke turned back to her.

"Looks like I was right about my pajamas." Hinata giggled and she tucked her hair behind her ear. His pants had to be rolled twice at the waist just to fit her and his shirt did no justice to seeing her silhouette. "Did you sleep fine?"

"Yes, t-thank you. The bed was really c-comfortable." Hinata said with a warm smile.

"Yeah, Naruto is a drama king. He always bitches when things are uncomfortable like if he's hungry… etc. That bed is about the only thing that shuts him up." Sasuke sighed. "And about breakfast, we won't be eating breakfast here, I'm going to take you out somewhere."

Hinata looked at him, shocked and she pursed her lips. "T-that's too much. You don't h-have to."

"When do you have to go to work?" Sasuke questioned as he rummaged through his dresser, she could see he was insistent on taking her out and it made her chest fill with a certain warmth. Hinata had a break from her modeling today, usually Kurenai and Jiraya got together at the middle of the week and collaborated what the next issue should feature besides his new line. She could also go into the bakery a little later, she had saved up time.

"Not till later, b-but if I had to c-choose a time no later t-than eleven."

"I see. I'll drive you back home when we're done." Sasuke stated. "Where do you want to go?" Hinata hated to choose, she didn't want to pick a place he didn't like and she bit the inside of her cheek.

"There is a small diner down the street. It's called Usui's Morning Rise." Hinata stated. "T-that is a good p-place."

"Yeah, I go there all the time for coffee." Hinata stared at him, baffled and he smirked. "Never thought you'd have so much in common with a stripper huh?" Hinata shook her head and frowned.

"I-I don't think that." She watched an amused expression come across Sasuke's face and he sauntered up to her, poking her forehead.

"Relax. I'm kidding. Be ready in ten or I will just come in however you're dressed." Hinata squeaked and she heard him chuckle.

"I'll t-take your pajamas home and w-wash them."

"Hn. And wash your face, you have drool all over it." Hinata covered her mouth and ran to the guest bedroom, closing the door behind her.

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The Uchiha stared at the closed guest bedroom door and a smirk played on his lips. The way she frowned was pretty damn cute and normally, he would have cursed out anyone who dared to wake him up but he didn't mind her.

Plus, it was kind of hot seeing her in his pajamas.

He chuckled to himself and headed for the shower. The way her cheeks flushed red was also kind of cute, Sasuke clicked his tongue.

He could honestly say, he could see himself having it bad for this girl. The Uchiha took a quick shower and put on a black hoodie with a dark pair of jeans. The phone rang on his dresser, he picked it up and answered.

"What?" He hissed.

"Who the hell answers the phone like that?" his boss questioned.

"I'm busy. What do you want?"

"Ladies night tonight so bring you're A game."

"Yeah. Whatever. What time you want me to be there?"

"Be here about six o'clock."

"Fine. Bye." His boss was such a pain in the ass. The Uchiha shoved his phone in his pocket and opened the door. Hinata was sitting on the couch, her legs were pulled up against her chest and she perked up at the sight of him. His pajamas were folded up on her lap to take home.

"You ready?" Hinata nodded and she followed him out. The Uchiha opened up his car door for her and climbed in. The diner wasn't crowded when they arrived and Sasuke walked in with Hinata at his side. The greeter was an agitating girl, bubbly and trying her best to win Sasuke over by bating her eyelashes.

He ignored her advances, she paled in comparison to the woman next to him.

"How may I help you?" The greeter asked as a flirtatious smile spread across her full lips.

"Whatever my girl wants." Sasuke beckoned to Hinata. Hinata looked at him surprised and then she turned red.

"Ano... c-can you please give u-us a booth?"

"Yeah sure." The girl grumbled, storming into a quieter area of the diner.

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Hinata sat down next to Sasuke at the booth, the greeter gave them their menus and left to go help incoming customers.

"Glad she left." The Uchiha stated, throwing his arm behind Hinata and his hand rested on the top of her side of the booth. Hinata couldn't believe he had called her his girl, the more she thought about it, the more it made her smile.

"Can s-split the check half and half." Hinata said shyly. "I-I feel bad if you spend this all o-on me…" Sasuke stared at the petite woman next to him, quietly and she shifted in her seat as a silence was exchanged between the two.

"Hn. Whatever, do what you want. I'm going to order coffee." The waitress came, Hinata ordered a green tea and Sasuke ordered black coffee. She looked at the menu, debating what to order and her eyes flickered to the traditional Japanese breakfast section.

"W-what are you going to e-eat?"

"A rice omelet." Sasuke stated. "And you?"

"Okonomiyaki."

"Hn." Hinata ordered her breakfast and took a sip of her green tea.

"I-I was thinking maybe w-we could do dinner at my house next time." Hinata offered. Sasuke nodded.

"I wouldn't mind that." She heard him mumble lowly. "So do you live alone?"

"Un."

"I see. Why is that?" Sasuke questioned, cocking an eyebrow.

"Independence" Hinata admitted, tracing the circular top of the cup with her finger. She could feel Sasuke's eyes on her, making her face heat up and she looked at him from underneath his eyelashes.

"Overbearing parents huh?"

"No, my father isn't like t-that." Hinata said, chewing her bottom lip. "I-It's just…. h-he expects a lot f-from me." The last part of her sentence was rather mousy.

"Disappointment is something that I know quite well." Sasuke said, taking another sip of his coffee. Hinata looked up at him baffled but he just looked off in some distance. His eyebrows furrowed together into a hard scowl and he seemed to be in deep thought.

A pregnant silence was exchanged between the two.

"Ano… do you like f-festivals?" Hinata asked, trying to break the silence.

"Never been to one." Sasuke said flatly. Hinata's parted and she stared at him, taken aback. Sasuke snorted, reaching over a hand and poked her forehead. "Don't give me that look." A smirk spread across his face.

"H-how come?" A perplexed expression came across her face.

"I don't like people."

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"Oh." She mouthed. Sasuke saw a bit of disappointment flicker in her eyes and he ran his hands through his hair.

"Why?"

"Well….." Hinata began, very timidly. "I-I got invited with some f-friends to Konoha's Annual Spring Festival and wanted to know i-if you would like to come with me."
"As your boyfriend?" He questioned. A cocky smirk settled on his lips.

"I-I…" He watched her face turned ten shades of red. Just in time, the waitress came and brought them their food. Sasuke decided he would let Hinata off for now…. He didn't want her to have a heart attack.

Sasuke ate his rice omelet and Hinata pushed her plate towards him, smiling.

"W-would you like to try some?" Sasuke studied her for a moment and then, dove his fork in. He did not expect to but the two of them ending up sharing each other's meals.

Afterwards, he drove her back to her apartment.

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Hinata pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down her boss's phone number. "H-here is my boss's phone number, c-call her and I-I am sure you can get the advertising job."

"Thanks." Sasuke took the piece of paper and pulled out his phone, storing it. Hinata bit her lip, thinking about what he said at the diner about inviting him at the festival as his boyfriend. She tried to hide her smile at the thought of it but it proved to be no avail.

"What are you happy about?" The question snapped her out of her thoughts and she stared into dark obsidian eyes.

"I-I had a g-great time." Hinata admitted. "Um… d-do you want to come t-to the festival with me?"

"As your boyfriend, fine. I guess I can." Sasuke sighed heavily. Hinata smiled at him warmly and placed her hand on the door handle.

"I-I will see you later o-on today?"

"Yeah, I'll probably come by and see you." She giggled and nodded. She got out of her car, heading up the stairs and waved at Sasuke as he drove off. She wondered how to explain how Sasuke and she met since she was bringing him to the festival.

And almost as if fate was sensing her dilemma, her phone rang in her pocket and the caller ID read: Sakura Haruno. She answered.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Ino and I were bringing dates to the Konoha Annual Spring Festival, do you want us to set you up with one of Kiba's friends?"

"I-I'm bringing someone." Hinata tucked her hair behind her ear. There was a silence on the other end of the line and then an outburst of "Who!" from Ino.

"Is he hot?" Sakura questioned.

"I….I…" Hinata was a loss for words.

"When did you meet him?" Ino now asked on the other end of the line.

"A while ago."

"Well, we can't wait to meet him, Hinata. I just wanted to get the schedule right because I'm getting slammed at the hospital right now and needed to put in the time off. I figured we could go the first three days it comes." Sakura explained

"S-sounds good."

"Great. See you and your mystery hottie then." Hinata pursed her lips, trying not to laugh as Ino struggled for the phone and Sakura hung up after an exchange of words between the two. She threw Sasuke's pajamas in the washer, changed into her work clothes and headed for work.

Luckily, Hinata arrived at work before eleven and Mayumi smiled at her. "Good morning, Ms. Hinata, how are you today?"

"Great." Was the only thing Hinata could think of.

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As Sasuke stripped for some of the women, his mind wandered on a particular female and he smirked to himself. He was definitely going to get off early today. A woman ran her hands down his chest and pouted, licking her lips.

"I wish I was that woman you're thinking about." She cooed. Sasuke scoffed.

"You wouldn't compare." He hissed as her eyes rolled when his hips rolled against hers. On his break, he called Hinata's boss and landed the advertising job for the bakery. He knew Hinata would be elated to hear that.

And the more he thought about her, the more he was determined to kiss those peach lips of hers. He worked for three hours and then headed for the bakery, grabbing a book from his backseat. It had been collecting dust for a couple of weeks. Sasuke made sure Hinata saw him, her cheeks turned a rose color as she waved at him shyly and he sat in the corner. The Uchiha didn't order anything but pulled out a book, he had been meaning to read.

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When work was finished, Hinata walked up to Sasuke's table and Sasuke sat down his book.

"Done already?" he questioned.

"W-what book are you r-reading?"

"A war book."

"Oh." He placed money on the table and shoved his hands in his pockets. Hinata couldn't believe he stayed here the whole time! She followed him out near their cars.

"I got the job advertising for the bakery." Sasuke informed.

"That's g-great!"

"Well, it is thanks to you." Sasuke stated. Hinata waved her hands in front of her.

"No, I-I didn't do anything." The Uchiha rolled his eyes and he grabbed her hand. She gasped, he got up and raised an eyebrow.

"You don't know how to take a compliment do you?"

"No, I-I…."

"Don't know how to take a compliment." Sasuke finished. Hinata opened her mouth again to object but Sasuke's look of "come on, say something" made her giggle. Hinata gasped as Sasuke took her hand again and she backed into her car. Her heart sped rapidly as Sasuke leaned in and she held her breath. Their mouths were inches apart from each other's, Hinata heard the door to bakery shut and she hid her face in his shoulder.

He growled. "You afraid your coworkers or customers are going to see?"

"N-no." Hinata managed to get out. Sasuke pressed his lips against hers, it was rough at first and they broke the kiss. Hinata gasped for air but Sasuke didn't allow for much breath. He pressed his lips against hers again, it was much softer at first and Sasuke poked her nose after they were finished.

"You look like you're about to faint."

"I-I'm fine." Hinata whispered. She couldn't ignore the fiery tickle on her lips resulting from their kiss and Sasuke chuckled, pressing his lips against hers one more time. Hinata couldn't describe the feeling of being kissed by him but, if she had to put it in words.

It was the feeling of being on cloud nine.

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