Here It is! I Know I took forever! I'm truly sorry….

Chapter 4: Why Now?

Sasuke was walking through Hinata's apartment early the next morning. He spent the night because he worried how Hinata was going to be due to the events that occurred the day before. And in all honesty, he didn't feel like being alone, though he would never admit it to himself. He looked at the clock and saw it was 9 a.m. He scratched the top of his head and yawned. He walked to the bathroom, but as he opened the door his face flushed a crimson red.

"E-Eh Good Morning…"

Hinata watched as Sasuke just starred at her fellow coworker, her face became insanely red, to the point she couldn't hold it in any longer.

"GET OUT!" She yelled while throwing a roll of toilet paper at him, he slammed the door behind him and couldn't help but have a smirk come across his face. He began to walk from the bathroom.

"I swear, Naruto could really be a moron. " He said while he walked to the opposite direction.

Sakura and Naruto

Naruto was getting ready to leave and find Hinata and tell her everything. He looked behind him and saw a girl standing behind the couch.

"Hey Sakura good morning"

"Hey Naruto..what's up?"

"Getting ready to find her, you okay?"

"No Not really.."

"Why what's going on?"

"I don't think youll be okay once I tell you.."

"Sakura what is it?"

"So I was talking to Ino, who was talking to Tenten the other day and-"

"Why do you always listen-"

"Naruto! Tenten works with Hinata, so of course she knows whats going on in the office."

"Wait, whats going on in the office?" Naruto looked confused, a part of him was afraid to hear the news.

"Sasuke and Hinata are together.." At that moment Naruto felt as if his world was crumbling before him. He stopped moving.

"Naruto I-"

"No.." He continued putting his shoes on.

"What do you mean no?"

"I refuse to believe it"

"But they said-"

"They said Sasuke was involved in a shooting overseas, but was he? No, so I want to see if this is true, with my own eyes, and if it is, I'll stop." Sakura smiled at him.

"Your right…"

"Go out, get Sasuke, and show him the truth, as I will with Hinata."

"Naruto, when did you become so smart?"

"Once I broke our engagement" He said as he walked through the door. She laughed.

"That makes two of us!"

Hinata and Sasuke

After the long and awkward morning, both Sasuke and Hinata got into his car and headed to work. He looked to the side as he was driving and looked at Hinata's face.

"What's wrong?" She didn't answer. He sighed, "If it's about this morning-"

"No" She said with a little laughter leaving her. "I just, I just wasn't expecting to see Naruto, or talk to him, let alone know he is getting married…" She stood looking at her hands in her lap. "It was just ,really unexpected you know?"

"Trust me I understand" He said while turning into their office parking lot. "Do you think I was expecting to see Sakura at all?"

"Well that's true." She said while tucking a piece of hair behind her ear. "On top of that, both of them getting married…to each other."

"hn…" Sasuke couldn't help but think of the look he saw in her eyes, it was the same look she had when he left her a while back.

"Sasuke-"

"Come on, we can't be late..Tsunade will kill us." He said coldly while getting out the car. Hinata sighed at her friends' action towards her.

She got out the car and closed the door behind her. She sighed and began to walk to the entrance of their job. She was lost in thought until she felt a tap on her shoulder. She looked to see who it was , as she looked at the young girl with two buns on her head, she smiled.

"Hey Tenten"

"Hey Hinata, how has everything been?"

"Its been fine I guess.."

"Is there something you been meaning to tell me?"

"Huh what do you mean?"

"Like about a certain someone"

"Do you mean-"

"Sasuke!

"W-what about him?"

"That stutter says it all!" Tenten yelled.

"What wait no!" Hinata panicked.

"Don't try hiding it from me young Hyuuga!"

"No Tenten really!"

"Everyone knows Hinata! Everyone in the office has been talking about it, well is it official?" She smirked at her. Hinata didn't answer, she grunted and walked away. "Let me know!" She yelled as she watched her friend walk off.

'I need to find Sasuke…Ugh I can't believe this!' She yelled to herself. "Where could he be?" Hinata searched all throughout the office for him. She saw the time was flying by, that she decided to give up and go to her desk. She sighed in defeat; she took out her phone and text Sasuke to meet her at a little café around their break. She began to go through some paper work, she kept getting the occasional 'You go girl! I didn't know you had it in you!' or the 'How is he' which frankly disturbed her. Was that all were on her co workers minds? She looked at the time and thanked god it was after 1. She was able to go take her break. She got up from her desk while trying to avoiding stupid comments.

As she was walking to the café, she was so lost in thought she didn't hear anyone call her name behind her. She was startled as she felt a hand touch her shoulder. She looked behind her, and she felt as if her breath was caught in her throat. She looked at him, not knowing whether to feel surprised and happy, or to be angry and want to kick him where it hurts.

"Hinata! I been looking for you all day! Look we need to talk"

"Don't you think we did enough talking yesterday?" Remarked Hinata.

"Okay look I know I deserved that, and everything you said yesterday, I messed up big time, not only yesterday but throughout our entire relationship." Hinata was about to speak. "No let me finish, I wasn't ready to have someone so wonderful in my life, Hinata, you were" he paused. "You are, everything a wife should be, and I apologize for not noticing that sooner.." She looked at him with shock, she couldn't believe what's she was hearing. " Hinata, I love you and-"

"Oi Hinata" Said a man in a cold voice known throughout Konoha. Her eyes grew wide as his hands went around her waist.

"W-what-"Before she could finish, Sasuke voiced a shut up to her.

"Hey Dope, long time no see, how has everything been?" Said Sasuke with a smirk on his face. He watched as Naruto's heart crumbled at his words. "Heard about the wedding, congrats, I was thinking about proposing to this cutie-"

"STOP!" Hinata yelled and pushed away from Sasuke. "Why are you-" before she could finish her statement and tell Naruto the truth he looked down and began to speak.

"So…I see the rumors aren't a lie, well I'm glad you're happy.."

"Naruto no please its nothing-"

"You know the saying, what goes around comes around eh?"

"Naruto please"

"See ya around!" He walked off with his hands in his pocket. He now understood a good percent of the heart break Naruto has given Hinata.

Hinata was about to run after him but Sasuke grabbed her wrist. "Let me go!"

"Hinata, look what you are doing! All you're doing is running back into his arms and for what? For him to hurt you again!" yelled Sasuke. He never yelled, but when he did, it meant it was serious. He didn't want her to be hurt again.

"Sasuke, I know what may happen, but I can't let him get away!"

"Hinata stop being a fool!"

"He was a fool when you got locked up over sea!" She yelled, "When that shooting happened, Naruto packed his bags and went to get you out! He was the only fool who believed in you!" With those words, Sasuke let go of her wrist.

"Go, be a fool…you learned from the best." And with that, Hinata ran off to find him. "I think it's time for me to suck up my pride…" He said to him self. At that moment his eyes went wide.

"Is there something you would like to explain?"

Naruto and Hinata

"Naruto!" She saw his spikey hair from a distance and ran after him. "Naruto please wait!" He finally stopped and she caught up to him, she was out of breath but she still managed to smile at him. "Naruto I-"

"What." He said coldly.

"Why-"

"What else do you possibly need to tell me" He said as he looked at the ground.

"Naruto please give me a cha-"

"I think I saw and heard enough from you and Sasuke-"

"I didn't say one word!"

"but you sure showed it-"

"You know Naruto, why do you do this!"

"Do What!"

"Never give me a chance!" Naruto knew exactly what words meant. He started to walk away.

"Don't walk away from me! I had enough of you walking away!"

"What!"

"Why! Why did you tell me this today, all of a sudden?" Naruto looked up at her with eyes filled with tears. She never saw such sadness before.

"Because I realized I was wrong, I realized what an idiot I have been for all these years! Knowing you loved me since we were young, it scared me, and so I still held on to someone who I thought I would be safe with! I thought you would hurt me; I thought you would leave because you would come to your senses and realize I'm not the man you think I am! I was scared, and my coward ness hurt you! I always knew you were wonderful, I knew you were a man's dream, but I didn't think I can handle it, I didn't want to open myself to you, and end up getting hurt!"

"If you would have given me a chance!" She couldn't do it anymore; she was tired of trying to be strong. If you would have opened up, you would of saw that I'm nothing like you thought I was! I thought you, out of all people would know that! Everyone always knew I cared for you, since we were young! Ahh!" She yelled in frustration. "Why does any of this matter? You are marrying Sakura soon.."

"No.."

"What?" She said shocked.

"I broke off the wedding with her.."

"Why.."

"Because not only me, we both realized this was wrong, this is not what we wanted, we wanted to be with the person who knew us inside and out. We were both cowards and hey, misery likes company right?" He sighed. "I know it doesn't matter what I say, hey you can hate me for all I know, and may never want to talk to me again. But, I need you to know everything, I need you to know that I love you, so much and I was always afraid to be the guy you wanted."

"Naruto, you were always the guy I wanted, since the beginning.."

"Hinata-"

"Look, I think we both need a little more time to get out lives back to normal.." She looked at him.

"Thank you.."

"For what?"

"Just thank you…" She walked up to him and hugged him. His eyes grew wide as her arms tightened around his waist.

"Hinata.."He put his arms around her small frame and smiled.

"I'll see you Naruto…" She said while letting go. Naruto didn't want her to go, he wanted to keep holding her, but he had to.

"Alright.."

"We'll talk more later.." She left as Naruto watched her.

Sakura and Sasuke

"Well?"

"Sakura I-"

"I thought Uchiha's are never lost of words" She cleared her throat. "So what was going on between you and Hinata? I heard you two-"

"No, it's a stupid rumor, let me guess you heard it from Ino?"

"Heh, you remember a lot don't you.."

"Nothing is, and has not been going on between us. "

"Sasuke, what are we going to do.."

"We?"

"Yea, I want to be with you, and I think you want to be with me too right?"

"I do…"

"But I can't find it yet to forgive you…You really hurt me Sasuke, and I hurt you too.."

Sasuke looked at her for a very long time. "Why don't we start from the beginning?"

"Before we do that, I have one question.."

"Hn?"

"How come you didn't come and find me?"

"Cause I-"

"You didn't want me to be happy, if it meant being with someone else. You wanted me to be happy with you…Why did you lie?"

"I thought it be better if I just let you go.."

"For who? My world has been destroyed since you left me"

"I'm sorry…." She didn't answer. "But answer me something.."

"What is it?"

"Why Naruto?" He asked with a disgusted voice. She began to laugh.

" He has been our friend since we were young, he was like a safety post.."

" I'm the only safety post you need.."

"Sasuke…"

Ahh Its late as hell! So So Sorry! Hope you guys like it, leave your thoughts please :D Love you guys!

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