Okay, the last chapter wasn't that great (I mean, even though no one said it, it was worse than the first two), I was sick when I wrote it. Granted, I'm still sick and that would be the only reason you're getting an update so soon, but I'm bored. Anyway, I would like to thank all of you who have reviewed my story! Thank you! (Oh, and in case any of you read my other story "Let's Not be so Sirius" I'll be updating that as well today).
DISCLAIMER: No, I do not own Naruto. However, I do have mad ninja skills.
Uchiha Sasuke was now aware that Hyuuga Hinata was absolutely, inarguably and matchlessly crazy. Yes, he decided, that was the only option. After all, who in their right mind thought that facts were wrong? Facts were facts, I mean, that's just how it worked. If something was factual, it was true, simple as that. And, besides that, Sasuke had pride. He was the Last Uchiha. He was a genius, a prodigy, and an avenger. Sasuke would never let a girl prove him wrong. So there.
Hinata, for her part, did not think she was crazy. No, craziness was not what was keeping her awake that night. That was confusion. She was confused as to what Sasuke was thinking about her and was even more confused as to why he thought that facts were always right. Facts weren't always right. So-called-facts could be proven wrong, and that was that. Hinata decided that Sasuke really needed to broaden his horizons and with that said, her thoughts melted away into sleep.
The next day both Hinata and Sasuke were in class. Sasuke in the mind that he would not skip because of some girl (who was crazy), and Hinata, because, well…She always went to school. Every day. Unless, of course, she was sick.
And so, the day passed uneventfully. A few pointless challenges from Naruto toward Sasuke, and several confessions of love screamed into his ears before the rest of the fangirls began to claw her back into the mob. Yes, Sasuke's day was uneventful, and he didn't think of Hinata. Not once. Which was, of course, a big fat lie, but if anyone asked, that's what he'd tell them.
Hinata actually didn't think about Sasuke. Nope, not once. She blushed when Naruto spoke to her, and shyly chatted with a few of the girls in her class, ate lunch outside, then, after classes, went home. It was a perfectly normal day. And even if she had thought about Sasuke, it probably would have been thankfulness that he seemed to be back to his normal, stoic, cold self.
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"That girl is ruining me!" Sasuke yelled in his very empty compound. No, Sasuke did not talk to himself. He was too proud for that. However, if, on occasion, he felt the need to give an angsty, life-changing speech about his own life and there was no one around…well, that was something completely different altogether. And so, Sasuke proceeded to do so, with great flair and style. And if anyone else had been around, their entire outlook on life would have changed drastically. But, unfortunately, no one was around. All that genius, wasted.
Hinata sat up in her bed and sneezed before rubbing her right eye and drifting back to sleep.
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"Hinata-chan!" Naruto's voice broke into Hinata's thoughtful concentration and she turned to face him. She had been thinking about how to better a healing salve, but she stopped for Naruto.
"Y-yes, N-Naruto-kun?" she asked.
"Heh," he rubbed his head. "I sort of forgot to do the homework on poison last night, could I, maybe, copy yours?"
Hinata gave him a firm look, aware she would break, but still hoping to teach him to do his own work. But he really did just look so cute. Her face softened to his pleading look. "Oh, a-alright," she mumbled, sliding over her work for him to copy. Unaware that Sasuke was staring at her.
"Why?" the cold voice broke through the incessant chatter of the classroom, causing everyone to go silent.
Hinata turned to Sasuke. "W-what d-do you m-mean?" she asked.
"Why do you let that dobe copy your work, it's his own fault he didn't do it," Sasuke replied.
"What did you say, teme?!" Naruto looked up to ask.
"…I wasn't talking to you."
"Maybe it's because Hinata's nice, huh? You ever thought of that?!"
"…" Sasuke finally turned away. And, little by little, the classroom got louder. Iruka-sensei came in the door then and everyone sat down, preparing for the lesson.
Sasuke rubbed his head, wondering why he was so obsessed with what that girl did.
