The next day was a flurry of activity for the young Uchiha. He cleaned his house, went too and from different shops all day, and stressed over the next night, he almost pulled his hair out. The village knew something was up. The Uchiha Prodigy was running around like a chicken with his head cut off. His mind seemed to be somewhere else completely. He bypassed all people, not even glancing at the girls trying to get his attention. He would usually at least sneered at them, make some rude and mean comments, and leave. But today, he didn't even hear them.
This worried the girls of the village. They were all whispering, wondering what the Uchiha was up too.
"You don't think he's planning to betray us again, do you?" One of Ino's friends was gossiping with another. The three were sitting outside the flower shop, it was Ino's lunch break.
"No, I don't think so. Maybe he found a girl!" Ino laughed, because she knew it was true. It was time for some fun, she thought.
"You really don't think?" Her friend gasped. She then got silent, plotting to kill whoever this girl was.
"Mm. He's showing all the signs of being in looove." Ino had a slight teasing note to her voice, the others missed it, but she thought it was hilarious.
"Is he?" Her other friend asked, they were all Sasuke fan girls. Well, Ino's an ex-fan girl. She had found Shikamaru, but had kept a few friends from that time in her life.
"Think about it. He's running around like a madman, and he LOOKS nervous. And who the hell is going to eat ALL that food! He barely eats himself, so what's up with that? His mind is completely elsewhere. He runs his hands through his heir about fifty million times an hour! Yep. He's got to have fallen, and fallen hard." Ino almost snickered at the looks on her friends faces. They really did need to let him go. She loved her friends, and hoped him getting married helped heal them of the infatuation she was all to familiar with.
"Oh. My. God." Her friends said at the same time, then dashed off. Ino did laugh then, she knew they were calling an 'emergency Sasuke meeting' right now. She laughed harder, wishing she could be there to see all their faces, especially Sakura's.
"We have news that may jeopardize the WHOLE organization!" One girl yelled, being the spokesman for the others. They all gasped. She stood on a chair.
"We have, from sources we know to be good. That Uchiha Sasuke, is in.." She paused, looking pained to say it. "Love." The other girls screamed in outrage, some cried, some even fainted. Sakura was among the ones screaming in outrage.
She couldn't believe it. When he said that Hinata was going to be his wife, she thought he was just trying to make her back off. What if he really WAS in love with her! No, its not possible. I have been in close contact with him since he was twelve! He should love her, not some weak rich ugly girl who he had never talked to!
The whole rest of the day, all the Uchiha Sasuke fan club canceled everything they had, and talked, gossiped, and plotted. Who was this girl he loved? Why did he love her? And was it possible for an ambush?
Back with Sasuke...
Meanwhile, Sasuke was stressing in his kitchen. Sure, he could cook, but he had no idea if it was good. No one ate what he cooked but himself, and he had cooked for himself since his clan died. So he really couldn't tell... Not that it mattered... He was definitely going crazy.
Surprisingly that thought didn't make him resent anyone or anything. It actually made a small twinge in his heart. Somewhere in the very back of his mind, the part he represses with all his might, was whispering how he liked the insanity, how he craved it, and how she was the only one who brought that to him.
No one saw the Uchiha again that day. He spent it all in his kitchen, trying to make food. Sure, it was eatable, but it didn't satisfy him. He wanted something that would show her that he didn't want her for her culinary skills. The clean house was also to make it clear he didn't want a maid. By the time he was done with her breakfast he had at least three garbage bags full of thrown away food. If it wasn't good enough, he threw it away. Finally he was done with her lunch. Now, all he had to do, was sneak in, give her breakfast in bed with her lunch and then come home and make dinner. He sweat dropped. This was allot of work. But when he thought of the prize, it resolved any bad feelings he might have had.
Checking the clock, he noticed it was only 10:00pm. He calculated he should get up at around 5:00am. He nodded, someone in the Hyuuga compound would be awake by then, but not Hinata herself. He nodded to himself, and headed up too bed, unaware he had been watched the whole day.
TBC...