'thoughts'

"words"

noises

Hinata- 17

Sasuke-18

Happenings

Recap:

Sasuke grabbed Hinata soft, small hand. "Lets' go," he smiled. Hinata blushed. Her grip tightened on his hand. "Hai!" she smiled back. Tenten blushed and excused herself. They left the training grounds just as Naruto and Sakura arrived.

But Sakura saw them leave.

Chapter 7- I'm sorry

Tenten was internally confused. She glanced at Neji as she sat at her tree branch. Neji was practicing his aim, once again. Tenten was still muddled; Sasuke spoke…and Neji didn't seem shocked or anything! Tenten sighed, maybe she was just overreacting.

Tenten jumped down from her tree branch smiling. "Hinata and Sasuke sitting in a tree~" she sang out to Neji, who twirled around and was pointedly glaring at her. She let out a peal of laughter, Neji was actually twitching. Her laughter and song rung in the air as she retreated to the tree branches once more; it was bad to have a Hyuuga after you. Even if it was just Neji.

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"S-sasuke-kun…where are you bringing me?" Hinata asked. Sasuke was dragging her to who-knows-where. He glanced at Hinata. "It's a surprise," he explained. 'Isn't everything a surprise?' Hinata sighed. No use arguing with the Avenger.

Hinata slammed into his back, again. "Are you okay?" he asked softly. Hinata nodded. "Where are we?" Hinata asked. Sasuke mumbled something. Hinata looked confused. Then she looked up. There was a large beautiful manor. (Imagine it…too lazy to put in details, it's not important yet) "W-wow, that h-house is beautiful," she said, admiring the large house Sasuke brought them to. "I wanted to know if you'd like to live here after we marry." Sasuke said. He looked a bit apprehensive, as if waiting for her to decline his offer.

Hinata whirled around to face him. "Really?! B-but isn't it expensive? I-I mean it's s-so beautiful it's b-bound to cost a lot. A-and I don't want you to w-waste your money," Hinata said hesitantly. Sasuke laughed. "I won't waste any money, Hinata." Hinata cast him a cute puzzled expression. "……This is the Uchiha Manor," he muttered quietly, as a way of explanation. Hinata looked quite prettily shell-shocked.

"I lived in an apartment…after my clan died…" he grimaced. "I forgot about this old house…" he laughed hollowly. "I wonder how I kept it out of my thoughts, how I managed to lock it up in the back of my mind…along with everything else," he smiled a sad/lonely type of smile.

Hinata gently touched his arm, causing him to jump. "I'm…sorry…" she murmured. Hinata had some tears in the corner of her eyes. "I…we don't have to live here if you don't want to…" Hinata said softly. Sasuke smiled. "It's okay…besides…I kind of want to live here again…to create happy memories for this old house," Sasuke quietly wrapped his arms around her.

"Want to go in?" he asked. "Um…s-sure I-I g-guess," Hinata stammered. "Okay then," Sasuke held her hand dragged her to the gate.

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"Naruto…Sasuke's not here. How about we look somewhere else?" Sakura pleaded. "Oh…uh sure…but we could stay and talk to Neji and Tenten!" Naruto said when he saw Neji staring at them.

"Hey Neji!" Naruto screamed before Sakura could say no. "What are you doing here Naruto? And why are you with Sakura?" Neji questioned. "Oh, we're dating. And we were just looking for Sasuke…oh, have you seen him anywhere?" Naruto asked. Sakura sighed. "Sasuke was here just a second ago," Tenten said jumping down from a nearby tree.

"Where is he?" Sakura asked instantly. Everyone stared at her as though she were crazy, or at least a bit weird. "Uh…I don't know. He went on a date with Hinata," Tenten grinned. "They're like two lovebirds. Haha But they just don't show it," Tenten burst out laughing. "Oh…so they're boyfriend and girlfriend?" Sakura asked with her usual pretend cheerfulness.

Neji eyes narrowed. 'I can't believe I'm doing this. Sigh, Uchiha, you better pay me back for this' "Yes, kind of. Sasuke and Hinata are engaged. So I suppose you can't really say they're boyfriend and girlfriend, now can you? After all, they're marrying soon," Neji said. 'Damn, damn it. I didn't mean that! I meant they were dating! I'm screwed. I forgot Naruto's here' Neji mentally hit himself.

"They're getting married?! When?! I thought they canceled the arrangements!" Naruto yelled excitedly. Tenten looked surprised and Sakura fumed. "Yes…when?" Sakura repeated. Neji could hear her anger in every single word. "I'm not sure. Besides, I think it's a private wedding," Neji said. Tenten nodded slowly, digesting the information. Sakura went rigid. Naruto looked depressed.

"AWW WHY! I want to be Sasuke's best man!" Naruto complained. Neji sighed. "Naruto, you're going to be his best man anyways…I guess." Neji muttered. 'I…I have to go," Sakura said and quickly left. Naruto left also and after a while Tenten did too, leaving Neji to train alone.

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"This place is s-so amazing," Hinata twirled around one of the many living rooms. "Yeah…I guess," Sasuke said. "C'mon…I'll show you our bedroom." Hinata blushed when she heard Sasuke say 'our'. "Okay," she followed him. They passed a weird looking spiral staircase. It looked like it went all the up into a tower or something. "What's that?" Hinata whispered. Sasuke glanced at the staircase then ignored her question. "Sasuke-kun?" Hinata really wanted to know where the staircase led to.

Sasuke groaned. "It goes to a small room. Like an attic room. Promise me you won't go up there ever," Sasuke turned around and grasped Hinata by her shoulders. "I-I promise!" Hinata squeaked. "Wh-what's so bad about that room?" Hinata asked timidly. Sasuke sighed. "Before my family got this house the people in this house killed themselves in that room. The Suicidal Room it's called. The people before us were also Uchiha." He shook his head. "I…saw some pictures of them hung from the ceiling and some cut their throats. I found it in some of my dad's things. He always told me never to go up there. Even now I've never been up there. I still wonder what it's like sometimes."

He pulled her into a large bedroom. It was gorgeous. ' Now I never want to go up there. It's…creepy.' Sasuke sat next to Hinata on the large bed. "Do you like this room?" he asked. Hinata nodded. "It's pretty," she mumbled.

"You're still thinking about that room huh?" he asked. "…uh-huh," Hinata confessed. "What do you want to know about it? I don't know a lot. I got some of it form Itachi," Sasuke winced, "but mom said it was true…" his voice trailed off. "Um…so why did those people…kill themselves?" Sasuke shrugged. "I don't know. Various reasons. I don't know why they chose that room either. I'm guessing because no one could hear them and try to stop them when they kill themselves. Idiots," Sasuke looked out the window.

"It's getting dark. We should go," he muttered. Hinata nodded. For some reason she felt as though someone was watching her every move. She couldn't shake the feeling off.

Hinata was clinging to Sasuke's arm. Wandering through some dark and scary hallways weren't helping her nerves calm down. Sasuke stopped and explained that he had to unlock the entrance doors. Which meant he needed both his arms. Hinata slowly let go of him.

Through the dark a hand reached out from behind Hinata and dark red eyes glowed. Sharingan eyes glowed.

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