It had been a week since Sasuke had left, however Hinata did not stop going to the shop to work and hope that Sasuke would be there. She always told herself not to get her hopes because when she entered the shop instead of seeing Sasuke under a car or working at his work bench she saw Kakashi frantically working. Since Sasuke had been gone the shop had been busier than ever Kakashi never realized how much work Sasuke actually did. Kakashi was leaning over a car trying to figure out what the problem was when he heard the door close behind him and a soft sigh.

Kakashi turned around to see and unhappy Hinata, "I'm sorry Hinata he still hasn't come back."

"H-Have you heard f-from h-him?"

"I'm not going to lie, yes he did."

"Did he…"

"No he didn't tell me where he was or when he was coming back."

"Oh…did he…"

Kakashi sighed, "No….he didn't ask for you." It hurt Kakashi to tell her that but he had too. He groaned when he remembered all the work he had to do. He turned back to the car, "I'm sorry Hinata but I've got a lot of work to do. Now if I could just figure out what is wrong with this car I could start getting some work done."

"I-It's p-probable the engine…"

Kakashi spun back around, "The engine?"

"Y-Yeah it's always the engine S-S-S-Sasuke keeps telling the guy he n-n-needs a new one but h-h-he doesn't l-listen. M-May I-I-I t-try?"

"You want to fix cars?"

"H-Help is more l-like it I can hand you tools and help you figure out what's wrong with the cars... if you want."

Kakashi scratched his head, "You can help me fix all of these?"

"Y-Yes I've s-seen S-Sasuke do it a b-bunch o-of t-times, and I've c-c-caught up with m-m-most of the p-p-paper work so I could t-t-take a break and h-h-help you till S-Sasuke….I-I-I mean t-till you g-get all c-caught up."

Kakashi thought for a moment, "Well let's see how today goes before I turn the Hyuga heiress into a mechanic. Let's get to work." Kakashi was pleasantly surprised on how good Hinata was at diagnosing cars problems.



"You are good at this if you could do the manual labor maybe you could give Sasuke a run for his money."

"Sasuke's better….."

"He's the best for now but I would never tell him that though."

"Why?"

Kakashi smirked, "He is already too full of himself already." Hinata tried to smile but the thought of Sasuke till made her sad Kakashi saw the pain in her face. "He never meant to hurt you, he is just stupid." Hinata didn't answer just went to wash some of the grease of her hands. "Hey it's getting late come on I'll give you a ride home."

They pulled up a block away from Hinata's house, "Thanks again for helping me Hinata you look really tired though maybe you should take the day off tomorrow."

"N-No I am fine n-nothing a hot s-shower w-won't fix, t-thank you for the r-ride."

Later on that night Hinata was in her room finishing drying her hair when she heard a knock on her window. She looked up into her mirror and gasped, "S-Sasuke?"

Sasuke was crotched outside her window he waved at her, "Hey."

"W-What are you d-doing here?"

"I came to talk to you."

Hinata looked around frantically, "S-Sasuke if my father catches you."

"He won't, I'm not staying long anyway. I can stay out here but there is probable a better chance that someone will see me."

"O-O-Ok come in."

Sasuke hopped into her room straightening up as he looked around Hinata's room. It was a small room behind Hinata was a desk and a dresser, by Sasuke was her bed, and to the right of them were shelves of book cases full of books which didn't surprise Sasuke. He wondered how her father could believe she was going to the library everyday when she had so many books here. "This is your room?"

"Y-Yes…w-why?"

"I'm sorry I just expected something bigger…you know because of your family. The more I look around it fits."

Hinata didn't let his ramblings distract her she stood up from where she was sitting, "You said you t-to talk now t-talk."



Sasuke turned his attention slowly back to her, "Ok I came to t—WOW!"

"Wow?"

"I'm just not used to seeing you not so covered up and with your hair down…….you look b-beautiful."

Hinata blushed and she wished she hadn't wore her regular tank top and pajama pants to bed, "S-Sasuke…"

Sasuke snapped out his trance, "Ok I'm just going to spit it out, your probable wondering why I came back. I came back for you Hinata."

"M-Me?"

"What you said to me in the car really hit home? You were right one hundred percent. I am a jerk, but you like me don't you?"

Hinata looked away from Sasuke, "Yes I do very much."

Sasuke sighed, "You aren't making this any easier. I'm not good enough for you; you deserve someone a million times better. Believe me you are better off."

"How do you know that? All my life I've felt like I was invisible, I had no one in my life that I could even talk to. No one that I could confide in, until I met you, I didn't know who I was till I meet you. Sometimes just the thought of you helps me get through the day you make me happy. Like I can just be myself and you want to say you're no good. You are the best thing in my life Sasuke." Hinata couldn't stop the tears from falling.

Sasuke slowly unclenched his fists and reached out to Hinata pulling her close to him. "Please don't waste your tears on me." He lifted up her chin and slowly kissed her tears away."

Hinata sniffled, "I can't I want you so m-much and you d-don't want me at a-all."

"Are you serious? Of course I want you; you make me feel so good because you stupidly believe in me. You think I'm such a great man and you don't know how much that means to me. You know all about my past and you don't care about that you just care about me. You drive me crazy because I can't stop thinking about you, I can't even think of one bad thing about you."

"What about m-my nerves?"

Sasuke softly kissed the tip of her nose, "I find it cute."

"D-Do you find me a-attractive?"

Sasuke grinned, "Of course I do, you don't know how sexy you are when you're not even trying. Like right now for instance."



Hinata tried to hide her blush "S-Sasuke..."

Sasuke looked down at Hinata, "Ok that's it Hinata, I give in."

"You what?!"

"I can't fight you anymore, I want you and I'm all yours if you want me."

"Really? Even if we have to keep a secret because of my family?"

Sasuke kissed her hand, "Yes I'd do anything for you."

Hinata nervously looked around, "Will you stay?"

Sasuke's eyes widened "Here…with you?"

"Yes..." Hinata's hands slowly trembled as her hands went up Sasuke's chest to his shoulders to slide off his jacket and throwing it on a chair behind her. She tried to remember to breathe as she walked over to lock the door.

Sasuke tugged at the bottom of his wife beater, "Are you sure?"

"Y-Yes I don't want you to leave me." She nervously sat on her bed as Sasuke followed taking off his boots first. He grabbed her in her arms pulling her close to him. "So are we dating n-now?"

"I think so." Hinata couldn't hide her big smile, "I'm sorry I left."

"You came back its ok, besides I got to work in the shop. I helped Kakashi fix the cars today."

"How did you learn to fix cars?"

"Watching you, but I don't know how to do the manual stuff."

"I can teach you if you want." Hinata nodded and yawned as she slowly wrapped her arms around him.

"You look exhausted, you should get some sleep."

"Don't leave."

"I promise I will be here when you wake up, just one more thing if we are going to be together you have to promise me one thing."

"What is that?"

"You can never ever fall in love with me."