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#13: The Player's Birthday
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"Let's go home."
I closed my locker and turned around to face him. "Don't you have class later?
"I'm not going. I'll probably get A+ already."
He smirked at me and I snorted at his arrogance. "Fine."
Then he grabbed my hand and we walked to the school gates, of course earning the stares of the students. Lovingly stares for Sasuke and hate glares for me. Ugh.
"I want to talk to your sister."
"Eh?! Why?!" I stared at him in shock. What would he want to talk about with my sister?
He smirked at me again and we get inside his car. He already started the engine and minutes later we were driving to my home. After a couple of minutes we arrived at my home, good thing Otou-sama is at work.
"Hanabi!" I called out when we entered the house.
"Hina-ane?!" Hanabi shouted back, then we heard loud footsteps from upstairs going down and we saw Hanabi walking towards us, her eyes trailingto Sasuke.
"I have a visitor who wants to talk to you." I glanced at Sasuke then back to Hanabi and smiled. "This is Sasuke Uchiha."
"OMG! THE Sasuke Uchiha? He really is handsome just like what people say! You're lucky!" Hanabi exclaimed and smiled sweetly to Sasuke. Wow. She liked him already. Sasuke looked grateful, so he's smirking. "So, what brings you here, Sasuke-niisan? Are you going to ask for my sister's hand in marriage?" She smiled teasingly and my eyes widened.
"Hana-chan!" I exclaimed.
Sasuke teasingly smirked. "Maybe someday. I just want to ask your permission for our date tomorrow." I glared at him but he just shrugged.
"Tomorrow? Sure! Where are you going? What occasion?" She excitedly asked.
"It's my birthday tomorrow and I would like to bring her to a special place. We'll be celebrating my birthday out of town because I do think it's special since I'm going to spend it with her." Sasuke ellaborated. He looked at me and flashed a really rare smile.
Hanabi smile back. "I like you. I think you're really honest." Hana-chan, he's fooling us. He just want to break my heart. Tsss. "Anyway, I'll give you my permission. Just take care of my sister, okay? Neji-niisan is not here so you're safe." Hanabi and I giggled which earned us a curious look from Sasuke.
"Yes, ma'am. Thank you." Sasuke shook my sister's hand. He is really respectful... Hm...
"Is there anything else?" She asked. Sasuke and I both shook our heads. "Then, I'll be going now. Ane-chan, bring my soon-to-be brother-in-law anything he likes."
"Hanabi!" Before I even say more, she winked at me and ran upstairs. "Sorry about my sister's playfullness. So what do you want?"
"It's fine. I'll just see you tomorrow, okay?" I walked him outside. "By the way, wear a sundress." He spoke.
"Huh? Why?"
"Just wear something like that. I'll pick you up at 8." He smiled and pinched my cheek. "See you tomorrow." He started to walk but then stopped some meters away from me and blew me a flying kiss. He waved and walked off.
That guy. Tss.
I woke up at 5am. I don't know why I woke up so early but it doesn't matter. I guess, I was too excited. All of the students prepared for Sasuke's party. They didn't know we're going out of town.
My phone suddenly rang and I got it from my table. "Moshi-moshi?" I answered.
"Ya, Hinata!" I immediately took the phone off my ear because of Temari's yell.
"Temari-chan..! Why do you need to yell?" I said, a bit irritated.
"Oh, sorry. I didn't know it was too loud." She laughed softly. "Anyway, where are you? And where's Sasuke? It's his birthday today!" She exclaimed.
"I know. I have to go somewhere else..." I lied, well I do have to go somewhere else... With Sasuke Uchiha.
"What?! But, how about Sasuke-kun's birthday?! This would be the perfect time to-"
And the line was cut. I looked at my phone, stared at it. What happened?
Anyway, I proceeded to take a bath and got dressed. I wore my favorite sundress, since Sasuke told me to wear something like that. Huh. Now the only one missing is the birthday boy.
"Hina-ane! Your boyfriend's here!" Hanabi yelled obviously from downstairs. I immediately went down and saw Sasuke sitting at the couch. OH, Kami... He's like a prince waiting for his maiden. Kyaaa! And I'm his maiden... Wait... What? No!
I slowly walked towards him and gave him a warm smile since it is his birthday. Might as well be nice to him. "Hello. Happy birthday, Your Highness." I greeted and gave him something. I just thought I should give him that present. He smiled and took the small gift.
"Can I open it now?" He asked, I nodded. He smiled and opened the small box and there revealed the bracelet. He took it from the box and smiled at me. He simply checked out the bracelet. I reached out to him and fixed the bracelet in his left wrist. "Thank you. You don't have to give me anything." He smiled. His oh, so true and handsome smile.
"You're welcome. When I first saw that, I immediately thought about you, so there it goes. It fits you." I explained then smiled. This time I'm honest.
"So... Shall we go now?" He asked.
I smiled and nodded. "Sure." Hanabi suddenly popped out of nowhere.
"We're leaving now, ma'am. I'll take care of Hinata." Sasuke respectfully said and bowed his head.
Hanabi smiled sweetly. Why is she like that when it's Sasuke? Tsss. "Okay, take care." She just said and went off again. Sasuke held my hand and pulled me outside our house. My eyes widened when I saw a pretty black Porsche just outside the gate.
"Is that yours?" I looked at him and asked.
He looked at me and smiled. "Yeah. Do you like it?"
"I love cars! It's so pretty!" I exclaimed. He pulled me near the car and opened it for me, gesturing me to sit inside. I, of course, willingly sat down and he sat beside me.
"Welcome to my boy. He has no name yet, but he's so special to me." He looked at me and smiled.
"Can I give his name?" I asked. He nodded. "He's special, right?" He nodded. "So let's call him Toshiro." My smile widened and also smiled.
"I like that." He uttered. "Well, then... Toshiro, let's go." Sasuke said and the driver proceeded to drive. Some more minutes and we're on a highway going to our destination which only Sasuke knows. "Drop us in Uchiha private airport." He said to the driver. I turned my head towards him, he just flashed a smirk.
"Where are we going?" I asked. He shrugged. "Ya! You're kidnapping me!" I exclaimed, Sasuke laughed softly.
"Nope. You willingly came with me." He looked at me and smirked. His arrogant smirk. I just pinched his left cheek. He still smirked.
We arrived at the said airport. I saw a private plane and a "Uchiha" word was written on it. I spotted another private plane and a kanji "Sasuke" was written on it. I immediately turned towards him. "That's yours?!" I asked almost yelling.
He chuckled softly. "Yes, and don't shout, okay?" He said.
"Ya! You're too rich! Why do you have a plane of your own?! Can you fly that?!" I asked again. I can't believe it! Sasuke has his own plane!
"Nope. But I will someday." He smirked again. "C'mon." He pulled me and we entered the private plane which has his name. We sat on the first two sits and a flight attendant approached us.
"What can I get you, Young Master?" The lady asked. I, again, wide-eyed looked at Sasuke.
"Rina, don't call me that. My companion's getting uneasy." Sasuke told the attendant. She just called him Young Master! You know! The one they call to the young heir or royalty whatsoever.
"But your dad said..." She wasn't able to continue since Sasuke hushed her.
"It's okay. It's just me. Call me that when Dad's here." Sasuke said politely. The lady bowed. "Do you want something?" Finally, he turned to me. I shook my head sidewards, indicating that I'm full. "We're good, Rina. We'll just call you if we want something, okay?" Again, Sasuke said politely.
"Okay. Enjoy the trip..." She bowed to him. "Ma'am." She bowed to me, and I bowed back to show respect.
I stared at Sasuke and he finally looked at me. "She's our family's trusted attendant." He explained.
"Oh... She's pretty." I said.
"Yeah." He smiled.
"So do you like her?" I asked. Sasuke frowned.
"What kind of question is that?" I shrugged. "She's way older than me. I can't like her the way I like you." I blushed at what he said. I fell silent after that. Sasuke just smirked and relaxed.
It took 3 hours for us to finally see our destination. In that three hours, we played poker, listened to the iPod and slept. Until I felt him nudged me.
"Wifey, look." He said and let me see what's outside.
I gasped at what I saw. "T-that's our destination?!" I exclaimed.
"Uh-huh. Pretty, isn't it?"
"Wow!" I exclaimed. "It's beautiful!" I happily cheered. "Does your family own that island?" I asked.
"Yes, my dad owned that. They bought that ages ago. Actually, my grandfather gave that to him. You see, my father is the only son." He explained.
"Wow!" Some more minutes and we landed on the private island. Sasuke held me as we walk down. "This is paradise!" I yelled excitedly. "Are you only son too?" I asked.
"Nope. I have an older brother." He smiled and looked on the sea. "I'm glad you liked it." He smiled and intertwined our fingers. I smiled at him. He immediately toured me around and we arrived at a table near the sea.
"Wow, did you prepare this?" I asked.
"Yeah. I asked Ms. Rina's opinion on preparing this. She said you'll like it." He pulled the chair and let me sit.
"I love it!" I exclaimed. "Thank you, Sasuke." He smiled. "It's your birthday but you're the one who's doing all this stuff. I should be the one surprising you like this."
"It's enough that you're here with me." He said. Though it's plain. It's still sweet to hear something like this. "My dad said someday when I found the first girl I fell in love with, I should bring her here..." I looked at him, shock written all over my face. "I guess this is the time." He turned to me, stared at my eyes. He held my left hand and pulled it across the table. "That's right. You're my first love, Hinata." Sasuke's face showed sincerity again. I think I'm about to cry now. Well who wouldn't?! I think every girl would dream to be in my place right now. The Certified Player a.k.a Evil King a.k.a Dream Boy a.k.a Sasuke Uchiha, the most famour guy in Tokyo University just took me to his family's private island and told me I'm his first love!
Is he serious?! Did he do this to all of his ex girlfriends?! Should I ask him if he's serious?! Should I tell him I don't love him?! Should I confess now that this was all pretend?! Should I tell him that I'm just fooling him?! Damn! Sasuke Uchiha is really serious about me?
In the end, I fell speechless. Not that I can't say anything. I DON'T WANT to say anything. I don't want to hurt him. That's right, I realized that I don't want to hurt him anymore.
Sasuke's face became gloomy. "It's okay. I get it. You still don't love me." He smiled sadly. "But it's okay. At least you still chose me and you agreed to celebrate my birthday here." I felt the sadness in his eyes. Does he feel what those girls felt when he rejected and hurt them? Am I hurting him the right way? Does my revenge effecting right?
I held his hand, unconsciously. "I chose you. That means I like you, right? But I'm sorry if I can't still tell you I love you." I said, not thinking about what I just uttered. Is that really me who said that?! Sasuke's face lightened up.
We spent the whole day, of course, together. He even toured me to the most beautiful spots on the island.
At 5:30, he led me to the dinner table at the beach. I love the foods! They all look delicious!
"Can I eat all those? They looked yummy!" I half-whispered.
Donghae laughed softly. "Of course. I requested all that for you." He smiled and guided me to my seat. We sat and I ate almost all of them! Well they looked like they're asking me to eat them.
Just after I ate everything. Sasuke was just amazed of my big appetite. Hehe. Big turn-off! An hour later I felt my tummy ached. I touched it and... "Ya..." I whispered. "My tummy aches..." I said. Hurt all over my face... It's really bad to eat so much. "Sasuke... It hurts a lot..." I said almost sobbing.
"It's because you ate everything." He walked towards me and kneeled. "Let's go, I'll bring you to the clinic." He said calmly, then he stood up.
"There's a clinic here?" I asked.
"Of course. C'mon." He said and without any word, picked me up bridal style.
"Uh... Am I heavy?" I asked while he's walking towards the clinic.
"If only you knew how heavy you are." Sasuke teased.
I tapped his shoulder. "You're mean!"
He laughed. "I'm just kidding." Just seconds later and we're arrived at the clinic. He put me on the bed and asked me to lay down.
The doctor gave something and she told me to just smell it. She even put something on my tummy. Good thing the doctor was a girl.
"Feeling better?" Sasuke asked as the Doctor went out.
"Yeah. Thanks to you." I laughed softly. "Seriously, thanks. Not just because you brought me here. But because you stayed with me. I definitely got better." I said, trying to sound sweet, but I think it failed.
"Of course. I'm your vitamin S.U." He exclaimed proudly. I laughed a bit and sat beside him.
"How about me? Am I also your Vitamin H.H.?" I asked. He just looked at me And shrugged.
"No. You're not just my vitamin..." Then he looked at me and smiled. I stared at him. "You're my air... 'Cause I won't be able to live without you..." I stared at him dumbfounded.
"Uh..." I don't know what came to me but I hugged him. Maybe out of pity. I felt so guilty at what I am doing to him. "Thank you..." I whispered.
At 7:00 in the evening we sat on the seashore. After the stomach ache I got from too much eating, I still wanted to tour around and spend our whole time near the sea.
"If you don't mind... Tell me about your ex girlfriends." I said looking at Sasuke. He looked at me.
"I didn't consider anyone a girlfriend before you." I stared at him. "I admit I change arm-candy every week or everyday. It almost got to a point when I'm two-timing or three-timing girls." That's right. I knew that. "The reason why I'm doing that is because I was afraid that they would hurt me." I turned my head at him.
"Afraid? Of girls?" I asked, he nodded. "How would they hurt you when they're hopelessly in love with you?" I said sarcastically.
"My mom left us and marry another man." He simply stated. My eyes widened at what he said. He just kept staring at the sea. "That's why I'm afraid to love truly." He paused. "My dad loves my mom, and he's willing to do everything she asks for. But then things has an expiration. She left us. When I was seven a man came to our house with my mom. She was drunk and I yelled at the guy. I don't know who he is, but then he started packing my mom's things..."
Sasuke sighed, now he is leaning on my shoulder.
"She was my mom's 'other guy.' My dad came and he was crying while the guy carried my mom. She told me she hates me. From the first time she saw me, she hated me. She said she doesn't want me and she wants to kill me when I was a baby. I don't know why she was mad at me. I cried and cried that day. My brother was away that time, he is graduating at high school at the age of 12. I think it took 3 years for me to recover from that. My dad taught me how to handle my feelings. He told me I shouldn't cry over a person like my mom. So I started to be the one who hurts girls. I felt numb everytime girls cried in front of me. The trauma of crying for my mom taught me I shouldn't be the one crying. I guess that's when I started to become like... That." He looked at me.
I was just staring. I'm speechless. "Would you hurt me?" The only thing I said.
"No. I can't." He smiled at me. "You're the reason why I'm not feeling numb anymore. Whenever you get hurt, I'm hurting more." My eyes felt hot now. I wanted to cry but I don't want to. I can't. Sasuke was so sincere. His eyes tells the truth. "You know what... There are 3 girls in school whom I almost liked. The first one was an ideal girl for every guy, a Harvard girl. She wants to graduate and wants to study at Harvard. I thought I would fall in love with her." Oh Kami, that's Sakura. "But she thinks of Harvard more than me. That's when I decided to end it up with her before I fall deeply." He sighed. "I almost liked her... But I hurt her before she hurts me." He continued.
"R-Really? Do you really think she doesn't love you more than the Harvard thing?" I asked.
"Think so." I just nodded slowly. This is Sakura we're talking about. Then we're right about why Sasuke broke up with her. It's because she's too obsessed about her career. "Anyway... The next one she's the bubbliest one among those three. She's also smart and really cute. But the problem is, she's a cheerleader... And she's violent at times. She hurts all the girls who's being linked to me. I wanted to stop it... So I broke it off with her. I heard she's not violent anymore and she became friendly after we broke off." Oh, that's Temari. Yes, she's violent at times.
I remember she almost killed me with her eyes the first time I saw her. She's scary. Hehe. Peace out, Tem. "Uhn... Who's the third one?" I asked.
"The one I almost like the most. Though she's really annoying and loud sometimes, she's kind and cute." Sasuke looked at me and smiled. "The problem? She's immature. If she wants something she has to get it. Even though she can annoy or hurt somebody. She always shouts, that's one thing I don't like." Oh, yeah, me too. That's her characteristic I dislike the most. Karin. "She tends to become immature and childish most of the time because she thought I like that. Well I also broke it off with her."
"How about me, then? What do you hate about me?" I asked staring at him. What's he going to say?
He looked at the sea, his eyes were steady. "I like everything about you... You seemed so true. So honest. And you changed me from being cold to... Warm." Then he turned to me. He smiled. That smile made my heart skip a beat. What does that mean? "You're not like everybody else, not a fangirl, not loud, not annoying. The only things is... You didn't like me."
I'm honest?! How can you say that?! How can I be honest when I'm fooling you all this time?! I'm so mean! How can I agree to this?! How can I hurt this innocent guy who loves me seriously! I think he is in love with me... Truly. Sasuke... I'm so sorry...
He hugged me and whispered. "Please don't hurt me..." I felt my tears slowly run down my cheeks. I'm starting to hurt myself... Because I'm hurting him and he doesn't have any idea. What happened to me? How can I be so mean?! I'm about to hurt the first guy who ever asked me out on a date... The first guy who kissed me... The first guy I kissed... The first guy who made me feel special... The first and I think the only guy who ever told me I'm his air and he won't be able to live without me... I'm just going to hurt him in the end... I'm so stupid!
After staying for almost 4 hours at the seashore, Sasuke told me that we should sleep already because we might catch a cold if we stay longer. He led me to my room in the island's hotel. He also said we're going back to Tokyo tomorrow after lunch.
I don't want to go back though, but I don't want to bother Sasuke anymore. I have done so much. I think I should tell him the truth. I also have to tell Sakura, Tem and Karin that we have to stop this already. I don't want to hurt Sasuke anymore. I will make a distance between us after I confess to him. And I will do that as soon as possible.
I kno. I would hurt him so much, since he's already in love with me. But I can feel that he can forgive me. He won't hate me... I hope...
"Happy birthday, Sasuke..." I whispered.
"Thanks..." He whispered back. "I finally understood what true love meant... Love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own... No matter how painful the choices you face might be..." He stated... I started to sob again. Sasuke just proved how much he loves me.
I woke as early as 6:00 and found Sasuke at the beach. "You must really like it..." He turned around to see me, he smiled and walked towards me. "Hello." I greeted when he reached me.
"Good morning." He greeted. I smiled and nodded. "Let's eat." He said and held my hand. He led me to the hotel's restaurant.
"I thought this is private island? Why are there people in here?" I asked curiously.
"Yeah, it is. This is a private resort." He paused. "That's why only few people can come here. You'll need a large amount of money to stay here." He continued. I looked at him. Oh... This is a resort. An expensive one. Anyway, why wouldn't it? The place is a paradise. And the hotel looks majestic... And of course the food! "My dad actually asked me to manage this, but I can't for now since I'm still studying. And it's too far from the civilization."
"Oh... Wow. You're going to be the King of this island!" I exclaimed happily.
"Well, I don't want to be the King alone, I want to have a Queen." He smiled at me and winked, then led me to the reserved table. The waiter immediately went to us and asked our orders. He's also calling Sasuke, "Young Master".
After breakfast, we went for some diving. There's a pool at the back of the hotel but I told Donghae I want to go for some diving.
But we also swam at the pool. Wow... This place is heaven...
As what Sasuke have said, after lunch we packed our things and we're now going back to Tokyo. Good bye, paradise! Good bye, life! Good bye, freedom! Good bye, happiness! Good bye, food! Sasuke assisted me on boarding the private plane. We sat on our usual sit and tried to relax.
"Someday when I got rich, I'm definitely going back to that place." I said and smiled.
Sasuke looked at me. "Why don't you just look for me and we'll go there again together?"
"Probably you hate me during that time." He stared at me.
"Why would I?" He asked.
I laughed. "Nothing! Because probably I left for another place again." I stated.
"You're leaving?" He asked again. I looked at him and laughed. "What? Are you really leaving?"
"Nope. I was just stating some possibilities." He poked my forehead and started to relax again. Just some minutes and he was asleep. "Gomen, Sasuke... I'm regretting what I did and what I'm about to do... Sorry..." I whispered... I also relaxed my head and fell asleep.
"Hey... Hinata..." I felt a hand tapping my shoulder. I woke up and saw Sasuke's smiling face.
"Where are we?" I asked as my sight slowly started to become clear.
"Tokyo. Let's go." I stood up and he held my hand to assist me on going down the plane. We spotted the Porsche which I named Toshiro and immediately got in. We are now heading to my house.
"So... Uh... Did you have fun?" Sasuke suddenly asked.
I looked at him. "Stupid!" I hit his shoulder again. Why am I being violent lately? "Of course I had fun!" I laughed.
"You're mean." Sasuke pouted and bowed his head out of shyness. I still laughed. Oh Kami. Sasuke Uchiha pouting?
We arrived at our house and I invited him inside. "Hanabi! We're back!" I yelled through the living room.
"Where did you go?!" Neji-niisan appeared out of nowhere. He spotted Sasuke and his eyes widened. "What does this mean?! You slept together?!" Neji-niisan was being hysterical.
"Niisan! You're being hysterical! We didn't slept together! We had different rooms!" I yelled.
"Oh... Thank goodness." Neji-nii sighed. "Hinata, let your visitor sit. Don't just stand there." Neji-nii was now being hospitable. Well he is very, very kind.
"We just celebrated his birthday yesterday." I explained. "We're from their island. It's cool, Neji-niisan! You should check it out! You have lots of money, right?" I exclaimed.
"Hn." Neji-niisan just sent Sasuke a nod.
"I should go." Sasuke said suddenly.
"Hinata, accompany him." I nodded and grabbed Sasuke's hand and pulled him outside.
"Thank you, Sasuke." I mouthed. "Oh, and..." I walked towards him and gave him a peck in the cheek. His eyes widened, probably from surprise. "Take care, okay? And... Belated happy birthday." I smiled, he smiled back. "And take care of the bracelet." He smiled again and get inside the car. He nodded at me and the car sped away. I smiled at the scene. But immediately turned sad when I realized I have to tell him as soon as possible.
Oh, Kami... I want to cry.