AN: Thank you all for the lovely comments and reviews! Without you guys I would have stopped and immediately discontinued this story. Thank you for your awesome feedback, I hope that this chapter does not disappoint you.

Chapter Two

The next day with nothing better to do and a little curious, Sasuke sat outside the Java Coffee Shop around three o'clock and waited for the Hyuga. He knew Naruto hadn't heard the Hyuga ask him to meet him here and Sasuke found himself curious how long the Hyuga would wait for Naruto before realizing he wasn't coming.

For fifteen minutes Sasuke stood outside the shop waiting, but after not seeing her anywhere shrugged in annoyance and decided to go inside and grab a coffee. Perhaps she had noticed that Naruto hadn't been paying that much attention to her and decided not to come?

Inside the shop he spotted the Hyuga sitting at a window seat, watching the passing crowd. Sasuke blinked in confusion. How long had she been sitting there now? Perturbed and a bit irritated, Sasuke ordered a cup of coffee. He stood outside for fifteen minutes and the whole time she had been in here? Grabbing his coffee suddenly he hissed a little when some of it spilled over the rim and burned his hand.

Jess, it didn't matter if he wasted fifteen minutes outside, he was still wasting time just aimlessly standing here. For a while he stood scanning the shop and after a moment of thought, he sat down heavily across from the Hyuga. A part of Sasuke wanted to tease the Hyuga, because he knew something no one else knew. He knew that she was in love with Naruto. Sasuke knew he wasn't actually going to mention the love letter though and the fact that he had found it and not given it to Naruto. A darker, more sinister part of Sasuke still wanted to tease the girl. What better way than to sit unexpectedly in front of the strange girl?

From the corner of his gaze he saw her start in surprise and stare at him with her eyes blinking in confusion. Sasuke ignored her wide eyes though and stared nonchalantly out the coffee shop window.

They were both silent and after a moment, when neither acknowledged nor greeted the other, time fell away and the silence settled around them. Five minutes passed and it became obvious that it was too late to greet each other or start a conversation, so they sat in discomfort. Sasuke didn't want to start a conversation though, he wanted to make the girl uncomfortable.

After staring at Sasuke and allowing realization pass over her on who Sasuke was, the Hyuga finally looked away nervously. Her lookout for Naruto had been interrupted and she wasn't sure what to do anymore. Her eyes and hands began to flicker and move, their movements sudden and jerky.

Occasionally she looked outside the window as if remembering why she was here, but mostly her eyes looked everywhere. The walls, the ceiling, the floor, and sometimes the curious and nervous eyes would glance at Sasuke briefly for answers. Then she would catch herself and suddenly become fearful and jittery and look away.

Her hands were worse though. They clutched and latched onto her skirt, her shirt, her hair, wiped the table clean of its crumbs, arranged the condiments in random order at the edge, plucked apart napkins and then they would became tangled up in each other as she poked and probed her hands together. It looked like they were trying to comfort one another and then wrestle and then they'd be performing unnecessary duties and then be back together as a tangled mass.

Sasuke began to wonder why he was even here. He took a sip of coffee to inconspicuously stare at the Hyuga. Her obvious discomfort was amusing and Sasuke suddenly realized that he had an opportunity to get revenge for having to watch the Hyuga's backside all this year and revenge for all those times he felt awkward and uncomfortable himself. It didn't make much sense, but after a year of watching the Hyuga's backside, Sasuke had come to develop a feeling of hostility toward her. What better way to vent it all out now?

Lowering down his coffee, Sasuke openly stared at the Hyuga and watched as she tensed up, sensing his gaze. Her eyes blankly locked onto an unknown object and her hands came to halting rest on her lap. All movement ceased, as if keeping still would make her less noticeable or make Sasuke lose sight of her like a T-rex. Even her chest barely moved and her lips stayed parted in a breathless sigh.

"He's not coming." Sasuke couldn't stop himself from saying it. The words just slipped out in a slick cruel manner and despite the cold in his voice, he was highly amused.

The Hyuga, caught off guard and probably in need to move, whipped her head around and stared open mouthed at Sasuke. The words probably didn't even click for twenty seconds before she blinked her eyes slowly.

"W-Why?" she whispered quietly.

This question Sasuke had no reasonable excuse for, so he shrugged nonchalantly and didn't answer. The Hyuga looked around herself, as if suddenly lost in her surroundings and her eyes stared at the front door of the shop. Her want to escape was evident, yet she lingered as if she felt required to stay, as if she felt it would be rude to leave Sasuke without comment. Leaning forward, Sasuke rested his chin on the palm of his hand, his eyes watching her cynically. She seemed to visibly shrink under his gaze without even moving, but she stayed put, frightened, yet even more frightened by the thought of moving and displeasing Sasuke.

They stared at each other without movement. One too afraid to move, the other waiting for some visible reaction to amuse him.

In the end they both moved and it's unclear who actually moved first, whether it was Sasuke who stood up with a clatter as his leg bumped the table or whether it was her who quietly looked away unable to continue eye contact. They both noticed each other's movement though and one breathed a sigh of relief while the other allowed a small smirk of mild amusement. Without another word or gesture, Sasuke left the Hyuga and the shop to go on home. He felt no shame in his obvious harassment of the girl.

AN: I know that was a pretty short chapter, but the next one is much longer, so don't worry! I want to clear up a fact about Sasuke and Hinata's relationship real quick though. Some reviewers made it sound like that they believed Sasuke is already in love and jealous over the love note. This is not so. I think that should be obvious after Sasuke's clear harrassment. Tsk, tsk Sasuke. While Sasuke and Hinata are not in love now this story is about their journey to falling in love. ;D

Please review, thank you! -Ocean