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Chapter 4

"Please!" Naruto was on his knees before Sasuke. His hands were folded as if he was praying. Which if begging and praying was the same thing, Naruto was a full on saint.

Sasuke stood up and began walking away. Naruto trailed on behind him, crawling like an unloved creature.

"Come on Sasuke, what do I have to do to change your mind? I'll do your homework for a month!"

Sasuke scoffed. "Idiot, it's still no. For one it's still summer, which means no homework and second," Sasuke glanced at his pathetic friend, "you're horrible at homework." Naruto began whining even louder and latched onto his ankle.

"I'll owe you a favor, no five favors! Just go with me, please, you know how much it means to me!"

With Naruto still holding on for dear life, Sasuke started walking again, dragging Naruto slowly across the floor. He knew he'd probably have to give in to Naruto's demands soon; he couldn't take Naruto's whining much more. He was either going to bend to Naruto's will or bend Naruto's neck. Murder sounded so much easier, but Sasuke was pretty sure that was illegal. Sasuke looked down at the thing attached to his he could say it was self-defense against an idiot?

Sasuke massaged his temples as he listened to Naruto's ramblings and preparations.

Naruto and Sasuke were now getting ready for a double date. Yes, a double date. Something that Sasuke never thought he'd be doing in a million years. The only reason it was happening was because of Naruto's persistent begging and the prospect of making Naruto do anything he wanted for an entire week. Oh and there was going to be hell to be paid for.

"I wonder how much money I'll need?" mused Naruto aloud. Digging in his pockets, Naruto produced a sad looking wallet. He opened it up and peered inside and stared at it as if it had broken his heart.

"Sasuke?"

Sasuke groaned as he rolled his eyes. Going to the movies on a double date with Naruto was bad enough, no way was he going to give Naruto money as well.

"Pay for your tickets yourself."

"How can you be so cruel?" whined Naruto. Sasuke sighed, he had already suffered an hour of Naruto's whining and he wasn't about to suffer another one.

"Who's coming along with us?" asked Sasuke, attempting to change the topic.

"Huh?" Naruto blinked in confusion before replying. "Oh! Our dates!"

Sasuke growled at the word dates.

"Sakura and Hinata!"

Suddenly Sasuke's life flashed before his eyes and he wonder what exactly it was that made him deserve this hell. Honestly, the Hyuga? Did fate hate him or was it simply teasing him?

"Sasuke?" asked Naruto. He waved a hand in front of Sasuke's face, making it very tempting for Sasuke to want to bite it off. "Sasuke~?"

"Why?" Sasuke croaked. He knew this wasn't a very good question, but it was the only thing that popped into his mind. Why was Hinata going along as one partner for the double date? And more importantly, whose date was she going to be?

"Sakura said she'd only go to the movies with me if it was a double date and she really wanted to bring Hinata along." Naruto peeked at Sasuke's face. "You don't really have to consider it a date," Naruto reassured. "We're just four friends going to the movies together." Naruto smiled secretly to himself though. "But I'll get a chance to put the moves on Sakura finally." Naruto blushed in anticipation and Sasuke rolled his eyes at his friend's stupid grin.

Okay, so it wasn't a double date, just a group a friends to the movies. Yeah, Sasuke liked the sound of that a lot better. He felt himself ease for a moment, but tensed up a moment latter at a sudden thought. To Sasuke it was going to be just a gathering of friends, but to the Hyuga what was it going to be? Was she going to consider this as a date to the movies with him?

Sasuke groaned and threw himself on Naruto's bed. It just occurred to him as well that he had left the Hyuga's love note in his other jacket, which was at home. Not that he was considering giving the note to Naruto right now; that would just make their "double date" a disaster. Still, Sasuke was now cross with himself for continuously forgetting to give Naruto his letter. If he had done so yesterday or the day before, perhaps this "double date" wouldn't even be happening. Throwing his arms over his head, Sasuke sighed very loudly.

Kill me.

At the movie theater, the "double dates" all met at the entrance. Naruto was fidgeting nervously, glancing at about theater entrance with excited and bright eyes. Sasuke's only pleasant thoughts were ways of murdering his best friend. Long and painful were very key words.

Sakura and Hinata arrived a few minutes shortly after Sasuke and Naruto. When they entered, Sakura seemed to glow happily while she halfway dragged the Hyuga along who was looking paler than usual. Stopping in front of them, Sakura giggled shyly as she fingered her hair. She was in jeans and a nice red top, while the Hyuga was dressed in a blue skirt and white blouse. Both girls stood before them, both shy and embarrassed, but Sakura at least seemed happy. The Hyuga in return though, looked only nervous. She glanced a few times at Naruto, but her eyes always quickly looked away. Sasuke concluded that Hinata was probably upset by the fact that she wasn't Naruto's date. Frowning, Sasuke looked away, feeling uncomfortable. He cursed his stupidity for picking up the love note for the thousandth time today once more.

Turning back, Sasuke met Hinata's gaze which momentarily landed on him. She didn't seem too surprised to see him, but she probably wasn't anticipating a glorious time with him. Sasuke sent out a glare that meant that this wasn't a date between them. She flinched and Sasuke was satisfied that he got the message across. This was not a date at all.

"Hello Naruto, Sasuke." Sakura waved cheerfully at them. Sasuke nodded in return and Narurto replied enthusiastically to Sakura's greeting.

Grabbing Naruto's elbow, Sasuke dragged him toward the ticket booth, impatient to get the whole messy situation over with. Sasuke stood first in line as Sakura and Naruto bickered over the tickets together.

"Okay Sakura, if I buy the tickets, than you can buy the food," offered Naruto.

"No way," growled Sakura. Her temper was already diminishing within the first few minutes of their date; not she didn't have her reasons. Idiots tended to wear people's patience short. "You're the one who wanted to bring me on a date, so you pay for everything! Besides, you're the guy, aren't you? You're supposed to pay for everything!" Sakura walked off and it was decided. Naruto would have to use every last penny he had.

"H-here Naruto," said a quiet voice. Sasuke whipped around, looking with shock as the Hyuga offered a twenty dollar bill to his best friend.

Naruto looked down at the money with shock as well, blinking in disbelief.

"Are you sure?" asked Naruto. He sounded hesitant, but was already smiling with relief at the prospect of actually having some money for his date. The Hyuga nodded and no sooner than she did, Naruto grabbed the money and cut in front of Sasuke.

"Two tickets please," said Naruto proudly.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. She was never going to get that money back.

After receiving the tickets, Naruto waved them around proudly like he had won a war. He turned around to face the Hyuga happily.

"Thank you so much Hinata! You're the best! I promise I'll repay you one day!"

Naruto wrapped her in a quick hug, before running off to give Sakura her ticket. Feeling annoyed, Sasuke turned away from the lovesick expression on the Hyuga's face and placed down his money for a ticket. How could she stare at Naruto with that much love when he was on a date with another girl?

"How many tickets?" asked the woman behind the ticket booth.

Sasuke glanced at the Hyuga, he would have left her to buy her own ticket, but she just gave up her money to Naruto. Sasuke rolled his eyes; she probably didn't have any more money.

"Two please," he said.

When handed his tickets, he turned around and stared down at the Hyuga. She stared back at him, then looked away and began to fidget.

"Here," Sasuke shoved a ticket at her and she looked at it in surprise.

"N-no, I-I c-can-"

"Too late," said Sasuke. He shoved the ticket at her again, his annoyance rising rapidly. Stupid girl, she should have spoken up and not allowed him to waste his money if she still had money of her own.

The Hyuga glanced at him and saw the annoyance in his eyes and accepted the ticket quickly. She then followed behind Sasuke quietly as he joined up with Naruto and Sakura again. She joined beside them as they looked over the refreshments and candy to decide what to buy. Sasuke stood to the side, he didn't really like sweets and he wasn't thirsty at all, so he thought he'd skip the drink all together. Naruto on the other hand bought a large container of popcorn and two median drinks for his date and himself, using up the last of his money and the Hyuga's.

Sakura and the Hyuga had both modestly bought a single bag of candy and were watching in amusement as Naruto struggled to carry everything he bought. Sasuke smirked and walked on ahead.

Sasuke was at least thankful for one thing and that was the fact they were all going to see a movie together rather than having a dinner. Sasuke sighed in relief; all he had to do now was sit quietly and watch the movie. There was no need to converse or acknowledge anyone's presence.

Naruto chose their seats in the middle of the theater, where he always wanted to sit. He would have thrown a fit if he couldn't. The Hyuga slid into the row first and Sasuke would have allowed Sakura and Naruto to slid in beside the Hyuga, but alas he was shoved in after her by Naruto.

Sasuke hissed loudly and someone shushed them in return. Hinata turned and looked at him and Sasuke rolled his eyes and sat down reluctantly beside her. Naruto sat beside Sasuke and just as Sakura seated herself, the room darkened and commercials stopped playing and went to the trailers. Sasuke was happy there would be no need for conversation, but he became dismayed when he discovered the movie was going to be a romantic comedy, not his ideal genre.

Sasuke visibly gagged, but recovered himself quickly when his "date" glanced at him. He could do this; all he had to do was watch the movie.

The movie had barely begun though when Naruto tried to put the move on Sakura. He pretended to yawn as he stretched his arms above his head. Then he tried to discreetly wrap an arm around Sakura's shoulder. It didn't go as planned. There was a hiss and then a bump and an "ow" that was loud enough to get shushed by the people around them. Sasuke smirked to himself though as he returned his attention back to the movie screen. Witnessing that had been at least worth five double dates.

Sasuke adjusted himself in his seat, trying to get comfortable. The movie was almost over now, he was sure, but his bones ached and he felt the need to move. Raising his arms above his head he let out a yawn and stretched. His back popped a little and his muscles relaxed. Ah, that was heavenly. He was about to lower his arms, but instead Sasuke froze, sensing someone looking at him.

Turning his head to the left he saw Sakura staring open mouthed at him. Sasuke stared back, wondering why she was looking at him like that. Then looking cautiously over his right shoulder he saw the Hyuga girl staring at him as well. She was looking at his up-stretched arms as if they were a threat to her life. Sasuke began to lower his arms and paused. Oh, no. No, no, no, no. Sasuke stared wide eyed at the Hyuga and quickly lowered his arms and crossed them over his chest.

The hell, they thought he was going to try to put the move on the Hyuga. Sasuke glanced at the girl and saw that she was still staring at him. She blushed lightly and quickly returned her eyes toward the screen. Sasuke stared at her for a moment longer and frowned. The hell.

He felt his temper rise again as he recalled the absolute fear on the Hyuga's face when she was looking up at his arms. Did she fear him that much? Sasuke shook his head. So she probably did fear him, but Sasuke didn't care.

He watched the ending of the movie with an angry scowl.

After the movie Sasuke separated himself from everyone else the moment he had a chance. He stood aside as his three companions chatted and recalled their favorite scenes of the movie. They all began to make their slow walk toward the exit and Sasuke followed a few feet behind. Stupid love note. It was on his mind again, because he had failed to give it to its rightful owner so far.

It wasn't his fault though. Sasuke knew that he wasn't only forgetting the love note accidentally, but purposely as well. Self-admittedly he just felt too embarrassed to give the note to Naruto because then he would have to explain why he took it, read it, and held onto it for so long. It wouldn't be so hard if he knew the answer to all the questions. But he didn't, he didn't understand how he had even gotten mixed up in all this.

Watching the Hyuga and Naruto, Sasuke wondered if it would make a difference anyway. Naruto was in love with Sakura and he was on a date with Sakura right now. What could the Hyuga girl be hoping for?

Naruto told a joke and the Hyuga was sent into a fit of laughter along with Naruto.

The Hyuga would sooner or later ask about the love letter though, someday, somewhere. And she saw Sasuke directly after she had placed down her letter. She may be an idiot for loving the idiot, but Sasuke didn't doubt her ability to place two and two together.

Sasuke placed a hand on his forehead in frustration. It had already been almost three weeks now since he found the letter. He wasn't sure who he thought was the bigger idiot. Himself for his forgetfulness (Honestly? Almost a whole month of forgetting?) or the Hyuga.

And what the hell was she waiting for? For Naruto to one day fall in love with her and come sweeping her off his feet? Sasuke fell even farther behind the group, his feet dragging slowly across the ground.

No one seemed to notice his absence except Sakura. As Naruto engaged Hinata into another topic, Sakura looked around herself, looking for Sasuke. When she spotted him, she smiled, but stopped as she saw his expression. Sasuke looked away as she paused to wait for him to catch up. Naruto and the Hyuga continued to walk, seemingly oblivious to the sudden absences of their dates.

"Hey," said Sakura. She smiled at him, as if trying to lighten the mood. "Have you had a nice time?"

"Hn." Sasuke stared ahead, avoiding eye contact. Sakura giggled a little at his response.

"I was surprised that you even came."

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Naruto made me."

This time Sakura laughed a little louder, drawing the curious eyes of their companions up front. Smiling shyly, Sakura waved at them and Naruto shrugged and continued his conversation with the Hyuga.

"Why did you come?"

Sasuke blinked at Sakura and shrugged. "Naruto made me." He returned his gaze forward, staring intently at the backs' of his best friend and his friend's secret admirer.

Unknown to Sasuke, Sakura followed his eyes and was looking after them as well.

Frowning, Sakura's face became serious and contemplative. She glanced at Sasuke's face and studied his expression for a second. What was that look in his eyes? Sakura wasn't sure, but in her stomach she felt her muscles tense with unease. Was that the look of . . . hatred?

AN: I hope this chapter wasn't disappointing. X3 I myself like the humor in it. Nothing to send you rolling laughing, but I hope this chapter at least made you smile. Oh, and I hope Sakura wasn't too out of character. I don't write fanfiction much that includes Sakura, so I hope she doesn't come off as . . . exaggerated(?).

Please review, it would inspire me to write more chapters so you guys continue to have weekly updates. ^^ Especially if you make any suggestions for the story.