Hi everyone here's the second chapter to Once Upon an Engagement. Hope you guys enjoy it as the first chapter and thanks to everyone who sent me a review it definitely helped! Oh! I added more details to chapter one nothing special just a couple of description. So enjoy!
No I don't own the Naruto characters if I did it would be completely different.
Once Upon an Engagement
Chapter 2: Anger. Confusion ,and Stares
Smacking his hand away Hinata stormed off and into the main hall. No one noticed her walk in except for her father and Neji. Hiashi Hyuuga stood at the front of the dining hall as if he were a king and all the people in the room were nothing but mere peasants. He donned a formal male's yukata in the color of gray.
It matched his cold eyes that watched her walk through the room. He nodded towards her as she took her place on his right side. She sat down gracefully trying to drown out the sounds of the party. Thoughts of her previous conversation with one Sasuke Uchiha plaguing heavily on her mind.
The nerve of him to actually think that she would be the bearer of his children. What was even more outrageous was how he actually thought that her father would ever arrange something like that between the two. For as long as she could remember her father had nothing but negative thoughts about the Uchiha Heir.
If someone was to ever speak his name in front of Hiashi all you would hear is sarcastic comments and distaste in his voice. How the idea that her father arranged it got into his mind she would never know. She looked up as he entered the room and took a seat, turning her head away and rolling her eyes as he gave a small grin.
No one else noticed the exchange, but Hiashi had seen and had let a small smirk come to his face at the sight. Sasuke continued to grin as he took a seat next to his friend,
"What are you grinning about teme?", asked Naruto.
"Nothing dobe just something you wouldn't understand.", Sasuke replied back finally removing the smile from his face.
"Doesn't Sakura-chan look hot tonight Sasuke?" Across the room stood the pink haired slut flirting with Sai, though he didn't look all to interested in her. Sasuke had to fight down the vomit that threatened to come up his throat. Back before he left with Orochimaru Sakura had been a little bit sleazy but over the years she had really reached a new level.
"Are you seriously still interested in the pink haired skank." Sasuke replied rolling his eyes.
"Don't call her that Sasuke, she's our friend."
"Yeah, so long as she knows that we're friends and not potential lovers."
"SASUKE-KUN" was heard throughout the hall. Sasuke tried to turn his head away to avoid being seen but it was to late. A blur of pink streaked across the room towards the two. A pair of arms wrapped around Sasuke's neck. Indifferently he shrugged her arms from around his neck.
"Sasuke-kun.", her annoying voice whined. He turned his head away from her.
"What's wrong Sasuke-kun? Why are you ignoring me? I thought that we could get together and…"
"Because your annoying voice is grating on my nerves and quite frankly you disgust me. So the chances of us ever getting together is zero in 1,000,000,000. Besides I'm what you would call off the market." She stared at him making faces at him, not fully understanding what he was saying. She began to laugh but then getting a good look at his face she understood that he wasn't joking around.
"What do you mean off the market? You can't be serious Sasuke-kun." Her green eyes searching his face frantically hoping she would find a trace of joke on his face. Alas she was sadly disappointed when she found nothing but seriousness radiating from him.
"I mean what I say. I'm no longer available.", he said with a smile on his. His expression quickly changed. "And even if I were still available you would be the last person I would ever want to be with."
"So who is she, huh?'
"Honestly that's none of your business. But don't worry you'll find out soon enough." She stormed away in huff ignoring Naruto who tried to talk to her as she walked off. Naruto turned to Sasuke staring at him, trying to figure out what was going through his mind.
'What's wrong dobe? Neko got your tongue?" Sasuke took a sip of his sake, enjoying the burn that flowed down his throat.
"Where you serious when you told Sakura-chan you were taken?" He was use to the way Sasuke talked to Sakura. He figured if she let him talk to her like that why should he defend her.
"Oh, I was very serious dobe. Very, very serious dobe." He closed his eyes absorbing the affects of the liquor.
"So tell me teme, whose the lucky lady who unlocked your chained heart?", Naruto asked truly curious. Sasuke let a sarcastic grin come to his face hearing the comment Naruto made. "I mean do I know her or is she someone from another land? Come on teme I'm dying here."
"Yeah you know her. She's apart of the rookie nine."
"Really? Ohh, who is she?" Sasuke's reply was to look at him then look down the table at Hinata who was in mid conversation with Kiba and Shino.
"You don't mean." Sasuke didn't even turn to face him. He just continued to stare. "How'd you manage to score Hinata? I mean she's like wow! Gee, I feel really bad for Kiba." Naruto shook his head sadly. Sasuke's head snapped in Naruto's direction, eying him questioningly.
"What do you mean you feel bad for dog boy?"
"Well he's been in love with Hinata since the rookie nine started. He's going to be crushed when he finds out she's taken."
"That's right dobe, she is taken. He'll just have to get used to that." I've worked to hard to let some flea bitten mutt get her.
"Okay. Geez, calm down Sasuke. Your getting just a bit creepy here." Naruto downed his cup of sake.
"Hn." Sasuke looked back down the table at his bride. She was laughing, her hand covering her mouth, at something that Kiba had said. Kiba put his hand on her shoulder shaking from his own laughter. A spark of jealousy ran through him. He stared at the hand on her shoulder then back up to her face.
Feeling as if something was watching her Hinata stopped laughing and turned her head trying to find the source of her unease. She couldn't seem to find it though. As she looked around she saw Ino talking to Choji. Across from her sat Shikamaru with Temari, the two trying not to be obvious about the fact the two were dating. Next to them were Gaara and Kankaro having a small drinking game. Lee sat with TenTen and Neji, Lee shouting about youthful people at youthful parties. He didn't notice how the two were slowly sneaking away. Sakura sat in a corner by herself brooding. After her outburst earlier Hinata had tuned her out.
Everyone was to preoccupied to be looking at her so who could it be. Turning her head again she finally realized who it was that was staring at her. Sasuke the cause for most of her headaches that night. She stared back unblinkingly staring him down. Her gaze wavered as she tried to maintain eye contact. Something about the way he looked at her made her warm, yet at the same time scared her with it's intensity.
She had never felt this way before not even Naruto who she realized after a while was only an inspiration to her and not a love interest. She didn't understand what it meant. She almost welcomed the feelings he evoked in her, but then she got back to reality.
A blush began to rise on her cheeks, a rosy color coming to her face. She was ashamed to be blushing, the heat staining her cheeks. She had rid herself of that habit a few years ago, but he seemed to be able to bring back things she had gotten over. She felt a hand grab the sleeve of her kimono and turned to face the person.
" Yes Kiba-kun, what is it?"
"Are you alright Hinata. You were staring off into space and your face was going red." he looked at her concerned. She tried to reassure him.
"Don't worry about me Kiba-kun. I'm perfectly fine", she smiled at him softly. She turned back to look at Sasuke to see if he was still staring at her or not. He was, only there was something else in his gaze. It couldn't be, could it? Was Uchiha Sasuke jealous, and of Kiba?
No her eyes had to playing tricks on her. She turned back to Kiba and Shino rejoining the conversation. Shino noticed the looks between the two and just stared on curious to see the outcome. All Hinata could say was that she was confused.
Sasuke saw Hinata turn her head and survey the room. Looking at all the groups of people, some from the rookie nine and some not. Finally their eyes locked and he held her gaze. She stared back at him defiantly. He liked the fact that she was defiant, after all how interesting was a wife w77ho wouldn't challenge him every once in a while.
He saw the blush that came to her face and was delighted in the feeling of knowing he put it there. He made a mental note to make her blush more often. He watched as Kiba reached for her and grabbed her sleeve as if he had the right to touch her. He felt all the jealousy he previously felt return with a vengeance. Hinata turned and looked at him one more time then turned back to her conversation.
It doesn't matter he thought. Because in the morning after she talked to her father she would understand the seriousness of the matter at hand. She would know exactly who she belonged to. Yes, he thought with a smirk, tomorrow.
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