Disclaimer: Loveless - Yun Kouga
Naruto - Misashi Kishimoto
Claimer: I own the OCs and the plot; nothing more, nothing less.
Warnings: AU; no characters from Loveless
Pairings: OCOC, SasuOC
"I think you're seriously in danger of falling for me."
"Why can't you leave me alone? You were just so pleasant, so what happened to that?"
Right now I'm walking around the backyard with Hide following me. I think he's gotten into the habit of annoying me and enjoying my reactions. There eventually comes a time where an upperclassman girl comes outside and calls to Hide that Seven Minutes in Heaven is done.
"Great! Now let's get going!"
Hide jumps forward. He grabs my wrist and drags me back into the house. He lets go of me before anyone can see he has a hold of my wrist, though. I find Hinata and Temari. They tell me who they were stuck in the closet with. I don't listen, though.
I'm thinking about the last part of the conversation between me and Hide. I never thought that I would know what Hide was feeling, or know that he had reasons behind his constant poking at me in such weird ways. All Hide wants is someone to call his other half like Units can. He also wants to feel special enough to where he can break the impossible-to-break Unit bonds.
I'm brought out of my own thoughts when I find out it's time to leave. Temari loops her arm with mine, saying something about walking home with me. Hinata tells us good-bye since she has to leave with her cousin, Neji. Before Temari and I can take a step toward the door, Sasuke moves in our way with his hands in his pockets.
"I can walk Haruka home. We're heading the same way," he tells Temari, giving her a forceful stare.
I glance at Temari with an apologetic glance. She doesn't seem to notice and grins. She pats me on the back, saying that it's been an interesting evening. She leaves me behind with Sasuke. He gives a softer stare than the one he gave Temari and so we head out. I wave to a few people as we leave.
When we leave and begin walking, there's no talking. I feel strangely comfortable with the lack of talking between us. But when we're halfway to my house—I can only assume Sasuke is staying over again—then that's when I decide that it's about time we talked.
"When do you want to start training again?" I ask him. "We didn't establish what day we would do it."
"I think Wednesday would be good," he answers.
"Alright, so here's how the schedule looks: we walk together for as long as we can every day; Wednesday is training; Friday is spend the night; and the weekends are eating dinner with us. Is that about right?"
"Yeah, that's about right," Sasuke replies.
I don't know what it is, but Sasuke seems to be in a dark mood. I don't know why he could possibly be angry or whatever he's feeling. Because of this feeling—and it seems to be getting stronger the closer we get to the house—I decide that we need to keep talking.
We talk about what I can do to make my spells more powerful and such. When we get to my house I unlock the door with my house key. We go inside and find my mother sitting on the couch reading a book with her glasses on. She looks up and gives a delighted smile at us.
"Ah, you're back so soon? It's good to see you came back, Sasuke," she greets us warmly.
"Can he stay again? It's a bit too dark for him to go by himself… although I'm sure he can take care of himself," I add on so I don't insult Sasuke.
"If it's not too much trouble," Sasuke adds on himself.
"Of course it's no trouble if you stay again, Sasuke," my mother says with a kind smile.
She gets up and Sasuke follows her so that she can set up the basic things for when someone stays over. I watch them leave and realize that my tail is flicking back and forth to show my happiness. I swat at my tail, almost as if scolding it for betraying how I feel.
[][] Sunday [][]
We're eating a fine breakfast. We have pancakes, bacon, orange juice, apple juice, toast, fruit, cereal, and some sort of bread that I care not for the name just so long as it tastes good. I've had a lot to eat, along with Sasuke and my mom. My mother knows how to talk much better than me since she's had Sasuke talking the whole time we've had breakfast.
Sasuke thanks my mother for the breakfast. We both leave once I change into some clothes. I took a shower at night so I'm good to go now. Sasuke and I decided that I would walk with him to his house halfway and then I would peel away from him since I want to go get some ice cream and a new shirt somewhere.
"And then Hinata and I went to the backyard where it was actually really nice," I finish saying.
"That party… was really interesting," Sasuke suddenly states.
"Yeah, I would say so. I don't normally go to parties, but that was unique in… some way," I agree.
"Sterling doesn't normally invite just anyone…" Sasuke trails off.
"Well, if you recall, his cousin Hideyoshi invited people," I correct Sasuke. Sasuke glances at me as he points out, "But Hideyoshi still had to pass it by Sterling."
Sasuke had a point there. There's nothing to say to that, though. For some reason I feel like this conversation is covering something that's on Sasuke's mind, but he's hesitant about saying something. I glance at him to see Sasuke staring at me, but I'm not sure I quite like that stare of his.
"What?" I finally ask.
"I simply can't believe that Sterling let us go because Hideyoshi said so. Did you have to sway him in some way?" Sasuke finally asks.
This dumbfounds me. What was Sasuke suggesting?
"Excuse me? What's that supposed to mean?" I ask, getting to my defensive-mode like when my mom and I have fights and I have to prove my innocence.
"I think you know what that means," Sasuke almost snaps back. He actually seems angry. "Sterling and I don't have a very good past with each other. We basically hate each other. He seemed awful buddy-buddy with you before, too."
"Sasuke-what-it's not like that!" I retaliate.
I'm surprised at Sasuke's accusation. It stabs into my heart. My hands are getting cold, my body's going numb, I'm going into shock, and my head is beginning to pound.
"I told you to ignore him. From what I understand, you did the exact opposite," Sasuke snaps. "I mean, I heard you went on a date and that's where you met his cousin, Hideyoshi. That's a date, Haruka."
Someone must have told him at the party.
"Why can't you just trust my word when I say that there's nothing going on?"
I feel like I've just broken into a million pieces. How could he not trust me? There's really nothing going on between Sterling and I now, and I don't think there ever was before. The pieces of me that fall apart seem to spread out in front of Sasuke and I, and I'm happy to know that he can't see them.
"Because I knew that you must've been lying when you said that you wouldn't go anywhere even if you wanted to. You don't really want to do this, do you?" Sasuke asks. He's full-on glaring at me. We've stopped walking. I realize that this must've affected Sasuke more than I thought because he mentioned this and he has problems with being alone what with his family being dead and his brother being in college. "If you didn't want to be a Unit in the first place, you should've said so."
"Why can't you just believe me? Sterling went up to me during the party and told me that we're just friends! We both agreed on this! That wasn't necessarily a date; Sterling was getting me ice cream because he owed me! There is nothing going on!"
Sasuke gives me a blank stare. He doesn't seem so angry anymore, but now I am. I throw my hands up into the air with a shout of fury. I stomp away from him, not willing to wait for him to see the error of his ways. I don't know it just now, but I twisted what happened to Sasuke so that I could be innocent. That is sort of what happened, though, so there's no bad thing in that.
This explains why Sasuke must have been quiet on the way back to the house.
I continue to fume on my way into town. When I catch sight of the ice cream parlor, it all seems to evaporate away. I end up getting a large cup of chocolate ice cream. I begin eating it as I start window-shopping for something I might like.
I end up wandering around for a good hour. Within that hour, the ice cream manages to keep my anger at bay. When it disappears, though, my anger begins to naturally begin to rise up again. How could Sasuke not trust me? I told him that I wouldn't be going anywhere, so why can't he just believe that? I wouldn't have ditched him for Sterling because I've got more honor than that. If he wanted to pick a fight, couldn't he have done it before he went to the house?
I know he has trust and abandonment issues, but that went a bit too far. Or maybe I should expect this from people who have those kinds of problems. After all, I've never dealt with anyone like Sasuke before. Maybe I should've stayed and be patient with him.
"Haru-chan~!"
I immediately stop and stiffen. I'm tackled from behind into a hug. Surprisingly, I smell a nice scent. I stumble a bit from the tackle-hug. When the weight is taken off, I'm turned around to be facing Hide. His hair almost seems pink and transparent with the way the sun is hitting him. I'm confused as to how he's here now.
"Um, hi there Hide… what are you doing here?" I ask.
"I go get some stuff every Sunday. I thought I saw you before, but I told myself it couldn't have been you! But guess what! I was right," Hide almost seems to brag. "I saw you eating ice cream. What are you doing now?"
"Trying to find a new shirt," I answer.
"Oh! Lemme come with you and help you choose one. I've always thought about shirts that could match you so well," Hide says happily.
I try to retaliate, but Hide takes my hand and starts dragging me toward a certain place. I think he already knows what store he wants to go to get a shirt with me. I feel the disgust and anger boiling up when Hide takes my hand, but I also feel warm and fuzzy because of him holding my hand. I'm also feeling the whip lash his personality gives me since he's so fast and likes to force his will… I don't think it's necessarily on purpose, though.
"You know, I've always thought that you should try wearing v-necks. You don't have that much of a chest, so it'll be cute instead of trying to show off what you have… which isn't much," Hide starts rambling.
I feel my face flush at Hide's comment, though. I never knew that Hide noticed my somewhat flat chest. I feel a tad bit violated now. How can be so blunt in an embarrassing way like that?
I continue to listen to Hide ramble on about what might look good on me, though. I don't know how he does it, but now he's not longer dragging me. Instead of dragging me, Hide has managed to make me walk beside him and he's still holding my hand. I can't help but notice this and I don't want people thinking we're a couple. I try to pull my hand out sometimes, but he manages to find a way to keep a hold of my hand.
"Do I have the choice of leaving you?"
"Psh, you might, but it's not going to be so easy~"
Wow, you guys got to the reviews pretty quickly. YOU THREE KNOW WHO YOU ARE~! I love you three, but not in that way. XDDD I was bored, so I figured I'd make this update. Don't worry, though, even though Haruka and Sasuke got into a fight, they'll make up... hopefully. *Dramatic Music*
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