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Sorry it took so long but here's chapter five. I wanted some excitement this time so I hope you enjoy it!

Summary: Sasuke and Hinata are lovers at first sight, but after ten years of complications and a nasty dose of reality, will they be able to look up from their puzzles and see what's right in front of them in black and white? SasuHina

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and its characters, but it would rock if I did

-Iincho-sama

"When the student is ready, the teacher appears." Only the corniest line ever and Sasuke was sitting down listening to even more on his own free will—gasp –.

Kakashi was annoyed, not just annoyed, ha passed that a long time ago, no, now he was totally pissed off beyond all reason. His day started out bad enough with his class getting all worked-up about his student which led to a really painful punch in the gut from Tsunade-san – literally—so it was safe to say, by the time his most disliked student came as he spilled hot coffee on his new leather shoes he was ready to blow. He expected some rude remark from the Uchiha but to his great surprise, leading him to spill the rest of his drink on his shoes again, Sasuke gave a curt bow and looked straight at his sensei.

"Sensei-san, I need to ask to ask you something. It's really important."

And now, after a lot of blunt refusals and thanks to Sasuke's threats of blackmail that could cost him his job including the measly salary he got as a teacher but apparently was the only job one could get if one was a starving music graduate, Kakashi was sitting in a ramen stall reading his favorite book with none other than the infamous and incredibly rude Uchiha Sasuke. "If you're going to sit here with lame lines from dead movies I'll just go and ask Iruka-sensei instead." Sasuke said bored.

"Suits me." Kakashi said sharply. "From the way I see it I can finally go home and Iruka won't tell you a thing about his precious student, just as I will tell you nothing about mine." Sasuke turned to face him and Kakashi gave a smirk at the look on his face. "Alright, alright I'll tell you about him, but you have to swear not to pull that face again, it nearly made me spit out my coffee." He said laughing.

Sasuke managed to nod at his sensei as Kakashi leaned back on his chair.

"So you wanna know about Hinata-chan huh?" He took a deep breath as he began his story about the girl who learned from him all her life. "Well, as a child she was a very quiet girl, spent most of her time alone or with her parents when she wasn't buried in books. She was laughed at and teased as a child because of her mild personality, but her parents knew that there were many things for her in the future. After her sister was born, her mother was taken by a mysterious disease and she died from the inside out on Hinata-chan's seventh birthday, the day you met her. Don't look at me like that again Sasuke-san; I thought I made you swear not to do that. Yes, I know a dark, rude Uchiha when I see one Her father kept her as his dearest treasure after that and she was proclaimed the heir of Byakugan Enterprises.

"But the trials did not end there, for soon after, she was stuck in some kind of planned arranged marriage with another corporation when she was eight or something which she declined to swiftly. You see, she may not look it, but she is a believer of true love, as a last remembrance of her mother, she used to tell me about meeting you, you know. Sometimes it was so annoying listening to it day in and day out." He gave a chuckle at it and continued. "Getting back to the point, she quickly rose to fame shortly afterwards and while in a competition we met Iruka and of course, his protégée Uzumaki Naruto.

"Naruto-san was an orphan himself, and Iruka was his only guardian, he played the piano much like you. Don't raise your eyebrow Sasuke-san. He played with a passion you could never have, he beat Hinata-chan by one point and somehow they got engaged by virtue of her father and they—." BEEP BEEP BEEP.

"Hai Hai I'll be there right away." Kakashi said into his phone and got up. "I'll be leaving now Uchiha-san, there's a situation with Tsunade-san and I have to help clean up." He got his coat and was halfway through the door when Sasuke stopped him. "You never finished Kakashi." He glared at his sensei. Kakashi's eyes glinted as he looked at his student. "Well the rest of the details are blurry because Iruka was the one who was actually there, although you won't get anything out of him. There is one person who would know about it though." Sasuke's felt a chill go through his spine as he saw what was coming. "No definitely not." Sasuke told his sensei. Kakashi gave a cruel laugh. "Well you won't get anything out of me now either so—."

"It's near the Plaza Grande right?" Sasuke blurted out. "Yes, a few blocks away, you can't miss it." Kakashi told him.

The shaking Uchiha stumbled out of the restaurant and just as he was about to turn into the next street he heard Kakashi mutter: "So he's been stalking her too huh?" And there was something else he couldn't hear because there were footsteps coming his sensei's way.

"He must be falling pretty hard for her don't you think, Iruka?" Kakashi told his best friend from his college years. "Yes, I guess it's so, but what can we do, Hinata's pretty much the same." Iruka answered the man he had to babysit for over four years.

"I just wish they would see it faster already, I miss seeing my protégé laugh. She hasn't smiled this much since—."

"Since Naruto died." Iruka finished for him. He gave his friend a not so gentle hit on the head. "And you've been reading too many romance novels." Both began to laugh.

This. Was. Bad. Very bad indeed. Sasuke felt like he was seven all over again. Here he was once again lost inside the Hyuuga estate. Getting in was easy enough, he was let in by the Head of House himself, Hyuuga Hiashi who looked very happy to see him. It went something like this:

"Sasuke-san, it is wonderful to see you here again, you didn't bring your brother? He was a nice boy." Hyuuga told him, although there was something in his voice he couldn't really place. "You're here to see Hinata aren't you?" He didn't give him a chance to answer before he smiled wholeheartedly. "She's in the same place you found her last time. You had better get going; Neji doesn't like boys over after seven." Sasuke gave a jump at that and before he could ask where the hell he was supposed to go Hyuuga turned and left.

I seem to be having a lot of one-sided conversations today. He told himself as he randomly picked a corridor to get lost in again. He sat down on the soft carpet, tired after walking for so long. He was about to lie down when a familiar melody reached his ears. The Valse de Fleurs (Waltz of the Flowers) was playing on the violin.

Once again he followed the sound to the source, finding the same solid oak doors with just enough light peeping through to guide him through the dark hall. He didn't really know what to do now, so in order not to disturb her practice, he went right through and pushed open one of the doors. He was there at the exact moment when she ended her piece with its swelling prelude. He watched her every movement, the way her eyes closed when she played the piece, the way her dark bangs would fall onto the pale skin on her face, the way her fingers just slid over the strings so smoothly.

Most of all he watched how she played so expressively, something he was said to lack. She felt every note she was playing and there was no doubt that she knew them all by heart. As her bow slid over the strings for the last note he couldn't help but clap. She looked at him startled. "Sasuke-san, is that you?" Her eyes widened as she finally got the chance to speak to him in private. This time she raced to hug him, which he answered with a tight squeeze.

"Listen um, Hinata-san, I'm really sorry about this morning." He said turning red at the thought. "It doesn't matter Sasuke-san." She said hugging him tighter, he was starting to enjoy this. "I'm so glad you still remembered me." She said as they broke the hug. Sasuke was shocked at those words. Who wouldn't remember this cute hime-chan? Whoa hold up, did he just call her cute? What was going on here?

"You're here to ask about Naruto-kun right?" She said quietly. She took his hand and led him to the piano stool. She sat down and motioned for him to do the same. Sasuke was dying to ask. "So was he really going to be your husband?" He expected some kind of reaction from Hinata but she remained totally composed and looked at her hands the whole time.

"Naruto-kun. I met him at an amateur's competition, but the way he played he made it look like he was already pro. His parents died before he could remember and Iruka-sensei took him in. He just happened to be the best friend of Kakashi-sensei. He beat me at that contest by a point, which was probably one thing, he had this passion for music that was unequalled by all.

"Father met him after and we weren't really engaged like that. Oto-san just wanted to take him in, and well, it was what I thought was love, I went on thinking it was love for a long time and in the end I was right.

Something in Sasuke's chest tightened at those words, but her next ones were a relief.

"In the end I found out it wasn't that kind of love, but more of a brotherly love, although it was too late then." Sasuke took her hand and held it. She was starting to blush but Sasuke didn't care.

"You see, just a year ago, there was the competition for the finals of the Grand Musician's International Competition, which he entered eagerly. He played with his heart and soul that night, I was sure of it. But in the end he finished second place." She swallowed hard and tried to breathe in, she was getting choked.

"We went back home to his house and there was a celebration and after he said he was tired. He went upstairs and we finished cleaning up. He was my Nii-chan so I went up to check on him. When I got to his room he was finished playing the same piece he played in the competition and I knocked on his door. I waited but he didn't open it, so I took the handle and went straight in.

"Just as I got in, I saw him hold a knife to his chest and he gave that big smile that always made me happy, but at that moment, it made me feel sick. He took it and stabbed himself in the heart. It's kind of different watching it, it's like the knife goes right through and you can't do anything to stop it.

"There was a dull thump as his head hit the carpeted floor. Iruka and everyone ran up because of all the commotion and I ran to him. He lost a lot of blood and his tan skin was turning pale. I called him, and tried to wake him up, but he only mumbled 'Hina-chan, there are better people out there than poor losers like me, you don't have to think of me anymore, you have someone who's really meant for you,'

Sasuke squeezed Hinata's hand tighter, and she squeezed back. They stayed that way for a while, her looking at her hands and him looking at her face. She did not cry, but witnessing a suicide is a bad enough experience.

Suddenly she looked up to face him, and their faces were millimeters apart. Both were blushing slightly and Sasuke impulsively leaned in closer, closing off the distance between their faces. Hinata was looking at every move he made and in a few seconds that seemed like forever their lips met in a soft kiss that ended as quickly as it happened. Both were looking in opposite directions, blushing madly and looking for anywhere to look except at each other, yet secretly enjoying the kiss.

Sasuke abruptly got up and lifted the lid of the piano. "Sasuke-san, I sincerely apologize for—." Sasuke cut her off. "Save it Hinata-san, if you want to play Valse de Fleurs like when we first played it, then you should know and orchestra piece sounds no good with only one instrument."

Hinata couldn't help but giggle at him and stood still as she realized he still didn't let go of her hand and blushed a deeper shade of red. Sasuke saw where her eyes were staring at and quickly pulled back his hand. "G-gomen Hinata-san." He said immediately.

Hinata looked at him and decided to be brave. "C-call me Hinata-chan. Formality isn't my favorite thing." Sasuke nervously nodded and got ready to play the piece he'd been visualizing for so long. "Well let's get started Hinata-chan. And that means you have to call me Sasuke-kun now." Hinata blushed as she steadied her violin and Sasuke couldn't think of anything except how cute that was.

"Let's begin Sasuke-k-k-kun." Sasuke smirked at that, he was going to like this a lot.

There you go chapter five!

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