Hello, all. For those of you who have been reading my stuff since That Girl, I want to apologize to you for my lack of updating. I know you've probably seen me updating for my other stories that aren't SasuHina. I just feel like I'm not good at writing SasuHina but I started this story and I'm gonna finish it, damnit. I know you've seen how poorly this was written which is why I'm coming back to fix it and along the way, I'm gonna read through it and gather all of my thoughts so that I can start back up writing. Okay, that's the end of my rant. Thanks for sticking with me!
I don't own Naruto or the characters used in this story.
"Sasuke. Get up, you're going to be late." A faint voice called to me, accompanied by a light shaking feeling. I lazily swatted the air, in attempts to make the talking stop and placed a pillow over my head. Then, I bit of weight landed on my back. "I said 'get up'." The now apparent female voice repeated. I groaned and made an attempt to get up.
"Hinata. I can't really get up if you're sitting on my back." I mumbled into the pillow.
"Well, I wouldn't have sat on your back if you had gotten up when I told you to the first time." She stated, pulling the blankets off of me. I rolled my eyes and sat up in the bed, rubbing sleep from my eyes. When I could finally see clearly, Hinata stood in front of me, fully dressed in her work uniform. I smirked.
"You look more like a flight attendant than a frozen yogurt cashier." I commented as she checked her hair in the mirror, flattening it out with her small hands. She then turned to face me.
"And you look like the guy that's going to be late if you don't get out of bed." She laughed as she made her way over. I sighed and sat on the edge of the bed, trying to ruse myself from going back to sleep.
"Tell me again why I have to be up at 8 in the morning? Who wants to buy a car this early?" I asked Hinata as she sat beside me.
"I asked myself that too. Who wants yogurt this early?" But, I'm not going to sit here and complain about it. Plus I have to get in early to put all the stuff out." She stated, leaning against my shoulder.
"I hate it when you're right." I joked, kissing her temple and getting up off of the bed. After a good half an hour, I was dressed in the plain uniform. White button down shirt and black dress pants. Hinata smiled when she walked back in the room, holding a cup of coffee, while I was putting on my tie. She set the coffee down on the dresser as she took over adjusting my tie.
"I've always wanted to do this." She muttered to herself with a smile. Or maybe she was talking to me as she smoothed the tie down and handed me the cup of coffee.
"Thank you." I told her as I sipped from the mug. The strong coffee was enough to keep me awake for the day.
10 minutes later, we were walking down the road. Again I stress, why take a car and waste gas when we're in walking distance of our jobs? Makes no sense.
"Have a great first day of work." Hinata smiled as she softly kissed me. I smiled back at her.
"You too." I said as I watched her walk down the road. Not in a possessive way but just to make sure she got there safely. It's a good thing I've got great eye sight.
"Uchiha! Here early I see." Yamato smiled as he and I walked to meet each other halfway into the car lot. I nodded and lazily threw a hand up.
" Hey. " I said coolly, not really having much to say. He and I walked inside the building while he draped his arm around my shoulder.
"Alright Sasuke. Traditionally, a car salesperson works on commission, and maybe even straight commission, without a base salary." He began. I just stood and listened as he rambled on. "The salesperson, that's you," He gestured to me. "Typically tries to hit sales goals in order to earn a more substantial paycheck. This can set up strains between the buyer, who wants a lower price on a car, and a salesperson, who may be paid better if the selling price is higher. Now, all you pretty much have to do is learn all you can about these cars and try to sell as many as possible by the end of each month. Your quota, which is just like everybody else' who works here, is 7 cars per month. Now, you can sell more, hell that's actually encouraged, in order to be eligible for a cash bonus. Any questions?" He finished with a heaving sigh.
I stood there for a minute, processing everything he had told me. "I think I've got it." I told him with a smirk. Yamato smiled widely.
"That's the spirit! Come on, let's go meet your coworkers." He said as he led me down the hallways. " Kakuzu Kyōhaku is our sales accountant." He began as he opened the door to a fairly large office. Inside was a man with green eyes and brown hair that touched his shoulders, punching away at the keys on a calculator. "Mr. Kyōhaku, this is Sasuke Uchiha, our newest salesman." Yamato said. I almost cringed as the key puncher looked up and rested his elbows on his desk, placing his chin on the back of his hands. On the sides of his mouth were tattoos that resembled stitches. Or, maybe they were actual stitches. Whatever they were, I don't want to be close enough to this guy to actually find out.
"He looks too young. Are you really going to waste money on young, inexperienced boy?" The said in a deep, monotone voice. Yamato nervously rubbed the back of his head.
"Yes, well. You see, he sold a car before I even offered him a job. Don't you think that that's shows the makings of a great car salesman?" My boss asked, as if he was talking to his own boss, even though this was his own company. Kakuzu cracked his neck and his knuckles.
"As long as we're profitable, I could really care less about who you hire. Now, I've got things to do. Would you mind closing my door? You're letting the heat in and do you know how much money it costs to run the air conditioning?" The menacing man asked. Yamato nodded and closed the door as he was told.
"He's not really a people person." Yamato laughed as he led me to the next room. We stood out side of the office while he pointed people out. "Our top salesman for 3 months, Kisame Hoshigaki and Aya Marichi, our only female saleman, or saleswoman." He pointed to a man with spiked dark blue hair, oddly pale blueish skin and sharp looking shark teeth standing next to a woman with short brown hair. Maybe that guy was sick or something. "I cant find, or rather, don't care to find the rest of them, but I'm sure you'll meet them eventually. Now, let me show you your office." He smiled as he led me past several offices. He opened the door to a clean, but fairly plain office. "In here is where you'll fill out sales paper work, talk to clients and what not. If you need any help, as one of your coworkers or myself. Now, I'm going to give you a video to watch that should show you what you need to do. Take notes, son. Watch this and good luck." He said as he handed me the video walked out.
This cant be that bad. 1 hour, 3 front to back pages of notes and 2 cups of coffee later, the video ended. I curse the person who made this dumb ass, boring video. But, I really did learn a lot. I sighed as I got up and walked out of my office. Only to be greeted with a face full of what I think was paper balls.
"What the hell?" I shouted, completely startled and pissed off from sitting still for an hour. In front of me stood the same pale blue guy, who now looked even more frightening than he did when I first saw him. He was a few inches taller than I am, so maybe about 6 foot 6. Behind him stood a person with overly long blond hair and gray blue eyes who was clearly shorter than I am.
" 'Sup rookie?" The tallest man asked, looking down at me. Not in a degrading way, but literally looking down at me. "D'You watch that stupid ass training video?" He questioned with a smirk as he stared into my office and at what I assumed to be the notes I took.
"He did!" The blond laughed, holding onto its sides as if that was the funniest thing ever. "Oh shit. You actually took notes. Wait, you're that kid who didn't have an interview arent you? Dude! I heard about you!" The person said. I'm not sure what to call this person. Usually, people who work at dealerships are wearing uniform. This person, however, had on a pair of tight red jeans that where too tight to be a mans, due to the lack of space near its private area and a black shirt. So, I'm assuming it's a woman. A woman with a very flat chest…
"And you pelted me with paper balls for what reason?" I asked stepping out of the doorway.
"Because you're the rookie and because I can." My assaulter said.
" I don't appreciate being pelted with paper balls by some girl just because I'm new." I told the woman. Just then, Kisame laughed so loud it would have made children, and certain adults, cry.
"Ha! Deidara, even the new kid thought you were a woman. Face it, you're bound to look like a bitch with your hair like that." Kisame laughed. So I was wrong. It's not a woman.
"No, damn it. I'm not cutting it and that's final. Look here, rookie. I'm a man." Deidara snapped, pointing a black nailed finger in my face.
"Those tight pants say otherwise." I laughed pointing to the fire truck red pants. As did Kisame. Deidara threw his arms up and stomped away.
"You'll fit in fine around here, kid. Just don't let Yamato punk you into taking notes on dumbass videos." Kisame said, patting me on the back with a little bit too much force as he walked away, leaving me standing in the doorway of my office. I sighed and went to go talk to Yamato.
XXXX
"All I said was that she smelled like cat piss and she smeared her yogurt in my hair." Yuuske pouted as Yuhara washed his hair in the sink in the back room.
"But that's not something a girl wants to hear." Yuhara laughed as she washed her brothers hair.
"I thought girls wanted guys to be honest. See, this is why I'm gay. Girls are too much." He mumbled. I just laughed as the strawberry blond dried his hair. Then, two girls with small children walked in, talking rather loud.
"Welcome to MominPo! My name is Hinata, can I interest you in some free samples?" I repeated in my campy tone for the umpteenth time today. I actually kind of like doing that. The women sat their children in the chairs and walked over to me.
"Can we have four large containers please?" The brunette asked with a smile. I nodded and handed the woman four containers.
"Oh, Kara. I saw that boy that you dated a few years ago." She said as she walked over to her friend and the children.
"Which one?" 'Kara' laughed as she went to get two servings of yogurt. I shook my head and started to tune out the women.
"That's not funny, Kara. The one with the blackish blue hair. He was in a band and had that really cool car. Oh, he had like, both of his ears pierced and his tongue." Karas friend rambled. I narrowed my eyes. This guy sounded very familiar.
"Oh! Him. He was so cute. And he could sing. What was his name? I know his parents owned this big company or whatever. Kora, do you remember his name?" Kara asked as she walked over to me with her two, now overly full containers of yogurt. I smiled and set her containers on the scale.
" Your total is $10.52." I smiled as I finished ringing her up.
"You dated him. How did you forget his name? Whore." Kora laughed as she walked up to me and handed me her containers. Kara laughed as if she wasn't offended by the name calling.
"Am not. We didn't really hang out a lot. Had tons of sex though. God he was good in bed. Kind of a douche though." She said as I finished ringing up Kora.
"Your total is 8.17." I smiled at Kora.
"Don't be like Kara." Kora told me as she peered at my name tag as she slipped some money in one of the tip jars. "Hinata, never date a guy in a band. Chances are, they've dated tons of girls. You'll end up on his list of whores. Like Kara." She whispered with a smile that I returned.
"I heard that!" Kara pouted as she and the yogurt eating children got up from the table. "Hinata, don't listen to her. If you want to date a singer, do it. Who knows, you could change him" She said.
"Or you could end up having the kid of a one night stand." Kora laughed as she took her child hand.
"Hey, I know who he is, I just choose not to talk to him anymore." Kara defended as she and her friend walked out. I sighed and leaned on the counter. I noticed at 10 dollar bill in the tip jar labeled 'Hinata'. That was nice of Kora.
"That guy they were talking about sounded like a dick." Yuuske commented as he came out of the back. I shrugged my shoulders, not really caring.
"How can you judge a guy you don't know base on what a few people say? You don't really know him." Yuhara defended as she returned from the back.
"Hey, once two girls say he's a dick, that's what he is." Yuuske said, grabbing himself a container.
"Whatever. Hey! Get your mouth offa there! Why'd you grab a container if you're just gonna put your mouth on it?!" Yuhara whined. She then looked at her watch and then to me. "You can take an early lunch if you want. We've got it for now." She smiled. I nodded, grabbed my clutch and came from around the counter.
"Bye guys." I smiled as I walked out of the small shop. Why would those girls come in and gossip that loudly about some guy? But, the way they described him sounds vaguely familiar. I walked towards the pet shop and walked inside.
"Welcome to Pet Palace. Can I help you with anything?" A boy about my age with hair the same color as mine but short and shaggy said from behind the counter. I shook my head.
"I'm just looking." I smiled as I made my way over to the Dalmatian cage and knelt down. The lone puppy that I had been looking at the other day fidgeted and let out a tiny yelp.
"Do you want to hold one?" The cashier asked as he walked over to me. I shook my head.
"If I hold it, then I'm going to get attached and my apartment doesn't allow pets." I told him, still looking at the puppy. The boy shook his head and lifted the puppy I had been staring at and handed it to me.
"It'll be okay." He said. I sighed and nodded my head as he handed me the puppy. I let out a faint 'aww' as the small puppy whimpered and licked my thumb. I petted his head and he turned on his side, letting me know that he was a boy.
"If you want, I can reserve him for a while." The boy whose name I found to be Rin said to me. I sighed and bit my bottom lip as I looked at the puppy.
"That'd be nice." I smiled. Five minutes later, I left the put store and walked into Neon Lotus café. I pumped a bit of hand sanitizer into my hand from the available dispenser and headed to the counter.
"Welcome to Neon Lotus, how can I help you?" The cashier asked with a bored expression. I looked up at the menu for a few seconds before ordering.
"Um, may I have a Salmon Teriyaki Bento box and a medium green tea?" I asked. The cashier nodded and began pushing buttons.
"Make that two." Some one called behind me. Huh? Who orders on someone else' order?
"Uh, no. Just one." I told the cashier as I turned around to face the anonymous customer. Probably some creep. I immediately smiled when I saw that it was Sasuke.
"So, one or two?" The annoyed cashier said.
"Two." I told him. He sighed and pushed the keys.
"Your total is $12.34. Order number 17." He said. Sasuke and I nodded and walked away from the counter.
"So, how's you're first day been so far?" I asked Sasuke as we sat down at a table by the window. He sighed and rubbed his temples.
"Besides watching an hour long video, taking notes and being hit with paper balls by a gender confused blond, it's been good." He smiled. I quirked an eyebrow.
"Why did you get hit with paper balls?" I asked, fiddling with the salt shaker.
"I don't know. He just decided to throw them at me because I'm the rookie." He shrugged. "How's the yogurt business going?" He smiled.
"Pretty lax actually. Besides an angry customer." I told him. I decided not to bring up the part about Kara and Kora.
"What happened?" He asked.
"Yuuske told this girl that she "smelled like cat piss" when she tried to ask him out." I laughed. "He claims that girls are confusing. And that's why he's gay." I concluded with a smile.
"Cat piss? That's just harsh." He laughed.
"Order number 17!" Someone called. Sasuke and I got up to go collect our food and walked out of the café.
"All in all, it's not that bad. Boring as all hell, but not that bad." Sasuke said as we walked down the road. We walked to the dealership first because I insisted that I wanted to see the puppy before I went back to work.
"Okay. See you when you I get off." Sasuke said before leaning down to kiss me. It was soft and lingering.
"Aye, rookie. You can make out with your cute girlfriend after you get off work. Get yer ass in here." A pale blue, sickly looking man yelled.
"He's blue." I whispered. "Is he okay?"
"Yeah, he's fine. Bye." He smiled as he kissed me quickly and started to walk away. "Must you interrupt us?" Sasuke yelled as he carried his lunch and walked alongside his new friend. I smiled and turned to walk back to work, stopping to say 'Hi' to Rin and the puppy that I had decided to name, Po, even though I know I wont be able to get him. I've never had a pet before.
"Hinata! You missed it! Do you remember that guy that that girl and her friend were talking about?" Yuhara asked as I walked into the shop and set my lunch down.
"Yes, why?" I asked as I began to eat. She came and sat in front of me, lightly bouncing in her chair.
"I saw someone that looked just like how they described him. Only, his ears weren't pierced." She beamed. I rolled my eyes and continued to eat.
"Will you quit gossiping? Hinata clearly doesn't care. Let her eat." Yuuske said as he wiped off a few tables.
"But Yuuske, you should have seen him." Yuhara whined. I shook my head and listen to her ramble about pointless things as I ate.
Several hours later, work had ended and I was on my way towards the dealership.
"Hey, it's you." Someone said as I walked up to the entrance. The same baby blue skinned man smiled. I gave him a smile back but on the inside, I was terrified. His teeth were sharp and pointy. Almost shark like. "You're the rookies girlfriend, right?" He asked, leaning down to look at me.
"If by rookie, you mean Sasuke then yes." I told him as I continued to walk, with the very tall man by my side.
"Nah, I'm gonna stick to callin' him rookie. That kid's got a good sense of humor. Hey, kid's got a brother right?" He asked me. I looked up at him, puzzled as I'll ever be, and nodded. "I knew it! He looks like this kid I used to know. He up and disappeared towards the end of high school. S'names Itachi, haven't seen him in forever."
"Sponging information out of my girlfriend, are we?" Sasuke asked as he came out and kissed my forehead.
"Nah, I just wanted to make sure you were who I thought you were." The man said as he stopped walking.
"And who'd you think I was?" Sasuke asked.
"Itachi's little brother. You look a lot like him. Tell him I said hey." Shark man said as he walked back into the dealership.
"Will do. Later, Kisame." Sasuke said as he walked away.
"It's, Mr. Hoshigaki, rookie." Kisame called back with a laugh.
"Whatever." Sasuke laughed as we made our way home.
Yamatos Autos is a non existent buisness (as far as I know)
MominPo yogurt shop and Neon Lotus aren't real either. (I dont wanna get sued for making up names.)
Also, I made up Kakuzus last name. It means obsession in Japanese. I chose that last name because Kakuzu is known to have an obsession with money.
Aya Marichi, Yuhara and Yuuske are characters that I made up.
And that's that. How was it? Like some people have said before, this story deserves a few more reviews. So go do that. Anyway, that's it for this chapter.
Until next time!
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