Mshinata: I love reviews. –Random-
Sasuke: I think every writer does…
Mshinata: Thank you, Mr. Obvious! –Smiles- TwistedFaith5, people have to go through obstacles before they can get married and stuff! It's not all sweets and…uh cotton candy…-sweat drops-
Sasuke: Wow. That was a horrible comparison.
Mshinata: I know. –Pout- I'M AN EVIL WOMAN?
Sasuke: YES. SOMEONE FINALLY REALIZES!
Mshinata: It's okay. o.o I don't like cliff hangers either, but I the chapter was already so long that I didn't want to write more…hehe.
Sasuke: Wow.
Mshinata: WAIT, A BUNNY DIES IN THE WORLD? That's horrible! But then…my neighborhood always has bunnies…they don't die. They just reproduce, reproduce, and reproduce. –Nods- Sometimes I see a bunny in the road. I'm so scared that one day someone will run over them. Then, the bunny population will go down! –Sad-
Sasuke: You really like bunnies, don't you?
Mshinata: Noo. It's just that road kill is horrible, even if it's accidental. Awww, thank you Kingdom Hearts Lover!
Sasuke: Okay, I'm switching to the disclaimer.
Mshinata: -looks out the window- AWWWW! THERE'S A BIRD NEST NEAR THE WINDOW ON THE HOUSE NEXT TO MINE!
Sasuke: …she does not own Naruto.
Neji wandered down the halls, bored to death. When was that guy coming again? An angry mark appeared on his temple. The thought of even thinking of Hinata getting married was unheard of in his mind. She was merely too young…too innocent…too naïve. He mumbled to himself incoherent curses. Then, he saw a flash, or a person, sped right past him. He raised a brow and turned around.
"I've had enough of intruders for today." He said sternly. The person who sped by him slowly crept behind the wall where he was hiding. Neji stared at him. "Subaku…you're the least expected person to be here..." Gaara's sweat dropped.
"I know…I can't believe I got myself into this." Gaara muttered to himself. Neji sighed.
"If you want to talk to Hinata-hime, her room's in that direction." Neji pointed his thumb towards the right. Gaara raised a brow.
"You mean…someone has already talked to Hinata?" Gaara asked. Neji nodded, irritated.
"That's why I said I had enough of intruders." Neji said it like it was obvious. Gaara shrugged.
"I guess there's no reason to be here then." He bluntly said. Angry marks appeared on Neji's temple.
"Wait! You come here, ignore my order to leave, intrude the Hyuuga estate, and now leave?!" Neji shouted. Gaara nodded. "Seriously…you guys are giving me a headache." Neji said, rubbing his temple.
"Don't worry. I'm leaving right now." Gaara said frankly. He went the opposite direction and headed towards the exit. After he left, Neji cursed to himself once more.
"I really dislike Hinata's friends…" He muttered.
Sasuke sat in the room, totally bored. He read the books that were in the room. They were all either about business or laws. He rolled his eyes at each book. He had already read all of them. His father forced him to.
He sighed angrily to himself. He didn't know how long it was since he had been there, but he knew it had been a long time. Sasuke had an urge to sneak out of the room. He might as well not stay here at all, but…he needed to talk to Hinata no matter what.
He angrily grumbled to himself. He sat down on the flood, tapping on the table.
"Onee-chan, he's here!" Sasuke knew that voice. It was Hinata's sister! He rushed to the door and listened closely.
"Hai!" An unconscious blush crept upon his face. It had been so long since he heard her voice...it seemed like years since she was staying at his house…
He shook his head to get rid of the thoughts. He had to focus. He heard the front doors slide open.
"It's nice to meet you, Fiancé-san." Hanabi said politely. Sasuke heard a melodious and deep voice laugh.
"I'm not engaged to your sister yet Hana-chan." Fiancé-san said smoothly. An angry mark appeared on Sasuke's temple. He backed away from the door.
He should've known…since he had a fiancé as well. Every heir or heiress of a huge company/business had to have a fiancé. Sasuke had even heard of a little twelve year old boy already engaged.
He rubbed his temples. For some reason…he didn't feel sad. He felt more mad and irritated, both at "Fiancé-san" and himself.
His eyes widened. He was mad at himself?
"Onee-chan!" Hanabi whined.
"I-I'm here!" Sasuke heard Hinata's running footsteps. He heard a thump. He quickly ran to the door and listened closely again. He guessed Hinata tripped and fell. He rolled his eyes and smirked at the same time. She was always a klutz.
"Onee-chan! Are you okay?!" Hanabi asked worriedly. Sasuke heard Hinata getting up.
"Hinata-san…are you okay?" Fiancé-san asked worriedly. Sasuke rolled his eyes. His smooth voice was getting on his nerves.
"I-I'm a-alright! T-there's no n-need for y-you to help me u-up!" Hinata majorly stuttered. Sasuke was about to break the door open. His hands turned into fists and steam was coming out of his ears. She was stuttering?! She doesn't even stutter anymore around him…
But she only stutters when she's afraid of someone right?
He smirked.
"Ah," Sasuke could hear Fiancé-san smiling, "you're so cute." Sasuke's eyes turned into slits.
"A-ah…t-thank you." Hinata said quietly. Hanabi squealed.
"You two are so cute together!" She screamed. "You should hurry up and marry him, Onee-chan!" Sasuke heard Hanabi whisper to Hinata.
"Marriage…" Hinata muttered to herself. "Ah, that reminds me. Hanabi-chan, I have something to do today." She said aloud.
"Gomenasai, Hinata-san," Fiancé-san said, "but you're spending the day with me."
"N-nani? I thought you only came for a visit." Hinata said, finally breaking out of her stuttering.
"Yes…but I wanted to steal you away and take you somewhere." He said smoothly. Hanabi squealed again.
"He's just like Romeo!" She whispered to her sister.
"Forbidden love…ne…" Hinata muttered to herself.
Ino left the Hyuuga estate for once and for all. No more waiting outside the estate. No more waiting for Hinata to come out of the house to notice them. She just hoped her words would get through to Hinata. She crossed her arms and sighed.
"So what happened?!" Naruto popped out of the bushes and shouted. On reflex, Ino screamed and punched him.
"S-sorry! Dang it, Naruto! Don't scare me like that!" She said. Naruto rubbed the place where he was hit.
"Yeah…it's okay. I'm used to it." He said bluntly and looked perfectly fine. Ino's sweat dropped. Gaara needed to stop hitting him. "So…is my Hinata-chan okay?" He asked slowly and seriously.
"First of all," Ino started, glaring at him, "she is not yours. She's mine and Sasuke's." He pouted. "Secondly…" She sighed, "I have no idea. I talked to her for a bit…I just hope…she realizes something." She said seriously.
"It's good that you got to talk to her." Gaara popped out of nowhere. Naruto and Ino jumped. Ino, on reflex again, punched Naruto.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" Naruto screamed. She panicked.
"I didn't mean to! It was my reflexes!" She shouted back.
"WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU PUNCH GAARA?!" He screamed back, pointing at Gaara.
"Because she knows that if she punched me, I'd kill you." Gaara replied coolly. Naruto's sweat dropped.
"That made no sense." He replied to Gaara, calm now. Gaara always had scared him…in a good way (?). He shrugged.
"It's good that you talked to her…if I had found her, I wouldn't know what to say." He said, continuing what he said. Ino looked at him.
"Oh…I guess you weren't that close to Hinata, ne?" She asked. He shrugged again. "Well, that's okay." She smiled and said, "I just want her to come back…"
"We can't be selfish and just wish she comes back. It's her decision. If she stays, that's fine. Just know that we tried our best." He said wisely. Ino felt comforted.
"You always do know what to say, huh…" She said.
"Yes." He replied to the rhetorical question. Naruto's sweat dropped.
Sasuke couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't be stuck in this room forever! Besides…the voices of Hanabi, Hinata, and Fiancé-san left forever ago. His impatience won and he slammed the door open to find Hinata in front of him.
"S-Sasuke-sa…-kun." She stuttered and looked the other way. Hinata was still wearing her kimono. Her sleeve covered her mouth and her bangs covered her face.
"What's with that stuttering…I thought we got rid of that." He made the question into a statement.
"You…you can't tell me what to do." She said quietly but confidently. Before she could shout at him to leave her alone, he suddenly hugged her. He tightly squeezed her. She tried to struggle free but it was no use. His grip on her was too tight…and he already stole her heart. The only way to get her heart back was to let him go, but she couldn't.
"Hinata…" Sasuke muttered in her ear, his warm breath tickling her ear. She blushed. "I don't think you got my message earlier…" She was confused. "…I think you even forgot what you said to me."
"Wha…" She couldn't speak. Her heart was aching too much.
"You said you wanted to be protective to me too…" He said, almost desperate. "Were you lying to me?"
"I…" The aching in her heart became worse. "…Sasuke…" For the first time, she didn't use any suffixes or formalities.
"Hinata…" He finally backed away and gripped her shoulders, "I love you, Hyuuga Hinata." Her eyes widened. Her lips trembled.
"You love who now?" Hinata turned around and faced her fiancé. Sasuke glared at him.
"Hinata-san…is this someone you know? Or is he a stalker?" Fiancé-san asked politely. Sasuke squinted at him.
"I know you…you're one of Itachi's friends…" He said, "…Sasori." Sasori ran his hand through his hair smoothly and smiled at him…it was so saccharine.
"To think that we know each other…what a coincidence." He said lightly. Hinata looked back and forth towards the two men, "But…my friend's brother, I'm afraid plans have changed. You have a fiancé and Hinata-san has one as well. Isn't it fated that you two weren't mean for each other?"
"Who gives you the right to say that?" Sasuke demanded. "Who are you to accuse that?" Sasori clicked his tongue and shook his head.
"Her father decided this, and your father decided your fate. It's pretty obvious that it's not meant to be. Besides, Hinata-san chose to go back to the Hyuuga family. She doesn't need you anymore. She doesn't want to be near you anymore." He said, his tone getting deeper and less polite.
"S-Sasori-san!" Hinata said weakly.
"That might be true…" Sasuke started. Hinata looked at him with disbelief. Did he really doubt her that much? He continued, "But I won't give up. No, not now. If Naruto was her fiancé, I might've accepted it. For you to be her fiancé, no. I can't accept you. You hide something deep down behind that pretty face of yours…not to mention, you're Itachi's friend!" An angry mark appeared on Sasuke's temple. Sasori laughed.
"You really don't like your brother, do you?" He asked him. Sasuke shook his head. Sasori closed his eyes. Footsteps were coming. "I think that's your cue to live, Sasuke…-san." He said, trying to keep up with his polite act. Sasuke scoffed.
"Hinata…" He turned to her, his eyes almost pleading. She didn't know what to do. She couldn't just run like Juliet would. She just couldn't…she had a duty.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke-kun." She said, looking at the floor. His eyes widened and his hands fisted. His fists started to shake, but then his hands unclenched.
"I see…" He said. "Well then," he turned the around, so she couldn't see his face, "good bye, Hyuuga." Even though a lot of people called her by last name, it just…didn't seem right when Sasuke said it. Her heart ached even more.
And he left.
Hinata sat in her room. It was almost midnight. She had been sitting there all night; listening to a new CD she had just gotten the other day. Actually…it was a CD that Ino had secretly given her before she left. She held the CD cover. She didn't understand why Ino had given her a CD…but she did realize something.
Hinata had realized…that she had loved Sasuke too.
But she knew it wasn't right. Sasori was right. They weren't meant to be together.
The next track of the CD was a slow song. Hinata was a bit surprised by it since the first two songs were upbeat and fast.
My tears are all falling down
I thought you came back
Our memories are all dried up
I thought I was going to be alright
By chance, I saw
The messages I kept
Forgot it all
Forgot it all
I thought I forgot it all
(Credit for translations/lyrics: karaholic)
Hinata immediately pressed pause on the stereo.
"I liked that song." Neji said, leaning against the door frame. Hinata looked at him and then looked away. She covered her face with her bangs. "Why did you turn it off?"
"That song was too slow and depressing." She answered plainly, looking out the window from her bed. She could see the moon up above. She stared at it for a long time.
"I guess so…but it's the truth, isn't it?" He said as he sat down next to her.
"What are you talking about?" She asked him. He sighed as he pushed back a strand of hair behind her hair.
"Stop lying to yourself. That's how you feel right?" He asked her gently. "I know how you feel…I've known since I've arrived at your school…the way you look at him…and the way he looks at you. I knew deep down inside, there was no way I could've brought you back home without me dragging you." He said honestly.
"Stop it, Nii-san." She said, almost pleading. He blinked and closed his eyes.
"Ino talked to you, didn't she? That annoying girl." He commented the last part, somehow finding himself smiling. "Didn't she leave any mark on you?" She didn't reply. "I'm guessing that's a yes."
"Go away." She mumbled. He could actually hear her pouting.
"Hinata-hime…" He reached out for her head and caressed it softly. "You know…that I hate you always hanging around that Uchiha," He said through gritted teeth, "but seeing you like this isn't right…I think, you should go home." He said quietly.
"What are you talking about? This is where I live." She said, talking about the Hyuuga estate. Neji shook his head.
"I don't think you understand what I'm trying to say…or rather, you're trying to deny what I'm trying to say." He said. "Uchiha needs you, and Hinata-hime needs him." He said plainly.
"I 'need' him? What kind of conclusion is that?!" She looked at him with fierce eyes. Hinata glared icily at him. Neji's eyes widened. He hadn't seen that look before.
"Hinata-hime…if you're going to lie to yourself to make Hiashi-sama happy, then fine." He stood up immediately, returning the cold stare. "I don't care about what you do. I should've treated you like an adult, not like a kid." He turned his back to her. "Do whatever you want." He said and left her sitting on her bed.
"I'm not a child…" Hinata brought her knees up to her and hugged them.
To be continued…
Mshinata: -evil laugh- I'm a horrible writer for stopping there.
Sasuke: No, no. You're just evil.
Mshinata: THANK YOU! –Smiles- OMG. Like, yesterday, I got my Kara CD. It's called Revolution. Dudeeee, I love it so much. I just like looking at the album cover. IDK WHY! xD I love Kara too much. But you know, G-Dragon's new album cover looks funny. It's like…a face…that's crying…well, that's to be expected. His album is called Heartbreaker. He's still the cutest Korean ever. Next to Taemin (SHINee).
Sasuke: I thought you liked Jaejoong or whatever from DBSK.
Mshinata: Yes, but he's the hottest Korean. –Smiles-
Sasuke: …
Mshinata: SEE. I promised I would update this weekend. o.o I don't know how long it'll be until I can again though. Please give me your supporting reviews as always!
