Invisible Girl and Visible Boy
Tianshii
Genre: Romance, Drama, Angst
Rating: T
Summary: The one person he can't lose is the person whose fate is to disappear. Sasu/Hina. AU.
Characters: Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuuga Hinata
Chapter Three – Don't Get Involved
Sasuke sat across from her awkwardly and watched as she wiped what was left of her tears from her face. He didn't want to, wasn't going to, think about what had just occurred a few minutes before. His desperate and slightly unhinged behaviour was going to be completely wiped from his mind, he promised.
"S-sorry, Sasuke-kun," Hinata apologized, bowing her head so that all he could see was her incredibly long dark hair.
He scratched the back of his head, "What for?" Really, he had been the rude one.
"For…um…"
She looked up, with shy eyes and a pink tinge stretching across her cheeks. From this distance, he could see how long and soft her eyelashes were.
"Sitting…in your seat," she finished, pressing her long pale fingers together timidly.
Sasuke blinked.
She's apologizing? Even after I ignored her and acted so…irrationally?
Hinata drew a deep breath and raised her head so that their eyes met. She opened her mouth, her face furrowed in determination.
"I am very s-sorry for sitting in your seat! I promise you'll never have to see me again!"
Never see…her again? That was what he wanted, right?
Her voice then dropped to a whisper, "So please…d-don't hate me…"
No words were exchanged for the next few minutes as Sasuke sat there in shock. If Hinata had once thought that apologizing so profusely was such a good idea, she sure didn't now. Her face heated up and she jumped from her chair, muttering the word 'sorry' over and over both out loud and in her mind. Before Sasuke could say a single word, she had left the room leaving him with nothing but her book and the faint scent of lavender.
He smirked.
"Hate you…huh?"
…
"Yes, I have a cousin," Hyuuga Neji answered and raised an eyebrow. "Why do you want to know?"
Sasuke looked off into the distance, his gaze not focused on anything in particular. To the untrained eye, he appeared bored and uninterested. To Hyuuga Neji, the boy before him was deemed immediately suspicious.
"Our families are quite close, it would be bad manners for me to not be familiar with yours," replied Sasuke nonchalantly.
The older boy's eyes narrowed.
"Is that so Uchiha? Funny how you've never expressed interest before."
Never found a reason to. Until now.
Neji sighed, "I have one cousin, Hanabi. She's in primary school so don't get any funny ideas."
"Don't be disgusting."
"If that's all, I'll be going now. "
The Hyuuga boy turned to leave but found himself pushed against the wall. He glowered at his attacker, his extremely suspicious peer with stupid hair.
"Hinata," breathed Sasuke.
And he revelled at the way the usually stoic and stiff boy stiffened.
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Neji spat out.
Sasuke let go of his tie and took a step backwards, making sure to keep eye contact the whole time. He absently noticed a pair of girls walking past them, emitting hushed whispers and sounding scandalized. Sakura was most definitely going to hear about this confrontation.
"There is only one family in this town that has white eyes. If she isn't related to you, then who is she?" They have the same smell even. Though hers was mixed with a faint hint of loneliness.
"Some cosplayer into contac – "
"Bullshit," Sasuke interrupted.
"Fan of the Hyuuga – "
"Absurd," he nearly laughed.
Knowing the conversation was slipping away from him, Neji stepped away. Ring ring. Within seconds, the hallway was filled with teenagers, all itching to get home and start their weekend. With one last glance, Neji mouthed a warning at him. Sasuke stared at the back of the Hyuuga as he disappeared into the crowd of students.
"Don't pry further into this."
…
She closed her diary, taking care in locking it and placing it underneath her mattress. Hinata clutched the necklace where the key hung close to her heart and closed her eyes in concentration. Willing all thoughts of Uchiha Sasuke would disappear. With a sigh filled with anguish, she collapsed onto her bed, still fully clothed in her school uniform.
"I was so stupid," she murmured to herself.
He probably hates me now. I got carried away – having someone to talk to after such a long time.
Hinata felt around her bed for her trusted teddy bear and enveloped it in her arms.
"So…stupid…"
I'll never be able to have a friend.
A knock at her bedroom door stirred the dark haired girl from her pity party and she sat up immediately.
"P-please come in!" Hinata called out, quickly placing her confidant at the bottom of her bed.
The door creaked open and her cousin entered the room, his face unreadable as always, also still in his school uniform. Just returned from his student council meeting, she concluded.
Hinata smiled gingerly, "Hello Neji-nii-san, is there something wrong?"
At her voice, his expression promptly changed into frustration and he pulled out his mobile phone. Something was off, she concluded. Her cousin would normally greet her, briskly at times but usually in a civil manner. But this Neji in front of her…
Scared her.
Which was a stupid and bizarre thing to feel because he was her cousin and family. She had nothing to be afraid of.
"Don't get involved with this person," he ordered in an authoritative voice that reminded Hinata of her father.
And when she looked up, she met with familiar dark eyes set in a pale face surrounded by ebony coloured hair.
"Stay away from Uchiha Sasuke."
Her eyes widened and she found it difficult to comprehend what she was hearing. Wrong, wrong, it was all wrong.
Neji's eyes were so blank, she felt as if she were staring into nothingness.
A/N I kind of ship SasuNeji /shot Also, thank you for the support! It means a lot and even if I don't respond to your reviews, I still appreciate them ^Q^