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Chapter 4:

~ Sakura ~

I sigh for what seemed like the millionth time that day, and run a hand through my hair - a habit that, over time, I have learned from Sasuke. What else was there to do? All I could think about was...Sasuke.

I want to be with him again, kiss him, hug him, touch him again. I want him near me. I want to feel his never ending warmth. I want to feel his strong, protective arms around me. I felt so safe in them, so protected, like I didn't have to worry about anything. But now, because of college, we won't even be seeing each other anymore.

Yeah, I know that we'll be able to visit each other throughout the years - holidays and stuff, but it won't be the same.

Visiting each other once in a while won't be the same as waking up next to him or seeing him in the breakfast hall every day. It won't be same as being in the same class as him and doing homework together and going out on dates or staying up late talking together.

I look down at my shoes once again and close my eyes, leaning back in the uncomfortable chair I'm sitting in.

Then a beep rings throughout the airport and a person on the loudspeaker starts to speak. "Attention, all flight attendants who are taking flight 386, the plane is now boarding passengers."

I sigh again, grab my things together and walk towards the boarding gate, trying to ignore the aching feeling in my chest. It won't go away, no matter what I do and I just hope it does - I hate it.

I give the person standing by the gate my boarding ticket and even though she smiles at me, I don't have the enthusiasm to smile back and her smile falters a bit.

Sorry, I mentally apologize to her.

With my bags, I walk towards my seat - 42A. Luckily it's by the window, hopefully that'll take my mind off things.

Immediately when I get to my seat and put my things in the overhead thing, leaving my laptop bag with me, I sit in my seat and get comfortable. Then, I rip the headphones the plane gives us out of the plastic bag and put them on. Connecting them to the TV on the back of the seat in front of me, I go to the "movies" section.

As I scroll through the list of movies they have, I realize I have seen most of them...with Sasuke, and before I know a tear rolls down my cheek thinking of how Sasuke and I used to snuggle up in a blanket and watch movies almost every day. Together. And I find myself wishing that I could do that again, I want it so much.

I bit my lip to muffle the sob that I know is going to come out and take off my headphones, when I feel a hand on my shoulder. Jerking to the right, I look at a boy around my age, his hand - which is really pale - is on my shoulder.

"Y-Yes?" I say.

His eyebrows furrow. "Are you crying?"

Why the hell would you care? "U-Um, no." He takes his hand off my shoulder and I turn to the window, swiping at my eyes, hearing him sit down beside me. Why is he sitting here? "Is this your seat?" I ask, still not looking at him.

He looks at me and nods. "I think," he checks his ticket. "42B, right?"

"Um, yeah," I look out the window again.

"So, why were you crying?" he asks.

I turn to him and he has genuine, curious eyes, looking straight into mine. They're black and they remind me of Sasuke. I turn away again; it hurts more now. "I wasn't," I lie.

"I think you were," he says persistently.

I grit my teeth. Can you leave me alone already?! I don't want to talk about it. "Well, you thought wrong," I say, and I'm sure he can hear the rudeness of my voice. Why am I being so rude today?

"Are you okay?" he questions softly.

"Why do you care?!" I scream, making the small chatter of the airplane end. I gulp, embarrassed. "S-Sorry," I say lamely. Control your emotions, Sakura!

He smiles, his eyes closing. "It's okay."

He doesn't seem to be affected of my screaming, so I sigh - which I've really got to quit doing. "Sorry, I'm just a little...yeah." Why would I tell him? I don't even know him, but I would rather speak to this stranger than keep it all bottled inside.

"What?" he asks innocently, tilting his head to the side.

I blush a bit, Sasuke used to do that and right after I used to ruffle his hair and kiss him. Oh, I want to do that right now. Sasuke…I miss you so much already.

A beep rings throughout the airplane and the emergency video thing starts. I turn to my screen which shows us where the exits of the plane are and out of the corner of my eye, I see the boy still staring at me.

I ignore him and try to pay attention at the screen. After the instructions are over, the plane starts moving and before I know it, we're in the sky.

"So...you were telling me something?" the boy asks again.

I purse my lips and then turn to him. "Why are you so interested in my life?"

He shrugs, leaning back in his chair. "I've got nothing better to do. Besides, I want to learn more about emotions."

Learn more about emotions? You can't just learn about them like that, you have to experience them to truly understand them. I decide to relay this message to him. "Learn about emotions? You can't just learn about them like that, you know. To truly understand them, you have to experience them for yourself."

His eyebrows furrow again, like he's thinking or concentrating on something. And then realization appears on his face. "Ah, thank you."

I look at him and shake my head. "You're welcome," it comes out like a question.

"What's your name?" the boy says.

I bite my lip. Should I? He doesn't seem like a creeper, but then again... I sigh again. Telling my first name wouldn't hurt, I figure. "Sakura. Yours?"

"Now I understand the hair," he smiles and says, "My name is Sai."

"Cool," I say awkwardly. What else do I say?

"I'm not cold," he says. He looks confused.

I smile a bit. "No, it's an expression. Like...never mind," I say when he looks even more confused. Maybe he really doesn't know about emotions. Eh, whatever.

He - Sai - takes out a sketchbook and flips through it to a new page. As he flips through it, I catch glimpses of artwork that seem professional - like a photograph.

"You draw?" I ask him.

He looks up at me. "Yeah, it's one of my ways to try and learn about emotions - through art."

That's beautiful. "Can I...see them?" I hope he doesn't find it awkward that I'm asking even though I barely know him.

Apparently, he doesn't. "Sure," he holds it out to me and I take it gingerly, holding it with care.

Going back to the first page, I marvel at the drawing. It's a sketch of a person, but it looks like he took a picture of them in black and white - it's...amazing. "Y-You made this?"

"Yes," he says indifferently, he doesn't seem to think it's that big of an accomplishment.

"I-It's brilliant!" I exclaim, going to the next page where I see a landscape pictures of mountains, the sun peeking behind it.

"Oh, thank you," he says, smiling again.

I flip through the rest of his sketchbook, seeing drawings of more people, landscapes, random things, but he makes them seem so beautiful. He puts a different light to them.

I stop at the last drawing in his book, a cherry blossom tree. Sakura petals are falling down, frozen in mid-air and just under the tree, there's a wooden bench, with a single rose on it. There's three words on a note next to the rose: I love you.

It's...astonishing.

"You like that one?" he asks me.

I shake my head at the beauty, and look up at him. "I love it." I don't know why it means so much to me, maybe because of my namesake, or because of that single rose on the wooden bench, but something about the picture makes me love it.

He smiles at me, and takes the sketchbook out of my hands. Then he takes the page, and rips it out of the sketchbook, careful not to damage the drawing.

Sai hands it to me. "Here," he says.

I shake my head. "N-No, I can't take that, it's your own work."

He shrugs. "I'll make another one," he says nonchalantly.

I bite my lip and he nods his head encouragingly, pushing the picture towards me.

I sigh and take it from him. "Thanks," I say.

Sai smiles. "No problem."

I smile at him and put the picture carefully into the pocket of my laptop bag where I know it will be safe.

Thanks to him, I was able to get my mind off of the aching in my chest.

~ Sasuke ~

I flop down on my couch and close my eyes, putting my hand over my eyes.

I don't think I have ever felt so lonely, excluding the time when my parents died. I love her so much and letting her go like this...the pain is unbearable.

There's this ache in my heart area that doesn't seem to go away. And I wish it would, but at the same time, I hope it doesn't; I don't want to forget her.

When is the next time I'm going to see her? I think. Christmas break?

I sigh and check my watch. It's only 12:30, my flight's at 6:30.

Closing my eyes again, I try to get as comfortable as I can and try to go to sleep.

Waking up, I let out a small groan, turning onto my side. I force my eyes open and click my phone on to see that it's already 4:13.

Crap! I jump up from the couch and hurriedly throw my last minute things that I needed to pack in my backpack and grab the rest of my luggage, while calling a taxi, multi-tasking by holding the phone between my right ear and shoulder.

Luckily, the taxi quickly arrives at 5:00 and by 5:30, I'm at the airport.

I stand in the line for check in of luggage, impatiently tapping my foot. Goddamn it! It's already 5:50 and I still need to get through security.

Somehow, by 6:15, I'm through security and at the gate. Right when I reach, the announcer says that the flight is boarding.

I sigh in relief once I'm seated in my seat, 42 C. It's an aisle seat and I hope no one else is in my row so that I can scooch over to the window one.

Ever since I was young, I used to love looking out windows and seeing the scenery pass by in a flash. It felt like I was in a time machine. I scoff a bit. How much I would like to go back in time now.

"Yo, Sasuke," I hear.

Turning around, I see Neji, who's going to the same college as me. Luckily, I'll know someone there.

"Hey," I say. "Where's your seat?"

"The window one in your row," he replies, sitting on the left of me.

"Oh." God damn it.

He smirks. "You want the window one don't you, Uchiha?"

"Shut up," I say.

"Go," he sighs. "I know what you're going through. The window seat will help you get your mind off of things."

"What about you? With Tenten, I mean," I say, as I move to the window seat.

He takes my seat and I can visibly see his face fall when I say Tenten's name. I never thought that anyone could get through to the Hyuuga. Well, then again, Sakura did get through to me. I feel that pain in my chest again all of a sudden. "Yeah, well, I've done many things to try to get my mind off of it. It's fine, though. Seriously."

I shrug and turn to look out the window.

Soon enough, after the emergency video has been shown, the plane starts moving

and takes off. Fortunately, no one else is in the aisle Neji and I are in.

I plug my headphones into the screen in front of me and scroll towards the movie section.

I bite my lip a bit once I realize that Sak and I have watched so many of these. My fingers twitch to feel her hair once more, to go over her soft skin, to tickle her, to caress her cheek.

I click a random movie that I haven't seen and put the headphones on, raising the volume high, so I can try - futilely - to forget about the world for a while.

~ Sakura ~

The next hours of the plane ride are filled with Sai and I talking and I find out that he's going to Kirigakure too. Luckily, I'll know one person there instead of being all alone. Kirigakure is also one of the top school in art and music, and he's majoring in Art and Photography.

I fall asleep the last 2 hours of the flight and when the plane lands, he shakes me awake.

He gets both of our things out of the overhead luggage thing and then we file out of the plane with the rest of the people.

~ Sasuke ~

I look over to the flight attendant who repeats her question once I take off my headphones, apologizing. "Would you like anything to drink?"

"Um, just water," I say.

She nods, giving me a flirtatious smile while handing me a glass and a cold water

bottle.

I take it from her, not making any eye contact with her. It sickens me that girls just try

to do whatever it takes to get my attention. Out of the corner of eye, I see her finally leave and I sigh gratefully.

Sakura...was the only girl who never tried to get my attention, besides Hinata, Tenten and Temari - yes, Ino was a fangirl at one point too, but she wasn't nearly as bad. Sakura however, actually even back talked to me.

I smirk slightly at how we first met. Her being a klutz as always, and me...being an

ass. I was so cold and heartless. Sakura...she really changed me. She changes everything around her because she's just so amazing.

I sigh again and look out the window once more.

Then, I hear a groan next to me. I turn to Neji who has his eyes closed.

He's in a dream, I figure, turning back to the window.

As soon as I do, I hear a small laugh and I see him adorn a smile on his face.

I smirk. Must be a dream about Tenten.

A while later, I hear shifting and I turn back to him again. "Neji?" I ask. His eyes are sad and he's sitting up straight.

"Neji?" I ask again.

His bottom lip shakes a bit and he turns to me slowly.

"Dude, are you okay?" I turn fully to him.

He doesn't answer, and then all of a sudden his eyes start to collect water and a tear drifts down his face.

"N-Neji?" I put a hand on his shoulder, shaking him a little.

"I-" he stops talking, shaking a bit.

I haven't seen Neji cry since forever. He never has, at least I don't think so, except maybe when he was a child.

"I...miss her," Neji says, still sobbing.

My eyes sadden too. He really loves Tenten. "Neji," I say. I don't know what else to say. I've never really been good at comforting people. With Sakura, I would just hold her whenever she would cry. But...I don't think I'm going to do that for Neji. That would be...awkward... (A/N: No homo. :P)

"I really do. This...it's not fair," he continues. "I want to be with her...all the time. I need her."

I sigh, giving him a one-armed hug. "Neji, you'll be fine. Trust me, I'm...going through the same thing. We'll both be fine. We'll work it out."

Even though I say this, I honestly don't know how I'm going to carry on without Sakura being by my side, too.

Neji sniffles, straightens up again and swipes at his eyes harshly. "S-Sorry," he says. "I...don't know what came over me."

I shake my head. "No...it's fine. Don't apologize for that. Everyone needs a moment to break down once in a while," I sigh. "After all, I did too."

"Really?"

I nod, thinking back to the time. Sakura was in a coma, and it was basically my fault. My damned fangirls. I had cried in the hospital, holding her hand, waiting for her to wake up, praying.

"When I saw Sakura open her eyes after the coma incident...I...I don't think I've ever been so happy," I say, knowing that Neji would understand what I'm talking about.

Neji smiles slightly. "Girls really do have a lot of power, don't they, Uchiha?"

I smirk at him. "Yeah, they do."

He smirks at me too and all of a sudden, even after all the years that we've known each other, I feel something tighten. I feel a bond becoming even closer and I'm relieved to know that I can count on him when I need something.

~ Sakura ~

When we are out of the plane and in the airport, Sai and I walk to find our luggage. Once we have our things, our passports checked and are out of the stuffy airport, we both call a taxi, loading our things in the trunk.

We still have about a week until college really starts, but even then, the first week of college is just a preview of what we're going into, a preview of our classes, to see if we are comfortable with them or not.

Once we reach the college, I gape at the size and all of a sudden, I feel like I'm back in 10th grade. The same day that everything changed, when I was looking at this huge building standing in front of me.

I straighten up, knowing that surviving through high school was hard enough, but this would be even harder. The college is about 5 times as large as Konoha Boarding Academy's whole area of land, and this isn't even the beginning of it!

I smile uncertainly, not sure if the feeling of my heart pounding is excitement or nervousness. I hope it's neither and just confidence, which I need all that I can get.

Sai and I go the main administration building, checking in with our names. The dorm master welcomes us and gives us the keys to our rooms. He's one of those few lucky freshman who get a single dorm room. I have a double room, but I don't know who my roommate is.

Sai and I walk to our dorms. His is on the 3rd floor of Building A and mine's in the same building, only on the 4th.

As I get to my room, I fumble with my key a bit and then open the door slowly once I do.

The room is big and spacious, with 2 beds on the opposite sides of the room. There's 2 closets, 2 dressers, 2 desks and 2 arm chairs as well. There's a balcony outside and I drop my things on one of the beds, seeing as the other bed already has things on it, and run to it.

I open the sliding door, feeling a soft breeze come on my face right away. As I touch the cold railing, I remember Sasuke and I look at the sky and the leaves falling everywhere.

Taking a deep breath, I close my eyes and smile. I'll be fine, I remind myself.

Then I hear the room's door close and turning around, I see someone who I guess is my roommate.

She has dark, long hair and beautiful green eyes. She's tall, well taller than me and has a slim, but tough figure that reminds me of Tenten.

"Uh, hello," I say, as I step in the room again, closing the balcony door behind me. I only close the netted door, leaving the glass door open, so that the slight breeze can come in the room.

She smiles at me. "Hello."

"Are you my roommate?"

The girl nods and sticks out her hand. "I'm Kaori. Nice to meet you."

I smile back. "Sakura," I say taking her hand. "Nice to meet you too." Her grip is strong, but still gentle.

"When did you get here?" I say, looking at her things that are almost all set up.

"About an hour ago," Kaori replies, walking over to her bed and sitting on it.

"Really? It looks like you've been here longer than that." I gesture to how her desk has books in it and the pictures on the dresser. Other various things are around her side of the room.

She laughs slightly. "Yeah, I like to make myself feel at home wherever I go as soon as possible."

I smile at her and turn to my luggage that has been brought up for me. "Well, I guess I should do the same then."

Kaori nods. "Hey, while you unpack, can I ask you a few questions? So we can get to know each other? We'll take turns."

Sasuke and I played that game. "Sure," I concur.

"Okay, umm...I know you probably get this one a lot, but is that your natural hair color?"

I smile. "I do get that a lot, and yes, it is."

"That's so cool! I've always wanted to dye my hair, but my mom forbids me to," she grumbles, crossing her arms like a child.

She reminds of Naruto too. "Do you play any sports?" I ask, continuing the game, while opening my suitcase and taking out some clothes.

"Uh-huh. Tennis, swimming and I run too."

"Wow, cool. I play tennis and volleyball. We should play tennis together sometime," I suggest, packing the clothes in my dresser and hanging some of my shirts in the closet.

"We should. I saw the tennis courts on my way in and they're awesome," and as I'm putting one of my pictures of Sasuke and I on my dresser, Kaori walks over to me and says, "Oooo! Is that your boyfriend?"

I blush involuntarily. "Y-Yeah."

"He's cute!"

"He's also mine," I remind her.

Kaori puts her hands up in defense. "No need to get so possessive, I was just saying he's cute!" she defends.

I sigh. "I know. Sorry. It's just that...I don't know...we're going to be so far apart from each other from now on. I used to go to boarding school with him. For 3 years. And we were roommates too, so all of a sudden, being this far away from him for this long, is weird."

Her eyes sadden sympathetically and she puts her hand on my shoulder. "Aww...I had a boyfriend too, but we broke up before college applications. I got so many rejections and it was really hard having to deal with them alone. But luckily, I got accepted here."

I smile.

Then she smirks. "Wait, you said you and your boyfriend were roommates?"

I nod uncertainly.

Kaori wiggles her eyebrows suggestively. "And did you sleep in the same bed?" she winks. "If you know what I mean."

I blush again and shove her playfully. "Oh my, God! No! We also had another roommate, you know! And it was 3 different rooms!"

She puts sadly. "Awww...I was hoping for something sexier."

I roll my eyes and she flops down on my bed as I continue to unpack.

"So what's his name?"

"Sasuke," saying his name feels weird. I miss him so much.

"Pretty," she states.

I laugh. If you said that to him, he'd probably "Tch" at you and roll his eyes - while blushing.

"So how did you guys meet?" Kaori asks.

"And you are so interested in my love life because...?" I wonder.

She shrugs. "I just am!" she says, turning around so that she's laying on her stomach, her legs waving in the air. "Now, tell me."

I bite my lip. "Umm...well it wasn't the most...romantic meeting."

Kaori looks confused.

I sit down next to her on my bed, folding my legs. "So...I was new to the boarding academy, going in at tenth grade, and once I got my key to the dorm room, I went there. Once I finally got the door to open, I started to walk in, but...I tripped over my bag."

She starts laughing.

"I know! I'm a klutz!"

She abruptly stops laughing. "Wait! Was he there?! DID HE CATCH YOU IN HIS ARMS?!" she clasps her hands together, her eyes getting wide and teary.

I shake my head. "As I said, it wasn't romantic, at like, all."

Kaori pouts, but I continue anyway.

"So then, I start to get up and he's just standing in front of me. He didn't even help me up!"

She looks appalled, but I speak before she can say anything. "And then, I put my hand out, introducing myself, and he just looks at me and my hand and then turns and walks away."

"And you like him because…?"

I laugh. "Well, at first, I thought he was a jerk. And he was. He was really coldhearted, but that was because of his rough childhood. Slowly, he opened up to me more. And then, we kissed and became a couple." I can feel my cheeks heat up as I say this.

Kaori gushes. "That's so cute! Do you have any more pictures of you guys?"

I nod. "Of all my friends, back home," I sigh. "No one out of the 10 of us came here, to this college. Everyone has someone at their college, but I don't."

She stays quiet, and then I say, "But luckily, I have you now."

She smiles. "Can we go on a campus tour? Just the two of us."

I sigh. "I would love to, but I'm exhausted. I think I'm going to go to sleep soon. Jet lag."

Kaori nods understandingly. "I only live 2 hours from here, so I drove."

"Ahh. Wanna grab something to eat?" I ask. "I'm starved."

"Sure."

We both get up, locking our dorm room before we leave and we race down to the cafeteria where we eat some snacks, before heading back up.

I learn more about Kaori while we eat. She has two older brothers and a younger sister, who's still in tenth grade. She loves to read, play the violin and she's an awesome dancer as she tells me.

I'm grateful that I have a roommate that is so friendly; I would hate to have a roommate who wouldn't even talk to me. But then again...wasn't that Sasuke to me?

The whole time, I don't even think about Sasuke being so far away, but when we're back in our dorm room, I open my diary and write how I'm feeling about him.

Dear Diary,

I really miss Sasuke…

~ Sasuke ~

As soon as the plane lands, Neji and I get our things and follow the other people out of the plane. Getting our luggage too, we catch a cab as soon as we can, as it's already 9:30 P.M.

We're roommates too, luckily, because the college has some thing that if you know someone who is going there too, you can request to be their roommate and that's what Neji and I did.

I'm so glad that I don't have to through the torture of a whole year with some annoying classmate.

The cab takes half an hour to reach our college and we both gape a bit at the size. I've seen pictures and all, but it's way bigger in real life.

Going into the main building, the check in guy give us both individual keys and then we are off to try and find our room.

It's on the third floor of Building D, we figure out, so trudging there with our smaller luggage (luckily, there are people to carry our humongous suitcases, who have probably already reached there), we open the door to a nice-sized room, with two beds, dressers, nightstands, desks and closets, one of each on two walls opposite from each other.

Neji throws his things on the bed nearest to the door, so I take my stuff, putting it on the one closest to the window. There's a window seat too, which I have always wanted.

"You want anything to eat?" Neji asks. "I'm gonna go down to the cafe to catch a light dinner."

"Umm..no. I'm really tired, so I'm gonna call it a night."

He nods, leaving the room and closing the door behind him.

Left alone, I change into the first pair of pajamas I find, shoving all my things against one of the walls, so that I can unpack tomorrow.

I sit down on the window seat and I see that it's already 11:00. I remember that where she is, the time is 1 hour ahead of ours - meaning it's already 12:00 A.M. there.

I take out my phone. It's worth a try to text Sakura, but I don't know if she'll be awake.

I send her: Hey, Sak. I just reached my college with Neji. I really miss you already. I know it's late, but if you see this, please text back. I love you, Sakura.

I sigh, raking a hand through my hair.

Moments later, my phone beeps and a smile automatically comes to my face when I see her name.

Hi! I reached my college a couple of hours before and met my roommate- who is awesome (luckily) by the way. Her name is Kaori and she's so sweet. I miss you too. So much, Sasuke. I love you, too. 3

I smile. I'm glad that she has someone there to keep her company.

:) That's great. It's pretty late, so you should go to sleep. Goodnight. Sweet dreams, my love, is what I text her next.

And when a few seconds pass, she texts back. You should too. Goodnight. Have sweet dreams too, my love.

I smile at the phone again, but the pain in my chest gets more intense. I miss her so much that I don't even know how to describe it.

Cliche, I know, but still. I do. I love her so much that I just can't imagine life without her, and now I am.

I climb into my bed as Neji gets back from the cafe.

He's panting hard and I ask what happened.

He smirks slightly. "I guess we'll have fangirl problems here too."

I roll my eyes. "Great. Hey, I'm gonna call it a night."

Neji nods. "'Night."

"'Night."

~ Naruto & Hinata ~

"Hinata-chan? Do you need any help?" Naruto asked his girlfriend, well now fiance from the hallway.

"U-Um, no," she called back. "I'm fine."

They were unpacking and Hinata was having some difficulty lugging her luggage into her dorm room. She had a single this year and so did Naruto, but they weren't living in the same room as boys and girls were not allowed to stay together.

"Okay…" Naruto said, but his niceness took over and he went in her room anyway to help her with her things.

Hinata smiled. "Thank you, Naruto-kun," she said once all of her luggage was inside her spacious room.

"No problem, Hinata-chan!"

Then Hinata hugged him. "I'm so sad that we're not going to be able to stay across the hall from one another."

Naruto looked down at her and his eyes softened. "Me too," he said, wrapping his arms around her small frame.

Naruto's room was two floors above Hinata's. At least they were in the same building, though.

Then, the door to Hinata's room opened and a person, who resembled Hinata in many ways, stood at the doorstep, along with someone who looked like a miniature version of Hinata.

"O-Otou-sama?" Hinata said, her arms dropping to her sides, leaving Naruto. She bowed deeply. "W-What brings you here?"

Hinata's father was eyeing Naruto, wondering why he was hugging his oldest daughter. "I sent you a message, didn't you get it?"

Hinata shook her head. "I-I'm sorry, I accidently left my phone in one of my suitcases, so I didn't get a chance to see it all day today or yesterday."

"Well, I said that I would be visiting your college today," he then turned to Naruto and spoke. "And you are?"

Naruto stuttered a bit. The aura that came from the man who was standing a few feet away from him was so powerful and had authority in it. It made him feel small. "I-I'm Uzumaki Naruto, sir." He bowed too, imitating what Hinata did before.

Hinata could feel that Naruto was tense and nervous, so she spoke up. "H-Hello, Hanabi. It's been a while since we saw each other."

Hanabi, the girl who was standing next to their father smiled slightly at her sister. "Yeah, onee-chan, but camp was really fun."

Hinata smiled. "I'm glad to hear that."

"Why are you in my daughter's room?" Hinata's father, Hiashi, asked. His eyes never left Naruto's.

Naruto felt the weight pushed onto him again. "U-Um, I…" he didn't know what to say.

Hinata spoke up once again, deciding that she would make up for all the times that he helped her now. "H-He is my boyfriend, father. W-Well, now my fiance." She held up her hand that adorned the ring.

Hiashi's eyes widened. "What?" he growled out. He was fuming and Hinata's eyes showed worry. "Your fiance?!"

"Y-Yes."

"And you think I'll just go and let you get married without telling me?"

Hinata shook her head. "O-Oh, no. I was going to tell you, b-but then, recently, only college has been on my mind."

"But eventually, you're going to marry him? Later on?" Hiashi asked.

Hinata nodded.

Hiashi scoffed. "No, you're not. I've heard about the Uzumaki's and what happened. I'm not going to let you waste your life on this...thing. You're marrying one of the people who I have picked so that we can ensure the progress of our companies."

Naruto felt hurt just by his words. Sure, he didn't have a lot of money or whatever, but that didn't matter when it came to love...right?

"W-What? No! I-I'm going to marry Naruto-kun!" Hinata said, grabbing Naruto's hand, but he didn't have the strength to hold her hand back.

Hiashi chuckled like he was amused. "I will make sure that that won't happen, even if it's the last thing I do."

Naruto always wondered what it meant to have a "broken heart." What would that mean? It seemed stupid to him, to think of a heart as broken. If bones can be healed, why not the heart? So he thought of it as a joke. But now, as he heard the words of Hiashi, he could feel an intense pain in chest. And he finally knew, that this, this horrible feeling, was classified as a "broken heart."

Author's Note:

NOOOOOO! THE MARRIAGE THOOOUUGHH! Meh. Sorry? Hehe. I felt as if Hinata and Naruto had no problem in their relationship, ever. Sakura/Sasuke, Neji/Tenten, Ino/Kiba all have had either "fights" or the college thing. I think I'm gonna make something for Shikamaru and Termari too. Relationships are tough and sometimes you get hurt. I didn't want to make Naruto and Hinata fight, rather I wanted something to be an obstacle for them to overcome - AND HERE IT IS. This scene will continue in the next chapter because Naruto has some words to say and right now, he's too shocked and disheartened too. So yeah.

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