Hi all. I really, really want to thank: mac2, kabukigurl156, HeartBrokenHinata, Maya Aquaria; for the reviews. I tried with this chapter but i trying to use more adjectives and metaphors etc. Once again reviews are most welcome. Enjoy!

Temporary Comfort

His eyes widened, his body felt as hard as stone and all he could do was stare at her, he knew it was rude and unbefitting of a gentlemen.

"Umm S-Sasuke-kun, um is there something on my face because you are staring at me and and.." Hinata said looking away from Sasuke; twiddling her thumbs, she blushed wondering why he was so captivated by what was on her face.

"Sorry it must be the wine, and no there is nothing on your face, its way to beautiful to be tainted by anything" Sasuke said then, smacked his forehead after realising what he had said to her. Sasuke was for some reason was no longer slightly drunk and the craving for wine seemed to have disappeared, he just put the glass down, looked at it and finally looked at her again, with a blush on his tanned skin.

"T-t-thank you for the compliment" she answered, but inside she was feeling bliss, it had been the first time anyone had ever given her a compliment.

"So why are you out here alone" Sasuke asked Hinata

"W-w-well everyone seems to be paired and I-I I don't want to seem to be a burden" She answered as she looked at Naruto and Sakura.

Sasuke looked behind him and immediately saw the couple Hinata was looking at.

He interrupted her and said "I know how you feel, while I battled Naruto I noticed how much Sakura protected him and I realised that although it was not clear to either of them, they had fallen in love with each other. I guess I had been sleeping all this time and I let her slip away into the rejects hands" He had now completely blocked the view of Naruto and Sakura from Hinata.

"Yes its hard to make someone notice you especially when that person doesn't seem to see you or your feelings for them" she turned around looking directly at the moon

"People want to see what they want to see not what's right in front of them, I guess you and I lost out hey" he followed her, stood behind and looked straight at the moon too.

Sasuke then shifted his gaze from the moon to Hinata and watched her as she looked at the moon. To Sasuke it seemed as though she was in pain, unable and unwilling to fight it. It reminded her of him but she was more transparent than he.

"Its so beautiful isn't it? It gives us light when there is darkness, enabling us to see our enemies as they come or maybe you see it in a different light to me?" He finally asked her

Looking at him with wonder as to what he meant "enemies, it's too beautiful to be a bad thing" she asked

"I am sorry but the night my parents and everyone were killed I saw my brother in the moon light, he had absolutely no emotion on his face…nothing" he quietly said to Hinata

"for me the moon seems to be the only thing that sees my problems, its light is like the power of our clan, it is able to break the barriers of my h-h-heart and let me cry it a-a-all out and that's w-why I seem so captivated by it, I talk to it, its like therapy" looking at the moon as she answered

"Does it help?" the last Uchiha asked

"No not r-r-really but it makes me feel like I am not alone and that it is listening to me e-e-even though it can't a-answer" she said facing the last Uchiha survivor.

They both looked at each other and thought why we they'd confided in each other, why they were comfortable in the other's presence when they had known that they both only trusted in themselves.

Just then a bright light caught the corners of their eyes; lasting for only a sec. Sasuke and Hinata both looked towards the direction from which the light had come to break their small connection.

"Guys don't they look cute standing there in the moonlight?" Ino asked everyone standing behind her.

"About time Sasuke, damn you've been back two years and girlfriend" naruto told Sasuke with a smile on his face and giving him thumbs up.

Temari then said "two years? How sad"

Neji glared at Sasuke indicating to Sasuke that he keep off his cousin.

The urge for the wine came back and Sasuke grabbed his glass, walked away from Hinata and pushing Naruto out of the way bringing back his ruthlessness.

"w-w-we were just talking, so p-p-please don't look at me that way Neji-niisan" Hinata said to Neji trying to get stop glaring at Sasuke.

Neji was not only looking at the Uchiha leftover with anger but also with question as to why Sasuke seemed to look so vulnerable with his gentle cousin.

"Hey Sasuke! Where you going? The party had just started" sakura asked Sasuke

"I am leaving; it seems my presence here has caused a stir. Happy birthday Sai don't get too screw up" Sasuke said leaving his drink by the end table looking at the door as he spoke.

"Thank you and me getting screwed won't happen Ino's around to make sure of that" Sai replyed to Sasuke

"Look what you've done, now he is leaving thanks to you" Tenten scolded the Hyuuga genius.

Tenten's voice was nothing but a voice in the back of Neji's head, he just kept asking him self the same question 'why? Why did he seem so vulnerable around Hinata-sama' He finally answered Tenten saying "I didn't mean too"

Every one returned to the party, dancing away with their partners.

Sasuke opened the door, turned back and looked at the fragile Hyuuga princess, he realised that while he was with that it was the first time he had felt human and not a hunter. He knew he wanted that feeling last forever; he wanted to get away from that place.

He walked out and begun to see a little bit of light coming from the end of the pit but it was so far, the only question that remained was whether the light would wait for him to crawl to it or would it disappear before he could feel its soothing warmth and comfort like the time he was a child.