He could be fighting enemies or just people he thought looked at him the wrong way...which tended to be the masses. Anyway, he could be. There was so much balled up energy in his soul that literally anything could tigger him. Uchiha Sasuke was a ticking time bomb.

"Boo," whispered Hinata as she grabbed his shoulders.

Sasuke flinched harder than expected and shattered the plate in his hands. Hinata gasped when he shook the broken glass from his flesh. "You didn't scare me," said Sasuke. He thought he should add that.

Her gaping mouth closed into a pressed line before she started giggling. "I got you!"

Sasuke whipped his head towards her laughing figure. Didn't he just say- "You did not."

He was just too strong for his own good. He grabbed a towel and wiped the spots of blood away. If he was being honest that was the most thrilling thing that has happened all day. His body was sent into a short adrenaline rush, which costed them a plate but...

"You were totally scared," mused Hinata. She took his larger hands in hers. Sasuke watched as her palms glowed a calming, healing green. Sasuke trapped the small woman between himself and the kitchen counter after she healed him.

"I'm dangerous," warned Sasuke. Honestly he dropped his voice down a few notches. "I am a ruthless murder."

Hinata smiled like the little cinnamon roll she was and nodded. She wrapped her arms around his torso and tilted her head before whispering, "Well...ruthless murder will you help me chop some innocent tomato?"

Sasuke deflated visibly and rested his head in her shoulder. All this power and he was reduced down to some common work boy. He felt Hinata rubbing his back. "Hyuuga..."

"And after those innocent tomatoes," started Hinata. "We can slice some by-standing carrots."

He sighed in defeat. "Is this your method of talking dirty?"

She nodded. "Is it working?"

Sasuke stared out the window that was placed nicely above the sink. He gave a lazy nod and shrugged lightly, "Actually..." She puffed out her cheeks to childishly kiss him. "I'm not touching you while you're making that face." Sasuke removed himself from her.

"Ne, Sasuke!" Hinata laughed as she followed her pouty boyfriend into the back room. He turned abruptly to her and if it wasn't for her training...that would have been a nasty collision for her nose. "You rather fight someone over being with me?"

Sasuke squatted to her height. "Why can't I have both?" Once he did the action, he knew he fucked up.

She gasp in pure betrayal. The fact that he just disrespected her height was the final straw. Hinata was sensitive about that. Apparently she wasn't short she was just 'height challenged.' Hinata stepped back. "S-Sasuke..." You'd think she was asking for a divorce.

"I know. I apolo-" he rubbed the bridge of his nose when she started shaking her head. "No, Hyuuga...come on."

Great, now he hurt the frail cinnamon roll's feelings. He was hesitant to touch her. Hell, she might break. Sasuke reluctantly swallowed his pride and awkwardly pulled her head into his chest.

"I...apologize."

She struggled to lift her face to him and behold the puffy cheeks-again. Sasuke glanced around the room as if rouge ninjas were waiting, watching, snickering at how much this tiny woman has tamed him. He was a wild, lone wolf. A free black stallion. A soaring eagle, dammit.

He was Uchiha Sasuke...

He pressed his lips to her puckered ones and regrettably listened to the her cheeks sound like deflating balloons.

...'was' being the key word, of course.

After hearing her sweet giggling, Sasuke sighed. Outside these walls he was Uchiha Sasuke the ruthless shinobi...but inside these walls...well...

"You love me, yes?" asked Hinata.

He closed his eyes. "Yes."

...inside these walls he was just an normal guy in a normal home living with his future everything.

"Talk dirty to me," said Sasuke, as he motioned her back into the kitchen.

"Um, oh! I need to juice the life out of a lemon too."

"Un, just marry me already."

Hinata took his hand with a beaming smile. "Wait until you see what we'll do to the onions."

...and he was more than okay with that.