1Winter Stares

Chap One — His Cold Words

She loved the blinding whiteness of winter. It made her cheeks pink, her eyes bright. She never understood why she liked the winter. Besides the fact that seeing children fight in the snow and couples walking arm and arm, it wasn't all that great. It was cold and there was never anything to do.

For her, though, she was able to get out, be able to get away from her family for a few choice hours, see people that mattered to her. It was a good time for her. A time of smiles and warmth and love.

A gust of wind blasted by and Hinata Hyuga shuddered. She rubbed her hands together from under her gloves to warm them and then wrapped her scarf tighter around her neck, so that it covered her chin. She rubbed her chapped lips together and shivered again, continuing to walk.

She was so busy making friction between her hands she barely paid attention where she was going.

"Oof!" She backed away from the person she had bumped into and her white eyes met his black ones. She shivered — not because it was cold. The glare from him made her heart feel icy.

She stuttered out an apology; "I'm so s-sorry, I-I didn't mean to b-bump into y-you er...it-it was just a m-mistake. I am so s-s-so-sorry." she stammered, taking a step back from Uchiha Sasuke, who continued to glare at her.

"Hn." was his reply, before sticking his hands in his coat pocket and walk away.

Hinata frowned. He could've at least SAID something. But all he did was grunt. The frown suddenly turned into a scowl and she had a terrible urge to walk over and slap him. Instead, she shook the feeling away, and continued walking down the street.

She glanced in the Soba shop to see if Naruto was there, and saw he wasn't. Not many people were there, besides Sasuke. She watched him for a moment, and jumped almost six inches when he got up and turned around.

"Sasuke-sama..." she mumbled, bowing quickly. He arched an eyebrow and she felt her cheeks turn pink, realizing he probably wouldn't have noticed her if she hadn't said anything. She looked up at him, glad the blush would just look like her cheeks were cold.

Sasuke wasn't smirking, he just looked slightly confused. "Sama?" he asked, and she frowned, tilting her head. She was being polite she didn't —

"Oh, I'm sorry! Uhh...Sasuke-san. Um..Er...Well...see you around!" she stalled, before turning and darting out of the Soba Shop.

She was stopped though, and turned, surprised. "Oh...Sasuke—" She was cut off by his sharp glare and growl.

"Shut up with the Sasuke-sama and Sasuke-san shit! My name is SASUKE UCHIHA, not Sama not San! Dammit, you were getting on my last fucking nerve with your stupid nervousness. Fuck..."

Hinata's eyes were wide with shock as the boy said those words. She flinched away from his grip but he grabbed her arm, squeezing.

"Ah!" she cried in pain, wincing.

He loosened his grip but didn't say he was sorry. "Dammit, girl, don't run away!" he snapped at her. Hinata's eyes widened even more, and she became more and more scared. What had she done to make him so mad?

"Your name is Hyuga, right? Hinata Hyuga? Your Neji's cousin?"

Hinata nodded. "Y-yes..." she whispered.

"Fuck, you get annoying. Quit stammering like that. No one's ever going to think you're strong if you stutter at everything."

Hinata could feel the anger pouring from him, but even though she felt scared, she also felt mad herself. "You have no right to talk to me like that! I don't understand WHY Sakura-chan and Ino-sama can ACTUALLY like you. You're so cruel!" She didn't stutter a bit.

But Sasuke seemed confused. "You're not one of my crazy fan-girls?" He didn't seem disappointed though. Just surprised.

"Fan-girl? I barely know your name!" she snapped, finally pulling her arm from his. He didn't resist

"Strange. I thought they ALL were." He shrugged. "Oh YEAH I know you! You're Hinata Hyuga from Cell 8. You're the one who's NARUTO'S fan girl. Okay, cool. I get it now. Of course you wouldn't care less about me."

Hinata blushed at being called a Naruto fan-girl. "I'm not a fan-girl. And I'm most definately am not a stalker!" She wanted this made clear.

Sasuke laughed. "Never said you were, Hinata-san. Well...maybe I'll see you some other time." And with that, Sasuke left the Soba Shop, walking in the other direction.

Hinata watched him leave in surprise. "He's...different." she murmured, before continuing to rub her hands together.

b Chap One: End

That was the first chapter! I hope you enjoyed! I uploaded it this morning at 6:50 a.m., so it's probably not done well...umm...Thanks for reading! You guys rock! I luff you. 3 /b