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Ch.7: Guilt

'Yes! Now I can take this a bit further!' Sakura thinks as she takes Sasuke off of her. She lies down next to Sasuke and then goes on him slowly and quietly. Then she slowly puts her face near his. She presses her lips to his and kisses him slowly.

Sasuke wakes up abruptly to find Sakura kissing him. She pushes him off of him and gets up from the couch.

"What the fuck?!" He asks her infuriated.

"Sasuke don't be so mean!" Sakura says innocently.

"Shut up!" roars Sasuke. 'Damn! I hope Hinata doesn't find out about this!' he thinks.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke." Sakura says quietly. "I really am. I promise to never do it again!" she says.

"Just leave, Sakura. Before I do something really stupid!" Sasuke hisses.

"Okay. Sorry." Sakura walks toward Sasuke and gives him a quick hug and then kisses him on the cheek. "Bye, Sasuke." She says as she opens the door and walks out of his house.

Once outside, Sakura heads toward the city.

'Everything turned out as planned! Hinata doesn't have to know that Sasuke rejected me! She's going to be so jealous! I can't wait to see the bitches face!' Sakura thought joyously.

'I'll go tell her later today, after Sasuke's gone to visit her. That way she won't be able to ask him about it until tomorrow! By then she'll be madder! Ooh I can't wait!' Sakura thinks as she walks into a mall in the city. She sees a familiar person there.

"Hey Naruto! What are you doing here?"

Naruto turns around to see Sakura right behind him.

"Oh hey Sakura. I didn't have anything better to do today." Naruto says. "What do you have planned for today?"

"Nothing much. But I have something important to tell you." Whispered Sakura.

"What?" Naruto asks suspiciously.

"Sasuke and me…" Sakura began.

"No! You and Sasuke?!" Naruto urged Sakura to go on.

"Promise not to tell anyone, Naruto! No one's supposed to know." Sakura whispered.

'Knowing Naruto everyone in town will know by tomorrow. That is exactly what I want to happen, that's why I'm even telling him!' Sakura thought.

"Okay I promise! C'mon tell me what happened!" Naruto said impatiently.

"We kissed." Sakura said happily.

'Did she just say kissed? Kissed?! I thought Sasuke loved Hinata! I should've known that he was lying! Maybe I should warn Hinata.' Naruto thinks.

"Wait! I thought Sasuke liked Hinata! Does she know about this?!"

"Of course not, baka! We don't want her to know, so don't tell her anything!" Sakura said.

'I'm not going along with that! I need to tell Hinata what is going on! I needed to visit her anyway! I just haven't had time to go to the prison. Now's the perfect time!' Naruto thinks.

"Okay I won't tell Hinata anything." Naruto told Sakura.

"Well, bye Naruto." Sakura says as she walks into a store in the mall.

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"Hinata hurry up!" Rita called in the distance as Hinata was sweeping the hallways of the prison.

"Going." Hinata called back as she finished the last hall. Once Hinata finishes she goes to her cell to see Rita smiling.

"What happened?" Hinata asked her suspiciously.

"I contacted the people who told my parents the story I told you about yesterday!" Rita said happily.

"Really?!" Hinata asks amazed. "What happened?!"

"They're coming tomorrow to talk to me!" Rita exclaimed.

"Wow! That's so great! I'm so glad!" Hinata said.

"Yeah, I know, I am too!" Rita said grinning. "By the way, you got another letter."

"Oh, no. Bye who?" Hinata asked worriedly.

"Your father, again." Rita said. "I don't think anything bad happened, so don't worry."

"Okay." Hinata said as she took the letter from Rita's hand. Her hands were shaking, so it took her a time to open the letter.

"Relax, Hinata." Rita told her.

Hinata tried to do so with trouble. She quickly read the letter.

My Dear Daughter,

I hope that you are aware of your case coming up soon. It's scheduled for this Friday. Do not fret my dear. I am positive that everything will turn out perfect. You will be found innocent and soon we will be reunited. I am going to try to get to your case in time, but I cannot guarantee anything. I hope everything is going fine over there. My business is doing well so I do not know if I will be able to visit you this week. Hope to see you very soon. Do not lose faith, because you are innocent.

Love always,

Your loving and caring father

Hinata gasped.

"What is it?" Rita asked.

Hinata didn't answer and just passed Rita the letter so that she could read it.

"You're case is already on Friday?!" Rita said appalled. "That's in three days!"

"I know." Hinata said sadly.

"Well at least it's time to get it over with already!" Rita said trying to cheer Hinata up.

"But I'm so worried?! What happens if they find me guilty?!" Hinata asks.

"They're not going to because you're innocent." Rita said firmly. "Now cheer up because we only have a few days together."

"If they do find me innocent…" Hinata said.

"Which they will." Rita cut in.

"Well it they do, I'll make sure to visit you everyday." Hinata promised.

"You don't have to do that Hinata."

"How long do you have to stay here?" Hinata asked sadly.

"For twenty-five years. It would've been fifty years if I had my memory back." Rita said.

"How many years have you actually done?" Hinata asked. "I think you told me before, but I forgot."

"I've only done two years. Twenty-three more years." Rita said.

"How old are you?"

"I'm twenty, what about you?" Rita asked.

"I'm eighteen now." Hinata said. "We both fell in love at the same age."

"Just that I don't even remember who I fell in love with." Rita said.

"But you will know everything tomorrow!" Hinata said happily. "Everything will be found out tomorrow. Then maybe you could also go to court with your case." Hinata said.

"I don't know. Who says anyone will believe me?" Rita said sadly.

"But you'll have witnesses! Don't lose faith Rita!" Hinata said trying to cheer Rita up.

"Yeah. I really hope someday I'll get cleared." Rita said.

"You will!" Hinata promised.

"I thought I was the one who was supposed to know everything." Rita said. "Times have really changed."

"Yeah, they have." Hinata agreed. She was just about to go on when a guard interrupted them.

"Hinata, you have a visitor."

"We'll talk later, Rita." Hinata said as she got out of her cell towards the visitor room. There waiting for her was Sasuke.

She quickly went to sit down at the table he was at.

"Do you want to go outside in the grounds?" He asked her.

'Is it me or does he sound a bit guilty?' Hinata thought.

"Sure." She answered.

They both walked towards a tree and sat underneath it in the shade. Hinata breathed in the fresh spring air. She closed her eyes and relaxed. She felt peaceful. She felt a warm comfortable hand smooth her cheek and she sighed. Sasuke's touch was so wonderful to her.

"How are you?" Sasuke asked her calmly still touching her cheek.

Hinata opened her eyes to see Sasuke looking at her with loving eyes.

"Fine." She said happily. Being next to Sasuke made her feel perfect.

"What's new?" He asked her as he removed his hand from her cheek to hold Hinata's hand. He looked at Hinata's face to see her become sad.

"What's wrong?" He asked soothingly.

"My case is on Friday." She whispered looking down.

"Already?" Sasuke asked appalled. Hinata nodded.

"That's so soon." Sasuke said. "At least we'll be together soon."

"But what happens if they find me guilty?" Hinata asked looking up to see Sasuke's face again.

"They won't find you guilty." Sasuke said and he leaned over to kiss her on her head.

"But what if they do?" Hinata persisted.

"They won't." Sasuke said firmly.

"I'm just so worried." Hinata admitted.

"You shouldn't be. You're going to be set free."

"Maybe." Hinata whispered.

"No, you will be set free. I feel it. Trust me." Sasuke said kissing Hinata on the cheek.

"I do trust you." Hinata said. Sasuke smiled and put his arm around Hinata's shoulders. Hinata leaned on him. They stayed like that for a while, not saying anything. Hinata closed her eyes again.

"I love you." She whispered.

"You know I do too." Sasuke said.

'Am I imagining again, or does he sound guilty?' Hinata thought.

"Is something wrong, Sasuke?" Hinata asked slowly.

'Damn it! How can she see through me?' Sasuke thought.

"No, Nothing." Sasuke sighed. "I'm just worried about you."

"Why?" Hinata asked getting off Sasuke to look at him.

"I…I just want you to feel happy, and I'm worried that I'm not achieving that." Sasuke said.

"Oh, Sasuke. Don't worry. Every moment I'm with you, I'm happy." Hinata said. Sasuke felt so guilty. He hoped Hinata never found out about what had happened.

Hinata leaned in to kiss Sasuke softly. Sasuke kissed her back, giving in too much to the kiss. He kissed her a bit too ecstatically, not wanting to end the kiss. Hinata pushed him away.

"Sasuke what's wrong?" Hinata asked him quietly.

"What do you mean?" Sasuke asked innocently.

"Something's wrong. What happened?" Hinata asked.

"Nothing's wrong, nothing's happened." Sasuke declared guiltily.

Hinata was about to protest.

"Hinata, time to go inside!" A guard called from the distance.

"Wow! I hadn't noticed it had gotten dark!" exclaimed Hinata as she and Sasuke got up from under the tree. Sasuke just nodded.

'He looks tense.' Hinata observed.

Sasuke walked Hinata back inside the visitor room. He gives her another kiss and then puts both of his hands in her hair while kissing her. Hinata feels urgency in the kiss and she tries to stop it. She finally pushes away from him.

She looks up at Sasuke questionably. He doesn't say anything for a while.

"Good night." He finally says. "I love you."

"Love you too," Hinata says quietly and confused. She can feel Sasuke's eyes on her as she walks away from him to go into the hallways of the prison.

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