Dialogue: "Yo"

Thoughts: 'Yo'

Note: Words may be missing; Fanfic likes to be a bitch.

Obligational Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters, blah.

"I don't get paid enough for this," Iruka complained with a groan of exasperation, futilely attempting to pry one of the girls off one another. He succeeded, only to be pushed back as another pair rushed into the cat-fight.

Sasuke Uchiha, twelve year old heartthrob and resident badass, watched in a detached demeanour as the idiots around him shrieked and fought. He gazed with boredom at one of the girls who wasn't crowding around him and clawing at everything like a pack of ravage dogs, simply avoid the chaos and look down at her lap, crestfallen expression on her round face.

"I didn't peek up your skirt Sakura, believe me!" His momentary interest broke as Naruto, the class goof, squealed, bursting into a leap over the girl-brawl happening in the middle of the classroom as the pink petal-haired Kunoichi lunged at him. "You're such a liar, I saw you looking!"

Sasuke blinked.

That girl he'd been staring at before had moved, shuffling out of the way as several of the desks went zooming in the air, then plummeting with a mighty crash. He frowned, if only his moment of rare respite lasted longer since she then decided it was a prudent move to stand next to him.

Did he like that? No. Was he going to tell her off?

No.

He wouldn't waste precious words.

Not on a Hyuuga.

Naruto soon returned to his other side, panting as he bent over at the knees, a blooming red forming along his tanned jaw. "Sakura sure hits hard for such a small girl, but she is so cute when she gets mad!" he said, presumably to him (as if he cared), his sharp canines displayed as he grinned widely.

"Hn."

"You unfeeling bastard!"

The girl on his other side peeked around him, conveniently using him as a hiding post, blushing in captivation at the spiky haired moron; as his attention (so short it was) diverted once again.

Deciding that they were encroaching on his personal space long enough, he snagged the back of Naruto's orange jacket-, who was now guffawing at the throng of females- and flung him into the group of crazed lunatics, effectively reducing the over-crowded space by one less body.

The Hyuuga gasped and raised a hand to her lips, brows puckered in concern, and solely focused on Naruto being used as a punching bag by the rest of the girls.

So immersed he was in observing her reaction, that he did not instantly sense the pile of struggling bodies falling towards him like a toppled tower. He only knew that those freaky eyes of hers had turned to look at his, widened and a pale hand had snatched the front of his black shirt and pulled.

They went crashing to the floor, with cries of "My baby Sasuke!", "Oh no Sasuke's hurt!", "Haha clumsy Sasuke!" (Naruto, beaten on the ground had the boldness to laugh at him despite his pitiful pounding) following their descent.

His black eyes blinked, head splitting with pain and staring at the dull white ceiling greeting him, before being blocked by a head of dark hair; worried eyes and pale cheeks.

"Are you alright?" said the pleasingly soft voice, her long locks tickling his nose.

"…"

The Hyuuga was soon shoed away by their Sensei, Iruka, who'd finally been able to squash down the commotion. His vapid fan-girls seizing this opportunity converged around him as their teacher turned his back and dotted on him with overbearing closeness as he slowly sat back up. He was left watching curiously and confused as the girl went to check on Naruto, helping him up with a flutter of trembling limbs.

Sasuke was in too far of a trance of being star-struck to get mad at the arms clinging onto him.

Sasuke was first and foremost an Uchiha.

This meant that his pride was not a thing to be trifled with.

Hence forth, when his ego had been bruised by that Hyuuga pulling that stunt yesterday he had appropriately sulked through the rest of that day's evening.

How dare she, go ahead and save him with such common humility then brush it all off for that spiky haired pea brain!

He'd show her.

The next morning, he was steadfast in keeping an eye out for the weird eyed Hyuuga and undermining her. To undertake this properly, Sasuke went and seated himself right next to her, paying no attention to the questioning gazes of his fellow classmates.

Iruka-sensei paid the unlikely seatmates consideration of whole of three seconds before deeming the change beyond his interest.

"Your name, Hyuuga?" he demanded bluntly, looking down his nose at her.

She squeaked cutely, "It's Hinata Hyuuga?" Oh, yeah, he totally knew that.

"Sasuke Uchiha."

"I er, know that, we've been classmates for years..."

He interrupted her shaky speech, "I will be your seating partner from now on, any objections?"

"Uh-"

"Good."

Hinata deflated with a murmur of defeat. For clarity's sake she queried him, but he stubbornly denied her an answer. So she was left pondering on this unforeseen encounter, if she could call it that; beyond perplexed to what he wished to achieve.

Additionally, since her day was not going as planned, her unique eyes did not miss the blazes of bitter jealously burning a path in her direction by most of her female peers in the room. Hinata ducked her head as her ears and neck heated with resentful embarrassment.

Geez, it's not like she asked him to sit by her.

"You're slumping too much in your seat," Sasuke hit the back of her chair with an open palm, making her straighten in surprise, "That's better."

"Hmm." The Uchiha hummed with a bored countenance, stretching his legs in front of him and folding his arms.

As the courage to ask him again what he thought he was doing escaped her, she switched her attention instead, from the intimidating boy at her side to the front of the classroom. Content to ignore him and listen to Iruka-sensei as he began his lesson. 'He'll go away soon enough.' she reasoned.

Her eyes landed on Naruto as he arrived, heart picking up a notch as he chortled in that loveable way of his...

Another pair of eyes followed her gaze, frowning at her object of affections.

Note: This story will be diverging from Canon-events and has since been revamped the last time I've updated this story. I hope you all enjoy and leave me plentiful reviews, thank you!