Silent Adoration
A SasuHina Twoshot

She never hated being small…until now.

She stood there, looking up at him timidly. But the truth is, he intimidated the hell out of her. She knew for a fact that he is indeed tall. She knew for a fact that he is REALLY tall. But she never knew he would be able to intimidate her this much. It's a known fact that Hinata is easily intimidated. But she never met anyone who gave her ripples of fear and anxiety in her spine.

And she didn't like that, not one bit.

"A-anou…"

She looked back down at her shoes when his gaze went from the corner of the shelves that was hiding them both to her. Apparently, he led her to the darkest part of the library where only few or no one would go to. Hinata was pressed down at tall shelves, clearly intimidated by her companion as Sasuke leaned on the other one in front of her, his hand on his pockets and the other holding a certain book as he gazed at her nonchalantly.

"C-c-can I h-have my b-book n-now?"

His gaze remained at her and she fidgeted involuntarily. He let out a scoff and threw her the book. She clumsy caught it, barely catching it at all. With an unsteady stance, she turned to his direction but did not meet his eyes. She focused on his chin instead and bowed down at him.

"T-thank you…" She said gently, already wanting to get out from him. "I s-should go b-back to m-my class n-now…"

She muttered and turned to leave. At first, she was hesitant to meet him at this hour, knowing fully well she have class right now. But she did not want to argue with this menacing tall dark guy so she kept silent instead. However, inwardly, she's glad to skip classes. Gai-sensei tend to overact 'sometimes' and that means more exercises and more laps to run.

Too bad for her though since when she turned around to leave, her wrist was held by no other than him. Nervously, she turned to him, fear and confusion visible in her eyes. She refused the urge to fidget again yet did it otherwise. Seeing this scary tall guy looked…solemn for a second made her wonder though.

"Why are you so," He paused and turned to look at her. Something in his eyes made something in her chest ache but dismissed the though. "Afraid of me?"

She looked startled and looked at him with questioning glance. Of course, that question caught her off-guard. He casually let go of her hand. She wondered what that burning sensation in her hand was all about.

"I'm s-sorry…it's j-just t-that I…I-I…I t-tend to g-get i-intimidated e-easily…"

She said nervously as she played with her fingers and refused to meet his gaze. She heard him sigh, not in frustration but of something else.

"W-why do y-you a-ask?"

"Hm?" He paused and a thoughtful look crossed his features before being masked once again. "Because I--"He cut himself off and she looked at him, as if urging him to continued.

"Because I…well, I…"

Because I like you.

She looked at him confused.

"B-because you a-are?"

"I…" He paused and shook his head aggravated. "Just go back to class." He muttered and she gave him one last confused look before walking away, the book in her arms.

Irritated, he ran his hand across his hair and let out an annoyed grunt. Ah, so he just can't tell her that of course. He'd been practicing it for some time now and he just couldn't tell her. Nope, he just couldn't. Never mind the fact that he acted like a complete coward just a few seconds ago.

Letting out an irritated sigh, he pushed himself from the shelf and started to walk towards the open. Well, he'll just steal another book she wants then.

A/N: Meep. I turned it into a twoshot. My friend said so as well, saying that it's cut off. I felt guilty too for ending it like that. Ah, well...here's your next chapter. AND NO. I will definitely NOT turn this into a threeshot. Nope, I won't. I'm sorry and thank you for reviewing! And please review. Thanks!