AN: I wasn't intending to make this a two-shot, but the reviewers were very kind in their words, and not wanting to disappoint I wrote up a chapter two. This will remain a two-shot I don't plan on making it any longer. I have two other fanfics I'm beginning to negelct and I can't afford to do that. So please enjoy the second and last chapter of this sasuhina fic. I hope you like this ending.
Disclaimer: all characters belong to kishimoto-sama.
"Ne, sasuke-san...don't y-you think it's a-a lovely day? A-Almost like it was p-pretty...just f-for you?" The small sounds of giggles vibrated through the young hyuga's chest. Her smile nearly matching in brightness with her pink blush. Her hand reached out for the uchiha to grab, and then...he would wake up.
Yes, ever since his 'real' encounter with the hyuga heiress, sasuke hasn't stopped dreaming of her. It was actually starting to piss him off. He hasn't even talked to her since that day. To make matters worse each time he dreamed of her, it would become more and more vivid, like she was really smiling at him. Of course sasuke knew it wasn't real. Hinata, as it turned out, was a woman of her word, and had stayed away from the uchiha compound, and him. It was that fact, and the fact that he was dreaming of such insignificant girl as her in the first place that was pissing him off so much.
The tired uchiha rose from his bed and walked towards the bathroom to start off another dull day of his life. As he entered the bathroom to clean his face, he couldn't help but recall the dream, even if he didn't 'really' want to. Her smile, it not only reminded him so much of his mother's, but it held genuine kindness in it. 'Like she truly wanted to be with me, she wasn't disgusted or cautious of my presence at all.' Sasuke frowned at himself through the mirror and splashed water on his face.
"Ridiculous! It was just a stupid dream...I have no reason to think a girl like that hyuga could ever understand me...she knows nothing." even as the uchiha spoke this, his eyes grew dim in a bitter realization. He wasn't believing in his own words.
A half smirk appears on his wet face as he stares at himself in the mirror again. "Looks like we're both having unwanted dreams of people we don't even...know..." sasuke's onyx eyes grow lighter as he allows himself to drift to his dream again. 'That smile, why do I want it so badly directed at me? Is it possible the genjutsu affected her and me? Then why is it I'm dreaming of her? Someone who's almost a stranger to me?'
Sasuke grunts as he grabs a towel to wipe away the excessive water from his face. "Too many damn questions. If itachi meant to leave a lasting affect on me, he should have chosen someone else for me to dream about." the uchiha looks outside at the early morning light, images of the hyuga heiress showing her gratitude to him for helping her with the 'uchiha boy' with that smile of hers.
"...Hinata..."
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Hinata lets out the fifth sneeze since that morning, as she walks down to eat breakfast with her family. Hanabi is the first to see her entering the kitchen and waves at her.
"Ne, onee-chan, you sick or something?"
Sitting down next to her younger sister, hinata shakes her head. "Ie, it must be the dust in my room I haven't cleaned it in a week."
"Or maybe someone's talking about you onee-chan..." hanabi's clear eyes look up at her sister in a sneaky manner as she grabs a slice of fish.
Both neji and hiashi's heads move slightly at the mention of someone talking about hinata. The hyuga heiress blushes and shakes her head fervently.
"Nani?! Of c-course not hanabi-chan! No o-one would talk about m-me. I'm n-not a very interesting person to be t-talked about."
Hanabi shrugs it off and continues eating her food. Neji and hiashi return to their plates as well, and leave hinata to calm her nerves. Sighing hinata grabs a pair of chopsticks and begins to eat her breakfast. Within five minutes, she's already deep in her own thoughts.
As it turned out, the flowers hinata had given to the little uchiha boy nearly two weeks ago, had done its job...to a degree. The nightmarish dreams she had of the uchiha massacre had seized and it was now a distant memory to her. But she didn't stop dreaming of the little boy. At first she thought of it as her subconscious still worried for the peace of the little boy's soul, but its started to appear that the uchiha boy, was making visits on purpose. Of course, hinata didn't mind. She found the boys presence strangely comforting, almost as if she's been around him before, a familiar person.
Her dreams with the little boy were always different though, not in a pattern like before. She would always see him sitting at the edge of a bridge on a lake though. She would walk down towards him, and sit down beside him. The uchiha boy and her would never say a word for the first ten minutes. They would both just get comfort from being near each other, and watching the lake. After those ten minutes, hinata would always notice the little boy stare at her. Each dream, he would have a different emotion written on his face. Happy, thoughtful, sad, confused, angry, annoyed, and, though she's denied it to herself many times as her dreams acting strange on her, a deep love and affection. She would blush every time. It wasn't the fact that he was staring at her, though that weirded her out anyways, it was the little boy's eyes that did it. 'They look so much like uchiha-san's.' Would be her thoughts every time she and the boy made eye contact. She always dismissed it, the little boy was dead, sasuke wasn't.
The uchiha boy seemed to enjoy making her blush, as he always smiled wide when she blushed in her dreams. After embarrassing her, he would always talk to her about random things. Her life, what she wanted to be, if she wanted to get married, did she have a crush, what was her favorite food, her favorite color, favorite tea, what did she think of the color black, was she a judgmental person, a hypocrite, a singer. Did she know how to love someone that couldn't be loved. Though the young hyuga heiress felt rather uncomfortable that such a young boy knew so many personal questions, she figured she'd answer. After all, this was her dream, only the little boy and her would know what was said.
She was surprised to see that whenever she dreamed of the boy, and he asked her about her love life, it would always end up with the little uchiha boy blushing. One dream she particularly remembered was when he had asked her if she had a secret lover. Hinata had turned red as a tomato and stuttered out a no. The boy stared for a moment before realizing his mistake in wording and correcting it. He asked again if she had a crush. The hyuga heiress blushed again, but not as much. Her bottom lip moved down in thought as she tried to put her words together. Her answer to the uchiha had surprised not only him, but her as well.
"A-Ano, I...I don't think I-I have a crush p-per say, but...I d-did once. H-His name was U-Uzumaki N-Naruto. He w-was very sweet, and brave. N-Never afraid to fight for his beliefs, e-even if other people t-thought his beliefs w-were foolish. His c-courage, helped me g-grow confidence in m-myself as well. When he was around m-me it was like his energy to live s-surged through me and I b-believed I could do anything. If I-I just believed in myself." Hinata remembered giggling as the uchiha boy's frown grew in depth with every word she spoke.
"A-Am I idolizing him too much uchiha-kun?"
"Ie, more like worshiping him tomato." the little uchiha scoffed and turned to look at the lake again.
"...Ne, gomen nasai uchiha-kun...but...a-are you jealous?" hinata couldn't help but smile wide as the boy turned to look at her with a bright red face.
Sputtering the boy replied, "P-Please! I'm seven years old tomato! As if I'd like an old lady like you!"
Shaking her head hinata looked back out at the lake. "If you s-say so uchiha-kun."
"Besides...don't you actually love that do...I mean uzumaki person?" the uchiha boy looked at the hyuga heiress through the corner of his eye as he asked.
Hinata's eyes looked down in an inner sadness before replying. "Ie, h-he...is dating a girl named sakura haruno. T-They've been dating for o-over a month now. I-I was deeply hurt by the news. So much t-that I sort of f-felt bitter towards s-sakura-san. I'm a b-bit better now though. I still have s-some lingering feelings for n-naruto-kun, but I'll m-manage."
Hinata's eyes widened as she looked to see a small pale hand over hers. She then looked up to see the uchiha boy smile at her.
"It's all right tomato...I'm sure you'll find someone who'll see your true value, and won't take you for granted. Or just another person in the crowd."
Hinata blushed as the boy made eye contact with her again. 'Could the little boy have been related to Uchiha-san? They both have that intense look in their eyes. Like they're passionate about something. Maybe all uchihas were like that.'
Smiling hinata nodded and looked at the lake. "Hai, I'm s-sure I will uchiha-kun...do you think we can let go o-of each other's h-hands now u-uchiha-kun?"
The small boy blushed a deep red again as he let go of the hyuga's hands roughly and looked back out at the lake to ignore her giggles.
"You're such a s-strange boy u-uchiha-kun."
"That so? You're a pretty big weirdo yourself tomato." The boy gave hinata an annoyed and displeased expression before returning his attention to the lake.
A calm look overcame hinata as she studied the little boy. A warm smile gracing her lips the young hyuga woman spoke to the boy. "You look so much like uchiha-san..."
The small uchiha boy's eyes had widened at that point of her dream, and he turned to look at her a genuine look of wonder and shock in his eyes.
Hinata, remembered this part of her dream the most, next to the 'are you in love with naruto' question of course.
Both she and the boy stared at each other. Each showing numerous emotions all at once. The boy was the first to speak, a small shiver in his voice as he spoke.
"W-What are you t-talking about?"
Hinata's eyes partly closed as she placed two pale fingers on the boy's cheeks, running them down his jawline.
"Hai, he always does that little scowl that you do. But he only does it when naruto-kun or kakashi-san really make him angry. And when you smirk, you only smirk when you're embarrassing someone else. Uchiha-san does the same thing, for the same reason. Your eyes...have the same intense feelings behind them. And your bottom lip moves more towards the left when you pout." hinata giggled the last part as she flicked the small pouting lips of the boy.
A deep blush had covered the boy's face again and mumbling out his words he spoke to the hyuga heiress.
"You talk about this other uchiha guy as if you're in love with him..."
It was hinata's turn to have her eyes widen in surprise. She couldn't be IN love with THE uchiha sasuke. She barely knew him. They were both practically strangers and the only times she had spoken to him were when she was with naruto and sakura. Even then, the two of them barely spoke a word to each other. Especially now when she had been avoiding him, not only to keep her word of leaving him alone, but because she was finding herself getting nervous and giddy around him. His presence didn't seem as intimidating as before. It was almost as if she knew what he really was on the inside, not the cold distant young man he made himself appear. How was it possible though?
Hinata was brought back from her thoughts when she felt a hard tug on her sleeve. Looking down she saw the intense look of the uchiha boy directed at her.
"Oi, pay attention will ya?!"
"Ah, gomen-ne u-uchiha-kun...I-I was lost in my t-thoughts again"
"Yea? What thoughts?"
Hinata thought for a moment before answering. "I was thinking about u-uchiha-san."
Hinata didn't fail to notice the boy's eye quickly lighting up at the mention of sasuke.
"Really? so...what's so special about him?"
"Mmh, nothing..." hinata eyes narrowed slightly at the disappointed look the boy had "I just can't stop my t-thoughts about h-him that's a-all."
Before the boy could even answer, hinata would always wake up from her dream. Especially when it was that particular one. Somehow, she was also disappointed at waking up before the uchiha boy could answer. She wanted to know, how much the boy knew sasuke, or if the two of them met at all.
Hinata finished the rest of her breakfast quietly and quickly. She excused herself from the table and left the dining room and down the hall towards the front garden. Three set of hyuga eyes followed her movements as she left the room.
Stuffing a slice of pickle in her mouth, hanabi quirked an eyebrow at her sister's behavior and turned to look at the two hyuga males.
"Wonder what was wrong with onee-chan? She was even quieter than before...and she looked like something was bothering her."
Hiashi just nodded rigidly and continued eating.
Neji continued to eat a calm expression on his face.
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Sasuke closed the door of his apartment he had within the uchiha compound and turned to leave. He had forgotten he had no food and was going shopping. Much to his immense disdain. Sticking his hands into the pockets of his black pants, the uchiha left the compound and walked down the street to the closest shop. Lucky for him there was a shop just around the corner of the first street he turned to shortly after entering the village square.
A bored expression on his face, sasuke quickly bought what he needed. Milk, eggs, rice, juice, tomatoes, and a couple of other things he didn't really pay attention to. He paid for his items and left the shop. The uchiha prodigy was already considering going home when his stomach told him otherwise. Sasuke made a face as he stared down at his stomach. Looking around, the uchiha found not one concession stand appealing to him. "Damn sellers, you'd think they'd sell some half-decent food."
walking down another familiar road, sasuke spotted the entrance to ichiruka's ramen. Since he knew his stomach probably wouldn't hold down any his own home-cooking as the first meal of the day, the uchiha decided he might as well eat some of the ramen his dobe of a friend always enjoyed eating.
Entering the small restaurant, his onyx eyes widened just a bit as he spotted the girl of his dreams...literally. Indigo locks of hair swayed back and forth in a loose ponytail as hinata spoke with the young woman that worked in the shop. Memories of his continuous dreams of the hyuga girl entered the uchiha's mind as a small blush covered his pale cheeks lightly. Her eyes, her lips, and her smile, all of it was annoying and aggravating to sasuke. 'Hmph-ing' to no one in particular, the uchiha prodigy sat down next to the hyuga heiress and placed his grocery bags on the floor before waiting to get his order filled in.
The old owner turned and smiled at sasuke. "Ohayo Uchiha-sama! Or should I say good afternoon!" the man laughed laughed heartily as sasuke gave him a quick nod of acknowledgment. "So what can I get ya today uchiha-sama?"
Sasuke didn't fail to notice the flinch the hyuga heiress gave the moment the man had said his name, or her body stiffening as he spoke to the man.
"Give me a miso."
"Coming right up!"
The girl speaking to hinata apologized and quickly turned to prepare the ramen with her father. Thus, leaving the hyuga and uchiha alone. Sasuke had his eyes closed, intent on not having to look at her, in fear of his dreams coming back to mind. Hinata, afraid she'd break her word of leaving him alone, and the fact of her recent thoughts over a particular repetitive dream, looked at a poster on one of the walls. Her hands fidgeting around her sweater and her eyes darting from one end of the poster to the other.
Tense minutes pass as both hinata and sasuke tried their best to avoid looking at each other, let alone speak. Hinata is the first to get her bowl of ramen, she thanked the girl quietly and went to reach for a pair of chopsticks. The old man handed sasuke his bowl and nodded before turning back around. Sasuke reached over for a pair of chopsticks too, accidentally bumping his hands with hinata's and causing her to drop hers and him, his. A small gasp escapes the hinata's lips as she grabs hers and then hands him his chopsticks and begins to apologize profusely.
Sasuke's left eyebrow twitches in annoyance as hinata continues to apologize non-stop. Her cheeks a bright red and her lips quivering with what the uchiha assumes is fear, sasuke gently tugs on her sweater to get her attention.
"Oi, stop with your annoying apologies hyuga, it was an accident."
"B-B-But I-I-I..."
"I..said...it was..an...accident." Sasuke looked over at hinata with an icy glare before letting go of her sleeve and breaking apart his chopsticks. His onyx eyes looked over at the nervous hyuga. Her long bangs covering her eyes, she seems to be mumbling something. She grabs her chopsticks and begins to sift through her ramen.
"Umm...a-ano, gomen nasai u-uchiha-san...I b-broke our p-promise.." opaque eyes nervously rose to stare at the uchiha who was slurping up some ramen, his onyx eyes studying her though.
"Promise? What promise?" he asked as he went back to his bowl to grab some more noodles.
Hinata's eyes widened as she watches sasuke nonchalantly eat his ramen. Had he really forgotten what happened merely two or three weeks ago? Fumbling with her fingers, the hyuga woman mumbles something else before saying.
"The p-promise I made t-to stay a-away from you in exchange f-for you leaving those flowers to t-the little u-uchiha boy's grave."
Disinterested onyx eyes looked at hinata for a moment before looking back at the bowl of ramen.
"Oh, that? Well you don't have to keep it hyuga, I didn't put the flowers on that grave, I left them on my parents' grave."
Hinata's opaque eyes grew even wider as she studied the uchiha in front of her. 'H-He didn't keep h-his word? Then...h-how is that...my nightmares a-are gone?'
"U-Uchiha-san!" hinata tugged gently on sasuke's white sleeved shirt and she gave him a pout. "Y-You said you would t-though!"
A smirk appeared on sasuke's face as he stared at the rather cute pout the hyuga heiress was giving him. "I lied."
Dumbfounded once again, hinata let go of his sleeve and turned around to look at her ramen. She was upset. Sasuke had lied and now she looked like a fool for keeping a one-sided promise.
Still pouting hinata blushed as she angrily spoke to the uchiha. "Y-You're a very big j-jerk uchiha-san."
"I've been told that." hinata turned to look at sasuke who continued to smirk as he ate his ramen. "Don't be so upset about it though hyuga. That little boy in your dreams doesn't even exist. Just a long-term genjutsu my brother used on me that probably backfired on you. Nothing to it, but to let it go."
Hinata looked down at her hands. He was right. She had had a gut feeling the moment she spoke to sasuke back in the uchiha compound that the boy most likely didn't exist. Still she continued to dream of him, and he spoke to her as if he had really lived in konoha. Her eyes grew downcast at the thought that her little friend, was just a figment of some genjutsu accidentally placed on her. Even if sasuke was right, she was the one dreaming of the boy, not him.
"I should l-let go, but s-still. He was a v-very nice boy to me...and I c-cared very d-deeply for h-him uchiha-san." hinata looked back up at sasuke and smiled wide.
Letting out a grunt, sasuke gave hinata a displeased and annoyed look before swallowing another set of noodles. "That so? You're such a weirdo hyuga."
Hinata's head turned swiftly towards sasuke's direction, a conversation she had had with a certain little uchiha boy in her dreams, suddenly coming back to mind. It all made sense now. Opaque eyes, studied the eating uchiha hard. Onyx eyes eyes stared curiously at hinata, who seemed deep in thought as she stared at him.
"What's your problem now hyuga?"
Realizing she had been caught staring for too long, the hyuga heiress blushed a deep red and averted her eyes from sasuke to stare at her ramen. "N-Nothing u-uchiha-san, nothing a-at all."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, but let it go to finish off the remainder of his ramen. "If you say so...ah, before I forget. What are you doing here hyuga? Don't you usually show up at ichiruka's only when that dobe and sakura are with you?"
Hinata gave him a side glance before returning her stare to the ramen. "I-I came from my home to g-go meet kiba-kun a-and shino-kun for training, b-but sakura-san passed by a-and told me she wanted me to h-hang out with her and talk a-about n-naruto-kun."
"So...you've just been waiting here?"
Hinata nodded gently.
"How long?"
The hyuga woman hesistated for a moment before answering. "A-About an hour."
"Pfft, sounds like them to keep people waiting. Sakura is probably beating naruto senseless over some stupid thing again." sasuke smirked as hinata tired to muffle her giggle.
"T-That's not very nice u-uchiha-san."
"But it's most likely true, the fact that they're dating won't change that." sasuke studied the hyuga heiress as he spoke, watching her gaze sadden for a moment. The uchiha couldn't help feel a bit bad for the girl, and a bit...well very angry at the blonde dobe for hurting the girl.
"Hai, b-but I t-think that's how t-they show their a-affection towards e-each other." hinata smiled as she spoke.
"Hn, I suppose so." sasuke answered. "Sorry for lying to you by the way."
Hinata turned to look at sasuke in surprise. The uchiha had lifted his grocery bags and was checking over them to make sure nothing was missing.
"U-Umm, ano t-t-that's not n-necessary u-uchiha-san..." hinata flinched as sasuke stared at her again.
"It's an apology hyuga, and if naruto and sakura have talked enough about me to you, you should know that's my apologies are far and in between." sasuke turned back and dug into his pocket to pay for his ramen.
"H-Hai." hinata looked down and blushed. That nervous and giddy feeling in her heart was starting again, and she didn't like it.
Sasuke placed his money on the counter and stood up to exit the ramen place. Hinata didn't try to say or do anything, if the uchiha left it'd be better for her and her fast-beating heart. A part of her though, as small as she tried to convince herself it was, didn't want sasuke to go. 'He's...n-not so bad, a-almost nice and...h-he...u-understands me s-so much. After all he is t-the...'
"-uga. Oi! Are you listening?!" Hinata jumped in her seat and turned around to give a pissed off uchiha a sheepish smile.
"Gomen ne, u-uchiha-san...did y-you say something?"
The same annoyed expression as before was on sasuke's face as he talked "Yea, I said if you're going to go train with your teammates or not?"
"Umm, I-I don't think so u-uchiha-san. T-They probably w-went h-home already. I d-did take a bit too long for them to w-wait for me." hinata smiled sympathetically at the thought that her friends might have waited so long for her, and she not showing up.
"Then train with me later." sasuke bluntly spoke to the hyuga heiress, who was caught off guard.
"Nani?!"
"What's the big deal hyuga? Just wait for the dobe and sakura here, after they're done eating tag along with them. All three of us train together from time to time. You can join in." sasuke spoke calmly, almost as if she has done this with him before.
"B-B-But uchiha-san, I've n-never train with y-you before. O-Only with naruto-kun and s-sakura-san. W-what i-i-if.."
"What if what, hyuga? Stop being such a scaredy-cat and just go all right? Besides it's more personal than actual training." sasuke tried to hide his blush as he spoke to the hyuga heiress, who was so stunned at the uchiha's request to really be paying attention to anything.
"I-I kinda want some company if the two of them start getting all...you know...'romantic' on me if you know what I mean..."
Hinata mouthed out an understanding 'Oh' when she caught up with what sasuke was talking about.
Blushing the young hyuga woman numbly nodded her agreement to sasuke's request.
"Good. All right then...I'll see you soon hyuga." sasuke pulled his bags over his shoulder and waved at the nervous hyuga before beginning to walk away back towards the uchiha compound. The uchiha was glad his little lie had worked. Even though he really wanted to convince himself that what he told hinata was the truth. It wasn't. He just wanted to be around the stuttering weirdo. She was hilarious to mess with, and he found her to be a pretty good talker, once you got past the whole stuttering thing of course.
As Sasuke walked, he heard small rapid footsteps catch up to him and stop around the corner of the street he had just turned on. His ninja senses already second nature to him, the uchiha knew it was the hyuga heiress standing there nearly out of breath. Sasuke stopped, and without turning around waited for her to tell him what she wanted to say.
A minute passes before hinata could speak close to normal as possible. "I..I-I wanted to thank y-you uchiha-san. You've h-helped me a lot these past few months. A-A lot more t-than I t-thought anyone ever c-could. S-So..a-arigato sasuke-san."
Sasuke was confused about every single word that the hyuga girl had said, and even more so, when she spoke his first name at the end of her little speech. Deciding it was best not to hurt the hyuga's feelings unnecessarily by denying he did anything. Sasuke played along.
"Uhh, sure hyuga. No problem." he felt awkward accepting the thanks for something he didn't even think he deserved. Turning to look at her, his onyx eyes widened in recognition. Hinata was smiling. Not just her usual quiet smile. No, this one was the one that was making him enjoy his dreams. The same smile she always gave him in his dreams.
Hinata bowed to him before turning to walk back to ichiruka's. She stopped mid-turn and without looking at sasuke smiled again.
"You're very cute as a child sasuke-san."
Before sasuke could reply, hinata had waved at him and told him she'd see him soon with naruto and sakura, and disappeared around the corner.
Sasuke stood there, watching a small breeze blow away some leaves. A small smile tugged on his lips. So hinata had figured it out. She knew he was the little boy in her dreams, and she found him cute. Shaking his head, sasuke kept walking back to his home, a hearty laugh escaped the young uchiha's lips as he walked.
"That hinata...she's something else all right. Damn girl is too smart for her own good." his smile widened just a bit as he looked up at the entrance to the uchiha compound. "But...I like her..."
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For the next two months, hinata and sasuke spoke to each other about her dreams. What his subconscious had spoken to her about and what he had replied to them. They were both surprised to find that they agreed on many of the things she spoke about in her dreams. Sasuke started to become more open than before, though he still hated the village, and his teammates...or so he said. Hinata became more confident, and some rumors have said her new techniques had come from secret training sessions she had with sasuke. The two never seemed that far separated from each other, and whenever sasuke came back from a mission, he would go to ichiruka's where hinata would be waiting to talk about how his mission had gone. Hinata in turn would do the same. Reunions with the rookie nine teams, always brought stunned silences from their teammates, when sasuke and hinata would walk off together to talk to each other. And much to neji and hiashi's disdain, hinata was growing closer and closer to the uchiha, and he in turn with her. It wasn't long before people began to notice the two as a couple, even though both would deny it vigorously. Of course certain people in sasuke's life knew otherwise. And people in hinata's life saw the truth as well.
Of course, it wasn't until a clear april night, when an annual festival occurred in konoha, that hinata figured out just exactly what it was that everyone else was seeing. Her purple kimono swayed with the cool spring breeze. Her 'best friend', as she'd dubbed sasuke as a joke to get under his skin, stood beside her his dark blue, yukata blowing along with the breeze as well. The both of them sat under a sakura tree watching naruto and sakura sharing a cup of ramen naruto had bought in a stand. Sakura holding a small pink bunny naruto had won for her in a game. The rest of their friends were scattered around the little field of sakura trees, all enjoying the fireworks that had just started.
Sasuke turned his head slightly to stare at the other side of the sakura tree where hinata was sitting on.
"Ne, hinata?"
"Hai, sasuke?"
"I'm going to turn eighteen in three months."
"Sorewa iidesu ne(1)...omedeto(2) sasuke." hinata moved over to sit next to sasuke as she spoke, her cotton candy already half gone.
Sasuke stared at her before a small smile appeared on his face. His voice quiet and serious, he bent down to whisper into hinata's ear.
"Wanna get hitched?"
A small bang was heard in the distance as everyone marveled at the shower of fireworks beginning to cover the sky once again. An abandoned half-eaten cotton candy rolled down a small hill. And the small pale-pink petals of the sakura tree fall over the figures of two people as they stare at each other in the night sky.
(1): I'm not sure if it's accurate but it means, 'Oh! That's good!'
(2): Congratulations
I hope this is a sufficient ending for those reviewers that wanted a second chapter. please review if you enjoyed though and thank you:)