Hinata's POV

Okay so I didn't stalk Sasuke. I just followed him around all day. I called out to him, tapped him on the shoulder, tried to talk to him, but he ignored me. The enitire day.

It was now the end of the school day, and I was standing at Sasuke's locker, back pressed against it. I was going to ambush him and force him to talk to me.

I mean, I understood that he was upset about the video, but he hadn't even given me the time to apologize or explain that the video wasn't mine or my friends' doing. I was going to murder whoever sent it out because they were ruining my friendship with Sasuke. Things were beginning to change between us. It took me this entire day of being ignored to realize how much I craved Sasuke's attention, how much I wanted him to look at me. I wanted to be with him.

"Can you not take a hint, or are you just stupid?" Sasuke's harsh tone snapped me from my thoughts. I hadn't even noticed he was standing in front of me.

"Sasuke, I want to apologize," I said, ignoring his previous rude question. "Karui and TenTen-"

"What, they're going to jump out and start shooting me with paintballs again?" Sasuke hissed at me. "I'm sick of you and yours friends' games. People have been laughing behind my back all day. And you know what, you can keep your shitty apology! I'm done with you and this conversation."

With that said, Sasuke stormed down the hall and out of the building. I felt the tears build up in my eyes and wiped them away. Sasuke had never been mean to me. He'd never even raised his voice at me before.

I had caused the usually cool and composed Sasuke Uchiha to break. It was a horrible feeling.

The buzzing in my pocket nearly caused me to jump. I pulled my phone from my back pocket and answered it.

"Hello?"

"I've been waiting in the parking lot for you for ten minutes," Neji sounded annoyed. "Where are you?"

"I-I had to get some books out of my locker. I'll be there in a sec."

I ended the call and hiked my tote bag up before making my way to the exit. I found Neji's car in his usual parking spot in the student parking section.

"Took you long enough," Neji grumbled, driving off the campus.

I rested my head against the window and watched the scenary pass by. I wanted to talk to Sasuke. I wanted to make things okay again between us. I wanted to confess to him and tell him how much I liked him. I wanted to apolgize for avoiding my feelings for him. I just really want to be with him. I didn't want him to be angry at me.

The tears fell down my cheeks, and I didn't wipe them away this time.

Before I knew it, Neji had pulled the car over and wrapped me into a hug. He patted my head and let me cry until the tears wouldn't come out anymore.

"Want to tell me what happened now?" Neji asked, voice soft as if he spoke too loud, I would cry again.

"Sasuke hates me," I sniffed.

"Why does it matter that Sasuke hates you?"

"Because I like him."

"But he's one of my best friends, Hinata," Neji said slowly. "You can't like him."

"Why can't I like him?"

"Best friends can't date sisters. It goes against the bro code."

"That's really stupid."

"Anyway, back on topic," Neji said, waving a hand as if he was dismissing the topic, "Why does Sasuke hate you?"

I explained the paintball situation to Neji.

"Let me get this straight. Karui and TenTen shot Sasuke with paintballs, then somebody spread the video of all this happening. It was hilarious by the way. Sasuke thought you and your friends were behind it, so he ignored you then later blew up in your face when you tried to apolgize which caused you to cry because you think he's never going to talk to you again, and you're going to be stuck in an urequited love forever," Neji said.

"Right," I responded.

"Sasuke is a fucking idiot," Neji said. "Plus he made my little sister cry. I'm going to go knock some sense into that dumb ass."

"Neji, please don't make this situation worse than it already is," I pleaded.

"Too late," Neji sped down the highway at an alarming speed. He dropped me off at home and procceeded on to Sasuke's house.

I just hoped he wouldn't do anything stupid.

Sasuke's POV

I shouldn't have blown up at Hinata like that. She hadn't deserved to be the outlet of my anger. Initially, I was pissed about that stupid video and the morons laughing at me, but I got over it. What put me over the edge was Hinata and Gaara hugging. I know I didn't have the right to be jealous or upset because Hinata wasn't my girlfriend, but seeing those two together always made my blood boil.

I sighed and flopped over in my bed.

Maybe I should call Hinata and apologize.

The bang on the other side of my wall caused me to jump.

"What the fuck?" I mumbled, climbing out of bed. The noise was coming from Itachi's room.

I pushed open my brother's room door and instantly regretted it. Itachi and his boyfriend Deidara were currently in a heated makeout session. Both of their shirts had been discarded, and Itachi's hand was shoved down the front of Deidara's pants.

I closed the door as fast as I could. I was going to have nightmares for weeks.

I went back to my room to grab my phone then abandoned my room because the moans were going to start pretty soon and I seriously did not want to hear those. After making my way down stairs, I flopped down on the living room couch and turned the TV on.

The constant ringing of the door bell pulled me from my channel surfing. Who the hell...?

I yanked the front door open, ready to give an idiot a piece of my mind. I wasn't expecting Neji to be the idiot though. He glared at me as he pushed passed me to walk into my house and take a seat on the couch. He was sitting in the spot that I had previously been reclining in.

"You have some fucking nerve, Uchiha," Neji said, before I even had time to sit down.

"The fuck are you talking about?" I grumbled. He had taken my seat and was now accusing me of shit.

"You made my little sister cry."

"What?" I felt my face pale at the mention of Hinata crying. It was never my intention to hurt her in any way.

"You fucking made my sister cry," Neji growled. "She had nothing to do with that dumb ass video and neither did her friends."

"I-"

"You what? You're going to get on your knees and apologize to Hinata when you see her then beg me not to kick your ass because I'm so fucking close to punching you in your face."

"You know I would never try to make her cry, Neji," I said.

"Then why the hell did you, Uchiha?"

"I was jealous, okay," I all but yelled. "She was always around Gaara and when I saw her standing at my locker today, I just blew up. I wasn't trying to make her cry though."

"Apolgize to Hinata," Neji said, standing up. "I'd rather see her with you instead of that creepy kid."

"Does that mean we're good?" I asked.

"Of course we're good, you're my bro,"Neji said, exchanging a fist pound with me. "If you hurt my sister in any way though, I'll murder you in your sleep and dump your body in the ocean with the sharks."

Hinata's POV

I stood at my locker grabbing my materials for first hour, all the while thinking about Sasuke. Neji hadn't told me what happened between the two of them, but he said that he had taken care of it. What did that even mean? Had he gotten into a fight with Sasuke? Or worse, did he kill him?

"Hinata," I froze momentarily because I knew who that voice belonged to. Just because I didn't want anything bad to happen to him didn't mean that I wanted to talk to him either.

"Good morning, Sasuke," I said, not making eye contact. I closed my locker and stared down at my boot covered foot. "My friends and I honestly had nothing to do with the video."

"I believe you."

"You do?" I asked finally looking up at him.

"Yeah, I know that you guys wouldn't do something like that, but since we're both confessing, I'm sory I yelled at you yesterday. I didn't mean to upset the girl that I like."

"What?" I asked, heart pounding. I was definitely hearing things.

Sasuke took my free hand into his. "I really like you, Hinata Hyuuga."

Time seemed to slow down around us and all background noises faded away. "I like you too, Sasuke."

"Good," Sasuke said before bringing our lips together.

When we pulled away, I dropped my forehead onto his chest. My cheeks were on fire.

"Someone's shy," Sasuke teased, wrapping his arms around me.

I felt eyes on me and looked over. Gaara stood across the hall, watching us. His eyes were narrowed and his arms were crossed over his chest. It was as if he was looking right through me. I shivered.

"You cold?" Sasuke asked, rubbing my exposed arms.

"No, I'm fine," I said, giving Sasuke a small smile.

When I looked back over, Gaara was gone. It was like he had vanished into thin air.

I am such a crappy updater. I'm sorry for taking forever to upload a new chapter. Please forgive me *insert pouty face here*