~Mute~

Chapter 3

Once Hinata got back to her house, she took out her phone and called Neji.

"Nee-san?"

"Yes Hinata-san?"

" Is there anything i need to pick up for the party? "

"Not that i can think of, did you have fun with the girls?"

"Yes, and they will be attending the party with us…" she said happily

"Tenten too?"

Hinata giggled, her dear cousin has always had a crush on Tenten, she found it cute.

"Yes , her and Temari-chan..is that alright?"

" Yes; good, maybe I can finally ask her on a proper date…." he whispered , almost to quiet, Hinata could barely understand what he said.

" Alright Neji-nii, i'm going to run some errands would you like anything from the market?"

" Fresh roses, the ones that haven't opened yet, thats all. Thank you Hinata-san.. I have another meeting, Ugh, See you when i get home."

"Ja , Neji-nii "

After she hung up, she walked down the long main hall to her room. After she took her dress out and laid it on her bed. Then she looked through her closet for one of her old pain obi belts to wear with it, after she found the only plain yellow one she had she laid it on top of the dress. She walked into the bathroom and thought about what sakura said.

'You know why i hate you you little freak? Because you look to be even more perfect then me, and I don't like that very much. Your smart, top of our class, not as pretty as me but enough to get the attention of many boys. But you don't even speak! You don't work to please anyone but yourself! You don't even want to know how hard i've had to work to get to be this popular and this pretty! Pain really is beauty, and that is why i hate you. Now go away you little piece of shit! '

Hinata wiped off what little makeup she had on, and splashed her face with cold water.

' Sakura is the least of my problems. i Have school and work to worry about, i just need something to block her out completely, maybe i should just skip the rest of high school like father wanted me to… maybe..'

Then she left the house again, waking to the market; it was to close to her house to drive. She just had to walk through the park, onto the next street. As she walks through the park the breeze whips her ponytail around, as she walked past an occupied bench, she drops her cellphone without realizing it. As she walked long the path, someone tapped on her shoulder she jumped startled , then turned around.

"You dropped this miss.." a cold voice said, and it sent shivers up her spine. But seeing as her cellphone was in his hand she took it, and replied.

"Th-Thank you sir, your very , J-Ja.." she didn't look up to see his face, she turned and walked away with a small smile.

The man stuff his hands into is pockets and cocked is brow, no woman has reacted to him that way before, its always flirting or fawning and swooning, and it irritated him. But that girl, she couldn't even look him in the face she was so timid, he liked that.

' Too bad i didn't take her number…i don't even know what her face looks like, what am i thinking? ' thought the man closing his dark onyx eyes and sitting back down on the bench.

" Uchiha.." said Neji walking up to him , " Didn't think you'd meet me… how are you doing?"

"Fine, and what did you want from me? More business offers i can't take? Come on you know my brother, he's a stubborn ass…"

'you're one to talk…' thought Neji

"No. Not business, but I'd like you to join me this coming week for the company charity party, there's someone i want you to meet…" smirked Neji sitting down next to the Uchiha.

"And who is this person? A lady? I don't need anymore blind dates, Naruto supplied all the horrible experiences that i need for a life time…."

" Not a date, because she doesn't know about it, I just want you to help her have a good time, thanks to her father she, well, 'can't ' have fun anymore. He made her grow up to fast.." Neji spoke sadly.

" Its not anyone i know is it? Because thats an automatic no." he said in an annoyed tone.

"It's my cousin, Hinata." spoke Neji flatly.

"What does she look like?" He questioned

"Uchiha i swear to god if you even try and get in-" said Neji in a threatening voice

" I'm not that shallow, i might have ran into her earlier…geez…" sasuke cut him off and rolled his eyes.

"Long raven hair, pale skin, the Huyga eyes, tiny….she's very shy, so don't scare her to much."

" I wouldn't even try to.." Said Sasuke playfully, smirking.

"I'll be watching you Uchiha…." said Neji warning him.

Sasuke got up, and started walking toward town. "I'll be there.." he said as he waved goodbye.

" I'm trusting you Uchiha…..you better not break her…or i'll have you slaughtered…." Neji whispered to the wind.

Hinata walked through town carrying the things she needed for dinner, and Neji's rose buds, she also bought extra flowers, for her secret trip to the family graveyard. It was the least she could do for her mother and sister. Hinata stopped in front of the school and gazed up at it, and as she began to walk away she bumped into someone and began to fall over spilling her flowers and food to the ground. But she never hit the ground, whoever she bumped into caught her.

"It seems we keep running into each other today.." sounded a familiar cold voice.

Hinata opened her eyes and looked up at the man who caught her, only to see it was the infamous Uchiha Sasuke.

"I'm s-s-sorry Uchiha-san, I seem to k-keep bothering y-you with my t-troubles today." vjmshe blushed with embarrassment.

"Hn." is all he said as he helped her up, and then kneeling down to pick up her things. She bent down to help him.

" You d-don't need to h-help me…. I c-can do i-it.." she tired to say, but he didn't stop picking up her food, Hinata picked up all the flowers. Then they kind of just stood there awkwardly,

"You going to walk home to put these away?" sasuke said seeming irritable, Hinata looked at him for a moment and shook her head.

"I-i'm not going h-home y-yet.."

"Well start walking to wherever it is your going then." he said harshly, she flinched.

"Y-you c-can't c-come with me." she tried to say flatly

" Just walk Huyga.." he said rudely. And she did, she walked him back through the park, to the Huyga compound, she walked stiff and silent and it didn't go unnoticed.

" Is there something wrong Huyga?" he asked trying to sound concerned, she still did not speak. She just turned bowed to him, took her things and went inside. Sasuke, didn't know what to do at first, then he just shrugged and walked home.