SasuNaru • The Secret Admirer

Against the time

"So," Neji trailed off, looking at the other two with so much seriousness. The three of them decided to go back to Hyuga's residence to have a serious discussion because Sasuke couldn't stop crying earlier and it caused a commotion. "What should we do now?"

Hinata cleared her throat, gaining attentions from the two guys to her. "Naruto's body must be in vegetative state this whole time."

Sasuke breathed out, already calmed down. He stared at Naruto who was standing close to the window, not far from where the trio was sitting. Ever since Naruto told him about his condition, the blonde barely said anything after that. He wanted to ask further but probably later when they're alone.

"I'm going to see Lee again, now that we all knew that Naruto's alive, we really need to find Sakura quickly. What if the reason she's went missing because she knew that Naruto's alive too? Perhaps she's waiting for the right moment to show up. She failed the first time so she might do it again." Sasuke said, so sure that Sakura was the cause of this misfortune.

Neji wanted to refute the possibility of Sakura being the perpetrator but he chose not to, because Sasuke wouldn't listen to him anyway, now that they learnt that Naruto's still alive.

"I'm going to ask around, see if I can find out where his body was at. You don't think perhaps he remembered the way back home right?" Neji asked, while looking at Sasuke who was staring at the window. Maybe Naruto was nearby that window.

Sasuke shakes his head to Neji's question.

Neji pat Sasuke's shoulder and he signaled his cousin, asking her to follow him out. He promised the raven. "I'll do whatever I can to find him okay, don't worry. This time, we'll save him properly."

"Thank you." Sasuke said. He turned to Naruto and he cleared his throat, trying to distract the blond boy. He leaned to the wall, while he stared at Naruto. "Why are you so quiet? Aren't you supposed to be happy that you found your body again?" Sasuke asked.

"It's a lot to process. Why are these things happening to me?" Naruto quietly said, his gaze was outside of the window. He saw both of the Hyuga getting into the car and drove off probably investigating for him, according to the discussion earlier.

"Look, if we found Sakura... I'll force the truth out from her okay?" Sasuke eagerly said. He had suspicions, but it's probably better if he didn't say it too Naruto. It might hurt him even more. He then clapped his hands suddenly, "Okay, let's go and see Lee again. I'm sure this time we should get something, anything."

THE SECRET ADMIRER

After telling the driver to heads to the school, Neji leaned to the seat again. He pulled out his phone, scrolling aimlessly at the application inside it. He then said, "There's something wrong with Sakura yet I can't seems to comprehend it. I mean, if she's the real culprit... why she disappeared into the thin air? Wouldn't that makes her even more suspicious?"

Hinata opened a bag of snack and hand it over to her cousin so he could take some. She questioned Neji's reasoning, "What are you saying, do you think that she was forced to disappear instead?"

"That might be possible? Look, If you think logically Sakura doesn't have to hide, she just need to play innocent but where is she?" Neji calmly explained that to his cousin. He added, "And Gaara, I seriously don't trust that red head."

"Maybe she's really the perpetrator and Gaara, he just gotten involved in the wrong time? He doesn't seems like a red flag anyway, despite his red hair of course." Hinata almost laughed at that unintended pun she made. She reassured Neji, "Let's just investigate about Naruto's family first okay? The sooner we find him, the better because I've got a bad feeling for a while now."