The Secrets (Hinata X Sasuke)

Chapter 18

I wake up so groggy the next morning. I was exhausted from the overload of smiling and thinking about Sasuke. He was so sweet last night.

"He's too much for my heart", I dramatically slap the back of my hand against my forehead.

I giggle at my inside joke while I sit up in bed. I rest my back against my pillows and I look out the window up to the sky.

"Last night, Sasuke said he'd see me today. I wonder if he had any plans". As I say this, I look down towards the street, thinking maybe he'd already be there but no he wasn't.

I look away and get out of bed. I take a pair of comfy, everyday clothes and throw them on the bed. I head to the bathroom and start running my shower. As I strip my clothes I look into my mirror and stare at my eyes, my face, my body.

I've never payed attention to what my body looked like... Maybe being with Sasuke is making me "cautious"? I don't know. Maybe I should put something a little more pretty today?

"Eh" I shrug the thought away and went ahead and stepped into the shower and cleaned my body spotless. I put my clothes on that was left on the bed. After I was all finished I head to the kitchen to start my breakfast.

Before I could start cooking, there was a knock at my door. I walk towards the door and look through the front door peep hole.

"Sakura?" The hell is she doing at my house?

I open the door and smile as non-fake as I can. "Hey Sakura! What're you doing here so early in the morning?"

Sakura stares at me. She's blank. I can't tell what she's feeling or thinking.

She starts to open her mouth. She takes a breath and finally says, "Why?". I look at her puzzled. Trying to figure out what she means. She speaks again, "What did I do wrong? Why didn't he choose me?"

As she says this, I notice Sasuke walking towards my house. I look back at Sakura and say, "Well why don't you ask him yourself?" I gesture towards the direction that Sasuke was coming from. Sakura flips around and sees him. She frowns and cry's a bit more. She looks back and shakes her head no, "I'm asking YOU Hinata! Not him! I want to know why he chose you! Why not me who's been there since grade school. You weren't there! You just popped out of no where!"

Sasuke reaches the steps to my front porch and reaches out to Sakura's shoulder. He squeezes hard but gentle. "Sakura... Plea.." Sakura interrupts him and shakes her head no again. "I said Hinata! Not you, Sasuke."

Sasuke let's go of her shoulder and joins us completely on the covered porch. I sigh and shake my head and squeeze my temples in frustration.

I'm quite tired of this.

I finally speak after a couple of seconds pass, "Sakura, I really can't answer these questions for you and the reason why is because I don't know why Sasuke likes me either. What I do know is that I like him and I'm glad. Well more then glad that he likes me back. I can't do anything and you cannot do anything about how either of us feels." I take a breath, "and I'm sorry that you feel this way but I'm not sorry for liking him".

Sasuke looks at me with a noticable smirk. He grabs my hand and looks at Sakura, "I like Hinata because she is strong willed. Knows what she wants. Cares about her title. You, Sakura, don't know what you want. You just wanted to become a ninja to be around me... You even said that to Kakashi. To everyone when we were introducing ourselves".

I look at Sakura with a little remorse. "Sakura... I hope you know that this was never planned and we aren't doing things to try to hurt you." I say with as much sympathy as I can. I mean, it's true right? The heart wants, what the heart wants. We don't expect these things to happen. We don't plan these things.

Sakura sighs and wipes her tears away. She looks at Sasuke and whines, "I just don't understand. I probably know more about you then she does!" Sasuke shakes his head and says, "no, Sakura. You really don't know who or what I am. You never gave any time to learn, you only cared about yourself and your feelings". With that, Sakura's tears start all over again. This time, she stays quiet. She moves away, off the porch. She starts walking away.

Sasuke and I look at each other and sigh. "I'm sorry..." I say to Sasuke. Why? I don't know. I feel remorse for him, I guess. I feel bad that he has to keep dealing with this drama queen.

Sasuke shakes his head, "Nothing to be sorry about." He gives me a smile. "Let's go and do something?". I smile a nod. "Okay."

I know this is short! Sorry! I'm having to write these stories at work now lol Until the next chapter!