The Love We Never Knew We Had [Discontinued]

Part 13

~SASUKE~

"N-Naruto!?" Hinata yelped, jumping a little. That small motion, surprised me, and I almost lost my balance.

After regaining my posture, I mentally sighed.

'It's sad Hinata picked this hopeless knucklehead,' I thought, but quickly buried it. Who Hinata liked was her business.

After shaking my head, I began wondering why Hinata was acting so strangely.

'It's almost as if, as if, she'd forgotten Naruto.'

That can't be good.

"Alright enough," I interrupted the conversation between Naruto and Hinata, "I'm taking Hinata to the hospital."

"You seem very worried, Sasuke," Naruto spoke slyly.

"And you don't seem worried enough," I retorted. "Hinata almost just drowned, don't you care?"

Naruto snapped, "If course I care. But I know Hinata is strong, so I don't need to worry."

"Whether she's strong or not doesn't matter!" I responded, aggravated.

"Okay, enough," Shikamaru cut in. "Sasuke, take Hinata to the hospital, we'll tell Iruka and Lord Third what happened."

Naruto whirled around and began stomping off, Shikamaru behind him, mumbling, "Troublesome."

"Take good care of Hinata," Kiba exclaimed, then he and Choji left.

I turned and began making my way to the hospital.

"U-um, Sasuke?" Hinata began, "thank you for worrying about me."

"Don't thank me. You're my friend, of course I'd help you."

"You think of me as your friend?" she asked surprised.

I thought for a moment, then responded, "Yes."

I heard Hinata sigh, "I thought you hated me."

"Why?" I asked.

"W-well, the other day when we were sparring, you asked why I let Sakura win. I didn't answer you, and you seemed to have gotten frustrated."

"I get frustrated with lots of people," I said casually, "that doesn't mean I hate them."

Hinata let out a breath, and laid her head on my shoulder.