On The Contrary

Chapter 4

Naruto sat on his bed staring down at his laptop screen. He was on Facebook, looking at Sasuke's profile, which was pretty blank. He sighed and went back to his homepage, setting the laptop down next to him. He spread himself out, lying down, and thought back to what Hinata had told him earlier.

"I didn't want to bring this up in front of Kiba and Sai," Hinata stopped Naruto before he walked out of the cafeteria. "But after I talked with Neji, I overheard Sakura and Sasuke talking."

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Talking shit about me, probably, it's okay Hinata, I don't need to know, I expect it anyways." He patted her on the shoulder and turned to walk away but was quickly stopped by Hinata who grabbed onto his arm and was glaring at him.

"Don't walk away from me, you don't know what I have to say!" She shouted at him.

Naruto stared at her in shock, it was rare to see Hinata so assertive. "I'm sorry Hinata. So, you were saying?"

Hinata nodded and let go of his arm, taking a step back. "I was saying, I was overhearing Sasuke and Sakura talking. And Sasuke loves you Naruto, and I think he's coming up with a way to say it to you."

Naruto looked at Hinata, expressionless before he looked down at his feet. He clenched his fists to his side. "I apperciate you telling me this, but there's no way that he likes me, or to go as far as love me." He looked up at her and she could see the pain, fear and a tiny shimmer of hope in his eyes.

"Please Naruto," Hinata begged. "Your eyes have never lied to me, and I can see you want to believe me. So if Sasuke does ever talk to you, just promise me, you'll listen to what he has to say."

Naruto turned away from her and wiped his eyes. "I'll try my best."

Hinata smiled at him. "That's all I ask."

Naruto sighed once again before sitting up in his bed. He grabbed his laptop and set it on his lap, and went back to Sasuke's profile. He clicked the 'Message' button.

'Hey, can we talk tomorrow morning before school? I'll be waiting out front.'

Naruto took in a deep breath and hit enter. He set his laptop off to the side once again, and lied down. "Now, to wait for tomorrow."