God-like

Six

"Sasuke's family died years ago."

(Name) blinked a few times as her mind processed what Naruto had just said to her. Sasuke had no family ? How was that possible ? Then, what was the 'family' he was going to introduce her to ?

"Sasuke didn't tell you ?" asked Naruto, looking at (Name)'s confused face.

Something inside him told that something was wrong. Surely, Sasuke had told (Name) about something as important as his family. Or had he ? Did Sasuke have a reason to hide it ? Was Sasuke hiding something from (Name) or from him ?

(Name)'s heart started beating fast and her hands got sweaty. She suddenly felt very hot, even though it actually was cold.

"(Name), are you alright ?" asked Naruto. He noticed that (Name) was not well.

"Uh, no. I mean.. Yes ! I'm fine. I should get going now. Bye, Naruto. It was nice speaking to you." said (Name) quickly and hurried away.

Now that she thought about it, everything made sense. Sasuke never spoke about his family, and he always avoided the topic whenever she brought it up.

Was he hiding something from her ? That couldn't be possible, right ? Why would he hide anything from her ? Maybe he just wasn't comfortable talking to her about his parents.

Or was Naruto making things up ?

(Name), deep in thoughts while rushing to her home, bumped into somebody. The person fell behind, and so did (Name).

"Oh, I am soo sorry." she apologized and quickly helped the person get up.

"(Name) ?!"

She looked closely, and recognised the person.

"Daiki ?! What- What happened to you ? Why--?"

(Name) examined Daiki from top to toe. His clothes were dirty and he was bleeding here and there. His face was bruised and swollen - probably why she didn't recognize him earlier.

"You know what ? Come with me." said (Name) and started pulling him behind her.

Even though she didn't particularly like Daiki, she couldn't just let him be either. At the very least, she could give him first aid. He shouldn't be walking around in his condition.

"No. Leave me alone." he said and shook (Name)'s hand off his arm.

(Name) turned and looked at Daiki. He was limping. He even avoided her gaze.

"What happened ?" asked (Name). She did not know much about 'Shinohara Daiki from the next class', but she knew that he wasn't one to get into fights.

Daiki exhaled a shaky breath.

"It's nothing, (Name). Just a petty little fight. Don't bother." he said, and turned to leave.

(Name) cringed at every unstable step he took. Truth be told, she would never be interested in Daiki's life. But this time, something told her that there was more to it than it met the eye.

"Are you sure you'll be okay ?" asked (Name).

Daiki stopped and turned. He nodded and gave (Name) a small smile.

"But who did this to you ?" asked (Name).

Daiki shook his head. "I told you. Don't bother."

(Name) scoffed. "Tell me." she said.

It wasn't as if she could do anything about it even after knowing who beat up Daiki. She wasn't going to take revenge or something like that. But she was interested to know. She was already involved. There was no need for Daiki to hide it from her.

"You're very stubborn, you know that ?" he said.

Daiki's smile turned to a deep frown. He walked back to (Name) and whispered to her.

"Who else ? It was the courtesy of your dear boyfriend, Uchiha Sasuke."

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A/N:- I know it's a short chapter, but I ended it 'cause I think it would lose it's charm if I didn't stop there ;)