"I am Hinata Hyuga..."

Her eyes fell straight on Sasuke again, who did not react. He kept her gaze and kept his expression nonchalant. God knew why he had an instinct that she should blush now. She did not. She smiled at him softly and continued.

"....I am 17 years old. I recently moved back to Konoha from The States. I like sweets and my hobby is pressing flowers....I hope we'll get along."

"Thank you Hinata-chan. Can you please take your seat next to...Sasuke?" Kakashi asked.

All the boys and girls were now looking at them. Girls, out of jealousy while boys also with annoyance. Hinata made her way to his desk, moved Sasuke's bag and sat down on the chair next to him without trouble.

She looked at Sasuke and smiled this time. He could not say he returned the gesture. He just looked away from her.

"....As this is your third year here, I am thinking some of you know each other. But.....this period you will spend learning more about your partner. And I hope you like your seats because this is how you will sit for the rest of the year." Kakashi said, going back to his book.

Everyone groaned and the girls shrieked. The boys sighed and looked enviously at Sasuke. That dude got all the hot girls. Sasuke stared back defiantly. It wasn't his fault Hyuga had been seated next to him.

"Hi Sasuke-kun."

Sasuke looked at her, his expression neutral. "Hn." He said, as a greeting.

"How are you?" she asked.

He still had a feeling he had seen her somewhere. What the hell was wrong with today?

"Have we met before?" he asked, annoyed slightly, at her friendliness. She seemed like another fan girl. What a drag. And what was worse? He was sounding like Shikamaru Nara.

If Sasuke didn't know any better, he would think she looked slightly crestfallen. Then, she recovered and said "I've seen you around in company events." She referred to their fathers' partnership. "I thought maybe you'd recognize me too."

Right. She was the Hyuga heiress so he must have seen her in magazines or at events. That's why she looked familiar.

The noise in the class room grew as everyone started talking to their partners and Kakashi looked away from his book, annoyed.

"....I will take a quiz from you questioning your partner's information which I will authenticate. Get to work...silently."

Everyone got the hint and shut up. There were low murmurs now.

"So....Sasuke....."

He raised his eyes brow at her. She gave him an awkward smile. Determined to pass in the stupid quiz, Sasuke decided to ask her a few questions.

"You said you moved back here, when have you lived here before?"

She looked at him for a moment, as if studying him, before answering. "I was born in Konoha. We....my family had a business here, then we branched out in America and we left because of my mother's health issues."

"So you left when you were quite young." He deduced.

"Yes. I was 5. Almost 6."

"So what about you?" she asked when he did not say anything.

"I'm Uchiha Sasuke. I'm 17. My father is the owner of Uchiha Corp. I've always lived in Konoha. I like tomatoes and that's about it."

She wrote that down in her notebook. Really? Sasuke fought the urge to roll his eyes. "What are your hobbies?" she asked.

"I play basketball."

"Friends?"

"None of your business." He said.

"Okay? Um.....siblings?"

"Older brother."

Why did he even come to school today? He was already regretting it.

"So.....is there anything you'd like to know about me?" she asked.

"I just heard your freaking introduction." He said, sighing. Was she dumb or something?

"So...um....should I be careful of the girls here?"

He raised his eye brow as a question. She pointed to the girls in the class staring at Hinata dangerously for talking to 'their' Sasuke-kun.

"Probably." He shrugged.

She laughed quietly and Sasuke just looked at her. Then, she probably realized Sasuke was not joking around with her and shut up, scooting a little away from him even in her seat.

Sasuke looked away. This class was a waste of time.

"So um.....have you joined any clubs?"

"I'm in the basketball team and that's about it."

"I was thinking of joining the cheer-leading squad here." she said, surprising him. Somehow, she did not strike him as the person who would stand out or draw attention to herself.

"What?" she asked, as he stared at her.

"Nothing. Join then. Why are you discussing this here?"

"No reason. You're just the first person I've encountered in this school." She said.

"You probably should ask Neji first." He said, smirking slightly.

"How do you know him?"

"He's in the basketball team. And the eyes. Figured you were related."

"So you're not as dim as you seem."

He raised his eye brow at her. Did she actually call him dense?

"Yes, I called you dim because you're not much of a conversationalist?"

Sasuke smirked because she was not swooning over him like the usual girls. Maybe, just maybe, this year wouldn't be as bad as he was thinking.

"That's a nice watch. Where did you get it from?" she asked, smiling a little.

"It was a gift." Sasuke said, looking at his watch possessively. It had been a long while and he did not remember who gave it to him but his mother had handed him the watch when he was 12, telling him it was a gift from someone. He had always loved it.

"I see." She said and looked thoughtful before snapping out of it.

The rest of the lesson went okay. By the end of the lesson, everyone knew a little about their partners. As the bell rang, Hinata and Sasuke rose from their seats along with everyone else. She smiled at him and he gave her a bored look before being jumped by Naruto.

"Bastard! Have you seen the new girl? She's hot." He yelled.

Everyone looked at him and Sasuke fought the urge to kill him. "Idiot, I was sitting next to her, of course I saw her."

"You think you can introduce her to me?" Naruto said.

"Sorry Naru-tard, she's out of your league. She's the Hyuga Heiress." Sasuke smirked as Naruto deflated.

"She seems nice though. I should go talk to her myself." Naruto said, running a hand through his hair.

"Do whatever you want." Sasuke said and walked out of the class room. The next class was P.E. He went to the locker room to change.

He was just dying to attend the green suit clad sensei's class. Note the sarcasm. He sometimes wondered how he was even teaching here?

He walked out to the gym to see Naruto already there, talking to Kiba, another member of the basket ball team. Many students were entering the gym. Sasuke felt someone bump into him from behind.

"I'm so sorry."

He turned around to look at an apologetic Hinata. Damn. She looked....different.

Sasuke immediately looked away for the fear of blushing and murmured that it was okay. Hinata apparently decided it was okay to walk with him and once again everyone was staring at them.

Mostly, the boys were staring at Hinata. She was wearing a tank top over shorts, their gym uniform. And she looked good. Sasuke's team waved him over.

"You should probably go over to Sakura and the others. They're cheerleaders too and you could join." He said, more to get rid of her than to advise her. She nodded and walked off to the girls.

Sasuke sighed as he joined the boys, yelling and calling. This was going to be a long, long day.

"Ne Sasuke, why do you always get the hot ones?" Kiba asked, looking towards the direction from which Sasuke had just arrived. The rest of the group also watched Hinata walk up to Sakura and Ino, smiling.

"Yeah, life is just unfair like that, eh?" Naruto asked.

"Shut up dobe." Sasuke said, not looking back to see Hinata even once. He didn't want his idiot friends to get any ideas.

"Hey, you can introduce us during lunch break." Kiba suggested, putting his arm around Sasuke's shoulder.

"Whatever."

Naruto and Kiba took that as agreement whereas Sasuke just wanted to get rid of them.
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"So, Hinata......why did you move to America?" Ino asked, after they had been introduced to her.

"Well....my mother was sick and we had to move for her treatment." Hinata explained "Also because we were expanding our business there."

"The Hyuga heiress! It must be amazing, ne?" Sakura exclaimed, stars in her eyes.

"It has its perks." Hinata said, thoughtfully "But it's also a lot of work."

"It must be. So have you moved back alone?" Ino asked. Hinata shook her head.

"My father although trusting enough, would never allow that. I share the place with Neji." Hinata said.

"That hottie in senior year? One year our senior?" Sakura asked while Ino joined in saying "Long brown hair? Yeah, he's got eyes like yours."

"He's my cousin." Hinata said, smiling.

"Kyaaa! You're so lucky!" Sakura and Ino squealed. Hinata sweat dropped.

"Enough chatting my youthful students. I can see you're at the peak of your youth in your third year here."

Hinata turned towards the doors of the gym to see the source of the voice. It was a tall man in a green jumpsuit. He had very shiny white teeth, a bowl cut and thick eyebrows.

No, seriously. Just how thick were his eyebrows? Hinata looked at him with wonder.

"Bushy Brow sensei!" a blonde boy's voice rang through the gym.

"Naruto, you seem energetic as ever......I like it." The teacher flashed a blinding smile.

"He's Maito Gai, our gym teacher." Sakura whispered. "Does he......" Hinata started when Ino cut her off and said "Yeah he always wears that jumpsuit."

"And is he...?" Hinata began once again when Sakura cut her off this time "Yes, he is always this energetic and a little strange."

"Looks like we have a new student." Gai said, taking note of Hinata standing there.

Hinata nodded and stepped ahead. "I'm Hyuga Hinata. Nice to meet you."

"Hinata, what a pretty name. of course it suits you." A few girls scowled while Ino thumped Hinata on the back at the compliment. "I am Maito Gai. Your teacher. In honor of Hyuga-sama here, we'll play the youthful game of basketball."

The girls groaned while the boys perked up hearing this. "Yay Hinata!" A brunette with messy hair yelled. Hinata smiled in his direction and also caught Sasuke's eye, who looked away from her.

Gai sensei told everyone to run 10 laps around the gym. Almost everyone groaned. After running the laps, he picked team leaders, namely Sasuke and the enthusiastic blonde boy, Naruto.

Naruto picked Sakura first thing, who scowled and reluctantly walked over to him. "I hope Sasuke-kun picks me." Ino said, sighing dreamily.

"Kiba." Sasuke said, disappointing all the girls except Hinata, who smiled, sensing how he acted around girls.

Hinata was eventually picked by Sasuke, who beat Naruto to it. She was one of the few girls on Sasuke's team. The other 2 girls were a girl called Tayuya and another girl called Shion, who like her were not fangirls. Naruto, however, got stuck with all the girls like Karin, Ino and Sakura.

The game began and Sasuke scored a point in the first minute, leaving Hinata wondering just how good he was. She didn't notice the ball being passed to Shikamaru, a boy with a ponytail and a lazy demeanor.

He sighed and tossed the ball to a surprised Hinata. She had never played basketball before and was still for a moment before noticing Karin, a red head with glasses run to try and snatch the ball from her. 

Hinata figured it was the best time to run so she could live, because Karin had seemed really angry when Sasuke had picked Hinata instead of her.

Hinata dribbled (tried to anyways) the ball towards the basket. The players of the other team now noticed her with the ball and made their way towards her.

A boy with orange hair tried to snatch the ball and suddenly he shoved her hard, by accident or on purpose, she was not sure. Hinata almost tripped and fell but managed to duck under his huge arms with the orange ball and run ahead, Karin still tailing her.

"Hyuga, pass the ball." She heard someone yell. She turned her head while running to see Sasuke behind her. She noticed the orange haired boy was on the floor now and Sasuke was smirking a little.

"Pass the fucking ball!" he repeated, somewhat irritated now. Hinata obeyed immediately and he ran ahead with the ball and they scored another basket. Just then, the buzzer went off and their team won from one basket.

"Damn this" Naruto said and swore under his breath.

"Team A wins. Good job guys. Team B, you will clean out the lockers after school."

Everyone on team B scowled while a shout erupted from Team A's members and most of them made their way towards Hinata.

"Good job Hinata." Hinata looked to her side and saw Tayuya smiling at her. Shion ran and patted Hinata on the arm too. The boys in their team smiled and cheered. Sasuke was also smirking a little and was being praised.

"When Juggo came to you, I was sure he'd get the ball." A boy with sharp teeth and white hair said, standing next to her.

"Just because she's new doesn't automatically mean she'll be bad at everything Suigetsu." Another boy with sunglasses on his eyes said quietly.

Hinata almost jumped and she knew the others felt the same because none of them had noticed him standing there. "Shino, stop scaring us like that. I'm gonna have a Myocardial episode because of you someday." Suigetsu grumbled.

"Anyways, nice job." The Shino boy praised Hinata and she smiled.

"It's not like you won an Olympic medal or something." Someone else spoke from nearby. Sasuke stood there, leaning against the wall, a slight smirk on his handsome features.

"She just saved us from cleaning out the lockers, can't you appreciate that?" Shion said.

Sasuke scoffed. "All she did was to pass the damn ball." Sasuke said, now looking at Hinata.

"I've never played basketball in my life before, so it's not my fault I was figuring out how to play the game instead of taking an active part."

"For a newbie, that was good. I didn't think you could take that push from Juggo thought. You look a lot more delicate." Suigetsu said, grinning.

"Yeah, you got him good Sasuke." Tayuya grinned too.

Sasuke smirked and looked away. "Whatever."

Juggo was still limping and Hinata figured Sasuke must have pushed him, to get back on him.

"Everyone get changed before the bell rings." Gai sensei announced. Hinata walked over to her bag and gulped down water from her bottle and then wiped her face with a towel.

She went to the locker room to change and saw Ino and Sakura.

"Hey guys." She said.

"Hi." They said darkly. "I'm sorry for...you know, the outcome of the game?" Hinata offered.

"It's okay, that's not your fault. Congratulations on your win." Ino said, smiling a little.

"Yeah, that was a nice one. And sorry for Juggo being a jerk. He gets angry sometimes." Sakura said.

They both left for showers and Hinata walked out of the gym. Almost everyone had changed and the bell had rung.

Hinata walked to her locker and took out her schedule. "Looks like I have economy next." She said to herself.

The corridors were empty and she wondered which way was economy classroom 6. "Feeling lost?" a voice came from behind her. She turned to see Uchiha Sasuke leaning against the locker next to hers, eyebrows raised.

"Sasuke." Hinata acknowledged.

"No Sasuke-kun?" Sasuke mocked.

"No honorifics for a jerk." Hinata said, sighing "That locker yours?". She started walking away after asking that.

Sasuke caught up with her. "I could help you, you know." Sasuke said, raising his eye brow.

"Wow, that's a lot of talking for you." She said. Sasuke nodded. "Fine, help me." She said.

She handed him her schedule and his face was unreadable. "Hello? You still there?" she asked, bending a little to look at his face, which was down.

Suddenly, he let go of her schedule and grabbed her wrists. He pinned her to the wall and looked into her eyes, his face showing slight annoyance.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" she asked, trying to push him away.

"I am sick and tired of fan girls, and now I have a stalker? What the hell is your deal, huh? Do you want to die?" he asked his face close to hers and his voice dangerous.

"Are you bipolar or something?" she asked, her eyes widening under his gaze and she vigorously tried to push him away.

"You have 6 classes the same as me. Don't think I'm fooled. Who are you? Who's paying you to stalk me?" He said, angrily.

"Let me go you jerk." She said, finally pushing him away. He still stood close to her but a little away than before. "I'm not stalking you. It could be a coincidence if we share a few classes as far as I know." She said, picking up her schedule.

Hinata's schedule

Classes Teacher

1. Literature Hatake Kakashi

2. P.E Maito Guy

3. Economy Kakuzu

4. Buisness Hidan

5. Foreign languages Asuma Sarutobi

6. Lunch Break

7. Music Kurunei Yuhii

8. Drama Deidara

9. Free period

10. Sciences Uzumaki Nagato

Sasuke fished through his bag and shoved his schedule into her face. It was the same to her except that he had Politics with Uchiha Obito and Physics with Matirashi Anko instead of Foreign Languages and Music.

"I didn't know about your schedule." Hinata said, annoyed now. How dare he accuse her of being a stalker? As If she would stalk him...

"And how do you explain our similar subjects?" he asked, raising his eyebrow.

"Great mind think alike. Either it's that or its stupid minds. And I'm not stupid. I don't know about you however." She said, putting her schedule in her bag and looking at him. "Listen you conceited idiot, I'm also the heiress to a billionaire company like you, its natural we study similar subjects because we're both going into similar fields."

She said this and turned away. Sasuke felt a little awkward now. He had jumped to a conclusion. She looked pretty pissed. He didn't even think she could be mad. He sighed. He'd known all along today would be a crappy day.

"Hyuga..." he tried.

"Don't talk to me. I'm not a mindless fan girl. I don't need to be your fan girl because-" she suddenly stopped herself and then said "I'll find the classroom."

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Sasuke stepped out of Geology along with Shikarmaru, who was leaning on Sasuke, almost asleep. Well, he had been asleep but Sasuke had woke him up when the bell had rung and now he was leaning on Sasuke.

"Hey lazy-ass, wake up. It's lunch time." Sasuke said, nudging Shikamaru. He snored right on Sasuke's shoulder. If he was drooling Sasuke was so going to kick his ass.

"They walked to the cafeteria together. The whole basketball team was sitting on one table. Sasuke walked over to the table with Shikamaru and put his bag pack besides him on the floor.

"Hey Teme!" Naruto said, cheerfully.

"Hn." Sasuke said as he acknowledged everyone on the table with a nod. He noticed Hyuga Neji sitting on the other end of the table, next to Lee and Neji, two of the loudest people alive on the planet. Sasuke smirked from the expression on his face.

Others sitting with them were Choji (munching chips), Gaara, sipping water, looking at nothing in particular, Suigetsu who was talking to Juggo.

"Neji nii" a soft voice made Sasuke look up. It was Hinata.

"Hina" Neji's face lit up and he pushed Naruto away and stood up. He hugged his little cousin who smiled genuinely.

"How was your first day back?" she asked.

"It was.......tolerable. How about you Hime?"

Sasuke raised his eyebrows at the Hime part. He would have laughed. But being him, no way.

Hinata looked right at Sasuke this time, which made him look away. "It was fine."

"Oh, Let me introduce you to our basketball team." Neji said and Hinata nodded. Neji proceeded to introduce the team.

"I'm Hyuga Neji, the captain. (He smiled when Hinata laughed. She had a pretty-what the hell was he thinking?). This is Naruto Uzumaki, Kiba Inuzuka, Subaku no Gaara , Suigetsu, Juggo, Akimichi Choji, Nara Shikamaru, Rock Lee and Uchiha Sasuke."

"Nice to meet all of you." She said, smiling at them but avoiding Sasuke's gaze. Like he cared. "Ne Hinata-chan, we should eat together sometimes." Naruto said, grinning at her.

"Sure." She said, smiling. Neji glared at Naruto, which made him gulp. Kiba looked a little disappointed.

"Are you disappointed you didn't ask her before?" Suigetsu asked, teasing Kiba. Kiba glared at him.

"You know, Hinata, you should eat lunch here with us now. This could be your chance of knowing everyone." Neji said. Sasuke had a feeling he said that mostly to supervise the 'date' instead of making Kiba feel better.

"I have to get back to Sakura and Ino." Hinata said.

"Call them over too." Neji said.

"There's no place to sit." Hinata said, looking at the table which was full.

"It's okay. I'm sure some of us can leave." Neji said, glaring at everyone's direction. All of them remembered the ass kicking a boy named Yato had gotten for messing with Neji. Hastily, Suigetsu, Choji and Lee got up, dragging Juggo with them. Gaara also walked off, looking uninterested.

Hinata happily called over the two girls who were elated to have lunch with the guys. All the other girls looked at the three enviously.

"Hinata, beware of the crazy girls here." Neji said as Hinata slid in next to Naruto. "Nii-san, I know how to take care of myself." She said, smiling.

"Hey" Sakura and Ino said, reaching to sit next to Kiba and Sasuke. Luckily, Shikamaru was still sitting next to Sasuke and Naruto was on Sasuke's other side. The girls glared at the two boys and sat down next to Kiba.

"So, are you happy with the classes Uncle Hiashi picked out for you?" Sasuke stopped eating at Neji's question. Hinata shot him a look and turned to him and nodded.

"By the way, nice job in P.E Hinata. Even though you made my team lose." Naruto said, smiling brilliantly.

"That proves you should pick her early next time." Sakura said.

"I guess."

"We still have those lockers to clean after school." Kiba reminded them and Naruto, Sakura and Ino all groaned.

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Fuck.

That was the thought Sasuke had in mind when he walked towards his car after school was dismissed. The whole day had been fucked up. He never should've woken up from that dream.

And the whole situation with Hinata was just awkward. Speak of the devil...

She was standing there, with her bag on her shoulder and her hair flowing in the wind. She was waiting for Neji, probably. She suddenly looked at him and caught him looking at her. She turned away before he could.

What an unforgiving girl. Yes, he had been a little rude but that was just because he thought she was stalking him. What else was he supposed to think when she ended up as his partner in Literature (and Economy), kept bumping into him and had almost the same classes as him? Maybe he should apologize?

Nope. He would not apologize. She would eventually come around.

He walked to his car and threw his bag pack and packet on the front seat again. He turned up the radio and drove home.

He walked inside the house after reaching home to find his brother and his girl friend Izumi making out on the couch in the living room.

"Jesus...." He almost yelled as he turned away and covered his eyes. Perfect. As if he needed his day to get any better. Itachi and Izumi jumped apart.

"Oh...right, I forgot you have school from now." Itachi said sheepishly.

"Can you not do this on the fucking couch?" Sasuke asked as he threw his bag aside.

"Hi to you too Sasu" Izumi said, winking.

"Don't call me that." Sasuke said and looked accusingly at his older brother who had come up with the name in the first place.

"How was your first day back?" Itachi asked, ignoring his look.

"Fucking perfect." Sasuke said, sitting on the couch between them to prevent any more kissing and started flipping through the channels on the plasma screen.

"Why?" Izumi asked.

"First of all, that's none of your business. Second of all, there's this fucking new girl in my class and I fucked it up."

Itachi smirked. He knew Sasuke was super pissed and also very upset. He cursed lot when he was mad.

"Was this girl Hyuga Hinata?" Itachi asked.

"How the...." Sasuke said before remembering what Itachi had said before. "You knew..." he accused.

"Of course I did. Her father's our family friend." Itachi said, dodging the punch Sasuke threw.

"And naturally you couldn't warn me." Sasuke rolled his eyes, deciding to ignore them "How are you back so early anyways?"

"We.....OH MY GOD ITACHI, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BACK 20 MINUTES AGO....!" Izumi screamed.

"Jesus, calm down woman." Sasuke said, covering his ears. Itachi slapped his forehead and ran outside to his car with Izumi.

"Bye" Sasuke said to himself and lay down on the couch, flipping channels again.

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Hinata sighed and leaned back in her chair. She was currently engaged in homework. It was only her first day and yet they had gotten so much homework. The teachers were brutal. The only homework left was literature. Knowing about your partner. When was the quiz again?

Did Hinata even need to work on that? He was famous. She could just look him up on a magazine or something. He would probably do the same. She decided to think about that homework later. She rubbed her eyes.

It was almost 8 and she was hungry. She thought of dinner. She was feeling way too lazy to cook anything right now. A knock on her door interrupted her.

"Hina?" called Neji's voice.

"Come in." she called out.

"Hey. You done with homework?" he asked her, smiling. Hinata smiled. Man, she loved him. She nodded. "Cool. I want you to come with me so we can get dinner."

"Alright. Let me change." She said. He nodded. "Be down in 15 minutes." She said and left for the bathroom.

She changed into jeans and a red tank top with a white sweater. She slipped on her sneakers and walked downstairs where Neji was watching television. He got up when he saw her and walked outside to his car.

Neji's car was a dark blue Maserati which he loved a lot. Probably more than he loved anyone else. Hinata hopped in and Neji drove outside the house while the guards closed the gates of the Hyuga Mansion.

"Did you call Uncle Hiashi?" Neji asked, turning the radio on.

"Not yet." Hinata said.

"Hina, he specifically told you to call him. He'll be worried." Neji reminded.

"I was doing homework. And he didn't bother to call me himself did he?" Hinata said, switching channels.

"He's a busy man." Neji said.

"Oh sure." She said, rolling her eyes. Neji smiled at her antics and ruffled her hair. "Hey!" she said, trying to do it to him.

"Hinata, we'll die in an accident if you don't stop doing that." Neji said, half scolding while half laughing. Hinata chuckled and stopped.

"Just wait till I learn how to drive my own car." She said.

"I'm sure you'll surprise us all with your hidden driving skills. But right now, what do you want to eat?" he asked her.

"Pizza?" she suggested. "Your choice." He said, shrugging.

"Pizza it is." She said. Neji began telling her about this new pizza place downtown being really good. She listened to him half heartedly while humming to the music.

She didn't realize when they reached the pizza place. "We're here." Neji announced.

They walked in and Hinata slid into a booth. Neji sat opposite to her and the waiter came to take their order. Hinata ordered a double cheese pizza for herself and Neji decided to go along.

"So who's your homeroom teacher?" Neji asked.

"Hatake Kakashi." Hinata replied, looking out the window of the pizza shop.

"The one who reads perverted books?" Neji asked, a little on edge.

Hinata nodded. "His face isn't hurting anybody though" she added, just to see Neji's reaction. As expected, his face darkened. Hinata laughed out. She knew Neji was very protective of her.

"Just kidding." She said, still laughing. Neji also smiled. Hinata stopped laughing after a minute and then added "No, seriously though."

The pizza arrived along with drinks and the cousins dug in. "I'll try to get done with basketball practice earlier on Saturday so I can show you around." Neji said.

"You have practice on Saturday?" Hinata asked. Neji nodded. Hinata looked forward to seeing the town with Neji. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.

Suddenly a dark haired Uchiha flashed into her mind. Besides that, she thought.

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"Is everything alright at home Sasuke?"

"Yeah mom, everything is....." Sasuke was going to say fine when the fire alarm started ringing, indicating that his food was burning on the stove.

"What's that noise?" his mother inquired through the phone.

"Nothing." Sasuke said quickly, throwing water on the stove, which was burning "Its, uh, the television." He cursed himself mentally for even trying to cook. He knew he should have just ordered that pizza. However, something made him want to cook.

"And yes mom, everything is fine." Sasuke said, coughing and running into the living room because smoke was now rising from the kitchen now that the fire was out. Sasuke saw the maids run to the kitchen in alarm and knew they would take care of it.

"Good. Because we're coming home tomorrow. Your father's business trip was a success." She informed him happily.

"Woo-hoo." Sasuke said in a flat tone. Apparently his mother didn't catch the sarcasm because she chuckled at his 'enthusiasm'.

"So how was your first day back at school?" she asked.

"It was great. Apparently, I made a new friend." He said, rolling his eyes and dropping on the couch.

"Really?" she asked, and her tone proved she also knew about Hinata Hyuga coming to school.

"Admit it already. You all knew Hyuga Hinata was coming to my school and no one told me." Sasuke said.

"I wanted it to be a happy surprise experience for you." She said.

"So much for that" Sasuke muttered.

"She's such a sweet girl." Mikoto said to herself and her son.

"I'll bet." Sasuke said.

"Anyways, I really have to go. I'll call you later. Bye." Mikoto said.

Sasuke didn't say goodbye and just threw his phone on the couch. Now, what was he going to eat? A pizza? Fine.

He was calling the pizza hut when he received a message from Naruto.

"Teme, we're getting together to hang out tonight, wanna join us?"

Sasuke typed a reply at his fast pace.

"We? And it's a school night."

Naruto sent a reply just as quick.

"Us guys. And yeah, we know, but it'll be fun."

Sasuke didn't want to go. He had his homework to do.

"I'll pass."

Naruto sent him a picture of Naruto pouting in a way that had to be cute and Sasuke had a sudden urge to kill him or throw up. He called the pizza hut for a delivery and went to his room to start homework.

First day huh? As expected, it was a bad day. Sasuke sighed and set to work.

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Author notes: Hopefully, this will make up for my short chapter. Enjoy. Comment and review. They mean a lot. i would also like to know where i'm going with the story and what everyone thinks.