Hinata's mind went blank the second the announcement was made. Had she heard the woman correctly? Fiancé? To Sasuke? What the....

Her eyes had found Sasuke, standing in the corner who stared right back in his blank way. Everyone was looking at them now, some of them surprised while the others annoyed. Right now, she was being led to the center by the woman, who was called Mikoto and was Sasuke and Itachi's mother. Hinata had hoped her fiancé would be a nice person but this was beyond her wildest dreams.

Of course! She had seen the stupid fan at the Uchiha Corp. She had also seen it as a cufflink on Sasuke's shirt. How could she be so dumb?

She had never thought the stoic, handsome, popular, smart and cold Uchiha would be her fiancé. How could this be happening? Why hadn't her parents told her? What was she supposed to do now? She was talking to a girl named Izumi right now.

She seemed really nice and she was actually making Hinata feel a little at home. "I'm Itachi's fiancé. You're Sasuke's." Izumi said. Hinata didn't like the way it made her feel like she belonged to Sasuke. "They're brothers...so we're something like sisters, right?"

Hinata smiled with difficulty and nodded. "Yay! I've always wanted a sister." Izumi continued to talk on.

Mikoto suddenly came up to them again. "Hinata, there you are. Sasuke, say hi." Mikoto instructed. Hinata looked up abruptly and took in Sasuke's face which betrayed no emotions. Had he known before this? She could not guess. He did not look smug or even shocked.

"Good evening Hyuga." He said, looking at her as if he was gazing into her soul.

"Good Evening Sasuke." She said. They looked into each other's eyes, sizing the other up. Hinata broke eye contact first.

Suddenly, she noticed Izumi and Mikoto were gone. The music was playing in the background and people were dancing now, before the food arrived.

Sasuke did not say anything. He just stared at her necklace. As if he was remembering something.

"You gave me my watch....on my 6th birthday." He stated.

"What watch?" Hinata said surprised at what he said. He pointed to the handsome watch he was wearing right now and always wore to school.

"That's why you looked familiar on the first day." He said, more to himself than her.

"Look Sasuke..." she started when he cut her off.

"I gave you the necklace." he said, touching her necklace, fingers brushing over her neck. She gasped and stepped away. Then, she remembered.
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"Sasuke, please sit still." Mikoto said to her 6 year old son who was wriggling under her hold. She was trying to tie his bow tie properly but he wouldn't sit still.

"I want to go to Nii-San." Sasuke said, with a pout.

"Just a second." She said, finally doing it properly. "There..." she said "Now you look like a gentleman."

Sasuke smiled brightly and she let him go. He hugged her and ran off to find Itachi. It was Sasuke's 6th birthday and he was very excited. It was nearly time for the party to begin and Mikoto had made sure everything was okay.

Itachi, her 14 year old son, had helped her in everything and had left a while ago to get ready. Mikoto was already dressed in a red dress that made her look beautiful.

She had made sure Fugaku; her husband had come home early for their son's birthday. This birthday was very special for Sasuke, even though he did not realize it yet.

She glanced at the clock. 7:45. The guests would start arriving at 8 and she would be very busy. She sighed and made her way to the kitchen to see the preparations.

"NII SAN!" Sasuke called out as he wandered in the hall way. Where was he? Sasuke wanted to show him how good he looked now that mother had dressed him up.

"Sasuke....." Itachi said as he walked out of his room. "Nii san, look at me!" Sasuke said, excitedly.

Itachi was dressed in a black tuxedo and looked amazing himself. Sasuke's tuxedo was navy blue. Their pale skin stood out against the dark outfits and their hair colors.

"You look great Sasu." Itachi said, poking his forehead.

"Ouch." Sasuke grumbled, while Itachi chuckled.

"You know you like it when I do that." Itachi said, teasingly.

"No I don't" Sasuke said "I'm old now. I'm 6. You should treat me like a grown up."

"Ah...how could I forget?" Itachi said, trying not to laugh at Sasuke's face, which tried to look "older" instead, was making him look cuter.

"Nii san, Mother said special guests would be arriving today." Sasuke said, curious.

"Yes Sasuke. You will meet them when the party begins." Itachi said, not giving any kind of clue. Itachi started walking down the hall way and Sasuke followed, still asking him about the guests.

It was half past 8 and most of the guests had arrived. Sasuke was playing with Naruto, who had arrived with his parents, and a couple of other kids his age. Itachi had left when a certain brunette had arrived, taking a rose with him.

Even though he had tried to hate her for taking his brother's attention and affection, Sasuke could not dislike Izumi. She was sweet. Not to mention beautiful. And it was better her, than any other girl. Even now, she was grinning as Itachi said something and looked at her weirdly. He looked at Sasuke like that when he was happy. Sasuke decided Itachi must be happy with her right now.

"Oi, are you playing?" Naruto said, shaking Sasuke. "No." he said and went to stand away from the children.

His parents were talking to guests and a lot of people had arrived. But the special guests had not. Sasuke was still very curious. Who were they? When would they come? It made him feel slightly irritated that they were not here yet.

Suddenly, a few people entered the hall and Mikoto and Fugaku looked their way. Mikoto's face lit up as they made their way towards her and Fugaku. The guests were a tall man in a three piece suit and long hair, tied in a low ponytail along with a woman with dark blue hair and fair skin. The woman hugged his mother while the men shook hands.

Sasuke almost didn't notice the little girl standing, holding the man's hand. She looked his age standing there. Sasuke saw Itachi make his way towards them and shake hands with the grownups and crouch down to face the little girl.

"Sasuke, please come here." Sasuke heard his mother. He made his way towards them. "Sasuke, this is my friend Hyuga Hana and her husband Hyuga Hiashi." Mikoto introduced.

Sasuke looked at them. They were smiling. He smiled back. He noticed their eyes were different. Pretty. They were lavender in color and clear.

"Sasuke, you have grown so much." Hana said, hugging him. He smiled a little, now looking at the girl. She had midnight blue-ish hair like her mother, the same eyes as them too. Except hers were really pretty and soft. Comforting. He wanted to keep looking at them.

Her skin was pale and she was beautiful. She was wearing a beautiful blue kimono in different shades of blue. Mikoto saw him staring at her and smiled.

"This is their daughter. Hyuga Hinata. She is your age. Hinata, this is Sasuke." Itachi said.

Hinata....what a pretty name, Sasuke thought. Hinata looked at him and smiled her cheeks pink. "O-Ohayo U-Uchiha San." She said.

"Sasuke, can you show Hinata around tonight?" Fugaku asked. Sasuke nodded. He offered her his hand which she took after a little hesitation.

They both walked away from the grown- ups, who for some reason were smiling. Sasuke led her towards the seats and indicated her to sit.

"Are you six?" he asked, sitting down after her.

"Not yet." She said.

"I'm older then you then." He said, proudly.

"Y-yes. It is y-your six-sixth birthday, right?"

"It is. But why do you stutter?"

"I-I don't kn-know Uchiha San."

"Call me Sasuke."

She nodded and her cheeks turned pink again. She's a shy one, he thought. But he did not mind much.

"Do you want to play?" he asked.

She nodded. "I do."

He took her hand, making her flinch a little and led her to the children. Naruto and Sakura looked at them approach.

"Who's this?" Naruto asked, grinning at Hinata, at which she blushed. Sasuke pushed Naruto back slightly before introducing Hinata to everyone.

"This is Hinata Hyuga. She's a new friend." He said.

Everyone looked at her and she blushed. Her eyes found Naruto's and he grinned good naturedly at her.

Sasuke, being the responsible kid, took her hand and made sure to keep her next to him during the games that continued.

He found out that he actually liked her cute stutter, her soft melodious voice and her soothing eyes. He also liked holding her soft hand and hearing her soft and beautiful giggle. He found out he liked Hinata Hyuga, unlike other girls he had met. Because she did not cling to him like other girls.

Finally, it was time to cut the cake. By that time, Sasuke was having the greatest time of his life playing with his friends.

He obeyed when his father called him forward to cut the cake and everyone stopped talking to watch the birthday boy cut the cake. Sasuke made his way to the table with Hinata's hand still in his own. Other girls looked at his hand longingly but he ignored them.

Hinata tried to stay back but she could do little but follow Sasuke's lead. Sasuke cut the cake and everyone clapped and Sasuke actually smiled widely. He looked at Hinata, who looked at him with happiness and her signature blush.

Sasuke felt strange. It was.....very strange. His stomach felt....fluttery? Oh Man, it must have been the cake. He looked away from Hinata and found his stomach much better.

Then, after everyone had eaten (Hinata still by his side and now talking to him comfortably), it was time to open the presents. Everybody had brought him presents. Hinata was the last one to give him the gift, being shy.

"This is for you, Sasuke-kun." She said, looking at him and smiling slightly.

"Thank you Hinata." He liked the feel of her name.

He opened the small box and found a watch in there; it was beautiful with precious stones. But it was also too big for him.

"How will I wear this?"

"You can wear it when you're bigger." Hinata suggested.

"I love it." He said, genuinely. He surprised even himself by throwing himself on her and giving her a hug. She giggled and hugged him back.

Sasuke pulled back and saw his mother and Hana-chan give each other strange looks of triumph. His mother pulled him close and handed him something.

"Sasuke, you must give this to Hinata-sama after I excuse you. Be sure you are alone."

It was a necklace. With a silver chain and an Uchiha fan pendent at the center. The necklace was quite expensive.

"Why must I give this to her?" he asked, confused.

"I will tell you later. Do as I say."

Sasuke nodded. After a while, the guests started leaving. Sakura tried to kiss him good bye but he hid under the couch. Almost all of the guests left. Among the few remaining were the Hyugas.

Hinata was sitting next to Sasuke right now, laughing at the cartoons he was playing. The elders were talking and there were no other kids around.

Sasuke and Hinata were alone in the hall. Sasuke suddenly remembered the necklace.

"Ne Hinata...." He said.

She looked at him, her eyes full of amusement and also curiosity.

"....I wanted to give you something." He said, pulling the necklace out of his pocket.

"What's this?" she asked, curious.

"It's a necklace. I hope you like it." He said, smiling a little.

She eyed it with confusion and then happiness when he said the last part. "It's for me?" she asked, happy. He nodded and put it around her neck as best as he could. He was so asking his mother what this was about.

"I love it! Arigato!" she said as she hugged him with happiness.

Sasuke was still in a daze from her hug when someone coughed from behind them. Sasuke looked up to see Itachi. He frowned while Itachi looked like he was trying not to laugh.

"Your parents are calling Hinata-Chan." Itachi said. Hinata blushed and pulled away from Sasuke. She got off the sofa.

Sasuke and Itachi followed her outside. "Hinata" her mother said, smiling and holding out her hand.

"I hope you had fun." Mikoto said.

Hinata nodded her head in happiness. Everyone smiled. "Say Good bye." Hiashi said.

"Good bye Uchiha San. Itachi-kun. Sasuke-kun." Her gaze lingered on him and then she turned away, blushing.

"We had a great time." Hana said.

"Yeah, see you later Fugaku." Hiashi said.

Fugaku nodded and the Hyugas departed.

Sasuke suddenly realized how tired he was. He had a good time but still. "Time for bed Sasuke." His mother said, as he yawned.

"Mother..." he said drowsily while she carried him to bed "...why did I give Hinata that necklace?"

His mother smiled softly. "Because she is your fiancée my dear."

"What's that?"

"It means you will marry her when you both grow up."

"So will I see her again if I am her fiancé?" he asked. His mother smiled and nodded before kissing his forehead.

Sasuke's eyes closed before he could hear her out completely. That was his first encounter with the Hyuga heiress and Sasuke dreamed of her.
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On hearing the announcement, Sasuke initial reaction had been shock. This had to be a mistake. He could not be the fiancé of Hyuga Hinata, the beautiful and smart heiress. He could not be her fiancé.

His second reaction was a chill of excitement and joy. He was her fiancé. She was his. She belonged to him. That beautiful girl in his peripheral vision, the one everyone stared at lustfully, was his. She wasn't going to be a challenge anymore. She wasn't a fan girl and she was great.

His third and most sensible reaction had been anger. How could they do that to him? How could they just engage him to someone as a kid no less, and expect him to be okay with it. It was his life and he wanted to do what he like in it. How could they do it and not even ask him. Hell, not even tell him!

How could they misuse his innocence like this? How could they make him give her that damned necklace like that as a kid, without telling him what it meant?

How could they? He would not go through with it. He did not like her. She did not like him. It was unfair, not only for him but to her as well. But hey, at least her parents had the decency to tell her she was engaged.

He looked at her as she remembered it. Their meeting from 11 years ago. The first time they had met. She had told him she had moved to America as a child. That's why she never met him again until this year.

He watched her remember and look at him, with recognition and another emotion, he could not name. He just stood there, in front of her.

"Why aren't you both dancing?" Itachi asked, as he passed them by, dancing with Izumi. Sasuke did not reply. He did not trust himself to reply. He would deal with this brother and parents later.

He did not ask her, but took her waist. She did not protest. Sasuke saw Neji smirk at them from a distance. So he knew too. What a fucktard. Along with everyone else involved in this fucked up engagement.

Hinata put her arms around her 'fiancé' as they danced. Everyone was looking at them dance in the center of the room. The boys were scowling and the girls were also unhappy. The elders however, looked perfectly happy seeing the couple.

"Did you know this before?" Hinata asked as he spun her around.

"No." he said, continuing the dance. They did not talk until he dance was over. He was a good dancer, she had to admit. He still looked bothered though.

"Do you want to go outside?" she asked. He looked at her for a moment before nodding. He walked out and she followed him out of the room.

"So...what now?" she asked as they both sat on the bench in their garden. It was a little cold but whatever. He did not say anything for a few minutes.

"I'm not going to marry you. This was not our choice." He broke the silence. Hinata nodded. She knew the feeling.

"Okay." she whispered.

"I'm going to break off this engagement when we're handling our own businesses and we're adults. Hopefully by the time we're 18 or 19." He explained further.

She nodded and looked at him. He was already looking at her, face dead serious. She just noticed how dark his eyes were and how he looked like a part of the nightscape as he sat in front of her.

"Do we tell our parents?" she asked. He shook his head.

They were both quiet for some more minutes. "Do you like someone?" she asked, surprising even herself. He looked a little surprised but shook his head.

"But that doesn't mean I'm going to marry you. No one can force me. We should...we should date other people and live like normal teens."

"So we don't tell our friend either." She said. He nodded. She didn't say anything for a while again. They just stared up at the cloudy sky.

"Are we still going to hang out sometimes?" she asked, suddenly.

Honestly, he did not know. Would it be okay to hang out? Would it make their parents suspicious if they did not hang out? And they studied in the same school and shared majority classes, they had to interact.

"Yeah, we will." He said. He didn't look at her because she looked too beautiful out here in the dark. He sighed. This was too much for him.

"Let's go back." he said standing. She followed suit and they both entered the room. Neji was talking to Mikoto about something and she waved them over.

"Hinata-chan, you can't drive yet?" Mikoto asked. Hinata shook her head. Everyone around them had started to eat and were settled down.

"Neji was just telling me how he was going on a weekly exchange to another school in Tokyo and how he won't be able to drive you to school and back. I told him it was no problem because Sasuke can drive her. It'll give them a chance to hang out and know each other. Right Sasuke?"

If looks could kill, Neji and Mikoto would be dead. But Sasuke nodded nevertheless. Hinata made it a point to not look at Sasuke. It would just be awkward.

"Neji also told me you guys share some classes." This time, Hinata glared at Neji who turned away instantly. She did not miss the smirk on his face though. He was so dead. She would make sure the whole school knew he used Marshmallow and Candy shampoo for his long hair.

"I'm actually really hungry. Why don't we eat?" she said, interrupting Mikoto from talking further about Sasuke and herself.

"Of course. But this is too much hassle. Sasuke, would you take Hinata to your room? I'll send you something to eat there." Mikoto said.

They both stared at her as if she was crazy. Okay maybe she was a little crazy but...

"No thanks. We'll eat in the kitchen." Sasuke said. He caught sight of the 50 female cousins and fan girls waiting for him there and changed his mind instantly.

"ACTUALLY, we'll eat in my room." He took Hinata's hand and led her to his room. He ignored the looks from everyone. Especially Itachi, Obito and Shisui, who were smirking or wriggling their eyebrows suggestively.

He walked into his room and shut the door behind him. His room was spacious. Very spacious. It had a king sized bed with a dark blue bedspread. The room was painted navy blue and off white-ish. It made a person feel calm. There was a huge, huge closet in one wall. Another wall had a book shelf which had trophies on top.

His room was not messy but not too neat either. There was a side table picture frames and a lamp on top. The study table overlooked the garden and had writing materials, papers, lamps and paper weights on it along with a vase. The chair was a rotating one and looked a little worn from use.

There was a plasma screen television on the wall opposite to the bed, which was in the center. On the side was a smaller screen and it had controllers and a disk player attached to it. There were two plush chairs in front.

Sasuke watched Hinata look around his room and he had to suppress a smirk when he saw admiration in her eyes. "Ninja storm 4?" she said, breaking the silence and glancing at him.

"You know what game it is?" he asked, a little surprised. Somehow, she didn't look like someone who played video games. Then again, there was a lot of stuff you could not guess about her from first glance.

"I play with Neji." She said, shrugging. "Are you good?" he asked.

"I'm not too bad." She said, modestly.

"How about we play it then? You can show me how good you are." He suggested, since there was no alternative activity he would prefer right now. She shrugged and he motioned for her to sit on the left plush chair.

She took the controller in her hands and he started the game. The game started and the two started pushing buttons vigorously. Sasuke was pretty good at it and he smirked, imagining how she would be beaten in a short moment.

Hinata, however, it appeared was bluffing. She said she was not bad. She was amazing. Sasuke was surprised when she kicked his ass and won without trouble.

"I won!" she said as she smiled excitedly. He stared at her. He was best at video games among all the guys at school. How had she, a cheerleader and a girl, beaten him?

"I want a rematch." He decided. He nodded and he restarted the game. He made sure to attack perfectly. Ha, she wouldn't win now. But then, she suddenly performed the combo move and Sasuke just died.

"Not bad my ass. You're cheating." He said, growling. She suddenly started laughing. And he had to stop everything because that laughter was so beautiful. It was not annoying or loud or ugly like the other girls. It was genuine, nice and cute.

"I'm not cheating Sasuke, I'm just playing." She said, clamping her mouth shut as he frowned and another giggle threatened to erupt.

Suddenly, Mikoto entered their room with food. She stopped as she saw them. "Are you both....playing video games?" she asked.

"What else are we supposed to do?" Sasuke raised his eyebrow.

"Oh I don't know...." Mikoto trailed off. 'Maybe something like being romantic or talking about each other and preferable getting lost in each other's eyes?' she thought.

"Thank you for the food Mrs. Uchiha." Hinata said, as she eyed the tray. "That's Mikoto and it's no trouble at all." She handed Sasuke the food.

Mikoto left, gushing on how cute they both looked. Sasuke and Hinata on the other hand, dug into the food hungrily while playing video games. Sasuke noticed how Hinata didn't hold back on the food, trying to impress him. She was as natural as she could be.

It was funny and annoying at the same time to get your butt kicked by a girl in a dress. A beautiful girl who is your fiancé but who you have no intention of marrying, that is.

After beating Sasuke for the fiftieth time, Hinata was laughing and Sasuke was sighing, turning off the game when someone knocked on their door. "What?" Sasuke asked.

"It's been 2 hours in here lovebirds." Izumi said, leaning against the door.

"2 hours?" Hinata asked, horrified. She hadn't realized it, with her having fun and all. It was strange how comfortable she was playing video games with Sasuke and laughing about it.

"Yeah and the dinner is kinda over and Neji wants to go home." Izumi said. She looked a little tired by now. Sasuke decided not to test her patience.

"Um..Thanks for telling me." Hinata said, dusting her clothes and standing up. Sasuke also stood up. "I had a great time." She told him.

"Yeah whatever." He said. Although he was smirking. Hinata smiled and noticed Izumi was staring at them both. Sasuke raised his eye brow at her.

"Well, do something romantic already. Kiss her goodbye." Izumi said.

Hinata smiled awkwardly when she heard that and Sasuke's eyebrow twitched, which happened whenever he lost a game to Hinata and was annoyed.

"I'll pass." He muttered. Hinata didn't know why but that felt kind of bad. She smiled bravely at them both.

"Sasuke, you're hurting Hinata" Izumi growled, punching his head.

"Ouch. Okay. Bye Hinata." He said, suddenly gathering her in his arms and hugging her. She was leaning against him now, her arms on his chest while he had his arms around her waist. She smiled and put her arms around her neck, to show an affectionate hug to Izumi who was fan girling.

Sasuke noticed that she smelled really nice. Hinata had a notion on how they fit while they were hugging. She blushed a little before moving her arms away. Sasuke noticed and let go.

"See you at school." She said, walking out of his room.

"Yeah...." he said to himself as his door shut, thinking how he had actually had a good time.
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Hinata was not talking to him no matter what he said. He knew he had been a bad friend and an even worst cousin but he could not help it. Hiashi had strictly forbidden him from saying anything.

"Look Hinata..." Neji began. She had ignored him so far and there was no saying she would talk to him even now but he had to try. He could not handle his little hime being upset with him.

"How could you Neji?" Hinata said, her voice trembling slightly. He cringed by the amount of sadness and anger in it. She was speaking in a very low voice and the last time she had been like this was when they were 6 and 7 years old and he had ripped her doll while tugging it, trying to tease her. Needless to say, he had spent two weeks in the hospital because of her.

"....Uncle told me not to tell you it was Sasuke." He felt a little guilty but he could blame his uncle for it. He just didn't want to die so soon. At least his uncle had lived a long enough and full enough life. He could surely forgive Neji for wanting the same.

"How long have you known?" she asked.

"....I...uh....maybe a month?" he asked. She looked into his eyes and he cringed again. Man, she was scary like this.

"You couldn't have given me a heads up? Do you know how I felt when they announced it? How awkward it was? He's my classmate. And you didn't even tell me about the exchange program till Mikoto told me."

"Hina...I'm sorry for everything." He really was. He should have warned her or something. He loved her more than anything and only wanted the best for her.

"I am still not going to talk to you." She said as she got up angrily and left the couch for her room. Neji gulped. This was going to be a long couple of days.
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