"Daisuke!" Mikoto wrapped her arms around the shivering boy.

"Aunt! What are you doing here?" He asks.

"That's something I should be asking you." She jokes as Sasuke nudges her for saying something like that.

"We'll talk about it later." She winks at him before returning to Sasuke.

"What's wrong? Where's Hinata-chan?" Mikoto looks around noticing she hasn't seen her all morning.

Sasuke bites his lip. Not ready to tell his mother what happened between them.

"She left to school already. Can't have us leaving at the same time." He adverts his eyes avoiding making eye contact with her.

"That's right, how could I forget?" She laughs.

"I'll get going now." He says as Mikoto nods.

"Have a good day." Mikoto waves him goodbye.
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"Is this what you wanted?" Ino hands Touma a special item that is necessary in their plan.

"Thank you." He says putting it away in his pocket.

"Is Hinata with you?" She abruptly asks causing Touma to raise an eyebrow.

"Not at the moment but-." He gets cut off by her.

"Please, tell her I need to speak with her." She shyly asks causing Touma to look more confused. No one has ever seen Ino's soft side, most just assume she didn't have one. She was always bitchy towards everyone she came across with.

"I'll let her know." He says walking away as the bell rang indicating first period was about to start.

"Touma-kun." Hinata called towards him as he smiled heading to her direction.

"Touma? Where do you think you're going?" Kaori stops him by sticking her foot out.

"Sorry, I need to sit next to Hinata today." He smiles causing the room to feel awkward as Kaori smiles and removes her foot.

"If you say so." She let's him pass.

Since when did they get close? Kaori looks annoyed but shrugs it off. If anything, Touma would be a good distraction for Hinata. She could use Hinata's and Touma's relationship against Sasuke.

"Did you get it?" Hinata whispers to him as he reveals the item in his pocket and hands it to her.

She smiles at him. Her smile fades as Sasuke walks into the room.

"Stand." Kaori states in her affirmative tone causing the class to stand.

"You may sit." Sasuke sighs as his eyes roam around the room noticing Touma was sitting next to Hinata.

"Mr. Touma, why aren't you sitting in your seat?" Sasuke asks.

"Sorry, Sensei! I didn't bring my contacts or glasses today so I thought I could count on Hinata to let me copy her notes."

"If that's the case, would you like to move closer? It looks like someone is absent today." Sasuke points to a seat in the front of the class.

"I'm not absent, just went to the bathroom. Sorry." The student walks in and sits down causing chuckling to start in the classroom.

"Well, maybe someone-." Sasuke gets cut off.

"With all due respect, Sensei..I think it's better to leave him next to Hinata-san. She is very reliable when it comes to taking notes, don't you agree?" Kaori smiles devilishly towards him.

He gives up the argument as most of the class seems to agree.

"Alright then, let's begin." Sasuke starts his lesson as Hinata nudges Touma.

"Do you really wear glasses?" She whispers.

"Now I do." He laughs.

"No talking." Sasuke looks towards Hinata who adverts her gaze away from him.

Kaori watches as she can feel Sasuke's ego shatter right in front of her.

"Sir, please."

They hear a voice coming from the hallway followed by heavy footsteps.

A smile grows on Kaori's face.

The door to the classroom opens as the vice principal steps in.

"Good morning." His tone is demeanor.

"Good morning, Mr.Hanako." The class stands up and bows to him to show respect.

"Mr.Uchiha, Hinata Hyuga, Touma & Kaori. My office now." He states not saying another word and walks out the door.

"Let's go." Touma says to Hinata who nods and stands up.

His assistant stays behind to watch the class as the group follows him out the door.

"What's going on?" "Do you think Touma-kun pulled another prank?" "Uchiha-sensei and Hinata-san were involved, it mustn't have ended well then." "Don't worry, Kaori-chan is with them! She'll make things clear to us later!" The class began to gossip and make up stories on what had happened.

They arrive at his office where they notice Ino & TenTen already waiting outside.

"Looks like we're throwing a party soon." Touma jokes around trying to ease up the tension.

"Mr.Uchiha, Hyuga-san. Please wait inside for a bit, I'll join you momentarily." He opens the door for them.

"Relax." Touma rests his hand on Hinata's shoulder.

She nods while clutching the item in her pocket.

Kaori tries to follow them in, only to be stopped by her father's hand.

"I didn't call your name, did I?" He says.

"No, sir. I'm sorry." She says sitting in one of the seats of the waiting room.

"Hinata." Sasuke breaks the silence between them.

She doesn't say anything but looks at him, so he knows he's got her attention.

"Were you with Touma last night?"

"Yes." She answers softly.

"I see-." He's cut off by her.

"TenTen-san was with us too, don't worry." She smiles at him.

"I see." He feels a bit of relief in his chest.

"Any idea, what this is about?" She changes the subject.

The doorknob rattles as the vice principal steps in.

"Looks like we're about to find out."