Mastueo Castle
August 18th, 2017
10:30 AM

He had to see her again. It had been a week since he last saw her. It made him rather depressed. The servants in the castle noticed it. But the one that noticed it more was his brother's assistant. She had decided to stalk him a bit as at times he would even forget to eat. He was acting strange and she needed to know why.

He went into his room and locked the door behind him. Little did he know someone was hiding in his closet. As he planned the same escape root from last time, she followed.
Matsueo Village
Abandoned Part of the Village
11:00 AM

As she walked towards her shop, she walk past a toy store which reminded her of the kids she had met there earlier this week while she was on a grocery run and accidentally taken the wrong path. They were starving children there which made her very upset as she offered them a bit of food. The location was lonely and abandoned, as it almost could resemble a ghost town. If you were poor, you would live there. There was no playground or anything there for kids to run around and have a decent childhood. She, being the kind-hearted girl she was, offered them to come to her bakery any time for free food. As she remembered them she walked into the toy store to buy a pack of balloons and a helium tank. Maybe I could cheer them up with this. She thought as she carried the heavy helium tank. Suddenly she felt it getting lighter as she saw his black eyes.

"Ask for help, when you need it." Sasuke said as he stared into her eyes.

"I don't need help. I could do things fine on my own." She says trying to take the helium tank back from him.

"Stop being so stubborn." He said as she scoffed and continued walking without him.

They arrived at that lonely part of town as the kids recognized her they ran up to her and circled her.

"Hinata-nee-san!" One of the kids cried as he hugged her.

As he put the helium tank down, the group of kids stopped to look at him.

"No way!" The small group of girls looked as the prince took off his disguise.

"Prince Sasuke!" The girls formed around a small group around him as they fan girled.

The boys on the other hand surrounded Hinata.

"Honestly, girls are so weird. I'm glad you're not like that, Hinata-nee-san." The boy said tugging at her apron.

"Nee-san, what's that?" One of the boys said pointing to the helium tank.

"Ah! Ryoki, remember that balloon in the sky?" She said reaching down to his level.

"Yeah, what about it?" He said tilting his head.

"You said you wanted to see one in person so..ta-da!" She said handing him an un-inflated balloon.

"Uh, nee-san? I think this one is broken." He said as he held it in his palms as the others surrounded him to see.

"Silly, you have to inflate it first!" She said taking the balloon and attaching it to the helium tank. As she did the kids stared at it in aw as it was blowing up. She then tied a string to it and handed it to him.

"It's beautiful!" He yelled which caused the other kids to also want one.

"One at time!" She laughed as they all played around. She even showed them how to inflate it without the tank.

One person stared at her in awe the entire time. Never taking his eyes off her that he didn't even realize he was smiling.

"Sasuke-sama? Do you like Hinata-nee-san?" A small girl asked as the other girls were also eager to hear. Especially one person. One person who was hiding behind the bush the entire time.

Like? Like I could ever like a commoner like her. But then again it would explain why I want to see her more often. What am I even thinking? He shook his head at himself.

"Like I could ever like a ill-mannered, easily-angered, unfeminine girl like herself!" He said which caused the girls to laugh as if they knew the truth.

"Hinata-nee-san! Play soccer with us!" The boys said as they took out an old ball they had found with Hinata in a river near their home.

"Alright, but we need a competition team." She smirked at Sasuke.

He smirked at her back. "Alright ladies! Let's do this."

"Hai!" They all said as it was Hinata with the boys vs Sasuke with the girls.

Eventually the game ended with a tie and the afternoon started to fall which was the kid's cue to go home.

"We'll stop by the shop later!" One of the kid's mothers said as they waved goodbye with the helium tank and the bag of balloons in a small broken red wagon.

Hinata started to walk home as Sasuke tagged along with her.

"I didn't know a prince could actually play soccer." She said.

"Are you kidding? Did you really think that was just a commoner thing?" He scoffed.

"Well yeah actually, I mean you live a castle. You would think you're just pampered around all day or too busy to actually have a normal childhood." She said as they arrived at the bakery.

"Those kids, they were nice." He said.

"Actually about that, can I ask you for a favor?"
Hyuga Bakery
16:26 PM

As she arrived she was greeted by angry eyes that were similar to hers.

"Hinata!" Her father said as she had been gone almost all day and was nowhere to be found.

"Sorry papa, I was with those kids. Remember?" She smiled.

"Oh! Did you bring them any sweets?" He questioned her as then he noticed the princely figure at the door.

"Oh my! My apologies, Sasuke-sama. I didn't see you there. Please make yourself at home." He said.

"Don't feed his ego, dad." Hinata said as she walked to the closet to gather cleaning supplies.

"I apologize for my daughter. She's always like that, just like her mother used to be." He laughed.

"May I ask, what happened to her mother?" Sasuke said as he leaned against the wall.

"Oh, well she-" Before could say anything, Hinata had cut him off.

"Leave it alone, dad. He doesn't need to know." She said gripping her fingers tight onto the closet door.

"Right. Well, I'll leave you two alone now." He said walking in through the back which lead to their apartment.

With that the two were left in silence as a certain someone still watched them through the side of the shop.

"What's your deal?" The prince said a bit annoyed.

"Nothing. Anyways here take this." She threw an apron to him.

"Why are you giving me this?" He said as he examined it.

"Just because you're a prince, doesn't mean I'm going to let you loiter around. Help me out, at least." She sounded a bit demanding.

"You know, I'm the one who orders people around. Not the other way around." He said.

"Guess what? We're not in a castle, we're in a bakery." She said as she picked her hair up into a ponytail and cleaned the windows. He sighed as he walked behind the counter in case of any customers walked in.

I'm doing this because I want too! Not because she told me too! He said as he saw her suddenly stop and look outside the window. She was humming a tune as her arm rested on the window sill. He started at her not wanting to look away.

The rest of the day was them attending millions of customers as knowing the prince was there attracted many people's attention.

She sighed as she closes up the shop. He takes a flower from a decoration and gets on one knee.

"I normally don't do this but..." He says as she looks at him confused as her heart pounds.

"I'm sorry, I'm so attractive and bought many customers which by the way you should thank me for as it seems this place doesn't get many customers anyways." He says until he feels his face wet.

"Go home." She says in anger as she sprays him.

"Oy!"
Mastueo Castle
17:45 PM

He had walked back to his grand castle where no one questioned where he had gone as he was feared by them all. He locked himself into his office and did paper work to install a new playground for those kids by Hinata's request. As lavender petals flew in by a cold wind he got up and looked outside in annoyance as they were getting in the way of his work.

"Sasuke-sama?" He heard behind him.

"What is it?" He turned around to his brother's assistant.

"C-Can I entertain you today?" She said unbuttoning her blouse.

"Get lost." He said which caused her to stop.

"Is it because of her?" She said angrily with tears in her eyes.

"How do you know?" He said.

"You were acting weird lately so I decide to stalk you a bit. Then I saw you with her. Don't you see Sasuke-sama? She's all wrong for you! If she was royalty I would understand but she's just some village girl. There's nothing special about her! She even treats you like shit! Normally anyone who acts like that towards a prince deserves to be hung!" She yelled until her face was covered in water.

He had splashed the cup full of water on her face. "Enough." He said harshly.

"You can't actually like her!" She laughed.

A petal suddenly landed on his palm.

"You know these petals remind me of her." He says before he continues.

"They're annoying and get in the way of my work but they're beautiful."