Warning: This is a Sasuke ‘fun-filled’ chapter. Meaning there is plenty of Sasuke. You were warned.

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Love is a Weakness- A Naruto Fan Fiction

Chapter Eight: Hitomi=Friend?

“So, Sasuke. Want to train with me?” I asked hopefully. I think I may have used a little to much enthusiasm. Sasuke looked scared. Right, don’t be to happy like cheerleaders.

And I couldn’t be to fake like a Barbie. If I did, he would be able to see right through me. That’s what Sasuke was good at. He could just tell when people were…fake.

“No.” Well, he could at least be nice about it! What’s up with him and rejection? That stuff stings. I guess they’re good pals and probably go way back.

Okay, I am getting delirious. I needed to sit down for a while. “Sit down with me then? It can’t hurt you. I’ll protect you, don’t worry.” I teased and winked. He rolled his eyes and sat down with me.

Yes! Progression made! Not by much, though. But I need what I can get. This is the Uchiha, no one said it was going to be easy.

“So whatcha been up to lately?” I asked nonchalantly. If I wanted to be his friend, I need to get him to talk.

Easy going conversations never hurt anyone. Unless someone decided to physically hurt someone whilst having one of these conversations. But that’s not going to happen here…I hope.

I rid myself of that thought. I had promised myself that I would restrain myself from harming Sasuke. Friends don’t go around attacking each other, right?

The only friend I’ve actually ever had is Naruto. We attack each other all the time. But only because it’s in his nature to do so. He’s only being playful, though. Nothing serious, like I was thinking of.

Sasuke shrugged, obviously not interested in chatter. What’s his problem? Why does he walk around with a stick up his butt?! He needed to learn to live a little and stop being so goddamn stuck up! If only I could put him in his place somehow.

“Sasuke, why do you act like this? Why are you always so stuck up, and treat everyone like dirt? You’re no better than anyone else, you know.” I didn’t say these things to be mean. but out of genuine curiosity.

I was curious to know what made him think he was so much better than all of Konoha. He turned to look at me. His expression was strange. It held so many emotions.

Arrogance, fear, remorse, anger, heartbreak, and a tiny glimmer of hope. There were others, but these outshone the rest. They just stood out.

He stroked my cheek, then looked away. “Who’s to say I’m not?” he whispered. I saw a lone tear escape from his eye before he vanished. Jus what was on the mind of the Uchiha?

I felt bad for Sasuke. So much crap has happened to him, at such an early age. The universe worked in strange ways, and they weren’t fair!

Like me, Sasuke was orphaned at an early age. He knew the love of a mother, the pride of a father, protectiveness of an older brother. But unlike me, his whole clan was killed, everyone he was ever close to-gone.

The only thing I have left in the world is Naruto. Sasuke, he has no one. He’s on his own. How could someone do that? How could someone just kill their whole clan? Their family?

Those poor innocent people. Poor Sasuke.

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I walked through Konoha as the sun was setting. The sky was always so pretty. No matter what time of day it was.

I wish I had been born a bird. So I could spread my wings when I wanted and fly off, defying gravity. Birds had the easy life.

I sighed, wishing never got me anywhere. For the past hour or so I have been arguing with myself. Over what? The Uchiha. Why? I’m not sure if I should talk to him or not. I didn’t really care for him but (as shocking as this may seem) he is a human being, with feelings. Yes, strange, I know.

His face has been haunting me. You could see that scared, lonely little boy from years ago. He was still there, living inside of Sasuke. I guess you never really got over something like that.

My decision has been made. I’m going to talk to him. This may also benefit me. Making it a win-win situation.

Finally deciding what to do, I sprinted to his house. Please be home, Sasuke!

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Strangely enough, as I was just about to knock on his door, something weird happened. I got butterflies. Why was I getting butterflies?! One, this was Sasuke, for crying out loud! Two, all I was doing was knocking on his door.

Why was I so nervous? I took a deep breath, willing myself to calm down, and knocked on his door. Nothing happened. I shrugged. He probably wasn’t home so I guess I’ll just….

The door creaked open to reveal Sasuke. Shirtless. I do believe my eyes just popped out of my head. At least he was wearing pants.

That’s always an upside. But seeing him shirtless was also good…. No! Bad Hitomi! I scolded myself. How could I think such things? Especially about him! I shook my head, ridding myself of suck disgusting thoughts.

Sasuke looked at me incredulously, the scowled. “What do you want?” he asked much nicer than the other times he had asked, but couldn’t he think of anything else to say?!

I didn’t like how hectic life was becoming because of him. “Is that all you ever have to say to me?! How about ’Hello Hitomi! How is your day?’ or “You look lovely today, new clothes?’ Scratch that. Please don’t ever say that. To creepy. Oh! I know! How about ’Why, what business do you have here? Would you like to come in? Come sit on the couch, we’ll discuss matters over some tea.’ yeah, that sounds better.” I ranted.

One of Sasuke’s eyebrows were raised. “I don’t like tea.” he replied. Is that- stupid, annoying, arrogant, jerk! I felt like having a tantrum. He has some serious issues.

“Well we can have some coke, then.”

Sasuke seemed pleased with this. He stepped aside from the door. “Would you like to come inside? Sit down on the couch and we shall discuss matters over some….coke.”He said sarcastically, and smirked.

Couldn’t he at least pretend to be a little enthusiastic?

I made my way over to his couch and sat down. He was just about to do the same when I stopped him. “Where’s my coke?”

He rolled his eyes, but walked to the kitchen anyways. I smiled. I liked the sarcastic side of Sasuke. It suited him, much better than his emo act.

Sasuke came back with the coke, setting it on the coffee table. I marveled at how his muscles flexed when he did that. I looked away hurriedly, not wanting Sasuke to see me staring.

Sasuke had more of a lean build and wasn’t extremely muscular. It was a good thing for a ninja to be like this, so they weren’t overly muscular. For agility. Guys with to much muscle were gross anyways.

“So why are you here?” Sasuke asked as he say down. Hmm, that was weird. He’s not glaring at me. And he was talking to me, I didn’t have to start the conversation. Or choke a response from him. He was acting as if he didn’t have a care in the world.

Was he getting comfortable around me? Or was it his surroundings? Being in his house gave him power over me. I didn’t like that. He was probably enjoying this. Stupid baka.

I relaxed as best as I could., to show he wasn’t affecting me. His demeanor didn’t change in the slightest. “I don’t know. I missed you Sasuke.” I winked. He faltered this time. But not in the way I wanted him to. I wanted him to have a freak out attack. Instead there was a strange gleam in his eyes. Now I was scared.

“Hitomi can I ask you something?”

“Just did. But shoot, knock yourself out.”

“What do you think of me?”

His question caught me off guard. I faltered this time, almost falling out of my seat. What did I think of Sasuke? I wasn’t quite sure.

Do I tell him I hate him? Do I tell him how I actually feel? Do I lie?

“Well, Sasuke. I can honestly say,” cough “that I like you. Not in the fan girl way, obviously. But as a friend would. It frustrates me that you can’t see me in the same light.” Sasuke seemed panicked for a moment, then something dawned on him. He now looked thoughtful.

“Hitomi.” he whispered. And before I knew it, I was standing up. Sasuke’s arms were around my waist, his face burrowed in my neck.

“Sasuke.”

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Ohhh! So how do you guys think Hitomi is going to act?? I am so proud of myself, this is the longest chapter I have written, yet! I am going to be so pissed if it’s not more than 2 pages. Lol. Happy Mother’s day! I hope you guys are having fuN! My mom is being lazy, so she is just lazing up in bed, reading her book. That’s my mom for ya. Erm, so I won’t upload during the week, but if I do decide to it’s probably going to be short. Only two more weeks! YAY! I so can’t wait ‘til summer, it’s going to be epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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