Music Mania - SasuHina
Based on this music meme snagged from everyone:
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it’s over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do ten of these, then post them.
This time I did a request for a certain reviewer on ff: Sasuke's Silver Fang. She requested a SasuHina, so here it is!!
Pairing: SasukeHinata
Rating: T for a sprinkle of angst
Genre: Romance/Angst/General
Words: 2068
Dedicated to: Sasuke's Silver Fang
Warning: a few angsty moments, subtle mentions of a love triangle.
Enjoy!
1. Loser - 3 Doors Down
If either Naruto or Sakura see Sasuke as he's now, his left arm - useless - mutilated with ugly, black markings, his eyes blank and sleepless and the palor of his skin a bit too pale to be healthy, it'd break their hearts.
They were both in the underground infirmary for convicted criminals underneath the Hokage's basement that 'did not exist', and as Hinata sees the shell of a person before her, she knows why Tsunade has assigned her instead of Sakura to take care of him. The sight of the pale, emaciated boy is simply too much to bear.
She wonders if this was the boy Naruto had wanted to bring back. No, she thinks, but she'll do whatever she can to get Naruto-kun's best friend back to normal. If for nothing else, then for Naruto's sake. And so she attempts to reassure the boy on the bed, who has yet to acknowledge her presence in the room, "S-sasuke-san," she starts quietly. "Y-you'll be fine and -"
"Sooner or later," Sasuke states emotionlessly as if he simply does not care, "I'll be dead."
Hinata goes quiet - what do you say to that?
Sasuke wants to tell her to take her lies and get off his case, because he knows that the curse seal will kill him as soon as the markings creep over his skin and reach his heart. He's about to level a glare at the white-eyed girl, but his seal abruptly throbs and he hacks up blood. He feels the intense addiction of pain, and a yell tears itself out of his throat. Just as he thinks he's about to go insane from the addiction of excruciating pain that courses through his body, he feels a warm, glowing hand over his seal, pacifying it.
Blearily, he looks up at the distorted image of the white-eyed person who holds the rope to his life now, before he feels himself falling into darkness.
2. Genie is a Bottle - Christina Aguilera
Sasuke stares incredulously at the distorted image of a raven-haired, white-eyed girl wearing what could only be those clothes that genies wear in fairytales. He directs a look at the ancient sake bottle which is rolling around on the floor of his bedroom.
"So..." Sasuke starts slowly, still unable to comprehend that there was a genie floating around in his bedroom. "You're saying that you're a genie, the last of the ancient spell casters of the Hyuuga?"
"That's right, Sasuke-sama," the genie nods and directs a benign smile at Sasuke, "And in order for me to pass on to the afterlife, I have to grant he who frees me from this bottle," she waves her hand in the general direction of the priceless sake bottle, which was one of the Uchiha's ancient relics, "three wishes."
Sasuke simply stares at her for a moment from the bed, then shakes his head. He closes his eyes and mutters firmly to himself, "This is not real. This is just one of dobe's prank or I'm hallucinating. That or I'm officially going crazy."
He opens his eyes, fully expecting the genie to be gone. Unfortunately, fate has decided to play with him today, and the genie is still there. Sasuke groans and falls back carelessly on the bed. He never thought thinking up three worthwhile wishes could be so hard...
3. Think Twice - Eve 6
Sasuke regards the girl in front of him dispassionately - her hand is outstretched, chakra swirling around it in destructive waves, white Hyuuga eyes pulsating as the skin around them puckers and the veins become more prominent. She's that Hyuuga who was in his graduating class, the one who was pining after Naruto. Naruto, whose still, unconscious body is lying behind her defensive stance. Naruto, who she is protecting with every ounce of her chakra right now.
"You should think twice," Sasuke says without emotion, as he unsheathes his blade slowly, smoothly, "before standing in my way, Hyuuga."
Hinata does not tremble in fear - she will not give him the satisfaction even as her heart beats wildly against her ribcage, "N-no." She steadies her voice before speaking and widens her stance, "It is you, Sasuke-san, who should think twice before you a-attempt to kill Naruto." Her lips tighten, her eyes harden with determination, and a long-lost part of Sasuke wonders why she would give up her life for someone who has never seen her, "I won't let you pass unscathed."
Without thinking twice, she charges towards him, and Sasuke mutters a "So be it," before tightening his grip on his sword.
4. Someday - Michael Jackson
It's been exactly a year since Naruto was banished from Konoha. It's been exactly 360 days since Sakura-san had left to search for him, slinking away in the middle of the night without notice. 352 since she and Sasuke had fought off all the ANBU and Hyuuga guards restraining them and gone after him, redemption and obligation be damned. And still, they had not managed to find a single trace of either Naruto nor Sakura.
It was nightfall by now. Together, as they sat there on the coastline of Wave country, they stared at the gently flowing waves in the ocean, its surface shimmering prettily in the moonlight. From the corner of her eyes, she observed her travelling companion of a year... now that she thought about it, they were quite similar.
They had both left memories of their past life behind in Konoha, in their search for freedom - to be free of all obligations - and to regain their peace of mind, by finding the one person who meant the world to them. It was in quiet moments like these when Hinata felt closest to her companion. And Hinata just somehow knew that this connection was not one-sided.
She stood up, ignoring Sasuke's inquiring look, and faced him. "Sasuke-san," she started, a quiet, impulsive conviction taking root in her as she held out a hand for her companion to take, "Someday, someway, we'll find them."
Slowly, hesitantly, he accepted her hand and stood up. "Aa."
5. Break the Ice - Britney Spears
Hinata stared at the huge block of ice that was obstructing their path into the Land of Snow. Apparently, since winter had fallen around this part of the globe, the only way - the safest and shortest - to get into the Land of Snow was this one, and Hyuuga Hinata wondered what they should do now. "Um... Sasuke-san?"
She looked at her mission partner, who was gazing nonchalantly over the edge of the mountain path, and Hinata panicked and actually thought he was contemplating suicide... She wouldn't put it past him, especially with all the rumours that the Uchiha was slightly mental. She couldn't blame people for assuming things, even though it was sort of mean.... after all, who wouldn't think so especially if the subject of said rumours had spent a little over two years with a psychotic reptilian paedophile, and the better half of his life obsessing about killing his own brother? That aside, Hinata noticed that he was rather... pretty.
Sasuke directed at her a vaguely annoyed look, and she realized that she had been staring. Awkwardly clearing her throat, and her cheeks flaming in embarrassment, she asked, "S-so, h-how do we br-break the i-ice?" And here she thought she had gotten rid of her stuttering years ago - god, she hoped that her stutter was only because of the biting cold.
Sasuke regarded her with a slightly condescending look, and turned around to face the huge ice wall in front of them. "We don't break the ice." he simply stated.
Hinata blinked, "What?"
There was that condescending look again before Sasuke stated, "We melt it", his hands already flying into the seals for a fireball jutsu.
6. Figured you Out - Nickelback
"You know, Sasuke-san," Hinata starts in a soft, feminine voice, as she checks her patient's heartbeat, "It's very hard to figure you out."
It's been exactly six months and thirteen days since the Hokage had confined him to the underground infirmary for convicted criminals that 'did not exist'. Six months and thirteen days since he had first really met Hyuuga Hinata. Four months and three weeks since she's gradually stopped stuttering around him. Two and a half since he has, for some reason, started to look forward to her daily visits. One month and eight days since he had started responding - in however few words it may be - to her nervous, awkward attempts at conversation. A week since she had informed him that she had found a solution to stop the spreading of his curse seal. He had been counting - one doesn't have much to amuse himself with when confined in an underground hospital ward.
"Is it?" Sasuke humours her.
"I mean, quiet people are usually the most difficult to figure out," Despite the fact that she's lost her stutter, she's still quiet and reserved - she feels over his bare chest and stomach to check his vitals and doesn't notice Sasuke's intense stare, "Take Shino-kun, for example. I've been with him on the same team," she continues in the same calm voice, "for almost seven years and I still can't read him very well."
"Do you think you're hard to figure out?"
Hinata's head snaps up at the unexpected inquiry and her hands still in their position on his chest. She feels soft even breath ruffling her bangs and her face flames. Wait, since when did his face get so close anyway?
7. Whispers in the Dark - Indecent Obsession
They were both sitting inside a dark secluded cave, the entrance to it blocked by a deluge of snow. After gaining entry to the Land of Snow by melting the ice wall, the mission to deliver the scroll to the daimyo had not gone well so far. They had been ambushed by at least thirty enemy nin - all more or less ANBU level - and they hadn't seen them coming because the enemy had cleverly camouflaged themselves with the snow to deceive the Byakugan. And now they were hiding until they were back to full strength.
Worst part: They were both nearly at the ends of their chakra and whatever tiny amount was left was used to circulate their body heat. So Sasuke really couldn't warm/light up the place with his fire jutsu. Oh, and they were pressed together to share body heat.
Hinata turned her head timidly to look at Sasuke, and if it wasn't for his even breathing, or the heat emanating from him, she wouldn't know he was there. However, her breath hitched when she felt his fan over her face and she inhaled what he exhaled. His breath was slightly minty. It had an essence of pine too...
"Sa-sasuk-ke-san!?" She asked nervously. Darn, there was the stuttering again!
His breath didn't stop coming closer, "What?"
She had never noticed how husky his voice was and her face felt like it was on fire. It was just when his breath was a scant inch from her lips that her brain malfunctioned and her eyes rolled back into her skull.
THUMP!!
"...Damn, she fainted."
8. I Can Wait Forever - Simple Plan
"For N-naruto-kun," Hinata says softly - even his name makes her falter, "I can wait."
It has been a year and two months since they had set out on the journey to search for Naruto and Sakura. Merely sixty-three days since that night by the coastline of Wave where they had renewed their determination.
"How long are you willing to wait?" Sasuke asks casually and glances at his companion as they walk along the busy streets of the small fishing village.
Hinata stops abruptly. Sasuke stops walking too and looks back at her with a carefully guarded expression. He doesn't know what he wants her answer to be but his heart is thumping wildly for some reason.
"Forever," Hinata states firmly, looking at him with determined eyes - the eyes he had that night in Wave. Eyes that are brighter than the moon. And so much more beautiful...
Forever, huh?
Even he surprises himself with how bitter the words sound in his head, and it is for this reason exactly that he replies to her admission with nothing more than a "Come on," and starts walking again. He feels her quiet, familiar presence behind him, and for the rest of the walk, he doesn't trust himself to say anything else.
9. I Can Love You Like that - All-4-One
Forever, forever, forever... The word has been recurring like a broken tape recorder inside his head ever since she told him that she would wait for Naruto forever. By 'she', he meant Hinata, who was sleeping peacefully on the bed of the hotel they had rented for the night. Sasuke quietly tip-toes towards her sleeping form, and on an impulse, he sits down on the bed and observes the beautiful, sleeping face of his travelling companion for more than a year.
And he admits to himself that maybe, somewhere along their long journey he has fallen for her. She was the most compassionate person he's ever met - she deserves to be loved faithfully. And Sasuke thinks that despite being the faithless sinner he was, he can love her like that, if only she would give him a chance.
His hand reaches out to move some stray bangs out of her face, but it freezes when her lips move and utters the one name that cuts through his heart more painfully than a blade. "Naruto-kun..."
10. Do You Want to - Franz Ferdinand
Hinata looks from the hand outstretched towards her, to her fiance's handsome face and she blushes. This was the first time someone has asked her to dance like this, especially with Neji-niisan scaring off al her suitors and her heart is thumping against her chest. What should she do?!!
"Well," Sasuke raises an inquiring eyebrow - there's the faintest hint of pink on his cheeks that he desperately ignores - and asks her once more, "Do you want to?"
Plucking up her courage, she accepts his hand and smiles, "I'd love to."
So he leads her gracefully to the dance floor, and as they dance the night away to the beat of the melodic orchestra, she lays her head shyly down on his chest and thinks that even though theirs is an arranged marriage, maybe, gradually, she can learn to love him. She definitely wants to.
End Notes: Well, there's my first SasuHina ever. Tell me how it was please? I hope the random switching from present to past tense and vice versa didn't confuse anyone! And if you'd like me to listen to a song that reminds you of your favourite pairing, then tell me! It never hurts to expand my music collection! XD If you want me to do it for a certain pairing you likem then don't hesitate to ask - I'm open to suggestions!
Note: I intentionally exceeded the time limit for the first drabble 'Loser', because it was specifically for Sasuke's Silver Fang and she wanted me to write a drabble for it because for some reason, the song reminds her of SasuHina. It was hard to incorporate the entire song into a short drabble. This has been the most challenging pairing so far. So hope you liked it!