Naruto :: Medium :: G :: no pairings
Title: Medium
Fandom: Naruto
Pairings: None It just so happened that I had this in store before we ever even spoke of SasuHina, Bekah. |D;;
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 609
Spoilers: Hints at events/circumstances after chapter 400.
Summary: Hinata tries to reason, but Sasuke will have none of it. Plus, he just knows Naruto better.
"...I imagine you'll tell Naruto."
Even when careless and matter-of-fact, Sasuke's eyes were still that surprising shade of intense. They watched her lightly, everything in his stoic face expressing his disregard for what little threat she posed. The stare didn't make her feel any more self-conscious than usual, and it didn't disturb her with a piercing look like Neji's; on the contrary, it was almost as if he were taking her at face value, not bothering to look any deeper into her. It was a flat, unconcerned, and arrogant look - but not without reason.
Hinata lowered her gaze, confident that she was safe in doing so. His relaxed pose radiated danger, but no mal intent. "N-Naruto-kun hasn't spent... much time in the village lately," she said quietly, with difficulty, the weight of Sasuke's attention making her soft voice falter. He only continued staring, expressionless.
"...But you'll tell him," he repeated. She winced and shifted her weight in timid silence, and to that he only closed his eyes. "Don't bother getting their hopes up. Come tomorrow, I won't be anywhere near here." He sounded skeptical, but after all that had happened months ago, Hinata wondered if it wasn't a cover. She didn't dare voice the thought, but when he abruptly turned his back on her, all she could do was scrabble for something that would make him stay.
"W-Wait!" She took a bold half-step forward. "S-Sasuke-kun - please - don't you... don't you want to talk to someone? Maybe... Kakashi-sensei-" The glare he shot her was so quick and irate that she jumped, immediately falling silent. He held her like that for a brief, tense pause, and all the while she suffered his gaze unsteadily. It was difficult to read his face and impossible to guess what he was thinking behind it, but the fact that he hadn't left yet was a little encouraging. For an instant, she wondered what would happen if she challenged him. She would lose, obviously, but would Sasuke actually kill her? He had killed Danzou and two of Tsunade's counselors during his raid on the village, but he had somehow played a part in saving it, too, although Hinata didn't know the exact details; would he simply spare her, and maybe be delayed long enough for Shino to catch up with the two of them?
She doubted it.
"He won't hate you for not stopping me," said Sasuke suddenly. She started in surprise at the comment, clasping her hands tighter in front her chest and frowning sadly; he continued watching her and his eyes remained as detached as his tone had been. "He'd be angry at himself if you tried," he added, now once again skeptical, "so if that's your concern, don't do anything you'll regret." He turned again to leave.
"...I-It's not just - Naruto-kun," Hinata forced. "Sasuke-kun... y-you..." She bit her lip as she looked over his back. "I-I mean... you just... seem so... lonely," she admitted. "A-Are you... really happy with how things are? I... know it's not my - ah-" she stopped when he began walking away at an unhurried pace.
"Don't ask if you won't understand." Hinata kept looking after him, but Sasuke didn't speak again and his gait didn't falter and she could think of nothing more to say. After several long seconds, he disappeared altogether in the dark street, and she was left alone beneath the streetlight and its fluttering shadows.
As oddly reassuring as Sasuke's apathetic words had been in their own way, she still couldn't help but feel the worst kind of useless - more so because this wasn't the first time she had been outmatched before even trying.
Fandom: Naruto
Pairings: None It just so happened that I had this in store before we ever even spoke of SasuHina, Bekah. |D;;
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 609
Spoilers: Hints at events/circumstances after chapter 400.
Summary: Hinata tries to reason, but Sasuke will have none of it. Plus, he just knows Naruto better.
"...I imagine you'll tell Naruto."
Even when careless and matter-of-fact, Sasuke's eyes were still that surprising shade of intense. They watched her lightly, everything in his stoic face expressing his disregard for what little threat she posed. The stare didn't make her feel any more self-conscious than usual, and it didn't disturb her with a piercing look like Neji's; on the contrary, it was almost as if he were taking her at face value, not bothering to look any deeper into her. It was a flat, unconcerned, and arrogant look - but not without reason.
Hinata lowered her gaze, confident that she was safe in doing so. His relaxed pose radiated danger, but no mal intent. "N-Naruto-kun hasn't spent... much time in the village lately," she said quietly, with difficulty, the weight of Sasuke's attention making her soft voice falter. He only continued staring, expressionless.
"...But you'll tell him," he repeated. She winced and shifted her weight in timid silence, and to that he only closed his eyes. "Don't bother getting their hopes up. Come tomorrow, I won't be anywhere near here." He sounded skeptical, but after all that had happened months ago, Hinata wondered if it wasn't a cover. She didn't dare voice the thought, but when he abruptly turned his back on her, all she could do was scrabble for something that would make him stay.
"W-Wait!" She took a bold half-step forward. "S-Sasuke-kun - please - don't you... don't you want to talk to someone? Maybe... Kakashi-sensei-" The glare he shot her was so quick and irate that she jumped, immediately falling silent. He held her like that for a brief, tense pause, and all the while she suffered his gaze unsteadily. It was difficult to read his face and impossible to guess what he was thinking behind it, but the fact that he hadn't left yet was a little encouraging. For an instant, she wondered what would happen if she challenged him. She would lose, obviously, but would Sasuke actually kill her? He had killed Danzou and two of Tsunade's counselors during his raid on the village, but he had somehow played a part in saving it, too, although Hinata didn't know the exact details; would he simply spare her, and maybe be delayed long enough for Shino to catch up with the two of them?
She doubted it.
"He won't hate you for not stopping me," said Sasuke suddenly. She started in surprise at the comment, clasping her hands tighter in front her chest and frowning sadly; he continued watching her and his eyes remained as detached as his tone had been. "He'd be angry at himself if you tried," he added, now once again skeptical, "so if that's your concern, don't do anything you'll regret." He turned again to leave.
"...I-It's not just - Naruto-kun," Hinata forced. "Sasuke-kun... y-you..." She bit her lip as she looked over his back. "I-I mean... you just... seem so... lonely," she admitted. "A-Are you... really happy with how things are? I... know it's not my - ah-" she stopped when he began walking away at an unhurried pace.
"Don't ask if you won't understand." Hinata kept looking after him, but Sasuke didn't speak again and his gait didn't falter and she could think of nothing more to say. After several long seconds, he disappeared altogether in the dark street, and she was left alone beneath the streetlight and its fluttering shadows.
As oddly reassuring as Sasuke's apathetic words had been in their own way, she still couldn't help but feel the worst kind of useless - more so because this wasn't the first time she had been outmatched before even trying.