| Part 18 |

A month has passed by since the paparazzi incident. During the passed month every time you went outside to go to school, go out to see Hinata or even just go grocery shopping there were at least 1 or 2 paparazzis roaming around your home taking pictures of you in hope to get some information about you. You hated it a lot which is why you always ended up running away or going back into your home in order to get into less revealing clothes and once the coast was clear, you head back out again but discreetly.

Right now you were in class in a bad mood, even Hinata noticed it. Those reporters were really getting to your throat and you were at 2 fingers of snapping their heads off "A-Are you okay (Y-Y/n)-chan?" Hinata asked with concern, you slammed your head onto your desk. It was loud enough for the students in the class to turn around and look at you weirdly.

Some fan girls of Sasuke would just scoff at you, actually mostly all girls in school including Ino scoffed at you and on top of that disliked your guts. "Does it look like I'm okay?" You reply as the table muffled your words, it was still understandable though. Hinata started to pat your back in a soothing matter, she felt bad for you seeing that mostly every one was getting on your bad side and that she couldn't do anything but support you in bad situations "Y-You'll get through it, I'm sure that e-everything will calm down a-after a while"

! DRING DRING ¡

"I doubt it" The school bell rang which meant that class was over, You lifted your head from the table rubbing the spot on your face that hurt when you hit the table. You sigh gathering all your belongings and putting them away as you then got up from your seat and headed out the classroom with Hinata trailing behind you

"O-Of course that everything w-will be fine (Y/n)-chan" She retorted positive that things would get better. Graduation was days away and once that day comes along you wouldn't have to deal with fan girls

"How would you know that?" Every thing was going for the worse, how could things possibly get better? "I just know it" You smile at her for her positivity.

As you and Hinata were talking, you spot up ahead Yahiko walking side by side with Konan, they seemed to still be friends. Konan noticed you looking at them, she looked down at bit. It seemed like the hate she had for you stopped growing after a while. Right now, she'd only feel bad every time she saw you.

You sighed then looked away, you no longer hated her as well it's just that you had no intention on getting close to her. Suddenly a loud excited shout was heard "Hey (Y/n)-chan, Hinata-chan!" You and Hinata notice the Uzumaki waving at you guys from not to far down the hallway, you sweat drop at that. As for Hinata, she couldn't help but blush.

'If only someone could hit him in the head...' You thought when suddenly your thought was brought to life like magic, The Uchiha smacked him in the back of the head for shouting so loud. Just by seeing him, your heart started to be beat a bit too quick to your liking.

Also during the passed month, you usually hung out with Sasuke and Naruto or sometimes just with Sasuke alone. At first it was just laughter, you laughed a lot together, but after a while it became more than that. You tried not to show too much emotion by acting like a Tsundere. Until now, you still act like one.

"Earth to (Y-Y/n)-chan?" Hinata said trying to take you back to reality, Naruto waved his hand in front of your face in attempt to make you react. With that, you blinked 2 times "H-Huh?"

"You were spacing out" The Uchiha said as he was also in front of you. You scratched your head a bit in embarrassment "R-Right. Uh anyways, what class do you have next?" You asked looking at both Naruto and Sasuke even though they have the same class, at least one of them would respond "History class, we also have a test" Sasuke replied to your question. Naruto shot his head down, he absolutely disliked that class "That class is always boringggg, I always fall asleep plus it's hardddd"

"What? History class is super easy, I'm sure Hinata can help you out" You giggle as you patted Hinata's shoulder, you knew that she had a crush on the Uzumaki. Naruto's eyes had stars in them, he knew that Hinata had high grades so she could most likely help him "Would you?" He asked with puppy eyes

Hinata's face turned red almost immediately as he stared at her with puppy eyes hoping that she'd accept "I-I well, I can–" Naruto instantly took her into a tight hug "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!" Hinata gasped at what just happened as she no longer looked human "Y-You're welcome" Her face burned up as she looked more like a tomato than anything else.

You kept giggling at them, it was super cute to watch at some point. Your mood kinda got better just by watching it "What about you and Hinata?" Sasuke inquired. You glanced at him with the sudden question "W-What do you mean?" You stuttered unwillingly 'Damn it..why am I stuttering?' He sighs, he didn't like to repeat himself "What's your next class?"

You stand up straight then would cross your arms slightly looking away "PE" Sasuke didn't know what was going with you but one day you'd act all warm and soft and then the other day you'd act all ignorant and cold. Sometimes it's both in one day "Right.." Anyways, he got used to it after some time of hang out around you and thought that it was cute.

You sweat drop then would instantly turn to Hinata "Uh..Hinata, let's go uh, reserve for the canteen!" You took her hand and dragged her down the hallway quickly, she didn't even have enough time to speak.

"Hey (Y/n)-chan wait up! I still need to talk with Hinata-chan!" Naruto shouted as you were dragging her away, he started to run after you. Sasuke sighed and followed behind.

Once you got out of their sight for now at least, you let go of Hinata's hand. "(Y-Y/n)-chan, what's going on with you?" she asked confused of you action. You wanted to move as quick as possible so that you wouldn't start stuttering once again "Nothing..I'm perfectly fine" You took out your lunch card and swiped it down on the reservation machine for the canteen. Hinata looked at her with suspicion "Mhm" she reserved afterwards.

Naruto finally arrived next to them while panting, he was running down the hall in order to catch up with you guys "(Y-Y/n)-chan, how are you so quick like that? It's exhausting" You sighed seeing that Sasuke arrived seconds later behind Naruto "W-What do you mean? I was just walking"

"Naruto is just slow" Sasuke chimed in, Naruto glared at him for that. It was totally not true "I am not" He turned back over to Hinata afterwards "S-So, can we go to the library right now?" You giggle at his question, since when does Naruto go to the library? He slightly looked away while rubbing the back of his neck, it was unusual for him to ask to go there. Hinata started to blush once again "I-I guess"

Sasuke pushed Naruto towards her just for the fun, messing around with him was more like an entertainment for him "Go on" You placed both your hands on Hinata's shoulders then pushed her forward towards Naruto "Yeah, go on ahead" She looks at you with a beetroot red looking face slightly trembling in the process, you wink at her to that

"Shut it Teme" The Uzumaki cursed at him as he started to walk on ahead. "A-Ah N-Naruto-kun wait!"  As she said that she clumsily caught up with him.

All there was left was you and Sasuke just watching them leave up ahead, you realize that after a while as you literally noticed that you just played yourself. You smacked the palm of your hand on your forehead hardly. Sasuke noticed you facepalm yourself which he found pretty weird but the word weird was written all over your face anyway

"So..."

"So..?"

"Wanna walk around?"

"A-Ah, uh sure.."

With that, you both started walking down the hall. As you were doing so, you started to fiddle with her fingers. Things were getting pretty awkward..well only for you it seems "What's up with you today? You're acting weirder than usual" You turned your gaze at him then glared "What do you mean weirder than usual?"

The sight of seeing her fiddle with her fingers was very, very uncommon. Something was up and he wanted to know "You never fiddle with your fingers. I'm not even sure if you're the real (Y/n)" You put your hands on your hips not understanding him "I can assure you that fiddling is very human. I'm very much the same (Y/n) you see every day" You turned around the crossed your arms

"Yeah okay. In your case, I'll believe that when pigs fly" Sasuke said as he put his hands into his pockets. You pouted at him then hit him in the arm, he was making you look like you were inhuman.

As you were attempting to land a hit on him, he caught your wrist and pulled you close as both of you gazed at each other "Not today" He said as a smirk broke out, your face turned to a pinkish color.

Suddenly a ball of paper was thrown at them. You and Sasuke turn over to whoever that threw the paper, it was Ino and her posse "PDA isn't allowed in the hallways" You glance at Sasuke and how you're positioned then would immediately push him away "Shut up Ino" You fold your arms in the process then would look away with a pink blush on your cheeks.

Sasuke sighs "What do you want Ino?" He said coldly, no sympathy was needed when it came to her. "Oh nothing, I just wanted to remind you guys of the school rules"

"Don't be so full of yourself just because you've been on TV" said a girl in Ino's posse as she glared at you

"Yeah, you're not all that important anyways" another girl in Ino's posse chimed in on the conversation

You roll your eyes at them and their critics, they were pathetic just like them. You were just about to reply when Sasuke spoke first "You are all just jealous that I prefer (Y/n) better than you guys" He glanced at you with a grin then took your hand interlacing it with his.

The blush on your cheeks that was once pink turned into red "Sometimes.." He started as he looked back at his fan girls with a glare instead of a smile "Sometimes, I feel sorry for you guys"

Sasuke started to walk off with you hand in hand. No other word was uttered as they left, there was only silence.

•••

You and Hinata were in PE class as You focused your gaze on your hand, it was the hand that Sasuke held earlier. With your other hand you interlaced it with the other then would promptly blush and smile, you wanted to have that feeling of your hands touching again. It felt right to you somehow.

Hinata was peering at what you were doing with your hands then would look up at your facial features seeing a bright blush "(Y/n)-chan w-what are you doing?" She asked as a small giggle escaped her, you glanced at Hinata then would immediately stop and separate your hands.

"I- n-nothing!" You tried to suppress your blush by looking away along with placing your hands underneath your thighs. You weren't even listening to the Teacher explaining the training session, you were to caught up in your thoughts

"(Y/n)-chan do you like someone?" Hinata asked another question, she was getting intrigued. Hinata hasn't seen that look on your face ever since your relationship with Yahiko.

You looked down at the ground with a tad bit of frustration, she did like someone and that someone was Sasuke but you weren't sure if he still felt the same. You've kept him waiting for more than a month and things can quickly change in more than a month

"Well..yes but I'm not sure if it's reciprocal" You confessed with a tint of sadness

"I know how you feel (Y/n)-chan" replied the Hyuga as she gave you a smile

"Of course you do, you like Naruto" You said as you also smile back at her

The Teacher's whistle suddenly rang as the explanation was over, you jumped in fright not expecting it. "Everyone up, up, up! 2 laps outside around the gymnasium" Everyone obey and started running out the gymnasium, you sighed seeing that Hinata was waiting for you to get up. You get up as both of you jog out.

Outside the Gymnasium, another class was doing a training session and to your surprise it was Yahiko's class. You spotted him stretching out his limbs with his classmates when suddenly he glanced at you, you gasp then would look away a bit nervous.

As you looked back over at him and see that Yahiko was actually smiling at you, you slowly started to smile at him as well. Once hearing the Teacher whistle again, you instantly started to run once again. From afar he chuckled at your clumsiness then continued to stretch.

After 2 hours of PE, it was finally lunch time. Your arms and legs were aching and same goes for Hinata's. As you both were leaving the gymnasium, Yahiko would appear in front of you. Hinata wasn't expecting him to be here, she glanced at you for answers but you didn't seem to budge.

"Y-Yahiko.." You finally uttered after staring into his eyes

"Hey, I haven't seen you in a while. H-How are you?" He rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

Hinata didn't want to interfere so she decided to let them talk "(Y-Y/n)-chan, I'll meet you a-at the canteen" You nodded at her as she left.

"T-True, we haven't talked since.." She scratched her head just as nervously as him "I'm fine, what about you?"

"I've been good, thanks for asking" He said, Things were awkward between them and it made him feel uneasy "I-I'll let you go, you must be starving" As he said that, he started to leave. You stopped him by asking this question "Are you and Konan dating?" He turned back around to face her.

He wasn't expecting such a question and especially not from you "No, we're only friends" He didn't know how to feel with her ever since you both broke up so he decided to not get involved in relationships for the moment "I see..I won't stop you from dating her. It's your choice after all" You smiled at him then would turn around waving him off "Do what you think is best" With that, you started to leave. Yahiko watched her leave as he also smiled.

Sometime later, Hinata was waiting at the canteen when Naruto and Sasuke approached her "Hinata-chan! You're a lifesaver. Thanks to you, I think that I aced the test" He smiled brightly at her in appreciation. Hinata blushed then also smiled at him "Y-You're welcome N-Naruto-kun" She was happy that he managed to work properly on his test

"Where is (Y/n)?" Sasuke asked as he looked around cluelessly

"O-Oh, she's talking with Yahiko. I decided to wait for her here" She replied

Sasuke somewhat felt something tug at his heart at that. Hearing that you were talking with Yahiko made him want to break it apart. The relationship between you and him was broken already for more than a month so what was there more in it?

"R-Right.." He looked away clenching at his fists. Naruto noticed his hands balling into fists then started to chuckle, he knew that he was jealous "Jealous much" Naruto's words triggered him which is why he immediately glared at him "I-I'm not.."

Hinata finally spots you walking over to them "Ah (Y-Y/n)-chan" You smile at Hinata as she greeted you "Hey" You looked over at Naruto with the same smile then at Sasuke, he noticed that you looked at him then instantly turned away.

You tilt your head on confusion, what was wrong with him? Did you do something wrong..? You turned your gaze away then frowned. Sometimes you couldn't understand him

"Uh, we should get going" Naruto added to break the silence between them, he noticed that it went down hill really quickly

"Y-Yes"

"Y-Yeah"

You and Sasuke say at the same time, you both look at each other then away almost immediately. You tch then would take Hinata's hand and dash into the canteen, Naruto sighed then followed behind. Sasuke didn't seem to be following so he stopped and turned over to him "You coming Sasuke?"

He avoids eye contact then started walking once again "Yeah" He had already passed by Naruto as he said that, Naruto was confused with both you and him.

'They totally need to sort things out' Naruto thought as he caught up with him.