| Part 19 |

In the canteen, the tension around them was intense. Naruto and Hinata were witnessing something very unusual coming from You and Sasuke.

Avoiding each other's gaze.

There was something between them so confusing that it was pretty impossible to explain. Hinata wondered if It was because of what she said

'O-Oh she's talking with Yahiko–'

Electricity immediately hit her, that had to be the reason why he acted weird earlier. He was jealous. Naruto also realized it, he did way before Hinata ever processed it.

"When are you guys going to start dating?" Naruto asked curiously, Hinata seemed captivated by it as well. You and Sasuke immediately glare at Naruto for asking such a question. You felt your cheeks redden, why did he ask that in the first place?

Silence entered the conversation

Naruto sighed in defeat, they were even more stubborn than him and that's saying something. Hinata has never seen this side of you before and it somewhat began to make her worry "You guys can at least say something?" They both refused to look at each other, both prides were on war and it was cold.

Naruto and Hinata shot their heads down low, this wasn't going to be easy...

Hours later, school was over and You and Sasuke still haven't exchanged looks. It was like adding fuel to the fire. Hinata saw that they both wanted to look at each other but something blocked it. In the hallway, somehow Yahiko would always pass by whenever You passed by and it looked like it infuriated Sasuke at some point that it didn't even make him want to talk to You

They were acting like a married couple in conflict which was concerning.

"(Y-Y/n)-chan, what's h-holding you back?" Hinata inquired hoping to get a response from you, you looked down. "I-I don't know..I don't know how to proceed" Everything was going wrong for you today and you disliked it

"The way he looked away from me infuriated me and I know that I didn't do anything"

"I'm not at fault so if he doesn't do anything then I'm not as well" You cross your arms then would look away.

"W-Well Sasuke is coming your way right now" said the Hyuga, you immediately got alerted "I-I really?" Hinata nodded as she then took a step back seeing that he had already arrived. You turned around to face him with a small faint blush on your cheeks. A staring contest was made as the tension was grouping up, finally one of you slightly looked away and that person was Sasuke. He knew that he was at fault

"Uh..hey" He said as he felt his face starting to burn up a bit "H-Hey.." you replied hesitantly

"What's still between you and..him?" He said silently at the end of his question, he wanted to say sorry at first but his pride got the best of him. Your eyes widen at his question "What do you mean by 'him'?" You knew what he meant by 'him' but you wanted Sasuke to say it himself. He scrawled at you for that "You know damn well who I'm talking about"

You pop a vein at his choice of words, you were going to continue to deny whatever question he asks until he said it "No, I really don't" You said coldly. Sasuke face palmed so hard, he literally ignored the pain. He had no choice but to say it even if he absolutely loathed it "Do you still like Ya–" He clenched his teeth trying to spit out the words "Do you still like Yahiko?" He stared at you with an intense gaze that could probably kill, if only it could.

You really weren't expecting him to ask a question like that, why did he care anyways? That Information was none of his concern "Why do you care?"

He stayed silent.

If he ever heard a yes coming from you then he'd feel really hurt, he'd maybe just be enraged at some point. You sigh at him then would turn away in disappointment, there was no reason in staying if he can't even respond to a simple question.

"Come on Hina-chan, let's go" You said or more like commanded. Hinata nodded hesitantly at you as she started to walk next to you. The response that you didn't expect to come out of his mouth made you stop in your tracks

"I-I can't stand seeing you with him..." As he said that, he avoided looking her way. You turn around clenching onto your clothes "...I-" Without a second to waste, you hug him. Sasuke's eyes widen at your action, he didn't know how to react to it

"To respond to your question.." You stayed silent for a split second then finally spoke "I don't approve anything for him"

"Not anymore" You said ending your response.

"Good" He brought his arms over to your waist and hugged you back tightly, he felt so relieved of your response that he didn't want to let you go "I'm sorry about earlier, I felt–" You cut him off knowing exactly what he was going to say "Jealous" He can't believe that he was going to say it but: "Yes, jealous"

You giggled at that, it was weird when he said it but it was also cute, it proved that he cared about you and you felt happy about that

Naruto who was silent the whole time because he thought that conflict was about to burst out once again started to clap his hands "Finally! You guys are really a pain ya know that?" Hinata for once confirmed Naruto's words "I-I agree"

You sigh at that then would let go of Sasuke then put her hands on her hips looking at Naruto "A pain? I wasn't at fault so go say that to Sasuke" Sasuke didn't want to let go which resulted in him sighing in exasperation but after hearing such an accusation which he couldn't argue about, he glared at you.

"You don't have to rub it further in the wound ya know" He crossed his arms then slightly looked away "So what? It's wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of your actions" You knew that you hit a point which resulted in him staying silent.

"A-Anyways, can we go now?" Hinata asked to stop all the conflict that just started to evolve. You nod your head at that, you also wanted to get home "Yes, let's go. See you guys tomorrow" You and Hinata wave them off as you both start to leave

Naruto walked over to Sasuke and pat his shoulder "How are you doing this Sasuke?" The Uchiha turned over to him "I have no idea"

...

The Next day, the same thing that happened to you yesterday in the morning happened today. You really wanted to break their cameras and call it a day, Sasuke understood your pain very well.

"Sasuke, how do you deal with them?" You asked as you were cracking your knuckles, if you had the chance those people would be her first victims and it wasn't going to be pretty "I don't even know myself but you'll get the hang of it sooner or later" Sasuke asserted as he pat your head, you wanted to remove his hand from your head due to your headache but you didn't.

"I have a feeling that one of them will die by my hands one day" You exaggerated but the tone was super cold and serious, Sasuke nearly backed away at that "I wouldn't want to be near you that time" You giggle at that, he had a point in that domaine

"Where are Naruto and Hina-chan?" You asked as you rubbed your temple cluelessly

"Hinata is helping him study in the library again" Sasuke replied to your question. Your eyes sparkle once hearing that "How adorable, Speaking of studying, I need to study as well" You say as you stand up straight.

"The final test of the 3rd semester is coming and I want to have a big fat A+ on my sheet" You said with determination in your look. Nothing was going to stop you from graduating, especially not those fan girls "Let's go to the library then" Sasuke didn't really need to study, he just wanted to spend more time with you or maybe just help you study

Your determination immediately left after hearing that, she was hoping to go on her own "I- Since when do you study?" You rubbed your neck in confusion "I don't need to study"

"Huh? Then why do you want to go to the library with me?" You asked still as confused, what was so important for him to come with you? You were going to the library for kami's sake, Nothing interesting was going to happen "What do you think?" You crossed your arms, he needs to be more clear in his words

You stood their waiting for another response coming from him. He sighed then took your arm as he then dragged you down the hall "Don't act stupid, I'm going to help you study" You look at him seeing things more clear now– "Oh"

It took you a while but It suddenly hit you "Wait what?" You didn't even have enough time to react that you both already arrived at the library.

...

"Alright so..." You started swirling your pencil around while analyzing your documents about the sign table of a function

"So how do I do this.." You said to yourself trying to understand what is written. Sasuke took a glance at your documents "It says that a function f is positive on a set D if, for any real x of D, we have f (x) greater than or equal to 0" You stare at him not understanding one single thing he said "English words please?"

He sighs then thinks of another way to explain it "You have to determine the intervals over which it is positive. The results are given in a table of signs"

"Oh– see English words are better, the other explanation was too complex" You thought that your brain was going to explode back there "I just read from your documents"

You looked back at your documents in confusion, there it was in front of you 'Why am I so stupid..?' You face palm yourself at how dumb are, Math has never been your thing

Sasuke watched you struggle which somewhat amused him, he took a pen from your pencil case then took your arm. You glance at him wondering what the hell he was doing "Uh- what are you doing?"

"I'm drawing" As he said that, he started drawing birds for some reason. Drawing was good and all but why on the arm! "My arm isn't paper"

"Well it is now"

"Give me that!"

You snatched the pen then would take his hand "Your drawings are pretty lame, I'll show you how it's done" Just for the fun, you drew eyes and added color to it using highlighters "There, top that"

He observed the drawing then started to sneer at it "It's just as lame as mine" You gasped placing your hand on your heart with disgrace "How dare you? I put my heart and soul into it"

"If you say so" As he said that, You playfully push him "Yeah, yeah" Sasuke turned to the side of his chair and playfully pushed you back, one could play that game "H-Hey" You started to giggle.

It continued on like that for a while when Sasuke pushed a bit too hard, your chair tipped over backwards. You gasps and gripped onto Sasuke's shirt for support, it was more like 'if I fall then you fall with me' He also tipped over as you both fell onto the ground with a loud crash

You opened your eyes after the impact seeing that he was too close to you, like 1 inch away too close. A huge blush plastered itself on your face.

The Librarian made their way towards the source of sound shushing them. Other students including Naruto and Hinata were silently laughing.

"Aw, sometimes I wonder if they're actually together" said the Uzumaki as he swirled his pen around. Hinata giggled at that "M-Maybe"

Sasuke immediately moved away from you with the worse blush in history, you did same covering your whole face with your hands 'That was soooo embarrassing!' Your mind was screaming at you, your heart was beating out of your chest. What could be worse? Fan girls barging in with death glares? Life give me a break please..!

¡DRING DRING!

The sound of the school bell rang and everyone in the library were leaving, Naruto and Hinata joined you guys as you both got up. "Well, that was unexpected" said the Uzumaki trying not to laugh once again, Sasuke glared at him for the reminder "Shut up Dobe"

"A-Are you okay (Y/n)-chan?" asked the concerned Hyuga as she put all your belongings in your bag "I-I'm fine, I-uh let's get going!" You quickly rushed out the library "O-Oh well, I'll see y-you guys later" Hinata said leaving the library with your belongings.

"Sasuke, when is it going to be official? You guys clearly like each other" questioned the Uzumaki. It was true that they liked each other, a lot actually. It was somewhat reciprocal "I don't know, it all depends on her"

Outside the library, you were rushing to class which was English class with Hinata following behind. She wondered when you guys were going to start something new "(Y-Y/n)-chan, why are you w-waiting so long to tell him?"

You wanted to wait until Graduation, you were still kinda shy to tell him how you feel despite the way to easily talk with him "I-I'm just not ready yet.." You look at your arm observing the little doodles he drew on it, you blushed just by seeing it

Sooner or later you were gonna have to tell him otherwise before it's too late, someone could swipe in at any moment and you could lose everything.