Mostly a filler chapter to get the story moving. Sorry it sucks :( I'll try better next time I promise! And don't mind the errors if there are any I haven't edited at all. I'll fix them in a while :) Enjoy!

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Chapter Nine: Stupid Conscience…

Sasuke was absolutely frustrated with himself.

The reason?

The Hyuuga girl's words had yet to leave his head.

He tried drinking it away.

He felt it the next morning along with the reverberating words bouncing around his throbbing head.

He tried to go out with his friends but it was always nagging at him from the back of his head.

"You would leave a child without a father? And of all people you would think you would understand where he comes from…"

Nothing was working and frankly he was plain tired. Tired of thinking about it, tired of life, tired of all those stupid things called emotions running around his head.

Hell why should he be frustrated with himself? It was that stupid girl's fault for stepping into his life and trying to ruin it. He never liked being naïve but in this case he wished she never said a word to him and forced him to actually thinking about such a confusing thing as conceiving a child.

He was a teenager for God's sake!

And yet something (he found out it was his conscience) told him that the Hyuuga girl was a teenager too and this would have affected her more than him.

So what?

There had been many girls in the past few years that accused him of impregnating them and each time they had been out to pin him down as theirs. None of their arguments had been validated and when it came down time to take a pregnancy test, they instantly and magically were not pregnant, it was just a mistake by the doctor who told them the news, blah blah blah.

The only problem with this scenario was the fact that it wasn't about a pregnancy, the child was actually alive, and grown up quite a bit from what he could tell.

And it's not like you could pretend facial structures and looks unless the plastic surgery industry had found a new haven in children.

But that was the problem. All the evidence was pointing at this story being true. And out of all the girls that had accused him before, they had always been trying to get him to agree, always talking to him, begging him, being overly nice. They wanted to possess him and it showed.

The Hyuuga on the other hand ignored him as soon as he walked into the ramen shop and she had been very hostile towards him, even considering her shy demeanor.

It was all her fault.

Her words had not left his head even after two days. His whole weekend had been officially ruined.

"You would leave a child without a father? And of all people you would think you would understand where he comes from…"

It wasn't an unknown fact that Uchiha Sasuke was the only Uchiha left after a freak accident. It had been all over the tabloids, "Mysterious deaths of the Uchiha franchise family" and "Sole Survivor of the Uchiha name: Uchiha Sasuke" but they did not know the real reason for the death of his whole family.

And that stupid Hyuuga was bringing up things he'd tried so hard to forget.

Yeah so her supposed child would be without a father, but he had been without a family for more than half of his life! He was pretty sure the child could deal; at least he had his "mother", he should count himself lucky.

But of course his conscious (the damned thing that decided to rear its head only at this point of his life) would instantly back track and he would think of all the times he'd wished his family was there. When he got into prestigious Konoha High School, when he won his track races, his basketball tournaments, his football games, his martial arts competitions…he had tried so hard to forget the pain that he had put himself into every time consuming sport or activity he could to stop the memories but when he excelled in them he was instantly reminded he had no one to share it with.

He told himself he didn't care, that he liked his lifestyle of freedom from parental influences, that he liked his life alone. He grew harsh and cold, he knew it had happened but it was his defense mechanism.

Anyone who got close to him seemed to disappear.

Well…assuming Hinata is that kid's real mother…She would probably have been disowned from her family, which could explain why Neji barely knew her. If that was the case, then the kid doesn't have anyone except his mother.

Sasuke sighed in frustration as he mulled over his thoughts. He was in his living room, sitting on the couch and trying to read for class but was unable to stay focused. His eyes would go out of focus as he thought and when he snapped himself out of it, he would find himself unable to remember what he had just read.

Why was it that what that Hyuuga said would not leave his head?

What if she was telling the truth and the kid was hers…and his? He had to admit the resemblance was uncanny, if anything it was more probable the kid was his instead of hers.

"You would leave a child without a father? And of all people you would think you would understand where he comes from…"

So what if he knew what it was like without a father? That didn't mean anything; he wasn't going to take responsibility for something that had nothing to do with him.

He was not able to compute, his body working on autopilot as his mind when through super drive.

There's no way to say the child is mine so even if I was to say…try to give him a father…I might be doing it for nothing…

Wait there was a way. The paternity test…

No. I am not the father. And I have lived my life without one. So why should I care if another child goes through it? There are lots of people in the world who have to live without families.

This had nothing to do with him. It wasn't his problem, wasn't his fight.

Life wasn't fair and the kid would just learn a life lesson out of this.

Why should he give a damn about anyone else? He had become quite the upstanding man on his own so what was the worst that could happen to the kid Raichu or whatever?

He could turn into me.

For some reason the thought daunted him.

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Monday Sasuke asked Hinata if he could borrow a pencil in Homeroom. She had not said a word but eventually threw one on his desk and when he tried to write with it, he found there was no lead.

Tuesday Sasuke had to pass the baton to Hinata during running relays in gym class. Even though he distinctly remembered the stick touching her hand, it somehow fell on the ground and their team had to start over. He was blamed for it.

Wednesday Sasuke had to partner up with Hinata in Japanese literature and dissect an excerpt. He might as well have worked absolutely alone. When they presented to the class he had to do all the talking even though Hinata had all the information.

Thursday Sasuke asked Hinata to pass the CaCl₂ for the reaction in Chemistry. He put the clear substance given to him in the solution and the end was disastrous. He was on double cleaning duty that afternoon.

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It had been a week since the meeting and Hinata had said not a single word to him since.

He didn't care, it wasn't like he needed her approval or something, it was just annoying when he asked her to read off the readings on the thermometer in chemistry and he was only met with silence.

Or when he asked her to move over so he could get through the walkway and she ignored him.

Okay he was annoyed, he would go so far as to say aggravated.

It was obvious she wasn't after him for anything because she pretended he didn't exist. And that worried him because that meant that her accusations might have some validity.

He tried desperately to remember taking her to bed but he couldn't remember a thing. Most women he did were only fuzzy images anyways. The kid looked around four or five, so that would mean that they would have plausibly been together when he was around thirteen. Well that is around the time I started being sexually active…

But Hinata didn't seem like the type of person to do that, no matter how many rude things he called her out loud and in his head. She was soft, shy, and she seemed too innocent to do any of the things the women he had been with had done. They were freaks…definitely not up her alley.

Sasuke was currently sitting at his lunch table being moody as usual as Naruto and Sakura bickered on either side of him, Ino read a magazine and Neji looked over prom locations for student council.

He was getting frustrated with the two idiots on either side of him and his racing thoughts, so he tried to tune everything out and ended up hearing Hinata's voice. His eyes alighted in interest as he heard the voice that haunted his mind for the past week for the first time and turned his head towards the sound.

"So Hinata, why haven't you been talking to Sasuke recently? I mean it's not like you guys were buddy-buddy or anything but Shino said he noticed you ignoring him in chemistry and not only that, I noticed it too. What did he do?" Kiba inquired and Sasuke stiffened as he realized his cover might be blown and he wasn't even sure if he was the father. Would she tell? If she doesn't…then that would mean she's also shamed in the situation and it would mean it really is her child.

Sasuke waited with abated breath as she answered.

"N-no reason really. I just don't like him. He's rude, he's selfish, and I've only recently learned what a terrible soul he has." She said as if it was old news. She's talking about my actions at Tsunade's office…

Did that mean she was really telling the truth about the child being hers? That he could possibly be the father? If she was being so careful with what she was saying -though she could lay off the judging- then that meant something right? In her own way it's like…she's protecting me…my image at least…

"Well we all knew that but what did he do to you? Why all of the sudden?" Tenten burst in. Hinata paused for a moment.

"I have him as a lab partner. He always bosses me, and when I make a mistake he yells at me. We're all human yet why does he have to be so mean? I'm trying my best to make do with what I've got but he doesn't respect me…he doesn't believe me when I say sorry or when I say it was a mistake. So why should I keep trying to make nice?"

It's almost like she knows I'm listening and she's talking in code. Maybe I should try talking to her.

In the next class he did just that.

"Hey, do you have yesterday's notes?" Sasuke broached as they waited for Kakashi to show up to class. Late as always.

Nothing.

Sasuke cleared his throat and stated again, trying to keep his cool.

"Hyuuga." Sasuke waved his hand in front of Hinata's face as she tried to read a book. No reaction.

Trying to keep a lid on his temper, Sasuke closed his eyes and took a deep breath before trying to communicate with her again.

When he opened his eyes he was met with an empty seat.

Looking around in confusion, Sasuke found Hinata on the other side of the room talking to Kiba as usual, her book forgotten on her desk.

Sasuke turned around and slumped in his chair with crossed arms and a crossed mood.

She should be honored that someone such as he was trying to actually go through the trouble of getting her attention yet she just brushed him off as nothing. He was fuming.

After around ten minutes of this, Kakashi decided to come in with an apology and an excuse; his pet donkey was giving birth to a mule.

Everyone knew that mules were only made by a male donkey and a female horse.

As soon as Kakashi had settled himself and drawn a line on the board, the bell rang.

"That's all of class guys! It's amazing how quickly it just passes by!" Kakashi smiled cheerfully and waved as his students left the room. "Have a good weekend!"

Sasuke got up in time to see Hinata exiting the room and surprisingly not walking with the dog boy.

Seeing this as his moment to seize, Sasuke bolted out of the classroom and pulled his back pack over his shoulders at the same time, dodging miscellaneous people and fan girls as he tried to catch up to the white eyed girl.

Just as she turned the corner…

Hinata gasped as the wind was knocked out of her and her books were splayed across the floor unceremoniously. Looking up at the perpetrator who had a death grip on her arm, she glared like he had never seen her do before.

"You!" She whispered angrily and he had to admit he felt a little twinge of nervousness; the woman was unpredictable.

Schooling his features quickly, he interrupted her before she had a moment to speak, "I need to talk to you and its kind of hard to do that when you are constantly ignoring me."

"I h-have nothing more to s-say to you." She murmured quietly and turned her head away from him sharply.

"Well I do." Sasuke shook her arm a little to get her attention but it only rattled her small frame and drew an angry huff from the girl. She pulled her arm out of his grip forcefully and Sasuke was ready for her to take off but she surprised him by staying, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath before turning around and kneeling to retrieve her books.

She sounded resigned as she spoke. "What is i-it you want t-to say?" Sasuke ran his hand through his hair in frustration. He wanted her undivided attention.

"Do you know that you ruined my weekend?" Hinata scoffed and turned slightly towards him.

"Oh really? J-just you're p-precious weekend?" Sasuke's eyes narrowed at her sarcasm.

"Not just my weekend, my whole week to-"

"You know Sasuke, I-I'm not asking anything f-from you." Hinata stood and turned to him. "You h-have already told me t-that you don't w-want anything to d-do with me. I r-respected your w-wishes. I am pretending y-you don't exist anymore because y-you know what they say; 'not facing reality and hiding it magically m-makes it disappear.'"

"You know I really do not appreciate your sarcasm."

"W-well I can t-tell you many t-things that I don't appreciate about you e-either."

Sasuke's eyes narrowed. "You are so annoying do you know that?"

Hinata shrugged. "So I-I've been told."

"Wow so that shy, nice girl thing is all an act isn't it? Who would have thought you were really such a bitch."

"I am not the "B" word!" Sasuke almost laughed at her substitution for the rude term.

"If you would just hear me ou-"

"No!" Sasuke was taken aback by the vehemence in small girl's voice. "I-I'm tired of people l-like you always stepping on m-me. I'm t-taking care of m-my family as b-best I can so y-you can go back to your innocent life!" Those words were so provocative….it was pissing him off.

Hinata had turned away from him, crying. Damn.

Sasuke sighed in exasperation. It didn't seem she would let up any time soon.

Hinata gasped as her arm was gripped and pulled at an amazing pace that was hard for her to match.

"W-whaa…Let go of me!" Hinata yelled and tried to pull away from his grip yet again but this time he wasn't relenting.

He threw over his shoulder as he continued on his unknown destination, "Shut the hell up okay?"

Hinata simmered angrily. "I d-don't have to." She continued to tug against his hold.

She didn't let up as he continued to drag her, at one point he almost had to pick her up to continue his rampage. Hinata was fighting with such ambition she didn't realize where exactly Sasuke was taking her.

Sasuke slammed the large cherry wood door open and tossed an indignant Hinata in before grabbing her once again and pulling her up to the desk overlooking huge bay windows.

"S-Sasuke…" Tsunade stood up abruptly at the two teen's entrance and started, "What are you do-"

"I'll take the test." Sasuke growled, letting go of Hinata abruptly in front of him. She tripped towards Tsunade in shock.

"Excuse me?" Tsunade's brows crashed down.

Sasuke released another sigh, staring at the ground for a few seconds before looking up at the ceiling, running a hand through his hair.

"I can't believe I'm about to say this… but I'll take the damned paternity test."

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Hinata couldn't help but feel like she had misjudged the boy sitting next to her just a tad.

He had agreed to take the test.

She still could not wrap her mind around that one, small factor.

Well it wasn't that small…

She kept stealing glances at Sasuke as Tsunade finished up a few extra things for the school.

Said principle sighed, taking off her reading glasses and rubbing her face in exhaustion. "So you said you wanted to take the test, correct?"

"Ah." Sasuke answered monotonously.

"You do realize if this comes out positive you'll be held responsible for the child too?" Sasuke nodded.

Tsunade smirked to cover her surprise. "Well then." She shuffled some papers and produced a contract, placing it between the two teenagers. Both moved to see it. "Don't expect to do it without reading the fine lines and signing documentation that you approve the test." With that she sat back and smiled.

Sasuke was already mad he had agreed to take the test. It was because that stupid girl was crying.

"I don't care what it says!" Sasuke grabbed the pen from off the desk and moved to sign it but was interrupted.

"Wait." Hinata voiced. "Tsunade-sama what d-does this contract actually e-entail?" Sasuke glanced at her angrily. He was already doing so much for her, why couldn't she just let him finish this?

Tsunade's smile grew gentle as she looked at Hinata. "The contract has a portion where Sasuke must sign saying he will take the paternity test, and that he cannot back out." She gave him a pointed look. He rolled his eyes.

"Also, before I forget Sasuke." Tsunade smirked once again and Sasuke knew she was up to something. "There's another part to the contract."

"What is it?" Sasuke growled.

"If I grant this and you are proven to be the father, you will be a part of this child's life. You will be involved, and will do anything in your power to help Hinata take care of Ryouichi. Anything I tell you to do according to this matter will be followed no matter what. If not…" Tsunade smiled at Hinata who seemed indignant to her words. "You will be expelled from Konoha High and I will take the matter to the council." Sasuke glowered at the blonde.

"And Sasuke, you won't have to worry about that because you're not the father, correct?" Tsunade winked.

And before anyone could interrupt again, Sasuke signed the paper with a flourish.

But maybe it was because he might change his mind if he thought too much.

IMPORTANT! Well...to me...

Sorry this chapter sucks but I was stupidly writing another story….lmao. Well please read it, see what you think. It's more serious, and very mature. Please do not read it if you are not of a decent age to do so. I will not be putting very explicit chapters up (rules of fanfiction state you cannot have MA material), but the whole theme of the story is literally the title of the story ("Libido"). It's more like the better written stories on SasuHina, "The Little Things in Life" as I have said before is more carefree and lighthearted.

I will try my best to juggle both stories, I will probably, to be fair, update alternately so both reading parties are satisfied. Tell me if you think otherwise :) And please if you're a fan of this story, review the other one and tell me what you think! It's a totally different tone in that story and I want to see what you guys think about my writing in that area lol. Thank you again for being so patient and reviewing such lovely reviews! You know, lots of authors complain about how they get pestered to write, but you have been nothing but cordial. I don't if that means I suck or you are really being kind…;) Until next time!

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