Summary: She was just an ordinary girl. A girl just like any other girl out there who is looking for love but she found out that what she thought was good tactics when dealing with a guy was anything but good. That is when Uchiha Sasuke steps into her life and decides to help guide her and give it to her bluntly, "He's just not that into you" He spoke seriously with a small hint of amusement shown with his eyes.

A/N: I got this idea from the movie 'He's just not that into you'. If you've seen the movie Hinata is the role of 'Gigi' while Sasuke's role is 'Alex'. So you may see a couple of lines from the movie in this story. I hope that you all will enjoy this story.

Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to Naruto or He's just not that into you.

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Intro

A girl will never forget the first boy she likes, even if things don't quite work out.

The younger midnight blue haired female smiled happily to herself while sitting down on the sand at the local park, shaping the sand into castles. Her mother had brought her to the park to play with the local children but the small seven year old—being as shy as she is—decided playing by alone would be better.

Unknown to her, she was being watched by a group of young boys, most likely around the same age as her. His dark shaggy black hair was a mess, sticking from each and every direction as his green eyes stared at the female Hyuga. With narrowed eyes and a small smirk forming on his lips he walked towards the girl, once he was in front of her she looked up at him with a curious glance offering him a small smile.

"W-Would you like to play with me?"

The boy turned up his lip and pushed the girl to the ground. Hinata looked up at him with widened eyes. "Why did y-you do that?"

"Because you smell like dog poop" He stated, as one of his friends standing behind him began snickering. "You're so stupid, just like a dog's poop. You're made out of poop!" He pointed his finger out at her, ignoring the tears that were cascading down her porcelain cheeks. The young male laughed as he kicked her sand castle down and turned away from her motioning for his friends to follow him.

But usually someone is there to offer words of wisdom.

Hinata quickly got up and ran towards her mother, tears continued pouring down her cheeks just thinking about the unknown male's words. Once she made it to her mother, she parted her lips to speak. "S-Some boy said that I was m-made of…dog p-poop…" She stuttered out her words as she croaked.

Hinata's mother smiled softly at her daughter, placing her hand gently on her cheek using her finger to wipe away her tears. "Honey, do you know why that little boy did those things and said those things?" She watched as her daughter shook her head, "It's because he likes you. That little boy is doing those terrible things because he has a crush on you" She stated.

Hinata arched her brow up in question, looking very confused by this statement as she tried to process it through her mind.

And there is it. That's the beginning of our problem. We're all encouraged, no, programmed to believe that if a guy acts like a total jerk that means he likes you. Why do we say this stuff to each other? Is it possible that it's because we're scared and it's too hard to say the one truth that's staring everyone in the face?

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Present time

Hinata Hyuga, very shy and reserved, was currently at one of the most popular clubs in Tokyo city. She was on a blind date with a male named Uzumaki Naruto. He was really handsome; she had a hard time ever making eye contact with him. He had tan skin, the most beautiful bright blue eyes she has ever seen and sunny bright blonde hair. He really was a sight for sore eyes, absolutely stunning. Snapping out of her thoughts she smiled brightly at the male sitting across from her. "So, Ayame told me you're a real estate agent"

Naruto smiled lopsidedly, "Yeah. But don't worry—not one of the cheesy ones, you know the ones who puts their headshots on the bus benches and grocery carts" He explained.

Hinata nodded her head, "So just like on the Frisbees and notepads?" She joked. She smiled even brighter after noticing that she made him laugh. "T-This is good, I made him laugh" She thought to herself happily.

"You got it" He replied, bringing his glass filled with clear liquid up to his lips taking a drink of it.

"Much classier" She explained with a smile.

Naruto looked at Hinata nodding, "My thoughts exactly"

She sipped her drink while staring at the male in front of her. His eyes were focused on his surrounds more so than her but she couldn't help but to sit and admire his handsome looks. "I wonder why Ayame never thought of introducing us before."

Naruto shrugged his shoulders, looking rather uninterested. "Yeah, I don't know, I um—"Before he could finish his sentence their waitress returned cutting him off.

"You guys ready for another round?"

The blonde male looked at Hinata, "You want more?" He asked curiously.

"Only if you do but I mean, if you have to get going I totally…" She trailed off looking to the side.

Naruto began thinking, he really wanted to leave but the look on her face was clearly hoping he would stay. It appeared that almost ten minutes went by until the blonde finally spoke, "Um, okay. Sure, one more"

Hinata let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding. As the time by the two began conversing with each other, the female could honestly say that she was having a great time. "Maybe he is the one" She thought to herself with a blush.

XXX

As the night went on, Naruto and Naruto walked outside the club standing awkwardly in front of each other. "W-Well, Naruto, I had a really nice time" She spoke softly.

"Yeah, it was really nice meeting you" He said, smiling brightly at her. Noticing that she looked contemplated to kiss or maybe even hug him, he just took the first motion to hug the shorter girl. Once the hug was over, he quickly pulled away from her, turning around raising his hand in the air at her.

"B-Bye" Hinata waved flirtatiously, well she tried to, as she walked away smiling. Turning around to look, she sees Naruto taking out his cell phone from his pocket. Deciding to do the same she pulled her phone out of her purse and dials. "Hey, it's me. He's r-really cute. I think it went well" She turns around looking over her shoulder at Naruto from the distance. "And I think he might be leaving me a message at home as we speak" She giggled with a light blush.

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The blonde entered his large apartment, tossing his keys on the kitchen table. His blue eyes gazed over at the male sitting on the couch watching television.

"Hey, how was the date?" Sasuke smirked at his roommate and best friend.

Naruto shrugged his shoulders, "Eh, you know. She had a great body and cute but I was bored. During the entire time I was there I kept thinking about ways how to leave the date. It was such a bore" Naruto groaned, walking into the living room where Sasuke was currently in as he took a seat down on the couch. "You didn't hear the phone ring, did you?"

Sasuke shook his head, "No" He replied lazily.

"Shit. Sakura gave me the 'I'll call you back' line" He frowned to himself, looking rather depressed.

Looking interested, Sasuke turned to give his best friend his full attention. "How long ago was that?" He asked curiously.

Naruto pouted childishly, "Twenty-two minutes"

The raven haired male sighed, rolling his eyes, "Sorry, dude" He replied, turning his face away from Naruto couldn't see the amusement in his eyes or the daunting smirk that was consuming his face.

"Do I call her back?" The blonde asked desperately, only to receive a shrug as a reply from the Uchiha. "I know. I'll call back and say that I'm going to bed" He replied, with widened eyes as if he had just thought of the most brilliant plan ever.

Sasuke looked down at his watch, "At 9:30 PM? That's a very genius idea, idiot" He scowled at his friend.

"It is genius. Because when I say, 'In case you were going to call me back, don't, because I'll be sleeping" He replied wearing a satisfied smile on his face, while nodding his head.

"Sounds foolproof" The other male explained, rolling his eyes.

Naruto stood up from the couch as he pulls out his cell phone and heads into his room. Sasuke remained in the living room shaking his head thinking about his best friend. He, Naruto and Sakura all grew up together and Sasuke knew that Naruto has been in love with Sakura for years now. Lately she has been showing him somewhat mild attention but then again she didn't seem that interested. Hell, the pink haired female still flirted with him but Naruto still thought he had a chance.

"What an idiot" He whispered to himself with a smirk.

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Days passed since the day Hinata and Naruto had their first date. Frustration reached her expression as she stared at her cell phone. The brown haired female that was currently standing beside her eyed her friend, "So clearly he hasn't called" He spoke watching as Hinata shook her head sadly. "Maybe he's away on business" Ayame said, trying to cheer up her friend.

"He sells real estate in Tokyo. Staying in town is his business" She replied sadly, a small frown consumed her face.

"Right" Ayame remained silent, pondering the situation silently. "Look, let me tell you, after the first time I went out with Kakashi, he didn't call me for eleven days. Eleven long days and now he's like the world's best husband. That happens all the time" She reassured the young Hyuga.

Hinata looked up at Ayame, "Really?" She asked hopefully.

"Yes, really" Ayame smiled as Hinata managed a small smile on her face as she put her cell phone away.

"T-This is your entire fault" Hinata pouted.

The light brown haired female looked alarmed by Hinata's statement. "What, how is this my fault?" She frowned, placing her hands on her hips.

"You set me up with him"

"No, you asked if I knew any guys and I gave Naruto your number. That's not a set up. When I do a set up, I weigh the pros and cons. All I know about Naruto is he sold us this house and he is old friends with Kakashi" She explained.

Hinata sighed softly to herself. She couldn't stop thinking about Naruto, his bright smiling face and his gorgeous blue eyes that she could stare into for hours. She thought that he really liked her; at least she hoped he did. The female Hyuga was beginning to think she'll never find love. Reaching for her phone once more she was suddenly stopped when a hand grasped onto her wrist. Looking up she noticed Ayame shaking her head.

"Seriously, stop" She scolded her friend.

"H-He said he always hangs at Magic's after work. Maybe I should do a little drive-by?" Hinata didn't realize how she currently sound but Ayame clearly did. The young twenty-five year old female seriously needed to take a step back and calm down.

"Please, don't. He'll call you, Hinata. Don't worry about it"

Hinata bit the bottom of her lip; panic began to rise within her as began thinking about her choices.

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The male Uchiha groaned to himself as a bright light hit his eyes. Slowly pulling himself up into a sitting position on the couch, "Damn, I can't believe I fell asleep on the couch" He muttered to himself while rubbing his eyes.

"Finally up, sunshine" The music toned voice came in.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes, turning around to glare at the blonde. Uchiha Sasuke was not a morning person, especially when Naruto was around. The male had a really bad habit of talking in a music tone which annoyed him greatly. "I really need to get my own place"

Naruto smiled sadly, "You know you don't mean that. You love being my roommate" He grinned widely. The male really cared about his best friend; Sasuke was like a brother to him after all. Since the passing of his own parents when he was younger, the Uchiha's parents adopted him as their own and ever since the Uchiha's has been a wonderful family to him.

"So what about that girl went out with? Are you going to ever going to give her a try again?" Sasuke asked just to change the subject.

"Eh, I doubt it. I'm not really interested in her" He explained, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. It wasn't that Hinata was unattractive to him because she really was a beauty but Sakura, the girl of his dreams, he just couldn't give up her just yet. "I'm leaving now, I have to get to work" He spoke, grabbing his keys as he left out of the door.

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"So, this was at the end of the date or at the beginning?" Ayame asked curiously, looking over at the Hyuga. Currently Hinata and Ayame were at work, inside Hyuga Corporation, a typical corporate styled office, walled off cubicles for the junior executives, outer office for management. It was Hinata's father's company but by her father taking everything so seriously, the older male demoted her into a junior executive.

Hinata narrowed her eyes curiously, "At the end. Why, does it matter?" She asked, feeling her heart racing.

Ayame nodding her head, "Yes, 'Nice meeting you' at the beginning of the date is normal. 'Nice meeting you' at the end could be a blow off"

Hinata looked down, "Maybe it was at the beginning" She said thoughtfully, even though deep down she knew it was at the end. Naruto seemed like a great enough guy; surely he was interested in her just like she was with him. Wasn't he?

"Then that's fine. He's going to call" Ayame said, raising her hand rubbing Hinata's arm in reassurance.

"Or maybe it was at the end. Or maybe it was nice to meet me"

"Wait, was it 'nice meeting you' or 'nice to meet you'?"

The female Hyuga stood thoughtful for a few seconds before letting out a frustrated sigh, "I-I can't remember"

The crème honey brown haired female smiled sadly at her friend, "'Nice to meet you' is okay. 'Nice meeting you' is like 'Do you want your receipt in the bag?'"

TenTen looked up over at the two girls, "Relationship problems?" She asked, eyeing Ayame.

"Hey, don't look at me. This is all Hinata" She explained, pointing to the blushing Hyuga.

"A-Ayame!" She cried in embarrassment.

"Well, it is true" She exclaimed, closing her eyes as she took a sip of her coffee.

TenTen eyed Hinata with a rather surprised look. "Does Neji know about this?" The dark brown eyed girl knew how overprotective Hinata's male cousin could be over her and then there was Ko; who was over very protective over Hinata as well.

Hinata shook her head, "No, he doesn't know" She replied lowly. "But enough of that, it's hard to think about anything when the guy. Who may or may not be the guy of my d-dreams, refuses to call me" She whined, pouting her lips becoming frustrated with the entire situation.

TenTen looks at Hinata, "Look, after my first date with your cousin Neji, I called him. There are no rules anymore. Why should you have to wait for him to get off his ass?" The two bun haired female had been dating Neji for seven years and their relationship couldn't get any better.

Hinata and Ayame looked at each other until the female sits down in her chair at her desk, while the brown haired female stood beside her watching as the female Hyuga began writing on a sheet of paper. Taking a deep breath, picking up the office phone she began dialing, her lavender-grey eyes looked over at Ayame, who was giving her a thumb's up. "It's ringing" Hinata spoke with a widened smile.

Ayame rolled her eyes, "Pretty standard, Hinata"

Listening to the receiver she finally heard his voice mail, becoming happy she motioned to Ayame to hand her the notes she wrote down. "Hey, Naruto i-it's Hinata. I just thought, I hadn't h-heard from you and, I mean how stupid is it that a girl had to w-wait for a guy's call anyway, right?" She laughs such a sweet cute laugh that a few guys walking past her cubical wearing blushes on their cheeks.

But as dark midnight blue haired female was looking back at her notes she realized that she couldn't make out what she had wrote. Turning to look up at Ayame mouthing to her how she couldn't read what she wrote. But Ayame shrugged her shoulders, "I can't read that" She mouthed to Hinata.

Becoming alarmed Hinata began adlibbing. "I-I mean, we're all equal right? More than e-equal, more women are accepted into law school now than men and we do better in those police simulations where you can mistakenly shoot innocent people" Hinata stutters out, ruffling through the papers, "I m-mean I don't know if you saw that news report, but women practically have penises now, right?" Looking up at her friend, Ayame looked completely disturbed motioning for Hinata to hang up the phone.

"U-Um, well call me. This is Hinata, call me" Hinata hung up the phone, looking rather unsure about the call. In her mind she hated that she had succumbed to such an act like this.

Ayame placed her hand on Hinata's shoulder, "Don't worry" She smiled widely down at Hinata, "He's totally going to call you"

XXX

Night finally arrived; Hyuga Hinata was currently sitting in her in her chair, staring at her phone. Trying to appear to be disinterested in the phone she slowly turned her head away from the phone, tapping her fingers on her coffee table. "Why isn't it ringing?" She thought to herself with pout. Finally, she picks up the phone only to notice there was no dial tone. Her eyes widened, "What? How can there be no dial tone?" She said in panic as she began frantically checking her phone, following her cord all the way towards the jack only to notice that it wasn't plugged in. Once she pulled the cord back into the jack, she could hear a distant voice coming from the phone.

Quickly racing back to her chair, she sat down and picked up the phone, "Hello? N-Neji-niisan, is that you? I can't talk now, I'll call you back" She hung up the phone rather quickly ignoring his voice telling her 'Don't you dare hang up on me'. Her lavender-grey eyes continued staring at the phone, she really wanted to speak with Naruto, she didn't want to call herself obsessed but something wasn't right.

Making a determined facial expression she picks up the phone and begins dialing a number. "Ayame, it's me. Naruto never called, so I'm on the abyss of staging a casual run-in at Magic's. Pick up if you want to stop me" She waited to see if the brown haired woman would answer her phone but was only met with silence. "Alright, I-I'm interpreting y-your silence as tacit compliance, bye" She hurriedly hung up the phone and headed out the door.

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The blonde haired female smiled brightly as she made her way through the crowded area of the club. She made her way towards a table as she placed a drink down on a table with two sitting customers, "Enjoying the club so far?" She beamed wearing a bright smile.

"Yeah, it's great" The green haired male grinned.

"Alright, great" She smiled, walking away from the table she made a beeline towards the office door that was at the end of the other side of the wall. Knocking gently on the door, she could hear the male's voice from the inside welcome her inside. She stands in the doorway, smiling flirtatiously at the raven haired male.

Sasuke looked up from his stack of paperwork, "Hey" He spoke in his stoic tone.

Ino twirled her hair with her index and thumb finger, "So, here we are. Same shift again"

Sasuke raised his brow up, "Um yeah, I know. I make the schedule" He explained, noticing how she continued blushing while staring at him.

"I figured it was no coincidence" She giggled, adjusting her shirt trying to reveal more cleavage but notice he wasn't paying any attention to her, his head was on his papers. Shifting her weight from side to side she continued, "I had fun last night"

This caught Sasuke's attention causing him to look up at her, "Yeah. It's amazing where ten shots of sake will get you" He smirked up at her from his desk.

Ino laughs but stops thinking about his words. She didn't really know if that was nice or not, but judging by his expression she couldn't tell anything. Sasuke was very hard to read. "Anyways, I was thinking, maybe tonight after work…we could, you know…" She trailed off with crimson cheeks.

Sasuke stops working, staring up at the blonde, he had to admit Ino was very pretty. But the Uchiha wasn't looking for a relationship during the time they were together, only for a good time. "Look, Ino, what happened between us the other night was fun. But we're way understaffed tonight. I even have to man the bar and that's why I scheduled you. To work, so…."

Ino stares at Sasuke, completely frozen by his words. She knew Sasuke had a bit of a reputation but she didn't think he would treat her like this. After all they have been working together for quite some time now; they were more than just associates they were like friends. At least she likes to think of it like that.

"Are we good here?"

The blonde blushed deeply from being caught staring, but she tries to hide her embarrassment by quickly smiling. "No, we're good" She smiled taking a step back to leave and slams the door behind her. "Stupid jerk" She mumbled to herself, walking back to her counter to watch people coming in she spotted a dark blue haired female coming getting ready to walk towards the bar. "Are you joining us for dinner or—"

Hinata shook her head, "I-I'm meeting someone. A guy" She blushed deeply, turning around while gazing around the bar to see if she could spot the blonde haired male.

Ino frowned to herself "Ugh, why?"

Hinata turned around smiling shyly, "I'm sorry, what was that?"

"Nothing, sorry, are you here for dinner?"

Hinata turned around to continue to scan the club clearly not paying any attention to the hostess Ino, "I'm meeting someone"

"I believe you mentioned that" Ino rolled her eyes.

"I-I'm just going to wait at the bar" Hinata stated as she walks off. Once she made it to the bar, she gazed around everyone sitting on a stool trying to get a good view of the door unknown to her Sasuke was approaching her from behind the bar.

"What can I get you?" He asked going back trying his hardest to keep up with everyone's order.

"Oh, that's okay. I'm meeting someone" She explained with a bright but yet shy smile.

Sasuke stops what he was doing, giving her his full attention. This girl was indeed beyond the word cute, even much more than the word 'pretty'. This girl was beautiful. It was very obvious that she was very nervous just by looking at her; she was practically shaking like a leaf. Turning around to give someone their order, he turned back to look at her, wearing a smirk on his face, "Oh yeah? You have a hot date?" He joked.

Hinata flushed, shaking her head, "I-I don't know if you'd call it hot. I mean this guy, um Naruto and I have only been out one time so—"

The Uchiha stopped in his tracks, making his way over towards Hinata. "Wait, Naruto Uzumaki?" He asked furrowing his brow at her.

Hinata visibly tensed, "Oh uh, yeah—"

"Naruto's not coming in tonight. Did he forget he was supposed to meet you?" He asked her curiously.

"S-See when I said 'meeting someone' I guess that was a b-broad term, kind of a wide interpretation of the word 'meeting'" She explained with a nervous chuckle.

Sasuke turned away from her walking towards the phone; "I could call him for you, if you want" He reached towards the phone but stopped when Hinata yelled at him, stopping him from doing anything.

"N-No! I mean, it's r-really unnecessary. I mean, I actually was just in the area so I figured I'd just swing by and see if he was around because…uh…" She noticed how Sasuke was eyeing her in amusement. Hinata was beginning to panic as she searched her purse and coat pockets for anything she could find. "I uh, had to return his pen. I had to return this pen" She explained, holding up the pen looking at the Uchiha with a lopsided smile. "He l-left this. So, I thought I should really return it before he, you know, f-freak out" She giggled, hoping he would buy her story.

Sasuke stares at her completely skeptically about her words. Grabbing the pen from her hand, he begins inspecting it. "Dr. Honzo, adult, child and geriatric dentistry" He looked back over at Hinata with amusement with his coal black eyes.

Hinata shrugged her shoulders upwards, "L-Look, I'm not going to judge about what may or may not b-be important to someone" She sighed, her eyes slowly gazing away from Sasuke's penetrating gaze.

"That's not even his dentist" He explained.

"O-Oh, really? Then who is dentist?" She asked, looking at the—handsome—dark haired male.

Sasuke's expression went blank as he stared at her, "My dad" He replied in a deadpanned tone.

The Hyuga eyes widened in shock while staring at Sasuke, for a long time unable to bring herself to even utter a word. Her eyes looked downwards as she finally decided to fess up, "I'm H-Hinata. Naruto and I went out last week. And I just…I thought if I ran into him…I don't know. I'm going to go" She grabbed her purse as she struggled to quickly get out.

Sasuke stares at her for a few seconds, staring back down at the pen and back up at her, his expression softens. "Hey, just hang out for a second. Let me buy you a drink"

She turned around, staring at him. "Sure, I guess that's fine" She smiled softly at him, taking a seat back down causing him to smile one of his very, very rare smiles.

XXX

It was late, Hinata had stayed in the bar the entire night until closing. Currently she was the only customer still inside the bar. Her lavender-grey eyes gazed over at Sasuke; he was currently totaling up receipts. She had to admit he was very handsome, "What am I thinking, I was here for Naruto. Not looking for another guy" She thought to herself, while shaking her head.

"Look, you seem like a cool girl. So I'm just going to be honest, Naruto is never going to call you" He stated bluntly, coming towards her. He was still behind the bar but he was standing directly in front of her, resting his forearms on the bar table, his coal eyes staring into her unique lavender pools.

"Oh really? H-How do you know?"

Sasuke snorted, "Because I'm a guy. It's how we do it" He explained to her.

Hinata shook her head, "B-But he said it was nice meeting me" She explained, trying to be hopeful about the situation. She really did like Naruto a lot and was hoping for another date with him.

"I don't care if he said you were his favorite female since his parents or his favorite super model. Over a week went by and he didn't call"

"B-But maybe he called me and I-I didn't get the message, or maybe he lost my number or I was out of town, or was hit by a cab or his grandmother died" She explained, trying to convince herself that something could have happened to keep him from calling her.

The raven haired male eyed her as if she were some strange alien that just came out of a spaceship. Running his fingers through his hand, he let out a loud annoyed sigh, "Or maybe he just didn't call because he has no interest in seeing you again" Sasuke was really going out of his way to be nice to this strange girl.

He wasn't really one who would try and help out a girl but this girl…she was different and he felt the need to try to give her some advice.

"Yeah but my friend Hana once went out with this guy who never called and she totally w-wrote him off, then like a year later she ran into him—"

Sasuke waved his hand in the air quickly dismissing her, "Your friend Hana is an idiot. And she's the exception"

Hinata arched up her brow in question, clearly confused by his words. Suddenly dawning on her what he mean she shook her head, "B-But what if I'm the exception"

"You're not. You're the rule. And the rule is, if a guy doesn't call you, he doesn't want to call you"

"Always?"

The male Uchiha nodded his head, "Yeah, always. I know what a blown off woman looks like. I do it early and I do it a lot. Trust me, if a guy is treating you like he doesn't give a shit, he doesn't. No exceptions" He explained to her, looking back down at the receipts that were in front of him.

Hinata remained silent thinking over his words. She really couldn't believe he was telling her all of this, "Why are you telling me all of this? Aren't these man secrets?" She asked curiously, eyeing him trying her hardest not to blush at his handsome appearance.

Sasuke lets out a smile chuckle. "I don't know. You looked like you could really use the help. Consider yourself lucky, I don't normally go out of my way to help a girl let alone anyone else" He smirked at her causing her to blush and quickly look away from him.

"Thank you. You've given me a lot to think about" She smiled brightly at him.