Hot. Nervous. Flustered.

That was all Sasuke felt whenever he was around you. He couldn't explain it into words, it felt like everything around you would blur out and background noises will turn into random static or white noise. Everytime you walked by, his eyes would always focus on you, never breaking contact from your figure until it disappeared from his line of sight. Sometimes, he would even catch himself staring at you for too long to his liking, and you would always notice, looking back at him with that sweet smile of yours.

It was driving him crazy. You were running through his mind all day, but why? He didn't like you. He swore to keep himself from any sort of affection of love from anyone to focus on himself and to get stronger. But why does he always feel like he wants to be near you all the time? Why does he feel like he wants to hold you all the time? Why does he feel like he wants to admire you all the time?

But he's not ready for handholding. His sad, cold, lonely heart wouldn't be able to handle your affection. He wouldn't be sure on how to reciprocate affection and give back the same amount of attention. He didn't even know if you felt the same things as he did. He wouldn't want to make a fool out of himself. Of course not.

It felt like his mind was going to explode because of you, and you aren't even aware. Maybe he really should just tell you. But he's not ready. He doesn't want to hurt you. Not like how he hurt his friends in the past. But when you invited him out to dinner, alone, how could he refuse? It could just be a friendly little hang out. Nothing more. Nothing less. And he wouldn't want it any other way.