Midsummer Afterglow: Hello again everyone! Welcome to a new HinataxNeji FanFiction. During my last two weeks of school, I have very little time to write but I have managed to take some breaks to satisfy my urges to write again. Anyway, I happened to come up with a new story line for our favorite couple and I just want to start posting it and test the waters with it...If this fic does not end up doing so well or if I just somehow end up at a road block somewhere down the line with it, then it will be deleted, but most likely I will do everything to make sure this doesn't happen.

The style of this story will be very different from anything I have ever written. Due to the plot, each chapter will be short and written in small increments. Basically every chapter will showcase a certain scene or event occurring within the story...With every scene the story will grow and begin to make sense, until of course, it reaches its end.

I am writing this story in both third and first person points of view. As for the characters, for the moment only characters from the Hyuga clan have roles in this story but as it goes on that may change if necessary. I don't have any original characters planned out for this yet but I may use one or two characters from the story For Always, since I really don't want to create a bunch of new and unfamiliar characters if I need them.

I am certainly going to continue with For Always and that story will be my main focus but this one will be written alongside it so that my readers will have something to enjoy in between updates. ^_^

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO

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He wasn't the first to lay eyes on her, but he was the first to touch her heart. Like a sharp edged blade he had sliced through layer upon layer of the thick wall that surrounded her. She had never before witnessed such passionate determination. The magnificence of this man was all too overpowering.

How could she refuse him anything after he had so eloquently pressed his full lips gently against her smaller ones?

The thrills his kiss sent through her untouched body made her shiver. The anticipation built up inside her as she waited for him to make his move.

Shoving her back against the wall, he pinned her arms above her head and teasingly trailed butterfly kisses across her bare shoulder.

Breathing heavily against the fabric of his shirt, she trembled. His tongue slithered across her neck, then down to the valley between her bare breasts.

When had the buttons on her shirt come undone?

Her wrists swelled inside his strong grip. The feel of his hot tongue sliding against her pale skin had her legs growing weak.

She was aching in each one of her intimate places. Her voice was coming out in rough, half formed tones.

When she could no longer bare to stand straight, her knees buckled beneath her, and she slid down to the floor with him. Never did he cease his sensual ministrations.

Losing herself to pleasure, she willingly succumbed to his control, as his lustful venture down her body continued.

A soft tapping against the bathroom door caught her attention. Looking down into the sink, she quickly turned the faucet on and watched silently as the cold water washed away the remains of the green peppermint toothpaste.

She hated brushing his taste out of her mouth every morning, but just like the draining toothpaste, the night they had spent together would need to be erased. They could only keep meeting like this as long as no traces remained of their time together.

The problem was that they had never meant to fall in love; it just happened. Regardless of what the family believed, Hinata was no longer complying with their wishes. This relationship, no matter how beautiful it was, would never be accepted.

She knew this. She knew this very well; and yet, the harder she tried to avoid Neji, the more her entire being craved his attentions. Whenever they were in the same room, a longing fell over them. He was always so acutely aware of her presence, just as she was of his.

They had to be careful though. On slip up, one single lingering glance, could give them instantly away and then, Hinata knew exactly what would happen to Neji and her. In fact, she dreaded the thought of what would happen, if they gave themselves away, so much so, that she had begged Neji to stay away from her.

All she had received for her pleading was a daring smirk and a soft feathery kiss upon her lips; and once again, she was swept away into a river of bottled up emotions that had spontaneously broken free.

A/N: Well here it goes then...From here on out, this story shall slowly take form.

I hope this story will receive support from my readers. I love you all and wish me luck with my last two weeks of senior year! ^_^