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A light knock on her door, roused the sleepy Hinata, who had been resting on her bed.

Rubbing a weary eye, she murmured a "Come in." and made sure she looked presentable, sleepy, yet still presentable, after all, living in Hyuga one always had to be presentable.

A gentle yet stern voice spoke as it entered. "Hinata-sama, it's time."

Her breath hitched in her throat as she looked at her older cousin, "N-Neji-nisan..."

She wasn't certain how she felt about him entering her room like this. He had paid her a visit everyday for the past few days.

The first time he came, she almost choked on the vile liquid. She had not expected it to taste so awful.

She had tried to spit it out, tears welling in her eyes at the bitter taste, yet he held her head and forced her to swallow all of it.

Each time he came to her room, he forced her to swallow it. Her stomach clenched at the thought.

Standing before her, he placed his hand upon her head and ran his fingers through her silky locks.

"Hinata-sama, open your mouth." He ordered as he lifted her face up.

Squeezing her eyes shut and clamping her mouth closed she shook her head. Not again. She didn't want that in her mouth again!

"Hinata-sama...don't make me make you." he sternly warned.

With a whimper, she quickly licked her now dry lips and slightly opened her mouth.

In an instant she felt her mouth fill as she gagged.

"Swallow it Hinata-sama." Neji said as he lifted her chin up so she could not spit it out.

Tears welled in her eyes as she felt the vile substance burn down her throat.

"There, now was that so difficult?" Neji asked as he dried her tears and patted her on the head.

Sniffling, Hinata nodded. "It's awful." she coughed, cringing at the taste that lingered.

"It's for your own good." Neji sighed. To be honest, he wouldn't want to swallow it either, but he wasn't going to tell her that. "Just a few more days, and you don't have to have it anymore." He tried to comfort.

Hinata made a face. A few more days of ingesting that awful stuff. Knowing about medicine she knew the importance of taking a prescription for the full time, but that stuff was just so vile. What had Tsunade put in it to make it so gross?

"C-Couldn't we just pretend I took it?" Hinata asked with puppy dog eyes and a sniffle.

"Hinata-sama, you ask that every day, you know the answer. If you don't take you medicine you wont get over this cold." Neji reprimanded. "Just be glad you don't have to swallow the medicine Tsunade made for Hanabi. But if your cold gets worse...who knows." Neji smirked.

Hinata blanched at the thought. Hanabi had a more severe cold and if Hinata's medicine was bad, Hanabi's must be toxic.

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A.N.

I'll bet you all thought it was something else! naughty naughty!