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"Who ever said 'it could always be worse' should be shot. He was too right." -Anonymous

"N-n-Naruto-Kun..." the young Hyuga child muttered under her breath.

"What is it, Hinata-Chan?" Naruto blinked his large blue eyes and turned in his chair to face her. Hinata's pale face turned red and she started to fiddle with her fingers.

"I-I-I was supposed to uh... I wanted t-to know if..." she let out a sigh. "Will you come to diner at my house? My... My father wants to me-meet you, and Neji-san said that he n-needs to have a word with you." Naruto flashed his bright white teeth.

"Not a problem. I'll be there. What time should come?" The little girl glanced down at her hands. She hated lying to her love but the the pain she would have to endure by her older cousin would be more intolerable.

"A-around 6 o'clock would be... would be great," Hinta forced a grin. She watched the hyper blond stand once the bell rang and rush out of the class room. She soon followed, gathering her booking and packing them into her bag. She felt just awful.

"How?," she asked her self. "How could i do something like that to someone I care about?!" She walked home, with an extremely slow pace.