Hinata stood behind a tree, watching as a certain yellow haired boy leaned against his bright red car. He was laughing with a couple of friends, while his bright blue eyes sparkled. Of course she couldn't talk to him, at her school, it was forbidden for an unpopular teen to fraternize with one of the top dogs. So all she could do was watch, and she was absolutely okay with that. Just as the school celebrity turned his head towards her way, she backed away, hidden from his view. But not for long, a girl who stumbled by knocked her from behind her hiding place and she was sprawled out in front of him, she looked up at him with worried eyes. He hopped down from his perch and smiled politely at her while reaching out his hand to help her up. She accepted his help, not taking his eyes off of him.

"Are you okay?" He asked with a cheeky smile. Hinata looked down at her knee, there was a cut, but it was barely bleeding, she nodded her head. He smiled, "Good. How'd you fall? I didn't even notice you standing there." She shrugged. "Oh, well." He said, and smiled once again.

"Oi! Naruto, are you going to join us?" asked one of Naruto's friends impatiently.

"Yeah!" Naruto started to walk back toward his friends when he turned back and smiled. "I'm Naruto! And you are?"

"H-hinata" She said quietly, Naruto smiled and turned back to join his friends.

At home

"He smiled at me..He help my hand" thought Hinata as she hugged her pillow. She smiled as she was mesmerized at the mere thought of him. A knock on the door caused her to jump, interrupting her thoughts. "Father said come down for dinner" It was her kid sister Hanabi. Hinata jumped up and walked towards the door, as she passed Hanabi, she rustled her hair. "Hey!" Yelled Hanabi as her older sister chuckled. As she entered the dining room, she noticed her father wasn't there. Like always, he had too much work going on that he couldn't even have dinner with his family. Hinata looked across the table, Neji sat in front of her chowing down on the food before him.

"Big brother?" She got his attention

"What is it?" He looked up from his plate

"Aren't you friends with Naruto?"

"Well considering that we are both "top dogs" as everyone calls us, yes"

"Oh..okay."

"Why?" Neji asked. "Does my little cousin have a crushy-wushy on Naruto?" he smirked. Hinata blushed.

"NO! I was just wondering!"

"Naruto and Hinata!" He teased, this wasn't out of character for him, whenever they were home he was her lovable brother, but at school, he transferred into a stranger.

"Well, you like Tenten!" She retorted. Now it was Neji's turn to blush.

"Neji and Tenten! Hinata and Naruto!" Sang their little sibling. They couldn't help but laugh. Their laughter only earned them a glare from their father who had passed by. With that, they all began quietly eating, having a small conversation, but not daring to laugh again.

….

After dinner Neji and Hinata sat in their family room, doing their homework like they did every night. It was late and they had already tucked Hanabi in. They were forced to act like her parents, with their mother dead, and father never there, they had no choice. Hinata was unable to focus on her work. She nibbled on the eraser of her pencil; Neji looked over and saw the distracted girl.

"What's bothering you?" He asked, sitting his homework aside. Hinata smiled, she loved that he always put her safety first, even before school, which was very important in his life.

"Is it far fetched for me to have a crush on Naruto?"

Neji chuckled "I knew it." He smiled at her. "I don't think so."

"Do you think we could become friends?" She asked with hopeful eyes. Neji nodded his head and returned to his school work. "If you want, I'll help you." With that Hinata smiled and engrossed him into a hug. Neji chuckled. "Easy girl. It's time for you to be in bed." Hinata smiled he kissed her on the forehead and she skipped off to her room. Neji smiled, even though he wasn't her real brother, they treated eachother like that. He wanted her happy, and he also wanted to protect her. Like a good brother would. Neji thought about what happened and sighed. He was practically setting up his sweet little sister with a hormone rich human; a teenage boy. What had he gotten them both into.